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 Ai.i'.u.M of this county has been prepared. Instead of going to musty records, and 
 taking therefrom dry statistical matter that can be appreciated by bnt few, our 
 corps of writers have gone to the people, the men and women who have, by their 
 enteii)rise and industry, brongiit the county to a rank second to none among those 
 comprising this great and noble .State, and from their lips have the story of their life 
 struggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelli- 
 gent i)ul)lie. In this volume will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the 
 in)itation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by 
 industry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited 
 advantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an 
 influence extending throughout the length and breadth of the land. It tells of men who 
 have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as statesmen, and whose names have 
 )ecome famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed and 
 records how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells also of many, vei'y 
 many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued "the even tenor of their way," content 
 to have it said of them as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy — "they have done what 
 they could." It tells how that many in the pride and stiength of young manhood left the plow and the 
 anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting-room, left every trade and profession, and at their country'.* 
 call went forth valiantly "to do or die," and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace 
 once more reigned in the land. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not 
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 inaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work and every oppoitunity possible 
 given to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written, .and the publishers flatter them- 
 selves that they give to their readers a work with few errors of consequence. In addition to the biooranh- 
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 publishers are not to blame. Not having a proper conception of the work, some refused to "ive the 
 information necessary to compile a sketch, while others were indiflferent. Occasionally some member of 
 the family would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such opposition the support of the interested 
 one would be withheld. In a few instances men could never be found, though repeated calls weie made 
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 I HE Father of our Country was 
 '*! born in Westmorland Co., Va., 
 'Feb. 22, 1732. His i)arents 
 were Augustine and Mary 
 (Ball) Washington. The family 
 to which he belonged li:is not 
 been satisfactorily traced in 
 England. His great-grand- 
 father, John Washington, em- 
 igrated to Virginia about 1657, 
 and became a prosperous 
 planter. He had t»vo sons, 
 Lawrence and John. The 
 former married Mildred Warner 
 and had three children, John, 
 Augustine and Mildred. Augus- 
 tine, the father of George, first 
 married Jane Butler, who bore 
 him four children, two of whom, 
 Lawrence and Augustine, reached 
 maturity. Of six children by his 
 second marriage, (ieorge was the 
 eldest, the others being Betty, 
 Samuel, Joiin Augustine, Charles 
 and Mildred. 
 Augustine Washington, the father of George, died 
 in 1743, leaving a large landed property. To his 
 eldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on 
 the I'atomac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon, 
 and to (ieorge he left tlie [)arental residence. George 
 received only such education as the neigliborhood 
 schools afforded, save for a short time after he left 
 school, when he received private instruction in 
 mathemat'cs. His spellin^i v/as r.uher defective. 
 
 Remarkable stories are told of his great Dhysica. 
 strength and development at an early age. He war. 
 an acknowledged leader among his companions, and 
 was early noted for that nobleness of character, f;iir- 
 ness and veracity which characterized his whole life. 
 
 Wiien George was 1 4 years old he had a desire to go to 
 sea, and a midshipman's warrant was secured for hiin, 
 but through the opposition of his mother the idea was 
 abandontd. Two years later he was appointed 
 surveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In 
 this business he spent three years in a rough frontier 
 life, gaining experience which afterwards proved very 
 essential to him. In 175 i, though only 19 years of 
 age, he was ap[X)inted adjutant with the rank of 
 major in the Virginia militia, then being trained for 
 active service against the French and Indians. Soon 
 after this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother 
 Lawrence, who went there to restore his health 'I'hey 
 soon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence 
 died, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter 
 who did not long survive him. On her den>ise the 
 estate of Mount Vernon was given to George. 
 
 Uixin the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie, as Lieuten- 
 ant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was 
 reorganized, and the province divided into four mili- 
 tary districts, of which the northern was assigned to 
 Washington as adjutant general. Shortly after this 
 a very perilous mission was assigned him and ac- 
 cepted, which others had refused. This was to pro- 
 ceed to the French post near Lake Erie ni North- 
 western Pennsylvania. The distance to l)e traversed 
 was between 500 and 600 miles. A\ inter was at hard, 
 and the journey was to be made withoiit military 
 escort, through a territory occupied by Indians. The 
 
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 GEORGE WASHINGTON. 
 
 trip was a perilous one, and several limes he came near 
 losing his life, yet he returned in safety and furnished 
 a full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment 
 of 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com- 
 mand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was 
 commissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was 
 then begun against the French and Indians, in which 
 Washington took a most innxirtant part. In the 
 memorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad- 
 dock's defeat, Washington was almost the only officer 
 of distinction who escaped from the calamities of the 
 day with life and honor. The other aids of Braddock 
 >vere disabled early in the action, and Washington 
 alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter 
 to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through 
 my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped 
 unhurt, though death was levelin-j my companions 
 on every side." An Indian sharpshooter said he was 
 not born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken 
 direct aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit 
 him. 
 
 After having been five years in the military service, 
 and vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he 
 look advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the 
 expulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio, 
 CO resign his commission. Soon after he entered the 
 Legislature, where, although not a leader, he took an 
 active and important part. January 17, 1759, he 
 married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy 
 widow of John Parke Custis. 
 
 When the British Parliament had closed the port 
 -jf Boaton, the cry went up throughout the |3rovinces 
 that "The cause of Boston is the cause of us all." 
 It was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con- 
 gress of all the colonies was called to meet at Pliila- 
 delphia,Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties, 
 peaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash- 
 ington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the 
 Congress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of 
 England were plainly apparent. The battles of Con- 
 cord and Lexington had been fought. Among the 
 first acts of this Congress was the election of a com- 
 mander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and 
 responsible office was conferred upon Washington, 
 who was still a member of the Congress. He accepted 
 it on June 19, but u)30n the express condition that he 
 receive no salary. He would keep an exact account 
 of expenses and expect Congress 10 pay them and 
 nothing more. It is not the object of this sketch to 
 trace the military acts of Washington, to whom the 
 fortunes and liberties of the people of this country 
 were so long confided. The war was conducted by 
 him under ever)' possible disadvantage, and while his 
 forces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every 
 obstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion 
 and matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest 
 nation of earth. On Dec. 23, 1783, Washington, in 
 a parting address of surpassing beauty, lesigned his 
 
 commission as commander-in-chief of the army to 
 to the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He 
 retired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed 
 his occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all 
 connection wilh public life. 
 
 In February, 1 7 89, Washington was unanimously 
 elected President. In his presidential career he was 
 subject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new 
 government ; trials from lack of confidence on the pan 
 of other governments; trials from want of. harmony 
 between the different sections of our own country; 
 trials from the impoverished condition of the country, 
 owing to the war and want of credit; trials from the 
 beginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His 
 clear judgment could discern the golden mean; and 
 while perhaps this alone kept our government from 
 sinking at the very outset, it left him exposed to 
 attacks from both sides, which were often bitter and 
 very annoying. 
 
 At the expiration of his first term he was unani- 
 mously re-elected. At the end of this term many 
 were anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely 
 refused a third nomination. On the fourth of March, 
 1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi- 
 dent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there 
 his few remaining years free from the annoyances of 
 public life. Later in the year, however, his repose 
 seemed likely to be interrupted by war with France 
 At the prospect of such a war he was again urged to 
 take command of the armies. He chose his sub- 
 ordinate offlcers and left to them the charge of mat- 
 ters in the field, which he superintended from his 
 home. In accepting the command he made the 
 reservation that he was not to be in the field until 
 it was necessary. In the midst of these preparations 
 his life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took 
 a seveie cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling 
 in his throat, produced inflammation, and terminated 
 fatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh- 
 teenth his body was borne wi'h military honors to its 
 final resting place, and interred in the family vault at 
 Mount Vernon. 
 
 Of the character of Washington it is impossible to 
 speak but in terms of the highest resjiect and ad- 
 miration. The more we see of the operations of 
 our government, and the more deeply we feel the 
 difficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest, 
 the more highly we must estimate the force of his tal- 
 ent and character, which have been able to challenge 
 the reverence of all parties, and principles, and na- 
 tions, and to win a fame as extended as the limits 
 of the globe, and which we cannot but believe will 
 be as lasting as the existence of man. 
 
 The person of Washington was unusally tali, erect 
 and well proportioned. His muscular strength was 
 great. His features were of a beautiful symmetry. 
 He commanded respect without any appearance of 
 haughtiness, and ever serious without being dull. 
 
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 OHM ADAMS, the second 
 President and the first Vice- 
 President of tb.o United Slates, 
 was born iu Braintree (now 
 Quincy ),Mass., and about ten 
 /"^ miles from Boston, Oct. 19, 
 1735. His great-grandfather, Henry 
 J .^dams, emigrated from England 
 y| about 1640, with a family of eight 
 ^11 sons, and settled at Braintree. The 
 parents of John were John and 
 Susannah (Boylston) Adams. His 
 father was a farmer of limited 
 means, to which he added the bus- 
 iness of shoemaking. He gave his 
 eldest son, John, a classical educa- 
 tion at Harvard College. John 
 graduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the 
 school in ^Vorccster, Mass. This he found but a 
 'sci.ool of affliction," from which Ivj endeavored to 
 gain .elief by devoting himself, in addition, to the 
 study of law. For this purpose he placed liimself 
 under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He 
 had tliought seriously of tlie clerical profession 
 but seems to have been turned from this by what he 
 termed " the friglilful engines of ecclesiastical coun- 
 cils, cf diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,' 
 of li'.c operations of which he had been a witness iu 
 his native town. He was well fitted for the legal 
 •/.ofeysion, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being 
 ready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep- 
 tive ;x)wers. He gradually gained practice, and in 
 1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, 
 atid a l.idy of superior intelligence. Shortly after his 
 .piarriaire, (i7'''5), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa- 
 'ion tumid him from law to politics. He took initial 
 3tei)s toward holdin., i town meeting, and the resolu- 
 
 tions he offered on the subject became very jwpulai 
 throughout the Provnice, and were adopted word for 
 word by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos. 
 ton in 1768, and became one of the most courageous 
 and prominent advocatesof tlie popular cause, and 
 was chosen a member of the General Court_(lhe Leg- 
 lislature) in 1770. 
 
 Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegates 
 from Massachusetts to the first Continental Congrets, 
 which met in 1774. Here he distinguished himselt 
 by his capacity for business and for debate, and ad- 
 vocated tlie movement for independence against tli^ 
 majority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved 
 and carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies 
 should assume the duties of self-government. He 
 was a prominent member of the committee of ."ive 
 appointed Jtine 11, to prejaare a declaration of inde- 
 pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but 
 on Adams devolved the task of battling it througli 
 Congress in a three days debate. 
 
 On the day after the Declaration of Independence 
 was passed, while his soul was yet warm with th^ 
 glow of excitetl feeling, he wrote a letter to his wite 
 which, as we read it now, seems to have been dictatei 
 by the spirit of prophecy. " Yesterday," he says, "the 
 greatest question was decided that ever was debated 
 in America; and greater, perhaps, never was or wi! 
 be decided among men. A resolution v. as passed 
 without one dissenting colony, ' that these United 
 States are, and of right ought to be, free and inde- 
 pendent states.' The day is passed. The fourtli of 
 July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history 
 of America. I am apt to believe it will be celeljrated 
 by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary 
 festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of 
 deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty 
 God. It ought to be solemnized v.'iih i»mp, showi 
 
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 JOHN ADAMS. 
 
 games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations 
 from one end of the continent to the other, from this 
 time forward for ever. You will think me transported 
 with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of 
 the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to 
 maintain this declaration, and support and defend 
 the^e States; yet, through all the gloom, I can seethe 
 rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is 
 worth more than all the means; and that posterity 
 will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I 
 hope we shall not." 
 
 In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was aiipointed a 
 delegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin 
 Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in 
 the endeavor to obtain assistance in arms nnd money 
 from the French Government. This was a severe trial 
 to his patriotism, as it separated him from his home, 
 compelled him to cross the ocean in wiutei-, and ex- 
 posed him to great peril of capture by the British cruis- 
 ers, who were seeking him. He left France June 17, 
 1779. In September of the same year he was again 
 cliosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself in readi- 
 ness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce 
 with Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet 
 might be found wilhng to listen to such pioposels. He 
 sailed for France in November, from there he went to 
 Holland, where lie negotiated important loans and 
 Tornied important commercial treaties 
 
 Finally a treaty of peace with England was signed 
 Jan. 2 1, 1783. The re-action from the excitement, 
 toil and anxiety through which Mr, Adams had passed 
 t'rcw him into a fever. After suffeiing from a con- 
 tinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he 
 was advised to goto England to drink the waters of 
 Buh. \Vhilein England, still drooping anddesiwnd- 
 ing, he received dispatches from his own government 
 urging the necessity of his going to .'Vmsterdam to 
 negotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was 
 delicate, yet he immediately set out, and through 
 storm, on sea, on horseback and foot,hemade the trip. 
 
 February 24, 1785; Congress appointed Mr. Adams 
 envoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face 
 to face the King of England, who had so long re- 
 garded him as a traitor. As England did not 
 condescend to appoint a minister to the United 
 States, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accom- 
 plishing but little, he sought permission to return to 
 ;iis own country, where he arrived in June, 1788. 
 
 When Washington was first chosen President, John 
 Adams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at 
 home and abroad, was chosen Vice President. Again 
 at tlie second election of Washington as President, 
 Adams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash- 
 ington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was 
 elected President, though not witho\it much opposition. 
 Serving in this office four years,he was succeeded by 
 Mr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics. 
 
 While Mr. Adams was Vice President the great 
 
 French Revolution shook the continent of Europe, 
 and it was upon this point which he was at issue with 
 the majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson. 
 Mr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people 
 in their struggle, for he had no confidence in their 
 power of self-government, and he utterly abhored the 
 classof atheist philosophers who he claimed caused it. 
 On the other hand Jefferson's sympathies were strongly 
 enlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or- 
 iginated the alienation between these distinguished 
 men, and two powerful parties were thus soon organ- 
 ized, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies 
 were with England and Jefi"erson led the other in 
 symi)athy with France. 
 
 The worid has seldom seen a spectacle of more 
 moral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the 
 old age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling 
 had died away, and" he had begun to receive that just 
 ajjpreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till 
 after death. No one could look upon his venerable 
 form, and think of what he had done and suffered, 
 and how he had given up all the prime and strength 
 of his life to the public good, without the deepest 
 emotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar 
 good fortune to witness the complete success of the 
 institution which he had been so active in creating and 
 supporting. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled 
 to the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest 
 station in the gift of the people. 
 
 The fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half 
 century since the signing of the Declaration of Inde- 
 pendence, arrived, and there were but three of the 
 signers of that immortal instrument left upon the 
 earth to hail its morning light. And, as it is 
 well known, on that day two of these finished the.i 
 earthly pilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as 
 to seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr. 
 Adams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning 
 of the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from 
 his l)ed. On being requested to name a toast for the 
 customary celebration of the day, he exclainied " In- 
 dependence FOREVER." When the day was ushered 
 in, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons, 
 he was asked by one of his attendants if he knew 
 what day it was? He replied, "O yes; it is the glor- 
 ious fourth of July — God bless it — God bless you all." 
 In the course of the day he said, "It is a great and 
 glorious day." The last words he uttered were, 
 "Jefferson survives." But he had, at one o'clock, re- 
 signed his spiiit into the hands of his God. 
 
 The personal appearance and manners of Mr. 
 Adams were not particularly prepossessing. His face, 
 as his ])ortrait manifests,was intellectual ard expres- 
 sive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and his 
 manners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous. 
 He had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor 
 the engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked 
 the manners and address of Tefferson, 
 
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 HOMAS JEFFERSON was 
 burn April 2, 1743, at Sliad- 
 >ucll, Albcrmarle county, Va. 
 His i)arents wtre Peier and 
 Jane ( Randolph) Jefferson, 
 the former a native of Wales, 
 and the latter born in Lon- 
 don. To tiienr were born six 
 daughters and two sons, of 
 whom Thomas was the elder. 
 When 14 years of age Jiis 
 father died. He received a 
 most liberal education, hav- 
 been kept diligently at school 
 from the time he was five years of 
 age. In 1760 he entered William 
 .end Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat 
 of the Colonial Court, and it was the obodeof fashion 
 a. id splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17 
 years old, lived somewhat CApensively, keeping fine 
 horses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he 
 was earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproacha- 
 able in liis morals. It is strange, however, under 
 such influences, that he was not ruined. In the sec- 
 ond year of his college course, moved by some un- 
 cx|)lained inward impulse, he discarded his horses, 
 society, and even his favorite violin, to which he liad 
 previously given much time. Heofter. devoled fifteen 
 hours a day to hard study, allowing himself for ex- 
 orcise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out 
 of the city and back again. He thus attained very 
 high intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso- 
 phy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and 
 Greek authors he read with facility. A more finished 
 scholor has seldom gone forth from college halls; and 
 
 there was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a 
 more pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man. 
 
 Immediately upon leaving college he began the 
 study of law. For the short time he continued in the 
 [jractice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin- 
 guished himself by his energy and accuteness as a 
 lawyer. But the times called for greater action. 
 The policy of England had awakened the spirit of 
 resistance of the American Colonies, and the enlarged 
 views wliich Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led 
 him into active political life. In 1769 he was choser 
 a member of tlie Virginia House of Burgesses. In 
 1772 he married Mrs. Martha .Skelton, a very oeauti- 
 ful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widov.- 
 
 Upon Mr. Jefferson's large estate at Shad well, th:!rc 
 was a majestic swell of land, ca'led Mo;uicello, whicl- 
 commanded a prospect of wonderful extent and 
 beauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new 
 home; and here he reared a m.insion of modest ye' 
 elegant architecture, which, next to Mour.t Vernon 
 became the most distinguished resort in our land. 
 
 In 1775 he was sent to the Cdonial Congress 
 where, though a silent member, his abilities as a 
 writer and a reasoner soon become known, and he 
 was placed upon a number of important committees, 
 and was cliairnian of the one appointed for the draw- 
 ing up of a declaration of independence. This com- 
 mittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams. 
 Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. 
 Livingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was ap[)ointed 
 to draw uj) the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested 
 a few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con- 
 gress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made 
 in it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July 
 4, 1776 What must have been the feelings of that 
 
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 THOMAS JEFFERSON. 
 
 man — what the emotions that swelled his breast — 
 who was charged with the preparation of that Dec- 
 laration, which, while it made known the wrongs of 
 America, was also to publish her to the world, free, 
 i,overign and independent. It is one of the most re- 
 markable papers ever written ; and did no other effort 
 uf tlie mind of its author exist, that alone would be 
 sufficient to stamp his name with immortality. 
 
 In 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to 
 Patrick Henry, £>s Governor of Virginia. At one time 
 the British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to 
 Monlicello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five 
 minutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef- 
 ferson and his iamily, ere his mansion was in posses- 
 sion of the Britisli troops. His wife's health, never 
 very good, was much injured by this excitement, and 
 in the summer of 1782 she died. 
 
 Mr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783. 
 Two years later he was appointed Minister Plenipo- 
 tentiary to France. Returning to the United States 
 in Seijtember, 1789, he became Secretary of State 
 in Washington's cabinet. This position he resigned 
 Jan. J, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi- 
 dent, and four years later was elected President over 
 Mr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In 
 1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity, 
 and George Clinton, Vice President. 
 
 The early part of Mr. Jefferson's second adminstra- 
 tion was disturbed by an event whicii threatened the 
 tranquility and peace of the Union ; this was the con- 
 spiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election 
 to the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled 
 ambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a 
 military expedition into the Spanish territories on our 
 southwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there 
 a new republic. This has been generally supposed 
 was a mere pretext ; and although it has not been 
 generally known what his real plans were, there is no 
 doubt that they were of a far more dangerous 
 character. 
 
 In 1809, at the expiration of the second term for 
 which Mr. Jefferson Jiad been elected, he determined 
 to retire from political life. For a period of nearly 
 ibrty years, he had been continually before the pub- 
 .ic, and all that time had been employed in offices of 
 the greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de- 
 voted the best part of his life to the service of his 
 country, he now felt desirous of that rest which his 
 declining years required, and upon the organization of 
 the new administration, in March, 1809, he bid fare- 
 well forever to public life, and retired to Monticello. 
 
 Mr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole 
 families came in their coaches with their lioises, — 
 fathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and 
 nurses, — and remained three and even six months. 
 Life at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a 
 fashionable watering-place. 
 
 The fourth of July, 1826, being the fift-.eth anniver- 
 
 sary of the Declaration of American Independence, 
 great preparations were made in every pait of th 
 Union for its celebration, as the nation's jubilee, and 
 the citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity 
 of the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer^ 
 and one of the few surviving signers of the Declara- 
 tion, to participate in their festivities. But an ill- 
 ness, whicii had been of several weeks duration, and 
 had been continually increasing, compelled him to 
 decline the invitation. 
 
 On the second of July, the disease under which 
 he was laboring left him, but in such a reduced 
 state that his medical attendants, entertained ne 
 hope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectlv 
 sensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next 
 day, which was Monday, he asked of those around 
 him, the day of the month, and on being told it was 
 the third of July, he expressed the earnest wish tha 
 he might be permitted lo breathe tb.e air of the filtietf 
 anniversary. His prayer was heard — that day, whose 
 dawn was hailed with such rapture through our land, 
 burst upon his eyes, and then they were closed for- 
 ever. And what a noble consummation of a noble 
 life! To die on that day, — the birthday of a nation,- - 
 the day which his own name and his own act had 
 rendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and 
 festivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him, 
 as the author, under God, of their greatest blessings, 
 was all that was wanting to fill up the record his life. 
 
 Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin- 
 dred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear 
 him company, left the scene of his earthly honors. 
 Hand in hand they had stood fortji, tlie champions of 
 freedom ; hand in hand, during the dark and desper- 
 ate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and 
 animated their desponding countrymen; for half a 
 century they had labored togetlier for the good of 
 the country; and now hand in hand they depart. 
 In their lives they had been united in the same great 
 cause of liberty, and in tlieir deaths they were not 
 divided. 
 
 In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather 
 above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes 
 were light, his hair originally red, in after life became 
 white and silvery; his complexion was fair, his fore- 
 head broad, and his whole countenance intelligent and 
 thoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as 
 well as personal courage ; and his command of tem- 
 per was such that his oldest and most intimate friends 
 never recollected to have seen him in a passion. 
 His manners, though dignified, were simple and un- 
 affected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that 
 all found at his house a ready welcome. In conver- 
 sation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic ; and 
 his language was remarkably pure and correct. He 
 was a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is 
 discernable the care with which he formed his style 
 upon the best models of antiquity. 
 
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FOURTH PRl'SIDENT. 
 
 P1I|ES npDISOl]. 
 
 r^/.Ti^\? AMES MADISON, "Father 
 of the Constitution," and fourth 
 President of the United States, 
 was born March i6, 1757, and 
 died at his home in Virginia, 
 /■^^ June 28, 1836. The name of 
 James Madison is iiTseparably con- 
 nected with most of tlie important 
 events in that heroic period of our 
 country during which the founda- 
 tions of this great republic were 
 laid. He was the last of the founders 
 of the Constitution of the United 
 States to be called to his eternal 
 reward. 
 
 The Madison family were among 
 the early emigrants to the New World, 
 anding upon the shores of the Chesa- 
 peake but 15 years after the settle- 
 ;[] ment of Jamestown. The father of 
 Tames Madison was an opulent 
 planter, residing upon a very fine es- 
 tate called "Montpelier," Orange Co., 
 Va. The mansion was situated in 
 the midst of scenery highly pictur- 
 esque and romantic, on the west side 
 of South-west Mountain, al the foot of 
 Blue Ridge. It was but 25 miles from the home of 
 Jefferson at Monticello. The closest personal and 
 political attachment existed between these illustrious 
 men, from their early youth until death. 
 
 The early education t)f Mr. Madison was conducted 
 mostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of 
 18 he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey. 
 Here he applied himself to study with the most im- 
 
 prudent zeal; allowing himself, for months, but three 
 hours' sleep out of the 24. His health thus became so 
 seriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor 
 of constitution. He graduated in 177 i. with a feeble 
 body, with a character of utmost purity, and with a 
 mind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning 
 which embellished and gave proficiency to his subsf 
 ipient career. 
 
 Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study of 
 law and a course of extensive and systematic reading. 
 This educational course, the spirit of the times in 
 wliich he lived, and the society with which he asso- 
 ciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong 
 love of liberty, and to train him for his life-woik of 
 a statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of 
 mind, nnd his frail health leading him to think that 
 his life was not to l)e long, he diiected especial atten- 
 tion to theological studies. Endowed with a mmd 
 singularly free from passion and jirejudice, and with 
 almo::t uneejualled powers of reasoning, he weighed 
 all the arguments for and against revealed religion, 
 until his faith Ijecame so established as never to 
 be shaken. 
 
 In the spring of 1776, when 26 years of age, he 
 was elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to 
 frame the constitution of the State. The next year 
 (1777), he was a candidate for the General Assembly. 
 He refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and 
 consequently lost his election ; but those who had 
 witnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the 
 modest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf, 
 and he was appointed to the E.\eculive Council. 
 
 Both Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were 
 Governors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained 
 member of the Council ; and their appreciation o\ his 
 
32 
 
 JAMES MADISON. 
 
 intellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not 
 a little to his subsequent eminence. In the year 
 1780, he was elected a member of the Continental 
 Congress. Here he met the most illustrious men in 
 our land, and he was immediately assigned to one of 
 the most conspicuous positions among them. 
 
 For three years Mr. Madison continued in Con- 
 gress, one of its most active and influential members. 
 In the year 17 84, his term having expired, he was 
 elected a member of the Virginia Legislature. 
 
 No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the 
 utter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no na- 
 tional government, with no power to form treaties 
 which would be binding, or to enforce law. There 
 was not any State more prominent than Virginia in 
 the declaration, that an efficient national government 
 must be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison 
 carried a resolution through the General Assembly of 
 Virginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis- 
 sioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss 
 this subject. Five States only were represented. The 
 convention, however, issued another call, drawn up 
 by Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their 
 delegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft 
 a Constitution for the United States, to take the place 
 of that Confederate League. The delegates met at 
 the time appointed. F,very State but Rhode Island 
 Kas represented. George Washington was chosen 
 president of the convention ; and the present Consti- 
 tution of the United States was then and there formed. 
 There was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac- 
 tive in framing this immortal document than the mind 
 and the pen of James Madison. 
 
 The Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, vvas 
 to be presented to the several States for acceptance. 
 But grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected 
 we should be left but a conglomeration of independent 
 States, with but little power at home and little respect 
 abroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven- 
 tion to draw up an address to the people of the United 
 States, expounding the principles of the Constitution, 
 and urging its adoption. There was great opposition 
 to it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and 
 went into effect in 1789. 
 
 Mr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre- 
 sentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the 
 avowed leader of the Republican party. While in 
 New York attending Congress, he met Mrs. Todd, a 
 young W'idow of remarkable power of fascination, 
 whom he married. She was in person and character 
 queenly, and probably no lady has thus far occujjied 
 so prominent a position in the very peculiar society 
 which has constituted our republican court as Mrs. 
 Madison. 
 
 Mr. Madison served as Secretary of State under 
 Jefferson, and at the close of his administration 
 was chosen President. At this time the encroach- 
 ments of England had brought us to the verge of war. 
 
 British orders in council destroyed our commerce, and 
 our flag was exposed to constant insult. Mr. Madison 
 was a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring 
 in his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the 
 meekest spirit can be roused. It makes one's blood 
 boil, even now, to think of an American ship brought 
 to, upon the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser'. 
 A young lieutenant steps on board and orders the 
 crew to be pai'aded before him. With gr-eat nonchal- 
 ance he selects any nirmber whom he may please to 
 designate as British subjects ; orders them down the 
 ship's side into his boat; and places them on the gun- 
 deck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the 
 battles of England. This right of search and im- 
 pressment, no efforts of our Government could induce 
 the British cabinet to relinquish. 
 
 On the i8th of June, 1812, President Madison gave 
 his approval to an act of Congress declaring war 
 against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter 
 hostility of the Federal party to the war, the country 
 in general approved; and Ivlr. Madison, on the 4th 
 of March, 18 13, was re-elected by a lar-ge itiajority, 
 and entered upon his second term of office. This is 
 not the place to describe the various adventurss of 
 this war on the land and on the water. Our infan . 
 navy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap- 
 pling with the most formidable power which ever 
 swept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest 
 by the appearance of a British fleet, early in February, 
 18 r3, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole 
 coast of the LInited States under blockade. 
 
 The Emperor of Russia offered his services as me 
 ditator-. Amei'ica accepted ; England refused. A Brit- 
 ish force of five thousand men landed on the banks 
 of the Patu.xet River, near its entrance into Chesa- 
 peake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens- 
 iDirrg, upon Washington. 
 
 The straggling little city of Washington was thrown 
 into consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict 
 at Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the 
 metropolis. The vi^hole populaticn fled fr-om the city. 
 The President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White 
 House, with her carriage drawn up at the doer to 
 await his speedy return., hurried to meet the officers 
 in a council of war. He met our troops utterly routed, 
 and he could not go back without danger of being 
 captured. But few hours elapsed ei'e the Presidential 
 Mansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in 
 Washington were in flames. 
 
 The war closed after two years of fighting, and on 
 Feb. r3, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed atGhent. 
 
 On the 4th of Maixh, 1817, his second term of 
 office expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair 
 to his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his beau- 
 tiful home at Montpelier, and there passed the re- 
 mainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the 
 age of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi- 
 son died July 12, 1849. 
 
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FIFTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 35 
 
 
 AMES MONROE, the fifth 
 ,1'residentof The United States, 
 was born in Westmoreland Co., 
 Va., April 28, 1758. His early 
 life was passed at the place of 
 nativity. His ancestors had for 
 many years resided in the prov- 
 ince in which he was born. A\'hen, 
 at 17 years of age, in the process 
 of completing his education at 
 \\'illiam and Mary College, the Co- 
 lonial Congress assembled at Phila- 
 delphia to deliberate upon the un- 
 just and manifold oppressions of 
 (ireat Britian, declared the separa- 
 tion of the Colonies, and promul- 
 gated the Declaration of Indepen- 
 dence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly 
 probable that he would have been one of the signers 
 of that celebrated instrument. At this time he left 
 school and enlisted among the patriots. 
 
 He joined the army when everything looked hope- 
 less and gloomy. The number of deserters increased 
 from day to day. The invading armies came pouring 
 in ; and the tories not only favored the cause of the 
 mother country, but disheartened the new recruits, 
 who were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con- 
 tending with an enemy whom they had been taught 
 to deem invincible. To such brave si)irits as James 
 Monroe, who went right onward, undismayed through 
 difficulty and danger, the United States owe then- 
 political emancipation. The young cadet joined the 
 ranks, and espoused the cause of his injured country, 
 with a firm determination to live or die with her strife 
 
 for liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel- 
 ancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and Wjiic. 
 Plains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it flee 
 before its foes through New Jersey. In four mur.ili! 
 after the Declaration of Independence, the patriots 
 had been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of 
 Trenton he led the vanguard, and, in the actof charg- 
 ing upon the enemy he received a wound in the lef 
 shoulder. 
 
 As a rewiird for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was pro- 
 moted a ca^jtain of infantry; and, having recovered 
 from his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however, 
 receded from the line of promotion, by becoming a:', 
 officer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the cam- 
 paigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of ISrandy 
 wine, Germanlown and Monmouth, he continued 
 aid-de-canip ; but becoming desirous to regain his 
 position in the army, he exerted himself to collect a 
 regiment for the Virginia line. This scheme failed 
 owing to the exhausted condition of the State. Upon 
 this failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at 
 that period Governor, and jjursued, with considerable 
 ardor, the study of common law. He did not, however, 
 entirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag; 
 but on the invasions of the enemy, served as a volun 
 teer, during the two years of his legal pursuits. 
 
 In 17S2, he was elected from King George county, 
 a member of the Leglislature of Virginia, and by that 
 body he was elevated to a seat in the Executive 
 Cout'cil. He was thus honored with the confidence 
 of his fellow citizens at 23 years of age ; and having 
 at this early period disi)la) cd some of that ability 
 and aptitude for legislation, which were aftenvards 
 em[)loyed with unremittirg energy for the public good, 
 
36 
 
 JAMES MONROE. 
 
 be was in the succeeding year chosen a member of 
 die Congress of the United States. 
 Deeply as Mr. Monroe felt the imperfections of the old 
 Confederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution, 
 ".hinking, with many others of *he Republican party, 
 '.hat it gave too much power to the Central Government, 
 and not enough to the individual States. Still he re- 
 tained the esteem of his friends who were its warm 
 supporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition 
 secured its adoption. In 1789, lie became a member 
 of the United States Senate ; which office he held for 
 four years. Every month the line of distinction be- 
 tween the two great parties which divided the nation, 
 the Federal and the Republican, was growing more 
 distinct. The two prominent iaeas which now sep- 
 arated them were, that the Republican party was in 
 sympathy with France, and also in favor of such a 
 strict construction of the Constitution as to give the 
 ('entral Government as little power, and the State 
 Governments as much power, as the Constitution would 
 warrant. The Federalists sympathized with England, 
 and were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con- 
 stitution, which would give as much power to the 
 Central Government as that document could possibly 
 authorize. 
 
 The leading Federalists and Republicans were 
 alike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the 
 good of the nation. Two more honest men or more 
 ;iure patriots tlian John Adams the Federalist, and 
 James Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In 
 building li|) this majestic nation, which is destined 
 to eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com- 
 bination of their antagonism was needed to create the 
 light equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de- 
 nounced as almost a demon. 
 
 Washington was then President. England had es- 
 poused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi- 
 ples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn 
 into the conflict. We were feeble and far away. 
 Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality be- 
 tween these contending powers. France had helped 
 us in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms 
 of Europe were now combined to prevent the French 
 from escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse 
 than that which we had endured. Col. Monroe, more 
 magnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at 
 whatever hazard, we sliould help our old allies in 
 their extremity. It was the impulse of a generous 
 and noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres- 
 ident's proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in 
 magnanimity. 
 
 Washington, who could apnreciate such a character, 
 developed his calm, serene, almost divine greatness, 
 by appointing that very James Monroe, who was de- 
 nouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister 
 of that Government to the Republic of France. Mr. 
 Monroe was welcomed by the National Convention 
 in France with the most enthusiastic demonstrations. 
 
 Shortly after his return to this country, Mr. Mon- 
 roe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the 
 office for three yeais. He was again sent to France to 
 co-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining 
 the vast territory then known as the Province of 
 Louisiana, which France had but shortly before ob- 
 tained from Spain. Tneir united efforts were suc- 
 cessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen 
 millions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and 
 district of Louisiana were added to the United States. 
 This was probably the largest transfer of real estate 
 which was ever made in all the history of the world. 
 
 From France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob- 
 tain from that country some recognition of our 
 rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those 
 odious impressments of our seamen. but Eng- 
 land was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng- 
 land on the same mission, but could receive no 
 redress. He returned to his home and was again 
 chosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned 
 to accept the position of Secretary of State under 
 Madison. Wiiile in this office war with England was 
 declared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during 
 these trying times, the duties of the War Department 
 were also put upon him. He was truly the armor- 
 bearer of President Madison, and the most efficient 
 business man in his cabinet. Upon the return of 
 peace he resigned the Department of War, but con- 
 tinued in the office of Secretary of State until the ex- 
 piration of Mr. Madison's adminstration. At the elec 
 tion held the previous autumn Mr. Monroe himself had 
 been chosen President with but little opposition, and 
 upon March 4, 18(7, was inaugurated. Four years 
 later he was elected for a second term. 
 
 Among the important measures of his Presidency 
 were the cession of Florida to the United States ; the 
 Missouri Compromise, and the " Monroe doctrine.'" 
 
 This famous doctrine, since known as the "Monroe 
 doctrine," was enunciated by liim in 1823. At that 
 time the United States had recognized the independ- 
 ence of the South American states, and did not wish 
 to have European powers longer attempting to sub- 
 due portions of the American Continent. The doctrine 
 is as follows: "That we should consider any attempt 
 on the part of European powers to extend their sys- 
 tem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous 
 to our peace and safety," and "that we could not 
 view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing 
 or controlling American governments or provinces in 
 any other light than as a manifestation by European 
 powers of an unfriendly disposition toward the United 
 States." This doctrine immediately affected the course 
 of foreign governments, and has become the approved 
 sentiment of the United States. 
 
 At the end of his fecond term Mr. Monroe retired 
 to his home in Virginia, where he lived until 1830, 
 when he went to New York to live with his son-in- 
 law. In that city he died, on the 4th of July, 1831 
 
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S/X Til r RESIDENT. 
 
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 OHN QUINCY ADAMS, the 
 .l5) sixth President of the United 
 §> Stales, was born in the rural 
 home of his honored father, 
 Jolin Adams, in Qaincy, Mass., 
 on the I ith cf July, 1767. His 
 mother, a woman of exalted 
 worth, watched over his childhood 
 during the almost constant ab- 
 sence of liis father. When but 
 eight years of age, lie stood with 
 ' his mother on an eminence, listen- 
 ing to the booming of the great bat- 
 tle on Bunker's Hill, and gazing on 
 upon the smoke and flames billow- 
 ing up from the conflagration of 
 Charlestown. 
 
 When but eleven years old he 
 took a tearful adieu of his mother, 
 to sail with his father for Europe, 
 through a fleet oi hostile Uritish cruisers. The bright, 
 animated boy spent a year and a half in I'aiis, where 
 his f.ither was associated with Franklin and Lee as 
 minister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted 
 the notice of these distinguished men, and he received 
 from them flattering marks of attention. 
 
 Mr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this 
 cou.'.try, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad. Again 
 •ol'.ii Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he 
 applied himself witii great diligence, for si.\ months, 
 to Jtudy; then acconi pained his fatlier to Holland, 
 where he entered, first a school in .Amsterdam, then 
 the University at Leyden. About a year from this 
 time, in 178 1, when the manly 1 oy was but fourteen 
 yea-:; of age, he was selected l)y Mr. Dana, our min- 
 ister to the Russian court, as his private secretary. 
 
 In this school of incessant labor and of enobling 
 culture he spent fourteen months, and then returned 
 to Holland through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and 
 Bremen. This Icng journey he took alone, in the 
 winter, when in his si.\teenth year. Again he resumed 
 his studies, under a private tutor, at Hague. Thence 
 
 in the spring of 1782, he accompanied his fitlier \: 
 I'aris, traveling leisurely, and forming acquaintaiice 
 with the most distinguished men on the Coniiner.t; 
 examining arcnitectural remains, galleries of paintings, 
 and all renowned works of art. At Paris lie again 
 became associated with the most illustrious men of 
 all lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal 
 themes which can engross the human mind. Afti" 
 a short visit to England he returned to Paris, ano 
 consecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785, 
 when he returned to America. To a brilliant young 
 man of eighteen, who liad seen much of the world, 
 and who was familiar with the etiquette of courts, a 
 residence with his father in London, imder such cir- 
 cumstances, must have been extremely attractive 
 but with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre- 
 ferred to return to America to complete his education 
 in an American college. He wished then to study 
 law, that with an honoralile profession, he might b'= 
 able to obtain an independent support. 
 
 Upon leaving Harvard College, at the age of twenty 
 he studied law for three years. In Jime, 1794, be- 
 ing then but twenty-seven years of age, he was ap- 
 pointed by Washington, resident minister at the 
 Netiievlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reached 
 London in October, where he was immediately admit- 
 ted to the deliiterations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney, 
 assisting them in negotiating a commercial treaty with 
 (iieat Britian. After thus spending a fortPiight it 
 London, he proceeded to the Hague. 
 
 In July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal a- 
 minister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal 
 upon arriving in London, he met with despatches 
 directing him to the court of Beiiin, but requeslirp 
 him to remain in London until he sliould receive his 
 instructions. AVhile w:.iting he was niairied to y- 
 American lady to whom he had been previously en- 
 gaged, — Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughte' 
 of Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in I ondon ; 
 a lady endownd with that beauty and those accom- 
 plishment which eminently fitted her to n-,ovc in the 
 elevated sphere for which she was destined. 
 
4° 
 
 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 
 
 He reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797 ; 
 where he remained until July, 1799, when, havingful- 
 filled all the purposes of his mission, he solicited his 
 recall. 
 
 Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to 
 1 he Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then 
 was elected Senator of the United States for six years, 
 from the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his 
 ability and his experience, placed him immediately 
 among the most prominent and influential members 
 oftliatbody. Especially did he sustain the Govern- 
 ment in its measures of resistance to the encroach- 
 ments of England, destroying our commerce and in- 
 sulting our flag. There was no man in America nrore 
 f.imiliar with the arrogance of the British court upon 
 these points, and no one more resolved to present 
 a firm resistance. 
 
 In 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres- 
 idential chair, and he immediately nominated John 
 Quincy .\dams minister to St. Petersburg. Resign- 
 ing his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked 
 at Boston, in August, 1809. 
 
 While in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense stu- 
 dent. He devoted his attention to the language and 
 history of Russia; to the Chinese trade; to the 
 European system of weights, measures, and coins; to 
 the climate and astronomical observations ; while he 
 Kept up a familiar acquaintance with the Greek and 
 Latin classics. In all the universities of Europe, a 
 more accomplished scholar could scarcely be found. 
 All through life the Bible constituted an important 
 part of his studies. It was his rule to read five 
 chapters every day. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1817, Mr. Monroe took the 
 Presidential chair, and immediately ap[)ointed Mr. 
 .\dams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num- 
 erous friends in public and private life in Euroi^e, he 
 sailed in June, 1819, for the United States. On the 
 1 8th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his 
 home in Quincy. During the eight years of Mr. Mon- 
 roe's administration, Mr, Adams continued Secretary 
 of State. 
 
 Some time before the close of Mr. Monroe's second 
 term of office, new candidates began to be presented 
 for the Presidency. The friends of Mr. Adams brought 
 forward his name. It was an exciting campaign. 
 Party spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and 
 sixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re- 
 ceived ninety-nine; John Quincy .\dams, eighty-four; 
 William H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty- 
 se/en. As there was no choice by the people, the 
 question went to the House of Representatives. Mr. 
 Clay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and 
 he was elected. 
 
 The friends of all the disappointed candidates now 
 combined in a venomous and persistent assault upon 
 Mr. Adams. There is nothing more disgraceful in 
 *he, oast history of our country than the abuse which 
 
 was poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this 
 high-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was 
 an administration more pure in principles, more con- 
 scientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun- 
 try, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per- 
 haps, was there an administration more unscrupu- 
 lously and outrageously assailed. 
 
 Mr. Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab- 
 stemious and temperate in his habits; always rising 
 early, and taking much exercise. When at his home in 
 Quincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast, 
 seven miles to* Boston. In Washington, it was said 
 that he was the first man up in the city, lighting his 
 own fire and applying himself to work in his library 
 often long before dawn. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired 
 from the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew- 
 Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi- 
 dent. The slavery question now began to assume 
 ixirtentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to 
 Quincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un- 
 abated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re- 
 main in retirement. In November, 1830, he was 
 elected representative to Congress. For seventeen 
 years, until his death, he occupied the post as repre- 
 sentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to 
 do brave battle' for freedom, and winning the title of 
 "the old man eloquent." Upon taking his seat in 
 the House, he announced that he should hold him- 
 self bound to no party. Probably there never was a 
 member more devoted to his duties. He was usually 
 the first in his place in the morning, and the last to 
 leave his seat in the evening. Not a measure could 
 be brought forward and escape his scrutiny. The 
 battle which Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against 
 the proslavery party in the Government, was sublime 
 in Its moral daiing and heroism. For persisting in 
 presenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, he 
 was threatened with indictment by the grand jury, 
 'with expulsion from the House, with assassinadon ; 
 but no threats could intimidate him, and his final 
 triumph was complete. 
 
 It has been said of President Adams, that when his 
 body was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of 
 fourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little 
 child, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before 
 he slept, the prajer which his mother taught him in 
 his infant years. 
 
 On the 2ist of February, 1848, he rose on the floor 
 of Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the 
 speaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by paraly- 
 sis, and was caught in the arms of those around him. 
 For a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to 
 the sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious- 
 ness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and 
 said " This is the end'of earth .-"then after a moment's 
 pause he added, "/ <7;« content" These were the 
 last words of the grand "Old Man Eloquent." 
 
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 NDRKW JACKSON, the 
 
 seventh Presidei.t of tlie 
 Ir United States, was born in 
 ■^ Waxhaw settlement, N. (;., 
 Marcli 15, 1767, a few days 
 after his fathei-'s deatli. His 
 parents were poor emigrants 
 from Ireland, and took up 
 their abode in N\'a,\haw set- 
 tlement, where they lived in 
 deepest poverty, 
 Andrew, or Andy, as he was 
 universally called, grew uj) a very 
 rough, rude, turbulent boy. His 
 features were coarse, his form un- 
 gainly; and there was but very 
 litiL- in liis character, made visible, which was at- 
 tractive. 
 
 W!ien only thirteen years old he joined the volun- 
 teers of Carolina against the British invasion. In 
 17S1, he and his brother Robert were captured and 
 imprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officer 
 ordered him to brash his mud-spattered boots. " I am 
 a prisoner of war, not your servant," was the reply of 
 the dauntless boy. 
 
 The brute drew hi:; sword, and aimed a desperate 
 Dlow at the head of the heii)less young i:)risoner. 
 Andrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear- 
 ful gashes, — one on the hand and the other upon the 
 head. The officer then turned to his brother Robert 
 with the same demand. He also refused, and re- 
 ceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which iiuite 
 disabled him, and which probalily soon after caused 
 his death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, anil 
 were finally stricken with tiie small-pox. Their 
 mother was successful in obtaining tlieir exchanjje. 
 
 and took her sick boys home. After a long illnjsL 
 .Andrew recovered, and the death of his mother -.'wn 
 left him entirely friendless. 
 
 Andrew supijorted himself in various ways,s ::.lia3 
 working at the saddler's trade, teaching school and 
 clerking in a general store, until 1784, when he 
 entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however, 
 gave more attentioh to the wild amusements of the 
 times than to his studies. In 17S8, he was apiJointed 
 solicitor for the western district of North Carolina, of 
 which Tennessee was tlien a part. This involved 
 many long and tedious journeys amid dangers of 
 every kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear, 
 and the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmish 
 with the Sharp Knife. 
 
 In 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who 
 supposed herself divorced from her former husband. 
 Creat was the surprise of both parties, two years later, 
 to find that the conditionsof the divorce had just been 
 definitely settled by the first husband. The marriage 
 ceremony was performed a second time, but the occur- 
 rence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr 
 Jackson into disfavor. 
 
 During these years he worked hard at his profes- 
 sion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand, 
 one of which, wlien he killed Dickenson, was espec- 
 ially disgraceful. 
 
 In January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee then 
 containing nearly eighty thousand inhabitar.ts, (he 
 people met in convention at Kno.wille to frame a con- 
 stitution. Five were sent from each of the eleven 
 counties Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates. 
 The new State was entitled to but one meml cr in. 
 the National House of Representatives. Andre»v Jack-' 
 son was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he 
 rode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its 
 
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 ANDRE IV JACKSON. 
 
 S'^Siions,— a distance of about eight luindred miles. 
 Jackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo- 
 cratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired 
 Bonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr. 
 Jackson took his seal, Gjn. Washington, whose 
 second term of office was then expi.ing, delivered his 
 last speech to Congress. A committee drew np a 
 complimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson 
 did not approve of the address, and was one of the 
 twelve who voted against it. He was not willing to 
 say that Gen. Washington's adminstration had been 
 " wise, firm and patriotic." 
 
 Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States 
 Senate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home. 
 Soon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court 
 of his State, which position he held for si.K years. 
 
 When the war of 1812 with Great Britian com- 
 menced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair. 
 Aaron Burr sent word to the President that there was 
 an unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who 
 vould do credit to a commission if one were con- 
 ferred upon him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson 
 ofifeied his services and those of twenty-five hundred 
 volunteers. His offer was acceyited, and the troops 
 were assembled at Nashville. 
 
 As the British were hourly expected to make an at- 
 tack r.pon New Orleans, where Gen. Wilkinson was 
 in command, he was ordered to descend the river 
 with fifteen hundred trooi)s to aid Wilkinson. The 
 expedition reached Natchez; and after a delay of sev- 
 eral weeks there, without accomplishing anything, 
 the men were ordered back to their homes. But the 
 energy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire 
 devotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him 
 golden opinions; and he became the most popular 
 man in the State. It was in this expedition that his 
 toughness gave him the nickname of " Old Hickory. ' 
 Soon after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col. 
 Thomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman 
 made about his taking a part as second in a duel, in 
 which a younger brother of Benton's was engaged, 
 he received two severe pistol wounds. While he was 
 lingering upon a bed of suffering news came that the 
 Indians, who had combined under Tecuniseh from 
 Florida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set- 
 •lers, were committing the most awful ravages. De- 
 cisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with 
 his fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in 
 a sling, and un.able to mount his horse without assis- 
 tance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an 
 army to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Alaliama. 
 
 The Creek Indians had established a strong fort on 
 one of the bends of the Tallaooosa River, near the cen- 
 ter of Alabama, about fifty miles below Fort Strother. 
 With an army of two thoiisand men, Gen. Jackson 
 traversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven 
 days. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or 
 Horse-shoe, on the 27th of March. 1814. The bend 
 
 of the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of 
 tangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow 
 neck the Indians had constructed a formidable breast- 
 work of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, 
 with an ample suplyof arms were assembled. 
 
 The fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des- 
 perate. Not an Indian would accept of quarter. When 
 bleeding and dying, they would fight those who en- 
 deavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn- 
 ing until dark, the battle raged. The carnage was 
 awful and revolting. Some threw themselves into the 
 river; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as 
 they swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war- 
 rios were killed A few probably, in the night, swam 
 the river and escaped. This ended the war. The 
 power of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold 
 plunge into the wilderness, with its terriffic slaughter, 
 so appalled the savages, that the haggard renn^.ants 
 of the bands came to the camp, begging for peace. 
 
 This closing of the Creek war enabled us to con- 
 centrate all our militia upon the British, who were the 
 allies of the Indians No man of less resolute will 
 than Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian 
 campaign to so successful an issue Immediately he 
 was appointed major-general. 
 
 Late in ,\ugust, with an army of two thousand 
 men, on a rushing march, Gen. Jackson came to 
 Mobile. A British fleet came from Pensacola, landed 
 a force upon the beach, anchored near the little fort, 
 and from both ship and shore commenced a furious 
 assault The battle was long and doubtful. At length 
 one of the ships was blown up and the rest retired. 
 
 Garrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little 
 army, he moved his troops to New Orleans, 
 And the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued, 
 was in reality a very arduous campaign. This won 
 for Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his 
 troops, which numbered about four thousand men, 
 won a signal victory over the British army of about 
 nine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the 
 loss of the British was two thousand six hundred. 
 
 The name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men- 
 tioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824, 
 he was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however, 
 successful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected 
 for a second term in 1832. In 1829, just before he 
 assumed the reins of the government, he met with 
 the most terrible affliction of his life in the death of 
 his wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has 
 perhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of 
 her death he never recovered. 
 
 His administration was one of the most memorable 
 in the annals of our country; applauded by one party, 
 condemned by the other. No man had more bitter 
 enemies or warmer friends. At the expiration of his 
 two terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where 
 he died June 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack- 
 son's life were that of a devoted Christian man. 
 

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EIGHTH PRESIDENT. 
 
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 ARTIN VAN BUREN, the 
 eiL^hth President of tlie 
 United States, was horn at 
 Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5^ 
 1782. He died at the same 
 place, July 24, 1862. His 
 )ody rests in the cemetery 
 at Kinderhook. Above it is 
 a plain granite shaft fifteen feet 
 high, bearing a simple inscription 
 about halt way up on one face. 
 ™ The lot is unfenced, unbordered 
 or unbounded by shrub or flower. 
 
 There is but little in the life of Martin Van liuren 
 of r„ma:ui(: interest. He fought no battles, engaged 
 i.i no wild ;'.dventures. Though liis life was stormy in 
 political and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many 
 signal victories, his days passed inieventfid in those 
 incidents which give zest to biography. His an- 
 cestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin, 
 and were among tiie earliest emigrants from Holland 
 to the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer, 
 residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His motlier, 
 also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel- 
 ligence and exemplary piety. 
 
 He was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un- 
 usual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the 
 age of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies 
 in his native village, and commenced the study of 
 law. As he h.ad not a collegiate education, seven 
 years of study in a law-office were required of him 
 before he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with 
 a lOfty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he pur- 
 sued his studies with indefatigable industry. ,'Vfter 
 ^pending si.v ye.irs in an office in his native village, 
 
 he went to the city of New York, and prosecuted liis 
 studies for the seventh year. 
 
 In 1803, Mr. Van Bmen, then twenty-one ycais of 
 age, commenced the practice of law in his native vil- 
 lage. The great conflict between the Federal and 
 Republican party was then at its height. Mr. Van 
 Huren was from the l)eginning a politician. He had, 
 perhaps, imbibed that sjiirit while listenkig to the 
 many discussions which had been carried on in his 
 father's hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with 
 Jefferson, and earnestly and eloquently espoused the 
 cause of State Rights ; though at thai time the Fed- 
 eral party held the supremacy both in his town 
 and State. 
 
 His success and increasing ruputation led him 
 after six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, th. 
 county seat of his county. Here he spent seven years 
 constantly gaining strt.ngtii by contending in tlu 
 courts with some of the ablest men who have adorned 
 the bar of his State. 
 
 Just before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mi. 
 Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for 
 beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short 
 years she sank into the grave, the victim of consump- 
 tion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over 
 her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was 
 an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record 
 of those years is barren in items of public interest. 
 In iSi 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen lo 
 the State Senate, and gave his strenuous supjiort to 
 Mr. Madison's adniinstration. In 1815, he was ap- 
 pointed Attorney-General, and the next year moved 
 to Albany, the ca[)ital of the Slate. 
 
 While he was acknowledged as one of the nuist 
 p. ominent leaders of the Diiuocratic party, he had 
 
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 MARTIN VAN BUR EN. 
 
 the moral courage to avow that true democracy did 
 not require that " universal suffrage" which admits 
 the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of 
 governing the State. In true consistency with his 
 democratic principles, he contended that, while the 
 path leading to the privilege of voting should be open 
 to every man without distinction, no one should be 
 invested with ih it sacred prerogative, unless he were 
 in some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue 
 and some property interests in the welfare of the 
 State. 
 
 In 182 I he was elected a member of the United 
 States Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat 
 in the convention to revise the constitution of his 
 .lative State. His course in this convention secured 
 the approval of men of all parties. No one could 
 doubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote the 
 interests of all classes in the community. In the 
 Senate of the United States, he rose at once to a 
 conspicuous position as an active and useful legislator. 
 
 In 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the 
 Presidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to 
 .ne Senate. He had been from the beginning a de- 
 termined opposer of the .\dministration, adopting the 
 "State Rights" view in opposition to what was 
 deemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams. 
 
 Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof 
 the State of New York, and accordingly resigned his 
 seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United 
 States contributed so much towards ejecting John Q. 
 Adams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it 
 Andrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether 
 entitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re- 
 garded throughout the United States as one of the 
 most skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians. 
 It was supposed that no one knew so well as he how 
 to touch the secret springs of action; how to pull all 
 ihe wires to put his machinery in motion; and how to 
 organize a political army which would, secretly and 
 ftealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By 
 these powers it is said that he outv.'itted Mr. Adams, 
 Mr, Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured resvilts which 
 few thought then could be accomplished. 
 
 When Andrew Jackson was elected President he 
 appointed Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This 
 position he resigned in 1831, and was immediately 
 appointed Minister to England, where he went the 
 same autumn. The Senate, however, when it met, 
 refused to ratify the nomination, and he returned 
 
 home, apparently untroubled ; was nominated Vice 
 President in the place of Calhoun, at the re-election 
 of President Jackson; and with smiles for all and 
 fiowns for none, he took his place at the head of that 
 Senate which lud refused to confirm his nomination 
 as ambassador. 
 
 H;s rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of 
 President Jackson in behalf of his rejiudiated favor- 
 ite; and this, probably mure than any other cause, 
 secured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu- 
 tive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re- 
 ceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen. 
 Jackson as President of the United States, He was 
 elected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the 
 retiring President. " Leaving New York out of the 
 canvass," says Mr. Parton, "the election of Mr. Van 
 Buren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen. 
 Jackson as though the Constitution had conferred 
 upon him the power to appoint a successor." 
 
 His administration was filled with exciting events. 
 The insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in 
 volve this country in war with England, the agitation 
 of the slavery question, and finally the great commer- 
 cial panic which spread over the country, all were 
 trials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at- 
 tributed to the management of the Democratic party, 
 and brought the President into such disfavor that he 
 failed of re election. 
 
 With tlie exception of being nominated for the 
 Presidency by the "Free Soil" Democrats, in 1848, 
 Mr. Van Buren lived ipiietlv upon his estate until 
 his death. 
 
 He had ever been a prudent man, of frugal habits, 
 and living within his income, had now fortunately a 
 competence for his declining years. His unblemished 
 character, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned 
 ))atriotism, and the distinguished positions which he 
 had occupied in the government of our country, se- 
 cured to him not only the homage of his party, but 
 the respect ot the whole community. It was on the 
 4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from 
 the (jtesidency. From his fine estate at Lindenwald^ 
 he still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics 
 of the country. From this time until his death, on 
 the 24th of July, 1862, at the age of eighty years, he 
 resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of 
 culture and of wealth; enjoying in a healthy old 
 age, probably far more happiness than he had before 
 experienced amid the stormy scenes of his active life. 
 
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NINTH PRESIDENT. 
 
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 ILLIAM HENRY HARRI- 
 SON, the nintli President of 
 the United States, was born 
 at Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, 1773. 
 His father, Benjamin Harri- 
 son, was in comparatively op- 
 ulent circumstances, and was 
 one of the most distinguished 
 men of his day. He was an 
 intimate friend of George 
 Washington, w as early elected 
 a member of tlie Continental 
 Congress, and was conspicuous 
 among the patriots of Virginia in 
 resisting the encroachments of the 
 British crown. In the celebrated 
 Congress of 1775, Benjamin Har- 
 rison and John Hancock were 
 both candidates for the office of 
 speaker. 
 
 Mr Harrison was subsequently 
 chosen (iovernor of Virginia, and 
 was twice re-elected. His son, 
 William Henry, of course enjoyed 
 in childhood all the advantages which wealth and 
 intellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav- 
 ing received a thorough common-school education, lie 
 entered Ham[)den Sidney College, where he graduated 
 with honor soon after the death of his father. He 
 Men repaired to I'liiladelphia tostudy medicine mider 
 the instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of 
 Robert Morris, lioth of whom were, with his father, 
 signers of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 Upon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not- 
 withstanding the remonstrances of his friends, he 
 aoandoned his medical studies and entered the army, 
 having obtained a commission of Ensign from Presi- 
 
 dent Washington. He was then but 19 years old. 
 From that time he passed gradually upward in rank 
 until he became aid to General \\ayne, after whose 
 death he resigned his commission. He was then ap- 
 pointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. This 
 Territory was then entitled to but one member in 
 Congress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that 
 position. 
 
 In the spring of 1800 the North-western Territory 
 was divided by Congress into two jwrtions. The 
 eastern portion, comprising the region now embraced 
 in the State of Ohio, was called " The Territory 
 north-west of the Ohio." The western portion, which 
 included what is now called Indiana, Illinois and 
 Wisconsin, was called the "Indiana Territory." Wil- 
 liam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was aj)- 
 ixjinted by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana 
 Territory, and immediately after, also Governor of 
 Upper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as 
 extensive a realm as any sovereign \\\x>\\ the globe. He 
 was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in- 
 vested with powers neariy dictatorial over the now 
 rapidly increasing white population. The ability and 
 fidelity with whi. h he discharged these responsible 
 duties may be inferred from the fact that he was four 
 times api)ointed to this office — first by John .Vdams, 
 twice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi- 
 dent Madison. 
 
 When he began his adminstration there were but 
 three white settlements in that almost boundless region, 
 now crowded with cities and resounding with all the 
 tumult of we.ilih and traffic. Oneof these settlements 
 was on the Ohio, nearly opposite Louisville; one at 
 Vincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a French 
 settlement. 
 
 The vast wilderness over which Gov. Pl.irrisoi. 
 reigned was filled with many tribes of Indian.v Abou' 
 
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 WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. 
 
 the year i8o6, two extraordinary raer, twin brothers, 
 of the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of 
 these was called Tecumseh, or " The Crouching 
 Panther;" the other, OlUwacheca, or "The Prophet." 
 Tecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man 
 of great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit- 
 able perseverance in any enterprise in which he might 
 engage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm, 
 and had long regarded with dread and with hatred 
 the encroachment of the whites upon the hunting- 
 grounds of his fathers. His brother, the Prophet, was 
 anorator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored 
 Indian as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath which 
 they dwelt. 
 
 But the Prophet was not merely an orator: he was, 
 in the superstitious minds of tlie Indians, invested 
 with the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a 
 magician. With an enthusiasm unsurpassed by Peter 
 the Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went 
 from tribe to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent 
 by the Great Spirit. 
 
 Gov. Harrison made many attempts to conciliate 
 the Indians, but at last the war came, and at Tifjpe- 
 canoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter. 
 October 28, 1812, his army began its inarch. When 
 near the Prophet's town three Indians of rank made 
 their appearance and inquired why Gov. Harrison was 
 approaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a 
 short conference, arrangements were made for a meet- 
 ing the next day, to agree upon terms of peace. 
 
 Bat Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with 
 the Indian character to be deceived by such protes- 
 tations Selecting a favorable spot for his night's en- 
 campment, he took every precaution against surprise. 
 His troops were posted in a hollow square, and slept 
 upon their arms. 
 
 The troops threw themselves upon the ground for 
 rest; but every man had his accourtrements on, his 
 loaded musket by his side, and his bayonet fixed. The 
 wakeful Governor, between three and four o'clock in 
 the morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa- 
 tion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It 
 was a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In 
 the darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi- 
 ble, and just then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all 
 the desperation which superstition and passion most 
 liighly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of tlie 
 little army. The savages had been amply provided 
 with guns and ammunition by the English. Their 
 war-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets. 
 
 The camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the 
 light aided the Indians in their aim. With hide- 
 Kis yells, the Indian l)ands rushed on, not doubting a 
 speedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison's 
 troojis stood as immovable as the rocks around them 
 until day dawned : they then made a simultaneous 
 charge with the bayonet, and swept every thing be- 
 fore them, and completely routing th<^ foe. 
 
 Gov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked 
 to the utmost. The British descending from the Can - 
 adas, were of themselves a very formidable force ; but 
 with their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the 
 forest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn- 
 ing, plundering, scaljiing, torturing, the wide frontier 
 was plunged into a state of consternation which even 
 the most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive. 
 The war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the 
 forest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra- 
 tion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made 
 the ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit. 
 Under these despairing circumstances. Gov. Harrison 
 was appointed by President Madison commander-in- 
 chief of the North-western army, with orders to retake 
 Detroit, and to protect the frontiers. 
 
 It would be difficult to place a man in a situation 
 demanding more energy, sagacity and courage; bul 
 General Harrison was found equal to the position, 
 and nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re 
 sponsibilities. 
 
 He won the love of his soldiers by always sharing 
 with them their fatigue. His whole baggage, wiiilc 
 pursuing the foe up the Thames, was carried in a 
 valise; and his bedding consisted of a single blanket 
 lashed over his saddle Thirty-five British officers, 
 his prisoners of war, supped with him after the battle. 
 The only fare he could give them was beef roasted 
 before the fire, without bread or salt. 
 
 In i8r6. Gen. Harrison was chosen a member of 
 the National House of Representatives, to represent 
 the District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an 
 active member; and whenever he spoke, it was with 
 force of reason and power of eloquence, wliich arrested 
 the attention of all the members. 
 
 In 1 8 19, Harrison was elected to the Senate oi 
 Ohio; and in 1824, as one of the presidential electors 
 of that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The 
 same year he was chosen to the United States Senate. 
 
 In 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought him 
 forward as a candidate for the Presidency againsl 
 Van Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of 
 Mr. Van Buren's term, he was re-nominated by his 
 party, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously nominated 
 by the Whigs, with John Tyler forthe Vice Presidency. 
 The contest was very animated. Gen Jackson gave 
 all his influence to prevent Harrison's election ; but 
 his triumph was signal. 
 
 The cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webster 
 at its head as Secretary of State, ivas one of the most 
 brilliant with which any President had ever been 
 surrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin- 
 istration more flattering, or the hopes of the country 
 more sanguine. In the midst of these bright and 
 joyous prospects. Gen. Harrison was seized by a 
 pleurisy-fever and after a few days of violent sick- 
 ness, died on the 4th of April ; just one month after 
 his inauguration as President of the United States, 
 
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TENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 55 
 
 I OHN TYLER, the tenth 
 ' ij Presidentofthe United States. 
 He was born in Charles-city 
 Co., Va., March 29, 1790. He 
 was the favored child of af- 
 fluence and high social po- 
 sition. At the early age of 
 twelve, John entered William 
 and Mary College and grad- 
 uated with much honor when 
 but seventeen years old. After 
 graduating, he devoted him- 
 self with great assiduity to the 
 study of law, partly with his 
 father and p.irtly with Edmund 
 Randolph, one of the most distin- 
 guished lawyers of Virginia. 
 
 At nineteen years of age, ne 
 commenced the practice of law. 
 His success was rapid and aston- 
 ishing. It is said that three 
 months had not elapsed ere there 
 was scarcely a case on the dock- 
 et of the court in which he was 
 iiot retained. When but twenty-one vears of age, he 
 was almost unanimously elected to a seat in the State 
 Legislature. He connected himself with the Demo- 
 :ratic party, and warmly advocated the measures of 
 Jefferson and Madison. For five successive years he 
 was elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the 
 unanimous vote or his county. 
 
 When but twenty-si.\ years of age, he was elected 
 a member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and 
 ably with the Democratic party, opi)osing a national 
 bank, internal improvements by tlie General f«jve'-n- 
 
 ment, a protective tariff, and advocatmg a strict con- 
 struction of the Constitution, and the most careful 
 vigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress 
 were so arduous that before tiie close of his second 
 term he found it necessary to resign and retire to his 
 estate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He, 
 however, soon after consented to take his seat in thj 
 State Legislature, where his influence was powerful 
 m promoting public works of great utility. With a 
 reputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen 
 by a very large majority of votes, Governor of his 
 native State. His administration was signally a suc- 
 cessful one. His popularity secured his re-election. 
 John Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed 
 man, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the 
 United States. A portion of the Democratic party 
 was displeased with Mr. Randolph's wayward course, 
 and brought forward John Tyler as his opponent, 
 considering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient 
 popularity to succeed against the renowned orator of 
 Roanoke. Mr. T\ler was the victor. 
 
 In acccrdance with his professions, upon taking his 
 seat in tlie Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi- 
 tion. He ojjposed the tariff; he sjjoke against and 
 voted against the bank as unconstitutional; he stren- 
 uously opposed all restrictions upon slavery, resist- 
 ing all projects of internal improvements by the Gen- 
 eral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr. 
 Calhoun's view of nullification ; he declared that Gen. 
 Jackson, by his opposition to the nullifiers, had 
 abandoned the piinciples of the Democratic party. 
 Such was Mr. Tyler's record in Congress,— a record 
 in ])erfect accordance with the principles which he 
 had always avowed. 
 
 Returning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of 
 h^-; profession. There was a ci>l:i i -. tj-.e Deniocraiic 
 
56 
 
 JOHN TYLER. 
 
 party. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef- 
 iersonian, gave hini a dinner, and showered compli- 
 ments upon him. He had now attained the age of 
 lorty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con- 
 sequence of his devotion to public business, his pri- 
 vate affairs had fallen into some disorder; and it was 
 not without satisfaction that he resumed the practice 
 of law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan- 
 tation. Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg, 
 for the better education of his children ; and he again 
 look his seat in the Legislature of Virginia. 
 
 By the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national 
 convention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in 
 1839. The majority of votes were given to Gen. Har- 
 rison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment of 
 the South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili- 
 ate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the 
 convention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres- 
 ident. It was well known that he was not in sympa- 
 thy with the Whig party in the Noith: but the Vice 
 President has but very little power in the Govern- 
 ment, his main and almost only duty being to pre- 
 side over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap- 
 pened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a 
 Democratic Vice President were chosen. 
 
 In 1841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi- 
 dent of the United States. In one short month from 
 that time, President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler 
 thus found himself, to his own surprise and that of 
 the whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential 
 chair. This was a new test of the stability of our 
 institutions, as it was the first time in the history of our 
 country that such an event had occured. Mr. Tyler 
 was at home in Williamsburg when he received the 
 unexpected tidings of the death of President Harri- 
 son. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of 
 April was inaugurated to the high and responsible 
 office. He was placed in a position of exceeding 
 delicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been 
 opposed to tb.e main principles of the party which had 
 brought him into power. He had ever been a con- 
 sistent, honest man, with an unblemished record. 
 Gen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should 
 he retain them, and thus surround himself with coun- 
 sellors whose views were antagonistic to his own? or, 
 on the other hand, should he turn against the party 
 which had elected him and select a cabinet in har- 
 mony with himself, and which would oppose all those 
 views which the Whigs deemed essential to the pub- 
 lic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma. He in- 
 vited the cabinet which President Harrison had 
 Felected to retain their seats. He reccommended a 
 day of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and 
 bless us. 
 
 The Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the 
 incorporation of a fiscal bank of the United States. 
 The President, after ten days' delay, returned it with 
 his veto. He isuceested, however, that he would 
 
 approve of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he 
 proposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and 
 privately submitted to him. He gave it his approval. 
 It 'A'as passed without alteration, and he sent it back 
 with his veto. Here commenced the open rupture. 
 It is said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas- 
 ure by a published letter from the Hon. John M. 
 Botts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely 
 touched the pride of the President. 
 
 The opposition now exultingly received the Presi- 
 dent into their arms. The party which elected him 
 denounced him bitterly. All the members of his 
 cabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs 
 of Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a 
 meeting and issued an address to the people of the 
 United States, proclaiming that all political alliance 
 between the VVhigs and President Tyler were at 
 an end. 
 
 Still the President attempted to conciliate. He 
 appointed a new cabmet of distinguished Whigs and 
 Conservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party 
 men. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign, 
 forced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus 
 the four years of Mr. Tyler's unfortunate administra- 
 tion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The 
 land was filled with murmurs and vituiieration. Whigs 
 and Democrats alike assailed him. More and more, 
 however, he brought himself into svmpathy with his 
 ol-d friends, the Democrats, until atthe close of his term, 
 he gave his whole influence to the support of Mr. 
 Polk, the Democratie candidate for his successor. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the 
 harassments of office, tothe regret of neitherparty, and 
 probably to his own unspeakable lelief. His first wife. 
 Miss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842; 
 and in June, t844, President Tyler was again married, 
 at New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of 
 many personal and intellectual accomplishments. 
 
 The remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly 
 in retirement at his beautiful home, — Sherwood For- 
 est, Charles-city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in 
 his manners, richly furnished with information from 
 books and experience in the world, and possessing 
 brilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was 
 the scene of unnsual attractions. With sufficient 
 means for the exercise of a generous hospitality, he 
 might have enjoyed a serene old age with the few 
 friends who gathered around him, were it not for the 
 storms of civil war which his own principles and 
 policy had helped to introduce. 
 
 When the great Rebellion rose, which the State- 
 rights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Cal- 
 houn had inaugurated. President Tyler renounced his 
 allegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed- 
 erates. He was chosen a member of their Congress; 
 and while engaged in active measures to destroy, by 
 force of arms, the Government over which he had 
 once presided, he was taken sick and soon died. 
 
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ELEVENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 55 
 
 
 AMES K, POIIK, 
 
 
 
 ?-';., 
 
 V-<S^L^ 
 
 AMES K. POLK, the eleventh 
 
 j^jjPresident of the United States, 
 
 was born in Mecklenburg Co., 
 
 N. C, Nov. 2, 1795. His par- 
 
 •iits were Samuel and Jane 
 
 i^lvnox) Polk, the former a son 
 
 of Col. Thomas Polk, who located 
 
 at the above place, as one of the 
 
 first pioneers, in 1735. 
 
 In the year i3o6, with his wife 
 and children, ar.d soon after fol- 
 lowed by most of the members of 
 the Polk fainly, Samuel Polk emi- 
 grated some two or three hundred 
 miles farther west, to the rich valley 
 of the Duck River. Here in the 
 midst of the wilderness, in a region 
 which was subsequently called Mau- 
 ry Co., they reared their log huls, 
 and established their homes. In the 
 hard toil of a new farm in the wil- 
 derness, James K. Polk spent the 
 early years of his childhood and 
 youth. His father, adding the pur- 
 suit of a surveyor to that of a farmer, 
 gradually increased in wealth until 
 he became one of the leading men of the region. I lis 
 mother was a superior woman, of strong common 
 sense and earnest piety. 
 
 Very early in life, James developed a taste for 
 reading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain 
 .1 liberal education. His mother's training had made 
 him methodical in his habits, had taught him punct- 
 uality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty 
 principles of morality. His health was frail ; and his 
 father, fearing that he might not be able to endure a 
 
 sedentary life, got a situation for him behind the 
 counter, ho]iing to fit him for commercial pursuits. 
 
 This was to James a bitter disapix)intment. He 
 had no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks 
 were irksome in the extreme. He remained in this 
 uncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his 
 earnest solicitation his father removed him, and made 
 arrangements for him to [jrosecute his studies. Soon 
 after he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. \Vith 
 ardor wliich could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed 
 forward in his studies, and in less than two and a half 
 years, in the autumn of 1815, entered the sopliomore 
 class in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel 
 Hill. Here he was one of the most exem[)laiy of 
 scholars, jjunctual in every exercise, never allowing 
 himself to be absent from a recitation or a religious 
 service. 
 
 He graduated in 1818, with the highest honors, be« 
 ing deemed the best scholar of his class, both in 
 mathematics and the classics. He was then twenty- 
 three years of age. Mr. Polk's health was at this 
 time much impaired by the assiduity with which he 
 had prosecuted his studies. After a short season of 
 relaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the 
 office of Felix Crundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk 
 renewed his accpiaintance with Andrew Jackson, who 
 resided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few 
 miles from Nashville. They had probably been 
 sligh'.ly acquainted betbre. 
 
 Mr. Polk's father was a Jeffersonian Republican, 
 and James K. Polk ever adhered to the same politi- 
 cal faith. He was a popular public speaker, and was 
 constantly called upon to address the meetings of his 
 party friends. His skill as a speaker was such that 
 he was popularly calletl the Najwleon of the stump. 
 He was a man of unblemished morals, genial ard 
 
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 /AMES K. POLK. 
 
 lourterus in his bearing, and with that sympathetic 
 nature in the jo) s and griefs of others which ever gave 
 liim troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected 
 to the Legislature of 'J'ennessee. Here he gave his 
 strong influence towards the election of his friend, 
 Mr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States. 
 
 In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah 
 Childress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was 
 altogether worthy of liim, — a lady of beauty and cul- 
 ture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a 
 member of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave 
 to his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that 
 for fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con- 
 tinuec- in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew, 
 only that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair 
 of Tennessee. In Congress he was a laborious 
 member, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was 
 alw.-3ys in his seat, always courteous ; and whenever 
 he spoke it was always to the point, and without any 
 ambitious rhetorical display. 
 
 During five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was 
 Speaker of the House Strong passions were roused, 
 and stormy scenes were witnessed ; but Mr. Polk per- 
 formed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac- 
 tion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was 
 passed by the House as he withdrew on the 4th of 
 March, 1839. 
 
 In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a 
 candidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was 
 elected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo- 
 ber, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841, 
 his term of office expired, and he was again the can- 
 didate of the Democratic party, but was defeated. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur- 
 ated President of the United States. The verdict of 
 the countryinfavor of the annexulion of Texas, exerted 
 its influence upon Congress ; and the last act of the 
 administration of President Tyler was to affix his sig- 
 nature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the 
 3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to 
 the American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas 
 as one of her provinces, the Mexican minister, 
 Almonte, immediately demanded his passports and 
 left the country, declaring the act of the annexation 
 to be an act hostile to Mexico. 
 
 In his first message, President Polk urged tliat 
 Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re- 
 ceived into the Union on the same footing with the 
 Other States. In the meantime. Gen. Taylor was sent 
 
 with an army into Texas to hold the country. He was 
 sent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the 
 western boundary of Texas. Then he was sent nearly 
 two hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande, 
 where he erected batteries which commandi;d the 
 Mexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on 
 the western banks. 
 
 The anticipated collision soon took place, and war 
 was declared against Mexico by President Polk. The 
 wax was pushed forward by Mr. Polk's administration 
 with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first 
 called one of "observation," then of "occupation,' 
 then of " invasion, "was sent forward to Monterey. The 
 feeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly 
 and awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement 
 alone can reveal the misery which this war caused. 
 It v/as by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk's administration 
 that the war was brought on. 
 
 'To the victors belong the spoils." Mexico was 
 prostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands. 
 We now consented to peace upon the condition that 
 Mexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas, 
 all of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal- 
 ifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of 
 Texas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This 
 was an extent of territory equal to nine States of the 
 size of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen 
 majestic States to be added to the Union. There were 
 some Americans who thought it all right : there were 
 others who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution 
 of this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and 
 more than a hundred million of dollars. Of this 
 money fifteen millions were paid to Mexico. 
 
 On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from 
 office, having served one term. The next day was 
 Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated 
 as his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in the 
 same carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even- 
 ing, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to 
 Tennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age. 
 He had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits, 
 and his health was good, AVith an ample fortune, 
 a choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties 
 of the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years 
 of tranquility and happiness were before him. But the 
 cholera — that fearful scourge — was then sweeping up 
 the Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted, 
 and died on the 15th of June, 1849, in the fifty-fuurth 
 year of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen. 
 
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TWELFTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 63 
 
 l5^E30£EiCE 
 
 >^ACKAI<y TAYLOI^ 
 
 ACHARY TAYLOR, iwclfth 
 ,4) President of the United States, 
 '^*was born on the 24tli of Nov., 
 1784, in Orange Co., Va. His 
 father. Colonel Taylor, was 
 ^0" a Virginian of note, and a dis- 
 ^ »> tinguished patriot and soldier of 
 the Revolution. Wiien Zaihary 
 was an infant, his fatlier with his 
 wife and two children, emigrated 
 to Kentucky, where he settled in 
 the pathless wilderness, a few 
 miles from Louisville, hi thisfront- 
 tW ier home, away from civilization and 
 I all its refinements, yjung Zachary 
 could enjoy but few social and educational advan- 
 tages. When six years of age he attended a common 
 school, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy, 
 rather remarkable for bluntness and decision of char- 
 acter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and 
 iiaiiifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight 
 die Lidians who were ravaging the frontiers. There 
 is little to be recorded of the uneventful j ears of his 
 childhood on his father's large but lonely plantation. 
 In 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for him 
 the commission of lieutenant in tlie United States 
 army ; and he joined the troops which were stationed 
 at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after 
 this he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady 
 'rom one of the first families of Maryland. 
 
 Immediately after the declaration of war with Eng- 
 land, in 18 12, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been 
 promoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort 
 Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles .ibove 
 Vincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder- 
 ness by Gen. Harrison. on his march to rii)|)ecanoe. 
 It was one of the first points of attack by the Indians, 
 '.ed by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken 
 
 company of infantry numbering fifty men, many of 
 whom were sick. 
 
 Early in the autumn of 181 2, the Indians, stealthily, 
 and in large numbers, moved upon the fort. Th^.i 
 ai)proach was first indicated by the murder of two 
 soldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Tayl>.>r 
 made every possible preparation to meet the antici- 
 pated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of 
 forty painted and plumed savages came to the fort, 
 waving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that 
 in the morning their chief would con.e to have a talk 
 with him. It was evident that their object was merely 
 to ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt. 
 Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept 
 them at a distance. 
 
 The sun went down ; the savages disappeared , the 
 garrison slept upon their arms. One hour before 
 midnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips 
 in the forest around, followed by the discharge of 
 musketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick 
 and well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that 
 defeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap- 
 ture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor- 
 ture. No pen can describe, no immagination can 
 conceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc- 
 ceeded in setting fire to one of the blockhouses. 
 Until six o'clock in the morning, this awful conflict 
 continued. The sav.ages tiien, baffled at eveiy |)oint, 
 and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt. 
 Taylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the 
 rank of major by brevet. 
 
 Until the close of the war. Major Taylor vs. ;^ pi. iced 
 in such situations that he saw but little more of active 
 service. He was sent far away into the depths of the 
 wilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which 
 empties into Green Bay. Here there was but little 
 to be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one 
 best could, riiere were no books, no society, no in- 
 
64 
 
 ZACHARY TAYLOR 
 
 tellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful 
 years rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of 
 colonel. In the Black-Hawk war, which resulted in 
 the capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor 
 took a subordinate but a brave and efficient part. 
 
 For twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged in 
 the defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and in 
 employments so obscure, that his name was unknown 
 beyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance. 
 In the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to comisel 
 the Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re- 
 tire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty, 
 hac" promised they should do. The services rendered 
 he.c secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of 
 the Government ; and as a reward, he was elevated 
 tc :he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon 
 after, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com- 
 mand of the United States troops in Florida. 
 
 After two years of such wearisome employment 
 amidst the everglades of the peninsula. Gen. 'Faylor 
 obtained, at his own request, a change of command, 
 nnd was stationed over the Department of the South- 
 west. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi, 
 Alabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters 
 at Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family 
 to a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue. 
 Here he remained for five years, buried, as it were, 
 from the world, but faithfully discharging every duty 
 imposed upon him. 
 
 In 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land 
 between the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river 
 being the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed 
 by the United States. Soon the war with Mexico 
 was brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la 
 Palma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the 
 Mexicans. The rank of major-general by brevet 
 was then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name 
 was received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in 
 the Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and 
 Buena Vista in which he won signal victories over 
 forces much larger than he commanded. 
 
 His careless habits of dress and his unaffected 
 simplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops, 
 x\\t sobriquet of "Old Rough and Ready.' 
 
 The tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Visla 
 ■pread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The 
 name of Gen. Taylor was on every one's lips. The 
 Whig party decided to take advantage of this wonder- 
 ful popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un- 
 lettered, honest soldier as their candidate for the 
 Presidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an- 
 nouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de- 
 claring that he was not at all qualified for such an 
 office. So little interest had he taken in politics that, 
 for forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not 
 without chagrin that several distinguished statesmen 
 who had been long years in the public service found 
 *!.iir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name 
 
 had never been heard of, save in connection with Palo 
 Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena 
 Vista. It is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re- 
 marked, " It is a nomination not fit to be made." 
 
 Gen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine 
 writer His friends took possession of him, and pre- 
 pared such few communications as it was needful 
 should be presented to the public. The popularity of 
 the successful warrior swept the land. He was tri- 
 umphantly elected over two opposing candidates, — 
 Gen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren. 
 Though he selected an excellent cabinet, the good 
 old man found himself in a very uncongenial position, 
 and was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed. 
 His mental sufferings were very severe, and probably 
 tended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party 
 was pushing its claims with tireless energy , expedi- 
 tions were fitting out to capture Cuba ; California was 
 pleading for admission to the Union, while slavery 
 stood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found 
 the political conflicts in Washington to be far more 
 trying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or 
 Indians^ 
 
 In the midst of all these troubles. Gen. Taylor, 
 after he had occupied the Presidential chair but little 
 over a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of 
 but little over five days, died on the glh of July, 1850. 
 His last woids were, " I am not afraid to die. I am 
 ready. I have endeavored to do my duty." He died 
 universally respected and beloved. An honest, un- 
 pretending man, he had been steadily growing in the 
 affections of the people ; and the Nation bitterly la- 
 mented his death. 
 
 Gen. Scott, who was thoroughly acquainted with 
 Gen, Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful 
 description of his character: — " With a good store of 
 common sense, Gen. Taylor's mind had not been en- 
 larged and refreshed by reading, or much converse 
 with the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse- 
 quence. The frontiers and small military posts had 
 been his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his 
 rank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim- 
 plicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju- 
 dices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the 
 tender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable, 
 chanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat 
 a little on one side of his head; or an officer to leave 
 a corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out- 
 side pocket, — in any such case, this critic held the 
 offender to be a coxcomb (perhaps something worse), 
 whom he would not, to use his oft repeated phrase, 
 'touch with a pair of tongs.' 
 
 "Any allusion to literature beyond good old Dil- 
 worth's spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a 
 sword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter 
 unfitness for heavy marchings and combats. In short, 
 few men have ever had a more comfortable, labor- 
 saving contempt for learning of every kind." 
 
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THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 67 
 
 I ^MILLftRn FlLLMnREj^ i 
 
 'f'"^-:»^^^y^^*^^T'.^ 
 
 
 |i:©^- 
 
 ILLARD FILLMORE, thir- 
 tli President of the United 
 States, was born at Summer 
 Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y ., on 
 the 7 til of January, 1800. His 
 father was a farmer, and ow- 
 ing to misfortune, in humble cir- 
 cumstances. Of his mother, tlie 
 daughter of Dr. Abialhar Millard, 
 \*- of Pittsfield, Mass., it has been 
 said that slie [XJssessed an intellect 
 of very high order, united with much 
 personal loveliness, sweetness of dis- 
 posit'on, graceful manners and ex- 
 (juisite sensibilities. She died in 
 1831 ; having lived to see her son a 
 young man of distinguished prom- 
 ise, though she was not permitted to witness the higli 
 dignity which he finally attained. 
 
 In consecpience of the secluded home and limited 
 means of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad- 
 vantages for education in his early years. The com- 
 mon schools, wiiich he occasionally attended were 
 very imperfect institutions; and books were scarce 
 £nd expensive. There was nothing then in his char- 
 acter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he 
 was about to enter. He was a plain farmer's boy ; 
 intelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred 
 influences of home had taught liim to revere the Bible, 
 and had laid the foundations of an upright character. 
 When fourteen years of age, his father sent him 
 some hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of 
 Livingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier. 
 Neai' the mill there was a small villiaee, whert» some 
 
 enterprising man had commenced the collection of a 
 village library. This proved an inestimable blessing 
 to young Fillmore. His evenings were spent in read- 
 ing. Soon every leisure moment was occupied with 
 books. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate 
 and the selections which he made were continually 
 more elevating and instructive. He read history, 
 biography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en- 
 kindled in his heart a desire to be something more 
 than a mere worker with his Viands; and he was be- 
 coming, almost unknown to himself, a well -in formed, 
 educated man. 
 
 The young clothier had now attained the age of 
 nineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance 
 and cf gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened thai 
 there was a gentleman m the neighborhood of ample 
 l)ccuniary means and of benevolence, — Judge Walter 
 \Vood, — who was struck with the prepossessing ap- 
 pearance of young Fillmore. He made his acquaint- 
 ance, and was so much impressed with his ability and 
 attainments that he advised him to abandon his 
 trade and devote himself to the study of the law. The 
 young man replied, that he had no means of hrs own, 
 1.0 friends to help him and that his previous educa- 
 tion had been very imperfect. But Judge AVood had 
 so much confidence in him that he kindly offered to 
 take him into his own office, and to loan him such 
 money as he needed. Most gratefully the generous 
 offer was accepted. 
 
 There is in many minds a strange delusion abou'; 
 a collegiate education. A young man is supposed tn 
 be liberally educated if he has graduated at some col- 
 lege. But many a boy loiters through university hal' • 
 «nd then enters a law office, who is bv no means fcs: 
 
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 MILLARD FILLMORE. 
 
 well prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was 
 Millard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing- 
 mill at the end of four years of manual labor, during 
 which every leisure moment had been devoted to in- 
 tense mental culture. 
 
 In 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he v/as 
 admitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then 
 went to the village of Aurora, and commenced the 
 practice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region, 
 his practice of course was limited, and there was no 
 opportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or in fame. 
 Here, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great 
 moral worth, and one capable of adorning any station 
 she might be called to fill, — Miss .\bigail Powers. 
 
 His elevation of character, his untiring industry, 
 his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate, 
 gradually attracted attention ; and he was invited to 
 enter into partnership under highly advantageous 
 circumstances, with an elder member of the bar in 
 P.iiffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829, 
 he took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the 
 State of New York, as a representative from Erie 
 County. Though he had never taken a very active 
 part in politics, his vote and his sympathies were with 
 the Whig party. The State was then Democratic, 
 and he found himself in a helpless minority in the 
 Legislature , still the testimony comes from all parties, 
 that his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very 
 unusual degrt e the respect of his associates. 
 
 In the autiHnn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in 
 the United States Congress. He entered that troubled 
 arena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our 
 national history. The great conflict respecting the 
 national bank and the removal of the deposits, was 
 then raging. 
 
 His term of two years closed ; and he returned to 
 his profession, which he pursued with increasing rep- 
 utation and success. After a lapse of two years 
 he again became a candidate for Congress; was re- 
 elected, and took his seat in 1837. His past e-xfie- 
 rience as a representative gave hnn stiength and 
 confidence. The first term of service in Congress to 
 any man can be but little more than an introduction. 
 He was now prepared for active duty. All his ener- 
 gies were brought to bear upon the public good. Every 
 measure received his impress. 
 
 Mr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and 
 his popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847, 
 he was elected Comptroller of the State. 
 
 Mr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven 
 years. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in 
 Congress and as Comptroller, had given him very con- 
 siderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to 
 find suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi- 
 dent at the approaching election. Far away, on the 
 waters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old 
 soldier, who had fought one or two successful battles 
 with the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be 
 proclaimed in tiumpet-tones all over the land. But 
 it was necessary to associate with him on the same 
 ticket some man of reputation as a statesman. 
 
 Under the influence of these considerations, the 
 namesofZachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became 
 the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for 
 President and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was 
 signally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849, 
 Gen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard 
 Fillmore Vice-President, of the United States. 
 
 On the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but 
 about one year and four months after his inaugura- 
 tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con- 
 stitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi- 
 dent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which 
 the illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State. 
 
 Mr. Fillniore had very serious difficulties to contend 
 with, since the opposition had a majority in both 
 Houses. He did everything in his power to conciliate 
 the South ; but the pro-slavery party in the South felt 
 the inadequacy of all measuresof transient conciliation. 
 The population of the free States was so rapidly in- 
 creasing over that of the slave States that it was in- 
 evitable that the power of the Government should 
 soon pass into the hands of the free States. The 
 famous compromise measures were adopted under Mr. 
 Fillmore's adminstration, and the Japan Expedition 
 was sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr. Fill- 
 more, having served one term, retired. 
 
 In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres- 
 idency by the " Know Nothing " party, but was beaten 
 by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in 
 retirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war, 
 he was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that 
 his sympathies were rather with those who were en- 
 deavoring to overthrow our institutions. President 
 Fillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any 
 cordial words of cheer to the one party or the other. 
 He was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe 
 old age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y., March 8, 1874. 
 
FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
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 RANKLIN PIERCE, the 
 4\ fourteenth President of the 
 ' United States, was born in 
 Hillsborough, N. H., Nov. 
 23, 1804. His father was a 
 Revolutionary soldier, who, 
 with his own strong arm, 
 hewed out a lionie in the 
 wilderness. He was a man 
 of inflexible integrity; of 
 strong, though uncultivated 
 mind, and an uncompromis- 
 ing Democrat. The mother of 
 Franklin Pierce was all that a son 
 could desire, — an intelligent, pru- 
 dent, affectionate. Christian wom- 
 an. Franklin was the sixth of eight children. 
 
 Franklin was a very l)right and handsome boy, gen- 
 erous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the 
 love of old and young. The boys on the play ground 
 loved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors 
 looked upon him with pride and affection. He was 
 by instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words, 
 doing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact 
 which taught him what was agreeable. Without de- 
 veloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural 
 devotion to books, he was a good scholar; in body, 
 in mind, in affections, a finely-develojied boy. 
 
 When sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he 
 entered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was 
 one of the most jjopular young men in the college. 
 The jmrity cf his moral character, the unvarying 
 courtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and 
 
 genial nature, rendered him a universal favorite. 
 There was something very peculiarly winning in his 
 address, and it was evidently not in the slightest de- 
 gree studied : it was the simple outgushing of his 
 own magnanimous and loving nature. 
 
 Upon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce 
 commenced the study of law in the office of Judge 
 Woodbury, one of the most distinguished lawyers of 
 the State, and a man of great private worth. Th"' 
 eminent social qualities of the young lawyer, bis 
 father's prominence as a (lublic man, and the brilliant 
 political career into which Judge Woodbury was en- 
 tering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci 
 nating yet perilous path of political life. With all 
 the ardor of his nature he es|)0used the cause of Gen. 
 Jackson for the Presidency. He commenced the 
 practice of law in Hillslwrough, and was soon elected 
 to represent the town in the State Legislature. Here 
 he served for four yeais. The last two years he was 
 chosen speaker of the house by a very large vote. 
 
 In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected 
 a member of Congress. Without taking an active 
 part in debates, he was faithful and laborious in duty, 
 and ever rising in the estimation of those with whom 
 he was associatad. 
 
 In 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age, 
 he was elected to the Senate of the United States; 
 taking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced 
 his administration. He was the youngest memberin 
 the Senate. In the year 1S34, he married Miss Jane 
 Means .Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom- 
 plishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every 
 station with which her husband was honoicd. Of the 
 
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 FRANKLIN PIERCE. 
 
 three sons who were born to them, all now sleep with 
 their parents in the grave. 
 
 In the year 183S, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame 
 and increasing business as a lawyer, took up his 
 residence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. 
 President Polk, upon his accession to office, appointed 
 Mr. Pierce attorney-general of the United States; but 
 the offer was declined, in consequence of numerous 
 professional engagements at home, and the precariuos 
 state of Mrs. Pierce's health. He also, about the 
 same time declined the nomination for governor by the 
 Democratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr. 
 Pierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of 
 brigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his 
 troops, at Newport, R. I., on the 27th of May, 1847. 
 He took an important part in this war, proving him- 
 self a brave and true soldier. 
 
 When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native 
 State, he was received enthusiastically by the advo- 
 cates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo- 
 nents. He resumed the practice of his profession, 
 very frequently taking an active part in political ques- 
 tions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery 
 wing of the Democratic party. The compromise 
 measures met cordially with his approval; and he 
 strenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa- 
 mous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious 
 sensibilities of the North. He thus became distin- 
 guished as a " Northern man with Southern principles.'' 
 The strong partisans of slavery in the South conse- 
 quently regarded him as a man whom they could 
 safely trust in office to carry out their plans. 
 
 On the i2th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven- 
 tion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the 
 Presidency. For four days they continued in session, 
 and in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a 
 two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown 
 for Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation 
 brought forward his name. There were fourteen 
 more ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly 
 gained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he 
 received two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all 
 other candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was 
 the Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with 
 great unanimity. Only four States — Vermont, Mas- 
 sachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their 
 electoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pierce 
 was therefore inaugurated President of the United 
 States on the 4th of March, 1853. 
 
 His administration proved one of the most stormy our 
 country had ever experienced. The controversy be- 
 tween slavery and freedom was then approaching its 
 culminating point. It became evident that there was 
 an "irrepressible conflict " between them, and that 
 tliis Nation could not long exist " half slave and half 
 free." President Pierce, during the whole of his ad- 
 ministration, did every thing he could to conciliate 
 the South ; but it was all in vain. The conflict every 
 year grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution 
 of the Union were borne to the North on every South- 
 ern breeze. 
 
 Such was the condition of affairs when President 
 Pierce approached the close of his four-years' term 
 of office. The North had become thoroughly alien- 
 ated from him. The anti-slavery sentiment, goaded 
 by great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all 
 the intellectual ability and social worth of President 
 Pierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his ad- 
 ministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also, 
 unmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo- 
 cated those measures of Government which they ap- 
 proved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had 
 rendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be 
 able acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped 
 him, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re- 
 tired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two 
 had died, and his only surviving child had been 
 killed before his eyes by a railroad accident ; and his 
 wife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of 
 ladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The 
 hour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left 
 alone in the world, without wife or child. 
 
 When the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di- 
 vided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr. 
 Pierce remained steadfast in the principles which he 
 had always cherished, and gave his sympathies to 
 that pro-slavery party with which he had ever been 
 allied. He declined to do anything, either by voice 
 or pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov- 
 ernment. He continued to reside in Concord until 
 the time of his death, which occurred in October, 
 1869. He was one of the most genial and social of 
 men, an honored communicant of the Episcopal 
 Church, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen- 
 erous to a fault, he contiibuted liberally for the al- 
 leviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns- 
 people were often gladened by his material bounty. 
 
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 .teenth President of the United 
 States, was born in a small 
 frontier town, at the foot of the 
 -,i^, eastern ridce of the Allegha- 
 nies, in Franklin Co., Penn.,on 
 the 23d of April, 1791. The ;>lace 
 where the humble cabin of his 
 father stood was called Stony 
 Batter. It was a wild and ro- 
 mantic spot in a gorge of the moun- 
 tains, with towering summits rising 
 grandly all around. His father 
 was a native of the north of Ireland ; 
 a poor man, who had emigrated in 
 1783, with little property save his 
 own strong arms. Five years afterwards he married 
 Elizabeth Spear, the daughter cf a respectable farmer, 
 and, with his young bride, plunjTed into the wilder- 
 ness, staked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a 
 clearing with his axe, and settled down there to per- 
 form his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se- 
 LKuled liome, where James was born, he remained 
 for eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual 
 advantagi s. When James was eight years of age, his 
 father removed to the village of Mercersburg, where 
 l.is son was i)laced at school, and commenced a 
 course of study in English, Latin and Greek. His 
 l)rogress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he 
 entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de- 
 veloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among 
 the first scholars in the institution. His application 
 to study was intense, and yet his native powers en- 
 
 abled him to master the most abstruse subjects with 
 facility. 
 
 In the year 1S09, he graduated witli the highest 
 honors of his class. He was then eighteen years o( 
 age; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of 
 athletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with 
 an exuberant flow of animal spirits. He innnediately 
 commenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster, 
 and was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was 
 but twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he rose 
 in his profession, and at once took undisputed stand 
 with tiie ablest lawyers of the State. When but 
 twenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc- 
 cessfully defended before the State Senate one of the 
 judges of the State, who was tried ujwn articles of 
 impeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally 
 admitted that he stood at the head of the bar; and 
 there was no lawyer in the State who had a more lu- 
 crative practice. 
 
 In 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a 
 candidate for Congress. He was elected, and for 
 ten years he remained a member of the Lower House. 
 During the vacations of Congress, he occasionally 
 tried some imixjrtant case. In 1831, he retired 
 altogether from the toils of his profession, having ac- 
 ([uired an ample fortune. 
 
 Gen. Jackson, ui)on his elevation toihe Presidency, 
 appointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The 
 duties of his mission he performed with ability, which 
 gave satisfaction to all parties. Upon his return, in 
 1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States 
 Senate. He there met, as his associates, Webster. 
 Clay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated the meas- 
 ures proposed by President Jackson, of m ling repn- 
 
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 JAMES BUCHANAN. 
 
 sals against France, to enforce the payment of our 
 claims against that country; and defended the course 
 of the President in his unprecedented and wholesale 
 removal from otiice of those who were not the sup- 
 porters of his administration. Upon this question he 
 was brought into direct collision with Henry Clay. 
 He also, with voice and vote, advocated expunging 
 from the journal of the Senate the vote of censure 
 against Gen. Jackson for removing the deposits. 
 Earnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the 
 District of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the 
 circulation of anti-slavery documents by the United 
 States mails. 
 
 As to petitions on the subject of slavery, he advo- 
 cated that they should be respectfully received; and 
 that the reply should be returned, that Congress had 
 no power to legislate upon the subject. " Congress," 
 said he, " might as well undertake to interfere with 
 slavery under a foreign government as in any of the 
 States where it now exists." 
 
 Upon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency, Mr. 
 Buchanan became Secretary of State, and as such, 
 took his share of the responsibility in the conduct of 
 the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing 
 the Nueces by the American troops into the disputed 
 territory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross 
 the Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration 
 of war. No candid man can read with pleasure the 
 account of the course our Government pursued in that 
 movement 
 
 Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with 
 the party devoted to the perpetuation and extension 
 of slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind 
 to bear against the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his 
 cordial approval to the compromise measures of 1S50, 
 which included the fugitive-slave law. Mr. Pierce, 
 upon his election to the Presidency, honored Mr. 
 Buchanan with the mission to England. 
 
 In the year 1856, a national Democratic conven- 
 tion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The 
 political conflict was one of the most severe in which 
 our country has ever engaged. All the friends of 
 slavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re- 
 striction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre- 
 mont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re- 
 reived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received 
 174, and was elected. The popular vote stood 
 1,340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On 
 March 4ih, 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four 
 years were wanting to fill up his threescore years and 
 ten. His own friends, those with whom he had been 
 allied in political principles and action for years, were 
 seeking the destruction of the Government, that they 
 might rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a 
 nation whose corner-stone should be human slavery. 
 [n this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be- 
 wildered He could not, with his long-avowed prin- 
 
 ciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party in 
 their assumptions. As President of the United States, 
 bound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws, 
 he could not, without perjury of the grossest kind, 
 unite With those endeavoring to overthrow the repub- 
 lic. He therefore did nothing. 
 
 The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administration 
 nominal ed Abraham Lincoln as their standard bearer 
 in the ne.xt Presidential canvass. The pro-slavery 
 party declared, that if he were elected, and the con- 
 trol of the Government were thus taken from their 
 hands, they would secede from the Union, taking 
 with them, as they retired, the National Capitol at 
 Washington, and the lion's share of the territory of 
 the United States. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan's sympathy with the pro-slavery 
 party was such, that he had been willing to offer them 
 far more than they had ventured to claim. All the 
 South had professed to ask of the North was non- 
 intervention upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu- 
 chanan had been ready to offer them the active co- 
 operation of the Government to defend and extend 
 the institution. 
 
 As the storm increased in violence, the slaveholders 
 claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan avow- 
 ing that Congress had no power to prevent it, one of 
 the most |)itiable exhibitions of governmental im- 
 becility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He 
 declared that Congress had no power to enforce its 
 laws in any State which had withdrawn, or which 
 was attempting to withdraw from the Union. This 
 was not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with 
 his hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed. " The 
 Union must and shall be preserved!" 
 
 SoLith Carolina seceded in December, i860; nearly 
 three months before the inauguration of President 
 Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair. 
 The rebel flag was raised in Charleston ; Fort Sumpter 
 was besieged; our forts, navy-yards and arsenals 
 were seized ; our depots of military stores were plun- 
 dered; and our custom-houses and post-offices were 
 appropriated by the rebels. 
 
 The energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our 
 Executive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked 
 on in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away, 
 and close the administration, so terrible in its weak- 
 ness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver- 
 ance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the 
 scepter. 
 
 The administration of President Buchanan was 
 certainly the most calamitous our country has ex- 
 perienced. His best friends cannot recall it with 
 pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame, 
 that in that dreadful conflict which rolled its billows 
 of flame and blood over our whole land, no word came 
 from his lips to indicate his wish that our country's 
 banner should trium]ih over the flag of the rebellion. 
 He died at his Wheatland retreat, June i, 1868. 
 
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 BRAHAM LINCOLN, the 
 sixteenth President of tlie 
 {■^United States, was born in 
 # Hardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12, 
 J i8og. About the year 1780, a 
 man Ijy the name of Abraluun 
 '^ Lincohi left Virginia with his 
 family and moved into the then 
 wilds of Kentucky. Only two \ears 
 after this emigration, still a young 
 man, while working one day in a 
 field, was stealthily api)ro::<:hcd by 
 an Indian and shot dead. His widow 
 was left in extreme poverty with five 
 little children, three boys and two 
 girls. Thomas, the youngest of the 
 boys, was four years of age at his 
 father's death. This Thomas was 
 the father of .Vbraham Lincoln, the 
 President of the United States 
 whose name must henceforth fo'-ever be enrolled 
 with the most prominent in the annals of our world. 
 Of course no record has been kejjt of the life 
 of one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among 
 the poorest of the poor. His home was a wretched 
 log-cabin ; his food the coarsest and the meanest. 
 Education he had none; he could never either read 
 or write. As soon as he was able to do anything for 
 himself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his 
 starving mother, and i)ush out into the world, a friend- 
 .ess, wandering jjoy, seeking work. He hired him- 
 self out, and thus spent the whole of his youth as a 
 laborer in the fields of others. 
 
 When twenty-eight years of age he buill a log- 
 cabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the 
 daughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi- 
 grants, who had also come from Virginia. Their 
 second child was .Vbraham Lincoln, the subject of 
 this sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble 
 woman, gentle, loving, pensive, created to adorn 
 a palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel. 
 "All that I am, or hope to be," e.xclaims the grate- 
 ful son "I owe to my angel-mother. " 
 
 When he was eight years of age, his father sold his 
 
 cabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana Where 
 two years later his mother died. 
 
 Abraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated 
 community around him. He could not have had a 
 better school than this to teach him to put thoughts 
 into words. He also became an eager reader. The 
 books he could obtain were few ; but these he read 
 and re-read until they were almost committed to 
 memory. 
 
 As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family 
 was the usual lot of humanity. Thi're were joys and 
 griefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham's sister 
 Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mar- 
 ried when a child of but fourteen years of age, and 
 soon died. The family was gradually scattered. Mr. 
 Thomas Lincoln sold out his squatter's claim in 1830, 
 and emigrated to Macon Co., 111. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age. 
 With vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing 
 another log-cabiu. .Abraham worked diligently at this 
 until he saw the tamily comfortably settled, and their 
 small lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when 
 he announced to his father his intention to leave 
 hoine, and to go out into the world and seek his for- 
 tune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril- 
 liant that fortune was to be. He saw the value of 
 education and was intensely earnest to improve his 
 mind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin 
 which ardent spirits were causing, and be( ame 
 strictly temiierate; refusing to allow a drop of iritoxi- 
 cating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in 
 God's word, "Thou shalt not take the name of the 
 Lord thy (iod in vain ;" and a profane expression he 
 was never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His 
 morals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a 
 single vice. 
 
 Young Abraham worked for a time as a hired lal>orer 
 among the farmers. Then he went to Springfield, 
 where he was employed in building a large flat-boat. 
 In this he took a herd of swine, floated them down 
 the Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis- 
 sissippi to New Orleans. What.;ver Abraham Lin- 
 coln undertook, he performed so faithfully as to give 
 great satisfaction to his er.-.ployers. In this advcn- 
 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
 
 ture his employers were so well pleased, that upon 
 his return tuey placed a store and mill under his care. 
 
 In 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he 
 enlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He 
 returned to Sangamon County, and although only 23 
 years of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but 
 was defeated. He soon after received from Andrew 
 Jackson the appointraentof I'ostmaster of New Salem, 
 His only post-office was his hat. All the letters he 
 received he carried there ready to deliver to those 
 he chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon 
 made this liis business. In 1834 he again became a 
 candidate for the Legislature, and was elected Mr. 
 Stuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He 
 walked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of 
 Mr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and 
 began his legal studies. When the Legislature as- 
 sembled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back 
 one hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In 
 1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it 
 was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re- 
 moved to Springfield and began the practice of law. 
 His success with the jury was so great that he was 
 soon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit. 
 
 In 1854 the great discussion began between Mr. 
 Lincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery question. 
 In the organization of the Republican party in Illinois, 
 in 1856, he took an active part, and at once became 
 one of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln's 
 speeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con- 
 test in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form a most 
 notable part of his history. The issue was on the 
 ilavery question, and he took the broad ground of 
 ;he Declaration of Independence, that all men are 
 created equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con- 
 test, but won a far higher prize. 
 
 The great Repubhcan Convention met at Chicago 
 on the i6th of Tune, r86o. The delegates and 
 strangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty- 
 five thousand. An immense building called "The 
 Wigwam," was reared to accommodate the Conven- 
 tion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes 
 were thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame 
 as a statesman had long filled the land, was tlie most 
 urominent. It was generally supposed he would be 
 the nominee, Abraham Lincoln, however, received 
 the nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then 
 dream of the weary years of toil and care, and the 
 bloody death, to which that nomination doomed him: 
 and aslittle did he dream tiiat lie was to render services 
 to his country, which would fi.x upon him the eyes of 
 the whole civilized world, and which would give him 
 a place in tlie affections nf his countrymen, second 
 cnly, if second, to that of Washington. 
 
 Election day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180 
 electoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore, 
 constitutionally elected President of the United States. 
 The tirade of abuse that was poured upon this good 
 
 and merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was 
 greater than upon any other man ever elected to this 
 high position. In February, 186 1, Mr. Lincoln started 
 for Washington, stopiiing in all the large cities on his 
 way making speeches. The whole journey was frought 
 with much danger. Many of the Southern States had 
 already seceded, and several attempts at assassination 
 were afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti- 
 more had arranged, upon his arrival to "get up a row," 
 and in the confusion to make sure of his death with 
 revolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled 
 the plot. A secret and special train was provided to 
 take him from Harrisburg, through Baltimore, at an 
 unexpected hour of the night. The train started at 
 half-past ten ; and to prevent any possible communi- 
 cation on the part ot the Secessionists with thcirCon- 
 federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train had 
 started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln 
 reached Washington in safety and was inaugurated, 
 although great anxiety was felt by all loyal people. 
 
 In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave 
 to Mr Seward the Department of State, and to other 
 prominent opponents before the convention he gave 
 important positions. 
 
 During no other administration have the duties 
 devolving upon the President been so manifold, and 
 the responsibilities so great, as those which fell to 
 the lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and 
 feeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in 
 his own strength to cope with, the difficulties, he 
 learned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in 
 determining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his 
 trials, bo'ih personal and national Contrary to his 
 own estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the 
 most courageous of men. He went directly into the 
 rebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, 
 with no guard but a few sailors. From the time he 
 had left S|)ringfield, in 1861, however, plans had been 
 made for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim 
 to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant, 
 was urgently invited to attend Fords' Theater. It 
 was announced that they would be present. Gen. 
 Grant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel- 
 ing, witn his characteristic kindliness of heart, that 
 it would 1)6 a disappointment if he should fail them, 
 very reluctantly consented to go. While listening to 
 the play an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth 
 entered the box where the President and family were 
 seated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the 
 next morning at seven o'clock. 
 
 Never before, in the history of the world was a nation 
 plunged into such deep grief by the death of its ruler. 
 Strong men met in the streets and wept in speechless 
 anguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was 
 in tears. His was a life which will fitly become a 
 model. His name as the savior of his country ■»':'ii 
 live with that of W^ashington's, its father; his country- 
 men being unable to decide whirh is the greater. 
 
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.SEVE.VT/iEN 1 Jl J'KEi,IDEi\ T. 
 
 NDRRW JOHNSON, seveii- 
 teentli President of the United 
 States. The early life of 
 Andrew Johnson contains but 
 the record of poverty, destitu- 
 tion and friendlessness. He 
 was born December 29, 180S, 
 n Raleigh, N. C. His parents, 
 belonging to the class of the 
 "poor whites " of the South, were 
 in sucli circumstances, that they 
 could not confer even the slight- 
 est advantages of education uiwn 
 their child. When Andrew was five 
 years of age, his father accidentally 
 lost nis life while herorically endeavoring to save a 
 friend from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew 
 was a ragged boy about the streets, supported by the 
 labor of his mother, who obtained her living with 
 her own hands. 
 
 He then, having never attended a school one day, 
 and being unable either to read or write, was ap- 
 prenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman 
 was tn the habit of going to the tailor's shop occasion- 
 ally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often 
 read from the speeches of distinguished British states- 
 men. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more 
 than ordinary native ability, became much interested 
 in these speeches ; his ambition was roused, and he 
 was inspired with a strong desire to learn to read. 
 
 He accordingly ai)plied himself to the alphabet, and 
 with the assistance of some of his fellow-woikmen, 
 learned his letters. He then called upon the genlle- 
 lEan to borrow the book of speeches. The owner. 
 
 pleased with his zeal, not only gave him the bcK)k 
 but assisted him in learning to combine the letters 
 into words. Under such difficulties he pressed os. 
 ward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours 
 at work in the shoj), and then robbing himself of rest 
 and recreation to devote such time as he could to 
 reading. 
 
 He went to Tennessee in 1826, and located a' 
 Greenville, where he married a young lady who pos 
 sessed some education. Under her instructions lii* 
 learned to write and cipher. He became prominent 
 in the village debating society, and a favorite with 
 the students of Greenville College. In 182S, he or- 
 ganized a working man's party, which elected him 
 alderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which 
 position he held three years. 
 
 He now began to take a lively interest in political 
 affairs; identifying himself with the working-classes, 
 to which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a 
 member of the House of Representatives of Tennes- 
 see. He was then just twenty-seven years of age. 
 He became a very active member of the legislature, 
 gave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in 
 1840 "stumped the State," advocating Martin Tan 
 Buren's claims to the Presidency, in opposition to thoSv 
 of Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much 
 readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased 
 his reputation. 
 
 In 1841, he was elected Stale Senator; in 1843, he 
 was elected a member of Congress, and by successive 
 elections, held that iniixsrtant jwst for ten years. In 
 1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and 
 was re-elected in 1S55. In all these res))onr.ible |X)si- 
 tions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abi. 
 
84 
 
 ANDRFAV JOHNSON. 
 
 ity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work- 
 ing classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected 
 United States Senator. 
 
 Years before, in 1845, he had warmly advocated 
 the annexation of Texas, stating however, as his 
 reason, that he thought this annexation would prob- 
 ably prove " to be the gateway out of which the sable 
 sons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom, 
 and become merged in a population congenial to 
 themselves." In 1850, he also supported the com- 
 promise measures, the two essential features of which 
 were, that the white people of the Territories should 
 be permitted to decide for themselves whether they 
 would enslave the colored people or not, and that 
 the *"ree States of the North should return to the 
 South persons who attempted to escape from slavery. 
 
 Mr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly origin: 
 on the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that 
 he owed his distinction to his own exertions. "Sir," 
 said he on the floor of the Senate, " I do not forget 
 that I am a mechanic ; neither do I forget that Adam 
 was a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav- 
 ior was the son of a carpenter." 
 
 In the Charleston- Baltimore convention of i8l-j, iie 
 was the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the 
 Presidency. In 186 1, when the purpose of the Soutl;- 
 irn Democracy became apparent, he took a decided 
 •;tand in favor of the Union, and held that " slavery 
 must be held subordinate to the Union at whatever 
 cost."- He retunied to Tennessee, and repeatedly ' 
 imperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of 
 Tennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the 
 Union, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap- 
 pointed him Military Governor of the State, and lie 
 established the most stringent military rule. His 
 numerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In 
 
 1864, he was elected \'ice- President of the United 
 States, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 
 
 1865, became President. In a speech two days later 
 he said, " The American people must be taught, if 
 Jhey do not already feel, that treason is a crime and 
 must be punished; that the Government will not 
 always bear with its enemies ; that it is strong not 
 only to protect, but to punish. * * The people 
 must understand that it (treason) is the blackest of 
 crimes, and will surely be punished." Yet his whole 
 administration, the history of which is so well known, 
 was in utter ini-.onsistencv with, and the most violent 
 
 opposition to. the principles laid down in that speech. 
 
 In his loose policy of reconstruction and general 
 amnesty, he was opposed by Congress ; and he char- 
 acterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly 
 defied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In 
 the beginning of 1868, on account of "high crimes 
 and misdemeanors," the principal of which was the 
 removal of Secretary Stanton, in violation of tlie Ten- 
 ure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were pre- 
 ferred against him, and the trial began March 23. 
 
 It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three 
 months. A test article of the impeachment was at 
 length submitted to the court for its action. It was 
 certain that as the court voted upon that article so 
 would it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced 
 the President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces- 
 sary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac- 
 quitted, notwithstanding the great majority against 
 him. The change of one vote from the not guil/y 
 side would have sustained the impeachment. 
 
 The President, for the remainder of his term, was 
 but little regarded. He continued, though impotent'y, 
 his conflict with Congress. His own party did not 
 think it expedient to renominate him for the Presi- 
 dency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar- 
 alleled since the days of Washington, around the name 
 of Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten. 
 The bullet of the assassin introduced him to the 
 President's chair. Notwithstanding this, never was 
 there presented to a man a better opportunity to im- 
 mortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a 
 nation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home 
 in Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in 
 politics until 1S75. On Jan. 26, after an exciting 
 struggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten- 
 nessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con- 
 gress, and took his seat in that body, at the specia. 
 session convened by President Grant, on the 5 th of 
 March. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President 
 made a visit to his daughter's home, near Carter 
 Station, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was 
 apparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach- 
 ing the residence of his child the following day, was 
 stricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious. 
 He rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at 
 2 ."X. M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun- 
 eral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August, 
 with every demonstration of respect 
 
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EIGH TEENTH FRESIDENT. 
 
 87 
 
 LYSSES S. GRANT, the 
 eighteenth President of the 
 ^> United States, was born on 
 the 29th of April, 1822, of 
 Christian parents, in a humble 
 home, at Point Pleasant, on the 
 banks of the Ohio. Shortly after 
 his father moved to George- 
 town, Brown Co., O. In this re- 
 mote frontier hamlet, Ulysses 
 received a common-school edu- 
 cation. At the age of seven- 
 teen, in the year 1839, he entered 
 the Milivary Academy at West 
 Point. Here he was regarded as a 
 ,;oiid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of 
 sturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank 
 as a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the 
 middle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in- 
 fantry to one of the distant military posts in the Mis- 
 souri Territory. Two years he ])ast in these dreary 
 solitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating 
 Indians. 
 
 The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was 
 sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first 
 battle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here 
 for the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at 
 Resacade la Palma, his second battle. At the battle 
 of Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that 
 iie performed a signal service of daring and skillful 
 horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am- 
 munition. A messenger must be sent for more, along 
 .a route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut. 
 Grant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians, 
 grasped the mane of his horse, and hanging upon one 
 side of the anii".:il, ran the gauntlet in entire safety. 
 
 From Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry, 
 10 aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In 
 preparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he 
 was appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the 
 battle of Molino del Rev, he was promoted to a 
 first lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha- 
 pultepec. 
 
 At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re- 
 turned with his regiment to New York, and was again 
 sent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The 
 discovery of gold in California causing an immense 
 tide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt. 
 Grant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in 
 Oregon, for the protection of the interests of the im- 
 migrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt. 
 Grant resigned his commission and returned to the 
 States; and having married, entered upon the cultiva- 
 tion of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but 
 little skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re- 
 munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into 
 tlie leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga- 
 lena, 111. This was in the year i860. As the tidings 
 of the rebels firing on Fort Sum[)tcr reached the ears 
 of Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said, — 
 "Uncle Sam has educated me for the army; though 
 I have served him through one war, I do not feel that 
 I have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready to discharge 
 my obligations. I shall iherefore buckle on my sword 
 and see Uncle Sam through this war too." 
 
 He went into the streets, raised a company of vol- 
 unteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield, 
 the capital of the State, where their services were 
 offered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by 
 the zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt. 
 Grant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the 
 volunteer organization that was being formed in the 
 St.Tie in behalf of the Government. On the isth of 
 
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 UL YSSES S. GRA NT. 
 
 June, 1 86 1, Capt. Grant received a commission as 
 Colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol- 
 unteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who 
 had served for 15 years in the regular army, were such 
 that he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- 
 General and was placed in command at Cairo. The 
 rebels raised their banner at Paducah, near the mouth 
 of the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap- 
 peared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The 
 rebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and 
 stripes were unfurled in its stead. 
 
 He entered the service with great determination 
 and immediately began active duty. This was the be- 
 ginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond 
 he was ever pushing tlie enemy with great vigor and 
 effectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur- 
 prised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry 
 won another victory. Then came the brilliant fight 
 at Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the 
 victory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was 
 immediately made a M.njor-General, and the military 
 district of Tennessee was assigned to him. 
 
 Like all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well liow 
 to secure the results of victory. He immediately 
 pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then came the 
 terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the 
 siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an 
 unconditional surrender of the city with over thirty 
 thousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can- 
 non. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most 
 severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, 
 and opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf 
 
 Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with 
 Gen. Banks in a movement upon Te.xas, and pro- 
 ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from 
 his horse, and received severe injuries, from which he 
 was laid up for months. He then rushed tc the aid 
 of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and 
 by a wonderful series of strategic and technical meas- 
 ures put the Union Army in fighting condition. Then 
 followed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout 
 Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels 
 were routed with great loss. This won for him un- 
 bounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru- 
 ary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant- 
 general, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant. 
 He repaired to Washington to receive his credentials 
 and enter upon \^^f duties of his new office. 
 
 Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of 
 ihe army to concentrate tire widely-dispersed National 
 troops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal 
 capital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de- 
 stroy the rebel armies which would be jjromjrtly as- 
 sembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole 
 continent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these 
 majestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field. 
 Steamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains 
 were burdened with closely packed thousands. His 
 plans were comprehensive and involved a series of 
 campaigns, which were executed with remarkable en- 
 ergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur- 
 render of Lee, April 9, 1865. 
 
 The war was ended. The Union was saved. The 
 almost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen. 
 Grant to be the most prominent instrument in its sal- 
 vation. The eminent services he had thus rendered 
 tlie country brought him conspicuously forward as the 
 Republican candidate for the Presidential chair. 
 
 At the Republican Convention held at Chicago. 
 May 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated for the 
 Presidency, and at the autumn election received a 
 majority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294 
 electoral votes. 
 
 The National Convention of the Republican party 
 which met at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, 1872, 
 placed Gen. Grant in nomination for a second term 
 by a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati- 
 cally indorsed by the people five months later, 292 
 electoral votes being cast for him. 
 
 Soon after the close of his second term. Gen. Grant 
 started upon his famous trip around the world. He 
 visited almost every country of the civilized world, 
 and was everywhere received with such ovations 
 and demonstrations of respect and honor, private 
 as well as public and official, as were never before 
 bestowed uixm any citizen of the United States. 
 
 He was the most prominent candidate before the 
 Republican National Convention in 1S80 for a re- 
 nomination for President. He went to New York and 
 embarked in the brokerage business under the firm 
 nameof Grant & Ward. The latter proved a villain, 
 wrecked Grant's fortune, and for larceny was sent to 
 the penitentiary. The General was attacked with 
 cancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like 
 manner, never complaining. He was re-instated as 
 General of the Army and retired by Congress. The 
 cancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, 
 1885, the nation went in mourning over the death of 
 the illustrious General. 
 
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 UTHERFORl) B. HAYES, 
 '^ tlie nineteenth President of 
 *''tlie United States, was born m 
 Delaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al- 
 most three months after the 
 "^ death of his father, Rutherford 
 Hayes. • His ancestry on both 
 the paternal and maternal sides, 
 was of the most honorable char- 
 acter. It can be traced, it is said, 
 as far back as 1280, when Hayes and 
 Rutherford were two Scottish chief- 
 tains, fighting side by side with 
 Baliol, William Wallace and Robert 
 Bruce. Both families belonged to the 
 nobility, owned extensive estates, 
 and had a large following. Misfor- 
 tune ovM<aking the family, George Hayes left Scot- 
 land in i6!!o, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son 
 tieorge wat born in Windsor, and remained there 
 during his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar- 
 ried Sarah L;e, and lived from the time of his mar- 
 riage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel, 
 son of Daniel, was born in 1724, and was a manufac- 
 turer of scythe.i at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes, 
 son of Ezekiel ai,d grandfather of President Hayes, was 
 born in New Haven, in .\ugust, 1756. He was a farmer, 
 blacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to 
 Vermont at an unknown date, settling in Brattleboro, 
 where he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth- 
 erford Hayes the father of President Hayes, was 
 
 born. He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia 
 Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi- 
 grated thither from Connecticut, they having been 
 among the wealthiest and best fanilies of Norwich. 
 Her ancestry on the male side are traced back to 
 1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders 
 of Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers 
 in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 The father of President Hayes was an industrious 
 frugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me 
 chanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock- 
 ing, or do almost anything else that he choose to 
 undertake. He was a member of the Church, active 
 in all the benevolent enterpiises of the town, and con- 
 ducted his business on Christian principles. After 
 the close of the war of 181 2, for reasons ine.xplicabla 
 to his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio. 
 
 The journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day 
 when there were no canals, steamers, nor railways 
 was a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was 
 first made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter 
 mined to move to Delaw.ire, where the family arrived 
 in 1817. He died July 22, 1822, a victim of malaii.ii 
 fever, less than three months before the birth of th ; 
 son, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be- 
 reavement, found the support she so much needed in 
 her brother Sardis, who had been a member of the 
 household from the day of its departure from Ver- 
 mont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted 
 some time before as an act of charity. 
 
 Mrs. Hayes at this period was very weak, and the 
 
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 -RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. 
 
 subject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he 
 was not expected to live beyond a month or two at 
 most. As the months went by he grew weaker and 
 weaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in- 
 quiring from time to time " if Mrs. Hayes' baby died 
 last night.' On one occasion a neighbor, who was on 
 familiar terms with the family, after alluding to the 
 Ijoy's big head, and the mother's assiduous care of 
 nim, said in a bantering way, " That's right! Stick to 
 him. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn't 
 wonder if he would really come to something yet." 
 
 "You reed not laugh," said Mrs. Hayes. "You 
 vait and see. You can't tell but I shall make him 
 President of the United States yet." The boy lived, 
 in spite of the universal predictions of his speedy 
 death; and when, in 1825, his older brother was 
 drowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his 
 mother. 
 
 The boy was seven years old before he wjnt to 
 school. His education, however, was not neglected. 
 He probably learned as much from his mother and 
 sister as he would have done at school. His sports 
 were almost wholly within doors, his playmates being 
 his sister and her associates. These circumstances 
 tended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of dispo- 
 sition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings 
 of others, which are marked traits of his character. 
 
 His uncle Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest 
 in his education ; and as the boy's health had im- 
 proved, and he was making good progress in his 
 studies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre- 
 paration commenced with a tutor at home; bit he 
 was afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the 
 Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en- 
 tered Kenyon College in 1838, at the age of sixteen, 
 and was graduated at the head of his class in 1842. 
 
 Immediately after his graduation he began the 
 study of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, Esq., 
 in Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in 
 Columbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter 
 the Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re- 
 mained two years. 
 
 In 1845, after graduatmg at the Law School, he was 
 admitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly 
 afterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law 
 with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re- 
 mained three years, acquiring but a limited practice, 
 and apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro- 
 fession. 
 
 In 1849 he moved to Cincmnati, where his ambi- 
 tion found a new stimulus. For several years, how- 
 ever, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at 
 this period, had a ])owerful influence ui)on his subse- 
 (;uent life. One of these was his marrage with Miss 
 I'.ucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of 
 Chilicothe; the othti was his introduction to the Cin- 
 cinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its 
 members such men as'^hief justice Salmon P.Chase, 
 
 Gen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many 
 others hardly less distinguished in after life. The 
 marriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as 
 everybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our 
 Presidents was more universally admired, reverenced 
 and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one <:\d- 
 more than she to reflect honor upon American woman 
 hood. The Literary Cluu brought Mr. Haye3 into 
 constant association with young men of high char- 
 acter and noble aims, and lured him to display the 
 (jualities so lon>j hidden by his bashfulne.s ani^ 
 modesty. 
 
 In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Jud^; o' 
 the Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to ac- 
 cept the nomination. Two years later, the office o! 
 city solicitor becoming vacant, the City Co'mci^ 
 elected him for the unexpired term. 
 
 In 1861, when the Rebellion broke out, he was a; 
 the zenith of his professional life. His rank at the 
 bar was among the the first. But the news of the 
 attack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take Hj 
 arms for the defense of his country. 
 
 His military record was bright ard illustrious. In 
 October, 186 1, he was made Lieulenant-Colonel, and 
 in August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the ygth Ohic 
 regiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades 
 and go among strangers. Subsequently, however, he 
 was made Colonel of 'nis old regiment. At the battle 
 of South Mountain he received a wound, and while 
 faint and bleeding displayed courage r,nd fortitude 
 that won admiration from all. 
 
 Col. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after 
 his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed 
 in command of the celebrated Kanawha division, 
 aud for gallant and meritorious sei vices in the battles 
 of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, he was 
 promoted Brigadier-Cieneral. He was also brevetted 
 Major-General, "forgaliant and distirguished services 
 during the campaigns of 1S64, in West Virginia." In 
 the course of his arduous services, four horses were 
 shot from under him, and he v/as wounded four times 
 
 In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from 
 the Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem- 
 ocratic. He was not present during the campaign, 
 and after his election was importuned to resign his 
 commission in the army ; but he finally declared, " I 
 shall never come to Washington until I can come by 
 the way of Richmond." He was re-elected in 1S66, 
 
 Ir. 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio^ 
 over Hon. ,\llen (r. Thurman, a popular Democrat. 
 In 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton. 
 He was elected Governor for the third term in 1875. 
 
 In 1876 he was the standard bearer of the Repub- 
 lican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a 
 hard long contest was chosen President^ and was ii: 
 augurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his 
 full term, not, h. wever, with satisfaction to his party, 
 but his administration was an average ovr- 
 
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 AMKS A. (lARi'IELl), twcn- 
 tietli President of the United 
 Slates, was born Nov. 19, 
 1 83 1, i.i the woods of Orange, 
 Cuyahoga Co., O His par- 
 ents were Abram and EHza 
 '^ (Ballou) Garfield, both of New 
 England ancestry and from fami- 
 lies well known m the early his- 
 ifij tory of that section of our coun- 
 try, but had moved to the Western 
 Reserve, in Ohio, early in its settle- 
 ment. 
 
 The house in which James A. was 
 born was not unlike the houses of 
 poor Ohio farmers of that day. It 
 . .IS about 20 X 30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be- 
 .ween the logs filled with clay. His father was a 
 iard working farmer, and he soon had his fields 
 .:leared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built. 
 I'he household comprised the father and mother and 
 heir four children — JSIehetabel, Thomas, Mary and 
 ames. In May, 1823^ the father, from a cold con- 
 .. -acted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At 
 ihis time James was about eighteen months old, and 
 Thomas about ten years old. No one, ])erhaps, can 
 .ell how much James was indebted to his biother's 
 ceil and self sacrifice during the twenty years suc- 
 ceeding his father's death, but undoubtedly very 
 much. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis- 
 itrs live in Solon, O., near their birthplace. 
 
 The early educational advantages young Garfield 
 enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of 
 them. He labored at farm work for others, did car- 
 penter work, chopped wood, or did anything that 
 would bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed 
 liiother in lie' struggles to keep the little family to- 
 
 gether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his 
 origin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug- 
 gling childhood, youth and manhood, neitlier did they 
 ever forget liim. When in the highest seats cf honor 
 the humblest fjiend of his boyhood was as kindly 
 greeted as ever. The poorest laborer was 'sure of the 
 sympathy of one who had known all the bitterness 
 of wa.it and the sweetness of bread earned by the 
 sweat of tlie brow. He was ever the simple, plain, 
 modest gentleman. 
 
 The highest ambition of young Garfield until hi 
 was about sixteen years old was to be a captain of 
 a vessel on Lake Eiic. He was anxious to go aboard 
 a vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. She 
 finally consented to his going to Cleveland, with th^ 
 understanding, however, that he should try to obtair 
 some other kind of employment. He walked all the 
 way to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city 
 After making many applications for work, and trying 
 to get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting witli 
 success, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos 
 Letcher, on the Ohio &: Pennsylvania Canal. He re- 
 mained at this work but a short time when he wen' 
 liome, and attended the seminary at Chester fo" 
 about three years, when he entered Hiram and the 
 Eclectic Institute, teaching a few terms of school in 
 the meantime, and doing other work. This school 
 was started by the Disciples of Christ in 1850, of 
 which churcli lie was then a member. He became 
 janitor and bell-ringer in order to helj) pay his way. 
 He then became both teacher and pupil. He soon 
 " exhausted Hiram " and needed more ; lience, in the 
 fall of 1854, he entered Williams College, from which 
 he graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest hon- 
 ors of his class. He afterwards relumed to Hiram 
 College as its President. As above stated, he early 
 united with the Christian or Diciples Church at 
 Hiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem- 
 ber, often preaching in its pulpit and places where 
 he happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of 
 Yale College, says of him in reference to hisrelii;ion: 
 
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 JAMES A. GARFIELD. 
 
 " President Garfield was more than a man of 
 strong moral and religious convictions. His whole 
 history, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to 
 man and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and 
 f.iith and spiritual commission were controlling springs 
 of his being, and to a more than usual degree. In 
 .ny judgment there is no more interesting feature of 
 nis character than his loyal allegiance to the body of 
 Christians in which he was trained, and the fervent 
 sympathy which he ever showed in their Christian 
 communion. Not many of the few ''.vise and mighty 
 and noble who are called' show a similar loyalty to 
 the less stately and cultured Christian communions 
 in which they have been reared. Too often it is true 
 that as they step upward in social and political sig- 
 nificance they step upward from one degree to 
 another in some of the many types of fashionable 
 Christianity. President Garfield adhered to the 
 church of his mother, tlie church in which he was 
 trained, and in which he served as a pillar and an 
 evangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec- 
 larian charity for all 'wlio loveour Lord in sincerity.'" 
 
 Mr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss 
 Lucretia Rudolph, Nov. ii, 1858, who proved herself 
 worthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and 
 mourned. To them were born seven children, five of 
 v.'hom are still living, four boys and one girl. 
 
 Mr. Garfield made his first political speeches in 1856, 
 in Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three 
 years later he began to speak at county mass-meet- 
 ■.iigs, and became the favorite speaker wherever he 
 Wis. During this year he was elected to the Ohio 
 S,inate. He also began to study law at Cleveland, 
 and in 1861 was admitted to the bar. The great 
 Rebellion broke out in the early part of this year, 
 and Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had 
 talked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re- 
 ceived his commission as Lieut. -Colonel of the Forty- 
 second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 
 14, 1861. He was immediately put into active ser- 
 vice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in action, 
 was placed in command of four regiments of infantiy 
 and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the 
 work of driving out of his native State the officer 
 ', Humphrey M-irshall) reputed to be the ablest of 
 those, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given 
 to the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed- 
 ily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres- 
 ident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him 
 Brigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as "he had 
 been the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years 
 before, so now he was the youngest General in the 
 army." He was with Gen. Buell's army at Shiloli, 
 in its operations around Corinth and its march through 
 Alabama. He was then detailed as a memberof the 
 General Couit-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John 
 Porter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose- 
 crans, and was assigned to the "Chief of Staff." 
 
 The military Wstory of Gen. Garfield closed '•■.-ith 
 
 his brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he wor 
 the stars of the Major-General. 
 
 Without an effort on his part Gei? Garfield wav 
 elected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the 
 Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio 
 had been represented in Congress for sixty years 
 mainly by two men — Elisha Whittlesey and Joshua 
 R. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he 
 resigned his place in the army. At the time he en- 
 tered Congress he was the youngest member in thai 
 body. Ther'; he remained by successive re- 
 elections until he was elected President in 1880. 
 Of his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says : " Since 
 the year 1864 you cannot think of a question which 
 has been debated in Congress, or discussed before a 
 tribunel of the American people, in regard to which 
 you will not find, if you wish instruction, the argu- 
 ment on one side stated, in almost every instance 
 better than l)y anybody else, in some speech made in 
 the House of Representatives or on the hustings by 
 Mr. Garfield.'' 
 
 Upon Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to 
 the U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the 
 same year, was nominated as the candidate of his 
 party for President at the great Chicago Convention. 
 He was elected in the following November, and on 
 March 4, 1881, was inaugurated. Probably no ad- 
 ministration ever opened its existence under brighter 
 auspices than that of President Gaifield, and every 
 day it grew in favo." with the people, and by the first 
 of July he had completed all the initiatory and pre- 
 liminary work of his administration and was prepar- 
 ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams 
 College. While on his way and at the depot, in com- 
 pany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind 
 him, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back. 
 'I"he President tottered and fell, and as he did so the 
 assassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the 
 left coat sleeve of his victim, but in.^icting nofurthei 
 injury. It has been very truthfully said that this was 
 " the shot that was heard round the world " Never 
 before in the liistory of the Nation had anything oc- 
 curred which so nearly froze the blood of the peop"» 
 for the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit- 
 ten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and 
 was at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty 
 days, all during the hot months of July and August, 
 he lingered and suffered. He, however, remained 
 master of himself till the last, and by his magnificent 
 bearing was leaching the country and the world the 
 noblest of human lessons — how to live grandly in the 
 very clutch of death. Great in life, he was sur|3ass- 
 ingly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept. 
 19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J , on the very bank of the 
 ocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The 
 world wept at his death, as it never had done on the 
 death of any other man who had ever lived upon it. 
 The murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe- 
 cuted, in one year after he committed the fou: deed. 
 
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 p^ twenty-first Presi''„.ii of the 
 
 j.^ United States- was born in 
 
 Franklin Cour ty, Vermont, on 
 
 SSo thefjfthof Oc'ober, 1830, and is 
 
 the oldest of a family oT two 
 
 sons and five daughters. His 
 
 father was the Rev. Dr. William 
 
 Arthur, a Baptist c',rgyi'ian, who 
 
 emigrated to tb s country fro'n 
 
 the county Ant.im, Ireland, in 
 
 his iStli year, and died in 1S75, in 
 
 Newtonville, neai Albany, after a 
 
 long and successful ministry 
 
 Young Arthur was educated at 
 Union College, S( henectady, where 
 he excelled in all his studies. Af- 
 ter his graduation he taught sclioo! 
 t|j in Vermont for two years, and at 
 the expiration cf that time came to 
 New York, with S500 in his jjocket, 
 and eiitered the otfice of ex-Judge 
 ^W E. D. Culver as student. After 
 being admitted to the bar he formed 
 a partnershi|) with his intimate friend and room-mate, 
 Henry I). Gardiner, with the intention of practicing 
 \\\ the West, and for three months they roamed about 
 in the Western States in search of an eligible site, 
 but in the end returned to New York, wiiere they 
 hung out their shingle, and entered upon a success- 
 ful career almost from the start. General Arthur 
 soon afterward n%arr''=d the daughter of Lieutenant 
 
 Hernilon, oithe Uiuted btaies Navy, who was lost at 
 sea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow it. 
 recognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa- 
 sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthurs 
 nommation to the Vice Presidency, leaving two 
 children. 
 
 Gen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity 
 in his first great case, the famous Lemnion suit, 
 brought to recover possession of eight slaves who had 
 been declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior 
 Court of New York City. It was in 1852 that Jon. 
 athan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York wiih 
 his slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when 
 they were discovered and freed. The Judge decided 
 that they could not be held by the owner under tht 
 Fugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from 
 the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the 
 Attorney General of that State to assist in an appeal. 
 Wm. M. Kvarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed 
 to represent the People, and they won their case, 
 which then v/ont to the Supreme Court of the United 
 States. Ciiailes O'Conor here esjxjused the cause 
 of the slave-holders, but l-.e too was beaten by Messrs 
 Evarts and .Arthur, and a long step was taken toward 
 the emancipation of the black race. 
 
 Another great service was rendered by General 
 Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings, 
 a respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourtji 
 Avenue car with violence after she had paid her fare. 
 General .\rthuv sued on her behalf, and secured a 
 verdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa- 
 ny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride 
 on their cars, and the other car companies quickly 
 
CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 
 
 followed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave- 
 nue Company ran a few special cars for colored per- 
 sons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all. 
 
 General Arthur was a delegate to the Convention 
 at Saratoga that founded the Republican party. 
 Previous to tlie war he was Judge-Advocate of the 
 Second Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov- 
 ernor Morgan, of that State, appointed huii Engineer- 
 in-Cliief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec- 
 tor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas- 
 ter-General. In each of these offices he rendered 
 great service to the Government during the war. At 
 the end of Governor Morgan's term he resumed the 
 practice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr. 
 Ransom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District .\ttorney 
 of New Yoik, was added to the firm. The legal prac- 
 tice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra- 
 tive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able 
 lawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if 
 not indeed one of national extent. 
 
 He always took a leading part in State and city 
 politics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of 
 New York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc- 
 ceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July, 
 ^o, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt. 
 
 Mr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential 
 ticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous 
 National Republican Convention held at Chicago in 
 fune, 1880. This was perhaps the greatest political 
 convention that ever assembled on the continent. It 
 was composed of the 'jading politicians of the Re- 
 publican party, all able men, and each stood firm and 
 fought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their 
 respective candidates that were before the conven- 
 tion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re- 
 ceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur 
 for Vice-President. The campaign which followed 
 was one of the most animated known in the history of 
 our country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of 
 the Democratic party, was a popular man, and his 
 party made a valiant fight for his election. 
 
 Finally the election came and the country's choice 
 .vas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated 
 March 4, 1881, as President and Vice-President. 
 K few months only had passed ere the newly chosen 
 President was the victim of the assassin's bullet. Then 
 came terrible weeks of suffering, — those moments of 
 anxious suspense, vvhen the hearts of all civilized na 
 
 tions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re- 
 covery of the noble, the good President. The remark- 
 able patience that he manifested during those hours 
 and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suf- 
 fering man has often been called upon to endure, was 
 seemingly more than human. It was certainly God- 
 like. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr. 
 Arthur's every move was watched, and be it said to his 
 credit that his every action displayed only an earnest 
 desire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to 
 serve the remainder of the term he had so auspi- 
 ciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested 
 in deed or look of this man, even though the most 
 honored i^osition in the world was at any moment 
 likely to fall to him. 
 
 At last God in his mercy relieved President Gar- 
 field from further suffering, and tb.e world, as never 
 before in its history over the death of any other 
 man, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty of 
 the Vice President to Lssume the responsibilities of 
 the high office, and he took the oath in New York, 
 Sept. 20, 188 [. The position was an embarrassing 
 one to him, made doubly so from the facts that all 
 eyes were on him, anxious to know what he would do, 
 what policy he would pursue, and who he would se- 
 lect as advisers. The duties of the office had been 
 greatly neglected during the President's long illness, 
 and many important measures were to be immediately 
 decided by him ; and still farther to embarrass him he 
 did not fail to realize under what circumstances he 
 became President, and knew the feelings of many on 
 this point. Under these trying circumstances President 
 Arthur took the reins of the Government in his own 
 hands; and, as embarrassing as were the condition of 
 affairs, he happily surprised the nation, actmg so 
 wisely that but few criticised his administration. 
 He served the nation well and faithfully, until the 
 close of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was 
 a popular candidate before his party for a second 
 term. His name was ably presented before the con- 
 vention at Chicago, and was received with great 
 favor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity 
 of one of the opposing candidates., he would have 
 been selected as the standard-bearer of his party 
 for another campaign. He retired to private life car- 
 rying with him the best wishes of the American peo- 
 ple, whom he had served in a manner satisfactory 
 to then and w'th credi^ t'- jiiuT^elf. 
 
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 TEPHEN GROVER CLEVE- 
 LAND, thetwenty-second Pres- 
 ident of the United States, was 
 born ill 1837, in the obscure 
 town of Caldwell, Essex Co., 
 N. J., and in a little tivo-and-a- 
 half-story white house which is still 
 standing, characteristically to mark 
 the humble birth-place of one of 
 America's great men in striking con- 
 trast with the Old World, where all 
 men high in office must be high in 
 origin and born in the cradle 01 
 wealth. When the subject of this 
 sketch was three years of age, his 
 father, who was a Presbyterian min- 
 ister, with a large family and a small salary, moved, 
 by way of the Hudsoa River and Erie C'anal, to 
 FayetteviUe, in search of an increased income and a 
 larger field of work. FayetteviUe was then llie most 
 straggling of country villages, about five miles from 
 Pompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was born. 
 
 At the last mentioned place young Grover com- 
 menced going to school in the " good, old-fashioned 
 way," and presumably distinguished himself after the 
 manner of all village boys, in doing the things he 
 ought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of 
 all geniuses and independent thinkers. When he 
 arrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown the 
 capacity of the village school and expressed a most 
 
 emphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To this 
 his father decidedly objected. Academies in those 
 days cost money; besides, his father wanted him to 
 become self-supporting by the quickest possible 
 means, and tliis at that time in Fayette/ille seemed 
 to be a position in a country store, where his father 
 and the large family on his hands had considerable 
 influence. Grover was to be paid $50 for his services 
 tie first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to 
 receive $100 the second year. Here the lad com- 
 menced his career as salesman, and in two years he 
 h id earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness 
 iliat his employers desired to retain him for an in- 
 difinite length of time. Otherwise he did not ex- 
 hibit as yet any particular "flashes of genius" or 
 eccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy. 
 Hat instead of remaining with this firm in Fayette- 
 viUe, he went with the family in their removal to 
 Clinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a 
 high school. Here he industriously pursued his 
 studies until the family reinoved with him to a point 
 01 Black River known as the " Holland Patent," a 
 village of 500 or 600 people, 15 miles north of Utica, 
 M. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching 
 but three Sundays. This event broke up the family, 
 and Grover set out for New York City to accept, at a 
 small salary, the [wsition of " under-teacher " in an 
 asylum for the blind. He taught faithfiiUy for two 
 years, and although he obtained a good reputation in 
 this capacity, he concluded that teaching was not his 
 
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 S. G ROVER CLEVELAND. 
 
 calling for life, and, reversing the traditional order, 
 he left the city to seek his fortune, instead of going 
 to a city. He first thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as 
 there vt'as some charm in that name for him; but 
 before proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to 
 usk the advice of iiis uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted 
 stock-breeder of that place. The latter did not 
 rpeak entluisiascicaliy. "What is it you want to do, 
 my boy?" he asked. "Well, sir, I want to study 
 law," was the reply. "Good gracious!" remarked 
 he old gentleman ; " do you, indeed ? What ever put 
 that into your head? How much money have you 
 got.'" "Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven't got 
 any. " 
 
 Alter a long considtalion, his uncle offered him a 
 place temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at $50 a 
 year, wiiile iic could "look around." One day soon 
 ifterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers, 
 Bowen & Rogers, of Buffalo, and told Lhem what he 
 wanted. A number of young men were already en- 
 gaged in the office, but Grover's persistency won, and 
 ne was finally permitted to come as an office boy and 
 have the use of the law library, for the nominal sum 
 of $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for 
 his board and washing. The walk to and from his 
 uncle's was a long and rugged one; and, although 
 the first winter was a memorably severe one, his 
 shoes were out of repair and his overcoat — he had 
 rone — yet he was nevertheless prompt and regular. 
 On the first day of his service here, his senior em- 
 ployer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him 
 with a bang that made the dust fly, saying "That's 
 where they all begin." A titter ran around the little 
 circle of cleiks and students, as they thought that 
 was enough to scare young Grover out of his plans ; 
 but indue time he mastered that cumbersome volume. 
 Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland 
 exhibited a talent for executiveness rather than for 
 chasing principles through all their metaphysical 
 vrassibilities. " Let us quit talking and go and do 
 t," was practically his motto. 
 
 The first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was 
 e;ected was that of Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in 
 which Buffalo is situated; and in such capacity it fell 
 fo his duty to inflict capital punishment upon two 
 criminals. In 1881 he was elected Mayor of the 
 City of Buffalo, o'l tlie De.nocratic ticket, with es- 
 pedal reference to the bringing about certain reforms 
 
 in the administration of the municipal affairs of that 
 city. In this office, as well as that of Sheriff, his 
 performance of duty has generally been considered 
 fair, with possibly a few exceptions which were fer- 
 reted out and magnified during the last Presidential 
 campaign. As a specimen of his plain language ?n 
 a veto message, we quote from one vetoing an i;ii?.ii- 
 tous street-cleaning contract: "This is a time fo; 
 plain speech, and my objection to your action sLall 
 be plainly stated. I regard it as the culmination of 
 a mos bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme 
 to betray the interests of the peopl-, and to worsj 
 than squander the people's money." The New York 
 Sun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve- 
 land's administration as Mayor of Buffalo, and tliere- 
 upon recommended him for Governor of the Empir3 
 State. To the latter office he was elected in 1882, 
 and his' administration of the affairs of State was 
 generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if 
 any,, were made very public throughout the nation 
 after he was nominated for President of the United 
 States. For this high office he was nominated July 
 II, 18S4, by the National Democratic Convention af 
 Chicago, when other competitors were Thomas F, 
 Bayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, 
 Benjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurnian, etc.: and he 
 was elected by the people, by a majority of about a 
 thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Repub- 
 lican statesman, James G. Blaine. President Cleve- 
 land resigned his office as Governor of New York in 
 January, 1885, in order to prepare for his duties as 
 the Chief Executive of the United States, in which 
 capacity his term commenced at noon on the 4th of 
 March, 1885. For his Cabinet officers he selected 
 the following gentlemen: For Secretary of State, 
 Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware ; Secretary of the 
 Treasury, Daniel Manning, of New York ; Secretary 
 of War, William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts ; 
 Secretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney, of New 
 York; Secretary of the Interior, L. Q. C. Lamar, of 
 Mississippi; Postmaster-General, William F. Vilas, 
 of Wisconsin ; Attorney-General, A. H. Garland, of 
 Arkansas. 
 
 The silver question precipitated a controverr,/ be- 
 tween those who were in favor of the continuance of 
 silver coinage and those who were opposed, Mr. 
 Cleveland answering for the latter, even before his 
 
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 iKNJAMIN IIAKHISON, the 
 
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 'J \, ^wenty-tliird President, is 
 
 g »"-% the descendant of one of the 
 
 historical families of t i> i s 
 ij^is •'} country. The head of tlie 
 i',''3 family was a IMajor General 
 __ji^Jfa Harrison, one of Oliver 
 l>-y <J*"" Croinwcll's trusted follow- 
 
 kx"^ ers and fighters. In the zeniMiof Ciom- 
 fM* "'f"'!'* power it became the duty of this 
 Harrison to participate in tiie trial of 
 Charles I, and afterward to sign tlie 
 deaih warrant of the king. He subse- 
 quently [laid for this with his life, Iteing 
 luiMg Oct. 13, ICCO. His descendants 
 came to Amei'ica, and the next of the 
 family that appears in history is Benja- 
 r.:iu 'larrison, of ^'irg■il)ia,grcat-grand- 
 falhc ■ of the subject of this sketch, and 
 after whom he was named. Benjamin Harrison 
 was a member of the Continental Congress during 
 the years .771-5-G, and was one of the original 
 signers of the r)cclaratiou of Jndei)endence. He 
 was Ih.-co times elected Governor of A'irginia. 
 Gen William Ilcniy Iburisou, the son of the 
 
 distinguished p.atriot of the Revolution, after a suc- 
 cessful career as n soldier during the War of 1812, 
 and with -a clean record as Governor of the Nortli- 
 western Territory, was elected President of the 
 United States in 1840. His career was cut short 
 b}- death within one month ;;fter Iiis inauguration. 
 President Harrison wa? born at .North Bond, 
 Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. r'O, 1853, His life up to 
 the time of his graduation by the Miami University 
 at Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful one of a coun- 
 try lad of a family of small means. His fathe" was 
 able to give him a good education, and nothing 
 more. He became engaged while at college to tha 
 daughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of a female schoo 
 at Oxford. After graduating he determined to en. 
 ter upon the study of the law. He went to Cin 
 cinnali and then read law for two years. At tht 
 exiiiration of that time young Harrison reeeiviAl tb . 
 ouly inheritance of bis life; his aunt dying left iiiii 
 a lot valued at ^800. He regarded this iegac}' as !. 
 fortMiic, and decided to get married at once, «ak? 
 this money and goto some Eastern town ai> " 'c- 
 giu the practice of law. He sold his lot, and with 
 the money in his pocket, he started out wita bis 
 young wife to fight f<.>r a place -u the world. !Ic 
 
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 BEHJAMJN IfARltlSON, 
 
 decided to go to ladianapolis, which was even at 
 ihat time a town of promise. He met with slight 
 C'licoiii'agement at first, making scarcely anything 
 the first jear. He worked diligently, applying him- 
 self closely to his calling, bniJt up an extensive 
 practice and took a leading rank in the legal pro- 
 fession. He is the father of two children. 
 
 In 1860 Mr. Harrison was nominated for tlie 
 position of Supreme Court Reporter, and then be- 
 gan his experience as a stump speake: He can- 
 vassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by a 
 handsome majority. In 1862 he raised the 17th 
 Indiana Infantrj', and was chosen its Colonel. His 
 regiment was composed of the rawest of material, 
 out Col. Harrison employed all his time at first 
 mastering military tactics and drilling his men, 
 when he therefore came to move toward the East 
 witii Sherman his regiment was one of the best 
 drilled and organized in the army. At Resaca he 
 especially distinguished himself, and for his bravery 
 r.t Peachtree Creek be was made a Brigadier Gen- 
 eral, Gen. Hooker speaking of him in the most 
 complimentary terms. 
 
 During the absence of Gen. Harrison in the field 
 he Supreme Court declared the office of the Su- 
 preme Court Reporter vacant, and another person 
 was elected to the position. From the time of leav- 
 ii-g Indiana with his regiment until the fall of 1864 
 he had taken no leave of absence, but having been 
 nominated that j'ear for the same office, he got a 
 thirty-day leave of absence, and during that time 
 made a brilliant canvass of the State, and was elected 
 for another term. He then started to rejoin Slier- 
 man, but on the way was stricken down with scarlet 
 lever, and after a most trj'ing siege made his way 
 to the front in time to participate in the closing 
 incidents of the war. 
 
 In 1868 Gen. Harrison declined v, re-election as 
 jeporter, and resumed the practice of law. In 1876 
 fie was a candidate for Governor. Although de- 
 eated, the brilliant campaign he made won for him 
 a National reputation, and he was much souglit, es- 
 pecial.y in the East, to make speeches. In 1880, 
 as usual, he took an active part in the campaign, 
 and wfi; elected to the United States Senate. Here 
 he served six years, and was known as one of the 
 ablest men, best lawyers and strongest debaters in 
 
 tliat body. With the expiration of his Senatorial 
 term he returned to the practice of his profession, 
 becoming the head of one of tlie strongest firms in 
 the State. 
 
 The political campaign of 1888 was one of the 
 most memorable in the history of our country. The 
 convention which assembled in Chicago in June and 
 named Mr. Harrison as the chief standard bearer 
 of the Republican party, was great in everj' partic- 
 ular, and on this account, and the attitude it as- 
 sumed u^ion the vital questions of the day, chief 
 among whicii w.as the tariff, awoke a deep interest 
 in the campaign throughout the Nation. Shortly 
 after the nomination delegations began to visit Mr. 
 Harrison at Indianapolis, his home. This move- 
 ment became popular, and from all sections of the 
 country societies, clubs and delegations journeyed 
 thither to pay their respects to the distinguished 
 statesman. The popularity of these was greatly 
 increased on account of the remarkable speeches 
 made by Mr. Harrison. He spoke daily all through 
 the summer and autumn to these visiting delega- 
 tions, and so varied, masterly and eloquent were 
 liis speeches that the}"^ at once placed him in the 
 foremost rank of American orators and statesmen. 
 
 On account of iiis eloquence as a speaker and his 
 power as a debater, he was called upon at an un- 
 commonly early age to take part in the discussion 
 of the great questions that then began to agitate 
 the country. lie was an luicomitromising ant: 
 slavery man. and was matched against some of t'„e 
 most eminent Demt^'ratic speakers of his State. 
 X(i man wlio felt the touch of his blade desired to 
 be pitted with him again. With all his eloq-'ence 
 as an orator he never spoke for oratorical effect. 
 l)ut his words always went like bullets to the mark 
 He is purely American in his ideas and is a spier 
 did type of the American statesman. Gifted witl, 
 quick perception, a logical mind and a reach' tongue, 
 he is one of the most distinguished impromptu 
 speakers in tlie Nation. Many of these sijeeches 
 sparkled with the rarest of eloquence and contained 
 arguments of greatest weight. Manj- of his terse 
 statements have already become aphorisms. Origi- 
 nal ill tlioug'ht, precise in logic, terse in statement, 
 yet withal faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as 
 the sound statesman and brilliant orator o* the day 
 

 
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GOVERNORS CF MICHIGAN. 
 
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 STEPHEN T. MASON. ^ 
 
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 TEPHEN T. MASON, the 
 first Govcruorof Michigan, was 
 a sou of Gen. John T. Miison, 
 of Kentucky, but was Ijorn in 
 Virginia, in 181 2. At the age 
 of 19 he was apix)inted Secre- 
 tary of Michigan Territory, and 
 served in that capacity during the 
 administration of Gov. George B. 
 Porter. Upon the death of Gov. 
 Porter, which occurred on the 6tli of 
 July, 1S34, Mr. Mason became Act- 
 ing Governor. In October, 1S35, he 
 was elected Governor under the State 
 organization, and immediately cn- 
 iV tered upon the performance of the 
 ' duties of the office, although the 
 State was not yet admitted into the Union. After 
 the State was admitted into the Union, Governor 
 Mason was re-elected to the position, and served with 
 credit to himself and to the advantage of the State. 
 He died Jan. 4, 1843. The principal event during 
 Governor Mason's official career, was that arising from 
 the dis[)uted southern boundary of the State. 
 
 Michigan claimed for her southern boundary aline 
 :unning east across the peninsula from the extreme 
 southern point of Lake Michigan, extending through 
 Lake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line. This she 
 claimed as a vested right — a right accruing to her by 
 compact. This compact was the ordinance of 1787, 
 ;he parties to which were the original 13 States, and 
 the territory northwest of the Ohio; and, by the suc- 
 cession of parties under statutory amendments to the 
 ordinance and laws of Congress — the United States on 
 •he one part, and each Territory northwest of the 
 Ohio, as far as affected liy their provisioi^s, on the 
 
 other. Michigan, therefore, claimed it under tlie i)rior 
 grant, or assignation of boundary. 
 
 Ohio, on the other hand, claimed that the ordinance 
 had been superseded by the Constitution of the 
 United States, and that Congress had a right to regu- 
 late the boundary. It was also claimed that the 
 Constitution of the State of Ohio having described a 
 different line, and Congress having admitted tiie State 
 under that Constitution, without mentioning the sub- 
 ject of the line in dispute. Congress had thereby given 
 its consent to the line as laid down by the Constitu- 
 tion of Ohio. This claim was urged by Ohio at 
 some periods of the controversy, but at others she aj)- 
 peared to regard the question unsettled, by the fact 
 that she insisted upon Congress taking action in re- 
 gard to the boundary. Accordingly, we find that, in 
 i8i2. Congress authorized the Surveyor-General to 
 survey a line, agreeably to the act, to enable the people 
 of Ohio to form a Constitution and State government. 
 Owing to Indian hostilities, however, the line was not 
 run till 181 8. In 1820, the question in dispute 
 underwent a rigid examination by the Committee on 
 Public Lands. The claim of Ohio was strenuously 
 urged by her delegation, and as ably opposed by Mr. 
 Woodbridge, the then delegate from Michigan. The 
 result was that the committee decided unanimously 
 in favor of Michigan; Init, in the hurry of business, 
 no action was taken by Congress, and the question 
 remained open till Michigan organized her State gov- 
 ernment. 
 
 The Territory in dispute is about five miles in 
 width at the west end, and about eight miles in width 
 at the east end, and extends along the whole north- 
 ern line of Ohio, west of Lake Erie. The line claimed 
 by Michigan was known as the " Fulion line," and 
 that claimed by Ohio was known as the" IlarTisline," 
 
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 STEPHEN T. MASON. 
 
 from the names of the surveyors. The territory was 
 valuable for its rich agricultural lands; but the chief 
 value consisted in the fact that the harbor on the 
 Maumee River, where now stands the flourishing city 
 of Toledo, was included within its limits The town 
 originally bore the name of Swan Creek, afterwards 
 Port Lawrence, then Vestula, and then Toledo. 
 
 In February, 1835, the Legislature of Ohio passed 
 an act extending the jurisdiction of the State over 
 the territory in question; erected townships and 
 directed them to hold elections in April following. It 
 also directed Governor Lucus to appoint three com- 
 missioners to survey and re-mark the Harris line ; and 
 named the first of April as the day to commence the 
 survey. Acting Governor Mason, however, anticipated 
 this action on the part of the Ohio Legislature, sent 
 a special message to the Legislative Council, appris- 
 ing it of Governor Lucas' message, and advised imme- 
 diate action by that body to anticipate and counteract 
 the proceedings of Ohio. Accordingly, on the 12th 
 of February, the council passed an act making it a 
 crimmal offence, punishable by a heavy fine, or im- 
 prisonment, for any one to attempt to e.xercise any 
 official functions, or accept any office within the juris- 
 diction of Michigan, under or by virture of any au- 
 thority not derived from the Territory, or (he United 
 States. On the 9th of March, Governor Mason wrote 
 General Brown, then in command of the Michigan 
 militia, directing him to hold himself in readiness to 
 meet the enemy in the field in case any attempt was 
 made on the part of Ohio to carry out the provisions 
 of that act of the Legislature. On the 31st of March, 
 Governor Lucus, with his commissioners, arrived at 
 Perrysburgh, on their way to commence re-surveying 
 the Harris line. He was acconiiianied by General 
 Bell and staff, of the Ohio Militia, who proceeded to 
 muster a volunteer force of about 600 men. This 
 was soon accomplished, and the force fully armed and 
 equipped. The force then went into camp at Fort 
 Miami, to await the Governor's orders. 
 
 In the meantime. Governor Mason, with General 
 Brown and staff, had raised a force 800 to 1200 
 strong, and were in possession of Toledo. General 
 Brown's Staff consisted of Captain Henry Smith, of 
 Monroe, Inspector; Major J. J. Ullman, of Con- 
 stantine, Quartermaster; William E. Broadman, of 
 Detroit, and .'Vlpheus Felch,of Monroe, Aids-de- 
 caniD. When Governor Lucas observed the deter- 
 mined bearing of the Michigan braves, and took note 
 
 of their number, he found it convenient to content 
 himself for a time with " watching over the border.'' 
 Several days were passed in this exhilarating employ- 
 ment, and just as Governor Lucas had made up his 
 mind to do something rash, two commissioners ar- 
 rived from Washington on a mission of peace. They 
 remonstrated with Gov. Lucus, and reminded him of 
 the consequences to himself and his State if he per- 
 sisted in his attempt to gain possessionof the disputed 
 territory by force. After several conferences with 
 both governors, the commissioners submitted proposi- 
 tions for their consideration. 
 
 Governor Lucas at once accepted the propositions, 
 and disbanded his forces. Governor Mason, on the 
 other hand, refused to accede to the arrangement, and 
 declined to compromise the rights of his people by a 
 surrender of possession and jurisdiction. When Gov- 
 ernor Lucus disbanded his forces, however, Governor 
 Mason partially followed suit, but still held himself 
 in reidiness to meet any emergency that might arise. 
 
 Governor Lucus now supposed that his way was 
 clear, and that he could re-mark the Harris Inie with- 
 out being molested, and ordered the commissioners 
 to proceed with their work. 
 
 In the meantime, Governor Mason kept a watch- 
 ful eye upon the proceedings. General Brown sent 
 scouts through the woods to watch their movements, 
 and report when operations were commenced. When 
 the surveying party got within the county of Lena- 
 wee, the under-sheriff of that county, armed with a 
 warrant, and accompanied by a posse, suddenly made 
 his appearance, and succeeded m arresting a portion 
 of the party. The rest, including the commissioners, 
 took to their heels, and were soon beyond the dis- 
 puted territory. They reached Perrysburgh the fol- 
 lowing day in a highly demoralized condition, and 
 reported they had been attacked by an overwhelm- 
 ing force of Michigan malitia, under command of 
 General Brown. 
 
 This summary breaking up of tlie surveying party 
 produced the most tremendous excitement throughout 
 Ohio. Governor Lucas called an extra session of the 
 Legislature. But little remains to be said in reference 
 to the "war." The question continued for some time 
 to agitate the minds of the opposing parties; and the 
 action of Congress was impatiently awaited. Michigan 
 was admitted into the Union on the condition that 
 she give to Ohio the disputed territory, and accept 
 ni return the Northern Peninsula, which she did. 
 
SECOND GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN. 
 
 109 
 
 ?-^t«Cfl«Si@«'a*aiSS. 
 
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 ILLIAM WOODBRIDGE, 
 wasecond Governor of Michigan, 
 was boni at Norwich, Conn., 
 Aug. 20, 1780, and died at 
 Detroit Oct. 20, i86r. He 
 ■ ..r, '•^' 'w/\ was of a family of three brothers 
 A ^^^^ j^^^ sisters. His father, 
 Dudley Woodbridge, removed to 
 Marietta, Ohio, about 1 790. The 
 life of Wm. Woodbridge, by Chas. 
 IS Lauman, from which this sketch 
 is largelyconipiled, mentions noth- 
 ing concerning his early education 
 beyond the fact that it was such as 
 was afforded by the average school 
 1; of the time, except a year with the 
 Qj/] French colonists at (Jalliiwlis, 
 I ,] where he accjuired a knowledge of 
 'jiO the French language. It should 
 be borne in mind, however, that 
 liome education at tliat time was 
 an indispensable feature in the 
 training of the young. To this and 
 and to a few studies well mastered, 
 is due that strong mental discipline which has served 
 as a basis for many of the grand intellects that have 
 adorned and heliied to make our National history. 
 Mr. Woodbridge studied law at Marietta, having 
 as a fellow student an intimate personal friend, a 
 young man subsecjuently distinguished, but known 
 at that time simply as Lewis Cass. He graduated at 
 the law school in Connecticut, after a course there of 
 nearly three years, and began to practice at Marietta 
 in 1806. In June, 1806, he married, at Hartford, Con- 
 necticut, Juleanna, daughter of John Trumbeli, a 
 distinguished aiilhor and judge; and author of the 
 
 peom McFingal, which, during a dark period of the 
 Revolution, wrought sucii a magic change upon the 
 spirits of the colonists. He was happy in his domes- 
 tic relations until llie death of Mrs. W., Feb. 2, 19, i860. 
 Our written biographi'.-s necessarily speak more 
 fully of men, because of their active participation in 
 public affairs, but human actions are stamped uixjn 
 tlie page of time and when the scroll shall be unrolled 
 tlie influence of good women uixjn the history of the 
 world will be read side by side with liie deeds of men. 
 How much success and renown in life many men owe 
 to their wives is probably little known. Mrs. W. en- 
 joyed the best means of early education that the 
 country afforded, and her intellectual genius enabled 
 her to improve lier advantages. During her life, side 
 by side with the highest type of domestic and social 
 graces, she manifested a keen intellectuality that 
 formed the crown of a faultless chaiacter. She was 
 a natural poet, and wrote quite a large number of fine 
 verses, some of which are preserved in a printed 
 memorial essay written upon the occasion of her 
 death. In this essay, it is said of her "to contribute 
 even in matters of minor importance, to elevate the 
 reputation and add to tlie well being of her husband 
 in the various stations he was called upon to fill, gave 
 her the highest satisfaction " She was an invalid 
 during the latter iwrtion of her life, but was ])atient 
 and cheerful to the end. 
 
 In 1807, Mr. W. was chosen a representative to the 
 (ieneral .\ssembly of Ohio, and in 1809 was elected to 
 the Senate, continuing a member by re-election until 
 his removal from the State. He also held, by a|>- 
 pointment, during the time the offite of Prosecuting 
 Attorney for his county. He took a leading part in 
 the Legislature, and in 1812 drew upa de<:laration and 
 resolutions, which passed tlic two houses unamiuously 
 
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 WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE. 
 
 and attracted great attention, endorsing, in strongest 
 and most emphatic terms, the war measures of Presi- 
 dent Madison. During the period from 1804 to 18 14 
 the two law students, Woodbridge and Cass, had be- 
 come widely separated. The latter was Governor of 
 the Territory of Michigan under the historic "Governor 
 and Judges" plan, with the indispensable requisite of a 
 Secretary of "the Territorry. This latter pos.tion was, 
 in 18 14, without solicitation on his part, tendered to 
 Mr. W. He accepted the position with some hesita- 
 tion, and entered upon its duties as soon as he could 
 make the necessary arrangements for leaving Ohio. 
 The office of Secretary involved also the duties of 
 collectorof customsat the port of Detroit, and during 
 the frequent absences of the Governor, the dischargeof 
 of his duties, also including those of Superintendent 
 of Indian Affairs. Mr. W. officiated as Governor for 
 about two years out of the eight years that beheld the 
 office of Secretary Under the administrationof "Gov- 
 ernor and Judges," wliich the people of the Territory 
 preferred for economical reasons, to continue some time 
 after their numbers entitled them to a more popular 
 representative system, they were allowed no delegate 
 in Congress. Mr. W., as a sort of informal agent of 
 the people, by correspondence and also by a visit to 
 the National capital, so clearly set forth the demand 
 for representation by a delegate, that an act was 
 passedin Congress in iSigauthorizingone tobechosen. 
 Under this act Mr. W. was elected by the concurrence 
 of all parties. His first action inCongress was tosecure 
 the ])assage of a bill recognizing and confirming the 
 old French land titles in the Territory according to 
 the terms of the treaty of peace with Great Britain 
 at the close of the Revolution ; and another for the 
 construction of a Government road through the "black 
 swamps" from tlie Miami River to Detroit, thus open- 
 ing a means of land transit between Ohio and Micli- 
 igan. He was influential in securing the passage of 
 bills for the construction of Government roads from 
 Detroit to Chicago, and Detroit to Fort Gratiot, and 
 for the improvement of La Plaisance Bay. The ex- 
 pedition for the exploration of the country around 
 Lake Superior and in the valley of the Upper Mis- 
 sissippi, projected Ijy Governor Cass, was set on foot 
 by means of representations made to the Jiead of the 
 department by Mr. W. While in Congress he stren- 
 uously maintained the right of Michigan to the strip 
 of territory now farming the northern boundary of 
 (.)hio, which formed the subject of such grave dispute 
 between Ohio and Michigan at the time of the ad- 
 mission of the latter into the Union. He served 
 but one term as delegate to Congress, de- 
 clining further service on account of personal and 
 family considerations. Mr. W. continued to discharge 
 the duties of Secretary of the Territory tip to the time 
 its Government passed into the "second grade." 
 
 In 1824, he was appointed one of a board of 
 commissioners for adjusting private land claims in 
 
 the Territory, and was engaged also in tlie practice of 
 his profession, having the best law library in the Ter- 
 ritory. In 1828, upon the recommendation of the 
 Governor, Judges and others, he was appointed by the 
 President, J. Q. Adams, to succeed Hon. James With- 
 erell, who had resigned as a Judge of what is conven- 
 tionally called the "Supreme Court" of the Territory. 
 This court was apparently a continuation of the Terri- 
 torial Court, under the "first grade" or "Governor and 
 Judges" system. Although it was supreme in its ju- 
 dicial functions within the Territory, its powers and 
 duties were of a very general character. 
 
 In 1832, the term of his appointment as Judge ex- 
 piring. President Jackson appointed a successor, it is 
 supposed on political grounds, much to the disappoint- 
 ment of the public and the bar of the Territory. The 
 partisan feeling of the time extended into the Terri- 
 tory, and its people began to think of assuming the 
 dignity of a State government. Party lines becom- 
 ing very shaqjly drawn, he identified himself witli 
 tlie Whigs and was elected a member of the Conven- 
 tion of 1835, which formed the first State Constitution. 
 In 1837 he was elected amember of tie Slate Senate. 
 
 This sketch has purposely dealt somewhat in detail 
 with what may be called Judge W's. earlier career, 
 because it is closelv identified with the early his- 
 tory of the State, and the develo])ment of its politi- 
 cal system. Since the organization of the State Gov- 
 ernment the history of Michigan is more familiar, and 
 hence no review of Judge W's career as Governor 
 and Senator will be attempted. He was elected Clov- 
 ernor in 1839, under a popular impression tliat the 
 affairs of the State had not been prudently adminis- 
 tered by the Democrats. He served as Governor but 
 little more than a year, when he was elected to the 
 Senate of the United Slates. 
 
 His term in the Senate practically closed his polit- 
 ical life, although he was strongly urged by many 
 prominent men for the Whig nomination for Vice 
 President in 1848. 
 
 Soon after his appointment as Judge in 1828, Gov- 
 ernor W. took up his residence on a tract of land 
 which he owned in the township of Spring Wells, a 
 short distance below what \"as then the corporate lim- 
 its of Detroit, where he resided during the remainder 
 of his life. Both in his public papers and private 
 communications. Governor W. shows himself a mas- 
 ter of language; he is fruitful in simile and illustra- 
 tion, logical in arrangement, happy in the choice and 
 treatment of topics, and terse and vigorous in expres- 
 sion. Judge W. was a ("ongregationalist. His opinions 
 on ail'subjects were decided; he was earnest and 
 energetic, courteous and dignified, and at times ex- 
 hibited a vein of fine humor that was tlie more at- 
 tractive because not too often allowed to come to the 
 surface. His letters and addresses show a deep and 
 earnest affection not only for his ancestral home, but 
 the home of his adoption 'and for friends and family. 
 
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GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 
 
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 OHN STE\VAR1) BARRY, 
 .Governor of Michigan from 
 Jan. 3, 1842, to Jan. 5, 1846, 
 and from Jan. 7, 1S50, to Jan. 
 I, 1852, was born at Amherst, 
 N. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par- 
 ents, John and Ellen (Steward) 
 Barry, early removed to Rocking- 
 ham, Vt., where he remained until 
 he became of age, working on his 
 father's farm, and pursuing his 
 studies at the same time. He mar- 
 ried Mary Kidder,* of Grafton, Vt., 
 and ill 1S24 went to Georgia, Vt., 
 where he had charge of an academy 
 for two years, meanwhile studying 
 law. Me afterward practiced law in 
 that State. While he was in Georgia he was for some 
 time a member of the Governor's staff, with the title 
 of Governor's .Aid, and at a somewhat earlier period 
 was Captain of a company of State militia. In 1831 
 he removed to Michigan, and settled at White Pigeon, 
 where he engaged in mercantile business with I. W. 
 VVillard. 
 
 Four years after, 1S34, Mr. Barry removed to Con- 
 
 stantine and continued his mercantile pursuits. H 
 became Justice of the Peace at White Pigeon, Mich, 
 in 1S31, and held the office until the year 1835 
 Mr. Barry's first public office was that of a member 
 of the first constitutional convention, which assembled 
 and flamed the constitution upon which Michigan 
 was admitted into the Union. He took an importai.' 
 and prominent part in the proceedings of that body 
 and showed himself to be a man of far more than 
 ordinary ability. 
 
 Upon Michigan being admitted into the Union. 
 Mr. Barry was chosen State Senator, and so favorably 
 were his associates impressed with his abilities at tlie 
 first session of the Legislature that they looked tohiiu 
 as a party leader, and that he should head the State 
 ticket at the following election. Accordingly he re- 
 ceived the nomination for Governor at the hands 
 of his party assembled in convention. He was 
 elected, and so popular was his administration that, in 
 1842, he was again elected. During these ye.irs 
 Michigan was embarrassed by great financial diffi- 
 culties, and it was through his wisdom and sound judg- 
 ment that the State was finally placed upon a solid 
 financial basis. 
 
 During the first year of Gov. Barry's first term, the 
 ITniversity at .Ann .\rbor was opened for the reception 
 
114 
 
 JOHN STEWARD BARRY. 
 
 of students. The Michigan Central and Michigan 
 Soathdiii railroads were being rapidly constructed, and 
 general progress was everywhere noticeable. In 1842, 
 the number of pupils reported as attending the public 
 schools was nearly fifty-eight thousand. In 1843, a 
 State land office was established at Marshall, which 
 was invested with the charge and disposition of all 
 the lands belonging to the State In 1844, the la.x- 
 able property of the State was found to be over 
 twenty-eight millions of dollars, the tax being at the 
 rate of two mills on the dollar. The expenses of the 
 State were only seventy thousand dollars, while tlie 
 income from the railroads was nearly three hundred 
 thousand dollars. At this time the University of 
 Michigan had become so prosperous that its income 
 was ample to pay the interest on tlie University debt ; 
 and the amount of money which the State was able 
 to loan the several progressing railroads was one 
 hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Efforts were 
 made to increase the efficiency of the common schools 
 with good results In 1845, when Gov. Barry's sec- 
 ond term ex|)ired, the population of tlie State was 
 more than th'ee hundred thousand. 
 
 The constitution of the State forbade more than two 
 consecutive terms, but he was called upon to fill the 
 position again in 1S50 — the only instance of the kind 
 in the history of the State. He was a member of the 
 Territorial Legislature, of tlie Constitutional Conven- 
 tion, and afterward of the State House of Represent- 
 atives. 
 
 During Mr. Barry's third term as Governor the Nor- 
 mal School was established at Ypsilanti, which was 
 endowed with lands and placed in cliarge of a board 
 of education consisting of six persons. A new con- 
 stitution for the government of the State was also 
 adopted and the ''Great Railway Conspiracy Case'' 
 was tried. This grew out of a series of lawless acts 
 which had been committed upon the property of the 
 Michigan Central Railroad Company, along the line 
 of their road, and finally tlie burning of the depot 
 at Detroit, in 1850. 
 
 At a setting of the grand jury of Wayne County, 
 April 24, 185 I, 37 men of the 50 under arrest for this 
 ^rime were indicted. May 20, following, the accused 
 parties appeared at the Circuit Court of Wayne, of 
 which Warner Wing was resident judge. The Rail- 
 road Company employed ten eminent lawyers, in- 
 cluding David Stuart, John Van Annan, James A. 
 Van Dyke, Jacob M. Howard, .\lex. D. Fraser, Dan- 
 iel Goodwin and William Gray. The defendants were 
 represented by six meail)ers of the State bar, led by 
 AVilliam H. Seward, of New York. The trial occupied 
 four months, during which time the plaintiffs exam- 
 ined 246 witnesses in 27 days, and the defendants 
 249 in 40 days. Mr. Van Dyke addressed the jury 
 for the prosecution ; William H. Seward for the 
 defense. 
 
 The great lawyer was convinced of the innocence 
 
 of his clients, nor did the verdict of that jury and the 
 sentence of that judge remove his firm belief thai his 
 clients were the victims of purchased treachery, 
 ratlier than so many sacrifices to justice. 
 
 The verdict of " guilty " was rendered at 9 o'clock 
 p. .M., Sept. 25, 185 I. On the 26th the prisoners were 
 put forward to receive sentence, when many of them 
 protested their entire innocence, after which the pre- 
 siding judge condemned 12 of the number to the fol- 
 lowing terms of imprisonment, with hard labor, within 
 the State's prison, situate in their county : Amnii 
 Filley, ten years ; Orlando L. Williams, ten years ; 
 Aaron Mount, eight years; Andrew J. Freeland, eiglit 
 years; Eben Farnham, eight years; William Corvin, 
 eight years; Richard Price, eight years; Evan Price, 
 eight years; Lyman Champlin, five years; Willard 
 \S . Champlin, five years; Erastus Champlin, five 
 years; Erastus Smith, five years. 
 
 In 1840, Gov. Barry became deeply interested in 
 the cultivation of tlie sugar beet, and visited Europe 
 to obtain information in reference to its culture. 
 
 He was twice Presidential Elector, and his last 
 public service was that of a delegate to the National 
 Democratic Convention held in Chicago in 1864. 
 
 He was a man who, throughout life, maintained a 
 high character for integrity and fidelity to the trusts 
 bestowed upon him, whetlier of a public or a ])rivate 
 nature, and he is acknowledged by all to have been 
 one of the most efficient and popular Governors the 
 State has ever had. 
 
 Gov. Barry was a man cf incorruptible integrity. 
 His opinions, which he reached by the most thorough 
 investigation, he held tenaciously. His strong con- 
 victions and outspoken honesty made it impossible for 
 him to take an undefined position when a principle 
 was involved. His attachments and prejudices were 
 strong, yet he was never accused of favoritism in his 
 administration of public affairs. As a speaker lie was 
 not remarkable. Solidity, rather than brilliancy, char- 
 acterized his oratory, which is described as argument- 
 ative and instructive, but cold, hard, and entirely 
 wanting in rhetorical ornament. He was never elo- 
 quent, seldom humorous or sarcastic, and in manner 
 rather awkward. 
 
 .\lthough Mr. Barry's educational advantages were 
 so limited, he was a life-long student. He mastered 
 both ancient and modern languages, and acquired a 
 thorough knowledge of history. No man owed less 
 to political intiigue as a means of gaining posi- 
 tion. He was a true statesman, and gained public es- 
 teem by his solid worth. His political connections 
 were always with the Democratic part\', and his opin- 
 ions were usually extreme. 
 
 Mr. Barry retired to private life after the beginning 
 of the ascendency of the Republican party, and car- 
 ried on his mercantile business at Constantine. He 
 died Jan. 14, 1870, his wife's death having occurred a 
 year previous, March 30, 1869. They left no children. 
 
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GOVERNORS OF MfCIIIGAN. 
 
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 LPHEUS FELCH, the third 
 
 Governor of Michigan, was 
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 born in Luiienck, Maine, Sej)- 
 
 tenilier 28, 1806. Hisgrand- 
 father, Abijah Felch, was a sol- 
 '^ dier in the Revolution ; and 
 when a young man, liaving with 
 others obtained a grant of land be- 
 tween tlie Great and Little Ossipee 
 ''\1. Rivers, in Maine, moved to that re- 
 gion when it was yet a wilderness. 
 The father of Mr. Felch embarked in 
 mercantile life at Limeiick. He was 
 the first to engage in that business in 
 that section, and continued it until 
 his death. The death of the father, 
 followed within a year by the death of 
 the mother, left the subject of this sketch, then three 
 years old, to the care of relatives, and he found a 
 home with his paternal grandfather, where he re- 
 mained until his death. Mr Felch received his early 
 education in the district school and a neighboring 
 academy. In 1821 he became a student at Philli|)s 
 Exter Academy, and, subsequently, entered JSowdoin 
 College, graduated with the class of 1827. He at 
 once began the study of law and was admitted to 
 practice at Bangor, Me., in 1830. 
 
 He l)egan the practice of his profession at Houlton, 
 Me , where he remained until 1833. The severity 
 of the climate impaired his health, never very good, 
 and he found it necessary to seek a change of climate. 
 He disposed of his library and started to seek 
 a new home. His intention wns to join lii-; friend, 
 
 Sargent S. I'rentiss, at Vicksburg, Miss., but on his 
 arrival at Cincinnati, Mr. Felch was attacked by 
 cholera, and wlicn he had lecovered sufficiei.liy ic 
 permit of his traveling, found that the danger of the 
 disease was too great to permit a journey down '.he 
 river. He therefore determined to come to Michi- 
 gan. He first began to practice in this .State at Mor.- 
 roe, where lie continued until 1S43, wlien lie removed 
 to Ann Arbor. He was elected to ihe State Legisla- 
 ture in 1835, and continued a member of that body 
 during the years 1836 and 1837. While he held thii^ 
 office, the general banking law of the State was enact- 
 ed, and went into oiicration. After mature delibera 
 tion, he became convinced that the proposed system 
 of banking could not prove beneficial to the public 
 interests ; and that, instead of relieving the people 
 from the pecuniary difficulties under which they were 
 laboring, it would result in still further embarrass- 
 ment. He, therefore, opposed the bill, and iwinttd 
 out to the House the disasters which, in his opinion, 
 were sure to follow its passage. The public mind, 
 however, was so favorably impressed by the measure 
 that no other member, in either branch of the Legisla- 
 ture, raised a dissenting voice, and but two voted with 
 him in opiMsition to the bill. Early in 1838, he was 
 appointed one of the Bank Commissioners of the 
 State, and held that office for moie than a year. Dur- 
 ing this time, the new banking law had given birth lo 
 that numerous progeny known as "wild-cat" banks. 
 .'Vlinost every village had its bank. The country was 
 flooded with depressed "wild-cat" money. The ex- 
 aminations of the Bank Commissioners brought to 
 lii;hi frauds at every jx^int, which were fearlessly re- 
 
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 ALPHEUS FELCH. 
 
 ported to the Legislature, and were followed by crim- 
 inal prosecutions of the guilty parties, and the closing 
 of many of their institutions. The duties of the of- 
 fice were most laborious, and in 1839 Mr. Felch re- 
 signed. The chartered right of almost every bank 
 had, in the meantime, been declared forfeited and 
 the law repealed. It was subsequently decided to 
 be constitutional by the Supreme Court of the State. 
 In the year 1842 Governor Felch was appointed 
 to the office of Auditor (leneral of the State; but 
 after holding the office only a few weeks, was com- 
 missioned by the Governor as one of the Judges of the 
 Supreme Court, to fill a vacancy caused by the resig- 
 nation of Judge Fletcher. In January, 1843, he was 
 elected to the United States Senate for an unexpired 
 term. In 1845 he was elected Governor of Michigan, 
 and entered upon his duties at the commencement of 
 the next year. In T847 lie was elected a Senator 
 in Congress for six years; and at once retiied from 
 the office of Governor, by resignation, which took 
 effect March 4, 1847, when his Senatorial term com- 
 menced. While a member of the Senate he acted on 
 the Committee on Public Lands, and for four years 
 was its Chairman. He filled the honorable position 
 of Senator with becoming dignity, and with great 
 credit to the State of Michigan. 
 
 During Governor Felch's administration the two 
 railroads belonging to the State were sold to private 
 corporations, — the Central for $2,000,000, and the 
 Southern for $500,000. The exports of the State 
 amounted in 1846 to $4,647,608. The total capacity 
 of vessels enrolled in the collection district at Detroit 
 was 26,928 tons, the steam vessels having 8,400 and 
 the sailing vessels 18,528 tons, the whole giving em- 
 ployment to 18,000 seamen. In 1S47, there were 39 
 counties in the State, containing 435 townships ; and 
 275 of these townships were supplied with good libra- 
 ries, containing an aggregate of 37,000 volumes. 
 
 .\l the close of his Senatorial term, in March, 1S53, 
 iVIr. Felch was appointed, by President Pierce, one of 
 the Commissioners to adjust and settle the Spanish 
 
 and Mexican land claims in California, under the 
 treaty of Gaudalupe Hidalgo, and an act of Congress 
 passed for that purpose. He went to California in 
 May, 1853, and was made President of the Commis- 
 sion. The duties of this office were of the most im- 
 [lortant and delicate character. The interest of the 
 new State, and the fortunes of many of its citizens, 
 both the native Mexican population and the recent 
 American immigration ; the right of the Pueblos to 
 their common lands, and of the Catholic Ciiurch to 
 the lands of the Missions, — the most valuable of the 
 State, — wereinvolved in the adjudicationsof this Com- 
 mission. In March, 1856, their labors were brouirht 
 to a close by the final disposition of all the claims 
 which were presented. The record of their proceed- 
 ings, — the testimony which was given in each case, 
 and the decision of the Commissioners thereon, — 
 consisting of some forty large volumes, was deposited 
 in the Department of the Interior at Washington. 
 
 In June of that year. Governor Felch returned to 
 Ann Arbor, where he has since been engaged piinci- 
 ])ally in legal business. Since his return he has 
 been nominated for Governor and also for U. S. Sen- 
 ator, and twice for Judge of the Supreme Court. But 
 the Democratic parly, to which he has always been 
 attached, being in the minority, he failed of an elec- 
 tion. In 1873 he withdrew from the active practice 
 of law, and, with the exception of a tour in Europe, 
 in 1875 has since led a life of retirement at his home 
 in .^nn Arbor. In 1877 the University of Michigan 
 conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. For 
 many years he was one of the Regents of Michigan 
 University, and in the spring of 1879 was appointed 
 Ta])pan Professor of Law in tlie same. Mr. Felch is 
 the oldest surviving member of the Legislature from 
 Monroe Co., the oldest and only surviving Bank Com- 
 missioner of the State, the oldest surviving Auditor 
 General of the State, the oldest surviving Governor of 
 the State, the oldest surviving Judge of the Supreme 
 Court of Michigan, and the oldest surviving United 
 States Senator from the State of Michigan. 
 
GO VERNORS. 
 
 
 
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 ILLLAM L. GREENLY 
 
 ^^Governor of Michigan for the 
 y year 1847, was born at Ilamil- 
 fjD ton, JNIadison Co., N. Y., Seiit. 
 '^^M^f^'i.^f 18,1813. He graduo led at Un- 
 / ion College, Schenectady, in 
 1 83 1, studied law and was ad- 
 
 jj^ mitted to the bar in 1834. In 
 1836, having removed to Michi- 
 ^ gan, he settled in Adrian, where 
 he has since resided. Tlie year 
 following his arrival in Michigan 
 he was elected State Senator and 
 served in that capacity \mtil 1839. 
 In 1845 liewaselectedLieiit.Gov- 
 N ernor and became acting Governor 
 by tlie resignation of Gov. Felch, 
 who was elected to the United 
 States Senate. 
 I The war with Mexico was brouglit 
 
 to a successful termination during Gov. Greenly 's 
 administration. We regret to say that there are only 
 few records extant of the action of Michigan troops 
 in the Mexican war. Tliat many went there and 
 fought well are points conceded ; but their names and 
 nativity are hidden away in United States .inhive-; 
 
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 and where it is almost iniixissible to find them. 
 
 The soldiers of this State deserve much of the 
 credit of the memorable achievements of Co. K, 3d 
 Dragoons, and Cos. A, E, and G of the U. S. Inf. 
 The two former of these companies, recruited in this 
 State, were reduced to one-third their original numT 
 ber. 
 
 In May, iS46,the Governor of Michigan was noti- 
 fied by the War Department of the United States to 
 enroll a regiment of volunteers, to be held in readi- 
 ness for service whenever demanded. At his sum- 
 mons 13 independent volunteer companies, 1 1 of 
 infantry and two of cavalr)', at once fell into line. Of 
 the infantry four companies were from Detroit, bear- 
 ing the honored names of Montgomery, Lafayette, 
 Scott and Hrady uix)n their banners. Of the re- 
 mainder Monroe tendered two, Lenawee County three, 
 St. Clair, Berrien and Hillsdale each one, and Wayne 
 County an additional company. Of these alone the 
 veteran Bradys were accepted and ordered into ser- 
 vice. In addition to them ten companies, making the 
 First Regiment of Michigan Volunteers, springing 
 from various i)artsof the State, but embodying to a 
 great degree the material of which the first volunteers 
 was formed, were not called for until October follow- 
 ing. This regiment was soon in readiness and pro- 
 ceeded by orders from (xovernment to the seatof war. 
 
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 HE HON. EPAPHRODI- 
 
 TUS RANSOM, the Seventh 
 
 Governor of Michigan, was a 
 
 native of Massachusetts. In 
 
 tliat State lie received a col- 
 
 egiate education, studied law, 
 
 and was admitted to the bar. 
 
 Removing to Michigan alx)ut 
 
 the time of its admission to the 
 
 Union, lie took up his residence 
 
 at Kalamazoo. 
 
 Mr. Ransom served with marked 
 ability for a number of years in the 
 State Legislature, and in 1837 he was appointed As- 
 sociate Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1843 he 
 was promoted to Chief Justice, which office he re- 
 tained until 1845, when he resigned. 
 
 Shortly afterwards he became deeply interested in 
 the building of ])lank roads in the western portion of 
 the State, and in this business lost the greater portion 
 of the property which he had accumulated by years 
 of toil and industry. 
 
 Mr. Ransom became Governor of the Stale of 
 Michigan in the fall of 1847, and served during one 
 term, performing the duties of the office in a truly 
 statesmanlike manner. He subsequently became 
 President ot the Michigan Agricultural Society, in 
 which position he displayed the same ability that 
 
 shone forth so prominently in his acts as Governor. 
 He held the office ol Regent of the Michigan Univer- 
 sity several times, and ever advocated a liberal policy 
 in its management. 
 
 Subsequently he was ai)pointed receiver of the 
 land office in one of the districts in Kansas, by Pres- 
 ident Buchanan, to which State he had removed, and 
 where he died before the expiration of his tirm of 
 office. 
 
 We sum up the events and affairs of the S»ate un- 
 der Gov. Ransom's administration as follows: The 
 .Vsylum for the Insane was establised, as also the 
 Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Both of 
 these institutes were liberally endowed with lands, 
 and each of them placed in charge of a board of five 
 trustees. The appropriation in 1849 for the deaf and 
 dumb and blind amounted to i3!8i,5oo. On the first 
 of March, 1848, the first telegraph line was com- 
 pleted from New York to Detroit, and the first dis- 
 patch transmitted on that day. 'I'he following figures 
 show the progress in agriculture : The land reported 
 as under cultivation in 1S48 was 1,437,460 acres; of 
 wheat there were produced 4,749,300 bushels; other 
 grains, 8,197,767 bushels; wool, 1,645,756 pounds; 
 maple sugar, 1,774,369 pounds ; horses, 52,305 ; cat- 
 tle, 210,268; swine, 152,541; sheep, 610,534; while 
 the flour mills numbered 228, and the lumber mills 
 amounted to 730. 1847, an act was passed removing 
 the Legislature from Detroit to Lansing, and tempo- 
 rary buildings for the use of the Legislature were im- 
 mediately erected, at a cost of §12,450. 
 
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 obERT McClelland, 
 
 Sgdovernor of Michigan from 
 Jan. I, 1852, to March 8,1853, 
 was born at Grceiicastle, Frank- 
 >;g lin Co., Penn., Aug. i, 1807. 
 / Among his ancestors were several 
 officers of rank in the Revolution- 
 ary war, and some of his family con- 
 nections were distinguished in the 
 war of 1812, and that with Mexico. 
 His father was an eminent physician 
 and surgeon who studied under Dr. 
 Benj. Rush, of Philadelphia, and 
 practiced his profession successfully 
 ^ imtil si.K months before his death, at 
 I the age of 84 years. Although Mr. 
 McClelland's family had been i:i good circum- 
 stances, when he was 17 years old h." was tliroivn 
 upon his own resources. After taking the usual pre- 
 Ini'.inary studies, and teaching school to obtain the 
 means, lie entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle, 
 Penn., from whiiii lie graduated among the first in 
 his class, in 1S29. He then resumed teaching;, ami 
 having completed the course of study for the legal 
 p:ofession, was admitted to the bar at Chambersburg, 
 Penn., in 1831. Soon afterward he removed to the 
 city of Pittsburgh, where he practiced for almost a 
 year. 
 
 In 1833, Mr. McClelland removed lo Monroe, in 
 
 the ■rcrritory of Michigan, where, after a severe ex- 
 amination, he became a member of the bar of Michi- 
 gan, and engaged in practice with bright prospect of 
 success. In 1835, a convention was called to frame 
 a constitution for the proposed State of Michigan, of 
 which Mr. McClelland was elected a member. He 
 took a prominent part in its deliberations and ranked 
 among its ablest debaters. He was apixjinted the 
 first Bank Commissioner of tlie State, by Gov. Mason, 
 and rL.'ceived an offer of the .'\ttorney Generalship, but 
 declined both of these offices in order to attend to his 
 professional duties. 
 
 In 1838, Mr. McClelland was elected to the State 
 Legislature, in which he soon became distinguished 
 as the head of several imjwrtant committees, Speaker 
 //■(> /emporcy aud as an active, zealous and efficient 
 member. In 1840, Gen. Harrison, as a candidate for 
 the Presidency, swc[it the country with an overwhelm- 
 ing majority, and at the same time the State of Michi- 
 gan was carried by the Whigs under the popular cry 
 of " Woodbridge and reform " against the Democratic 
 party. At this time Mr. McClelland stood among the 
 acknowledged leaders of the latter organization ; was 
 elected a member of the State House of Representa- 
 tives, and with others adopted a plan to regain a lost 
 authority and prestige. 
 
 This party soon came again into jxjwer in the State, 
 and having been returned to the State Legislature M/. 
 McClelland's leadership was acknowledged by his ' 
 election as Speaker of the House of Representatives 
 
ROBERT McClelland, 
 
 in 1843. Down to this time Michigan had consti- 
 tuted one congressional district. The late Hon. Jacob 
 M. Howard had been elected aganist Hon. Alpheus 
 Felch by a strong majority; but, in 1843,80 tiioroughly 
 had the Democratic party recovered from its defeat 
 of 1840 that Mr. McClelland, as a candidate forCon- 
 gre:-s, carried Detroit district by a majority of about 
 2,500. Mr. McClelland soon toc'i a prominent po-:i 
 lion in Congress among the veteians of that body. 
 During his first term he was placed on Committee on 
 Cojrmerce, and organized and carried through what 
 were known as the"" Harbor bills." The continued 
 confidence of his constituency was manifested in his 
 election to the 29th Congress. At the opening of this 
 session he had acquired a National reputation, and so 
 ir. forably was he known as a parlimentarian that his 
 name was mentioned for Speaker of the House of Rep- 
 resentatives. He declined the offer in favor of J. W. 
 Davis, of Indiana, who was elected. During this term 
 he became Chairman of Committee on Commerce, in 
 which position his reports and advocacy of important 
 measures at once attracted public attention. The 
 members of this committee, as an evidence of the es- 
 teem in which they held his services and of their 
 personal regard for hun, presented him with a cane 
 which he retains as a souvenir of the donors, and of 
 his labors in Congress. 
 
 In 1847, Mr. McClelland was re-elected to Con- 
 t;ress, and at the opening of the 30th Congress be- 
 came a member of the Committee on Fore-gn Rela- 
 tions. While acting in this capacity, what was known 
 as the " French Spoliation Bill" came und.-r his spe- 
 cial charge, and his management of the same was such 
 as to command universal approbation. While in 
 Congress, Mr. McClelland was an advocate of the 
 right of petition as maintained by John Q. Adams, 
 when the petition, was clothed in decorous language 
 .and presented in the jjroper manner. This he re- 
 garded as the citizens'constitutional right which should 
 not be impaired by any doctrines of temporary expe- 
 diency. He also voted for the adoption of Mr. Gid- 
 dings s bill for the abolishing of slavery in the District 
 of Columbia. Mr. McClellar.d was one of the few 
 Democrats associated with David Wilmot, of Penn- 
 sylvania, in bringing forward the celebrated ''Wilmot 
 f roviso,'' with a view to prevent further extension of 
 slavery jn new territory which might be acquired by 
 the United States. He and Mr Wilmot were to- 
 gether at the time in Washington, and on intimate 
 
 nd confidential terms. Mr. McClelland was in sev- 
 iral National conventions and in the Baltimore con- 
 
 'ention, which noniinated Gen. Cass for President, 
 1848, doing valiant service that year for t>e elec- 
 tion of that distinguished statesman. On leaving 
 Congress, in 1848, Mr. McClelland returned to the 
 practice of his profession at Monroe. In 1850 a 
 convention of the State of Michigan was called to 
 revise the State constitution. He was elected a 
 
 member and was regarded therein as among the ablest 
 and most experienced leaders. His clear judgment 
 and wise moderation were conspicuous, both in the 
 committee room and on the floor, in debate. In 1850, 
 he was President of the Democratic State convention 
 which adopted resolutions in supix)rt of Henry Clay's 
 famous compromise measures, of which Mr. McClel- 
 land was a strong advocate. He was a member of 
 the Democratic .National convention in 1852, and in 
 that year in company with Gen Cass and Governor 
 Felch, he made a thorough canvass of the State. 
 He continued earnestly to advocate the Clay com- 
 promise measures, and took an active part in the 
 canvass which resulted i.n the election of Gen Pierce 
 to the Presidency 
 
 In 185 I, the new Stats constitution took effect and 
 it was necessary that a Governor sliouid be elected 
 for one year in order to prevent an interregnums and 
 to bring the State Government into operatir 1 indei 
 the new constitution, Mr. McClelland was elected 
 Governor, and in the fall of 1852 was re-elected for 
 a term of two years, from Jan. i, 1853. His admin- 
 istration was regarded as wise, prudent and concilia- 
 tory, and was as popular as could be expected at a 
 time when party spirit ran high. There was really 
 no opposition, and when he resigned, in March, 1853, 
 the State Treasury was well filled, and the State 
 otherwise prosperous. So widely and favorably had 
 Mr. McClelland become known as a statesman that on 
 the organization of thecabir.et by President Pierce, in 
 March, 1S53, he was made Secretary of the Interior, in 
 which capacity he served most creditably during four 
 years of the Pierce administration. He thoroughly 
 re-organized his department and reduced theexpend- 
 itureo He adopted a course with the Indians which 
 relieved them from the impositions and annoyances 
 of the traders, and ]3roduced harmony and civilization 
 among them. During his administration there was 
 neither complaint from the tribes nor corruption among 
 agents, and he left the department in perfect order 
 and system In 1867, Michigan again called a con- 
 vention to revise the State constitution. Mr. McClel- 
 land was a member and here again his long experi- 
 ence made him conspicuous as a prudent adviser, a 
 sagacious parliamentary leader. As a lawyer he was 
 terse and pointed in argument, clear, candid and im- 
 pressive in his addresses to the jury. His sincerity 
 and earnestness, with which was occasionally mingled 
 a pleasant humor, made him an able and effective 
 advocate. In speaking before the people on political 
 subjects he was especially forcible and happy. In 
 1S70 he made the tour of Europe, which- through his 
 extensive personal acquaintance with European dip- 
 lomates- he was enabled to enjoy much more than 
 most travelers, 
 
 Mr. McClelland married, in 1837, Miss Sarah 
 E Sabin, of Williamstown, Mass. They have had 
 six children, two of v/hom now survive. 
 
GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 
 
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 M)Rl-:\\ I'ARSONS, Ciovcr- 
 y1 nor of Michigan from March 
 ■|i""'8. '853 to Jan. 3, 1855, was 
 ■Jl born in the town of Hoosick, 
 ^^ County of Rensselaer, and 
 "*^' State of New York, on the 22d 
 day of July, 1817, and died June 
 6, 1855, at the early age of 38 
 years. He was the son of John 
 Parsons, born at Newburyport, 
 Mass., Oct. 2, 17S2, and who was tlie 
 sonof Andrew Parsons, a Revolutionary 
 soldier, who was the son of*I'hineas 
 Parsons, the son of Samuel I'arsons, 
 \M)X) a descendant of Walter Parsons, born 
 I ill Ireland in 1290. 
 Of this name and family, some one hundred and 
 tliirty years ago. Bishop (iilson remarked in his edi- 
 tion of Camden's Britannia: "The honorable family 
 of Parsons have been advanced to the dignity of 
 Viscounts and more lately Earls of Ross." 
 
 The following are descendants of these finiilies ; 
 Sir Jolin Parsons, born i48i,was Mayor of Hereford; 
 Robert Parsons, born in 1546, lived near Bridgewater, 
 England. He was educated at Balliat College, Ox- 
 ford, and was a noted writer and defender of the 
 Romish faith. He established an English College at 
 Rome and another at Valladolia. Frances Parsons, 
 born in 1556, was Vicar of Roth well, in Notingham; 
 Ikirtholomew Parsons, born in 1618, was another 
 iHited member of the family. In 1634, Thomas Parsons 
 was knighted by Cliavles i. Joseph and Benjamin, 
 broliicrs, were born in Great Torrington, England, 
 
 and accompanied tlieir father and others lo New 
 England ai)0ut 1630. Samuel Parsons, born at Salis- 
 bury, Mass., in 1707, graduated at Harvard College in 
 1730, ordained at Rye, N. H.,Nov. 3, 1736, married 
 Mary Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones, of Bostoi , 
 Oct. 9, 1739, died Jan. 4, 1789, at the age of 82, in 
 thes3rdyearof]iis ministry. 'Flie grandfatherof Maiy 
 Jones was Capt. John .'\dams, of Boston, grandson 
 of Henry, of Brainlree, who was among the first set- 
 tlers of Massachusetts, and from whom a numerous 
 race of tlie name are descended, including two Presi- 
 dents of the United States. The Parsons have be- 
 come very numerous and aic found throughout New 
 England, and many of the descedants are scattered 
 in all parts of the United States, and especially in 
 tlie Middle and Western States. Governor Andrew 
 Parsons came lo Michigan in 1835, at the age of 17 
 years, and spent the first summer at Lower Ann 
 Arbor, where for a few months he taught school which 
 lie was compelled lo abandon from ill health 
 
 He was one of the large number of men of sterling 
 worth, who came from the East to Michigan when it 
 was an infant State, or, even prior to its assuming 
 the dignity of a State, and who, by their wisdom, 
 enterprise and energy, have developed its wonderlul 
 natural resouices, until to-day it ranks with the proud- 
 est States of the Union. These brave men came lo 
 Michigan with nothing to aid them in the conquest 
 of the wilderness save courageous hearts and strong 
 and willing hands. They gloriously conquered, how- 
 ever, and to them is due all honor for the labors 
 so nobly performed, for the solid and sure foundation 
 which they laid of a great Commonwealth. 
 
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 In tho f.iU of 1835, he explored the Grand River 
 Valley in a frail canoe, the whole length of tlie river, 
 from Jackson to Lake Michigan, and spent the following 
 winter as clerk in a store at Prairie Creek, in Ionia, 
 County, and in the spring went to Marshall, where he 
 resided witli his brother, liie Hon. Luke H. Parsons, 
 also now deceased, until fall, when he went to Shia- 
 w"asseCounty,then with Clinton County, and an almost 
 unbroken wilderness and constituting one organized 
 township. In 1S37 this territory was organized into 
 a county and, at the age of only 19 years, he (An- 
 drew) was elected County Clerk. In 1840, he was 
 elected Register of Deeds, re-elected in 1842, and 
 also in 1844. In 1S46, he was elected to the State 
 Senate, was appointed Prosecuting Attorney in 184S, 
 and elected Regent of the University in 1851, and 
 Lieutenant Governor, and became acting Governor, 
 in 1853, elected again to the Legislature in 1854, and, 
 overcome by debilitated heallh, hard labor and the 
 responsibilities of his office and cares of his business, 
 retired to hi? farm, where he died soon after. 
 
 He was a fluent and persuasive speaker and well 
 calculated to make friends of his acquantances. He 
 was always true to his trust, and the whole world 
 could not persuade nor drive him to do what he con- 
 ceived to be wrong. When Governor, a most power- 
 tul railroad influence was brought to bear upon him, 
 to induce him to call an extra session of the Legisla- 
 ture. Meetings were held in all parts of the State 
 for that purpose. In some sections the resolutions 
 were of a laudatory nature, intending to make him do 
 their bidding by resort to friendly and flatteriiig words. 
 In other i)laces the resolutions were of a demanding 
 nature, while in others they were threatening beyond 
 measure. Fearing tiiat all these influences might 
 fail to induce him to call the extra session, a large 
 sum of money was sent him, and liberal offers ten- 
 dered him if he would gratify the railroad interest of 
 the State and call the extra session, but, immovable, 
 he returned the money a\id refused to receive 
 any favois, whether from any party who would at- 
 tempt to corru'-t Him by laudations, liberal offers, or 
 
 by threats, and in a short letter to the people, after 
 
 giving overwhelming reasons that no sensible man 
 could dispute, showing the circumstances were not 
 "extraordinary," he refused to call the extra session. 
 This brought down the wrath of various parties upon 
 his head, but they were soon forced to acknowledge 
 the wisdom and the justice of his course. One of 
 his greatest enemies said, after a long acquaintance: 
 "though not always coinciding with his views I never 
 doubted his honesty of purpose. He at all times 
 sought to perform his duties in strict accordance, 
 with the dictates of his conscience, and the behests 
 of his oath." The following eulogium from a politcalop- 
 ponent is just in its conception and creditable to its 
 author: "Gov. Parsons was a politician of the Dem- 
 ocratic school, a man of pure moral character, fixed 
 and exemplary habits, and entirely blameless in every 
 public and private relation of life. As a politician he 
 was candid, frank and free from bitterness, as an ex- 
 ecutive officer firm, constant and reliable." The 
 highest commendations we can pay the deceased is 
 to give his jist record, — that of being an honest man. 
 In the spring; of 1854, during the administration of 
 Governor Paisons, the Republican party, at least 
 as a Slate organization, was first formed in the Lfnited 
 States " under the oaks " at Jackson, by anti-slavery 
 men of both the old parties. Great excitement pre- 
 vailed at this time, occasioned by the settling of 
 Kansas, and the issue thereby brought up, whether 
 slavery should exist there. For the purposeof permit- 
 ting slavery there, the " Missouri compromise " (which 
 limited slavery to the south of 36" 30') was re- 
 repealed, under the leadership of Stephen A, Douglas. 
 This was repealed by a bill admitting Kansas and 
 Nebraska into the Union, as Territories, and those wh.o 
 were opposed to this repeal measure were in short 
 called "anti-Nebraska" men. The epithets, "Ne- 
 braska" and "anti-Nebraska," were temporally em- 
 ployed to designate the slavery and anti-slave:y 
 parties, pending the desolution of the old Democratic 
 and Whig parties and the organization of the nev.- 
 Democratic and Republican parties of the present. 
 
GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 
 
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 INSLEY S. BINGHAM, 
 , Governor of Michigan from 
 1855 to 1859, and United 
 States Senator, was born in 
 ^f Camilliis, Onondaga County, 
 N. v., Dec. 16, 1808. His 
 father was a farmer, and his own 
 early hfe was consequently de- 
 voted to agricultural pursuits, but 
 notwithstanding the disadvan- 
 tages related to the acquisition 
 of knowledge in the life of a farmer 
 he managed to secure a good aca- 
 demic education in his native State 
 and studied law in the office of 
 Gen. James R. Lawrence, now of 
 Syracuse, \. \. In the spring of 
 1833, he married an estimable lady 
 who had recently arrived from Scot- 
 land, and obeying the impulse of a 
 naturally enterprising disposition, 
 he emigrated to Michigan and 
 purchased a new farm in company 
 with his brother-in-law, Mr. Robert 
 Worden, in Green Oak, Livingston County. Here, on 
 the border of civilization, buried in the primeval for- 
 est, our late student commenced the ardrous task of 
 preparing a future home, clearing and fencing, put- 
 ting up buildings, etc., at such a rate that the land 
 
 chosen was soon reduced to a high state of cultivation. 
 
 Becoming deservedly prominent, Mr. Bingham was 
 elected to the office of Justice of the Peace and Post- 
 master under the Territorial government, and was the 
 first Probate Judge in the county. In the year 1836, 
 when Michigan 1 ecame a State, he was elected to the 
 first Legislature. He was four times re-elected, and 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives three years. 
 In I S46 he was elected on the Democratic ticket, Rei>- 
 resentative to Congress, and was the only practical 
 farmer in that hotly. He was never forgetful of the 
 interest of agriculture, and was in particular opiXDsed 
 to the introduction of " Wood's Patent Cast Iron 
 Plow " which he completely prevented. He was re- 
 elected to Congress in 1848, during which time he 
 strongly opposed the extension of slavery in the 
 territory of the United States and was committed to 
 and voted for the Wilmot Proviso. 
 
 In 1854, at the first organization of the Republican 
 party, in conseciuence of his record in Congress as a 
 Free Soil Democrat, Mr. Bingham was nominated 
 and elected Governor of the State, and re-elected in 
 1856. Still faithful to the memory of his own former 
 occupation, he did not forget the farmers during his 
 administration, and among other profits of his zeal in 
 their behalf, he became mainly instrumental in the 
 establishment of the Agricultural College at Lansing. 
 
 In 1859, Governor Bingham was elected Senator in 
 C'ongress and took an active part in the siorniy cam- 
 |).iign in the election of Abraham Lincoln. He wit- 
 
138 
 
 KINSLEY S. BINGHAM. 
 
 nessed the commencement of the civil war while a 
 member of the United States Senate. After a com- 
 paratively short life of remarkable promise and pub- 
 lic activity he was attacked with appoplexy and died 
 suddenly at his residence, in Green Oak, Oct. 5, 1861. 
 
 The most noticable event in Governor Bingham's 
 first term was the completion of the ship canal, at tiie 
 Falls of St. Mary. In 1852, Angust 26, ar. act of 
 Congress was approved, granting to the State of Mich- 
 igan seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of land 
 tor the purpose of constructing a ship canal between 
 Lakes Huron and Superior. In 1853,1116 Legislature 
 accepted the grant, and provided tor the appointment 
 of commissioners to select the donated lands, and to 
 arrange for building the canal. A company of enter- 
 prising men was formed, and a contract was entered 
 into by which it was arranged that the canal should 
 be finished in two years, and the work was pushed 
 rapidly forward. Every article of consumption, ma- 
 chinery, working implements and materials, timber 
 for the gates, stones for the locks, as well as men and 
 supplies, had to be transported to the site of the canal 
 from Detroit, Cleveland, and other lake ports. The 
 rapids which had to be surmounted have a fall of 
 seventeen feet and are about one mile long. The 
 length of the canal is less than one mile, its width one 
 hundred feet, depth twelve feet and it has two locks 
 of solid masonary. In May, 1855, the work was com- 
 pleted, accepted by the commissioners, and formally 
 delivered to the State authorities. 
 
 The disbursements on account of the construction 
 of the canal and selecting the lands amounted to one 
 million of dollars ; while the lands which were as- 
 signed to the company, and selected through the 
 agency at the Sault, as well as certain lands in the 
 Upper and Lower Peninsulas, filled to an acre the 
 Government grant. The opening of the canal was 
 an important event in the history of the improvement 
 of the State. It was a valuable link in the chain of 
 lake commerce, and particularly important to the 
 interests of the Upper Peninsula. 
 
 There were several educational, charitable and re- 
 formatory institutions inaugurated and opened during 
 Gov. Bingham's administrations. The Michigan .Vg- 
 rirultural College owes its establishment to a provision 
 of the State Constitution of 1850. Article 13 says, 
 " The Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, pro- 
 vide for the establishment of an agricultural school." 
 For the purpose of carying into practice this provision, 
 legislation was commenced in 1S55, and the act re- 
 quired that the school should be within ten miles of 
 Lansing, and that not more than $15 an acre should 
 be paid for the farm and college grounds. The col- 
 lege was opened to students in May, 1857, the first of 
 existing argricultural colleges in the United Stales 
 Until the spring of 1861, it was under the control 
 of the State Board of Education; since that time it 
 has been under the management of the State Board 
 
 of Agriculture, which was created for that purpose. 
 
 In its essential features, of combining study and 
 labor, and of uniting general and professional studies 
 in its course, the college has remained virtually un- 
 changed from the first. It has a steady growth in 
 number of students, in means of illustration and 
 etificiency of instruction. 
 
 The Agricultural College is three miles east of 
 Lansing, comprising several fine buildings; and there 
 are also very beautiful, substantial residences for tlie 
 professors. Tliere are also r.n extensive, well-filled 
 green-house, a very large and well-equipped chemical 
 laboratory, one of the most scientific apiaries in the 
 United Stales, a general museum, a meseum of me- 
 chanical inventions, another of vegetable products, 
 extensive barns, piggeries, etc., etc., in fine trim for 
 the purposes designed. The farm consists of 676 
 acres, of which about 300 are under cultivation in a 
 systematic rotation of crops. 
 
 Adrian College was established by the Wesleyan 
 Melhodists in 1S59, now under the control of the 
 Methodist Ciiurch. The grounds contain about 20 
 acres. There are four buildings, capable of accom- 
 modating about 225 students. Attendance in 1875 
 was 179; total number of graduates for previous year, 
 121 ; ten professors and teachers are employed. Ex- 
 clusive of the endowment fund ($80,000), the assets 
 of the institution, including grounds, buildings, furni- 
 ture, apparatus, musical instruments, outlying lands, 
 etc., amount to more than $137,000. 
 
 Hillsdale College was established in 1855 by the 
 Free Baptists. The Michigan Central College, at 
 Spring .\rbor, was incorporated in 1845 It was kept 
 in operation until it was merged into the present 
 Hillsdale College. The site comprses 25 acres, 
 beautifully situated on an eminence in the western 
 part of the city of Hillsdale. The large and impos- 
 ing building first erected was nearly destroyed by fire 
 in 1874, and in its place five buildings of a more 
 modern style have been erected. They are of brick, 
 three stories with basement, arranged on three sides 
 of a quadrangle. The size is, respectively, 80 by 80, 
 48 by 72, 48 by 72, 80 by 60, 52 by 72, and they con- 
 tain one-half more room than the original building. 
 The State Reform School. This was established 
 at Lansing in 1855, in the northeastern jxDrtion of the 
 city, as the House of Correction for Juvenile Of- 
 fenders, Having about it manv of the features of a 
 prison. In 1859 the name was changed to the State 
 Reform School. The government and dicipline, have 
 undergone many and radical changes, until all the 
 prison features have been removed except those that 
 remain in the walls of the original structure, and 
 which remain only as monuments of instructive his- 
 tory. No bolts, bars or guards are employed. The 
 inmates are necessaiily kept under the surveillance of 
 officers, but the attempts at escape are much fewer 
 than u.ider the more rigid regitne of former days. 
 
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GOVERXO/iS OF MICHIGAN. 
 
 141 
 
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 MOSES WISXER. 
 
 OSES WISNER. Governor of 
 Michigan from 1859 to 1861, 
 was horn in Springport, Cayu- 
 ga Co., N Y., June 3, 1815. 
 His eariy education was only 
 ^ what could be obtained at a 
 
 common school. Agricultural labor 
 and frugality of his ])arents gave 
 him a physical constitution of unus- 
 J ual strength and endurance, which 
 was ever preserved by temperate hab- 
 its. In 1837 he emigrated to Michi- 
 V^ gan and purchased a farm in Lapeer 
 County It was new land and he at 
 once set to work to clear it and plant 
 ™^ crops. He labored diligently at his 
 task for two years, when he gave up 
 the idea of oeing a farmer, and removed to Pontiac, 
 Oakland Co. Here he commenced the study of law 
 in the office of his brother, George W. Wisner, and 
 Rufus Hosmer In iS.ji he was admitted to th2 b.tr 
 and establisiicd himself in his new vocation at the 
 village of Lapeer. While there he was apppointed 
 by Gov. ^\■codbridge Prosecuting Attorney for that 
 county, in which capacity he acquitted himself well 
 and gave promise of that eminence he afterward at- 
 tained in the profession. He remained at Lapeer but 
 a siiort time, removing to Pontiac, where he became 
 a member of a firm and enteretl fully \\\x)x\ the 
 p.ractice. 
 
 In politics he was like his talented brother, a Whig 
 rf rhe Honrv Clay stamp, but with a decided anti- 
 slavery bi.is. lii prai lice i'rcomiri', cxtc'isive, he 
 
 took little part in jMlitics until after the election of 
 Mr. Pierce to the Presidency in 1S52, when he took an 
 active [lart against slavery. As a lawyer he was a 
 man of great ability, but relied less upon mere bock 
 learning than u[)on his native good sense. Liberal 
 and courteous, was he yet devoted to the interest of 
 his client, and no facts escaped his attention or his 
 nieuK'ry which bore upon the case. He was no friev.d 
 of trickery or artifice in conducting a case As an ad- 
 vocate he had few ecpials. When fully aroused by the 
 merits of his subject his eloquence was at once grace- 
 ful and powerful. His fancies supplied the most 
 original, th.e most (winted illustrations, and his logic 
 became a battling giant under whose heavy 1 lows the 
 adversary shrank and withered. Nature had be- 
 stowed upon him rare qualities, and his jx^wers as a 
 popular orator were of a high order. 
 
 On the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 
 1854, repealing the Missouri compromise and opening 
 the Territories to slavery, he was among the foremost 
 in Michigan to denounce tne shamful scheme. He 
 a< lively participated in organuing and consolidating 
 the elements opixssed to it in that State, and was a 
 member of the popular gatheiing at Jackson, in July, 
 1854, which was the first formal Republicar. Conven- 
 tion held in the Lhiited States. At this meeting the 
 name " Republican " was adopted as a designation of 
 tlie new party consisting of Anti-slavery, Wliigs, 
 Liberty men. Free Soil Democrats and all others op- 
 posed to the extension of slavery and favorable to its 
 expulsion from the Territories and the District of 
 Cohnnbia. .At this conveiiiion Mr. W. was urged to 
 .Tccept the nomination for .'Miorney Gonera^ <'\ ir.'.- 
 
142 
 
 MOSES WISNER. 
 
 State, but declined. An entire State ticket was nom- 
 inated and at the annual election in November was 
 elected 1-y an average majority of nearly 10,000. 
 Mr. W. was enthusiastic in the cause and brought to 
 its support all his personal influence and talents. In 
 his views he was bold and radical. He believed from 
 the beginning that the political power of the slave- 
 holders would have to be overthrown before quiet 
 could be secured to the country. In the Presidential 
 canvass of 1856 he supported the Fremont, or Re- 
 publican, ticket. At the session of the Legislature of 
 1857 he was a candidate for United States Senator, 
 and as such received a very handsome support. 
 
 In 1858, he was nominated for Governor of the 
 State l)y the Republican convention that met at De- 
 troit, and at the subsequent November election was 
 chosen by a very large majority. Before the day of 
 the election he had addressed the people of almost 
 every county and his majority was greater even than 
 that of his popular predecessor, Hon. K. S. Bingham. 
 He served as Governor two years, from Jan. i, 1859, 
 to Jan. I, 1861. His first message to the Legislature 
 was an able and statesman-like production, and was 
 read -vith usual favor. It showed that he was awake 
 to all the interests of the State and set forth an en- 
 lightened State policy, that had its view of the rapid 
 settlement of our uncultivated lands and the devel- 
 opment of our immense agricultural and mineral re- 
 sources. It was a document that reflected the highest 
 credit upon the author. 
 
 His term having expired Jan. i, 1861, he returned 
 to his home in Pontiac, and to the practice of his 
 profession. There were those in the State who 
 counselled the sending of delegates to the peace con- 
 ference at Washington, but jVIr. W. was opposed to all 
 such temporizing e.-cuedients. His counsel was to 
 send no delegate, but to prepare to fight. 
 
 After Congress had met and passed the necessary 
 .egislation he resoUed to take part in the war. In 
 the spring and summer of 1862 he set to work to 
 raise a regiment of infantry, chiefly in Oakland 
 Cotnity, where he resided. His regiment, the 2 2d 
 ?4icb.igan, was armed and equipped and ready to 
 march in September, a regiment whose solid quali- 
 ties were afterwards proven on many a bloody field. 
 Col. W's. commission bore the date of Sept. 8, 1862. 
 Before parting with his family he made his will. His 
 regiment was sent to Kentucky and quartered at 
 
 Camp Wallace. He had at the breaking out of the 
 w:ir turned his attention to military studies and be- 
 came proficient in the ordinary rules and discipline. 
 His entire attention was now devoted to his duties. 
 His treatment of his men was kind, though his disci- 
 pline was rigid. He possessed in an eminent degree 
 the spirit of command, and had he lived he would 
 no doubt have distinguished himself as a good 
 officer. He was impatient of delay and chafed at 
 being kept in Kentucky wnere there was so little 
 prospect of getting at the enemy. But life in camp, 
 so different from the one he had been leading, ana 
 his incessant labors, coupled with that impatience 
 which was so natural and so general among the vol- 
 unteers in the early part of the war, soon made their 
 influence felt upon his health. He was seized with 
 typhoid fever and removed to a private house near 
 Lexington. Every care which medical skill or the 
 hand of friendship could bestow was rendered him. 
 In the delirious wanderings of his mind he was dis- 
 ciplining his men and urging them to be prepared for 
 an encounter with the enemy, enlarging upon the jus- 
 tice of their cause and the necessity of their crush- 
 :ng the Rebellion. But the source of his most poig- 
 nant grief was the prospect of not being able to come 
 to a hand-to-hand encounler with the "chivalry." 
 He was proud of his regiment, and felt that if it could 
 find the enemy it would cover itself with glory, — a 
 distinction it afterward obtained, but not until Col VV. 
 was no more. The malady baffled all medical treat- 
 ment, and on the 5th day of Jan., 1863, he breathed 
 his last. His remains were removed to iWichigan and 
 interred in the cemetery at Pontiac, where they rest 
 by the side of the brave Gen. Richardson, who re- 
 ceived liis mortal wound at the battle of Antietam. 
 Col. \V^ was no adventurer, although he was doubtless 
 ambitious of military renown and would have striven 
 for it with characteristic energy. He went to the war 
 to defend and uj^hold the principles he had so much 
 at heart. Few men were more familiar than he wilh 
 the causes and the underlying principles that led to 
 the contest. He leit a wife, who was a daughter of 
 Gen. C. C. Hascall, of Flint, and four children to 
 mourn his loss. Toward them he ever showed the 
 tenderest regard. Next to his duty their love and 
 welfare engrossed his thoughts. He was kind, gen- 
 erous and brave, and like thousands of otheis i:e 
 sleeps the sleep of the martyr for his country. 
 
GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 
 
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 USTIN BLAIR, (iovcrnor 
 of Michigan from Jan. 2, 
 1861, to Jan. 4, 1865, and 
 kown as the War Governor, is 
 and illustration of the benifi- 
 cent influence of republican in- 
 V stitutions, having inherited neith- 
 er fortune nor fame. He was born 
 
 kins Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 1818. 
 His ancestors came from Scot- 
 hmd in the time of George I, and 
 for many generations followed the 
 '5|Vj' pursuit of agriculture. His father, 
 I George Blair, settled in Tompkins 
 County in 1S09, and felled the trees and erecled the 
 first cabin in the county. The last 60 of the four- 
 score and fouryears of his life were s[)ent on that 
 spot. He married RhodaI31ackman,\v!io now sleeps 
 with him in the soil of the old homestead. The first 
 17 years of his life were spent there, rendering his 
 father what aid he could upon the farm. He then 
 spent a year and a half in Cazenovia Seminary |)re- 
 paring for college; entered Hamilton College, in 
 Clinton, prosecuted his studies until the middle of 
 the junior year, when, attracted by the fame of Dr. 
 Nott, he changed to Union College, from which he 
 graduated in the class of 1839. Upon leaving col- 
 lege Mr. Blair read law two years in the office of Sweet 
 & Davis, Owego, N Y., and was admitted '.ojjractice 
 in 1 84 1, and the same year moved to Michigan, locat- 
 
 ing in Jackson. During a temporary residence in 
 Eaton Rapids, in 1842, he was elected Clerk of Eaton 
 County. At the close of the official term he returned to 
 Jackson, and as a Whig, zealously espoused the cause 
 of Henry Clay in the campaign of 1844. He was chosen 
 Representative to the Legislature in 1845, at which 
 session, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, he 
 rendered valuable service in the revision of the gen- 
 eral statutes ; also made an able report in favor of 
 abolishing the color distinction in relation to the elec- 
 tive franchise, and at the same session was active in 
 securing the abolition of capital punishment. In 1848 
 Mr. Blair refused longer to affiliate with the ^^'hig 
 party, because of its refusial to endorse in convention 
 any anti-slavery sentiment. He joined the Free-soil 
 movement, and was a delegate to their convention 
 which nominated Van Buren for President that year. 
 Upon the birth of the Republican party at Jackson, 
 in 1854, by the coalition of the Whig and Free-soil 
 elements, Mr. Blair was in full sympathy wMlh the 
 movement, and acted as a member of the Committee 
 on Platform. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney 
 of Jackson County in 1852 ; was chosen State Senator 
 two years later, taking his seat with the incoming Re- 
 publican administration of 1855, and holding the 
 position of parliamentary leader in the Senate. He 
 was a delegate to the National Convention which 
 nominated Abraham Lincoln in i860. Mr. Blair 
 was elected Governor of Michigan in i860, and re- 
 elected in 1862, faithfully and honorably discharging 
 t!ie arduous duties of the office during that most mo- 
 
146 
 
 AUSTIN BLAIR. 
 
 1:1c .tous and stormy period of the Nation's life. Gov. 
 LSlair possessed a clear comprehension of the perilous 
 situation from the inception of the Rebellion, and his 
 inaugural address foreshadowed the prompt executive 
 policy and the administrative ability which charac- 
 terized his gubernatorial career. 
 
 Never perhaps in the history of a nation has a 
 brighter example been 1 lid down, or a greater sacri- 
 fice been made, than that which distinguished Mich- 
 igan during the civil war. All, from the " War Gov- 
 ernor." down to the poorest citizen of the State, were 
 animated with a patriotic ardor at once magnificiently 
 sublime and wisely directed. 
 
 Very early in r86i the coming struggle cast its 
 shadow over the Nation. Governor Blair, in his mes- 
 sage to the Legislature in January of that year, dwelt 
 very forcibly upon tlie sad prospects of civil war; and 
 as forcibly pledged the State to support the principles 
 of the Republic. After a review of the conditions 
 of the State, he passed on to a consideration of the 
 relations between the free and slave States of the 
 Republic, saying: " While we arecitizensof the State 
 of Michigan, and as such deeply devoted to her in- 
 terests and honor, we have a still prouder title. We 
 are also citizeas of the United States of America. By 
 this title we are known among the nations of the earth. 
 In remote quarters of the globe, wliere the names of 
 the States are unknown, the flag of the great Republic, 
 the banner of the stars and stripes, honor and protect 
 her citizens. In whatever concerns the honor, the 
 prosperity and the perpetuity of this great Govern- 
 ment, we are deeply interested. The people of Mich- 
 igan are loyal to that Government — faithful to its con- 
 stitution and its laws. Under it they have had peace 
 and prosperity; and under it they mean to abide to 
 the end. Feeling a just pride in the glorious history 
 of the past, they will not renoimce the equally glo- 
 rious hopes of the future. But they will rally around 
 the standards of the Nation and defend its integrity 
 and its constitution, with fidelity." The final para- 
 graph being : 
 
 " I recommend you al an e.irly day to make m.nii- 
 
 fest to the gentlemen who represent this State in the 
 two Houses of Congress, and to the country, that 
 Michigan is loyal to the Union, the Constitution, and 
 the laws and will defend them to the uttermost ; and 
 to proffer to the President of the United States, the 
 whole military power of the State for that purpose. 
 Oh, for the firm, steady hand of a Washington, or a 
 Jackson, to guide the ship of State in this perilous 
 storm ! Let us hope that we will find him on the 4th 
 of March. Meantime, let us abide in the faith of our 
 fathers — ' Liberty and Union, one and inseparable, 
 now and forever. 
 
 How this stirring appeal was responded to by the 
 people of Michigan will be seen by the statement 
 that the State furnished 88,1 II men during the war. 
 Money, men, clothing and food were freely and abun- 
 dantly supplied i)y this State during all these years of 
 darkness and blood shed. No State won a brighter 
 record for her devotion to our country than the Pen- 
 insula State, and to Gov. Blair, more than to any 
 other individual is due the credit for its untiring zeal 
 and labors in the Nation's behalf, and for the heroism 
 manifested in its defense. 
 
 Gov. Blair was elected Representative to the 
 Fortieth Congress, and twice re-elected, to the Forty- 
 first and Forty-second Congress, from the Third Dis- 
 trict of Michigan. While a member of that body he 
 was a strong supporter of reconstruction measures, 
 and sternly opposed every form of repudiation. His 
 speech upon the national finances, delivered on the 
 floor of the House March 21, 1868, was a clear and 
 convincing argument. Since his retirement from Con- 
 gress, Mr. Blair has been busily occupied with his ex- 
 tensive law practice. Mr. Blair married Sarah L. 
 Ford, of Seneca County N. Y., in February, 1849. 
 
 Their family consists of 4 sons — George H., a postal 
 clerk in the railway mail service; Charles A., partner 
 with his father; Fred. J. and Austin T., at home. 
 
 Governor Blair's religion is of the broad type, and 
 centers in the "Golden Rule." In 1883, Gov. Blair 
 was nominated for Justice of the Supreme Corrt 
 of the State by tlie Republican p irty, but was dcfi^atecl 
 
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GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 
 
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 HENRY H. CRAFQ. 
 
 ^|;9 ENR\' now LAND CI 
 '^ i. Ciovcriior ol Michigan 
 
 RAPO, 
 
 111 from 
 865 to 1S69, was i)ovn May 
 '{ 24, 1804, at Dartmouth, bris- 
 tol Co-, Mass., and died at 
 Flint, Mich,, July 22, 1869. 
 He was the eldest son of Jesse 
 and Phd-lie (Howlautl) Crapo. 
 His father was of French descent 
 and was very poor, sustaining his 
 family by the cultivation of a firm in 
 Dartmouth township, wliich yielded 
 notiiing beyond a mere livelihood. 
 His early life was consequently one 
 aS) of toil and devoid of advantages for 
 intellectual culture, hut his desire for 
 an education seemeil to know no hounds. The in- 
 cessant toil for a mere subsistence upon a compara- 
 tively sterile farm, had no charm for him ; and, longing 
 for greater usefulness and better tlr.ngs, he looked for 
 lliem in an education. His struggles to secure this 
 end necessitated sacrifices and hardships that would 
 have discouraged any but the most courageous aiid 
 persevering. He became an ardent student and 
 worker from his boyhood, though the means of carry- 
 ing on his studies were e.vceedingly limited. He 
 sorely felt the need of a diction.ary ; and, neither having 
 money wherewith to purchase it, nor being able to 
 procure one in his ncughborhood, he set out to compile 
 one for himself. In order to actjuire a knowledge of 
 the English language, he copied into a book every 
 word whose meaning he did not comprehend, and 
 • nueting the same word again in the newspapers 
 and bjoks, which came into his hands, from the 
 
 context, would then record the definition. Whenever 
 unable otherwise to obtain the signification of a word 
 in which he had become interested he would walk 
 from Dartmoulh to New Bedlord for that purjwse 
 alone, and after referring to the books at the library 
 and satisfying h'mself thoroughly as to itsdeiinition, 
 would walk back, a distance of about seven miles 
 the same night. This was no unusual circumstance. 
 Under such ditTfii:ul;ies and in this manner he com- 
 piled ijuitc an extensive dictionary in manuscript 
 which is believed to be still in existence. 
 
 Ever in pursuit of knowledge, he obtained posses- 
 sion of a book upon surveying, and applying himself 
 diligently to its study became familiar with this art 
 wiiich he soon had an opportunity to practice. The 
 services of a lar.d surveyor were wanted, and he was 
 called u[)on, but had no compass and no money with 
 which to purchase one. A compass, however, he 
 must and woukl have, and going to a blacksmith shop 
 near at hand, upon the forge, with such tools as \\t 
 could find in the shop, while the smith was at dinner, 
 he constructed the compass and commenced life as a 
 surveyor. Still continuing his studies, he fitted him- 
 self for teaching, and took charge of the village school 
 at Dartmouth. When, in the course of time and un- 
 der the pressure of law, a high school was to be 
 opened, he passed a successful examination for its 
 l>rincipalship and received the appointment. To do 
 this was no small task. The law required a rigid 
 examination in various subjects, which necessitated 
 days and nights of study. One evening, after con- 
 cluding his day's labor of teaching, he traveled on foot 
 to New Bedford, some seven or eight miles, callc' 
 upon the preceptor of Friend's Academy and passed 
 
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 HENRY HOWLAND CRAPO. 
 
 a severe examination. Receiving a certificate that 
 he was qualified, he walked back to his home the 
 same night, highly elated in being possessed of the 
 acquirements and requirements of a master of the 
 high school. 
 
 In 1832, at the age of 28 years, he left his native 
 town and went to reside at New Bedford, where he 
 followed the occupation of laud surveyor, and oc- 
 casionally acted as an auctioneer. Soon after becom- 
 ing a citizen of this place, he was elected Town Clerk, 
 Treasurer, and Collector of taxes, which office he held 
 uiuil the municipal government was changed, — about 
 fifteen years, — when, upon the inauguration of the city 
 government, he was elected Treasurer and Collector 
 of taxes, a position which he held two or three years. 
 He was also J^istice of the Peace for many years. 
 He was elected Alderman of New Bedford ; was 
 Chairman of Council Committee on Education, and 
 as such prepared a report upon wiiich was based the 
 order for the establishment of the free Public Library 
 of New Bedford. On its organization, Mr. Crapo was 
 chosen a member of the Board of Trustees. This 
 was the first free public library in Massachusetts, if 
 not in the world. The Boston Free Library was es- 
 tablished, however, soon afterwards. While a resident 
 i;i New Bedford, he was much interested in horticul- 
 ture, and to obtain the land necessary for carrying out 
 his ideas he drained and reclaimed several acres of 
 rocky and swampy land adjoinini; his garden. Here 
 lie started a nursery, which he filled with almost every 
 description of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, 
 fljwers, etc. In this he was very successful and took 
 great pride. He was a regular contributorto the New 
 England Horticultural Journal, a position he filled 
 as long as he lived in iVIassachusetts. As an indica- 
 tion of the wide reputation he acquired in that field 
 of labor, it may be mentioned that after his death an 
 affecting eulogy to his memory was pronounced by the 
 President of the National Horticultural Society at its 
 meeting in Philadeliihia, in 1869. During his resi- 
 dence in New Bedford, Mr. Crapo was also engaged 
 in the whaling business. A fine barque built at Dart- 
 mouth, of which he was part owner, was named the 
 "H. H. Crapo" in compliment to him. 
 
 Mr. C. also took part in the State Militia, and for 
 several years held a commission as Colonel of one of 
 the regiments. He was President of the Bristol 
 County Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and Secretary of 
 the Bedford Connnercial Insurance Company in New 
 Bedford; and while an officer of the municipal gov- 
 ernmenthecompiled and published, l)etween the years 
 iS36and 1845, five numbers of the New Bedford 
 Directory, the first work of the kind ever published 
 there. 
 
 Mr. C. removed to Michigan in 1856, having been 
 induced to do so by investments made principally in 
 pine lands, first in 1837 and subsequently in 1856. 
 He took up his residence in the city of Flint, and en- 
 
 gaged largely in the manufacture and sale of lumber 
 at Flint, Fentonville, Holly and Detroit, becoming 
 one of the largest and most successful business men 
 of the State. He was mainly instrumental in the 
 construction of the Flint & Holly R, R., and was 
 President of that corporation until its consolidation 
 with the Flint iS: Pere Marquette R. R. Company. 
 He was elected Mayor of that city after he had been 
 a resident of the place only five cr six years. In 
 1862 he was elected State Senator. In the fall of 
 1864 he received the nomination on the Republican 
 ticket for Governor of the State, and was elected by a 
 large majority. He was re-elected in 1866, holding 
 the office two terms, and retiring in January, 1860, 
 having given the greatest satisfaction to all parties. 
 
 While serving his last term he was attacked with a 
 disease which terminated his life within one year 
 afterwards. During much of this tinje he was an .in- 
 tense sufferer, yet often while in great pain gave his 
 attention to public matters. A few weeks previous 
 to his death a successful surgical operation was per- 
 formed which seemed rapidly to restore him, but he 
 overestimated his strength, and by too much exertion 
 in business matters and State affairs suffered a relapse 
 from which there was no rebound, and he died July 
 iZ^ 1869. 
 
 In the early part of his life. Gov. Crapo affiliated 
 with the Whig party in politics, but became an active 
 member of the Republican party after its organization. 
 He was a member of the Christian (sometimes called 
 the Disciples') Church, and took great interest in its 
 welfare and prosperity. 
 
 Mr. C. married, June 9, 1825, Mary A. Slocum, 
 of Dartmouth. His marriage took place soon after 
 he had attained his majority, and before his struggles 
 with fortune had been rewarded with any great meas- 
 ure of success. But his wife was a woman of great 
 strength of character and possessed of courage, hope- 
 fulness and devotion, qualities which sustained and 
 encouraged l.er husband in the various pursuits of 
 his early years. For several years after his marriage 
 he was engaged in teaching school, his wife living 
 with her parents at the time, at whose home his two 
 older children were born. While thus situated h.e 
 was accustomed to walk home on Saturday to see 
 his family, returning on Sunday in order to be ready 
 for school Monday morning. As the walk for a good 
 part of the time was 20 miles each way, it is evideiU 
 that at that period of his life no common obstacles 
 deterred him from iierforming what he regarded 
 as a duty. His wife was none the less consci- 
 entious in her sphere, and with added res])onsibilitics 
 and increasing reiiuirements she labored faithfully 
 in the performance of all her duties. They had 
 ten children, one son and nine daughters. His son, 
 Hon. Wm. W. Crapo, of New Bedford, is now an 
 honored Representative to Congress from the First 
 Congressional District of Massachusetts. 
 
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 v'^v^ '>; HI fS^/< U K ^ eriior of Michigan froai Jan. 
 ^'4, 1869, to Jan. I, 1873, ia a 
 M lineal descendant of Nathan- 
 3« iel Baldwin, a Puritan, of Buck- 
 inghamshire, England, who sel- 
 / tied at Milford, Conn , in 1639. 
 His fath.er was John Baldwin, 
 a graduate of Dartmouth Col- 
 lege. He died at North Provi- 
 dence, R. I., in 1826. His 
 paternal grandfather was Rev. 
 Moses Baldwin, a graduate of 
 Princeton College, in 1757, and the 
 first who received collegiate hon- 
 ors at that ancient and honored institution. He died 
 at Parma, Mass., in 18:3, where for more than 50 
 years he had been pastor of the Presbyterian Church. 
 On his mother's side Governor B. is descended from 
 Robert Williams, also a Puritan, who settled in Ro.x- 
 bury, Mass., about 1638. His mother was a daughter 
 of Rev. Neheniiali Williams, a graduate of Harvard 
 College, who died at Brimfield, Mass., in 1796, where 
 lor 21 year.s he was i)astor of the Congregationalist 
 Church. The subject of this sketch was born at 
 Coventry, R. 1., Feb. 22, 1814. He received a New 
 lingland common-school education until the age of 
 12 years, when, both his parents having died, he be- 
 came a clerk in a mercantile establishment. He re- 
 mained there, employing his leisure hours in study, 
 until 20 years of age. 
 
 At this early period Mr. B. engaged in business on 
 his own account. He made a visit to the West, in 
 1837, which resulted in his removal to Detroit in the 
 spring of i8-?S. llcic he established a mercanlilo 
 house which has been successfully conducted until 
 the present time. Although he successfully conducted 
 
 a large business, he has ever taken a deep interest in 
 all things affecting the pros| erity of the city and 
 Stale of his adoption. He was for several years a 
 Director and Piesident of the Detroit Young Men's 
 Society, an institution with a large library designed 
 for the benefit of young men and citizens generally. 
 An Episcopalian in religious belief, he has been 
 prominent in home matters connected with that de- 
 nomination. The large and flourishing parish of St. 
 John, Detroit, originated with Governor Baldwin, wl 10 
 gave the lot on which the parish edifice stands, and 
 also contributed the larger share of the cost of their 
 erection. Governor B. was one of the foremost in 
 the establishment of St. Luke's Hospital, and has 
 always been a liberal contributor to moral and relig- 
 ious enterprises whether connected with his own 
 Church or not. There have been, in fact, but few 
 l>ublic and social improvements of Detroit during the 
 past 40 years with which Governor H.'s name is not 
 in some way connected. He was a director in the 
 Michigan State Bank until the expiration of its char- 
 ter, and has been President of the Second National 
 Bank since its organization. 
 
 In i86o, .Mr. Baldwin was elected to the State 
 Senate, of Michigan ; during the years of 1861 -'2 he 
 was made Chairman of the Finance Commitiee, .1 
 member of Committee on Banks and Incorporations, 
 Chairman of the Select Joint Committee of the two 
 Houses for the investigation of the Treasury Depart- 
 ment and the official acts of the Treasurer, and of 
 the letting of the contract for the improvement of 
 •Sault St. Marie Ship Canal. He was first elected 
 Governor in 1868 and was re-elected in 1870, serving 
 from 186910 1872, inclusive. It is no undeserved 
 eulogy to say that Governor B.'s happy faculty of es- 
 timating the necessary means to an end — the knowing 
 of how much effort or attention to bestow uiion the 
 thing in hand, has been the secret of the uniform 
 
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 HENR Y P. BALD WIN. 
 
 success that has attended his efforts in all relations 
 of life. The same industry and accuracy that dis- 
 tinguished him prior to this term as Governor was 
 manifest in his career a:i the chief magistrate of the 
 State, and while his influence appears in all things 
 wit:-, which he has had to do, it is more noticeable in 
 the most prominent position to which he was called. 
 With rare e.vceptions the important commendations 
 of Governor B. received tlie sanction of the Legislat- 
 ure. During his administration marked improve- 
 ments were made in the ciiaritable, penal and reforma- 
 tory institutions of the State. The State Public School 
 for dependent children was founded and a percnanent 
 commission for the supervision of the several State 
 institutions. The initiatory steps toward building the 
 Eastern Asylum for the Insane, the State House of 
 Correction, and the establishment of the State Board 
 of Health were recommended by Governor B. in his 
 messa'.e of 1873. The new State Capitol also owes 
 its origen to him. The appropriation for its erection 
 was made upon his recommendation, and the contract 
 for the entire work let under tliis administration. 
 Governors, also appointed the commissioners under 
 whose faithful supervision the building was erected in 
 a manner most satisfactory to the people of the State. 
 He advised and earnestly urged at different times 
 such amendments of the constitution as would jier- 
 mit a more equitable compensptiou to State officers 
 and judges. Thelaw of 1869, and prior also, permitting 
 municipalities to vote aid toward the construc- 
 tion of railroads was, in 1870, declared \mconstitu- 
 tional by the Supreme Court. Many of the munici- 
 palities having in the meantime issued and sold their 
 bonds in good faith. Governor B. felt that the honor 
 and credit of the State were in jeopardy. His sense 
 of justice impelled him to call an extra session of the 
 Legislature to propose the submission to the peojale a 
 constitutional amendment, authorizing the payment 
 of such bonds as were already in the hands of bona- 
 fidc holders. In his special message he says : "The 
 credit of no State stands higher than that of Michigan, 
 and the people can not afford, and I trust will not 
 consent, to have her good name tarnished by the repu- 
 diation of eitlier legal or moral obligations." A spe- 
 cial session was called in March, 1S72, principally for 
 the division of the State into congressional districts. 
 A number of other important suggestions were made, 
 however, ard as an evidence of the Governor's la- 
 borious and thoughtful care for the fniancial condition 
 
 of the State, a series of tables was prepared and sub- 
 mitted by him showing, in detail, estimates of receipts, 
 expenditures and appropriations for the years 1S72 to 
 1878, inclusive. Memorable of GovcrnarB.'s admin- 
 istration were the devastating fires which swcjjt over 
 many portions of the Nortliwest in the fall of 187: 
 A large part of the city of Chicago having been re- 
 duced to ashes. Governor B. promptly issued a proc- 
 lamation calling upon the people of Michigan for 
 liberal aid in behalf of the afflicted ciiy. Scarcely had 
 this been issued when several counties in his State 
 were laid waste by the same destroying element. 
 A second call was made asking assistance for the suf- 
 fering people of Michigan. The contributions for 
 these objects were prompt and most liberal, more than 
 $700,000 having been received in money and supplies 
 for the relief of Michigan alone. So ample were 
 these contributions during the short period of about 
 3 months, that the Governor issued a proclamation 
 expressing in behalf of the people of the State grate- 
 ful acknowldgmeirt, and announcing that further 
 aid was unnecessary. 
 
 Governor B. has traveled extensively in his own 
 country and has also made several visits to Europe 
 and other portions of the Old World. He was a jsas- 
 senger on the Steamer Arill, which was captured and 
 bonded in the Carribean Sea, in December, 1862, by 
 Capt. Semmes, and wrote a full and interesting ac- 
 count of the transaction. The following estimate of 
 Governor B. on his retirement from office, by a leading 
 newspaper, is not overdrawn: "The retiring message 
 of Governor B., will be read with interest. It is 
 a characteristic document and possesses the li;cid 
 statement, strong, and clear practical sense, which 
 have been marked features ofall preceding documents 
 from the same source. Governor B. retired to private 
 life after four years of unusually successful adminis- 
 tration amid plaudits that are rmiversal throughout the 
 State. For many years eminent and capable men 
 have filled the e.\ecutive chair of this State, but in 
 painstaking vigilance, in stern good sense, in genuine 
 public siiirit, in thorough integrity aird in practical 
 capacity, Henry P. Baldwin has shown himself to be 
 the peerof any or all of them. The State has been un- 
 usually prosperous during his two terms, and the State 
 administration has fully kept pace with the needs of 
 the times. The retiiing Governor has fully earned 
 the public gratitude and confidence which he to-day 
 possesses to such rcmaikaMc dejrec. 
 
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 I OHN JUI).St)N BAG LEV, 
 :>., Governor of Michigan from 
 i») i'S7 3 to 1877, was born in 
 Medina, Orleans Co., N. V., 
 July 24,1832. His father, John 
 "\\/ " Baglcy, was a native of New 
 S> Hampshire, his mother, Mary M. 
 Bagley, of Connectic ut. He at- 
 tended the district school of Lock- 
 port, N. Y., until he was eight years 
 old, at which time his father moved 
 to Constantine, Mich., and he at- 
 tended the common schools of that 
 village. His early exi)erience was 
 like that of many country boys whose 
 parents removed from Eastern States 
 to the newer portion of the West, 
 His father being in very poor circum- 
 Jf] stances, Mr. B. was obliged to work 
 as soon as he was able to do so. 
 Leaving school when 13 years of age 
 he entered a country store in Constan- 
 tine as clerk. His father then re- 
 moved toOwosso, Mich.,and he again 
 engaged as cleik in a store. From 
 early youtii Mr. B. was extravagantly fond of reading 
 and devoted every leisure moment to the perusal of 
 such books, papers and periodicals as came within 
 his reach. In 1847, he removed to Detroit, where he 
 secured employment in a tobacco manufactory and 
 remained in this position for al>out five years. 
 
 In 1S53, he began business for himself in the man- 
 ufacturing of tobacco. His establishment has become 
 
 one of the largest of the kind in tiic West. Mr. B. 
 has also been greatly interested in other manufactur- 
 ing enterprises, as well as in mining, banking and in- 
 surance cor[)orations. He was President of the 
 Detroit Safe Com[)any for sci^eral years. He was one 
 of the organizers of the Michigan Mutual Life Insur- 
 ance Company of Detroit, and was its President from 
 1867 to 1872. He was a director of the Amer- 
 ican National Bank for many years, and a stock- 
 holder and director in various other cor|iorations. 
 ilr. B. was a member of the Board of Education two 
 years, and of the Detroit Common Council the same 
 length of time. In 1865 he was ap[x>intcd by Gover- 
 nor Cra]X) one of the first commissioners of the 
 Metroixjlitian police force of the city of Detroit, serv- 
 ing six years. In November, 1872, he was elected 
 Governor of Michigan, and two years later was re- 
 elected to the same office, retiring in January, 1877. 
 He was an active worker in the Republican party, and 
 for many years was Chairman of the Re|)ublican 
 State Central committee. 
 
 Governor Bagley was quite liberal in iiis religious 
 views and was an attendant of the Unitarian Church. 
 He aimed to be able to hear and consider any new 
 thought, from whatever source itmay come, but was not 
 bound by any religious creed or formula. He held 
 in respect all religious opinions, believing that no one 
 can be injured by a firm adherence to a faith or de- 
 nomination. He was married at Dubuque, Iowa, Jan. 
 16, 1855, to Frances E. Newberry, daughter of Rev. 
 Samuel Newberrj', a pioneer missionary of Michigan, 
 who took an active part in the early educational mat- 
 ters of the State and in the establishment of its ex- 
 cellent system of education. It was principally 
 
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 JOHN J. BAGLEY. 
 
 t>,rough his exertions that the State University was 
 founded. Mr. B.'s family consists of seven children. 
 As Governor his administration was charac- 
 terized by several important features, chief amonij; 
 which were his efforts to improve and mal^e popular 
 the educational agencies of the Slate by increasing 
 the faculty of the University for more thorough in- 
 struction in technical studies,l)y strengthening the hold 
 of the Agricultural College upon the public good will 
 and making the general chi^nge which has manifested 
 Itself in many scattered primary districts. Among 
 others were an almost complete revolution in the 
 management of the penal and charitable institutions 
 of the State; the passage of the liquor-tax law, taking 
 the place of the dead letter of prohibition; the estab- 
 lishing of the system of dealing with juvenile offend- 
 ers through county agents, which has proved of great 
 good in turning the young back from crime and plac- 
 ing the State in the attitude of a moral agent ; in se- 
 curing for the militia the first time in the history of 
 Michigan a systematized organization upon a service- 
 able footing. It was upon the suggestion of Gov. B. 
 in the earlier part of his administration that the law 
 creating the State Board of Health, and also the law 
 creating a fish conuiiission in the inland waters of the 
 State, were passed, both of which have [iroved of great 
 benefit to the State. The successful representation 
 of Michigan at the Centennial Exhibition is also an 
 honorable part of the record of Gov. B.'s adminis- 
 tration. 
 
 As Governor, he felt that he represented the State 
 — not in a narrow, egotistical way, but in the same 
 sense that a faithful, trusted, confidential agent rep- 
 resents his employer, and as the Executive of the 
 State he was her "attorney in fact." And his intelli- 
 gent, thoughtful care will long continue the pride of 
 the people he so much loved. He was ambitious — 
 ambitious for place and power, as every noble mind 
 is ambitious, because these give opportunity. How- 
 ever strong the mind and powerful the will, if there 
 be no ambition, life is a failu.e. He was not blind to 
 the fact that the more we have the more is required 
 of us. He accepted it in its fullest meaning. He 
 had great hopes for his State and his country. He had 
 his ideas of what they should be. With a heart as 
 broad as humanity itself; with an intelligent, able and 
 cultured brain,- the will and the power to do, he 
 asked his fellow citizen to give him the opportunity Ui 
 labor for them. Self entered not into the calculation, 
 
 His whole life was a battle for others; and he entered 
 the conflict eagerly and hopeiully. 
 
 His State papers were models of compact, busi- 
 ness-like statements, bold, original, ar:d brimful of 
 practical suggestions, and his administrations will long 
 be considered as among the ablest in this or any 
 other State. 
 
 His noble, generous nature made his innumerable 
 benefactions a source of continuous pleasure. Liter- 
 ally, to him it was " more blessed to give than to 
 receive." 
 
 His greatest enjoyment was in witnessing the com- 
 fort and hapinness of others. Not a tithe of his char- 
 ities were known to his most intimate friends, or even 
 to his family. Many a needy one has been the recipi- 
 ent of aid at an opportune moment, who never knew 
 the hand that gave. 
 
 At one time a friend had witnessed his ready re- 
 sponse to some charitable request, and said to him : 
 "Governor, you give away a large sum of money ; about 
 liow much does your charities amount to in a year?" 
 He turned at once and said : " I do not know, sir ; I 
 do not allow myself to know. I hope I gave more 
 this year than I did last, and ho|;e I shall give more 
 next year than I have this." This expressed his idea 
 of charity, that the giving should at all tim-;s be free 
 and spontaneous. 
 
 During his leasure hours from early life, and espe- 
 cially during the last few years, he devoted much time 
 to becoming acquainted with the best authors. Biog- 
 ra])hy was his delight; the last he read was the "Life 
 and Woik of John Adams," in ten volumes. 
 
 In all questions of business or public affairs he 
 seemed to have tlie power of getting at the kernel of 
 the nut in the least possible time. In reading he 
 would spend scarcely more time with a volume than 
 most persons would devote to a chapter. After what 
 seemed a cursory glance, he would have all of value 
 tlie book contained. Rarely do we see a business 
 man so familiar with tlie best English authors. He 
 was a generous and intelligent patron of the arts, and 
 liis elegant home was a study and a pleasure 
 to his many friends, who always found there a 
 hearty welcome. At Christmas time he would spend 
 days doing the work of Santa Claus. Every Christmas 
 eve he gathered his children about him and, taking 
 i lie youngest on his lap, told some Christmas story, 
 closing the enterfjipniciit with "The Night Before 
 ('hris'mas," or Diikcri&'s " Cliristnias Carol." 
 
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 HARLES M. CROSWELL, 
 ft*)j,Governor of Michigan from 
 ia'rjan. 3, 1877 to Jan. i, i88[, 
 was born at Newburg, Orange 
 County, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1825. 
 He is the only son of John and 
 SalHe (Hicks) Croswell. His 
 father, who was of Scotcli-Irish 
 extraction, was a [laper-maker, 
 and carried on business in Xew 
 York City. His ancestors on 
 his mother's side were of Knicker- 
 bocker descent. The Croswell 
 family may be found connected' 
 with prominent events, in New York 
 and Connecticut, in the eaily exis- 
 tence of the Republic. Harry Cros- 
 well, during the administration of 
 President Jefferson, published a pa- 
 per called the Balance, and was 
 prosecuted for libeling the President 
 under the obno.vious Sedition Law. 
 He was defended by the celebrated 
 Alexander Hamilton, and the decis- 
 is,/. ){ the case establised the important ruling that 
 tilt truth might be shown in cases of liliel. .\nother 
 nie.iiber of the family was Edwin Croswell, the fam- 
 ous editor of the Albany Argus; also. Rev. AVilliam 
 Croswell, noted as a divine and poet. 
 
 When Charles M. Croswell was seven years of age, 
 liis f.ither was accidentally drowned in the Hudson 
 River, at Newburg ; and, within three months preced- 
 ing that event, his mother and only sister had died, — 
 thus leaving him the sole surviving member of the 
 family, withovit fortune or means. Upon the death 
 
 of his father he went to live with an uncle, who, in 
 1837, emigrated with him to .Adrain, Michigan. At 
 si.Meen years of age, he commenced to learn ijse c-.r- 
 l)enter's trade, and worked at it very diligcr.ily for 
 four years, maintaini:ig himself, and devoting hi:, s[).iie 
 lime to reading and the acquirement of knowledge. 
 In 1846, he began the study of law, and w.is ap- 
 pointed Deputv Clerk of Lenawee County. The du 
 ties of this office he [jcrformed four years, when he 
 was elected Register of Deeds, and was re-elected 
 in 1852. In 1854, he took part in the first movements 
 for the formation of the Republican party, and was a 
 member and Secretary of the convetion held at Jack- 
 son ir. that year, which put in the field the first Re- 
 IMiblican State ticket in Michigan. In 1855, he 
 formed a law partnershii) with the present Chief- Jus- 
 tice Cooley, which continued until the remov. 1 of 
 Judge Cooley to Ann Arbor. 
 
 In 1862, Mr. Croswell was apix)inted City Attorney 
 of .Adrian. He was also elected Mayor of the city 
 in the spring of the same year; and in the fall was 
 chosen to represent Lenawee County in the State 
 Senate. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1864, 
 and again in 1866, during each term filling the [wsi- 
 tions above mentioned. Among various reixDris made 
 h\ hiui, one adverse to the re-establishment of the 
 death penalty, and another against a proposition to 
 pay the salaries of State officers and judges in coin, 
 which then commanded a very large premium, may 
 be mentioned. He also drafted the act ratifying the 
 Thirteenth .'Vniendment to the Federal Constitution, 
 for tlie abolishment of slavery, it being the first 
 amendment to the instrument ratified by Michigan. 
 In 1863, from his seat in the State Senate, he de- 
 livered an elaborate speech in favor of the Proclama- 
 
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 tion of Emancipation issued by President Lincoln, 
 and of his general policy in the prosecution ot the 
 war. This, at the request of liis Republican associ- 
 ates, was afterwards puf.lished. In 1867, he was 
 elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, 
 and chosen its presiding officer. This convention 
 was composed of an able body of men ; and though, 
 in the general distrust of constitutional changes 
 which for some years had been taking possession of 
 the people, their labors were not accepted by the pop- 
 ular vote, it was always conceded that the constitu- 
 tion they proposed had been prepared with great care 
 and skill. 
 
 In 1868, INIr. Croswell was chosen an Elector on 
 the Republican Presidential ticket; in 1872, was 
 elected a Representative to tlie State Legislature 
 from Lenawee County, and was chosen Speaker of 
 the House of Representatives. At the close of the 
 session of that body his abilities as a parliamentarian, 
 and the faitness of his rulings were freely and form- 
 ally acknowledged by his associates ; and he was pre- 
 sented with a superb collection of their portraits 
 handsomely framed. He was, also, for several years, 
 Secretary of the State Board for the general supervis- 
 ion of the charitable and penal institutions of Miclii- 
 gan ; in which position, his propositions for the amel- 
 iora-ion of the condition of the unfortunate, and the 
 reformation of the criminal classes, signalize the be- 
 nevolence of his nature, and the practical character 
 of his mind. 
 
 \\\ 1876, the general voice of the Republicans of 
 the State indicted Mr. Croswell as their choice for 
 Governor; and, at the State Convention of the party 
 in August of the same year, he was put in nomination 
 ',y acclamation, without the formality of a ballot. At 
 tne election in November following, he was chosen to 
 the high position for whicii he had been nominated, 
 by a very large majority over all opposing candidates. 
 His inaugural message was received with general 
 favor; and his career as Governor was marked with 
 the same qualities of head and lieart that hive ever 
 distinguished him, both as a citizen and statesman. 
 
 Governor Groswell has always prepared his ad- 
 dresses with care; and, as his diction is terse, clear, 
 and strong, without excess of ornament, and his de- 
 livery impressive, he is a popular speaker; and many 
 of his speeches have attracted favorable comment in 
 the public prints, and have a permanent value. He 
 has always manifested a deep interest in educational 
 mattLrs, and was for years a member and Secretary of 
 tlie Board of Education of Adrain. At the formal 
 opening of the Central School building in that city, 
 on the 24th day of April, 1869, he gave, in a public 
 address, an " Historical Sketch of the Adrian Public 
 Schools." 
 
 In his private life. Governor Croswell has been as 
 exemplary as in his public career he has been suc- 
 cessful and useful. In Februarv, 1852, he was mar- 
 ried to a daughter of Morton Eddy, Lucy M. Eddy, 
 a lady of many amiable and sunny (lualities. She 
 suddenly died, March 19, i868, leaving two daugh- 
 ters .ind a son. Governor Croswell is not a member 
 of any religious body, but generally attends the Pres- 
 liyterian Church. He pursues the profession of law, 
 but of late has been occupied mainly in the care of his 
 own interests, and the quiet duties of advice in 
 business difficulties, for which his unfailing p:u- 
 dence and sound judgment eminently fit him. Gov- 
 ernor Croswell is truly popular, not only with those of 
 like political f.iith with himself, but with those wlio 
 differ frcm him in this regard. 
 
 During Gov. Croswell's administration the public 
 debt was greatly reduced; a policy adopted requiring 
 the State institutions to keep within the limit of ap- 
 propriations; laws enacted to provide more effectually 
 for the punishment of corruption and bribrevy in elec- 
 tions; the State House of Correction at Ionia and the 
 Eastern Asylum for the Insane at Pontiac were opened, 
 and the new capital at Lansing was completed and 
 occupied. The first act of his second term was to pre- 
 side at the dedication of this buildirg The great riot 
 at Jackson occured during his administration, and it 
 was only bv his promptness tliat great distruction of 
 both life and property was prevented at that time. 
 
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 ^nor of from Jan. i, 1881, to 
 f^ Jan. I, 1883, was born at De- 
 troit, Mich., Nov. 17, 1829. 
 His parents eniigrated to 
 Michigan from Trumansburg, 
 Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1828, 
 locating at Detroit. His father 
 died March 30, 183 1, leaving 
 nine children. He liad been 
 twice married, and four of the 
 children living at the time of liis 
 death were grown up sons, tlie off- 
 spring of his first union. Of the 
 five children by his second marriage, David H. was 
 the youngest. Shortly after Mr. Jerome's death, his 
 widow moved back to New York and settled in 
 Onondaga County near Syracuse, where they remained 
 until the fall of 1834, the four sons by the first wife 
 continuing their residence in Michigan. In the fall 
 of 1834, Mrs. Jerome came once more to Michigan, 
 locating on a farm in St. Clair County. Here the 
 (iovernor formed those habits of industry and ster- 
 ling integrity tliat have been so characteristic of the 
 man in the active duties of life. He was sent to the 
 district school, and in the acquisition of the funda- 
 n.ental branches of learning he displayed a [irecocity 
 and an application which won for him tlie admiration 
 cf h.is teacheis, and always placed him at the head 
 of his classes. In the meantime he did cliores on 
 the farm, and was always ready with a cheerful heart 
 and willing hand to assist his widowed mother. 'I"he 
 heavy labor of the farm was carried on by his two 
 
 older brothers, I'iniothy and (ieorge, and when 13 
 years of age David received liis mother's permission to 
 attend school at the St. Clair Academy. While attend- 
 ing there he lived with Marcus H. Miles, now de- 
 ceased, doing cliores for his board, and the following 
 winter performed the same service for James Ogden, 
 also deceased. The next sunmier Mrs. Jerome 
 moved into the village of St. Clair, for the purix)seof 
 continuing her son in school. While attending said 
 academy one of his associate students was Sena- 
 tor Thomas W. Palmer, of Detroit, a rival candidate 
 before the gubernatorial convention in 1880. He 
 completed his education in liie fall of his i6th year, 
 and tlie following winter assisted his brother Timothy 
 m hauling lot;s in the pire v.oods. The next summer 
 he rafted logs down the St. Clair River to .Algonac. 
 
 In 1847, M. H. Miles being Clerk in St. Clair Coun- 
 ty, and Volney A. Ripley Register of Deeds, David 
 H. Jerome was api)oinled Deputy to each, remaining 
 as such during i848-'49, and receiving much praise 
 from his employers and the people in general for the 
 ability disjjlayed in tlie discharge of liis duties. He 
 spent his summer vacation at clerical work on board 
 the lake vessels. 
 
 In 1849- '50, he abandoned office work, and for the 
 proper development of his physical system spent 
 several months hauling logs. In the spring of 1850, 
 his brother " Tiff" and liimself chartered the steamer 
 "Chautauqua," and "Yo.mg Dave" became her mas- 
 ter. .A portion of tlie season the boat was engaged 
 in the passenger and freight traffic between Port 
 Huron and Detroit, but during the latter part was 
 used as a tow boat. At that time there was a serious 
 obstruction to navigation, known as the "St. Clair 
 Flats," between Lakes Huron and Erie, over wiiich 
 
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 DA VJD H. JliROME. 
 
 vessels could carry only about 10,000 bushels of grain. 
 Mr. Jerome conceived the idea of towing vessels 
 from one lake to the otlier, and put his plan into 
 operation. Through the influence of practical men, — 
 among them the subject of this sketch, — Congress 
 removed the obstruction above referred to, and now 
 vessels can pass them laden with 60,000 or 80,000 
 bushels of grain. 
 
 During the season, the two brothers succeeded 
 in making a neat little sum of inoney by the sum- 
 mer's work, but subsequently lost it all on a contract 
 to raise the "Gen. Scott," a ves-iel that had sunk in 
 Lake St. Clair. David H. came out free from debt, 
 but possessed of hardly a dollar of capital. In the 
 spring of 185 I, he was clerk and acting master of the 
 steamers "Franklin Moore" and "Ruby," plying be- 
 tween Detroit and Port Huron and Goderich. The 
 following year he was clerk of the propeller "Prince- 
 ton." ranning between Detroit and Buffalo. 
 
 In January, 1853, Mr. Jerome went to California, 
 by way of the Isthmus, and enjoyed extraordinary 
 success in selling goods in a new place of his selec- 
 tion, among the mountains near Marysville He re- 
 mained there during the summer, and located the 
 Live Yankee Tunnel Mine, which has since yielded 
 millions to its owners, and is still a paying investment. 
 He planned and put a tunnel 600 feet into the mine, 
 but when tlie water supply began to fail with the dry 
 season, sold out his interest. He left in the fall of 
 1853, and in December sailed from San Francisco for 
 New York, arriving at his home in St. Clair County, 
 about a year after his departure. During his absence 
 his brother "Tiff" had located at Saginaw, ana in 
 1854 Mr. Jerome joined him in his lumber operations 
 in the valley. In 1S55 the brothers bought Black- 
 mer & Eaton's hardware and general supply stores, 
 at Saginaw, and David H. assumed the management 
 of the business. From 1855 to 1873 he was also ex- 
 tensively engaged in lumbering operations. 
 
 Soon after locating at Saginaw he was nominated 
 for Alderman against Stewart B. Williams, a rising 
 young man, of strong Democratic principles. The 
 ward was largely Democratic, but Mr. Jerome was 
 elected by a handsome majority. When the Repub- 
 lican party was born at Jackson, Mich., David H. 
 Jerome was, though not a delegate to the convention, 
 one of its "charter members.' In 1862, he was com- 
 missioned by Gov. Austin Blair to raise one of the 
 
 six regiments apportioned to the State of Michigan. 
 Mr. Jerome immediately went to work and held 
 meetings at various points. The zeal and enthusiasm 
 displayed by this advocate of the Union awakened a 
 feeling of patriotic interest in the breasts of many 
 brave men, and in a short space of time the 23d 
 Regiment of Michigan Volunteer Infantry was placed 
 in the field, and subsequently gained for itself a bril- 
 liant record. 
 
 In the fall of 1862, Mr. Jerome was nominated by 
 the Republican party for State Senator from the 26th 
 district, Appleton Stevens, of Bay City, being his op- 
 ponent. The contest was very exciting, and resulted 
 in the triumphant election of Mr. Jerome. He was 
 twice renominated and elected both times by in- 
 creased majorities, defeating George Lord, of Bay 
 City, and Dr. Cheseman, of Gratiot County. On tak- 
 ing his seat in the Senate, he was appointed Chair- 
 man of the Committee on State Affairs, and was ac- 
 tive in raising means and troops to carry on the war. 
 He held the same position during his three terms of 
 service, and introduced the bill creating the Soldiers' 
 Home at Harper Hospital, Detroit. 
 
 He was selected by Gov. Crapo as a military aid, 
 and in 1865 was appointed a member of the State 
 Military Board, and served as its President for eight 
 consecutive years. In 1873, he was appointed by 
 Gov. Bagley a member of the convention to prepare 
 a new State Constitution, and was Chairman of the 
 Committee on Finance. 
 
 In 1875, Mr. Jerome was appointed a meiViberof 
 the Board of Indian Commissioners. In I876 he was 
 Chairman of a commission to visit Chief Joseph, the 
 Nez Perce Indian, to arrange an amicable settlement 
 of all existing difficulties. The commission went to 
 Portland, Oregon, thence to Ihe Blue Hills, in Idaho, 
 a distance of 600 miles up the Columbia River. 
 
 At the Republican State Convention, convened at 
 Jackson in August, 1880, Mr. Jerome was placed in 
 the field for nomination, and on the 5th day of the 
 month received the highest honor the convention 
 could confer on^any one. His opponent was Freder- 
 ick M. Holloway, of Hillsdale County, who was sup- 
 ported by the Democratic and Greenback parties. 
 The State was thoroughly canvassed by both parties, 
 and when the polls were closed on the evening of 
 election day, it was found that David H. Jerome had 
 been selected by the voters of the Wolverine State to 
 I occupy the highest position within their gift. 
 

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 OSIAH \V. HEGOLE, the 
 present (1883), Ciovernor of 
 Michigan was born in Living- 
 ston, Connty, N. \'., Jan. 20, 
 
 ^ 1815. His ancestors were of 
 French descent, and settled at 
 
 an early period in the Slate of 
 
 j^^i| 11 Maiyland. Hisgrandfather,Capt. 
 
 ^ Bolles, of that State, was an ofh- 
 
 cer in the American army during 
 
 ji ft the war of tiie Revolution. .\l)out 
 * M the beginning of the present cent- 
 ury both his grandparents, having 
 become dissatisfied witli the insti- 
 tution of slavery, although slave- 
 holders themselves, emigrated to 
 Livingston County, N. V., then 
 a new country, taking with them a 
 number of their former slaves, who 
 volunteered to accompany them. 
 His father was an officer in the 
 American army, and served during 
 the war of 1812. 
 Mr. B. received his early education in a log sciiool- 
 house, and subsequently attended the Temple Hill 
 .\cademy, at Geneseo, N. Y. Being the eldest of n 
 family of ten children, whose parents were in moder- 
 ate though comfortable circumstances, he was early 
 taught habits of industry, and when 21 years of age, 
 being amljitious to Ijetter his condition in life, he re- 
 solved to seek his fortune i:i tlie far West, as it was 
 
 then called. In August, 1836, he left the parental 
 roof to seek a home in the Territory of Michigan 
 then an almost unbroken wilderness. He settled in 
 Genesee County, and aided with his own liands in 
 building some of tlie early residences in what is now 
 known as the city of Flint. There were but four or 
 five houses where this flourishing city now stands 
 when lie selected it as iiis home. 
 
 In the spring of 1S39 he married Miss Harriet A. 
 Miles. The marriage proved a most fortunate one, 
 and to the faithful wife of his youth, who lives to en- 
 joy with him the lomforts of an l-.onestly earned com- 
 petence, Mr. Hegole ascribes largely his success in 
 life. Immedialely after his marriage he commenced 
 work on an unini[)roved farm, where, by his ])erse- 
 verance and energy, he soon established a good home, 
 and at the end of eighteen years was the owner of a 
 well improved farm of five hundred acres. 
 
 Mr. Begole being an anti-slavery man, became a 
 member of the Republican i)arty at its organization. 
 He served his townsmen in various offices, and was 
 in 1856, elected County Treasurer, which office he 
 lield for eight years. 
 
 .\t the breaking out of tlie Rebellion he did not 
 carry a musket to the front, but his many friends will 
 bear witness that he took an active part in recruiting 
 and furnishing supplies for the army, and in looking 
 after the interests of soldiers' families at home. The 
 death of his eldest son near .\tlanta, Ga., by a Confed- 
 rate bullet, in 1864, was the gre:itest sorrow of his life. 
 When a few years Liter he was a mem!;trin Congress 
 
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 JOS/AH W. BEGOLE. 
 
 tlov. Begole voted and worked for the soldiers' 
 bounty equalization bill, an act doing justice to the 
 soldier who bore the burden and heat of the day, and 
 who should fare equally with him who came in at the 
 eleventh hour. That bill was defeated in the House 
 on account of the large appropriation that would be 
 required to pay the same. 
 
 In 1870, Gov. Begole was nominated by acclama- 
 tion for the office of State Senator, and elected by a 
 large majority. In that body he served on the Com- 
 mittees of Finance and Railroads, and was Chairnjan 
 of the Committee on the Institute for the Deaf and 
 Dumb and Blind. He took a liberal and public- 
 spirited view of the importance of a new capitol 
 building worthy of the State, and was an active mem- 
 ber of the Committee that drafted the bill for tlie 
 same He was a delegate to the National Republi- 
 can Convention held at Philadelphia in 1S72, and 
 was the chosen member of that delegation to go to 
 Washington and inform Gen. Grant and Senator 
 Wilson of their nominations. It was while at that 
 convention that, by the express wish of his many 
 friends, he was induced to offer himself a can- 
 didate for the nomination of member to the 43d Con- 
 gress, in which he was successful, aftercompetingfor 
 the nomination with several of the most worthy, able 
 and experienced men in the Sixth Congressional Dis- 
 trict, and was elected by a very large majority. In 
 Congress, he was a member of the Committee on 
 Agricultural and Public Expenditures. Being one of 
 the 17 farmers in that Congress, he took an active 
 part in the Committee of Agriculture, and was ap- 
 pointed by that committee to draft the most impor- 
 tant report made by that committee, and upon the 
 only subject recommended by the President in his 
 message, which he did and the report was printed in 
 records of Congress ; he took an efficient though an 
 unobtrusive part in all its proceedings. 
 
 He voted for the currency bill, remonetization of 
 silver, and other financial measures, many of which, 
 though defeated then, have since become the settled 
 policy of the country. Owing to the position which 
 Mr. Begole occupied on these questions, he became a 
 "Greenbacker." 
 
 In the Gubernatorial election of 1882, Mr. Begole 
 was the candidate of both the Greenback and Dem- 
 ocratic parties, and was elected by a vote of 154,269, 
 the Republican candidate, Hon. David H. Jerome, 
 
 receiving 149,697 votes. Mr. Begole, in entering 
 upon his duties as Governor, has manifested 'a spirit 
 that has already won him many friends, and bids fair 
 to make his administration both successful and pop- 
 ular. 
 
 The very best indications of what a man is, is what 
 his own townsmen think of him. We give the fol- 
 lowing extract from the Flint Globe, the leading Re- 
 publican paper ni Gov. Begole's own county, and it. 
 too, written during the heat of a political campaign, 
 which certainly is a flattering testittionial of his ster- 
 ling worth : 
 
 " So far, however, as Mr. Begole, the head of the 
 ticket, is concerned, there is nothing detrimental to 
 his character that can be alleged against him. He 
 has sometimes changed his mind in politics, but for 
 sincerity of his beliefs and the earnestness of his pur- 
 pose nobody who knows him entertains a doubt. He 
 is incapable of bearing malice, even against his bit- 
 terest political enemies. He has a vvarm, generous 
 nature, and a larger, kinder heart does not beat in 
 the bosom of any man in Michigan. He is not much 
 given to making speeches, but deeds are more signif- 
 icant of a man's character than words. There are 
 many scores of men in all parts of the State where 
 Mr. Begole is acquainted, who have had practical 
 demonstrations of these facts, and who are liable to 
 step outside of party lines to show that they do not 
 forget his kindness, and who, no doubt, wish that he 
 was a leader in what would not necessarily prove a 
 forlorn hope. But the Republican party in Michigan 
 is too strong to be beaten by a combination of Demo- 
 crats and Greenbackers, even if it is marshaled by so 
 good a man as Mr. Begole." 
 
 This sketch would be imperfect without referring 
 to the action of Mr. B. at the time of the great calamity 
 that in 1881 overtook the people of Northeastern 
 Michigan, in a few hours desolating whole counties 
 by fire and destroying the results and accumulations 
 of such hard work as only falls to the lot of pioneers. 
 While the Port Huron and Detroit committees were 
 quarrehng over the distribution of funds, Mr. Begole 
 wrote to an agent in the "|burnt district " a letter, from 
 which we make an extract of but a single sentence"- 
 "Until the differences between the two committees 
 are adjusted and you receive your regular supplies 
 from them, draw on me. Let no man suffer while I 
 have money." This displays his true character. 
 
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 I ISSK LL A. A LGER,G overnoi- 
 of Michigan fur llio term coni- 
 iiicncing Jan. 1, 1885, was 
 born in Lafii^-ette Township, 
 Medina Co., Ohio, Feb. 27, 
 18;]{;. Having lived a tem- 
 perate life, lie is a con)i)arative 
 young man in appearance, and pos- 
 ses.ses those mental faculties that are 
 the distinguishing characteiislies of 
 robust, mature and educated man- 
 hood. Wiicn 1 1 years of age both 
 his parents died, leaving liim witha 
 younger brother and sister to sup- 
 port and witiioutany of the substan- 
 tial means of existence. Lacking the opportunity of 
 betteremployment, lie worked on a farm in Uiclifield, 
 Ohio, for the greater part of eacli of tiie succeeding 
 seven years, saving money enough to defray his ex- 
 penses at Richfield .Veadeni}' during the winter 
 terms. He obtained a very good English education, 
 and was enabled to teach school for several subse- 
 quent winters. Inl8o7 he commenced the study of 
 law in the odices of AV'olcott & Upson at Akron, re- 
 maining until March, 18.")0, when he was admitted 
 to the bar by the Ohio .Sujjreme CViurl. He then 
 removed to Cleveland, and entered the law ofiice of 
 Otis it Coflinburv, where he remained several 
 monliis. Here he continued his studies with in- 
 creased zeal, and did much general reading. Hard 
 study and close confinement to office work, however, 
 began to tell on his constitution, and failing health 
 warned him that he must seek other occupation. 
 
 Hi' therefore reluctantly abandoned the law and re- 
 moved to (JramI Hapids, .Mich., to engage in the 
 lumber business. 
 
 When INIiehigan was called upon to furnish trooi)s 
 for the war, Mr. Alger enlisted in the Second Mich. 
 Cav. and was mustered into the service of the 
 United States as Captain of Co. C. His record as 
 a cavalry oflicer was brilliant and honorable to 
 himself and his companj'. He participated in some 
 of the fiercest contests of the rebellion and wa.« 
 twice wounded. His first injury was received in. 
 the battle of Boone villc. Miss., July 2, 1862. 
 His conduct in this engagement was so distin- 
 guished that he was promoted to the rank of 
 M.ajor. On the same occasion his Colonel, the 
 gallant Phil. Sheridan, was advanced to the rank 
 of Brigadier General. A few months later, on the 
 IGth of October, Major Alger became Lieutenant- 
 Colonel of the Sixth Mich. Cav., and was ordered 
 with his regiment to the Army of the Potomac. 
 After marked service in the early campaign of 18r.3, 
 he was again advanced, and on June 2 received his 
 commission as Colonel of the Fifth Mich. Cav. His 
 regiment at this time was in Custer's famous Michi- 
 gan cavalry brigade. On the 6th of July occurred 
 the battle of Boonesboro, Md. In this conflict be 
 was again wounded. His health received a more 
 than temporary impairment, and in October, 1864, 
 he was obliged to retire from the service. His 
 career .as a soldier included manj- of the most cele- 
 brated contests of the war. He w.as an .active charac- 
 ter in all the Ijattles fought by the Army of the 
 
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 RUSSELL A. ALGER. 
 
 Potomac, from the time of the invasion of Mary- 
 land by Gen. Leo in 18G3, up to the date of his 
 retirement, with the exception of those engagements 
 which occurred while he was absent from duty on 
 account of wounds. In all he took part in 66 bat- 
 tles and skirmishes. At the close he was breveted 
 Brigadier General and Major General for "gallant 
 and meritorious services in the field." 
 
 Aside from regular dut}', Gon. Alger was on 
 private service during the winter of 1863-4, receiv- 
 ing orders personally from President Lincoln and 
 visiting nearly all the armies in the field. 
 
 Gen. Alger came to Detroit in 1865, and since 
 that time has been extensively engaged in the pine 
 timber business and in dealing in pine lands. He 
 was a member of the well-known firm of Moore & 
 Alger until its dissolution, when he became head of 
 the firm of R. A. Alger tV Co., the most extensive 
 pine timber operators in the West. Gen. Alger is 
 now president of the corporation of Alger, Smith & 
 Co., which succeeded R. A. Alger & Co. lie is also 
 president of the Manistique Lumbering Company 
 and president of the Detroit, Baj- City & Alpena 
 Railroad Company, besides Ijcing a stockholder and 
 director of the Detroit National Bank, the Peninsu- 
 lar Car Company and several other large corpor- 
 ations. 
 
 While alwaj's an active and influential Republi- 
 can, Gen. Alger has never sought nor held a sal- 
 aried office. He was a delegate from the First Dis- 
 trict to the last Reijublican National Convention, 
 but aside from this his connection with politics has 
 not extended beyond the duties of ever}' good cit- 
 izen to his party and his country'. 
 
 Gen. Alger is now fortj'-nine years of age, an 
 active, handsome gentleman six feet tall, living 
 the life of a bus}' man of affairs. His military 
 bearing at once indicates his army life, and although 
 slenderly built, his square shoulders and erect 
 carriage give the casual observer the impression 
 that his weight is fully 180 pounds. He is a firm, 
 yet a most decidedly pleasant-appearing man, with 
 a fine forehead, rather a prominent nose, an iron- 
 gray moustache and chin whiskers and a full head 
 of black hair sprinkled with gray. He is usually 
 attired in the prevailing style of business suits. His 
 favorite dress has been a high buttoned cutaway 
 
 frock coat, with the predominating cut of vest and 
 trousers, made of firm gray suiting. A high collar, 
 small cravat, easy shoes and white plug hat com- 
 plete his personal apparel. He is very particular 
 as to his appearance, and always wears neat clothes 
 of the best goods, but slums any display of jewelry 
 or extravagant embellishment. He is one of the 
 most approachable men imaginable. No matter 
 how busy he may lie, he ahvajs leaves his desk to 
 extend a cordial welcome to every visitor, be he of 
 high or low situation. His affable manners delight 
 his guests, while his pleasing face and bright, dark 
 eyes always animate his hearers. 
 
 Gen. Alger is a hard worker. He is always at his 
 office promptly in the morning and stays as long as 
 anything, remains that demands his attention. In 
 business matters he is always decided, and is never 
 shaken or disturbed by any reverses. He has the 
 confidence of his associates to a high degree, and al. 
 his business relations are tempered with those little 
 kindnesses that relieve the tedium of routine office 
 life. Although deei^ly engrossed in various busi- 
 ness pursuits. Gen. Alger has j'et fouLid time for 
 general culture. He owns a large library and his 
 stock of general information is as complete as it is 
 reliable. His collection of paintings has been se- 
 lected with rare good taste, and contains some of 
 the finest productions of modern artists. His team 
 of Ijays are perhaps the handsomest tiiat grace the 
 roads of Detroit, and usuall}' lead the other outfits 
 when their owner holds the reins. 
 
 Gen. Alger has an interesting famil}'. His wife 
 was Annette II. Henry, the daughter of W. G. 
 Henry, of Grand Rapids, to whom he was married 
 April 2, 1861. She is a slender woman of fair com- 
 plexion, bright and attractive, and a charming host- 
 ess. She is gifted with manj' accomplishments and 
 appears quite young. There are six children. Fay. 
 a lively brunette, and Caroline A., who is rather tali 
 and resembles her mother, have completed r, course 
 at an Eastern senilnnry, and during the past j'eai 
 traveled in Europe. The remaining members of 
 the family are Frances, aged 13; Russell A., Jr., 
 aged 11 ; Fred, aged 9, and Allan, aged 3. All are 
 bright and promising children. Gen. Alger makes 
 his home at his handsome and large new residence on 
 Fort street, at the corner of First street, Detroit. 
 
GOVERNORS OF ^MICHIGAN. 
 
 
 VRITS GEAY LUCE, tlie 
 present Governor of Miclii- 
 gan, combines in his ciianic- 
 ter the substantial traits of 
 the New England ancestry ! 
 of his father, and the chival- '• 
 V " I'ous and hospitable elements 
 peculiar to the Southerners, whicli 
 came to him from his mother's side of 
 the iiouse. The New Englanders, act- 
 ive in the cause of American liberty, 
 after this desired result was accom- 
 plished, ttiriKvl tlicir attention to tlie 
 growth and development of the 
 country which their noble daring had 
 constituted independent of foreign ride. The pri- 
 vations they endured and tlie struggles from which 
 they had acliieved victory built up in them those 
 qualities which in the very nature of events could 
 not be otherwise than transmitted to their posterity', 
 and this posterity comprises a large number of the 
 men who to-daj', like tlie subject of this history, 
 are making a record of wiiich tiieir descendants will 
 be equally proud. 
 
 Gov. Luce was born in ^\'indsor, Ashtabula Co., 
 Ohio, July 2, 1M24. His fatjicr w.as a native of 
 Tolland, Conn., served as a soldier in the War of 
 1812, and soon after its close emigrated from New 
 England and settled on the Western Reserve in 
 Northern Ohio. His mother, who in her girlhood 
 was IMiss Mary (iray, was bora in Winchester, \:\. 
 Her father, tinctured with Abolitionism, found his 
 home in the Old Dominion becoming unconifortii- 
 ble as an abiding-])lace at tiuit time, and accord- 
 ingly, with his wife and family of young children. 
 
 he also migrated, in 181."), to the wilds of Northern 
 Ohio. There the jjarents of our subject, in IMl'.i. 
 were united in marriage, and continued residents of 
 Ashtabula County until 1830. There also were 
 born to them six sons, Cjn-us G. of this sketch being 
 the second. 
 
 The incidenis in llie earl>- life of Gov. Luce were 
 not materially ditt'erent from those of other boys 
 living on the farms in that new country. He was 
 taught to work at anything necessary for him to do 
 and to make himself useful around the pioneer 
 homestead. When twelve j'ears of age his parents 
 removed further AVest, tins time locating in Steu- 
 ben County, Lid. This section of country was still 
 newer and more thinly settled, and without recount- 
 ing the particular hardships and ))rivations whiuh the 
 family experienced, it is sullicient to say that but few 
 enjoj'ed or suffered a greater variety. i\Lirkel> were 
 distant and dilHcult of access, the comforts of life 
 scarce, and sickness universal. Young Luce, in com- 
 mon with other boys, attended school winters in the 
 stereotyped log school-htmse, and in summer as- 
 sisted in clearing away the forests, fencing the 
 lields and raising crops after the land was improved. 
 He attended three terms an academy located at On- 
 tario, Lid., and his habit of reading and observation 
 added essentially to his limited school privileges. 
 
 When seventeen j'cars of age the father of our 
 subject erected a cloth-dressing and wool-carding 
 establishment, where Cyrus G. acquired a full 
 knowledge of this business and subsequently had 
 charge of the factory for a period of seven j-ears. 
 Li tlie meantime he had become interested in local 
 politics, in which he displayed rare judgment and 
 sound common sense, and on account of which, in 
 1848, he was nominated by the Whigs in a district 
 composed of the countic> of DeKalb and Steuben 
 for Rei)resetitalive in the State Legislature. H« 
 made a vigorous canvass but was defeated by eleven 
 majority. This incident was but a transient bub- 
 ble on the stream of his life, and that same year 
 
178 
 
 CYRUS GRAY LUCK 
 
 Mr. Luce purchased eighty acres of wild land near 
 Gilead, Brancli Co., Mich., the improvement of 
 which he at once entered upon, clearing nviay the 
 trees and otherwise making arrangements for the 
 establishment of a homestead. In August, 1849, he 
 was united in marriage with Miss .Julia A. Dickinson, 
 of Gilead, and the 3'oung people immediately com- 
 menced housekeeping in a modest dwelling on tiie 
 new farm. Here they resided until the death of the 
 wife, which took place in August, 1882. Mrs. 
 Luce was the daughter of Obed and Experience 
 Dickinson, well-to-do and highly respected residents 
 of Gilead. Of her union with our subject there 
 were born five children, one now deceased. 
 
 In November, 1883, Gov. Luce contracted a sec- 
 ond marriage, with Mrs. Mary Thompson, of Bron- 
 son, this State. He continued on the same farm, 
 which, however, by subsequent purchase had been 
 considerably extended, until after his election to the 
 office of which he is now the incumbent. In the 
 meantime he has had a wide and varied experience 
 in public life. In 1 852 he was elected to represent his 
 township in the County Board of Supervisors, and 
 two ye.ars Inter, in 18.54, w.as elected Representative to 
 the first Republican Legislature convened in the State 
 of Michigan. He served his township altogether 
 eleven years as a member of the Board of Supervisors. 
 In 18.58 he was elected County Treasurer of Branch 
 County and re-elected in 1860. In 18C4 he was 
 given a seat in the State Senate and re-elected in 
 1 860. In the spring of 1 867 he was made a member of 
 the Constitutional Convention to revise the Consti- 
 tution of the State of Michigan, and in all of the 
 positions to which he has been called has evidenced 
 a realization of the sober responsibilities committed 
 to his care. To the duties of each he gave the most 
 conscientious care, and has great reason to feel pride 
 and satisfaction in the fact that during his service 
 in both Houses of the Legislature his name appears 
 upon every roll-call, he never having been absent 
 from his post a day. 
 
 In July, 1879, Mr. Luce was ai)pointed State Oil 
 Inspector by Gov. Croswell, and re-appointed by 
 Gov. Jerome in 1881, serving in tliis capacity three 
 and one-half years. In the management of the 
 duties of this office he is entitled to great ci'edit. 
 The office was not sought by him, but the Governor 
 
 urged him to accept it, claiming that the office was 
 the most difficult he had to fill, and was one which 
 required first-class executive abilit3\ He organized 
 the State into districts, appointed an adequate force 
 of deputies and no more, secured a reduction of the 
 fees by nearly' one-half, and in ever3' way managed 
 the affairs of the office so efficiently and satisfac- 
 toril}- that above all expenses he was enabled to 
 pay into the State Treasury during his management 
 $32,000.49. 
 
 In August of the year 1886 Mr. Luce was nom- 
 inated by the Republicans in convention .assembled 
 at Grand Rapids, for the office of Governor of 
 Michigan by acclamation, and on the 2d of Noven)- 
 ber following was elected by a m.ajority of 7,432 
 over his chief competitor, George L. Yaple. In 
 1874 he became an active member of the farm- 
 ers' organization known as the Grange. Believing 
 as he does that agriculture furnishes the basis of 
 National prosperitj^he was anxious to contribute to 
 the education and elevation of the farming com- 
 munity, and tluis availed himself of the opportuni- 
 ties offered by this organization to aid in accom- 
 plishing this result. For a period of seven years he 
 was Master of the State Grange but resigned the 
 position last November. Fidelity to convictions, 
 close application to business, whether agricultural or 
 affairs of State, coupled with untiring industr}', are 
 his chief characteristics. As a farmer, legislator, 
 executive officer, and manager of county as well as 
 State affairs, as a private as well as a public citizen, 
 his career has all along been marked with success. 
 No one can point to a spot reflecting discredit in 
 his public career or private life. He is a man of 
 the people, and self-made in the strictest sense. His 
 whole life has been among the people, in full sym- 
 path}' with them, and in their special confidence and 
 esteem. 
 
 Personall}', Gov. C^'rus G. Luce is high-minded, 
 intellectual and affable, the object of man}' 
 and warm friendships, and a man in all respects 
 above repro.ach. To the duties of his high position 
 he lias brought a fitting dignity, and in all the re- 
 lations of life that conscientious regard to dut}' of 
 which we often read but which is too seldom seen, 
 especially among those having within their hands 
 the interests of State and Nation. 
 

 
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 MI0HIGAN, 
 
INTRODUQTORY.H 
 
 ^>-s5-4!II>-Sg.^ 
 
 MI E time has arrived when it 
 becomes the duty of the 
 people of this county to per- 
 petuate the names of their 
 pioneers, to furnish a record 
 of their early settlement, 
 and relate the story of tlieir 
 progress. The civilization of our 
 day, the enlightenment of the age 
 and the duty that men of ilie pres- 
 ent lime owe to their ancestors, to 
 themselves and to their posterity, 
 demand that a record of their lives 
 ^(jii^-j< ,\^ and deeds should be made. In bio- 
 &'!^-yrP^ graphical history is found a power 
 •X-iXVa^-jT to mstruct man by precedent, to 
 '*^^'^^^^j\^' enliven the mental faculties, and 
 ^ " to waft down the river of time a 
 
 safe vessel in which the names and actions of the 
 people who contributed to raise this country from iis 
 primitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly 
 the great and aged men, who in their jjrime entered 
 the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their 
 heritage, are passing to their graves. The number re- 
 maining who can relate the incidents of the first days 
 jf settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an 
 actual necessity exists for the collection and preser- 
 vation of events without delay, before all the early 
 settlers are cut down by the scythe of Time. 
 
 To be forgotten has been tiie great dread of mankind 
 from remotest ages. All will be forgotten soon enough, 
 in spite of their best works and the most e^irnest 
 efforts of their friends to perserve the memory of 
 their lives. The means employed to prevent oblivion 
 and to perpetuate their memory has been in propor- 
 tion to the amount of intelligence they possessed. 
 Th-; pyramids of Kgypt were built to perpetuate the 
 names and deeds of their great rulers. The exhu- 
 mations made by the archeologists of Egypt from 
 buried Memphis indicate a desire of those people 
 
 to perpetuate the memory of their achievements. 
 The erection of the great obelisks were for the same 
 purpose. Coming down to a later period, we find the 
 Greeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu- 
 ments, and carving out statues to chronicle their 
 great achievements and carry them down the ages. 
 It is also evident that the Mound-builders, in piling 
 up their gieat mounds of earth, had but this idea — 
 to leave sornetliing to show that they had lived. All 
 these works, though many of them costly in the ex- 
 treme, give l)ut a faint idea of the lives and charac- 
 ters of those w hose memory they were intended to 
 perpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses of 
 the people that then lived. The great pyramids and 
 some of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosity; 
 the mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum- 
 bling into dust. 
 
 It was left to modern ages to establish an intelli- 
 gent, undecaying, imtiiutable method of perpetuating 
 a full history — immutable in that it is almost un- 
 limited in extent and perpetual in its action; and 
 this is througii tlie art of printing. 
 
 To the present generation, however, we are in- 
 debted for the introduction of the admirable system 
 of local biography. By this system every man, though 
 he has not achieved what the world calls greatness, 
 has the means to perpetuate his life, his history, 
 through the coming ages. 
 
 The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of the 
 physical man is left. The monument wliich his chil- 
 dreii or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme- 
 tery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his 
 life, his achievements, the work he has accomplished, 
 which otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated 
 by a record of this kind. 
 
 To preserve the lineaments of our companions we 
 engiave their portraits, for the same reason we col- 
 lect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we 
 think it necessary, as we speak only truth of them, to 
 wait until they are dead, or until those who know 
 them are gone: to do this we are ashamed only to 
 publish to the world the history of those wh()se lives 
 are unworthy of public record. 
 

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 OL. M I C H A E I, SIIOE- 
 MAKER. It is lion- (1890) 
 fifty-five years since the sub- 
 jet't of tliis sketch, tlien a 
 youth of seventeen years, 
 first came to Michigan. He 
 lias been a resident of .lack- 
 
 S0i!ii}0^. son County for forty-eight _\ears. and 
 •^^^^^^ly is now living in tiie house in wliicli 
 iV/P'^V* he first commenced iiousekcciiing over 
 1^5^^ forty years ago. He is a native of tiic 
 t^^^ township of German Flatts, Herkimer 
 County, N. Y.. where he was born 
 A[)ril 6, 18)8. His father was a 
 farmer, his farm extending from the 
 Mohawk River back into the hills which rise so rap- 
 idly from the valley of that river, and was Lot 17th 
 of the Buructfiehls Patent, of which his great- 
 grandfather, Rudolf Shoemaker, w.as the |)atentee. 
 The ancestors of Col. Shoemaker, except his pater- 
 nal grandmother, were of German descent, and 
 were Protestants from the Lower Palatinate, who 
 w.as obliged to renounce their religion or leave 
 their country, upor. the revocation of the Edict of 
 Nantes by Louis XIV, King of France, in 1()85, 
 and who chose expatri.otion rather than apostasy. 
 
 The ancestors of Col. Shoemaker arrived in New 
 York in 171ii and 1722, and were of the colony of 
 Germans who were induced to purcli.ase land of the 
 Indians on the I'pper Mohawk, as it was then 
 called, and on the outskirts of the while settlements, 
 and e.\puf(Hl to first assaults of the Krench and 
 
 Indians in the earliest wars, and to those of the Brit- 
 ish and Indians in the Revolution. It is a mat- 
 ter of liistory that this section was more frequentlj' 
 invaded, and suffered more loss of life and de- 
 struction of property in these wars than any other 
 in all our broad land. 
 
 Ninety-two jjersonsare named in the grant of land 
 known as the •Tiurnitfield's Patent," one of them, 
 Ruilolf Shoemaker, on the south side of the Mohawk 
 River. Rudolf Shoemaker married Gertrude Her- 
 kimer, a sister of Gen. Nicholas Herkimer, who 
 commandeil the American forces that were march- 
 ing to relieve Kt. Scuyler, then besieged liy the 
 British and Indians under Gen. Barry St. Leger. 
 The army of Gen. Herkimer w.as com|K)sed of 
 volunteers, militia, raised almost entirely among 
 the (Jerinans of the Mohawk A'alley. This force 
 was ambuscaded at Oriskanyon the (Uh of August, 
 1777, and here a severe battle was fought, in which 
 Gen. Herkimer received a wound of which he soon 
 after died. The father of Gen. Herkimer was John 
 Jost Erghcmar, and before it became anglicized 
 w.as spelled Herkhicmer, Herckimer, Harckimer, 
 llarchamcr, Ilarkamare. (.See Doc His. New York.) 
 
 John Jost Shoemaker, son of Rudolf, married 
 Mary Smith, daughter of Robert Smith, a native of 
 Yorkshire, England; their son, Robert .Shoemaker, 
 married Catherine Myers, daughter of .Michael My- 
 ers and Catherine Ilertcr. To Robert Slioemaker 
 and his wife were born ten chiiilren, five sons and 
 five daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch 
 w.as the fifth in number. The ancestors of Col, 
 
188 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Shoemaker were participants in the French, Inrlian 
 and Revolutionary AVars. Of his graudmotlier, 
 Catherine Herter, and her family, history says: 
 "Herter, son of a patentee militia officer, taiien 
 prisoner with his family in tlje Fi-ench and Indian 
 Wars in 1757, and carried to Canada. Mrs. Herter 
 jijave birtli to a dauifhler in a birch canoe, while 
 crossing the St. Lawrence. Tlie family were kept 
 prisoners one year then released, and tiiey returned 
 to the Mohawk Vallej-, where this daughter, named 
 Catherine, married Michael iSIyers." She lived to 
 the good old age of eighty-one years, dying vSep- 
 tember 4, 1839. 
 
 Michael Myers, the maternal grandfather of the 
 subject of this sketch, was one of the most promi- 
 nent and highly res[)ected of the citizens of what 
 was then Western New York. He was the first 
 member of tiie Legislature of New York from that 
 part of the .Slate, and for many years was a mem- 
 ber of the Assembly or Sen.ate of New York. He 
 was also Judge in the courts of that State for a long- 
 time previous to his death, which occurred Feb- 
 ruary 17, 1814, and which was caused b}' tlie break- 
 ing out of a wound received at tlie battle of Johns- 
 town in 1781. 
 
 The name of Col. Slioemaker's German ancestors 
 who first arrived in this countrw was spelled Schu- 
 macher, as given in the Documentary History of 
 New York, and in the memoir of Robert Siioemaker, 
 the father of Col. Shoemaker, in "Benton's Histt/ry 
 of lierkinier Countj'." In the former volumes tlie 
 name, referring to the same persons and families, 
 is spelled in various places first Schumacher, then 
 Schumaker, Sliumaker, Shumacker and Shoemaker. 
 The first thirteen years of the life of Col. Shoemaker 
 were spent on his father's farm, and tiie only advan- 
 t:iges of school he ever received was during this 
 period, at the common school held nearly one mile 
 from his house, with a few months in a select 
 school at Herkimer. To supplement this however, 
 Col. Shoemaker has been during his long life an 
 ominiverous reader, and has accumulated one of 
 the largest and best selected private libraries in the 
 countr}'. He has b)' his extensive reading and re- 
 tentive memory became one of the most thoroughly 
 all-around informed men in the State. 
 
 In his fourteenth year he was placed by ids 
 
 father in a situation to support himself, which he 
 did in Illinois from that time forwanl. In 1835 
 he left the State of New York for Joliet, III., where 
 his brother-in-law. Dr. A. W. Bowen. w.as then liv- 
 ing. Col. Shoemaker spent several years in Joliet, 
 engaged in dealing in real estate, in merchandise, 
 as a member of the firms of A. W. Rowen tt Co., 
 and Matteson tt Shoemaker; he also in connection 
 with Joel A. Matteson, afteward Governor of the 
 State of Illinois, built, under contract with Canal 
 Commissions, several sections of the heavy rock 
 work of the Illinois and ^Michigan Canal. These 
 contracts were payable in money, the State was 
 unable to sell its bonds, on whicli it could not pay 
 the interest, and Matteson it Shoemaker on the com- 
 pletion of their work, were obliged to accept in 
 payment of their final esiimate of over §00,000, 
 Canal Scrip and Illinois State Bonds, worth at 
 that time but eighteen cents on tlie dollar. In Mich- 
 igan, in 1842, Col. Shoemaker, in connection with 
 his brother, Mattiiew Shoemaker, bought the mill 
 property at Michigan Centre, and became a resi- 
 dent of Jackson County. In 184;") he [lurchased 
 the mill interest of his brother, and continued in 
 the milling business for twenty-eight years. The 
 same }'ear, 184.5, he bought the farm he still owns, 
 on the southern boundary line of the city. 
 
 Col. Shoemaker has since making this purchase, 
 devoted a large portion of his time to fanning on 
 quite an extended scale. He was at one time a 
 breeder of both Devon and Durham cattle, and has 
 always paid particular attention to the breeding of 
 horses, of which he lias not failed to raise more or 
 less in number for the past thirty years, and he has 
 a record ot the lu-eeding of every horse raised b_y 
 him during that time. For tlie past thirty -six years 
 he has owned a farm of four hundred and eighty 
 acres or over on the south line of the city, and three 
 hundred or over in, and on the west line of the 
 city. His agricultural pursuits have been more 
 congenial to him, and have given him more pleas- 
 ure, and, he says, less profit than any other except 
 that spent with his books. Col. Shoemaker has 
 been the correspondent for Jackson County of the 
 Department of Agriculture since its formation, and 
 has made monthly reports of the condition of the 
 crops of the county. He has been an active member 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGUAPIH^AL ALBUM. 
 
 is;) 
 
 of the Michigan State Agricultural Society since ils 
 formation, and in 1856 was President of the so- 
 ciety, lie has been connected with the Jackson 
 County Agricultural .Society since ils orsjanization, 
 and was its President in 1855-5G-.57. In 1873 Col. 
 .Shoemaker was appointed a member of the Board 
 of I'uliic Works of the city of Jackson, and served 
 ten years. He was always thought to be one of the 
 most active and influential members of the Board, 
 and took great interest in all improvements in the 
 city. 
 
 In March, 1845, Col. Shoemaker was appointed, 
 by Gov. John .S. Barry, Inspector of tlie State 
 Prison. He was not an applicant for the place, and 
 did not know that his name was used in that con- 
 nection until after the appointment was made. 
 
 In 1847 Col. .Shoemaker received the Democratic 
 nomination for .Senator in the Second Senatorial 
 District. He was elected, was nominated again in 
 1849, and re-elected. The sessions were then 
 annual, and he served five sessions, and until the 
 first under the present Constitution. Though one 
 of the youngest members, he by liis industry and 
 strict attention to his dutj', secured an influential 
 and leading position in the Senate, which lias in 
 cre.osed with every term he has served, and he has 
 been elected three times under the present Consti- 
 tution. In 1851 Col. Shoemaker was elected Presi- 
 dent pni li'iu. of the Senate. Of the .Senate of 
 1848 there are, besi<les our subject, but two mem- 
 bers now living: D. D. .Sinclair, of Adrain; and 
 N. A. Balch. of Kalamazoo. Of that of 1849 all 
 have "joined the majority" except Col. Shoemaker. 
 Hon. I. P. Christiancy and ho are the only members 
 living of the Senate of 185()-.")1. In 1851 our sub- 
 ject was Chairman of the Committee on Incopora- 
 tions, and a member of those on Finance and State 
 Affairs. He was continuously appointed Chairman 
 of the Committee on Incorporations each session 
 thereafter, during his service under the Constiiu- 
 tion of the State. It was at this formative (jcriod 
 one of the most, if not the most important commit- 
 tee of the Senate. Railroads and other corporations 
 were claiming almost omnipotent powers under the 
 charters then existing, and seeking further i)riv- 
 ileges t)v legislation. Mining and other corpora- 
 tions were askins; for charters. Col. .Shoemaker, 
 
 while liberal in piinciples, and willing to grant to 
 corporations all powers necessary for the transac- 
 tion of their busine.ss, yet believed then and still be- 
 lieves that the Stale should retain the full power to 
 regulate and control them, and has alwa3's been 
 consistent in his action, many times against power- 
 ■ fid opposition. At this time the railroads then 
 1 built were not fenced, there were but few if any 
 1 cattle guards, and the companies claimed that un- 
 der tlieir charter they were not obliged to build 
 them, or any of them, and would not do so. That 
 this should he so can at this time hardly be real- 
 ized, but nevertheless it is true. To avoid any 
 questions under the charters. Col. Shoemaker drew 
 up and introduced into the Senate "a bill to pro- 
 vide for police regulations." This bill made it the 
 duty of the railroad companies to fence their roads 
 to build cattle guards at road crossings, and maintain 
 signs at such crossings, suitabij- inscribed to warn 
 tlio public of the danger from approaching trains. 
 Tliis bill twice passed tiie Senate, and was twice, 
 by the iniluence of the representatives of the rail- 
 rf)ad companies, defeated in the House. Col. Shoe- 
 maker tlien said to the railroad officials that the 
 time would come when the companies would do all 
 this voluntarily and for their own protection. At 
 this time it must be remembered that the country 
 was but recently settled, the farmers could only 
 fence the fields in which their crops were growing, 
 and all grazing was done on the unfenced parts 
 which then composed most of the country. In 
 consequence of this state of things man}- cattle and 
 otiier stock were killed on the railroad track, and as 
 the companies refused all compensation there was 
 intense indignation on all the lines of the roads. 
 Tills in many [ilaces caused those who had suffered 
 the loss of stock to interfere with the running of 
 the cars, by placing obstructions on the tracks. 
 This so materially injured the traffic of the Michi- 
 gan Central Railroad that it led to the arrest of 
 several parties in Jackson County, and as lliey could 
 not be convicted of obstructing the railroad, finally- 
 culminated in the great conspiracy case in which 
 citizens of Leoni, innocent of the crime, were con- 
 victed of burning the Michigan Central warehouse 
 in Detroit, and were confined in State prison until 
 pardoned by Gov. Bingham, in 1854. The real 
 
190 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHUJAL ALBUM. 
 
 cause of their arrest was that they were thought Lo j 
 be the persons who placed obstructions on the rail- ' 
 road, because the officials would not pay for slock 
 killed while on the track. All this seems at this : 
 time almost incredible, but it is only a further 
 proof of the importance of so restricting corpora- j 
 tions as to oblige them to respect the rights of in- 
 dividuals. 
 
 The present Constitution of the State of Michigan 
 was adopted while Col. Shoemaker was in the Sen- 
 ate, by which the Legislature was required to 
 divide the State into single Senatorial and represen- 
 tative districts, and it was his good standing and 
 influence that secured for Jackson County two 
 Senatorial districts in the apportionment that was 
 made the last session of the Legislature held under 
 the old Constitution. 
 
 During the session of I8i\) he voted against the 
 repeal of the instructions to the members of Con- 
 gress from Michigan lo vote fur the Wilmot Pro- 
 viso, which had been adopted by a previous 
 Legislature. This repeal was sought to be obtained 
 in the interest of Gen. Lewis Cass, who had been, 
 in 1848, defeated as a candidate for the Presidency, 
 and who was then a candidate for the Senate of the 
 United States, and who wished to have the Demo- 
 cratic party of Michigan in this manner place itself 
 on the prinei|)les set for by him in his Nicholson 
 letter. The instructions were repealed by the cast- 
 ing vote of Lieut. Gov. Fenton, acting as Presi- 
 dent of the Senate. Gen. Cass was at this session 
 (1849) elected to represent IMichigan in the United 
 States Senate. In 184'J Col. Shoemaker was elected, 
 without his knowledge, Supervisor of the township 
 of Leoni, and was Chairman of the Loard at its an- 
 nual session. He was non)inated for the Slate Senate 
 in 1854 and 1858, bnt the District was largely Re- 
 publican at the time and he was defeated. In 187G 
 he was again nominated for the State Senate, and 
 after a most spirited contest was elected by sixty- 
 seven majorit}- over the Hon. Peter B. Loon-is, the 
 Republican nominee. Col. Shoemaker was a mem- 
 ber of the first (1848), and of the last (1877), State 
 Senate that held its session in the old capitol build- 
 ing, the first built at Lansing. He was one of nine 
 Democrats in a Senate of thirty members. His 
 character for industry and integrity was so well 
 
 understood that in a Senate so largely Republican 
 he was pl.aced on four committees, three of them of 
 the most important: Aiipropriation and Finance, 
 Education and Public Schools, and Agricultural 
 Colleges. 
 
 The influence of Col. Shoemaker on the legisla- 
 tion of the session of 1877 was marked, and as will 
 appear upon an examination of the "Journal'' was 
 always on the side of economy in expenditures, and 
 in the interests of the people as opposed to class 
 legislation. Of the measures introduced by him 
 which became laws, two may be mentioned. He 
 was author of the law requiring saloons, and all 
 places where intoxicating drinks were sold, lo be 
 closed on election day; and also of the first law le- 
 galizing the formation of Building or Co-operative 
 Sa\ings Associations. He was not a candidate in 
 1878 or in 1880, and the Democratic candidates in 
 those years were not elected. In 1882 he was 
 again nominated, and elected by a majority of 
 seven hundred and seventy-seven. In the Senate 
 of 1885, at the organization of that body, he was 
 ap|)ointed Chairman of the Committee on Railroads 
 and of Stale Library, and member of the Commit- 
 tees of the Slate House of Correction and Jlilitary 
 Affairs. Four of the most important committees, 
 and giving evidence of the work expected of him, 
 and highly complimentary coming from a Repub- 
 lican presiding officer in a Senate in which that 
 jiarty was largely in the majority; there being but 
 twelve Democrats. This expectation of work was 
 more than realized, as the "Journal" of the Senate 
 abundantly proves. This labor was not confined 
 to the work of th(! committees of whi(;h Col. Shoe- 
 maker was member, but covered the whole field of 
 the Legislature, and that in so sensible and honor- 
 able a manner that there was no Senator who exer- 
 cised a greater influence in determining legislation 
 than did the subject of this sketch. He introduced 
 and secured the passage of a bill to provide for the 
 better ])rotection of human life on railroad trains, 
 I known then as the "Frog Uill." He ni.ade thirty- 
 three reports on the different bills originating with 
 or referred to the Committee on railroads. He 
 ! drew up and introduced the first bill offered in a 
 ! legislative body which asked for the enforcement 
 by law of the principles now enforced by the Inter- 
 
PORTRAIT AND UIO(iRA.PlIlCAL ALBLM. 
 
 191 
 
 State Commerce Law. Tliis of course was conflnetl 
 in its action to tlie State of Micliii^aii, anil was en- 
 titled "A bill to regulate the passenger and frciglit 
 tradic; to provide for a uniform classification of 
 frciglit and maximum freight rates, and to prevent 
 unjust discrimination in charges of loll or compen- 
 sation upon the railroads in this State.'' This hill 
 was strenuously opposed by all the railroad inter- 
 ests in the State, and was more discussed than any 
 other. It W!is finally referred to a select committee, 
 of which the majority was opposed to the bill. The 
 report of the majority and of the minority of this 
 committee, published in the ''Senale Journal,"' are 
 worthy of a careful perusal, showing to what sub- 
 terfuges a majority will resort to avoid an issue it 
 dare not fairly meet. The majority of the commit- 
 tee reported, not against the bill, but in favor of a 
 substitute referring the whole matter to a commis- 
 sion to be apppointed to report to the Legisl.-iture 
 at its uext session. The minority of tiic comniiltcc, 
 Col. Shoemaker, met the issue squarel3' and fairly, 
 slating the justice of the provision of the l»ill and 
 tlie necessity of its enactment. The following is an 
 extract from its leport: "It is not intended to im- 
 pose upon the railroad companies any rules of 
 action but such as are imperatively demanded to 
 prevent unjust discrimination. Could we have more 
 conclusive eviilence tliat reme<lial legislation was 
 called for than has been furnished to this Legisla- 
 ture.- Complaints, with evidence of their truth, 
 come to us from different parts of the State, and no 
 effort has been made to refute or deny them. We 
 have them on the file of our own "Journal." on page 
 751; and we have the most conclusive evidence of 
 them in the numljer of bills introduced into this 
 Legislature for relief from unjust discrimination in 
 freight rates coming from all parts of the State." 
 The piessure from the railroad comiianies was too 
 strong. The substitute was adopted, passed both 
 Houses, and was vetoed by Gov. Begole. Col. 
 Shoemaker also introduced the bill which became a 
 law. taxing railroad car companies, both passen- 
 ger au<l freight, of which there were a large num- 
 ber, witli an immense capital, then as now doing 
 business on the railroads in the State. 
 
 In 18H4 Col. Shoemaker was .again elected to the 
 State Senate, and uiion the organization of that 
 
 bod}' the Democrats voted for him for President 
 pro li'iii. lie was appointed Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee on I'niversity, and a member of the commit- 
 tees of Approprialiou and Finance, IJanks and In- 
 corporations, and .Military Affairs. This session of 
 the Senate was longest in point of time of any i)re- 
 ceding it, and involved the subject of this sketch 
 in more labor than any of which he has been a 
 member. Though not a member of the Railroad 
 Committee, he again introduced a bill to regulate 
 the passenger and freight traffic, to provide for a 
 uniform classification of freights and maxiuuim 
 freight rates, and to prevent unjust discrimination 
 in charges of toll or compensation for the trans- 
 portation of passengers and freights upon the rail- 
 roads in this State. This bill gave rise to more 
 discussion and excited more interest in the Legis- 
 lature and throughout the State than all other 
 measures considered, and so Ihoroughl}' had Col. 
 Shoemaker become i'lentified with it that it was 
 spoken of and (pioted as the '-Shoemaker r>ill." 
 It was strenuously opposed by the railroad inter- 
 ests, and was made the suliject of special meetings 
 of the committees, in which the attornej's of the 
 railroad companies made arguments against its 
 provisions. It was ably su|)ported by its friends 
 in tilt Senate, and passed that body, but was finally 
 killed by the opposition that the railroad compan- 
 ies succeeded in organizing against it. The "Sen- 
 ate Journal" gives evidence of the masterly manner 
 in which Col. Shoemaker advocated the bill, and 
 the necessity there was in the unjust discriminations 
 ill the railroad charges in Michigan, for both pas- 
 sengers and freights, for its passage. 
 
 The session of USSo was noted for the iiian3- im- 
 portant measures, over which there was sli.arp and 
 bitter controversy. The bill making appropriation 
 for the siipi)ort of the University gave rise to a 
 difference of action between the Senate and House, 
 the latter striking out of the Senale bill some of 
 the most imixirlant items. As Chairman of the 
 committee Col. Shoemaker had charge of the bill, 
 and .advocated it in such a manner as to command 
 the unanimous support of the .Senate. As the re- 
 sult of a conference a compromise was seenreil. and 
 the main fealures of the bill became a law. The 
 bill to secure the miiiorilv of stockholdei-s in cor- 
 
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 poiations the power of electing as representative 
 membership in boards of directors, was one of the 
 measures which occupied mucli of the time of the 
 ■senate. 
 
 Col. Shoemaker lias alwaj'S been an active Demo- 
 crat, and in 1858 be served as Chairman of the 
 Democratic State Central Committee, and has been 
 a member of most of the State conventions held 
 since his residence in Michigan. In 1S57 he was 
 appointed Collector of Customs for the District of 
 Detroit, this comprising all tlie lake ports in Michi- 
 gan. He was one of the delegates to the Demo- 
 cratic National Conventions held at St. Louis in 
 187G, and at Chicago in 1884. In 1856 he re- 
 ceived the nomination on the Democratic State 
 ticket as the first President'al Elector at large. 
 
 Soon after becoming a resident of Michigan Col. 
 Shoemaker joined the order of Odd Fellows, and 
 became a member of both lodge and encampment, 
 over both of which he was at an early day elected 
 presiding officer. Soon after the organization of 
 Jackson Lodge. F. & A. Masons, and Jackson 
 Chapter, F. & A. Masons, he became a member of 
 both, and in 1850 was elected High Priest of the 
 Chapter. In 1855-56-57 he was elected Grand 
 High Priest of the State Grand Chapter of the 
 Royal Arch Masons of Michigan. He was one of 
 tiie charter members of Michigan Lodge, No. 40, 
 F. & A. M., was its second Master, and was again 
 elected Master in 1859 and 1860, and was Master 
 of the lodge, when, in 1861, he went with his regi- 
 ment to join the Army of the Cumberland. Col. 
 Shoemaker has always been an active Mason. He 
 was a member of the General Grand Chapter of 
 Royal Arch Masons of tlie United States, which 
 met at Lexington, Ky., in 1852, and of that in 
 Hartford, Conn., in 1856. After his return from 
 the army he was several times appointed on com- 
 mittees in the Grand Lodge, F. & A. Masons, and 
 in 1886 he was elected Grand Master of the Grand 
 Lodge of Michigan. He is also a member of the 
 Council of R. A' S., Masters, of the Commandery 
 of. Knight Templars, and of the order of High 
 Priesthood. 
 
 Col. Shoemaker has been a member of the 
 Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society' since the 
 first year of its formation as the Pioneer Society of 
 
 the State of Michigan, and has since that time been 
 connected wi;h it in an official character as mem- 
 ber and Chairman of the Committee of Historians, 
 Vice President and President. The .Society was 
 organized in 1874. In 1879 Col. Shoemaker was 
 elected President, and since that date has served 
 continuously, and is now serving as Chairman of 
 the Committee of Historians. In connection with 
 the other officers of the Society he has at all times 
 been active in his efforts to secure reliable histor- 
 ical matter connected with the history of Michigan 
 from the earliest French occupation and settlement 
 down through the rule of Great Britain to the pres- 
 ent time. Col. Shoemaker has been verj' earnest 
 and industrions in his efforts to secure an accurate 
 history of the first settlement by the white people 
 of every county in the State, whether by the French, 
 English, or more recently by our own people, even 
 to the present time. In the course of his investi- 
 gations he learned that the Government of Canada 
 w.as mindful of the importance of securing and pre- 
 serving all possible documentary record of its his- 
 tory; had in its Government a branch especially 
 devoted to that purpose, which in addition to the 
 care of the records preserved in Canada, had in its 
 employment correspondents in England and France, 
 who were constantly employed in searching the rec- 
 ords in those two countries, copying and forward- 
 ing to Ottawa all matter found relative to the 
 history of Canada, and of the extensive Indian 
 territory, now a part of the United States, with 
 which it was so intimately connectad before the 
 Revolutionary AVar. Much of this must as a mat- 
 ter of course relate to the settlement and occui)a- 
 tion of Michigan by the French and English, and 
 their i-elations with the Indian tribes then inhabi- 
 tants of the territoi-y. It would also give the 
 English account of the transactions with both 
 whites and Indians during the Wars of the Revo- 
 lution and that of 1812. Determined to secure if 
 possible all matter in the archives in Ottawa relat- 
 ing to the history of Michigan, Col. Shoemaker 
 offered a resolution making an appropriation, and 
 authorizing his committee to take measures to ac- 
 complish this work. 
 
 In 1887 Col. Shoemaker sent his sou, Bowen W. 
 Shoemaker, to Ottawa, and by his efforts the Sq.. 
 
PORTRAIT AND UIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 ciety hfls secured copies of historical papers of 
 inestimable valiio, and wiihoul wliioli no complete 
 hislory of ^licliigan coiilil he compiled. The num- 
 ber, volume and importance of those papers may 
 be inferred from Ihc faet llial their publication 
 runs throinj:li six voliunes of the "I'ioneer and His- 
 torical Collection," which are of about seven hun- 
 dred pages each. The success attending his efforts 
 in 1.S87 induced Col. Shoemaker to send his son to 
 < )tlawa again, fiir the same |)urpose, in 1881). and 
 the result has been even more favorable than in 
 1887. The manuscript received is more volumin- 
 ous tlian tliat obtained i)reviously. and is now in 
 preparation for publication. All the papers re- 
 ceived are copies of ilocuments now on file in the 
 archives of Canada, at Ottawa. Col. Shoemaker 
 was enabled to accomplish tiiis important work 
 through the kindness and active assistance of Mr. 
 Douglass Brymner, archivist of the department in 
 Ottawa, and to the industry in research, and good 
 judgment in selection, of his son. Mr. Bovven W. 
 .Shoemaker. This lias been with Col. Shoemaker a 
 labor of love, and while the time occupied in it has 
 been each year such as to encroach materially upon 
 that which would have been devoted to other pur- 
 suits, it has be(!n given with the most hearty good 
 will, and without compensation. There have been 
 published thirteen volumes, of about seven hun- 
 dred pages each, of the collections of the Society. 
 Two more volumes will be published before the 
 annual meeting of the Society in June, and there 
 is now on hand material for several more. 
 
 Col. Shoemaker was outspoken in his support of 
 the Government during the Rebellion, and of the 
 necessity of prompt and vigorous measures for its 
 sujjpression. In .lunuary, 1862, he accepted the 
 appcjintinont of Colonel of the Thirteenth Regi- 
 ment of .Michigan Infantry, which was then mus- 
 tered into the service at Kalamazoo. Early in 
 Februar}- Col. Shoemakei left Kalamazoo with his 
 regiment, under orders to join the Ami}' of the 
 Cumberland at Louisville, Ky. On arriving there 
 he was ordered to march his regiment to .lefferson- 
 villc, Ind., then cross the Ohio River, and. after 
 being furnished witli transportation, to continue the 
 march toward Nashville. They joined the army 
 March ;3, at Bowling Green, Ky.. and were attached 
 
 to the Fifteenth Brigade, commanded by Col. Milo 
 S. Ilascall, of Indiana, and with the Array of the 
 ('u!nl)erland passed through Nasiiville on the l.Stli, 
 and encamped a short 'listance out of the oily on 
 the Nolansville Pike. On the 2;jth the regiment 
 was transferred to the Twentieth Brigade, com- 
 manded by Col. Charles (i. Harker, an<l March 2!», 
 1862. witli the Army of the Cumberland com- 
 menced its march for Savann;iii. on the Tennessee 
 River, there to join the army commanded by Gen. 
 r. .S. Grant. On the 5th of April Gen. James A. 
 Garfield joined the army, and was assigned to the 
 command of the Twentieth Brigade, superseding 
 Col. Harker. On the morning of the 6lh. soon 
 I after resuming the march, the faint booming of 
 1 heavy guns could be heard by laying the ears on 
 1 the ground, and became more distinct as the army 
 advanced, making it evident to all that a battle 
 was then being fought by the army of Gen. Grsint 
 and the Confederate forces. The latter h.ad evi- 
 dently made an attack with the intention of defeat- 
 ing Gen. (irant before he could be joined by the 
 Army of the Cumberland. After making a full 
 day's march the Division received orders to rest 
 one hour, eat rations, and divested of all baggage, in 
 light marching order, with only guns and ammuni- 
 tion to resume the march. This was done, and in 
 this order the march continued all night along the 
 clay roads of Tennessee, with a steady and lieavy 
 down pour of rain during the entire night, with 
 the continuous booming of the heavj' guns to show 
 tliat the fight was still going on, to cheer the fa- 
 tigued and almost worn out soldier in his struggle 
 through the mud in the intense darkness, which 
 was onl}- relieved at tinies by the vivid Hashes of 
 lightning, which helped to impress the recollection 
 of that night's march on the minds of all who par- 
 ticipated in it. The Twentieth was the rear brigade 
 of the army, and in consequence had the most 
 difficult position, and suffered more from this 
 niglit's march than any others in the Army of the 
 Cumberland. The Thirteenth Regiment was in the 
 night's march, the rear one of the brigade, and dur- 
 ing its entire service it underwent no iiarder trial, 
 and never suffered greater hardship during the war 
 than in this night's march toward the b.attlefield of 
 Shiloii. The regiment had not been in the field a 
 
194 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 sufficient length of time to become habituated to 
 the excessive strain upon their endurance tlie men 
 were called upon to make in this all-day and all- 
 night march in the mud and continuous heavy 
 rain, and many of them never recovered from its 
 effects. 
 
 The brigade reached Savannah on the morning 
 of the 1st. and immediately embarked on a steam- 
 boat for Pittsburgh Landing. The bank of the 
 river at the landing was crowded with fugitives 
 from the armj' in a state of complete dis-organiza- 
 tion, a solid mass, three or four rods deep, up and 
 down the river as far as the eye could reach. Ofli- 
 cers were riding in front of them, endeavoring to 
 bring tliem into some kind of order or formation. 
 As the Twentieth Brigade landed, some of them 
 joined, and with it marched to the front, where the 
 brigade was for some time under the fire of Con- 
 federate batteries, but the battle was practically 
 over, and except as in assisting in following up the 
 retreating Confederates, the Twentieth Brigade did 
 not take part in the battle of Shiloh. From the time 
 of its arrival at .Shiloh the Thirteentli Regiment 
 was constantly at the front, and almost dailj' under 
 fire, as the Union Army was making its slow progress 
 toward Corinth, Miss., the headquarters of the 
 Confederate Army. 
 
 On the ■2d of June 1862, Col. Shoemaker, with 
 his regiment left Corinth, Miss., and moved with 
 the Army of the Cumberland up the valley of the 
 Tennessee River, and was employed during the sum- 
 mer repairing railro.ads and Iniilding bridges, which 
 had been torn up or destroyed by the Confeder- 
 ates. The brigade moved from Moorsville to 
 Stevenson, Ala., on Jul^^ 19, 1862, where the Thir- 
 teenth Regiment, with the other troops, and Capt. 
 Simonson's (Fifth Indiana Regiment) Battery, were 
 placed under command of Col. Shoemaker. The 
 fort at Stevenson was built b}- the forces under 
 tile command of Col. Shoemaker, and the town 
 fortified under his direction. Stevenson was one 
 of the most imijortant stations on the line of the 
 railroad communications south of Nashville, being 
 at the junction of the only north and south and 
 east and west lines then built south of Nash- 
 ville. The fort was completed and occupied, the 
 artillery mounted, and the buildings on every av- 
 
 enue of approach were turned into small fortresses 
 when the retrograde movement of Gen. Buell's 
 army commenced. Tlie latter (xeneral passed 
 through, going north toward Nashville, on the 21st 
 of August. 1862. 
 
 On Sunday morning, August 30, 1862, all the 
 baggage, commissary stores, sick and convalescent 
 soldicis remaining at Stevenson were loaded on the 
 cars, and started on the railroad toward Nashville, 
 Tenn. 
 
 Ahout 8 o'clock A. M., and before the arrival of 
 any trains from Huntsville, Col. Shoemaker was 
 informed t)y some scouts that there was a force of 
 Confederate cavalry making a demonstration on 
 the Boliverand Bridgeport road. He immediately 
 sent out Capt. Sl.ayton, with Companj^ I, and Capt. 
 Simonson with two pieces of artillerj-, to recon- 
 noitre, with directions to check an advance on that 
 road if an^' was attempted, and ascertain the num- 
 ber of the forces of the enemy as nearl}' as possible. 
 Capts. Slay ton and Simonson were both on horse- 
 back, and were accompanied, besides their com- 
 mand, hy some twenty or more mounted men, 
 volunteers, of whom fourteen were of Simonson's 
 battery on artillery horses, and the others, except 
 Licut.-Col. Hunton, otHcers of the Thirteenth Reg- 
 iment. A short distance outside of the picket line 
 and about one mile east of the town, they saw a 
 force of cavalry in a small grove of woods directly 
 on the road. 
 
 Capt. Simonson immediately opened fire on them 
 with his two pieces of artillery. A few shells ex- 
 ploding among them caused their retreat without 
 offering any resistance. They were immediatelj' 
 pursued by the volunteer cavalry, who, charging 
 at full speed through the woods, found that their 
 haste had .almost precipitated them on to a brigade 
 of Confederate infantry, sup)iorted by a battery of 
 artillery and a troop of cavalry, drawn up in order 
 of battle on the open ground and crossing the 
 road. They were in such close proximity that our 
 volunteers were in eminent danger of being sur- 
 rounded and their retreat cut off, but they promptly 
 took in the situation, and before the enemy had 
 time to act, after seeing how small was the force 
 which was so bravely rushing through the woods, 
 the im))romptu cavalry turned, retreated and werQ 
 
PORTRAIT AND p.ior.RAriiirAr, AI-HUM. 
 
 1 o:. 
 
 saved fruni c:ii>liirc \>y llie sjiccil <jl im n iioi>c». 
 They all succeedetl in reaching the ground occu- 
 pied by the artillerj', which again opened (ire on 
 tiie advancing foe, and ciiccked the pursuit. All 
 this was immediately reported to Col. Shoemaker, 
 he dispatched another company of infantry, with 
 orders to hold the position as long as possible, to 
 advise him if more support was necessarj-, and he 
 would send it at once. The road on which they 
 were stationed and defending was that leading di- 
 rectly to the depot, and if the Confederates suc- 
 ceeded in advancing upon it they would prevent 
 the transfer of trains from Iluntsville to the Nash- 
 ville Railroad. After a lively cannonade of an 
 hour the enemj' ceased firing, drew off their forces 
 to the left or south, and Col. Shoemaker had ac- 
 complished his object in forcing them to take a 
 position, in making any further attack most favor- 
 able for the accomplishment of the purpose he had 
 in view. 
 
 The Confederates now approached the fort from 
 the southeast, planting their battcrj' and display- 
 ing their forces in the cleared Gelds in that direc- 
 tion, opened quite a lively flre with their artillerj- 
 on both the fort and tiie town. The two com- 
 panies of infantry and the two pieces of artillery 
 were now ordered to return, and placed inside the 
 fort. They had acted with great gallantry, and 
 rendered service of the utmost value by the te- 
 nacit}' with which they held their position in the 
 face of a force so greatly superior. They had 
 caused the enemy to abandon the direct ro.id to 
 Stevenson, and swerve to the left or south, thereby 
 not only preserving railroad connections from im- 
 mediate danger, but also protecting the line of 
 retreat, which would have been greatly endangered, 
 if not cut off, had the Confederates made good 
 their advance directly upon the town, which, witii 
 the number and composition of their forces, they 
 ought to and might have done. The commander 
 of the enemy did not bring his forces within the 
 range of muskets, but Capt. Simouson kept up a 
 continuous fire on them from his battery in the 
 fort, with goof! effect. They changed the position 
 of their battery several times, and there was at in- 
 tervals a good deal of (.'Onfusion apparent in their 
 ranks. This artillery engagement was general and 
 
 ;i(.Uvc fniin hi o Cloi-k A. .\1. iiulil alioul I o'clock 
 P. M., without any loss as their balls and shells gen- 
 erally passed over the fort. They had the range 
 correcti}', but ilid not well calculate the distance. 
 What loss the eneni}' suffered from the guns of 
 Capt. Simonson is not known, but it must have 
 been quite considerable, or thej' would not have 
 been so wary or so dilatory in their movements. 
 Soon after 3 o'clock the trains came in on the rail- 
 road from Iluntsville with the Tenth Wisconsin 
 Infantry, some refugees, and others fleeing to the 
 North. 
 
 Col. Shoemaker now sent a telegram to lirig.- 
 (Jen. William .Soay Smith, giving him the state of 
 affairs, and telling him that he had no doubt of his 
 ability to hold the place against the force operating 
 against him, if such was the wish of Gen. Buell. 
 
 Iii re|)ly he received the following telegram 
 (No. •>•>)■. 
 
 "Dkciiard. August 31, 1862. 
 Coi.. SiioKMAKK.i! : — Witlulraw in good order, 
 keep your artillery in advance preceded bj- skir- 
 mishers. I'se your artillery whenever you can. if 
 the enemy pursues. No cavalry has been sent. 
 
 William S. Smith, 
 Hrigadier General." 
 In obedience to this order Col. Shoemaker com- 
 menced to withdraw his forces. In advance, in 
 line of march on the retreat were the wagons, all 
 being without loading of any kind. The artillery 
 came next, and the better to conceal the move- 
 ments, one gun of the battery was discharged, then 
 taken from its position in the fort and placed in 
 the line of inarch, then another was discharged and 
 treated in the same manner, and in this way the fire 
 on the Confederates was kept up until everything 
 was in readiness for the inarch, when the last gun 
 was fired, taken from the fort, and the march began 
 about 5 o'clock P. M., the Tiiirlcenlh Uegiment, 
 Michigan Infantry bringing U|) the rear, and being 
 the last regiment of Gen. Buell'sarniy to leave Ala- 
 bain,a. In the meanwhile the enemy had not vent- 
 ured within musket shot, and had been easil3- kept 
 in check by the artillery. The regiment destroyed 
 the first bridge crossed, and continued its march 
 until about 3 o'clock A. M., when it reached An- 
 derson's Station, on the railroad, where it biv- 
 ouacked. The regiment then resumeil its march 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 proceeding to Tantallati, at the foot of the Cain- 
 berland Mountains, wbeie it bivouacked. Seplem- 
 l:>er 2d, the regiment commenced its raarcli up the 
 Cumberland Mountains. The ascent >vas steep, 
 and in places not only diflicnlt but perilous for 
 artillery and wagons, and not at all ijleasanl for 
 officers on horseback or soldiers on foot, but after 
 a toilsome march, the regiment arrived at the sum- 
 mit without accident or loss of any kind. The 
 distance is about ten miles, and the regiment ar- 
 rived at Cowan, at the foot of the mountains on 
 the north side, at 2 o'clock P. BI. The regiment 
 reached TuUahoma after midniglit, having marched 
 from Tantallan in twenty hours, a distance of 
 thirty-six miles, which includeil the crossing of the 
 Cumberland Mountains. After leaving Tullahoma, 
 September 3, the regiment inarched until 1 o'clock 
 A. M., on the 4th, when it halted for two hours 
 for rations and rest; then resuming march and 
 continuing until 2 oclock A. M., on llie oth, when 
 it reached ]Murfreesboro. Here it was allowed to 
 rest until noon, when the army vvas again \n\t in 
 motion on the line of march for Nashville, where 
 it arrived on Saturday, the fith of September, 1 8G2. 
 As an evidence of the incessant manner in which 
 Col. Shoemaker had been occupied, and of the fa- 
 tigue he underwent up to the time of his arrival at 
 Nashville, he had not taken off his clothes from 
 the 28th of August to the 6th of September. 
 After leaving Tantallan his legs commenced swcU- 
 inw, and every day would swell until they tilled his 
 larwe military boots so that it was difficult to draw 
 them, and an impression made in the swelling, as 
 a dent with the finger, would remain for an hour 
 or more. The swelling would subside when he was 
 in a recumbent position, but .as soon as he mounted 
 his horse would again commence, and was alw.ays 
 accompanied with a pricking sensation over tlie en- 
 tire surface, wliieh made the pain almost intolera- 
 ble, but from which on this march there was no 
 escape, and no opportunity to apjily any remedy. 
 Suro-eon Ewing expressed himself quite apprehen- 
 sive of the effect of the condition of his liml)S, and 
 that if he continued to ride on horseback there was 
 areat danger that from dropsy or erysipelas, his 
 leo-s would become permanently diseased, when 
 with rest and prompt medieal treatment he would 
 
 soon recover. He insisted on presenting his con- 
 dition to Gen. Buell, who granted him a leave of 
 absence for thirty days, and Col. Shoemaker left 
 Nashville Sund.ay night, of the day of his arrival, 
 by stiige for Franklin, Ky., for home, which how- 
 ever lie was onl}' destined to reach after a series 
 of adventures, and b}' way of Richmond, Ya., and 
 Libby Prison. Near Tyree Springs the stage was 
 surrounded by guerrillas, Col. Shoemaker was 
 captured .and taken to the headquarters of Gens. 
 Bragg and Hardee, near Carthage, on the Cumber- 
 land River, from there to Knoxville, Richmond, 
 and home after a short sojourn in Libby Prison. 
 Col. Shoemaker was exchanged and joined his reg- 
 iment in Kentucky within two months of the lime 
 of his capture. 
 
 Among the engagements in which he partici- 
 pated were the battles of Owl Creek, and the siege 
 of Corinth, iSIiss., Shiloh, Farmington and Steven- 
 son, Ala., and (iallatin, Mill Creek, LaVergne. 
 .Stewart's Creek and Stone River or IMiirfreesboro. 
 Tenn. In the last-named battles, the Thirteenth 
 Michig:in. under command of Col. Shoem.aker, par- 
 ticularly' distinguished itself. On the afternoon of 
 December 31, when one-third of the entire reui. 
 were either killed or wounded, it in.t only inniii- 
 tained its position after the other regiments of the 
 brigade and battery h.ad retreated from the lielil 
 but also drove the Confederate forces, largely su- 
 perior ill number to Col. Shoemaker's command 
 from the ground, recaptured two pieces of cannon 
 left by the battery in its retreat, and made sixty- 
 eight [irisoneis. It is claimed by the Colonel that 
 this act of his regiment saved the d.ay for the Fed- 
 eral troops, for all that time there was no other or- 
 ganized force to prevent the enemy from cutting 
 off the supplies and hospitals, and attacking the 
 L'nion army in tlank and rear. The regiment was 
 under fire during almost every moment of d-a^light 
 from the time Monda}- afternoon when it crossed 
 Stone River until the following Saturday night. 
 Speaking of the action of the 31st of December. 
 Capt. Cullen ]?ra(lley, commanding the Sixth Ohio 
 Light Battery, says in his official report: -T retired 
 iny battery and took up a [)osition five hundred 
 rods in the rear, and again opened fire on the en- 
 eni}', witli case and canister, who were advanced in 
 
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 force. Aftor :iii eiigajfeiiitnl of live minutes I was 
 conipellcil to retire my battery .ami to abandon two 
 pieces of the battery, one of wliicli I spiked, and 
 sustaininji a loss of one man killed, two wounded 
 and one man missing; also eight horses killed and 
 three wounded. About this time Col. Shoemaker 
 charged the enemy with the Thirteenth Michigan, 
 driving them off the field and recovering the guns, 
 and for which Col. Shoemaker should receive full 
 credit." Col. Ilarker, who commanded the brigade 
 of which tiie 'I'hirleenth Michigan regiment formed 
 a i)art, in iiis odicial report of this engagement 
 after stating the manner in which the other regi- 
 ments of the brigade and the battery were repelled 
 and two of the cannons captured says: "The Thir- 
 teenth Miciiigan fired upon the enemy with telling 
 effect, and having caused their ranks to waver, fol- 
 lowed upon this advantage, supported by the F'ifly- 
 first Illinois, .vhieh had come to their relief, and 
 comijletely routed the enemy. The Thirteenth 
 Michigan retook the two pieces of artillery aban- 
 doned by tiie battery, and captured sixty-eight 
 prisoner.^, while the comparative loss of the left 
 wing, of which the Thirteenth .Michigan formed a 
 part, w.as 21.1 per cent, or nearly one-fourth of the 
 whole. The greater per cent, of loss however was 
 sustained by the gallant Thirteenth Michigan, they 
 loosing ."iO:,' per cent. After the close of the fight, 
 on Sunday morning, at roll call every man of the 
 regiment was accounted for; there was not one 
 missing. All who h.ad left Nashville were present, 
 dead or wounded and in the hospital." There were 
 but few, if an}', regiments m the whole army with 
 so clean a record. During the time th.at Col. 
 Shoemaker had command of the Thirteenth Regi- 
 ment, it marched three times across Kentucky, 
 twice .across Tennessee into Mississippi, at Corinth, 
 and once across Alabama. 
 
 In 1868 Col. Shoemaker was elected President 
 of the Young Men's Associ.".tion of Jackson, and 
 re-elected in 1873. It was mainly through his 
 efforts, during the first term of his Presidency, 
 tiiat the excellent libiary of the Association was 
 established. He has from his earliest years been a 
 close student, and has through many years ac- 
 quired a line library, probably the largest f.rivate 
 one ill .lacksoii Countj'. 
 
 He W!»s raarricil .luly 18, 18.J0, at .Macacheck, 
 Ohio, to Miss Juliet I'ialt, daughter of J. Wykoff 
 Piatt, of Cincinnati, Ohio. She died September 
 27, 18.'>4. On the 2.')tli of August 1857, at Peiin 
 Van, X. v.. Col. Shoemaker was married to Sarah 
 Wisner, daughter of Henry P. Wisner, Esq. They 
 have three eliildren living, one son and two daugh- 
 ters, of a family of nine children liorn to them. 
 Col. Shoemaker has always been and still is an ac- 
 tive business man. He oi^'ned and operated the 
 mills of Michigan Centre for about thirty years. 
 He has been an active farmer over forty 3'ears, and 
 now owns two large farms in, and immediately .ad- 
 joining the city of Jackson. He has also, for 
 twenty-four years, owned and operated oil wells 
 near Pntrolia, Canada, where he now owns valuable 
 property. 
 
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 JULIUS II. CHURCH, who is numbered 
 among the progressive farmers of Llackman 
 Township, has been a life-long resident there, 
 ^___^ having been born in that township, August 
 24, 1851. He received a good common-school edu- 
 cation, and has been engaged in farming durino- 
 all the years of his natural life. He owns fort}*- 
 tliree acres on section 17, on which a good and 
 complete line of buildings have been erected, and 
 such other improvements made as are expected of 
 a progressive and enterprising agriculturist. 
 
 The father of our suliject was Chancy K. Ciiurch. 
 who was born in Genesee County, N. V., and his 
 mother was Eliza Ann Park, a native of .South- 
 bridge, Mass. Their first settlement after marriage 
 was in Sandstone Townshi|), this county, where 
 the}' lived about a twelvemonth, after which they 
 resided in different parts of Jackson and W.ashte- 
 naw Counties. The father is deceased and the 
 mother yet survives. The parental family com- 
 prised two sons — Jason and Julius II. 
 
 At the home of the bride in Jackson. November 
 13, 1884, the gentleman whose name initiates this 
 sketch was united in marriage with Miss Clara 
 Hrelsford. She is the daughter of Thomas and 
 Lydia (.Mann) lirelsford. the latter of whom died 
 ill .1.11-ksuii in IS.S7. Mrs. (Jhiirch w;is liorn in 
 
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 Jonesboro, Graiit County, Ind., December 23, 
 1860, .and is an educated and cultured lad^'. Her 
 happy union with our subject has resulted in the 
 birth of one child, Gracie E. 
 
 In the spring of 1885, Mr. Church was elected 
 Supervisor of Blackman Township, and served in 
 that position one term. He has held the office of 
 Township Treasurer two terms, of Highway Com- 
 missioner one term, and of Scliool Inspector one 
 term. As an incumbent of public offices he dis- 
 plays an honorable and intelligent zeal in behalf of 
 the interests of his constituents, and gains the 
 approval of all who desire a clean conduct of pub- 
 lic affairs. He belongs to the Republican party, 
 and is quite active in political affairs. He .and his 
 wife are members of the Patrons of Industry, and 
 are respected members of the First Congregational 
 Church of Jackson. 
 
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 ,^^ALMON Z. CRAWFORD. Among the 
 men of .Taekson County, a higli r.ink 
 held b^' the above-named gentleman, who 
 occupies a beautiful home on section 19, 
 Blackman Township. His estate comprises four 
 hundred and five acres of the most thoroughly 
 cultivated land, and upon it has been erected one 
 of the best set of farm buildings in the townsliip, 
 including ever\r necessary and convenient structure 
 for the carrying on of the work of the farm and 
 the storing of crops and care of stock. The resi- 
 dence is a fine specirflen of rural architecture, and 
 in its internal arrangements gives evidence of the 
 refinement of its inmates and their desire to spend 
 their means in rational pleasures, wise recreations, 
 and the enjoyment of means of culture, as well as 
 in the companionship of tlieir chosen friends and in 
 assisting in the advancement of civilization in their 
 vicinity. 
 
 The late Zebali Crawford, the father of our sub 
 ject, was born in Steuben County, N. Y., in which 
 he made his home after liis marriage to Miss Ase- 
 nath A. Crouch, who was also a native of the Em- 
 pire State. Thence they came to Jackson County, 
 Mich., in 1836, settling in Sandstone Township, 
 where they lived during a lengthy period, and 
 
 whence they removed to Jackson, in which city 
 Mr. Crawford died, in 1876. His widow survived 
 until tiie fall of 1888, when, in Sandstone Town- 
 ship, she closed her eyes to earthly things. Mr. 
 Crawford had held various offices, and had taken a 
 deep interest in local affairs, meriting and receiv- 
 ing the good will of his associates, by whom his 
 wife also was well esteemed. Their family com- 
 prised seven children, of whom their son, 8. Z., is 
 the fourtli. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this sketch was born in Steuben Count3'. N. Y., 
 October 26, 1834, and was still an infant when liis 
 parents came to Michigan. He grew to manliood 
 in Sandstone Township, this county, remaining 
 with his father until the summer of 1865, when he 
 became a Benedict and settled on section 18, Black- 
 man Township. He afterward changed his loca- 
 tion to section 19, where he has since resided, 
 continuing the agricultural work in which he lias 
 been engaged since youth, and which his zeal, 
 good management and industry have made so pro- 
 fitable. 
 
 In Miss Catherine Jackson, a native of Clarence, 
 Erie County, N. Y., Mr. Crawford found united 
 tiie qualities of mind, traits of character, and ac- 
 quirements which he most .admired in womankind, 
 and to her, after a successful wooing, he was mar- 
 ried in Jackson, July 27, 1865. Mrs. Crawford is 
 a daughter of the late Rudolph D. Jackson and his 
 wife, Anna Mead, who were natives of Erie 
 County, N. Y., and tlie parents of four children, of 
 whom she is the eldest. Her mother died in her 
 native county in 1847, and her father afterward 
 married Miss Delina Ferguson, coming to Jackson 
 County, Mich., about 1852, and settling on section 
 17, Blackman Township. There Mr. Jackson died, 
 in November, 1882, his widow surviving in that 
 township. The natal day of Mrs. Crawford was 
 May 21, 1839. She has borne her husband two 
 children — W.a3-ne S. and Burr J., who have lieen 
 given every advantage which the love of their par- 
 ents and their abundant means could secure for 
 their improvement and culture, and the result has 
 been highly satisfactory^ to parental affection and 
 pride. 
 
 Mr. Crawford has ever manifested his interest in 
 
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 the affairs of the township, as becomes a (lublic- 
 spiriterl citizen and a man of intelligence, and Ims 
 eontriltuted liis full sliare toward the cause of eilii- 
 eation and other worthy' enterprises which tend to 
 advance the i)rosperity and civilization of the com 
 nuinily. In politics he is a firm believer in the 
 principles of the Republican i)arty, which he there- 
 fore conscientiously supports. He is widely and 
 favorably known, not only among the class to 
 which he belongs and to which he is an honor, but 
 throughout the county and beyonil its limits he is 
 recognized as a man of worth as a citizen, of honor 
 as an individual, and iiilluential in the upbuilding 
 of the communit V. 
 
 jp:^ AMUEL O. KNAPI'. The almost i)henom- 
 
 ^^^ enal growth and development of Jackson 
 
 111// D) County is due entirely to the men who 
 
 came here during its early settlement and 
 
 who possessed the undaunted energ}-, the tireless 
 
 industry and the perseverance necessary to success. 
 
 Not only did they build up their own fortunes, but 
 
 at the same time laboring here and investing their 
 
 capital likewise, tliey thus brought to this section 
 
 of country that which has made it what it is to-day. 
 
 The subject of this notice, late one of the most 
 
 prominent and prosperous citizens of Jackson, oe- 
 
 cupieil no sccondarj' position among its leading 
 
 men. The main points in a history of more than 
 
 ordinary interest are as follows: 
 
 A native of Royalton, Vt., the subject of this 
 notice was born April 21, 1816, and was a son of 
 Nathan and Mary (Grinnell) Knapp, who were 
 both representatives of substantial old New England 
 families. The earlj- education of Samuel (). was 
 obtained at the common schools. At the early age 
 of ten years he was apprenticed to the trade of 
 wool manufacturing in tlie mills owned by ex- 
 Governor Charles Paj-ne of Vermont. II is serv- 
 ice at that place extended over a period of sixteen 
 years, and the habits of industry, thrift and self- 
 control there acquired characterized the whole of his 
 subsequent life. Finally, his health failing, he left 
 the mills and ke|)t a public house for about two 
 
 j'cars. In 1844 he came to Michigan, bringing 
 w'ith him letters from prominent citizens of Ver- 
 mont, testifying to his skill as a workman and his 
 worth and integrity as a man. 
 
 Mr. Knapp introduced the manufacture of woolen 
 goods as a branch of industry into the State Prison 
 at Jackson, which was the means of a large revenue 
 to the .State. In 1847 he became interested in the 
 copper mines on Lake Superior, in fact was one of 
 the first to discover tiie presence of this valuable 
 ore in that vicinity, and he later was connected 
 with the practical workings of the mines. In 1848, 
 as agent of the Minnesota mine, he m.ade a valu.i- 
 ble report of the geologj- and topography of the 
 Lake Superior region. He prosecuted liis work of 
 exi)loration so successfully as to obtain from the 
 mine eleven tons of copper ore before his company 
 was fairly ready for work. The development of 
 the coi)per interests owes much to Mr. Knapp's en- 
 ergy and practical knowledge. He was the first to 
 discover on Lake Superior the traces of ancient 
 copper-mining which have so much interested the 
 students of archeology and mineraiog3-, and his 
 agencj' inHhis and in other things [iert.aining to the 
 copper interests is mentioned in the reports of 
 Foster & Whitney, United States Geologists, in 
 185(1. We append the following from a local pa- 
 per in regard to the scientific researches of Mr. 
 Knai)p, wiiich will prove interesting to the public: 
 
 "At the meeting of the Tuesda}- Club, January 
 11, man}' interesting facts concerning the discov- 
 eries of antiquities in the Lake 8ui)eriur region by 
 our deceased fellow-townsman, S. O. Knapp, were 
 recalled by Miss Mary Camp, and as it seemed a 
 surprise to many that we should have had so emi- 
 nent a geologist and discoverer in our midst, it 
 m.iy prove of interest to others to know of the 
 tribute paid to this modest man by celebrated 
 authors: 
 
 "Daniel Wilson, L. L. D., in his work, 'Prehis- 
 toric Men,' says, 'Attention was first directed to 
 traces of ancient mining operations by Mr. 8. O. 
 Knapp, Agent of the Minnesota Mining Company, 
 in 1847. Following up tlic indications of a contin- 
 uous depression in the soil he came at length to a 
 cavern where he found several porcu[)ineshad fixed 
 their <iuarters for hibernation, but detecting evi- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 dences of artificial excavation, he procecfled to clean 
 out the accumulated soil and not only exposed to 
 view a vein of copper but found in the rubbish 
 numerous stone mauls and hammers of the ancient 
 workmen. 
 
 "Subsequent observations brought to light ex- 
 cavations of great extent, frequently from twenty- 
 five to thirty feet deep and scattered over an area 
 of several miles. The rubbish taken from these is 
 piled up in mounds along the side, while the 
 trenches have been gradually refilled with soil and 
 decayed matter, gathered thiough the long centu- 
 ries since their desertion, and over all the giants of 
 tlie forest had grown, withered and fallen to decay. 
 Mr. Knapp counted three hundred and ninety-five 
 annular rings in a hemlock tree which grew in one 
 iif the mounds of earth thrown out of an ancient 
 mine. 
 
 "Marquis DeNadaillac in ' Pre-liistoric America' 
 says, Knapp, who was the first to direct these exca- 
 vations, took out from three mines ten cart loads 
 of stone implements of all kinds. In an unusualli' 
 deep excavation a quite primitive lad.der was found, 
 consisting of the trunk of a young tree with the 
 Ijranches cut at equal distances to serve as rungs. 
 In other places siiovels, levers and dippers of cedar 
 wood were discovered, preserved from destruction 
 by the water in which they were soaked. Every- 
 where copper implements were found, side by side 
 with stone, mostly bearing marks of long service. 
 One mallet weighed more than twenty jjonnds. Like 
 all llie other copper ol)jects, it liad been made by 
 hammering unlieated. 
 
 "John T. Short in ' >s'orth Americans of Antiq- 
 uity' refers to tlie same facts and gives Mr. Knapp 
 the credit of discover}'. 
 
 " In Sir .Tohn Lubbock's ' Prehistoric Times' 
 the same facts are mentioned, giving Mr. Knapp 
 the credit of discovery; the 'Mound P.uilders', by 
 INIcLean; and 'Baldwin's Ancient America.' 
 
 " In all of these works Mr. Knapp is personally 
 mentioned, and if in one small private library he 
 is credited by eight different authois, may his rep- 
 utation as authority on ancient mines and mound 
 builders be not still more extended.''" 
 
 Some years ago Mr. Knapp laid out Knapp's ad- 
 dition to the eitv of Jackson. lliis lying east from his 
 
 beautiful residence to Grand River. Most of it is 
 now built up with elegant and handsome homes. The 
 addition forms one of the choice residence portions 
 of the cit3', and in connection with it the name of 
 Samuel O. Knapp will ever be mentioned, together 
 with the history of Jackson, so long as the city 
 shall exist. We make the following extract from 
 a paper published in regard to Bay View: 
 
 " A few 3'ears ago Mr. S. 0. Knapp of Jackson, 
 together with his wife, traveled northward in search 
 of health. They found it at Petoskey and made up 
 their minds to buy some land a little north of that 
 place and build a summer residence. On their return 
 home Mr. Knapp, who was a leading Methodist, 
 told some of his brethren of his discovery and they 
 at once said that was the place they wanted for a 
 State Camp Meeting ground." The subsequent 
 success and prominence which has attached to Bay 
 \'iew, which now has a national reputation, has 
 fully justified the judgment of Mr. and Mrs. Knapp, 
 together with others of their Methodist brethren, 
 in selecting that beautiful and healthful haven 
 wherein to worship at the shrine of their religion. 
 
 Samuel O. Knapp was married, at Northfield, 
 Vt., August 19, 1838, to Miss Sarah, daughter of 
 Allen and H. Dodge Balch. This lady was born 
 May 16, 1818. in Unity, N. JL, but completed her 
 education in Northrteld, Vt. Of this union there 
 were born no children. The Knapp family resi- 
 dence, which was erected in 1851, stands on a rise 
 of ground and with its ornamental trees and other 
 appurtenances forms one of the handsome homes 
 of Jackson. 
 
 The means whicli were accumulated by Mr. 
 Knai)p, and which aflforded him ample competence, 
 were gained solely' in legitimate business enter- 
 prises. He never held olHce for profit but filled 
 many local positions of trust and responsibility, 
 lie was a member of the committee which framed 
 the first charter of the city of Jackson, was Presi- 
 dent of the School Board for a number of years 
 and a member of the Board of Public Works. For 
 six years, from 1868 to 1874, he was a member of 
 the State Board of Agriculture, and he was Chair- 
 man of the Building Committee during the con- 
 struction of the building of the State Agricultural 
 College of Lansing. He gave special attention to 
 
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 liorticultiiii', on which suliji-ri ik- «;is irii.nncd jis 
 authority. An active nieinber of tbe State Pomu- 
 logical Societi', lie was once electetl its President, 
 but on account of iiis many other interests tlinniiht 
 best to decline the honor. 
 
 From ft youth of sixteen years until Ids deatli 
 Mr. Knapp was a consistent member of the Meth- 
 odist E|)iscopal Church. In politics he was a stanch 
 Republican. A self-made Michigan man, stal)le in 
 principle and of the highest moral character, his 
 well-known honesty and integrity constituted him 
 a safe repository of both public and private trusts. 
 After a well-si)cnt life he laid down the armor and 
 passed to his rest at his home in Jackson, January 
 6, 1883. 
 
 His ])ortrait, as well as that of his csliinal)le wife, 
 m.ay be found elsewhere in this volume. 
 
 ;K()ROE W. DEMING. Owning and oc- 
 cupying a well tilled farm of thirty-two acres 
 JA\ on section 24,I}|.ackman Township, Mr. I )cni- 
 ing finds time for mucii work in behalf of religion 
 and morality, wisely tiiiiiking that an accumulation 
 of a huge amount of this world's goods will not 
 prove satisfactory to him if gained at the ex- 
 pense of mental and spiritual growth. He .and his 
 wife are members of the Free Will Baptist Ciiurcli 
 and active in the work of the society, particularly 
 among the young. The reputation which they bear 
 is a most excellent one, combining a good rc])ute in 
 moral character, with that of enteri)risc and indus- 
 try in financial and household affairs. 
 
 The gentleman wilii whose name we introduce 
 this sketch is the second of four children, born to the 
 late Benjamin Deming and his wife Elizabeth Sayles. 
 The parents were natives of New York and Penn- 
 sylvania respectively, and from the former State 
 removed to Michigan about the year 186!l, settling 
 in Waterloo Township, this county, where the father 
 died in 1884. 
 
 The birthplace of G. W. Deming, w-is Chemung 
 County, N. Y. and his naial day December 14, 1852. 
 He came to this county with his parents, with whom 
 he reniaiue<l until about 187.'>. when he went to Isa- 
 
 bella t Oiinty. finding eiiiplijynient on a farm and 
 in the woods, and remaining there throe and a half 
 years. He then returned to Jackson County, and 
 until March, 188C, lived in Wale.loo Township, at 
 that dale locating on the farm which he now occu- 
 pies and where he is conducting successfully his 
 agricultural work and enjoying the comforts of his 
 pleasant home. 
 
 At the home of the bride in Isabella County, 
 Mi(;h., Mr. Deming was united in marriage with 
 Miss Cora W'elbnan who bore him one child — Flora. 
 The little one was removed by death when four 
 years old, and the wife and mother breathed her 
 last in Waterloo Township in November, 1878. 
 After having remained a widower until March 2, 
 188G, Mr. Deming was again married, the ceremony' 
 being celebr.Ued in Jackson, Mich., and the bride 
 being Mrs. Minnie (Kohn) Hurd. The bride was 
 born in Germany, November 17. 1852, to John 
 and Elizabeth Kohn, of that Empire, in which the 
 mother died. Mr. Kohn came to America and is 
 now living in Blackmail Township, this county. 
 Samuel Hurd, the lir.-st husband of Mrs. Deming, 
 died in the city of Jackson, October 18, 1884, anci 
 in that city his widow continued to reside until 
 her marriage to our subject. 
 
 ■^S^RASTUS H. DEMING, a prominent citizen 
 ~» of Norvell Township, took up his residence 
 ,, -> in 1882, on section 35, purchasing oiic hun- 
 dred and twenty-four acres of good land with 
 modern improvements. His farm overlooks Wam- 
 pus Lake, a popular resort for the people bcth of 
 this and Lenawee Counties, and which, it is liardl3' 
 necessary tosa3', forms a very pleasant and romantic 
 spot, and one of the most attractive of country 
 homesteads. 
 
 The progenitors of Mr. Deming settled at an 
 early date in Litchfield, Conn., where his paternal 
 graiulfather. Daniel Deming, was born and where 
 he learned the tr.idc of a tanner, currier and shoe- 
 maker. He spent his entire life near the place of 
 his birth. <lying: when quite aged. His father was 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 an Englishman, one of lliree brotbers wlio crossed 
 the Atlantic and settled in Connecticut. He mar- 
 ried a lad3' wjiose first name was Cynthia, and who 
 is supposed to have come from an old New Eng- 
 land family. She with her husband also lived 
 until well advanced in years. 
 
 To Daniel Demiug and his wife thore was born 
 a large family of children, of whom the late Hon. 
 Daniel II. Deming, the father of our subject, was 
 one of the youngest. He likewise was born in 
 Litchfield, Conn., September 25, 1804. He com- 
 pleted his education at Sharon, and in 1829, leav- 
 ing the place of his birth, repaired to roughkeepsie, 
 N. Y., where for two years he was engaged as 
 clerk in an hotel. Later, emigrating to Canandai- 
 gua, Ontario County, he was employed as clerk for 
 a stage line. In the spring of 1834 he resolved to 
 cast his lot with the pioneers of Michigan Terri 
 tory, and coming to Lenawee County, secured a 
 tract of Government land on what is now section 
 2G, Dover Township. The lake in that vicinity, 
 near which he had settled, was named after him. 
 He opened up a farm from the wilderness, making 
 good improvements, and kept bachelor's hall for 
 several years. Finally perceiving that two heads 
 were better than one, he was married to ]\Iiss Jlary 
 r.ailey, a native of his own State, and who was 
 liorn near Rome, Oneida County. Siie came to 
 Michigan with her parents, Samuel and Sally Bai- 
 ley-, late in the '30s. 
 
 After their marriage Daniel Deming and his 
 wife labored industriously early and l.ate for many 
 years, and took great pride in Iniilding up a nice 
 homestead. The father of our subject departed 
 this life April 7, 1S71. He was one of the most 
 prominent men of Lenawee County, where he had 
 t.aken a very active part in the growth and de- 
 velopment of the country. He was a reader and a 
 lliinker, became familiar with common law, and 
 was a man whose judgment was deferred to in 
 many important matters among his neighbors. He 
 served as a delegate to the Constitutional Conven- 
 tion of 1846, and was finally elected to the Legis- 
 lature, being on the committee which located the 
 Stale Capital at Lansing, and he was present at the 
 first session of the Legislature held there, in 1849. 
 
 The Hon. Daniel Deming, in IS'fO, was nomi- j 
 
 nated for State Senator by the Democratic party, 
 which he had always served, and was only defeated 
 by sixteen votes, and this was due to the ambition 
 of a local politician who had " bolted " his party. 
 
 He was for some years President of the I^enawee 
 Count}' Agricultural Society, and represented Do- 
 ver Township many years in the County Board of 
 Supervisors. He was also Justice of the Peace and 
 had served as a delegate to the various conventions 
 of his party upon different occasions. He served 
 a number of times on tlie United States and Grand 
 .Juries, and was in all re.jjjects'a prominent and use- 
 ful member of the community. Mrs. Deming is 
 still living, and makes her home with her daughter, 
 Mrs. McMath, in Dover Townshi|), Lenawee County. 
 Although seventy-three j'ears old, she is active and 
 intelligent, and can tell many an interesting tale of 
 bygone days. 
 
 There were born to the parents of our subject 
 three children, Erastus H. being the eldest. His 
 sister, Julia A., already spoken of, is the wife of 
 Fleming McMath, Jr , a farmer of Dover Town- 
 ship, Lenawee County. The other sister, Harriet 
 A., is the wife of Edwin Nicholas, a merchant of 
 Palmyra. Erastus H. spent his boyhood and youth 
 amid the quiet pursuits of farm life in Dover and 
 Rome Townships, Lenawee County, in the former 
 of which he had been born, August 18, 1842. He 
 w.as sixteen years old when his father removed to 
 Rome Township. He there learned the carpenter's 
 trade, to which he applied himself about five j'ears. 
 Ons year of this time he was employed in the car 
 shops of the Chicago & Alton Railroad, at Bloom- 
 ington, 111. 
 
 Mr. Deming was married in Madison Township, 
 Lenawee County, October 6, 1870, to Miss Nancj' 
 A. Schriver. This lady was born there April 14, 
 1845, and is the daughter of Hiram and Marj' 
 (Green) Schriver, who were natives of Palmyra, 
 N. Y. The}' came to Michigan with their respect- 
 ive parents in their youth, and were married in 
 Madison Township, where they began their wedded 
 life as pioneer son a tract of wild land. Mr. Schri- 
 ver only lived two years after his marriage, dying 
 in 1847. lie was a caljinet-makcr by trade, honest, 
 industrious, and a good man in the broadest sense 
 of the term. He had put up a small house on his land. 
 
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 which his widow occupied for a lime and until her 
 marriage to James Ivoson, who is also now de- 
 ceased. Mrs. Iveson makes her iiome wilii her 
 daiigiiter, Mrs. Deming. 
 
 To the parents of Mrs. Doming there were liorn 
 two children. Her sister Emil}- is now the wife of 
 Levi Howard, a farmer of Rome Townsliip, Lena- 
 wee County. Mrs. Doming remainc.I with her 
 mother until her marriage, receiving her educa- 
 tion in the common school and being trained to 
 habits of industry and economy. The two chil- 
 dren living, born to her and our suljject, are Kalpli 
 E. and Ethel B., both at home with their parents. 
 One child, a daughter, Belle, died at the age of 
 eleven j-ears and six months. Mr. Deniing is a 
 stanch Democrat, politically, and has served as 
 Township Trustee. 
 
 EDWARD DERBYSIIHIE. Jackson County 
 is indebted to the lands across the sea for 
 ' man}' of her most energetic, intelligent, 
 
 and trustworthy citizens. The gentleman above 
 nimed is a fine representative of thiscl.iss in nature 
 and national characteristics, altiiough from early 
 youth he has lived in the United States and his 
 training is almost wholly that of an American citi- 
 zen. He is the owner and occupant of a fertile 
 farm on section 6, Blackraan Township, marked 
 with excellent improvements, including all needful 
 buildings for the housing of crojis and slock, nnd a 
 dwelling suited to the needs of the family. 
 
 The [larents of our subject wore John and .Mary 
 (Taylor) Derbyshire, who were born in Lancashire, 
 England, were there married and lived until 1847, 
 when the}' emigrated to America. They lirst set- 
 tled in Kindorhook, X. Y., residing there five years 
 and thence coming to Miciiigan in 1852. They 
 settled in what is now IJlackman Township, this 
 county, where the father died a year later. They 
 had but one child, who was born in Buiy. I-anci- 
 shire. England, December .3, 1833, and until his 
 thirteenth year was the recipient of the advantages 
 of liis native land. 
 
 Edward Derbyshire accoiupanicl his parents to 
 
 America, continuing the acquirement of useful 
 knowledge and habits in Columbia County, N. Y., 
 until the time when the family took up their resi- 
 dence here. Farming has been his life business, 
 and Blackinan Township has been his home from 
 1852 to the present <lay, with the exception of three 
 years which he spent in California. His farm com- 
 prises eighty broad acres, in the cultivation of 
 which he linds both pleasure and i)rorit. and where 
 111 is pursuing the even tenor of his way accom- 
 panied by the good will of many friends. 
 
 In Jackson the interesting ceremony was per- 
 formed which transformed JL'ss Frelovc S. Eldred 
 into Mrs. Edward Derbyshire. The bride was born 
 in Barry. Orleans County, N. Y., May 3, 18-JO, to 
 Horace L. and Hannah (Hall) EldrcfL and grew to 
 womanhood possessed of such acquirements of mind 
 and heart .as rejoiced her friends, and caused her 
 death, which occurred December 7, 1887. to be 
 deeply regretted not only within her own sorrow- 
 ing household but far beyond her home. Her 
 parents removed from New York to Michigan in 
 1854 and lived for a year in Blackman Township, 
 this county. They then settled in Rives Town- 
 ship.where the mother died about the }'ear 1856 and 
 I where the father is still living. To our subject and 
 his estimable wife six children were born, of whom 
 the eldest, John IL, the fourth. Cora E. aud the 
 youngest, Jerome F., are now living. Charles E. 
 died whcTi nine years old ; .Mary H. in the fall of 
 1885; and \V. Ervin in childhood. 
 
 Mr. Derbyshire served as Constable one year 
 and was elected to the odice of Justice of the Peace 
 hut never qualified. He has alw.ays taken quite an 
 interest in politics and belongs to the Democrat 
 party. Of the social orders he Is a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows and tlK> Pat- 
 rons of Industry. 
 
 ^ ^>^ — 
 
 I >ILLLV.M M. BENNETT. The subject of 
 
 \/\/k thisiiolice deserves worthy mention among 
 
 W^ the successful business men of Jackson. 
 
 being one of those who commenced life at Iho foot 
 
 I of llie ladder .'ind who has by his i>wn exertions 
 
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 POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 arrived at a good position, socially and financially. 
 He was born in the town of Bethanj', Genesee 
 County, N. Y., May 21, 1822, and is the son of 
 James Bennett, a n.ative of Vermont. The paternal 
 grandfather cairied on farming in the Green Moun- 
 tain State for some years, then in ISOiJ removed to 
 AVcslern New York, making the journey through 
 the wilderness with teams and passing the present 
 site of Rochester when there was but one house to 
 mark the spot. 
 
 Grandfather Bennett secured a tract of timber 
 land from the Holland Purchase Company including 
 the present site of Bethany, Genesee Count}-. The 
 country was unsettled and abounded with deer, 
 wolves and bears. JIarkets were almost a thing 
 unknown and the people raised all tiie food for 
 their own consumption, while the i)ioneer women 
 spun and wove wool and flax and manufactured 
 cloth for the family. Grandfather Bennett cleared 
 quite a large tract of land and there spent the re- 
 mainder of his days. 
 
 James Bennett was but a lad when his parents 
 emigrated to New York State and he resided with 
 them until his marriage. He then settled on a part 
 of the old homestead and the young couple com- 
 menced housekeeping in a log house, while iSIr. 
 Bennett entered upon the duties of a farmer. He 
 was prospered in his labors ana in due time erected 
 a substantial set of frame buildings. He also re- 
 sided there until his death. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
 name of Alta Maria Rumsey. She w.as born in 
 Hubbardston, Rutland County, Vt., February 14, 
 1791, and died at the homestead in Western New 
 York, March 31, 1830. The eldest child of the 
 parental family was Charlotte M., who married Dr. 
 A. A. Morgan, of Rochester, N. Y. William M., 
 our subject was the second child ; Elizabeth died 
 of cholera at Cincinnati, in 1851 ; Charles W. ac- 
 quired a good education and is now a Professor in 
 Evanston Biblical Institute. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, being the eldest son 
 of bis parents, was required to make himself useful 
 on the pioneer farm as soon as large enough to be of 
 service. He attended the district school mostly 
 during the winter season and later was a student of 
 Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, N. Y. When 
 
 eighteen years old he commenced teaching and 
 was thus employed for seven terms diirmg the 
 winter season, while in summer he worked on the 
 farm. He rem.Tined under the home roof until 
 reaching hi.s majority and then worked for his 
 father three years, receiving at the expiration of 
 this time $100 in cash. 
 
 In 1845 young Bennett with the sum of money 
 above mentioned and which comprised his entire 
 wealth, started for the West. He proceeded via 
 the lakes from Buffalo to Cleveland and thence 
 made his way across the Buckeye State to the Ohio 
 River, journeying afterward via this river, the 
 Mississippi and the Illinois to Beardstown, 111. He 
 taught school for a time during the winter in Ber- 
 nadotte. 111., then engaged as clerk in a store in 
 the same village a few months and finally returned 
 home. He spent a year there, then in October, 
 1847, started once more AVestward and landed in 
 this count}' with a cash capital of $5. He found 
 the present flourishing city of Jackson a town of 
 twenty five hundred people, being a commercial 
 center depending upon the agricultural regions for 
 support. He soon found employment as clerk in a 
 drv-goods store and notwithstanding lie had not 
 had any experience in-this line of business to speak 
 of, he became interested in it and determined to 
 succeed. 
 
 With the exception of havirjg stipulated for liis 
 board, voung Bennett had made no arrangements 
 with his employer, simplj' working as an cxi)eri- 
 ment three months. Having then given abundant 
 satisfaction, ho was offered wl5 per month and his 
 board for one year. At the expiration of this time 
 his employer voluntarilj' advanced his salary to 
 $500 a year and at the end of the third year he 
 was proffered $1,000. After the lapse of another 
 vear he became a partner in the business which as- 
 sumed the firm name of S. W. Whitwell & Co. It 
 was conducted thus until 1857 and then young 
 Bennett purchased the interest of his partner and 
 continued the business many years. He finally sold 
 out and rested upon his oars until associating him- 
 self in partnership with his son, Clarence H., under 
 the firm name of W. M. Bennett & Son, and they 
 now stand at the head of the dry -goods trade in 
 Jackson and in Central and Southern Michigan. 
 
PORTRAIT AM) 15l( iflKAI'IIICAL ALHIM. 
 
 2((7 
 
 Willhiii) M. lieiinettwas maiiied Mirch lo, 18.')2, 
 to Miss Lniira .1. lluhhard, who was lioni in Kala- 
 iiin/ix), lliis State. Slie boeaiuc the iiiotliev of three 
 eliildreii ami died at her liome in .laeksoii, Mareli 
 2S, 18.")K. The ehlest ehild, Clarence, is now in 
 l)aitneishl|) with his father; Lizzie 1). died Febru- 
 ary 5, 18.J8; the third eliild died in infaney. In 
 November 8, ISGO. Mr. Uennett was a second time 
 married to Miss Kale C. Winnie and there was 
 born to them one child who is tiec'cased. Mr. 
 I?ciuictt. iioliiically, has always been a Democrat, 
 lie served .as a member of the Hoard of Public 
 Works six years, was .Ma^or of Jackson two terms 
 .and was appointed Postmaster by President Cleve- 
 land, serving' until 1889. Sociallj', he belongs to 
 Chapter No. 'J, K. T. of Jackson. Mrs. Pennett is 
 connected with the Congregational Cliurch. 
 
 jg^ HERMAN HAZARD HENDKK. The home 
 
 ^^^^ *of this gentleman is one of the carefully 
 (iV/^JIJ cultivated farms of Blackmail Township, 
 and comprises one hundred and seventy- 
 live acres on section 7. It hears the usual improve- 
 ments, and many of the personal traits of the owner 
 can be learned by a glance over the estate, as hav- 
 ing devoted almost his entire attention since his 
 boyhood lo agricultural pursuits. Mr. Hendee is 
 well versed in the nature of soils, in means of im- 
 jjroving their fertility, in wise rotalion of ciops, 
 and other matters pertaining to his emploj'ment. 
 
 John J. Hendee. the father of our subject, came 
 to this county from the East vliilc still a single 
 man early in the '30s. He was married, in Sand- 
 stone Township, to Miss Mary Hostwick, who was 
 born near Penn Van. N. Y.. while the place of 
 nativity of her husband was in the (Ireen Mountain 
 .State. The 3'oung cou|)lc settled in Sanilstone 
 Township, whence after a residence of several years 
 they removed to lilackinan Township, in which 
 they resided until 1870. when Mr. Hendee. leaving 
 his family behind, went to California. He reinained 
 ou the coast four years, then returning for his fam- 
 ily has since made his home in the (lolilen Slate, 
 his ]>resent residence l>eing in Eureka. Humboldt 
 
 Counly. Duii'ig his residence in Michigan he was 
 engaged in farming, but in California was for some 
 lime occupied in teaching and is now living a re- 
 tireil life. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this skelcli is the third of a family of seven chil- 
 dren, and was born in Sandstone Township, this 
 county, .Inly 27, 1817. His boylioofl and youth 
 were passed in Sanilstone anil lilackmnn Townships, 
 anil in the latter he has spent the greater part of 
 his life. His .school privileges were quite limited 
 but he had the advantiige of being the son of well- 
 informed parents, under whose training and exam- 
 ple he gained much information. March 27,1805, 
 he enlisted in Company K. Sixteenth Michigan In- 
 fantry, and was in the service of his country until 
 the close of the war, or during a period of about 
 five months. Although he was not able to enter 
 the army until the war had drawn near its close, 
 his spirit had been with the boys in blue and when 
 he became one of the martial hand he did all that a 
 youth of his years could to uphold the National 
 unity and carry the flag victoriously forward. 
 After his return from the fields of battle he took 
 u|) the occupation in which he is now engaged and 
 in which he has steadily- i)ursued an onward course. 
 In 187 1 he went to California, remaining there un- 
 til February, 1878, when he resumed his residence 
 upon his farm, upon which he has since abode. 
 
 Among the pioneers of .Michigan, the names of 
 the Rev. Isaac and Nancy (McNought) Pennett 
 are well known in Pranch Counly, where the}' re- 
 sided for manj' years, the latter dj'ing in (^uincy 
 in Ma3', 1887. This estimable couple were the par- 
 ents of seven children, the 3'oungest of whom, El- 
 eanor, became the wife of Sherman II. Hendee. 
 The marriage riles were celebrated in (^uincy, 
 Pranch Couiitj-, March 1, 1883, Mr. Hendee gain- 
 ing a companion whose charming manners, cultured 
 mind, and domestic virtues made of his abiding 
 [ilace a true home, and assisted in drawing about it 
 a fine circle of friends. .Mrs. Hendee was born in 
 Union City, Mich.. May 30, 1848. Her happy 
 union with our subject has been blessed by the 
 birth of one child — Myrtle A. Mrs. Hendee de- 
 parted this life al her home, March (!, ISOo. .after a 
 short illnes.s. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Mr. Hendee is numbered in the ranlis of the Re- 
 publican party, is a firm l^eliever in its principles, 
 and seldom fails to deposit his ballot on election 
 day. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to 
 the Patrons of Husbandry. A trustwortliy citizen, 
 an honorable man and a genial neighl)or, lie in- 
 spires respect and good will in the minds of those 
 witii whom he comes in contact. 
 
 
 ^^I" 
 
 AVID S. JO>JES, foreman of the Michigan 
 Central Railway paint shops, which posi- 
 tion he has held a number of years, is a 
 fine representative of the industrial ele- 
 ment in Jackson, where he has built up a handsome 
 and substantial home. He is a native of Massa- 
 chusetts, born in the village of Wisdom, three miles 
 from Greenfield, Franklin County, April 11, 1844. 
 His father, James Jones, was born in Broome 
 County, N. Y., in the town of Binghampton, and 
 his fatiier, Russell Jones subsequently moved from 
 there to Massachusetts, and settled near Greenfield, 
 where he made his home until death. 
 
 The f.ather of our subject passed the early years 
 of his life in his native State, but after attaining to 
 manhood, went to Massachusetts and located in the 
 village of Wisdom, wiiere he engaged in farming, 
 and also in <lealing in stock. He finally abandoned 
 that business, and moving to Greenfield, kept the 
 railway hotel two or three years, and then opened 
 a restaurant, which he managed four or five years. 
 He afterward engaged in teaming until his death. 
 The maiden name of his wife was Martha Jones. 
 She was born in North Adams, Blass., and died in 
 Greenfield after her husband's death. They were 
 the parents of seven children, six of whom were 
 reared to maturit3', as follows: Amelia, Fanny and 
 Fred (twins). Sarah, Julia, and our subject. 
 
 David S. Jones was reared in his native State, 
 and was given excellent educational advantages in 
 the city schools of Greenfield. He lived in his 
 early home until he was nineteen years old, having 
 at the age of fifteen commenced to learn the trade 
 of a painter. At the age mentioned, he left the 
 place of his birth, and making his way to Detroit, 
 
 he readily found a situation in the Michigan Central 
 Raihvay shops, as he was ver^- skillful at his call- 
 ing. He worked in Detroit until 1874, then came to 
 Jackson,and was given a situation in the shops where 
 he is still employed, he having been promoted to the 
 position of foreman in 1872, while in Detroit, and 
 on coming here assumed the same position. He is 
 an expert painter, standing at the head of his call- 
 ing, and has shown himself eminently fitted for the 
 responsible place that he so well fills. His employ- 
 ers feel that they can trust him, and he is well- 
 liked b^' those working under him, as he is always 
 pleasant and considerate in his dealings with them. 
 Mr. Jones has also been very successful from a 
 financial point of view, and by industry and care- 
 fully saving and investing his money, he has se- 
 cured a competence, and in 1886 was enabled to 
 purchase a desirable piece of property on Pringle 
 Avenue, where he has erected a fine frame house, 
 of a pretty, modern style of architecture, tastily 
 furnished, and amply provided with all conven- 
 iences. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Jones with Miss Mary A. 
 Van Ever}', was duly solemnized in the month of 
 Movember, 1868, and has proved of mutual benefit. 
 The following four children complete the family 
 circle: Edith Cecilia, who was born March 23, 1870; 
 Amy Belle, April 15, 1875; Winnifred Mary, Sep- 
 tember 21, 1881. and Roy Chandler, March 15, 
 1883. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Jones, 
 were named respectively, James and Catherine Van 
 Every, and they had a family including seven chil- 
 dren, viz: Samuel, who was born April 4, 1813; 
 Nelson, February 18, 1815; William, October 3, 
 1816; Lucretia, July 26, 1818; Emanuel, July 31, 
 1820; Wellington, November 8, 1822; and Jacob, 
 October 15, 1825. Of these, three have passed away, 
 namely: Samuel, who died in Detroit, February 11, 
 1865; Nelson, in Iowa, June, 11, 1861; and Eman- 
 uel, in Holly, Mich. 
 
 The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Jones, were 
 Ezra and Mary (Chandler) Lee, who had a family 
 of eight children, as follows : Mary, who was born 
 March 4, 1821, in Lenox, N. Y. ; Henry Hamilton, 
 August 25, 1822, in Lenox; Cecilia, October 13, 
 1824, also in Lenox; Comfort Chandler, September 
 7, 1827, in New Hartford, Oneida County, N. Y. ; 
 
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 Mary Elizabeth. January 27. 18.30, in New Hart- 
 ford; Lucy Ann, April 11, 183;i, in New Hart- 
 ford; Levi Chandler, .Jiinuary 10, 183C, in New- 
 ford: Nancy Maria, Jnly 13. 1837, in Blooniliold, 
 Oakland County, Mich. Of these five art deceased, 
 viz: Henry H., who died in November 20, 18.3.'), 
 in Milford, Mich.; Comfort C August 4. 1839, in 
 nioomlield, Mich.; Mary E., February 13, 18-19; 
 .nnd Lucy A., July 23, 1870, both in Milford, Mich. ; 
 Nancy M., (Mrs. Wells). Msiy 3. 1877, in Ann Ar- 
 bor, Mich. 
 
 Of the two families just mentioned, particular 
 mention belongs to San)uel Van Every and Cecilia 
 Lee, who married and settled in Oakland County, 
 Mich. Their children were named: Mar}' Agnes, 
 (Mrs. Jones), who was born October 20, 1814, in 
 Franklin, Oakland County, Mich.; Amy Eloise, 
 April 2G. 1847, in Milford, Mich.; Eugene Chand- 
 ler, December 6, 1850, in Milford; Fr.inklin I)., 
 April .0. 18.53. in Detroit, Mich.; Byron H., May 
 16, 1855, in Farmington, Jlieh.; Edward Lee, Oc- 
 tober 1, 1858, in Holly, INIich.; and Charles E., Oc- 
 tober 25, 1861, also in Holly. Mich. It will thus 
 appear that Mrs. Jones was the eldest in her fath- 
 er's family. Religiousl}'. she is a member of the 
 Presbyterian Cluirch, and socially ranks among the 
 most refined and intellectual ladies in her conunu- 
 nity. 
 
 Mr. Jones is a practical, sagacious man, of ex- 
 emplary h.abits, and of good standing in the com- 
 munity. He is quite an .active society m.an, being 
 identified with the following organizations: Zion 
 Lodge, No. 1. A. F. & A. M.; Monroe Chapter, 
 No. 1. R. A. M.; Twilight Lodge, No. 5, A. O. U. 
 W.; and with the Patrons of Industry. Politically, 
 he is a strong and enthusiastic Democr.at. 
 
 ^^^ATHANIEL MORRILL, who resides on 
 I )); section 10, Blackman Townshi|), on the 
 111 i^, farm which w.as his birthplace and has ever 
 been his home, is the son of a worthy couple who 
 were among the very earliest settlers of this vi- 
 cinity. His father, for whom he isnamcfl, was born 
 in New llampshir.. Decoinber 13. 1S07, and his 
 
 mother, in her girlhood Miss Nancy Quimbj', was 
 also born in the CJranite .Stale, her natal day being 
 March 2, 181 1. The m;u-riage of this couple took 
 place June 13, 1829, and they made their first 
 home in Cayuga Count)', N. Y., whence they went 
 from their native State. In 1833 they came to 
 Michigan, settling in what is now Blackman Town- 
 sliii). this county, where they passed the remainder 
 of their natural lives. The death of Mrs. Morrill 
 ticcurred Ma}- 2, 1852, and that of her husband 
 November 14, 1886. Mr. Morrill improved the 
 greater part of his farm ami erected upon it a sub- 
 stantial brick dwelling and other commodious 
 buildings. He and his wife were members of the 
 Freewill Baptist Church, and possessed an excellent 
 reputation .among their acquaintance for their pri- 
 vate char-acters and usefulness among the earlj- 
 i-esiilcnts of this communit}', where thcj' endured 
 many privations in common with their neighbors 
 an<l all frontiersmen. 
 
 Of the eight children born to the parents of our 
 subject, he is sixth in order of birth. He first 
 opened his eyes to the light November 15, 1845, 
 and passed his childhood amid surroundings of a 
 soinewh.at ])rimitive character, as the countr} was 
 not even then as thoroughly cultivated and as 
 thickly settled as at present. The schools of the 
 vicinity were quite good and the lad received a 
 gooil education therein, together with excellent 
 home training, and on the estate which had assumed 
 an appearance verj' different from that in which his 
 parents took possession of it, he grew to manhood. 
 After the death of his father, he of whom we 
 write, with his nei)hew, Charles Morrill, took the 
 homestead, which consists of about two hundred 
 and eighty :icres. Having been reared to farm 
 pursuits, Mr. Morrill is well acquainted with cvei'y 
 detail of his avocation, and even one unacquainted 
 with such affairs would jutlge him to bo a thorough 
 and progressive farmer upon glancing over the es- 
 tiite. Neatness and order prevail throughout its 
 extent and it is in every respect a well-kept estaf , 
 while the home itself is one of comfort and good 
 cheer. 
 
 The family of Mr. Jlorrill consists of a wife and 
 three children — Florence B.. William I)., and Law- 
 rence N. Mrs. Morrill Ixjic the maiden name of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Leiiora A. Gnnn, and the riles of wedlock were 
 celebrated between her and our subject in Black- 
 man Township, May ^6, 1874. She is a daughter 
 of William and Harriet (Freeman) Gunn, (of 
 whom further notice is given in the sketch of 
 AVilliani Gunn, which occupies another page in 
 this work), and was born in this county, December 
 3, 1851. She is an educated lady, of estimable 
 character and womanly accomplishments, and a 
 worth)' companion for such a man as her husband. 
 Mr. Morrill has boen Overseer of Highways, 
 Constable, and served as School Treasurer several 
 terms. He takes a somewhat active part in politi- 
 cal affairs and belongs to the Republican party. He 
 and his wife are members of t!ie Patrons of In- 
 dustry, and both also are members in eood stand- 
 in" of the Free-will Bajitist Church. 
 
 E WITT C. NIMS. One of the fine farms 
 of Henrietta Township is located on sec- 
 tion 5, and comprises four hundred and 
 twentj'-four acres, most of which is under 
 the plow. It is further embellished bj' a comfort- 
 able and nicely flnislicd brick residence, and a frame 
 barn, well adapted for storing llie grains that are 
 raised each season. 
 
 The first three years of our subject's life were 
 passed in Strongsville, Ohio, where he was born 
 April 23, 1835. In 1838 his parents, Jonas and 
 Flleanor (Whitney) Nims, came to Ingham County, 
 Mich., and bought a farm in Leslie Township. It 
 was heavily timbered and entirel}- uncultivated, 
 while' Indians and wild animals roamed at will 
 through the dense forests. The father inimcdi- 
 atelj- built a log house and began to clear the farm. 
 The nearest market town was Jackson, and the 
 milling was first done at Ann Arbor, where they 
 would go with ox-teams. The trip, which was 
 made through the pathless woods, occupied two or 
 three days. 
 
 On the homestead, which he had evolved out of 
 the wilderness, the father passed his last j^ears, dj-- 
 ing April 22, 1861. He ha<l survived his wife 
 
 many years, she passing away about 1839. Of 
 their eight children, our subject was next to the 
 youngest. Three now survive, namel)': Juliet, 
 Dwight H. and DeWitt C. The father was a native 
 of New York, whence he removed when quite 
 young to Cleveknrl, Ohio, where he and Eleanor 
 Whitney were united in marriage. Being left 
 motherless at an earl}' age our subject was bound 
 out in 1844 to AV. H. Town, of this township, and 
 with him he sojourned six years. He then ran awaj' 
 and afterward made his own way in the world. He 
 first worked by the month, remaining on one farm 
 four years. 
 
 Feeling the necessity of being master of one 
 trade, Mr. Nims, when still quite young, learned 
 the trade of a brick and stone mason, at which he 
 was employed until 1863. The country was at that 
 time plunged in the midst of the Civil War, and 
 calls were made for volunteers. Mr. Nims re- 
 sponded and enlisted, in December of that year, in 
 Company E, Third Michigan Cavalry, as a private. 
 He served two years and four months and partici- 
 pated in several battles. In 1866, having received 
 an honorable discharge, he returned to his home 
 in Michigan and has since lived here. 
 
 Mr. Nims has been twice married; his first wife 
 was Miss Clarissa Monroe, a native of Jlichigan. 
 By their union, which occurred in 1855, one child 
 was born, who died in childhood. Mrs. Nims passed 
 away in April, 1801. Mr. Nims contracted a sec- 
 ond marriage in February, 1862, with Miss Eunice, 
 daughter of Abram and Abigail (Culver) Young. 
 She was born on the homestead where she now lives 
 and where her parents located in 1842. Here they 
 reared their family of four children, and here the 
 father died in 1851. The mother still lives on the 
 farm. INIr. and Mrs. Nims are the parents of six 
 children, nainelj- : Elmer S., Benjamin C. Arthur 
 A., Estella C, Sarah A. and David \V. They form 
 an interesting group of J'oung people and their ac- 
 complishments and refinement cause them to be 
 welcomed in the best social circles of their com- 
 munity. 
 
 In 1859 Mr. Nims went via New York and the 
 Isthmus of Panama to San Francisco, where he so- 
 journed until the spring of 1860, when he returned 
 home. In 1881 he again made a trip to the Golden 
 
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 211 
 
 Statf. this time, however, going by the rnih'oad, 
 the completion of wiiicli has so facilitated travel 
 between the two oceans. In the winter of 1889-'.tO 
 he made a third ex|iedili()n West, but came back 
 well satisfied to rem.'iiii in his old home. He is an 
 inlliicntial mcnibor of the Masonic fraternity, also 
 of liie Patrons of Industry, and |)olilically, casts 
 his vote with the Democratic part}-. 
 
 AlUK II. WOUmVOUTlI. ll.is gcnlle- 
 f/3) man is tlie son of pioneer ^settlers of the 
 county, and was hiniself born and_reared 
 amid surroundings much less attractive than, those 
 which are now visible from|tlie windows of his ])leas- 
 ant home. His earliest recollections include much 
 unsettled and uncultivated lan:l, and some of the 
 liardships to wliich the- families of the frontiersmen 
 were subject, allliough the greatest trials endured 
 by his parents hail been passed prior to his birth. 
 
 George \V. Woodworth. a native of Otsego 
 County-, N. Y., and his wife, P^iizahelli Mcintosh, 
 a native ofj Rensselaer County.^N. Y., took ui) their 
 nsidcnce in Michigan in 1831. The}' had been 
 living in Genesee County, N. Y., whence in 1830. 
 Mr. Woodworth came West and took up a tract of 
 laud which now forms the estate of his son, our 
 subject, and which is located on section 22, IJIack- 
 man Township. Returning to the East, he brought 
 his family to the homestead. "which was his place 
 of residence from that time until the middle of 
 February. 1862. when he closed his eyes in death. 
 Hut few families were living in this vicinil}- at the 
 time of his arrival, and many ])rivations were en- 
 diu'cd by those wlio li.ad braved danger and toil by 
 coming liere. 
 
 The journey, which was accomplished by teams 
 to nuffalo, thence across the Lake to Detroit, and 
 completed with an ox-team, was one of almost un- 
 told hardshi|)s. They were obliged to ford all the 
 streams, as there were no bridges, to sometimes re- 
 move im|)ediments in their way through the forest. 
 and were constantly in danger from wild beasts and 
 llie savages which still lingered about. After their 
 arrival at their new home, their troiddcs did not 
 
 ci ,1,1 . ,,,,, i,,,-^ liico,iii> wcr'' very troulilcsoinc at 
 times, and the few white settlers were obliged to go 
 to Jackson for protection." Mrs.' Woodworth was 
 at one time brut;dly kicked around. the yard by an 
 Indian. 
 
 With the unflagging energy, and the. stunly de- 
 termination which were characteristic of the early 
 settlers, Mr. and Mrs. Woodworth struggled on 
 amid privations which we of a later generation can 
 scarcely realize, instdling into the minds of their 
 olTspring the principles which anim.atcd their own 
 lives, and gradually gathering around them the 
 comforts, and even the luxuries which their con- 
 duct well merited. Mr. Woodworth erected a good 
 house and made other substantial improvements 
 uponMiis farm, placing^the one hundred and twenty- 
 live acres which comprised it under excellent cul- 
 tivation. "Mrs. Woodworth is still surviving, at 
 the advanced age of eighty-eight years, her birth 
 having been April 28. 1802. and can read without 
 glasses, in her declining years enjoying the fruits 
 of the arduous toils of earlier life, and now makes 
 her home with our subject. 
 
 LaRue Wooilworth is the sixth in a familv of 
 eight cliildren. and was born in what was then Jack- 
 son Township, (now Hl.ackman). September 22. 
 1836. He grew to manhood on his father's farm, 
 enjoying the educational privileges of the vicinity, 
 and imbibing with his native air the principles and 
 habits which animated his progenitors. He has al- 
 ways made his home upon the parental estate, and 
 followed farming, 'with tht exception of two j'ears, 
 when he was employed .as a clerk at Leslie, and six 
 months in Jackson. He now owns the homestead 
 of one hundred and twenty-five .acres, on which his 
 boyhood and youth were passed, and upon which 
 the first im[)rovements were made by his respected 
 parents. Following in his father's footsteps, he is 
 cr.rrying on the agricultural work in accordance 
 with the most improved methods of the times, and 
 meeting with deserved success. 
 
 The lady to whose amiable disposition, intelli- 
 gent mind and housewifely skill, Mr. Woodworth 
 owes the comfort and pleasing comiianionship of 
 his home, became his wife February 12, 1868, their 
 marriage ceremony being performed in Mason, 
 Incham County. The m.aidon name of .Mrs. Wood- 
 
212 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 worth, was Diantha C. Sanders, and her birth took 
 place in Cayuga County, N. Y., July 24, 1835, she 
 being the second born in a family of twelve chil- 
 dren. Her father, Wheaton Sanders, was born in 
 the same county as herself, and removed thence to 
 Ingham County, Mich., during the latter part of 
 the '30. He settled in Leslie Township, and died 
 upon his farm there in the spring of 1880. The 
 mother of Mrs. VVoodworth was in her maidenhood 
 Miss Louisa French. .Slic is a native of New 
 Hampshire, and is now living in the cmintj^ and 
 township to which she came with her husband more 
 tlian fifty years ago. To our subject and his wife 
 two children have been born, who bear the names 
 of Hugh and Lloyd. 
 
 Mr. Woodworth has iield some of the minor 
 offices of the township, serving acceptably in the 
 positions (vhich he has been called upon to fill. He 
 has always taken an active interest in the political 
 affairs, and is numbered among the workers of the 
 Republican party. He and his wife liave manifested 
 a deep concern in the advancement of the cause of 
 education. Both have the good will and esteem of 
 tiieir follow. citizens, and are regarded as among the 
 most worthy members of the community. 
 
 ^ NSON H. SILSBEE, a retired agriculturist 
 of Jackson County, resides on .section 31, 
 l4 Blackman Township, in a beautiful home, 
 surrounded bj' comforts, and enjoying the 
 fruits of honest industry and an upright life, in 
 rest from toil, the recreations suited to his j'ears 
 and tastes, and the hearty respect of his fellow 
 men. The estate of Mr. Silsbee is a highly culti- 
 vated and thoroughly improved one, the complete 
 line of buildings upon it being especially notice- 
 able for their substantial and tasteful construction, 
 and their convenient arrangement. 
 
 Mr. Silsbee was born in Wayne, Steuben County, 
 N. Y., November 16, 1814, and amid favorable 
 surroundings and under the careful rearing of his 
 respected parents acquired a good education and 
 excellent i)rinciples with which to engage in the 
 
 battle of life. His parents were James and Mary 
 (Rice) Silsbee, both of wiiom breathed their last at 
 Howard City, Mich., after having spent some years 
 retired fi'om the active duties of life. The father 
 was engaged in the tanning business and also in 
 mercantile pursuits while a resident of the Empire 
 State. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is a miller by trade, 
 and for several years he had charge of a gristmill, 
 ovrned b^' his father at Avoca, N. Y. Upon leav- 
 ing that place he engaged in the bakery' and con- 
 fectionery business in Bath, continuing this occu- 
 pation until 1853, when he determined to become a 
 citizen of Michigan. Making choice of Jackson 
 County as his future residence, he settled on a farm 
 in Hanover Township, occupying the same about 
 eleven years, after which he changed his location 
 to Summit Township, in which he remained until 
 1884. He then settled on the farm which he now 
 occupies, retiring from active labor, although not 
 from an active interest in the affairs of life and the 
 work of his fellow-men. 
 
 Mr. Silsbee has been twice married, the first 
 alliance having been consummated in Avoca, Steu- 
 ben County, N. Y., and his bride having been Miss 
 Sarah Ann Wortser. This union resulted in the 
 birth of five children, one of v.hom died in infancy. 
 The survivors are: Theodore, a resident of Avoca; 
 Mar3-, the wife of Abraham Sanborn ; Charles, a 
 physician in Jackson; and Caroline, the wife of 
 Charles VanGieson, of Summit Township. Mrs. 
 Sarah Ann Silsbee died in .Summit Township, in 
 November, 1880, leaving a sorrowing household to 
 whom she had been a devoted wife and mother, 
 together with a large circle of friends to whom she 
 had become endeared bj' her lovely character, in- 
 telligence and conscientious discharge of every 
 duty. 
 
 The second matrimonial alliance of Mr. Silsbee 
 was celebrated in Spring Arbor Township, Novem- 
 ber 30, 1881, his companion on this occasion being 
 Mrs. Rachael (Clark) LaRue. Mrs. LaRue was born 
 in Washington C'ount3', Md., February 2, 1815, and 
 from there moved to Huntington Count3', Pa., 
 thence to New Lisbon, Columbiana County-, Ohio. 
 She had previously been married, in Penn.sylvania, 
 to Mr. LaRue; they moved from Ohio to this Stale 
 
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 ill IS 1:5. Mr. I,;iKiio ilicd in .luno. 1H7S. IK- was 
 one of imlmv's nobieinen, of active mind, gonial 
 nature, and sjenerous lieart. wliose life gave one 
 greater confidence in mankind, and inspired others 
 witli a desire to imitate his exainpio, 
 
 "And. departing, leave heliind them 
 Footprints on the sands of time. 
 
 Kootprints th.at perhaps another 
 Sailing o'er life's solemn main, 
 
 A forlorn and shipwrecked brother. 
 Seeing, siiall take iieart again." 
 
 To -Mr. and Mrs. LaRiie ten children were born: 
 Mary .1. died in IJIackmaii Township. October 10, 
 ISo;?, when eighteen years old; Samuel died at the 
 age of five years; Wilson K. died suddenly, in 
 .Jackson, in 1.^71); William C. dieil in lUackman 
 Township; James C. lives in Detroit; Hiram resides 
 in Jackson; Kmma Louisa is the wife of Arthur 
 Nevins; Marcus lives in Jackson; Burton A. is 
 farming in Blackmail Township, on the old home- 
 stead; Benjamin F. lives in Kansas Cit}', Mo. 
 
 Mr. Silsbee held the office of Justice of the Peace 
 in .Summit Township, and has taken an active inter- 
 est in iiolitical matters, giving his suffrage to the 
 Republican party, 111 the value of whose principles 
 he is a firm believer. He has also taken a deep in- 
 terest in educational affairs, and in other matters 
 which [lertaiii to the elevation of society, lie be- 
 longs to the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and his 
 noble hearted wife is also a member of that relig- 
 ious society. No couple within the limits of Jack- 
 son Cfiuiity have a larger circle of friends, or are 
 regarded with a greater degree of affectionate re- 
 spect, than are Mr. and Mrs. Silsbee. 
 
 JOHN C. BADER. Among the business men 
 
 J of Jackson, this gentleman ranks as an hon- 
 orable dealer, the possessor of excellent 
 business ability, and the determination of 
 character which has given him good financial stand- 
 ing, although lie began his struggle in life with but 
 small means. He is engaged in the sale of general 
 liardware, stoves and tin. at No. 214 Main Street, 
 and the line liuilding in which his business is con- 
 
 ducted contains a large^aiiil wellj.nssortcd stock. 
 The building is 21x'J0 feet, with tliroe stories and 
 a buscment, and the entire edifice is occupied by 
 its owner in the conduct of his extensive trade. 
 
 Mr. Bader was liorn in Wurtemburg, Germany, 
 March 21, 1K3I, being the eldest u{] three children 
 who comprised the family of John C. and Mary C. 
 Bader, of that Kingdom. The fatherdied iirhis 
 own country, and the mother, having come to 
 America, breathed her last in Jackson. The sub- 
 ject of this biograjihical notice entered school at 
 tlie age of six years, in accordance with the custom 
 of his native land, and during liis early boyhood 
 was thoroughly schooled under the excellent sys- 
 tem of the Fmpire. Leaving scliool at the age of 
 fourteen years he learned the trade of paper mak- 
 ing. 
 
 At the age of eighteen, young Bader sailed from 
 Rotterdam, to find a home in America. Landing 
 was made at New York, and Mr. Bader remained 
 in that city a short time, thence going to Buffalo, 
 thence to Lancaster, near which [dace he found em- 
 ployment on a farm. His next place of abode was 
 Batavia, whence he came to Michigan in 1851, 
 spending the first 3-ear in agricultural labors near 
 Jackson. He then entered the hardware store of 
 B. J. Bellings it Co., as a clerk, remaining with 
 them nineteen years, and becoming thoroughly ac- 
 quainted with every department of tiic business. 
 In 1870 he embarked in the business for himself on 
 the site which he still occujiies, and where he has 
 become one of the landmarks of the city. The 
 fine trade which he has built up is due to his per- 
 severing industry and careful oversight of every 
 detail of the business, together with his wise selec- 
 tion of goods, and the reliance which can be placed 
 upon his word. 
 
 In 1850 the rites of wedlock \vere celebrated be- 
 tween John Bader and Miss Katie Keely, of Bata- 
 via, N. V. The bride w.as born in Ireland, whence 
 she came to the United States when about sixteen 
 j-ears of age. The happj- union has been blessed 
 b}' the birth of four children — ^Jolin. James. Mary 
 and Adda. 
 
 Both Mr. ami Mrs. Bader, aMii :u~c. ilnlr children, 
 are devout members of St. John's Catholic Church. 
 In addition to his business property Mr. Badi'r 
 
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 owns a good residence on the corner of Pearl and 
 Parine Streets, wliieli genial hospitality and bright 
 intelligence make a pleasant resting place from the 
 caresof business, and a gathering spot for the many 
 friends of the family. Mr. Bader spent two years 
 as a member of tlie Alderraanic Board, taking an 
 intelligent interest in the welfare of the city, and 
 in those matters which particularly affected his 
 own constituency. 
 
 'ASPER H. NOYES. Among the residents 
 I in Jackson who have exibiled energy and tact 
 I in business affairs, and won good reputations 
 ^Ji among their associates, the gentleman above- 
 named deserves mention. He is now Secretary and 
 Treasurer of the Eldred Milling Company, with 
 which he became connected in 1887. 
 
 Mr. Noyes was born in Wayne County, this 
 State, October o, 1839. ' His father, Bethuel Noyes, 
 one of the pioneer settlers of Michigan, was an at- 
 torney-at-law, and a prominent member of the legal 
 profession. He departed this life in 18G0. His 
 wife was Annie, daughter of Jasper Shuts. The 
 paternal grandfather of our subject was Nathan 
 Noyes, a Baptist minister, of Irish extraction. 
 
 The early life of Jasper Noyes was passed in at- 
 tendance at the common schools, after which he 
 became a student in the State Normal School, fit- 
 tino- himself for a useful and practical career in 
 business life. Upon abandoning his studies he be- 
 came a traveling salesman, working for different 
 firms in various lines of trade and traveling over 
 the Stale. In 1865 he came to Jackson, entering 
 the store of H. K. Dickenson & Co., clothing mer- 
 chants, in the capacity of clerk, and leaving their 
 employ to become book-keeper for Bunipus & 
 Woodson, manufacturers and jobbers of boots and 
 shoes, and soon after became a partner, when the 
 firm name became Bumpus, Woodson & Co. He 
 was tlius engaged until 1872. 
 
 Some time later Mr. No3'es embarked in the 
 manufacture of shoes under the firm name of J. II. 
 Noyes & Co., which several years later became the 
 firm of Noves & Davis, whicli continued until tlic 
 
 business was closed out. Soon afterward Mr. 
 Noyes became book-keeper for the firm of Warder, 
 Bushnell & Blessner, dealers in agricultural im|)le- 
 nients, continuing to act in that cai^acity fur five 
 years. He then became connected with the Eldred 
 Milling Company, which in 1880 was merged in a 
 stock company, and Mr. Noyes became its Secre- 
 tary and Treasurer. 
 
 In 1866 Mr. Noyes was united in marriage with 
 Miss Mary Biimpus, of Jackson. She is a native 
 of this State, a daughter of II. H. Bumpus, Esq., 
 and possesses many qualifications for the duties 
 wliich have devolved upon her in the oversight of 
 her household, the rearing of tlio children who have 
 been born to her, and filling her station in society. 
 Four children have come to bless the happy union, 
 their names being: Henry B., Charles E., Wickfield 
 anil Ruth. 
 
 Mr. Noyes has filled sevei'al responsible positions, 
 among them being that of United States Deputy 
 Assessor of this district, during Andrew Johnson's 
 administration, and that of Mayor, to which he 
 was elected in 1871. He belongs to Michigan 
 Lodge. No. 17, A. F. & A. M., to Chapter No. 5. 
 and Commandery No. D. With an excellent com- 
 mercial education, sharpened by experiences which 
 wore his while traveling, and presenting the claims 
 of his business to the minds of men, he has succeed- 
 ed in accumulating such an amount of this woild's 
 goods as enables him to supply- his home with all 
 the comforts of life, and enjoy all tint a reasonable 
 man ma^' wish of society and annisenient. lie 
 owns a "leat and substantial residence on Washing- 
 ton Street. His reputation is that of a reliable cit- 
 izen and honorable man, and as such he receives 
 his merited share of esteem. 
 
 -O^j NDREW S. WING. Probably the chief 
 [ @/u\ \ reason for the knowledge which Jackson 
 County citizens possess of the life and char- 
 acter of the gentleman above named, is 
 found in the fact that for five consecutive years he 
 held tlie [losition of Overseer of the County Poor 
 Farm. So true is it that the most estimable private 
 
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 life is frequently passed iinnotefl except by tlie im- 
 mediate circle of .ic(|ii.iintanees, while the munient 
 one assumes a imblic odu-e curiosity is aioused and 
 a close watch kept upon all his movements. The 
 Jackson County Poor Farm had been carried on 
 forty-two years when Mr. Wing was appointed its 
 Overseer, and it is claimed that duriiij; the entire 
 time nothing had been sold from the farm. During 
 the five years in which it was under the charge of 
 our subject, he not only raised suflicient produce 
 therefrom to maintain the inmates in comfort, but 
 was so successful in his cultivation of it that he was 
 able to sell ^LoOO worth of iiroduce. In her capac- 
 ity as the matron of the institution, Mrs. ^\'ing 
 looked careful!} after the neatness and cleanliness 
 of the house and its inmates, saw that llie ill and 
 ailing were supplied vviih the necessary attention, 
 furnislied all with bountiful and well-cooked food, 
 and proved a sympathizing friend to the homeless 
 and needy for whom the county- desired to supply 
 the home which thej' would otherwise Itick. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write is a son of 
 Calvin and Clarinda (Reed) Wing (see sketch of 
 Calvin AVing) and was born in Blackman Township, 
 this count}-, March 1, 18i4. With the exception of 
 five years his life has been passed in the township 
 in which he was born, and where he grew to man- 
 hood enjoying good advantages of home training 
 and school privileges. From 1801 to 1860, lie was 
 in the employ of Daniel Dunaking in Calhoun 
 County, wiiere, although he lost every seventh day 
 during the time, he saved ^GOO from his wages. 
 Returning to lilackman Township, he continued to 
 work out until alter his marriage, when he lived 
 witii ids father for four years, carrying on the home 
 farm. 
 
 We next find Mr. Wing renting eighty acres 
 from James McFallon and operating the same three 
 years, following which he had charge of the County 
 Poor Farm as before noted. He next moved into 
 Jackson where he lived a year, in the meantime 
 looking for a farm .and finally pnrch.asing that which 
 he now owns and occupies, and which comprises 
 one hundred ami twenty well improved acres lo- 
 cated on sections D and 4, the residence being on 
 the former. The hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Wing 
 is almost unboumled. and iheir intelligence and 
 
 ■ if observation and discernment, combined 
 with i)lcasing manners, make both host and hostess 
 agreeable companions and leail to their popularity 
 in the community. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Wing was celebrated in 
 Leslie Township. Ingham County, on New Year's 
 Day, 1868, his companion in the interesting cere- 
 mony being Miss Almira L. Iluntoon. Her parents, 
 George and the late Lydia (Lindsey) Iluntoon, 
 were among the old settlefs of Ingham County, to 
 which they came from Wyoming County, N.Y., and 
 where ]\Irs. Iluntoon bre.athed her last March 22. 
 187!), wiicn fifty-four years old. The father still 
 lives in Leslie Township, where he made his first 
 settlement on coming to Michigan. Mrs. Wing is 
 the eldest of live children and was born in Attica, 
 Wyoming County, N. Y.. .September 28, 1845. She 
 and her husband are the parents of four children, 
 Cora E., who is the wife of W. C. Kelly of Omaha, 
 Neb.; Klfie and Eva (twins), who died of diphtheria 
 March 30, and April .*?, 1877, and Isadore. 
 
 Mr. Wing has served as .School Director, fulfill- 
 ing the duties of the office in an acceptable and 
 creditable manner. In politics he is a stanch Re- 
 publican, ever ready to cast his vote in behalf of 
 the party in whose principles he believes and for 
 which he exerts his inlluence. 
 
 " GRACE GOULD COLE. Few of the aged 
 resi<lents of Jackson County are more widely' 
 and none more favorably known than this 
 pioneer settler of Michigan. He has been 
 prospered in his enterprises and now, in his ad- 
 vanced j'ears. rests in the consciousness of having 
 amassed a competence sutficient to make pleasant 
 the remainder of his life. He has retired from the 
 more arduous duties associated with farm life, but 
 still maintains a carofid oversight of his estate, 
 which lies on section 22, Rives Township. 
 
 Mr. Cole is of substantial New England stock, 
 his parents having been born in Rhode Island. His 
 grandfather, Jesse Cole, was a Rcvohitifniary sol- 
 dier, and it is recorded of him that in a skirmish. 
 
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 being closely pursued by tvvo Bi'itisli soldiers, lie 
 scaled a stone wall, placed his cap on a stick, and 
 as they approached, killed tlicni. He died at tlie 
 ripe old age of eighty-seven years in LaFayetto, 
 N. Y. 
 
 The maternal grandfather of our subject was 
 David Williams, also a soldier in the Revolutionary 
 War and a native of England. During the greater 
 part of the war he held the high rank of colonel 
 and died at Linden, Cofln., when eighty years of 
 age. His wife, Lydia Williams, died in the same 
 place at an advanced ago. The father of our sub- 
 ject was Gideon Cole, who as above stated, was born 
 in Rhode Island and who lived to be eighty -six 
 years old. He was, like his ancestors, an ardent 
 patriot, and devoted to his fatherland, skilled in 
 militar}^ tactics, and going out as a scout in the 
 battle of Plattsbnrg. His wife bore the maiden 
 name cf Mercy Williams, and after their marriage 
 they located in New Hampshire, where they lived a 
 number of years. Four children were born to them 
 during thsir residence in Concord. Later they re- 
 moved to Linden, Vt., where another child was 
 born. The mother died at the age of sixtj'-five 
 3'ears, in Rives, Mich. 
 
 In the capital city of the Granite State, our sub- 
 ject was born February 17, 1808, and was the fourth 
 child m his father's family. When two years old, 
 he accompanied iiis parents to V'ermont, wliere they 
 sojourned six years. Thence going to La Fayette, 
 N. Y., they lived there until 1836, at which date our 
 subject came to the Wolverine State. Prior to his 
 removal hither, he was married December 22, 1831, 
 in La Fayette, Onondaga County, N. Y., to Miss 
 Lucinda M. King, who was a native of La F'ayette, 
 N. Y. She and her husband became the parents of 
 thirteen children, of whom six lived to years of 
 maturity. The mother died November 3, 1882, at 
 her home in Rives, Mich. Her children were named 
 respectively: Franklin, Adoniram .ludson, Horace 
 Marion, Herbert C, Lucy Melvine and Bert. 
 T'he three first mentioned, filled with the intense 
 love of country which was theirs by inheritance as 
 well as b}' home training, enlisted in the defense of 
 the Union, and faithfully performed their part 
 toward maintaining and perpetuating our country 
 under the flag of liberty and nniou. A. J. enlisted 
 
 as a volunteer under Gen. Joseph Stockton and was 
 a prominent cavalry man during the latter part of 
 the war, being made Orderly Sergeant, and after- 
 ward promoted to a lieutenanc}'. 
 
 The second union of our subject was consummated 
 December 25, 1883, when Mrs. Melvina Cook, 
 widow of John N. Cook, became his wife. She was 
 born in Alden, Erie County, N. Y., in 1823, and 
 received a limited schooling in that county. Her 
 [larents were James and Margaret Dixon. She was 
 first married October 22, 1 843, and her husband, 
 John N. Cook departed this life April 17, 18G1, at 
 Tompkins, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Cook were the par- 
 ents of the following children: Amenio M., Adel- 
 bert M., Andrew J., Delos J. and Hale H. Andrew 
 died Octobers, 1889, at Rives, Mich.; Hale H. is a 
 prominent lawyer of Concordia, Kan.; Amenio M. 
 is a thriving merchant in Harlem, N. Dak. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Cole is in hearty sj'mpathy with 
 the principles of the Republican party, and sup- 
 ports that ticket. He has been Treasurer of the 
 township three terms, also Assessor and Road Com- 
 missioner, serving in these varied positions to the 
 best of his ability and to the general satisfaction. 
 He is connected with the Good Templars organiza- 
 tion and is a member of the Grange. Religiously, 
 he holds membership with the Baptist Church at 
 Rives Junction, and is at present Deacon of the 
 same. This church was established in the fall of 
 1837, when nine persons held a meeting on a log in 
 the woods and determined to organize a church 
 society, thus laying the foundation of the present 
 prosiierous and growing church. Both morally and 
 in a business direction, Mr. Cole has greatly aided 
 the interests of his township and county, and to 
 such as he Jackson County is indebted for its high 
 l)osition among other counties of the Wolverine 
 State. 
 
 HARLES A. HO WIND, master mechanic at 
 the State Prison at Jackson, was born in 
 
 Tbrondhim, Norway, May 7, 1840, being 
 the eldest child of Arnt and Mary (Oien) Ilowind. 
 His father was a farmer and lumberman some 
 thirty years. Both parents died in their native land. 
 
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 leaving five child rcn. The subject of this skti h 
 was roared on tlic fMiiii. assisting his father diiiiii;; 
 the siiniiner !i.s his strength would porniit, an<l at- 
 teiidii g school In the winter. Wlieii nearly grown 
 he took a course of study in engineering, after 
 which he entered the emplov of the Government, 
 bcini; a member of the surveying corps live years. 
 
 In the spring of 1867 Mr. Ilowind sailed for the 
 United States, landing in the metropolis, wIkmicc he 
 journeyed to Chicago. III. There he remained 
 three months after wliich he went to St. Louis, Mo. 
 Returning to Chicago he next engaged in contract- 
 ing and l)uilding, continuing lo resiile in that city 
 until I.S73. when he removed to .lackson, Mich. 
 Here lie has since reside(L his family consisting of 
 a wife and three chilihcn. 
 
 Jlr. Ilowind is not only an excellent judge of 
 maeiiinery hut. what is even more important in the 
 position which he r.ow occupies, is a good judge of 
 men, discriminating re.adily as to the degree of con- 
 fidence wiiicli may be placed in tliose about him. 
 lie is an upright and lionorable man. reliable in his 
 business and as a citizen, and winning the respect 
 of those with wiiom he comes in cont.act. 
 
 3aHH:|31;inKiE 
 
 ^^OL. CIIARLKS \'. DkLAND, whose [xir- 
 flf ^.^ trait is presented on the opposite page, is 
 ^^^' familiarly known all over this section of the 
 country for his gallant .services during the late 
 war, and is recognized as one of the notable cliar- 
 acters of Jackson County. For six years his home 
 lias been it: .Summit Townsliii), on a i)art of the old 
 I'erry estate, |)leasanlly located on section "il. His 
 career presents a tale of ntore than ordinary inter- 
 ercst. and will be [jcrnsed by the old residents of 
 this part of .Michigan with that attention which is 
 due the iniporlan<'e of the sid)ject in hanil. 
 
 I'"or six generations the DeLand fanuly llour- 
 is'iicd in New Kngland, and among its most worthy 
 representatives was William R.. father of the sub- 
 ject of this notice, who was born in Hrookfield. 
 Mass.. in 17'.)2. After aitaining to a vigorous 
 manhood among the breezy hills of the Hay Slate, 
 he was wedded to Miss Mar,\- (•. Keith, who was 
 biirn in Caroline. Tompkins County, N. Y.. in 
 
 I ^" '. He hail olitained a practical education, and 
 during his early years occupied himself as a sur- 
 veyor, a school teacher and a mechanic. He volun- 
 teered in the Warof 1812 prior to leaving his native 
 .State, and then emigrated to New York, and set- 
 tling in Caroline, taught school ami formed the ac- 
 quaintance of the lady who subsequently became his 
 wife. Tliey continueil their residence in Caroline 
 about one and one half years after their marri.age, 
 then Mr. DeLand returned with his young wife to 
 his native State, and lhe3' lived in North Hrookfield 
 about five years. In 1«27 Mr. DeLand joined a 
 surveying parly and came to Michigan. In the 
 spring of 1830 he removed his family hither 
 in a canvas-covered lumber wagon and located 
 upon ground now occui)ied by the city of Jackson. 
 
 Although tbc father of our subject became the 
 owner of several tracts of land and engaged in 
 famiing quite exlensivel}'. he also found time lo 
 inteicst himself in public affairs, and the first year 
 of his .arrival was appointed by Gov. Cass a Just- 
 tice of the Ueace. In 1838 he was elected County 
 Clerk, which oHice he filled one term. Prior to this 
 he h.ad also served as Deputy Clerk. In 1840 he 
 was elected Probate Judge, and held this office 
 eight j'ears. He was a man much sought after in 
 public affairs, and, with his estimable wife, contin- 
 ued a resident of this county- until his death, which 
 occurred November 28. 187(5. The mother died 
 two years later, November 27, 1878, both thus 
 passing aw.ay on Thanksgiving Day and both being 
 buried December I, of the year. Thej' celebrated 
 their Golden Wedding in 1873, an occasion made 
 memorable 1)3' many pleasant incidents and remin- 
 iscences of the olden time. There had been liorn 
 to them six children, two daughters and four sons, 
 of whom only two sons survive — Chai'les \'. and 
 James .S., the latter a resident of Napoleon. 
 
 The subject of this notice was the second child 
 i)f his parents and the eldest son. He was born in 
 Xorlh Hrookfield, Mass.. .luly 2.5. I82C. and was 
 in the fourth year of his age when his [larents 
 came to this county, where he was reared to man- 
 hood. Upon leaving the farm, he repaired to Jack- 
 son, and engaged as '•devil" in the first prlnling- 
 ollicc in the infant city, in September, 1K36, on 
 the Jacksonburg Scnliiicl. He served an apprentice- 
 
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 ship of four years mid I.iIlm- follo'.vi'il liis Iradc in 
 ilift'eieiil cities 111 liie Norlla. and also made a trip 
 South. In 1848 be returned to this county and the 
 following year established the Jackson Citizen, buy- 
 ing the old office material of the Senlini'l, the Ga- 
 zette and the De)u«crat. He conducted the Citizen 
 from July, 1849, until September, 1S6I, when, the 
 Civil War being in progress, he laid aside his per- 
 sonal plans and interests and org.anized a body of 
 men known .as Company C, and which was assigned 
 to the Ninth JNIichigan Infantry. He was given a 
 Captain's commission and served with tliat Com- 
 pany until the latter |)art of December, 186-2, when 
 he resigned and was promoted to the Colonelcy of 
 the First Michigan Siiarpshooters, which regiment 
 he had raised, and of which lie had full charge 
 from that time until near the close of the war. 
 
 Subsequently, on account of meritorious serv- 
 ices, Col. DeLand was breveted Ilrigadier-General, 
 and his whole army life was distinguished by rare 
 bravery and gallantry. He fought at the battle of 
 Murfreesboro, Tenn., in July, 186-2, where he was 
 slightly wounded; he was likewise in the battle of 
 the Wilderness, and at Spottsylvania Court House, 
 in 1864, where he was wounded, as also in front of 
 I'etersburg, in the Burnside mine fight, July 30, 
 where he was seriously wounded in the face and 
 head, and at Ft. Pegram, September 30, 1864. where 
 he was shot through the left thigh while leading a 
 charge, and thus was unable to do anj- more 
 service. At Murfreesboro, Tenn., on the 13th 
 of July, 1862, Col. DeLand was cajitured by the 
 enenij', and held a prisoner at Madison, Ga., and 
 Columbia, S. C . for about five months. Again, 
 at the battle of Ft. Pegram, he was taken prisoner 
 and conflned in Libby Prison, but fortunately was 
 soon after paroled. After examination '.>y the 
 Board of Medical Examiners at Washington, D. C, 
 he was given an honorable discharge, retiring from 
 the service bearing with him the warm friendship 
 of both officers and men who had shared with him 
 the d.ingers and vicissitudes of a soldier's life. He 
 returned to Jackson, but a few weeks later removed 
 to Saginaw, and, in partnership with two others, 
 established the Saginaw Daily Enterprise, the first 
 daily paper in the Saginaw Valley, with which 
 he w.as coniie< ted two years, and then, on account 
 
 of ill-iicalth. was obliged to relinquish the editor- 
 shii) of the paper. He owned and controlled the 
 Saginaw Republican from 1865 until 1878, when 
 it was merged into the Saginaw Morning Herald. 
 
 From 1867 until 1876 Col. DeLand held the of- 
 fices of Controller of the cit}' of East Saginaw, Chief 
 Engineer, Marshal and Supervisor, and w.as also 
 engaged in the real-estate and insurance business. 
 In 1875 the Daily Enterprise was abaniioned and 
 Col. iJeLanrl established a new paper, known as the 
 Daily Herald, which he conducted until 1883. He 
 was Collector of Internal Revenue of the Sixth 
 Michigan Distiict from 1874 until 1880. In 1882 
 he returned to this county' and settled on l^leasant 
 Xifvi farm, where he has since resided. This com- 
 prises one hundred and ten acres of the farm which 
 was entered from the Government by the late Leon- 
 ard G. Perry. It is embellished with good buildings 
 .and all the comforts and conveniences of modern 
 rural life. 
 
 When first becoming a voter. Col. DeLand iden- 
 tified himself with the old-line Whigs, .and in 1840 
 was President of the Bo.ys' Tippecanoe Club, at 
 Jackson. In 1848 he cast his first Presidential 
 vote for Zachary T.aylor and for twelve 3'ears was 
 Chairman of the Whig and Republican Counts- 
 Central Committee for Jackson County. Since the 
 formation of the Republican party he has been an 
 active worker in its ranks. He w.as Clerk of the 
 State House of Representatives in 1855-57-59. He 
 was Alderman of the Third Ward in Jackson, in 
 1858-59. In the fall of 1860 he was elected to the 
 State Senate from the Twelfth District. Jackson 
 County, and served during the session of 1861, and 
 during three special sessions thereafter, returning 
 from the army to attend two of these special sessions. 
 He served on the Militaiy Committee, also on Fi- 
 nance and Education, and was Chairman of the 
 Committee on Roads and Bridges. 
 
 Although an ardent worker in the Republican 
 ranks, it cannot be justly said of Col. DeLand that 
 he was ever an office-seeker. While in Saginaw he 
 was Chairman of the Saginaw County Central 
 Committee for six ye.ars. He has attended, with 
 the exception of four, every Republican State Con- 
 vention .as a delog.ate since the organization of his 
 party. In 1872 he was again elected State Sena- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 221 
 
 tor, this time from Saginaw County, serving dur- 
 ing the sessions of 1873-7 L In tiio Spring of 1887 
 lie was elected to represent Summit Township in 
 the Count}' Board of Su|)ervisors. He is Grand 
 Vice I'resident of the Patrons of Industry, of 
 Miehigan. His discharge of his ollicial duties has 
 ever been mariied with that conscientious Oddity 
 which lias uniformly gained for liim the esteem ' 
 and confidence, not onl}' of his constituents, hut 
 of the ])eople at large. 
 
 Col. DeLand was married in Summit Townsliip. 
 in the iiome where he now lives. May 4. 18.")!). to 
 Miss Mary E., dangliter of the late Leonard (!. 
 and Sarah M. (Hodgkins) Perry. Mr. and Sirs. 
 Perry were natives respectively' of A'ermont and 
 Niagara County, N. Y. After their marriage, in 
 the 3'ear 1836, they settled among the earliest 
 pioneers of Summit Township, this county, where 
 they constructed a home from tjie wilderness and 
 spent the remainder of their days. The mother 
 departed tliis life July 19. 1879. Mr. Perry died 
 June 20, 1881. They were the parents of two 
 daughters only. Mrs. DeLand was born at the old 
 Perry homestead in Summit Townsliip. March 12. i 
 1838, ami grew to an attractive womanhood aniid | 
 the surroundings of a cultured home. Of her unii>n 
 with Col. DeLand there have been born seven chil- 
 dren, who are recorded .as follows: Cora L. is the 
 wife of L. D. Hnssell, of K.ansas City; Dell W. is 
 the wife of William F. Clark, of Lansing; Mollie 
 E. is at home; Perry V. died when twelve years 
 old; Sarah died at the age of four j'eai"s; William 
 L. and Charles J. are .at home. 
 
 The Colonel when a yourg man joined the .Ma- 
 sonic Lodge in .lackson. He at one time belonged 
 to several lodges of the Brotherhood, but on ac- 
 count of ill-health has been obligetl to witli<lraw 
 from active work in this direction. He is a fur- 
 lough member of Granger Post. No. 38, G. A. H. 
 
 As one of the three surviving first settlers of 
 this county who pitched their tents within its 
 limits as early as 1830, Col. DeLand forms an ohl 
 landmark who will not soon be forgotten when 
 gathered to his fathers. He is the onl_v survivor of 
 the first day and Sunday school established in this 
 countv.and as has been seen. has pl.ayed an important 
 part, socially and politically, not only in the coun- 
 
 ties where he has lived, but in the whole .Si;ite of 
 Michigan. To such men .as he is the Wolverine 
 State inil('l)(cd for her wealth and progress, intel- 
 lectually an<l financially. His estimable wife is a 
 graceful and accomplished lady of many e.xcellent 
 traits of character and cheerful disposition. Their 
 home surroundings are all that could reasonably 
 be desired, and not the le.ast among their blessings 
 is the esteem and confidence in which they are held 
 by the entire community. Being a man of r.adical 
 views, and exemplifying at all times the "courage 
 of his couviclions," he has often encountered strong 
 antagonisms, but none accuse him of intentional 
 injustice, much le.ss with anything like dishonesty 
 or deceit. With the record of a blameless public 
 an<l private life, Col. DeLand possesses a magnetism 
 which has drawn around him hosts of friends, who 
 will hold his name in kindly remembrance long 
 after he has departed hence. 
 
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 ' OIIX WALTZ. A beautiful home on section 
 1. lilackman Township, is owned and occu. 
 pied by the above-named gentleman, the one 
 hundred and ninety-sLx acres which com- 
 prise the estate being umler thorough cultivation 
 under the oversight of a man who has had a num- 
 ber of years practical cx[>erience in agricultural 
 pursuits and devotes his entire time to his occupa- 
 tion. The farm w.is bought by Mr. Waltz in 1865 
 and among the buildings erected upon it are e.x- 
 cellent barns and other outhouses, as well as a com- 
 I'lirtable and tastcfid dwelling. 
 
 The subject of this brief l)iographical notice w.ns 
 born in Germany, October 23. 1831, and grew to 
 manhood in his native land, engaging in farming 
 after having .acquired a good education under the 
 excellent system of the Empire. When twenty- 
 two years old he determined to seek a home in 
 the New World and crossing the briny <leep he 
 landed in New York, whence he came directly to 
 Washtenaw County, Mich. Buying a tract of land 
 in Freedom Township he continued his former pur- 
 suit, remaining in that county twelve years and 
 thence removing to the home he now occupies. 
 
 Mr. Waltz was united in marriage with Hiss 
 Elizabeth Funk, a native of (iermany. the ceremony 
 
222 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 being celeljralod in WasliU'iiaw ('(nintv. "lifre after 
 a short life of weLlded bliss, Mrs. W'akz was called 
 hence, breathing her last September 29, 1855. She 
 had borne her husband one son — Fred. In the same 
 count}-, August 8, 1861. Mr. Waltz contracterl a 
 second marriage, the bride being Miss Christina 
 Lang, also a native of German}', who was born 
 March 14. 1840. This estimal)le lad}- has liorne 
 hvr husband two children, John A. and Charles M. 
 Mr. Waltz is a believer in and a supporter of 
 the principles of the Republican part}-. He and 
 his wife belong to the German Evangelical Church, 
 and are highly resjiected by its members, as well as 
 by their other associates. In the management of 
 his estate Mr. Waltz exhibits all the German thrift 
 and energ}-. and lie is interested in every modern 
 method which will enhance the value of his prop- 
 ert}' or expedite his work, investigating with a keen 
 intelligence the new ideas and theories that are 
 .advanced, and using those in which his judgment 
 concurs. He is a most estimable citizen, with an 
 intelligent inltrest in all that pertains to the good 
 (if the government and the welfare of humanity. 
 
 bHOMAS J. SMITH. A pleasantly located, 
 finely improved, and fertile farm on section 
 4, Blackman Township, is owned and occu- 
 pied by the above-named gentleman. The greater 
 number of the j^ears since Mr. Smith arrived at a 
 suitable age for active labor, have been spent by 
 him in agricultural pursuits and he is thoroughly 
 acquainted with the details of that avocation. He 
 possesses inventive genius of no mean order, and 
 has patented several articles of value and beneficial 
 to mankind. Among them are a carriage-jack and 
 fence-lifter, a harness-buckle, and a machine for 
 weaving pickets into fences; he has also taken out 
 a patent for an improvement on the last named, the 
 papers being issued January 7, 1890. 
 
 Mr, Smith was born in Wheeler, Steuben County, 
 N. Y., February 4, 1821, growing to manhood in 
 the place of his nativity, and acquiring as thorough 
 an education as could be obtained in the public 
 schools. He continued to reside in New York until 
 be w-as twenty-five years old, when he married and 
 came to Michigan, locating in Sandstone Township, 
 
 this county. After a sojourn of two and a half 
 years he returned to his native county and State, 
 operating a sawmill there until 1862, when he came 
 back to this county. He then located in Blackman 
 Township, where he has since resided with the 
 exception of two years spent in Rives Township. 
 The farm which he now occupies comprises ninety 
 acres and forms an estate both profitable and 
 agreeable to look upon. 
 
 The rites of wedlock were celebrated between 
 Mr. Smith and Miss Harriet Eliza Ingrahara in 
 Steuben County, N. Y., February 4, 1846. The 
 bride is a native of Orleans County, N.Y'., her natal 
 d.ay having been December 15, 1822, and is the 
 third of nine children born to Alfred and Lucinda 
 (Watkins) Ingraham. Her father was a native of 
 New Hampshiie and her mother of Vermont, and 
 after living in different places, they breathed their 
 last in Steuben County, N.Y^. Mrs. Smith is a lady 
 whose intelligent mind, useful training and Christ- 
 ian character exert an influence for good beyond 
 the walls of her home, within which however, she 
 has ever found her chief delight in the companion- 
 ship of her husband and the children with whom 
 they have been blessed and in whose rearing she 
 lias taken affectionate pride. To her and her husband 
 a family of seven children has been born, only four 
 of whom lived to man's estate. The.se are Frank 
 O., now a resident of Jackson; Alfred J., now a 
 farmer of Rives Township; Don C, who died in 
 Blackman Township, when about twenty-three 
 years old; and Ilarley M., a member of the firm 
 of Myers & Smith, dealers in agricultural imple- 
 ments in Jackson. 
 
 Mr. Smith atBliates with the Masonic fraternity. 
 His political adherence is given to the Republican 
 party, in whose principles his judgment concurs 
 and for which he is ever ready to cast his ballot. 
 Mrs. Smith is a member in good standing of the 
 Congregational Church. 
 
 The father of the subject of this brief sketch was 
 Eaton Smith, a native of Massachusetts, and his 
 mother was Betsey Hartsoe, a native of Steuben 
 Count}-, N. Y., where the parents settled after their 
 marriage, and where Mrs. Smith died. The father 
 removed to Wayne County, Mich., early in the 
 '10s. afterward "foing to Ohio and then returning 
 
POKTUAIT AND BK^GIIAFIII'^AL AI.HL'M. 
 
 ■22 -.i 
 
 to Sieiibcn County, N. Y., wlicrc lie also died, 
 breatliintf his last in the town of Ilowai'd. He was 
 the father of seven cliihhen hy his first marriage, 
 Oiir subject being the liflli in tills household band. 
 
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 lARNAlJAS C. IIAICII. Ju. is the sixth 
 ^> child of his parents, and was l)orn Decem- 
 ber 14, 1840, in Sprinu Arbor Township, 
 this county, in a shanty without a lloor. His 
 boyhood d«ys were all spent in this locality, his early 
 memories being of scenes of primitive pioneer life, 
 in which from year to year he bore such part as his 
 strength would permit, witnessing a rapid develop- 
 ment during his j'outh. He .■ittendiHl the district 
 school in Hanover Township and when sntHciently 
 old enough to do so, adopted the occupation of a 
 farmer, in which he has since been engaged. 
 
 Mr. Hatch remained under the parental roof un- 
 til after he was twenty-six years of age, when he set 
 up his own househohl taking f.s his companion Miss 
 Harriet L.. daughter of Charles S. and S:u'ah .Stone. 
 Their marriage ceremony was celebrated .March 7. 
 1867, and they shared each other's joys and sorrows 
 until March 24, 1874, when Mr-!. Hatch breathed 
 her last. She had borne her husband two children, 
 one of whom is now living. This is a son, William, 
 born Mar< h 10, 1870, who is now attending the 
 Seminar^' of Spring Arbor and i)ursuing the stud- 
 ies of the scientific and literary course. 
 
 On February 14, 1878, he of whom we write con- 
 tracted a second alliance, -his liride being Bli.ss 
 Emma Cornett, an intelligent and estimable young 
 lady, who was born in December, 18.V2. She is a 
 daughter of William and Susan (Goff) Cornett, her 
 father being a native of Rhode Island ami her 
 mother of New York. Mr. Cornett carried on 
 a large mercantile business in his native State, 
 whence he came to Michig.an, marrying here in 
 1841. The following year he returned to Rhode 
 Island, where he was occuiiied .ns an importer of 
 Russian iron, remaining there until 18."»4 when he 
 returned to this State. Seven years ago he became 
 a resilient of .lackson City where he now resides. 
 
 Mrs. Hatch is the youngest of live children born 
 to her parents, four of whom are now living. Her 
 union with our subject has been blessed by the 
 birth of two children — .Morion (1., born October 
 8, 1882. and Irene, born April 22, 1888— both One 
 si)ecimens of childish beauty and inlelligence. 
 
 The farm which Mr. Hatch owns and occupies 
 comprises one hundred and twenty-one acres of 
 improved land on section 1, Hanover Township, 
 where he carries on diversified farming and raises 
 .all grades of stock, his hogs being Poland-China. 
 The present dwelling of the family was built in 
 1877 at a cost of iflaOO and is an attractive and 
 comfortable home, whose neatness and order proves 
 the hoiisewitely ability of its mistress. '-.lune" 
 Hntcli. as our subject is familiarly- known on ac- 
 count of having the same name as that his father 
 bore, is full of business sagacity and vim, and has 
 a remarkably [ilcisant manner which gives him 
 great popularity. 
 
 Mr. Hatch has taken an active interest in politics 
 and now votes with the Democratic party. For 
 twelve years he was connected with the Greenback 
 organization. He has frequently been a delegate 
 to the county and State conventions. Since the 
 age of twenty-one years he has served on a School 
 Board and for the past three years has been Di rec- 
 tor of Horton District. He has also been Town- 
 ship and School Inspector six years, has been 
 Supervisor of the Township three terms, and is 
 Auditor of the Farmer's Fire Insurance Company, 
 having held that position for some time past. He 
 has been (jiominent in settling estates, appraising, 
 and similar work which calls for intelligence, good 
 judgment ami thorough honesty. He belongs to 
 the Masonic fraternity, having mcmbersliii) in the 
 Blue Lodge No. '.>;3 .at Horton; he h.as been Jun- 
 ior Warden and .lunior Deacon of the Lodge, and 
 was elected Master but diil not serve. Both he 
 and his wife belong to the I'uivcrsalist .Society, of 
 which he is now Treasurer. 
 
 In the Empire State Mathcw Hatch, the grand- 
 father of our subject ai>d his son, 15. C. Hatch, were 
 born. There also Miss Mary AVirtsor opened her 
 eyes to the ligiit. her grandfather having been an 
 emigrant from Germany. 11. C. Hatch and .Mary 
 Wirtsor ^Yere united in marriage and in November, 
 
224 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 1825, became residents of Micliigan, making a 
 settlement in Spring Arbor Township, tliis county. 
 Tbey hail a fainil\- of ten chil<lren, eight of whom 
 are living. The wife died jNIay 6, 1851, the hus- 
 band surviving until February 22, 1874. B. C. 
 Hatch Sr., possessed extraordinary natural ability, 
 which his associates were not long in ascertaining, 
 and he was called upon to serve them in various pub- 
 lic cajjacities. He was Supervisor of Hanover 
 Township for seven years, was an Associate .Judge 
 in this county two terms, and a Justice of the Peace 
 for twenty years. He held the office of Postmaster 
 at Bennett's Corners in Spring Arbor Township. 
 He was a member of the Legislature of lcS48 and 
 was one of those through whose votes Gen. Cass 
 was sent to the United States Senate; he was a per- 
 sonal friend of the General and visited at his house. 
 
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 OBERT E. SMPrn. Although this gentle- 
 ( man has lived in the village of .Tefferson, 
 ^ Columbia Township, several years, he is still 
 engaged in general farming, owning a good 
 estate on sections 7 and 22. He has resided in this 
 township for about twentj- years and is well known 
 as a practical and progressive agriculturist. His 
 personal character is excellent, his life exhibiting 
 many of the strong traits derived from Scotch an- 
 cestrj-. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject was .lolin Smith, 
 who married a Miss Johnson, both natives of Scot- 
 land, descended from good old families. John Smith 
 was highly educated and followed the professions 
 of teaching and surve3'ing. After the birth of their 
 children — Francis, James, Andrew, Robert, David, 
 Margaret and Agnes— they emigrated to America. 
 This was in the early |)art of the present centur3', 
 when ocean travel had not reached its present high 
 rate of speed and their journey was a tedious one. 
 Landing in New York City, they traveled westward 
 to Monroe County, N. Y., settling on the Genesee 
 River where two sons, William and Tlionias were 
 born to them. .Tohn Smith was engaged as a 
 teacher and surveyor during the most of his life. 
 As a surveyor he was ver^' accurate, a proof of his 
 
 proficiency being that the deeds made out after his 
 survey instead of reading -'more or less," as is the 
 custom here, invariably read, -'according to the 
 survej' of John Smith." He and his wife reached 
 an active old age. gaining the respect of a large 
 circle of friends and leaving an honored name when 
 called hence. In religion they favored the doc- 
 trines of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 The third child of the above-named couple, An- 
 drew, was but a lad when his parents came to 
 America, and in Monroe County, N. Y., he grew to 
 maturity, learning the carpenter trade. During the 
 War of 1812, while sojourning for a short time in 
 Canada he was impressed into the British Army. 
 After making his escape he became anxious to as- 
 sist in the defense of his adopted country and 
 therefore entered the New York Militia. In Mon- 
 roe County he was united in marriage with Miss 
 Lucinda Dillingham, who was born in Vermont, 
 not far from the Green Mountains, being the 
 daughter of a \'ermont farmer who removed to 
 New York when she was quite young, Andrew 
 Smith continued to work at his trade, living hap- 
 pily with his wife, Lucinda. until 1830 when she 
 was removed from her family b^- death, lieing but 
 little past middle life, leaving a family of seven 
 children — Jane, Maria, Margaret, Stephen, Robert, 
 David and William. She was a faithful compan- 
 ion and devoted ra(jther, quietly and conscientiously 
 discharging the duties which lay liefore her; she 
 favored the religion of the Friends. The second wife 
 of Andrew .Smith vvas Mrs. Sallj' Williams, nee 
 Winslow, who was born in Saratoga County, N. Y. 
 She had several children by a former marriage and 
 bore -AFr. Smith two children, both horn in Monroe 
 County — Elizabeth and Mary. 
 
 In 1839 Andrew Smith and his family came to 
 Michigan, crossing the lake to Detroit and thence 
 continuing their journey overland with teams 
 brought with him. Arriving in Washtenaw County 
 he selected a tract of land in Dexter Township, 
 which he secured from the State and which he at 
 once, with the aid of his sons, began to improve. 
 It embraced the whole of section 16, which was 
 school land and wholly unbroken. He lived to 
 effect many im|)rovements and to see the most of 
 his land under tillage, At the home thus built up 
 
POUTRAIT AND 15IOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 22.: 
 
 lie liie.-illictl his last, respected by all who knew him 
 .•IS :i liaid-workini;, iiulustridus .iiul iiprijihl ni.an. 
 The liuil»liii<;s erected upon iiis estali- were the work 
 of hi.s own hands, nnd all the iniprovenieiils were 
 due iiKii'ily to his own exertions assisted liy his 
 family. In polities he was a Democrat. His widow 
 after his death returned to New York and dieil 
 there when (piite old. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this biography was born iii Wheatland Township. 
 Monroe County, N. Y., February 1. IS2."). beinir 
 tlic fifth child and second son in a circle comprised 
 of four sons and throe daughters. He was reared 
 and educated in his native county, remaining with 
 his father until the latter's death, assisting in farm 
 labor and becoming familiar with the carpenter's 
 trade. With I hi' other memliers of the family he is 
 numbered among the early settlers of Washten.aw 
 Count}', in which he resided from 1H;!'.» until be- 
 coming a resident of this county. Kor alioul four 
 years he was engaged in business .as a merchant at 
 I^elhi. and after selling out removed to Dexter. 
 There he married 5'iss Jemima, daughter of Ed- 
 mund and Ilann.Mli Richards. She was born in 
 Wales May 1.'), 18.'V.J. and was but a year old when 
 her parents came to America, they first locating in 
 New York. Subsequently they came to Michigan, 
 locating in Dexter. Washtenaw County, where 
 Mr. Richards spent his last years. The full history 
 of the family will be found in the biographical 
 sketch of Kvan Richards elsewhere in this .Vi.itiM. 
 Mrs. Smith was fourteen years old when her par- 
 ents came to this State and in Ypsilanti completed 
 her education, fitting herself for a teacher, ftjllow- 
 ing that profession for a number of years before 
 her marriage, and still retains a lively interest in all 
 that pertains to educational matters. A good lin- 
 guist, their library is enriched by many rare French 
 and Italian works, the gift of her brother. I'rof. 
 A. K. Richards, as is also the valuable collection of 
 ancient coins, numbering several thousand, .ac- 
 cumulated during a twenty years' residence in Eu- 
 rope, and at his decease in Florence. Italy, divided 
 among the ditTerent members of the family. 
 
 The union of Mr. and Mrs. Smith has been 
 blessed by the birth of foui- dMuirhlers .-ind two 
 sons. One of the latter. David A. dieil vonng; 
 
 Grace is the wife of Henry Peterson, a farmer; 
 Margaret married Richardson Peterson, tlieir home 
 being on a farm in Columbia Township: Alice li. is 
 the wife of Charles Hewitt, also a farmer of Colum- 
 bia Township; Maude J. teaches in the same town- 
 ship; Robert A. is attending school in lirooklyn. 
 All are intelligent and greatly respected by their 
 associates. F'ive beautiful grandchildren have made 
 sunshine in the parents' homes: Eryl Peterson, son 
 of Richard and .Maggie Peterson; Winnie, .Sylvia, 
 Henry Hlendon (deceased), children of Henry and 
 (J race Peterson; Zora ],., daughcr of Charles and 
 Alice Hewitt. In politics Mr. Smith is a Republican 
 of the deepest dye. He and his wife are members 
 of tiie Methodist E|)iscopal Church, and by their 
 brethren, as well as by the citizens in general, they 
 are regarded with respect for their intelligence, 
 uiirightness and good will toward their neighbors. 
 
 1 
 
 f% ETER W, Al.DRICH is one of the well 
 J known liusiness men of lirooklyn and a 
 prominent citizen of this part of the 
 county. He is the senior member of the 
 firm of Aldrich A Green, dealers in all kinds of 
 vehicles ami agricultural implements, and is also 
 a liveryman and interested in the breeding and sale 
 of ro.ad horses. He has been a resident of Brook- 
 Ij'u since 1866, at which date he established a har- 
 ness shop here, which he conducted twenty years, 
 doing a general harness manufacturing business. 
 During the time, he became interested in the car- 
 riage, wagon and .agricultural implement tr.ade, 
 and. in 1H87, healso engaged in the livery and 
 horse dealing. In this way he has become well 
 acquainted with the people of the city and sur- 
 rounding country, and while carrying on a sncci'ss- 
 ful business career has won the esteem of his 
 fellow-citizens for his personal character. 
 
 Mr. Aldrich was born in .Saline Township, Wash- 
 tenaw County. January !•, 1838, and there grew to 
 manhood, acquiring a common-school ecluc.ition 
 and learning the trade of harnessmaking. I'nder 
 the instruction of his I'lnployer. Mr. Roraiieck. a 
 local harness dculer, he became a skillful woikmaii. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 fully competent to carry on the business for him- 
 self. He established a shop in Saline anil con- 
 ducted the same until he came to Biooklyn and 
 entered upon the other transactions noted above. 
 The womanly virtues of Miss Roxie A. Robinson 
 won the affection of Mr. Aldrich, and to her, after 
 a successful wooing, he was married in Saline. She 
 was born near Ypsilanti, August 9, 1837, being a 
 daughter of Allen and Sarah (Nash) Robinson, na- 
 tives of the Keystone Stale, where they were 
 reared and married. Early in the. '30s Mr. and 
 3Irs. Robinson came to Michigan and, with other 
 pioneers of that da}', began to improve a home in 
 the wilderness near Ypsilanti. There they lived 
 many years, regarded as worthy members of the 
 community and leaving a resi)ecied memory when 
 called to die. They reared a large family, Mrs. 
 Aldrich being one of the eldest members. She was 
 reared in her native county, attending the Ypsi- 
 lanti schools. She has borne her husband four 
 children, one of whom died in infancy. Frank AV. 
 married Miss Cora Cooper; their home is at Ousted, 
 Lenawee County, where he is engaged in business. 
 Fred E. is a clerk in Metcalf's dry goods store in 
 Adrian; his wife was ISIiss Minnie Teachout of 
 this county. Jessie L. is still living with her parents. 
 He has been an Alderman for two terms. Town- 
 ship Clerk two terras and a member of the School 
 Board twelve years. In politics he is a Republi- 
 can, as was his father before him. He and his wife 
 attend the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 The father of the subject of this sketch was 
 Thomas Aldrich, a native of Livingston C'oui\Ly, 
 N. Y., and a member of an old and well respected 
 family of the Empire Slate. He was a son of Na- 
 thaniel Aldrich, a farmer of the same count}', who 
 lived to be upwards of three-score and ten j'ears 
 old. They were of "Welsh ancestry. Thomas Al- 
 drich became a carpenter aTid builder, carrying on 
 his trade in his native county until some tune after 
 his marriage to Miss Louisa Ripley, of Cattaraugus 
 County. She was a daughter of Pyrom Ripley, 
 who is thought r.o have been of Dutch descent. 
 He was a farmer, and spending his entire life in 
 Western New York, attained to favorable circum- 
 stances and became well known as a reliable citizen. 
 After his marriage. Thomas Ajdricii. with his 
 
 wife and one child, came to Michigan, settling in 
 in an almost unbroken wilderness in Washtenaw 
 Count}'. There Mr. Aldrich at once engaged at 
 his trade and being a skilled mechanic was success- 
 ful in his career, during his laterjyears being able 
 to retire somewhat from the labors of life. In 
 1884 he went to Power Cit}', N. Dak., to visit his 
 oldest daughter, Cordelia, wife of Edgar Bigford, 
 and died at her home, March 24th, of that year. 
 His lifeless body was returned to his home and 
 interred in the cemetery at Saline by the side of his 
 wife, who had died in 1858. At the time of his death 
 Mr. Aldrich was sevent3'-four years of age; his 
 wife had breathed her last when a little past mid- 
 dle life. They were the parents of seven children, 
 one of whom, Thomas, died in infancy. The liv- 
 ing are: Cornelia, above noted; .lulia, wife of 
 AVilliam Barnard, a business man of Lansing; Peter 
 W.; f;dgar R., who is engaged in business in Sa- 
 line, and who married P^meline Welch, and after her 
 death, Mflggie Parker, who is now also deceased; 
 Eveline, wife of .lohn Valentine, living on a farm 
 in Fairfield Township. Lenawee County: and 
 Louisa, who carries on the Home Bakery at Adrian. 
 
 ® 
 
 ^, AVID HOAG. The pioneers of Jackson 
 County are fast passing awa3',and those who 
 remain to tell the story of their early adven- 
 tures are looked upon almost as the relics of a 
 bygone time. The history of their toils and sacri- 
 fices forms a record which is destined to be [ae- 
 served in the hearts of their children for many 
 generations. Prominent among those who came to 
 Parma Township when it was but little removed 
 from the wilderness, ma}' be properly mentioned 
 Mr. Iloag, who has just passed the seventy-fourth 
 mile-stone along the highway of life. After years 
 of arduous labor, he is now resting on his oais, and 
 surrounded by friends and the comforts of a good 
 home, can look back upon the past and reasonably 
 feel that he has not lived in vain. 
 
 A native of RensseLaer County, N. Y.. the sub- 
 ject of this notice was born March if), ISK;, and is 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGkaPIIICAL ALHIIM. 
 
 tlie son of Asa and Elizabetli (Noiioii) lloag, who 
 wore likewise natives of the Empire State. The 
 family is of English origin, and the first represen- 
 Uilivcs crossed ll.e Atlantic sometime during the 
 seventeenth century. Asa Iloag was born in 17S8, 
 in Dutchess County, N. Y., and removed thence 
 with his parents to Rensselaer County when about 
 twelve years old. He there developed into man- 
 hood and settled on a new farm, from which he 
 iiuilt up a good homestead. In Cambridge. AV'ash- 
 ington Countv. he sjjcnt the remainder of his life, 
 dying in 1847. The wife and mother had pi'eceded 
 her husliand to the silent land twenty-four years, 
 her death taking place in 1823; they were the par- 
 ents of seven children, three of whom are living. 
 
 David Hoag under the instruction of his honored 
 falhei- became a scirntilic farmer and chose this for 
 his life vocation. The primitive schools of Rens- 
 selaer County furnished him with his education, 
 and at the age of twenty- two years he set about 
 the establishment of a fireside of his own, being 
 manied November 8, 1838, to Miss 51 ary Peck- 
 ham. 
 
 Mrs. Mary (Peckham) Iloag, likewise a native 
 of Rensselaer County, N. Y., was bf)rn in 1818 lo 
 Sanuiel and Mary Peckham. who were liatives of 
 New York, and spent the closing years of their 
 lives in that State. Mr. and Mrs. Iloag in 1888 
 celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding 
 amid the congratulations and good wishes of many 
 friends. 
 
 Of this congenial union there wus born a family 
 of seven children, five of whom are living — Fran- 
 cis II. is a resident of Parma Township; Rutger 
 lives in Springport Townshi)); Isaac P. is a resi- 
 dent of California; Jolin E. lives in Parma Town- 
 sliip. this count}-; Phcebe is the wife of W. II. 
 Trope, of California. Mr. and Mrs. Iloag soon 
 after tiieir marriage settled in AVashington County, 
 N. Y., where they resided until 184.5. Then with 
 the three children whi 'h had been added to their 
 household they set out for this countj', and Mr. 
 Iloag jjurchased eighty acres of his present farm. 
 To tills he subsequently a<lded from time to time 
 until it now comprises two hundred and twenty 
 acres, all under cnllivalion and embellished with 
 neat modern buildings. Ii wm^ n wIM uucullivated 
 
 tract when he look |ll)s^c^^i^Jrl. its only irupinxc- 
 nient a log cabin, and a poor one at that, which 
 had been standing a number of years, and which 
 did service several years longer as the home of Mr. 
 Iloag and his family. The present fine residence 
 was completed in 1861. Mr. Iloag came to this 
 count}' poor in purse, and endured the usual hard- 
 ships and privations of life on the frontier. He 
 h.as been an eyewitness of its gradual growth and 
 development, and has contributed his full quota to 
 its general prosjierity. 
 
 Mr. Iloag cast his first Presidential vote for 
 W. H. Harrison, and in the early days was a mem- 
 ber of the Whig party. Later he joined himself to 
 the Republicans. He has never sought office, 
 simpl}- serving as Town Collector two terms, but 
 has aimed to give his influence in favor of every- 
 thing calculated to improve the condition of the 
 l>eople, socially, morall}' and financially. Of genial 
 and whole-souled disposition, he invariably makes 
 friends wherever he goes, and enjoys in a marked 
 degree t!ie respect of all who know him. 
 
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 t LVA S. TRUE. A prominent place among 
 
 l^OI the citizens of Blackniau Township, is oc- 
 //( I!) cupicd by him whose name introduces this 
 ^ sketch, and who, from his earlj- boyhood 
 
 has been identified with the development of the 
 county and has exhibited enterprise and ability in 
 the management of his private affairs and a public 
 spirited and intelligent interest in the good of the 
 community. For a number of years he has filled 
 positions of public responsibilit}', having for fully 
 iwentj'-five years been a school director and during 
 the time held various other oflices for more or less 
 lengthy periods. His pleasant and hospitable 
 home is supplied with books and papers, which in- 
 dicate the love of Mr. and Mrs. True for knowl- 
 edge, and the rational manner in which they spend 
 their leisure moments. 
 
 The [)arents of our subject were John and Han- 
 nah (Watson) True, who after their marriage set- 
 tled in Merriniac County. N. H. remaining there 
 some ycarv M\. 'I'riie was a native of that county 
 
228 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 and -was employed in the cotton-mills. About the 
 year 1830, he came to Jackson County, Midi., re- 
 maining but a shc't time ere I'eturning to liis East- 
 ern home with the intention of bringing liis wife 
 and five ciiildren and founding a new home in the 
 West. About 1833 the family took up their resi- 
 dence in what is now Blackman Township, lliis 
 count3', but was then known as .jacksonburg. 
 There the husband and father engaged in farming 
 and there he and his wife continued to reside dur- 
 ina the remainder of their natural lives. The farm 
 upon which they closed their eyes to earthly things 
 is now owned by their oldest son, the siilijcct of 
 this sketch. Their family consisted of ten children, 
 nine of wliom grew to j-ears of maturity. 
 
 The natal day of the gentleman of wiiom we 
 write was October 29, 1827, and the place of his na- 
 tivity Merriinac County, N. H. lie was about seven 
 years old when lie came to the AVest and vividly 
 remembers the primitive surroundings of their 
 early home liere, and the toilsome life which his 
 family, in common with all pioneers, was subject to 
 during the first years of their occupancy of their 
 new home. Amid such scenes," vigor and sturdi- 
 ness of mind and body is rapidly developed, and 
 he of wliom we write was not behind others of his 
 age in developing these qualities and in acquiring 
 a keenness of observation which laid hold upon 
 objects and lines of thought unnoted liy those 
 reared amid other scenes. 
 
 Having reached the years of manhood, Mr. True 
 learned the trade of a carpenter, and, following 
 that business exclusively for fifteen years, was the 
 builder of many of the best residences put up in 
 those days in Jackson and Ingham Counties. In 
 1865 he abandoned his trade and gave his atten- 
 tion to farming, an occupation which he has since 
 pursued. His farm which is located on section 3, 
 Blackman Township, comprises about one hundred 
 and sevent}' acres, is marked with excellent im- 
 provements and is thoroughly and intelligently 
 tilled. 
 
 In the city of Jackson. April 11,1 855. the rites of 
 wedlock were celebrated between Mr. True and 
 Miss Celi'Slia IMorrill. fourth child of Nathaniel and 
 Nancy (tiuimb^y) Morrill. Tlie parents of the 
 bride were born in Sninniontoivn. >;. H . nrd ih' ir 
 
 first home after their marriage was in their native 
 State, whence they removed to Cayuga Count}', N. 
 Y. There they remained until 1833 when they 
 came to Micliigan, settling in what is now Blaclv- 
 man To"^'nship, this county, where tiiey continued 
 to reside until called from time to eternity. The 
 occupation of Mr. Morrill was that of a farmer. 
 Mrs. True was born in IJlackman Township, June 
 14, 1837, acquired a good education, and the best 
 of training from her resi)ected parents, growing to 
 womanhood possessed of a most estimable character 
 and of many womanlj- 'iccomplishments. She has 
 borne her husband two children — Herbert L., and 
 A'erna B. 
 
 In addition to the office of School Director which 
 Mr. True iias held for so msn}^ years, he was Super- 
 visor of Blackman Township in 1884, was Town- 
 ship Treasurer one year. Justice of the Peace three 
 terms, and Highway Commissioner several terms. 
 He has taken an active part in political affairs and 
 is a member of the Democrat party. He and his 
 wife are members of the Seventh Day Advent 
 Church and active in religious work, wielding a wide 
 influence for good by their own upright lives as 
 well as through their precejits. Their genial 
 pleasant natures, their deep interest in educational 
 affairs and in every good work, and their enjoy- 
 ment of intellectual recreation and study, combine 
 to render their home a [ileasant gathering place for 
 all who appreciate rational enjoyment and true 
 culture.. 
 
 ^^ HARLES WOOD, Justice of the I'eace of 
 [l(^l Blackman Township, is one of tlie oldest 
 ^!^' settlers of this count}% to which he came 
 with his father's family in the spring of 1831. He 
 was then a lad of about fourteen years, having 
 been born in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, N. 
 H., March 17. 1817. He grew to man's estate amid 
 the primitive surroundings of the earlj- years of 
 settlement in this section, assisting in the laiwrs of 
 the pioneers and exerting the strength of liis 3-oung 
 manhood for the improvement and development of 
 the natural resources of llie county. In 1 840, he 
 fic'compnn'cd his brother Jonathan to Ingham 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 229 
 
 County, where he remained about twenty- years, 
 still eni>auerl in airriciiitiirai pursuits and winning 
 an enviaMu rtpulution for his energy and zeal in 
 the pursuit of his cliosen occupation and the worthy 
 nianliood which was his |)ersonal chanicter. 
 
 At tlie expiration of the period above named 
 Mr. Wood returnctt to this county makinji his 
 home in tiie city of .lackson for four years, after 
 which he aj^ain rctuiiied to his farm iu Ingham 
 County, sojourning there a year. He then removed 
 to the estate upon wliicli he is still living, comjiris- 
 ing eighty acres of fiTtlle au<l well-lilled land on 
 section '2.'5, HIackman Township. He has erected a 
 complete set of farm buildings, including a resi- 
 dence that is a model of taste and comfort anil one 
 of the finest in the vicinity. The place exhibits an 
 air of neatness, order, and thrift quite in keeping 
 with the character and liusiness energy of the 
 owner, who is justly considered one of the most 
 tliorough and iirogressive agriculturists of ihis part 
 of the State. 
 
 \t the home of the bride in Bunker Hill, Ingham 
 County, on March 10, 1818. Mr. Wood was united 
 in marriage with Miss Sarah Ann Dean, whose 
 agreeable manners, neatness, thrift, intelligence and 
 womaidy character won his regard, and have made 
 of lier a cherished companion since the day when 
 their lives were joined in holy wedlock. Mrs. Wood 
 was born in Monroe County, N. V., on New Year's 
 D.ay, 1827. and is the eldest of six children, com- 
 prising the famil}' of William B. and Sarah (Ma- 
 cumber) Dean, natives of "N'ermont. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Dean were pioneers of Michigan and of Ingham 
 County, in which they died. Mr. and Mrs. Wood 
 are the parents of three children and have been be- 
 reaved of their two sons, Charles and Frank. Their 
 daughter Anna is the wife of Newell Wocdworth of 
 Blackraan Township. 
 
 Mr. AVood has held the olliees of Highway Com- 
 missioner. School Inspector and Superintendent of 
 Schools and that of Justice of the Peace during 
 nearly the entire period of his residence in Black- 
 man Townshii). He was Township Clerk in Ingham 
 County eight successive years, was Assessor during 
 a lengthy period, and held the office of Supervisor 
 one .year. His continuance in oflice year after year 
 shows plalidy the degree of conlidcnce reposed in 
 
 him by his townsmen and their estimate of his capa- 
 bilities and moral char.acter. He l)elongs to the 
 Republican party and has taken active interest in 
 local political work. He has also done his share 
 toward the supi)orl and furthering of educational 
 interests. He was formerly a member of the Grange, 
 in which he was Master for three years and also 
 held other oflioes. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Mr. and Mis. 
 -lotham Wood, who after living a number of yeai\s 
 in New York State, came to the wilds of Michigan 
 with their family in 18;51. the father having visited 
 the State the year previous and selected a location 
 upon which he had erected a house for the .accom- 
 odation of his family upon their arrival. Mr. 
 Wood occupied a prominent place among the earl}' 
 settlers, in common with whom he and his estimable 
 wife toiled, and suffered those privations which be- 
 long to the lot of the frontiersi'jan. He held vari- 
 ous oflices in the township, having the confidence 
 and esteem of his fellowmen, and the requisite in- 
 telligence and ability to further their interests. His 
 religious faith w.as that advanced by the I'niver- 
 salist Church. His death occurred in March, 1862. 
 his wife having some years [)reviously preceded him 
 to the grave. 
 
 & 
 
 A.MKS M. KWING. Probably there is not 
 a county within the I'nited States which is 
 not the home of one or more men who have 
 carved their fortunes single-handed, and to 
 whom great credit is due for the result which they 
 have achieved. How much greater credit should 
 be given one who, at the age of fourteen yearn, 
 begins his battle of life, not only without capital, 
 but with clothing consisting only of a straw hat, a 
 colored shirt, and a pair of overalls. Such was the 
 case with the subject of this sketch, who, by in- 
 dustry and economj', seconded after some \ears by 
 the able efforts of his wife, has gained possession of 
 a fine home, comprising eighty acres of valuable 
 land on section .5, Tompkins Township, and its ac- 
 <'i)iri|ianying buildings. The l.-in<l is in a high state 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 of cultivation, and upon it stands a fine and eom- 
 raodious frame iiouse, a large and well-built havu . 
 and other needful structures. 
 
 The father of iiira of whom we write was a na- 
 tive of New Yorlv, in which State lie grew to mau- 
 liood and married Miss Elizabeth Tenight, a native 
 of the same .State. Tlieir family consisted of six 
 cliildren, of whom our suliject was the fourth in 
 order of birth. The father died in 1848, and 
 young James and his sister Helen, now the wife of 
 George H. Patullo, came to Ingham County, Midi., 
 and were reared bj' their uncle, Abram Towner. 
 The mother and t!ie other children still live in the 
 Empire State. When our subject started out in 
 the world for himself he went to Chicago, and 
 during the next four years worked in various parts 
 of Illinois. In August, 1861, be returned to this 
 State, and in December entered the Union Army 
 as a private in Company G, Twelfth Michigan In- 
 fantry, in which regiment he served until February 
 15, 18GG. 
 
 Mr. Ewing participated in the terrible battle of 
 Shiloh, and in a conflict at Bolivar, Tenn., on De- 
 cember 23, 1863, when three thousand rebel coun- 
 trymen surrounded the command to which he 
 belonged, which was in a iilock house, and gave 
 them a heavy fight of more than two hours dura- 
 tion, from winch the Union soldiers came off victo- 
 rious. Later they went to Little Rock, Ark., where 
 they drove Price's army from the city, after which 
 they were quartered near Vicksburg until the sur- 
 render, which young Ewing witnessed. 
 
 At Gregory's Landing, September 4, 1864, Mr. 
 Ewing was shot in the right shoulder by a guerrilla, 
 the point of the shoulder blade being knocked off, 
 and the wound keeping him in the hospital about 
 two weeks. After this he was promoted to be 
 Color Sergeant, in wliich capacity he served about 
 three months, and was then made Second-Lieu- 
 tenant of Company E, bis commission being dated 
 M.ay 31. 1865. On September 18th following be 
 was promoted to the First Lieutenancy of the same 
 company-, in which ca|)acity he served until his 
 discharge at Camden, Ark., February 15, 1866. 
 From the latter place the regiment came back to 
 Michigan, was paid off at Jackson and there dis- 
 banded. In addition to tlie ba'lles nn'gd. Lioui. 
 
 Ewing had bornehis part at ^Vlechanicsburg (Miss.), 
 at Clarendon (Ark.) and in various minor contests 
 and the ordinary duties of campaign life, every- 
 where evincing the patriotic fervor and sturdy 
 manhood becoming in a defender of the flag. 
 
 The first money which our subject was able to 
 save was hoarded while he was in the arm}', his 
 accumulation being about $1,300. Ui)on iiis re- 
 turn to this State and release from the duties of a 
 soldier, he purchased a farm in Ingham CouiJy, 
 and settled down as an agriculturist. On August 
 1, 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Maria 
 J. Westfall, who has proved herself a worthy coui- 
 [lanion and a true helpmate. In February, 1869. 
 they removed to the farm which they are now 
 occupying, and since their residence upon it have 
 gained the thorough respect of the members of the 
 community. Mr. Ewing keeps fine Durham cuttle 
 and Chester-White hogs upcn his farm. He is a 
 member of Onondaga Lodge, No. 152, I. O. O. F., 
 and of tlie Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of 
 Onondaga. 
 
 Mrs. Ewing is the third child of Cajjt. Jacob and 
 Eliza (Myers) Westfall, and was born in Wayne 
 County. Her parents were natives of New York, 
 whence they came to Michigan many years ago. 
 The father died in this State, in 1846. The mother 
 subsequently married Daniel Tibbits, and after his 
 death Ijeeanie the wife of Gordon Backus, and now 
 lives in Gregory. 
 
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 \jlOSEFH FIELDING, one of the pioneers of 
 Michigan, is now residing on section 9, 
 Sandstone Township, where he owns eighty 
 acres of land under good tadtivatiou. In the 
 accumulation of property' he has been ablj- assisted 
 by Ins wife, who possesses more than ordinary busi- 
 ness ability and who for years has been his most 
 efficient counselor and helpmate. Mr. Fielding was 
 born in Tyrone, N. Y., April 17, 1831, and was but 
 a few weeks old wiien his parents emigrated to this 
 State. His father, William Fielding, was a native 
 of Massachusetts and his paternal ancestors are 
 swj'i'osed If I'.avc bfcn French and Irish, His mother 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBLM. 
 
 231 
 
 Mary (Powell) Fielding, was born in the Kmpire 
 State. Slie died when her son .Iose|)li was l)nt two 
 years of ajre and tlie infant was placed in the family 
 of Ills grandfather, Jeremiah Powell. 
 
 The famil}' resided in AVashlenaw County, until 
 young Fielding was eight or nine years old. when 
 they removed to this county, settling in Waterloo 
 Township where the grandfather took u|) Govern- 
 ment land. There in the wilderness, with other 
 early settlers, he began the work of improvement, 
 in which onr subject assisted as his strength would 
 permit, his early educational advantages being 
 somewhat limited. Mr. Powell died when his grand- 
 son was sixteen j'ears old, but the latter remained 
 upon the farm some three 3^ears afterward, continu- 
 ing the work which had been begun. He then spent 
 about three j-ears in Iowa, Wisconsin. lllinoi.'< and 
 .Alinnesota, running on rafts on the Mississippi HTver 
 most of the time in the summer season, and in win- 
 ter cutting timber in the forests. 
 
 Mr. Fielding then returned to this State and on 
 November l.o, 1855, w.as united in marriage with 
 Miss Eunice Lathrop. She w.as born in Wasiitenaw 
 Counlj', June 28, 1838. and is a daughter of George 
 C. and Mary E. (Hall) Lathrop. pioneers in this 
 State and early settlers in Washtenaw Count3-. Mr. 
 and .Mrs. Lathrop were born in Genesee County, 
 N. Y., the former being of French descent; his 
 mother was a sister of Grover Cleveland's mother. 
 Mrs. Lalhrop's step-father, a Mv. Aleott. was a 
 Revolutionary soldier and wounded in the .service. 
 After having lived some years in this county. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Latliio|) removed to Ingham County, 
 where tiiey have lived nearly a ipiarter of a cen- 
 tury. They are still hale and hearty although the 
 father is eighty-five and the mother eighty-three 
 years old. 
 
 iMrs. Fielding was educated in the common 
 schools of Ann Arbor and in Mrs. \'au Cleves 
 Academy, a branch of ^Slrs. Clark's school. For a 
 short time she engaged in teaching and t!ien began 
 the Ilomoepatbic practice of medicine, continuing 
 it for a number of 3'ears. Although hei' medical 
 knowledge was mainly acquired through her own ; 
 reading and ol)scrvation, she was skillful and SUC' 
 ccssfiil. .She was probably the first female [iracti- 
 tioner in Sandstone Township. Not :m\v is she edu- 
 
 ealed and energetic, but she is a lady of refine- 
 ment, whose labors in behalf of her family have in 
 no wise made her less a true woman. To her have 
 been born ten children — Fidelia, tlie first-born, is 
 the wife of J. 15. F.iy of Chicago, III. ; following 
 her are Frances; Odell and Lozell (twins); Clara, 
 wife of Harry Ladd, of Brooklyn, this county; 
 John B. ; H.ada, wife of Arthur Niblack of Wiscon- 
 sin; Hattie clerks for her brother, Lozell, in Hutch- 
 inson, Kan.: Lin wood, and Minnie. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Fielding, first located in 
 White, Oak Township, Ingham County, where he 
 operated a farm about twenty years. During this 
 time, on March IG, 18G;5, he became a member of 
 Company F, Fifteenth Michigan Infantry, and of 
 the Fifteenth Army Corps under Gen. Oliver. He 
 did guard duty mostly in Arkansas and Kentucky, 
 receiving his discbarge, September 11. 18(!j. Wiiile 
 he w.as in the army his wife carried on the farm. 
 She hiied the i)lo\ving done, and planted and tended 
 four acres of corn from which she raised four hun- 
 dred bushels, with which she f;ittened a sutlicient 
 number of hogs to make ^150 worth of pork. She 
 also raised one hundred and twenty-five bushels of 
 potatoes; she also made forty rods of fence and put 
 up about fifteen tons of hay, which shows her execu- 
 tive ability. After leaving Ingham Countj', Mr. 
 Fielding maile his home in Brooklyn, this countv, 
 two years, but in 1880 permanenti\- located on the 
 estate which he now occupies. 
 
 Mr. Fielding is in sympathy witli the Republican 
 party but does not allow his political views to pre- 
 vent his casting his ballot for the best man when 
 there is a choice in personal character. Mrs. Field- 
 ing is identified with the Baptist Church and the 
 entire family are actively interested in the soci.al 
 affairs of their neighborhood, holding the high rank 
 among the citizens, to which they are entitleil bj' 
 their characters, cultured minds and useful lives. 
 
 6' EORGE L. SMALLEY. The subject of 
 -, this sketch was born in Hampton, Washing. 
 ! ton County. N. Y.. October 27. 1821, and 
 is the son of David Sin.alh'V. fi native of Uensselaer 
 
232 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 County, N. Y., and who was born December 2, 
 1795. The paternal grandfather was Riifus Smal-' 
 ley, a native of Massachusetts, who was there reared 
 to manhood and removed at an earlj- da}- to Rens- 
 selaer County, N. Y. lie rented a farm in Ste- 
 phentown, where lie resided a number of years. 
 Next he removed to Poultney, \t., but later he 
 returned to I\cw York State, settling in Washing- 
 ton County. Afterward he went back to Massa- 
 chusCttes and died there when about ninety-four 
 years old. Me was married in Massachusetts in 
 1790;^to Miss Esther Woodward, who died in Poul- 
 ney, Vt. There was born to them a familj' of ten 
 children, nine of whom lived to mature years. 
 
 David Smalle3' lived with his parents until the 
 death of his mother, and then, a boy of eightyears,he 
 went to Hampton, N. Y., to live with the Adventist 
 Prophet, Miller, by whom lie was reared. Ho served 
 in the War of 1812, participating in the i)attle of 
 Plattsburg. After his marriage he purchased a small 
 farm near Hampton, and resided there until 1834. 
 Then selling out he came to what was then Michi- 
 gan Territory, accompanied b}' his wife and seven 
 children, making the journey with a four-horse 
 wagon to Buffalo, anil at that point sliipi)ed his team 
 and goods u|)on the steamer •'.Sheldon Thomi)son," 
 one of the first crafts of the kind to ply the waters 
 of Lake Erie. 
 
 Detroit was then a small, but flourishing village, 
 and the depot of supplies for the whole Territory. 
 The voyagers embarked there and set out for this 
 county, arriving after a journey of three days. 
 They established themselves in a log cabin with the 
 family of Judge McGee, near Concord. Mr. Smal- 
 ley then set out to seek a location, and purchased 
 a lot on the Oak Openings, and located one mile 
 north of the village. He put up a temporary log 
 caliin with a board roof, which the family occupied 
 one \ear. At the expiration of this time he was 
 enableil to erect a substantial frame dwelling, 
 which is still standing. He there made his home 
 until his death, which occurred in 1858. 
 
 When the Smalle}' family located in Concord 
 Township, there were besides them only the fami- 
 lies of John Acker, Judge McGee, William Van 
 Fossen and Isaac Carpenter. The hitter's brother 
 Alanson came soon afterward. John Acker's son 
 
 Jaraes, was the first white settler in the township, 
 and his cabin was the first building erected within 
 its limits. He selected a tract of land, tiut soon 
 after taking up his abode in his primitive dwelling 
 was stricken with fever and died. His father sub- 
 sequently located on ths same place. The mother 
 of our subject was in her girlhood Miss Susannah 
 Lewis. She was born in Addison, Yt., April 1(5, 
 1802, and was the daughter of Edward and Louisa 
 (Kilbourn) Lewis, further mention of whom is 
 made in the sketch of C. H. Lewis, on another page 
 in this Album. Mrs. Smalley died at the home- 
 stead in Concord, November 18, 1846. She was 
 the mother of twelve children, eleven of whom 
 were reared to mature years. 
 
 The subject of this notice was a lad of thirteen 
 years when coming to this county, and he still re- 
 members many of the incidents of the journe3- and 
 the pioneer life which followed. Deer and wolves, 
 besides other wild animals, were plentiful then in 
 this region, and there were no railroads for several 
 years. For a time the nearest mill was at Marshall, 
 twentj' miles distant. Young Smalley attended the 
 primitive schools, the first of which was conducted 
 in a log house with slab benches, and the chimncj- 
 built outside of earth and sticks. A large fireplace 
 extended nearly across one end of the building. 
 Later he attended the village school in Jackson, 
 and in 1839 entered the academy at Marshall. 
 Afterward he commenced teaching in the district 
 where the Spring Arbor College buildings now 
 stand. In the summer season he assisted his father 
 on the farm, and when about twenty years old com- 
 menced to learn the trades of a carpenter and mill- 
 wright, following these a few ^-ears, after which he 
 engaged in farming. 
 
 In 184G Mr. Smalley purchased a tract of wild 
 land m Concord Township, which he improved 
 and owned until 1853. That year he came to Jack- 
 son, and in company with two brothers, engaged in 
 the mercantile business, which he continued for four 
 years. In the meantime he became prominent in 
 local affairs, and in 1858 was elected Sheriff of 
 Jackson County. He was re- elected in 1860, serv- 
 ing thus a term of four years. In 1863 he was 
 appointed Deputy Provost Marshal, but the follow- 
 ing year resigned the office, and going to Chicago 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 233 
 
 engaged in the manufacture of liorse-shoe nails. 
 Tills well-known resident of Jackson was largely 
 instrumental in the ornanizalion of the North- 
 western Horse Nail Company of Chicago, with 
 which he has since been connecled. He was also 
 one of the organizers of the .lackson Paper Coni- 
 panj-, and in partnership with his brothers, Jacob 
 K. and Isaac N. Smalley, owns the Concord Mill 
 and farms, where is carried on an extensive busi- 
 ness in general agriculture and stock-raising. He 
 thus became interested with the great enterprise 
 with which he has since been connected. 
 
 Mr. Smalley was married April 29, 1851, at 
 Jackson to Miss Mercy Skinner. This lady was 
 born in Genesee County, N. Y.. and is the daugh- 
 ter of Justin and Hoxana (Winter) Skinner, who 
 were natives of Deeriield, Mass., and spent their 
 last days in Michigan. Of this union there were 
 born -Jx children, five of whom died in infancy, 
 and Martha L., who was born in 1854, ditd in 1878. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Smalley are prominently- connecled 
 with the First Baptist Church. Mr. Smaller' in 
 politics, during the existence of slavery, was a 
 strong Abolitionist, and he has been a Republican 
 since the formation of that |)arty. In 1881 he and 
 his brother Jacob crossed the Atlantic and spent 
 five months in Europe, visiting England, Scotland, 
 Germany, Norway, Sweden. Denmark, Austria, 
 Switzerland. Italy. Holland. Belgium and France. 
 
 Miss Fann}' C. Snialle}', a sister of our subject, 
 became the wife of John L. Yideto, who was elected 
 Sheriff of Jackson County in 1810. and later re- 
 sided on his farm in Spring Arbor a few years. 
 Subsequently he removed to Jackson, and having 
 fitted himself for the practice of law. was dul)' ad- 
 mitted to the bar and ft)llovvcd this |)rufession for 
 some years. In the meantime he served one term 
 as Judge of the Probate Court. Politically, he was 
 first a Whig, then a Republican and later a strong 
 Prohibitionist. He departed this life in Jackson in 
 188L His wife sur'ived him seven years, tiding 
 iiig 1888. Sylvanus V. Smallc}' was a resident of 
 Jackson County from the time the family removed 
 here, and died on the home farm in Concord, in 
 1881). William .1. is a resident of Jackson; Louisa 
 M. is the wife of William P. Stevens, and for many 
 years was a resilient of Jackson; she is noiv living 
 
 with her sun lu Concord ; Jacob K. and Isaac N. 
 are also residents of Concord; Lucy S. died about 
 1878, and Martha died when eight years old; Marv 
 E. makes her home with her brother, Jacob K.; 
 Amy S. died at the old homestead, in Concord 
 Township in 1880; Susan L. was three weeks old 
 when her mother died, and she was reared by her 
 eldest sister, Mrs. Videto. She became the wife 
 of H. N. Archer, of Jackson, and died in Novem- 
 ber, 1882. 
 
 . OOP . 
 
 Vf AMES C. HILLS. This worthy citizen and 
 || good farmer is the owner and occupant of 
 jl one hundred and fourteen and one-half acres 
 (^^' of land on section 2, Blackinan Township, 
 and gives his time and attention wholly to agricul- 
 ture. His parents, Silas and Emeline (Beldon) 
 Hills, >vere natives of Vermont and in that State 
 began their wedded life. Thence they removed to 
 Wellsville. Alleghany Countj', N. Y., in which town 
 Mr. Hills built the first saw and grist mill and the 
 first store, he b^ing a carpenter and wood worker. 
 His labors were not confined to the village in which 
 he lived, Iiut being a skillful mechanic and builder 
 and a line workman, he was called upon to go to 
 other towns, in Angelica especially doing a great 
 deal of building. Both parents died in Wellsville. 
 leaving four sons and one daughter. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this bio- 
 graphical sketch is next to the eldest of the pa- 
 rental group and was born in Wellsville, N. Y., 
 Aiiril 17. 1834. His early childhood was sjient in 
 the village, and he grew to manhood on a farm one 
 aii<l a half miles distant therefrom, which his father 
 conducted in connection with his oilier employ- 
 ment. On the home farm he continued to reside 
 some four or live vears after his marriage, which 
 took place in Wellsville, November 21, 1855. 
 
 The lady who at the above date became the wife 
 of Mr. Hills, was Frances E., daughter of the late 
 Hiram Wright. She was bom in Dansville, N. Y., 
 and her parents departed this life in the Empire 
 State. Of the children whom she bore, the follow- 
 ing now survive: Llewellyn, Manville. Myrtie 
 and Vinnie. The deceased are Cora, George W.. 
 
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 Edwin, Alpha and Nellie J. Tbe second mainage 
 of Mr. Hills took place in Jackson, Alich., his chosen 
 companion being Mrs. Lucy (Goss) Crosby, a na- 
 tive of the Empire Stale, and a ladj' of high at- 
 tainments of mind and heart. 
 
 Jlr. Hills came to this county the year before 
 tiie wov and located in the city of Jackson, where 
 he remained a year, after which he enoaged in 
 farming in Rives Township. There he remained 
 until April 18, 1883, when he removed to the 
 estate which he now occupies and whicli he is suc- 
 cessfnlly conducting, which is supplied with an 
 adequate number of farm buildings an<l forms a 
 home of comfort and attractive aiipearance. Mr. 
 Hills is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of 
 the Patrons of Industry, and belongs to the Re- 
 publican party. He has held some of the school 
 otliccs in tlie township and was a Class-Leader in 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church for several years. 
 His standing in the community is an excellent one, 
 as a reliable citizen, a successful agriculturist, and 
 an individual of upright character. 
 
 vHlNEAS R. WRPGHT (deceased) was born 
 jjj in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., March 2o, 
 1840. His parents, Phineas and JNIartha 
 A. (Richardson) Wright, came to Michigan 
 when the subject of this sketch was but a child, 
 settling in Leoni Township, this county, near Eagle 
 Lake, and there remaining until death. The elder 
 AVright died when 3-oung Phineas was nine 3'ears 
 old,, and conseqnentlj' the lad worked in different 
 places in this and other counties of ilichigan and 
 at different occupations during his youth and earl}' 
 manhood. 
 
 In Henrietta Township, April 8, 186G, Mr. 
 Wright was united in marriage with Mrs. Polly M. 
 lUirlingame nee Nash, and the}' at once settled in 
 Blackman Township, on section 12, where Mr. 
 Wright owned about seveniy-seven acres, being 
 also the possessor of one hundred and sixty acres in 
 Henrietta Township. He erected a fine set of 
 liuildings on his farm, such as arc equalled on but 
 
 few estates in this vicinity, and the success with 
 which he followed farming gave abundant proof of 
 his good management and energ}'. 
 
 Having begun life a poor boy, the degree of pros- 
 perity which Mr. Wright attained was highly 
 creditable, not alone to his energy but to his pru- 
 dence and thrift, while his character was such as to 
 make his loss a serious one to the community. He 
 was a member of the Evangelical Church and took 
 an active part in religious work, as does his widow 
 who is identified with the same religious bod}'. The 
 death of Mr. Wright occurred May 23, 1888, and 
 the worthy citizen, upright man and loving hus- 
 band was followed to his grave by many soi'rowing 
 friends. 
 
 ]\Ir5. Wright is a daughter of the late Cotton 
 and Content (Nash) Nash, who came to this county 
 from the Western Reserve, in Ohio, about the year 
 1844. settling in Henrietta Township, where they 
 spent the remainder of their lives. They had 
 twelve children, of whom Mrs. Wright was the 
 youngest. She was born in New York, March 2G, 
 183G, and was (piite young when her parents re- 
 moved to the Buckeye State. In 18.56 slie l)ecame 
 the wife of Edwin Burliugame, of Henrietta 'J'own- 
 ship, where they were living when tbe Civil War 
 broke out. Mr. Bnrlingame enlisted in Company 
 D, First Michigan engineers and mechanics, and 
 died in Wilmington, N. C, in 1865, subsequently 
 to which his widow became the wife of our subject. 
 
 Mrs. Wright has been the foster mother of four 
 children, one of whom, F'ranklinP.,is adopted. Since 
 the death of her husband Mrs. Wright and this son 
 have taken ciiarge of the farm, and she has shown 
 her capability in the management of the business 
 affairs, as she had formerly done during the ab- 
 sences of her first husband. While devoted to the 
 interests of her family she has ever found time for 
 good works whenever a sympathizing friend or a 
 generous heart was needed, and many beside those 
 to whom she has been a mother ''arise and call her 
 blessed." The son who is her assistant and upon 
 whom she leans for support since the death of her 
 companion is a young man of fine natural abilities, 
 and tbe character which he has developed under 
 the wise teaching that he has received, fits him for 
 usefulness and an honored i)lace in the world. 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 23: 
 
 ^iOSEPII B. TOMLINSON. Although it is 
 often sail! th;il the (hvellcrs in a city do not 
 know their nearest neijihhors, it is eqnally 
 (^^^ true that an observiiiii; visitor will not be 
 long in a comnuinit\', however large it may lie. 
 without heconiing familiar with the names of some 
 who have gained prominenee for various reasons. 
 Long continued residence in a place, special fitness 
 for public otlice, a nature of strongly marked social 
 characteristics, ov a thorough knowledge in any line 
 of business, each of these tnny lead to prominence 
 among the residents, even of a large city. The 
 gentleman whose life will be briefly sketched below 
 is one of the "old timers" of Jackson, his residence 
 covering a period of almost half a century. Dur- 
 ing this time he has assisted in the organization of 
 municipal and social bodies, has given a helping 
 hand to the improvement of the place, and has the 
 honor of having been longer in continuous business 
 as a jeweler than any other dweller in the city. 
 
 Mr. Tomlinson was born in Gaines, Orleans 
 County. N. Y., October 6, 1820, being the eldest 
 son of Zerah and Mary (Stone) Tomlinson. Ilis 
 father was a native of Connectiiut, son of David 
 Tomlinson, a descendant of one of three bi'Olheis 
 who emigrated from England and located in Con- 
 ncciicul. one of the three having the rank of 
 Colonel of Continentals during the Revolution. 
 Mrs. Sarah Tomlinson was born in New Haven. 
 Conn., and she also was of English lineage. She 
 bore her husbanci three daughters and two sons. 
 
 The fundamental educalion of him of wliom we 
 write was obtained in the [mblic schools of his na- 
 tive place, after which he attended (iaines Acad- 
 em3'. ac(juiring a knowledge of higher branches 
 and becoming fitted for the position of a teacher, 
 llpon leaving the schoolroom he spent three years 
 in Westi rn New York engaged in pedagogicil 
 work, meeting with marked .success for one so 
 young. In 1840 he came to Michigan and, locat- 
 ing in Jackson, formed a co-partnership with K. C. 
 Sternes in the jewelry business, the connection 
 continuing three years, after which Mr. Tondinsi>n 
 |)urcliased his partner's inter.'st, continuing in the 
 business alone since that date. 
 
 The first fire departnieril in the village of .lack- 
 son was organized on the 2"Jth of .January, 18l;j, 
 
 the subject of this sketch being one of the men in- 
 terested in that work. On the 29th of July. 1847, 
 he helped to organize Jackson Lodge No. 4. 
 I.O. (». !■".. of which he is still a member and in 
 which he has passed all the chairs. Although 
 averse to holding public otlice Mr. Tomlinson re- 
 sponded to the wishes of his fellow citizens and 
 served as Supervisor four 3'ears. lie belongs to 
 .lackson Lodge No. 17. A. F. & A. M.. 'of which he 
 has been M.aster four years and Secretary twenty- 
 four ycirs, .as well as filling each of the other offices 
 at some time. He also belongs to .lackson Chapter 
 No. 3, and to Jackson Commandery No. !), and 
 has served .as Tre.asurer of the Commandery since 
 1807. 
 
 The marriage of Jlr. Tomlinson and Miss Sarah 
 Ann Brownell, of Jackson, was celebnited July 
 29, 1847. The bride is a daughter of Job Brown- 
 ell and was born and reared in Steuben County, 
 N. Y. She is one of those estimable women whose 
 chief care is given to the comfort of IiusIkukI and 
 children, although her friendly services are not 
 withheld from those in need. She has borne her 
 husl)and three children, one of whom died in in- 
 fancy; those still living are Zerah and Clara .M. 
 
 A lithograiihic portrait of the subject of this life 
 history will be found on another page in this vol- 
 ume and well represent the lineaments so familiar 
 to the business men of Jackson and to many friends 
 besides. 
 
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 " ACOB RHINES. In summing uii the list of 
 the early settlers of Jackson County the 
 name of Mr. Rhines, now deceased, can by 
 ili^y 1 o means be properly omitted. He was a 
 I7iau of position and intlucnce in his (•omn)unit\-, 
 one of the representative men of Sandstone 'I'own- 
 sliip who assisteil materially in its growth and de- 
 velopment and who was for many years intimately 
 iihmlified with its most im|)ortant interests. A n."- 
 live of .Selioharie County, N. Y.. he was born Feb- 
 ruary 2, 1801, ami was a son of John and Catherine 
 Uhines. who spent tiieir last j'ears in New York. 
 The subject of this notice w;is reared to nianiiood 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 in his native county and was trained to habits of 
 industry and economy, acquiring only such educa- 
 tion as was afforded by the common schools. AVhen 
 approaching manhood he began learning the black- 
 smith's trade which he followed for a jieriod of 
 twenty years. He came to this county in 1833, re- 
 maining here the balance of hisda^^s. He purchased 
 one hundred acres of land from the Government, 
 this lying on sections 2G and 27, hut this he never 
 occupied, although retaining ownership of it and 
 left it at his death as a part of liis estate. 
 
 In 1835 Mr. IMiines ])urciiased the eiglity acres of 
 land upon whicii his widow now resides and where 
 he thereafter made his home until his deatli, which 
 occurred January 20, 1886. Upon this there were 
 practically no improvements and he ti\us l)egan at 
 first principles in the construction of a farm. He 
 w.as possessed of the qualities most needed during 
 tlie pioneer times, and by great industry and energy 
 brought the land to a good state of cultivation and 
 erected thereon suitable and convenient buildings. 
 He left at his death one hundred and eighty acres, 
 all in a productive condition and which is the source 
 of a good income. 
 
 Mr. Rliines was tlie pioneer blacksmith of Sand- 
 stone Township, putting up the fust shop within its 
 limits when the present town of that name vvas a 
 mere hamlet. He operated his sliop for many years 
 and became widely and favorably known to all the 
 people of this region. When first coming to this 
 county Detroit was tlie nearest market and depot 
 for supplies, to which the pioneers laboriously jour- 
 neyed, usually with ox-teams. Mr. Rhines and his 
 estimable wife were the privileged witnesses of the 
 growth and development of Jackson County and 
 contributed their full quota by the building up of 
 one of its most desirable homes, to bring it to its 
 present prosperous condition. ]Mr. Rhines, politi- 
 cally, was a sound Republican but had little am- 
 liition for office, simply serving as Township Clerk 
 and declining to have his name brought forward 
 for other offices, although at times this was greatly 
 desired by his friends. 
 
 The subject of this notice vvas married December 
 3. 1848, to Miss Lucinda Godfrey, a native of 
 Orange County, N. Y. Mrs. Rhines was born Sep- 
 tember 16, 1821, and is the daughter of Elijah and 
 
 Catherine (Slawson) Godfrey, who are believed to 
 have been of Scotch ancestry and who were born 
 in New York State. The paternal grandfather, Na- 
 thnn Slawson, acquitted himself gallantly as a sol- 
 dier in the Revolutionary War, together with two 
 uncles who were slain at the battle of Long Island. 
 When Mrs. Rhines was a child of two years her 
 parents removed to Genesee County, N. Y., where 
 she was reared to womanhood and received her edu- 
 cation in the common schools of Genesee County. 
 So well did she improve her time at her books that 
 she became qualified for a teacher and followed this 
 profession after coming to Michigan, mostly in 
 Parma Township. Of her union with Mr. Rhines 
 there were born two children only — Vega J., and 
 Emmet; Vega J. is deceased. 
 
 Emmet Rhines was born January 11. 1852. and 
 has the management of the homestead where he is 
 living with his family and his mother. With the 
 exception of two years spent in railroading, he has 
 from his youth been engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits having assisted his father in redeeming the 
 homestead from the wilderness. He was married 
 May 27, 1883, to Miss Maria, daughter of Zeri and 
 Elizabeth (My rick) Wilcox who settled in Sand- 
 stone Township during its pioneer days, taking up 
 tlieir abode in the midst of the heavy timber and 
 like the Rhines family in due time making for 
 themselves a comfortable home. The son, as did his 
 father, votes the straight Republican ticket and for 
 si.K years in succession he has held the office of 
 Township Clerk. He is a thorough and skillful 
 farmer and while meeting with success financially, 
 is numbered among the leading men of his town- 
 
 ship. 
 
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 ^^ AMES T. McKEE. This gentleman and his 
 estimable wife have witnessed and materially 
 assisted in the growth and development of 
 i^jg/ Jackson City and Count}', and belong to 
 that class of pioneer residents to wht)m so large a 
 debt of gratitude is due from the present genera- 
 tion, owing, as it does, all its advantages for a more 
 easy life and a higher degree of culture, to the no- 
 ble hearts who endured privation and hardship. 
 
PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ■239 
 
 anil opuiicd llic «;iy tor civiliZMlioii in iIk' Inu-kK'SS 
 wililcriK'ss. Proliably no cuiiplt; in Jaikson C'ounU- 
 liave lived longer together than have Mr. and Mrs. 
 Mclvee, whose inarriaac was celoltraled sixty-four 
 years ago. IJotli are still in the eiijoytneiit of good 
 health, with minds and nioniorics unimpaired I13' 
 the lligiit of time, and looking liaek over iheir long 
 lives, they cannot only re/)ice in the worldy suc- 
 cess which has attended tlu-ni, hut in the high de- 
 gree of respect which they liave gained from their 
 fellow men, and in the good which they have been 
 enabled to do. 
 
 Mr. McKee was born in Argyle, Wasliington 
 County, N. Y., October 10, 180:5, and reared in ids 
 native State, where he remained until 1.S32. wlun. 
 having been unfortunate in signing notes for 
 friends, tlirough whose inability to pa}' he lost his 
 all, he determined to start anew in a new country. 
 Going on foot to Lock[ioit, and thence b\' lanal to 
 HnfFalo. he found that port blockaded with the ice, 
 and large numbers waiting there for a steamer; 
 when news came that a lioat woiUd start Irom Dun- 
 kirk three days latei, the waiting people started for 
 that place, to which Mr. McKee traveled on foot. 
 Me secured passage on the steamer "William Penn" 
 to Detroit, whence he continued on foot to this 
 county. The distance of forty miles between Ihj 
 present nourishing cities of Jackson and Dexter 
 contained but one house, and the only highway- 
 was an Indian trail; Jackson was a vill.age (if six or 
 seven houses, three of which were built of logs. 
 
 After a sojourn of a few weeks in this county, 
 j\lr. MclCee returned to New York, and engaged in 
 the snle of clocks and dry goods, traveling through 
 tlie counties of Monroe, Cayuga, .Seneca and Wayne, 
 conducting the business according to a method 
 quite common at that period of lime, [n DSSy he 
 returned to Michigan, on this occasion being accom- 
 panied !)}• his family, and located in Jackson. 
 Much of the land in the county was still held by 
 the CJoveniment, and lie started out on foot to se- 
 lect a triict, and after traveling several d.ays found 
 a location which pleased him. Fie sent the money 
 therefor to the land oflice at Monroe, but failed to 
 secure a patent as another party had just obtained 
 it. He therefore started out again, selected another 
 tract, hired a pony, and mady tlie (juickcst possible 
 
 time to Monroe, riding both day and night vmlil 
 the pony was exhausted, when he continued on 
 foot. He arrived at the land ollice only to meet a 
 second disa|)pointment, anil to find that this tract 
 had been entered by another but a few moments 
 before his arrival. Returning to his home he 
 bought land in what is now Summit Township, 
 paying *l..^)0 per acre, but continuing his residence 
 in the \rllagc. 
 
 In June, of the same year. Mr. Mckce with two 
 comrades took a contract to build twelve miles of 
 the Slate Road, exleniling from .lackson lo Tomp- 
 kins, and there being no house on the route he at 
 once i)ut up a log building 12x1 2 feet, selecting 
 hollow l)asswood trees for tlie roof. The dwelling 
 bad no floor except that furnished by mother 
 earth, tlie wagon bed did service as a bedstead, and 
 the foot of it formed a table. The job was Hnished 
 that fall, and Mr. McKee returned to town, where 
 he bought sight lots, on one of which he built a 
 residence in 1836. where he remained three years. 
 In the meantime he sold the land he had purchased 
 in Summit Township, and bought another tract in 
 Blackmail Township, to which he then removed, 
 and where he was engaged in tilling the soil until 
 180G, and where he and his wife still live. 
 
 The lady who for so many years has been Mr. 
 McKee's cherished companion, and with whom he 
 was united in marriage in 1826, bore the maiden 
 name of Lucinda Southwell. She was born in what 
 is now Tyre, Seneca County, N. Y., November 25, 
 1810, in a log house which had been built by her 
 father when he began clearing a tr.act of timber 
 land there. Joseph Soulhwell was born in New 
 Kngland, and there reared to man's estate, learning 
 the trade of a wagon-maker, at which he worked in 
 connection with farming after his removal to New 
 Yolk. His wife was Nancy, daughter of Luther 
 Bishop, a Revolutionary soldier, and was born in 
 Maylield, N. Y. To Mr. and Mrs. McKee seven 
 children have been born, of whom we note the fol- 
 lowiiiji : Elizabeth married James ^\■heeler, and 
 lives eight miles from Grand Rapids, in which city 
 her brother Thomas resides; William lives in Chi- 
 cago: Sarah A., married George J. Bailey, and 
 lives with her parents; Martha married William 
 Richards, and lives in .lackson: Laura married 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Jaiiies Thomas, and lier home is in Grand Rapids; 
 Emma J. is the wife of John Webb, of Des Moines, 
 Iowa. 
 
 The first vote of Mr. McKee was cast for .Tames 
 Madison, iiis second for .1. Q. Adams, and he 
 thereafter voted tlie Wliig ticket until the organi- 
 zation of the Republican part}', when he identified 
 himself with that political body, and has so contin- 
 ued to the present da}'. At the time of the Toledo 
 War. in 1836, he was commissioned a Lieutenant by 
 Gen. Mason, and held himself in readiness to go 
 to the front at an}' time. 
 
 Mr. McKee is descended from William McKee, a 
 native of Ireland, but of Scolcli ancestry, who was 
 reared and married, in his native isle, soon afterward 
 removing to America. He located in Stillwater, 
 Saratoga County, N. Y.. on the west bank of North 
 River, where he bought a tract of land, residing 
 thereon a few years. He then cleared a farm from 
 the timber land which be had purchased at Argyle, 
 Washington County, and after living there some 
 years took up his residence witii a daughter, who 
 was the wife of the Rev. Thomas White, a minister 
 of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. He resided 
 with them in different places, spending his last 
 years at Seneca, Ontario County, his mortal re- 
 mains being deposited in the Seceder Churchyard 
 there. He had l)een a soldier during the Revolu- 
 tion. 
 
 William ^NIcKee, Jr., son of tlie above named, 
 and father of our subject, was born in Saratoga 
 County, N. Y., and adopted the occupation of a 
 farmer. In 1813 he removed to Seneca County, 
 locating in the town of Junius, and buying a tract 
 of timber land there, upon which he first built a 
 log house. There were no railroads or canals in 
 that section of country, and the people lived on the 
 products raised on their own land. The mother of 
 our subject cooked by a fireplace, spun and wove, 
 making all tlie cloth used by the family, as was the 
 practice of housewives of that age. A farm was 
 cleared from the wilderness, upon which the family 
 resided about fifteen years, when they removed to 
 Seneca, Ontario County, where Mr. McKee died, 
 and was laid to rest in the Seceder Churchyard. 
 The maiden name of his wife w.is Betsey McGoe, 
 and she was born in Argyle, N. Y., being a daugh- 
 
 ter of James McGee, a native of the North of Ire- 
 land, and of Scotch ancestry, who came to America 
 when a young man. He was a miller, and carried on 
 his trade in Washington County, where he married 
 and spent a number of years, after which he went to 
 Seneca, where his last days were passed. The Mc- 
 Gee family were members of the Seceder Presbyte- 
 rian Church. 
 
 ^, RA SNOW, late a resident of Sandstone Town- 
 Ij .ship and one of its most highly esteemed citi- 
 /Ij zens, was born Noveinber 19, 1815, in Vermont 
 and departed this life at the liomeslead in this 
 township April 17, 1871. He was of New England 
 ancestry and the son of John and Roxana Snow who 
 spent their last years in New York and Michigan, 
 respectively. He spent his childhood and youth in 
 New York and on the 4th of February, 1863, was 
 united in marriage with Miss Ann E. Chase. T'o 
 them there was born a family of four children, the 
 eldest of whom a daughter Mary B., is the wife of 
 Walter Bailey of this county ; Mattie married Charles 
 Strand of Blackman Township; Ira .T.. married 
 Mary E. Chapel and lives on a farm in this town- 
 ship; Horace B. remains .at home with his mother. 
 
 After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Snow settled 
 on a farm in Sandstone Township, this l}'ing on 
 section 5. Mr. Snow upon first coming to Michigan 
 located in Parma Township, this county, whence 
 he removed about 1850 to a farm in this township. 
 Prior to his marriage he sought the Pacific Slojie, 
 spending some years in California. Aside from this 
 he followed farming as his lifelong occupation. He 
 w.as a liberal-minded and public-spirited citizen and 
 in politics, a sound Rei)ublican. In his family he 
 was a kind husband and an indulgent parent and in 
 his neighborhood enjoyed the esteem and confidence 
 of all who knew him. He endured the usual hard- 
 ships incident to life on the frontier and was i)os- 
 sessed of the courageous spirit and unflagging 
 industry which enabled him to build up a good 
 homestead and leave a competence to his family. 
 
 After the death of her husband Mrs. Snow in 
 1880, removed to her present farm, this comprising 
 
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 241 
 
 one l.imdiod ami sixty acics of improved land with 
 <>0)d huildiiijis. she haviiii; moved from the old 
 iiomeslead lo ar:otlier farm a short lime after her 
 husband's decease. She is a native of Chautauqua 
 County, N. V.. and was horn August 30, 1838. Ilei 
 parents were Nchemiah and Klizahelh (Smallman) 
 Cli.ase, who were natives of New York .Slate and 
 the father was born in Washington County. In 18 1.5 
 they emigrated to Michigan, settling in Sandstone 
 Township, this county, upon land which the fatlier 
 hail traded for his farm in New York and which 
 comprised about one hundred and sixty acres on 
 section 0. He subsequent!}' achied to his real e.«tate 
 until he had about two hundred and forty acres 
 which he brought to a good state of cultivation. 
 Wiien taking possession of his first land only about 
 five acres had been tilled. lie there spent the re- 
 mainder of his daj'S, passing away in December, 
 18G2. The mother survived her husband about two 
 years, her death taking place in December, 1 864. 
 
 Five children were born to Neheraiah and Eliza- 
 beth Ch.ase, four of whom are living and of whom 
 the widow of our subject is the eldest born. Mari- 
 etta married llenrv Vervalin of Parma Township; 
 Cornelia' is the wife of .I()hn Price of Sandstone 
 Township; AVashington lives in Montana; John 
 died in Montana when about forty years old. 
 
 ri/_^ AH.MON F. HATCH, the present etlicient 
 i/ji; Warden of the State I'enitentiary. assume(l 
 /^^ the duties of his responsible po.sition Feb- 
 (^) ruary 10, 1885, and during the five years 
 of his incumbency has signalized iiimself as a nio>t 
 faithful and conscientious official, fully alive to 
 the task which is laid upon him. Tlie institution 
 has upon an average over seven hundred convicts, 
 and the duties of Warden are thus no sinecure. 
 Having lieen a resilient of Jackson nearly twenty- 
 four years. Mr. Hatch lias thus had ample lime to 
 establish himself in the confidence and esteem of 
 the peo|ile of this county, a feat wiiicii he has most 
 unquestionably accomplished. 
 
 .Mr. llalcli spent his first seventeen years at his 
 native place of Cliarlotte, this State, where his birth 
 
 occurred December 20, 1814. He comes of sub 
 stantial ancestry, being the son of Henry H. Hatch, 
 a native of liatavia, N. Y.. who there spent the 
 years of his boyhood and youth, ami married Miss 
 Amanda L. I'olter The young people emigrated 
 to Michigan at an early day, settling among the 
 pioneers of J.ackson County, where the f.ather en- 
 gaged in agriculture until the outbreak of the Civil 
 War. During that period he served as a Lieutcn' 
 ant in the ranks of the Union Arm}', in the Sixth 
 Michigan Infantr}-, and died in the service. His 
 widow was left with two children: Hiram F. ; and 
 Cora, now Mrs. Linaberry, of Jackson. 
 
 The father of our subject was an active Aboli- 
 tionist during the agitation of the slave question, 
 and one of the warmest supporters of the Repub- 
 lican party. The son naturally imbibed the same 
 principles, and when a youth of seventeen emulated 
 the exara|)lc of his sire by entering the army as a 
 member of Company H, Sixth Michigan Infantrj', 
 whence he was sent to Virginia, and later went with 
 Gen. Butler to Ship Island and New Orleans. He 
 engaged in the campaigns on the Mississi])pi River, 
 under Gens. Banks and Canby, and was wounded 
 May 27. 18(53, at Port Hudson. Upon his recover^'- 
 he rejoined his regiment, and w.as promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, taking command of a company 
 at New Orleans. He was three years in the Sixth 
 Regiment, and two years in the First. 
 
 Subsequently Lieut. Hatch was Recorder of Court 
 Martial, also Quartermaster on Gen. Canby's Staff. 
 Later he was on the commission which settled the 
 (iovcrnment loss at San Diego, in the navy, this 
 being a very important matter and entrusted only 
 to men of intelligence and good judgment. With 
 his own hands he acconi|)lished the arrest of tiie 
 White Leaguers who killed the scouts of Gen. 
 Ranks, riding through the country on horseback, 
 and having the authority to apprehend all who in 
 his judgment were suspicious characters. lie was 
 tiius employed two years in and about New Or- 
 leans, in the meantime also collecting the taxes by 
 General Order No. 34, this comprising a two mdl 
 .assessment on all taxable property, in order to ef- 
 fect the education of the freedmcn. As may be 
 supposed he found it a very dillicult matter to thus 
 collect funds from Ihe old slaveholders, for the pur- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 pose of eduuMliiig those who were luriueily consid- 
 ereil by tlieiii nothing but chattels. 
 
 Upon retiring from tiie army Lieut. Hatch re- 
 turned to his old liamits in this county, and in 
 June, 186f), established himself at .lackson in the 
 shoe business, and secured the prison contract in 
 this line. From that time on for many j-ears lie 
 began rising gradually to the notice of the people, 
 as one of the most valued members of the commu- 
 nity, sociall3% morally and fluancialiy, and in 1881 
 was elected to the City Treasureship. He served 
 in tills capacit}- four years, being elected for two 
 one-year terms and one two-year terra. At the ex- 
 piration of the latter lie was app.ointed to his pres- 
 ent position by Gov. Alger, assuming its duties 
 February 10, 1885, and has since given to it his 
 entire attention. Tiie Michigan State Penitentiary 
 has been [remarkably free from those criticisms 
 wliich are visiting so many public institutions of 
 the present day, a fact which speaks volumes for 
 the humane oversight and good judgment of War- 
 den Hatch. 
 
 Our subject was united in marriage, in May, 18G8, 
 at Charlotte, with Sarah J. Ilaslelt, and they liave 
 two children, living. 
 
 r«"F- 
 
 Vl/ EWIS A. DAI'PjY, a iiioneer of 18.56, came 
 I (^ to Michigan as one of the men having in 
 , IL-^ V; charge the construction of the Detroit, Mon- 
 roe & Toledo Railroad. He gave his time to this 
 one year, then removing to Jackson, took a con- 
 tract on the Michigan Central Railroad, and for 
 many years thereafter was engaged as a contractor 
 on various railroads in Michigan, Indiana. Wiscon- 
 sin and Minnesota. In 1886 he tonk up his per- 
 manent residence at Jackson. |)urchasing a commo- 
 dious dwelling and fine grounds, located in the 
 southwestern part of the city. lie is uosv practi- 
 cally retired from active labor, being in possession 
 of a competence. 
 
 Mr. Dauby was born in IMexico, Oswego County, 
 N. Y.. March 7. 1831. His father, Alexander J. 
 Dauby, was a native of Massachusetts, and born 
 
 near the city of Springfield. His paternal grand- 
 father, Alexander J. Dauby, Sr., was a native of 
 France, and leaving there on account of political 
 troubles, crossed the Atlantic and located in Bos- 
 ton, Mass. He had the honor of putting out the 
 first machinery ever manufactured in America for 
 the weaving of cotton cloth. He was a man of 
 great enterprise and ability, and established a fac- 
 tory for the manufacture of cotton looms, in Bos^ 
 ton, which he operated many years, and until his 
 removal to Springfield, where he spent his last days. 
 He married an American lady who was of English 
 ancestry. 
 
 The father of our subject was a lad of fifteen 
 years when his mother, with her children removed 
 to Oneida Count}', N. Y., during the early settle- 
 ment of that section. The journey was made over- 
 land with teams, and in Oneida County, Alexander 
 Dauby, Jr., was reared to man's estate, and mar- 
 ried. In the meantime he learned the trade of a 
 moldcr, and became a skillful workman, following 
 this a number of years. He finally resolved upon 
 a cliauge of location and occupation, and removed 
 with his own famil}' and six other? to Oswego 
 County, settling near the present site of Mexico. 
 He secured a tract of timber land, one and one-half 
 miles from the present site of the town, where he 
 estalilished a foundry and furnace, the first in that 
 section of country. Sage Creek jiassed through iiis 
 laud, and he utilized the water-power and built a 
 sawmill. He manufactured the first plows ever 
 made in that section of country, and sojourned there 
 until his death. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
 of Eliz.abeth Englis. Siie was born in Steuben 
 Countv, N. Y.. and was t!ie daughter of Andrew 
 Euglis, who was of English ancestry, and served as 
 a soldier in the Revolutionary War, holding a com- 
 mission under (ien. Washington. He spent his 
 last years in Steuben County. He ma:ried a Miss 
 Jloore, who was of ancestry similar to his own. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth (Englis) Dauby departed this life in 
 the town of Palermo. Otsego County, N. Y. 
 
 Six of the seven children born to the parents of 
 our subject, were reared to mature years, Lewis A. 
 being the eldest. The others were Mary A.. Charles 
 and Henry (twins) ; Helen M., and Andrew .1. The 
 
PORTRAIT AM) RIOORa I'll If'AL ALBUM. 
 
 213 
 
 IntU'r is now (lefuasi'd. Lewis A. .s|)fiil liiscaii^ ii'ius 
 ill iiis native county, altending tiie common scliooL 
 smd mnking iiim^clf useful aliont the iiotel as long 
 MS his father officiated as '"mine host." lie was but 
 twelve years old when the latter died, and at the 
 age of fourteen, he commenced sailing on the lake. 
 After three or four tri|)S, however, he l)eeanie 
 homesick, and relurneil to his mother. In a few 
 days he started out again, and made his waj- to Ot- 
 sego, whence he proceeded by canal to AIban3", and 
 from there up the Hudson River to New York 
 City. Next he went to New Bedford anil Kdgar- 
 lown, and shipping on a whaling vessel, made a 
 four years' voyage, rounding Cape Horn twice in 
 the meantime. During this trip they met a vessel 
 returning from .Sai; Francisco Bay, loaded with 
 some of the first gol.i that was ever taken East, and 
 whicli gave rise to the great excitenienl and emi- 
 gration which followed. 
 
 Mr. Dauby and a friend I'ow decided to escape 
 from the vessel and seek thi; land of gold. Their 
 plans were all perfected and their provisions made 
 readv, hut as the}" were about to leave the ship, 
 they were discovered and compelled to abandon 
 their project. Mr. Dauby finally' left the vessel 
 near Chili, and boarded the ship "Mary Ann" on 
 wdiich he returned to Boston. 
 
 We next find our sniiject on board a merchant 
 vessel, in which he sailed to Russia, and returned 
 in about eight months, lie followed the sea two 
 winters subsequently, then returning home, sailed 
 on the lakes a part of two seasons. He then entered 
 the employ of the State of New York, to super- 
 intend the improvement of the Oswego Canal, and 
 was thus occupied one year. The followingyear he 
 was engaged as a contractor, making his home in 
 ()sweg(j. 
 
 Jn 18G7, Mr. Dauby was wedded to ^Lss Helen 
 M. Howard, of Litchfield, Herkimer County, N. Y, 
 Lyman Howard and the lady who became his wife, 
 Margaret Young, were natives respectively of Con- 
 necticut and New York, and were the parents of 
 nine children, named: Catherine E., Susan M., 
 Jane A., Lyman B., .lereniiah L., Martin A., Har- 
 riet E., Helen JNL, and Jerome H. There were born 
 of this union, three clnldrer : (iertrude H.. and 
 Lewis A.: (irace F., the eldest, is decease<l. Mr. 
 
 Dauliy, in 1850, I'ccaine identified with llic Ma 
 sonic fraternity. I'rior to that time he had joined 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politic.", 
 lie is a souiul Republican. 
 
 -^0^r*. ■> 
 
 I LONZO C. WAI'.SON is the owner and oc- 
 cupant of a faiin on section 7, Hanover 
 Township, a notable feature of which is a 
 
 // remarkably fine orchard. The estate com- 
 
 prises forty-one acres of valuable land which has 
 been cleared and improved by its present owner, 
 and has been his home for thirty-two 3-ears. His 
 life work has been farming, in which he began 
 working for his own sui)port at the early ,age of 
 twelve years. Although he has labored hard, he 
 has preserved his strength and healthful appear- 
 ance, and is a very 3'oung looking man for one of 
 his years. Perhaps this is partially due to the fact 
 of his extreme good nature, which has not allowed 
 his countenance to .assume the worn or stern ap- 
 pearance which add to the weight of j'cars. 
 
 A few lines in regard to the parents of our sub- 
 ject and the surroundings amid whfch his early- 
 years were passed, will not be out of place before 
 entering upon his own history. His father, Will- 
 iam Watson, a native of Massachusetts, married 
 Anna Hamilton, a native of Ireland, the ceremony 
 being [lerformed in Canada. They came to Michi- 
 gan in 1831, spending the first eighteen months in 
 W.'ishtenaw County, and then settling in Concord 
 Township, this county, upon one hundred and 
 twenty acres of raw land. There Mr. Watson con- 
 tinued his former occupation of tilling the soil for 
 six years, and he then rented out the faiin and re- 
 moved to I'uhiski Township. After a sojourn of 
 three j'ears, he rented a farm at Homer, whereon he 
 remained a year. He next bought one hundred 
 and sixty acres in Branch County, and removiii"' 
 there, remained about three years, returning to 
 Pulaski Township, this county. He died in De 
 cember, ISCl, his widow breathing her last in the 
 same month of the follf)wing year. Whih' in Can- 
 ada he had liehl the oflice corresponding to that of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Supervisor and Collector in this county. The jia- 
 rental family comprised eleven children, four of 
 wlioin are now living, our suliject being the young- 
 est. 
 
 The natal day of the gentleman with whose name 
 we introduce this sketch, was June 8, 1834, and his 
 birthplace. Piltsford Township, Washtenaw County. 
 His boyhood days were mostly spent in this county, 
 and his educational privileges were limited to an 
 attendance of about six months in the district 
 school. On this foundation he has built a ^fair 
 amount of knowledge regarding various topics of 
 general interes!, and in matters of individual and 
 local interest he is very well informed. He mani- 
 fests a deep interest in all that pertains to the wel- 
 fare of the community, and has served acceptabl3' 
 for a number of years as a member of the School 
 Board of his district. He is a member of the Pa- 
 trons of Industry. He takes an active interest in 
 politics, and voted the Republican ticket until the 
 Grsenback party arose, but at the last election he 
 again voted with the Reiniblicans. 
 
 The lady to whose companionsliip and counsel 
 Mr. Watson has owed the good cheer of his home 
 and much of the real |)leasure of his life, bore the 
 maiden name of Henriette Wenman. They were 
 united in marriage in .January, l.So6, in Tompkins 
 Township. Mrs. Watson was born at Rocliester, 
 N. Y., April 6, 1835, and received a good common- 
 school education. She is one of thirteen children, 
 six of wliom are now living. Her parents, Jasper 
 and Henrietta (Butler) Wenman. natives of Eng- 
 land, came to America in 1831, and settled in Ro- 
 chester. N. Y. Forty-three years ago they came to 
 this State by team, settling in Summit Township, 
 this county, and making that their permanent home. 
 Mr. Wenman died in 18.')4, at the age of fifty-six 
 3'ears. his wife surviving until 1872, and reaching 
 the age of seventy-three. Five children have been 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Watson: the oldest, Fred- 
 erick W., married Miss Mary Thurston, and has 
 two children; he is now living on his father's farm. 
 AVinslow Clinton, wlio lives in the village of Han- 
 over, married Miss Emma Wilber, who has borne 
 him two children; Anna Henrietta became the wife 
 of Frank Rogers, their liome being in Litchfield, 
 Hillsdale County; in July 1889, they lost their only 
 
 child. Rozella May and Silas Xelson are now at- 
 tending the district school, in which they take great 
 interest; they arc very good scholars, and their in- 
 terest in their work is affording great pleasure to 
 their parents. 
 
 The industry which has been manifested by Mr. 
 Watson t4irougliout his entire life, the unpreten- 
 tious, sensible and upright lives of himself and wife, 
 and their kindly interest in their neighbors and the 
 community at large, have won the hearty good will 
 of their associates, and the friendly regard of those 
 to whom they are more intimatelv known. 
 
 I(_^ ORACEZHUNT, who,'when a young^ man, 
 li served as one of the members of the New 
 Y^ork Legislature, has for the yatit eighteen 
 years held the office of Justice of the Peace 
 in Jackson,'"and in ^tlie meantime has become one 
 of its most prominent and honored citizens. A 
 native of the State of New York, he was born in 
 Windham, Greene County, October 7. 1818, and 
 before reaching the fifth year of his age was taken, 
 in 1818, by his parents to Genesee Valley, N. Y'. 
 That section of countrj' was then a wilderness and 
 Sandford Hunt, the father of our su))ject, was one 
 of its earliest pioneers. He put up a store build- 
 ing, and in connection with general merchandising 
 officiated as Postmaster under every President 
 from John Adams to Zachary Taylor. Hunt's 
 Hollow, which was named after him, was for many 
 yeais the favorite resort for business or gossip of 
 the people for miles around that section of coun- 
 U-y. There Horace spent his bo}'hood and youth, 
 growing up with the country, and lived there until 
 a man of fifty-five years. He assisted his father in 
 bis business until reaching his majority, and then 
 eneaged in business for himself in companj' with 
 his father. 
 
 In the meantime Mr. Hunt, like his honored 
 father, was prominent in local affairs, being m,ade 
 Clerk of the School District at the age of twenty- 
 one j-oars, an ofHce which he held for fifteen years 
 thereafter. He was a School Trustee for twelve 
 years, and represented his township in the County 
 
PORTRAIT AND IJJOGUArillCAL ALBUM. 
 
 245 
 
 Hoard i)f Supervisors six or eight years. In 1810- 
 11-42 he represented liis county in the State Legisla- 
 lature at Alhany. Ilis brother, Washington Hunt, 
 was elected (iovernor of New Yorii on the Wliig 
 ticket. Later, after tlie decease of this party, the 
 latter lii'i'ami' a iiicniher ol' tlie I'nioii party, so 
 calle(L and li'ialiy joined ihe Democratic party. 
 
 The 2()th of September, 1838, was made memor- 
 able in the life of Mr. Hunt by his marriage, .-it 
 Hunt's Hollow. N. Y.. witii Miss Betsey Parmc- 
 lee. The devoted couple, who liave now traveled 
 together the journey of life for over fifty years, 
 cek'bratcd their golden wedding Sept. 20, 1888, 
 amid the congraUilations of hosts of friends. Mrs. 
 Betsey (Parmelee) Hunt was born in Rutland 
 County, Vt., on the 2'.)th of December, 1818, and 
 in 1820, when two years old, was taken by her par- 
 ents to Hunt's Hollow, N. Y"., where she made the 
 acquaintance of her future husband in childhood, 
 and they grew up together with a mutual affection 
 which resulted in a most happy and congenial 
 union. 
 
 In tlie meantime, in connection with his i)ublic 
 duties, Mr. Hunt engaged in merchandising, flour- 
 milling and sawmilling. After going into his 
 father's store, he became the popular scribe for the 
 people of the surrounding country, drawing up 
 legal papers of all kinds, including fifteen or twenty 
 pensions for Revolutionary soldiers, and thus ac- 
 (piired a general knowledge of common law, which 
 proved to him of inestimable value in all his later 
 years. The Indians had not then left the Genesee 
 \allev. in New York State, and he also adjusted 
 many affairs with them. 
 
 Mr Hunt came to Jackson in 1K69, to wiiicli 
 place lie had been iireeeded by his son, who had 
 great faith in the futuie of the Wolverine State. 
 He engagid first as a contr.ictor. and was recog- 
 nized as a value<l addition to the comi;uinity. His 
 long experience in legal matters resulted shortly 
 afterward in his being selected for the oflico of 
 Justice of the Peace, to which he was duly elected, 
 ami ill which lie has served continuously to the 
 present lime. 
 
 Of tiie ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, 
 only four are living: The two eldest sons, Sanford 
 and Henry, arc cnga;;t'd as piinlcis in J.-ickson. 
 
 Charles is the City Recorder and Ilattie, the only 
 daughter, a musician of considerable note, remains 
 at home with her parents. Mrs. Betsey (Parmelee) 
 Hmnt still continues the companion of her lius- 
 b.ind. Iieing, like himself, well advanced in years, 
 but both, as the result of temperate lives and 
 correct habits, preserve their faculties unimpaired 
 to a remarkable degree. 
 
 The parents of our subject were .Sanford and 
 Fanny (Rose) Hunt, natives of Coventry, Conn., 
 the father born in 1777 and tiie mother in 1779. 
 The latter was a niece of the celebrated Nathan 
 Hale, whose name has been handed down to pos- 
 terity as the representative of all that is grand and 
 worthy, both l;is grandparents doing active service 
 in the Revohuionary War. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt 
 soon after their marriage, which occurred in 1799, 
 started on horseback from New England to New 
 York State, and their subsequent career has al- 
 ready been indicated at the beginning of this 
 sketch. The father after settling in New York 
 State held the ofHce of Postmaster at Windham and 
 later at Huufs Hollow, untd his death, in 1849. 
 The parental household was completed by the birth 
 of ten ciiildren, of whom tiiere are now only two 
 living — Horace, our subject, and Fannie, Mrs. 
 Hunt, a resident of Chicago. Mr. Hunt has in his 
 possession the i)apers which indentured his father, 
 Sanford, as an apprentice to a merchant of Con- 
 necticut for five years, although the grandfather 
 was a iiinii well-to-do and amply able to provide 
 for his children. 
 
 ^f OHN (). SHKKLER. One of the finest 
 farms in Columbia Township, both as re- 
 gards its desirable location and the iinprove- 
 
 , . monts which li;ivc been iniide upon it. is that 
 
 owned and occupied by the gentleman above 
 named. It comprises two hundred and ten acres 
 loca'icd on section 23, bearing a full line of sub- 
 stantial and modern farm buildings, anil being well 
 stocked with high grade horses, cattle, sheep and 
 hogs. The prosperous owner of this beautiful 
 estate located upon it some five years since, after 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 having spent a few montlis in t,lie village of Brook- 
 lyn, to wliicli place he had come from Lenawee 
 County. 
 
 The natal day of the subject of this sketch was 
 November 3, 18.32, and his ))ii-thplacc jS'ewton 
 Towushii), Essex County, N. .1. He is the second 
 child and oldest son in a family of ten children, 
 seven of whom are yet living. All are engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits and successful in their busi- 
 ness, none of them having less than one hundred 
 and forty acres of good land. The father, George 
 Sheeler, was l)orn in Sussex County, N. .T., May 9, 
 1805, and is the son of William Sheeler .and the 
 grandson of William Sheeler, Sr., both of whom 
 were born and reared in the same county. He is 
 one of a family of six sons and six daughters, all 
 of whom lived to manhood and womanhood. He 
 was reared and educated in his native county, at 
 the age of about twenty-three years marrying Jliss 
 Jane Onsted, who was born in the same county, 
 March 9, 1810. Some eight years after their mar- 
 riage they emigrated to Lenawee County, Mich., 
 where the wife, after some fifty-six yeavs of mar- 
 ried life, died June 23, 188.'). She was a noble 
 woman and a worthy helpmate to her husband, as- 
 sisting Uim in all his efforts to build up their fine 
 home in the wilderness and rejoiced to see it well 
 improved before her death. 
 
 When the faniil}' came to this State, they did 
 not have the advantages of travel possessed at the 
 present time, but were content with traveling by 
 canal to the lakes which they crossed on the Porter 
 boat, and were brought from Detroit to their present 
 liome across the country by team. jSIr. Sheeler 
 first took up some eighty acres of land on which 
 he began to make improvements, making two trips 
 on foot to Monroe to secure histiile. The removal 
 to this part of the country was made in IMay, 1836, 
 at which time the country was covered with its 
 primeval growth and Mr. Sheeler was compelled to 
 cut a road for over a mile and a half to his place. 
 Nothing discouraged him, however, no work was 
 too hard, and it is said that for a long time he 
 walked three miles to his work, returning over the 
 same grouni each d.a}'. He has added to his orig- 
 inal acreage until he is now in i)Ossession of several 
 hundred acres of fertile land, having upon it a fine 
 
 set of buildings, with neat surroundings. He is 
 now spending the sunset of his days on his old 
 homestead and altliough eight}-four j'ears of age, 
 still dis|)lays a large degree of the strength, both 
 mental and physical, of which he possessed so large 
 an amount in his earlier years. He has ever been 
 one of the leading citizens of the township, re- 
 spected and esteemed 1)3' all, and distinguished for 
 his good works. 
 
 Having been scarcely more than an infant when 
 his parents emigrated to this State, he with whose 
 name we initiate this sketch looks back upon the 
 scenes of pioneer industry, amid which his boy- 
 hood and youth were passed. The first home of 
 the family was a log hut, covered with slabs, and 
 with no Hoor but mother earth, but it was ere long 
 replaced by a better dwelling. In the labors of 
 the home, John Sheeler shared as his strength 
 would [jerinit, receiving all the educational privil- 
 eges which the neighborhood could afford, and 
 growing to manhood in a favorable home atmo- 
 sphere. He remained on his father's farm in 
 Cambridge Township, Lenawee County, until 
 twent^'-eiaht years old, when he took a companion 
 in life and set up his own household. 
 
 The lady whom John .Sheeler chose to accom- 
 pany him down the stream of time bore the name 
 of Susan Winnie. She opened her eyes to the lig;ht 
 in Montgomery County, N. Y., Maj' 1, 1839, i)eing 
 a daughter of Conrad and Mary (Post) Winnie, 
 who began their wedded life in the Empire State, 
 of which the former w.as a native, while the latter 
 was born in Connecticut. Mr. Winnie w.as a 
 blacksmith but after following his trade for some 
 years, he established a general store at Buell, where 
 he did business successfully for some years. During 
 the time he was eng.aged in some local official ca- 
 pacity for about twenty years, holding the offices 
 of Township Clerk, Justice of the Peace, and 
 others. He was three times married and after the 
 death of his third wife, came West to visit his 
 children in this State and Wisconsin, and while at 
 the home of a son in Racine, he sickened and died. 
 This was in 1889, and he was then eighty-one years 
 old. He was a man of remarkable strength, both 
 of bod3' and mind; he had been a life-long member 
 of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
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 217 
 
 His ihuigliler, now tlio wife of .lolin (). Slieeler, 
 of til is notice, lost iier inotlier when Ijut six weeks 
 old. She was rcfired by her father and stepmother 
 until nineteen years of age, when she ciime West 
 and after s|)endinfi a yenr in Wisconsin, came to 
 this Stnte. Siic was engaged in teaching in C'am- 
 br'dge Townsliip, Lenawee County, until her niar- 
 riagi!. She is a woman of varied intelligence and 
 amiable character, and is a notable housekeeper. 
 She has borne her husband one daughter, Malina 
 May, the wife of Joiin O'Leary. who now operates 
 the faini belonging to oui' subject. ]\Ir. O'Leary 
 i(^ a u:illve of Canada but was reared in this and 
 Lenawee Counties. 
 
 Mr. Sheeler nnd his family are attendants of the 
 15a|)list Chur'ii. hi politics he is a stanch Demo- 
 crat, ever ready to cast his vote in behalf of the 
 candidates on the i)art3' ticket. 
 
 ,^^ ILAS IIEYSER. In noting the old resi- 
 ^^^ dents of Jackson City, the name of Mr- 
 (lL£_j]|j Heyser can b\- no means be properly omit- 
 ted from the list. He has been for many 
 years promincnlly identified with its business in- 
 terests and is proprietor of a line enterprise in the 
 shape of house building materials, including lum- 
 lier. sash, doors and blinds, with headquarters at the 
 intersection of Sontli Park and ^\'■aterloo Avenues. 
 He is widely and favorably known throughout the 
 county as one of the old landmarks, substantial and 
 reliable, and one who has contributed his full quota 
 to the growth and prosperitj' of this section. 
 
 A native of Norristown. Pa., the subject of this 
 notice was born AFarcli 3, 1827. and is the son of 
 Jacob and Hannah (Dingier) He^^ser, who we'-e 
 natives of Penn.sylvania and the father a farmer 
 by occupation. They spent their last years in 
 Penn.sylvania. Silas completed a practical educa- 
 tion in the s(;liools of his native town and when 
 apiiroaching manhood learned the trade of a car- 
 penter and joiner, at which he worked in Pennsyl- 
 vania until 18.')2. In the meantime he was married 
 November 3, 1850, to Miss Anna Kennedj'. Upon 
 leavinir the Kevstoiu- .Stale he removed to Cleve- 
 
 land. Oliio. wJR-le he M)iiiiiiin'd with his ijulf fain- 
 I 
 ily until 1855. coming then to Jackson when it was 
 
 ! a town of about four thousand inhabitants. He 
 worked as a jonrneyinan until lM5'.l.then associated 
 
 , hiinself in (lartnersliip with R. IL Remington and 
 
 I they carried on a general jobbing business until 
 
 [ 1862. 
 
 Mr. Heyser tlien became sole proprietor of llie 
 business which he h.as since conducted alone. He 
 commenced dealing in lumber in 1870. taking into 
 partnership his sons and gradually increasing his 
 facilities as the demand for material increased, so 
 that now the firm of Heyser & Sons, probably does 
 the bulk of the business in this line in the city. 
 Besides this Mr. Heyser cultivates forty acres of 
 choice land, chiefly devoted to celery. His resi- 
 dence is located at tlie corner of Blackstone and 
 Cortland Streets, where Mr. Heyser put up a neat 
 residence in 1871. and where he has surrounded 
 himself and his family with all of the comforts and 
 conveniences of modern life. 
 
 Politically. Mr. Heyser gives his sup|iort to the 
 Republican party. He is quite prominent in local 
 affairs, having rei)resented his ward in the City 
 Council and serving as a memlier of the School 
 Board for six years. He was Chairman of the 
 Building Committee during the erection of the 
 Central High Scliool building and has been active 
 in all worthy enterprises tending to the progress 
 and welfare of the city at large. His religious 
 views coincide with the doctrines of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church in which he is a Trustee and 
 chief pillar, and he superintended the furnishing of 
 the interior of the church edifice which presents a 
 very artistic and attractive appearance. Mr. He3-ser 
 is a warm defender of the principles of M.asonry 
 and a Sir Knight in the fraternity, belonging to 
 Jackson Lodge. No. 50. During his residence of 
 forty-five 3'ears in this county he h.as gathered 
 around him a host of friends who respect him alike 
 for his excellent personal qualities and his pro- 
 nounced business ability. 
 
 Mrs. Anna (Kennedy) Hcj'ser was born atYalley 
 Forge, Pa., in 1827. and is the daughter of .Samuel 
 and JIary ( VV.ade) Kennedy who removed to Nor- 
 ristown, Pa., during the childhood of their daughter, 
 who remained tliere with them until her marriage. 
 
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 Mr. nii'l Mrs. Heyser are the parents of three chil- 
 dren, tlie eldest of whom, Winfield C, a resident 
 of Chattanooga, Tenn., is carrying on a prosperous 
 husiness there as a lumber manufacturer and also 
 has an interest in his father's business at Jackson. 
 This son when twenty-seven years old was elected 
 JIayor of Jackson and was one of the Fire Com- 
 missioners. He possesses more than ordinary abil- 
 ity and has entered upon a career which promises 
 much for the future. Although a Republican in 
 politics he overcame a heavy Democratic majority 
 at the time of his election as Mayor, a fact which 
 indicates in a satisfactory manner his popularit}' 
 among the citizens of Jackson. He went to Ten- 
 nessee in 1887. after his marriage with Miss Eliza- 
 beth Sellers, of Jacksun. The younger son, Waltei- 
 J., also a member of tlie firm of Heyser & Sons, 
 acquired a thorough education, being graduated 
 from Michigan University in the class of 1875. 
 He also has served as Alderman and is interested 
 in the business of his brother in Tennessee. He 
 married Miss Lulu Minty, who is now deceased. 
 The daughter. Miss Regina Heyser, became the 
 wife of A. M. Walker, Assistant Cashier of the 
 Union Bank and continues her residence in Jackson. 
 The family occupies a high position, socially, num- 
 bering their friends and associates among the most 
 cultured people of Jackson. 
 
 
 ■ti IfelLLIAM JOHNS. Tbe subject of this 
 \/sJ/' ^^^^^^ i® familiarly spoken of as " the 
 W^ youngest man of his age in Hanover 
 Township." Although now oyer sixty-two years 
 old he is still vigorous and active and will compai-e 
 favorably with many of the men a score of 3'ears 
 his junior. Selfmade in the strictest sense of the 
 term, his early opportunities were exceedingly lim- 
 ited, but nature endowed him with admirable qual- 
 ities, among them being not only a strong frame 
 physically, but the resolution and perseverance 
 which has crowned his labors with success. 
 
 Mr. Johns, now the owner of a good farm with 
 modern improvements, started out in life at the 
 
 foot of the ladder and has accumulated his prop- 
 erty solely b^' honest toil. No legacy was left 
 him and no infliiential friends were at hand to 
 assist him in his struggles to become a man .'imong 
 men — with the exi;eption of his faithful and de- 
 voted wife who is entitled to a full meed of praise 
 foi the manner in which she has stood by her hus- 
 band, encouraging him in all his worthy ambitions 
 and proving fully as industrious as he. As the 
 result of their united labors the}' are now in the 
 possession of a comfortable homestead and enjoy 
 in an un(|ualifled degree the esteem and confidence 
 of all who know them. 
 
 A native of Cortland County, X. Y.. Mr. Johns 
 was born February 26, 1828, and is the son of 
 John Johns, also a native of the Empire State and 
 a shoemaker by trade. The mother bore the maiden 
 name of Cynthia Rowe and died in her native 
 State of New York in 1832, when her son William 
 was a lad four years of age. It is believed that 
 the father is now also deceased. The six children 
 of the parental family are all living. 
 
 Mr. Johns vvas thrown entirely upon his own re- 
 sources at the early age of fourteen years, although 
 for several years prior to this he fully realized the 
 fact that he must "paddle his own canoe" and he 
 practically conimenced thus paddling as soon as 
 old enough to think. At fourteen he commenced 
 working for 16 per month and took pride in the 
 fact that he was able to pitch sixty acres of hay 
 both ways. He labored thus arduously for a 
 number of years, struggling to obtain a foothold 
 in life and that which would laj' the foundations of 
 a home. He was first wedded, at the age of nine- 
 teen years, to Miss Sally Amadon, and there were 
 born to them eight children, of whom the foilovving 
 are living: Delevan married Miss Helen Fowler, is 
 the father of three children and lives in Oakland 
 County, this State; William married Hattie Case, is 
 the father of two children and lives near Pontiac; 
 I. K. married Jenny Fisher, and is the fatiier of two 
 children and is farming on section 20, Hanover 
 Township; Arvilla became the wife of Charles 
 Fisher, is the mother of three children and makes 
 her home in Horton ; Estella, the wife of Grove 
 Fellows, lives in NewYork State and is the mother of 
 two children; she is the twin sister of Arvilla, 
 
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 Mrs. Sally .loliiis departed tliis life at the lioincslcid 
 in the Slate of New Vork Anaiist IS, ISIU. 
 
 Ill 18C5 Mr. .lolins \v;is married to Miss Caroline 
 Clark who died childless in 1871. The present i 
 wife of our subject, who in her girlhood was Miss 
 Esther Hatch, and to wlioni ho was married April 
 l.'j. 1H72, is tile daughter of William and Hannah 
 (lirownell) Hatch who were among the earliest 
 pioneers of this county. Blr. Hatch departed this 
 life over forty j'ears ago and his wife, Hannah, died 
 in 1876. They were the parents of five children, 
 three of whom are living. Those besides Mrs. 
 Johns are Matthew and Henry, residents of 
 Michigan. 
 
 Mrs. P^sther (Hatch) .lohns was born April 2G, 
 1840, in Spring Avbor Township. She was trained 
 by a careful mother to all useful housewifely duties 
 and is a fine representative of one of the most 
 highly respected families of this section. Of her 
 marriage with our subject there have been born 
 two children only: (ieorge, April 7, 1873, and 
 Edna. September 28, 187G. It is hardly necessary 
 to say that they are the light of the home, bright 
 and interesting, and will bo given the advantages 
 in keeping with their position in life. 
 
 The Johns homestead includes one hundred and 
 ten acres of land free from incumbrance. It was 
 purchased by Mr. Johns twenty-six years ago and 
 his first dwelling was a log house which with addi- 
 tions and repairs ho occupied until 1881. when the 
 jiresent substantial ilwelling was substituted. This 
 is a square, well-built structure, underneath which 
 is a cellar eight feet in height with a twenty -two- 
 inch wall which keeps out the frosts of winter and 
 the boat of summer. Mr. Johns with his own 
 hands did a large part of the work, not only upon 
 the house but on the barn and other buildings. Few 
 iiu'ii have been enabled to labor as continuously. 
 early and late without being broken down in health 
 and unfitted to enjoy their declining 3'ears. 
 
 The development and improvement of his land 
 has allowed Mr. Johns very little time to meddle 
 with public affairs otherwise than voting the 
 straight Democraiic ticket at the general elections. 
 He has. however, served as Ro.ad Overseer, still 
 holding the ofHce; he is also tiic Treasurer of 
 Scliool District Xo. 'J. In siiniiniiig up the bone 
 
 and sinew of Jackson County, the name of William 
 Johns can by no means be properly left out of the 
 category. He has proven a good citizen and a 
 hfispitable neighbor and has made for himself a 
 record of which his children will never be ashamed. 
 
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 H A H L E S HARRINGTON. Among the 
 honoied |)'oneers of Sandstone Township 
 none are more 'worthy of mention than he 
 with whose name we introduce this sketch. We 
 find him the owner of one of the best farms within 
 its limits, comprising one hundred and seventy- 
 four acres of well-tilled land on sections 29 and 32, 
 where by a course of unfiagging industry and the 
 exercise of a prudent econom}', he has not only 
 built up for himself a comfortable home, but has 
 laid l)y something for a rainy d.ay. 
 
 A native of Genesee County, X. Y., the subject 
 of this notice was born March 8. 1836, and is the 
 son of David and Xaney (Lynch) Harrington, who 
 were natives respectively of Vermont and Massa- 
 chusetts. His ancestors are believed to have been 
 of Irish origin, as his paternal great-grandfather 
 came directly from that country. David Harring- 
 ton, when twenty-one 3'ears old, left his native 
 hills on foot and journeyed westward until reach- 
 ing Genesee Count}-, X. Y. This was before his 
 marriage. After the birth of three children he re- 
 moved with his little family to Erie County, set- 
 tling in Xewstead Township, where they sojourned 
 until 1849. In the spring of that year they came 
 to this county, locating in Parma Township, and 
 the father cnltivateil land on shares in both Parma 
 and Sandstone Townslii[)s for several years. 
 
 Finally David llarriugton having been prospered 
 in his labors, purchased land in Harr}' County upon 
 which he settled, but only remained there a short 
 time. Then, in 18(11. in company with his son 
 Charles, he purchase 1 one hundred and lliirty-six 
 acres of the farm now owned and occupied b} the 
 latter, and to whicli he adiled later thirty-five acres. 
 This remained his home until his death, which took 
 place .September 2, 1884. The mother passed away 
 in 18r)ij. They h.id labored long ami well, endured 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 patiently the toils and sacvifices necessary to llie 
 ac'jumulation.ofja competence, and their names are 
 held in grateful remembrance, not only by their 
 children, but by others who have come after them. 
 David Harrington after the organization of the 
 Republican party, gave to it his cordial support, 
 althougli never aspiring to of!ice. 
 
 The subject of this notice practically grew up with 
 the country. He assisted his father in developing 
 the farm and acquired sucii education as was to be 
 obtained in the common schools. He remained un- 
 der the home roof until nearly twenty-flvo years 
 old, and was then married, April 25, 1861, to Miss 
 Mary Titus. Of this union there was born one 
 child, a daughter, Mary, who died when three years 
 old. Mrs. Mary Harrington departed tiiis life in 
 Barry County, in 1862. 
 
 Mr. Harrington, December 12, 1865, contracted 
 a second marriage with Miss Melissa Crawford, a 
 native of this county. This lady was born Janu- 
 ary 10, 1844, and is the daughter of Ste))hen and 
 Sarah L. (Ingraham) Crawford, who were natives 
 of New York and the fatiier born in Steuben 
 County. The Crawford family is supposed to he 
 of Irish ancestry, while the Ingrahams were proba- 
 bly from England. The parents of Mrs. Harring- 
 ton emigrated from New York State to Miciiigan 
 in 1836, and the father purchased one hundred and 
 sixty acres of Government land in the northern 
 part of Sandstone Townsliip. Not a furrow had 
 been turned upon it, and the first business of Mr. 
 Crawford was to put up a shanty, where his family 
 took refuge until he could build a substantial log 
 house. From the latter they removed in due time 
 to a modern brick dwelling. He was among the 
 first settlers in that region and lived there until 
 tiie spring of 1869. Then, accompanied by his 
 wife, he removed to Johnson County, Kan., where 
 the}' now live at an advanced age, but surrounded liy 
 all the comforts of life. They celebrated their gold- 
 en wedding in the fall of 1886, an occasion which 
 will long be remembered by those present. The 
 expressions of good-will tendered them by friends, 
 neighbors and relatives indicated in a marked man- 
 ner the esteem and confidence in wdiich the}- are 
 held. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Crawford there was born a 
 
 family of ten children: Stephen Alfred, is a resi- 
 dent of North Dakota; Albert A., lives in Johnson 
 County, Kan.; Mortimer H.. is a resident of Kan- 
 sas City, Mo.; Melissa A., (Mrs. Harrington) was 
 the next in order of birth; Paulina A. is the wife 
 of M. G. Carlton, of Grass Lake, this State; Silecia 
 married Charles Markham, and they live in Hano- 
 ver; Lovina is the wife of J. Daniels, of Black- 
 man Township; Ada L. married C. G. Hunter, 
 and they live in Johnson County, Kan.; Julius A. 
 is a resident of Grand Rapids, Dak.; Ju.iu D. is in 
 Spring Hill, Kan. Four children have been born 
 to Mr. and Mrs. Harrington, viz.: Frank J., who 
 is attending the Normal School at Ypsilanti; Adah 
 Louise, Frederick and Herbert!). Frederick occu- 
 pies himself as a teacher. Mr. Harrington is a 
 stanch supporter of Republican principles, and as 
 one of the representative pioneers of the county, 
 occupies no unimportant place among its people. 
 He has been an interested witness of its growth 
 and development, and by maintaining one of its 
 best homesteads has thus contributed in bringing it 
 to its present position among the prosperous and 
 intelligent communities of the Wolverine State. 
 
 ON. JOHN E. TYRRELL, present Repre- 
 sentative from the First District of Jackson 
 t^^^ County, to the State Legislature, looks after 
 (1^1 the interests of the city and two townslii|)s. 
 in a manner creditable to himself, and satisfactory 
 to his constituents. He was elected on the Repub- 
 lican ticket in the fall of 1888, and is Chairman of 
 the lona Reformatory Committee, besides being a 
 member of the Coruraittce on Military and Educa- 
 tion. ^Ir. Tyrrell was the father of, and the prime 
 mover in the introduction of the free text book bill 
 which was passed by both Houses, signed by the 
 Governor, and has now become a law; and it is a 
 measure which has received the endorsement of all 
 who are in any way interested in advancing the 
 cause of education. He also introduced the Bois 
 Blanc bill which prohibited the hunting of deer in 
 that section for ten years, which was a source of 
 on at satisfaction to lovers of the hunt, thus pro- 
 
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 venting their legilimate prey from lieing extermi- 
 nated. Anotiier bill introiUiced by tiiis efficient 
 l>egi»lator, was one maiiiiig it a finable offense for 
 llie driver of a street ear to cross a railroad cross- 
 ing witliont first coming to a full stop. This meas- 
 ure which is now enforced, has caused a perceptible 
 diminution in the number of accidents occurring 
 within the city limils in connection witii steam cars. 
 Tiie subject of this sketch, a native of Dublin, 
 Ireland, was born in that city on the 28th of January, 
 1817. and wis brought to America by his parents 
 when a little lad of four years. They settled first 
 in Saratoga County, X. Y., and later removed to 
 Canada, wdiere the parents spent their last days. 
 John E. conii)letfcd his education in the college at 
 Kordhara, N. Y. After the outbreak of the Civil 
 AVar, he enlisted in Company !•", Fifty-sixth New 
 York Infantry, serving as a Corporal, and was in 
 active service four months. Returning then to 
 Fordham, N. Y., he sojourned there until January 
 1, 1867, when he was commissioned as an officer on 
 Gen. Halpin's Staff in the rebellion in the Dublin 
 District, and in that capacit3- took part in the con- 
 flict which followed. On the 7tli of March follow- 
 ing, he was captured in the Weakley Mountains, 
 and confined in the Mt. Jay Government Prison un- 
 til May 2:3, under the suspension of the habeas cor- 
 pus act, which included any man from the United 
 .States wearing square-toed shoes. 
 
 After his release, Mr. Tyrrell returned to New 
 York State, and shortly- afterward came to Detroit, 
 engaging, in 1868, with the Western I'nion Tele- 
 graph Company. Since 1869 he has been the regu- 
 lar dispatcher of the Michigan Central Railroad, 
 having held the same office now for a period of 
 twenty-one years. Mr. Tyrrell was married at Dex- 
 ter. Mich.. August 31, 1870, to Miss Kate A. AVill- 
 sey. This lady wns born in Washtenaw County, 
 this .State, and the home then established is now 
 iirightened by the presence of four interesting chil- 
 dren, viz.: Edward ('.. Katie Nell, Albert H., and 
 John W. The family residence is pleasantly lo- 
 cated in the central part of the city, and is the fre- 
 quent resort of its most cultured people. 
 
 Mr. Tyrrell possesses fine musical tastes, anil or- 
 ganized the church choir of St. Mary's, of which 
 he is chorister. He is 'also an active member of 
 
 Edward Pomeroy Post, No. -18. G. A. R., of Jack- 
 son. He organized tiic Knights of Pythias lodge 
 at Jackson, all the Chairs of which he has passed, 
 and he has been a Representative to the Grand 
 Lodge. In 1886 he assisted in the organization of 
 a lodge of the Ancient Order of Ililjernians, and 
 was elected State Executor of that body, in wiiich 
 office he is now serving his second term and third 
 year. Until being nominated for the Legislature, 
 he had steadily detlincil becoming an officeholder. 
 He is prominent in military circles, being now the 
 Lieutenant Colonel of tlie First Regiment, Michi- 
 gan National Guard, and he was also instrumental 
 in organizing the Emmet Rifles (Company H), 
 which he commanded for six }-ears. 
 
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 LDER THOMAS JOHX.SOX. Among the 
 pioneer settlers of Columbia Township maj- 
 
 ^ -; h^ mentioned the subject of this notice, who 
 
 came to Michigan as early as 1840, and located on 
 a small farm in Norvell Township. He lived 
 there probably two or three years, in the meaiitiiiie 
 making some imiirovements. and then removed to 
 his present farm in Columbia Township. Tiiis 
 place at the present time bears little vefemblance 
 to the spot upon which he located nearlj* fifty 
 years ago, it being then a tract of wild land upon 
 which probably the foot of a white man had seldom 
 trod The labors of a life-time have transformed 
 it into a comfortable homestead. It embraces one 
 hundred and sixty acres of land, and is pleasantly 
 located on section 31. 
 
 The birthplace of Mr. Johnson was in Tillstock- 
 ville, Shropshire, England, and the date thereof 
 July, 1807. His father, William Johnson, was 
 likevvise a native of that shire, and the descendant 
 of an old and well established family of pure Eng- 
 lish stock. He was carefully reared by excellent 
 parents, and chose farming for his life vocation. 
 Upon reaching man's estate he was married, in his 
 native place, to Miss Jane Hughes, who was of 
 birth and ancestry similar to his own. Tuey set- 
 tled on a farm near the iilace of their birth and 
 became the parents of five children. The mother 
 
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 died in the prime of life, and is remembered as a 
 Lilly possessing all tlie Christian virtues, being de- 
 voted to her family, a faithful friend and a hos- 
 pitable neighbor. 
 
 In 1832, a fevv years after the death of his wife, 
 William Johnson came to America, landing in New 
 York Citj- after a long and tedious ocean voyage. 
 He was in limited circumstances, and at once 
 sought employment, securing work on the Hudson 
 & Albany canal. Later he went to Geneva, N. Y., 
 and entered the employ of a Mr. Gregorj-, whom 
 he had known and wdiom he had worked for in 
 England. While in tlie employ of his old friend, 
 Mr. Gregory, he was a second time married. 
 Deciding then to seek the West he came to this 
 State, locating first at Clinton, and subsequently 
 coming to tliis county and purchasing land in 
 Norvell Township. Of this union there were born 
 three eliildren, in tiiis township, .ind after his 
 removal to Kent County, this State, two more child- 
 ren weie added to the family circle. William 
 Johnson departed this life at an advanced age, at 
 his home in Kent County. His last wife survived 
 him ten years, when she also was called hence. 
 
 The subject of this notice was the second child 
 of liis father's first marriage, and subsequently 
 made his home for a time with his paternal grand- 
 mother. He received a common-school education, 
 and when quite young was employed at the potter^' 
 works in Staffordshii-e, and was thus occupied for 
 a period of eighteen j'ears. In the meantime he 
 was married to Miss Mary Wagg, a native of 
 Staffordshire, and whose father was also emplo3'ed 
 in the pottery works, as a packer in the warehouse. 
 After the birth of four children, 'Sir. Johnson, not 
 satisfied with his condition or his prospects, decided 
 to seek a home in the Nevy World in the hoi)e of 
 bettering his financial condition. Setting out in 1840 
 with his two oldest children, leaving the mother 
 and the two younger in England, he landed in New 
 Y'ork City, whence he proceeded to Buffalo, wheie 
 he found himself out of money. He had with him 
 a valuable book, and with this he was compelled to 
 part in order to secure funds for prosecuting his 
 journey. He thus made his way with his boys to 
 Toledo, whence he [irocecded by rail to Adrian, 
 Mich., and leaving his baggage at the deitot to 
 
 pay for bis fare, he then started on foot with his 
 children and walked to Tecumseh. He there met 
 a kind and hosi)itable man who extended to him 
 aid and sympathj', kee|iing him and his children 
 over night and providing for them a passage to 
 Napoleon, where they arrived the following day. 
 
 At this point Mr. Johnson secured eraplo.vmont 
 for a short time, and by borrowing a little money 
 from one Mr. Harvey Austin, now deceased, he, in 
 August, that same 3'ear, returned to New York 
 City to aieet his wife and the other two children. 
 The re-united famil}', strong in a mutual sympathy 
 and companionshii), now sougiit the West for a 
 permanent home. Locating in Napoleon Township 
 Mr. Johnson and his wife sought employment, 
 finding not onl}- work but friends, and from that 
 time their fortunes began to mend, so that in the 
 course of a few years they had a farm jiaid for, and 
 were surrounded with all the comforts of life. 
 The wife .and mother attained to the ripe old age of 
 eighty years, and departed this life at the home- 
 stead, October 8, 1876. She was a devoted mem- 
 bei of the Baptist Church and a lady possessing 
 many estimable qualities, whicli endeared her not 
 onl^' to her own family, but to many friends. 
 
 Mr. Jolmson, in 1878. contracted a second mar- 
 riage in Norvell Township, with Mrs. Harriet 
 (Smith) James. This lady was also of English 
 birth and parentage, a native of Newburg, Leices- 
 tershire, and born October 12, 1821. Her father, 
 Richard Smith, likewise of Leicestershire, was 
 an honest, hard- working laborer, and spent his 
 entire life in the place of his birth. He died when 
 his daughter Harriet was an infant of nine months, 
 he being then sixty-two years old. When foui- 
 teen j-ears old Miss Harriet with her mother, Mrs. 
 Mary (Barker) Smith, and a married brother, set 
 out, in 1835, for the United States, taking passage 
 at Liverpool, and landing in New York City after 
 an ocean voyage of four weeks and two days. 
 
 In the great metropolis the little family remained 
 that winter, and when the ice had gone from North 
 River they made their way to Albany and thence to 
 Michigan Territorj'. Locating near Dundee, Mon- 
 roe County, the)' sojotuned there until after the 
 death of the mother. IMiss Harriet, then grown to 
 womanhood, came to this county, and in due time 
 
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 raarried William James, an Englisliman who died 
 in Leslie, Ingham Coiinl^', without children. Mrs. 
 James lived there until her marriage to Mr. John- 
 son. Of this union there are no children. Will- 
 iam, the eldest son of the first marriage, took to 
 wife Miss Amanda Mitchell, and is engaged as 
 clerk in a dry goods store at .Jackson. Thomas, a 
 farmer, married Alice Mej'ers, and they live near 
 Jefferson viile; John is occuiiied as a carijcnter and 
 general mechanic, at Jackson; James married Miss 
 Elizabeth Kelley, and lesides on a farm in Colum- 
 bia Township. 
 
 The subject yf this notice, together with his ex- 
 cellent wife, has been identified with the Baptist 
 Church for many years, and Mr. Johnson for 
 nearly forty years has filled its pulpit acceptably' 
 ill lliis county and various (ither places. He is 
 sincerely devoted to the Master's cause, and has 
 labored to the I)esl of his ability for itj i)roraotion. 
 He vote<l for John C. Fremont at the organization 
 of the Republican party, and has since given his 
 (jolitical support to its principles. 
 
 l^=XAlirM STONK. Few are so tlioroughly 
 I 1/1 •iC"<"l'"*i"l^^'l with the early historj' and the 
 jli/^ growth of the grand State of Michigan as 
 he with whose name we begin this biographical no- 
 tice, lie became a resident of the Territory in 
 1836, and has lived to see what was at that time a 
 region of heavily- timl)ert'd and almost unsettled 
 land, with small vill.ages and towns scattered 
 throughout its vast extent, a prosperous, well-set- 
 tled, finely cidtivated and beautiful countr3-. In 
 the develoi)nient of the agricultural resources of 
 the State, Mr. Stone bore a part for some time, and 
 amid the arduous and stirring scenes of pioneer life 
 he was ever found ready to lend a helping hand to 
 those in want of assistance in any form, and so 
 conducted himself under all circumstances as to se- 
 cure the hearty resi)ect of those with wlu>m he 
 came in contact. 
 
 From a history of the town of Fitzwilliam, 
 N. IL, published by the Rev. John F. Norton, and 
 containing a genealogical record of the early laniii 
 
 lies by Joel Whittemore, we glean tlie following 
 regarding the paternal progenitors of our subject: 
 The first arriv.al in this country was Gregory .Stone, 
 son of the Rev. Timothy Stone, a dissenting minis- 
 ter in the west of England. He embarked at Ips- 
 wich on tha ship "Increase," April 15. 1635, and 
 settled in Cambridge, Mass., his descendants locat- 
 ing in Farmington and adjoining towns. F'ollowing 
 him in order of birth was his son Samuel, born 
 May 23, 1685, and succeeding him was another 
 Samuel born al)0ul 1714. The latter married Re- 
 becca, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Stow) Clarke, 
 and resided in Farmington. Their son Samuel, 
 
 ! born November 13, 1750, married Anna Stacj', 
 daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Witherby) 
 Stacy. In 1777 he removed to Fitzwilliam, accom- 
 plishing the journey with teams, as was the practice 
 in those lia^'s, and became an early settler of that 
 town. He bought a tract of land upon which was 
 a sawmill, and clearing a considerable portion, re- 
 sided there until a few years liefore his death, 
 spending his last days w-ith a son at Swanzey. 
 Nathaniel Stacy Stone, son of the couple last 
 
 I named and father of our subject, was born in F^itz- 
 william. and having reached a proper age went to 
 Harvard, where he learned the trade of a black- 
 smilli, and where he remained until after his mar- 
 riage to Nancy, daughter of I'hilenum Priest, of 
 that town. He then took up his residence in his 
 nalive p!ace. where he remained until 1811, at 
 which time he and his wife came to Michigan and 
 resided with our subject until 1856 when they went 
 to live with their daughter in Adrian. There both 
 died in 1SC6, the de'Uh of the wife taking place 
 
 j just one week before that of her husband. The 
 
 I parental family was made up of five children, all 
 of wl.om lived to years of maturity and four of 
 will 111 married; three of them yet survive. 
 
 N;iliiim Stone, of whom we write, was born in 
 Filzwilliam, Cheshire County, N. H., July 18, 
 1811. and was reared and educated in his native 
 town. There were no railroads in the I'niteil 
 States during his youth, Boston and Montreal were 
 their nearest markets and depots of su))plies, and 
 to those places journeys were made. Mr. Stone 
 remained with his parents until he had reachefl his 
 majority, and then started in life for himself by 
 
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 working on a farm by the month. In 1836 he and 
 his brother Charles determined to visit the Terri- 
 tory of Michigan, witii a view of locating therein. 
 Tlieir father drove to Troy, N. Y., carrying them 
 so far on their journey, and tlience tliey embarlted 
 on tiie Erie Canal, and after reaching Buffalo took 
 the steamer "Nortli America," Capt. Edwards in 
 (toinmand, for Toledo. A railroad was in process 
 of construction frOTn that city to Adrian and the 
 ties and timber to be used for rails were down; 
 upon these rails the two young men walked the en- 
 tire distance to Adrian, which at that time was a 
 small village in the midst of a sparsely settled re- 
 gion. 
 
 After making inciuiries regarding the country 
 round about, Nahum and Charles Stone went to the 
 southwestern part of Lenawee County and bought 
 the southwest quarter of section 14, in what is now 
 Medina Township. The land, for which tlie^' paid 
 $4 per acre, was timbered and the first work of the 
 young men was to cut down a few trees, from 
 which to build a small log house in the clearing 
 thus made. Here they set up their bachelor's hall, 
 contmuing their clearing and im[)roving the land, 
 a'ld finding their recreation in hunting deer, wild 
 turkeys and wolves, which were .abundant in the 
 neiohborhood, and in the sparing intercourse with 
 their fellow-men which tlieir situation permitted. 
 
 In 1838, the subject of this sketch returned East 
 and in Battlcboro, Vt., on August 21, of that year, 
 was united in marriage with Elizi A. Buffum, a 
 native of Richmond, Cheshire County, N. H. She 
 was a daughter of .ledediah and RntL (Buxton) 
 Buffum, old residents of New England. Mr. Buf- 
 fum was descended from a long line of English an- 
 cestry' while bis wife was of English and French 
 parentage. 
 
 In .Tune, 1839, Mr. and Mrs. Stone journeyed 
 toward their future home and until 1865 resided 
 upon the farm in Lenawee County, where the wife 
 bore her share of the labors and privations incident 
 to their primitive surroundings, until the improve 
 ment and settlement of the country and the build- 
 ing up of their own fortunes overcame the need for 
 so arduous toil, and allowed the worthy couple to 
 enjoy the comforts and greater ease to which their 
 earlier years fairly entitled them. 
 
 Upon leaving the farm Mr. and Mrs. Stone re- 
 moved to Deer Park, LaSalle County, III., and two 
 years later to Eaton County, Mich., purchasing a 
 farm near Olivet, upon which thej' resided until 
 1880. They then took up their residence in J.ack^ 
 son, retiring from active pursuits and enjoying the 
 fruits of thei)- labors. Here Mrs. Stone breathed 
 her last September 16, 1884, leaving behind the re- 
 cord of a well-spent life as a legacy to her sorrow- 
 ing family and her manj' friends. To Mr. and Mrs. 
 Stone six children have been born, who bear the 
 names of Emily Augusta, Addison G., Nathaniel 
 Stacy. Rosamond Hotchkiss. Fannie^liza and Els- 
 worth B. Emily is the wife of Willard K. Norvis, 
 and their home is in Vermontville. Eaton County ; 
 Addison married Esther Carver and lives at Olivet, 
 Eaton County; Stacy married Althea Bosworth, 
 their home being in Allegan; the other members of 
 the family are yet single. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Stone was first a AVhig and upon 
 the organization of the Republican partj' became 
 identified with it. While residing in Indiana he 
 and his wife united with the Congregational 
 Church. A lithographic portrait of the worthy 
 subject of this sketch is shown on another page of 
 this Album. 
 
 \tS5. AVID D. TRUMBULL. There was proba- 
 ij YJj bly not within the limits of Sandstone 
 -jj^^ Township a man more favorably or widely 
 ^"^ known than the late Mr. Trumbull, who 
 made his way to Michigan Territory as early as 
 1833. He then settled in this township, of which 
 he was a resident until his death, and by his enter- 
 prise and progressive spirit entered largel}' into its 
 growth and development. He w.as of New England 
 antecedents and was born June 29, 1811. in 
 Colchester, Conn. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Benjamin and 
 Elizabeth (Mather) Trumbull, also natives of New 
 England and suppos.ably of Scotch ancestry. The 
 paternal grandfather, Benjamin Trumbull, Sr., 
 served as a soldier and chaplain in the Revolu- 
 tionary War. The father of Mr. Trumbull died in 
 
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 257 
 
 Micliigaii iiml tlie iiiotlicr in C'olclieslei, Conn. 
 D.avid D. was learod to niaiiliood on a farm in iiis 
 native State and completi'd iii.s studies at Bacon 
 Academy in Colchester. He was the fourth of six 
 son l)orn to his parents, the ehiest of wh(jni. Ben- 
 jnniin l)y name, came to the AVest and for some 
 time l)efore iiis decease was the Receiver of Cus- 
 toms at Omaha, Neb. John, an early settU'rof this 
 county, is now dece.ised; Erastus likewise came to 
 this county and is still living here; Lyman, the 
 well-known ex-Senator from Illinois, is now a prom- 
 inent lawyer of Cliicago; George also practiced law 
 in that city for a time and is now deceased. 
 
 Upon coming to this count3' Mr. Trumhnll se- 
 cured eighty acres of land from tiie Government, 
 located on section 25, .Sandstone Township, upon 
 which he operated until 1837. He then removed 
 to section 36, where liis son Benjamin now lives. 
 There he spent the remainder of his daj'S, dying 
 Octol)er 18, 1889. .Mr. Trumbull was married in 
 Oclolier, 1837, to Mrs. Hannah L. Latimer, wiflow 
 of Natlian G. Latimer who died in Michigan. 
 Mrs. Ti-umbull was born February ID, 1811, in 
 New York State and was tlie daughter of Strick- 
 land and Lydia (Latimer) Beckwitii, who were na- 
 tives of Connecticut. When she was a child her 
 motlier removed from New York .State to Connec- 
 ticut, wiiere she resided until a maiden of eighteen 
 years, when slie was first married to N. (i. Lati- 
 mer. Of this union there was born one child only, 
 a daughter, Sabra E., who is now the wife of Ed- 
 ward .Sutton, of Albion, this State. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Trumbull there was also born 
 one child, a son, Benjamin, who now resides on the 
 old homestead. David D. Trumbull was a man of 
 wide exiierience and strong constitution, keenlj- 
 observant of what was going on around him in the 
 wt)rld and one who in all resi)ects was a useful 
 member of the community. Hands and brain were 
 always busy devising some project for the good of 
 his own immediate family or his neighbors. He 
 was a pr()nounced Democrat, politically, and i)roni- 
 nent in the counsels of his party while remaining 
 there. During the Civil War, however, having 
 canvassed both sides of the contest in a calm and 
 dispassionate manner, I.e decided that he had rea- 
 son to change his (>olilicaI sentiments and wheeled 
 
 over into the Republican ranks. Upon the nomin- 
 ation of Horace Greeley, however, for President, 
 he went back to the Democracy and continued with 
 them until his death. 
 
 David D. Trumbull represented Sandstone Town- 
 ship for many years in the County Board of .Su- 
 pervisors, with credit to himself and in a manner 
 satisfactory to his constituents. He served as 
 County Treasurer two years and for many years was 
 County Superintendent of the Poor. His widow is 
 still living, making her Iiouk; witli her son Benja- 
 min at the old homestead, and is now in the eiglit- 
 ieth year of her age. 
 
 Benjamin Trumbull, of this county, was boi'n in 
 Sandstone Township, Sepleml)er 7, 1 839, w.as i eared 
 on the pioneer homestead and received his early 
 education in the district schools. Later he attended 
 the High School at Jackson. In 18.59 he entered 
 the Jlichigan State University at Ann Arbor, and 
 after an attendance of four years was graduated, 
 in 1863. from the literary department. Sul)se- 
 qnently for a time he studied law in the office of 
 his uncle, Lyman Trumbull, at Chicago. Then 
 going to Washington, D. C, he otficiated as clerk 
 of the Judiciary Committee during six sessions of 
 the United States Senate, of which his uncle, the 
 Hon. Lyman Trumbull was Chairman. 
 
 In 1869 Benjamin Trumbull came back to this 
 county and, taking up his abode on the old farm, 
 has since lived there looking after the estate and 
 superintending the cultivation of the land. He 
 was married, November 14, 1865, to Jliss Marj' L. 
 Kellogg, a native of Washtenaw County who was 
 born May 1 1th, 1836. Mrs. Trumbull is the daugh- 
 ter of Oliver and Alraacy (Rouse) Kellogg, who 
 were natives of Connecticut. Of this union there 
 have lieen born two childien, the elder of whom, a 
 son. Lyman B., is attending the Michigan State Uni- 
 versity at Ann Arbor. The daughter, Carrie J., is 
 ()ursuing her .^^tudies in the High School at Jai^k- 
 son. Benjamin Trumbull is the owner of two 
 hundred and ten acres of well developed land with 
 good buildings, this comprising the homestead in- 
 stituted by his honored father. He is a sound Re- 
 |)ulilican, politically, and is now serving iiis fourth 
 term as Township .Supervisor. He has been Secre- 
 tary of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 
 
258 
 
 PORTllAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 pany of Jackson Count}' for alioiit fifteen years. 
 He and all the members of liis family belong totlie 
 Congregational Chureli at San'lstone. 
 
 Tbe Trumbull famil>' have made for tberaselves 
 a grand record in the West and have done honor 
 to their ancestry, wlio in their time were prominent 
 in New England history, people of a strong cliarac- 
 ter and vigorous frames. Tlie family escntcb.eon has 
 not been tarnislieil by an unwortiiy act of anj- of 
 tlioni, and tlie representatives of the present gener- 
 ation bid fair to hand down to their posteritj' a 
 record as clean and honorable as that which has 
 descended to tliem from their [irogenitors. 
 
 EDWARD W. 15ARBEK. Among the most 
 pleasant homes of Jackson City may be 
 , ' mentioned that of Mr. Barber, which occu- 
 pies No. 501 \Vest JLain Street, where the proprie- 
 tor is living retired from the .active duties of life, 
 with the exception of editorial labor on the Daily 
 Patriot. He has been a resident of the city since 
 1878, and has been identilied with the interests of 
 the county for many j-ears. 'J"he descendant of 
 of good New England stock, he w.as born in Ben- 
 son, Portland County, Yt., July 3, 1828, and came 
 to Michigan with his father's family, in 1S39, when 
 a boy of eleven years. Since that time he has been 
 a resident of Eaton and Jackson Counties. 
 
 Edward H. Barbei-, the fallier of the subject of 
 this sketch, settled at Vernuintville, Eaton County, 
 upon coming to Michigan, and continueil to reside 
 there until his death in 1866. In 1847, Edward 
 W., went to Marshall to learn the printer's trade in 
 the ofHoe of the Marshall Expoiaider, serving an 
 apprenticeship of three years. Later he was con- 
 nected with the Kalamazoo GazPtte. and subse- 
 quently was the city and commercial editor of the 
 Detroit Dailj/ Di'iiiorrat, whicli was tlie first dail}' 
 Free-Soil paper published in Michigan. He acted 
 in that capacity a few years, then, in 1854, turned 
 his attention to mei-cantile pursuits at Vermont- 
 viile. 
 
 In 1857 Mr. Barber, who had in the meantime 
 evinced more than ordinar}- ability intellectually. 
 
 was appointed First Assistant Clerk of the Michigan 
 House of Representatives, which position he also 
 fdled in 1859, and vvas chosen Clerk in 1861 and 
 1863. 'In 1861-5 he was Clerk of Eaton County, 
 and in 1865-7 was Register of Deeds. 
 
 In January, 1864, Mr. Barber was ai)pointed 
 Reading Clerk of the House of Representatives at 
 Washington, and served in that capacitj' through 
 the Thirty-eight, Thirty-ninth and Fortietli Con- 
 gressional sessions, and in 1869 he was ai)pointed 
 Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the States of 
 Michigan and Wisconsin, holding this office over 
 four years. In March, 1873, he vvas appointed 
 'I'hird Assistant Postmaster General, and served 
 through the second terra of Grant's administration, 
 after which he declined the further cares and re- 
 sponsibilities of public life. From 1861 until 1878 
 he made his home in Charlotte, removing in the 
 latter year to Jackson, of vvhich he has since been 
 a resident. In 1863, at the re-organization of the 
 Grand River Valley Railroad Company, j\lr. Bar- 
 ber was chosen a Director, and later Secretary and 
 Treasurer, which oflices lie still holds. For eight 
 years past he has been the editorial writer of tiie 
 Jackson Daily Patriot. 
 
 The subject of this notice was married, Decem- 
 ber 24, 1853, to JIartha A. D wight. This lady 
 was born in Belchertown, !Mass., and came to Ver- 
 montville, this State, with her mother in 1843. 
 She is a direct descendant of John Dwight, an early 
 settler of Dedham, Mass., who located there in 
 1634, directly after emigrating from Dedham, 
 England. ]Mrs. Barber's father, Peregrine Dwight 
 was born March 15, 1795, and followed the occu- 
 jiation of a farmer at Belchertown and Niagara 
 Falls, dying at the latter )5lace about 1842. 
 
 The mother of Mr.s. Barber bore the maiden 
 name of Lucy Hamilton ; she was a native of 
 Mass,achu setts, and the daughter of Dr. Chauncy 
 Hamilton, of Brookfield, that State. After tne 
 the death of her husliand she came to Michigan 
 with her five children, settling in Vermontvillo in 
 1843, and died at that place in January, 1880. 
 
 Edward H. Barber, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Benson, Yt., in 1794, and was the son of 
 David Barber, who died there in 1804. The lat- 
 ter was the firstsettler of Benson, locating there in 
 
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 259 
 
 ITD.i. ami |iuttiiii; up tlie first jurist and saw mill 
 ami also llie liist dwelling in that place, having 
 moved from Pittslield. Alass. Ivlwartl II. llieie 
 grew to man's estate and married Miss Rebecca 
 Grisvvold. They came to Michigan in 18.'!!), tak- 
 ing up a tract of heavy limber land, a large por- 
 tion of which Mr. IJarher cut aw.'iy with his own 
 hands, in the construction of his farm. This was 
 long before the days of railroads and the journey 
 was m.ade laboriously, consuming eight d.ays from 
 Detroit to Vermontville, a distance which can now 
 be traversed in less than four houis. The faniil3' 
 was first domiciled in a log house, but later aban- 
 doned this for a commodious frame dwelling. The 
 father put up the first sawmill in the place and car- 
 ried on farming until resting from his earllily la- 
 bors, in 1866. 
 
 The elder Barber was prominent in local politics, 
 a liber.al and public -spirited man, who assisted in 
 organizing the town, and was instrumental in es- 
 talilisUing the first school at Vermontville, which 
 was comprised of a colony from the Green ftlount- 
 ain State. He likewise assisted in the organization 
 of the Congregational Church, and was instru- 
 mental in the establishment of the .academy. The 
 mother of our subject died in X'eruiont, in 1838, 
 ihe year prior to the removal of the family to 
 Michigan. There were born to the parents four 
 sons, all of whom came to the West, and three are 
 .still living, those besides our subject being; Hc- 
 mer G., a merchant of Vermontville; .lolin C, who 
 for eight years has been the Sheriff of Calhoun, 
 County and is now a resident of Battle Creek; 
 Noel A. died at Marshall, while em|)lo3'ed in a 
 dry-goods store. 
 
 — -^,S*»U|e^^ ^ 
 
 JAMES O. BIBBINS. In endeavoring to [ire- 
 serve to posterity the names of the honored 
 pioneers of Jackson County, foremost among 
 this hardy race of men shouhl be noted the 
 subject of this record, who is one of the very few 
 men living who have any claim to being called a 
 picincer. His career presents a histor\- ()f more 
 than ordinary interest, and the scenes which he has 
 
 witnessed since theearly daysof Michigan, if i>r.>i)- 
 erly written up. would comprise a volume interest- 
 ing alike to <jl(l and young. In all which goes to 
 make up the true pioneer, there is little lacking in 
 the character of Mr. Bibliins, he being possessed of 
 those sturdy and substantial (|ualities which have 
 worn well, and which have gained him the unquali- 
 fied res|)ect of all who have known him. Side by 
 side with her husband, the good old mother, who 
 for so many years has been the wise counselor and 
 helpmate of her husband, is still spared to him, and 
 is no less the object of reverent affection than is lie. 
 Living with them, is their son, George, who has 
 charge of the farm, and who will in due time be- 
 come owner of the estate, he having purchased the 
 interest of the other heirs. The family is a promi- 
 nent one in this part of the county where they 
 have made for themselves an udmirable record. 
 
 The immediate j rogenitor of the subject of this 
 sketch, was Araaziah Bibbins, a native of Washing- 
 ton County, N. Y. The family originated in Wales, 
 and the patronymic was originally written "Beb- 
 ens." The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
 Samuel Bibbins. Ainaziah, who was reared to farm 
 pursuits, chose tliis for his vocation in life, and in 
 ISK; removed from his native place to Genesee 
 County, N. V., where he spent the remainder of his 
 life. He was twice married. His first wife, the 
 mother of James O., bore the maiden name of Leah 
 Storm. She likewise vv.as a native of the Empire 
 .State, and descended from John of Barnoveld, 
 known in history as the "Advocate of Holland." 
 He was beheaded in 10 111, a martyr to his country's 
 cause. His two sons were afterward captured, one 
 being executed, and the other escaping to Amer- 
 ica. 
 
 iNIary, daughter of John of Barneveld, came to 
 America and became the wife of .James Storm, a 
 commissioncil oflicer of the Continental Army in 
 the Revolutionary War. Among their children 
 was Leah, the mother of our subject. Of her mar- 
 riage with Amaziaii Bihbins, there were born four 
 children, two onl}' of whom are living: James O., 
 our subject, and his sister, R.achel, the wife of 
 James Weed, a native of New York City. They 
 are re>idents of Utica, N. Y.. and have one son. 
 l)r, Charles R. Weed, a promineni physician of tliiit 
 
2fin 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 city. Mrs. Leah (Storm ) Bibbins, was born in 
 1784. and dieri at her home in Covington, N. Y., 
 October 17, 1819. when her son, James O. was a lad 
 of eight 3-ears lacking one da}-, he having been born 
 October 18. 1811. at Palatine, N. Y. 
 
 Tiie second wife of Amaziali Bibbins, was Eliza- 
 beth Lent, who became the mother of four chil- 
 dren, and died October 28, 1 878. His death took 
 l)lace .January 9, 1864, when he was nearly eighty 
 years old, he having been born March 10, 1784. 
 He was a man of more than ordinary ability, promi- 
 nent in his community, serving as .Justice of tlie 
 Peace, and occupying otiier positions of trust and 
 respo^sibilitJ^ He took an active part in the War 
 of 1812, and later was captain of a company of 
 New York Militia. 
 
 After Ills motiier's death, .lames O. l'>ilil)ins con- 
 tinued living with his father, attending thedi.slrict 
 scliool, and becoming familiar with the various em- 
 ployments of farm life. When twenty-four years 
 old. he was married M.ay 29, 1836, to Miss Lovisa, 
 daughter of Nicholas and Hannah (Hall) Storm. 
 Mr. Storm was a native of Wa.S'hington County, N. 
 Y.. and was born July 15, 178.1. He followed agri- 
 cultural pursuits, and died at Covington, N. Y., in 
 1862. His wife, Hannah, was the daughter of .'in 
 excellent Rhode Island faaiily, and was born No- 
 vember y. 1789. Siie departed this life thirty years 
 prior to the decease of her husband, dying in 1830, 
 at Covington, N. Y., when comparatively a young 
 woman. There had been born to her and her hus- 
 b.and, eight children, and Mrs. Bibbins was the tliird. 
 Her l)irth took place June 23, 181 6, at Cherry Val- 
 ley, X. Y. Only four of her father's family are 
 now living, the eldest of whom, John, is a resident 
 of Ionia County, this State; Isaac lives in Parma, 
 this county; Hannah is the wife of Norman Shook, 
 of Pope County, Minn. Isaac Storm, the patenial 
 grandfather of Jlrs. Bibbins, acquitted himself lion- 
 orablj' !\s a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 In 1837. the year following their marriage, Mr. 
 and Mrs. Bibbins came to Michigan, and settled on 
 the farm which they now occupy. The country 
 was wild, and their neighbors few and far between, 
 occupying log shanties scattered through the tim- 
 ber. Among those early settlers the following four 
 are the only ones living in Hanover Township, viz: 
 
 Mahlon Tripp, Kdward Dodd, and Allen Stevens 
 and his wife. No fences were to be seen, and in 
 most cases simply the little log house, and perhaps 
 an outbuilding sufficient for the shelter of a cow or 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bibbins journeyed from Toledo, 
 Oliio.by ox-team to Hanover Township, this county, 
 and Mr. Bibbins took upeight^^ acres of land in the 
 woods. AVith iiis own hands he felled the trees, 
 and slowly and laboriously prepared the soil for 
 cultivation. A few years of arduous labor resulted 
 in the clearing of tiie entire farm with the excep- 
 tion of the timber needed for fuel and other uses, 
 and in due time he added to his landed estate until 
 he became the owner of two hundred and thirteen 
 acres. This is now valuable, l^'ing partly' inside 
 the limits of Hanover village. The present resi- 
 dence was erected in 1862. The old log house first 
 put up by Mr. Bibbins, has recently fallen down, 
 and lies like a vanquished hero on the ground 
 where it was erected over fifty years ago, and then 
 stood proudl}' up as one of the finest dwellings for 
 miles around. It is symbolical of many lives, but 
 happily not that of its owner. The husband and 
 wife who began their wedded life together under 
 tliiil humble roof, although now aged, are hale and 
 hearty, still able to enjoy the comforts of life and 
 intercourse with the many friends whom they have 
 made during their long sojourn in this count}'. 
 Mr. Bibbins, hov ever, for some years has been 
 afflicted witii deafness, but it has not soured him or 
 made him unable to enjoy the beautiful world and 
 the blessings of friendship. He may justly feel 
 that in the growtli and development of Jackson 
 County, which is now one of the richest sections of 
 the State of INIichigan, he has been no unimportant 
 factor, and Ids name will be held in grateful re- 
 membrance long after he has departed hence. 
 
 In due time the union of Mr. and Mrs. Bibbins 
 was crowned by the birth of nine children, five of 
 whom are living. The eldest, John Milton, was 
 born May 1, 1837, in Genesee County, N. Y., and 
 was first married to Fanny Rowland, who became 
 the mother of two children, and died in 1877. He 
 was then married to Miss Emma Hand. Of this 
 union there were no children, and he died in Lon- 
 don, England, September 4, 1882. Newton Storm 
 
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 Bihliins rt-Ms 1)1)111 iit the lioiiiosli'iul. Si)i)teiiil)iT I, 
 IH.'i'.l, :iii(l (lied iimiiMiiifd when twenty-live years 
 of aj^e. After tiie DUlhieak of the Civil War, he 
 enlisted as a L'nion soldier in Company I), l''ir,st 
 Michigan Infantry , serve<l out iiis term, veteranized 
 and wa.s in the service between tliree and fonr 
 years. He took part in all the battles in which his 
 re^^iment was eiigaj^ed, was captured hy the enemy, 
 paroled, exchanged, retnriied to his duty, and fin- 
 ally sent home on a furlough on account of ill- 
 health, and died .laniuiry 14, IHtJI, from disease 
 coiilracted in the army. l'',inily Klizahelh was horn 
 Kehruary 21, 1812, in Hanover, and died Septem- 
 ber 20, ItSlG; James Kmory, born .Inly 22. 181,"), 
 dieil in New York City Se[)lember Ki, 18()8; Emma 
 Amelia, born .lanuary 5, 1848, is the wife of Wal- 
 ler J. G. bean, of Hanover \'illage. .and they have 
 four children ; Olin A. was born October 11, 18,').'!, 
 anil married Miss Lucia Watkins; he is now the 
 father of three children, and is engaged in the boot 
 and shoo business at (ialesburg. III. Abram Lent 
 was born October 25, 1855, is unmarried, ami en- 
 gaged 111 the drug business in Bedford, Iowa; 
 (jeorge W., who lives with his parents, was horn 
 January 31, 18.J8, and in 1889, was married to 
 Miss Addie Bunnell ; Arthur E. was born August 
 6. 18GU, and pursued his studies attentively, and 
 was graduated from Albion College with the degree 
 of Ph. B. lie is now a resident of Baltimore, Md., 
 and still prosecuting his studies, having entered 
 upon a full course in Joliii Hopkins I'niversity, 
 from which ho expects to be graduated in 181)1. 
 
 Since .sixteen years of age, Mr. Bibbins has been 
 identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in 
 which he has ofliciated as Steward, Class- Leader and 
 Trustee, and otherwise forming one of the chief 
 pillars. He cast his first Presidential vote for Will- 
 iam Wirt, and has been connected with the Re- 
 publican party since its organization, keeping him- 
 self thoroughly posted upon the current events of 
 the (lay. Although an ardent temperance advo- 
 cate, he has alw.ays been averse to a third party. 
 He prides himself upon the fact that be has never 
 been allied to any secret society, as he believes that 
 they have been the source of much mischief in this 
 country, both in iiolitics and in society. While a 
 resident of New ^'ork State, he wasa captain ill the 
 
 Sliite Milili.a befDic reaching his mtijorily. and sub- 
 sO(iuently was an Ensign. He has for man\- years 
 been a meniber of the School lioard of his district. 
 aii<l has also s<'rvpd as Road Coinmissioiier. .^11 
 the enterprises tending to adv.'ince the interests of 
 the ('ommunity have received his uniform and cor- 
 dial siqipoil. 
 
 '^.^ ON. JCLIAN M. SEWAUl), Supervisor 
 l| of the Second Ward in .lackson, deserves 
 worthy mention as being one of the most 
 useful members of this community — a |)eace- 
 abl(! and law-abiding citizen and a friend of all the 
 entor|)rises calculated to promote the interests of 
 the people. A native of New York State, he was 
 born in Alexander, (ienesee County, August 22, 
 1821), and is the son of Cliarles Sew.ard, a native 
 of Orvillc, Vt. 
 
 The father of our subject was reared in his n;i- 
 live |)lace, whence he emigrated when a young 
 man to New York State, and was there married to 
 Miss Alma Allen, a native of Pompeii, that State. 
 They located in Genese(^ County, where Mr. Sew- 
 ard became a prominent citizen and served .is 
 De|)uty Sheriff. He lived there until 1830, then 
 resolved upon seeking the Farther West, and started 
 for Michigan Territory. The journey was made 
 after the fashion of those days, via the lake to De- 
 troit, and Ihonce overland with horses and wagon 
 to Bertrand, Berrien County, of which they were 
 the earliest pioneers. At that time there was not 
 a railroad in Michigan, while deer, bears, wolves 
 and other wild animals roamed over the country. 
 Mr, Seward purchased property in Bertrand and 
 established a, tin slioi) there, and later a cooper's 
 shop. He made a comfortable living, became a 
 prominent man in his (■oniniunity and .served as 
 Justice of the Peace many years by successive re- 
 elictioiis. After making for himself a good record 
 as a man and a citizen, he departed hence, in 1853. 
 The wife and mother is still living, making her 
 home with her children, but at the present time, 
 February, 1890, is visiting a son in Omaha. Neb. 
 
 Six children were born to Charles and Alniiv 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 (Allen) Seward, namely: Janette A., Emily A., 
 •lulian M.. Horatio L., Ellen L. and William Henry. 
 .Tulian M. was in his seventh year when his par- 
 ents came to what was tlien Michigan Territory, 
 and he distinctly reniembgrs many of the incidents 
 counecte'l with the removal and the pioneer life 
 afterward. He i)ursued his early studies in the 
 log sclioolliouse lUKler the primitive methods of 
 instrnclion, and when old cnongh to be of assist- 
 ance on the farm was required to maiie himself use- 
 ful in clearing- the land and tilling the soil. Upon 
 reaching man's estate, he engaged with his father 
 and lirother in mercantile pursuits, and after the 
 death of the father remained for a time in busi- 
 ness with his brotlier. 
 
 H. L. Seward during the California gold ex- 
 citement, set out for the Pacific Slope, but only so- 
 journed in tliat region a few months. .lulian M. 
 operated an hotel at Bertrand, and after his mar- 
 riage repaired to Cliicago, 111., and was engaged in 
 a distillery about two years. Subsequently he be- 
 came a member of a detective force, and later, re- 
 turning to Michigan, located at Nilcs, Berrien 
 County, where lie became prominently identified 
 with local affairs, and in 18Gt was elected Sheriff of 
 the county. So well did lie discharge the duties 
 of this office that he wai re-elected at the expira- 
 tion of the first term, serving until 1868. Still 
 progressing in the confidence and esteem of his fel- 
 low-citizens, he. in 186!», was elected to tiie Michi- 
 i>an Legislature. After serving his term, he for a 
 lime was occupied as a clerk in a store at Nile.-;, 
 and later served as a keeper in tlie jienitentiar}' two 
 years. 
 
 We next find Mr Seward occupying the post of 
 Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the State Senate, 
 which necessitated a residence at Lansing two win- 
 ters. Daring the yeav which followed he served 
 as clerk in a store at Niies. Removing thence to 
 Kdwardsburg, he ci.nducted an hotel for two3'ears, 
 at the expiration of which time he came to Jack- 
 son, and has since licen engaged in the grocery 
 business. 
 
 Mr. Seward was wedded, in 1854, to Miss Maria 
 L. Ta3dor. This ladv was born September 30, 
 1829, in Erie County, N. Y., and is a daughter 
 of Joseph and Emeline (Pratt) 'I'aylor, wlio were 
 
 natives of New York. Mr. Taylor is deceased, but 
 Mrs. Taylor still lives, at the age of eighty-seven 
 3'ears. The six children born of this union are 
 named respectively: Julian A., Ada L., Elon E., 
 Minnie (deceased), Clarence T. and Jessie M. Mrs. 
 Seward is a very estimable lady and a member in 
 good standing of the Baptist Church. Mr. Sew- 
 ard, politicall}', is a sound Republican, and is now 
 serving his second term as a member of the County 
 Board of Supervisors. 
 
 ,, ETER SMITH has been for some years 
 prosperously engaged in the manufacture 
 ^ and sale of harness in Jackson, and occu- 
 pies an honorable position among the busi- 
 ness men of the city. He is a native of the Cirand 
 Duchy of Luxembourg, born November 6, 1849. 
 His father, Nicholas Smith, was a native of the 
 same place, as was his father, John Smith, Decem- 
 ber 6, 1811, being the date of the latter's liirth, his 
 parents being of French origin. He spent his 
 entire life in the Fatherland, where he learned and 
 carried on the trade of a harness-maker. 
 
 The father of our subject likewise became a 
 manufacturer of harness, and is still carrying on 
 the l)usiness in the land of his nativity. His wife, 
 whose maiden name was Mar}- Ilenkle, was also 
 born in the Duchy of Luxembourg, and is still 
 living. They are the parents of thiricen children, 
 ten of whom are still living, namely : Peter, John 
 P., Annie, Matliew, Peter, JMike, Susie, Katie, 
 John and Mike. Peter the 1st, John, Mike and 
 Katie are the onlj' members of the family who ever 
 came to America, Katie returning with our subject 
 when lie came back in August, 1888, from a visit 
 to his old home, whence he had gone in June of 
 that year. 
 
 Peter Smith was reared and educated in the 
 place of his birth, Ijeing carefull}- trained b}' his 
 worthy parents in the habits of industry, self- 
 reliance and probity, that have since made him a 
 valued citizen of his adopted country. He early 
 began life on his own account, as at the youthful 
 age of eleven years he commenced to learn the 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 trade of n h.-uiicss-maker of his father, with whom 
 lie eonliiiiied to reside until isni. He then left 
 his old home and worked in other jiiirts of Luxem- 
 bourg until \HC>6. when he went to Iklgium. He 
 remaineil in that country one year, and we next 
 hear of him in Franco, wiiere he enli.sted in the 
 cit^- of Metz, in the French Army, and served as 
 harness-maker a little more than five months. 
 After that experience iie was emplo3'cd at his 
 trade in different cities in France until late in the 
 3'ear 1X71, when he returned to his old home. He 
 was drafted into the (Jernian Army, but his trial 
 of military life in France had not predisposed him 
 in its favor, and he avoided serving by emigration 
 to America, setting sail from Antwerp to Liver- 
 pool, where he embarked on the steamer "Queen," 
 of the Inraan Lint, bound for New York. After 
 landing on these shores he proceeded immediately 
 to Pike County, Pa., to the home of his mother's 
 brother. He worked for his uncle in a stone- 
 quarry four months, and then went by the way of 
 Rochester to Lima, in Livingston County, where 
 h? plied his trade the enruing seven months. 
 Then, after a two weeks' sojourn in Buffalo, he 
 niade his vv.ay to Elyria, Ohio, and followed his 
 trade th';re five 3'ears. After that he worked in 
 Cleveland about eighteen months. Since then he 
 has made his home in JacKson County, establishing 
 himself in business here at first by opening a har- 
 ness shop in Blackman. Three years later he 
 crossed the Atlantic to pay a visit to the home of 
 his youth, and after an absence of a little over two 
 mouths returned to Blackman, where he continued 
 his business until January', 1883. He then took 
 up his residence in Jackson, and forming a part- 
 nership witli Mr. Duvol, opened a harness-shop. 
 His connection with that gentleman proved verv 
 disastrous from a financial |)oint of view, as in 
 November I'f the same 3"ear Mr. Duvol absconded 
 with all the available assets of the firm, leaving all 
 the debts for our subject to pay. Mr. Smith settled 
 u|; the business in an honorable and satisfactory 
 manner to his creditors, and for three mouths did 
 "jour' work. He was then enabled to open a 
 shop for the manufacture and sale of harness 
 at his present stand, and has built up a nourishing 
 trade, as he is i)0ssciscd o' good mechanical abilil\-. 
 
 is a thorough ma.stcr uf his calling, and alwa\-s 
 gives satisfaction. He well deserves the success 
 which has attended his etTorts to establish himself 
 in life, as he conducts his business on sound princi- 
 |)les. Our subject is an interesting conversation- 
 alist, .as he is exceptionally well-informed, having 
 used intelligently his naturally fine povfers of 
 observation during his extensive travels, and being 
 a great reader. Religiously, he is a communicant 
 of St. aiary's Catholic Church; socially, he is a 
 member of the Society of Elks. In public life, he 
 is a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners 
 for the city of Jackson, to which he was ai)()ointed 
 in October. 1889. 
 
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 /^^ KWALL .S. VAl'GHX. who is now cujuy- 
 ^^^ ing the fruits of many 3'ears of induslri- 
 1^^ ous and capable life, has been for nearly 
 half a century' identified with the busi- 
 ness men of Jackson, where he has earned an envi- 
 able reputation for honor.'iljle dealings in his 
 transactions with his fellow-men and for good citi- 
 zenship. 
 
 The paternal ancestors of our suliiect were 
 Scotch, and for two or three generations members 
 of the famil\' have lived in New England. Klien- 
 ezer Vaughn, the grandfather of him of whom we 
 write, was a farmer at New Salem. Franklin County, 
 Mass., and there David C. A'auglian (as he spelled 
 the name) was born and reared. He married Miss 
 Rebecca Carter, daughter of John and Mary (Clark) 
 Carter, and a native of one of the New England 
 States. The3' removed with their famil\- to New- 
 York in 182'), and after spending a year in .'^alem, 
 Washington County, went to Batavia, Genesee 
 County, traveling with teams to Rocliester, and 
 thence continuing their journev by canal. Mr. 
 Vaughan bought a tract of timber land two and a 
 half miles west of the town of Batavia, where he 
 built what w.as called a block house. The timber 
 was but of little value at that time, and in clear- 
 ing the land much of it was burned in order to be 
 gotten rid of. That was before stoves were in use 
 
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 in the country, and Mrs. Vaughan not only cooked 
 by the (ire-place, but by il sat spinning and weav- 
 ing. Mr. Vaughan cleared several acres of the 
 land, and died there in 1828, leaving his widow 
 with four daughters and one son, and the small 
 farm in the woods. Keeping the daughters at 
 home and sending her son to his uncle's, the widow 
 remained upon the farm two years and then be- 
 came the wife of Libius Fish, of Batavia. In 1840 
 the family came to Jackson, Mich., where Mr. .and 
 Mrs. Fish spent their last years. 
 
 In New Salom, Franklin County, ^Mass., January 
 1), 1820, the subject of this biography was born, and 
 thence he was taken by his parents to New York, 
 remaining with them until the death of his father. 
 He then made his home with his uncle. Philander 
 L. Carter, who also lived near Batavia, N. Y., until 
 1836, when the family removed to Michigan, jour- 
 neying by lake to Detroit, where Mr. Carter, who 
 iiad come to the territory a few months before, met 
 them with a team and drove to Jackson. This now 
 flourishing city was then a small village surrounded 
 b}' a sparsely settled country, in which deer, bear 
 and other species of game roamed. 
 
 Young Vaughn remained with his uncle on the 
 farm until he was twenty years of age, and then 
 attended school in Jackson a twelvemonth, after 
 which he spent three years clerking in a dry-goods 
 store. He next entered a drug-store as an employe, 
 and six months later bought the establishment, 
 conducting the business three years, when, on ac- 
 count of ill-health, he sold out. Soon afterward he 
 engaged in the hardware business with his father- 
 in-law, continuing the connection five years, when 
 he sold out his interest to his partner and, in com- 
 pany with C. W. Pennj', engaged in the sale of 
 dry-goods. During the succeeding fifteen j'ears 
 Mr. Vaughn was numbered among the merchants 
 of Jackson, after which he resumed the hardware 
 business and continued in that branch several 
 years, when he abandoned active fields of labor, 
 and having sufficient means to spend the remainder 
 of his life in ease and enjoyment, has since been 
 numbered among the retired business men of the 
 city. 
 
 The marriage of Sewall S. Vaughn and Helen 
 Ann Billings was celebrated in Batavia, N. Y., in 
 
 Ma}', 1849. The bride was a daughter of Billy J. 
 and Eliza M. (Groesbeek) Billings, was born in 
 Saratoga County, N. Y., and died July 18, 1880, 
 deeply regretted by many to whom her womanly 
 virtues and kindness of heart had endeared her. 
 Mr. Vaughn has always been a lover of fine horses, 
 and since his release from business cares has given 
 him leisure, he has always kept a few fine equines, 
 and may frequently be seen spinning through the 
 streets behind a good pair of roadsters. 
 
 On another page the portrait of this genial gen- 
 tleman and reliable citizen will lie found. 
 
 ►^^•*f. 
 
 ^ WILLIAM PERROTT. Although still young 
 \/is/l '" years, this gentleman is regarded with 
 V^^ respect by the people among whom his lot 
 in life is cast, and whom he has served in some re- 
 sponsible positions. He is the owner of forty acres 
 of fertile land in Hanover Township, and has an 
 interest in the estate of his recently deceased 
 father, to whom he had been a staff and comfort 
 for some time. He was born in Orleans County, 
 February 22, 1852, but his schooling was obtained 
 in the district schools of Michigan, to which his 
 parents removed in his early childhood. After 
 completing his education he still remained at home, 
 and under his father's supervision took charge of 
 the estate, relieving his parent of labor and care. 
 
 The natal day of AVilliam Perrott, Sr., was De- 
 cember 10, 1810, and his birthplace Chagford, 
 England. He learned the trade of a wagon-maker, 
 and worked at it in his native land until Octobei, 
 1849, when lie emigrated to America, bringing 
 with him his wife, Maria Rowe, a native of the 
 same place as himself. He first settled at Albion, 
 Orleans County, N. Y., but soon afterward removed 
 to LaFayette, Ind., where he was in the em- 
 ploy of the Wabash Railroad Company'. In 1856 
 he changed his residence to Michigan, settling on a 
 farm in Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, his 
 estate being raw land, heavily timbered with beach 
 and maple. He built a shanty and began clearing 
 the estate, succeeding in clearing and cropping 
 thirty acres prior to the spring of 1862, when he 
 
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 traded the place for the homestead in tliis county. 
 His farm, which is situated on section 9, Hanover 
 Township, comprises one hundred and sixty acres, 
 of which forty were cropped wiieii lie look posses- 
 sion of it. the reinniniler being tiiickly covered 
 with stones, and a k)g lionsc being the only build- 
 ing. Tiie estate is now in an excellent condition of 
 productiveness and improvement, lieing well sup- 
 plied with farm Ijuildings, and the entire acreage 
 tillable, with the excei)lion of a twenty-acre tract 
 of timber. The present dwelling of the family was 
 erected in 1804, and all the barns and other out- 
 l)uildings now upon the place were put up by Mr. 
 Pei'rolt. He was occupied in general farming and 
 s'.ock-raising until he became too old for arduous 
 labor, xvhen his son William continued tiiose pur- 
 suits under his guidance. 
 
 Mrs. Maria (Rowe) Perrott breathed iier last, 
 .laniiary 30, 188.5, after a liap|)j' wedded life of 
 lifty-one years. .Slie had borne her inisbaiid live 
 children, of whom we note the following: .lames 
 is living in Pulaski Township, having five children 
 bv a former marriage, and two by his present wife, 
 Mary Leggett; Agnes is the wife of .Fames H.. (iid- 
 ley, and resides in .Scipio, .and she has three chil- 
 dren by a former marriage; Ellen is the wife of 
 .I<ihn (Ridley, and the motharof four children, their 
 home being in Litchfield, Hillsdale County ; .lane 
 married Lewis Hatch, of Hanover Township, this 
 county, to whom she has borne six children. Tlie 
 youngest member of the famil}' circle is he whose 
 name initiates this sketch. The father of this fam- 
 ily was called from time to eternity January 22, 
 1800. In 1886 he had married Mrs. Sarah Shep- 
 ard. who now survives him. 
 
 The marriage of the subject of this biogra[ihy 
 was celebrated .Tune 12, 1878, his chosen companion 
 being ftliss Irene, daughter of II. M. and Maria 
 Ivld3' (of whom see sketch on another.' page.) The 
 lijippy union has been blessed by the birth of two 
 children: Eddy, who was born May .'50. 1880, died 
 December 8, 188G; and Edna, born April 24, 1883. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Perrott usuall3' attend the Universal- 
 ist Church. Mrs. Perrott was earefidly reared by 
 her worthy parents, and received good educational 
 advantages, growing to womanhood with a ripe in- 
 telligence, a pleasing manner, and an estimable 
 
 character. Mr. Perrott is a member of the Grange 
 and the Masonic fraternity, having Vieen .lunior 
 Deacon in the Blue Lodge at Ilorlon. He has been 
 Treasurer of H;inover Township for a term, and is 
 still holding the office of T,-easurer of .School Dis- 
 trict No. .5, of which he has been an incumbent for 
 about fifteen ^-ears. He takes an active interest in 
 the political questions (>( the d.ay, and votes the 
 Republican ticket. 
 
 ^^^ RTIirR E. RIGGS, of the firm of Riggs 
 ^MIUl, ife Winslow, grocers, doing business at 
 jjj 1* No. .51(5 South Milwaukee Street, .Tackson, 
 '^'' is a native of Michigan, of pioneer par- 
 
 entage, and is a wide-awake, practical business 
 man, d()ing his share toward advancing the com- 
 mercial interests of the city. He was born in 
 Canton Township, Wayne County, his father. 
 Alfred Riggs, being a well-known farmer of that 
 l)lace. The latter was a native of the State of New 
 York, his father carrying on farming in Genesee 
 County for many years prior to his removal to this 
 .State a few jears before the war, and buying a 
 farm in Washtenaw County, which he cultivated, 
 making his home in that county the remainder of 
 his life. 
 
 The father of our subject was reared to man's 
 estate in his native county', and received his edu- 
 cation in its schools. In early manhood he con- 
 cluded to leave the liotne of his birth and try life 
 in the State of Michigan, where he could begin his 
 career as an agriculturist under rather better 
 auspices than in his native State, availing himself 
 of the cheap land and other inducements that 
 brought settlers to Michigan. He first located in 
 W.ashtenaw County, and there wooed and won for 
 his bride Miss Abigail Manzer, who has been to 
 him a true heli)mate, and has assisted him in the 
 gathering together of the comi)etence whereby 
 they are enabled to pass their declining 3-ears in 
 comfort. She was born in the State of New York. 
 Soon after marriage Mr. Riggs and his wife settled 
 in Wa\ne County on their piesent homestead. The 
 tract of land that he liought at th.at time was but 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 p;iili;illy improved, there beins only a few acres 
 from which the forest trees had been removed, and 
 ii liiinible log house, in which our sul)ject was I 
 born, stood upon the place. By industry and 
 good management Mv. Kiggs has placed his f;uin in | 
 a line condition, and lias erected substantial brick 
 buildings. The union of Mr. .and iMrs. Iliggs has ' 
 been blessed by the Idrtli of five children, uaniely: 
 Mary, Frank, Arthur Iv, Dora (deceased) and 
 .Jessie. 
 
 Arthur Riggs, of this biographical sketch, p.assed 
 tiie early 3-ears of his life in the home of his birth, 
 and was given a good practical education in the 
 public schools, besides, in assisting his father in 
 the labors of the farm, gaining considerable knowl- 
 edge of farming. When eighteen years of age he 
 taught school si.K months, hut did not adopt the 
 profession, giving his time after that to agricultural 
 pursuits until he was twenty-one, and from that 
 time until the present his life has been a varied 
 one. A part of the time he was employed in clerk- 
 ing, .and for a while worked in the Michigan Cen- 
 tral Railroad sho[)s. Ambitious to see more of 
 our great country, in 1881 he started on an exten- 
 sive tour through the West, finally calling a halt in 
 Colorado, where he sjjent tlirec years in Denver 
 and vicinity, farming awhile, and the remainder of 
 the time engaging in the grocery business. In 
 1884 our subject returned to Wayne County, and 
 for one year employed himself in agi'icultural 
 pursuits, and then went to Ypsilanii to follow the 
 grocery business, residing in that city thus engaged 
 until 1888. He then formed a (lartr.ershii) with 
 ,lohn W. VVinslow, and they established their 
 present business in Jackson. They have a well- 
 fitted up store, well-stocked with every article that 
 is to be found in a (irst-class grocery, and they are 
 doing a profitable business, htiving their share of 
 trade. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Riggs with Miss Georgia 
 Sines was consummated October 15, 1885. She is 
 also a native of JMichigau, Van Utiren, W.ayne 
 Countj', being her birthi)lace. She is a daughter 
 of George and Mary (Winslow) Sines. Her father 
 was born in Canton, Wayne County, this State, his 
 f.ither. Philip Sines, being one of tin; pioneer.s of 
 the cpuntj'. He cleared i\ farm from tlu^ wilder- 
 
 ness, and passed the latter part of his life thereon. 
 Mrs. Kiggs' father was reared and married in his 
 native county. For some years he was in the 
 United States mail service, and met his death in a 
 collision on the Grand 'J'rindv Road in 18(;(). llis 
 wife was born in Wayne County, and was a daugh- 
 ter of (Jeorgc and Sarah Winslow (see sketch of 
 .Tolui W. AVinslow). Mrs. Sines died in Detroit, in 
 1804. 
 
 Mr. Higgs is a methoiiieal, scrupulous, fair- 
 minded man, exercising good judgment in business 
 affairs, and standing well in mercantile circles. He 
 and his wife are esteemed mondjeis of the Bletho- 
 dist Episcopal ('hur('li, to which they give faithful 
 and material sup|)ort, and the conduct of their 
 daily lives shows them to be sincere in their relig- 
 ious professions. 
 
 :NE PRINGLE, formerly a mem- 
 Michigan Legislature and a man 
 'Id many positions of trust and 
 responsibility, is well known throughout 
 Michigan, and is recognized as one of the most 
 valued citizens of .lackson County. A native of 
 New York State, he was born in Richfield, Otsego 
 County, December 1, 182G,an<l is the son of Homer 
 Pringlc, a native of the same place. The paternal 
 grandfather, Esbon Pringle,was a native of Dutchess 
 Countj', N. v.. where also the great-grandfather of 
 Mr. Pringlc was liorn, the latter tracing his ances- 
 try to Seotland. 
 
 The Pringlc family, as the records indicate, was 
 first represented in America in 1C89, and settled 
 in New Loudon, Conn. About 17;?0 a removal 
 was made to Dutchess County, N. Y., where the 
 great-grandfather spent his entire life. Esbon 
 Pringlc, the grandfather, removed, in 1791, to Ot- 
 sego County, and was one of the earliest settlers 
 of Ilichfiehl. He purchased a tract of timber land, 
 from which he imjiroved a farm and resided there 
 until his death, in 1812. Homer Pringle was reared 
 to maidiood on the old farm and obtained a good 
 education, finally becoming a student of Fairfield 
 College. In the third year of the course, however. 
 
POUTRAIT AND 15I0GRAFI1ICAL ALBUM. 
 
 269 
 
 he was taken ill. and was oblif^jcd to aliaudon his 
 studies, lie went Suiilh, wt.cre lie spent two 
 year.s. In 1H28, returning to Hic-hlicld and the 
 P'ltPinal farm, lie purchased a farm in the town of 
 Harmony. Chautauqua Count}', where he engaged 
 in agrieultunil pursuits. There his dentil tut)k 
 place in 1878, afler he hail anived at the advanced 
 age of eighty years. 
 
 Homer Pringle was marii'id in early manhood 
 to Miss Harriet Hatch. This lady, the mother 
 of our subject, was born in Columbia, Herkimer 
 County. N. V., and died at the home farm in 
 1871. Ten of the eleven child loii born to her and 
 her husband were reared to mature 3'ears. Of these 
 Eugene was the eldest. Two brothers and two 
 sisters arc still living. 
 
 Mr. Pringle. our subject, was less than two 
 years old when his parents removed from Otsego 
 to Chaulaiiqua County. N. Y., where he s])ent his 
 boyhood days, attending the district school and 
 assisting his father on the farm. Later, his eiluca- 
 tion was advanced by attendance at the academy 
 in Mayville. Later, he attended a classical school 
 at Butavia. 
 
 When a youth of eighteen years. Mr. Pringle 
 coininenced the study of law, having at the time, 
 under the New York rule, an allowance of three 
 years and four months for classical studies. He 
 was .admitted to the bar January 1, 1849, at Ba- 
 taivia, .ludges Sill, jNIullett and Hoyt presiding. He 
 entered upon the |)r!icticc of his profession at Ba- 
 tavia, and the following year became United States 
 Enumerator for the district including Batavia, with 
 a po[)ulalion reported at thirteen thousand. In 
 December, that year, he came to Jackson, this 
 Slate, and was associated in law practice with .Sam 
 uel II. Kimball until 1852, when Mr. Kimball left 
 the city. 
 
 In 1852 Mr. Pringle was elected Circuit Court 
 Commissioner, and served two years. From 185;] 
 to 1856 he was Village Kecoider, and in the last- 
 mentioned year was elected Prosecuting Attorney, 
 and re-elected in 1858. That j'ear and the next 
 he was also City Attorney. In 1860 he was elected 
 a representative in the State J.,egislature, and from 
 1862 to 18G4 was IMilitar}' Secretary to Gov. 
 Blair. In 1866 he was elected to the State Senate, 
 
 and the following year wsis appointed Register in 
 Bankruptcy, in which ollice he served eleven 
 years. In 1867 he was also a member of the State 
 Constitutional Convention. In 18S2 he w.as the 
 Democratic candidate for Lieutenant (Jovernor. 
 In 1883 he was appointed Commissioner of Insur- 
 ance. In 1885 he was elected Mayor of Jackson, 
 and in 188(1 he was elected Prosecuting Attornej' 
 for Jackson County. In 1880, and in 1888, iie was 
 the Democratic candidate for Congress from the 
 Third District. 
 
 From 181)1 to 1871 .Mr. I'ringle's time was 
 largely occupied in the preliminary and attorney 
 work for various railroads now centering in J.ackson. 
 In 1881 he was the candidate of the bar for Cir- 
 cuit Judge, receiving fort^'-three votes out of a 
 total of forty-six, and was endorsed by the Demo- 
 cratic party, running ahead of his ticket during the 
 election v.hich followed. While a member of the 
 House, he was Chairman of the Committee on 
 Banks and Incorporations and a member of the Ju- 
 diciary Committee. As a member of the .Senate, his 
 experience as an attorney and as a former member 
 of the Lovver House was of great benefit to him. 
 making him useful and influential in that body. 
 
 Mr. Pringle was married at Marshall, Mich., in 
 1855, to Miss Frances A. Becker. This lady was 
 born in Cayuga County, N. Y'.,and was the daugh- 
 ter of Abraham and iM.artha (Rice) Becker, who 
 were likewise natives of the Empire State, and who 
 were pioneers of Washtenaw County, this State. 
 There were born of this union three daughters, one 
 who died in infancy and Jessie and Fannj-, who 
 reside with their parents. 
 
 The maiden name of Mr. Pringle's paternal 
 grandmother was Eunice Hatch. She was born in 
 Dutchess Count}', N. Y., and was the daughter of 
 Capt. Hatch, who commande<l a company in the 
 Revolutionary War, and who had a brother serv- 
 ing as Lieutenant. Grandmother Pringle lived to 
 a good old age, and during the childhood years of 
 her grandson. Eugene, frequently related to him 
 many interesting incidents connected with the war 
 for independence. The section of counlr}' where 
 she resided then was alternately under the control 
 of both armies. 
 
 Homer Pringle was a stanch Democrat, and 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOG^RAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 was quite natural that his son, Eugene, siiould fol- 
 low in his footsteps. The Democracy of the latter, 
 however-, was so broad that it enabled him to 
 look with disfavor upon negro slavery, and the 
 politics which that institution demanded, and so he 
 became a Republican and affiliated with tiiat parly 
 until 1 H72. He then returned to the ranks of Democ- 
 racy, and to that party has since given his supijort. 
 During the many years in which he has been before 
 the public, whether in the practice of his iirofession 
 or in the eapacit3' of a public officer, his honesty 
 has been unquestioned. As a public speaker he is 
 clear and forcible, and he is credited with having 
 performed all the duties assigned him. whether 
 public or private, in a manner highl}- commend- 
 able to his character, both as a public and private 
 citizen. He has been uo unimportant factor in 
 promoting the best interests of Jackson County, 
 and is one of those men whose names will be lield 
 in grateful remembrance long after they have been 
 gathered to their fathers. 
 
 
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 eHARLES H. HASKIN, M.D., a leading 
 jihysician of Jackson City, has held man}' 
 positions of trust and responsibility in con- 
 nection with his profession, being four years Over- 
 seer of the Poor and two years the County Sur- 
 geon. He has also represented the Sixth Ward in 
 the City Council four 3'ears. and for two years 
 was President of that body. As President lie dis- 
 charged his duties in that faithful and conscientious 
 manner which gained him the esteem and confidence 
 of the citizens at large. 
 
 Dr. Haskin was born September 28, 1839, in 
 Addison, Monroe Count}', >>'. Y., and is the son of 
 Samuel R. and Hosetta S. (Smith) Haskin, the 
 former of whom was a native of Bridgeport, Vt. 
 The mother was the daughter of Sheldon Smith, 
 an old resident of Monroe Count}', Yt. The hus 
 band's family is of English descent. 
 
 In 1852 Samuel R. Haskin emigrated to iMar- 
 shall Count}-, Iowa, and afterward took uj) his 
 abode in Lenawee County, this State, where he 
 carried on farming and died in 1869. 'l"he mother 
 
 had preceded her husband to the silent land in 
 1862, dying at the old homestead in \'ermont. 
 
 The subject of tRis notice obtained his education 
 in the early schools of Iowa and this State, remain- 
 ing in the latter until 18.58. Then going to j\Iis- 
 souri, he remained there until after the outbreak 
 of the Civil War, when he enlisted as a Union sol- 
 dier in the Sixth Missouri Infantry under the 
 three-months call. Then returning to Iowa, he 
 again entered the Union Army, as a member of 
 the Thirteenth Infantry, a reteran regiment, with 
 which he remained until the close of the war. He 
 participated in many of the important battles 
 which followed, including Pittsburg Landing and 
 all the engagements of the campaign under Gen. 
 McPherson. 
 
 Subsequently this regiment was transferred to 
 the command of Gen. Thomas, and Mr. Haskin 
 met the enemy in other terrible engagements. At 
 Kenesaw Alountain he was wounded in the knee 
 and instep, and for some time was confined in the 
 hospital in Meridian. A few months later he 
 joined his regiment at Goldsboro, N. C, and on 
 account of his bravery and fidelity to duty was 
 promoted to the rank of Second-Lieutenant. In 
 1863 he was given a Captain's commission, com- 
 manding Company H, of the Thirteenth Iowa hi- 
 fantry. He served in this capacity until the close 
 of the war, which found him at Raleigh, N. C, whence 
 he proceeded at the head of his company to Wash- 
 ington, and was present at the Grand Review. 
 Then returning to Louisville. Ky., he was mus- 
 tered out in July, 1863. 
 
 Uiion leaving the army Dr. Haskin returned to 
 Davenport, Iowa, where he received his pay and 
 final discharge. He soon afterward settled upon a 
 farm in Marshall County, where he engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits until the year 1867. At this 
 lime, desirous of entering the medical profession, 
 he became a student of tlie Michigan State Univer- 
 sity. Then repairing to Indianapolis, Ind., he 
 entered the medical department of the State Uni- 
 versity there, where he completed his studies and 
 entered upon tlie practice of his profession in the 
 Hoosier State. Leaving Indiana in 1873, Dr. Has- 
 kin came to Jackson City, which has since been 
 the field of his operations. He was married in 
 
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 the iiiontli of April, 1869, at iiis JKHiie in Indiana, 
 to Miss Emma Kaywoofl. Mrs. llaskin was born 
 in Jackson City, and was ijivcn a lino education, 
 completing her stu lies in tiie Michigan Slate I'ni- 
 versity. Her parents were .lolin P. and Harriet 
 Kaywood, who were formerly from New York 
 State. To the Doctor ami his estiinalile lady tiiere 
 have been born no children. 
 
 Dr Ilaskin stands high in the Inde|ie!!deiit 
 Order of Od(', Fellows, with which lie identified 
 himself in 1883. In February, 1888, he was pro- 
 moted to the office of Grand Warden of the Grand 
 Lodge, having jurisdiction over the State of Michi- 
 gan, and in 1889 he was promoted to be Deputy- 
 Grand Master of the same. Early in 1890 lie was 
 elected to and installed in the office of Grand Mas- 
 ter of the Grand Lodge of Michigan, an Ionia, and 
 also holds a commission as Lieutenant-Colonel and 
 Ch'ef of Staff of Brig-Gen. II. Soule, of the Pa- 
 triarchs Militant of the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows. 
 
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 OELSON .1. DkPUY. M. I). In addition to 
 being a skilled practitioner of the medical 
 profession, the subject of this notice is a 
 man of more than ordinary intelligence, thoroughly 
 well informed and a polished conversationalist. He 
 is'fond of country life and makes his headquarters at 
 a well-regulated farm occupying a portion of sec- 
 tion 32, .Sandstone Township. This, in addition to 
 a fine practice, is the source of an ample income. 
 
 A native of Niagara County, N. Y., Dr. DePuy 
 was born August 14, 1837, and is the son of Will- 
 iam and Mary (Gra^') DePuy, who were also na- 
 tives of that county. The paternal ancestors were 
 of French origin and crossed the -Itlantic probably 
 during the Colonial days. Nelson J. is the only son 
 of his parents and was reared to manhood in his 
 native county, becoming familiar with farm |)ur- 
 suits and when a boy attending the district school. 
 In later j'cars he was graduated from the In ion 
 High .School at Lockport. He afterward taught 
 school one term in his native county and the same 
 length of time in Mercer County. 111. 
 
 Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War 3'oiing 
 
 DePuy in August. 18r)l, laying aside his personal 
 plans, proffered his services for the defense of his 
 coun'trj', enlisting in Company G, Twenty-seventh 
 Illinois Infantry as a Corporal. His regiment was 
 assigned to the army of Gen. Rosecrans and later 
 attached to Sherman's army. The Doctor fought 
 at Belmont, Island No. 10, the siege of Coiinth 
 under the command of Gen. Grant, and was also at 
 the battle of luka. Much of his time, however, was 
 spent at Benton Barricks, near .St. Louis, Mo., and 
 in the hosi)ilal as a physician. Owing to disability- 
 Dr. DePuy. in December, 1862, returned to Mer- 
 cer County, III. and the following winter taught 
 school there. 
 
 Young DePuv entered upon the study of medi- 
 cine in the (ieneva, (N. Y.,) Medical College under 
 the Allopathic School and subsequentl3- repaired to 
 St. Louis, Mo., and spent three j-ears in the medi- 
 cal college of that city, the latter being a Homeo- 
 pathic institution. From this he was graduated 
 March 1, 1874. 
 
 Dr. Df.I'uy commenced the practice of his pro- 
 fession at Dundee, Monroe County, Mich., and two 
 years later removed to Iowa Falls, Iowa, where lie 
 remained from 1865 until December, 1876. In 
 January, of the latter year, he came to Parma, this 
 .State, and occupied himself with the duties of his 
 profession until November, 1884. Then, owing to 
 illness he w.as oltliged to retire for a time and 
 going to Florida remained there until 1878. Then 
 coming back to this county, he settled in Sandstone 
 where he has since resided. He owns live acres 
 pl.anted in orange groves in Florida, besides one 
 hundred and three acres of improved laml in this 
 county. 
 
 Dr. DePuy was married June 24, 1862, to Miss 
 Olive Atwater, a native of Warren Count^^ Ohio. 
 Mrs. DePu}- was born September 21. 1840, and is 
 the daughter of David and Mary ( Birden) Atwa- 
 ter, who were natives of Yates C'ount3-, N. Y., and 
 thence in 1833 emigrated to Trumbull County. 
 Ohio, during its early settlement. Of this union 
 there have been born tiiree children — Casper K.. 
 William and .^lary. The Doctor an, I his estima- 
 ble wife are members in good standing of the 
 Baptist Church and hold a lead.'ng position in the 
 social circles of their community. During his resi- 
 
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 (lence in Parma the Doctor was for several jears 
 the Health OHieer. He belongs to the Society of 
 Homeopathic Ph^ysicians of Iowa, and to the North- 
 western Academy of Homeopathy; for one year 
 he was President of the Society of Homeopathic 
 Physicians of this count}'. Politically, he is a sound 
 Republican and he is prominently connected with 
 the JVJasonic fraternity. The arciiilect of his own 
 fortunes, it cannot be denied that he lias made a 
 good record, although by no means advanced in 
 years. 
 
 Before the trip to Florida Mrs. DePuy had been 
 suffering from sciatica, not having been able to use 
 her limbs for months. The climate proved greatly 
 beneficial and she ra.ade the home trip to Parma, a 
 distance of twenty -three hundred and seventy miles 
 without incom^enienco or practical assistance. 
 The\' oecup3' a snug home in the soi:th part of the 
 town where their hospitable doors are freqnentl}- 
 open to the many friends whom they have gathered 
 'iround them by their genial disposition and kindly 
 courtesies. 
 
 ^^EORGE V. FRAKER. In the subject of 
 (|| (— - this notice we have one of the most pros- 
 ^'^jj peroiis and successful men' of Hanover 
 Townshii); and the fact that he commenced life in 
 this county with a cai)ital of two cents speaks well 
 for his subsequent career of perseverance, industry 
 and good management. The term "self-made" may 
 be most properly ni)plied to Mr. Frakei', as his bat- 
 tle with life vvas of the dimensions not ordinarily 
 suffered, even by men around him, who likewise 
 bad little capital upon which to la}' the founda- 
 tions of a competence. Some of them were at least 
 provided with a practical education, but Mr. Fra- 
 ker had not even this to assist him and he took 
 writing lessons when thirty years of age. He is 
 now well to-do and has little reason for anxiety as 
 he Buds himself advancing toward the downhill of 
 life. 
 
 Mr. Fraker, the onl}' child of his father, was 
 born December 29, 1836, and is the son of "\'an 
 Rensselaer and Anna (Reid) Fraker, who were na- 
 
 tives of New York State, the father born in Sara- 
 toga Count}' and the mother in Washington 
 County. The elder Fraker learned the tailor's 
 trade during his younger years but died in his 
 prime the year following the 'lirtli of his son. The 
 mother was then married to Eraslus Pratt, who 
 died in 1849. Mrs. Fraker lived to be seventy-one 
 years old and died April 8, 1885. 
 
 The maternal grandfather of our sul)ject was 
 John Reid, who was of Scotch birth and a seafaring 
 man. He became wealthy and finally started for 
 America. The ship upon which he sailed was 
 wrecked and Grandfather Reid suffered the loss of 
 his family and all his worldl}' possessions. He and 
 the cabin bo}' were the on!j' ones saved of the pas- 
 sengers and crew. By clinging to a spar they suc- 
 ceeded in saving themselves and floated to the 
 Island of Cuba, whence they sailed later to the 
 United States. Grandfather Reid settled in Wash- 
 ington County, N. Y., was married again, n^ared a 
 family of seven children and died about sixty years 
 ago. 
 
 The subject of this notice lived with his mother 
 until coming to this .State. In the meantime he 
 was put to work at an earlj- age and learned the 
 potter's trade, at which he worked in North Green- 
 Held, N. Y., and at Gasport. He learned to read 
 during his boyhood and being fond of books 
 picked up a fund of useful information while at the 
 same time he kept his eyes open to what was going 
 on around hiin in the world. He first stepped upon 
 the soil of Michigan in May, 18;")5, coming alone 
 when a youth of nineteen years, landed at Detroit 
 and tlience proceeded to Ypsilanti. Later he went 
 to Mooreville and for one year was employed in a 
 crockeiT shop. We next find him in Hanover 
 Townshii) and he worked in a pottery one year, 
 after which he was employed on a farm b}' his 
 father-in-law. He still has in his possession the two 
 pennies with whieh he landed in Michigan. 
 
 A few days before he vvas twenty-one years old 
 Air. Fraker was married December 18, ISoli, to Miss 
 Charlotte M. lloeg. This lady was the daughter 
 of Velorious and Amanda (Bigelow) Hoeg, the 
 former of whom was the son of Judge Hoeg, one 
 the pioneers of 'I'ecumseh, this State, and a promi- 
 nent man in his dav. Of this union there were 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 horn two children, the ehlest of whom a son. Will- 
 i:un II., WHS hoi-n October 2C>. 18.')7, iind tii.irried 
 Miss IMnrUnn Clark, beuaine tiie father of two cliii- 
 dren and ilied July 14, 1887. The daughter, I^iz- 
 zle L., was born Marcii 18, 1851), is the wife of 
 Mortimer Snow and the mother of one child. Mrs. 
 Charlotte M. Fraker departed this life at the home- 
 stead of the father in Hanover Township. May 28, 
 1863. 
 
 The present wife of our subject to whom he was 
 married Octol)er 23, 18CI, was formerly Mrs. Eliz- 
 abeth (Raymond) .Jones, daughter of Abijah and 
 Adeline (Bennett) Raymond, and widow of Hiram 
 Jones, who died in 18G0. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond 
 were natives of New York .State .and came to Michi- 
 gan about fifty-three years ago, settling at Sand- 
 stone, this county. Mr. R.aymond died in IS."")?, 
 but his wife lived until 1882, S|)ending her last 
 daj's with her daughter, Mrs. Coans. The parental 
 household numbered eleven children, eight of 
 whom are living. . 
 
 Mr?. Fraker was one of the first white ciiihlren 
 born in Sandstone, her birth occurring October 6, 
 1840. Her childhood and youth passed in a com- 
 paratively uneventful manner under the parental 
 roof and in attendance at the district school. Of 
 her union with our subject there have been born 
 tvvo children — Jennie Ann. November 8, 1865, and 
 Nellie May, August 17, 1874. Mr. Fraker takes an 
 active interest in politics and is a stanch su|)|)orter 
 of Ihe Repul)lican party, with which he first began 
 Voting, then tried the Democracy for a time but 
 (inally went back to his old love. Me has served i 
 as Highw.ay Commissioner four years and also as 
 Road Overseer. For six years he was a Director in 
 School District No. 7, and for seven years was 
 Treasurer in the same, liotli he and his estimable 
 wife are strong temperance advocates, negleciing 
 n(j opi)ortunitv to indicate their opposition to the 
 manuf.icture and sale of spirituous liquors. 
 
 Mr. Fraker's farm embraces one hundred acres 
 of tiioroughly cultiv.;ted land upon which he has 
 creeled convenient buildings, including a good resi- 
 dence i>ut up in 1872. In addition to general pg- 
 riculture he is considerably interested in stock- 
 raising, keeping good grades of cattle, horses and 
 swine. In 1887 Mr. Fraker visitcil his old home 
 
 in A'ermont, remaining three weeks among the 
 friends and acquaintances of his childhood, and re- 
 turned feeling that the time and money were well 
 spent. His daughter, Jennie Ann, fitted herself for 
 a teacher and during the eight terms which she 
 taught in this county met with excellent success. 
 An uncle of our subject. Dr. John R. Fraker. now 
 of Chattanooga, Tenn., is a well educated man and 
 a graduate of Castleton Seminary, Vt. 
 
 ILAS W. STOWELL. This sturdy veteran 
 —one of the earliest pioneers of Jackson 
 J) County, and one of its most highly re- 
 spected citizens — is now approaching the 
 eighty-eighth year of his age, but is still hale and 
 hearty and to be seen daily on the streets of J.ack- 
 son, where he has resided since 1836. As one of 
 the old landmarks of Jackson County, and also on 
 account of his unquestioned personal character, he 
 is regarded by both old anci young with that ven- 
 eration and respect only accorded those who have 
 lived worthily, and whose names are justify held in 
 kindly remembrance. 
 
 Of New England antecedents Mr. Slowell was 
 born in the town of Littleton, Micyiesex County, 
 i\Iass., .luly 2, 1802. His father, Jesse Stowcll. 
 was a native of the city of Boston, and spent the 
 years of his boyhood and j'outli in his native State. 
 When removing from Boston he took up his resi- 
 dence at Littleton, and thence removed to Og- 
 densburg, N. Y. Later he was a resident of 
 Madrid, that State, and there he spent his last days. 
 .He had married, in early manhood, Miss I'hebe 
 \\'inihester, who was likewise a native of Middle- 
 sex Co ntj% Mass., and who died in AVadtlington, 
 N. Y., ;ifter the decease of her husl)and. Of the 
 eleven children born to this worthy couple. Silas 
 AV., our subject, is the sole survivor, as indeed he 
 is the only living representative, of his family. 
 
 Mr. Stowcll was a mere child when his parents 
 removed from Massachuselts to New York Slate, 
 and he still remembers many of the scenes of pio- 
 neer life in St. Lawrence County. He received 
 only limited educational ad vantages, and at an early 
 
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 age was required to make himself useful about the 
 farm, and also employed himself in teaming. He 
 remained a member of the parental household until 
 reaching man's estate, and then began boating on 
 the St. Lawrence River, running from Prescott to 
 Montreal. A few years later, leaving the Empire 
 State, he migrated to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, set- 
 tling twelve miles south of Cleveland, where he oc- 
 cupied himself as a carpenter. This was before 
 the time of canals or railroads, and when wliat is 
 now the "Forest City" was little more than a vil- 
 lage. Mr. Stowell purchased a tract of timber 
 land, twelve miles south of Cleveland, and put- 
 ting up a log house and liarn, cleared some of the 
 laud and lived there two years. 
 
 Not satisfied, however, with his condition and 
 prospects Mr. Stowell finally decided to push on 
 further westward, and we next find him in what 
 was then Michigan Territory. He purchased a 
 tract of timber land in Wayne County, during the 
 period of its earliest settlement, and erecting a 
 large hewed log house, commenced to clear the 
 land. Two years later, however, he sold out once 
 MOi'e, this change having been accelerated by the 
 death of bis wife, which for the time at least, broke 
 up his home. His next removal was to Detroit, then 
 a small village. He there engaged in the grocer3' 
 and provision trade until 183G. The present flour- 
 ishing cit3' of Jackson was then but a hamlet, but 
 the outlook for its growth and advancement was 
 favorable, and hither Mr. Stowell decided to re- 
 pair. No railroad had yet been built to this point, 
 and Detroit was the nearfest depot for supplies. 
 The surrounding country was a wilderness, through 
 which roamed deer, bears, wolves, wild turkeys and 
 other game. 
 
 One of the first mercantile enterjjrises of .Jack- 
 son was established by Mr. Stowell, who occupied 
 himself in this line of business many years. In the 
 meantime he identified himself with the interests of 
 the growing town, and has lived to see it develop 
 from a hamlet to a city of Iwent^'-five thousand 
 souls. The country around has also been trans- 
 formed from a wilderness to pleasant homes and 
 valuable farms. Mr. Stowell, in common with his 
 neighbors during the early times, endured all the 
 privations and hardships of pioneer life, and were 
 
 he to relate a story of the many scenes through 
 which he has passed, it vvould make a volume well 
 worth}' of [jerusal. 
 
 The first marriage of IMr. Stowell occurred on 
 the 6tli of February, 1828, the bride being Miss 
 Adeline I'uttle. This lady was born October 28, 
 1808, in Waddington, N. Y., and deiiarted this life 
 at her home in Wayne, on March 11,1836. Of 
 her marriage with our subject there were liorn four 
 children: George II. and Mary J., who are now 
 living; the son in Oakl.and, Cal., and the daughter 
 in Kalamazoo, Mich.; antl Sarah E. and Harriet 
 deceased. Mr. Stowell contracted a second mar- 
 riage, August 26, 1837, with Miss Margaret Law- 
 ther. Mrs. Margaret Stowell was born, September 
 5, 1818, in New York, and after remaining the 
 companion of her husband for a period of forty - 
 six years, departed this life at their home in .Jack- 
 son, November 27, 1883. The children of this 
 union were named respectively: Charles W., de- 
 sccased; Ellen F., Alexander H. and Cora M. 
 
 Mr. Stowell cast his first Presidential vote for 
 Gen. Jackson, and has since been a staunch Demo- 
 crat. Financially, he is well-to-do, having by a 
 course of industry and economy, accumulated a 
 competence. He is well preserved in mind and 
 body, keeps himself posted upon the events of the 
 the day, and is one with whom an hour may 
 al'^ays be spent in a pleasant and profitable man- 
 ner. His portrait may be found in connection 
 with this sketch, and will be viewed with pleasure 
 by young and old. 
 
 ' ENRY N. TOUSEY is the owner and occu- 
 pant of a snug farm comprising ninety-five 
 acres of valuable land on section 26, Sand- 
 ^^ stone Township. It was purchased by him in 
 the spring of 187U fronj George Bright, and at the 
 time was in a dilapidated and uncultivated condi- 
 tion. By dint of energy, good management and 
 uufiagging zeal it has been brought to a state of 
 attractiveness and fertilit}' that does credit to the 
 owner. The family dwelling is the work of Mr. 
 Touspy's own hands, and his skill as a mechanic is 
 
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 (ieinonslralcd in its constniction. Inliko many 
 men, the owner of this pleasant spot gives much 
 of the credit for iiis success to his estimable wife, 
 to whose counsel and assistance he owes a great 
 deal, not only of comfort but of prosperity. 
 
 Monroe County, N. Y., claims the honor of lie- 
 ing the birthplace of Mr. Touse}', and his natal day 
 was June 16. 1X21. He is the eldest son in a 
 family of six children born to Philo and (irace 
 (Nichols) Tousey, natives of Connecticut, and is 
 the only member of the famil}- now living. He was 
 reared to manhood in his native State, receiving 
 the privileges afforded by the common schools and 
 la^'ing a good foundation for tlie knowledge of 
 later years. At the age of seventeen he began to 
 learn the trade of a cabinet-maker, at which he 
 labored three years, after which he spent some 
 time as a farm liand. In 1844 he began to learn 
 the trade of a carpenter and joiner, and followed it 
 in the Kniplre Stale until 1865. 
 
 In that year Mr. Toiisey came to Jackson County, 
 Mich., and here he spent about live years on a 
 place that has become notorious tbrougliout the 
 entire country as the scene of one of the most ter- 
 rilile tragedies of recent years. This is the Crouch 
 f:nin where four persons were murdered in cold 
 blood u few years ago. That estate was worked by 
 My. Tousey on siiares, and after leaving it he lo- 
 cated on his own farm where he has since lived, 
 enjoying the pleasure of seeing the land al)out liira 
 groiv into a "tiling of beauty" and of value and 
 heller lilted to be the iiome of culture and relino- 
 menl. 
 
 On the 2',)th of October. 1S4(;. the rites of wed- 
 lock were celebrated between our subject and Miss 
 Lucy Barber, who was born in Otscsjo County, 
 M. \., New Year's Day. 181!). She is a daughter 
 of Joseph B. and Eunice (PhiUips) liarber, the 
 former a native of Connecticut and the latter of 
 New York. Mr. Barber w.as the son of a soldier of 
 the War of 1812, who moved to the Empire Slate 
 during llie boyhood days of young Joseph. The 
 latter became the father of nine children, of whom 
 three arc yet living. They are: Mrs. Roxanna Jones 
 of Winniliago County, 111.: Julia, the widow of 
 Jared Chamberlain, of Illinois; and she of whom 
 we speak. Mr. and Mrs. Tousey have an adopted 
 
 daughter, Marietta J., who in all !)ut the ties of 
 blood fills the place of the child denied them by 
 nature. 
 
 In earlier years Mr. Tousey was a Whig bulls 
 now a Republican. lie is not an office seeker but 
 is ever interested in the wise measures ailopted for 
 the good of the community and ready to assist in 
 their progress. In this he is ably seconded b^- bis 
 companion, and they are active in society while 
 enjoying the cessation of the anxious cares that ')e- 
 set them long years ago. By their fellow citizens 
 they are respected as their characters deserve. 
 
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 f , OHN A. HATCH. The career of this gen- 
 tleman has been marked with an unusu.al 
 degree of energv', industrj- and good judg- 
 ment. an<l the fine estate in Hanover Town- 
 ship wliich he owns and occupies is a standing 
 monument to these qualities. He is one of a large 
 family who have settled in close vicinage, and all 
 have earned the respect of their fellow-citizens by 
 their thrifty, useful, and upright lives. Their 
 parents v\ere numbered among the early settlers 
 of the county and won a high |)lace among the 
 pioneers. 
 
 Barnabas C. Hatch, a native of the Empire State, 
 and a farmer, took for his wife Miss Mary AVirtser 
 of the same State and made his home in Steuben 
 County until 183.'). lie thc'i removed to Michigan 
 and selecting a location in this count}', bought fort}' 
 .acres of Government land, his lirother, Mathew W, 
 Hatch, securing a like amoiuit. 'I'lie latter after- 
 ward sold his farm to tlie former, himself returning 
 to their native Slate. Indians, bears and wolves 
 roanieil at large throughout the region, and the 
 nearest neighlior lived two miles away. Building 
 a small log shanty. Air. Hatch began the improve- 
 ment of his land, which was heavy oak openings, 
 and remained upon it nearly thirteen years. It was 
 in what is now Spring Arbor Townshi|i. although 
 that division vvas not organized until long after he 
 began his work the:e. 
 
 Having traded tlie farm which he had improved 
 for a tract of two hundred and forty-seven acres 
 
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 held by old Mr. Isliam, but which was mortgaged 
 to Gen. Lewis Cass, Mr. Hatch eliaiiged his resi- 
 dence to his new purchase, where lie remained until 
 ISGO. That j-ear he built a residence on section 
 36, Sprlno- Arl)or Township. He was one of tlie 
 three judges of Jackson County at the time of its 
 organization. He was Supervisor of ILanover 
 Township for several years and also Justice of the 
 Peace many years; and he likewise served as a 
 Representative in the State Legislature several 
 terms. 
 
 The mother of our subject possessed an excellent 
 education and after her marriage taught her hus- 
 band the rudiments of knowledge which had been 
 denied him in his youth. She had been a school 
 teacher, but no pujiil ever reflected more credit 
 upon her instruction than did the man whom she 
 m.Trried. Mrs. Mary (Wirtser) Hatch died in JIay. 
 184'J, leaving seven sons and three daugliters, eight 
 of whom yet survive. Her inisljand subsequently 
 married Mrs. Lucinda Lent, a childless widow, who 
 is yet living and has readied the age of eigiity 
 years. Mr. Hatch passed fiom earth February 22, 
 187 4. 
 
 The gentleman witli whose name we iniliate this 
 sketch was b(_)ni in Spring Arbor TownshiiJ, this 
 county. January' 11, 1839, and has always lived 
 within sight of his birthplace. He is the fifth in 
 order of birth in the jiarental family, and has fol- 
 lowed the plow from t!ie age of nine years. During 
 his boyhood and youth the winters were devoted 
 to attendance at the district schools, and the knowl- 
 edge there obtained was added to by one term in 
 the High School at Jackson. He began life for 
 himself at the age of twenty years, his first work 
 being husking corn for Henry M. Eddy. He re- 
 ceived every eighth bushel, and realized twenty-five 
 cents a bushel upon it at sale. He bought a third 
 interest in a thresiiing machine and subsequently 
 he and his partners, George M. Hatch and H. M. 
 Eddy, bouglit another machine, continuing in the 
 business of " following the machine" nine years. 
 
 On January 8, 18G3, Mf. Hatch became possessor 
 of eighty .acres of land on section 2, Hanover 
 Township, which is his present place of abode. 
 There was a log house on the estate and seventeen 
 stumps in the door yard. The present owner has 
 
 by his own efforts cleared all but twelve acres and 
 improved all but the tract which is left for timber 
 land. About two acres are devoted to a fine orch- 
 ard and a variety of small fruits are also cultivated. 
 Stock-raising and general farming are the purposes 
 to which the farm is devoted, the horses being 
 llainbletonian. One of the equines is a half thor- 
 oughbred. An old Messenger horse, now twenty 
 years of age, has been in the family since a colt. 
 The residence that is now occupied by the family 
 was erected in 1873 at a cost of $1,6.")0. 
 
 An important step in the life of Mr. Hatch was 
 t.aken March 12. 1865, when he liecame tlie husl)and 
 of Miss Angeline M. Thorn, whose many virtues of 
 mind .an<l heart and whose womanly accomplish- 
 ments had won his deep regard. .She was born 
 August 26, 1838, and is a daughter of James L. 
 and Tamson (Bowerman) Thorn. (.See skctcli on 
 another p.age. ) The otherwise happj' union of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Hatch has been childless. They attend 
 ths Univers.alist Church. Mr. Hatch belongs to 
 the Masonic fraternit}-, alHliating with a lodge at 
 Horton in wliicii he has been Treasurer. He is a 
 believer in free trade and votes the Democratic 
 ticket. He has served as Commissioner of High- 
 ways two years, has been Constable four years, and 
 manifests an intelligent and energetic interest in 
 the welfare of tiie community and in those im- 
 provements whieii will add to the prosperity of the 
 country. He and bis estimable wife are highl3' 
 respected throughout the community whore thej' 
 are so widelv known.' 
 
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 !^IMOTHY B. HALLADAY. I'lie history 
 of the Halladay family in tliis counlry begins 
 i' prior to the Revolution, the member of the 
 family from whom our subject is a direct descend- 
 ant having been James Halladay. one of the better 
 class of Englislimen, who emigrated to America in 
 earl_y Colonial times. This progenitor is supposed 
 to have settled in Connecticut, but while the east- 
 ern part of New York was yet unbroken he made a 
 location at what is now Sullield, that State, and it 
 is supposed that he married there. From New 
 
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 York Siriie lie entei-ed tlie Culonitil Army, lighting 
 al lUinker Hill ami liie next day carrying home on 
 liis clotiiini>- human gore that had been siiilled in 
 tii.^t desperate struggle. lie ilied full of years, 
 after the birth of quite a large family. He be- 
 queathed to the oldest James tlallada^- living, the 
 musket he carried in the Revolutionary War and 
 the weapon is [ireserved by the descendants to this 
 day. 
 
 One of the sons of this ii-cntlenian was Matliew 
 Ualladay. born in Sntlield, N. V.. in 1771. There 
 he grew to maidiood hut became a very early 
 settler at Manchester, Ontario Counly, where he 
 devote<l his life to farming and died September 13, 
 1S58, at the age of eight}- -seven years. He was an 
 active Methodist in religion and a Whig in politics. 
 In his native State he married Miss .luditli Van 
 Wormer, a native of Montgomery Count}', her 
 parents being of Holland. She died in the prime 
 of life and the widower took for his second com- 
 panion Mrs. Sarah Robinson, who lived to be quite 
 old and died without offspring. Mathew and Judith 
 Halladay had four sons and two daughters, all of 
 whom are now deceased. The first born was James 
 Halladay who became the fatlier of our subject. 
 
 James Halladay was born in Jlanchester Town ■ 
 ship. Ontario County, N. Y., and grew to niaturit}' 
 there, as soon as he was old cnougli adopting the 
 occupation of a farmer. He married Miss Perme- 
 Ha liigelow, who was born in Herkimer Township 
 and county. November 17, 1804, and was the 
 daughter of Timothy and Sallie (Streeter) Bigelow, 
 natives of the same county. The Higelows were of 
 the old Huguenot stock that were early settlers in 
 that locality and figuri'il in the pioneer history. 
 After their marriage they moved on to a farm in 
 Ontario County, where Mr. Bigelow died at the 
 age of forty-one years, his death being occasioned 
 by disease contracted in the War of 1812, ai;d 
 occurring September 10, 181 1. before peace was 
 declared at Trent. His widow subsequcuti}' mar- 
 ried Elisha Turner, and removing to Illinois, died 
 in Mcllenry County at the age of eighty years; 
 her later years were passed in the faith of the 
 Universalist Church 
 
 After the marriage of James Halladay and Per- 
 roelia Bigelow the^' settled on a tract of new land 
 
 in Manchester Township. Ontario (,'ounty. but after 
 making some improvements sold it and located on 
 the old Bigelow estate that was their home until 
 1863. They then left the Empire State and made 
 their home at Clinton. Mich., where Mr. Halladay 
 died December 28, 1880. at the age of eighty-two 
 years and six months. He was regarded as a fine 
 specimen of the progressive class and a good, kind, 
 and representative citizen. Mrs. Halladaj- is yet 
 living in Clinton and is now quite feeble from age, 
 bearing the weight of eighty-six years. In reli- 
 gious sentiment she coincides with the Congrega- 
 tional Church. 
 
 The gentleman whose name introduces this notice 
 is one of seven children, of whom four sons and 
 two daughters arc yet living. He was born in 
 Manchester Township, Ontario County, N. Y., Oc- 
 tober 4, 1834, was carefully reared, and received a 
 good education under the oi)portunitief afforded in 
 the district schools and the Academy of East 
 Bloomfield. He became a teacher and was en- 
 gaged in the duties of that profession for some 
 ^ears during the winter, his labors being in the lo- 
 cality in which he was born. In 1861, while yet a 
 single man, he came to Michigan and after being 
 here for a time he iinrch.ased one hundred and 
 twenty acres of choice land on what is now Norvell 
 Plains in the eastern part of Norvell Township. 
 
 For a few winlcis Mr. llallada\ applied himself 
 to professional labors in the township and used the 
 ^1,000 which he possessed when he came here, to 
 the best advantage, bj' judicious management and 
 close application being able to improve his first 
 purchase and make it a ver}' line farm. He in- 
 creased his estate to two hundred .acres, on which 
 he has creeled very substantial fa>in buildings and 
 a beautiful lesidence. 
 
 Not long after Mr. Halladay came to this county 
 he began to live, as he termed it — that is, he took 
 unto himself a life companion, the marriage being 
 celebrated at the bride's home in Norvell Township, 
 October 2, 18C>l,and the accomplished Miss Jennie 
 Blanchard becoming his wife, i^he first s\w the 
 light on her father's homestead, July 7, 1841. being 
 the next } oungest in a famil}' of three daughters 
 and one son. She was very carefully rea; -d by the 
 best of parents, was educated in the Adrian College 
 
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 and became a teacher, following her profession for 
 some time before her marriage. She has borne two 
 children — Frank H., who died when four montiis 
 old, and Cora L., who is attending Hillsdale College 
 and is now in tiie senior class. 
 
 The brother of Mrs. Halladay entered Company 
 B, Twenlietli Michigan Infantry, during the Civil 
 War, and while defending the honor of his country 
 was instantly killeci by the bullet of a sharpshooter, 
 the sad event occurring .June 21, 1.S64. while in 
 front of Petersburg. A sister is living in Norvell 
 Township, the wife of M. B. Hunt and an accom- 
 plislied lad}'. Tlie parents are John G. and Sarah 
 A. (Young) Blanchard. The former was bom in 
 Oneida County, N. Y., .lune 27. 1811, being a son 
 of David and Susannah Blanchard. David Blanch- 
 ard was a mechanic and died when about forty -five 
 years old. His wife afterward married Daniel Cul- 
 ver, and they spent the remainder of tlieir lives in 
 Ohio, Mrs. Culver being quite old at the time of 
 her decease. After their marri.nge Mr. and JNIrs. 
 John Blanchiird came at once to iMi'jhigan, begin- 
 ning tlieir life here when hardships were common 
 and they had not even a comfortable home. Here 
 they spent their lives. Mr. Blanchard living to 
 make a good home from the faiui he obtained from 
 Uncle Sam. He died April 27, 1869, being then 
 fifty-eight years old. He not only carried on a 
 farm Init he also worked successfully at the trade of 
 a mason. His wife Sarah, died December 23, 184.5, 
 when in the prime of life. She was born in Lin- 
 coln.shire, England. Jlaich 16, 1819, and was about 
 fifteen years old when her parents came to America 
 and settled in New York. Although she is the 
 younger of two sets of children, yet she is her 
 mother's daughter by her first husband. This is 
 occasioned by the fact that after the marriage of 
 her parents, the father became a soldier in the 
 Engli^:.h Army, and being separated from his wife 
 for twenty-two years, was lost sight of b}- her, and 
 supposed to be dead. Slie therefore married again, 
 had children, and had become a widow when her 
 first inisband returned to her. They were remarried 
 and s(ient the remainder of their li\es together, 
 dying in Genesee County, X. Y., when quite old. 
 
 Mr. Halladay has held most of the offices in the 
 township, and as a man of intelligence and pro- 
 
 gressive ideas, interested in the march of civiliza- 
 tion, has exerted himself to fulfill his duties in 
 such a way as to advance the interests of the com- 
 munit}-. He is President of the Farmers' Club of 
 the township, which he organized eight 3'ears ago, 
 and in which he has always held the chief office. 
 In politics he is a Republican. He and his estima- 
 ble wife liavc many friends throughout the com- 
 munily where their characters are so well known. 
 
 I J'ASHINGTON DELAMATER. No pion- 
 \sJ/i 6er settler of Jackson County is better 
 \y\f/ known, or more highly esteemed, than he 
 of whom this biographical notice is written. Com- 
 ing here when only seventeen years of age, he wit- 
 nessed the development of the countr}' from a 
 primitive condition of wildness to a fertile and 
 rich land. The farm which he purchiised he im- 
 proved and changed to its present fine condition, 
 first erecting a log shanty and later, when able to 
 do so, removing it to give place to a more modern 
 structure, which, standing on the highest eminence 
 in the county, presents a very attractive appear- 
 ani e to the p.asser-b}". 
 
 Mr. DeLamater not only takes great interest in 
 local affairs, but is an untiring reader, and now 
 takes seventeen papers. He is thus enabled to 
 keep abreast of the times, and consequently is a 
 man with whom an hour may be pleasantly and in- 
 structively passed. He has always voted the Dem- 
 ocratic ticket, being a leader in that party. For a 
 few years he has been a member of the School 
 Board, and works unceasingly for the promotion of 
 educational facilities. 
 
 Considering briefly the lineage of our subject, 
 we find that he is the son of Isaac and Diadema 
 (Barnes) DeLamater, the former a native of Scho- 
 harie County, N. Y., where he was a farmer, and 
 the latter born in Onondaga County, the same 
 State. The}' were married in the Empire State, 
 removing from there in 1833 to Michigan, where 
 thev were among the fiist settlers of Washtenaw 
 County. They pre-empted a claim of one hundred 
 and twenty acres of heavily timliered land, on 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 whicli lie liiiilt a log- house and began clearing the 
 hiiid. Some Indians yet remained in the ncighbor- 
 houil, and wolves and det'i" abounded. Some of 
 the birds then numerous are now extinct, such as 
 turkeys, owls, etc. After remaining two years on 
 that farm, which had been purchased from the Oov- 
 ernment, the family removed to Columbia Town- 
 ship, this eoiiiity, where the father made his 
 permanent home. The land there consisted of 
 one hundred and twenty acres of oak openings, 
 luit he commenced its ini|)rovenient without de- 
 lay, and i)ut up good buildings, and otherwise im- 
 proved it before his death, which occurred in 1879. 
 His wife passed to rest in 1885. Tiiej' were the 
 parents of nine chililicn, seven of whom are now 
 living. 
 
 Our subject, who was the second child in the 
 family, was born April 7, 1817. in Onondaga 
 County, X. Y. He received a common-school ed- 
 ucation in his native place, and in the earl3' years 
 of his manhood accomi)anie(l his i)arents to Michi- 
 gan. At the age of eighteen )'ears he began for 
 himself, working on his father's farm and for oth- 
 ers, until he was about twenty- eight years of age. 
 Previous to this he worked at blacksmithing for a 
 few years. A very import:int event in his life oc- 
 curred .Tannary li), 18 45, when he was united in 
 marriage vvitli Miss Esther C, daughter of ^\'illiam 
 and Freelove (Palmer) Randall, early settlei's of 
 .lackson County. Two childre'i were born to them, 
 one dying in infanc\-, and the other, Belona, be- 
 coming the wife of Joseph S. Cheat. The^' are 
 residents of this township, and have four children. 
 Airs. DeLamater died Februarj- 2, 1849, at the age 
 of less than twent\-lliree years, having been born 
 April 5. 1820. 
 
 i\Ir. DeLamater contracted a second marri.agc No- 
 vember 1 1. 1849, with Miss Lncy S.Loomis, a daugh- 
 ter of Enus and Abigail (Stebbins) Looniis, natives 
 of Washington County, N. Y. Mr. Loomis came 
 to Ohio in 18:5;3. remaining there two years. Then 
 he brought his family to Michigan and with them 
 settled in Columbia Township, being one of the 
 early settlers there. His wife died m 1835. and 
 was the lirst woman buried in the Brooklyn Ceme- 
 tery. He passed away in 18<J1. They hail a fam- 
 ily of lour children, all girls, of whom two 
 
 survive. Mrs. DeLamater was born April 24. 1817, 
 in W.ashington County, N. Y.. .and has borne her 
 husband two children — John J. ami William R. 
 John was born September 12, 1850, an i died in 
 early manhood. .Inly 1. 1874; Willi.im was born 
 February 6, 1852, and is a practicing physician in 
 Pai'k County, Col. He received a splendid educa- 
 tion, and having decided upon the medical profes- 
 sion .as his field of labor in life, he entered the 
 Detroit Medical College, graduating from that in- 
 stitution in 1879. He commenced to work in Colo- 
 rado, where he has a large practice, and is especi.all}' 
 successful in surgery, being the surgeon for the 
 Union Pacific Coal Company, and for the Union 
 Pacific Railroad Company in Colorado. The par- 
 ents are justl3' proud of their son, who thus early 
 in life, has been so eminently prospered and suc- 
 cessful in his chosen profession. Jlrs. DeLamater 
 is a member of the I'niveralist Church, and is es- 
 teemed for her many virtues and kindness of heart. 
 
 I'pon his settlement upon his present farm, Mr. 
 DeLamater found it utterly unimproved, with the 
 exce[)tion of a log cabin. The farm comprised 
 eighty acres. In 1857, ten years after he moved 
 on the estate, he built bis present residence at a 
 cost of $1,000. The liarn had been built earlit r. 
 anil to it he has since added, remodeling it and 
 making it suitaljle for the storage of the grains 
 raised on the surrtjundiiig land. 
 
 For five weeks Mr. DeLamater was warned every 
 Monday to drill, preparing to go to the front in 
 the "Toledo War." 
 
 ■S^DGAR SCRANTON. It would be hard to 
 |l^ find a man with whom an hour i an be more 
 j_ — -^ pleasantly spent than with the gentleman 
 above named, whose line property is located on sec- 
 tion 38, Concord Township. Although not the 
 legal owner of the farm upon which he lives, as the 
 title is held bj' bis mother during her life, Mr. 
 Scranton has improved it thoroughly, and placed it 
 in a high state of cultivation, and conducts it in a 
 very successful manner. It com()rises two hundred 
 and fifty-six acres bordering on the south on 
 
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 Swain's Lake, and is devoted to general farming 
 
 aiul stock-raising, a specialty being made of fine 
 hoises. No finer stal)le can be found in tliis vicin- 
 ity-, and perhaps not anotiier so fine, as tiiat of our | 
 subject, and certainly no greater lover of the noble 
 steed can be met with; if there is one subject more 
 than another upon whicli he proves his conversa- 
 tional powers to be far above tlie average, it is 
 when tlie topic is the horse. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our suliject was a 
 farmer in (renesee County, N. Y., and became an 
 early settler in Jackson Counl\% Mich. His son 
 Don Carlos, the father of him of whom wu write, 
 was born in Wyoming County, in the Empire State. 
 He received an excellent education, and engaged in 
 school-teaching when quite young. He afterward 
 went to Albion, Calhoun County, tliis State, and 
 liecame a clerk in a mercantile liouse. a few years 
 later embarking as a dealer in general merchandise, 
 also holding the position of Postmaster. He then 
 went to Chicago. 111., to settle tiie estate and ac- 
 counts of Ids wife's father, who had been a large 
 contractor there, .'uid took ins fanidy with lum, re- 
 maining tliere for a numlier of years. Soon after 
 liis arrival he began buying grain, and although he 
 started wilh but a small capital, he became very pros- 
 perous. For years the firm of Mailland <fc Scranton 
 was the largest in the West,liandling more wlieat than 
 an\' firm in the .country of that day. He was one of 
 the originators of the Cliicago Board of Trade. He 
 made several fortunes, but being lavish with his 
 mc)ne\-, did not endeavor to hoard vast sums. The 
 great fire in the tjueen City of the Lakes caused a 
 loss of ^200,000 on wheat that was uninsurec], and 
 he had previously lost heavily in the Lyon corner 
 and panic of 1857. He owned a fine residence on 
 the Lake Front, kept a stylish turnout, and a stable 
 of fine horses. At various times he held different 
 offices on the Board of Trade, of which lie was one 
 of the most prominent members. In business mat- 
 ters he manifested great shrewdness, and possessed 
 considerable intelligence on all topics of general in- 
 terest, with a refined and courteous nature. In 
 1880 his health became so poor, that he left the 
 city and retired to his farm in this county, where 
 he spent the remainder of his life. When heart dis- 
 ease caused his death in 1882, it was conceded that 
 
 one of the best men of the commimitj^ had been 
 
 stricken down. In politics he was a stanch Repub- 
 lican, and in religion an Episcopalian. 
 
 The wife of Don Carlos Scranton, and mother of 
 our subject, was in her girlhood Miss Elizalieth 
 Plues. She is a daughter of Thomas Plues, who 
 was born in England, and upon emigrating to 
 America, located in Orleans County, N. Y., where 
 the daughter was born. He was a natural mechanic 
 of pronounced skill, and engaged in canal and rail- 
 road contracting. He was one of the first contrac- 
 tors on the Erie Canal, later building on various 
 railroads, and doing a large business in Chicago. 
 He died at the home of his son-in-law at Albion, 
 leaving his business in his hands for settlement. 
 Mrs. Elizalieth Scranton now lives in the last named 
 city, where she owns a fine propert}-. She sjiends 
 considerable time traveling in different [larts of 
 the United States, having the means to giatify her 
 tastes, and take the enjoyment she desires. She be- 
 longs to the Episcopal Church. Two children were 
 born to her: Fannie, the wife of Jlr. Zables, who 
 died in Chicago, and the gentleman of whom we 
 write. 
 
 FLdgar Scrantim was born in Albion. Calhoun 
 County, this State, Julv 18, 1848, and when four 
 years old accompanied his parents to Chicago, 
 where he was reared, witnessing the growth of that 
 city from almost a swamp. He attended the Ward 
 and High Schools during his boyhood, and at the 
 age of sixteen years, entered the Military Aeadeni}- 
 at Yonkers, N. Y., on the banks of the Hudson 
 River. He took a four-years' course, and was grad- 
 uated in 1868. with the honors of his class, and the 
 rank of captain of the school. Returning to Chi- 
 cago he began clerking for his father, and at the 
 age of twenty -two \ears beginning to speculate in 
 grain. He became a memlier of the Board of 
 Trade, continuing on the Board until 1880, when ■ 
 he came to this county, and located on his father's 
 farm in Concord Township, where he yet lives. 
 
 In the town of Concord, November 3, 1888, Mr. 
 Scranton was united in marriage with Mrs. Ann-fi 
 M. Sclioen, iwp Bell. She was born and reared in 
 that place, where, in 1877. she became the wife of 
 J. G. Schoen, a native of Breslau, (Germany. Upon 
 coming to the United States, he had located in East 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 28:5 
 
 Sfifjiiiaw, tliis State, becoming a telegraiili operator. 
 After liis innn-iage lie was in the employ of tlie 
 Mieiiigan Central Railroad at Concori], for a time, 
 iroing thence to Mackinac in March, 1882, breath- 
 ing his last in that i)lace the following September. 
 -Mrs. Selioen had learned lelegra|)hy under her hus- 
 band and brother, and having returned to Concord 
 after hei- husband's death, in 1883, she became d.ay 
 operator there, retaining the position five years. 
 She is an expert in that business, is intelligent and 
 well-bred, and with a character of true worth. Her 
 first mairiage resulted in the birth of one son, Fred 
 C, and to her present husband she has also borne 
 one ciiild, Don Carlos. 
 
 The father of Mrs. Seranton is Thomas Bell, one 
 of the oldest settlers in Concord, in the vicinity of 
 which he erected most of the houses now standing. 
 He was born in Pennsylvania, his father being an 
 Englishman, and his mother, Rachael Buck, a na- 
 tive of Germany; they came West and died at Con- 
 cord. When ho first came to this section, Thomas 
 Bell bought Government land at ¥1.25 per acre, 
 Mud improved a farm which was his parent's home 
 until death. lie was a contractor and builder until 
 1888, when he entered the employ of the Michigan 
 Central Railroad, an<l now has charge of an Elec- 
 tric Target oflice. He also carried on a wagon 
 and cabinet niaki)ig shop, and was interested in a 
 blacksmitli sho|i in Concord, where he still retains 
 his residence. In politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 The mother of Jlrs. Seranton, and wife of Thomas 
 Bell, was born in Hillsdale Count}', and bore the 
 maiden name of Harriet Van .Scooter. Her fjilher, 
 Thomas \'an Scooter, who was born in Hornclls- 
 villc. N. Y., was an early settler at Litchfield, this 
 State, but later came to Concord, where he die(J ; 
 Ids wife died October 5, 1878. To Mr. and Mrs. 
 r.ell four children were born. .^Irs. Seranton being 
 tlie second. 'I'he others are: Mrs. Flora .Staley, 
 whose home is in Concord; Tiieron, in the employ 
 of the Miciiigan Central Railroad Company; and 
 Morrion, who also lives in Concord. 
 
 .Mr. Seranton is a firm believer in the princii)les 
 of the Kei)ublic:in i)arty, to which he therefore 
 gives his vote. He is of a very social nature, and 
 his fine education suid conversational powers make 
 him an enlerlaining cor..|)anion. the general verdict 
 
 passed upon him being that of a "jolly good fel- 
 low." He is fortunate in having for his companion 
 in life a woman who is his equal in ability, and 
 whose lovealde disposition not only makes home 
 the happiest spot on earth, but helps to bring 
 around them a line circle of friends and accpiaint- 
 ances. 
 
 E. BENNINK, of the firm of Bennink & 
 V, Co.. proprietors of the Central City Bakery, 
 S is a fair representative of the industrial in- 
 terests of Jackson, as he possesses in a 
 good degree those qualities that mark him as an 
 intelligent, thrifty, enterprising man of business, 
 and a conscientious, trustworthy citizen. In the 
 village of Eibergen, Province of Gilderland, in 
 Holland, he \vas born Ma^' 15, 1840. His father, 
 H. H. Bennink, was a native of the same place, and 
 his grandfather, .bdin P.eunink, was also a native- 
 born citizen of Holland, and for manj' years held 
 an otlicial [)ositiou umler the government of that 
 country. 
 
 The father of our subject learned the trade of a 
 baker, and for many years carried on the business 
 in his native; village, being a resident of Eibergen 
 until 1870, when he emigrateil to America, and 
 purchasing property in Kalaniiizoo, built a home 
 there, and lived retired until his death. He was 
 twice married, the maiden name of his second wife, 
 mother of our subject, being .lohanna Gertrude 
 lllenbelt, and she was born in the same village as 
 himself. There were eight children b}' the first 
 msirriage, and three bj' the secon(L The latter 
 were the sulijeet of this sketch, Henry and .lane. 
 Of the children of the flr.st marriage — Derk, Henry, 
 Henrietta, .lohn, Jlinnie and Herman — Herman re- 
 mained ill his native land, while all the others came 
 to the I'nited .States. 
 
 ()ur subject received an excellent education, 
 attending school quite steadily until he was twenty 
 years of age, and receiving a diploma, which 
 showed that he was amfilj' qualified for the profess- 
 ion of teaching. He had no taste for that calling, 
 however, and turned his attention to clerking the 
 following five years, and he .also devoted some of 
 
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 liis time lo farming. When twenty-five years of 
 age lie commenced to learn the trade of a baker, 
 continuing at tliat in his native Holland until 1870, 
 wlien he decided to try life in this country. After 
 his arrival he made his way to Kalamazoo, and a 
 year later accepted a position as lialver in the 
 asylum for the insane in that city. Being very 
 proficient at his trade, and trustworthy and indus- 
 trious, lie retained his position there nine years, 
 giving perfect satisfaction. At the end of that 
 time he resigned, and louying five acres of land in 
 Kalamnzoo, engaged in the cultivation of celery 
 very successfully for some years. In 1888 lie 
 gave up that lirancli of industry, and coming to 
 Jackson, formed a partnership witli Jacob Peter- 
 man, and established a bakery on East Main 
 Street, where they have conducted a good paying- 
 business ever since, furnishing their customers willi 
 the liest of bread, cake, and ever3 tiling found at a 
 fiistclass bakery at reasonable [irices. 
 
 Jlr. Bennink's parents were wortliy members of 
 tlie Dutcii Reformed Church, and reared their chil- 
 dren in llie same faith, and our subject lias always 
 been true to tlie religious tenets instilled into liis 
 mind in his childliood, an<l in his conduct and 
 dealings witli others is irreproachable. 
 
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 'S' OHN WEBB. As the town of Jackson de- 
 veloped from a hamlet into the goodl}' pro- 
 portions of a city, there also developed tlie 
 various industries which in time find place 
 among an enterprising and progressive class of peo- 
 ple. Mr. Webb at an early date established him- 
 self within its limits as a baker and confectioner, 
 being one of the pioneers in this business. He 
 commenced in a modest manner as did most of tlie 
 now prosperous business men of Jackson, and by a 
 course of prudence and strict attention to business, 
 ac(iuired a competency and is now living retired, in 
 the enjoyment of the fruits of his early industry. 
 He was born on the other side of the Atlantic in 
 the borough of Downton, in Wiltshire, May 27, 
 1821, and there spent his boyhood, acquiring a 
 common school education, and being reared to 
 
 habits of industry and the principles which make 
 of men good citizens and reliable members of so- 
 ciety. 
 
 William and Martha (Forder) Webb, the iiarents 
 of our subject, were likewise of English birth and 
 ancestry, and upon crossing the Atlantic on the 
 sailing vessel "King William," (on its first trip) 
 from the Isle of Wight to America, landed in Que- 
 bec, Canada. The father died in 1837, in Brantford. 
 The mother had passed away the year previous. 
 The (lareutal family consisted of four children, 
 three of whom were living at the time of the par- 
 ents" death. 
 
 Being thus orphaned at an early age John Webl), 
 thrown upon his own resources, went to work in a 
 bakery in Brantford, where fie learned the trade 
 and continued until the spring of 1844. Then 
 coming over into the States he followed his trade 
 in different cities and finally locating in Detroit, 
 entered the employ of Henry Newman, with whom 
 he remained about eighteen months. Afterward 
 he worked for John Copcland until July, 1846, 
 and we next find him in this county. He still fol- 
 lowed his trade in connection witli waiting upon 
 customers in the store, and at the expiration of two 
 and one-half years associated himself in partner- 
 ship with Joseph Butler, a partnership which ex- 
 isted harmoniously for sixteen years. Mr. Webb 
 then purchased the entire business which he con- 
 ducted successfully, while Mr. Butler retired to the 
 farm which they owned jointlj'. Mr. Webb re- 
 moved his business to tlie Empire Block, which 
 likewise was owned by himself and partner, but of 
 which he is now sole proprietor. He carried on 
 the bakery and confectionery business until 1872, 
 then selling out and renting his building, withdrew 
 from the active cares of life. 
 
 On the 28th of April, 1843, in Sandwich, Can- 
 ada, Mr. Webb was united in marriage with Miss 
 Jane McLeod. This lady was born in the city of 
 Cork, Ireland, and was the daughter of an Irish 
 gentleman who married an English lady. Her 
 parents spent their last years in Canada. One 
 daughter only was born to Mr. and Mrs. Webb — 
 Emily, now the wife of PI P. Burrell, a promi- 
 nent manufacturer of agricultural implements at 
 Albion, Mich. Mr. Webb put up his present neat 
 
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 and coinfoitaljle residence in 1870, wliicli with its 
 pleasant surroundin<>s forms one of the attractive 
 homes of .laekson. He landed in tliis eitv with a 
 capital of ten shillings and from that modest be- 
 ginning lias acc\inndated his present capital, which 
 speaks wcll__for his industry, perseverance, prudence 
 and good mauagement. 
 
 Karl)- in life ^Ir. AVebh developed rare talent as 
 a natural mechanic and great ingenuity in handling 
 all kinds of tools. Since retiring from business he 
 has occupied iiimself largely in scroll work, making 
 his ovvn designs which are highly artistic and pro- 
 ducing some beautiful ornamentation in the wa}' 
 of brackets and otiier articles in that line. "He is 
 a genuine artist, and evinces rare taste, and the 
 products of his handiwork are much in demand, 
 although he principally conlines himself to the or- 
 namentation of his own home. Socially he is a 
 n)(jst genial and companionable gentleman, and has 
 drawn around him hosts of friends since becoming 
 a resident of this county. He cast his first Presi- 
 dential, vote for Taylor, And remains a loyal adher- 
 ent of the Roi)ubliean party. 
 
 RTHL'R T. MORRILL, a well-to-do citizen 
 of Jackson is living retired from active 
 labor in a neat and pleasant home at No. 
 419 Clinton Street. His residence is a neat 
 frame structure, built in 1887 in modern style .and 
 handsomely furnished. Without |)erhaps making 
 any great stir in the world, Mr. Morrill has pursued 
 the even tenor of his way as a peaceable and law- 
 abiding citizen, giving his support to the enter- 
 prises calculated to benefit his fellow- men. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born in Blackmail 
 Township, this count}-, October 8, 1845, and is the 
 son of Henry Morrill, a native of Strafford Cuunty, 
 N. IL, and born .lanuary 2, 1822. The paternal 
 grandfather. Edward Morrill, it is believed, was a 
 native of the same State, where he was reared and 
 married. The latter, in 1831 , leaving New England, 
 emigrated to Michigan Territor}', starting out over- 
 land with teams to Buff.-ilo ami thence going by the 
 
 lake to Detroit and from that point journeying 
 with teams again to this county. He was a man with 
 large ideas and an abounding faith in the future of 
 the Great West. He entered one thousand acres of 
 Government land, a part of it lying four miles from 
 the present site of .lackson, on section 10. of what 
 is now Blackraan Township. The country around 
 was a wilderness, with hero and there at long dis- 
 tances the cabin of a solitary settler. Bears, deer, 
 wolves and other wild animals were plentiful. No 
 railroads were built in this region for many 3'ears 
 and the nearest mill was at Ann Arbor, forty miles 
 distant. 
 
 There came to this region about the same time 
 one Enoch Filield. and he and Grandfather Edmund 
 Morrill, put up a log house in which the latter lived a 
 numl)er of years. He cleared away a large portion 
 of the timber, building up a comfortable homestead 
 I where he spent the remainder of his life. His pru- 
 j dence and industry resulted in the accumulation of 
 I a competence ai.d he watched with marked interest 
 ! the growing up of the country and its settlement 
 by an enterprising and prosperous people. His wife, 
 (irandmother Rachel (Shaw) Morrill, was likewise 
 a native of the old (iranite State. She passed away 
 I some3-ears after the decease of her husband at the 
 I home of her sister, in Leslie. Ingham County. 
 1 Henry Morrill, the father of our subject, was but 
 I a lad when coming to Michigan with his parents 
 j and completed his education in the pioneer schools. 
 When reaching man's estate he purchased atr.act of 
 land of his father in Blackman Township, where he 
 engaged in farming many j-ears. Grandfather ^lor- 
 rill and his son Henry built the first sawmill in this 
 county, which was a water-mill, but a few j'ears 
 later they built a new steam mill at the Portage on 
 Portage River which lliey also con luctod a number 
 of years. Then selling out he removed to Jackson 
 and entered the eini)lo3' of Austin Thompson of 
 Webster, buying lumber in different parts of the 
 country including Indiana and Michigan, until rest- 
 ing fiom his earthly laliors. January 12. 1873. He 
 w;is married in early manhood to Miss Rachel Davis, 
 a native of Genesee County. N. Y..and the daugh- 
 ter of Henry Davis. Mrs. Rachel (Davis) IMorrill. 
 departed this life at her home in Jackson, December 
 2lt. I S72. two weeks prior to the decease of her bus- 
 
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 band. They were the parents of live children, viz: 
 Lodein.a M.. ArthLir T.. George Q., "Warren and 
 Ilenrj'. 
 
 Tiie subject of this notice is the only remaining 
 member of his father's family. IIo was reared in his 
 native township and acquired a practical education 
 by an attendance at the city schools and remained 
 with his parents niitil they no longer needed his 
 filial services. He assisted in the farm work until 
 reaching his majority and then engaged as clerk in 
 a hardware store at Jackson, following this occu- 
 [jation for a period of fifteen years when he retiied 
 from active business. He was married October 17, 
 1871, to Bliss Abbie A. Fitield, who was born in 
 Blackman Township, November 20, 1845. and is the 
 daughter of George W. and Lucina (liiicoln) Fi- 
 tield. a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this 
 volume. Of this union there have been born no chil- 
 dren. Mr. Morrill is a sound Democrat, political!}', 
 and he belongs to .Jackson Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & 
 A. M. Henry Morrill was likewi. e a Democrat, po- 
 liticallj', and served as Justice of the Peace a num- 
 ber of years in Blackman Township. Arthur T. at 
 onetime represented the Fourth Ward in the County 
 Board of Supervisors. 
 
 ?i LISHA P. DAVIS, proprietor of a sale, ex- 
 change and feed stable in Jackson, was 
 born in Ogden, Monroe County, N. Y.,May 
 5, 1823. His grandfather, a Revolutionary soldier 
 lived in Berkshire County, Mass., until after the 
 struggle for independence when he removed to 
 Blonroe Count}', N. Y., accomplishing the journey 
 through tlie wilderness with teams and fording the 
 Genesee River at Rochester vvhen there were but 
 three houses there. He purchased a tract of timber 
 land on the Ridge road, one mile from Parma Cor- 
 ners, built a log house and liegan to clear a farm, 
 remaining a resident there until his death. 
 
 Samuel C. Davis, son of the above named, was 
 born in Lee, Berkshire Count}', Mass., and was a 
 young lad when the removal to New York was 
 made, and in that State he grew to manhood. He 
 purchased a tract of timber land in the town of Og- 
 
 den and there Ituilt a log house in which the subject 
 of this sketch was born. Tiiere were neither railroads 
 nor canals tliere in those early days, anfl the people 
 were practically home livers. The mother of our 
 subject spun and wove, manufacturing all the cloth 
 used in the family. S. C. Davis served in the war of 
 1812, and continued to reside in the Empire State 
 until 1839, when he came to Michigan and located 
 in Saline, Washtenaw County. After having re- 
 mained in .that place seven years he took up his 
 abode in Kalamazoo, where ho spent the remainder 
 of his earthly life, his death taking place there in 
 1870, when he had reached tiie extreme age of 
 ninety-one years. His wife, in her girlhood Miss 
 Laura Finch, was born in Connecticut, and also 
 spent her last years in Kalamazoo. 
 
 Amid the primitive surroundings of the time and 
 region in which he was born, the gentleman whose 
 name initiates this sketch passed the first sixteen 
 years of his life, after which he accompanied his 
 parents to Michigan, remaining with them in Wash- 
 tenaw County, until 1842. He then came to Jack- 
 son and began work with his brother in a black- 
 smith shop, assisting in cutting the bolts and making 
 the irons for the Michigan Central Railroad bridge 
 then in process of construction here. 
 
 In 1.S50, Mr. Davis became a victim to the gold 
 fever which was then raging and turned his foot- 
 steps toward the Eldorado of so many hopes. At 
 that time the territory west of the Missouri River 
 was unorganized, there being no white settlers be- 
 tween the river and Salt Lake City, and the journey 
 across the plains was a tedious and hazardous one. 
 Secuiing an outfit at St. Joseph, Mo., the party of 
 which Mr. Davis made one, took their way across 
 the plains and over the mountains, arriving in the 
 Golden State, July 3, after a journey of seventy- 
 one days. Purchasing a stock of miners tools, 
 provisions etc., our subject took the supplies to Ne- 
 vada City where he sold them and where he was 
 engaged in traflic about two years. 
 
 At the expiration of that period of time Mv. 
 Davis removed to Blicbigan and bought a farm 
 with its stock, machinery and implements, Ln Frank- 
 lin Township, Lenawee County, but after having 
 operated the estate some three years he sold and 
 came to Jackson. Here he bought from Charles 
 
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 Pierce n half interest in a livery stable, .a few 
 months later piirchasinsj the other half interest and 
 earrying on the business until 18Cil, when he sold 
 the stock and rented the st.ible to .Spencer & Sutton. 
 In I8S5, Mr. Davis resumed business at t!ie old 
 stand, opening for feeil. sale and e.vcliange and from 
 that date to the present time lie has continued the 
 establishment witii a ste.adily increasing trade. 
 
 The lad}', who since 1817, has been the cherished 
 companion of Mr. Davis and who ably presides over 
 the household economy, was in her girlhood Miss 
 Delilah Ilatt. She was born in Hector, Tompkins 
 County, N. Y., to Isaac and Hannah (Palen) Hatt, 
 natives of the Empire State and |)ioneers of .lackson 
 County, Mich., to which they removed in 1S;?,5, 
 locating on governnient land in the town of Colum- 
 bia. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Davis has been 
 blessed by the birth of three daughters. Florence 
 the first born died at the .age of four years; Emma 
 K. is the wife of Charles Ilessmer and lives at (4rand 
 Forks. Dak. ; Eva still remains with her parents. 
 
 F'raternally Mr. Davis is connected with .lackson 
 Lodge No. .")(), F. & A. M. He is a reliable citizen, 
 (lispl.ays gocxl business abilities, is honorable in his 
 dealings with his fellow-men and holds an excellent 
 reputation anong them. 
 
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 GIBBS PALJVIEK. For fifty years Mr. 
 Palmer has been a continuous resident of 
 -Jackson, and is well known to a large ma- 
 jority of its people. During this time he 
 has been active in life, and bj' a course of prudence 
 and industry has made for himself and famil}' a 
 comfortable home. He is a native of Edinburg, 
 Saratoga County, N. Y.. and was born January 24, 
 1829. His father. Samuel H. Palmer, w.as born in 
 the vicinity of Troy, N. Y.. where he learned the 
 trade of a w.agon-maker. 
 
 When a j'oung man the father of our subject 
 took uf) his abode in Edinburg. N. Y., where he so- 
 journed until 183.5, working at his trade. That 
 year lie resolved to seek the West, and came to 
 Michigan while it was still a territory. The journey' 
 was made overland with a team, via Can.ada, and 
 
 the party consisted of Mr. Palmer, his wife and 
 five children. They were considered rich in the 
 possession of a pair of horses, and the wagon was 
 loaded with the household goods. The father of 
 our sul)ject landed in the j'oung town of Detroit 
 with a capital of §2. .50. The now flourishing city 
 of Straits was a growing village, and was the depot 
 for supplies for nearly the wiiole of Michigan. 
 There vvere no railroads, and Mr. Palmer engaged 
 in teaming from Detroit to the interior towns, be- 
 ing thus occupied two years. 
 
 In 1838 Samuel II. Palmer removed to Washte- 
 naw County, and rented a tavern in .Scio Town- 
 ship. He lived there two years, then removed 
 two and one-half miles further West, renting an- 
 other tavern. In 1841 we find him in Jack.son, 
 where he became "mine host" of the Bascomb 
 House, but he only remained with it one year. 
 Next he established a wagon-shop, which he con- 
 ducted until the illness which resulted in bis death, 
 in April, 1853. He w.as then aged fifty-two years. 
 
 The mother of our subject, who, in her girlhood 
 was Cynthia A. Culver, wa.s born in Edinburg. 
 N. Y., and died at her home in Jackson, in July, 
 1883. Of the ten children born to her and her 
 husband six were reared to mature years, viz.: 
 Phebe A., D. Gibbs, Myrvin D., Jlilo L., Charles 
 H. .and Frank A. One son, Selira, died at the .age 
 of twelve years. 
 
 Mr. Palmer was a lad of six 3ears when his par- 
 ents came to Miciiigan, and he still remembers 
 manj- of tiie incidents connected with the pioneer 
 days. He attended the early schools of Washtenaw 
 Count}-, and pursued his studies later in the city 
 schools of Jackson. When a lad of fourteen years 
 he commenced working with his father in the 
 wagon shop, but attended school in the winter for 
 three years thereafter. He learned wagon-making 
 in all its details, and was employed at this until 
 18G1. That year he w.as elected Justice of the 
 J'wice, and served until Januar\% 1863. The Civil 
 War then being in progress he enlisted in the First 
 .Michigan Sharp Shooters, and received the com- 
 mission of a First Lieutenant, and w.as made Regi- 
 mental (Quartermaster and served until the spring 
 of 180)5. Then, on account of the ill-health of his 
 wife, he resigned ids commissions, and returning to 
 
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 Jackson engaged in the grocei\v traile two years. 
 After this lieoccupied liiniself asa farmer in Blaek- 
 raan Towiisliip. In the fall of 18G9 he took up his 
 abode in .Tackson, of which he has since been a resi- 
 dent. In 1870 lie was appointed censns taker of 
 Jackson City, and the townships of Blackman, Sum- 
 mit and Spring Arbor. 
 
 In 1876 Mr. Palmer was appointed Chief of Po- 
 lice, and served two years. In 1879 he was elected 
 Justice of the Peace, in which office he lias since 
 continued. He is a charier member of Edward 
 Pomero}' Post, No. 48, G. A. R., and belongs lo 
 Jackson Lodge No. 4, I. O. O. F. In the latter 
 order he has been Grand Patriarch of this State, 
 and Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge 
 of the United States. 
 
 Mr. Palmer was married, April 19. 1848, to Miss 
 Eliza J. Barber, who was born near Aurora, N. Y., 
 and is the daughter of Zebulon M. f,,nd Lizzie 
 (Mosher) Barber. They are the parents of two 
 children — P^lla A. and Ruth A. Mr. Palmer in re- 
 ligious matters is a member of the Baptist Church, 
 in which he lias served as Trustee, ami is the pres- 
 ent Chairman of the Board. He was formerly 
 Superintendent of the Sunday-school. 
 
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 ^^'IIOMAS J. WHITE, dealer in wood, coal, 
 fm^^ and commodities of a like description, holds ; 
 ■5^^' a prominent position among the business men 1 
 of Jackson, and is numbered among its most reliable 
 citizens. He is approaching the fifty -second year of 
 his age, having been born July 6, 1838, and is a 
 native of this county, his early home having been 
 at Leoni. His father, Thomas B. AVhite, was a native 
 of Vermont, and the son of a gentleman of English 
 descent, who spent his last years in Michigan. 
 Thomas B. White, an honest, hard-working man, 
 was a blacksmith by trade, and early in life mar- 
 ried Miss Martha, daughter of David R^ley, who , 
 was of German ancestiy. lie left Vermont at an 
 early date, emigrating to Newl'ork State, and from 
 there came to this count}', in 1832, while Michigan 
 
 was a Territory. Selecting the hamlet of Leoni as 
 his slopping place, he there established probable- 
 one of its first blacksmith shops, but becoming dis- 
 satisfied, returned to the Empire State with his 
 famil}-. and lived there three years. At the expira- 
 tion of this time he experienced another attack of 
 the Western fever, and returning to this State, lo- 
 cated in Jackson, where he conducted a blacksmith 
 shop for many years. Upon the outbreak of the 
 Civil War, he responded to his country's call, en- 
 listing in Company A, First Michigan Engineers, 
 in which he served until the hardship and expo- 
 sure which he suffered, undermined his health, and 
 he was obliged to aeceijt his honorable discharge. 
 From the effects of this he died in Septembei, 1864. 
 The wife and mother is still living, making her 
 home in this city. They were the parents of five 
 children, four of whom are living, viz: James R., 
 Thomas J. our subject, Henry S., and Charles C. 
 
 The subject of this notice attended the district 
 school during his younger years, and remained un- 
 der the parental roof until 1862, when he followed 
 the example of his honored father, and enlisted as a 
 Union soldier in Company K, Twenty-sixtli Michi- 
 gan Infantry, which he accompanied to Virginia, 
 and which was asiigned to the Second Corps, Army 
 of the Potomac, under command of Gen. Hancock. 
 During the two years of his service he took part 
 in many of the important battles of that campaign, 
 including the Wilderness and Spottsylvania, in the 
 latter of which he experienced a nairow escape, be- 
 ing shot in the foot, and was an inmate of the hos- 
 pital for some time, receiving his honorable dis- 
 charge in September, 1864. 
 
 Upon leaving the armj', Mr. White returned to 
 Jackson and began dealing in coal and wood, which 
 business he has since prosecuted with fair success. 
 His present yard is located on Railroad Street, and 
 is easy' of access both by rail and the common thor- 
 oughfare. His home is pleasantly located on East 
 Avenue, and his friends and associates are num- 
 bered among the solid citizens of Jackson. 
 
 Mr. White was married January 29, 1866, to 
 Miss Matilda Ilughson of Concord, this county. 
 Mrs. While was born in New York., and came to 
 Michigan with her parents. Of her union with our 
 subject there has been born one child only, a daugh- 
 
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 ter, JLnry Agnes. Mr. White is rather cunserva- 
 tive in politics, usiuillv giving his support to the 
 Democratic party, and as a I'nion soldier he be- 
 longs to I'omeroy Post, G. A. II.. at .Lackson. 
 
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 ENRY F. BEAN. Superintendent of Pul) 
 J) lie Works in .laekson, was born in Salisbury, 
 N. H., September 23, 1833. He is tlic 
 eldest son of St. Clair and Rebecca W- 
 (West) Bean, who were also natives of New Hamp- 
 shire, and belonged to families whidi have been 
 residents in the New England States during two or 
 three generations, and are of .Scotch descent. The 
 mother died in 18fiG, and the father is still living, 
 at the age of eighty-two j-ears. his home being in 
 Spring Arbor, this county. The parental famil\- 
 comprised four children, of whom two daughters 
 are deceased, and our subject and his brother, St. 
 Clair. Jr.. survive. 
 
 The gentleman who is the sul)ject of this sketch 
 came to this county with his parents in 1843. his 
 home being on :i farm in Spring Arbor Township, 
 where his father was engaged in tilling the soil. 
 He grew to manhood under the parental roof, 
 attending the district schools, and supplementing 
 the fundamental education therein obtained b\' a 
 continuation of his studies in the .State University 
 of Ann Arbor, during a period of nearly two 
 years. He also attended the old Spring Arbor 
 College two years, before its removal to Hillsdale. 
 On leaving school he engaged in the i)rofession of 
 teaching, inirsuing that vocation during several 
 terms. He then entered the Government employ 
 as a member of a party under Capt. Knauer, a 
 West Point cadet, who had a two years' contract 
 for surveying Government lands, the work in 
 which our subject was engaged being the re-survey 
 of Northern Michigan. 
 
 On the expiration of the period noted, Mr. Bean 
 was engaged by the Michigan Central Railroad 
 ('<)mi)an3' to survey on their line both in this State 
 and in Canada. He is a thoroughly competent 
 civil englncei-. and has been interested in building 
 the Ohio A: Wisconsin Railroad, as well as a con- 
 
 tractor on the Air Line road from Jackson to Niles. 
 In the latter work he was engaged some six j-ears, 
 being division engineer as well as contractor, and 
 one of three parties who laid the track and bal- 
 lasted the road. He has been County Surveyor 
 here for the past thirty years, securing the votes of 
 both political jiarties, sucli has been his reputation 
 for thoroughness and strict reliability in his pro- 
 fession. In the fall of 1889 he received the ap- 
 pointment of Superinti'ndont of Public Works in 
 this city. 
 
 In IS.'ig Mr. Bean was united In marriage with 
 Miss Nancy A., daughter of Moses and Lydia 
 Bean, who, although she bore the same surname, 
 was not related to him. Mrs. Bean is a native of 
 Michigan, and a lady of intelligence and refine- 
 ment. Mr. Bean belongs to Jackson Lodge, No. 
 50, A. F. ik A. M., .and also to the Chapter. The 
 work in which he has been engaged for so many 
 3-ears has given him an extensive acquaintance 
 throughout the count}', his reputation is an ex- 
 cellent one. and his personal i)opularily such as 
 few men in the county can boast. 
 
 On his mother's side his grandfather and grand- 
 mother were named respectively: Moses and Han- 
 nah (Webster) West, and both were natives of 
 New Hampshire, in which State they passed their 
 last days. 
 
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 ': OIIN C. NORRIS. wholesale and retail dealer 
 in groceries on .laekson and Main .Streets^ 
 .laekson. is a native of the <jily in which he 
 has established a fine business by his zeal, 
 energ\-, and honorable business methods, aided by 
 genial and aflfable manners. He occupies a build- 
 ing, 24x100 feet, with a basement, both floors 
 packed with goods which are necessary' to the large 
 business which he now does, and which has been 
 worked up by him from a sm.all beginning made in 
 November, 1884. At that time he oiiened a gro- 
 cery store in the Morrison Block, enlarging his 
 stock as his business increased, and in .M.ay, 1886, 
 removing to the stand he now occupies. 
 
 The parents of John C. Norris are Michael and 
 Julia (Calalian) Norris, natives of Ireland, and now 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 resiflents of Edmore, Montcalm Comity, the father 
 being a merchant tailor. The natal day of our sub- 
 ject was June 28, 1856, and, as before stated, he is 
 a native of Jackson, in whose schools he received 
 his preparatory education, after which he went to 
 Milwaukee, ^Vis., and there entered St. Francis 
 Seminary. Upon leaving that institution, he re- 
 turned to his early home and became book-keeper 
 for his uncle, John Norris, who was carrying on an 
 extensive coopering business, remaining with him 
 three years. He next entered the employ of Hull 
 & Co., as a clerk, acceptably filling that position for 
 five j'ears, and abandoning it to eng.nge in business 
 for himself, with the result mentioned. 
 
 At the home of the bride in Jackson, May, 1880, 
 the marriage ceremony was performed that united 
 the lives of Mr. Norris and Miss Mar}' M. Porter. 
 The amiable and accomplished bride is a daughter 
 of Alvin and Ellen Porter, natives of New York 
 and Ireland, respectively. They first located in 
 New York, whence thej' removed to Michigan. 
 To ]Mr. and Mrs. Norris five children have been 
 born, three now living — Loretta A., Zitd G., and 
 John C, Jr.; a charming cluster of childish intelli- 
 gence, whose development adds joy to the home. 
 
 Mr. Norris belongs to the Ancient Order of Hi- 
 bernians. He and his family are enrolled among the 
 members of the Catholic Church, and are devoted 
 to their faith. The neat and modern resideni e on 
 Washington Street that shelters the familj- of Mr. 
 Norris, is an agreeable addition to his real estate 
 and another monument to his ability and prudence. 
 
 HILIP B. SHAAV. There are few men more 
 widelj' or favorably known than Mr. Shaw; 
 who is one of the leading pioneers of Sand- 
 stone Township. His career has been simi- 
 lar to that of many men who came to this county 
 empty-handed and who by a course of industry, 
 economy and prudence have secured for themselves 
 a home and a competence. He is comfortably situ- 
 ated on a well-developed farm of one hundred 
 acres Iving on section 27, and forms one of tlie 
 
 old land marks of this region whose name will be 
 held in kindly remembrance long after he has been 
 gathered to his fathers. 
 
 A little over sixty-six years ago Mr. Shaw was 
 born November 8, 1823, near the city of Dublin. 
 Ireland. His parents, AYilliam and Isabel (Pease) 
 Shaw, were natives of England whence they re- 
 moved to the Emerald Isle earlj' in life. They came 
 to this country in 1833, making the voyage from 
 Liverpool on a sailing vessel and after five or six 
 weeks spent on the ocean, landed safely in New 
 York City. AVilliam Shaw by occupation w.is a 
 woolen manufacturer and went with his family di- 
 rectly to Connecticut, and at Tariffville was em- 
 ployed in a factorv man}- years and there he and 
 his estimable wife died. Si.x of the seven children 
 born to them are still living. AViliiam and Harriet 
 are in Connecticut; Louisa, Mrs. Burns, is a resident 
 of Westfield. Mass.: Philip B., our subject, was the 
 next in order of birth; John resides in Tariffville. 
 Conn.; Henry died when about thirty-three j'ears 
 old; Isabel, Mrs. Ilealy, lives in Minnesota. 
 
 The subject of this notice lived in Connecticut 
 until eighteen 3'ears old and in the meantime, at the 
 age of fifteen, was thrown upon his own resources 
 and emploj'ed himself mostly upon a farm. His 
 education was obtained mostly in the winter season 
 when he attended school and worked for his board. 
 By reading such books and papers as came in his 
 waj' he man.aged to become quite well informed. In 
 the spring of 184G, he took unto himself a wife and 
 helpmate, being married to Miss Nancy B. Flagg. 
 This lady was born in New Hampshire and was the 
 daughter of William Flagg who spent his last years 
 in that State. This union resulted in the birth of 
 two children — AVilliam A., a resident of Sandstone 
 T'ownship, and Emma M., the wife of Seymour 
 Murraj', of Medina County, Tex. 
 
 In the fall of 1846 Mr. and Mrs. Shaw set out for 
 the Great West and coming to this county settled 
 on the land comprising their present farm, but 
 which was then in its primitive condition. Thej' 
 were the second family locating in this region a-id 
 obtained their land from Mr. .Shaw's half brother. 
 Edward Pease, who had taken it from the Govern- 
 ment. To the first eighty acres which Mr. Shavv thus 
 secured he later added twentj' acres and now has 
 
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 one liimdied acres whicli after the lalxir of years 
 lias become higlil}' productive and valuable. 
 
 After a wedded life of only seven years Mrs. 
 Nancy R. Shaw was taken from her Utile family hy 
 death in 18.51. In due time Mr. Shaw contracted a 
 second marriage with Miss Mary, daughter of Jos- 
 eph and Corinthia (Carier) Spinning. 
 
 Mr. Spinning, the father of Mrs. .Shaw, was one 
 of the earliest settlers of this county, locating lirst 
 in Sandstone Township and then removing to 
 Tompkins Township, where they spent their last 
 dtj's. It is i)robable that they were born in New 
 Jersey and Vermont, respectively', and when first 
 coming to JMichigan, they settled in Macomb 
 County. The Spinning family, in common with the 
 pioneers around them, suffered many hardshijis and 
 privations, but in due time built u\> for themselves 
 a comfortable home and were people highly re- 
 spected in their community. 
 
 Residing with our subject is his son William A., 
 who is married and is the father of two children- — 
 Albert and Marion. His daughter, Mrs. Murray, 
 has one child, a daughter, Alice. Mr. Shaw, politi- 
 cally, is a stanch supporter of the Republican party 
 and is in full sympathj- with ever3'thing cnlculnlcd 
 to improve the county and elevate society. 
 
 ^I^LBRIDGE AV. WHITE, Pastor of the First 
 It* Baptist Church of Jackson, is one of the 
 /JL^ most highl3--estecmed members of the com 
 munit3- in which he has been abl.y filling a minis- 
 terial position since the first Sunday in 188G. With 
 fine natural abilities, trained and strengthened by a 
 long course of study, he has become finely educa- 
 ted and well equipped for the service of the Mas- 
 ter, to which he has devoted himself, and in which 
 he has been blessed with a in.irkcd degree of suc- 
 cess. 
 
 Mr. White was born in Grafton, Windham 
 County. Vt.. July 23, 1850, and is the eldest son of 
 Willard L. and Elizabeth D. (Ross) White. His fa- 
 ther is of English extraction, born in the same town 
 as our subject, and is still living on the ohl home- 
 stead where he fornierlv devoted himself to auri- 
 
 culture. The mother, who was of Scotch descent, 
 departed this life in 1872. The boyhood of our 
 subject was passed on the farm, and his earl^' edu- 
 cation acquired in the district schools, after which 
 he attended the Leland and Gre}' Seminary for two 
 years. 
 
 In the intervals of his own school life Jlr. White 
 has taught throe terms of district school, and leav- 
 ing home at the age of eighteen, he became Princi- 
 pal of Hinsdale Academy, holding the same two 
 years. He then entered Colgate Academy, at Ham- 
 ilton, N. v., being graduated therefrom after three 
 ^ears of student life. Not yet satisfied with his 
 mental attainments he entered Madison University 
 (now Colgate University) in the same town, taking 
 the classical course, and being graduated in 1879, 
 after which ho took a three years' course in the 
 Theological Seminar^' of the same place. While 
 pursuing his higher studies Mr. White was the regu- 
 lar pastor of three chui-ches; he preached in North 
 Norwich three years, in Waterville three years, and 
 in llion nearlv" a year. 
 
 J.anuary 14, 1882, the Rev. Mr. White delivered 
 his first discourse as pastor of the Baptist Church 
 in Castile, N. Y , where he remained five years, and 
 until called to the church over which he now pre- 
 sides. His present membership numbers six hun- 
 dred and fiftj', and four mission Suuda3'-schools 
 are supported by the church. B3' his members Mr. 
 AV^hite is regarded with loving esteem, and his pure 
 life and high attainments exert a powerful influence 
 for good, which extends far beyond the limits of 
 the society, and h.as brought into the congregation 
 man3' who would otherwise have lost the under- 
 standing of Gospel truths. 
 
 During his freshman year in college Mr. White 
 spent his vacation in the capacity of steward in the 
 Oakland Beach House, a summer resort in Rhode 
 Island, receiving $100 per month for bis services. 
 The second year he served the same firm as order- 
 ing clerk. In his junior year he spent his vacation 
 at the Ilowland House, at Long Branch, part of the 
 time as Superintendent of grounds and all depart- 
 ments of the hotel proiier, and the balance as a 
 special i)oliceman, full3' uniformed and equipped. 
 Thus he olitaincd means with which to continue his 
 studies, and preiiare himself for the work upon 
 
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 wliich his heart was set. His own experience well 
 fits him for a full appreciation of the needs of those 
 who are struggling toward a higher place, and his 
 sympalhy is ever manifest toward them. 
 
 The lady who, on June 29, 1879, became the 
 wife of Mr. White, is a native of Grafton, Vt., and 
 bore the maiden 'name of Mary Edna Converse. 
 She is a daughter of Newton (Robert) Converse, of 
 Ambrose Hole, of English descent, and her many 
 virtues of character and mental attainments make 
 hcT a worthj' companion. Under her control the 
 sulistnntial and well-furnished residence on West 
 Franklin Street, which is owned by Mr. White, 
 presents an appearance of neatness, good taste and 
 of home-likeness, attractive to all who enter there. 
 The famil}' of Mr. and jNIrs. White comprises a son 
 and daughter, tlie former of whom, Leon Elbridge, 
 is now Ave years old; and the latter, Ethel Eidna, 
 was born in Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 Mr. White is Chaplain of the First Regiment of 
 State troops. He is a member of the Baptist Board 
 of Foreign Missions for the State of Michigan, and 
 of the Examining Board of Kalamazoo College. 
 His portrait, which adorns a page in this volume, 
 will be viewed with pleasure by all who read this 
 brief outline of his life history. 
 
 ,^?=^EORGE D. WALCOTT, is the senior mem- 
 lll ^—, ber of the firm of George D. Walcott & 
 ^^ijj Son, manufacturers of machinists' tools, 
 Jackson. Tiie works were established in the fall of 
 1880, upon a small scale, and the business has stead- 
 Iv increased until it now gives emplo yment to a 
 number of men, the implements manufactured find- 
 in"- a read}- sale over a territory reaching from 
 Maine to California, and from the Great Lakes to 
 South Carolina. Tlie latest tools and other appli- 
 ances for shainng all kinds of work are used in the 
 cstablisliment, and under the competent direction 
 of INlr. Walcott and liis son, who is also a practical 
 usiness man, prosperity has attended it. 
 
 Mr. Walcott is a descendant in the paternal line 
 from an old New England familj-, his grandfather. 
 
 James Walcott, having been a builder and con- 
 tractor in Rhode Island, where Albert Walcott, the 
 father of our subject, was born. The latter was a 
 prominent manufacturer of cotton goods and for 
 many years connected with the celebrated York 
 Mills, the principal product of which was sheeting. 
 Afterward he was largely interested in the cotton 
 mills in Rochester. N. Y. He removed to Michigan 
 in 1842, spending some years in Jackson, but sub- 
 sequently making his home in Detroit; he died in 
 St. Peter, Minn., in 1879. His wife, in her girl- 
 hood Miss Martha Camp, was born in Oneida 
 County, N. Y'., on her mother's side being descended 
 from Dutch stock. Her father, Samuel Camp, 
 traced his ancestry to one of two brothers who came 
 from England at an early period in the history of 
 New York. The parental family was made up of 
 nine sons and daughters, five of whom are yet liv- 
 ing. 
 
 The gentleman whose life will be brieflj' outlined in 
 this sketch was born in Auburn, N. Y., January 11, 
 1831, and is the oldest son of his parents. Having 
 been a mere lad when they removed to this State, 
 his school privileges were mostly obtained in De- 
 troit and after acquiring a good amount of practi- 
 cal information he engaged for a time in teaching. 
 Later he entered Yale College, from which he was 
 graduated in 1856 with a thorough mental equip- 
 ment for the battle of life and a special preparation 
 for the work of civil engineering to which his 
 natural tastes had led him. 
 
 After leaving college, Mr. Walcott assisted his 
 father, who was then living in Detroit, for a few 
 months, after which he went to Minneapolis, Minn., 
 where ho remained three 3'ears engaged in the man- 
 ufacture of lumber. Returning to Jackson in 1860, 
 he spent several years in the emplo}' of the With- 
 ington & Cooley Manufacturing Company. He then 
 constructed the water works at East Saginaw and 
 assisted in building those at Bay Citj', taking charge 
 of the latter as ejigineer. In 1880, as before men- 
 tioned, he foundei the establishment of which he 
 is still a joint owner and to which he gave his en- 
 tire time. The woi-ks are located near the track of 
 the Michigan Central Railroad, and he and his son 
 are the sole proprietors. 
 At the residence of Dr.JE. Lewis in Jackson, in 
 
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 2!) 5 
 
 the fall of 1.S.57, Miss Caroline, daughter of the host 
 and hosti'S-i, became the wife of Mr. Walcolt. The 
 bride is a native of the (Jreen Mountain State, is an 
 intelligent and estimable woman who lias devoted 
 herself to the interest and welfare of her husband 
 and children, and yet lias found time for friendly 
 services outside the walls of her home. Two sons 
 and one daughter make up tlie group with whose 
 care and conipanionsliii) Mr. and Mis. Walcolt 
 have been blessed. 'I'hey bear the names of Martha 
 t'., Ivlward A. aiul Charles L. 
 
 Mr. W'alcott is rather conservative in his politi- 
 cal opinions. He and iiis wife are members in good 
 standing of the Congregational Church, and are 
 highly respected by the community in general for 
 their upright characters. The beautiful residence 
 on East Main Street which is now tiieir homi^ was 
 erected in 1887. The liuilding is modern in st3'le 
 and finish, and its estensive grounds are beauti- 
 fully adorned by native and ornamental trees and 
 shrubs. 
 
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 " ccso ' ■ 
 
 GRACE S. ISMON. The career of this 
 gentleman affords a striking illustration of 
 the prosperity which can be won through 
 close attention to business, bj- wise choice 
 of means and methods, and unflagging zeal and 
 pta'severance. Beginning the battle of life without 
 capital other than his native abilities and a com- 
 mon-school education, Mr. Ismon has become pos- 
 sessed of a comfortable fortune, enabling hiin to 
 prove a benefactor to many struggling young men, 
 and to spend his declining years without anxiety 
 regarding the means of sustenance, and In the 
 enjoyment of those pleasures to which his tastes 
 point. 
 
 The birth of INIr. Ismon took place in Essex 
 County, N. Y., October 27, 1821. His father, 
 Aaron Ismon, was a farmer, owning several tracts 
 of land in Essex County; his mother was Senna, 
 daughter of David Reynolds, of Mohawk, and of 
 Dutch descent. The elder Ismon removed with 
 his family to ]\Iichigan in 184;j. settling on a farm 
 near Albion. Calhoun County. The country w.as 
 newlj- opened and sparsely settled, and not liking 
 
 his new situation, Mr. Ismon ere long returned to 
 his old home in the Empire State, where he died, 
 his mortal remains being laid to rt'st in the Brook- 
 field Cemetery. The parental family comprised 
 three sons and three daughters, of whom our sub- 
 ject is the third. 
 
 Horace Ismon passed his boyhoo<l and youth in 
 the Em|)ire State, coming with his parents to 
 Michigan in IHJfj, and remaining on the farm 
 two years. He then came to Jackson, found em- 
 ])loyraent with Wiley Reynolds, who was then 
 running a general store in a small way, and con- 
 tinued with him two years, after which he thought 
 himself coiniietent to do business on his own ac- 
 count. Going to Mew York, Mr. Ismon purchased 
 $7,000 worth of goods, the terras being $250 cash 
 and the balance on six months' time. Shipping 
 the goods to Michigan, he opened a store in the 
 new town of Paw Paw, Xan Buren County, where 
 he carried on his mercantile pursuits two years, 
 abandoning the town at the expiration of that pe- 
 riod because it was too small for his ideas and am- 
 bitions. 
 
 Selecting Jackson as the field of his future opera- 
 tions, Mr. Ismon opened a general store on the 
 corner of Main and Mechanic Streets, occupying 
 that stand three years, and carrying on a success- 
 ful business career. He then erected a three-story 
 brick building, handsomel}' finished within, put 
 into it a fine stock of goods, and soon became the 
 leading merchant in Jackson, or indeed within the 
 State, outside of Detroit. For twenty years he 
 continued his. mercantile career, carrying a heavy 
 stock and doing an immense business. At the 
 same time he built up a wool trade that extended 
 over the entire State, his purchase of fleeces one 
 year amounting to more than one and a half mill- 
 ion pounds. 
 
 Two years after opening his store in Jackson, 
 Mr. Ismon associated himself with F. M. Manning, 
 and built a tannery, gristmill and sawmill in Paw 
 Paw. in each of which they carried on a large busi- 
 ness. While thus interested he built what was 
 known as the Paw Paw Railroad, from I^awton to 
 Paw Paw. Meeting with a good opporunity to 
 do so, Mr. Ismon sold out his entire interest in 
 Paw Paw. including the railroad; he also disposed 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 of his stock in Jackson, and rented out the build- 
 ing, which is now occupied by Touiney Bros. 
 Since that time he has somewhat retired from the 
 activities of life, altiiough lie still looks after his 
 property interests, having several good houses in 
 tlie city, besides ids own commodious residence at 
 No. 254, West Main Street. 
 
 Mr. Ismon is conservative in i)olitics, and would 
 never allow his name to be used for office. He 
 po.ssesses eas}', affable manners, and enjoys the 
 confidence of his associates in business circles, as 
 well as the friendship of a large number of acquain- 
 tances. Few men have been greater benefactors 
 to youth who desired to enter upon a Inisiness 
 career than Mr. Isnion, who has taught a number 
 of young men the mercantile pursuit, and helped 
 to start them when they were capable of carrying 
 on an enterprise on their own account. In 1872, 
 in connection with II. \. Peiiin and Wiley Rey- 
 nolds, he helped to organize the Jackson Count}' 
 Bank, in which he siill holds his connection as a 
 Director. 
 
 In 1848, Mr. Ismon was united in marriage wiLli 
 Miss Clara M. Barker, who at that time resided in 
 Paw Paw. She is a daughter of Lucius Barker, and 
 was horn in Brandon. \'l. Having no chil- 
 dren on whom to lavish their kindness, Mr. and 
 Mrs. Ismon find enjoyment in dispensing hospitality 
 to their many friends, and drawing around them 
 an inteiligcnl and deserving circle, many of whom 
 thev can assist to a higlier life and added prosperity 
 
 
 /"N^ ARVIN CULVER, M. D., a physician and 
 /// iVi a retired farmer, is taking life easily at his 
 I LB country residence on section 26. Norvell 
 * Township, where he has spent fifty years, 
 
 having taken ui) his residence here in the spring of 
 1839. He at that time came into the wilderness 
 and [lurcliased eight}'^ acres of land which lay in its 
 primitive state ard upon which he commenced in 
 true pioneer style to build up a homestead. His 
 present surroundings indicate that he met with nn- 
 (pialilicd success, and while laboring industriously 
 
 he has all his life long had a care for those about 
 him, doing a kindly act whenever opportunity of- 
 fered. In the growth and development of Jackson 
 County he has performed no unimportant part, be- 
 ing a man of intelligence, industry and enterprise 
 and one who has taken satisfaction in noting the 
 progress of the world about him. 
 
 Dr. Culver came to Michigan in 1837 from 
 Oneida County. X. Y. He spent two years in 
 Clinton, Lenawee County, tlien came to this county, 
 of which he has since been a resident. He was 
 born November 6, 1807, among the rocks and hills 
 of Chester Village, Hampden Count}', Mass., and 
 came of respectable parentage. The Culver fam- 
 ily was known throughout England in the earl}' 
 days as representing some of the most substantial 
 elements of society. His father, Martin Culver, 
 was born and reared in Chester, Hampden County, 
 Mass., and it is supposed was reared to farming 
 pursuits. He was married in early manhood to 
 Miss Polly King, who was likewise born and reared 
 in the Bay .State and who was the daughter of 
 Micah King. The latter was a prominent Massa- 
 chusetts farmer who emigrated to Oneida County, 
 N. Y., and from there came to Michigan and spent 
 tlie remainder of his days. 
 
 After their mai'riage Martin Culver and his wife 
 lived on a farm in Massachusetts until all but one 
 of their children were born. About 1826, leaving 
 New England, they settkd on a farm in Augusta 
 Township, Oneida County, N. Y., where they so- 
 journed a number of years. Thence, about 1837, 
 they came to this county and the father took up 
 land in Norvell Township, where he lived and la- 
 bored until departing hence at the age of seventy- 
 two years. The wife and mother survived her 
 husband and passed away when eighty-five years 
 old i she was a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 The subject of this notice, in addition to the du- 
 ties which wc have mentioned, commenced teach- 
 ing school when about eighteen years old, and was 
 thus occupied for about seven winters in succession. 
 About the time of reaching his majority he repaired 
 to Oneida County, N. Y., where he began the study 
 of medicine, which he prosecuted industriously and 
 in due time was graduated with a thorough knowl- 
 
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 edge of the profession as tben laid (lo>vn in boolis. 
 lie l)egan praetioing in Oneid;) County, remaining 
 there until l.S.'iT, then coming to Mieiiigan lie prac- 
 ticed two years in Clinton Township, Lenawee 
 Conntj', wiienie he renioveil to Norvell Townshii), 
 this cdunty. an<l not long afterward became inter- 
 ested nidrc pailiculMily in fanning pursuits. To 
 the latter he has since given the most of his atten- 
 tion. 
 
 i he Doctor was married, at Augusta, Oneida 
 County, N. Y., July o, \H:i-2. to Miss Mary 1'. 
 Currie. This lad^' was likewise horn in New York 
 State where she w.ns reared to womanhood. Her fa- 
 ther, Robert Currie, was a native of IScotland aixl 
 emigrated to America when a young man. He was 
 very successful as a general mechanic and spent the 
 most of his life thereafter in New York State, Ids 
 death taking [dace in Ionia, JMich. Mar}' 1'. inherited 
 many of the excellent (jualitics of lier parents, be- 
 ing trained bj' them to habits of industiy and 
 jicquiring a fair education in the common schools. 
 She accompanied liei- husband to Michigan and as 
 sisted him in getting a start in life, 'i'here were 
 born to them three children, one of whom, a son, 
 Marvin H., died in early childhood.' The survivors 
 are .lanet, the wife of Warner Aylesworth, a suc- 
 cessful farmer of Xorvell Tonnshii>, and they have 
 a family of five children; Adelia E. became the 
 wife of IJ. Lawienceand the mother of one child, a 
 son, AVilliara, who is employed in the car shops of 
 Detroit. Mrs. Lawrence has l)een for some years 
 connected with tlie Central Cottage of the State 
 Industrial Home of Adrian as manager, a position 
 which she has filled with great credit and good 
 judgment. .She takes a warm interest in l)enevo- 
 lent work, being in this respect gre.atly like her 
 parents. 
 
 Mr. Culver voted with the Democratic part}' until 
 18G0, and then felt that he had re.oson to change 
 his views and accordingly wheeled over into the 
 Republican ranks, where he remained until becom- 
 ing interested in the temperance work; he is now a 
 lively I'rohihitionist. He has served as Justice of 
 the Peace and also represented Xorvell Township in 
 the County Hoard of Supervisors. He is a bright, 
 intelligent old gentleman, full of good thoughts 
 and liberal minded. He has ke|)t a dail}' journal 
 
 since a young man of twent^'-one 3'ears. In dis- 
 position he is genial and companionable and enjoys 
 the esteem and conlidence of hosts of friends. 
 
 OSIUA G. CLARK, who died at his home 
 on section 19, Columbia Township, March 
 2(1, 1887, was an old settler of the county. 
 He came here in 18;!7, while still a young 
 man. and for more than half a century was active 
 in his personal alTairs and in those of the locality 
 in which he became a leading citizen. The most of 
 that tiiiie was spent on his farm, his business cr.reer 
 being a successful one, and his property managed 
 in a manner befitting a man of practical and pro- 
 gressive ide.as. (ienerous to a fault, interested in 
 every measure which would increase the prosperitj' 
 and advance the civilization of the inhabitants of 
 the State and country, Mr. Clark made many friends 
 and wielded a strong influence for good. He was an 
 earnest advocate of temperance, voting and work- 
 ing for the cause in every possible way. He was 
 born in Columbia Township, Erie Couut\% N. Y., 
 in 1821, and was consequently sixty-seven years of 
 age when he entered into rast. He w.as one of the 
 younger meml)ers of a large familj' most of whom 
 lived to be quite old. 
 
 The gentleman above named was a son of the 
 Hon. Archibald Clark, who was a native of Mary- 
 land and the son of Southern parents. While yet a 
 young man Archibald Clark went to Lima, N. Y., 
 and after his marriage to Miss Chloe Thaj'er of that 
 city, settled in Erie County, twenty miles east of 
 Buffalo. His wife was a native of Boston. Mass., 
 her parents also having been born in the old Bay 
 State, and w.as reared to womanhood in Lima, N. Y., 
 whence her jiarents removed when she was twelve 
 years old. Mr. and Mr.s. Clark were early settlers 
 c>f their eijunty, where they soon became well and 
 favorably known, Mr. Clark becoming prominent in 
 business and political circles. He was a man of the 
 highest character, and of great personal popularity, 
 which led to his being honored with iinprirtanl 
 offices of public trust. In 1808-09 he was Surro- 
 gate of Niagara County, and from 180'.» to 181 1 he 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 represented the same county in the Assembl}-. From 
 1813 to 1816 he was State Senator from the West- 
 ern District, which comprised fifteen counties; and 
 in 1817 represented nine counties in the Congress 
 of the United States. In the meantime he liad settled 
 in Erie County of which he subseqvientlj' became 
 Clerk, and was .tIso appointe<l Judge, holding the 
 latter office tt the time of his death. That sad event 
 occurred in 1822, while he was still in the prime of 
 life, being but forty-tiiree years of age, and seem- 
 ingly having man}' years of usefulness yet before 
 him. lie took an active part in the war of 1812, 
 though only as a local officer. His widow survived 
 until about the year 1852, making her home with 
 her daughter at Grand Island, N. Y. She was sev- 
 enty-seven years old when called from time to 
 eternity. 
 
 .J. G. Clark, who jjroved himself so worthy a son 
 of a noble and honored father, was twice married. 
 His first companion was ^liss Nancy W. DeLaraater 
 of Columbia Township, this county, who died a year 
 after her marriage, being but twenty years old. In 
 llie same township, Mr. Clark was a second time 
 married, the lady to whom he then gave his name 
 being ^liss Hannah H. DeLaraater, a sister of his 
 first wife. She was born in Coshocton County, N. Y., 
 .lanuary 7, 1830, and was still a child when her 
 parents, Anson and Nancy (Wetherby) DeLamater 
 iem()ved,to Michigan. This was in 1835 when the 
 country in this section was still wild and sparselj- 
 settled, and Mr. DeLamater obtained Government 
 land in niiut is now Columbia Township, this 
 county. Here he and his wife spent the remainder 
 of their lives becoming the owners of a fine farm of 
 two hundred acres on section 19, and being actively 
 enoao-ed in the projects and duties becoming good 
 citizenship and their positions at the head of a fam- 
 ily. The death of Mr. DeLamater occurred in 18G3, 
 at the age of sixty-seven years, behaving survived 
 his wife about a twelvemonth and her death hav- 
 ing taken place at the age of sixty -two years. Mrs. 
 DeLamater was well-known throughout the country, 
 having been a physician with a large general prac- 
 tice. She was called on at all times and under all 
 circumstances and during the period when convey- 
 ance from point to point was made with ox-teams. 
 Her death occurred while at her post of duty, she 
 
 being on a visit to a patient when called hence. She 
 and her husband were members of the I'niversalist 
 Church and helped organize a society of that faith 
 in this county. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Clark now owns an excellent estate 
 comprising one hundred and twenty acres on section 
 19, Columbia Township, which was left her at the 
 death of her father. She is a member of the Uni- 
 versalist Church to which her deceased husband and 
 sister also belonged. She still retains the sweet tem- 
 per that has made her so much beloved all her life, 
 is intelligent, well-informed and capable. She is the 
 mother of one child, Anson D., now living in Grand 
 Rapids. He was well educated at Jackson and is re- 
 garded as one of the worthy citizens of the county. 
 He married Miss Emma L. Bartlett of Brooklyn, 
 and is the father of four children — Sarah E., A. 
 Wight, Mary Jane, Nanie D. The two eldest make 
 their home with their grandmother, our subiect. 
 
 P)^ ICHMOND W. FRENCH, Deputy Sheriff 
 of J.ackson County, is the owner anil occu- 
 lt pant of a farm on section 25, Columbia 
 ^^Township. near the town of Brooklyn. In 
 that place he was born, February 12, 1846, and he 
 has since lived in this county, except during the 
 time when he was engaged in the United States 
 service. Besides the official position noted above, 
 he is a Deputy Game and Fish Warden, having 
 jurisdiction over the county, and having held the 
 position for two years. He has a social nature, is 
 an enterprising and reliable citizen, is kind and af- 
 fectionate in his domestic relations, and possesses 
 an upright and honorable (diaracter. 
 
 Mr. French is a descendant, in both the pa- 
 ternal and maternal lines, of old New England 
 families, both his parents having been natives of 
 the Old Bay State. His father, Vernon French, 
 was there reared and educated, taking up the trade 
 of a carpenter and joiner and becoming a skilled 
 mechanic. He followed his trade in his native 
 State until late in the '30s, when, with his wife 
 and three children, he set out for the new State of 
 Michigan. The journey was performed overland 
 
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 Mini liy water to Detroit, from uliieli point tlie 
 f.'uiiiiy joiiriR'\ed bi" rail to Grass Lake, then the 
 (■ml of the railroad, and there look teams for 
 Brooklyn. Tiiis was at that time a small village, 
 and Mr. French, in the pursuit of his ihosen occu- 
 [lalion, assisted in the eunstruetion of many dwell- 
 ings, of the mill. Presbyterian Church and the old 
 Baptist (hiireh. After many years devoted to the 
 work of a mechanic, he settled on a small farm 
 south of the village, where his death occurred in 
 April, 1885, he being sevent}' five years of age. 
 He was a well known member of the community 
 and well respected therein. In politics he was a 
 Republican. For years he held the position of 
 Deacon in the Baptist Church. lie was the son of 
 a seafaring man. His widow is yet living on the 
 old farm, quite active for her years, which are 
 now fouiscore. She is a life-long member of the 
 Bajitist Church. Her maiden name was Bathshcba 
 Hathaway, and her birthplace New Bedford, Mass. 
 
 The gentleman who is the subject of this sketch 
 is the youngest but one in a family of four sons 
 ;u)d three daughters. He was reared and educated 
 in Brooklyn, and here married Miss Florence A. 
 St. John, wlio was born in Somerset Township, 
 Lenawee County, in 1816, received her education 
 and spent most of lier life within its bounds. Her 
 death occurred about two years after her marriage, 
 she being then twenty-four years of age. She was 
 a worthy member of the Baptist Church. She left 
 two children, one of whom, I-^dgar L., is yet living 
 and at home. Julia, who was a cripple from her 
 iiif.iiicy, died at the age of ten years. 
 
 The second marriage of Mr. French took place 
 In Franklin Township, Lenawee County, Mich., 
 his bride being Miss Mary K Webster, who was 
 born In New York State, .laiuiary 15, 1846. Her 
 parents, Hugh and Louisa Webster, were natives 
 of the Empire State, but became residents of Len- 
 awee County. Mich., about the year 1856. There 
 they made their home until the death of Mrs. 
 Webster, in 1876, she being then past seventy-five 
 years of age. Mr. Welister departed this life in 
 Grand Travcrs County, In 1884, he also being ripe 
 in years. Both were members of Ih"^ ISIethodist 
 Episcopal Church. ^Irs. French was reared, from 
 girlhood until her marriage, in Lenawee County. 
 
 Slu! Is the mother of three children — Rodney hav- 
 ing died at the age of six months, and Stewart K. 
 and (Jay lord S. still rejoicing their parents' liearts 
 by their ijresencc at the family fireside. 
 
 When scarcely eighteen years of age. Mr. French 
 entered the ITjiion army, enlisting January 18. 
 1861, as a member of Comi)any C. Third MIciiigan 
 Battery, and going at once to the front. He oc- 
 cupied the place of ■'fourth man," lieing the one to 
 fire the gun after it was loaded, and as he entered 
 the service at the time when his regiment w.as called 
 into the most active participation and it was gen- 
 erail3' lu the front, he saw much hard fighting. He 
 participated in several of the most noted engage- 
 ments of the Civil War, among them being Resaca, 
 Lookout and Kcnesaw 3Iountains, and the siege of 
 Atl.anta; was with Sherman on his march to the 
 sea and under his general command for some time. 
 He escaped without a wound, although he had 
 some narrow esca[)es, on one occasion a cannon 
 ball having actually passed between his legs. His 
 hearing was seriously affected, the drum of his ear 
 having been burst by a concussion during the en- 
 gagement at Keuesaw Mountain, and he likewise 
 suffered much from exposure. At Detroit, Mich., 
 in June, 1865, he received his honorable discharge. 
 
 Mr. French is a Republican In politics. He be- 
 longs to Jackson Lodge, G. A. K.; to Blue Lodge, 
 No. 196, and Chapter. No. 90, of Brooklyn, and 
 has been Senior Warden and Steward of the Blue 
 Lodge. 
 
 ^ 
 
 R. JAMES A. WILSON. Not only is Dr. 
 AVIlson one of the most skilled and trusted 
 (qJ^^ physicians and surgeons of Hanover Town- 
 ^^ ship, but he is likewise one of its leading 
 
 men in both business and social circles, having his 
 headquarters at the village of Hanover. He is one 
 of those stirring, energetic characters needed in 
 every community, patriotic, public spirited and 
 giving his Influence to all the measures calculated 
 for the welfare of the community, socially, moral!}' 
 and financially. Possessed with a full understand- 
 ing of his profession, he has bulll up a fine patron- 
 age in this part of the county which lias resulted 
 
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 in the accuimilation of a fair share of tliis world's graduated and thus came' out admirably equipped 
 
 goods, including one of the most valf.able and at- 
 tractive homes in Hanover, besides other town 
 property and several iiorses, he being a special 
 lover of the equine race. 
 
 The sixth child of his parents, William and 
 Nancy A. (Knight) Wilson, the subject of this 
 notice was born June 15, 1845, in Oswego County, 
 N. Y. His early advantages were somewhat lim- 
 ited, his parents being in modest circumstances and 
 when a boy of eleven years he started out to paddle 
 his own canoe. Until eigiiteen years of age he 
 spent the most of his time on a farm and grew up 
 a strong and vigoi-ous youth of good habits and 
 excellent moral principles. He availed himself of 
 the books and papers which came in his way and 
 became generally well-informed. Upon the out- 
 break of the Civil War he decided to have a hand 
 in the preservation of the Tnion and accordingly 
 in 1864 enlisted in Company I. Third Michigan 
 Infantry and was shortly afterward |)romotcd to 
 the rank of Sergeant. His command was assigned 
 to the Army of the Cumberland and he met the 
 enemy in battle at Decatur, Ala., and Murfrees- 
 boro, Tenn., whe'e they were nearl\- tlir^e weeks 
 under continuous fire. lie went with the exiiedi- 
 tion tlirougii P^astern Tennessee after the guerrillas 
 and tlience to San Antonia, Tex., where he was 
 assigned principally to police duty. He bore tiie 
 hardships of life in the army remarkably well, 
 never losing a day from the service or being absent 
 at roll call, and he is one of the few who left the 
 army as sound physically as when he entered it. 
 He remained in the service nearly a year after the 
 close of the war, finally receiving his honorabk- 
 discharge at Victoria, Tex., May 28, 18GG. 
 
 Upon returning to the pursuits of civil life young 
 Wilson worked by the month on a farm for a time 
 although he had no intention of tluis hiding Ins 
 light under a busliel, but being professionally in- 
 clined, determined upon the study of medicine and 
 accordingly in 18(18, entered the Michigan St.ate 
 University at Ann Arbor, where he took a full 
 course and was graduated from the medical depart- 
 ment in 1871. Determined to leave no stone un- 
 lurned in theacquircmentofthe requisite knowledge, 
 he attended longer than the required time for being 
 
 for his future undertaking. 
 
 Having had to depend entirely upon his own re- 
 sources, the young physician had contr.acted a debt 
 of $150 which still hung over him when he located 
 in Hanover among strangers. A prompt attention 
 to the calls made upon him and tlie success which 
 attended him from the start, in due time resulted 
 in the building up of a lucrative practice and acting 
 upon the adage, that "a rolling stone gathers no 
 moss" he maintained his residence in Hanover and 
 has come out of his earlj' struggles with flying 
 colors. 
 
 The accomplished and amiable lady who presides 
 over the home of Dr. Wilson, and who was formerly 
 Miss Maria A. Burnett, assumed his name on the 
 14th of May, 1871, the weddirig taking place at the 
 bride's home in Webster, Washtenaw County, Mich. 
 Mrs. Wilson was born May 1, 1844, in Washtenaw 
 County, this State, and is the daughter of Averill 
 and Ann (Hoole.y) Burnett, who were natives re- 
 spectively of New York and Massacluisetts. The 
 mother died in Webster in 1859. Mr. Burnett 
 spent his last days in Webster, dying December 15, 
 1889. Mrs. Wilson was given a first-class educa 
 tion, completing her studies in tlie schools of Ypsi- 
 lanti and under a first grade certificate employed 
 herself as a te.acher for some time prior to her 
 marriage. The Doctor and his estimable lady are 
 the parents of five bright children, viz: Ella, now 
 (189C) ten years old; James A., a boy of nine; 
 Katie, who has numbered seven years; Frank six 
 jears old and Louisa four. 
 
 The Doctor and Mrs. Wilson are prominently 
 connected vvith the Methodist Episcopal Church and 
 the latter is a teacher in the Sunday-school. The 
 Doctor voted the straight Republican ticket until 
 1884, when his warm interest in the temperance 
 question led him to identify himself with the Pro- 
 hibitionists. He cast his first Presidential vote for 
 Abraham Lincoln when under age. He has been a 
 Village Trustee since the organization of Hanover 
 and during 1889 was President of the Board of 
 Education. He is likewise Pension Attorney under 
 the United States (Sovernment and socially belongs 
 to the Masonic fraternity, being a warm defender 
 of the principles of the brotherhood. 
 
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 303 
 
 In reverting to the [larental history of Dr. Wilson 
 we find tiiat liis father, William Wilson, was a na- 
 tive of \'ermont and followod the trade of a shoe- 
 maker during liis earlier years. He was married in 
 the Green Mountain State to Miss Nanc\- A. Knight, 
 whose birthplace was not far from the early home 
 of her hushaiid and about 1831, leaving New Kng- 
 land. they emigrated to Oswego Countj', N. Y., and 
 lived there until 1850. Thence coming to this 
 State they settled in Green Oak, Livingston County, 
 where ihej' spent the remainder of their lives. The 
 father died the following ye;ir but the mother sur- 
 vived until 1887. Their family included seven 
 children, six of whom are living. Five of the 
 boys of this family <lid valiant service as Union 
 soldiers. One brother, Lyman A., was severely in- 
 jured li\- the f:illiug of his horse upon him and he 
 was twice caiiturid by guerrillas while acting as a 
 Courier for(ien. AlcClellan. His cai)lors threatened 
 to hang him ,'is a spy and placed a rope around his 
 neck for this pur|)ose. but he managed to escape 
 and is now in Cleveland, Ohio. The other brolheis 
 nrc locateil mostly in Michigan and Xew York. 
 The Doctor put ui) his present residence in the 
 n<irtliwest part of the city in 1872 and he has been 
 MO unim[)ortant factor in promoting the best inter- 
 ests of Hanover and vicinity. He is widely and 
 favorably known and is a man who will be remem- 
 bered lonsj after he has been gathered to his fathers. 
 
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 p 
 
 ^;fSmiE\\ F. STEWART, general fore- 
 l.@/JII man of the Michigan Central Railroad 
 Company's shops at Jackson, has been a 
 resident of that city for fifteen years, and 
 during that time has gained the respect and coiiti- 
 den«;e of all who have become a<'quainted with 
 him. He was born iu Sterlingshire, Scotland, May 
 22. 1849, to Andrew and Jessie (MeAlpin) Stew- 
 art, likewise natives of Scotland, being descendants 
 of ancient Scottish families. The father was iiorn 
 in (ilasgow. as was his father. Adam Stewart, while 
 the great-grandfather of our subject was Ijorn in 
 Dumfries-shire, spentling liis last years in (ilas- 
 gow. The grandfather of our subjec' was reared 
 
 in Glasgow, and subsequently removed from there 
 to his farm, where lie followed agriculture, and 
 siient the remainder of his life. The father of our 
 subject was reared to .agricultural pursuits, and was 
 thus employed until his marriage, and after that he 
 engaged in the lumber business in Glasgow, con- 
 tinuing to reside there till 1851 , when, with his 
 wife and four children, he came to the I'niteil 
 States. The first six months of their life in this 
 country was passed in Xew York, and then they 
 removed to Hamilton, Canada, where Mr. Stewart 
 contracted to build a [)ortioii of the Great West- 
 ern Railroad. He was engageil at that for fifteen 
 months, and then entered once mors upon his old 
 business as a lumber dealer, establishing himself at 
 Crook's Hollow, threeiniles from Dundas. He was 
 stationed there seven years, and at the expiration 
 of that time opened a general store in Troy, Ox- 
 ford County. Three j'ears later he was obliged to 
 sell out on account of failing health, and he never 
 engaged in active business again. He si)ent five 
 years in Hamilton, and then coming to the '•Slates." 
 he made his home in liutTalo during the remainder 
 of his life. 
 
 The mother of our subject was born twenty-two 
 miles from Glasgow, in Sterlingshire, in the same 
 house which was the birthpl.ace of our subject. 
 Her father, John ^McAlpin, was born on the same 
 farm, and his father, as far as known, spent his en- 
 tire life there, as did he also. Our subject cared 
 for his parents during their last years, and his 
 mother accompanied him from Buffalo to Gallon, 
 and there died. The following are the names of the 
 four children born to her: Eliza, Robert C, John 
 and Andrew F. 
 
 Andrew F. Stewffrt was but fifteau months old 
 when he came to America with his parents. He 
 attended school at Flambough, near Crook's Hol- 
 low, and advanced by attendance at Central School 
 in Hamilton, where he received excellent instruc- 
 tion. At the age of thirteen he commenced to 
 learn the trade of a machinist in the shop of F. G. 
 Beckett in Hamilton, sei'ving three 3'ears and six 
 months. At the ex|)iration of that time he came 
 to Michigan, and was emi)loye(l by the Michigan 
 Central it Northern Indiana Railway Company 
 as ff>reman at the round-house. He remained in 
 
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 the employ of that company until 1869, a part of 
 the timo stationed at Toledo and also at Buffalo, 
 N. Y. In 18G9 he engaged with Ihe Toledo, "Wa- 
 bash A Western Railway Company, and at various 
 times was stationed at Springfield, Decatur and East 
 St. Louis, 111., as foreman. Six months later he 
 engaged with the Lake Shore & Michigan South- 
 ern as general foreman, with his home in Buffalo. 
 In 1872 he resigned his position there and accepted 
 a situation on the Atlantic & Great Western Rail- 
 way, and while thus emploj'ed he lived at different 
 times in jMeadville, Kent and Gallon, Ohio. The 
 next year he resigned to accept the position of as- 
 sistant mechanic with the Mobile & Ohio Railway 
 Company, with his headquarters at Whistler, Ala. 
 In 1874 he i-esigned that situation and came to 
 Jackson the 21st day of May, 1875, to enter the 
 employ of the Michigan Central Railway Com- 
 pany as machinist, and subsequently was appointed 
 general foreman, which position he still holds, dis- 
 charging the duties thus devolving upon him with 
 the utmost fidelity, and he is justly considered by 
 the railway otflcials a competent and reliable man. 
 With the frugality, thrift and shrewdness of the 
 Scotch race, he had secured a comfortable compe- 
 tence so that he was enabled to marry, and obtain 
 a helpmate to .aid him in making a home. His mar- 
 riage to Miss Susan Senoretta McGuire took jjlace 
 April IC, 1874. Mrs. Stewart comes of good Rev- 
 olutionary stock, and was born in the town of Lo- 
 retta, Cambria County, Pa., wiiich was also the 
 birthplace of her father, John C. McGuire. His 
 father, Capt. Richard McGuire was born in Mary- 
 land, and was the son of Michael McGuire, a 
 Revolutionary soldier, and a pioneer farmer of 
 Cambria County, where he cleared a farm from the 
 wilderness, on which he spent his last daj's. Capt. 
 McGuire was a j'oung man when his parents re- 
 moved to Loretta, in Cambria County, and he was 
 there married. He was a farmer and followed that 
 occupation there until his death. He took an ac- 
 tive part in the AVar of 1812, commanding a 
 company of volunteers. Mrs. Stewart's father 
 was reared in the home of his birth, and was early 
 ajjprenticed to learn the trade of a millwright, 
 which he followed in Cambria County about six- 
 teen years. He subsequently bought property in 
 
 ■Carroll Township and erected a saw and grist mill, 
 which he operated until death closed his mortal ca- 
 reer. The maiden name of his wife was Sarah J. 
 Christy, and she was born in Loretta. Her father, 
 Francis X. Christy, was a native of Butler County, 
 Pa., his father, Archibald Christy, who was a na- 
 tive of Scotland, Coming to this country when a 
 young man, and settling in that part of the State, 
 where he was a pioneer school teacher. He also 
 followed his profession in Cambria County, but 
 passed tiie last part of his life in Blair County. 
 Mrs. Stewart's grandfathei was reared in Butlei' 
 County, and at eighteen went to Cambria County. 
 In his early life there were no railways, and he 
 used to team to Pittsburg, a distance of ninety 
 miles. He was quite thrifty and shrewd and in- 
 vested his money in large tracts of land in Cam- 
 bria County. He built two sawmills.one oiierated by 
 steam, and opened a coal bank, and superintended 
 all these enterprises besides managing his farm. 
 He died in Cambria at the advanced age of eighty- 
 two years. The maiden name of his wife was Su- 
 san McConnell, and she was a n.itive of Mifflin 
 County, Pa., and a daughter of Francis McConnell. 
 He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and came 
 to America in Colonial times, and settled in Mif- 
 flin County, of which he was a pioneer, and there 
 the remainder of his life was passed. Mrs. Stew- 
 art's mother makes her home in Kent, Portage 
 Countj', Ohio. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have three children — Sa- 
 rah Jessie, John Bruce and Andrew Francis. Mrs. 
 Stewart belongs to the Catholic Church, and Mr_ 
 Stewart to the Presbyterian Church. Politically 
 he is a Democrat. A portrait of this law-abiding 
 and thrifty citizen will be found within the lids of 
 this volume. 
 
 — l^i- 
 
 ly^ENRY F. RICHARDS, a son of one of the 
 'jTji, early pioneers of this county is a worthj-rep- 
 i^V^' resentative of an excellent old family and 
 (^) the son of Henry Richards, who is now de- 
 ceased. The mother bore the maiden name of 
 Mary Ann Patterson, and was a native of the (irecn 
 Mountain State. The parents were married in 
 
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 305 
 
 \'ermont about 1834 and tin- fatiicr came to Michi- 
 sjan in IS37. after which he wuiked by the niontli 
 to obtain means to biint;; ills wife. 
 
 The parents of onr- subject settled in Ibuiover 
 Township on the farm owned b^' Tohn Chilson.but 
 liter removed to tliat now owned at present by 
 Oliver Ricli.'inls and where had been effected some 
 jmi)rovenuMits. L'pon this ITcnry Richards erected 
 the buildings now occn[)ied by his son. IJe became 
 prominent in the community, holding the oflices of 
 Township Assessor and Koad Commissioner and 
 took considerable iniei'est in the establishment and 
 maintenance of schools. About 1874, retiring from 
 active labor, he removed to Hanover Village where 
 his death took [)lace September 30, 1887. The 
 mother is still living, making her home in the vil- 
 lage, and is now aged sevent3'-four \ears. They 
 were the parents of seven children, six of whom 
 are living. 
 
 The subject of this notice was the third child of 
 his parents and was born December 22, 1838, in 
 Hanover Township. His bo3diood days were spent 
 under the parental roof, and he .acquired his edu- 
 cation in the district schools. He worked on the 
 farm until twenty-four years old, giving to his father 
 the benefit of his earnings, and then started out for 
 himself, working by the mouth until he had earned 
 §300, investing this in eighty acres of wild land in 
 Gratiot County, but Sold two years later an<l re- 
 moved to Moscow, Hillsdale County, where he re- 
 mained twelve years. His next purchase was forty 
 acres of land in Moscow Township, and after pur- 
 chasing another forty he sold the whole, and in 
 1880 purchased his present farm of one hunilred 
 and seventeen acres, all of vvhich is under a good 
 state of cultivation. 
 
 Mr. Richards remained unmarried untd nearly 
 twenty-seven years old and was then wedded, Sep- 
 tember 27, ISfiu, to Miss Diantha II.. daughter of 
 Joel and Hannah (Tower) Moore. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Jloore were natives of New York State and early 
 pioneers of Michigan, to which Mr. Moore came 
 when a single man, locating in W.ashtenaw County. 
 After iiaving determined to make his home in the 
 Wolverine State he returned to New York and was 
 married. 'I'he newly wedded |)air soon started out 
 on their Western j;>iiin( y and settled in Hillsdale 
 
 County, where they spent the remainder of their 
 lives. The mother of .Mrs. Richards dieil in 18.')l 
 and Mr. Moore, after having been married a second 
 Lime, died in 1877; his second wife died in 1886. 
 Of the first marriage there were born five children, 
 four of whom are living. 
 
 Mrs. Richards was the second child of her par- 
 ents and was born August 28. 184(), in Hillsdale 
 County, this State. She im])rovcd her time in 
 school and afterward engaged in teaching twotern;s. 
 one in .Jackson and one in Gratiot County. Of 
 her union with our subject there have been born 
 two sons, Frederick, February 13, 18fi8, and Charles 
 T., October 30, 1872. Mr. Richards cast his first 
 Presidential vote for Douglas, and during his early 
 manhood afliliated with the Democratic party. 
 From the very first agitation of the tem|)erancc 
 question he lua.s been a radical prohibitionist and 
 neglects no opportunity to avow his o|)position to 
 the m,anufacture and sale of ardent spirits. He 
 accordingly supports with his voice and influence 
 the Prohibition party, whose principles he endorsed 
 when it first came into existence. Mrs. Richards 
 is a lady greatly esteemed in her community .and 
 has been the efficient helpmate of her husband in all 
 his worthy ambitions and undertakings. 
 
 "jfEREMIAH A. ROBIN.SON. D. I). S., who is 
 well-known to the citizens of Jackson and 
 ^ vicinity, i)resents (he unusual spectacle of 
 
 '^l' successfully following the practice of den- 
 tistry- at the ripe old .age of seventy-seren years 
 and ten months. Age, however, has searcelj' im- 
 paired an\- of his faculties, and the long labors of 
 a busy life seem to have .added to his capacities 
 and his enjoyment. A man of more than ordinary 
 force of character and intelligence, he has been a 
 close student and an extensive re.idor, and has con- 
 tributed to the literature and science of ilentistry 
 for a period of over thirty years. 
 
 Dr. Robinson came to Jackson in 1858, and has 
 since been continuously engaged in the practice of 
 his profession. At this writing (March. 18;t0), he 
 is engaged in preparing a scries of articles on the 
 
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 "Evolution of Dentislry," in connection with n 
 sketch of his lifework, for Prof. J. Taft, Dean of 
 tiie Dental Department at the. University at Ann 
 Arbor; these are being published in the Dental 
 Register at Cincinnati, of which Dr. Taft is editor. 
 He received the unanimous vote of the dentists of 
 the State to become Professor of Mechanical Dent- 
 istry at the Ann Arbor Dental College, but declined 
 in favor of Dr. W. H. Dorrence, at the organiza- 
 tion of the dental department wiieu the college was 
 established. In a letter from his son, Dr. .1. K. 
 Roliinson, of Cleveland, Ohio, and dated February 
 7, 1890, is given a genealogy of the Robinson fam- 
 il}', which discloses an history full of romantic in- 
 terest. The writer in his researches, had access to 
 ti)e l)Ook of Cogswell in America, from which his 
 father and mother both sprang. Tlie letter reads 
 as follows: 
 
 "John Cogswell and family came to America in 
 1635, sailed from Bristol, England, May 23, in the 
 ship "Angel Gabriel," and were wrecked off the 
 coast at Pemiquard, Me., August 15 of that }'ear. 
 The shii) in whicii they made their eventful vo3'age 
 and lost most of their worldly possessions, had an 
 historj' nearly as eventful as that of the passengers 
 on her final voyage. She was built for Sir Walter 
 Raleigh, by .Sir Charles Snell, and upon the attain- 
 der of Sir Walter was forfeited, and cost Sir Charles 
 almost Ills entire estate and living. Sir Walter also 
 made his second and last voj-age just previous to 
 his execution in 1618, in the same ship. She had 
 a glorious name but a checkered career." 
 
 The writer of said letter, proceeds: "In looking 
 up your connection with the Cogswell faniijv, I 
 And much of interest before they came to America, 
 and if it would tickle j'our pride to know it I have 
 traced it back to Lord Humphrey Cogswell, 1447, 
 and could give you the Coat of Arms of the fam- 
 ily. I merely mention the fact, and then pass to 
 the American history of the family, as you know I 
 am an American all through, and being one re- 
 move further from the Cogswells than you, have 
 not so much interest in their illustrious ancestry. 
 John Cogswell, the ancestor of the American branch 
 was born in 1592, in Westbury Leigh, Wilts County, 
 England, and at the age of twenty-three married 
 the daughter of the [)arish vicar. He succeeded to 
 
 his father's business, and settled down on the old 
 homestead. 
 
 "Shortly after the marriage of John, his parents 
 died, and he inherited the 'Wilts at Ripond,' together 
 with the homestead, etc., including a large manu- 
 factory of broadcloths. Kerseymeres, and gave the 
 mill« a reputation which they have retained to the 
 present day. They occupy the same location, are 
 still owned and managed by Cogswells, and as re- 
 cently' as the last World's Fair at Vienna, secured 
 first premiums for their products. The reason why 
 .John Cogswell finally sold out and came to this 
 (at that time wilderness), was much the same as 
 [jrompted j'ou to give up an established business 
 and pleasant home in New England, and settle in 
 the large and growing West, namely, better opjjor- 
 tunities offered for a large and growing family, and 
 a belief that a new country offered better chances 
 of distinction than an old-settled and nobility-ridden 
 country could do. even when the party leaving was 
 reasonablj' [)rosperous at home. 
 
 ••Tliough he lost all his worldly jiossessions, and 
 had to start anew, history shows that John Cogs- 
 well acted wisely, and that he became the direct an- 
 cestor of two of the Presidents of the United States 
 through the female line, and also in a direct line — 
 Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendel Holmes, 
 Elisha Whittlesey. M. C.,and within the memory of 
 myself, at the head of the Treasury Department of 
 the United States,and superintendent of the building 
 of tin. Washington monument until relicA'cd by death 
 in 1865, at the ripe age of eight^'-two j'ears; John 
 Wentworlh, L. L. D., William S. Robinson (War- 
 rington) the famous correspondent of the Spring- 
 field Republican during the late Civil War, and the 
 turbulent times immediately succeeding; Elbridge 
 Gerry Robinson, an early pioneer in the anti-slav- 
 ery movement, and many others of equal notoriety 
 whose names are not accessible at this time. 
 
 ••You are connected with the Cogswells on both 
 father's and mother's side, luit more directly by 
 3'our mother, who was Martha, daughter of Elmer- 
 son Cogswell, who descended from John as follows: 
 William second, William third, Emerson fourth, 
 Emerson fifth, who was }'Our grandfather on 3'our 
 father's side; j-our grandmother was Susannah 
 Cogswell, daughter of Emerson fourth, William 
 
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 tliiid, '\Villi:uii secoiu), mid .lolui first. I also liiid 
 tliat your father was connected wiili the Cogswells 
 1)V blood in anotlier remove, about the third gen- 
 eration — in fact tlie Robinsons of j'our family, and 
 tlie Cogswells descended from John, are about as 
 nearl\' connected as brother and sister, and could 
 never have married under our [iresent laws. 
 
 '•So far as 1 have been able to learn, no barm has 
 resulted, either mentally or physically from the 
 union; but 'tis a risky experiment, .and in mj' judg- 
 ment, quite reprehensible. Things, however, were 
 quite different in those days in the wilderness. Af- 
 ter a sojourn of one or two generations, the Cogs- 
 wells removed from Ipswich, Mass., to wh.it was 
 known as Old Concord, where there were but few 
 settlers, and if tiie boys and girls would marry, 
 they must take, as did Cain, those of near blood. 
 Would you like to know how the above-named 
 celebrities descended from the same stem as your- 
 self, I commence with the one who has attained to 
 the highest honors a Republic can bestow. 
 
 "President William II. Harrison married a daugh- 
 ter of Rev. Timothy Symnies, whose wife was Lydia 
 Cogsw'cll, a daughter of Francis fourth, John 
 third, William second, and .lohn first. You have 
 to reach back to William second to lind kinship 
 with the present President of the I'niled .States, 
 from whom you differ so radically in a ])olilical 
 way, and as I think I hear you say, I have enough 
 of the Cogswell blood in me to feel no pride in the 
 kinsliii). Rufus Choate was not by blood a Cogs- 
 well, as you have supposed. His father's lirst wife 
 was ISIary Cogswell, who lived but a few months 
 after marriage, and bore him no children. Mr. 
 Choate's niotlier was Miriam Foster, daughter of 
 Capt. Aaron Foster, whose name I am unable to 
 find, but as through three generations the Cogs 
 wells and Fosters married, and they both lived in 
 Chebaeco Parish, Ipswich, Mass.. through all these 
 years, it is fair to presume that Cai)t. Amos Foster 
 was in part a Cogswell. 
 
 •■With Ralph Waldo Fmerson. the grandest of 
 them all, the lineage is clear and direct, and like 
 j'ourself, comes down on both father's and mother's 
 side, until he loses the name in Emerson which 
 again turns back to Cogswell in the second genera- 
 tion. Hannah Cogswell, daughter of .lohn first, 
 
 married Deacon Cornelius Waldo, a farmer for 
 John Cogswell, and from this union c.ime the name 
 of Waldo so prominent in Emerson's home. It is 
 hard to trace R. W. Emerson through the changes 
 back and forth through the Cogswell family, but 
 he is without doubt (yourself and brothers ex- 
 cepted), the best representative of the Cogswells 
 not bearing the name. 
 
 Now my dear father, I think I have shown enough 
 of lineage to satisfy' a not very ambitious man, and 
 will stop. Modesty forbids m\- saying much about 
 my in'mediate ancestry, but should I be spared to 
 write after you have followed the long line so well 
 represented in the names I have mentioned, I may 
 have something to say concerning one who is the 
 peer of any, and far dearer to me than this long 
 list of names I know only of as I read, and as the 
 world prizes them. You have pioneered in dentis ■ 
 try, and worked up the literature as well as the 
 science of what has grown to take place among the 
 learned professions, and it can, when all your work 
 is done, be truthfully said .as of one of old, "Well 
 done thou good and faithful servant." 
 
 Yours Trulv 
 
 Ji;iii:ii;. 
 
 Dr. Robinson was born in Old Concord, Mass., 
 May 31, 18f2. He w.as the son of William Robin- 
 son antl Martha Cogswell, daughter of Emerson 
 Cogswell fourth. On the paternal side Dr. Robin- 
 son sprang from Rev. John Robinson, of Leyden, 
 who wascxpccling to sail for America in the -.Ma}-- 
 dowcr" with the pilgrims, but his sickness proved 
 fatal, and he was left behind and died. He married 
 Harriet Amelia Hi'own. of Concord. March 3, 1832, 
 by whom In had nine chUdron. In 183.") he began 
 studying dentistry with Dr. George Mansfield, in 
 Lowell, Mass., and began his practice the same year. 
 He settled in Old Salem, Mass., in 1837, in the pro- 
 fession of dentistry, and remaiueil thereuntil I8.t2, 
 when he rcmove<l to Cleveland, Ohio. After a so- 
 journ of six years in Ohio, he came to Jackson, 
 this ."^tate, where be is now practicing his chosen 
 profession, and it is said that he is the oldest prac- 
 ticing dentist in America. 
 
 Dr. Robinson wa»an ardent politician of the.ibo- 
 lilion school from the j'ear 1830, when Phillips 
 and Garrison started their crusade against slavery; 
 
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 and he never voted for a President of the United 
 States, who was elected, until Abraham Lincoln in 
 1860. During the Civil War he voted with the 
 Republicans until the election of Mr. Hayes, when 
 he left them, and now sa3-s he hated the Democrats 
 in 1S60-G1 when they were wrong on the slavery 
 question, and he now hates the Repulilicans just 
 as intensely, as they are wrong on the subject of 
 taxation and the tariff. 
 
 For six years Dr. Robinson was President of the 
 Red Ribbon movement in Jackson, and he started 
 the first Red Ribbon Sunday-school in the coun- 
 try. During the Civil War he canvassed Southern 
 Michigan to laise volunteers for the Twentj-sixth 
 Michigan Regiment, and was the father of Capt. 
 William F. Robinson, of Company H, Fourth Mich- 
 igan Infantry, who was wounded at Gettysburg. 
 Dr. Roliinson and his wife celebrated their golden 
 wedding with their children, grandchildren, and 
 great-grandchildren, thirty-two in number, and the 
 family sat down to a sumptuous repast in the Hib- 
 bard House parlors, at 3 o'clock r. m. Later they 
 repaired to the homestead on Jackson Street, which 
 was thoroughly filled with congratulatory friends 
 who had handsomely decorated the house with 
 flowers during their absence. Mrs. Robinson was 
 the recipient of one hundred gold half-eagles, and 
 the Doctor of a gold-headed cane, a large number 
 of beautiful books and various other valuable gifts, 
 both useful and ornamental. 
 
 The Doctor was a Greenbacker during the ex- 
 citement attending the resumption of specie [)ay- 
 ment, and canvassed Southern Michigan for Peter 
 Cooper for President of the United Slates, and was 
 the editor of the Legal Tender Neirspaper, pub- 
 lished two j'ears in Jackson. 
 
 
 LISS CHARLES. Among the old settlers 
 \Yp^, *^^ Columbia Townshii) none are better de- 
 serving of notice in a volume of this kind, 
 than the above-named gentleman, who is 
 the owner and occu])ant of a fine farm on section 
 10. Tins has been his home since 1814, and under 
 his energetic hand the one hundred and tvveut\- 
 
 acres which comprise it have been brought to a 
 condition second to none in this part of the town- 
 ship, while the buildings which have been erected 
 upon it are all flrst-elass. His residence in this 
 county dates from 1836, when he accompanied his 
 parents to their new home in the western wilds. 
 
 Bliss Charles, Sr., was a native of Maine, his 
 parents also being of the Pine Tree State. He be- 
 gan his life as a farmer there, marrying ]Miss Syd- 
 ney B. Tilton, who was born ni Kennebec, and 
 there received her education and early training. 
 After the birth of two children — Tilton and Bliss. 
 Jr., — the family removed to New York, perform- 
 ing their journey with wagons in June, 1815, and 
 settling in Genesee County, where the country was 
 wild and ini broken. There they began to improve 
 a farm, which they made their home until 1836, at 
 which time the family, which had been increased 
 by the birth of four children in New York, pre- 
 pared to emigrate to Michigan. In the summer of 
 that year the father and eldest son selected a loca- 
 tion in this count}-, and set about tiie labors neces- 
 sar}' to found a new home. The location was on 
 section 9, Columbia Townshii). Here the son died 
 before they were settled on their land. The jour- 
 ney of the family was performed by water from 
 Buffalo to Detroit, thence with teams, and the pa- 
 rents spent their last days on the farm of which 
 they then took possession, dyingwhen ripe in years. 
 The}' were well known as pioneers, and highly re- 
 spected for their goodness. Both were believers 
 in the tenets of the Universalist Church. Their 
 family comprised four sons and two daughters, all 
 yet living, except the one whose death has been 
 noted. The average age of the survivors is now 
 nearly seventy years, and all are residing in Mich- 
 igan. 
 
 The subject of tliis biography was born in Fry- 
 burgh Township, Oxford County, Me., January 29, 
 1815, receiving his education and youthful training 
 in New York, to which State his parents had re- 
 moved in his early infancy. He was about of age 
 when the family came to Michigan, and here he de- 
 voted his attention for some years to blacksmith- 
 ing, later turning his attention to farming and 
 stock-raising. With the New England spirit of 
 enterprise and thrift, and^good judgment in his se- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 lection of ajjencies and methofls of development. 
 Mr. Charles has succeeded in Iiis worldly affairs, 
 training a comfortable home and siirroundintifs, and 
 while doing so has won the respect and right good 
 will of those with whom lie has had to do. In pol- 
 itics he favors the Democratic party, and supports 
 its platl'iirin and measures with his inlhience as well 
 as his ballot. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Charles was celebrated in 
 Columbia To^vnsliip, his chosen companion being 
 Miss Marsha .Marsh, a noble woman, who after her 
 marriage devoted herself to the assistance of her 
 husband, and care of her family, and made many 
 friends in the township. She was born in Onon- 
 daga County, N. Y., February 24, 1822, and was 
 reared and educated in her native county. Her 
 father, Samuel T. ^Marsh, was a shoemaker and tan- 
 ner, and he died in his nalive State. The mother 
 died in Michigan. Tlieir daughter was about 
 twenty years of age when she joined her brothers 
 in this county, where she afterward spent hor wed- 
 ded life. She breathed her last at the home she h,ad 
 presided over with such patient goodness, January 
 29, 1888. Her religious faith was that of the Uni- 
 versalist Church. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Charles five children were born. 
 A son, Malcolm S., died at the age of three years; 
 Thevenette W., lives at home, helping to work the 
 farm; Sylvetus A. married Anna Smith, and is now 
 operating a farm in Eagle Township, Clinton 
 County; Lavant M. is at home farming; Mary 
 married AV'orlen L. Smith, and they reside with her 
 father, onr subject. .VU are respected members of 
 the communities in which thev live. 
 
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 jg^ IMOX KING, ,1k. The branch of the King 
 ^^^ family to which the subject of this notice 
 (l^^ belongs, flourished for several generations 
 in the East, first in New England and then 
 in New York State, and made for themselves a 
 record which their descendants may justly look 
 upon with pride. They were people of correct 
 habits and sound principles, enterprising and pro- 
 gressive in their ideas, and wherever they were lo- 
 
 cated made themselves felt in the community. The 
 later representatives of the family have maintained 
 its reputation in a corresponding degree. Simon, 
 our subject, is one of the most highly respected 
 men of Pulaski Township, where he owns and oc- 
 cupies a fine farm, two hundred and tliirt\-nine 
 .acres in extent, and i)leasantl\- located on section .'il . 
 
 Simon King, Sr., the father of our sul)ject, was 
 born in Rochester, N. Y., in 1802, and was the son 
 of an earlier Simon King, a nalive of M.assachu- 
 setts, who emigrated to New York .State and set- 
 tling in Monroe County, entered seventy-six acres 
 of wild land upon which the city of Rochester now 
 stands. He battled successfully with life in the 
 wilderness, built u|) a comfortable home, saw the 
 country around him settled up with an enterprising 
 and prosperous people, and passed peacefully from 
 earth. In the meantime had sjirung up the infant 
 town of Rochester, which grew rapidly, and upon 
 its outskirts Simon King, Jr. was reared at the eld 
 King homestead. Me learned farming in all its de- 
 tails, and upon ap|jroaching manhood, followed it 
 with an uncle until his marriage. Subsequently 
 he became the owner of two hundred acres in 
 ^lonroe County, and one hundred acres in Penn- 
 sylvania. 
 
 In 1849 the father of our subject having dis 
 posed of his eastern interests, came t(> ^Michigan 
 and purchased the land now owned by Simon King, 
 Jr.. and his brother. This, however, did not include 
 all of bis possessions, as he bought about fourteen 
 hundred acres at |12 per acre, and was fortunate 
 in obtaining some of the best land in the count}- 
 and from which he improved the first farm in Pu- 
 laski Township. He carried on farming here from 
 1849 until 1853, then returned to New York Slate, 
 as he still h.ad mill properly in Genesee County-. 
 For several years thereafter he was engaged in run- 
 ning a saw and flouring-mill, but finally sold out and 
 purchased an improved farm of one hundred and 
 forty acres near Geneseeville, where he lives re- 
 tired. He is liberal in his religious views, and 
 w.as totally opposed to the institution of slavery. 
 A man quiet in his manner, yet decided in his views, 
 he enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fel- 
 low-citizens. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
 
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 of Isabel McCrai-y. She was of Scotch (losceiit, 
 an(] was boin at Hanford's Landing, Monroe 
 Countv, N. Y. iier father, Reuben McC'rary, was 
 an earl\" settler of that connty, locatino: on the 
 Genesee River, and spent his last days in New 
 York. Mrs. Isabel King departed this life at the 
 homestead in Geneseeville, N. Y., in October, 1863, 
 at the age of sixtj- 3'ears. There were born to 
 this worthy pair six children, viz. : Sarah, Mrs. 
 Culver, of Brooklyn, this State; Martha, Mrs. Ev- 
 erett, also living in Brooklyn; Simon, our subject; 
 Hiram, a resident of Pulaski Township; Margaret, 
 Mrs. F.arwell, of Genesee County, this State; and 
 Frances, who died in 1863. 
 
 Simon King, of this sketch, was born in Wheat 
 land T(jwnslup, Monroe County, N. Y., September 
 U), 1827, and was reared on the farm there, pursii- 
 ing his early studies in the district scliool. Later 
 he attended one terra at the academy at Riga Cen- 
 ter, lie set out for Michigan in the fall of 1848, 
 going by rail to Buffalo, by lake steamer to Detroit, 
 thence by rail to Pontiac and from tliere overland 
 to Oakland County, lie spent the winter at Rose 
 Center, that county, and the following spring joined 
 his father at the farm in Pulaski Township. He 
 worked with him during the summer, and spent the 
 following fall and winter .as teacher of a country 
 school. He made his home with his parents until 
 1853, and then took possession of the two hundred 
 acres of land which fell to his share in tlie division 
 which his father made between himself and his 
 brother Hiram. To this he gave his best efforts 
 thereafter, and added to his original purchase until 
 he has the fine estate upon which he now operates, 
 and which is the source of a handsome income. 
 His farm lies in one tract, and is finely locateil 
 within five miles of Litchfield. The buildings, 
 fences, orchards and groves conspire to make it one 
 of the most attractive pictures in the landscape of 
 that region. The land is amplj' watered by Beaver 
 Creek, and yields in abundance the rich crops of 
 this section. The present residence was put up in 
 1889, is tasteful in architecture, convenient in ai'- 
 rangement, and with its surroundings fulfills in a 
 marked degree the modern idea of the country 
 home. 
 
 Mr. King avails himself of modern machinery 
 
 in the operations of his farm, and has all the out- 
 buildings required for the shelter of stock and the 
 storage of grain. He takes a genuine interest in 
 agricultural affairs at large, and was the originator 
 of the drainage system wliich has redeemed a large 
 portion of land from marsh and swamps in Pulaski 
 Township, and which several years ago was consid- 
 ered valueless. In addition to the home farm, Mr. 
 King has forty acres of good land in Branch County. 
 He practices a regular rotation of crops and his 
 ianil, by this process, retains its fertilit3', and is al- 
 ways made available. Stock-raising enters largely 
 into his farm operations, and the King estate has 
 become noted for its fine cattle and sheep, its full- 
 blooded Poland-China swine, .and its standard bred 
 horses, including Lexington Chief. Besides some 
 fine animals for riding and driving Mr. King util- 
 izes three teams in the farm work. He has for 
 many years been prominentlj' connected with the 
 Litchfield Agricultural Society, as a member, stock- 
 holder, director and judge. 
 
 The marriage of Simon King, Jr., and Miss Em- 
 ily Tiffany was celebrated at the bride's home in 
 Scipio Township, Hillsdale County, December H), 
 1851. Miss Tiffany was born April 19, 1826, in 
 Canandaigua, N. Y., and was the j'oungest 
 child of Oliver and Sarah (Campfield) Tiffany, who 
 were natives of Massachusetts, and earh' settlers of 
 New York State. The father followed farming 
 near Canandaigua until 1836, when he came with 
 U\i family to Michigan and located a tract of land 
 in Scipio Township. He was prospered in his pio- 
 neer labors, and eventually became the owner of 
 four hundred and eighty acres, upon which he la- 
 bored until his death, which occurred about 1851. 
 The parental family consisted of ten children, four 
 sons and six daughters, three of whom are living. 
 
 Mrs. King, like her husband, has seen much of 
 pioneer life, and at an earl^' age was taught those 
 habits of industry and ecouoni}-, which she is now 
 teaching in turn to her children, five in number. 
 The eldest daughter, Jessie, became the wife of 
 Charles Mench, they live with our subject, and are 
 tlu^ parents of one child, Leo; Sarah and Fremont, 
 make their home with their parents, the latter took 
 a course in a business college at Toledo, and is the 
 horseman of the home farm ; Ilattie, is the wife of 
 
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 W. Hadley ; they live on a faim in Litelifield Town- 
 sliip, and are tiie parents of one cliild, Vera; Simon, 
 a biigiillad and the youngest of tlie family,attended 
 the High School at Litclifield and Ann Arbor, hut 
 is now at home. The children of Mr. King are 
 uniisally bright and intelligent, and their father 
 has given them every advantage in liis power. 
 They possess rare musical tastes, especially Fre- 
 mont and Simon, who belong to the King Brass 
 Band, of which tiieir cousin, Francis King, .Jr., is 
 the leader. 
 
 Mr. King, politically', supports the principles of 
 the Union Labor part}'. He served as Justice of the 
 Pe:ice for two years and since a young man has lieen 
 a member of the School Board of his district. The 
 King family iiave alvva^'s signalized themselves as 
 strong temperance advocates, and Mr. King has 
 served .as a delegate to the county conventions of 
 his party. 
 
 * IfeALTER C. SN YDP:R, M. D., a rising young 
 \/jJ/l physician and surgeon of Morton, has en- 
 \^\f/ tered upon a more than ordinarily prosi)or- 
 ous career, having by a strict attention to the 
 duties of his jirofession succeeded in building up a 
 good practice, while at the same time he has estab- 
 lished himself in the esteem and confidence of his 
 fellow-citizens, botli in business and social circles. 
 He owns the principal drug store in the place and 
 has a pleasant and .•iltractive home presided over 
 by an accomplished and intelligent wife. Mrs. 
 Snyder is a well educated lady, with a taste for 
 music and painting, and botli nnmlier their friends 
 and acquaintances among the cultured people of 
 the town. 
 
 The suliject of this notice was born August 15, 
 18G1, at Clielsea, Washtenaw County, .and is the 
 son of Frederick R. and Marion (Gorten) Snyder, 
 the former of whom was a native of New York 
 State and came to Michigan with his parents in 
 1836, settling at Manchester, and lateral Chelsea. 
 Mr. Snyder was married in Waterloo Townshii), 
 in 1858, and settled with his young wife upon a 
 farm one mile north of Chelsea. He is now retired 
 from active labor and with his estimable wife is a 
 
 resident of Stockbridge, Ingham County. Mr. 
 Snyder is sixty years of age and his wife fifty-one. 
 Of the seven children born to them six are living. 
 Kitt C, who was traveling agent for the Champion 
 Farm Implement Company, died September 25, 
 1 889 ; Walter C. is the second chihl ; (iardiner is em- 
 ployed as an undertiiker at Stockbridge; MaryE. is 
 at iiome; Minerva is the wife of John Hubbard, a 
 student at Ann Arbor; Aaron J. is pursuing his 
 studies in the High School at Stockbridge; Josie is 
 also in school. 
 
 The i)aternal grandparents of our subject were 
 James and Eliza Snyder, who spent their last years 
 in Marion Townslii|), Livingston County, Mich., 
 the former d^ingin 1882 and the latter in 1884. On 
 the mother's side the grandparents were A. T. and 
 Marietta ((iardiiu-r) Gorten, the former of whom 
 died when her daughter, the mother of our subject, 
 was an inf.ant. Grandfather Gorten w.a.s a promi- 
 nent man in tlie early daj-s, a Judge of one of the 
 courts, and is at present President of the Jackson 
 County Farmers' Insurance Company. He is like- 
 wise a stockholder in the Chekea Savings Bank, 
 but is now in California organizing a bank at Los 
 Angeles; his home is in Waterloo Township. 
 
 After leaving the primary school at Chelsea 
 young Snyder went to Ypsilanti and for two years 
 attended the State Normal School. For four years 
 afterward he was occu[)ied .as a teacher and in the 
 meantime employed his leisure hours in the study 
 of medicine. When sufficiently advanced he re- 
 paired to Chicago, III., and, entering Hahnemann 
 College, took a full course and w.as graduated in 
 the class of '86 as a student of the Homeopathic 
 School. Soon afterward he located in Horton, 
 where he has since been engaged in the active prac- 
 tice :)f his profession, and as he is the only physi- 
 cian ill the place his prospects are quite llattering. 
 
 .I)r Siiyder was married, March 17, 1886, to Miss 
 Flora M., daughter of Albert and Florella (Fargo) 
 Green, and cousin to the Fargo of the celebrated 
 Wells-Fargo Express Company. Her parents are 
 residents of Pinckney, Livingston County ,this .State, 
 where her father is eng.aged in the hardware trade 
 and is one of the prominent men of the community. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Green arc the parents of eleven chil- 
 dren, eight of whom are living. Their daughter 
 
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 Flora M. was horn August 22, 18G1, in Warsaw, 
 Wyomiiiy Count}', N. Y.. and was given a thor- 
 ougli education. After completing her studies she 
 employed herself as a teacher for six years prior to 
 her marriage. 
 
 The Doctor and his charming wife are the par- 
 ents of a bright little daughter. Flora Fulalia, born 
 July 31, 1888. Mrs. Snyder is connected with the 
 Methodist Fpisc()i)al Church and has been quite 
 active in Sunday-school work. The Doctor takes 
 an active interest in politics and gives his sup|>ort 
 to the Democratic party. He has served as the 
 Health OHiccr of Hanover Township and is Presi- 
 dent of the Horton School Board. He is a member 
 of the Usteion Society of Haiinemann Medical Col- 
 lege and medical examiner of the Michigan Mutual 
 Benefit Association. A portrait of Dr. Sny<ler is 
 shown elsewhere in this work. 
 
 T70NATHAN P. HINSHAW. Among the 
 many professional men of good standing 
 that are to be found in a cit}' as large as 
 (^^y Jackson, there are still some who are held 
 in better repute than their associates, for their 
 more intelligent conception of the details of their 
 profession and their more skillful use of their theo- 
 retical knowledge. At the time when the gentle- 
 man of whom we now write studied dentistry that 
 profession was in a much more crude state than at 
 present, being comparatively a new field. Tooth- 
 pulling had been a part of the work of the doctor, 
 and our old inhabitants well remembered the tor- 
 ture en<lured at his hands while the old-fashioned 
 turnkeys were used. Many improvements have 
 been made in dental tools, and study has devel- 
 oped much knowledge regarding the care of the 
 teeth since Dr. Hinshaw began his professional 
 labors. Through the medium supplied liy the 
 press and dental associations, he has kept abreast 
 of the times, and his office is supplied with all the 
 improved appliances for the conduct of his busi- 
 ness. 
 
 Dr. Hinshaw was born near Greensboro, N. C, 
 July 27, 1820. His father, Jesse Hinshaw, was a 
 
 millwright in his early life, and later a planter 
 with large real-estate interests; he was afterward 
 engaged in the mercantile business, and at one 
 time carried on five separate stores. In 1843 he 
 removed to Indiana, where he remained until his 
 death, which occurred in 1852, when he had reached 
 the ripe age of seventy-two jears. His wife, 
 Eunice Guilford, who was born in Pennsylvania 
 and died when our subject was an infant, was the 
 daughter of Col. Guilford, a Revolutionary sol- 
 dier. 
 
 The school da3-s of Jonathan Hinshaw were 
 spent in the (Quaker College, at New Cxarden, N.C., 
 and he afterward learned the jeweler's trade, at 
 which he worked several years. He then, in 1850, 
 took up the study of dentistry, opening his first 
 office in Cincinnati, Ohio, and afterward gc)ing to 
 Carlton, Ky., wheie he spent several years. During 
 these early times business was slow. The next re- 
 moval of Dr. Hinshaw was to North Berlin, Ind., 
 whence, after a somewhat limited sojourn, be 
 departed to Indianapolis. Here he enlisted in Com- 
 pany B, Sixth Indiana Infantry, Col. T. T. Crit- 
 tenden commanding, entering the service in 1861 
 and serving about eighteen months, when he was 
 mustered out under a surgeon's certificate of dis- 
 ability. During his army life Mr. Hinshaw took 
 part in the famous battle of Shiloh and other less 
 important engagements. Although unfitted for the 
 duties of cam|)aign life, he did not abandon his 
 work for tlie Union, but under Gov. Morton, en- 
 gaged in the secret service, hunting deserters, a 
 mission of great danger when his business became 
 known. 
 
 Dr. Hinshaw made his home in Indianapolis for 
 some time and then removed to Brooklyn, jNIich., 
 where he practiced his profession until 1881, at 
 which time he came to Jackson, where he has since 
 lived, devoting himself to professional labors, add- 
 ing to his reputation in that line, and winning a 
 good repute among the citizens for his general in- 
 telligence, his agreeable manners and conversa- 
 tional powers. He has been a member of the 
 Presbyterian Church for many years, and he be- 
 longs to the Grand Army of the Republic. He has 
 held several offices, serving his fellow-men acce[)t- 
 ably.aud taking an honorable pride in competently 
 
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 discharging the duties of office. He was Postmas- 
 ter at Brooklyn, Mich., diiriiig a period of four 
 years. lie served as Deputy iSherift' three years, 
 and lias been a Notary- Public during quite an ex- 
 tended period, holding that office at the present 
 writing. 
 
 Dr. Hinshaw has been twice married, his first 
 wife having been Miss Coultrain, of North Caro- 
 lina. His second matrimonial alliance was con- 
 tracted in 1865, the bride being Mrs. Mary A. 
 Rounds, of Detroit, formerly from Indiana. This 
 marriage has been blessed by the birth of five chil 
 (hen. One daughter, now Mrs. Maggie Bigler, is 
 the only surviving child; her husband is a carriage- 
 maker in Jackson and a good business man. ^Irs. 
 Hinshaw became the mother of two children by her 
 first marriage — William M. and Sarah; the former 
 engaged with Clark, Baker & Co., of Jackson, 
 wholesale grocers, and the latter now the wife of 
 G. W. Stambaugh, of Ithaca, Mich., a well-to-do 
 business man. Dr. Hinshaw has two children liv- 
 ing by his first wife — Mar}' L. Cole, wife of ex-Po- 
 liceman Cole, of Jackson; and Elmina Allej', wife 
 of Frank Alley, a railroad engineer at Indianapolis, 
 Ind. Both are happily married an<l doing well. 
 
 ^^RANVILLE LYMAN. For the patt nine 
 III (^^ years the town of Brooklyn has been hon- 
 ^^^/| ored liy the residence within it of the above 
 named gentleman, who. after having spent years 
 of activity as a farmer in Cambridge Township, 
 Lenawee County, has now reliied from active 
 business and is enjoying the fruits of his indus- 
 try and the society of his family and friends. Ilis 
 nata. dny was .hily 27. If^4l. and his birlliplaee 
 the faini which was for many years his home. He 
 received a good education, was reared to habits of 
 industry- and integrity, followed a successful agri- 
 cultural career, and from 1800 to 1880 bought live 
 slock ([uite exlensiveh', shipping it to Buffalo, 
 N. Y. 
 
 The original progenitors of the Lyman families 
 of America, were throe brothers who emigrated 
 from pjUgland in the Colonial i)eriod and founded 
 
 homes in the New England States. Capt. Otis Ly- 
 man, the father of our subject, was a native of 
 Rutland County, Vt., whence his parents removed 
 to Potter County, Pa., when he was but four years 
 old. The country was wild and unbroken and the 
 elder Lvnian pushed out into the wilderness, forty 
 miles from any considerable settlement and, with 
 very few neighbors, and took up the duties of a 
 frontiersman. He built a mill which he operated 
 for years, around it growing up a town which be- 
 came known as Lymansville and still bears that 
 name. The settlement was made in 1809, and the 
 family became well known to the early pioneers of 
 the region in which their last years were spent. The 
 title of Major, b^' which the miller was commonly- 
 known, was due to the position which iie held dur- 
 ing the Revolution. 
 
 The family above mentioned included nineteen 
 children, of whom Otis L^'man was one of the ohh^r 
 members. His birth occurred in 1805 and he grew 
 to manhood in the town founded by his father, 
 whence he went to New Y'ork, becoming interesteil 
 in the construction of the Erie Canal, after the 
 completion of which he became Captain of a packet 
 boat. He remained in the packet service eleven 
 3'ears, during which time he made his home at Ft. 
 Gibson, N. Y., a town on the Eiie Canal. There 
 he made the acquaintance of Aliss Sarah Babcock, 
 a u'Uive of Northampton, Mass., and a member 
 of a family of good standing in their community, 
 who was visiting in Ft. (;il)son. Becoming deei)ly 
 attached to this lady and his regard being recipro- 
 cated, Mr. Lyman was united in marriage with l:er 
 in Ft. Gibson, where they continued to reside until 
 after the birth of four children. The}- then, in 
 18;3(j, turned their steps toward the Territory of 
 Michigan, journeying by water to Toledo, Ohio, 
 and tl once overland to Lenawee County, Mich., 
 passing through Adrian when that now fiourishing 
 city contained but sixteen shanties. Four miles 
 beyond the village they p.issed beyond civilized 
 habitations, continuing over Indian trails li-a tract 
 of land on secli(jn ifl. Caml)ri<lge Township, which 
 had been secured by Mr. Lyman in 183-i directly 
 from the Government. It had been used b^- the 
 Indians as a camping ground, its choice location 
 and excellent water well adapting it for that pui- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 pose, and it was occupied by an Indian wigwam. 
 Tbis was supplemented by tlie erection of a log 
 house in which the j'ounger members of the familj', 
 including our subject, were born. Upon this land 
 Otis and Sarah Lj'man spent the remainder of their 
 lives, living to see the one hundred and sixty acres 
 become a productive, thoroughly tilled and com- 
 fortably improved estate, and earning a good name 
 as energetic pioneers, worthy citizens and kindly 
 neighbors. Mr. Lyman was a standi Republican, 
 and Mrs. Lyman for the greater part of her life 
 wns a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 The latter breathed her last in May, 1872, at the 
 age of sixty-eight years, the former surviving until 
 October, 1876, when he passed awa)' at the age of 
 seventy-one. 
 
 The household band of which Granville Lyman 
 is a member, comprised six sons and four daugh- 
 ters, six of them natives of Michigan, and he the 
 youngest but two. Three brothers and two sisters 
 are yet living. During the Rebellion four of the sons 
 fought for the Union, two of them surviving the 
 dangers and exposures of those trying years. One 
 is supposed to have been killed and not reported ; 
 one died while being treated for rheumatism which 
 he had contracted in the service. He of whom we 
 write enlisted August 15, 18G1, being then twenty 
 years of age. He was enrolled in Company E, Third 
 Michigan Cavahy, his commanding officers being 
 Capt. M. M. Lattimer (now deceased) and Col. 
 J. K. Misner. The regiment was first assigned 
 to the command in the Southwest, then under Gen. 
 Halleck, and their first engagement with the enemy 
 was at Island No. 10, and New Madi'id. Following 
 this came Shiloh and Corinth, where the regiment 
 did some hard fighting and raiding. 
 
 After the battle of Corinth the Third Cavalry 
 was held in that vicinity for some two j'ears, dur- 
 ing which time they bore a part in the conflicts at 
 luka, Holly Springs and others of minor import- 
 ance. In January, 1864, they re-enlisted as Vet- 
 erans, having a thirty days' furlough, after which 
 they were sent to St. Louis and thence to Arkan- 
 sas, where they participated in the battle of Little 
 Rock. Following this came other engagements on 
 their wa}' South, the body bringing up at Mobile, 
 Ala., about tlie time of Lee's Surrender. The regi- 
 
 ment was sent to suppress Gen. Dick Taylor, who 
 was in command of the last army of the South, and 
 after his surrender they went to Baton Rouge. 
 Thence they were sent to Shreveport, Tex., thence 
 to Sail Antonio where they were kept until the 
 spring of 1866, in order to suppress any hostilities 
 that might arise in that section. 
 
 When mustered out and sent to their homes 
 bearing the honors due to all the brave old veter- 
 ans, the regiment had the long record of over ten 
 thousand miles marched by them, fifty-two engage- 
 ments fought, while in the company to which Mr. 
 L3'man belonged, about fifty per cent, of those who 
 filled its ranks on organization lived to return home. 
 Except for the dislocation of a wrist and a rupture 
 caused by the fall of his horse during a raid, Mr. 
 Lyman left the army uninjured except by the nat- 
 ural wear and tear of campaign life, which was se- 
 vere on the Third Cavaliy. 
 
 In the county and township of which he so long 
 had been a resident, Mr. Lyman married Miss Henri- 
 etta Thomas, a native of the same township, whose 
 birth took place January 6, 1847. Her parents, 
 David and Salina (Dickinson) Thomas, were early 
 settlers in that township, where the father carried 
 on a farm and an inn. He was a native of Wales 
 while Mrs. Thomas was born in England, their 
 marriage taking place in Leeds, England. In 1860 
 Mr. Thomas, on his way home from Adrian, fell 
 from the high seat of his wagon, the fall breaking 
 his back and causing instant death; he was then in 
 middle life. His wife is yet living at the age of 
 seventy years, being now the widow of Alfred 
 Bailey and making her home in Tecumseh. Both 
 Mr. and Mrs. Thom.as were Episcopalians and care- 
 fully reared their daughter, who became an intelli- 
 gent and noble woman. She has borne her husband 
 three children, of whom a ilaughter, Louie, died at 
 the age of nine months; Nellie and Belle, bright 
 and capable j'Oung ladies, graduates of the Brook- 
 lyn schools, still linger under the parental roof. 
 Mr. Lyman has been Deputy Sheriff of Jackson 
 County for some time; he has also been a member 
 of the Brooklyn Council. He holds membership in 
 Blue Lodge No. 169, and Chapter No. 90,of Brook- 
 lyn, and in Commandery No. 4, of Adrian. In poli- 
 tics he is a Republican of the first water. He and his 
 
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 estimable wife enjuy Uie esteem of their fellow 
 citizens in Lenawee Couiitj', and in this county 
 also the^' are regarded with respect, while their 
 daughters are looked upon as welcome additions to 
 the society of Brooklyn. 
 
 ELOS J. HOLDEN. In noting the early 
 settlers of Jackson Count}', the name of 
 IVIr. Holden can by no means be properly 
 omitted from the list. A man of fine 
 business capacities and more than ordinary amount 
 of intelligence, he lias kept his eyes open to what 
 has been going on around him in the world and 
 forms one of those rare characters with whom an 
 iiour may always lie spent in a pleasant and profit- 
 able manner. His birth-place was Batavia, Gene- 
 see Count)-, N. Y., and the date thereof June 28, 
 1818. Me comes of excellent stock, being the son 
 of Lorton Ilolden. a farmer by occui)ation. a na- 
 tive of Vermont, and the son of James Ilolden, 
 who distinguished himself as a gallant soldier in 
 the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Cirandfather James Ilolden, physically, was of 
 powerful frame, standing "six feet in his stock- 
 ings." and weighing two hundred and forty pounds. 
 He and his excellent wife reared a family of twelve 
 children, nine sons and three daughters, all of 
 whom lived to mature years. The mother of our 
 sulijeet was in her girlhood Betsey (libson, daugh- 
 ter of William (iibson. who was the descendant of 
 a fine old Massachusetts family. She was born in 
 that State, and by her marriage with Lawton Ilolden 
 became the mother of eight children, four sons and 
 four daughters. Besides Delos J., there are only 
 two sisters living of this goodlj' family. 
 
 In 1833 Lawton Ilolden, leaving New York, 
 eame to Michigan Territoi'V. settling near the em 
 bryo town of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County. Tak- 
 ing up a tract of Government land, he developed 
 this into a farm, which he occupied a number of 
 years. He endured the toils and vicissitudes of 
 pioneer life and lived to witness the development 
 of a wild section of country into the abode of a 
 civilized and enlightened people. He spent his 
 
 last days with our subject, departing hence in 1857, 
 when in the seventy-third year of his age. The de- 
 voted wife and mother only survived her partner 
 six months, dying at the cge of seventy-one. 
 
 The subject of this notice commenced attending 
 school in his native township and later pursued his 
 studies in Ypsilanti, where he also learned the hat- 
 ter's trade with one, William Post, serving an ap- 
 prenticeship of four yeavs and becoming familiar 
 with the business in all its details. In June, 1839, 
 he located in Jackson and established the first hat 
 manufactory and store in the place. Like all other 
 industries, this vvas in its primitive state compara- 
 tively, all the work being done by hand, and Mr. 
 Holden labored under this disadvantage for about 
 five years. He, however, by a course of prudence 
 and industry', made good headway and now )),assed 
 from a manufacturer to a merchant, engaging in 
 the sale of ready-made hats exclusively up to 
 1885. In the meantime he had become quite 
 prominent in local affairs, and at one period was 
 "keeper" of the Jackson I'rison. He was also Deputy 
 Warilen for two years, and subsequently had en- 
 tire charge of the building department, with which 
 he was connected five years. 
 
 At the expiration of this time, returning to his 
 old business, Mr. Ilolden prosecuted this until re- 
 tiring, in 188-1. Since that tin)e he has devoted 
 his attention to looking after his farming interests 
 in (Jrass Lake, where he has two liundred and 
 forty acres of well-developed land. 
 
 Early in ISll Mr. Holden establishe<l domestic 
 tics, being married on the 1st of March, that year, 
 to Miss Jane E. Garliek. the second daughter of 
 Samuel and Lucy (Meed) Garliek. of Auburn. 
 Mrs. Holden's mother was a native of Connecticut, 
 and her father of Massachusetts. She w.as born in 
 Stafford, Conn., and removed thence with her par- 
 ents to Auburn, N. Y., where she was reared to 
 womanhood. She remained under the home roof 
 until her marriage. They have no children. 
 
 Mr. Ilolden, politically, is rather conservative 
 in his views, but votes the Republican ticket. Al- 
 though in the seventy-second year of his age, 
 he is hale and hearty, the result of a correct 
 life and temperate habits. Religiously, he is a 
 strong believer in the doctrines promulgated by 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Emmanuel Swedenborj>:, of whose writings be has 
 been a close student for many years. Mr. Hoiden 
 has acuumuhited a fair share of this world's goods, 
 and as the result of honesty and upriglitness. en- 
 joys in a marked degree the esteem and confidence 
 of his fellow-citizens. His residence stands at the 
 corner of Ganson and VV^aterloo .Streets, and forms 
 one of the oldest landmarks in the city, as well as 
 a suitable monument to the industry and enterprise 
 of one of Jackson's oldest and most respected citi- 
 zens. The active and vigorous form of the old 
 veteran, as he takes his daily walk among the 
 people who had known him for so many years, 
 is everywhere recognized by both young and 
 old, in whose circles he .nlways meets with a 
 cordial welcome, and bj' whom he is looked upon 
 with that affectionate regard which can only be ac- 
 corded those whose lives have borne inspection, 
 and to whom it may be properly said: "Well done, 
 thou good and faithful servant." 
 
 G 
 
 GEORGE S. HICKEY, pastor of the First 
 Methodist Episcopal Church of Jackson, 
 
 \^ possesses intellectual attainments of a high 
 order, and the knowledge of men which is acquired 
 only by observation and association, and whicli is 
 a vital necessity to one who would win souls to 
 Clinst. He has'_idso a wide fund of illustrations 
 from which to draw instruction and to point the 
 moral of his remarks, having traveled in Europe 
 and the H0I3' Land, as well as in his own country. 
 His i)ersonal character is the pleasant, genial, kindly 
 one wliich wins (he affectionate regard of those 
 with whom he comes in contact, and wields a deep 
 influence in support of his. Christian princi[)les and 
 precepts. 
 
 The natal day of the Rev. Mr. Hickey was January 
 8, 1841, and he opened his eyes to the light in 
 Oakland County, this State, Ijeing the youngest of 
 the children born to James and Rhoda H. (Bab- 
 cock) Hickey. The mother died when our subject 
 was but a year old, ,and the father ten 3'ears later. 
 Tiie latter was a local minister of the Methodist 
 Episc()i)al Church. The early boyhood and .school 
 
 days of him of whom we write were passed with an 
 elder brother in Detroit. He then spent three 3'ears 
 as a pupil in the preparatory department of Albion 
 College, during the last year acting also as a tutor. 
 He then engaged in teaching at and in the vicinity 
 of Detroit, during the last year before entering tha 
 State University, which he did in 1864. There he 
 [lursued a classical course, being graduated in 1868. 
 
 Mr. Hickey then took up the stud3' of law in the 
 same University, but coming to the conclusion that 
 the great need of the people was the proclamation 
 of the Gospel, he abandoned his legal studies and 
 turned his attention to theologj'. He again adopted 
 the pedagogical profession .as a temporary expedi- 
 ent, and for a year was Principal of the High 
 School at Flint. After being ordained by the 
 Methodist Episcopal Conference, his first charge 
 was at Manistee and he also had charges at Muske- 
 gan, Hillsdale and Marshall. 
 
 The ardor with which he had pursued his studies 
 and devoted himself to his professional labors, 
 affected the health of our subject, and he de- 
 parted for the Pacific Coast, locating in San Diego. 
 Cal., and remaining in the Golden State five years, 
 during that time continuing his work of spreading 
 the Gospel, preaching two years in San Diego and 
 three years in Los Angeles. 
 
 Returning to Michigan, Mr. Hickey was located 
 in Albion, where for three years beheld the pastor- 
 ate of the Methodist Episcopal Ouircli. Thence he 
 was sent to Lansing, having charge of the Central 
 Church for two ycvars, after which he spent a year 
 in Ionia and three at Battle Creek. He is now 
 serving his third 3'ear as pastor of the First Meth- 
 odist P^piscopal Church at Jackson. 
 
 During his residence at Battle Creek, Mr. Hickey 
 crossed the Atlantic, occupying four months in 
 travels, passing through Euroi)e but spending the 
 greater part of the time in Palestine, Turkey and 
 Greece, going over the scenes familiar to Bible 
 students with the interest which all devout believ- 
 ers manifest, and culling from the country itself 
 that which ho could not gain from the best reports 
 of other visitors. Three years after his graduation 
 Mr. Hickey received the degree of A. M. from his 
 Alma Mater. While pastor at Muskegan he was 
 elected County Superintendent of Schools. AU 
 
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 llioiifrli liis lime and attention are necessarily de- 
 voUmI 111 the main to those matters wliicli pertain 
 exeliijiively to his niiiiisteri:il worlc. he is interested, 
 as all edueated men are. In the cause of education, 
 ai;ii in comuiou with all Christians is deeplj' con- 
 cerned in all prcjocts which will uplift and purify 
 the people. 
 
 The lady who presides over the parsonage and 
 in her own sphere in life alily seconds her husband's 
 efforts to convert sinners and strengthen saints, 
 bore the maiden name of Nettie A. Turner. She 
 is a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Heal) Tur- 
 ner, of Detroit, in which city she w;is born. The 
 marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ilickey took place in 
 August, 1870, and they have been blessed by the 
 birth of two children — Julia H. and Paul T. 
 
 ri^rUAXKLIN M. BUTLER is station agent for 
 J— ^^ the Cincinns ti, .Taekson & RIackinaw Rail- 
 1^ road at Pulaski, or Wlieelerton, and is also 
 
 a grain buyer in [lartnership with Mr. Wheeler, 
 under the firm name of Butler it Wheeler, the}' 
 being the most extensive grain dealers in the 
 southwestern part of Jackson County, and they 
 also deal in coal, lunilier, salt, lime, plaster, etc. 
 A young man of more than usual force of charac- 
 ter, tact, and business talent, well-educated withal, 
 our subject is among the foremost who are extend- 
 ing the commercial interests of the village, ad- 
 vancing its fiiKMu-ial prosperit}-, and promoting its 
 growth. 
 
 Our subject is a son of Jonathan Builer. a native 
 of Maryland. Ills father, Paul Ijulkr, who was born 
 in (jermany, having crossed the water when a 
 young man and settled in that State. Me engaged 
 in farming there, and died in .MIeghaiiy County, 
 that State. lie was a soldier in the War of 1812. 
 A religious man, he was a faithful member of the 
 Lutheran Church. The father of our subject was 
 reared to farming, and became an earl}- settler of 
 Fayette County, Pa., going there in 1828. He 
 cleared a farm, and became well-to do, owning 
 about fdiir huiidied acres of land. He is now liv- 
 ing in honorable retirement, in the enjoyment of 
 
 the wealth he has accumulated by his industry and 
 the judicious management of his affairs. He is 
 I now in his eightieth year, but lie still retains his 
 mental and physical faculties remarkably. He in- 
 terests himself in politics, and has long been a 
 loyal supporter of tlie Republican party. The 
 maiden name of his wife was Sarah .Sloan, and she 
 was born in Fayette County. Pa. Her father, 
 James Sloan, came from his native Ireland when a 
 3'oung man, and was among the first settlers of 
 Fayette County. He was a farmer, and was pros- 
 pered in his calling. Mrs. Butler, the mother of 
 our subject, passed aw.ay in 1888, at the venerable 
 age of seventy-four years. She was a sincere 
 Christian, and a true member of the Jlethodist 
 Episcopal Church. She was the mother of eleven 
 children, namely: Sophia, Mrs. Flannagan, of Con- 
 fluence, Somerset County, Pa.; Caroline, Mrs. 
 Flannagan, of Fayette County, Pa. : William, de- 
 ceased ; Isabelle, Mrs. Critchfield, of Confluence, 
 Pa.; John died at the age of thirty-two years; 
 Elisis, of Westmoreland County, Pa.; Thom.as, of 
 Fayette County; (Jeorge, of Fayette County; 
 Franklin JI.; Mollie. Mrs. Wilson, of Fayette 
 County, Pa. (the latter two being twins); Ella, 
 Mrs. Reiber, of Fayette County. 
 
 Franklin Butler was born near Fall City, F-iy- 
 ette County, Pa., December 23, 1857. He was 
 reared on his father's farm, and was given excellent 
 school advantages, and gained a substantial educa- 
 tion, laying its foundations in the public schools of 
 his native county, and at the age of fourteen he 
 became a student in .Smithtield Academy, pursuing 
 a thorough course of study during his two years' 
 attendance in that institution of learning. At the 
 youthfid age of si.xteen jears he entcreil the 
 teacher's profession, being amply qualified for 
 that vocation, and he had charge of the school in 
 his lidinc district tlie ensuing five months. In 
 1870, wishing to gain tlie benefits of a higher edu- 
 cation, he entered the freshman class of Olicrlin 
 College, designing to take the scientific course. 
 
 Mr. Butler could not attend college steadily, as 
 he had to teach in order to obtain money to defr.ay 
 his expenses, as he had to work his own way. his 
 father not being willing to give liiin the nec>ssary 
 funds, .as he did not give any of his »)tlier children 
 
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 college educations. Our subject bravely kept on 
 in his pursuit of knowledge, steadily overcoming 
 every obstacle in fiis way, and advanced to the 
 junior year, when he turned his attention to teleg- 
 raphy, and was graduated from the telegrapli de- 
 partment of Oberliu College In 1879. After leav- 
 ing college he went to Holloway, in this Slate, 
 where he engaged in teaching, and in his leisure 
 hours practiced telegraphy on tlie main line of the 
 Wabasli, and in time became an expert telegrapher. 
 In January, 1883, he received the appointment of 
 agent at Pulaski, and immediately resigned his 
 school and resumed his duties. The railwaj' had 
 just been completed to this point, and he was tiie 
 first agent and operator placed here, and has re- 
 mained in charge ever since. He has proved a 
 most efficient and popular agent, as he looks care- 
 fully after the interests of the company, and is 
 always courteous and obliging. In the fall of 
 1884 Mr. Butler began buying and shipping grain 
 to the extent of a hundred car-loads a year or 
 more, buying for Pratt & Worlhington, of Homer, 
 until 1886, when lie formed a partnership with 
 I. P. Wheeler, and the}' have since greatly ex- 
 tended the business, until they are among the lead- 
 ing buyers of this part of Jackson and adjoining 
 counties. They have erected a large elevator, 
 with a capacity of six thousand bushels. They 
 have also enlarged llieir business so as to include 
 the sale of himber, salt, coal, etc. Mr. Butler has 
 established his financial condition on a solid basis, 
 and has acquired some valuable property within 
 the last few years, and is, indeed, one of the mon- 
 eyed men of the village. He owns one acre on the 
 town site, very pleasantly located, and here he has 
 erected the largest residence in the village, which 
 is well furnished, and is neat and tasteful in all its 
 appointments. 
 
 Our subject's success in life has been much fur- 
 thered by his marriage to Miss Lena Hamblin, 
 which took place in Pulaski Township, May 23, 
 1886. She is a native of this township, and a 
 daughter of the well-known O. E. Hamblin, a 
 sketch of whose life appears on another page of 
 this work. 
 
 Possessing a well-balanced mind, a strong, self- 
 reliant nature, and many fine traits of character, 
 
 Mr. Butler is well-equipped for the battle of life, 
 and is a fine representative of our self-made men. 
 His amljition and well directed energy, coupled 
 with rare judgment, have already given him an im- 
 portant place in the financial and business circles of 
 the county. His activity in the work of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church at Pulaski makes him 
 one of its most valued members. He has taken an 
 especial interest in the Sunday-school, and has 
 been its Superintendent since he came here. In 
 his politics, he is an ardent Republican, and lends 
 his influence to promote the interests of the partj-. 
 
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 ^ IkARREN case, a leading general farmer 
 \\A// *^^ Columbia Township, owns and occupies 
 VW two hundred and forty-four acres of finely- 
 cultivated land on section 12, which has been his 
 home since he was a child four years of age. He 
 was born in tliis township November 3, 1833, and 
 is the son of Morgan Case, a native of Washington 
 County, N. Y. The latter emigrated to New York 
 State after his marriage to Miss Betsey Nelson, who 
 was born and reared in the same county and came 
 of one of its most highly respected families. 
 
 After their marriage the parents of our subject 
 set out at once for Michigan Territory the lime 
 being the fall of 1832. They journeyed via the 
 canal to Buffalo, thence by lake to Detroit and from 
 there overland with teams to this county landing 
 at their destination after five days' travel. There 
 were then only two men (hunters) within the pres- 
 ent limits of Napoleon Township, and Morgan 
 Case, taking up a tract of Government land in the 
 wilderness, proceeded in frontier style to the con- 
 struction of a home. He cultivated and improved 
 a portion of his land and lived there four years. 
 He then sold out for the then large sum of $2,000 
 and removed to what is now Columbia Township, 
 where he purchased a large tract of land, a part of 
 which is now owned by his son, Warren, and which 
 lies on section 12. Here Morgan Case and his 
 wife spent a good many years and finally retired 
 from active labor, removing to N.apoleon Village 
 
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 where they both died. The father passed away in 
 August, 1884 at the age of seventy-eigiit j-ears. 
 Mrs. Case died a 3^ear later at the age of seventy- ■ 
 seven. They assisted in the organization of the 
 Baptist Churcli ut Napoleon, of whicli they re- 
 mained faithful members until their decease and in 
 whicli Mr. Case oflicialed as Trustee. He was 
 prominent in local affairs, representing the township 
 in the County Board of Supervisors and also served 
 as County Treasurer. When becoming a voting 
 citizen he identified liiniself vvitli the Whig party; 
 later he was a Republican but (inaliy became inde- 
 pendent in politics. 
 
 The subject of tliis notice was the eldest of the 
 three children born to his parents and is the only 
 one living. His brotlier Waller died when a prom- 
 ising youlh of eighteen years. The sister, Emeline, 
 died when a child of two and one-lialf years. 
 Warren ol)tained a limited education in the primi- 
 tive jiioneer schools and at an early age was taught 
 the habits of industry and economy vvliii:h have 
 been the foundation of his success in life. He was 
 a bright and observing youth, having a good talent 
 for business and before reaching his majority he 
 had liauled goods, grain and other commodities by 
 team to Toledo, Ohio, and Monroe, this State. 
 making many trips in this manner. He also fre- 
 quently transported passengers from this section to 
 Detroit and Chicago. After the building of rail- 
 roads and there were other methods of transporta- 
 tion, he gave his entire attention to farming and 
 stock raising. 
 
 AV'hen ready to establish a home of his own, young 
 Case took unto himself a wife and helpmate. Miss 
 Delia Sloat, to whom he was wedded at the bride's 
 home November 3, 1860. This lady was born in 
 Liberty, this county. May 17, 1845, and is the 
 daughter of .John and Sarah (Brunk) Sloat, who 
 were natives of New York State. Tlie Sloat family 
 was of Dutch descent and were known along the 
 Mohawk Valley for several generations. The par- 
 ents of Mrs. Case emigrated to Michigan Territory 
 probably in 1834, after the birth of one or two 
 children, and settled first in Sheridan Township, 
 Wnshtenaw County, whence the^' removed to Lib- 
 erty Township, this county, settling among its 
 earliest pionpers, and the father improved a farm 
 
 from the wilderness. The parents spent many 
 years at the homestead thus built up, but finally re- 
 tired from active labor and took up their abode in 
 Napoleon Township. Mr. Sloat departed this life 
 about 1880, after having reacherl his fourscore 
 years; the aged mother makes her home with her 
 son, .John Sloat, in Najjoleon, and is now eighty- 
 eight years old. Notwithstanding her years she is 
 (juite strong and active. 
 
 The wife of our subject was subjected to careful 
 training, acquired her education in the common 
 school and remained with her parents until her 
 marriage. She has been a most efficient helpmate 
 to her husband and a wise and kind mother to her 
 children. Of these, six in number, two sons, Walter 
 and II ugh, died of di|)htheria at the ages respectivelj' 
 of about eight and seven years. Ella is the wife 
 D. I'arkhurst and they reside on a farm in Wheat- 
 field Township, Ingham County. Ernest, George 
 and Elmer remain at home with their parents. Mr. 
 Case imbibing his political sentiments from his 
 honored fatlier, is like him, independent in politics. 
 
 /^) HARLES C. EMERSO 
 |[ iness enterprises of a 
 
 ^^X contractor and buildei 
 
 HARLES C. EMERSON. Among the bus- 
 a large city, that of a 
 ler is conspicuous, as the 
 welfare and i)rosperity of the place is clearly 
 shown in the class of edifices that adorn it. The 
 gentleman above named has been engaged in that 
 line of business for a number of J'ears, and has an 
 established rei)utation as a workman and an honor- 
 able superintendent. He has been successful in 
 his career, has accumulated a nice property, and 
 has a pleasant home in which to take his rest when 
 tlie cares of the day are over. Several C)f tlie prom- 
 inent blocks of the city of Jackson have been 
 erected b^- him, and his own dtvelling. No. 221 
 Elm Avenue, is a monument to his skill. 
 
 The natal day of our subject was September 9, 
 1837, and his birthplace, Rochester, N. Y. His 
 father. William Emerson, was a native of Vermont, 
 and married .Aliss Eliza Vandeventer, who ojiened 
 her eyes to the light in New York State. The 
 father was engaged in general business, such as 
 
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 dealing in stock and lumber. He came to Michi- 
 gan witli his family, when the subject of this 
 sketch was but five years old, locating at a village 
 called Bunker Hill, not far from Detroit. Thence 
 he removed to Oakland County, spending five 
 years near Milford, after which he and his wife 
 came to Jackson County, and made their home 
 in the town of Sandstone. They subsequently re- 
 moved to Parma where the fatlier died, in 1868, 
 at the age of sixty-eight years. His family in- 
 cluded four sons and live daughters. Charles C. 
 is the only son now living, and two only of the 
 daughters survive. 
 
 Charles C. Emerson attended school at Parma, 
 this county, acquiring a good knowledge of the 
 bnmches usually taught in the common schools. 
 At the age of eighteen years he began to learn the 
 trade of a brick and stone mason, continuing at 
 this trade until 1861, when he joined the Union 
 Army and went South to defend the flag. His 
 name was on the muster-roll of Company C, Ninth 
 Michigan Infantry, his commanding officer being 
 Col. Duffield. The regiment was sent from De- 
 troit to Louisville, Ky., and soon witnessed the 
 smoke of battle. The first engagement in which 
 they took part was at Muifreesboro, Tenn., in 1862. 
 There Mr. Emerson was captured by Gen. Forrest 
 and marched about fifty-seven miles when be was 
 paroled: on his return toward Murfreesboro he 
 was shot at six times by bushwhackers. He was 
 sent to Nashville, thence to Camp Chase, Colum- 
 bus, Ohio, and exchanged, with a leave of absence. 
 
 Mr. Emerson rejoined his regiment at Louisville, 
 in the fall of the same year, and being placed on 
 detached duty in the Mounted Infantry, went in 
 pursuit of John Morgan, afterward being assigned 
 to the command of Gen. Thomas. He took part 
 in the battles of Tullahoma and Chattanooga, and 
 did scouting and })icket duty, scouring the countr}' 
 about the main body of troops and keeinng it from 
 surprise. After serving faithfully for three years, 
 he was mustered out, in Seiitember, 1864, and re- 
 turned to his home with an honorable record earned 
 at the front. 
 
 Upon resuming the arts of peace, Mr. Emerson 
 took the contract to lay the brick and stone work 
 along the line of the Michigan Central Railroad 
 
 for three years. He then began contracting in 
 Jackson, where he still carries on that branch of 
 business. Among the buildings that he has erected 
 aie the Wiley Reynolds Block, some of the prison 
 buildings, the "Witliington & Cooley Block, and the 
 brass and copper foundry of the Michigan Central 
 Company, together with many others, liesides his 
 residence property, Mr. Emerson owns several 
 dwellings in the city and the l)uilding in whicli is 
 ke]5t a livery stable on Pearl Street. 
 
 In December, 1860, an important step in the life 
 of our subject was taken, he then becoming the 
 husband of Miss Martha Hogle, who was born in 
 this city, and grew to womanhood under go^>d in- 
 fluences. She is a daughter of Albert and Polly 
 (JIaine) Ilogle the former a native of New Yoik 
 and the latter of this State. To Mr. and IMis. 
 Emerson three children have been born — Eva, 
 Nellie and Harry. The second died at the age of 
 nineteen, when just budding into a womanhood 
 that gave promise of much usefulness; Eva is the 
 wife of Heniy Best of this city. Mr. Emerson be- 
 longs to Poraeroy Post, G. A. R., and is a member 
 of the Knights of l^ytliias. In politics he is a 
 strong Republican. Mrs. Emerson is a member of 
 the Baptist Church. 
 
 >~:^^-:-. — < 
 
 ^i^DWIN L. IIELMER, Chief of the Fire Dc- 
 fe partment of Jackson, is a man whose energy 
 1^^ and quick decisive judgment have caused 
 his iiromotion to the position which he occupies — 
 a position of responsibilitjr and unceasing trust, 
 such as Lihould only be held by one in whom the 
 people can repose profound confidence. Mr. Hel- 
 man is a native of the Empire State, in which his 
 father, John Helman, also first saw the light. The 
 father was Itorn and reared to manhood near Syra- 
 cuse, the year of his birth being 1819. He learned 
 the trade of a blacksmith, and followed his trade 
 for many years. In 1858 he came to Jackson, 
 where he breathed his last, in November, 1883. 
 His wife, Isabelle Cook, was a native of the Eme- 
 rald Isle, and died when our subject was but eleven 
 
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 323 
 
 years olii. She had borne two sons and two daugh- 
 ters. The widower married a .second lime, the 
 marriage resulting in the birlli of five eliildren. 
 
 Kdwin L. Hclmer opened his ejes to the light, 
 May -2, 1.SI4, in Mic city of Lockport, N. Y. lie 
 first attended school in his native county, complet- 
 ing his studies in .lackson. lie learned the Ijlack- 
 sniilh's trade with his father, aiul afterward carried 
 on the Jiusincss of a blacksmith for a number of 
 years, making and tempering edge tools. In 18C0 
 he connected himself with the fire department as 
 hoseman, in the old hand companies which com- 
 prised the city force for some \-ears, and held the 
 position of foreman a long lime. When tlie full pay 
 dei)artnu'nt was instituted he was i)romoted (o llie 
 position of Assistant Chief, an oflice tliat lie filled 
 acceptably until the resignation of 'J'honias J. Con- 
 neiy, when he succeeded him at the head of the 
 dei)artinent. 
 
 At the residence of Thomas Miller, in this city. 
 May 3, 1877. the rites of wedlock were celebrated 
 between Mr. Helmer and Miss Josephine L., daugh- 
 ter of the host. The liride was born and reared to 
 womanhood in this city, under the care of worthy 
 parents, and with excellent instruction, acquiring 
 intelligence, useful habits and an estimable^charac- 
 ter. She has borne her husband two children — 
 Frederick T. and Rhoana. Mr. Helmer belongs to 
 Jackson Lodge, No. 50, .\..F.'A A. M. His resi- 
 dence. No. 319 Second Street, is a cozy edifice, 
 amid pleasant surroundings, and the air of comfort 
 which it presents is fully realized upon crossing the 
 threshold. 
 
 — SS^- 
 
 m AC()I5 CRUSE. A high rank among the 
 successful farmers of Columbia Township is 
 held by the above-named gentleman, whose 
 pleasant home is located on section 1 3. 
 There he owns a valuable piece of property, com- 
 prising eighty acres of highly-cultivated and pro- 
 ductive land, upon which such improvements have 
 been made as are usually the work of enterprising 
 and progressive fainiers. The property' which Mr. 
 Cruse has accumulated is a monument to his untir- 
 ing industry and carcfid thrift, aided by the care- 
 
 ful maungemcnt and industry of his worthy wife. 
 It is a pleasure to record the fact that their affairs 
 are now on so excellent a financial basis that they 
 are enabled to live in comfort without hard labor, 
 the interest on their capital l)eing added to their 
 income on the estate. 
 
 Mr. Cruse was Ijorn in Alsace,' France, in May, 
 1816, and althdugh living under the French Gov- 
 ernment was reared to siieak the German language, 
 his ancestors having been Germans. His father. 
 Jacob Cruse, Sr., was also an Alsatian by birth. 
 His occu|)alion was that of a small farmer, and his 
 life was spent in his native province, his <leath oc- 
 curring when he was forty-five 3'ears old. His wife, 
 in her girlhood Miss Catherine Kanes. was born 
 and died in the same province, being forty-eight 
 years ohl when she breathed her last. Both were 
 wortliy members of the Lutheran Church. Their 
 family con.sists of one son and three daughters, all 
 living in their native land except him of whom wc 
 write. 
 
 The subject of this biographical notice was edu- 
 cated in his native land, and in his (jwn town w.<is 
 united in marriage with Jliss Margaret Haines, who 
 was boru there July 19, 181G. The parents of the 
 bride were German speaking people, and of Ger- 
 man ancestr3'. Their family consisted of four 
 daughters, of whom Marg.aret is the eldest. The 
 three younger sisters still reside in their native 
 land. Mrs. Haines died at the age of thirty years, 
 and her husband at the age of thirty-five. After 
 the birth of one child Mr. and Mrs. Cruse set out 
 for the United States, taking p.assage at Havre de 
 Grace on a three-masted sailer, and landing in New 
 York City after a voyage of six weeks. This was 
 in 1841, and securing emploj'meut in the vicinity 
 of Buffalo, the}' remained there until 1851, hoard- 
 ing their resources preparatory to purchasing a 
 home. Mr. Cruse was employed as a farm laborer, 
 and when a sullicient amount of money had been 
 saved he came with his family to Michigan, secur- 
 ing the land which he still occupies, and which he 
 has brought to its i)resent state of improvement. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Cruse nine children have been 
 born. Three sons — George, Fred, Sr., and Fred, 
 Jr., died j-oung; Margaret is the wife of Henry 
 Jloch, a farmer at Devil's Lake; Jacob, Jr., married 
 
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 Miss Johanna Morrey, and is working in a mill in 
 Brooklyn; Christina is the wife of Fletcher Philips, 
 a farmer in Hillsdale County; Conrad, who is till- 
 ing the soil in Columbia Township, married Miss 
 Pauline Hair; Michael married Miss Ellen Grove, 
 and their home is on a farm in Columbia Township; 
 Katie is the wife of Lewis Curtis, a farmer living 
 near Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Cruse are members in 
 good standing in the Lutheran Church, and are re- 
 garded as useful and honorable members of the 
 community. Mr. Cruse is a Democrat, never fail- 
 ing to cast his ballot in behalf of the party in 
 whose principles he believes. 
 
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 /^ HRI8T0PHER C. DARLING, a prominent, 
 [I highly respected citizen of Jackson, has 
 
 ^^/ been largely identified with the building in- 
 terests of Southern Michigan for many years as a 
 practical and prosperous contractor and builder. 
 A native of Royalton, Niagara County, N. Y., he 
 was born November 1, 1825. He is a son of Pascal 
 P. Darling, likewise a native of New York, and a 
 grandson of Joseph Darling, who of Massachusetts 
 birth, was an early pioneer of Niagara County. He 
 resided in Royalton some years, and then coming 
 to Michigan, was a i)ioneer of Jackson, buying a 
 tract of wild land that is now included nithin the 
 city limits. He spent his last years with his chil- 
 dren. Of New England birth and antecedents, he 
 came of that good Scotch stock that colonized the 
 North of Ireland. 
 
 The father of our subject was reared and mar- 
 ried in his native State, and resided there until 
 1834, when he came with his family to Michigan, 
 traveling by Erie Canal to Buffalo, thence by lake 
 to Detroit, and from there with ox- teams they pen- 
 etrated the almost impassable wilderness as far as 
 Jackson County, where their journey ended. They 
 found this now flourishing and populous city a 
 mere collection of a few log buildings, and deer, 
 wolves and other wild animals roamed at will over 
 the present site of the city, the Indians still linger- 
 iug in their old home and hunting through the 
 immense forests that covered the country. AH 
 
 the land that had not been taken up by the few 
 settlers scattered here and there was for sale by the 
 Government at §1.25 an acre. There were no 
 railways in this region for some years and Mr. 
 Darling engaged in teaming to Detroit with an ox- 
 team, drawing flour and all kinds of merchandise 
 for the inhabitants of this locality. When traveling 
 was good he used to make the round trip in two 
 weeks. He continued teaming one or two years, 
 and then devoted himself to clearing and farming 
 his land for a time. He subsequently went to 
 Eaton Rapids, and with his brother Columbus was 
 engaged as a contractor in constructing a part of 
 the State road between that city* and Jackson, and 
 later in building dams and mills, continuing in busi- 
 ness till his death, which occurred in Eaton Rapids. 
 Mr. Darling met and won his wife when he w.as 
 engaged in Orangeport as a contractor on the Erie 
 Canal. She was the daughter of his host. Col. 
 Maynard. He was a native of Massachusetts, and 
 during the ^Var of 1812 commanded a regiment, 
 leading his forces at the battle of Black Rock. He 
 was a pioneer of Orangeport, N. Y., and there kept 
 a hotel and managed a farm many years. He spent 
 his last days in Chautauqua County, N. Y. 
 
 Christopher C. Darling, whose life-record we are 
 writing, was eight years old when his parents came 
 to Michigan in territorial days, and he has never 
 forgotten the incidents of their early pioneer life 
 in the primeval forests of Jackson County. He 
 remembers the wild, sparsely settled condition of 
 the country, and how hard the brave, hardy pioneers 
 had to work in the upbuilding of their homes. He 
 recollects the building of the first flourmill in 
 Jackson, a great event to the pioneers, when it took 
 forty pairs of oxen to draw the log for the shaft 
 of the mill. He attended the pioneer schools 
 here, the first one being held in a small frame 
 building, which accommodated all the scholars of 
 Jackson in those early days of its settleuient. He 
 advanced his education by attendance at the Eaton 
 Rapid schools, and at the age of seventeen laid the 
 foundation of his future business by learning the 
 carpenter's trade. He continued to live in that 
 city until 1851, when he came to Jackson to carry 
 on his business as a builder and contractor. In 
 1875 the locality now embraced in Harbor Springs 
 
PORTRAl i: AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 325 
 
 — across the ba3' from Petoskey — was already at- 
 tracting the attention of the people as a summer 
 resort, and there being a fine oi)ening for an enter- 
 prising builder, our subject was quick to seize such 
 an advantage, and removing thither, carried on a 
 flourishing business there for some years, and was 
 among the leading contractors there. On first 
 going to Harbor Springs he purchased a tine prop 
 •eity there, and built a house, wliicii was at the 
 time the handsomest and most substantial residence 
 in the i)lacc. In 1889 he rented his home there and 
 returning to Jackson now occupies the commodious 
 home that he built on Adrian Avenue several years 
 previous to his leaving the cit}', and has ever since 
 been a resident here. 
 
 Mr. Darling has been three times married. He 
 was first wedded in 1852 to Miss Julia A. Tuttle, a 
 native of Ypsilanti, and a daughter of Frank 
 Tuttle. Their married life closed with her death in 
 1856. Jlr. Darling's second marriage, which took 
 I)lace in 1858, was to Miss Ann Scotield, a native 
 of Jackson Count}'. Their brief wedded life ter- 
 minated in her death in 1859. Mr. Darling was 
 married to his present wife, formerh' Jliss Louisa 
 Felshaw. in 1863. She was born in the town of 
 Sodus, ^Va3•ne County, N. Y. Her father. 'Willard 
 Felshaw, was a native of the same State, and was 
 there reared and married. He engaged in farming 
 in Wa^'ne County some ^ears, but in 1836 sold Iiis 
 possession? there, and came to the territory of 
 Michigan, and settled in what is now Summit 
 Township, becoming one of its pioneers. He bought 
 a tract of wild land, built a log cabin for the ac- 
 commodation of his family, and commenced the 
 improvement of a farm. He |)laced it under a fine 
 State of cultivation, erected frame buildings, and 
 made his home there until his death February 15, 
 1889, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. He 
 had lived to see the county develop from a wilder- 
 ness to a well-settled and wealthy country, and had 
 been a factor in bringing about the great change. 
 The maiden name of Mrs. Darling's mother was 
 Naomi Pratt. She was born in Massachusetts, a 
 daughter of Linas Pratt, a native of the old Bay 
 State, who was a pioneer of New York State. He 
 came to Michigan at an early daj', and spent his 
 last years in t)akland County. Mrs. Darling's 
 
 mother still resides on the home farm in Summit, 
 and she is now seventy-seven j-ears old. Jlr. Dar- 
 ling is the father ofjtwo cliihlren by his first mar- 
 ri.".ge, Myron and Mary. He and his present wife 
 have five children living: Pascal, AVillard.lFrank, 
 Lizzie, Nettie. Their son Freddie died at the age 
 of seven j'ears. 
 
 In his long and honorable business career Mr. 
 Darling has shown himself to be strictly honorable, 
 trustworthy and plain dealing, and he enjoys a high 
 personal standing wherever known. In his family 
 he is a devoted husband and an affectionate father; 
 towards his neighbors he is always genial and help- 
 ful. In early da\s a Whig, he is and always has 
 been a strong advocate of the polic}' of the Re- 
 publican party, placing himself in its ranks as soon 
 as the parly was founded. 
 
 IVAN RICHARDS. This volume would be 
 
 incomplete as a compendium of Jackson 
 
 '4 County biographies, did it not contain some 
 
 account of the life and ancestrj' of the above-named 
 gentleman. Although he has lived in this county 
 Init a few years, he is alread}- well-known as a suc- 
 cessful farmer and .as a man of intelligence and 
 culture. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write is a descendant 
 of an old and well-known family of South Wales, 
 where his father, Kdmond Richards, was born and 
 grew to manhood. He was reared to the trade of 
 a miller under the care of his father, Evan Richards, 
 who was a leading miller and a iiromincnt member 
 of society in that section. Kdmond Richards mar- 
 ried a prominent young lady of his own circle in 
 society, whose [larents, AVilliam and Mary Coslett. 
 were favorably known among the leading families 
 of South Wales. After the birth of four children, 
 Kdmond Riciiards and his wife Hannah embarked 
 for the United States, leaving Bristol. England, on 
 a sailing vessel. The}' landed in New York, July 
 4, 1827, after a four months' voyage, which was 
 marked by a narrow escape from pirates who were 
 at last successfully baffled bj' the captain. 
 
 After arriving in this country Mr. Richards 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 established a mill in Clockville, Madison County, 
 N. Y., and was there engaged until 1844. He then 
 started West with liis family, sojourning for a time 
 in Oak Hill, Ohio, but not being satisfied, the fol- 
 lowing year he came on to Michigan, finally locat- 
 ing in Dexter Township, Washtenaw County. There 
 he had charge and carried on a mill, continuing in 
 the business lor some years, but later moving on 
 to a farm which he operated until his death. He 
 breathed his last in April, 1 861, at the ago of sixty- 
 two years. He met with business reverses at one 
 time which caused the loss of his entire property, 
 but he lived to build up another and died in fair 
 circumstances. He was a man of the strictest in- 
 tegrity and of other noble traits of character which 
 gained him man}' friends wherever he was known. 
 He held strictly to no church creed but possessed a 
 Christian character. His wife was from early youth 
 an active member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. Slie died in 1852, when not j^et fifty 
 years old. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Richards twelve chil- 
 dren were born, eight of whom lived to years of 
 maturity.. The late Dr. A. E. Richards was the 
 eldest. He was highly educated in medicine in 
 New York State, subsequently going to Louisiana 
 and there coni])leting his medical education in this 
 country. He carried on a large drug business, was 
 very successful, and retired on his accumulated 
 fortune just before the Civil War broke out. He 
 traveled in Europe and other countries for his 
 health and pleasure, and while abroad was gradu- 
 ated from the noted French college of medicine at 
 Paris. From his early days he had been a student 
 of the languages and became a master of seven 
 tongues, com)3leting this line of study during his 
 travels; he made a practice of reading the Bible 
 through each year in a different language, for seven 
 consecutive years. He spent some time as a cor- 
 respondent for the New York Observer and other 
 papers, and interested himself in making a collec- 
 tion of coins and medals, that became one of the 
 finest and most varied numismatic collections in 
 the world. From it he enriched various institutions 
 in this country, among them one at Utica, N. Y., 
 one at Philadelphia, Pa., and the Michigan I'niver- 
 sity at Ann Arbor, the Richards Collection iu the 
 
 latter being regarded as priceless. He also gave 
 largely to the city of Cardiff, AVales, an<l a fine 
 collection to his brother Evan. 
 
 The other living brothers and sisters of our sub- 
 ject are Mary, widow of Warner Forbes, who lives 
 with our subject; Jemima W., wife of R. E. .Smith, 
 of Jefferson; Martha B., who is unmarried and 
 living with our subject; Eliza R., widow of Frank 
 McDonald, formerly a miner of Colorado, in which 
 State he died, his widow now making her home 
 with her brother P^van; Daniel, a retired farmer of 
 Pinckney, Livingston County, Mich., who mar- 
 ried Ellen LaRue; and William, a bee-keeper on 
 Ten Miles Plains in North Australia, who married 
 a lady from London, England. 
 
 The natal day of the subject of this sketch was 
 April 5, 1839, and his birthplace Madison County. 
 N. Y. He was but a small lad when his i)arents 
 turned their faces Westward, after a few months 
 locating in Washtenaw Count}', Mich., where young 
 Evan grew to manhood and received his education. 
 There he spent the most of his life until 1885, 
 when he came to this county, locating on section 
 24, Columbia Township, where he owns a fine 
 property. His estate comprises one hundred and 
 fift}' broad and fertile acres, on which is a fine 
 residence, anrl a line of farm buiklings which in- 
 cludes every necessarj- and convenient arrange- 
 ment for the housing of crops and stock and the 
 successful work of the farm. 
 
 On August 13, 1862, having determined to de 
 vote bis strength and energy to the cause of the 
 Union, Mr. Richards enlisted iu the Twentieth 
 Michigan Infantry, Col. Williams, of I>ansing, com- 
 manding, being assigned to Company K, which 
 was led by Capt. Hammond. In Septembei' the 
 regiment went South, becoming a part of the Ninth 
 Army Corps under Gen. Burnsides. Mr. Richards 
 participated in twenty-six heavy engagements and 
 minor skirmishes, the list including the famous 
 battles of Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, Knoxville, 
 and the Wildeiness, and those of the Grant cam- 
 paign to the battle of Petersburg. He endured 
 many of the hardships which arc necessary events 
 in a soldier's life, but everywhere dis[)layed the 
 courage and valor which became a man and which 
 was to be expected from one of his ancestral race. 
 
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 327 
 
 After the buttle of IVteislnirg lie acted on the de- 
 tached force in the ainbLilance corps. His honora- 
 ble discharge was received at Jackson, IMich , June 
 ;), 1865, and he resumed the peaceful occupation 
 of a farmer, in which he h.ad previously' been en- 
 gaged. He is a sound Republican, not only giving 
 his vote to the party of his choice but wielding his 
 personal intlucnce in its behalf as well. 
 
 A worthy representative of an ancient race, in- 
 heriting from his progenitors many of the best 
 traits of their respective families, Mr. Richards 
 has lived in such a manner as to cast no discredit 
 on the name. As a citizen he has ever been relia- 
 ble and public si)iriled, in his worldly affairs he has 
 manifested a high degree of energy and ability, 
 while his home life is only marred by the fact that 
 he has prefei'red single blessedness. One of his 
 most highly prized possessions is the collection of 
 ancient coins given him and his sister by their 
 brother, which is valued at not less than $8,000. 
 
 I LBKRT G. AYRES. It gives us pleasure 
 - ,— | . to incorporate within this volume a sketch 
 
 11 la of the above-named gentleman, who has 
 ^f/ p;oved himself so worthy a descendant 
 
 of an honorable lineage. He owns and occupies 
 a valuable farm, comprising one hundred and 
 seventy acres, on section 10, Hanover Township, 
 which is devote<l to gener.al farming and stock- 
 raising. Twenty-live acres which produces plain 
 liaj- is the only part of the estate now unim- 
 proved, the balance of the land being devoted to the 
 ordinary crops raised, and to the farm buildings, 
 fruit and ganlen, which all enterprising agricul- 
 turists erect and cultivate. The stock raised is 
 Short-horn cattle and Spanish Merino sheep. Tlie 
 buildings upon the estate comprise a full line of 
 well-built and conveniently located structures, and 
 were erected by the ])resent owner. 
 
 The sul>ject of this sketch is the eldest child of 
 Joseph and Charlotte (Norton) Avies. His father 
 was a native of Massachusetts, and his mother of 
 New York, their marriage having been celebrated 
 in the latter State, which thev made their home 
 
 until 1S:.'U. Then they removed to Ohio, but four 
 years later returned to the Empire Slate, where 
 they resided permanently from that lime. Joseph 
 Aj'res was a member of the Congregational Church, 
 and for over forty years was Superintendent of 
 the Sunday-school. He also held a leading place 
 in political affairs of the localit}-, had lilled nearly 
 all the township offices, and was held in high es- 
 teem by all who knew hiia. He died August 8. 
 1881), at the advanced age of eighty-live years; his 
 wife had passed away in 1884, her age beino' sev- 
 enty-five years. The father of Mrs. Joseph Ayrcs 
 was Screno Norton, a soldier in the War of 1812 
 who died at the age of eighty-five: and her mother, 
 whoso maiden name was Harriet Morse, lived to 
 the extreme age of ninetj'-six j'cars. 
 
 The household band in which our subject made 
 one, comprised nine children, seven of whom are 
 j-et living. One of the deceased, Conway W., 
 Major of the Ninth New York Cavahy. lost his life 
 at the battle of Winchester, Va., while at the head 
 of his regiment, the Colonel having been pre- 
 viousl}^ wounded and being unable to take the 
 field. Two other sons of Joseph Ayres. also de- 
 voted themselves to the service of their country in 
 army life. Chauncy was a member of the same 
 regiment as his brother Conway, holding the po- 
 sition of bugler; he was wounded in battle, but 
 survived, and is now living in Florida. Alfred, 
 who now lives near Jamestown, N. Y., served four 
 years and two months in the Sevent^'-first New 
 York Infantry; he never missed a day's dutv. 
 
 Albert G. A3'res was born at Wheatland, Mon- 
 roe County, N. Y., November 29, 1826, and grew 
 to manhood in his native State, receiving onU' a 
 common-school education. He has always been 
 engaged in farm labor, having begun working by 
 the month at the age of fourteen years, spending 
 the winters in attendance .at school. At (he age of 
 twenty years he began working for himself, re- 
 maining in his native State until 1852, when he 
 came to Michigan and settled ui)on the farm where 
 he now resides. He has been eminentl3' successful 
 in his life work, has accumulated a comfortable 
 fortune, and if no unforscen misfortune befalls him 
 need have no fears for his future comfort. 
 
 Mr. Ayres, while devoting himself to the inter- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 est of liis family iinrl desiring no public honors, 
 lias yet been useful in the local work of the town- 
 ship in politics, in educational affairs and in the 
 work of improvement which has been going on 
 around him. For a dozen years he has been a 
 member of the School Board, and for a long time 
 he has been Pathmaster in this district. Since the 
 organization of the Republican part}' he has given 
 that body his suft'rage and his a-jtive influence. 
 For thirt}' years he has been a Mason; he holds 
 memljership in the lodge at Ilorton, of which he 
 has been Junior Warden and Treasurer, and in the 
 Chapter and Commander}' at Jackson. He also 
 belongs to the Grange, in which he has held the 
 official stations of Overseer and 'J'reasurer. Tiie 
 qualities of mind and character which he has ex- 
 hibited throughout his long residence could not 
 fail to win him the respect of those to whom he is 
 known, and to secure him many friends through- 
 out the neighborhodd. 
 
 On February 16, 1848, Mr. Ay res was united in 
 marriage with jNIiss Harriet O. Niles, with whom 
 he lived happily until Jul}' 1, 1889, when she was 
 removed by death. She was the daughter of Jo- 
 seph and Lavina (Whiteher) Niles, natives of Con- 
 necticut, the paternal ancestors having been from 
 New York, and the maternal from Massachusetts. 
 Mr. Niles was born June 10, 1800, and breathed 
 his last in 1875; his wife svas born March 21, 
 1801. and died August 19, 1840. They were pa- 
 rents of five children, all now deceased. Mrs. 
 Ayrcs was the second child, and opened her eyes 
 to the light February 27, 1828. Her mother was 
 a school teacher, and from her she received good 
 instruction in her childhood, as well as a careful 
 training in the moral principles and various do- 
 mestic accomplishments. Her education was com- 
 pleted at Brockport, N. Y.,and she left school with 
 a mind cultured to a more than ordinary degree, 
 and a character whose excellence made itself felt 
 wherever she went. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ayres are the parents of six chil- 
 dren, five of whom are now living: Charles \V., 
 wlio was born January 4, 18r)0, is living at Ft. 
 Benton, Vt. ; Albert I., born Septembir 13, 1851, 
 married Miss Adelia A. Fowler, and is living on 
 the same section as his father; Eva E., Iiorn July 
 
 29, 1854, is living in Alma, Gratiot County, being 
 the wife of John W. Holmes, and the mother of 
 four children; Harriet Lovina, born November 6, 
 1856, became the wife of Homer O. Peterson, to 
 whom she has borne two children, their home be- 
 ing with our subject; Frank N. was born June 25, 
 1870, and died March 26, 1871; Lillian M. was 
 born January 5, 1874, and is yet at home with her 
 father. All of the children have received a good 
 common-school education, and e:^cellent home train- 
 ing from their estimable mothei- and their devoted 
 father. 
 
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 ^^^HOMAS B. TAYLOR. It is a pleasure to 
 
 'IM^^ the biographical writer to record the success 
 vV^^ of a man who, beginning life for himself 
 with but small means, has reached a substantial po- 
 sition as the owner of a good business establishment, 
 from which he derives a comfortable and assured in- 
 come. Such is the case with the gentleman above 
 named, who, in 1885, became the proprietor of the 
 Jackson City Mills, built and first operated by E. 
 Beunam, and later owned by J. M. LfClair, who 
 was succeeded by the present owner. 
 
 Mr. Taylor w.as born in Livingston County, 
 Mich., August 29, 1849, being the fourth of eight 
 children that comprised the household of Richard 
 and Mary (Lumb) Taylor. The parents were born 
 in England, and emigrated to Michigan about the 
 year 1839, breathing their last in this State some 
 years later. The gentleman of whom we write 
 passed his boyhood in his native county, amid such 
 surroundings as belonged to farm life, and in the 
 enjoyment of the usual school privileges. At the 
 age of twenty years he entered Bryant & Stratton's 
 Commercial College, in Detroit, and was graduated 
 therefrom with an excellent understanding of busi- 
 ness methods and details. 
 
 The first business in which Mr. Taylor engaged 
 after leaving the school room was in Leslie, where 
 for about fourteen years he sold .agricultural imi)le- 
 ments, and all kinds of farm machinery. Coming 
 to this city and purchasing the business and estab- 
 ment which he is now conducting, and which was 
 then run on the old system, he continued it in that 
 

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 manner until 1M87. wlien lie removed tlie machin- 
 ery and rolilted tiie mill with a complete roller 
 system. The present capacity of the mill is eighty 
 barrels per day, the products are made from native 
 wheat, are sold in the home market, and well known 
 here as being of excellent quiility. 
 
 Mr. Taylor is a systematic man, as a visit to the 
 eslablisiiment, clearly' indicates to the least observ- 
 ing eye. In the few 3'cars in wliich he has been 
 engaged in business here, he has Imill up an excel- 
 lent tr.ade. and a Qne reputation as an honorable 
 business man and a reliable citizen. He belongs to 
 Stockbury Lodge. A. F. & A. M., to the Chapter 
 and Ihc Council in Leslie. 
 
 ARK LANG DEN RAY. The lUirr Oak 
 (irove Farm attracts the admiring atten- 
 *': tion of every traveler passing through 
 Concord Township, as being one of the 
 finest bodies of land on tlie western line of Jack- 
 son County. It embracps two hundred an(i forty 
 acres, divided u\) into well-tilled fields, and a 
 goodly area of tin)l)er land, and with all its appur- 
 tenances indicates in a marked manner the super- 
 vision of an owner more than ordinarily enterpris- 
 ing and intelligent. For a man approaching the 
 seventy sixth year of his age, Mr. Ray presents 
 quite a remarkable picture, and it affords us pleas- 
 ure to show his portrait in this volume. He is still 
 hale and hearty, energetic and indu.'*trious, posses- 
 sing fine gifts intellcctuallj% and a thorough educa- 
 tion, wliile personal!}', he is of that genial and com- 
 panionable temperament which has drawn around 
 liiie hosts of friends. His house, which maj- most 
 properly be termed "his castle," is the very seat of 
 hospitalit}- and good will. In his business trans- 
 actions, Mr. Ray has evinced rare executive ability 
 and good judgment, and while he has never been 
 l)ackward about laboring with his hands, the direc- 
 tion of an active brain has conspired to make him 
 independent financially. The beautiful R.ay home- 
 stead occupies a portion of sections 14 and 1.5. The 
 buildings are constructed in a modern style of archi- 
 tecture, the residence being convenient and substan- 
 
 tial, and the outbuildings, all that is required for 
 the shelter of stock, and the storage of grain. 
 
 Mr. Ray was born at Land (irove, Bennington 
 County, Vt., July 20, 1814, and lived amid the 
 pure air of the (ireen Mountains until 18 IH, when 
 he accompanied his parents to New York State, 
 making the journe}- in a one-horse wagon lis the 
 way of Troy and Saratoga S|)rings. They carried 
 with them a few household articles, and settled in 
 the wilderness of ( )ntario County, which was then 
 the frontier. The early opportunities for school- 
 ing were extremely limited in the case of young 
 Ray, but under the instruction of his parents, who 
 were [icople of more than ordinary intelligence and 
 forethought, and liy the perusal of good books, he 
 obtained a fund of useful information, and con- 
 tracted a habit for reading and oliservation which 
 has never left him up to the present time. 
 
 When twelve years old, young Ray was practi- 
 cally turned adrift to "paddle his own canoe," as 
 his parents were in limited circumstances. He 
 went to work on a farm for his brother-in-law, a 
 Mr. Walker, with whom he remained until reach- 
 ing his majority. In the meantime when nineteen 
 years old. he began teaching at a salar}- of $10 per 
 month, and followed this profession successively 
 for eight winters, while he worked on the farm dur- 
 ing the summer. In 18.'3.j his brother-in-law pre- 
 sented him with 8100 in cash, and with the sum 
 which he had saved, amounting to about $125 more, 
 he set out for Michigan Territory, Intending to 
 '■grow up" with the Western country. He jour- 
 neyed by the Erie Canal to Buffalo, thence by 
 steamer to Detroit, and from there on foot to Ma- 
 comb County, forty-five miles, where he had ac- 
 qu.'iintances among whom he arrived in August 
 following. He purchased one hundred and sixty 
 acres of Government land in Armada Township, 
 ])3ying therefor $201. Then returning to New York 
 Slate as he had come, he arrived home with $12.50. 
 He resumed teaching, and was thus occupied until 
 his marriage. 
 
 In 1840 Mr. Ray associated himself in partner- 
 ship with a young man, and they under the firm 
 name of Doolittle it Ray, starte<l out to sell patent 
 medicines. They obtained their goods in Roches- 
 ter, N. Y.. and had the right to disburse them 
 
332 
 
 PORTRAIT AND 15I0GRAPI11CAL ALBUM. 
 
 through the State of Michigan. The partner dis- 
 tril)uted the goods, and they realized fair returns. In 
 In the fall of tliat year, locating at Canadice Corn- 
 ers, N. Y., they established a small general store, 
 and engaged there in business for eighteen months. 
 jSIr. Ray in tlie meantime was appointed Post- 
 master under the .administration of Gon. William 
 Henry Harrison. Tlien tliey sold out and Mr. IJny 
 tiiiished tlie collecting, to acroniplisii which, lie 
 bought an Indian pony, and rode over fifteen hun- 
 dred miles in the Slate of Michigan during the time 
 of the ''wildcat" money. 'I'his finished up, he pur- 
 chased a farm in Canadice Township, N. Y., this 
 comprising sixt}' acres, where he engaged in fann- 
 ing and stock-raising, held the olHce of Township 
 Supervisor and Clerk, and was School Inspector 
 and Deputy Sheriff. 
 
 In the fall of llSol, Mr. Raj' traded 'a' farm ' in 
 New York State, liaving sold some time previous 
 the one in Macomb County, this State, for that 
 which he now owns and occupies, and which tlien 
 embraced three hundred and sixty acres of land. 
 He located upon it the following spring, taking his 
 family in a wagon to Buffalo, whence they pro- 
 ceeded i)y steamer to Detroit, and from there jour- 
 neyed across the countrj- by means of a team. The 
 country then presented a vastly different appear- 
 ance from that of to-day. being wild and unculti- 
 vated, with notiiing to indicate that in the space of 
 thirty years it would become the abode of a civil- 
 ized and prosperous i^eojile. Mr. Ray commenced 
 in true pioneer style, the improvement of his prop- 
 erty, and subsequently w'as the owner of several 
 small tracts of land, but he held to his present 
 farm which has become one of tiie most desirable 
 estates in Jackson Count}-. To this he has given 
 the greater part of his time and attention. The 
 ])resent residence was put up in 1857, and although 
 having stood the storms of more tlian thirty years, 
 it is still in a good state of preservation. The 
 main barn is 40x60 feet in dimensions, and sur- 
 rounded by plen'y of sheds for the shelter of stock. 
 Mr. Ray put up tiie third windmill in the county, 
 the old "Holliday." Of later years he h.as been en- 
 gaged largelj' in buying and siiipping stock for 
 New York men. lie has made a study of the crops 
 best adapted to his land, whicli produces all kinds 
 
 of grain abundantly. Sheep-raising has formed a 
 prominent feature in Mr. Ray's operations, he hav- 
 ing brought to the county a Merino buck costing 
 8500, the highest price ever paid for any animal of 
 the kind in this county. He has a JNIerino ewe for 
 which lie nl one time refused the sum of $1,000. 
 In years gone by he raised large numbers of full- 
 blooded sheep from the proceeds of which he real- 
 ized handsome returns, keeping from two hundred 
 and fifty to five hundred head. He also for a time 
 was engaged in buj'ing wool for a New York firm. 
 As a lover of fine horses, Mr. Ray has some of 
 
 ] the finest specimens of the equine race to be found 
 in the stables of this county. Among them is the 
 celebrated "Yankee Robinson," sired by "Don Rob- 
 inson," and who has been entered in several races, 
 making 2 :38. He raised the first fast-trotting mare 
 in Concord Township, tins animal making a mile in 
 less than three minutes. Mr. Raj' is in his ele- 
 ment when in a sulky behind a speed)' horse, even 
 at his advanced age. He has always taken a warm 
 interest in the countj' fairs, taking to them his fine 
 stock, and carrying off the blue ribbons. He was 
 frequently selected as one of the Directors, and 
 also acted as Judge. For one j-ear he served as 
 President of the Agricultural Society. He now 
 rents his farm and takes his ease, living retired 
 from active labor, and spending his leisure hours in 
 reading and among Ins friends. He is well posted 
 in political affairs, and is one of the few with whom 
 an hour may be spent in a pleasant and profitable 
 manner. The homestead is pleasantly located two 
 miles from the village of Concord, which is easily 
 and readily reached by Mr. Ray's livelj' trotters. 
 
 As a specimen of the liberality which has char- 
 acterized Mr. Ray, is the well-known fact that he 
 subscribed *il,000 for the building of the Air Line 
 Railroad, donating tlius to this enterprise a sum 
 far in excess of many to whom it was really a great 
 benefit. During the Civil War he acted as an en- 
 rolling officer, enlisting a goodly number of sol- 
 diers, and if at an}' time there was money due him 
 from this source, he donated it to the soldier or Ids 
 family. 
 
 He cast his first vote for Gen. Harrison in 1836, 
 and supported the old hero a second time in 1840, 
 
 I which is something few men living to-day can say. 
 
PORTRAIT AND lilOGKAPHlCAL ALBUM. 
 
 333 
 
 Ik' lias hc'un a member of the Republican parti' 
 since its organization in this county, under the old 
 oak tree near .lackson, being one of the leark-rs at 
 llial tinu". serving on the County Central Comuiit- 
 tcc. and lalcr as a delegate to the counti' and Slate 
 conventions. 
 
 Mr. Ray has attended several national conven- 
 tions, and was present at Chicago at the first noinina- 
 sion of Lincoln. He has served a number of times 
 on the petit, grand, and United States juries, and 
 when the County Court desired a special jury, they 
 uisnally managed to draw Mr. Ray as one of them. 
 Upon one occasion there was a line span of horses 
 stolen fi'om him. an;! lie followed lhe:n, recovering 
 both horses and thieves, bringing back the latter, 
 and having tlieni tried and coiivkted. He was the 
 first man in Ontario, X. Y., who sold a span of 
 horses for Sf300. and a single horse for the same 
 sum. He has always been interested in live slock, 
 and has done whal lie could to raise the standard 
 in this part of the State. 
 
 Mr. Ray was marrieil in Livingston County. N. 
 Y., April G, 1813, to !Miss Elvira .T. Hartson. This 
 lady was born in that county, November 22, 1822, 
 and was the daughter of Alpheusand Laura (Rich- 
 ardson) Hartson, the former of whom died when 
 she was a child. .Mrs. Ray was reared in l^iving- 
 ston County, by her grandfather, and completed 
 her studies in Luna Seminary. She commenced 
 teaching at the age of eighteen years, and followed 
 this profession until marriage. She departed this 
 life at the homestead in Concord Township, June 
 22, 18.')!). Her mother outliveil her, and spent her 
 last days at the home of Mr. R.ay, dying in 1881, 
 at the age of seventy-seven years. To Mr. and 
 Mrs. Ray there were born two children oidy, the 
 eldest of whom, a daughter, Emily, completed her 
 education at Albion and Kalamazoo Colleges, and 
 is now the wife of J. 15. Stoddard, the Postmaster 
 of Concord. The son, Franklin A., attended first 
 the seminary .at ^psilanti, and subsequently was 
 graduated from Bryant ik Stratton's Business Col- 
 lege of the same; he is now a resi(knt of ('oncord. 
 
 The father of our subject was John Ra3', a native 
 of Connecticut, in which State he lived until a 
 young man grown. He traced his ancestry to Eng- 
 land. He learned shoemaking during his 3'outh, 
 
 but soon after his marriage removed to Benning- 
 ton County, Vt., and located on a piece of new 
 land near Sand Grove. He improved a good faim 
 but lost his property' on account of signing a con- 
 stable's bonds. Then in 181S. he removed to On- 
 tario County, N. Y., but was so unfortunate as to 
 sellle in an unhealthy location, from the effects of 
 which his wife dictt. There he worked at his trade 
 for a lime, and linally became owner of another 
 small farm in Kiclimond Township. He spent his 
 last days there dying, in 1852, at the age of eighty- 
 one years. He was an active member of the Bap- 
 tist Church, (jrandmother Ray was an only sister 
 of the famous Revolutionary soldier, (ien. Israel 
 Putnam. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
 of Elizabeth Langdon. She was born in Hillsboro 
 County. N. H.. and was of English ancestry, who 
 were first represented in America about the lime of 
 the coming over of the Mayflower. She died in 
 New York in 1819. The parental household in- 
 cluded seven children, the eldest of whom, a daugh- 
 ter, Rebecca, was married and died in Illinois; 
 Eleanor, Mrs. Walker, died in Michigan; John, de- 
 ceased; Jefferson, deceased; ftlark L., our subject, 
 was the fifth in order of birth; Abigail was mar- 
 ried and, died in Ontario Connt\% N. Y. ; Eliza, 
 Mrs. Hyde, is a resident of Kent County. 
 
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 ENJAMIN TURK. A beautiful farm on 
 ^- section 31, Columbia Township, is the home 
 r»D)jl of the above-named gentleman, who is num- 
 bered among the successful fanners of the 
 couiily. The estate is supplieil with a full line of 
 farm buildings, embracing every necessary and 
 con vei. lent arrangement for cunying on the work 
 of the farm, and for the accommodation of the 
 family, and the proper housing of crops and stock. 
 It was formerly the home of the parents of Mr. 
 Turk, and manj- memories cluster about it. 
 
 The eircumstauces surrounding one in early life 
 have so important a bearing on his later years that 
 it is well to notice those under which the subject 
 of this sketch grew to manhood. His father. John 
 
334 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 B. Turk, was born in New York, and grew to man- 
 hood as a farmer in Delaware County. There he 
 married Miss Panina Kelley, a native of that eountj', 
 and also a sister of Nelson Kelley, whose biog- 
 raphy occurs elsewhere in this volume, and contains 
 the family history. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley remained 
 in that county for a number of years, three sons 
 and five daughters being born to them there, and 
 two of the children dying in early life. In 184.5, the 
 parents, and surviving members of the family, came 
 to Michigan, the journey from Toledo to Adrian, 
 Mich., being over one of the first railroads built in 
 tills State. Mr. Tnrk selected a tract of land in 
 Liberty Townshi|), this county, where he built a 
 log house which was the family dwelling place for 
 a time, a beginning being made toward the im- 
 provement of the unbroken land which surrounded 
 it. The farm was subsequently sold and eighty 
 acres purchased in Columbia Township, which be- 
 came the permanent abiding [jlace of the family. 
 There the father died, about the year 1853, when 
 not yet fifty years of age. He was a good citizen, 
 and well regarded by his associates. His wife sur- 
 vived him many years, dying about the year 1870. 
 She was an excellent woman, a kind neighbor, and 
 in her religious belief inclined to the Baptist doc- 
 trines. 
 
 The subject ol this brief biographical sketch was 
 born in Delhi Township, Delaware County, N. Y., 
 A[)ril 26, 1841, and was about four years old when 
 he came to Michigan with his parents. He was still 
 quite young when his father died, and he con- 
 tinued to reside with his mother until he was 
 married. He chose as his companion in life Mrs. 
 Lncy Vanderburgh, nee Allen, and their marriage 
 was celebrated in Jackson. The bride was born near 
 Hanover, this county, November 7, 18.5G. She is 
 a daughter of .lames C. and Mary J. (Sprague) 
 Allen, who were born, reared and married in New 
 York, and became residents of Michigan at an 
 eaily day. They located near Hanover, where Mr. 
 Allen began work as a frontier farmer, and where 
 they livc'l for some years. There ;\Irs. Allen died 
 while in the prime of life, when her daughter Luc}' 
 w.as but two and a half years old. Mr. Allen sub- 
 sequently married !Mrs. Harriet E. Northrope, nee 
 Marsh, afterward removing to Jefferson, where ho 
 
 now lives retired from active life. He and his wife 
 are members of the Free Methodist Church. 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Turk was reared near the place of her 
 birth, acquiring a good education, and having many 
 friends in the society in which she moved. Her 
 present marriage has been a childless one. Init by 
 her former marriage she is the mother of one 
 daughter — Edna M. Mr. Turk is a believer in and 
 sui)porter of the principles of the Democratic 
 party. lie and his wife are active members of 
 societj', receiving their due measure of respect from 
 tiieir fellow men. 
 
 UCIUS F. THOMPSON. A prominent place 
 among the farmers and citizens of Colum- 
 bia Township, is held by the above named 
 gentleman, wiiose life has been a successful and 
 honoral)le one. He is the owner and occupant of a 
 splendid farm on section 23, where he has a fine 
 residence and suitable farm buildings, the whole 
 estate bearing an appearance of order and careful 
 cultivation in keeping with the character of its 
 owner. Mr. Thompson has for some time been 
 connected in a small way with market gardening. 
 His estate comprises two hundred and eighty acres 
 of as fine sod as can be found in Southern Michi- 
 gan, and it has been his permanent home since his 
 father's death two years ago. 
 
 The eyes of our subject first opened to the light 
 August 6, 1843, on the farm where he now jives. 
 Tiiere he spent his boyhood under the usual aus- 
 pices of a farmer's son. His education was obtained 
 at Hillsdale, Adrian and Ypsilanti, and from tlie 
 latter place he enlisted in the Union army, August 
 11, 1862. He became a member of Company E, 
 Seventeenth Michigan Infantr3', under the leader- 
 ship of Capt. Campbell and Col. Worthington, of 
 Jackson. Accompanying his regiment to the South, 
 he entered into campaign work with all the vigor 
 of his young manhood. At the battle of South 
 Mountain, i\Id., three days after the terrible en- 
 gagement at Anlietam, he was struck by a minie 
 ball which penetrated his abdomen, and is still 
 lodged witliin his liody. He lay in the hospital for 
 
I'UKTRAIT AM) HKKJRAPlir'AL AL1',UM. 
 
 335 
 
 some time but was finally (lischai'fjed, Septemlicr 
 2S. ISG/S, for ilisaliility. lie has since, in several 
 well wiilten stanzas, jiiveii a fine descriplion of the 
 charge of the Seventeenth at South Mountain, the 
 verses havinjr l)eei> reail by him at the camp lire at 
 Montague in 1 Sf<.?. 
 
 After his return from tlie lields of battle, wliere 
 liis experience, although sliort, |)rove(l so disast- 
 rous, Mr. Thompson assumed the role of a farmer 
 and of a married man. After operating a farm for 
 some time he moved to Montague, wliere lie en- 
 gaged in mercantile pursuits building up a thriving 
 and successful trade by his energy and fair dealing, 
 being also interested in market gardening in tiie 
 neigborhood. On the question wliich ii.as been the 
 great political issue for some time Mr. Thompson 
 declares himself to be a free trader. 
 
 In Y|)silanti Mr. 'J'hompson and Miss Tiieresa 
 M. Minion were joined in the bonds of holy wed- 
 lock. The bride w.ls born in Detroit May 7, 1845, 
 to Michael and Margaret (Melian) Miiiton. Her 
 parents were born, reared .'ind married in Ireland, 
 it is thought, near Dulilin, afterward setting sail 
 for America and making their first settlement on a 
 farm near Milford, Mich. There, among the very 
 ear!}' settlers, Ihey lived for a time, thence remov- 
 ing to Detroit, where Mr. Jlinton established two 
 large cooper shops on tiie Detroit River. lie was 
 one of the first to cstablisii u coopering business in 
 that place and proved very successful, accumulat- 
 ing a large fortune. While in tlie prime of life he 
 was thrown from his buggy by a runaway horse 
 and, the vehicle passing over him, received injuries 
 from which he ultimately died. His widow died 
 very suddenly a few years later, and a self-assumed 
 administrator successfull}" beat the heirs out of 
 their fortune and escai)ed from the country. The 
 villain first destroyed all the [lapers and records of 
 the family, and as the children were quite 3-oung 
 they lost nearl}^ all traces of their family connec- 
 tions. It is known, however, that the old stock in 
 Ireland were well-known and prosperous people. 
 
 After the death of her parents Miss Theresa 
 Minton continued her education in the Normal 
 School at Ypsilanti, where she continued to reside 
 until licr marriage tC) our subject. She has borne 
 her husband three children: Minnie M., now iu the 
 
 lirooklyn schools; Edward W. and Bert L. who 
 are yet at home The intelligence, good breeding 
 and excellent characters of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson 
 ledound to their credit throughout the community' 
 where they have many an<l warm friends. 
 
 The father of our subject was Theophilus \V. 
 Thompson, a man whose untiring energy' and am- 
 bition served to develop one of the most product- 
 ive farms of Jackson County. He is a native of 
 the Empire Stale, having been born in Oneida 
 County, October 29. 1808. He was the son of 
 Cyrus Thompson, a fanner by occupation, a prom- 
 iient and representative man and a worthy citizen 
 all his life. Cyrus Thompson was a native of 
 Jlassachusetts, as was his father before him, who 
 lived ami died in the Bay State and who was one 
 of a prominent family among the early settlers of 
 New England in the old Colonial da3-s. Cyrus 
 Thompson became a pioneer settler in Oneida 
 County, N. Y., and there ended his days as a suc- 
 cessful agriculturist and a worth3' member of the 
 community wherein he had spent many years. 
 
 The boyhood and youth of Theophilus ^V. 
 Thompson were spent in the town of his nativity, 
 where he received a liberal schooling accordinu to 
 the general understanding of that phrase in those 
 days. He began life as a farmer's boy usually 
 does, but as earl}- as 1837 left his home and friends 
 to seek his fortune in the wilderness. Me pushed 
 his way AVestward as far as Manchester, Washte- 
 naw Count}', Mich., where he remained two years, 
 during that lime being engaged in leaching. He 
 then came to this countj'.bought from Royal Watkins 
 one hundred and twentj* acres of land, on section 
 23, Columbia Township, and there made his home. 
 It is not far out of Brooklyn, is a choice tract, and 
 owing to its natural adornment with cedars, 
 pines, etc., it became known as the "Evergreen 
 home."' From year to 3-ear it has graduallj- been 
 transformed to a l)cautiful tract of rolling meadows 
 and productive fields, and by sul)sequent purchases 
 increased to two hiindreii and eighty acres, its pres- 
 ent size. U is now under the ownership of tiie 
 eldest son.L. F. Thompson, wlio still maintains the 
 credit of '-Jivergreen home" for productiveness. 
 
 Theopliilus W. Thompson was all his life a man 
 of sterling energy and worth, of sound inlcgrity and 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Christian ciiaracter. He served as a ruling Elder in 
 the Presbyterian Church and was liie only layman 
 of the State of Miciiig-an who had the Ik nor of being 
 sent as a delegate to the General Conference of 
 the church outside of the State. His work among 
 his friends was always such as to endear his mem- 
 ory to tlu^m when he laid aside the cares of life and 
 crossed the river of death, which occurred at his 
 home October 2, 1888. In politics he was in former 
 years a Republican, but after the war he became 
 a Democrat. He was married, April 25, 1835, at 
 Manchester, Mich., to Miss Ruth M. Watkins. She 
 was born Februar}' 6, 1819, being a daughter of 
 Roj'al Watkins, of Norvell Township, this county. 
 Mrs. Tliompson's great-grandfather, Nathan Wat- 
 kins was of the old Connecticut stock and of Welsh 
 and Scotch descent. Different branches of the fam- 
 ily were among the original settlers of New En- 
 gland and Virginia, and the genealogy of the 
 family is traceable as far back as the 6fteenth cen- 
 tury. The subject of this sketch has in his home 
 several very old family relics that establish without 
 a doubt the f.act that his mother was a descendant 
 in a direct line from l\Layflower stock, of the Car- 
 penter and Howard families, of which the late Hon. 
 Matt Carpenter of Wisconsin was a member. 
 
 Mrs. Thompson became the mother of two chil- 
 dren — L. F., the subject of this notice, and Edwin 
 Clarence, who is now in the West. She died at her 
 home in Februarj', 1889. She was a member of 
 the Presbyterian Church and a good, noble woman 
 whoso memory is held in loving remembrance b}^ 
 her children and by many friends. 
 
 Sjl OSEPH COBB, Supervisor of Norvell Town- 
 ship, is one of the representative men of the 
 county, and a very successful farmer and 
 stock-raiser. He is the owner and occupant 
 of a line farm on sections 4 and 33, where he has 
 lived for thirty-nine years. The estate bears every 
 convenient and necessary arrangement in the way 
 of farm buildings, all well-built and sufficiently 
 comtnodious, while the entire farm exhibits careful 
 and intelligent management. The owner was born 
 
 in Phelps Township, Ontario County, N. Y., March 
 14, 1831. and was about a vear old when his par- 
 ents settled near Clinton, Lenawee County. Mich. 
 There he was reared on his father's farm, attend- 
 ing a common school, and acquiring a good funda- 
 mental education. Being naturally endowed with 
 a good mind, and a love of information, he has, by 
 extended reading, and through oliservation and ex- 
 perience, added largely to his earl}' attainments, 
 and is now very well-informed and intelligent. In 
 June, 1851, he came to this county, where he has 
 become well and favorably known as an agricul- 
 turist and a citizen, and where he has acquired a 
 comfortable competency. 
 
 Joseph Cobb is the second son of Septimus and 
 Caroline (Brooks) Cobb. His father was born in 
 Tully Hill, N. Y., is cf English descent, and the son 
 of a couple who were born in Massachusetts. Hav- 
 ing lost his father when quite young, Septimus 
 Cobb was reared under circumstances not the most 
 favoralile, and grew to manhood without much 
 knowledge of his parents and their history. In 
 early life he became a farmer, and after his mar- 
 riage in Ontario Count}', remained there until after 
 the birth of two children, James and our subject. 
 He then, in 1832, came to Michigan, performing 
 the journey by water and overland as was the cus- 
 tom, and settling on Government land in Lenawee 
 County. There he lived until 1850, when he re 
 moved to this county and located on a farm in 
 Norvell Township, where Mrs. Cobb died in Au- 
 gust, 1877, at the age of sixty-six j'ears. She came 
 of an old New York family, was a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and a good woman, 
 devoted to her familj'. Septimus Cobb is yet living, 
 making his home with his eldest son, James, having 
 now reached the advanced age of eighty-two years. 
 In politics he is a Jacksonian Democrat, and in re- 
 ligion a Universalist. While living in Lenawee 
 County, he was a township officer for some years. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write, was married 
 in Norvell Township, to Miss Martha Quigley, who 
 was born near Hector Hill, N. Y.. July 10, 1835. 
 She is a daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Bunnell) 
 Quigley, who at quite an early day made a settle- 
 ment in this county, living on a farm in what is 
 now Norvell Township, until death. She is a smart, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 337 
 
 int'lligent woman, capable of looking ""cll to llic 
 w:iys of la-r housobolil. ami rcgariled with respect 
 liy lier neighbors anil as-ociates. Slie lias borne 
 three children, of whom we note the following: 
 Kdie, who was born in liS').5, married Frank K. Ans- 
 lin, and died In 1S81. at the birth of her first child, 
 which died at the same time; William .'^. marrisd 
 Miss .Tannic McWiliiams, and now lives in Jackson ; 
 he is a graduate of the I^aw Department of the 
 Michigan I'niversity at Ann Arbor, and is engaged 
 in the practice of his profession. Joseph H., who 
 is also an attorney, married Miss Nettie Carr, and 
 lives at Alpena. 
 
 Mr. Cobb has been Justice of the Peace, and 
 Highway (Jomraissioner, and has already held the 
 ])osition of Supervisor two years, giving great sat- 
 isfaction to his constituents. He is very popular 
 among Lis political brethren, and wields quite an 
 influence throughout the ranks of the Democratic 
 party. He is likewise held in good repute by the 
 citizens in general, for his honorable character and 
 energetic nature. 
 
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 Vt; OHN W. WINSLOW is a member of the firm ! 
 of liiggs ik Winslow, who are doing busi- 
 ness as grocers at No. 516, South Milwaukee 
 ' Street, Jackson. He is a man of fine char- 
 acter and excellent business habits, and is regarded 
 as an active factor in extending the commercial in- 
 terests of the city. He is of pioneer antecedents. 
 both his grandfather and lather being earl}' settlers 
 of this State, and he is a native born citizen of fliis 
 commonwealth. 
 
 He was born in Wan 15uren, Wayne County, to 
 George and Sarah (Sterling) AVinslow. His father 
 coraes of good New fingland stock, and is himself 
 a native of that part of the country, Bennington, 
 ISennington County, Vt., being his birthplace. His 
 fatlier was also a native of New Englaml. and fin- 
 ally removed from the Green Mountain State in 
 1820, to Genesee County. N. Y.. the removal being 
 made with teams across the wilds of New York, as 
 it was before the day of railways and canals. He 
 
 cast in his lot with tiie early settlers of that county, 
 and remained with them until 183.1. when he mi- 
 grated to a still wilder part of the country, making 
 his way with his family to Lapeer County, this 
 State, and becoming a pioneer of that section of 
 the country. He cleared a good farm from the 
 forest primeval, and made that his .abiding pl.ace 
 until death called him hence. 
 
 George Winslow w.as a lad of nine years when 
 his parents left the home of his birth among the 
 green hills of Vermont, and located in the wilder- 
 ness of Genesee County. He there grew to a stal- 
 wart manhood, and in turn became a pioneer him- 
 self, selecting the Territory of Sonthern Michigan 
 as a suitable place for a vigorous young man to 
 build up a home for himself and familj-, and set- 
 tling here in 1 832, in wliat is now Van Buren Town- 
 shi|), W.ayne County, becoming one of its earliest 
 settlers. At that time there were no railways in 
 Michigan, and means of communication with the 
 outside world was exceedingly' limited, and the 
 country was very sparsely settled, and deer, wolves, 
 and other wild animals were plentiful. In the ^-ears 
 that followed he watched the growth of the coun- 
 try with interest, and Ins lived to see it well-devel- 
 oi)e<l and wealthy. He bought a tract of timber 
 land, and his first work was to build a log cabin, in 
 which his family took shelter before there were 
 windows, door, or floor, blankets being hung up in 
 the doorwaj' to kee|) out the wolves. In that hum- 
 ble cabin our subject was born. The father w.as 
 viMy industrious, and worked hard to clear his land 
 and to till the soil, and finally improved a fine farm, 
 on which he erected comfortable frame buildings, 
 and lived there until 1881. In that year he sold 
 his farm and removed to the village of Sheldons, 
 town of (.'anton. where he spent his declining years 
 in the comfortable home secured bj' the competence 
 that he won in agricultural pursuits. He died No- 
 vember 23, 1888. The esteemed wife and mother 
 |)assed away September 8, 1889. She was a daugh- 
 ter of Augustus Sterling, of New York, and was 
 born in that State in the Mohawk ^'alley. Six 
 children were born of their married life — JIarN', 
 Kunice, Susan, Sarah, George, and .John W. 
 
 .lolin W. Winslow of this biographical review, 
 passed his early life on the old homestead wlurc 
 
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 he was born, residing with his parents until he 
 married and established a fireside of his own. His 
 father gave hira excellent educational advantages, 
 and besides attending the public schools of liis na- 
 tive town, he was a pupil for one term in a good 
 school in this city. October 2, 1872, he tool? an 
 important step in life, that lias contributed niucli 
 to his well-being and success, as on that date lie 
 was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Sayre, a na- 
 tive of Joliet, AVill County, III., and a daugliter of 
 Charles >Sayre. This marriage has been blessed to 
 them by llie birtli of a son and a daughter, George 
 and Nellie. 
 
 Our subject was reared to agricultural pursuits, 
 and after marriage bought a farm opposite that of 
 his father in Van Buren Township, and was suc- 
 cessfully employed in its management until 1886. 
 He then abandoned farming, and removing to Yp- 
 siianti, was given a situation in tlie Ypsilanti Cream- 
 ery the two ensuing seasons. He tlien entered upon 
 iiis career as a merchant, deriving in a grocery six 
 months, and in 1888 lie formed a partnership with 
 his nepiiew, Arthur E. Riggs, under the firm name 
 of Riggs & Winslow, and tliey have ever since pros- 
 perously prosecuted the mercantile business in this 
 city. B\' studying the wants of tiieir customers, 
 by square dealing, and strict attention to tlieir busi- 
 ness, they have greatly extended it, and liave a lu- 
 crative trade. 
 
 Our subject inherited the sterling virtues of his 
 New England ancestr}', and his course in life has 
 been guided b}' them; and he has always been true 
 in all his relations with others, as a son, luisband, 
 father, and neighbor. He and his wife are respected 
 members of the Metiiodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 
 'Sfl(^-\OLNEY V. B. MERWIN. This gentleman 
 \j^W is a prominent member of tlie legal i)ro- 
 ^ fession in Jat^iison, and is lield in high re- 
 pute by his fellow citizens, as a man of honor, 
 intelligence and ability, not only in the profession 
 which he so well adorns, but in his capacity for 
 trade and in public life. Inheriting fine natural 
 abilities, and a taste for mental culture, even while 
 
 carrying on an active occupation among business 
 men he devoted his leisure moments to study, and 
 and is now one of the l)est read among the many 
 cultured citizens that Jackson boasts. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject, Heman Merwin, 
 w.as a native of Connecticut, and tradition says, a de- 
 scendant of one of three brothers born in Scotland, 
 who came to America in Colonial times. He re 
 moved to the Empire State in an early day, first 
 locating in tlie Black River country, and later re- 
 moving to Genesee County, where he breathed his 
 last. His son. Smith C. Merwin, was born Febru- 
 ary 8, 1805. in or near Oneida County, N. Y., was 
 reared in his native State, and early turned his 
 attention to tbe studj' of medicine. After his grad- 
 uation he practiced a short time in New York, and 
 in 1837 came to Michigan, locating at Moscow, 
 Hillsdale County, of which village he was r>ne of 
 tbe pioneers. He bought village property, and at 
 once began practice, continuing activel}^ engaged 
 in the duties of his profession there for many years. 
 About 1 882 lie came to Jackson, and thereafter 
 made his iiome witli our subject, breathing his 
 last January 2, 188!t, at the age of eighty-four 
 years. His wife, Minerva, daughter of Josiali and 
 Eunice Williams, was born in Cazenovia, N. Y., 
 and died in Moscow, Mich., in 1858. The parental 
 family comprised two children, only one of whom 
 lived to mature years. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
 was born in Portage, N. Y., in that part of Genesee 
 now in Wyoming County, his natal da}- being June 
 18, 1833. He was but four years old when he came 
 to this St.ate with his parents, but he well remem- 
 bers the incidents of the journey, which was maiie 
 via the lake from Buffalo to Toledo, and thence 
 with teams into the region in which Indians still 
 lingered, and where deer, wolves and other wild 
 game was abundant. He attended the pioneer 
 schools of ]Moscow, and supplemented the knowl- 
 edge thus obtained liy continuing his studies at 
 Spring Arbor College, at the age of sixteen becom- 
 ing a teacher and spending several terms in charge 
 of a scliool. 
 
 At the age of twenty years Mr. Merwin began a 
 mercantile career as a clerk in a dry-goods store, 
 and after a short time thus employed in Moscow 
 

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 and Jonesville, went into the business at the former 
 place on his own account, at the same time dealing 
 quite extensively in horses, cattle, hogs, wool, etc. 
 He continued in business until llie breaking out of 
 the war, when he became a recruiting oflicer of the 
 State of Micliigan, being tlie first man couiniis- 
 sioned as such \.y Gov. Blair. He was soon after- 
 ward examined for enlistment, but rejected on 
 account of ph^'sical disability. He was afterward 
 appointed Draft t'ommissioncr, but could not ac- 
 cept on account of other business, altliougli lie 
 subsequently accepted tiie position of Assistant 
 Provost Marshal for the First District, and served 
 as such until the close of the war. 
 
 The following two years were spent by iMr. ^Icr- 
 win in Canada, engaged in oil speculations, and he 
 then spent an equal length of time in traveling 
 through the .States, with his headqu;uters at Chi- 
 cago, after which he came to .lackson and opened a 
 real-estate ollicc. During this lime he had devoted 
 his leisure monicnls to the study of law, and going 
 to Ann AriKU' he successfully passed a rigid exam- 
 ination, after which he took up the practice of the 
 profession, which he has since continued. lie is 
 well versed in legal technicalities, precedents and 
 principles, is a logical pleader, and a shrewd dis- 
 eorner of the most salient points of offence and de- 
 fence in the cases which come before him. 
 
 Mr. Merwin has been twice married, the first 
 alliance having been contracted in IS.'iG, and his 
 bride having been Miss Arsinoe Knight. She was 
 born in Brooklyn, .lackson County, Mich., and was 
 the daughter of Isaac S. and Phoebe Knight. She 
 was si)ared to her husband but a few years, being 
 borne to her grave in 18C0. The second marriage 
 of Mr. Merwin took place in 1861, the lad3' with 
 whom he was then united being Jliss Ortha A., 
 daughter of Hamden and Adelia Knight, and a na- 
 tive of Jackson. The first marriage of our subject 
 was blessed by the birth of one son. Willie Elwin. 
 now a resident ot Moscow, Hilldsdale County, the 
 husband of Ella Parker, and the father of two chil- 
 dren — Cl^'de, and an infant unnamed. To Mr. 
 Merwin and his present wife three children have 
 been born, of whom two daughters, Arsinoe and 
 Bernice, survive. Arsinoe is the wife of W. H. 
 Hamilton, of Adrian, and the mother of two chil- 
 
 dren — Susie and an infant; Bernice still remains 
 with her parents; the second child. Charles, died 
 at the age of seventeen years. 
 
 Mr. Merwin joined the Masordc fraternity many 
 years ago, and has taken the chapter degree. His 
 first Presidential ballot was cast for John C. I're- 
 mont. and for many years he continued to cast his 
 vote with the Republican party, but he finally 
 joined the Greenback parly, and of late has been 
 independent in exercising the elective franchise. 
 During his residence in Moscow he held various 
 local offices, resigning the positions of School In- 
 siiector and Postmaster upon leaving that place. 
 In 1880 he was nominated for Circuit .Judge, but 
 withdrew his name before the election; was subse- 
 quently elected Circuit Court Commissioner, and 
 three times re-elected, serving a period of eigiit 
 years. 
 
 ^OLLV C. Sl'RATT. Every one in and 
 about Concord knows ^Vlrs. Polly .Spratt, 
 
 ^ not only because she ranks among the first 
 I \ settlers, but because of her intelligence 
 and remarkable character. Since the death of her 
 husband, nearly twent3- years ago, she has been ex- 
 hibiting her own shrewdness and capability in the 
 management of her business affairs, and proves 
 that a woman is able to successfully conduct and 
 care for financial interests. Her life and labors 
 have won for her the hearty respect of those who 
 know her, and the more loving regard of all witli 
 whom she is intimatel}' associated. 
 
 Mrs. Spratt is of English descent, ami of New 
 England parentage. Her father, Jonathan Cle- 
 mens, was born in Massachusetts, and entered the 
 Continental Army when sixteen years old, serving 
 during the terrible winter at Valley Forge. T.vo 
 of his sons participated in the War of 1812. His 
 occufiation was that of a farmer, and he became 
 well-to-do and prominent ai Whitehall. Washing- 
 ton County, N. Y., where he was an early settler. 
 He was a member of the Baptist Church. His 
 wife, in her girlhood Lucv Worden, wjis born in 
 Connecticut. In 181(5 Polly Clemens opened her 
 
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 eyes to the light; she was reared on the farm, with 
 but limited seiiool privileges, but throughout her 
 long life has endeavored to become well info/med, 
 and has succeeded in her endeavors. She remained 
 with her parents until her marriage, February 7, 
 183.3. 
 
 William II. Spratt, to whom our subject gave her 
 hand in marriage, was born in Hampton, Washing- 
 ton County, N. Y., received his education in his 
 n.ative place, and after his marriage spent two 
 yi ars as a farmer in his native .State. He then 
 came to Michigan, making one of a colony of 
 seven families from Whitehall, who hired a canal 
 boat, towing it themselves with their own teams to 
 l?uffalo, whence they took steamer to a Detroit, 
 continuing their journey by teams. They were 
 five days in reaching Concord, which at that time 
 contained two log houses, a shanty and a sawmill. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Si)ratt located on a farm, and began 
 improvements amid the primitive surroundings and 
 under the discouraging circumstances which were 
 common on the frontier. 
 
 In 1849 Mr. Spratt bought a farm on section 23, 
 Concord Townsliii), now operated by H. K. Bil- 
 lings, which he thoroughly improved, operating it 
 until 1870. lie owned two hundred and seventy 
 a.eres of farm land, and considerable village prop- 
 erty, having been remarkably successful in his ca- 
 reer in life. At the date last named he removed 
 to Concord, where he lived a retired life until his 
 demise, in IMarch, 1872. He liad brought the first 
 fine Merino sheep into this county, and in many 
 ways manifested a more than ordinary intelligence 
 and progress in his agricultural work. In politics 
 he was a Democrat. Mrs. Spratt remained in the 
 village a couple of years, but is now making her 
 home on the old farm with her daughter, Mrs. Bil- 
 lings. She has three children, two living and one 
 dead. "William H. is a retired farmer, living in 
 Concord ; Mary M. is the wife of H. K. Billings, of 
 whom further mention is made below; Alma M. 
 married Dr. Saxton, and died in Concord. 
 
 INIr. Spr.att was of Scotch ancestr}', his grand- 
 father, Capt. William II. Spratt, having been born 
 in the city of Edinburgh. He was in the British 
 Standing Army, and came to America with Bur- 
 goyne, under whom he fought in the Revolution 
 
 until that general's defeat. Capt. Spratt, with his 
 comrades, w.as taken prisoner, but they were soon 
 after paroled with the understanding that the}' were 
 not to again take up arms against the colonists; 
 Capt. Spratt, who had already expressed his dis- 
 gust with the British, was well satisfied with this 
 arrangement, and upon being released from cus- 
 tody he located in Connecticut. Soon afterward 
 he changed bis residence to AVhitehall, N. Y., 
 where he had a large farm improved. He was en- 
 gaged in contracting and building, not only in 
 New York, but in Connecticut and Massachusetts, 
 and built many public edifices, court-houses, halls, 
 etc. He was a master mechanic, having learned 
 his trade in Edinburgh, and had a choice set of 
 tools. 
 
 To Capt. Spratt, while living in Connecticut, a 
 son was born who. w.as christened William, and who 
 became one of the very first settlers in Washington 
 County, N. Y. He was a carpenter, but also en- 
 gaged in fanning, and became a large land-owner. 
 He was a famous hunter, and was captain of the 
 hunters in his neighborhood, wliere that sport was 
 largely carried on. In 1835 he sold his farm and 
 with other Whitehall families, including his son 
 William H.. came to Michigan. He had some 
 money, which he immediately invested in land, be- 
 coming the owner of three hundred and twenty 
 acres in Concord Township, this count}-, which lie 
 improved and operated, also becoming the owner 
 of other tra(^ts, .and independent in fortune. He 
 departed this life ni 1850. 
 
 A lithographic portrait of William H. Spratt, the 
 deceased husband of our subject, is included in 
 this volume. 
 
 IRAM K. BILLINGS is the largest breeder 
 ij of Short-horn cattle in this county, occupy- 
 
 ing one hundred and fifty acres of land on 
 sections 23 and 27, Concord Township. His 
 herd is a fine one, comprising forty-five head of 
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 aniiii.'ils weighiiis' from ciglitoon to Iwenty-foiii' 
 hundred pounds. He takes the blue rililxJiijit Stale 
 Fairs and is well-known among stoekmen. In ad- 
 dition to full-blooded [Short-horn Durham eallle. 
 he also raises full-blooded Poland-China hogs and 
 the Rlack Hawk breed of horses. His slock is well 
 eared for, ever\- needful arrangement having been 
 made for its shelter and comfort. 
 
 The Billings family trace their lineage back to 
 the Mayflower, the ancestors having been English. 
 The grandfather of our subject w,as William .1. 
 Billings, a native of Massachusetts and a hatter by 
 trade. In 1812 he became a resident of West 
 Haven, Vt., where he continued to work at his trade 
 for some time, but subsetjuently engaged in farm- 
 ing, which he continued until his death. Hi? son, 
 the Hon. William Joyce Billing.s, was born in Deer- 
 field. M.ass., January 10, 180-1. Helearned the trade 
 of his father and worked at it until thirty j'oars old. 
 He then embarked in farming and the dairy busi- 
 ness, and became the owner of two good estates. 
 He was a man of prominence in his locality, and 
 held various county and township offices, among 
 them that of Justice of the Peace. He was sent to 
 the State Legislature in Vermont, and so vvell did 
 he look after the interests of his constituents that 
 he was re-elected, serving for a second term. In 
 polities he was a thorough Republican. His death 
 occurred in 1875. He married Miss Betsey M. Ken- 
 yon who was born in Connecticut, Se|)tember !). 
 1804. She was a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth 
 Adams Kenyon, the former of whom died when she 
 was nine years old. Her mother lived until 1878, 
 dying in X'ermont when nearly one hundred years 
 old. IMis. Betsey Billings was the raothei' of eight 
 children, the subject of this sketch being the third 
 on the family roll. The first born. William, rlied in 
 infancy; Betse}^ .1. died at the age of twenty-four 
 years; L\icy A., j\Irs. Bartholomew, lives in White- 
 hall, N. Y.; Mrs. Mary A. Heath <lied in Pl.-itts- 
 burgh, N. Y. ; Mrs. Ora K. Holden lives in Rutland 
 County. Vt. ; George W. is deceased; Willi.im H. 
 resides in Vermont. 
 
 Hiram K, Billings was born in West Haven, Vt., 
 August 10. 1833, and was reared on a farm, being 
 the recipient of good educational privileges in the 
 common and select sciiools. At the age of twentv- 
 
 ouc he began te.nching in his native State, but his 
 health being poor he turned his face Westward after 
 a few years, going to Illinois in 1857. At Shabbona, 
 DeKalb County, he taught during the winter and 
 farmed during the summer until the fall of 1858 
 when he returned to Vermont, remaining on the 
 hom(! farm two years. He then came to Michigan 
 and locating in Concord, this county, he occupied 
 himself teaching winters and farming summers. In 
 the fall of 1862 lie engaged as clerk for Dodge & 
 Minsted, but in July 1863, becoming quite ill, re- 
 turned to his native Slate. 
 
 In the fall of the same year Mr. Billings returned 
 to this county, bringing a carload of Merino sheep, 
 which he sold and then resumed the occupation of 
 clerking which he continued until the spring of 
 18G4. In the meantime, on December 17, 1863, he 
 became the husband of Miss .Mary .AI. Spralt and 
 the spring following he began farming where he is 
 now living. He carried on the place until 1865, 
 when he removed to Pulaski Township, where he 
 oijerated a farm five years. Returning to his present 
 abode, which is the properly of his wife, he has con- 
 tinued to reside upon it. making valuable improve- 
 ments, which include all llje modern conveniences. 
 The estate comprises one hundred and fifty acres of 
 fine land, is situated three quarters of a mile from 
 Concoi(l,and is supplied with a residence, five barns, 
 a windmill and_tank, an excellent orchard, etc. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Billings was born in Concord, 
 October 19, 1836, being a daughter of William K. 
 and Polly C. Spratt, whose biography and ancestral 
 history is included In this volume. She was edu- 
 cated at l!ie Michigan Central College at S[)rinT 
 Arbor, and had taught school one summer. Her 
 graces and virtues of mind and heart, and her thor- 
 oughly womaidy nature, endear her to many beyond 
 the immediate family circle. Mr. and Mrs. Bill- 
 ings have one ailo|)ted child — Henrietta Spenser 
 Billings whom thej^ look at II e age of six months; 
 she is now the wife of Charles Ansterburg, a miller 
 at Concord. 
 
 .Air. Billings belongs to the Ancient Free and 
 Accepted Masons ul Concord, was Secretary of his 
 lodge for thirteen years and is now .lunior De.acon. 
 In politics he is a true-blue Republican. He is an 
 •tctive member of the Baptist Church in Concord 
 
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 and has been Treasurer and Secretary of the society. 
 He possesses a fine character, bis intelligence makes 
 him companionable, and he enjoys the respect of 
 the coram unity. 
 
 ESSE L. PARME'J'ER, M. 1). Little space is 
 necessary in the introduction of Dr. Par- 
 eter to the people of .lackson County, for 
 (^^^ lie has been well known to them as one of 
 tlieir most active and able practitioners and oldest 
 residents for io, lliese many years. As a physician, 
 he has been more tlian ordinarily successful, and 
 has liliewise been a good financier and a [iraise. 
 worthy citizen. He is a very active member of 
 the Baptist Cliurcli, and in all tlie enteriM'ises teml- 
 ing to advance tlie interests of his community he 
 lias been a leader and a substantial contributor 
 thereto. 
 
 A native of Allen, Allegany Count3', N. V., Dr. 
 Parmeter was born October 13, 1826, and lived 
 there until a lad ten years of age. He distinctly 
 remembers the night of the shooting stars in 1833, 
 which caused a commotion throughout the entire 
 country. In 1836 he accompanied his parents to 
 Michigan, the journey being made overland with 
 an ox-team, crossing the Miami swamps of Ohio 
 when the country was in a wild and unsettled con- 
 dition. Game of all kinds was plentiful. The 
 father was an expert hunter, and whatever else the 
 family larder lacked, tliey were sure of plenty of 
 wild meats. 
 
 Young Parmeter assisted his father in opening 
 up the new farm, enjoying veiy limited school ad- 
 vantages, those being conducted on the subscrip- 
 tion plan. The familj^ was in rather limited cir- 
 cumstances, and the boj' at an early age realized 
 tliat he must make his own way in the world. Even 
 tlien he had decided upon the study of medicine, 
 whicli he commenced reading at the age of sixteen 
 and at the age of seventeen had full\' made up his 
 mind to follow this profession. It was several 
 years, however, before he was enabled to commence 
 studying regularlj', and in order to do this, he 
 chopped wood at twenty-five cents per cord in 
 
 order to buy his books and pay for what instruc- 
 tion he could obtain. Finally, at the age of twenty- 
 one, he entered the High School, and bj' boarding 
 with Dr. Menzie, thus obtained access to his medi- 
 cal library. Two years later he commenced teach- 
 ing school, winters, and about that time purchased 
 eighty acres of wild land, which he commenced 
 improving, and by this means slowly laid the 
 foundations for an income which, although small at 
 first, allied him in accomplishing his object. He 
 worked his way through the medical college at 
 Ann Arbor, and by the purchase of additional 
 land became the owner of a little farm of one hun- 
 dred acres, wliich constituted a comfortable home. 
 
 In 1857 our subject commenced the regular 
 study of medicine in the ottlce of Dr. N. B. Saxton, a 
 graduate of Ann Arbor and a skilled physician. 
 He thus pre))ared himself for the medical depart- 
 ment of the rniversity, and in 1862 entered the 
 ha.ven of his desires, and pursued his studies con- 
 tinuously- for three years. At the expiration of 
 this time he was graduated, March 2S), 186.5, with 
 the iionors of his class. Returning then to Con- 
 cord, lie commenced the practice of his profession 
 in his boyhood home, and was soon in the enjoy- 
 ment of an extensive and lucrative business. He 
 now ranks among the leading physicians of the 
 count}', his advice being sought for far and near. 
 He has a comfortable home, and besides this, another 
 little farm of sixty acres, with good improvements, 
 just outside the corporation, and which is oper- 
 ated bj^ his son. 
 
 Dr. Parmeter was married December 31, 1851, 
 at the age of twent\'-five, in Jackson, to Miss Abbie 
 J. Townsend. This lady was born in Walworth, 
 W.ayne County, N. Y., September 14, 1829, and is 
 the daughter of Isaac Townsend, who came ti> 
 Michigan in 1837, and became a prominent and 
 well-to-do farmer of this county. Her mother bore 
 the maiden name of Hannah Penny, and the par- 
 ents arc now deceased. Six children were born of 
 this union, one of whom died when two years old. 
 Orville E. is farming in Concord Township; Ar- 
 dene F. is at present in the employ of the Govern- 
 ment in the post-ottice at Jackson City; Florence 
 E. is the wife of Arthur E. Webster, who is in the 
 ice business at Big Rapids; Ida died when thirteen 
 
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 years old; Lewis L. is fanning in Concord Town- 
 ship; Mark C. was gradiialod from tiie Migli School 
 and is at uresonl in the Jackson Wheel Factory. 
 
 Dr. Parmeler, politically', is a supporter of the 
 Republican party. He was Notary Public four 
 yi'ars, and for several years has been a member of 
 the School Hoard ; he also served as Highway Com- 
 missioner. These offices have been thrust upon 
 him, as he has preferred to give his attention to his 
 profession rather than to assume the responsibili- 
 ties of office. Socially, lie belongs to the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows of Concord, in 
 which be occupied the Noble Grand Chair. He 
 united willi the Methodist Protestant Church at 
 the age of nineteen years, but later transferred his 
 membership to the Baptist Cliurcli, in whicii he has 
 held various offices and been Superintendent of the 
 Sunday-school for years. He is a strong temper- 
 ance man and a member of the Michigan State 
 Medical Society. 
 
 The father of our subject wiis Jesse Parraeter, a 
 native of Rutland Count}', Vt., born near the town 
 of Windsor. The paternal grandfather, likewise 
 Jesse Parmeter, and a native of the same coiintj , 
 learned blacksmithing in Boston, Mass., to which 
 city he repaired when a youth of fifteen ^^ears. He 
 resided in Massachusetts for a number of years, 
 then migrated to Herkimer County, X. Y., and 
 later to Allegany Count}-, where he worked at his 
 trade until 1h;53. That year he came to Michigan 
 Territory and entered land .adjacent to the present 
 limits of Concord, where he established the pioneer 
 blacksmith shop of the place. In religious belief 
 he was a strong Baptist. He voted for W.ashing- 
 ton the second time he ran for President, and lived 
 to vote for Lincoln. He was a Democrat until 
 18')9, and then wheeled over into the Republican 
 ranks, remaining with Ihis party until his death. 
 He spent his last days with his son, Jesse, dying in 
 Concord at the age of ninety-two years, having 
 been born in 1770. The paternal great-grand- 
 parents were French Huguenots, and fled from 
 their native country during the time of religious 
 persecution in France. 
 
 The father of our subject, although a mason by 
 trade, followed farming in Allegany County, N. Y., 
 during his younger years and accompanied his 
 
 father's family to Micliigan. In the fall of 18:}6 
 he purchased forty acres of Government land on 
 section 2, Concord Township, upon which he lo- 
 cated, and to which lie added later and brought 
 seventy-four acres to a good state of cultivation, 
 lie there spent the remainder of his life, dying in 
 1872, at the age of seventy years. He was a good 
 man in the broadest sense of the term, and held in 
 high esteem by the community. Like his father 
 l)efore him. he became connected with the Baptist 
 Church early in life, and was instrumental in or- 
 ganizing the society in Concord. He was one of 
 the few of whom it may be truthfully said, he b.ad 
 not an enemy in the world. In politics he was a 
 sound Republican. His death wiis hastened by an 
 accident. 
 
 Mrs. Electa (Van Wormer) Parmeter, a native 
 of New York State, was born January .'), 1807, and 
 was the daughter of Capt. Jeremiali ^'an Wormer, 
 a farmer of Allegany County and a Captain in the 
 War of 1812. He emigrated to Michigan Terri- 
 tory in 1836, and taking up land, occupied him- 
 self .is a farmer the remainder of his life. The 
 mother of our subject was possessed of all the 
 womanly virtues, but was taken from her family .at 
 the early age of forty years, dying in 18.51. To 
 her and her husband there had been born si.\ chil- 
 dren: Jeremiah AV. died when twenty-live years 
 old ; Jesse L., our subject, was the second son and 
 and child; Eunice S.. Mrs. Townsend, is a resident 
 of Jackson City; William II. is a farmer in Con 
 cord Township; I>ouisa A., ,AIrs. \'aii .N'etta, lives 
 in Albion; Electa died wlieu about forty- twci years 
 old. 
 
 "oZS?~ 
 
 ^^EORGE STRAXAHAN is one of the old 
 'if ^S' **"'' well-known farmers of Columbia Town- 
 \^5l ship, now retired from .active business and 
 living in the village of Brooklyn. He is one 
 of the first settlers of the county to whicli he came 
 with his father, George .*^. .Stranahan. in August, 
 1833, when seventeen jears old. The father se- 
 cured four hundred acres on what is now sections 
 17 and 18. Columbia Townshii), at the head of 
 Clark's Lake, on the north side. The two built a 
 
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 lo" cabin and set out one huucli-ed fiuit trees, the 
 first orchard [planted within llio Ijorders of Jackson 
 County. Tlie young trees were obtained at the 
 old Kies nursery at Clinton, Mich., to which the 
 elder Stranahan went on foot, bringing his purchase 
 back with a team. After having completed tlieir 
 initiatory labors in the way of settlement during 
 tlie fall, the father and son walked to Detroit, 
 wiience lliey accomplished their journey by boat to 
 to Clarence Township. Erie County, N. Y.. wliich 
 had previously been their liome. 
 
 The following spring the father with his entire 
 family and thtdr worldly j^ossessions, crossed the 
 lake and were conveyed by wagons to their new- 
 home in the West. Here the family united in their 
 efforts to make a tine farm amid the wilds of .South- 
 ern Michigan, and after it became a suitable abid- 
 ing place all found employment. They were for- 
 tunate in iiaving land of the most productive 
 nature, and their efforts made of it one of the well 
 cultivated and improved estates of the cminty. the 
 original log cabin being supplemented with better 
 buildings in the process of time. The land even- 
 tuallv changed hands and is now owned by other 
 parties. 
 
 Mr. fSlranahan traces his descent from one James 
 S. Stranahan, the progenitor of the family in Amer- 
 ica, whence he came from the North of Ireland in 
 1725. He settled in Scituate, R. I., whoe he is 
 supposed to have passed the remainder of his life. 
 His ancestors were Scotch and lie was reared in the 
 Presbyterian faith. His son, John Stranahan, was 
 born in New York and probably spent the most of 
 his life there, although as members of the family 
 lived in Connecticut, he may have lived in that 
 State a portion of tlie time. He was a farmer and 
 at one time a slave-owner, although it is known 
 that he liberated his slaves before his death, whieli 
 occurred very suddenly, it is believed in Colum- 
 bia, County. N. Y. He was the father of seven 
 children, the third of whom is the father of our 
 subject. 
 
 Georce S. Stranahan was born April 4, 1783, in 
 Columbia County, N. Y. His early life was spent 
 in bis native county, and later we find him located 
 on the Holland Purchase in Erie County, N. Y., 
 be<^inning his life among the earljr settlers there as 
 
 a farmer and school teacher. He had an excellent 
 education and was well fitted for professional 
 work. That section liecame his home until he en- 
 tered upon his pioneer work in this State, where he 
 spent the remainder of his life, dying in 1864, at 
 the I'ipe age of eighth-one years. He was a fearless 
 pioneer, a friend to the need\'. and the recipient of 
 universal respect. He lived to see the country to 
 which he had come when very few white men were 
 living in it. become improved and thickly settled, 
 with a growth and development almost incompar- 
 able. He was a Justice of the Peace and Road 
 Commissioner in an early day when the last otlice 
 was one of nuicli importance. He had also the 
 honor of naming Columbia Township. He was of 
 the lini versallst faith and died the death of a Chris- 
 tian, in the hope of a blissful immortality. He was a 
 kind husband.and an indulgent father to tlie children 
 who came to bless his home. His wife, formerly 
 Miss Catherine Stranahan, was also of the Empire 
 State whore their marriage was celebrated. She died 
 eighteen years before her husband, having been 
 confined to her bed about two years, bearing her 
 illness patiently and uncomplainingly. She was a 
 Baptist, and one of those earnest believers who 
 made their religion a part of their daily life. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce this 
 biographical notice, was liorn August 24, 1816, in 
 Clarence, Erie County, N. Y., where he spent his 
 boyhood and early youth. When the family re- 
 moved to til is State he bore an active part in the 
 improvement of the new home and eariie<l a [irom- 
 inent rank among the pioneers, although so youth- 
 ful a member of that band. The scenes and incidents 
 of the early life here prove extreme!}' interesting 
 when narrated in his graphic manner, and manj- a 
 tale can he tell of frolics which the j'oung whites 
 had witli the youthful braves of the Pottawatlomie 
 tribe, which was located very near his father's 
 home. Sport was not aiwaj's his experience, but 
 his retrospect includes arduous toil and times of 
 trying illness. On one occasion, during the ab- 
 sence of the father, the entire family with the ex- 
 ception of himself, were stricken with a fever 
 which was then common in the State. Night and 
 day lie watched and worked, having no assistance 
 and was almost exhausted when he was relieved bv 
 
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 the leimn of liis fallicr. nearly two weeks after his 
 anxiety and care be<.'an. One daiij^liter of the 
 househohl fell a victim to the fever. 
 
 The life of Mr. Stranahan has shown a remarka- 
 ble degree of energy' and he has been rewarded 
 with an aliundance of this world's goods, so that 
 he is enabled in his declining years to take the ease 
 and comfort which are so fitting after a well-spent 
 life. He still does some business in the way of 
 money loaning, but having been a good financier, 
 has no neefl for greater effort than he <lesires to 
 prevent idleness. He was never vigorous in bod\', 
 but he has ri|>ened up to a sweet old age. Since 
 the election of President lluchanan he has been a 
 Republican. He has belonged to the village 
 Council, where the same qualities which led to his 
 personal success have benefited the cominunit}'. 
 He is a devoted member of the I'lesbyterian 
 Church. 
 
 In Coldwater, Branch County, the rites of wed- 
 lock were celebrated between Mr. Stranahan and 
 Miss Ilanna Caroline Brink. The bride was horn 
 in Steuben County, N. Y.. July 7, 1817, being 
 a daughter of Derrick and Catherine (Cham- 
 bers) Brink, the former a native of the State of 
 New York, of Dutch ancestrj", and the latter 
 boin in New Jersey, and tracing her lineage to 
 England. Mr. and ^Irs. Brink were married in 
 New Jersey and lived on a farm there until after 
 the birth of all their children, except Mrs. Strana- 
 han, who is the youngest child and o|)ened her eyes 
 to the light at the head of Crooked Lake, after her 
 parents had settled in the Empire State. She grew 
 to the age of eighteen years at the place of her 
 birth, receiving an excellent education, and careful 
 training at the hands of her worthy' parents. She 
 then .accompanied her father and mother to 
 Michigan, the family settling first in Coldwater 
 an<l later upon a new farm in Batavia 'J'ownship, 
 I?ranch County. There the father died in 1814, 
 eight years after the settlement, at the age of sev- 
 enty, the mother surviving eleven years, and jiass- 
 ing away at the age of eighty-one. Jlrs. Brink was 
 a Presbyterian, and she and her husband vvere well- 
 known for their deeds of kindness. Theii- daughter, 
 Mrs. Stranahan, was engaged in leaching prior to 
 her marriage. She has a warm place in the liearts 
 
 of all who know her, her noble character and 
 upright Christian life being such as is rarely met 
 with. Possessing all the womanly virtues, she 
 does not boast of great things accomplished, but 
 fulUils the multitudinous little duties which make 
 up human existence, being an especially devoted 
 and loving mother. She also belongs to the Pres- 
 byterian Church and has earnestly labored to ad- 
 vance the cause of Christianity. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Stranahan are the parents of one 
 child — George Brink — who although he has never 
 been physically strong, has a remarkable mental 
 strength and activity-, and has written some very 
 fine works. Among these is a collection of "Chris- 
 tian Essays," not yet in print, and the published 
 work, "riie Way of Life." His work as an author 
 has been highly approved by the American Tract 
 Society and the Baptist Publication Company, and 
 is regarded as of much merit l)^' all who read his 
 writings. Mr. and Mrs. Stranahan have reared 
 three children besides their son. One of these, 
 Hattie A. Rhodes, still remains under their roof; 
 George Maine married Miss Kate Wiser and lires 
 in Jefferson, this county; Lotta Jackson became 
 the wife of Daniel M^-res, a farmer of RomeTown- 
 shi(). 
 
 UGUSTLS GREINER. When the story 
 of the carl}- settlement of Jackson County 
 If li is fitly told it will be found to contain 
 *J the names of many who, without making 
 
 any great stir in the world, have in their quiet, 
 peaceable and busy lives patiently borne hardships 
 ! and privations which none but they can fully real- 
 ize. The history of Mr. Greinerand his estimable 
 wife is one filled in with a pioneer experience 
 which onl}' a few are now living to relate, as they 
 are the only ones left of three or four persons who 
 survive to revert to those early times — their fel- 
 low-laborers having passed awa}'. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. (Treiner came to this section of the 
 country when it was in its undeveloped state, and 
 when Indians and wild animals were far more plen- 
 tiful than white settlers. Purchasing a tract of 
 
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 land in Hanover Township, they commenced the 
 battle of life in a log cabin, and by the exercise of 
 unflagging industry and the jiractice of the most 
 rigid economy, slowly transformed a portion of the 
 wilderness into a comfortable homestead. It is 
 eminently fitting tiiat their names should be per- 
 petuated in a work designed to preserve for a com- 
 ing genei'ation the names r.nd deeds of the early 
 residents of J.ackson County. Mr. Creiner for the 
 past fifteen years has been greatly atllicted with 
 rheumatism and unable to perform manual labor. 
 The faithful and devoted wife has done her full 
 share in the accumulation of their propcrt}' and in 
 preserving to them a comfortable home in their 
 declining years. 
 
 The subject of this notice, a native of Reading, 
 Pa., w.as born .September 18, 1819, and is the son of 
 Ur. Andrew and Elizabeth (Ult) (ireiner, who was 
 the second wife of her husband. They were both 
 natives of the Kingdom of >Saxony. German}', 
 where the father was thoroughly educated as a 
 physician. About 1817 the}' crossed the Atlantic 
 and settled in Pennsylvania, where they lived four- 
 teen years. Thence they removed to Allegany 
 County, N. Y , of which they were residents six 
 years. At the expiration of this time, they sought 
 the Great West, locating in Mercer County, 111., 
 where both died in 1838. 
 
 Mr. Greiner was the only child of his [larents by 
 this marriage, and received oidy limited educa- 
 tional advantages in his youth. He was seventeen 
 years old at the time of his parents' death, and 
 they leaving him no patrimony, he was obliged to 
 begin life empty-handed. He went to work on a 
 farm by the month near Galena, and from the 
 start commenced saving what he could of his earn- 
 ings. He worked one j'ear for A. L. Rich, in 
 Macomb County, at $12 per month, and saved 
 $100. In 1839 he came to the newly-admitted 
 State of Michigan and settled in Hanover Town- 
 ship, in what was known as the Oak Openings, at 
 a time when Jackson w<as a mere hamlet and the 
 countr}' around mostly a wilderness. He pur- 
 chased eighty acres of land, ujion which there was 
 very little improvement, and upon which he lab- 
 ored three years. Then selling out, he went back 
 to Illinois, but returned to Michigan the following 
 
 year and purchased the land which he now owns 
 and occupies. Upon this he has effected nearly all 
 the improvements which we behold to-day. The 
 cultivation of the soil involved much hard labor 
 and the clearing away of timber and innumerable 
 stones. He put up a frame house, a barn, a sheep 
 and cattle shed and a granary. From the stone 
 gathered off his land he made five hundred rods 
 of fencing, and for six days of every week worked 
 early and late in order to obtain a foothold. 
 
 Mr. Greiner during his early manhood was blest 
 with a good constitution and robust health, but 
 the machinery fln.ally gave way under the exces- 
 sive strain to which it was subjected, and he is 
 now mainly confined to his house. He. however, 
 managed to keep up until he had laid the founda- 
 tions of a home and a competency, and he added 
 to his first purchase until he now has one hundred 
 and twenty-two and a half acres. This is all in a 
 productive condition and eligibly situated, being- 
 two and a half miles east of the depot at Hanover, 
 thus being convenient to mill and market. 
 
 Mr. Greiner was first married, in 1847, to Miss 
 Mary, daughter of Isaac Pickle, an early settler of 
 this county, who located near Leoni. Of this 
 union tliere wore born two children, onl}- one of 
 whom is living, Mary, the wife of Eugene Greiner, 
 who is the mother of three children, and the}' live 
 on the home farm. Mrs. Mary (Pickle) Greiner 
 died in 1852. Mr. Greiner contracted a second 
 marriage, April l.i, 18.53, with Mrs. Hannah E. 
 (Hinkley) Wickman, daughter of Ira and Hannah 
 (Shumway) Hinkley and widow of Frederick Wick- 
 man, who died in Michigan in 1853. 'Mr. Hinkley 
 was an early settler of this State, whence he came 
 from New York State and settled near Ann Arbor. 
 His wife died, in 1831, in Michigan. Mr. Hinkley 
 also died in Michigan in 1867. They were the 
 parents of four children, three of whom are living, 
 and of whom Mrs. Greiner was the youngest born. 
 Her birth occurred November 22, 1831, in Ann 
 Arbor, and the same day she was left motherless. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Greiner have no children. They 
 are warmly interested in the temperance cause, 
 being strong Prohibitionists, Mr. Greiner voting 
 with this party and Mrs. Greiner signalizing her 
 principles by her membership with the Woman's 
 
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 Cliristian Temper.') nee Union .ind laboring as slie 
 is al)le witli her voice and inllueiice .against liie use 
 niid manufacUirc of intoxicating drinks. Siie also 
 lielongs to tlie Woman's Foreign Missionary' .'so- 
 ciety, .•'luT hotii Mr. and Mrs. Greiner are mem- 
 bers in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Ciiuioii. 
 
 .Mr. (Ireinur cast ins tirst Presidential vote for 
 Van liuren and identified himself with the Demo- 
 cratic party, with which lie remained nntil the or- 
 ganization of the Republican, vvhc;i, feeling that 
 he had reason to change his ta( tics, he became 
 the warm supporter of this latter party, with wliicli 
 he has since affiliated. He keeps himself posted 
 on the political issues of the day and is a friend of 
 education, serving as a Director in his district when 
 he was able and giving his moral support to the 
 establishment .and maintenance of schools. In .ad- 
 dition to his farm, he owns a neat and tasty resi- 
 dence in Hanover, which was put up in 1874. 
 
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 O.SEPII TOWNSON is one of.the oldest and 
 best known residents of this county, wliere 
 he has for man.\- years engaged in farming; 
 he is now living at Brooklyn, retired from 
 the active duties of life, his business affairs being 
 in the hands of his son Joseph N. Townson. Be- 
 ginning his residence in this county in 1835, he 
 has lived to see the wilderness blossom like a rose, 
 beautiful homes spring up on ever\' hand, and 
 churches and schoolhouses dot many a hillside. He 
 and his estimable wife won an enviable reputation 
 among the early settlers who possessed so man}- of 
 the stm-dy virtues calculated to make life pleasant 
 even in themidstof great privations and hardships, 
 and who shared each other's burdens and enjoy- 
 ments with hearty brotherly kindness. 
 
 The natal day of Mr. Townson w.as August 20, 
 1806, and his birth phue in Hartford Township, 
 Washington County, N. Y. He is the third son and 
 fifth child in a family of ten boys and girls, and 
 has one brother and two sisters yet living, all 
 younger than himself. He was reared under the 
 l)arental roof, acquiring a knowledge of farming 
 
 and tanning, the occupations in which his father 
 was engaged, and followed the same in his native 
 county until he determined to found a home on 
 the Western frontier. He made a journey as far 
 West as Chicago, then a small garrison and trading 
 post, bearing an ap|)earance verj' unpromising to 
 0)ie accustomed to the rolling or hilly districts of 
 the East, it being low, mudd}', and seemingly unfit 
 for any practical purpose. He could not be induced 
 to purchase land in that swamp and returned to his 
 home with his mind nimlc up lii obtain a tract of 
 land in Michigan. 
 
 In September, 18^5, Mr. Townson with his wife 
 and two children bade adieu to their former home 
 and crossed the lake to Detroit, where the}' secured 
 a livery team and drove to Jackson County, mak- 
 ing a location on section lit, in what is now Colum- 
 bia Township. The land was obtained from the 
 Government, and the :leed was signed by Martin 
 \'an Buren, then President of the United .States. 
 Pitching his tent, Mr. Townson commenced to 
 make arrangments to locate his family in their 
 little board shanty; their household goods had been 
 brought from Detroit with ox-teams. The one 
 hundred and sixty acres which comprised the 
 homestead consisted of land knbwn as oak openings, 
 and it was not long ere soil was turned and farm- 
 ing operations commenced in a small way. With 
 all his native energy and determination Mr. Town- 
 son labored to build up a comfortable home and 
 gain such means as would enable him to rear his 
 children into intelligent, educated and refined man- 
 hood and womanhood. He disposed of his first 
 purchase in the county and bought other lands, al- 
 though at present he owns only ninety-five acres, 
 investing his capital in a different way. He has 
 been a resident of Brooklyn since 1863. and is held 
 in high regard by the citizens. 
 
 'I'he marri.agc of Mr. Townson was celebrated in 
 Hartford, W.ashington County, N. Y., January 2, 
 1828, his bride being Miss Mary R. S. White, who 
 was born in (iranville. that county. Her paients, 
 Wilson and Mar}' (iStebbins) White, were natives 
 of Massachusetts but soon after their marri.age set- 
 tled in the Empire .State, where they spent the re- 
 mainder of their lives. .Mrs. Winte died August 
 27. 1>)19. at the age of forty-three years; her hus- 
 
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 band survived until February 7, 1823, wbeu he too 
 breathed his last, l)cing- then fifty-three years old. 
 He was a fanner and liunliorman by occupation and 
 together with his wife was a faithful member of 
 the Presbyterian Churcii. Their daughter, having 
 lost her parents when quite young, was reared b}' 
 her uncle James Bowen, in tiie same county. She 
 proved a valuable assistance to her husband in his 
 efforts to attain uuaterial prosperitjr, to worthily 
 train their children, and to so live that the world 
 might be better for their presence. Her death took 
 place in Brooklyn, June 26, 1887, at a ripe age, 
 slio having been born January 29, 1810. She and 
 her husband had been members of the Baptist 
 Church for many years, but a few years since be- 
 came identified with the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 The progeny of Mr. and JMrs. Townson com- 
 prised five children, three of whom .ire yet living. 
 George E. died three j'ears after his marriage, at 
 the age of thirty-one j-ears and eight months, being 
 accidentally killed in a sawmill at St. Charles, 
 Mich.; he crossed the plains in the spring of 1850 
 and spent seven years on the Pacific Slope. Mary 
 died when thirteen months old. The stu'viving 
 members of the household band are: Mary, Joseph 
 N., and Harriet C. Jose|)h N. married Viola A. 
 Holley, who died in Brooklyn, April 14, 1879. 
 leaving a daughter. Flora Rebecca, who remains 
 with her father and grandfather, of whom slie is 
 the household support and blessing. 
 
 Mr. Townson was for some years a Deacon in the 
 Baptist Church., He was once elected Justice of 
 Peace, and has been Township Clerk for several 
 years. He cast liis first Presidential ballot for An- 
 ilrew Jackson, but since tiie organization of the 
 Republican party has been identifieil with that po- 
 litical body. 
 
 The father of our subject was Calvin Townson, 
 a native of Massachusetts and of New England 
 parentage, his father being a mechanic who died at 
 an advanced age in the old 15ay State. He was a 
 Revolutionary patriot, during his service assisting 
 to build Ft. Ann, and taking part in several active 
 engagements. Calvin Tnwnson was a leather- 
 maker and a farmer. He removed to New York 
 before his marriage, his briile being Miss Polly 
 Covell, of Washington County, where they were 
 
 married and began their wedded life. Mrs. Town- 
 son was a daughter of Jonathan Covell, who was 
 born in New England, of English parentage, while 
 his wife was a native of Holland. Mr. Covell en- 
 gaged in tilling the soil in the Empire State, where 
 he and his wife lived many }'ears and where both 
 died at an advanced age. After his marriage Cal- 
 vin Townson purchased a tannery of the man under 
 wliom he learned his trade, and also secured some 
 land upon which he farmed. There he died Feb- 
 ruary 7, 1862, at the age of eighty-six years, while 
 his wife survived until March 31, 1867, passing 
 awa3' at the age of eighty-seven and one-half years. 
 Both were active members of the Baptist Church, 
 while, politically, he was first in sympathy with 
 the Democratic party, but later became a stanch 
 Republican. 
 
 Accompanying the sketch of the life of Mr. 
 Townson we present a lithographic portrait of this 
 honored pioneer of Jackson Count}'. 
 
 * 
 
 i^ELSON KELLEY. This gentleman has 
 ]j been an e3'e-witness of and participator in 
 the development of this section of country 
 since his boyhood, and has manifested a degree of 
 energy and industry' high)}' creditable. He has 
 succeeded in his agricultural employment until he 
 has become the owner of a comfortable property, 
 and he has likewise gained the good will of his 
 fellow-men by his upright life and kindly nature. 
 His faithful companion lias nobly borne her share 
 in the trials which beset their way, proving herself 
 a true helpmate, and rejoicing with him in every 
 success which has enabled them to properly rear 
 tlieir family and ensure their own comfort in de- 
 clining years. 
 
 The family from which Mr. Kelloy tra( es his 
 descent is of good Irish stock, his father having 
 been Thomas Kelley, a native of Dehnvare Count}', 
 N. Y., and his mother Miss Hannah Daugherty, of 
 the same State. After their marriage Thomas 
 Kelley and his wife l)egan life together on a farm 
 in Middleton. N. Y., where five sons and three 
 daughters were lioin to them. In M.ay. 1835, the 
 
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 353 
 
 entire ftiiiiil^' sel out for Mieliigan. lioing to liiiffalo, 
 tliencc crossing Luke Krie tu Detroit, and eontiun- 
 iniif their journey into the Western frontier with a 
 team. Tlicj' hmded in Woodstock Tovfnship. 
 Lenawee County, where the husband and father 
 obtained a tract of tioverninent hmd on section .'>, 
 which became their place of abode. A primitive 
 log house was erected, l)ut was scarcely comi)leted 
 when the father died, in November of the same 
 year, being a little past middle life. He liad been 
 a hard-working man all his days, and a good citi- 
 zen. His death was occasioned by consumption. 
 His wife survived liim a number of .years, her 
 death taking place in Columbia Township, this 
 county, about l^(70. .She had been married a sec- 
 ond time, her last husband being Adam Hawley, 
 now deceased. 
 
 Tiie subjei-t of this sketch is the sixth in order 
 of birth in the parental household, and was born 
 July G, 1823. Not long after he entered his teens, 
 the family came to Michigan, where the father died 
 and he began lo earn his own living. He. how- 
 ever, m.ade his home with his mother the most of 
 the time until he became of age, when he was 
 united in marriage in the same township with Miss 
 Margaret J. Hrooks. This worthy lady was born 
 in Delaware County, N. Y., .January 2.5, 1823, her 
 parents being Merchant and Mary (Every) Brooks, 
 natives of the same county. There they were 
 reared and married, identifiying themselves with 
 the agricultural classes and remaining in their na- 
 tive county some years. In the fall of l.s.'},jthev 
 turned their faces Westward, settling on (Jovern- 
 ment land in Lonavvee Count\-, Mich., where they 
 made a home in tiie wilderness. By dint of luird 
 woik and eneigy, they ere long had a good farm, 
 which they made their home during the I'est of their 
 days. Mr. Brooks died when about thrte-score 
 years of age, his wife surviving to tlie age of sev- 
 enty-two years. Both belonged to the Baptist 
 ( liurcli. and Mr. Brooks was a Democrat t)f the 
 deepest dye. 
 
 .Mrs. Margaret .1. Kellev is the third child and 
 second (hmghter born to her parents. She had nut 
 passed her girlhood when thej' came to Michigan, 
 where her education was com|)leted. her home 
 being wiih her pnrcnts until lier marriage. She 
 
 and her husband then located on the farm which 
 they still occupy, and which comprises one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres on section 31, Columbia 
 Township, Jackson County. Beginning with the 
 moderate accommodations and household goods 
 which were customary at the time of their mar- 
 riage and in frontier settlements, they gradually 
 improved their surroundings until their liome be- 
 came one of the comfortable, fineh'-improveil and 
 highly-cultivated estates of the county. Mr. Kel- 
 ley also owns a farm of eighty acres in Woodstock 
 Township, Lenawee County'. 
 
 The happy union of Mr. and Mrs. Kelh!^- has 
 been blessed liy the birth of four children, and 
 they have been called upon to mourn the death of 
 two — Maryette and an infant unnamed. The liv- 
 ing are — Merchant, whose biograph}' occupies 
 another page in this volume; and Eva, the wife of 
 John Flint, who owns and occupies eighty acres of 
 land in the same township. Mr. Kelley gives his 
 vote and influence to the Democratic party. Mrs. 
 Kelley is a member of the Baptist Church. Their 
 life and conduct has been such as lo afford an ex- 
 cellent example of uprightness, reliability and 
 good will, ;iud they merit the place which they 
 hold in the respect of their fellow-citizens. 
 
 ■^I'EREMLVH M. Dl' BOIS. A career of per- 
 severing industry, per.-isteiTtl^ followed, has 
 resulted, as it usually does in the case of 
 every man, in placing the subject of this no- 
 tice in a position wheie he is enabled to enjo^' all 
 of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. 
 We find hiui pleasantly situated as the owner of a 
 (inc farm on section 33, Columbia Township, whde in 
 addition to agiicnitural [uirsnits he also gives con- 
 sideralde attention to milling, being the owner of 
 the DuBois County Line Mills, which are situated 
 east of Kelly's Corners, and have been for many 
 vears one of the indispensable institutions of this 
 pai't of the county. 
 
 The farm of Mr. DuBois embraces one hundred 
 and forty acres of clu)ice land, well developed and 
 embellished with a fine set of frame buildings. He 
 
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 is also the owner of valuable farm property in AUi- 
 don Township, Ingham County, which is also in a 
 good state of cultivation and supplied with good 
 buildings. With the exception of two years spent 
 in Ingham County, Mr. DuBois has lived upon his 
 present farm since ISCO. 
 
 Prior to his removal to Lliis county Mr. DuBois 
 had been a resident of Washtenaw County, of which 
 Ills father was an early pioneer. The latter settled 
 ii! Lodi Township and there J. M. was born, Au- 
 gust 28, 1833. The father, Jacob D. DuBois, a 
 native of Fayette Township, Seneca County, N. Y., 
 was born April 10, 1808, and was the son of Mar- 
 tin DuBois, who was likewise born there. He came 
 of French and Holland-Dutch stock which traced its 
 descent to tlie old Jans ancestry, which owns an es- 
 tate by that name in New York City. 
 
 Martin DuBois was a patriot in the Revolution- 
 ary War, doing- gallant service, althougii a private, 
 in many of the battles whose final result was Amer- 
 ican liberty. During the latter years of his life he 
 was the recipient of a pension from the Govern- 
 ment. His son Martin was reared in his native 
 county, where he learned blacksmitiiing and later 
 engaged in farming. Upon arriving at manhood 
 he married Miss Margaret Avery; she was boin in 
 Ulste: County, N. Y., and was of English ancestry. 
 The young couple commenced their wedded life on 
 a farm in Fayette Township, Seneca County, where 
 tlieir children were born and reared, and remained 
 tliere until after some of them were married. 
 
 Fnally, in 1830, parents and children, including 
 sons-in-law and daughtersin-law, set out for the 
 Territory of AUchigan, the journey being made as 
 early as 1830. They went on the canal to Buffalo 
 and thence by boat to Detroit, at whicli point they 
 took teams and proceeded on their journey to Lodi 
 Township, Washtenaw County. Tliey comprised 
 Slime of the very fiist settlers of that region and 
 established a home in the tinil)er upon land ob- 
 tained from the Government. The toils and liard- 
 sbi|)S wiiich the)' endured are among the unwritten 
 records of that time, but Martin DuBois and his 
 excellent wife lived to see the wilderness trans- 
 formed into the abode of a civilized and prosper- 
 ous people, themselves in a comfortable home and 
 Iheir children grown up around them and well set- 
 
 tled in life. These two who had traveled life's 
 journey so long together were only separ.ated at its 
 close a few days, and were laid side by side in the 
 cemetery at Bunker Hill, Ingham County. 
 
 Martin DuBois was eighty -six years old at the 
 time of his demise, and his good wife only a few 
 years younger. While residents of their native 
 State they belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church, 
 but after coming to Michigan identifled themselves 
 with the Presbyteri.ans, whose doctrine was simi- 
 lar. Tliey were good and worthy people in their 
 lives and in death are not forgotton. 
 
 Jacob D. DuBois was the youngest but one of ten 
 children, four sons and six daughters, and he is the 
 sole surviving member of his family. He spent 
 the first twenty-one years of his life under the par- 
 ental roof in his native township and was there first 
 married to Miss Elizabeth Van Riper. This lady 
 was born about 1812, in the same townsliip as her 
 husband and was the daugiiter of J. C. and Eliza- 
 beth (Van Vlocken) Van Riper, who were natives 
 of New Jersey and of Holland-Dutch ancestry. 
 After marriage tliey lived for some years in Seneca 
 County, N. Y., then in 1830 accompanied the Du 
 Bois family to Michigan, settling in AVashtenaw 
 County and there spent the remainder of their 
 days, passing away at a ripe old age. Members of 
 the same caravan, Jacob D. DuBois and his wife, 
 after reaching Michigan, settled on Government 
 land in Lodi Townsliip, Washtenaw County, and 
 soon afterward experiemed their first affliction in 
 the loss of their child which had been born to them 
 in New York State. Mrs. Eliza DuBois subse- 
 quent!)' became the mother of six more children and 
 deiiarted tin's life in 1849, while comparative!)' a 
 yuung woman, aged tliirty-eight years. The purity 
 of her life and tlie amiability of her dis[)osition 
 endeared lier not only to her family liut to a large 
 circle of friends. Slie was possessed of all the 
 Christian virtues, and was a consistent member of 
 the Presbyterian Churcli of Clinton. 
 
 The fatlier of our subject married for his second 
 wife Mrs. Elizabeth (Kelle)) Banker, tlie mairiage 
 taking place at her home in Bridgewater Township. 
 This lady was born in Delaware County, N. Y., in 
 1803, and was there first married, coming subse- 
 cpientlv wilii lier husband. Frederick Banker, to 
 
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 .Joliiistowi). Barry County, this .State, where lie 
 (lir<l. leaving his widow with three sons and tvvo 
 daughters. Of her luai'iiage witii Mr. DiiHois no 
 eiiildren were horn. Both she and her hushand, 
 who are now ripe in years, make their home with 
 the suhject of this siceteh. Although quite well 
 advanced in years, their faculties are comparatively 
 unimpaired and they are spending a ripe old age 
 in the enjoyment of life's comforts, not the least 
 among which is the esteem of manj' friends. 
 
 J. M. DuBois received careful parental training 
 and a somewhat limited education in the pioneer 
 schools. He wiis fifteen years old at the time of 
 his mother's death and subsequently made his iiome 
 with his father and stepmother until reaeliing his 
 majority, when he left the jiarental roof and came 
 to this county. He secured land in Columbia Town- 
 ship, where he laid the foundation of a home and 
 at the age of twenty-four years was married, in 
 JIarch, ISoS, to Miss Mary .1. Hart. Mrs. DuBois 
 was born in I'ompeii Township, Onondaga County, 
 K. v., August 28, 1831, and is tiie daughter of 
 Reuben and Lydia (Duel!) Hart, who were likewise 
 natives of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Ilart were 
 reared and married in Onondaga County and lived 
 there until after tlie birth of foui- children, one of 
 whom <lied there. Then, coming to Jlichigan, 
 they located on a tract of wihl land in Columbia 
 Township, this county, the improvement and culti- 
 vation of whicli Mr. Hart carried on successfully 
 and built up a ronifortable home. He and his 
 estimable wife continued to live on that farm (>f 
 one hundred and si.xly acres until their <lecease. 
 Mis. Hart preieiled her husband to the silent land 
 two years, dying in 1871 after having attained the 
 age of threescore years and ten. Mr. Hart died in 
 February, 1873, aged seventj'-fonr. They were 
 people held in high esteem in the township and 
 consistent members of the Presbj-terian Church. 
 
 Mrs. Mary .1. DuBois was the j'oungest of the 
 three children born to her parents and was the 
 only survivor. Her sister w,is married and died in 
 Michigan. Her brother Lucius died in Oregon. 
 Miss Mary was well reared and, taking kindly to 
 lier books developed into a capable and ellicient 
 teacher, which profession she followed four years 
 before her marriage. Her union with our subject 
 
 has resulted in the birth of nine childiin. three of 
 whom, Horace, Eliza and .lacol), died young. Mary 
 I'^.' is the wife of Cyrus Cook, a well-to-do fanner 
 residing on section 34, Columbia Township; Del- 
 mer D. remains at home with his parents; ,Myr.'i K. 
 is tli2 wife of Morris Smith and resides in Alliden, 
 Inghara County; Lucius H. Clarence E. and 1-lor- 
 ence H. (the latter two twins) also continue under 
 the parental rof)f. 
 
 Mr. DuBois meddles very little with political 
 affairs, but is a stanch friend of temperance and 
 gives his support to the Prohibition party. The 
 family occupies no secondary position among the 
 best citizens of Columbia Township. 
 
 H.LLVM U. PALMER, M.D. has the honor 
 ^/f: of being one of the first while children 
 '\j' born in this county, his birth occurring in 
 what was then the embryo town of Jackson, August 
 8, 1831). He has been a resident of the county his 
 entire life and is thus intimately associated with all 
 its interests. He is a son of one of the leading 
 pioneers of Michigan, Joshua Palmer, who was born 
 in .Sodus, Wayne County, X. Y. The paternal 
 grandfather, Joshua Palmer, Sr., was born on the 
 North Kiver in New York Slate, and was one of 
 the pioneers of W.iyne County. He carried ou 
 farming :uid kept an hotel and spent his last years 
 in the village of Sodus. The maiden name of his 
 wife was Mary Clark and both lived to a ripe old 
 age. 
 
 Joshua Palmer, Jr. was the eighth in a family of 
 ten child reri and when tsvelve years old was appren- 
 ticed to learn the trade of a blacksmith. In 1836 
 he joined M. M. Ford and his two sons, Jerry and 
 William Ford, Jr.. and the three set out overland 
 through Canada to IVnchigan Territory, arriving at 
 the present site of J.ickson on the lOlliJof May, 
 opening the first blacksmith shop in the place and 
 made the iron work for the first flouring-mill built 
 here. Jackson was then a hamlet of probably one 
 hundred people. Mr. Palmer later contracted for 
 the iron used in the construction of the first rail- 
 road having Jackson for its terminal point, hi 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 1849 on account of ill health he went to California 
 by the water route and remained on the Pacific 
 Slope for fifteen months. 
 
 Upon returning to Michiffan Mr. Palmer engaged 
 in the grocer}- business at Jackson in partnership 
 with Otis Bean and .Joseph Cowden. lie continued 
 in active business until 1SG9 and then retired. The 
 mother, Mrs. Rebecca (Stevens) Palmer, was born 
 December 25, 1 818, eight miles from the present 
 site of Toronto, Canada, and was the daughter of 
 Seneca Stevens, a native of New York State, and 
 the son of a tailor who prosecuted his calling at 
 Onondaga Hill for a time, then removed to Canada 
 and settled near Toronto, where he spent Ins last 
 days. 
 
 Grandfalher Stevens when reaching man's estate 
 was married in Marcellus, N. Y., and a few years 
 later removed to Canada, locating near Toronto. 
 In 1820 he went back to New York Slate and pur- 
 chased a farm near Penfield, Jlonroe County, upon 
 which he resided six 3'enrs. His next removal was to 
 Allegany County, N.Y., where he put up a log house, 
 cleared a i)ortion of his land and resided there until 
 183G. Then he came to JMichigan Territory and 
 was one of the earliest pioneers of Sandstone Town- 
 ship. The jour}ie3' was made hy team to Buffalo, 
 to Detroit 113- the lake and thence by team again to 
 this county. He jDurchased land in Sandstone 
 Townshi|) and put up a log house after which he 
 |)rocecded to clear the farm and resided there until 
 his death. His vvife, Mary (Green) Stevens was a 
 native of New York State and the daughter of 
 John and Mary (Hill) Green, who were also born 
 there. She died at the old homestead in Sandstone 
 Township. Of the four children born to the par- 
 ents of our subject, two died in lnfanc)^ Annis 
 M. became the wife of John Campbell and resides 
 in J.ackson. 
 
 The subject of this sketch inirsued his first lessons 
 in the schools of Jackson and in 1858 commenced 
 the study of medicine under Dr. Gorliam, one of 
 the pioneers in the profession in this State. The 
 following year he attended lectures in the State 
 University. Soon after the outbreak of the Civil 
 War he entered the service of the United States as 
 Hospital Steward, and was soon promoted to the 
 post of Assistant Surgeon of the Ninth Michigan 
 
 Infantrj'. This regiment was assigned to the Army 
 of the Cumberland and operated in Kentuckj', 
 Tennessee and Alabama. Dr. Palmer continued 
 with the army until 18G4, receiving then his hon- 
 orable discbarge, his term of service having 
 exijircd. During that year he suffered from hem- 
 orrhage of the lungs and after his recovery resumed 
 practice and for two years was associated with Dr. 
 Cyrus Smith. Later he was the partner of Dr. 
 Davis two years and after that practiced alone. He 
 has been an extensive reader and his close attention 
 to the duties of his |)rofession has resulted in a 
 career of more than ordinary success. 
 
 Dr. Palmer was married in July, 1873, to Miss 
 Mary IM.Wolcott. This lady was born in Hanover, 
 this count}', December 1, 1856, and is the daughter 
 of Ebenezer Wolcott, a native of New York State. 
 Her paternal grandfather, Solomon Wolcott, like- 
 wise burn in the Empire State, was one of the 
 earliest pioneers of this county, settling in Spring 
 Arbor Township where he improved several farms 
 and where he spent the remainder of his life. To 
 the Doctor and his estimable lady there has been 
 born one child only, a daughter, Clara May. Po- 
 litically, Dr. Palmer votes the straight Repulilican 
 ticket. He has been prominent in local affairs 
 serving twelve years as a member of the County 
 Board of Supervisors, and also twelve consecutive 
 years on tbe Board of P^ducation. He was the 
 first President of Jackson City Council and hns 
 always been the supportei' of those enterprises 
 calculated to advance its best interests. 
 
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 \f M. COYKENDALL. On the lOtb of May, 
 1889, one of the many pleasant homes of 
 Concord Township was the scene of a happy 
 event. Guests gathered there from far and 
 near. All faces from laughing childhood to feeble 
 age reflected the brightness of the occasion, which 
 was the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of 
 the marriage of the host and hostess. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Coykendall. Not only were all the members of 
 the lamily present, but eight of the guests of the 
 
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 ()rii;iii!il wedding added to llie interesl and ploasme 
 of tlie dii3'. The years that had passed liad whitened 
 the locks of tiie hri(Je and groom, had dimmed the 
 eyes and placed furrows on the biows, but time has 
 dealt kindly with them, nevertheless, and it is the 
 hope of tlieir many friends that years of continued 
 happiness and prosperity are j'et before them. 
 
 Prior to a detailed mention of the events of gen- 
 eral interest in the life of ai.y man, it is well to re- 
 cord brietly his ancestry. The father of Mr. 
 Covkendall was .loel Coykendall, who was born in 
 Deckertown, N. J., August 6, 1772. The grand- 
 fatiier, Joseph Coykendall, was a native of Holland 
 and emigrated to the United Slates, settling on the 
 Mohawk River. There he became a prominent 
 farmer, and also engaged in milling and stove 
 bnsine.«s. He was one of the largest and most suc- 
 eossliil business men on the Mohawk, and died 
 at Deckertown a wealthy man. His son Joel was 
 likewise a farmer, and served in the War of 1812. 
 After marriage he removed from his home in New 
 .lersey to New York .State and located near Auburn. 
 Later he pre-empted a claim in Starkey Township, 
 Yates County, where his children were born. He 
 accumulated a competence, and besides engaging in 
 farming, also managed a distillery. Fiifortunately 
 he lost almost all his possessions by going bail for 
 :i constable and collector, who got away wilh 
 $5,000. This Joel Coykendall had to pay, in order 
 to do which he was compelled to sell one hundred 
 •acres of his land and mortgage the remainder. 
 
 In 18a2 Joel Coykendall removed to Ontario 
 County, N. Y.. and farmed in Richmond Town- 
 ship. Aftcnv.ird iu' sold this and bought propertj' 
 in Springwatcr, wiiere he resided until his death, 
 when he was nearly three score and ten years old. 
 He afliliated with the I'resbyterian Church in his 
 religious lielief. The mother of our subject was in 
 tier girlhood Margaret Strul)le. and was liorn in 
 Deckertown. N. J. Her paternal gcandfathor came 
 to America from Germany, settling in New Jersey, 
 where he died. After the death of her husband, 
 our subject's mother came West and nipde her 
 home with her son. J. M., where she died at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty-two 3'ears. 
 
 A family of ten children came to bless the union 
 of Joel and Margaret Coykendall. and of these 
 
 nine grew t.) maturity. They are as follows: 
 Mary, Betsey, Charity, Jolin, D.aniel. r.ll of whom 
 .•ire deceased; Sally, whose whereabouts are un- 
 known; Catherine, deceased; J. M., our subject, 
 and Caroline, Mrs. Lamont, of Jlaringo, Mich. Our 
 subject was born in Starkey, Yates County, N. Y., 
 March .30, 1816. lie lived there until the age of 
 sixteen years, and was early set to work on the 
 farm. His schooling was tneager, being limiteil to 
 subscription schools in log houses. In 1832 he 
 came to Ontario County, N. Y., where he showed 
 such good management in the (tultivation of a farm 
 for his father, that he was given entire control 
 of it. 
 
 The wife of our subject was Miss Sophia Wind- 
 lield, and thej' were unite^i in marriage May 10, 
 1839. Mrs. Coykendall is the daughter of Henry 
 and Marv (Wilson) Windfield, both born in New 
 Jersey. They were united in marriage in New Jer- 
 sey, the ceremony being performed In- Elder 
 Hriggs, of Richmond Township. Their home was 
 for a number of 3-ears in Yates County, N. Y., 
 whence they removed to Ontario County, the same 
 State, and there the mother died. The father was 
 a farmer in Canadice until his death, lie was a 
 steadfast member of the Methodist Fipiscopal 
 Church. 
 
 Mrs. Coykend.all was one of ten children, 
 namely: Eliza, deceased; Horace, :i resident of 
 J.ackson; Salla. who <lied in New Jersey; Joseph, 
 who lives in Mosherville; Willian). in Kansas; 
 Sophia; Mary, (Mrs. Bush) of Dakota; Ann. who 
 died in Jackson; Emily and John, who live in Jack- 
 son. Sophia, Mrs. Coj'kendall, was born in Yates 
 County, N. Y , January 28, 1818, and in 1834 ac- 
 coini)ani('d her [jarents to New York. She is an 
 excellent woman, possessed of strong characteris- 
 tics, native common sense and charms all who come 
 within her immediate inlUience. She has been for 
 fifty years her husband's faithful stand-by, a 
 tiioughtful mother, and one who has devoted her 
 life to those near and <lear to her. Especially- does 
 her husband rely more and more upon her care and 
 affection, fc)r wilh incre:ising years his eyes iiave 
 grown dim ami his active labors have srraduailv 
 been laid aside. 
 
 After residing in Spriugwalor and operating his 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 father's farm until 1847, our subject came to Mich- 
 igan, journeying as far as Buffalo by team, thence 
 by boat to Toledo, and from there by team to 
 Gr.ass Lake via the cotton wood swamps. Soon after 
 his arrival he secured work on the railroad along 
 with a crowd of rough laborers. A few days after 
 he commenced this work he was appointed boss of 
 a track-laj'ing gang of fourteen men, twelve of 
 whom were from the Emerald Isle. They com- 
 pleted tliat winter three miles of track, which was 
 the extent of their work. Mr. Coykendall had a 
 large house at that time, and his wife boarded the 
 hands, besides doing all of her own work and tak- 
 ing care of her famil3-. 
 
 In the spring of the ensuing year Mr. Coyken- 
 dall resigned and purchased fifty-one acres of land 
 near Grass Lake, later adding forty acres, so that 
 he soon had ninety-one acres of improved land. On 
 this he lived for tiiree years, then, selling it, went 
 to Leoni Township and bought a farm of one hun- 
 dred and twenty acres, on which he raised one crop. 
 He sold it at a profit of $500, and rented a farm 
 near Grass Lake for three years. This estate com- 
 prised one hundred and twenty-six acres of land, 
 and after holding it for nine mouths, he sold it for 
 |il,600 more than it cost him. His next purchase 
 was one hundred and twenty acres near Jackson, 
 for which lie was soon offered S900 more liian he 
 paid for it. Tliis offer he refused and i-esided on 
 the place nine years. He added to tiie original 
 purchase by buying one hundred and ten acres ad- 
 joining, going in debt for the same. Engaging in 
 the sheep business, he met with fair success and 
 after nine years sold it for $7,500 profit, besides 
 having %1,100 out on interest. His next invest- 
 ment was the purchase of eighty .icres near Jack- 
 son, which he euibeliished witli good buihlings and 
 in 1863 traded it for his present farm, making on 
 the trade |1,600. His farm cost him $10,000 and 
 consists of two hundred and sixty acres the money 
 being paid in cash. Three years later he was of- 
 fered $20,000 for it, but refused. Besides this 
 property he has aided his children to the extent of 
 about $14,000. 
 
 At one time our subject was the largest stock- 
 buyer in the county and his place in Jackson 
 County was called the Drover's Home. Stock- 
 
 bi,3-crs would alwaj's come and stay with him to 
 have him go with them and buy stock. For ser- 
 vices in this direction he received from $12 to $14 
 per day. He furnished cattle for the prison and 
 bought for Kent, at Jackson, as many .as 5,000 
 head of sheep at one time. He formerlj' drove all 
 over the country buying sheep, in which business 
 he made money. He has had some unusually fine 
 merino sheep and was one of the largest sheep- 
 owners in the count}', as well as a fine judge of 
 wool. He also raises good grades of hogs and cat- 
 tle as well as fine bred horses. The estate contains 
 all necessary out-buildings, has two barns, and a 
 well-kept lawn with a commodious residence. 
 
 All of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Co}-- 
 kendall are living, viz: Melvin W., who enlisted 
 in the Third Michigan Cavalry, Company E, in 
 1861, when nineteen years of age. He wiis taken 
 sick after the battle of Corinth, and his father, going 
 down there, procured his honorable discharge 
 through the influence of ex-Gov. Blair. He owns 
 an eight}'-acre tract of land in Concord Township, 
 but is now traveling for a harness firm in Albion. 
 May A. is married to Warren Palmer, a farmer in 
 Jefferson, this county ; Marvin H. has been a mer- 
 chant and postmaster at Devareaux, and is now a 
 farmer in Callioun County. Merritt B. owns and 
 operates two hundred and sixteen acres in Calhoun 
 County. IMarilla is a graduate of Albion College, 
 and is the wife of Rev. L. Dodds, a Methodist 
 Episcopal minister at Kalamazoo. 
 
 Our subject has held various offices of trust and 
 responsibility and was Constable during the late 
 war and for 3-ears had some wonderful experiences. 
 He arrested Law^'cr Burnette after several others 
 had failed, and in order to capture him, was com- 
 pelled to fight with him, but gained mastery at 
 length and took him to jail. The lawyer had him 
 arrested for assault and battery, but our subject 
 gained the suit, and when he was freed, took the 
 man back to jail. Then Mr. Burnette had him tried 
 for false imprisonment, but was again defeated. It 
 was one of the biggest trials of the day. Burnette 
 had been charged with placing obstructions on the 
 railroad. 
 
 In 1853 Mr. Coykendall joined the Wesleyan 
 Methodist Church, in which he ^as appointed 
 
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 Class- I<eadcr and served as such foi' ten 3'cars. On 
 comiiui' here, lie united with the ]\Ielhodist Episco- 
 pal Churcl;, there being no organization of his par- 
 ticular denomination. lie served as Class Leader 
 for sixteen years, hut finall}' left that church on 
 account of the leniency displaveil toward a former 
 member who had been properly expelled. Then he 
 put his memljershi]) with the Methodist I'rotcstant 
 Church in Concord Township, which he had pre- 
 viously aided financially. He has been Class-Leader 
 there since he first united with the church. He is 
 also .Steward and Chairman of the Board of Trus- 
 tees, and has frequently been a delegate to confer- 
 ence. Politically, he is a stron<j Republican, and 
 helped eat "Johnny cake" at the Harrison election 
 in I. '^10. He has often served on juries, a.nd has 
 assisted in building schools and colleges. 
 
 ns_ 
 
 (<mJi, County 
 
 )ty has probably done more to facili 
 late its agricidtural interests than Mr. Ly- 
 1^ ons, a practical farmer in good circum- 
 
 stances, who, by his own diligence and perseverance 
 lias instituted one of its most complete homesteads. 
 Not only is he a thorough and skillful farmer, but 
 he is a liberal and public-spirited citizen, and the 
 les'.der in all enterprises calculated to be of public 
 benefit. Intelligent and well-informed, he keeps 
 himself thoroughly posted in regard to the leading 
 events of the day, and in fact is a model citizen. 
 His amiable and excellent wife also deserves more 
 than a mere mention, having been the efficient help- 
 mate of her husband in all his worthy undertak- 
 ings, a kind mother to her children, and a liospit- 
 able Christian lady, who is beloved bj' all who 
 know her. Their pleasant and attractive home is 
 the freipient resort of the many friends whom they 
 have drawn around them, by not only their social 
 traits, but the moral and substantial elements of 
 character which forms the basis of all g')od society. 
 The sul)ject of this sketch was born in Monroe 
 County, this State. October 10, 1832. and is tlie 
 third child of Kdward B. and Clarinda (B.ass) Ly- 
 ons, who were unlives of New York State, The 
 
 parents were reared and married in their native 
 Stale, whence they came to Michigan at an early 
 day, settling among the early pioneers of Monroe 
 County. His father occupied himself as a farmer 
 during the years of his active life, but spent his List 
 days in the town of Dundee, dying January, 1867. 
 The mother died at the residence of her daughter, 
 Mrs. James Draper, in Summit Township, Jackson 
 County, November 20, 1889. They were the par- 
 ents of eight children, four sons and four daugh- 
 ters, four of whom are living. 
 
 The subject of this sketch spent his early years 
 at the parental homestead, continuing a resident of 
 his native county until 1859. Then, a young man 
 of twenty -seven years, became in the si)ringof that 
 year, to this countj', settling in Summit Township, 
 of wiiich he h.as since been a resident. He was mar- 
 ried in Dundee, Monroe County, April 30, 1854, 
 to Miss Lucy Jane, daughter of Harvey and Eliza 
 (Benedict) Ingalls. Mr. and Mrs. Ingalls were na- 
 tives of Now "I'ork State, whence they came to 
 Michigan after their marriage, and were numbered 
 among the earliest settlers of Washtenaw County. 
 Later they removed to Monroe County, where Mr. 
 Ingalls died September 1, 1839. Mrs. Ingalls sub- 
 sequently married Norton Miller. After his death 
 she married 'William H. Myers; he is also deceased. 
 No children were born of the last marriages. The 
 mother is still living, being ripe in years, and makes 
 her home with Mrs. Lyons. Her only child, Lucy 
 Jane, was born in Eden, Erie County, N. Y., Octo- 
 ber 10, 1833, and was one year old when coming 
 to Michigan with her parents. She obtained a 
 common-school education, and became familiar, un- 
 der the careful tiaining of her excellent mother, 
 with all useful household duties. Of her union 
 with our "subject there have been born eleven 
 chllidren, nine of whom are living. The eldest, 
 Mary E., is the wife of William AA^j'koff, and 
 lives in the city of Jackson: Charles E. mar- 
 ried Miss Sarah A. Miles, and is a resident of 
 Summit Township; Edwin E. married Miss Eva 
 Creech, and occupies himself at farming in Napo- 
 lian Township; Lucy J. is the wife of Edgar Lee, 
 of Summit Township: Ilattie B.. Mrs. William 
 Creech, is a resident of Jackson; Jessie E. is the 
 wife of Cieorge Booth, of Columbia; Lula C. is a 
 
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 teacher in Jackson County, INlich.: Bertha M., and 
 Allen D. remain at home with their parents. Two 
 little ones have been called from the household cir- 
 cle by death: Emma, who died when a little over 
 two years old, and Freddie A., who died in in- 
 fancy. 
 
 The Lyons homestead incUides three hundred and 
 sixty acres of choice land, embellished with a neat 
 and convenient set of farm buildings, incluiling a 
 comfortable house and especially fineliarns. Every- 
 thing about the premises indicates the thrift and 
 enterprise of the proprietor. IMr. Lyons, politi- 
 cally, is a sound Republican, while his estimable 
 Avife is a member in good standing of the Christian 
 Church. 
 
 BRA HAM RAYMOND. Sandstone Town 
 ship was remarkably fortunate in having 
 for its first settlers men of stamina and 
 '■^ character who allowed no slight emergency 
 
 to turn them from their purpose when becoming- 
 settlers of the frontier. The subject of this notice 
 was in no wise behind his compeers in this respect 
 and his form is a familiar one among the people of 
 this part of Jackson County, liis home lies oi? sec- 
 tion 4, this comprising a well-tilled farm of fiiiy- 
 thice acres, jirovided with substantial buildings 
 and all the machinery necssary for the successful 
 cultivation of the soil. The proprietor has made 
 for himself a good record and stands well among 
 the solid men of his neighborhood. 
 
 A native of Wyoming Countv, N. Y., Mr. Ray- 
 mond was born December 16, 1834, and is the son 
 of Israel and Rosanna (Gibbs) Raymond, who were 
 of New England birth and ancestry, and who emi- 
 grated to the Empire State at an early day, settling in 
 the wilderness. At that time much sickness prevailed 
 there, which was a part of the old Holland Pur- 
 chase, but thej' maintained their ground, made for 
 themselves a home in the wilderness, clearing up a 
 good farm and there spent their last days. Mr. 
 Raymond died in July,. 1879. His excellent wife 
 survived him ten years, her death taking place in 
 April, 1889. 
 
 To the parents of JNIr. Raymond there was born 
 
 a large family of children, nine of whom are still 
 living. Mareno is a resident of Tompkins Town- 
 ship, this county; Abraham, our subject, is next to 
 the eld(!St; Sally is the wife of Lyman Eastman of 
 Attica, N. Y. ; Amanda is also a resident of Attica; 
 Adell)ert continues his residence in his native State 
 of New York; Lovisa is the wife of Charles Fenton 
 of Wy(jming County, N. Y.; Samantha, Mrs. Bush, 
 lives in Kalamazoo, this State; Emma is married and 
 in New York State; and one other daughter. 
 
 Abraham, our subject, spent his boyhood and 
 youth in his native county and assisted in clearing 
 the farm, being put to work at an earl}' age, and 
 acquired those habits of industry which have fol- 
 lowed him all through life. His advantages, educa- 
 tionally, were far less than those enjoj'e<l b}- the 
 3'oung men of to-day, even in the country districts. 
 He, however, availed himself of the books and 
 and newspapers which came in his way and thus 
 managed to keep abreast of the times. 
 
 Li 1857, when a young man of twenty- three 
 years, Mr. Raymond came to this county and first 
 eniplo\-ed himself as a farm laborer and then oper- 
 ated on rented land for a number of ^-ears. By a 
 course of great industry, prudence and economy, 
 he, in 1868, was enabled to secure the land which 
 constitutes his present homestead and where he set- 
 tled that same year. It had undergone but slight 
 impi'ovement and was mostly covered with timber, 
 which Mr. Raymond cut down largely with his own 
 hands. His homestead comprises fifty-three acres 
 which he has brought to a good state of cultivation 
 and which not only yields him a comfortable in- 
 come, but from the proceeds therefrom he has been 
 enabled to lay bj' something for his declining years. 
 He has received no financial assistance whatever, 
 starting in life entirely dependent upon his own 
 resources. 
 
 Mr. Raymond took unto himself a wife and help- 
 mate July 2, 1859, being wedded to Miss Martha, 
 daughter of Abijah and Adeline Raymond, who 
 were likewise early settlers of this county. This 
 union resulted in the birth of seven children, the 
 eldest of whom, a daughter, Lamira, became 
 the wife of Orville Bartlett and they reside in 
 Tompkins Township; Allen is in Montana; Mary 
 is the wife of Frank Howe, of Sandstone Township; 
 
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 Richard went to the Far \Vcst and is now in Mon- 
 tana; Xellie. and Dora. IMarion is deceased. The 
 wife and mother departed tiiis life at tiie iioniestead 
 April •>. 1884, mourned not only 1)3' iier immediate 
 family, but a large circle of friends. Mr. Raymond 
 belongs to the Wesleyan Methodist ('JHireh in 
 which he has served as Class-Leader and of wliicli 
 his deceased wife was also a member for several 
 j'ears before her death. 
 
 The warm interest which Mr. Raymond has ever 
 niaintaineil in the temj^erance cause has led him to 
 identify himself with tlie Prohiliition |>arty, but he 
 has never desired office, contented to live the life 
 of a (irivate citizen. No one has watched with 
 more satisfaction the growth and develoimient of 
 Jackson County, and his career has been full of in- 
 teresting incidents, while at the same lime lie iias 
 pursued that course in life which has gained him 
 the esteem and confidence of those around him. 
 
 ■ip^ RED G. ADLER. The biographical writer is 
 i|-H(g' frequently impressed with the fact that the 
 /l^ most intellinent and well informed men and 
 
 women of the land, are often those who have had 
 the most meager advantages in the way of school- 
 ing, and whose days have been spent in a struggle 
 for existence which to a casual observer would 
 seem to leave no time for mental culture. The busi- 
 ness success which is attained liy a persistent and 
 unremitting endeavor to rise in life, is also promi- 
 nently brought to his notice, and his heart is thrilled 
 with .admiration for the sturdiness of character 
 which attains such excellent results. Left an orphan 
 at a very early age, finding a home with strangers, 
 and during a part of his early life suffering from 
 ill treatment, the subject of this notice has yet suc- 
 ceeded ill acquiring a degree of mental culture, and 
 in exhibiting such business ability and traits of 
 character as give him a creditable standing in the 
 city which he calls his home. 
 
 Mr. Adler was born in Wurtemberg. Germany. 
 May 1, 1X51. to Mr. and Mrs. Golleib Adler. of 
 that Kingdom, and is a descendant of an old and 
 respected f.iinily there. Ilis'athprwas employed in 
 
 the vineyards of that land, whence in 1853 he em- 
 barked with Ids family for America. Landing at 
 New Orleans after a voyage of eighty-four days 
 on a sailing vessel, they ascended the Mississippi 
 and Illinois Rivers to Peru. 111., where the family 
 made thei home. The father found employment as 
 a fireman on an Illinois River steamer, and later 
 occupied himself with various kinds of labor. His 
 wift died in 1857. .and he, in 1860. Of the four 
 children who were born to them, three lived tf) 
 years of maturity. Mary, the first born, was left in 
 (icrniany and still resides on the old homeste.ad in 
 Wurtemberg; another daughter, Mar}', was born in 
 Peru. III., became the wife of Gustav Starcross and 
 now lives in Jackson, Mich. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write was but a j'ear 
 and eleven months old when his parents came to 
 America, was six years old when left motherless 
 and at nine had lost his father also. He was adopted 
 by a teamster with whom he was to live until 
 twenty one years old, idid then be given a pair of 
 horses and a new wagon as his capital in life. Being 
 ill-treated I13' this man he was taken to Ottawa hv 
 friends who sym|iatliized in his trials, and there 
 served an apprenticeship at the baker's trade. Af- 
 ter five years spent in that citv he ran awavto Chi- 
 cago, where he found a friend in a druggist who 
 secured a situation for him in Sanford's cand^' fac- 
 tory. A short time later he engaged at So per week 
 to polish furniture in a factory, and after eight 
 months in that situation tot)k a place for -^8 per 
 month and his board, his work now being taking 
 care of horses, etc. 
 
 Stricken down by serious illness, Mr. Adler was 
 taken to the Cook County Hospital, and when dis- 
 charged thirteen weeks later w.as destitute of means, 
 but found kind friends to assist him back to Ottawa, 
 where he worked at his trade six months. He then 
 returned to Chicago, where for two ^-ears he w.as 
 employed in a bakery and confectionery establish- 
 ment. We next find him in .St. Joseph, Mich., and 
 then in Benton Harbor, where for three months he 
 made fruit baskets in a b.asket factory. He was at- 
 tacked by fever and ague and returning to Chi- 
 cago, again became an inmate of the Cook Count3' 
 Hospital, in which he was undergoing treatment at 
 the time of the great fire when he was allowed to 
 
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 li-ave the institution, althougli unable to work for 
 some weeks tliereafter. 
 
 Going to Earlville. III., Mr. Adler next found 
 employment on tlie faim of Lyman Cook, where he 
 was kindl}' treated and was the inmate of a pleas- 
 ant home. After spending six muntlis there, lie 
 again became a resident of Ciiicago, where he was 
 apiiointcd to a position on the police force as a 
 night watchman. After a few months he secured a 
 permit from tiie department, found a beat, and em- 
 ploying others to assist iiim in watching continued 
 in the business for three years. At that time he in- 
 herited a sum of money from his paternal grand- 
 father in Germany and concluded to go into the 
 show business, but falling into the hands of sharp- 
 ers in three days fuund himself penniless. This 
 necessitated his return to hard vvork and determin- 
 ing to retrieve his lost fortune he secured a situa- 
 tion in bottling works on JSouth Halstcd Street, 
 where he continued two seasons, after which, 
 through the kindness of Judge Henry P'uller, he 
 secured a situation as conductor on the Wabash <fe 
 Cottage Grove Avenue street-car line. After a 
 faithful discharge of his duties for six months and 
 three days, he was so unfortunate as to over-sleep 
 himself and as a consequence to lose his position. 
 
 Mr. Adler soon found employment in a meat 
 market which he left after seven montiis' service 
 therein, to accept a position in a baker3'. Three 
 months later he received a letter from "Weeks & 
 Co., of Jackson, Mich., offering him the position 
 of Superintendent of their bottling works in this 
 city, and accepting the otfer he continued with 
 them two years, at the expiration of which period 
 he engaged in the same business for himself. He 
 has proved successful as a business man, has built 
 up a large trade, and in 1884 erected the building 
 which he now occupies, a substantial three-story 
 and basement brick, thirty-one and one-half feet 
 front by seventy-six feet deep, with all necessary 
 and modern machinery for carrying on the busi- 
 ness. 
 
 Altliough Mr. Adler attended school but little he 
 has secured a very good education, having been as- 
 sisted by friends with whom he boarded or lived, 
 and being endowed with excellent natural abilities. 
 He is a great reader, keeps well posted on all the 
 
 topics of the da}', is a very keen observer, and has 
 been an extensive ti-aveler, visiting twent3'-two 
 different Slates and writing interesting letters which 
 have been read with pleasure by his many friends. 
 He is a member of Manhattan Tribe No. 15, Im- 
 proved Order of Rcdmen; from 1884 to 1888, he 
 was Great Keeper of Wampum in the Great Coun- 
 cil, and fi'om 1883 to the [jresent time has lield the 
 office of Keeper of Wampum in ]\Ianhattan Tribe. 
 Of late Mr. Adler affiliates with tlie Democrat 
 party, although for manj- years he was a Republican. 
 He has been candidate for Coroner. 
 
 The marriage ol' Mr. Adler was celebrated in 
 October, 1872, his chosen companion being Miss 
 Dora Brock, a native of Germany, who when very 
 young came to America with her parents, Mr. and 
 Mrs. G. F. Brock, and was reared at Monience, 111. 
 She is an intelligent and estimable lady, well fitted 
 to make a happy home for her husband and the 
 four sons with whom they are blessed. The inter- 
 esting grou|) of youths comprises Fred Brock, Gar- 
 field Arthur, George AVashington and Henry Ernest 
 
 <^' LBERT STILES. Among the select busi- 
 (,@i£J! ness men of Jackson City, Mr. Stiles occu- 
 pies no unimi)ortant position. He is a 
 
 ' lifelong resident of Jackson and still 
 
 dwells under the roof where he was born, a com- 
 fortaljle and commodious structure on Wildwood 
 Avenue. Here he first opened his eyes to the light 
 Augusts, 1839, and although his years now number 
 half a century, he is a man phj^sically in life's 
 prime and in the full vigor of a career which has 
 been commendable in the extreme. 
 
 Mr. Stiles comes of substantial New England 
 stock, being the son of Ralph Stiles, a Yermonter 
 by birth, who was reared in the Green Mountain 
 State and who omigi'ated to New York when a 
 young man. There, he was married and in 1835 
 came to Michigan Territory with his family, making 
 the latter part of the journe}' overland with ox- 
 teams. He took up a tract of Government land 
 one mile west of the present limits of the city and 
 later purchased laud adjoining. He also became the 
 
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 363 
 
 owner of ground within the city limits, where lie 
 erected a frame house. 
 
 This was before the times of railroads in this 
 region and Detroit, then a flourishing village, was 
 the nearest depot for supplies for the larger part of 
 iMifhigan. At Ann Arbor, thirl3--eight miles dis- 
 tant, was the nearest mill for some time. It was 
 the custom among the pioneers for a neighbor to 
 start out with an ox-team, taking with him a grist 
 for each family and thej' thus assisted e.<ich other. 
 The trip to mil! usually occupied a weolv. Ralph 
 Stiles was a cooper by trade and followed his calling 
 during the early days of Jackson City, manufactur- 
 ing pork barrels, eluirns, etc., which found a ready 
 sale. In l.SIO he put up a log bouse on his land, 
 one mile west of the city, and removing into it later 
 built a sliop. There he worked at his trade and 
 superintended the improvement of his land, resid- 
 ing there until his death, in 1843. 
 
 The mother of Mr Stiles bore the maiden name 
 of Ann Savicool. She was boin in New York State 
 and spent her last days likewise at the old home- 
 stead. Grandfather Savicool was a native of Penn- 
 sylvania and of (jcrman ancestry. Mrs. Stiles 
 after becoming a widow kept her family (if little 
 children together, superintending their education 
 and training tlieni to habits of industry and senti- 
 ments of honor. Tiie}' were named, respectively, 
 Charles, David. Hsu-riet A., Marietta, David, Eliza- 
 beth, (xeorge and Albert. Four are living and 
 located in -Jackson. 
 
 Mr. Stiles was the youngest child of his parents 
 and remembers well many of the incidents con- 
 necte() with jiioneer life in this county. Often 
 standing in the door of the log house during his 
 boyhood he saw deer an(1 wolves and occasionally 
 a bear would put in an aiipearance. He attended 
 the pioneer schools, taught on the subscription 
 plan, and as soon as large enough commenced to 
 iisslst in the labors of the farm, remaining there 
 until a youth of seventeen years. Being an ambi- 
 tious lad he then started out for himself empty- 
 handed, working on a farm by the month, his first 
 engagement being for eight months at §li per 
 month. So faithful and attentive had he been to 
 his duties that when the day of settlement came 
 his employer allowed him =<12 for four months of 
 
 the time. The following winter he worked for his 
 board and attended school. The two summers 
 following he worked on a farm at Sll per month 
 and in winter advanced his education by a still 
 furtlier attendance at school. 
 
 Next in company with his elder brother. Mr. 
 Stiles purchiised tlie interest of the other beirs in 
 his father's homestead and taking up his abode 
 there, engaged in farming. For two years follow- 
 ing, crops were very poor and Mr. .Stiles lost all 
 that he had saved, but he persevered in the labor 
 which he had begun, still clinging to the old home- 
 stead and in a few years had retrieved his fortunes 
 and [laid his half of the indebtedness. 
 
 Remaining there in partnership until 18G4, Mr. 
 Stiles then purchased the interest of his brother in 
 the estate and lived there two years longer. Then 
 resolving ui)on a change of occupation, he sold out 
 and removing to Jackson engaged in the manufac- 
 ture of gloves and mittens for three years. At the 
 e.Kpiralion of this lime be embarked in the grocer3f 
 business in which he continued until 1879. 
 
 In the meantime, from ;i youth, Mr. .Stiles had 
 evinced more than ordinary intelligence and a lively 
 interest in everything concerning the welfare of 
 his native county and also that of Jackson Citj-. 
 His honestj' was proverbial, and in 1879 he was 
 elected to the offiee of City Treasurer, the duties 
 of which he dischargeil in a manner creditable to 
 himself and satisf.actory to all concerned. In 1880 
 he purchased an interest in the Jackson City Ice Com- 
 pany and continued interested therein until 1887, 
 when its business became so enlarged that a stock 
 company was formed. Of this Mr. Stiles was 
 elected Treasurer and is still holding the office. In 
 May. 1884, the Jackson Corset Compan3' was or- 
 ganized, Mr. Stiles becoming a stockholder and 
 President, and ho is also holding this oHice. He 
 has uniformly been the friend of education and 
 progress and contributes a substantial support to 
 the enterprises calculated for the best interests of 
 the people. 
 
 Mr. Stiles contracted matrimonial ties July St. 
 1868 with Miss Rozella Howen. This lady was born 
 in September, 1842. in .Summit Township and is 
 the daughter of .Stephen and Polly (Harrington) 
 Rowen who were natives of New York and who 
 
364 
 
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 came to Michigan during its pioneer days. Mr. 
 Rowen is deceased. Mrs. Rowen is still living with 
 her son on tlie old homestead. Mrs. Stiles is con- 
 nected with tiie Episcopal Church. Of this union 
 there have been born no children. 
 
 In brotherliood affairs Mr. .Sales has been promi- 
 nent for 3'enrs, belonging to Michigan Lodge, Xo. 
 .50, F. (fe A. M.; J.ackson Chapter, No. 3, R. A. M.: 
 Jackson Cominanderj, No. 9, K. T. ; the Grand 
 Commander^- of the State anu the Rojal Aicanum. 
 Politically, lie is a sound Republican. 
 
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 I7SAAC CHAUNCEY QUICIv, a representative 
 I farmer of Leoni Township, is a son of a pio- 
 _[ neer family which was among the first settlers 
 of Jackson Count}'. He i)urchased his present farm 
 thirty-one j'ears ago. and has occupied it the last 
 quarter of a century, and so successful has he been 
 in its management, that he has acquired a compet- 
 ency that places him among the moneyed men of 
 this localit}-. and witli the aid of his good wife, he 
 has founded a home whose cheerful coziness and 
 material comfort make it one of the most desirable 
 abodes in the whole township. 
 
 Mr. Quick was born in the town of Ul_vsses. 
 Tompkins County. N. Y.. May 25, 1825. His 
 father, Abraham Quick, was born in New Jersey, 
 in 1802, a sou of one Jacob Quick, who was also a 
 native of that .State. He spent the early part of 
 his life there, but removed to New York with his 
 family in 1819, going thither with teams, and was 
 an early settler of Tompkins County. He bought 
 a tract of wild land in the town of Ul3sses, and im- 
 proved it into a farm, which remained his residence 
 until 1835, when he once more became a pioneer, 
 seeking fresh fields in the Territory of Michigan. 
 He located in Grass Lake Township among its 
 early settlers, and buying a tract of eightj- acres of 
 land, developed it into a farm, and there the remain- 
 der of his life was quietly passed. The father of 
 our subject was married in Tompkins County, and 
 learned the trade of ^ carpenter and joiner, which 
 he followed in the Slate of New York until 1831, 
 when he. too, became a pioneer. He started from 
 
 his old home, accompanied by his wife and three 
 children, and went as far as Cayuga Lake with a 
 team, and there embarked on a boat in Erie Canal 
 for Buffalo, whence he came by lake to Detroit, 
 and, leaving his family in a hotel in that city, he 
 walked from there through the woods and swamps 
 to Grass Lake. Being pleased with the beaut}- an I 
 apparent fertilit}- of the country, he resolved to 
 locate in that place, and procuring an ox-team, be 
 returned to Deti-oit for his family. He had no 
 money to invest in Government land, but finding 
 a shelter for his familj- in a log cabin belonging to 
 a brother-in law, he engaged in mechanical work of 
 various kinds, being a natural genius in that line, 
 and at the same lime i)roficient in the trades of 
 cooper, carpenter and cabinet maker. For two 
 or three jears he was profitably employed in mak- 
 ing fanning mills, and carefully saving bis earnings, 
 he finall}' gathered together enough money to en- 
 ter a tract of Government land in Leoni Township. 
 He built a good frame house thereon, and then de- 
 voted the most of his time to his trade, hiring oth- 
 ers to do his farm work. He was a resident of this 
 township until his death June 3, 1867, and his 
 name will ever occupy an honorable position among 
 those of the brave, resolute, efficient pioneers who 
 laid the foundations of the present prosperity of 
 Leoni. The maiden name of his wife was Charily 
 Richev. and she was born in New Jersey, a daugh- 
 ter of Lawrence Richey, a pioneer of Tompkins 
 Count}-. Her death occurred in Leoni Township. 
 Her sister. Nancy Richey. who came to Michigan 
 with the family, was the first school-teacher, and 
 she and her husband were the first couple married 
 in Grass Lake Township. There were nine chil- 
 dren born to the parents of our subject, of whom 
 the following five were reared to maturity: our sub- 
 ject, AVilliam, Louisa, Adelia, and Mahala. The 
 latter is de.ad, Louisa is the wife of A. B. Merri- 
 man; Adelia married Evander Holloway. Isaac 
 (^nick was in his sixth year when he came to Michi- 
 gan, and he was reared to a stalvvart, vigorous man- 
 hood under the pioneer influences that obtained 
 here in those early d.ays of the settlement of Jack- 
 son County. He remembers well when the great 
 primeval forests of Michigan were the predominant 
 feature of this region, and were tenanted by deer, 
 
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 bears, wolves, aud oilier wild animals, and when 
 he first came here, the Indians still made their 
 home in the Territory. lie attended tlic first school 
 that was ever taught in (!rass Lake, and can con- 
 trast in his mind the rude log building, with its 
 slab benches with wooden pins for legs, with the 
 comfortable schoolhouse of to-day, with its mod- 
 ern furniture and other conveniences. There were 
 no railways here then, and Detroit, many miles dis- 
 tant, was the nearest station for supplies, and the 
 nearest market in which the earl}' settlers could sell 
 their produce. He was reared to agricultural pur- 
 suits, and has always devoted himself to farming', 
 remaining with his parents until their death. In 
 1859 he bought his present farm, and in 1865 set- 
 tled on it. l>y careful and persistent labor, well- 
 directed, he has brought it under fine cultivation, 
 has supiilied it with suitable buildings, including a 
 neat and tasty dwelling, and has good machinery 
 and every convenience for operating it with the 
 best results. 
 
 .Tune 111, 1860, Mr. (^uick took an important step 
 towards securing suc(-ess and hapi)iness in life, bj' 
 his marriage on that date to Miss Lucy Voorhees, 
 a native of Sharon, Schoharie Couuty, N. Y. Her 
 father, Daniel A'oorhees, was born in Montgomerj- 
 County, X. Y., December 7, 1802. a son of William 
 ^'oorhees, a farmer who resided in th.at county un- 
 til his death. The maiden name of Mrs. (Quick's 
 grandmother, was Lucy Dodge. .She was born in 
 Middleburg, Schoharie County, .and died in ]Mont- 
 gomery County. X. Y. The father of .Mrs. Quick 
 was rear(-d and married in his native county, and 
 engaged in farniihg there and in Schoharie County, 
 filially moving from Moutgomer}' to Syracuse, 
 where he farmed on shares. In the fall of 1835. 
 he started for Montgomer}' County on the Erie 
 Canal, ami was drowned while on the waj-. The 
 maiden name of his wife was Jane Winnie, and she 
 was born in Montgomery County, August 20, 1808. 
 Her father, David C. Winnie, was born near the 
 State line in Cherry- \'alley. X. Y.. where his father, 
 Conrad \Viimie, carried on farming, spending his 
 entire life in that .State, so far as known. The 
 maiden name of his wife was Shoemaker. David 
 Winnie mnriied Catherine Hone, a n.Ttive of Xew 
 York State. He was a farmer, and died in .Mont- 
 
 gomery County, at a ripe old age. Kis wife came 
 to Michigan, and die<l in Lenawee County while 
 there on a visit. After the death of her husband, 
 Mrs. Quick's mother returned to Schoharie County, 
 N. Y., and was there married to Tunis Baxter, of 
 Sharon, that count}', where the remainder of her 
 life was passed. Three children have been born of 
 the pleasant wedded life of Mr. and Mrs. (.^uick, 
 namely: Abram D., Augustus O., and Mary Etta. 
 By his sterling integrity and upright life, Mr. 
 Quick merits and receives the respect of all who 
 know him, and this feeling is shared by his wife, 
 who is equally worthy. They are active workers 
 in the Methodist E|)iscopal Church of Leoni, no 
 one standing higher in its membership. Mr. Quick 
 interests himself in politics, keeping posted on all 
 the issues of the day, and accords hearty supi)ort 
 to the Re|)ublican part}-. 
 
 ^ OSIAH ^HLLS, deceased, was an honored 
 I pioneer of Jackson County, and it gives us 
 pleasure to record a brief sketch of his well- 
 ' spent life on these pagcj. He was an early 
 settler of Leoni, and as a skillful, practical farmer, 
 was of great assistance in developing its rich re- 
 sources, and making it one of the finest agricultural 
 centres in Southern .Michigan, while at the same 
 time he secured wealth for himself in the produc- 
 tive and well-improved farm that he evolved from 
 the wilderness. 
 
 He was born in Morris County, X. J., from 
 whence his father, l^aniel H. Mills, a native of Con- 
 necticut, removed to Ontario Couuty, N. Y., in the 
 earl}' years of its settlement. He w.as a farmer, 
 and carrieil on his occupation in that region until 
 1835, when he once again became a jyioneer, emi- 
 grating with his fnuiily to the Territory of Michi- 
 gan, and buying a farm in Pittsfield Township, 
 Washtenaw County. He engaged in its improve- 
 ment a few years, and then removed to Clinton, 
 where he lived until two years previous to his death, 
 when he returned to his farm to pass his remain- 
 ing days. The m.aiden name of his wife was Jo- 
 anna Beaman. She was also a native of Connecti- 
 
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 cut, and her last days were likewise spent on the 
 farm in Pittsfield Townsiiip, where she and her 
 husband had built up a comfortable home by their 
 united industry. 
 
 Josiah Mills was a child of three years when his 
 parents took up their residence in the wilderness in 
 Ontario County, and there, in their pioneer home, 
 he was reared to a stalwart, manly manhood. He 
 married and founded his home in tliat county, con. 
 tinning to reside there until 1835, and in the spring 
 of that year he too became a pioneer of this .State, 
 coming thitlier by Erie Canal to Buffalo, thence by 
 steamer to Detroit. He lirought with him the run- 
 ning part of a wagon, and in that city secured some 
 boards and made a box for it, and then buying a 
 pair of oxen to draw it, loaded his famil^y into it 
 and their household goods, and started for Jackson 
 County, over rough roads, tiirough a sparsely set- 
 tled country, deer and other wild game frequently 
 crossing their path, and now and then an Indian fol- 
 lowed their trail. He located in Leoni Township, 
 buying a tract of land on section 11, and entering 
 another on section 2. There was a log house on 
 tiie land, in which the family of which he bought 
 the place, was living, and his family moved into it 
 with them, and both families occupied the dwelling 
 until the fall of the year, when Mr. Mills and his 
 family were left in full possession. They resided 
 on that place thirteen years, and during that time 
 Mr. Mills cleared quite a tract of the land that he 
 had entered on section 2, and built there a comfort- 
 able residence, into which he moved in 1848, that 
 continuing to be his home until death called him 
 hence May 24, 1859. A devoted husband and 
 tender father was thus lost to his household, and 
 to the community at large, one of its best citizens. 
 He was looked up to by his fellow- pioneers as a 
 safe and wise counselor, a kind and willing helper 
 in times of trouble, and a true friend to all. He 
 was a man of resources, of (^uick iierceptions and 
 of resolute principles, who took a firm stand for the 
 right, and these traits made him a valuable mem- 
 ber of the Baptist Churcli, which lie joined in 
 early life. 
 
 The burden of the toilsome years iu which he 
 was engaged in securing a competency, was light- 
 ened by the cheerful aid he received from the true 
 
 wife, to whom he was married in 1830, she prov- 
 ing in every sense of the woid a helpmate. Mrs. 
 Mills, at the venerable age of eight3'-three j'ears, 
 still fnjoys good health, has a sound mind and 
 memory', is quite a reader, and keeps well -posted 
 on all topics of the day, and is an interesting con- 
 versationalist. She is a sincere Christian, and hav- 
 ing joined the Baptist Church i.n early life, has 
 always been a consistent member. Mrs. Mills' 
 maiden name was Lydia Morse, and she was born 
 in Gorliam, Ontario County, N. Y., October 22, 
 1806. Her father, Daniel Morse, was a native of 
 Maine, the son of Jonathan Morse, and he was an 
 early pioneer of the town of Goriiam, N. Y., where 
 he bought a tract of timlier land, and the farm that 
 he cleared from it, remained his home until death 
 called him to a iiigher one. There were no rail- 
 ways or canals in that part of New York in his day, 
 and consequently no markets, so the people had to 
 live off the products of their farms. Mrs. Mills' 
 mother taught her children to spin, and she herself 
 wove the cloth and made the clothing for the fam- 
 ily. Mrs. Mills was young wlien her mother died, 
 and she lived with her father until eleven years of 
 age, and from that time, with characteristic inde- 
 pendence and self-reliance, cared for herself until 
 her marriage. She is the mother of five children, 
 as fellows: Ellen. Hyatt, Elon G., Joan, and AVy- 
 man. The three first named reside with her on the 
 homestead; Joan lives in Missouri, and Wyman in 
 Nebraska; Ellen was a successful teacher in the 
 public schools several years. 
 
 Elon G. Mills was born March 18, 1843, and was 
 reared and educated in Leoni Township, and is now 
 one of its most useful citizens. He is a veteran of 
 the late war, wherein he did gallant service, enlist- 
 ing when scarcely more than a bo}', only nineteen 
 years of ago, enrolling his name as a member of 
 Company G, Seventeenth Michigan Infantr3% Au- 
 gust y, 1862. He took part in many important 
 battles, including those fought at South Mountain, 
 Antietam, Fredericksburg, Jackson, (Miss.), Camp- 
 bell Station, Knoxville, (Tenn.) Returning from 
 Tennessee to Virginia, he was present at the battle 
 of the Wilderness, and in the various other engage- 
 ments fought around Petersburg, which ended in 
 the capture of that eit}-. After the close of the 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALHUM. 
 
 3C9 
 
 war .yuuiig Mills tuok part in the Grand Review at 
 \Vasliin<,4(in, and was iionorably discliars^ed from 
 service with liis regiment at Detroit, .June 14, 18G5. 
 He then returned to tlie old homestead, and has 
 since been quite successfully engaged in agricul- 
 tural })ursuits. He married in November, 1871, 
 Miss Elnora Smitli, and their pleasant household 
 circle has been completed by the birth of fourcliil- 
 dren — Kdith, Bernice, Mabel, and (irace. 
 
 f4=^ ^^^'- A.BEI^ ^'- HOWE. There is not within 
 the limits of Hanover Township a man held 
 in more general respect by an intelligent 
 community tiian tlic subject of this notice. 
 Self- made in the broadest sense of the term, his ca- 
 reer illustrates in an admirable manner what may 
 be accomplished bj' a course of unflagging indus- 
 try', perseverance and good management. We find 
 him the ijossessor of a fine home, which in all its 
 appointments fuUills the modern idea of a well- 
 regulat(Ml counlr}* estate. His farm comprises three 
 hundred and twenty broad and well-tilled acres, 
 embellished with tasteful and convenient buildings, 
 not the least among which is the commodious resi- 
 dence wiiich was erected in 1878, at a cost of over 
 ^3.200. This with its surroundings gives ample 
 indication of the cultured tastes and ample means 
 of the (jroprietor. He makes of agriculture an. art 
 and a science, and it is not to be wondered at that 
 he has been highly successful. He is largcl^^ inter- 
 ested in live-stock, and is able to exhibit some of 
 the finest specimens of cattle and horses to be 
 found in this part of Michigan. 
 
 The second child of his parents, Mr. Howe wr.3 
 born October 15. 1841, at Newstead, Erie County, 
 N. v., and when of suitable years was placed in 
 the district sciiool, remaining there until a lad of 
 twelve years. He then accompanied his parents to 
 iSHcliigan. and pursued his studies until a youth of 
 seventeen in the common schools, and two 3'ears 
 later he attended Hillsdale College for a time. He 
 learned the trade of blacksmithing with his father, 
 and wagon-making with Mr. Henry Frye. At the 
 age of twenty years he started out in life for him- 
 
 self, ami has since mainly -'paddled his own canoe." 
 In 1S;j1) his father sold the shop and purchased a 
 farm in Branch County. In April, 1801, lie went 
 to Dnpage County, III., where he remained until 
 November, of the same j'ear. when he returned to 
 Michigan, where he opened up another shop, but 
 later bought a farm in Liberty Township, of which 
 young Howe took charge, remaining upon it four 
 3'ears. In October, 18G2, he bought his first piece 
 of land, forty acres on section 6, Liberty Town- 
 shi|), going into debt to the extent of ¥900. The 
 following fall he adtled forty more acres to his 
 landed possessions, then solil the eighty and re- 
 moved to Spring Arbor Township, of which he was 
 a resident six ^-ears. From there, in 1872, he re- 
 moved to Hanover Township, taking possession of 
 part of the farm which he now owns and occupies. 
 
 The enteri)risc and atnbilion which have char- 
 rcterialed Mr. Howe were evinced at an early period 
 in his life. AVhen a boj' of thirteen years he en- 
 tered the employ of Mr. I. Hutehins at Ssfi per 
 month, sta3'ing with him seven months. (Jne monlii 
 he worked for William Hutehins at the same price. 
 The following summer he was emploj'ed b}' Hiram 
 Hutehins at $8 per month, and later worked for 
 John Eddy seven months at 811 per month. His 
 next emplo3er was David E. Crouch, of Spring Ar- 
 bor Township, and later that same season he worked 
 for Jacob D. Crouch. In the meantime he lived 
 economieall}-, and saved what he could of his earn- 
 ings. 
 
 When twenty-four j-ears old Mr. Howe, having 
 laid the foundations of a home, took unto himself 
 a wife and helpmate, being married February 22, 
 1866, to Miss Mary E. .Sloat. This lady is the daugh- 
 ter of Josiah Robinson and Mary J. (Faulkner) 
 Sloat, who were natives of New York Stale. Mr. 
 Faulkner was a surveyor by profession, a Colonel 
 in the New York Militia, and a State Senator, 
 being elected on the Democratic ticket. He voted 
 for the abolition of slaver}* after the bondsmen 
 had passed a certain age, and for its entire abolish- 
 ment in the State of New York, and this causeil 
 his political downfall. He came to Michigan Ter- 
 ritory in 1832, and settled two and one-half miles 
 east of the site of Grass Lake, where he secured 
 eight hundred acres of laud and opened a public 
 
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 house. He was prospered, and after an honored 
 residence of over tliirty years, departed this life at 
 Ills home, in June, 1868. His wife had preceded 
 liini to the better land some twenty years. 
 
 Mrs. Howe was tiie eldest child of her parents, 
 and was born May IG, 1844, in Wasiitenaw County-, 
 this State. She grew up a. bright and accomplished 
 girl, with a good education, and at au early age 
 evinced rare musical tilent, becoming the pupil of 
 Prof. Chandler (a relative of Senator Zachariah 
 Chandler), who excelled in this art. Of the four 
 children born of this union only two are living: 
 Fred N.. born January 3, 1881; and Ben A., July 
 17, 1884; Lloyd K. died May 14, 1877, when a 
 promising boy of eight years; and Nina D. died 
 in infancy. 
 
 Mr. Howe, since 1862, has been identified with 
 the Masonic fraternity, and is now a member of 
 Blue Lodge.. No. 29.3, at Horton, in which he has 
 officiated as Master. He also belongs to Jackson 
 Chapter No. 3, and Jackson Commandery No. 9. 
 He has served as Supervisor of Hanover Townshii) 
 for three terms, also as Drain Commissioner. Li 
 I 883 he was elected to the State Legislature from 
 the Second District, and after serving his term his 
 name was brought forward for a second noraintion, 
 which he refused to accept. He was a member of 
 the House during the agitation of the Ferry and 
 Hul)bell case, which resulted in Palmer getting the 
 seat, and in which eighty- three votes were cast. 
 
 There are a few local offices which Mr. Howe 
 has hlled, and the duties of which he has dis- 
 charged with satisfaction to all concerned. He 
 is a man who reads extensively and keeps himself 
 thoroughly posted upon the events of the daj-. 
 He has represented this county four times l>y elec- 
 tion in the Michigan State (; range, and in the 
 Knights of Labor. General Assembly of North 
 America, his constituency covering a ladius of 
 fifty miles square, with headquarters once at Jack- 
 son. The first meeting was at Hamilton, Ontario, 
 Canada; and the second at Cleveland, Ohio. At 
 these gatherings there were about one thousanil 
 delegates from all over North America, and con- 
 spicuous among them was the great leader, T. V. 
 Powderly, who w.as the presiding officer. 
 
 In 1888 Mr. Howe was nominated for Auditor- 
 
 General of Michigan, on the Union Labor ticket, 
 and made an admirable race. Prior to this, in 
 1884, during the Congressional Convention at 
 Hastings, his name was prominently mentioned for 
 Congress, but he refused to allow his friends to 
 bring him forward in this connection. Although 
 iiitherto bis party has suffered defeat, Mr. Howe 
 has the satisfaction of knowing that he has always 
 run ahead of his ticket. In 1886 he was nomi- 
 nated for 3tate Senator by the Labor party, and 
 again carried more than his p.ast strengtli. 
 
 The immediate piogenitor of the subject of this 
 notice is Edgar B. Howe, a native of New York 
 State, and who is now living retired on his little 
 farm in Summit Township, this county. He was a 
 member of the New York State Militia during the 
 early days, holding the rank of First Lieutenant, 
 and was called out in what was known as the To- 
 ledo w.ar. He was married in his native State to 
 Miss Mary A. Smith, who was born in Genesee 
 County. They came to ^Michigan in 1854, settling 
 in Summit Township, where the father put up a 
 ston"? blacksmith-shop, and did the work for all 
 the country around for man^^ years. He shod 
 horses continuously for the long period of forty- 
 five years. He is now seventy-six years old, and 
 forms one of the ohl landmarks whose name will 
 be held in kindly remembrance long after he has 
 been gathered to his fathers. The wife and mother 
 died in 1866. 'Ihe parental household was com- 
 pleted by the birth of four children: Hiram A. and 
 Sarah Jane remain with their father in Summit 
 Township; Susannah J. is the wife of George 
 Goffe, the mother of two children, and resides in 
 Barnes County. N. Dak. ; Abel N., our subject, who 
 was the second child, completes the list. A por- 
 trait of this cultured gentleman, good citizen and 
 public representative, will be found on another 
 piige. 
 
 iLBERT DUNHAM, Chief Clerk of the 
 Jackson Postofflce, is a popular and in- 
 ( !) fluential citizen of this city, who was for 
 several years prominently identified with 
 its business interests. He is a veteran of the late war, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 enlisting wlioii scarcely more than a boy and doing 
 {jallant service on many a liard-foii<>lit battlefield. 
 Onr subject is a fine representative of the native- 
 born citizens of Jackson County. lie vvas born in 
 Pulaski Township, .lune 1, 1815, to Harrison and 
 Mary (Skillen^' Dunham, pioneers of the county. 
 
 The fatlier of our subject was born in Genesee 
 County", N. Y., a son of Col. Shubeal Dunham, an 
 officer in the war of 1S12. He look an active i)art 
 in the battle of Black Rock, and was taken prisoner 
 by the British at Buffalo. He was a farmer by oc- 
 cupation, and improved a tine farm in Genesee 
 County, where he passed his last years. The fatlier 
 of our subject was reared and married in his native 
 State, and continued to live there till 1843, when 
 he came to Jackson County and became one of the 
 early settlers of PuIasUi Township. He purchased 
 a tract of land known as -'oak openings," and after 
 erc^cting a log house for the shelter of his family, 
 he entered upon the task of improving his farm, and 
 now has one of the best cultivated and most pio- 
 ductive in the vicinity, has provided it with a neat 
 and comfortable set of buildings, and is still living 
 there in the enjoyment of the competence that, 
 with the aid of his estimable wife, he has secured. 
 Mrs. Dunham was born near Belfast, I r> land, and 
 when very young accoiiii)anied two of her uncles to 
 this country. 
 
 'J'lie subject of this biographical review grew to 
 man's estate in his native town, residing vvitli his 
 parents till he was seventeen years old. At that 
 youthful age, inspired with patriotic ardor, lie en- 
 listed in Fel)ruarv. 1863, in Company D, Second 
 Micliigan Infantry, and went imme<liately to the 
 front, joining the army of the Potomac, and tak- 
 ing part in all the battles round Richmond and 
 Petersburg, that his regiment w.as engaged in, it be- 
 ing one of the first two that entered Peters- 
 burg. Our subject took part in the (!raiid Review 
 at Washington in June, 18()5, and was honorably 
 discharged with his regiment the following vSepteni- 
 ber. He returned to his old home, and for a _vcar 
 and a half engaged in agricultural pursuits, mid 
 then leanu'il the carpenter's trade. But he had a 
 natural taste for mercantile life, and finally estab- 
 lished himself in the grocery business in Jackson, 
 which he carried on with good linancial success till 
 
 1889, when hfi was called to public life by his ap- 
 pointment as Assistant Quartermaster General of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, of the State of Mich- 
 igan. In December of the same year he received his 
 aiipointment to his present position as chief clerk 
 in the Jackson post-oflice. In this capacity he is 
 giving general satisfaction to all concerned, careful 
 and conscientious in the discharge of his duties, 
 and ever gentlemanly and considerate in his man- 
 ner with all, he is, indeed, the right man in the 
 right place. 
 
 In 188() Mr. Dunham was united in marriage to 
 Miss Lucina J. Center, who was reared in the same 
 neighborhood as himself and when they were boy 
 and girl together they were schoolmates. Samuel 
 Center, Mrs. Dunham's father, w.is b(>rn in Cattar- 
 augus County, N. Y., and coming to Michigan 
 about 1843, he located in Pulaski Township, where 
 he improved a good farm, and still resides. The 
 maiden name of his wife was Lydia J. Meacham, 
 and she was also a native of the State of New York. 
 
 Mr. Dunham's life has been guided by priiicijiles 
 of the highest honor and integrity, and he is a man 
 of unspotted character, well dowered with sense and 
 stability. And his fellow-citizens, recognizing his 
 genuine worth, have shown their confidence in him 
 by frequently calling him to ollice. He has served 
 two years as Alderman from the Fourth Ward, as 
 Fire Commissioner three years, and as Deputy Oil 
 Inspector one term. He is a prominent member of 
 the Kd Pomeroy Post, No. 48, G. A. R. Politi- 
 cally, he is, and alwa3'S has been, a stalwart Re- 
 publican, lie and his wife are valued members of 
 the Methodist Ejiiscopal Church. 
 
 nSAAC HOUNSON. Among those who have 
 j made of farming .an unqu.'Jified success may 
 IL, be mentioned the subject of this notice, whose 
 industry and good management liave resulted in 
 the accumulation of a fair share of this world's 
 goods, so that he is now retired from active labor, 
 and is spending his declining years coiiifortablv at 
 a good home in the village of JCaiioleon. He has 
 now numbered seventy-one j'ears, having been 
 
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 born March 22, 1819. and his native place was 
 Benton, Yates County, N. Y. His career has been 
 that of a self-made man — one who has accumulated 
 his property bj' his own efforts, and who is in- 
 debted to no man for the position which he occu- 
 pies amonof his fellow-citizens. 
 
 Mr. Hounson was reared to manhood in his 
 native county, but after reaching man's estate 
 spent one year in Iowa. Returning then to his 
 old tramping ground, during the Civil War, he 
 enlisted as a Union soldier in Company I, One 
 Hundred and Fort3--eiglith New York Infantry, 
 and went with his regiment to Ft. Monroe. After 
 being in the army six or seven months, he was 
 atlacked with rheumatism, and spent several 
 months in the hospital. He served in all about 
 sixteen months, when he was given an honorable 
 discharge and returned to his old haunts in Benton, 
 N. Y. A few weeks later he decided upon seeking 
 his fortunes in the West, and accordingly sold out 
 ills propertj-, and in 1864 set out and located first 
 in Norvell Township, this count}'. A year later he 
 removed to Ingham Count}', where he bought a 
 farm, which he occupied about five years. Selling 
 out once more, he then located in the town of 
 Aurelius, but soon after puichased a farm near 
 Tekonsha, where he lived three or four years. He 
 then -sold this farm and put up a liouse in the vil- 
 lage, within which he lived two years. 
 
 Mr. Hounson at the expiration of this time 
 traded his Tekonsha property for a stock of goods 
 in Norvell, this nounty, and for three years there- 
 after engaged in merchandising. Becoming tired of 
 this, he traded his goods for a farm in Hudson 
 Township, Lenawee County, and lived tiiere three 
 or four years. Then renting his farm, he removed 
 to the village of Hudson, where he lived three 
 years, then sold the farm, which had in the mean- 
 time been operated by a renter, and set his face 
 toward the Pacific Slope. After arriving in Cali- 
 fornia, Mr. Hounson was engaged for one year in 
 buying and selling stock, then returning to Hud- 
 son, lived there six months, and next removed to 
 Napoleon, of which he has since been a resident. 
 
 Mr. Hounson learned the trade of a stonemason 
 in early manhood; wliich he followed two 3'ears in 
 Benton, N. Y. He was married in his native 
 
 county, to Miss Mary Burgess. This lady was 
 born in New England, and removed with her par- 
 ents to New York State when young. There have 
 been born to them five children, the eldest of whom, 
 Melissa, is the wife of William Jones ; Alonzo was 
 first married to Miss Addie Wliitne)', by whom he 
 had two children, one of whom died in infancy, 
 and the other, a daughter, is still living; his second 
 wife was Josephine Rolfe, and they also had two 
 children, one of whom died in infancy; the sur- 
 vivor is Josephine, who lives at home. The son 
 died in California, October 11,1886. Charles died 
 in Bethel, Ontario County, N. Y. ; Seward K. died 
 when about eighteen years old ; William K. died in 
 Tekonsha when a promising youth of seventeen. 
 
 Mr. Hounson cast his first vote for Gen. Will- 
 iam Henry Harrison, and in 1888 had the satisfac- 
 tion of voting for his grandson, Benjamin; he felt 
 that this privilege gave him a new lease of life. He 
 has been a warm supporter of the Republican 
 party since its organization. For many years he 
 was connected with the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 ORTER HARRINGTON. In noting the 
 pioneer labors to which the present con- 
 dition -of this county is due, the name of 
 Porter Harrington, now deceased, should 
 not be omitted from the list of worthy men who 
 toiled and struggled here. His honesty and integ- 
 rity of char.acter were well known to all with wiiom 
 he had business dealings, and he enjoyed the esteem 
 of a large circle of friends and acquaintances who 
 knew and valued his moral principles, his social 
 qualities and his kindly nature. His death occurred 
 at his home in Sandstone Township, in November, 
 1872, after a residence of thirty-six years, and at 
 the ripe sge of seventy-two. The widow and chil- 
 dren who survived him were comforted in their 
 sorrow by the knowledge that he had lived a worthy 
 life, and bj' their endeavors to continue every good 
 measure in which he had been engaged. 
 
 JMr. Harrington was born in Ontario County, N. 
 Y., September 4, 1800, his parents being Nathaniel 
 and Lncretia Harrington. He was reared to manhood 
 
PORTRAIT AND KIOGkaPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 in Ills native county, liaA'ing more limited school 
 privileges tiian is tlic case at llic present clay in any 
 but tlie most sparsely settled districts of the farther 
 West. He, however, improved the opportunities 
 which were afforded him, not only in his youth but 
 thronghout his entire life. With his wife and two 
 children in 1836 he emigrated to this State, where 
 his father had some time before purchased land 
 from the Government. He bought eighty acres of 
 this land on section 22, Sandstone Township, and 
 went to work with a will to form a good home from 
 the wilderness. 
 
 From the primeval condition in which he found 
 it Mr. Harrington developed an excellent farm, 
 marked with good improvements and capable of 
 producing fine crops. As not a stick of timber had 
 been cut upon the place, his first labor naturallj' was 
 the felling of timber and the erection of a log cabin. 
 In that dwelling the family lived for man^- 3'ears, 
 although it was subsequently replaced by the pres- 
 ent residence, a structure of more modern design 
 and greater convenience. Mr. Harrington aimed to 
 cast his vote for the best man, irrespective of po- 
 litical part}- lines, believing that the welfare of the 
 country depended more ujjon men than u[)on ab- 
 stract ideas. 
 
 AA'hen he closed his eyes to earthly things, Mr. 
 Harrington left his widow in possession of eighty 
 acres of laml, which is farmed by their son, John 
 B. Harrington, who still resides at home. He was 
 horn in 1812, and has had some personal experi- 
 ence and observation in da3-s when the agricultural 
 regions of this county were less thoroughly under 
 man's subjection than at present. Tiike his deceased 
 parent, he endeavors to fulfill his duties as a citizen 
 in that manner which shall be for the best interest 
 of his fellow men. and to fill his personal sphere of 
 action worthily. In politics he is a firm Republican. 
 
 The noble woman who, as wife, mother, and 
 neighbor has made a record such as affords a shii- 
 ing example to others, and who through many long 
 years was tlie cherished companion of him with 
 whose name we introduce this sketch, bore the 
 maiden name of Lucretia Maxon. She is a daughter 
 of .Tc el and Betsey Maxon, natives of New York, 
 and in Genesee Count}-, that State, her own e\-es 
 opened to the light April 30, 18II. She grew to 
 
 maturity in ber native countj', having but few ad- 
 vantages in the educational line, although her na- 
 tive intelligence and desire for information are such 
 that she is well informed. She w.ts married in 
 March, 1830, and when a few 3'ears later her hus- 
 band settled in the wilderness of Michigan, she 
 showed the qualitj- of her character more forcibly 
 than before and in the new home bore her full 
 share of the burdens of life. She is now one of the 
 oldest living pioneers of Sandstone Township and 
 her reputation is not confiiiecr to its borders but ex- 
 tends far beyond. She is the mother of seven chil- 
 dren, and lias been called to mourn the loss of three 
 — Harriet, Welcome and Orin J. Her living chil- 
 dren are: Bethia, now Mrs. Pelton of Jackson; 
 Harriet, wife of Frank McGary of the .same place; 
 John B., at home, anil Lyman, who lives in Jackson. 
 
 ^ RP:ID CROWELL. Brooklyn is honored 
 in being the birthplace and home of the 
 above-named gentleman, who, although still 
 '^^^ young in years has become the leading at- 
 torney in this part of the count}', reaching a high 
 degree of success, and securing a wide practice in 
 Jackson, Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties. Pos- 
 sessing a most active mind, and having had his 
 powers strengthened b}- a good collegiate educa- 
 tion, Mr. Crowell has manifested great abilit}- in 
 conducting the cases which have been given into 
 his hands. He is an apt and lively pleader at the 
 bar, and jjossesses the perseverance and determina- 
 tion which lead him to make use of any honorable 
 means to sustain his clients, manj' of whom have 
 had hotly contested cases, in which his success was 
 remarkable. He justl}' boasts of his will and am- 
 bition to do all he can in his profession, and clients 
 come to him from a distance of fift}- miles. 
 
 The natal day of Mr. Crowell was December 20, 
 18,'),"), he being the only cliild of Dr. John R. and 
 Mary (Kvery) Crowell. He was admitteil to the 
 bar of Alichigan in 1882, at which time Judge 
 Gridlej', now deceased, i)r€sided. Since that time 
 he has been steadily making his w.a}- in the ranks of 
 his profession, generally succeeding in what^vov he 
 
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 undertakes, his lucid mind and clear judgment 
 leading- him to just decisions and wise discrimina- 
 tion regarding the feasible points of defense, and 
 tlie manner of presentation best adai)ted for the 
 success of his cause. Although in no sense of the 
 word an office seeker, he wields an extended influ- 
 ence in local politics, and the Democratic party 
 owes much to his adherence. His library contains 
 not only tiie best legal authorities but is also sup- 
 plied with literary works of great value, including 
 tlie best thoughts of the brilliant minds of all ages, 
 the entire collection having cost a large sum of 
 money. 
 
 Dr. John R. Crowell, the father of our subject, 
 was born in East Windham, N. II., being one of 
 eight sons, five of whom liecame attorneys, two 
 physicans, and the other a professor of languages. 
 He was graduated from a college at Castleton, Vt., 
 studied medicine, and coming to jMichigan early in 
 the '40s, opened an office in Brookl}'n, becoming 
 one of the leading medical men of llis county. He 
 possessed great abilitj-, although somewhat eccen- 
 tric. His death occurred at Brooklyn, in 1872, he 
 being then forty-nine years old. In that town he 
 was married to JMiss Marj' Every, a native of the 
 Empire State, who had come to Michigan in her 
 girlhood, was married at the age of sixteen years, 
 and died when her son, our subject, was about 
 three 3-ears old, she being then less than thirty 
 years of age. She and her husband were menil)ers 
 of the Episcopal Cluirch. and the Doctor was a 
 stanch Republican in his political views and prac- 
 tices. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this sketch was nianied, in Rawlin Township, Len- 
 awee County, in February, 1875, to Miss Belle Par- 
 ker, who was born in that township, May 1'.), 1855. 
 She is the daughter of Charles A. and Susan 
 (Hodges) Parker, natives of Ohio, who after their 
 marriage emigrated to Michigan, being early settleis 
 in Lenawee County. There they are now known 
 as the leaders in their comnmnity. IMr. Parker is a 
 mechanic and builder, possesses more than ordinary 
 information, and has served as Justice of the Peace 
 in his township for many years. 
 
 Mrs. Crowell was well reared by her worth}' pa- 
 rents, and receiving excellent advantages, obtained 
 
 a fine education, afterward devoting her energy 
 and ability to the work of a teacher. She is strong- 
 minded in the true sense of that word, with broad 
 and lil)eral ideas, taking strongly after her father 
 in an intellectual sense, he having an active mind 
 and great intellectual capacity. She is well versed 
 in law, and now holds her third commission as a 
 Notary Public, having been one of the first women 
 in this covmty to receive such a commission. To 
 her husband she is of actual assistance in unravel- 
 ing some of the difficult knots which occur in his 
 practice, and had she been a man, or chosen to oc- 
 cup3' a man's place at the bar, she would have been 
 well qualified to do so. As a natural outcome of 
 her ability and culture she is one of the leaders of 
 Brooklyn society, and stands by her husband's side 
 as an equal in the esteem of the community. 
 
 ,Tp\_ICHARD W. RAYMOND, Treasurer of 
 lL**f Sandstone Township, holds a prominent 
 —^% position among the leading and younger 
 \^' men of his couimuhit}-, and has a life inter- 
 est iu the prosperity of this count>', as within its 
 limits he was born an<l reared, here received his 
 early education, and has here labored to good ad- 
 vantage and obtained a fair share of this world's 
 goods. 
 
 Mr. Raymond was born February 23, 1849, in 
 this township, and is the son of one of its earliest 
 pioneers, Abijah Raymond, and his wife, who bore 
 the maiden name of Adeline Bennett. The famil}' 
 is undoubtedly of English origin, and the father of 
 our subject was a native of New York. He emi- 
 grated to Michigan early in the '30s, and took up 
 a tract of Government land on section 12, Sand- 
 stone Township, upon which he put up a log house 
 and began in earnest the clearing of a farm. The 
 spot upon which he first settled remained his resi- 
 dence until the close of his life, his death occurring 
 in 1856. The wife and mother survived until 
 February, 1883, when she too passed away. They 
 were the parents of twelve children, eight of whom 
 are living — Betsey is the wife of George Fraker, of 
 Hanover Township; Lorinda married Frederick 
 
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 Coons, .■mil llicv livo in .Sandstone Townsliii): Anron 
 is f.'iruiini; in llanovor Townsliip; Klleii is the wife 
 of All'ivil Krost, of Chai-lolto, tliisSi;ito; Richard, 
 our sMl)ject; Benjamin is a resident of I'.lackman 
 Township; Amy is Die wife of Martin Lndington, 
 of Jackson; Amanda, Mrs. Frank Spink, lives in 
 Pulaski Townahip. The elder Raymond in early 
 maidiood was a stanch Wlii.ir, politically', and later 
 allilialcd witli the Republican [larty. The mother 
 was a member of tlu. United IJrelhren Church. 
 By a course of industry and prudence the father of 
 our subject became well-to-do, leaving at his death 
 two hundred and fifteen acres of land well devel- 
 oped, together with substantial l)uildings and a 
 large amount of personal property. 
 
 The subject of this notice S[)ent his carl3' life at 
 the old homestead, where his education in the pri- 
 mary school was acquired, and availing himself of 
 tlie opportunities for observation and reading 
 which have made of him an intelligent and well- 
 informed man. Christmas Daj', 1 8G1 , was appro- 
 priately celebrated bj' him in his marriage with 
 Miss Esther, daughter of Pulaski Harrington, of 
 Tompkins Township. Of this union there were 
 born live children, the eldest of whom a daughter 
 Elizabeth, died when three years old. The survi 
 vers are: Ophelia, Clarence, Flora and Earnest. 
 Mrs. Esther Raymond departed this life at the 
 homestead, July 20, 1884. On the 2fith of May, 
 1885, Mr. Raymond was married to Miss Lill3' S. 
 Porter. This lady is the daughter of Elias and 
 Mclvina (t'ooly) Porter, who are both deceased. 
 
 They were natives of New York State and early 
 pioneers of Hanover Township, this county. Their 
 family consisted of three children, one of whom, 
 a daughter, Ella, died when four years old; George 
 E. is a resident of Hillsdale County. The father 
 entered the I'nion Arm\- during the late Civil 
 War, and died in Savannah, (ia., in 18(i;i. The 
 mother died in Iowa aliout 1 802. 
 
 Politicallv, Mr. Raymond usually votes with the 
 Republican |)arty. He was elected to his present 
 oHice in A|)ril, 188!), ami the peojile of the town- 
 ship feel entirely safe as to the public funds. His 
 farm com|)rises eighty acres of choice land, which 
 has been brought to its present condition mainly 
 by the personal efforts and labors of the i)roprietor. 
 
 Mr. R:iyn)ond is a nieniber in good standing of the 
 Christian Church, while his estimable wife finds 
 
 j religious consolation in the doctrines of the Metlio- 
 
 ' (list Episcopal Church. 
 
 (^^IIOMAS LEONARD. Tlic farming and 
 IH^^ stock-raising interests of Sandstone Town- 
 ^^^' ship recognize a worthy representative in 
 Mr. Leonard, who makes his headquarters at a 
 good homestead on section 3. He selected for 
 himself a permanent location many leagues from 
 the place of his birth, which occurred in County 
 lAjuth, Ireland, on the2Gtli of December, 1829. His 
 l)arcnts were Owen and Mary (McKavi.tt) Leonard, 
 both likewise of Irish birth and ancestry, and who 
 spent their entire lives on the Emerald Isle. They 
 were people in moderate circumstances, and Thomas, 
 who was enabled to obtain only a limited educa- 
 tion, commenced at an early age to herd cattle and 
 sheep among his native hills, and sojourned there 
 until a youth of nineteen years. Then, in the 
 spring of 1848, being dissatisfied with his condi- 
 tion and his prospects in his native Ireland, he 
 made arrangements to emigrate, and took ]»ass.age 
 at Liveji)Ool on the sailer "Ashburton" which, 
 after an ocean voyage of five weeks, landed him in 
 New York City. 
 
 Mr. Leonard spent seven \ears in the vicinity of 
 the great metro|)olis engaged a portion of the time 
 as a farm laborer. He also worked considerably on 
 the railroai]. In 1855 he came to this county, and 
 for eleven years thereafter occupied himself mostly 
 in a farm work. In IStiG he secured the land 
 which he now owns and occupies, this comprising 
 one hundred and twenty acres on section 3, Sand- 
 stone Townshii). This land when it came into his 
 l)ossession was onl^' slightly improved, ami its 
 present condition is due to the ellorts of the pro- 
 prietor. He labored early and late, and practiced 
 the strictest economy in order to pay for his laud 
 and bring it to a slate of cultivation. 
 
 Mr. Leonard, while a resident of New York 
 State, was first married September 28, 1851, {u 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Miss Margaret Maliar, who died without chiklren, 
 December 1, 1880, at the homestead in Sandstone 
 Township. Mr. Leonard contracted a second mar- 
 riage, May 22, 1882, with Mrs. Bridget (McGari- 
 gle) Rogers. This ladj' was horn in County 
 Donegal, Ireland, July 12, 1852, and is a daughter 
 of William and Catherine McGarigle, the former 
 of whom is deceased and the latter still living in 
 Ireland. Mrs. Leonard came to America about 
 1871, and via New York City went to Boston, 
 where she lived one year, then went to Philadel- 
 phia and spent about three years. From the City 
 of Brotherly Love she came to this county. Of 
 her first marriage there was born one child, a son, 
 John, who is now at school. Of her marriage with 
 Mr. Leonard there is also one child, a daughter, 
 Mary C. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard are members of 
 the Roman Catholic Church, and Mr. Leonard, 
 politically, votes the straight Democratic ticket. 
 He occupies a good position among the representa- 
 tive men of his county. 
 
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 l/_^ ENRY C. RICHARDSON. Without perhaps 
 being the hero of any very thrilling event, 
 this peaceable and law-abiding citizen of 
 Sandstone Township pursues the even tenor 
 of his way, cultivating the soil of a well-tilled farm, 
 occupying a portion of sections 27, 28 and 33, 
 Sandstone Township. He is a native of this county 
 and was born November 2, 1842, at his father's old 
 homestead in Sandstone Township. He is the son 
 of Jared L. and Harriet M. (Bush) Richardson,who 
 were both natives of New "i'ork State, and the 
 former of whom died December 22, 1882. 
 
 Jared L. Richardson was born in 1813, in Gene- 
 see County, N. Y., and was the son of Jared, Sr. 
 and Lovina (Butterficld) Richardson, Grandfather 
 Richardson traced his ancestry to England. He did 
 oood service as a soldier in the Revolutionary War 
 and spent his last years in Michigan. Jared L. re- 
 mained a resident of his native county until 1835, 
 then with the hope of bettering his condition, set 
 out for Michigan Territory in company with one 
 
 Sherman Eastman iiy whom he was employed for a 
 short time in this county. Later he purchased one 
 hundred and twenty acres of Government land, 
 this lying on section 22. Sandstone Township, and 
 comprising a stretch of ground mostly covered 
 with timber and from which not a stick had been 
 cut. He thus commenced from first principles in 
 the development of a farm at a time when the 
 country was mostly inliabited by Indians and wild 
 animals. He paid for his land by working out at 
 SI 1.50 per montii, this being the highest wages he 
 ever received. He paid $1.25 per acre for his land 
 and settled upon it after his marriage, making of it 
 a very good farm. He rested from his earthly labors 
 when quite aged, dying December 22, 1882. The 
 mother is still living at the old homestead. 
 
 Jared L. Richardson was a Henry Clay Whig 
 during the existence of that party and upon its 
 abandonment allied himself with the Republicans. 
 He took an active part in politics and held the 
 local offices, ofliciating as Supervisor of Sandstone 
 Township for five consecutive years with credit to 
 himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He was 
 also at one time Township Treasurer. This was 
 during the Civil War and he also officiated as re- 
 cruiting officer of the township. He was opposed to 
 seci-et societies and never identified himself with 
 any of them. To the parents of Mr. Richardson 
 there were born five children, three of whom are 
 living: Lovina is the wife of J. D. Parkhurst and 
 they are residents of Charlotte, this State; Henrj- 
 C, our subject; Albert L. makes his home at the 
 old home; Lucretia M. died when two years old and 
 one child died in infancy. 
 
 Henry C. Richardson spent his early years in a 
 a manner common to the sons of pioneer farmers, 
 being taught habits of industry and economy and 
 acquiring a limited eduction in the primitive 
 schools. As soon as old enough he assisted his fa- 
 ther on the farm and chose this for his life voca- 
 tion. When twenty-three years old he was married 
 November 30, 18G5, to Miss Ann M. Titus. This 
 lady like himself is a native of this county and was 
 born October 23. 1841, in this township. Her par- 
 ents were Smith and Huldah (Barrett) Titus, the 
 former of whom was a native of New Jersey and 
 came to this county at an early date, locating on 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 l;iii(l takou up by liis fallicr and comprising two 
 IiuiuIixmI and forty acres wliicli lie brought to a 
 good state of cultivation. lie tlicrc spout tiie re- 
 mainder of liis life, departing hence May 22, 18o2. 
 His wife survived iiim a little over seven years, her 
 death taking place September 29, 1859. 
 
 To the parents of Mrs. Richardson there were 
 born four children, three of whom are living. Km- 
 ily is the wife of William Finch and they arc resi- 
 dents of the old homestead; Henry C. makes his 
 home in this township; ]\Iary died when about 
 twenty-three years old; Mrs. Richardson w.as ne.xt 
 to the j'oungest. The Titus family were not exempt 
 from the peculiar hardships of life on the frontier 
 which they bore with the same patience and un- 
 shrinking courage which characterized the people 
 around them. In 18(i7 Mr. Richardson settled upon 
 the farm which he now owns and occupies, and 
 which comprises one hundred and sixty-four acres 
 of choice land. He has been fairl}- successful in his 
 farm operations and in stock-raising, he making a 
 specialty of Short-horn cattle and fine horses. In 
 politics he is a sound Republican and both he and 
 his estimable wife are prominently connected with 
 the Baptist Church at Parma. 
 
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 . ANIKL S. JOHNSON. A list of the very 
 early settlers and successful farmers of 
 Jackson County would be incomplete with- 
 out the name of Mr. Johnson, who owns 
 and operates a fine farm of one hundred and sixtj' 
 acres in Columbia Township. The value of the 
 land is greatly increased by its close proximity to 
 the village of Jefferson, within whose limits the 
 proprietor resides. He came to this county in 
 1844, being one of the first travelers over the old 
 Iron Strap Railroad that ran from Detroit to Mar- 
 shall. 
 
 The Empire State was the birthjilace of our sub- 
 ject, anil in New Paltz Township, Ulster County, he 
 was born in 1816. His father was a farmer and 
 reared his son to become familiar with the duties 
 associated with country life. He thus accjuircd a 
 thoroL'gh knowledge of agricultural pursuits, and 
 
 after leaving liis native State to become a resident 
 of Miciiigan continued his farm labors and devel- 
 oped a finely cultivated estate out of the primitive 
 soil. He has thoroughly improved the land which 
 has been his home during all these years, having 
 placed it under first-class cultivation. He has 
 never married, but has arrived at a ripe old age in 
 single blessedness. In polities he is stricth' inde- 
 l)endent, and is held in high esteem by his fellow- 
 men as a reliable citizen, a good neighbor and an 
 honest man. 
 
 The father of our subject, John Johnson, was a 
 n.itive of Ulster County, N. Y., and his grandpar- 
 ents were also born in the Umpire State. Isaac 
 Johnson, the paternal grandfather of our subject, 
 was of English and French ancestry and lived to a 
 good old age, being engaged as a farmer. His son 
 John early imbibed habits of industry at the old 
 homestead and became a valuable assistant in culti- 
 vating the land. He married in his native county 
 Miss Jane Conklin, who was descended froni worthy 
 French and Dutch ancestors and a native of Orange 
 County. Her parents, Jacob and Catherine (Von 
 Benscothen) Conklin were also born in the limpi.-e 
 State, the former being an officer in the Revolution- 
 ary Army and one of the most valiant defenders 
 of the American cause. After the war he became 
 State Surveyor of New York and surveyed most of 
 the western part of that State. He spent his last 
 da3's on a farm in Orange County, where both he 
 and his wife died at quite an advanced age. 
 
 After John Johnson was married he settled on a 
 farm in Ulster County, where he remained until 
 1844, when the family came to Michigan. Three 
 months after their arrival the father died at the age 
 of sixty-four years. His widow survived him eight 
 years, dying under the son's roof in Jefferson when 
 she was seventy-one j'ears of age. She was a life- 
 long member of th.e Presbj'terian Church, to which 
 her husband belonged and in which he was an El- 
 der. They were the parents of five sons and four 
 daughters, most of whom lived to accompany their 
 parents to Michigan. Some of them died unmar- 
 ried. The subject of this sketch has two sisters, 
 \-et living, one of whom, Hannah, is the widow of 
 Amos Halt, and lives in Ulster Countj-. N. Y. Her 
 two living children, .lolin and Jane E., are both 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 married. Susanii.ali is unmarried and makes her 
 home with her brother, our subject; Elizabeth is 
 deceased. Mi-. Johnson and his sister are members 
 in good standing of the Presb3'teiian Church. 
 
 Elsewhere in this volume may be found a litho- 
 graphic portrait of Mr. Johnson. 
 
 RUN A PARKS WOODS, late one of the 
 J! most active and enterprising business men 
 of Jackson, came to Michigan as earl)' as 
 1833, during its Territorial days, and lo- 
 cated first in the infant city of Detroit, entering 
 the employ of Benjamin Poiter, his father-in-law. 
 He employed himself as a carpenter for a number 
 of years, then engaged in the lumber business in 
 which he was occupied during the later years of his 
 life. His death occurred at his home in Jackson, 
 June 17, 1882. 
 
 Mr. Woods was born in Sudbury, Vt., Deceml)er 
 10, 1807, and was the son of David Woods, a na- 
 tive of Sluitesburg, Mass., who was born August 
 12, 1778. The latter removed from Massachusetts 
 to the Green Mountain State at an earlj' date where 
 he engaged in farming for a time, then removed 
 from Sudbury to Genesee County, N. Y., about 
 1837, settling near Batavia. He purchased a farm 
 one and one half miles west of the village upon 
 which he spent the remainder of his days. His wife 
 bore the maiden name of Aurilla Parks. She was a 
 native of Ashford, Conn., and born June 5, 1786. 
 After the death of her husband she came to Michi- 
 gan and resided in Jackson and Danville mostly. 
 Her death occurred at the home of her son. Mason 
 M., when she was in the one hundredth year of 
 her age. 
 
 The subject of this notice was reared in Sud- 
 bury, Vt., where he learned carpentering and 
 whence he emigrated to Batavia, N. Y., when a 
 joung man. For three j'ears afterward he was in 
 the employ of Mr. Porter, and in due time, by 
 faithful attention to his duties, became a foreman 
 in the business, remaining in the Empire State 
 until coming to Michigan. He assisted in the 
 erection of the first Capitol building at Lanning. 
 
 Prior to making his Western venture he was mar- 
 ried in Batavia, N. Y., March 30, 1833, to Miss 
 Pauline R. Porter. This lady was born in Batavia, 
 Genesee County, N. Y., October 17, 1816, and is 
 still living, making her home in the city of Jack- 
 son. Her father, Benjamin Porter, a natii^e of 
 Goshen, Conn., was born Novembers, 1793. Her 
 paternal grandfather, Deacon Benjamin Porter, was 
 a native of the same place and traced his ancestry 
 to England. 
 
 Benjamin Porter, Sr., learned carpentering early 
 in life and removed from Connecticut to New York 
 State settling among tlie pioneers of Genesee 
 County. Western New York was then a wilderness 
 and the removal from Iwew England to that region 
 was laboriously accomplished with ox-teams. Mr. 
 Porter loc.nted in the small village of Batavia, 
 where he followed his trade and iu due time arose 
 to the dignity of a builder and contractor. He 
 there spent the remainder of his days, passing 
 away in 1841 at the advanced age of eighty-two 
 years. His remains were laid to rest in the ceme- 
 tery within the town limits of Batavia and on his 
 tombstone the following inscription was engraved: 
 "The first man who held a religious meeting in Ba- 
 tavia or made a public prayer west of the Genesee 
 River. He was a strict Presbyterian and instru- 
 mental in organizing the 'first society of that de- 
 nomination in Batavia or within many miles of it." 
 He was known as Deacon Porter. The grand- 
 mother of Mrs. Woods bore the maiden name of 
 Rosanna Howe. She passed from earth March 1 2, 
 1 830, some years prior to the decease of her hus- 
 band and was seventy years of age. 
 
 Benjamin Porter was reared in Connecticut and 
 accompanied his parents to New York State where 
 he learned carpentering of his father and followed 
 the trade until coming to Michigan in 1833. He 
 was a resident thereafter of Detroit until 1840. The 
 year prior to this he entered upon a contract for 
 building the |)enitentiary at Jackson and in conse- 
 quence removed bis family hither. When this was 
 completed he was appointe(J agent, or what would 
 now be called Warden. As may be supposed, the 
 institution was conducted upon a plan far different 
 from those of the present day. The prison build- 
 ings were of stone and the entrance was made of 
 
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 381 
 
 tamarack poles planted closely in tlie giound so 
 tiiat it was a dillicult matter for a inisoner' to es- 
 cape. 
 
 After severing his connection with the prison ftlr. 
 Porter resumed liis husiiicss of buihlor and con- 
 tractor and remained a resident of Jackson until his 
 decease, whicli occinred .luly "23, 1802. The 
 maiden name of his wife v%as Sarah Powers. She 
 was born in Phelps, Seneca Count}', N. Y., January 
 15, 1795, and was the daughter of Peter and Sarah 
 (Webster) Powers, who sp nt their last years in 
 New York and JMiehigan respectively. She de- 
 parted this life at Jackson, August 21, 1875. The 
 parental family consisted of four children, namely: 
 Pauline R., Loretta F., David U. and lienjamin. 
 Paidlne, Mrs. Woods, was reared to womanhood in 
 her n.ativc State, remaining there until her mar- 
 riage. This union resulted in the birth of four 
 children, the eldest of whom, a son, DeWitt S., re- 
 sides in Denver, Col.; Loretta F. is tiie wife of M. 
 W. Robinson, of Jackson; Sarah A., Mrs. Snow, 
 lives in Jackson ; l^onna M., is the widow of Lewis 
 Weslfall and makfs her home in Jackson. .Mrs. 
 Woods, like her husband is a Congrcgationalist in 
 religious belief and has been a member of the 
 church at Jackson since the time of its organiza- 
 tion. Two of her daughters are also connected 
 with this church, while one daughter and her son 
 belong to the Episcopal Church. The domestic 
 experience of Mrs. Woods was one more than 
 usually fortunate and happj', her father, Henjamin 
 Porter, having been a man kind in his family and a 
 highly respected citizen. He was just such a man 
 as was needed in the development of a new country, 
 being industrious and enterprising and possessing 
 excellent judgment. Coming to this region prior 
 to tlie d.ays of railroads he experienced with the 
 people around him man}' of the hardships of pioneer 
 life. His mind was constantly devising some new 
 scheme that would advance the interests of the 
 people about him. He at one time built a scow 
 upon which he loaded his tools and a quantity of 
 material for the purpose of going down tlie Grand 
 River to Lansing. He could not make the passage 
 of the falls and so was obliged to unload and carry 
 his merchmdise around, reloading hclow. This 
 was only one of the many adventures which lie en- 
 
 countered and from which he usually came out 
 with flying colors. Mrs. AVoods in her marriage 
 also found a man with qualities similar to those of 
 her father. Mr. Woods was greatly attached to 
 his family and as a man and a citizen enjoyed the 
 esteem and conOdence of all who knew him. 
 
 I JILLIAM WALKFR. This honored pio- 
 \^// "per of Sandstone Township may usually 
 W^ be found at his snug homestead on section 
 1.4. to which he came when it was in its unde- 
 veloped state. I'pon his arrival in this county he 
 was comparatively without means, and he has been 
 the architect of his own fortune, acquiring b\- the 
 e.\ercise of unllagging industry and a sensible econ- 
 oraj% not only a home, but a competence for hi." 
 declining years. He was horn in Norfolk County, 
 P^ngland, about 1823, and is the son of AV^illiam 
 and Luc}' (lUack) Walker, who were likewise na- 
 tives of tiiat county, where they spent their entire 
 lives. 
 
 The early advantages for an education were, in 
 the case of Mr. Walker, extremely limited, as his 
 parents were in modest circumstances and he was 
 obliged at an early age to look out for himself. 
 Ui)on reaching man's estate he determined to seek 
 his fortunes on another continent, and in 1852 
 crossed the Atlantic, taking passage at Liverpool 
 on the sailer "Middieton," which, after a voyage 
 of nine weeks landed him at St. Johns, New Bruns- 
 wick. He sojourned there a few months, employ- 
 ing- himself at whatever lie could find to do, and 
 thence coming into the States settled in Wood 
 County, Ohio, and cultivated land on shares for 
 nearlj' four years. About 1856 he came to this 
 State, and for several months thereafter worked on 
 a farm in this township. He saved what he could 
 of his earnings and finally, in 1862, purchased 
 eighty-two acres of land which forms a part of his 
 present homestead. Upon this there was a log 
 house, and our subject, who was still unmarried, 
 took possession and kept bachelor's hall for two 
 years. He cleared aw.ay a large amount of timber 
 from his lanil, ami no man in his neighborhood 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 worked more industriously or with more satisfac- 
 tory results. After laying the foundations of a 
 home, he took unto himself a wife and helpmate, 
 being married November 1, 1865, in Spring Arbor, 
 to Miss Emma Seruombe. This lady, who was of 
 English parentage and ancestr3', was born in Dev- 
 onshire, February 10, 1838, and is ti>e daughter of 
 Henry and Ann (Brooks) Screombe, who are still 
 living and residing in the city of London. Tliey 
 left Devonshire when their daughter Emma was 
 about eiglit 3'ears old, and from tiiat time until 
 reaching womanhood she lived with them in the 
 great metropolis. In 1865 sh° came alone to the 
 United .States on the steamer '^Belgian," whicii 
 after a voyage of eiglit days landed her in the city 
 of Quebec, whence she came direct to this county. 
 Of this union there liave been born four children: 
 Nellie, who died when twenty-two years old; "Will- 
 iam H., Emma J. and Josepli. 
 
 Mr. Walker usually votes independently, aiming 
 to support the men whom he considers best quali- 
 fied for office. In the accumulation of his prop- 
 erty he acknowledges that lie has been ably assisted 
 by his faitliful and devoted wife whose careful 
 management of her household affairs h.as been of 
 inestimable value, and saving to her liusband hun- 
 dreds of dollars. Mrs. Walker belongs to the Pa- 
 trons of Industr}', who hold regular meetings at 
 the Bennett school-house. Mr. Walker has care- 
 fully refrained from the responsibilities of office, 
 preferring to give his time and attention to his 
 farm and his familv. 
 
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 V LIVER H. EASTMAN. This gentleman is 
 to Sandstone Township wliat the corner- 
 stone of a building is to the balance of the 
 structure. He trod the soil of Michigan soon after 
 it was opened for settlement and maintained his 
 position through the many difficulties, dangers and 
 hardships of pioneer life at a time when the coun- 
 tr3' abounded in Indians and wild animals, and 
 when more than ordinary courage was i-equired to 
 face the task which lay before those who had ven- 
 tured into these wilds. He has come off from the 
 
 conflict with flying colors and now, the possessor 
 of a competence, occupies a good homestead on 
 section 22. This farm he eliminated from tlie wil- 
 derness and realizes how everj' foot of it was ob- 
 tained. It was only b}' a course of unflagging in- 
 dustry tliat he brought it to its present condition 
 and lie has justl}' earned the case and comfort 
 which it has brought him. 
 
 Like many of his compeers, Mr. Eastman is a 
 native of the J^mpire State and was born in Gene- 
 see Countj', February 5, 1824. His parents were 
 Oliver and Martlia (Eastman) Eastman, natives 
 likewise of that State. The family is supposed to 
 lie of Englisli origin. In 1834 Oliver p]astnian, 
 anxious to mend his fortunes, disposed of liis in- 
 terests in his native State and starting out witli his 
 little family and two uncles of our subject, Sher- 
 man and Arza Elastman, came to this county. He 
 w.as in limited circumstances and Oliver H. as soon 
 as large enough commenced paddling liis own 
 canoe, working out among the farmers of the neigh- 
 borhood, not only supporting himself but assisting 
 his parents. 
 
 Young Eastman upon reaching his majority began 
 farming for himself and in the summer of 1846, 
 settled upon a quarter section of land, a part of 
 section 10, Sandstone Townsiiip, which had been 
 secured for him by his fatiier who left means for 
 tiie purcliase of the same from the Government. 
 He had, liowever, prior to this begun its improve- 
 ment and with his own hand laid low the first stick 
 of timber ever cut upon it. For a numlier of years 
 tliereafter he gave to it all his time and attention. 
 In 1855 he started to Texas with his wife and two 
 children, having sent his goods to Alton, 111., by 
 rail, whence they were conveyed by team to their 
 destination. 
 
 A few months' residence in the Lone Star State 
 satisfied Mr. Eastman that his best location was 
 not in that quarter of the world, and he accordingly 
 returned to this county and for a time thereafter 
 lived on the old farm. Thence, in 1859, he removed 
 to his present place where he now has two hundred 
 and eighteen acres of good land which he has 
 brought to a fine state of cultivation. While resid- 
 ing in Sandstone Township he was married, Febru- 
 ary 5, 1846, to Miss Susannah Moe. Mrs, Eastman 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 383 
 
 was born October 23, 1818, in Rutland County ,Vt., 
 and is liie daughter of Josepli and Sylvia Moe wlio 
 were natives respectively of New York State and 
 Vermont. Ilcr iincestors on botii sides of the iiouse 
 were of French descent. To Mr. and Mrs. Eastman 
 there have been born lliree cliildreii, tiie eldest of 
 whom, a daughter, Nora W., is the wife of William 
 (iamin of Ionia, this State. Amelia married F. J. 
 Hall and lives in Jackson; Carrie has been an' in- 
 valid for a number of years. Mrs. Eastman came 
 with her i)arcnts to tiiis count}' in 1831, and tiiey 
 settled on a tract of new land in Sandstone Town- 
 ship, the same now being owned by George Wood. 
 Afterward they removed into the northeastern i)art 
 of the township, where the father and mother died. 
 To the parents of Mrs. Eastman there was born a 
 family of eight children, four of whom are living. 
 Hiram is a resident of Sandstone Township; Mary 
 is the willow of Cornelius Sammons of Jackson; 
 Lucind.i, Mrs. tiuive}' and also a widow, lives in 
 New Jersey. Mrs. Eastman is the youngest living. 
 Politically, Mr. PLastman supports the prini'iplcs of 
 the Kepubli(fan party. He has held most of the local 
 offices, serving on the School Board of his district, 
 as Commissioner of Highways and occupying other 
 positions of trust. He keeps himself posted upon 
 the movements of the day and is prominently con- 
 nected with the Piitions of Industry. His success 
 in life is due to ids own industry and perseverance, 
 while he and his estimaljlc wife enjoy in a marked 
 degree the confuience and esteem of those around 
 tliem. 
 
 'lu^^ENRY M. EDDY, Supervisor of Hanover 
 irjl) Township, is one of those large-hearted, lib- 
 i^^^ eral men, who delight in being of use to 
 ■S^ their community, and he has held many 
 positions of trust and responsibility. He is not 
 only wealthy, but charitable, and exercises a wide 
 influence among the people who have learned his 
 virtues, and who-involuntaril}- extend to him tiieir 
 ready conlidcnce and esteem. His fine residence 
 forms one of the attractive features of the village, 
 and his friends and .associates are among tlie most 
 
 cultured people of the count}-. For nearly four 
 years Mr. Eddy was Deimty Sheriff of Jackson 
 County, and brought to the duties of his position 
 that good judgment which is so essential to an odice 
 of this kind. A man always busy, either with hands 
 or brain, he has been no unimportant factor in [iro- 
 moting the best interests of Hanover Township. 
 
 A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Eddy was born 
 July 2, 1831, and came with his |)arents to Michi- 
 gan at an early day. He attended the common 
 schools in his boyhood, and later was a student in 
 the college at S[)ring Arbor. He began business on 
 his own account at the age of eighteen j'ears, and 
 operated a farm in Spring Arbor Township, from 
 1849 to 1854. That year he traded eighty acres of 
 his land for one hundred and sixty acres in the 
 same township, where he lived two j'cars. and then 
 purchased one hundred acres in Summit Township, 
 occupying this one and one-half j'ears, at the ex- 
 piration of which time he bought back his original 
 eighty acres. He moved around considerably in 
 this locality until 1871. and then received the ap- 
 pointment of Agent of the .Jackson. Ft. Wayne & 
 Saginaw Railroad Company, with headqu.arters at 
 what was then Baldwin, liut is now Ilorton, a posi- 
 tion which he still holds. 
 
 The 4th of Jul}-, 1854, was appropriately cele- 
 brated by Mr. Eddy, in his marriage with Miss 
 Hannah M., daughter of John and Sarah (Gross) 
 Schram. The parents of Mrs. Eddy were natives 
 of New York State, and her father met his dcatli 
 by an accident prior to her birth, which took place 
 in Pennsylvania, September 30, 1837. Aliss Han- 
 nah came to this county on a visit to her sister, and 
 thus made the acquaintance of her future husband. 
 Mrs. Schram died in 1889, when eighty-four years 
 of age. 
 
 Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Eddy, the eldest of whom, a son, Charles H.. mar- 
 ried Miss Estella Williams, and became the father 
 of one child; he died in 1884, and the child died 
 soon afterward. Irene is the wife of William Per- 
 rott, Jr., and the mother of two children; they live 
 in Hanover Township. John Milton is unuiarried, 
 and remains at home with his parents. Mr. I'Iddy 
 has been identified with the Masonic fraternity for 
 the jiast fifteen years, and is now Master of his 
 
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 lodge in Horton. He is also Master of the Grange. 
 He has served as Justice of the Peace for the past 
 eight years, and is serving his fourth term as Su- 
 pervisor. He talves an active interest in educa- 
 tional matters, and officiates as a member of the 
 School Board. The political issues of the day re- 
 ceive due attention from him, and he maintains his 
 allegiance to the Democratic party, with whicli he 
 identified himself thirty years ago. Besides the 
 fine farm at the edge of the village, Mr. Eddy is 
 the owner of tlie depot building and freight house, 
 and in 1878 platted an addition to the vili.age, 
 called Eddy's Addition. As the result of a temper- 
 ate life and good habits, he is usually in the enjoy- 
 ment of good health, as are also his children. 
 
 The father of our subject vfas John B. Edd\', a 
 a native of Vermont, and a farmer by occupation. 
 He married Miss Louisa Dunmore, a native of Penn- 
 sylvania, and the daughter of John Dunmore, who 
 served as a soldier in the Revohitionarj' War, and 
 lived to be over eighty years old. The parents 
 were married in New York .State, and lived there 
 until 1837, when they came to Michigan and lived 
 for a few months in Ypsilanti. Tiie following year 
 they removed to Spring Arbor Township, and set- 
 tled on a farm on section .36. The father died in 
 1837, and the mother in 1859. Their family con- 
 sisted of six children, all of whom grew to mature 
 years, but only three are now living: John B. is a 
 resident of Libert}' Townshi[); Maria E. lives in 
 Horton; and our subject completes the list. 
 
 i^ ORTER A. CADY. In noting the promi- 
 jjj nent and successful .agriculturists of Na- 
 poleon Township, the biographer finds Mr. 
 Cady occupying a position in tiic front 
 A man of more than ordinary ability, sound 
 judgment and great tenacity of purpose, he lias 
 exercised no small influence in his community, and 
 at the same time, bj- his industry and perseverance 
 has gained for himself a competency. Careful and 
 conscientious in his business transactions, he aims 
 to be strictly honest in all tilings, and possesses that 
 independence of character which leads him in llie 
 
 direction where his convictions lie and in the path 
 which he believes to be that of rectitude and hon- 
 esty. His residence and surroundings indicate in 
 a marlied manner to what good purpose he has 
 employed his time in all these man}' j'ears, he 
 having one of the most carefully tilled farms in the 
 township, whereon he has instituted all modern 
 improvements. The buildings and appurtenances 
 indicate in a marked manner the sound judgment 
 and ample means of the proprietor. 
 
 The subject of this notice is tiie offspring of an 
 excellent family, being the son of Gager and 
 Amanda (Lovejoy) Cady, who were natives of 
 Columbia County, N. Y. In that count>' tliey 
 were reared and married, and thence emigrated to 
 Michigan Territory' in the spring of 1836. Select- 
 ing a tract of land in Grass Lake Township, this 
 county, he thereon erected a comfortable home- 
 stead, where he and his good wife spent tlie re- 
 mainder of their days. He rested from his eartiil}' 
 labors December 31, 1881. He was a man of de- 
 cided ideas and in politics an old-line Whig. After 
 the abandonment of that party, he identified him- 
 self with the Republicans. He was quite promi- 
 nent in politics and kejit himself tliorouglily in- 
 formed on the leading issues of the day. 
 
 Mrs. Amanda (Lovejoy) Cady passed aw.ay be- 
 fore the decease of her husband, in Jul}-, 1869. 
 Their family consisted of four children, of whom 
 Porter A. was the eldest born. He first opened his 
 eyes to the light April 13, 1838, and was reared at 
 the old homestead, pursuing his first studies in the 
 district school, and later attending the acadeni}' at 
 Grass Lake and Leona. He lemained a member of 
 the parental household until leaving it for a home 
 of his own. In the meantime he purchased a poi- 
 tion of his present farm, which he worked for a 
 time previous to his marriage. 
 
 Mr. Cady look unto himself as his wife and heli)- 
 mate February 4, 1862, Jliss Jose[)liine, daughter of 
 the late Jabez M. and Catherine (Ferguson) Clark, 
 then of Grass Lake Township. Mr. Clark was born 
 in Ontario County, N. Y., and his good wife in 
 Chatham, Columbia County, that State. They 
 came to Michigan about 1838, and thereafter made 
 their home in Grass Lake Townshi[) as long as they 
 lived. Mr. Clark was a lifelona: farmer and de- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 3«5 
 
 parted tliis life in Deceniber, 18G0. His wife sur- 
 vived liiin several years, dyinn: on tiie 31sl- of 
 Miucli. 18()8. Mrs. C'ady was the second born of 
 their six children, ller birth occurred at the ol<l 
 homestead in Grass Lake Township, Ja)iuary 12, 
 1810, and there she spent lier childhood and youth 
 in a manner common to the daughters of a well-lo- 
 do farmer. Iler union with our subject has re- 
 sulted in the birth of five children, the eldest of 
 whom, a daughter, Nina, married DeForrest Merri- 
 man, who is deceased, and she is now living' in 
 Grass Lake. G. V^ Llo\-d is teaching in the schools 
 of Napoleon Townsiiip. Clyde, Blanche and Mabol 
 remain at home with their [)aients. G. \. Lloyd 
 also remains at home. 
 
 Mr. Cady takes an active part in politics and is 
 a strong advoerte of tiie principles of the Repub- 
 lican party. He has served as Justice of the Peace 
 and Highway Commissioner, and stands well in the 
 Masonic circles, being a member of Blue Lodge 
 and C'liai)ter. of Grass Lake. He and his estimable 
 wife are also identified with the Patrons of Hus- 
 bandry. Mrs. Cady is a ver3' intelligent lady and 
 is in all respects the suitable partner of her lius 
 band, encouraging him in his vvortlu" ambitions and 
 assisting him in sustaining the reputation of the 
 family. The Cadj- homestead embraces three hun- 
 dred and fifteen l)road acres, and the farm is em- 
 bellished with a fine set of buildings, together with 
 fruit and shade trees, well-kept fences, good grades 
 of stock, the latest improved machinery and the 
 apjiliances required for the prosecution of agri- 
 cult\ire in a first-class manner. The family stands 
 high in social circles and are contributing their 
 (piota to the wortii and respectability of the county. 
 
 eHARLES SMITH, Supervisor of Leoni 
 Township, came to Jackson County in the 
 vigor of manhood, and identifying himself 
 with the interests of this township, has accumulated 
 a competence, and is numbered among the most 
 substantia! citizens of the community. He Is a na- 
 tive of New York, his birth taking place in the 
 town of Middleburg, Schoharie County, .July 9, 
 
 ^ 1847. His father, Noah Smith, was born in Con- 
 
 ; necticut, as was also his father, who bore the same 
 name. He removed from there to New York in an 
 early day, and was a pioneer of Schoharie County, 
 the removal being made with teams through the 
 wilderness. He bought a tract of forest-cov- 
 ered land on the sight of the town of Middleburg, 
 and cleared and im|)rovcd a farm. There were no 
 railways or canals in that part of the country, for 
 many years after he became a resident there, and 
 Albany was the nearest market. He lived on his 
 homestead there till his death. The maiden name 
 of his wife was Waity Sweet, and she was also a 
 
 ' native of Connecticut. She died on the home farm 
 in Middleburg. at the advanced age of eight3-four. 
 The father of our subject was a small boy when 
 his parents left their New England home, to build 
 another in the forest wilds of New York. He was 
 reared to man's estate in Schoharie County, and 
 inheriting his father's estate he resided there many 
 years. In I8'jyhesold his property, and coming 
 to Michigan on a visit, he died here. The maiden 
 
 : name of his wife was Eliza Borst. She was born 
 in Schoharie County, N. Y., in the town of Scho- 
 
 [ harie, her father being Jeremiah Borst, a (lioneer of 
 
 I the count}-. She died on her husband's farm in 
 the town of Middleburg, where her wedded life was 
 passed. She was the mother of nine children, of 
 
 1 whom the following seven were reared to maturity: 
 Jeremiah, Eli, Rob}-, Margaret J., John, Charles 
 and George. 
 
 Charles Smith was reared in tiie liome of iiis 
 birth, and received a substantial education in the 
 public schools. He remained an inmate of the 
 parental household till he was eighteen years old, 
 when his venturous ami self-reliant spirit prompted 
 him to a life of independence, and he started west- 
 ward, and coming to Michigan, was emplo^'ed in 
 farming in Washtenaw Countj', the ensuing four 
 years. We next hear of him in Missouri, where he 
 located in Macon County, and farmed on shares. 
 Two years later he returned to Michigan, and has 
 ever since been a resident of Leoni Township. 
 His fellow citizens, appreciating the fact that he is 
 a man of good judgment, is thoughtful, intelligent 
 and capable, elected him to the important and re- 
 sponsible olli'jc of Supervisor, to represent Leoni 
 
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 on the county board, and his course in publi(- life 
 has amply justilled their clioice. He lias always 
 been active in politics, a leader among the Demo- 
 crats of this part of the countj', and was elected to 
 his present ofBce to succeed a Republican. He is 
 closely identified with the Ancient Order of United 
 "Workmen, as a member of Twilight Lodge, of 
 Jackson. 
 
 March 7, 1872, Mr. Snith took unto himself a 
 wife in the person of Miss Nellie Parks, a native 
 of Illinois, and a daughter of .Toel and .Sarah (Wil- 
 der) Parks. Four children complete the household 
 circle of our subject and his wife — Frank, Ethel, 
 Alice and Hallie Rue. They have a ple.asant, cozy 
 home, the seat of true hospitality, as their numer- 
 ous friends testif}'. 
 
 \f AMES BLAKELY. On the outskirts of Jack- 
 son City is located the subject of this notice, 
 who is occupied as a dairyman and enjoys 
 the patronage of a large proportion of the 
 leading residents of Jackson. He is a thorough 
 business man with a perfect understanding of his 
 calling in which he is meeting with success. 
 
 The Empire State has contributed to Michigan 
 some of her best citizens, among them Mr. Blakcly. 
 He was born in Delaware Count3', February 10, 
 1833, and is the son of James and Margaret (Mc- 
 Naughton) Blakely, likewise natives of New York 
 where they were reared to mature years and mar- 
 ried. The McNaughton family is of Scotch de- 
 scent. The father of our subject followed farming 
 and spent his entire life in the State of New York. 
 The parental household included nine children, six 
 sons and three daughters and oidy three of tliis 
 large family are living, the two besides our subject 
 being AVilliam, and Jane, the widow of William 
 A. Brisaek, residents of Arizona and New York re- 
 spectively. 
 
 The subject of this notice was the fifth child of 
 his parents and spent his boyhood in his native 
 county attending the common schools and working 
 with his father on the farm until a youth of seven- 
 teen vears. In \^!'i2 he soaght the Pacific Slope, in 
 
 tlie gold regions of California anti Nevada where he 
 spent eight years mining and farming, and was 
 quite successful in his search for the yellow ore. 
 At the expiration of this time he returned to his 
 native county and was soon afterward married, 
 April 24, 18G1, to Miss Helen Leal. Mrs. Blakely, 
 likewise a native of Delaware County, N. Y., ob- 
 tained a good education and for several terms was 
 a teacher in the schools of that county. Her father, 
 Henry Leal, spent his last 3'ears in Delaware County, 
 N. Y. 
 
 His father was one of two brothers who left Scot- 
 land when they were young men. The other brother 
 went to South America and the grandfather of 
 Mrs. Blakely settled in Delaware Count}', N. Y., 
 where he was one of the pioneers — at that early 
 period when thej' often had to go to their cabin 
 doors with a fire-brand to frighten the wolves away. 
 He reared a famil}- of several children. He assisted 
 in building one of the first churches and belonged 
 to what might be termed the .Scotch-Presbyterian 
 Church. His son, Henry Leal, the father of Mrs. 
 Blakely, served as an apprentice seven years to 
 learn the carpenter's trade. He married Maria 
 Chace, and they had a family of eight children, Mrs. 
 Blakely being the seventh in order of birth: of the 
 chihlren five are still living. Mr. Leal was a man 
 of very refined tastes, and possessed many of the 
 characteristics of the old-time gentleman, and wsis 
 greatly revered and loved by his children. His 
 wife having died when Mrs. Blakely was onl}' five 
 years old, he seemed to fully take the place of the 
 mother in the tender love and care of his children. 
 He died in the State of New York. 
 
 Mr. Blakely after his marriage located upon a 
 farm in New York, remaining there two years. He 
 then went to California a second time in 1864, with 
 his family and returned to New York in 1866. 
 Mr. Bl.akely made a third trip to California and 
 in 1868 removed to his present farm in Jackson 
 County, in the city limits. To this he subsequently 
 added from time to time until he now has two hun- 
 dred and twenty acres. He was successful in 
 bringing his land to a good state of cultivation and 
 operating other land besides, having at one time 
 under his control six hundred acres. 
 
 Mr. Blakely prosecuted general farming until 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 n,H!i 
 
 1870 and then embarkod in his present enterprise, 
 starting with fort}' cuws and incrcMsingtlie number 
 iiiilil iiis husiness hecauic verj' prolitahle. About 
 1872, however, some of ills buildings were de- 
 stroyed by fire and forty head of liis best cows |)er- 
 ished in tlio tlanics. Notwitlistanding the heavy 
 loss entailed upon uninsured propertj', he imme- 
 diately rebuilt and soon found iiimself again upon 
 his feel, controlling a thriving business wliich he 
 has now prosecuted continuously to tiie present 
 time. All tlic products of liis farm are now fed to 
 his stock. ISesides tiiis property witii its valuable 
 buildings, he owns three good dwellings in .lack- 
 son from the rental of which he derives a snug in- 
 come. 
 
 To .^Ir. and Mrs. lUakcly there have been born 
 two children only, a son and (laughter, the latter of 
 whom. Helen Ti., is at home with her parents. The 
 son, Clarence L., died when a promising young 
 man of twenty-two years. Our subject and his wife 
 have been prominently connected with the Metho- 
 dist Kpiscopal Church for many years. Mv. Blakelj' 
 is rather ccmservativc in politics, but votes with 
 the Republican party. His eldest brother, John 
 Blakely,died a few years since in California, after 
 jiaving traveled extensively through South Amer- 
 ica, visiting the prlneii)al cities of that country. 
 
 rfj_^ OX. N. G. KING. Probably no resi<Ient of 
 
 l/)l' Brooklyn has been more thoroughly ideiiti- 
 
 ;ii J/ 
 
 i^^ fied with the interests of Jackson County 
 
 {^/ than the gentleman above named, who is 
 now engaged in the banking business in that flour- 
 ishing town, of which he is a prominent and repre- 
 sentative citizen. Becoming a resident of Brooklj-n 
 in ISGt), he engaged in practice as an attorne^'-at- 
 law, and to this for some time gave his exclusive 
 attention. He then became interested in other en- 
 terprises, finally entering upon the business of look- 
 ing after loans, mortgages, etc., which after some 
 time he merged into a private l:ank. The institu- 
 tion, known as the Farmers' Bank, is an exchange 
 bank, and is operated on a sound financial basis, 
 making judicial investments and transacting a 
 
 profitable business. It is well and favorably known 
 to the citizens of this section, to whom the name 
 of its proprietor is an assurance of its stiilidity. 
 
 Ml'. King has owned a great deal of property in 
 the village, including the mill, foundry, and vari- 
 ous pieces of real estate, but is even more widely 
 known in the political arena than as a business man. 
 as will be realized by a further reading of this no- 
 tice. 
 
 Mr. King was Ijorn in Nassau, Rensselaer County, 
 N. Y., in 1819. From his early boyhood he li.ad a 
 great desire for learning and was a diligent stiulont. 
 becoming especially well informed in ancient and 
 modern history, and quoting readily from ancient 
 authors whose works lie has extensively- read. He 
 was active in politics before he attained to man's 
 estate, and while still young held the position of 
 Alderman in Albany, Iv. Y.. and was .Secretary of 
 the State Central Committee of the Whig party in 
 1840, also serving as a delegate to the Slate Con- 
 ventions during the years in which that organiza- 
 tion nourished. Ih' was thus thrown into the com 
 panionship of the prouiinent political lights of the 
 day, numbering among his acquaintances and friends 
 such men .as John Q. Adams, Daniel Webster, 
 Henr^- C'lay. and others of the great minds that 
 exerted so powerful an inlluence thrtuighout the 
 Nation. Under President Fillmore he was for some 
 time First Assistant Postmaster-General. 
 
 Mr. King became an attorney -at-law in 1818, 
 and on motion of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson. At- 
 torney-Geneial of the United Stales, was admitted 
 to practice at the bars of the same, January 21, 
 1850. After he began to imicticc he became one of 
 the firm of Hammond, King ife Barnes, of Albany, 
 N. Y., the connection continuing for some 3-ears 
 and being one of the leading legal firms of the city. 
 It will thus be seen that during his residence in the 
 East Mr. King occupied a prominent position, and 
 it will readily be understood that he took an active 
 part in all matters of general interest, entering into 
 every scheme in which he engaged with good will 
 and a determination to make it succeed. The same 
 spirit has characterized all his later enterprises. 
 
 With a view of improving his health Mr. King 
 turned his footsteps westward and spent four years 
 in .St. Paul. Minn., as a (lartner of ^Villinlll P. .Mur- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ray, still of that city. He then settled in Brooklj'n, 
 where bis legal acvimeii, his classical erudition, his 
 keen business ability and foresight, soon forced him 
 to the front, and led to his election in 1872, to the 
 State Senate, in which he represented the Seventh 
 Senatorial District. While a member of the Sena- 
 torial body the Hon. Mr. King was the author and 
 introducer of some very important bills, the passage 
 of which he secured. One of the most notable of 
 these was a bill for a new code of law practice in 
 llie Slate, that was passed by a two-thirds vote of 
 both houses after a hard fight. Mr. King, although 
 a natural politician and an earnest worker for tlie 
 good of tlie country, has never sought otlice. 
 When the wishes of a constituency have been plainly 
 indicated, as in his election to the Michigan Senate, 
 lie has consented to their will and bent all his en- 
 ergies to looking faithfully after their interests. 
 During the past twentj' years he has been almost 
 continually a delegate to the State Conventions of 
 the Republican party, of which he has been a mem- 
 ber since the issues arose that led to the disintegra- 
 tion of the Whigs as a political body. The title of 
 Colonel, by which Mr. King is familiarly known, 
 was bestowed upon him when a very young man on 
 account of services rendered in a local military 
 wny. During tiie late war he took an active part in 
 tlie struggle to ui^hold the Union, and held promi- 
 nent positions both in the Commissary and Quar- 
 termaster's Departments. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. King occurred in Brooklyn 
 in 1858, his bride being Miss Cora Wright, who 
 was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., and, like her 
 husband, belongs to an old and respected family. 
 Her iiarents, Daniel and Johanna (Lyon) Wright, 
 were early settlers in this county, to which they 
 came in 1836, and where they held a prominent 
 ])lace among the farmers and worthy citizens. Mrs. 
 King is an intelligent woman, active in society and 
 in sood works, and a fine representative of cultured, 
 useful womanhood. She belongs to the Episcopal 
 Church, and has ever borne her share in the works 
 to which its societies are devoted. She presides 
 with o-race over the palatial home which is one of 
 the ornaments of the village; it is beautifully lo- 
 cated on an elevation, in the midst of commodious 
 orounds adorned with beautiful shade trees, and a 
 
 lovely lawn. The interior of the mansion is furnished 
 in a manner befitting the abundant wealth and fine 
 tastes of its owner, an elegant library being one of 
 its prominent adornments. Here Mr. King finds 
 his chief lecreation in conning the works of the 
 best writers of all ages, and in the literary atmos- 
 phere where the Genius of Authorship sits en- 
 throned, himself wields the pen of a ready writer. 
 Under the non de plume of " Old Charles Martel " 
 he has given to the world an extensive and versatile 
 series of articles which are read with interest by 
 many who are unfamiliar with the identity of the 
 writer, as well as by those to whom it is known. 
 
 Elsewhere in this volume may be found a litho- 
 graphic portrait of Mr. King. 
 
 b- UM 
 
 UMAN GEE was born in London, Monroe 
 ouut}', Mich., July 3, 1845. His paternal 
 randfather removed from New Hampshire 
 to New York, thence to Canada and from there to 
 the Territory of Michigan, being one of the early 
 settlers of Monroe County. He took up a tract of 
 land there, superintended the management of his 
 farm while working at his trade of a mason, and 
 also manufacturing brick, and continued to reside 
 there until his death. 
 
 lOldridge Gee, the father of our subject, was born 
 in the Granite State and was one of the earliest 
 settlers in the Territory of Michigan, where he lo- 
 cated as early as 1823. He went to Detroit by way 
 of the lakes and there embarked with a team, tak- 
 ing his family and household goods and following 
 an Indian trail toward the interior. On a portion 
 of the route he was obliged to cut the road for the 
 team. He located in what is now Ann Arbor 
 Township, Washtenaw Count}-, and taking up a 
 tract of Government laud built a shantj' thereon, 
 which was soon after replaced b}' the first frame 
 house ever erected in the township. There were 
 no railroads in those days and Detroit was the 
 nearest milling point and market, and depot of 
 supplies, and to and from it journeys had to be 
 made on horseback or witli wagons. 
 
 In 1832 Mr. Gee removed to the town of Mon- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 391 
 
 loi', wiu'io lie followed liis trade of a carpenter and 
 
 Unilder for a few years, after which he bonght a 
 
 tract of land in London Township, Monroe County, 
 
 which hecame the fannly home for some years. 
 
 Willie continuing work at his trade in various parts 
 
 of the county he superintended the improvement 
 
 of the farm, which he sold in 1 856, removing at 
 
 that date to Blissfield, where for three years he was 
 
 engaged in mercantile pursuits. Following this he 
 
 lived in Ypsilanti and Ridgeway for a few years, 
 
 ocnupying himself again with work at his trade. 
 
 His last years were spent in Dundee, Monroe 
 
 County, where he died in 1877, leaving the record 
 
 of a useful life. 
 
 The maiden name of the mother of our subject 
 was Elizaliclh Mattcson. She was born in New 
 Hampshire, and her father, Eppai)liras .Mattcson 
 was one of the earliest settlers of Washtenaw 
 County, Mich., where he improved a farm and 
 resided until his death. 
 
 The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch 
 attended school quite regularly until fifteen years 
 old, and he then assisted his father until his enlist 
 ment, September 12, 1861, in Conijiany E, First 
 Michigan Cavahy. He was^later transferred to Com- 
 pany 11, and served until after the close of the war, 
 taking part in various engagements around Peters- 
 burg, being with Sheridan in the Shenaniioah Val 
 ley, and present at Appomattox at the time of Lee's 
 surrender. Although he had not yet reached the 
 j'ears of manhood he bore well his part among his 
 comrades, and prior to hi.s discharge with the regi- 
 ment June 21. 186.5, had won a gallant record as a 
 brave and dashing cavalryman. 
 
 Aftur lea\iiig the army Mr. (ice returned to 
 Michigan an 1 began work at the trade of a carpen- 
 ter and l)nildcr, at which he continued emploj'ed 
 for a number of ^'cars. He was married at Pelers- 
 buigh, .Monroe County, April 15, 1868, to Miss 
 Margaret A. Prather, a lady of many graces and 
 virtues of mind and heart. In the fall of that 
 year he look up his residence in W'est Bay City, 
 remaining there until 1870, when he removed to 
 Ironton, Mo., in which place he remained some 
 years, after which he became a resident of Jackson. 
 Mich. Here he resided until 1880. when he went 
 to Toledo, Ohio, and engaged with ( ). L. Matthews, 
 
 a pension attorney, in whose interest lie traveled a 
 few months. He then returned to Jackson, opened 
 anj ollice, and has since been very successfully 
 carrying on the business of a iiension lawyer. 
 Having himself been a .soldier, lie is a friend of all 
 those who belonged to the army, and looks very 
 carefully into the claims that are presented to llim, 
 giving good advice and using his best endeavors 
 to obtain justice for his clients. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Gee have one child, Maria Eliza- 
 beth. Mr. Gee is a member of Jackson Lodge No. 
 17, A. F. & A. M., and of Ryder Post, No. 12, 
 (i. A. R.; he is a member of an<1 (iuarteimaster of 
 E. B. Gritlltb Commandery, U. V. U. No. 24, De- 
 partment Michigan Lodge. The faniilj- .are mem- 
 bers of the Evangelical Church and Mr. Gee is 
 Superintendent of the Sunday-school. His upright 
 and m.anly character, his intelligent interest in good 
 works and his pleasant manners, win for Mr. (Jee 
 the resi)ect and friendship of those with whom he 
 associates, and his estimable wife and daughter are 
 not lacking in esteem and goo<l will from their 
 many acquaintances. 
 
 ^ IfelLLIAM WALKER. Perhaps none of the 
 V / ninny prominent citizens in Jackson ha\e 
 Ytj' a longer record in the lines of business 
 which have brought their names prominently be- 
 fore the public, than has the gentleman above 
 named, or are belter known among its citizens for 
 their general intelligence, upright character, good 
 judgment and active interest in the welfare of the 
 comuiunity. Mr. Walker has traveled extensively 
 throughout the western part of the I'nited States, 
 during the progress of his journe3-s and in his so- 
 journs in other communities, observing closely- the 
 manners and habits of the people and investigating 
 the lines of work in which the various communities 
 are interested; and many a profitable and pleasant 
 hour might be spent in converse with him regard- 
 ing the scones and inciilents of his travels and of 
 his own business life. 
 
 The natal dav of William Walker was November 
 
392 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 26, 1821, and his birthplace, Yorksiiire, England. 
 He is the second son of Thomas and Ann 
 (Doughty) Walker, the former a native of Rich- 
 mond and tlie latter of York. Thomas Walker was 
 a farmer and held the position of Captain in the 
 North Yeoman Cavalry. The bo3-iiood and youth 
 of our subject were passed in the mother country 
 and at the conelusiou of his school ilays he became 
 a worker in the coal mines. 
 
 At the age of twenty years, young Walker emi- 
 grated to the United States, and stopping at Potts- 
 ville, Pa., engaged in coal mining on his own 
 account, continuing tliis occupation until 1856, 
 when he removed to Jackson, Mich., and as mana- 
 ger Cor the Detroit & Jackson Coal Company, 
 f>pened the first coal mines at Woodville. Owing 
 to hard times the mines were soon closed, and Mr. 
 Walker entered the employ of the Jackson City Coal 
 Company, for whom he opened tiie Sandstone 
 Mines and with whom he remained as manager un- 
 til 1859, wiien he took a trip over the Western 
 States and Territories. 
 
 In the spring of 1860, Mv. Walker went to Bay 
 City to drill the Frazier well for the Bay City Salt 
 Companj', and upon finishing the work returned to 
 Jackson. He then opened the Haj-den & Reynolds 
 mine at Spring Arbor, Mich., afterward opening 
 up and operating until 1874, what was known as the 
 Walker coal mine, north of the State prison. He 
 also lielped to organize the Michigan Chemical 
 Works at Jackson, and was emplo3'ed as Superin- 
 tendent until the company got into financial straits, 
 but after the business changed hands he was re-in- 
 stated in his former position. In 1874 he opened 
 the new Walker coal mine, operating it until 1880, 
 when he went to Colorado, ami spent two summers 
 amid the grandeur of mountain scenerj', enjoying 
 the pure and life-giving air of that clime and the 
 opjjortunities for extending his knowledge of rocks 
 and ores. Returning again to Jackson, Mr. Wal- 
 ker was elected Justice of the Peace and served 
 during a period of four years, in a manner credita- 
 ble to his discrimination and judgment, and accep- 
 table to his constituents. 
 
 In 1845 Mr Walker was united in marriage with 
 Miss Louisa Blarks. of Potts vi lie. Pa., a lady of 
 in:in3' virtues of mind and heart, the daughter of 
 
 Thomas and Sarah Marks, and a native of the Key- 
 stone Stale. The happy union of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Walker has been blessed bj' the birth of an interest- 
 ing famil}', of the survivors in which we note the 
 following: Robert now lives in California; Mrs. 
 Sarah Wirtz in Jackson; Thomas is Superintendent 
 of the Missouri Chemical AYorks at Kansas City; 
 William is an locomotive engineer on the Colorado 
 Midland Railroad; Victoria is the wife of William 
 Hathawaj-, of Davenport, Iowa; Myra married 
 Richard McElliott; Boadicia is still at home. 
 
 Mr. Walker belongs to the Blue Lodge of the 
 Masonic fraternity', to the Foresters order, and is a 
 prominent meml)er of the Odd Fellows society. He 
 is Vice-President of the City Library Board. 
 
 
 j^^ AMUEL BREWER. Among those who 
 ^^^ are enjoying the fruits of a well-spent life, 
 !ll/_j| and whose earlier years partook largely of 
 toil and sacrifice, m.ay be mentioned this 
 well-known citizen of Sandstone Township, who is 
 fast falling into the sere and yellow leaf, being 
 now a veteran of ninety' j'ears. A native of 
 Somersetshire, England, he was born September 1, 
 1800, and is the son of William Brewer and his 
 estimable wife, the latter of whom died when Sam- 
 uel was an infant. He was reared on a farm in his 
 native shire, becoming at an early age acquainted 
 with hard work, and obtained a limited education 
 in the common school. At the age of tvventy-five 
 \'ears he was married, April 6, 1825, to Miss Eliza- 
 beth Parsons. This lady, also a native of Somer- 
 setshire, was born February 12, 1800, and was the 
 daughter of William and Esther Parsons, who were 
 of English birth and ancestry, and who spent their 
 entire lives in the Old Country. Of this union 
 there were born four children — William, living 
 with his parents; Elizabeth, the wife of Pulaski 
 Harrington, of Tompkins Township, and two who 
 died young. 
 
 Mr. Brewer continued in Somersetshire ten years 
 after his marriage, then, seeing little to encourage 
 him financially, concluded to seek his fortunes on 
 another continent. He took passage alone at Bris- 
 
POltTRAIT AND BIOORAJMIICAh ALBUM. 
 
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 tol, and after an ocean voyage of about seven 
 weeks, landed in New York City. Tlience lie went 
 into Otsego County, N. Y., wliere lie worked on a 
 farm about fourteen montlis. In 1836 he sot out 
 for Michigan Territory, and coining to this county 
 purchased tiie southeast quarter of section 24, 
 ^^andstoue Township, wliere he has since lived. He 
 thus labored five years, struggling to obtain a foot- 
 bold before lie thought best to have his family 
 come over, and at the expiration of this time he 
 sent for them, and there followed a meeting which 
 can be better imagined than described. 
 
 The first dwelling occupied by the Brewer fam- 
 ily was a log house, 16x24 feet in dimensions, but 
 shortly after being built it was destroyed by fire, 
 and Mr. Brewer erected another upon the same 
 spot, which the family occupied a number of 3'ears. 
 It was then* abandoned for the present fine resi- 
 dence, which is the fourth house he has built on 
 this farm. He commenced with very little 
 capital, and labored under many disadvantages, 
 practicing the most rigi<l economy and self-sacri- 
 fice to secure the future welfare of his family. 
 Gradually the country settled up around him, and 
 while many have been coming and going, Mr. 
 Brewer has maintained his position in one s|)ot, and 
 now, '-rncle Samuel," as he is called liy everyone, 
 enjoys a large acquaintance and is a favorite 
 among old and young. Since becoming a voting 
 citizen, he has afllliated with the Democratic party, 
 and nothing has pleased him better than to see the 
 growth and development of his a<loptcd county. 
 He has become thoroughly Americanized, and is 
 entirely in accord with Republican institutions. 
 His devoted wife is still spared to him. .■aid shares 
 with him the confidence and esteem of the commu- 
 nity. 
 
 William, the son of Samuel Brewer, who remains 
 at the home farm, is likewise a native of Somerset- 
 shire. Kiigland. and was born December 13, IH-2H. 
 In IS 10 he came with his mother and two sisters to 
 America, joining the father in Sandstone Township, 
 being tlien a lad of twelve jears. He has grown 
 up with the eounlry, and completed his education 
 ill the district schools of Sandstone Township. He 
 celebrated July 4. 1 «;')!. l)y his marriage with Miss 
 Esther Harrington, a native of Somerset County, 
 
 N. Y., and who was bom August 12, 1834. Mrs. 
 Esther Brewer is the daughter of William and 
 Miranda (Adams) Harrington, who like the Brewer 
 family wore pioneers of this county. When first 
 coming to Michigan, in 1836, they settled about 
 twelve miles south of Jackson, and are now de- 
 ceased. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. William Brewer there has 
 been born a family of eleven children, nine of 
 whom are living — Alexander and Miranda are 
 residents of J.ackson, the Latter being the wife of 
 Andrew Mayett; Myron and William are living in 
 Sandstone Township; Curtis is a resident of Jack- 
 son; Jennie is the wife of Cornelius Titus, of 
 Sandstone Township; Harley lives at home; Susie 
 married Clarence Wall, and they live in Sandstone 
 Township; Stelle remains at home with her par- 
 ents. William Brewer h.as a half-interest in one 
 hundred and eighty acres of land with his father. 
 He usually supports the Democratic party, although 
 he freijuently casts his vote for men outside when he 
 considers they are the better qualified for ollice. 
 I'nder his fatJHM's tuition he long ago became a 
 thorough and skillful farmer, and all of the family 
 are well-to-do, comfortably fixed in life and enjoy 
 the respect of the jjeople around tliein. In noting 
 the pioneers of Sandstone Township the name of 
 Samuel Brewer is worthy of a i)osition in the front 
 ranks. 
 
 W EONAKD ROUKKS. Among the old set 
 I ^ tiers of this county, no more honest or up- 
 /l'— ^v- right man can be found than the gentleman 
 above named, whose long life has been the scene of 
 hard labors crov,'ned with abundant success, and of 
 bereavements by which his nature lias been strength- 
 ened and made mon; tender and true. He is the 
 third of seven children born to Joseph and Sarah 
 (Pierce) Rogers, five of the family circle being yet 
 alive. He was born August 26, 181-1, in Otsego 
 County, X. Y., where he remained until eighteen 
 years of age, acquiring such an education as could 
 be oljtained in the schools of the limes. He was a 
 member of the State 3Iilitia. Beginning life for 
 himself at the age of twenty-one years, he began 
 
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 work on tlie Erie Canal, afterward boating on that 
 liigliway for thirteen years. 
 
 About the 3'ear 1843, Mr. Rogers came to Michi- 
 gan, wiiere for a couple of seasons he worked the 
 farm of L. D. Tracy in this county, on shares. 
 Subsequently he continued farm labor under simi- 
 lar arrangements for five years, after which he 
 bought one hundred acres on section 14, Hanover 
 Township, which he has since made his home. A 
 log house was his first dwelling here, and all the 
 improvements which now mark the estate, have 
 been made b^- himself. The land, which was in a 
 raw and primitive condition when he took posses- 
 sion of it, is now in a fine stale of cultivation and 
 pioductiveness, all being tilled land except fifteen 
 acres of timbej. Tlie dwelling which lakes the 
 place of the old log cabin, is now about twenty 
 years old, and is a home of comfort and good cheer. 
 
 In 1831, Mr. Rogers celebrated his wedding with 
 Miss Lucinda Loomis, who died during the same 
 year. In 1834, he was again married, taking as his 
 coni[)anion Miss Sallie Ann Ryan, who shared his 
 fortunes untd May !6, 1873, when she was called 
 from time to eternity. She bore him ten children, 
 of whom five are now living: Harriet Ann is the 
 wife of Thomas Goff, of Pulaski Township, and the 
 mother of three children; Jane married William 
 Mitchell, to whom she has borne three children, and 
 lives in Horton; Ellen, the wife of Herbert Cald- 
 well, of Jackson, has four children; Mary married 
 AVells W. Dew, whose home is in Hanover Village, 
 and their family comprises two children; Minnie, 
 wife of Harry Knickerbocker, of Spring Arlior 
 Township, has one child. 
 
 A third matrimonial alliance was contracted by 
 Mr. Rogers in April, 1875, on which occasion he 
 became the husband of Mrs. Olive Montgomer}-, 
 nee Mead. She was born in Ohio, August 3, 1835, 
 being the youngest of three children born to Will- 
 iam S. and Olive (Potter) Mead, and the onl}' one 
 now surviving. Her father was a native of Con- 
 necticut, and her mother of New York. The latter 
 died in 1835, and a year later her husband came 
 to Michigan, settling in Livingston County, after- 
 ward living in this and other counties of the Slate. 
 He died about ten years since. The last marriage 
 of our subject was celebrated in this county, and 
 
 has resulted in the birth of one son, Willie T., who 
 opened his eyes to the light July 8, 1877. He is 
 now attending the district school, and is a good 
 scholar for his age. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are members of the Friends 
 Church, at Hanover Village. Mr. Rogers is a Ma- 
 son, )3eing a member of the Blue Lodge at Horton, 
 in which he has held the office of Tyler. He has 
 served his fellow-men as a member of the School 
 Board of District No. 9, and as Road Overseer. 
 He is interested in politics, as all good citizens 
 should be, and votes the Democratic ticket. An 
 unassuming, upright man, a reliable citizen, and an 
 intelligent farmer, Mr. Rogers has the respect of 
 those among whom he has spent so many years, 
 and his estimable wife is not less highly esteemed. 
 Having some time since passed his three-score years 
 and ten, it is not probable that he willlaave many 
 more 3'ears upon earth, 'lut the example and mem- 
 ory which he will leave behind him, will be worthy 
 of preservation by his posterity, and he will yet 
 speak to those who follow him. 
 
 The father of our subject was Joseph Rogers, a 
 native of Lyme, Connecticut, and a resident of Ot- 
 sego County, N. Y., from his youth until a short 
 time before his death. He remembered many 
 scenes in the Revolutionary War when his father, 
 Joseph Rogers, Sr., was one of the Continentals, 
 giving his life to establish liberty in the New World. 
 In the Empire State he married ]Miss Sarah Pierce, 
 who was born in Massachusetts, and who breathed 
 her last in 1837. His own death took place in the 
 fall of 1849, near Mill Port, Chemung County, 
 when he had reached the advanced age of eighty- 
 five years. He was found lying in the middle of 
 the road about a half mile east of the village, upon 
 his face, dead, and the body nearly cold. It is 
 supposed that as he reached the margin of the 
 beaten path in crossing the road, his foot triijped, 
 and he fell, striking his forehead upon a stone and 
 beating in the skull. There was no appearance of 
 his having moved hand or foot, and he probably 
 had no consciousness of pain, being in a moment 
 released from the prison house of life. "How many 
 fall as sudden — not as safe." More than thirty 
 years before his death, he embraced the Christian 
 faith, and became a communicant in the Baptist 
 
PORTRAIT AND BlOGU.x I'll IC,\ L ALBUM. 
 
 3!)-) 
 
 C'Imii'li. Though he had reached second childhood 
 lie had nut lost the knowledge of God. Durinir 
 the warm weather of the last suuimei' of his life he 
 was ill the hahit of frequenting a grove near by, to 
 pray in secret, and in the silence of the night be- 
 fore his (li'ath, his daughter with whom he was liv- 
 ing, awoke and hoard him praying. lie often spoke 
 of his departure being near, and "endured as see- 
 ing Iliiu who is invisible." 
 
 ,SCAU P.. DRI.SCOLL. This gentleman be- 
 longs to that grand baud of [)atriots to 
 whom our country owes its i)resent peace 
 and prosperity and its continuance as a Nation, 
 and to whom the debt of gratitude can never be 
 repaid. lie is a thorough and practical engineer, 
 having luul quite a long experience in charge of 
 both locomotive and stationary engines, and in 
 Jackson is well known as a comiietent mechanic, 
 having been in charge of the C'it^' Water Works 
 and other iirominent establishments. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is a native of Alden, 
 Erie County, N. Y , and a son of James Driscoll, 
 an earl^- settler in the Territory of Michigan and 
 now a resident of Jackson, where he has made his 
 home since 1836. James Driscoll w.is bom in 
 Batavia, Genesee County, N. Y., and is the son of 
 James Driscoll, Sr., who resided in that place some 
 years, thence removing to Erie County in an early 
 da3'. and purchasing a tract of timber land near 
 the town of Alden. There the grandfather of our 
 subject cleared a farm from the wilderness, resid- 
 ing thereon until his death, and there the father of 
 our subject grew lo years of maturity. In 1836 
 James Driscoll, Jr., came with his wife to the Terri- 
 tory of Michigan, and for six years was a resident 
 near Tecuraseli, Lenawee County. He then re- 
 turned to his native Stsite, and having remained 
 there until 1846, came again to Michigan, located 
 in the city of Jackson, and soon afterward engaged 
 in the butcher's business. This he continued for 
 some }'ears, afterward working at the trade of a 
 stonemason. 
 
 The natal day of Oscar V>. Driscoll was April 23, 
 
 If^Io, and having been but three years old when 
 he was brought lo Micliigan, he has but slight 
 recollections of any other than his adopted home. 
 He attended the city schools of Jackson uinil 
 twelve years of .age, when he began an apprentice- 
 shi|) at the trade of a carriage painter, serving three 
 years, and subsequently doing journey work eigli- 
 teen months. He then engaged with the Michigan 
 Central Railroad as lireman on an engine, and on 
 the breaking out of the Civil War resigned his 
 position to take up arms in defense of the I'nion. 
 
 On the 25th of April, 1861, young Driscoll 
 became a uiemlier of Company C, Eirst Michigiin 
 hifantry, and served therein five months, when, his 
 mother having objected very much to his enlist- 
 ment, as he was but a l)oy, an order for his dis- 
 charge was secured from Gov. Blair, and he re- 
 turned to his home. He was not contented, 
 however, and as the conflict still continued, in 
 November, 1862, he re-enlisted as a member of 
 Company A, Ninth Michigan Cavair}', serving 
 under the gallant Gen. Kilpatrick, and having 
 joined Sherman's army at Atlanta, made one of 
 the vast host which marched to the sea, returning 
 thence through the C'aroliuis tj Jackson. 
 
 The regiment w.as discharged in Jackson, Mich., 
 in August, 1865, and Mr. Driscoll returned to his 
 home and resumed his position as a fireman for 
 the Michigan Central Railroad. He continued 
 thus occupied a yeir and a half, and w.as then pro- 
 moted to be .an engineer, remaining with the com- 
 l)any until 1876, at which time he resigned to 
 accept a ()Osition with the Et. Wayne, Jackson & 
 Saginaw Railroad. After having been in the em- 
 ploy of that companj' two ye.ars he resigned and 
 accepted the position of engineer of the J.ackson 
 City Water Works, which he retained until 1880, 
 when going to Dakota, he acted :xs engineer on the 
 Northern Pacific Railroad five months. Returning 
 to his home, he olHained the position of engineer 
 for the J.ackson Furniture Eactor\'. but soon took 
 charge of the placing of four new boilers and two new 
 engines at the State Prison, and operated them for 
 five months. 
 
 In July, 1886, Mr. Driscoll engaged as traveling 
 salesman for the American Steam Brake Company 
 of St. Louis, l)ut after traveling for tliein live 
 
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 months, resigned the position in order that be 
 miglit he with his family, and for a few months 
 again operated the engines at the State Prison. He 
 next returned to his former position as engineer at 
 tiie Jackson City Water Works, remaining there 
 until July 17, 1889, when he resigned to take 
 charge of the engines of the Edison Light Com- 
 pany, in wiiich position he is now serving. 
 
 The family of Mr. Driscoll consists of four chil- 
 dren — Lizzie M., William B., P^dna A. and Samuel 
 O. The devoted wife and mother was removed 
 from her sorrowing family by the hand of Death, 
 Ma}' 24, 1886, after a happy married life of eight- 
 een 3'ears. She bad borne the maiden name of 
 Olive T. Maitland, was born in Muskingum County, 
 Ohio, to Mathew S. and Elizabeth Maitland, and 
 her many virtues and graces of mind and charac- 
 ter had endeared her not only to the home circle, 
 but to many friends throughout the coninuinities 
 in which she had lived. 
 
 Mr. Driscoll belongs to Jackson Lodge No. 17, 
 A. F. &A. M. ; Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- 
 neers, No. J; Red Cross, No. 24; Ed Pomeroy 
 Post, No. 48, G. A. R.; and to U. V. IT., No. 24. 
 As a citizen, he is relial)lc and intelligent, and as a 
 man honorable in his dealings with his fellow-men; 
 in his domestic relations he is affectiorjate and kind, 
 and it is therefore needless to state that he has tlio 
 respect of his fellow-citizens. 
 
 f, -, ENRY J. ADAMS, an active factor in 
 )i) promoting tiie commercial interests of Jack- 
 sou County, is engaged in the lumber bnsi- 
 ^ ness with C. H. Plumraer, and since 1887 
 has had charge of tlieir planing -mill and yards in 
 Jackson. He is a descendant of one of the leading 
 pioneer families of Southern Michigan, being a 
 grandson of the well-known Dr. E. Adams, a pio- 
 neer [)hysician of Monroe County and one of its 
 earliest settlers, and he is a fine representative of 
 the native-born citizens of this part of the State, 
 who are doing all in their power to advance its 
 growtli and prosperity. 
 
 Our subject was born in Blonvoe, November IT), 
 
 1857, and is a son of Joseph E. and Eliza (Duffy), 
 natives, respectively, of Monroe County, Mich., 
 and County West Meath, Ireland. Dr. Adams, 
 the grandfather of our subject, whom we have 
 mentioned, was a New Englander by birth and 
 breeding, born in Vermont, in 1800. In the in- 
 vigoiating air of his native hills he grew up to a 
 stalwart, intelligent manhood, scholarly in his 
 tastes withal, and when he became old enough to 
 adopt a calling in life, he chose the profession of 
 medicine, and educated himself as a physician. 
 Wishing a broader field in which to exercise his 
 vocation, the 3'oung doctor selected the then wild 
 and sparsely settled territory embraced in Southern 
 Michigan, and at some time between 1820 and 
 1830 came here and located in Monroe, a place of 
 importance in those daj'S, as the Government had 
 a land-oflice there. The Doctor thus became one 
 of the very early settlers of the town, and as phy- 
 sicians were scarce, as his skill became known he 
 was called upon by the pioneers far and near to 
 minister to their bodily ills, as sickness was very 
 prevalent in tlie newly settled country, the rich, 
 fresh soil when upturned by the plow for the first 
 time, loading the aii' with malaria. Often he had 
 to travel over most impassable roads in the dense 
 primeval forests, or over the barelj' discernable 
 Indian trail to visit some primeval log habitation 
 to can-y relief to the sick or dying inmates. A 
 doctor's life was not one of ease in those days, but 
 after all it had its compensations. In their hard 
 struggle with the forests of nature, though the 
 people iiad but little time for the amenities of life, 
 yet warm and true hearts beat under their home- 
 spun, and they were drawn closer together, and 
 were always ready to lend a hand to those in dis- 
 tress. The wise and kind-hearted physician who 
 so often brought balm and healing to their bedside 
 was looked upon as their best friend and most 
 sagacious counselor, and he alwaj's held a high 
 place in their hearts, and their doors were always, 
 oiien to iiim. Doctor Adams lived to see the 
 country well developed, countless hapity homes, 
 productive farms, thriving tow-ns and happy vil- 
 lages, where he had traveled through a seemingly' 
 endless wilderness, haunted b^- wolves, bears and 
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 entered it the Iiulians liail not (le|iarted from their 
 Jincient haunts. lie eontiniied to enjoy a large 
 and lucrative [n-aetiee until his deatii, in 1872, 
 caused liy liis horse running and throwing him 
 from ids carriage, and thus was brought to a close 
 the honored life of one who was liuown and be- 
 loved far and wide. His wife, whose maiden name 
 was Mary Paddock, survived him until 1886, 
 wiien she departed this life in Minnesota, at the 
 age of eighty-four >-oars. 
 
 The father of our subject was born in 1829, and 
 grew to man's estate in his native city, receiving a 
 good education in the public schools. In his youth 
 IMonroe had a large percentage of French pojjula- 
 tion, and he was taught the French language at 
 school, and writes and reads it with ease. He es- 
 tablished himself as a farmer, and was thus en- 
 gaged in ]Monroe until 18C4. In that year he went 
 to Saginaw to enter the grocery business, Saginaw 
 at that time being a small village, with no railw.ay 
 connection with the outside world, with no bridges 
 over the Saginaw River, and deer and bears ro;inied 
 wliere the city now stands. He carried on his 
 business a few years with good profit, and now 
 lives retired. The mother of our subject came to 
 America when she was eighteen years old. Five 
 of the nine children born to her and her husband 
 are now living, namel3': Henry .1., Mary E., Mar- 
 garet A., Emma F. and Thomas. 
 
 Henry Adams was seven years of age when he 
 accompar.ied his parents to Saginaw, and there he 
 was given good educational advantages, and at- 
 tended the cit}' schools quite regularly until he 
 was lifteen years old, and then commenced clerking 
 in his father's store. From the close confinement 
 necessitated b^' his employment, his health began 
 to fail and he was obliged to abandon the store. 
 He then went into liie lumber region in searcii of 
 work, and was there given emi)loyment in sc;ileing 
 logs. His health was restored, and the knowledge 
 that he gained concerning the iuinlier business has 
 been of inestimable value to him since he has been 
 carrying it on himself. He h.as been associated 
 with Mr. Plummer for the last five yeai-s, and they 
 are doing an extensive and paying business. 
 
 Mr. Adams and Miss Lena ^V. Cieotte were 
 united in marriage August 2], 18^8, and they have 
 
 established a pleasant and comfortable home. To 
 them has been born one child, Arthur J. Mrs. 
 Adams is also a native of Michigan, her grandpar- 
 ents being among the early pioneers of IMonroe, 
 her birthi)lace. She is a daughter of Hilary- and 
 Josephine Cieotte, natives of Monroe. 
 
 Mr. Adams is a man of marked enterprise, of 
 financial ability, and in his business and Social 
 relations his energetic character and practical saga- 
 city find ample field for exercise. His extensive 
 acquaintance with every branch of the lumber 
 trade has materially contributed to his high stand- 
 ing in business circles throughout the county. 
 
 bARRISON 1!. TRIPP, the owner and occu- 
 ' pant of a line farm on section 10, Hanover 
 ^-y^fy Township, is the son of one of the early pio- 
 (^^ neers of tiiis county, and was one of the first 
 white children born in the township. His estate com 
 prises one hundred and sixty-Gve broad and fertile 
 acres, bearing good improvements, and devoted to 
 the purposes of general farming, the cattle, sheep, 
 and hogs that are raised being of a high standard. 
 Altliougb Mr. Tripp has Ijegun his journey down 
 the shady side of the hill of time, he has not given 
 up active charge of his estate, but still displays the 
 energy and activity which have secured to him an 
 abundance of this world's goods. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is a grandson of Cyrus 
 Tripp, a soldier of the War of 1812, who died at 
 the age of eighty-four years. He married Polly 
 Leland,who was born 1784, and died in 1823; thej' 
 were natives of \'erinont. His father w.as Elmou 
 U., who was born in New York in 1809, and who 
 married Miss Lucinda A. Parsons, who was born in 
 the same State in 1.S15. The mother of our sub- 
 ject was the daughter of Charles and Rebecca A. 
 (Lewis) Parsons, natives of Connecticut. Mr. Par- 
 sons was a clothier b}' trade; they came to Michi- 
 gan in 1834. Mr. Parsons m.ade and operated the 
 first separator in Hanover Township. The first 
 church in Hanover Townsiiip was built in 18o.t, as 
 a Union Church, .and remains so .it the present 
 wriling. The Horton cemetery was established in 
 
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 1840. The first bouse built in Iloi-ton, w:is a log 
 liouse built by Marlin Tripp, in 1836. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Elmon Tripp came to Michigan in 1832, set- 
 tling on the farm which their son now occupies, in 
 1835, having secured it from the United States 
 Government. It was all wild land, as was that 
 which surrounded it, and Indians were still linger- 
 ing in .the vicinity. Mr. Tripp was present one 
 day when the savages were cooking a coon in a 
 kettle, and they asked him "shemokeman" meaning 
 "white man, like coon." 
 
 The limit of land allowed by the Government to 
 any one claimant at the time Elmon Tripp took up 
 his tract, was eighty acres. He Iniilt one of the 
 first log cabins in the township, clearing off his 
 place, and a few months later married the lady be- 
 fore mentioned, whose parents were also early set- 
 tlers here. The young couple began their life in 
 the primitive manner of the times, laboring hand- 
 in hand to upbuild their fortunes and rear their 
 family in a becoming manner. They were blessed 
 with three children, two of whom arc now deceased. 
 Mr. Tripp held the office of Treasurer of Hanover 
 Township in 1848, and he also served on the School 
 Board. His death occurred in 1868; his wife is 
 stiil living at the ripe old age of seventy-five years, 
 and makes her home at Montague, Muskegon 
 Countj'. 
 
 Harrison 15. Tripp is the first-born cf his parents' 
 children, and opened his eyes to the light June 6, 
 1837. He received a district .school education, 
 which he has since supplemented by extensive read- 
 ing. He remained at home and took charge of the 
 farm for his father until he was twenty-six years 
 of age, when he set u)i his own household. In the 
 fall of 1864, he removed to California, settling in 
 Tehama County, where he remained two years, af- 
 ter which he returned to his former home. He 
 has added to the original homestead of his father, 
 bringing the acreage up to the amount before uien- 
 tiontd, and successfully managing the entire estate. 
 
 On the last day of the year 18G3, Mr. Tripp was 
 united in marriage with Miss Phoebe A., daughter 
 of Horace and Elizabeth 15. (Sloat) Williams. She 
 is the fourth of nine children born to her parents, 
 and her nat.Tl day was October 3, 1841. She is a 
 well-informed, amiable woman, with housewifely 
 
 skill and social qualities. Her parents came to 
 Michigan at an early day, and her mother is still 
 living at Horton at the age of eight3'-three years. 
 Her father died in 1873. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Tripp seven children have l)een 
 born— George H., Hettie M., Nellie E., Eddie Ray, 
 Clyde, Earl Elmond, and Arly. George H., the 
 eldest son, was graduated in the Class of '87, from 
 the Detroit Business College, receiving a special 
 recommendation from the faculty; Nellie E. has 
 taught school in this county, winnirg a good record 
 in her profession; Hettie M. has a fine dressmak- 
 ing establishment in Jackson, using the INIadame 
 Kellogg system of dress-cutting. The other mem- 
 bers of the family circle are attending school at 
 Horton. 
 
 Mv. Tripp takes an intelligent interest in the po- 
 litical issues, votes the Republican ticket, and has 
 been a delegate to the County Conventions on sev- 
 eral occasions. In 1883 he was Township Super- 
 visor, and for seven years he has lieen a member of 
 the School Board. He manifests the same energy 
 in local affairs, which has made him successful in 
 his individual efforts, and endeavors to fulfill the 
 duties of office in a creditable manner. He is a 
 member of the Masonic fraternity at Horton. His 
 qualities of mind and character are duly apprecia- 
 ted b}' his fellow-citizens, who accord him his just 
 measure of respect. 
 
 ^ixLlVER P. RICHARDS. Although quite a 
 I 111 you'iff man, this gentleman already has cou- 
 ^^f' sidorable weight in the community where he 
 resides, a fact which is easily accounted for bj' his 
 strong principles, his active interest in the welfare 
 of all around him, and the pleasant manners which 
 are the crowning charm of a fine nature. His parents 
 are numbered among the pioneers of this count}-, to 
 whom great honor is due for the manner in which 
 they bore privation and hardship, and the toils 
 which they underwent in giving to the generation 
 which followed them, a highly developed and 
 beautiful country with all the blessings of civiliza- 
 tion, It would be strange indeed if a son of such 
 
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 parents sliould not possess tlie qualities wiiicli 
 would lead to his own financial success, and to a 
 hiiilil.V-respected place among his fellow-men. 
 
 A brief outline of the life of Mr. Richards' par- 
 ents will aid us in understanding the character of 
 our subject, even though we give but the outlines, 
 allowing the details to be filled in by the reader's 
 iningination. Henry Richards was born in Wash- 
 ington County, X. Y.. in 1811, and on April 8, 
 1833, was united in marriage with Mary A. Patter- 
 son, of Castleton, Vt. In 1836 he came to Michi- 
 gan, and in this county worked by the month to 
 obtain means with which to bring his wife to the 
 region where he had determined to make his home, 
 and to prepare a place in which to dwell. The 
 year after his own arrival his wife came West, and 
 they tc>ok up their aljode in Hanover Township on 
 a farm now owned b3' John C'hilson. Kve long 
 they removed to a tiact on section 34, which is now 
 owned and occupied by our subject. There were 
 some crude improvements on the place, but all the 
 1 uililings now standing u|)on it were erected by 
 Mr. IJichards, and the most of the acreage was put 
 under cultivation by him. The industry wh'ch he 
 exhibitsd met with Its reward, and he liccame one 
 of the prosperous farmers of the vicinity. Not only 
 so, but he secured the esteem of his neighbors, and 
 they manifested their confidence in his ability and 
 lionor l)y bestowing upon him the offices of R(iad 
 Commissioner and Townshi[) Assessor. In 1871 
 he removed to the village of Hanover, where he 
 continued to make his home until called from time 
 to eternity-. While on a visit to a brother in the 
 East he was stricken b}' jiaralysis, but lived a few 
 years, breathing his last .September 3(1, 1887. He 
 left a widow and six children to mourn his loss. 
 The widow is still living, and is now seventy-four 
 years of age. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is the youngest child 
 ill the parental family, and was born on the farm 
 he now owns, August 10, 1852. His schooling 
 was obtained in the district schools of the township, 
 and he continued to assist his father on the home 
 farm until he was twent3--two years of .age. He 
 then set up a home of his own. on April 15, 1874. 
 lieing united in marriage with Miss DoUie A. Bid- 
 well, who was born in the sniuc township, August 
 
 19, 1853. She is descended from sturdy stock in 
 both ancestral lines, and her mother is a very 
 talented woman. With a good common-school 
 education and careful training in useful domestic 
 habits and accomplishments, Mrs. Richards is a 
 lady well calculated to fulfill the duties which de- 
 volve upon her in home and society. She and her 
 husband liave one child, a daughter, Maude, born 
 June 14, 1875. She attends the Hanover High 
 School, and is a verj' fine scholar, being especially 
 well versed in Arithmetic, United States History 
 and Physiology. Mr. and Mrs. Richards arc rear- 
 ing a b03', Willie Dunn, who was born Julj- 21, 
 1876, and who will receive all the advantages of a 
 son. 
 
 The father of Mrs. Richards, Stephen Bid well, 
 was born in the Empire State, July 14, 1828, and 
 accomp.anied his parents. Cepter and Gillian 
 (Powell) Bidwell. to Michigan, in 1834. They 
 settled in Monroe Count}', but a year later remove<l 
 to St. Joseiih County, sojourning but eighteen 
 months, when they returned to Monroe County, 
 where both died in 1838, only ten days elapsinst 
 between their deatiis. Stephen Bidwell spent six 
 years in Lenawee County, and in 1845 came to this 
 county, where he spent a year. He then returneil 
 to Lenawee Countv, entered into partnership with 
 his uncle, ^Vlr. Powell, and was engaged in the 
 mercantile business in Clinton three years. Tiie 
 linn then suft'ered the loss of their store by fire, and 
 with the §300 which .Mr. I.idwell saved he bought 
 thirty acres of land, which he afterward gave to 
 his grandmother. On Sei)tember 2fi, 1852, he was 
 united in marriage with Maiy L. Cornwell, who 
 was born in New York, in 183(;, and whose parents 
 settled in Liberty Township, this cc)unty, a year 
 later. This union was blessed bj' the birth of 
 eight children, of whom Mrs. Richards is the eldest. 
 Mr. and Mrs. liidwell are now living in Liberty 
 Township, tliis count}'. Mrs. Bidwell has written 
 consklerable poetry which has found its wav into 
 print, and she writes much prose for newspapers. 
 She takes an active part in the Farmers' Club of 
 West Liberty. 
 
 Mr. Richards is a Mason, belonging to Blue 
 Lodge, No. 113. of Moscow, Hillsdale Count}'. 
 He is also a member of the Patrons of Industry, 
 
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 and formerly belonged to the Knights of Labor, 
 lie is Diieetor of School District Jso. 7. and has 
 served in some capacity on the School Board a 
 dozen years. In ]88o he was Highway Commis- 
 sioner of the township. lie is now serving his 
 (onrth year as Justice of the Peace, and during 
 this lime has settled up every case hut one that 
 eame before him, the number being nearly thirty. 
 He has served as a juror a great niany times. In 
 politics he always takes an active part, and has fre- 
 (juently served as a delegate to county conventions, 
 and once as delegate to the State Convention. He 
 is temperate in all his habits, but cannot be a third 
 party man, and continues to atliliate with the 
 Democracy. The estate on which he carries on 
 general farming and stock-raising comprises one 
 hundred and fifty acres, all improved; the resi- 
 dence was erected by his father thirty. five years 
 ago. He has a ver}- wide acquaintance throughout 
 the county, and few men of his years in any part 
 of the countr3' are more liighlj' respected. 
 
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 DANN. No member of the 
 I^Y ..». .^.w.3 community comprising Pulaski 
 y))j|) Townshi[) is held in greater honor and 
 esteem than this gentleman, and no one is 
 more worthy of the success that results from dili- 
 gence, prudence and well-directed labor. The 
 farm that he owns on section 1, is in everj' respect 
 as valuable an estate as any in its vicinity, its 
 vvell-kei)t surroundings, finely-tilled fields, neat 
 buildings and other evidences of care and thrift, 
 showing excellent management on the part of the 
 proprietor. 
 
 Wiliiani Dann, the father of our subject, was a 
 native of Connecticut, and worked at his trade of 
 a cooper in the town of Ridgefleld. During the re- 
 markably cold summer of 1816 he and his famil}- 
 removed to the town of Mendon, Monroe County, 
 N. Y., where he engaged at his trade, and also 
 bought and improved some land. His last 3fears 
 were spent in Livingston County, that State, where 
 he (lied at the age of sixty-seven years, The 
 
 mother of our subject, whose maiden name was 
 Ruth Keeler, was also a native of Connecticut, a 
 daughter of Nehemiah Keeler, likewise of Connec- 
 ticut birth. He was a successful merchant in 
 Ridgefleld, was also a large land-owner and farmer, 
 and operated a distillery on his farm near Ridge- 
 fleld, Conn. The mother of our subject died in 
 Monroe County, N. Y. She and her husband had 
 twelve children, of whom the following is the rec- 
 ord: Amos, Harry and John are deceased, the 
 latter dying in infancy'; Mehitable and Jane are 
 deceased; Maria is now Mrs. Atwell, of .leffcison^ 
 Oliio; Benjamin was the next in order of birth; 
 Betsy and John are deceased; Mary, Mrs. Logan, 
 of Atlas, Mich.; Decator is deceased; Adaniram 
 lives in Alpena. 
 
 Benjamin Dann was born in Ridgefleld, Conn., 
 July 10, 1807, and the early years of his life were 
 passed in that pleasant 'New England town. He 
 was nine 3'cars old when his parents removed to 
 Monroe County, N. Y., where the remaining jears 
 of his boyhood and j'outh were spent. His ad- 
 vantages for an education were limited to an occa- 
 sional term in a subscription school held in a log 
 house, and he is in the main self-educated, and, 
 indeed, a self-made man, as he owes more to his 
 own efforts than to fortune. He was reared to 
 agricultural pursuiis, and when fourteen years of 
 age began to work out by the month, his father 
 getting the benefit of his wages until he was twenty- 
 years old. He then began working for himself, 
 was employed by the month for awhile, and then 
 began jobbing and teaming. In 1848 he tame to 
 Michigan, coming by water to Detroit, thence b}- 
 rail to Port Huron, where he wintered. In the 
 spring of 1849 he went to Kalamazoo, where he 
 managed a farm on shares, the old Webster farm, 
 three miles out of Kalamazoo. He was thus en- 
 gaged about two years, and the remainder of the 
 time did jobbing and teaming. In 1853 he came 
 to Concord Township, and was employed on INIark 
 L. Raj''s farm the ensuing j'ear. At the expiia- 
 tiou of that time he rented the old Albert Spratt 
 place, and operated it until 186.S, when he bought 
 his present farm of one hundred and sixty acres. 
 It was then an undeveloped tract of land, which 
 by per.«eyering toil he has improved into one of 
 
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 the finest and most productive quarter-sections in 
 the county. He has over two miles of stone 
 wall for fence, has seven acres devoted to a fine 
 orcliiird, and has substantial, conveniently arranged 
 buildings. He engages in grain and stock raising, 
 and has some good grades of Clyde horses. 
 
 Mr. Dann's marriage with Miss Marinda Richard- 
 son toolv place in Ontario County, N. Y., January 
 8, 1847. Three children have been born of their 
 happy wedded life — Laura .L, their only daughter, 
 died at the age of five years; George, an enterpris- 
 ing and capable young man, is a skillful well 
 driller; he married Miss Helen Kellog, and has es- 
 tablished a pleasant home in Homer; Floyd V.. 
 who manages the home farm, is a wide-awake 
 young man, and is well liked by all for his straight- 
 forwardness and pleasant manners; he married Miss 
 Aiuia West, and they have one child (iovernor 
 Benjamin. 
 
 The wife of our subject was born in Livingston 
 County, N. Y., in Livonia Townsliip, .lune 2(!, 
 1818, and was the youngest of a family of fifteen, 
 all of whom grew to maturity, but only two are 
 now living, Mrs. Dann and her luothor Daniel, 
 who resides in Isabel Count}^ Mich. Mrs. Dann 
 had good school advantages, and was thoroughly 
 drilled in all liousehold matters, and is a fine house- 
 wife, knowing well how to look after the comfort of 
 her household. Her father, Jonathan Richardson, 
 a native of Kutiand Countj', Xt., was of Irisli des- 
 cent. His grandfather, who was killed by the 
 Indians in the Revolutionary War, w;is a popular 
 man in his home among the green liillsof \'ermont, 
 where he carried on farming and engaged in the 
 mill business. The father of Mrs. Dann was a 
 farmer, and also engaged in running the old mill 
 that had belonged to his father. He subsequently 
 removed to Livingston County, X. Y., of which he 
 was an earl}' settler, and he cleared a farm there. 
 He took part in the War of 1812, and was a pris- 
 oner in the hands of the British for awhile. He 
 was a practical miller as well as a skillful farmer, 
 and buyiug a farm in Livonia, he engaged in mill- 
 ing and farming ver}' successfully. His last days 
 were passed in Allegany Count}-, N. Y., liis death 
 occurring in Allegany Township at the venerable 
 age of ninetv years. Jlrs. Dann's mother, whose 
 
 maiden name Wiis Rlioda Tlionipson, was also a 
 native of ^^ermont. 
 
 In the sunset of life our subject and his most 
 estimable wife are enjoying the fruits of their early 
 years of united toil in a home that is the centre of 
 coziness and comfort, and in the enjoj'mcnt of a 
 good income. Though our subject lias passed the 
 milestone that marks a journey of eighty. tliree 
 years on life's road, he retains much of the activity 
 and energy that characterized him in the jjrime of 
 life, and his fine mental faculties are unimpaired. 
 He is a great reader, an intelligent talker, as dur- 
 ing his long life he has kept his observing powers 
 on the alert, and has a fund of imformation in re- 
 g.ard to the past and to the wonderful improve 
 ments that he has witnessed, and about the great 
 progress of the world since the days when he was a 
 bO}'. In all his dealings our subject has preserved 
 the inherent honestj' an3 integrity of his character, 
 and he has always held the unlimited confidence of 
 his neighbors and of all who know him, and is, all 
 in all, one of our best citizens. He takes an active 
 interest in politics, and is a Rcpublicm, first, last, 
 and always. 
 
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 lp\ i;V. (iKURtiK lU.NN lllCKOX, Chaplain 
 
 ts^ of the Michigan State Penitentiary, is a gen- 
 
 '*'■*'* tieman in every way fitted for the duties 
 
 ^ of his responsible position and makes his 
 
 headquarters at one of the pieasantest homes in 
 
 [ Jackson. He was born in ;\Ionroe County, N. Y., 
 
 ' October 1 2, 1 822, and is the son of Erastus Ilickox. 
 
 a native of Massachusetts and a farmer by occupa- 
 
 I tion. His mother bore the maiden name of Lurana 
 
 Turner. She was a native of New Y'ork State. 
 
 The father died when George II. was only eight- 
 een months old. He was the youngest of eight chil- 
 I dren, and the family was left in moderate circum- 
 i stances. He continued on the farm with his mother 
 and attended the district school until a 3'outh of 
 ' fifteen years, when he began working out for the 
 farmers in his neighborhood. In 1815 the family 
 I came to Washtenaw Count}', this .State, locating on 
 I a farm where George spent six years. Then leav- 
 
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 ing home he entered the Kalamazou College at 
 Kalamazoo in order to study for the ministry, and 
 (luring the four years be spent there, he not onl>' 
 made bis own way by working at odd times l>ut 
 provided for his mother. Upon completing bis stu(1- 
 ies he accepted the pastorate of the Baptist Church 
 at Dexter, where he remained three and one-half 
 years. 
 
 In the meantime Mr. Hickox vvas married, in 
 1856, to Miss Rachel Cummings, of Battle Creek, 
 and the daughter of Fisher Cummings, who spent 
 bis last years in Battle Creek, dying in 1859. 
 Owing to his knowledge of farming, the family 
 desired Mr. Hickox to take charge of his fatber's- 
 in-law estate until the personal property of the en- 
 tire estate could be disposed of. At the expiration 
 of tiio time mentioned he received a call from the 
 church at Lowell, Kent County, of which he re- 
 mained in charge two years. Next he began re- 
 cruiting men for the United States service and the 
 preservation of the Union. He was proffered a 
 captaincy which he was obliged to decline on ac- 
 count of physical disabilit_y. 
 
 Receiving then a call from the Baptist Church 
 at Pontiac, Mr. Hickox accepted and there spent 
 many happy da3's. Upon leaving Pontiac he went 
 into the army as a Christian Commission delegate 
 at Louisville, Ky., serving the delegate's term, last- 
 ing six weeks. During his absence he had several 
 calls to the pastorate of churebes. Thinking to still 
 act in the array be accepted the appointment and 
 acted as a delegate for the distribution of sanitary 
 supplies to the hospital, bis jurisdiction extending 
 over Louisville,.Jeffersonville and New Albany, Ind., 
 also having charge of all delegate work in those 
 cities. Twelve months later, on account of his 
 wife's illness be returned to Michigan, only to suffer 
 the bereavement of her death in September, 1864. 
 There had been born to them one child, who died 
 when two years old. 
 
 Still continuing in the ministry, Mr. Hickox was 
 next stationed at Lansing and presided over one 
 congregation eight years. In the fall of 1872 he 
 accepted the chaplaincy of the Michigan State 
 Penitentiary, a position which he has since most 
 ably lilkd. He has been an industrious and efficient 
 worker, and although quite well advanced in years 
 
 may still be found in his office from early morning 
 until late in the evening. It cannot be doubted 
 that he has a conscientious regard for the duties of 
 his office and the responsibilities devolving upon 
 him, and he enjoys the satisfaction of having seen 
 the Michigan State Prison rise to rank among the 
 best of penal institutions in the United States. 
 
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 EDGAR BURNETT. This gentleman is well- 
 known as the Agent of the American Ex- 
 . ' press Company and Merchants' Dispatch 
 
 Transfer Cora pan j" in Jackson, having held the re- 
 sponsible position since 1873, when he first took 
 charge of the business of the American I<;xpress 
 Company here. He entered their employ at the 
 age of seventeen years and soon showed his busi- 
 ness ability and the reliableness of his character, 
 and won the confidence of his emploj'ers. 
 
 Asa Burnett, the father of our subject, was an 
 early settler of Michigan, to which he came in 
 1832, locating in Ann Arbor, where he passed the 
 remainder of bis life. His wife, formerl}' Miss 
 Delinda E. Sias, is still living there; she is a native 
 of New York, and is the mother of four daughters 
 and one son, the latter being the fourth on the 
 family roll. 
 
 Edg.ar Burnelt was born in Ann Arbor, October 
 17, 1849, passing bis early life as a pupil in the 
 public schools of his native city, and early began 
 the battle of life for himself. Upon leaving home 
 his first employment was farm labor, in which he 
 was occupied three years. He then entered the 
 employ of the American Express Company, work- 
 ing for it in Ann Arbor for three years, and then 
 being given a position in Detroit where he remained 
 five years. In December, 1873, he took charge of 
 their interests in Jackson, where he has since re- 
 mained. 
 
 On August 13, 1875, the rites of wedlock were 
 celebrated between Mr. Burnett and Miss Clara G. 
 Jaycocks, in Jackson, the bride being a native of 
 Palmyra, Wis. The parents of the bride had re- 
 moved to that place from Connecticut. Mrs. Bur- 
 nett is an intelligent and estimable woman, under 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 whose control the eo/.y and comfortable residence 
 at No. 331 Blackstone Street proves a true home. 
 The marriage 1ms been blessed by the birth of 
 seven bright children, named respectively: Hattie, 
 Asa M., Grace A., Bart E., Gertrude. Adelaide and 
 Harrj-. 
 
 'ht.A KRCHANT KELLEY is a prominent far- 
 mer and fine stock-raiser, living on section 
 tion 31, Columbia Township. His estate, 
 known as the Columbia Stock Farm, con- 
 sists of one hundred and fort}' acres, which he has 
 owned for many years. LTpon it he has made many 
 improvements of the first class, among them being 
 substantial barns and other convenient buildings, 
 and a fine two-story brick residence, pleasantly lo- 
 cated ;ind furnished in a style befitting the means 
 and taste of the family which occupic? it. Mr. 
 Kelley has given considerable attention to the 
 progressive breeding of stock for eight years, and 
 is the owner of some fine animals. His Perchernn 
 horse, "JIarc Anton}', Jr," is a splendid equine, six 
 years old, and weighing sixteen hundred pounds. 
 He has also four thoroughbred bulls, the chief 
 being "Butterfly of Home." His sheep flock repre- 
 sents .'Shropshire slock and his swine are Berkshires. 
 The gentleman of whom we write was born on the 
 farm now occupied b\- bis father, Nelson Kelley, on 
 section 31, Columbia Township. Eebruarj' 10. 1848. 
 Tlic father is a native of Delaware Count}', N. Y., 
 and the son of Tiiomas N. Kelley. a native of 
 America, but of Irish parentage and descent. 
 Thomas X. Kelley grew to maturity in New York, 
 adopting the occcupation of a farmer. He married 
 Miss Hannali Dangherty, wlio was born and reared 
 in the Empire State. Wiien their son, Nelson, was 
 thirteen years old, Thomas Kelle}- and his wife i-e- 
 moved to Michigan, crossing the lake to Detroit, 
 and thence overland to Lenawee County. JMr. 
 Lenawee secured some Government land on section 
 5. Wo.idstock Township, where he <iied a few 
 montlis later, being then a little past middle life. 
 He was a hard-working, upright man and a sue 
 cessful farmer. His wife siu'vived him, dying 
 about the year 1870, when ((uite old; she was then 
 livinsi with her second husband, who is now deceased. 
 
 Nelson Kelley. the father of onr subject, being 
 left wiliiout a father's care in early youth, lived 
 with ills mother and worked out until he became of 
 age. In the county in which he lived he was mar- 
 ried to Miss JMargaret Brooks, who was born in 
 Delaware County, N. Y., accompanied her parents 
 to Michigan in her girlhood and grew to woman- 
 hood in Lenawee County. After their marriage, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Kelley began life in the way 
 common to new beginners in that early day, con- 
 tent with the moderate belongings, encouragiu'r 
 and aiding each other, and looking forward to a 
 home of ease and comfort in later years. They 
 located on section 31, Columbia Township, this 
 county, where Mr. Kelley owns <me hundred and 
 sixty acres of good land, most of which is thor- 
 oughly improved. He is now sixty-seven years of 
 age, his wife being a few months older. She is a 
 member of the Baptist Church. Of the children 
 born to them, two ai'e still living — our subject 
 and his sister, Eva, wife of J. .S. Flint, living on 
 an eighty -acre tract in the same township. 
 
 Merchant Kelley w.as reared and educated in 
 this county, and in his own township married Miss 
 Nettie Swartout, wliose womanly virtues and accom- 
 plishments won his regard and gain her many 
 friends. She was born August 13, 1844, in Wood- 
 stock Township, Lenawee County, reared and edu- 
 cated there, remaining un<ler the parental roof 
 until her marriage. She is one of eiglit children 
 born to Isaac and Mary A. (Lockwoodj Swarlout, 
 natives of I'lster County, N. Y". After tiieir niai-- 
 riage they came to Michigan, settling on a new 
 farm, whicii was their home during the remainder 
 of their lives, botii dying at a good old age. Mrs. 
 Kelley is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. 
 Kelley and his father are sound Democrats in their 
 |)olitical views. 
 
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 SUa\ ICHAEL LOSEY, a son of one of tlie earli- 
 l\\ est pioneers of this county, belongs to one 
 of its representative families. His par- 
 ents were Oliver and C}iithia (Cadey) Lo- 
 sey, the former of wiiom is now deceased and the 
 
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 latter living with our subject. The Losey family 
 was represented in the Revolutionary War by 
 Jesse, a great-uncle of our subject, who fought 
 under the direct command of Gen. Washington. 
 Oliver Lose}' and his estimable wife were both born 
 in Pennsylvania, and about 1835 came to Michi- 
 gan Territory, locating first in Sandstone Town- 
 ship, Jackson County, where they remained one 
 year. Thence they removed to Ingham County, 
 where they lived several years, and afterward re- 
 turning to this county, settled in Tompkins Town- 
 ship, living tliere also many years. Their next 
 removal was a return to .Sandstone Township, they 
 locating upon the land wliich their son, our sub- 
 ject, now occupies. 
 
 The father of our subject here purchased sixty 
 acres, and performed a large amount of pioneer 
 labor. He was one of the first settlers of Tomp- 
 kins Township, there being only a few houses 
 within. a radius of several miles from the land upon 
 which he located. He was a man much respected 
 in his community, and attained to his threescore 
 years and ten, departing this life December 14, 
 1885. The parental household consisted of twelve 
 children, six of whom are living, viz: Andrew, of 
 Tompkins Township; Michael, our subject; Sarah 
 A., the wife of Harrison Bradford, of Sandstone 
 Township; Phebe, Mrs. Myron Raymond, of Tomp- 
 kins Township; George, also a resident of that 
 township; and Estella, Mrs. Burton Pomeroj'. Mr. 
 Losey was a sound Republican, politically, and 
 bore an enviable reputation for honesty and integ- 
 rity, making for himself a record which his chil- 
 dren are proud to look upon. 
 
 The subject of this sketch spent his boj'hoo<l and 
 youth in a comparatively uneventful manner, learn- 
 ing to till the soil and obtaining such education as 
 the schools of this region afforded. He pursued 
 his first studies in the primitive log sclioolhouse, 
 to which he walked two miles back and forth, at- 
 tending principally during liie winter season. Upon 
 reaching man's estate, he was married, February 13, 
 1859, to Miss Rosalia Raymond, and there were 
 born to them two children — Oliver, who is now a 
 resident of Jackson; and Olive, Mrs. John Losey, 
 of Sandstone Townshi)). Mrs. Rosalia Losey de- 
 parted this life at the homestead, IMarch 24, 1SC4. 
 
 Our subject contracted a second marriage, July 
 12, 1865, with Miss Lucy A. Ra^'mond. This lady 
 was born November 2, 1844, in Sandstone Town- 
 ship, this county, and is the daughter of William 
 and Olive (Stevens) Raj'mond, the former of whom 
 is deceased. Mrs. Raymond subsequently became 
 the wife of AVilliam Vedder, and is represented on 
 anotiicr page in this volume. Mr. Losey by his 
 second marriage became the father of seven chil- 
 dren, five of whom are living, namely: Rosalia, the 
 wife of George Ives, of Jackson ; Michael, Ernest, 
 Ansel and Harrj' are at home with their parents. 
 
 Mr. Losey has eighty acres of choice land in the 
 home farm and ten acres in Tompkins Township. 
 His career has been that of a self-made man, 
 who started out in life dependent upon his 
 own resources, and who has earned a competence 
 simply by his unflagging industrj' and persever- 
 ance. He was trained by his honored father in 
 the doctrines of the Republican party, to which he 
 still loyally adheres. Mr. and Mrs. Losey have 
 seen much of pioneer life in this county, and as 
 peaceable and law-abiding citizens have contributed 
 their full quota to its growth and prosperity. 
 
 CYRUS L. KINGSBURY. One of the most 
 , flourishing business establishments of Jack- 
 ' son is tliat carried on by the firm of Kings- 
 bury, Helling & Co., wholesale dealers in fruits, 
 tobacco, oysters and canned goods. They not only 
 have a good trade in Michigan, but their busi- 
 ness extends in two or three States, and they em- 
 plo}' two men as traveling salesmen. Their place 
 of business is No. 139, West Pearl Street, where 
 the genial proprietors, even in their busiest honrs, 
 find time fur a pleasant word with their friends. 
 
 The senior member of the above firm was born 
 at Cassopolis, Cass County, Mich., February 4, 
 1864, being the second son of Asa and Jane (Mor- 
 ris) Kingsbury. His father was born in Massa- 
 chusettts and his mother in New York. During 
 his early life Asa Kingsburjf was a farmer, but 
 later in life was engaged in the banking business, 
 at the time of his death being one of the princi- 
 
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 pal stockholders in llic First National Bank at Cas- 
 sopolis. Me hreatlieil his last in 188.'), Iiis widcjvv 
 survivintr until 1887. Their family comprised five 
 sons and ci^ht daughters, twelve of whom ari' now 
 living and all in the State of Michigan. 
 
 Cyrus L. Kingsbury obtained his education in 
 the schools of Cassopolis, and began his mercantile 
 experience as a clerk in the store of Herrington & 
 Smith in that city. With that firm he remained 
 about twelve months, after which he formed a co- 
 jiarlnersliip with his l)rother, (Jeorge M., in a gen- 
 eral store. Four years later he sold his interest, 
 and in October, 1881, came to .laclison. Here he 
 entered into a partnersiiip with Charles C. Helling, 
 under the firm name before noted, and embarked 
 in the business which has grown to such im|)orl.'int 
 financial interest. 
 
 An important slei) in the life of Mr. Kingsbnr}- 
 was consummated February 5, 1884, vfhen he be- 
 came the husband of Miss Clara H., daughter of 
 Henry W. Richards, of Dowagiac, Mich., a young 
 ladj' whose grace ."ind culture, combined with lur 
 agreeable disposition, are well calculated to make a 
 happy home. Mr. Kingsbury is a member of Jack- 
 son Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M., Jackson Cha[)- 
 ter No. 3, and Jackson Commandery, No. 9, 
 Knight Templars. Politically, he is a Democrat. 
 
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 #^ 
 
 « IMLLIAM C. LOVE. Worthy of considera- 
 \^f ble mention as a pioneer of Jackson County- 
 's^ as well as a prominent agriculturist and 
 stock-raiser, is the gentleman wiili whose name we 
 initiate this sketch. He dates his residence here 
 from the year 1 834. when in his early manhood, hcae- 
 companied his father to the then unimproved West. 
 His iileasant homestead is located on sections 1 1 
 and 13, Columbia Township, and comprises one 
 hundred and ninety-eight acres of land. Since 
 coming to this county he has improved and cleared 
 two hundred and thirtj- acres of land, part of which 
 has been disposed of. The estite is thoroughly 
 equipped with those structures that go to beautify 
 and make comfortable a rural liomcstead, and all 
 have been erected by Mr. Lore. 
 
 In the second generation preceding our subject. 
 
 the direct line of paternal ancestry is represented 
 by John Love, a native of the Em|)ire State and a 
 farmer by occupation. He was a cousin of the 
 •.veil-known .ludge Love, of Buffalo. N. V., and 
 was reared in his native .State where he married 
 Anna Burnett, a native of Connecticut and of New- 
 England stock: she had come to New York when a 
 young woman and there met her future husband, at 
 that limea prominent young man. A nuinl)erof years 
 after his marriage, John Love took a large contract 
 on the Erie Canal, to furnish twenty-four hun<!red 
 tons of stone to Imild a lock near Aul)urn, N.Y. The 
 distance, seven miles, over whicl; the material h.ad 
 to be conveyed, made the job one of consideraljle 
 importance. He and his son Calvin worked hard 
 to fullill the contract and the Lather, over exerting 
 himself, died very suddenly, before he could be 
 taken to his home in Cayuga County, some twenty' 
 miles distant. He was but little past middle age 
 and the most of his life had lieen spent as a farmei'. 
 His wife survived him many years, dying in Ithaca. 
 N. Y., when nearly one hundred years old. Both 
 were members of the Baptist Church. Thc3- had a 
 family of eleven children, all but two of whom 
 lived to rear families, and all are now deceased. 
 
 Calvin Love, the father of our subject, was born 
 in the Empire State, growing to maturity in Wash- 
 ington County. He there married Miss Rhoda 
 Moore, a native of Washington County, where her 
 father, William Jloore, a prominent farmer died at 
 quite an advanced .age. After the birth of their 
 first child, our subject, Jlr. and Mrs. Calvin Love 
 removed to Tompkins Countj', and a few years 
 later to Cayuga County. There thej- were living 
 when the canal contract at Auburn w.as taken and 
 after the death of their father, Calvin Love and 
 his brothers completed the contract. For some 
 years following he carried on farm work in the 
 same county and then removed to Erie County, 
 living in Buffalo a year, and then going to a farm 
 in Newsted Township, on the old Buffalo and 
 Alban}' Road. 
 
 In the spring of 1834, Calvin Love and his family 
 went to Buffalo, thence crossed the lake to Detroit, 
 Mich., and thence up through a sparsely settled 
 country, over mufldy roads but sligiitlj- traveled, 
 to the town of Clinton. There the family sojourned 
 
408 
 
 PORTliAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 for a time while the subject of this sketch returned 
 witli theii' horses to Detroit for a load of goods 
 left behind. During liis absence the fatiierand the 
 second son, Thomas, walked to Brooklyn, this 
 county, to look for land. Some old New York 
 State friends had a short time before come to this 
 locality, and they preferred, if the i)rosi)ects were 
 favorable, to make their home in the same vicinity. 
 At that time there were but two buildings in Brook- 
 lyn, four or five log cabins at Napoleon, and no 
 house between the two. The land, which still be- 
 longed to the Government, bore its primeval ap- 
 pearance anil was known as oak openings. 
 
 Calvin Love soon decided where he would [ire- 
 em pt a homestead, and secured a choice piece of 
 land one mile north of Brooklyn — then called 
 Swausville. The laud had to be entered at the 
 Government laud office in Monroe, and the money 
 necessary to pay for it was entrusted to the second 
 son, Thomas, who went on foot to Monroe and se- 
 cured the Government patent. The first tract of 
 land comprised eighty acres on section 13, to which 
 an eighty adjoining was subsequently added, the 
 quarter section afterward being the scene of the 
 labors of Calvin Love until his death. In the 
 summer of IH34 tlie family located on their claim 
 whicli was adorned by a log cabin. During the 
 summer ground was l)roken and a ••patch'" planted 
 to potatoes which produced a supply of this food 
 for the ensuing 3'ear. Notwithstanding their primi- 
 tive manner of life, or perhaps because the famil}^ 
 circle was drawn more closely together b}' the pri- 
 vations they endured, the home was a very happy 
 one, especially prior to the death of the father. 
 That sad event took place some fifteen years after 
 his arrival in Michigan, he being then fifty -seven 
 years of age. He had lived only to see the country 
 commence a prosperous growth, but was not spared 
 to witness the height of its development. He was 
 a man of great energy, generous and kind to all, 
 and a loving husband and father. His wife sur- 
 vived him some years, dying when quite old at the 
 home of a daughter in Adiian. She had been a 
 true wife, a loving mother, and a good neighbor. 
 Both were meraliers of the Baptist Church, of which 
 Mr. Love was an officer. 
 
 Wdliani C. Love, of vvhom we write, was born 
 
 in Washington County, N. Y., January 23, 1813. 
 He and his sister Maria are the only survivors in a 
 familj' which once comprised six members, five 
 brothers and one sister. The latter is the wife of 
 Daniel Welch, a money-loaner and well-to do resi- 
 dent of Adrian. After coming to Michigan our 
 subject worked with his father for two years, re- 
 ceiving sixty acres of the iiomestead for his services, 
 and at once beginning to farm on his own account; 
 afterward he increased his landed possessions to the 
 amount before mentioned and brought his present 
 farm to a high state of cultivation and improve- 
 ment. He was first married in P^rie County, N. Y., 
 to Miss Mary Boyers, a native of that countj' and 
 the daughter of a farmer. In 1835 she came to 
 Michigan to join her husband, and from that time 
 until her death in 1886, by her counsels and per- 
 sonal efforts aided him in the ui^building of his 
 fortunes and his duties as a citizen. She was the 
 mother of one living child, Helen A., wife of Judson 
 Freeman, one of the keepers of the State prison at 
 Jackson. When called from time to eternity she 
 was sixty-eight j'ears old, and her death was 
 mourned by a large circle of acquaintances. 
 
 The subject of this notice contracted a second 
 matrimonial alliance, in the township which is his 
 home, his bride being Mrs. Hannah llarlwell up.: 
 Parmenter, a native of New York, who came to 
 Michigan when quite young. She is a sister of 
 Mrs. Ruth H(.>agland and a full history of the Par- 
 menter family will be found in the sketch of J. B. 
 Iloagland. Her marriage with. Ilarman Hartwell 
 resulted in the birth of three cliildren: Klleu, 
 Henry and Melissa. She died at her home in this 
 township in 1887, being then in middle life. 
 
 Mr. Love w.as a third time married, the ceremou}- 
 being performed in his township and his companion 
 being Mrs. Lucy Love nee Gallap, She was born 
 in Erie County, N. Y., December 0, 1828, to Gard- 
 ner .T. and Polly S. (Crego) Galla[). When slie was 
 but six years old her parents came to Michigan, 
 locating in Columbia Township, this county, where 
 the father died in 184G, at the age of forty-four 
 years. His widow is still living, having now 
 reached the advanced age of eighty- four 3'ears, and 
 making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Ed. 
 Pratt. Mrs. Lucy Love was reareil and educated 
 
PORTRAIT AND lilOURAPHICAL ALBLM. 
 
 409 
 
 in lliis towiisliip. hecoining the wile of Samuel 
 Love, !i younger l)iotlier of our sulijoct, who died 
 al his home on the old honiestea<l January 2 1. 1872. 
 lie was then lifty-four years old. He left his widow 
 with two children, Rlioda M., wife of lilhelbert 
 Looniis, who is now living on the old Love home- 
 stead, and G. rercy, who is a clerk in the store of 
 Mr. Kiinis. of Hrooklyn, and who married !\Iiss 
 Nellie .Murney of that eity. 
 
 .Mr. Love is a staneh liepuhlican and was for- 
 merly a Whig. lie is a man of stanch ideas and 
 one to he relied ui)On whenever he has arrived .at a 
 decision. With an intelligent eonceplion of his 
 duties as a citizen, a feeling of good will toward 
 mankiu<l, and a deep regard for his own family, he 
 endeavors to hunnrahly fullill all the duties that 
 devolve upon him, and in so doing he gains the 
 respect of those with whom he conies in contact. 
 Mrs. Love helongs to the I$ai)tislChurch, of which 
 her former husband was .a memljcr. She possesses 
 such traits of* eliar.acter as have gained for her the 
 respect and good will of the entire community. A 
 portrait of .Mr. Love accompanies his personal 
 sketch. 
 
 OIIN AV. srKWART, a resident of Jack- 
 son, has been for a quarter of a conlur)- a 
 faithful and valued employe of the Michi- 
 gan Central Railway C'onipanj'. and is at 
 present engaged in running a stationarv engine at 
 the building de[)artment. He is a competent en- 
 gineer, trusted by his employers, and thoroughly 
 understands the business in which he has had so 
 much experience. He is generally rcs[)ected by all 
 who know him for his many good quaiilics, and 
 stands well in the community. 
 
 James Stewart, the grandfather of our subject, 
 came from his native Scotland in Colonial times, 
 and settling in \'irglnia, spent his last days in that 
 Slate. He threw in his fortunes with the Colonists, 
 and did patriotic service in the Revolutionary 
 War. Ills son. William Stewart, was born and 
 reared in the Old Dominion, and early learned the 
 trade of a saddlei'. Removing to Kentucky when 
 a \oung man. he formed a partnershii) with another 
 
 gentleman :ind manufactured saddles in Lexington. 
 In 183G he removed with teams to ludi.ana and 
 became a pioneer of Montgfjmery County, where 
 he bo. .gill a tract of laud |)artly improved and 
 provided with a log house and stable. He soon 
 turned his attention to the stud}' of niedicine, for 
 
 ; which he had a natural taste, and practiced it until 
 his useful career was closed by his premature di^ath. 
 in 1839. His wife bore the maiden name of Susan 
 
 i .Stone, and was by birth a Virginian anil a ilaugli- 
 ter of John Stone, who was of Knglish descent. She 
 ilied on llu' houw farm, near ( 'lawi'cu ilsville. Iiiil.. 
 in \x:>6. 
 
 Lexington, Fayette Connlv, Ky., was the t'arly 
 
 j home of our subject, and there he was born A|)ril 
 28, 1828. At the age of eight years he accom- 
 panied his parents from the pleasant homestead of 
 his birth to the wilds of Indiana. He atten<led the 
 l)ioneer schools of that State that were first con- 
 ducted in a log cabin. As soon .as laige enough, 
 he had to assist in the cultivation of the farm, and 
 proved to be an industrious and able assistant as 
 the years rolled on. Me lived with his mother 
 until he was seventeen years old, and then com- 
 menced to learn the trade of a saddler at Crawfords- 
 ville, and worked at it until he was eighteen, wher. 
 his employer failed. He was subsequently employed 
 at various occupations until he was twenty years 
 old, when he went to Covington to learn the shoe- 
 maker's trade. He followed that calling in In- 
 diana until 18.J9, when he removed to Michigan, 
 making shoes in Marshall one year and then in 
 Battle Creek two years. At the expiration of that 
 time ho returned to Marshall, and was there em- 
 [iloycd as foreman in a shoe store until 18(!.j. In 
 that year he entered the employ of the Michigan 
 Central Railro.id Companj- as fireman, acting in 
 that capacity about four years, when he was pro- 
 moted to l)e engineer. He was thus engageel on 
 the road until 1887, and since that time h.is worked 
 at the shops, where he is now running a stationary 
 engine. 
 
 Mr. Stewart has been twice married; the nnnic 
 of his first wife was .Martha Lacy, who bore him 
 two children, the youngest of whom died in in- 
 fancy, .lames O. married Nora Walters, and lives 
 in Brainerd. .\Iiiiu. He is an engineer on the North- 
 
410 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ern Pacific Railwaj-. Mr. (Stewart contracted a 
 second niarriacre with Miss Lizzie S. Lathrop, In' 
 ^/liich be has three children — Kate M., Willie D. 
 and Charles H., all of whom are well established in 
 life. Kate married Lansing II. Cobb, and they have 
 two children. Walter and Bessie; Willie is an en- 
 gineer on the Northern Pacific Railwaj% and makes 
 his home in St. Panl; Charles formerly- traveled for 
 the Northwestern Electric Light and Construction 
 Company, and is Superintendent of the Sprague 
 Electric Railway Company, with headquarters at 
 Portland, Ore. 
 
 The maiden name of the mother of Mrs. Stewart 
 was Sarah Keyes, and she was the daughter of Sol- 
 omon Keyes, an extensive farmer of Cambridge, 
 Vt., where he spent his last days. The paternal 
 grandfather of Mrs. Stewart was also a Cambridge 
 farmer and died in that pleasant Vermont town. 
 Mrs. Stewart was Init five years 'ild when her par- 
 ents died, and she was taken to New York City to 
 live with an uncle. There being no railways con- 
 necting Vermont with New York City, the journey 
 was made by stage to Troy, and thence by the 
 Hudson River on a steamer to her destination. 
 Mrs. Stewart remained with her uncle for two 
 years, but cit}' life did not agree with the little 
 girl, who pined for the fresh air of her native hills. 
 She was, therefore, sent back to the Green Moun- 
 tain State to make her home with an aunt, at first 
 in Cambridge. Her relative soon removed to 
 Guildhall, and thence to Newbury, where Mrs. 
 Stewart was reared to womanhood. In 1855 she 
 went to Indiana to live vvith her brother in Cov- 
 ington. She is a lady possessing most estimable 
 traits of character, and is highly respected in the 
 coinrauuity. Mr. Stewart is a stanch Republican, 
 and in the ranks of that organization is prominent 
 and influential. 
 
 * I^ILLIAM WATTS, the son of a pioneer 
 \rJ/! of Leoni Township, was reared and edu- 
 ^^^ cated within its bordeis and is now num- 
 bered among the most desiiable citizens of the 
 community, as he is an intelligent, straightforward. 
 
 diligent man, managing his affairs with discretion. 
 He has been varionsl}' connected with the indus- 
 tries of the count}', and is at present eng.aged in 
 raising seeds, and is making a financial success of 
 this venture. 
 
 He w.as born in the town of Royalton, about 
 twelve miles from Cleveland, Ohio, October, 6, 
 1848. His father, Robert Watts, was born in En- 
 gland in 179G, married there and there lived until 
 1844, when he emigrated to this country with his 
 wife and eleven children. He first located in Oiiio, 
 and was engaged in farming thereuntil 1853, when 
 he crossed the line and located in Jackson County 
 among the iiioneors of Leoni Township, where he 
 bought a tract of partly improved land and moved 
 into the log house that stood on the place. With the 
 esce|)tion of two years' residence in Jackson he 
 made his home here the remainder of bis life, dying 
 at a ripe old age in October, 1882. He was a 
 man of more than ordinary intelligence, a great 
 reader, and well posted on all subjects of general 
 interest. In the development of a good farm, on 
 which he erected a neat set of frame buildings and 
 otherwise improved it. he performed his share in 
 the upbuilding of the township, and bis name will 
 ever be held in reverence as that of a worthy pio- 
 neer, lie was twice married; the first time in his 
 native land to Sarah Cook, who was also born in 
 England. She died in Ohio two months after their 
 arrival in this country. Ten of their children were 
 reared to maturitj* — Robert, James, Ann, Sarah, 
 William, Susan, Elizabeth, John, Emma and Cook. 
 Their son Thomas died at the age of six months. 
 The maiden name of Mr. Watts' mother was Susan 
 Teachout, and she was born in the State of New 
 York April 1, 1819. Her father, Abraham Teach- 
 out, was a farmer and resided in different parts of 
 that State, finally moving to Ohio about 1837 and 
 settling in Cuyahoga County, where he bought land 
 in the town of Royalton. Later he moved to Liv- 
 erpool, in Medina County, and there the rest of his 
 life was passed. The maiden name of his wife was 
 Clarissa Troop, and she was, it is thought, a native 
 of Connecticut, her last days being Sjient in Niag- 
 ara County, N. Y. There were four children born 
 to the father of our subject in his last marriage, as 
 follows: Lucius, Eliza, William and Ida. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BKXJ RAPIIICAL ALBUM. 
 
 411 
 
 Williiim was five years old when his parents 
 brought him to tliis Stale. He gleaned a good 
 education in the district school, and oarl^- com- 
 menced to help his father in the hihors of the farm. 
 He remained with his p.irents until lie was eigliteen 
 and then began to learn tlie trade of a wagon- 
 maker. He followed that and carpentering a part 
 of the time, and also engaged in farming some until 
 18V1. In tliat year he erected a flourmill on sec- 
 tion 16,linown as the Wild Cat Flouring Mill, and 
 he operated it, mai<iiig money out of it, tliree j'ears. 
 At the expiration of that time he fold to his part- 
 ner, Daniel Boj'nton, for a good sum. In tlie 
 meantime he had located where lie now resides, and 
 iiad commenced raising secfis, which business lie 
 found so profitable that he conchuled to devote his 
 whole time to it, and hence sold the mill. 
 
 In October, 1873, by his marriage with Miss 
 Kann^' Taber, he secured tlie co-0|)eration of a 
 cai)abie and energetic wife to as:;ist him in the 
 upbuilding of a liome. Mrs. Watts is a native of 
 Livingston Countj', N. Y., and a daughter of Con- 
 sider Taber, who was born in the same State, his 
 birthplace being in AYestehester Count}-. He was 
 reared and married in his native State, and having 
 learned the lilacksniith trade he located in the vil- 
 liige of York. Livingston County, and there iKjiight 
 a liouse and lot, also a shop, and established him- 
 self at his calling. He remained there until 18G.5, 
 when he sold his property and came to Michigan. 
 He bought the farm where his widow and her 
 daughter and daughter's husband now reside, and 
 in turning his attention to agricultural pursuits he 
 proveil himself to be as good a farmer as he was 
 a skillful mechanic. There was a small frame house 
 on the place when he bought it, liut he replaced it 
 by a more coraniodions residence and a fine set of 
 buildings, lie was twice married, the maiden name 
 of his second wife, Mrs. Taber, having been Sus- 
 anna Johnston. ,She was born in NortlumiberLind, 
 Saratoga County. N. Y.. March 10, 1810, being a 
 daughter of Andrew .lohnston, a native of Scot- 
 land. His father, Peter Johnston, was born in 
 Dundee. Scotland, and emigrated from there to 
 Aniciica in Colonial times, accompanied by his wife 
 and two cliildren. He settled in the town of Wil- 
 ton. Saratoga Countv. anci was among its earliest 
 
 settlers, and there clc:inil a larcn In Ihu wildernt js, 
 where his life was brought to a close at a good old 
 age. Mrs. Walts' grandfather was ten j'ears old 
 wlun he erosseil the Atlantic with his parents, and 
 'le was reared and married in Saratoga County. He 
 bought a tract of land there on the bank of the 
 Hudson River, in the township of Northumberland, 
 the land having been confiscated b}- the Slate from 
 the Tories. The remainder of his life was spent in 
 the home that he built up there with the aid of his 
 wife. Her maiden name was Susanna Ililmans; she 
 was born in M.assachusetts on Martha's Yine3'ard 
 Island and died on her husband's farm in Saratoga 
 County. 
 
 Mr. Watts is a man of frank, pleasant bearing, 
 and not onlj' self-helpful, but willing to aid others 
 who need assistance, and thus in neighborly kind- 
 ness establishing his right to the esteem which is 
 accorded him in this community where the most of 
 his life has been passed. 
 
 ^ t; RS. OLIYE VKDDKU. In the settlement 
 /// \\\ "f ^ "'^"' counti-y the pioneer wives and 
 
 mothers bore a conspicuous part, and in 
 manyeases it was through their courage and 
 devotion that the husbands, fathers and brothers 
 were enabled to maintain their position and fight the 
 battle to a successful issue. The lady with whose 
 name we introduce this sketch is widely and favor- 
 ably known in Sandstone Township as a widow of 
 two of its prominent pioneers, both of whom were 
 men of standing in their community, making for 
 themselves a good record and leaving to their fami- 
 lies an honest name. She was born November 26, 
 1813, in New York, and is the daughter of Seneca 
 and Mary ((irei']!) Stevens, who were likewise na- 
 tives of that Stale. 
 
 Whih; yet in her girlhood Miss Stevens removed 
 with her parents from her birthpl.ace to Genesee 
 County, N. Y., where she was reared to woman- 
 hood. >She enjoyed only limited educational arl- 
 vantages, hut was trained in all useful housewifely 
 duties and eminently fitted to be IIk- partner of a 
 good man. She was first married in (ienesee 
 
412 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPUHJAL ALBUM. 
 
 Comity, N. Y., December 12, 1831, to William 
 Raymond, a native of her own State, land by wliom 
 sbc became tlie motlier of eleven children. Six of 
 these are living: Riimina Ijecame tlie wife of John 
 Losey and Irbey are living at^ the liomestead in 
 Sandstone Townsliip; Clarissa J. is the wife of Gor- 
 don Slandish, of 'roin|)liins Township;' Cliloe mar- 
 ried Henry Losey, and lived in Tompkins Town- 
 sliip; Lucy is the wife of JMiehael Losey. and they 
 live in Sandstone Township; Susannah, Sirs. John 
 Frazier, is a resident of Hanover Township; Phi- 
 delia married vVaron Raymond, and has her home 
 in Lil)erty Township. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond in 1856, leaving their 
 native State, emigrated to this county and Mr. 
 Raymond inirehased over two hundred acres of 
 Government land, paying therefore •"jl.25 per acre. 
 The nearest land office was at Monroe and he went 
 thither to obtain his title. They commenced on tiie 
 new farm in tiue pioneer stjle and there the wife 
 and mother has since lived. Mr. Raymond de- 
 parted this life March 7, 18C5. He was a man of 
 strict honesty, industrious and enterprising, po- 
 ■sessed more than ordinar3' intelligence and was 
 highly respected by all who knew him. He was a 
 Republi'jan politically, and in religion had identi- 
 fied himself with the Baptist Church. His death 
 was mourned not only by his immediate family, 
 but the entire communit}'. He left to his widow 
 a valuable estate, includmg two hundred and eighty 
 acres of land which she still owns and occupies. 
 After (laying for his land Mr. Raymond had only 
 money enough left to buy two cows and three yoke 
 of oxen. Later as lie grew prosperous he was at 
 one time the owner of five hundred acres of land, 
 a part of which he gave to his children. 
 
 On the 16th of August. 1872, Mrs. Raymond 
 was joined in wedlock with William Vedder, also a 
 pioneer of this county. Mr. Vedder was a na- 
 tive of New York State, and departed this life at 
 what is familiarly known as the old Raymond 
 homestead in June, 1876. He was a lifelong farmer 
 by occupation, a Republican in politics, and after 
 his marriage with Mrs. Raymond looked after the 
 operations of the farm during tlie few short years 
 he was permitted to live. 
 
 Grandma Vedder is known far and wiilc and is a 
 
 great favorite among both old and young. She 
 has for many years been a consistent member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church and lias always 
 sought to do a kindly act as she has had the oppor- 
 tunity. One of her grandsons, John J. Losey, re- 
 sides on the farm and is conducting it in the 
 old-time successful manner. Mr. Losey was born 
 in Sandstone Township, this county. Ma}' 22, 1859, 
 and is the son of Henry Lose}* one of its worthiest 
 pioneers. He was married in 1855 to Miss Olive 
 C. Losey, a cousin, and the daugliter of Michael 
 Losey, one of the early settlers of Sandstone Town- 
 sliip. Mr. Losey owns eighty acres in Tompkins 
 Township. Politically, he is a sound Republican. 
 
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 *;E()RG1<: COTTON. The subject of this 
 notice is a genuine type of the sturdy, 
 honest Englishman, who came to America 
 with the ex[)ectatiou of bettering his fortunes and 
 who is in full S3'mpathy with Uncle Sam's system 
 of Government. His diligence and perseverance 
 have met w^ith their merited reward and we find 
 him the owner of a snug homestead on section 36, 
 Sandstone Township, surrounded by the comforts 
 of life and with a competence for his declining- 
 years. 
 
 The native place of our subject was in Stafiford- 
 shire and the date of his birth December 17, 1842. 
 His father, James Cotton, likewise of English birth 
 and ancestry, spent his entire life on his native soil, 
 dying in 1888. The mother is still living in Staf- 
 fordshire. Of the children born to her and her 
 husband seven are living. George was reared 
 to inanliood in his native shire receiving very lim- 
 ited advantages, but being largely self-educated 
 and obtaining the most of his liook knowledge by 
 reading, since couiing to this count}-. 
 
 Mr. Cotton when a lad of ten yenrs went into 
 the coal mines of .Staffordshire where he worked 
 until a man nearly twenty-five years old. In the 
 meantime he was married, March 6, 1864, to Miss 
 Eliza Hurley, who was born May 24, 1842, in Staf- 
 fordshire, as was her husband. Her parents, John and 
 Elizabeth (Christopher) Hurley, the latter of whom 
 
POUrUAlT A^M) niOGRAPIIICAL ALBUM. 
 
 413 
 
 is (loceaseil, worn natives of Eiijjliinil and lier fallier 
 has all Ills lite l)een engagi'd in niininir. Tlioru 
 wfio born lo !Mi'. and Mr.s. C(itl.on in ICngland two 
 children, .lolm .Land (icorge, and then liiey decideci 
 u|K)n eniigiating lo America. In the fall of 1868, 
 taking passage at Liver])ool on an ocean steamer, 
 they were landed ten or eleven days later at Castle 
 (iardcn, N. V., and tlicnce cauie directly to this 
 State. Not heing very generously provided with 
 means, Mr. Cotton at once sought employment with 
 the Woodville Coal Company and was engaged in 
 mining coal by the car in the same mine four3-ears. 
 I>atcr he worked in the .laekson mines seven years. 
 
 In the spring of 1879, Mr. Cotton settled on liis 
 present farm, which comi)rises sixtj'-four acres of 
 choice land. This he has thoroughly tilled and 
 erected u])' n it substantial buildings. His e.xcellent 
 wife has been his efficient helnmate in all his toils 
 and struggles and deserves ecpial mention with him 
 in the labors which have resulted in the possession 
 of a home and a competence for liis declining 
 years. IJoth aie members in good standing of the 
 Episcopal Church and are iiighl}' esteemed among 
 their neighbors. I'pon becoming a voting citizen 
 Mr. Cotton identified himself with the Hepublican 
 party, of whose jjrinciples he is a warm defender. 
 lie is identified with the Ancient Order of United 
 Workmen of Jackson, also the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows. 
 
 After coming to this country there were born to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Cotton five more children besides 
 .John .1. and George, these latter being Edwin, who 
 died when fourteen months old; Samuel, William, 
 -loseiih and Mary. 
 
 60RNELIUS W. VINING, deceased, was 
 , one of the old settlers of Columbia Town- 
 _ ' ship, and a prominent and successful farmer- 
 He was a hard working, earnest man, extremely 
 honest and upright, and had liecome very well 
 known to a large number of the residents in this 
 part of the county, enjoying their esteem and con- 
 fidence, His death took place at his home on sec- 
 
 tion 30, Eebruary 1, 1883, when he was upwards of 
 threescore and ten years of age. 
 
 Mr. A'ining was born in New York, was there 
 reared and educated, early in life becoming thor- 
 oughly acquainted with farming, %vhich he deter- 
 mined to make his life work. AVhile living in 
 Cattaraugus Count}', he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Zipporah Clark and the d.ay following — 
 M.ay 10, 1838 — the young couple set out for the 
 new country of Michigan, traveling overland and 
 by water to this county, where they took up a tract 
 of Government land and began their wedded life. 
 
 The land which ^Ir. Mning chose consisted of 
 an entire section in Columbia Township, at the 
 foot of Clark's Lake, where, living in the style of 
 the limes, he began his improvements, ably assisted 
 by his (companion, who proved herself a true help- 
 mate. The greater part of his land w.is brought 
 to a good state of im|)rovement when Mr. Vining 
 became a member of the Fourier Association which 
 was organized on a plan of equality among its 
 members, and they as a colony settled in Kalam.azoo 
 County. Two years later the society disorganized 
 and Mr. Vining joined the Indiana Community, 
 sometimes known as the La Grange Association, 
 s|)cnding five years in La Grange County, Ind. 
 
 At the end of this i)eriod that association dis- 
 banded and Mr. A'ining returned to Michigan, 
 securing two hundred and twenty-three acres in 
 Columbia and Liberty Townships, where he spent 
 the romaindor of his life, his home being in Co- 
 lumbia Townshiji. This he lived to make a place 
 of comfort and pleasant surroundings, accumulating 
 a suflicienc}' of this world's goods to ensure freedom 
 from want to the faithful woman who had for so 
 many years been his cherished companion, and 
 leaving behind him a name which can be remem- 
 bered with pleasure. 
 
 The natal day of Mrs. Vining was March 2!), 
 1818, and her place of birth Newsted Township, 
 Erie Count}-, N. Y. She was rcaied and educated 
 there, being the recipient of careful training. Iler 
 father, the lion. .Vrciiibald Clark, was oiip of the 
 prominent men of the Empire State, where he had 
 faith full}' and ably served his constituency in the 
 Legislative halls, and in other capacities had served 
 his fellow men and won their regard, A fuller av- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 count of his life will be found in the biography of 
 J. D. Cbiik who is represented elsewhere in this 
 work. He died when his daughter of whom we 
 speak, was but four years old. 
 
 Mrs. Viiiing is a woman of much abilitj' and 
 many noble traits of character, numbering among 
 her friends many of the best people in this section. 
 Slie is still living on the farm around which many 
 memories cluster. Although seventy-two years of 
 age, her liair is but slightly tinged with the frost 
 of time and she is siill a bright eyed, active and 
 intelligent woman. Her religious belief is that of 
 the Universalist Church. Mrs.Vining is the mother 
 of eleven children, ten sons and one daughter, 
 of whom eight lived to maturity. They are all 
 married. 
 
 ANIEL P. CREGO is the owner and occu- 
 pant of a pleasant farm located on section 
 12, Columbia Township. It comprises 
 ninety-four acres, which were taken from 
 tlie Government by the father of our subject in 
 1835. It is well improved, a substaii^al and com- 
 modious residence and good barns being included in 
 the line of buildings which adorn it. It is de- 
 voted to the purpose of general farming, and lias 
 been the scene of successful labois of both father 
 and son. 
 
 John Crego, the father of our subject, was a na- 
 tive of Dutchess County, N. Y.. the son of a 
 fanner who liore the same name, and who spent his 
 life in his native State. The mother of our subject 
 was a native of Vermont, and bore the maiden 
 name of Jeanette Paddock, the family from wiiich 
 she descended haviug been associated with the 
 history of the New England States for many years. 
 While following her profession as a teacher in 
 P^rie County, N. Y., she made the acquaintance of 
 her future husband, John Crego. After their mar- 
 riage thej- settled on a farm in that county, re- 
 maining there until after the birth of three children. 
 They then, in the spring of 1835, emigrated to 
 Michigan, settling on a new farm, which i\Ir. Crego 
 brought to quite a good stale of improvement, and 
 
 which has since been still more thoroughly im- 
 proved bj" his son, our subject. 
 
 Nine years after their removal to this State, Mrs. 
 Crego was called from time to eternity, leaving 
 five children — the first is Nancy, who is now living 
 in Lawrence Township, Van Buren County, and 
 unmarried; the second is Poll}', wife of Ilarrj' 
 Gates, now living on a farm in the same township; 
 the third is the subject of this sketch: the fourth is 
 Aaron, who married Dimia Nash, and lives on a 
 farm in Columbia Township, this county; and the 
 fifth died in infancy. 
 
 The father of our subject contracted a second 
 matrimonial alliance, taking as his wife Mrs. Han- 
 nah Perkins, nop Russell, who was born in the 
 Empire State, and there married John Perkins, 
 with whom she removed to Brooklyn, Mich. Mr. 
 Perkins died leaving five children. Mrs. Ilanuali 
 Crego died in Van Buren County, Mich., when 
 seventy-five years old, having survived her hus- 
 band, John Crego, some time. She left one child 
 as a result of the second marriage, Nettie, wife of 
 Frank Randall, a carpenter living in Van Buren 
 County. The death of John Crego occurred in 
 18G3, vvhen he had attained to the advanced age of 
 seventy-eight years. 
 
 The gentl(Mnan whose name initiates this sketch 
 was born in Clarence Township, Erie County, 
 N. Y., March 'lA, 1834, and was yet an infant 
 when his parents removed to this State. After the 
 death of his mother, which occurred during his 
 boyhood, he was reared liy his father, with whom 
 he remained until his marriage. That interesting 
 event took place in Columliia Townsliip in 18G3, 
 his chosen companion being Miss Otilla Nash. The 
 bride was born in New York, Februar}' 26. 1843, 
 .and came to this State when quite ^'oung, growing 
 to womanhood in the township, where she was liv- 
 ing at the time of her marriage. (For the full 
 family history see biograpli}' of Alphonzo Nash.) 
 She has borne her husband five children, two of 
 whom, Nellie G. and Minnie, still gladden the 
 parental fireside. The first born, John L., married 
 Miss Ida Wordon. of Stockbridge, Ingram Count3% 
 and is engaged in tilling the soil in Columbia Town- 
 ship; the second son and child, Harry A., lives on 
 a farm in Napoleon Township, this county, his wife 
 
PORTRAIT AND RIOGkaPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 being Miss Ilattie Baivcr; Nelson D. died at the 
 aye of three 3'ears, six montiis and twent3-tive days. 
 Mr. Crcgo casts liis ballot for tiie candidates of 
 the Democratic part}-, in whose principles he is a 
 believer. He and his wife are classed among the 
 worthy citizens, the active and intelligent members 
 of the farming community, and receive their due 
 measure of refiicct from all those with whom they 
 come in contact. 
 
 UILLIAM S. CULVER. A cursory view of 
 the business establishments of Brooklyn 
 ^5^^ reveals a creditable degree of enterprise 
 among its dealers and also proves t.he fact that one 
 of its most prominent and successful merchants is 
 he with whose name we introduce this sketch. The 
 firm, which was organized under the title of W. S. 
 Culver & Co., in January. 1888, has an annual 
 trade of more than §35,000 and carries a fine as- 
 sortment of general merchandise. Their store is a 
 conveniently arranged and substantial structure of 
 brick and occupies the same site where INIr. Culver 
 has lieen in business for many years. All of his 
 active life lias been passed in merchandising either 
 on his own account or as a clerk and manager for 
 others; he lias, then fore, acquired and practiced 
 the most honorable and successful business methods 
 as well as those genial and pleasing manners in- 
 separable from a prosperous career as a merchant. 
 Mr. Culver is a native of this county, in which 
 his i)arents and grandparents were early settlers. 
 ■Jhc latter were Martin and Polly (King) Culver, 
 the former of whom was born in New York in 
 1782. lie came West with his family in 1838, set- 
 tling on new land in what is now Columbia Town- 
 ship, this county, an<l where he died in 18.JG. Mrs. 
 Culver died in lirooklyn at the age of eighty-six 
 years. .She was an active member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church and a very devout woman. 
 Cyrus Culver, son of this worthy couple, w.as born 
 in Augusta, N. Y.. in 1812, and was reared and 
 educated in his native Slate, where he began life as 
 a farmer. Soon after his marriage to Poll}- .Sher- 
 man, a pnimincnl young lady of his native county. 
 
 lie also came to Michigan, securing a small tract of 
 new land in what is now Norvell Township, this 
 county. There he lived until the death of his wife 
 in 1853, when he turned his face Westward, and 
 spent sometime in traveling throughout W'isconsin. 
 He subsequent!}' returned to this State, dying in 
 Paw Paw, Van Buren County, in 1856. at the age 
 of forty-four years. He was a skillful performer 
 on the violin and jilayed for many a dance in this 
 county in the early days. He was also a teacher of 
 vocal music, but his aecomplishraents did not pre- 
 vent successful operations as a farmer. He and his 
 wife were prominent among the early settlers and 
 highly esteemed for their goodness. 
 
 William S. Culver was born February 15, 1840, 
 in what is now Norvell Township, this county, and 
 lost his parents early in life. His school privileges 
 wove meager.'but by constant application he has be- 
 come well informed and has cultivated his inborn 
 business qualifications to a degree which has led to 
 prosi)erity. In 1854, at the early age of fourteen 
 years, he began his mercantile career as a clerk in 
 the store of A. P. Bales, an old settler of Brooklyn. 
 Later he was employed b}' A. V. Cook, and in 1 8{;5, 
 in company with Mr. Clark, began a general mer- 
 chandise tiTjiflc under the firm name of Culver & 
 Clark. .Vfter carrying on the establishment some 
 fourteen years, Mr. Culver took charge of the large 
 business of his uncle. W. B. Slicrman, then a busi- 
 ness man of the place but now living in Havana, 
 N. Y., and as sole ?nanagcr continued the same 
 until the organization of the present firm, when the 
 new building was erected after his own plans and 
 well filled with a carefully selected slock. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Culver w.is celebrated in 
 1862, his bride being Miss Bella Clark of this (Co- 
 lumbia) Township, where her birth took place 
 March 12, IHtO. She w,as reared and educated here, 
 receiving careful home training from her |)arents, 
 Archibald and Betty (Stranahan) Clark, who were 
 lirominent people in this section. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Clark were natives of Clarence Hollow. N. Y., 
 and came to .Michigan after their marriage in 1832. 
 The}- liveil on a farm in Columbia Township, on 
 Clark's Lake, where the father pursued a successful 
 agricultural life, and he and his wife won tlie re- 
 spect of thiir associates. Mr. ami Mrs. Culver are 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 tlie pan nts of two daughters, well educated and 
 estimfilile young ladies. Lizzie is now the wife of 
 B. W. Ainsden, a jeweler in Manchester, this State, 
 and Loise is yet at home. 
 
 Mr. Culver is Treasurer of Brookl\n villaoe, has 
 been Townsliip Treasurer for six j'ears and Town- 
 ship Cleik for four years. He is a sound Demo- 
 crat in politics, .and is a charter member of Blue 
 Lodge, jS'o. 11)0, and Chapter No. 90, of Broolvlyn. 
 having been Master of tlie former eight years and 
 High Priest of the latter ten ^ears. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Culver and their daughters belong to tlie Episcopal 
 Church, in which he has held tlie ofHcesof Trustee, 
 Warden, Secretary and Treasurer for twenty-five 
 years. It will be plainly seen that he is a man of 
 influence in th? community, bearing an important 
 share in the enterprises which tend to its growth 
 and prosperit}', and that he is entitled to and re- 
 ceives the respect of his fellow men. 
 
 In connection with his personal sketch we are 
 pleased to present a lithographic portrait of Mr. 
 Culver. 
 
 
 , RLANDO C. STONE. Among the citizens 
 of solid worth, hard-working and possessed 
 of the faculty of good management, temper- 
 ate and kind in all the relations of life, Mr. Stone 
 occupies a prominent position in Hanover Town- 
 ship. He is the only living male representative of 
 his family within its limits, and riglit worthily has 
 he upheld the name. His aged mother makes her 
 home in this township and is a bright, active old 
 lady, who has now attained to the advanced age of 
 eighty-two years. Mr. Stone and his family are 
 comfortably situated on a well-regulated farm oc- 
 cupying a portion of section 9. By diligence and 
 perseverance he has gathered around those dear to 
 him all the needful comforts of life. 
 
 The Stone family was known in New England in 
 the past century and the immediate progenitor of 
 the subject of this sketch, Charles S. by name, a 
 native of Bariy County, Vt., was born in 1809. 
 When a boj' of nine years, be accompanied his 
 father, Nathan Stone, to Niagara Countj', N. Y., 
 and there sojourned until reaching manhood, in 
 
 the meantime serving an apprenticeship at cabinet- 
 making. In 1832 he started for the Farther West, 
 and after reaching Ann Arbor, this State, worked 
 there one year, and the 3ear following changed the 
 scene of his operations to Hanover Township, tliis 
 county. Hanover was then a part of Spring Arbor 
 Township. Mr. Stone took up fort}' acres of Gov- 
 ernment land, and the fact that he was obliged to 
 borrow SIO in order to secure this indicates his fin- 
 ancial condition. Later, he added to his landed 
 possessions b}' the purchase of one hundred and 
 twenty acres more. He put up the first frame 
 house in Hanover Township and was prospered in 
 his labors, Ijecoming well-to-do, and was at one 
 time the owner of four hundred and thirty acres 
 of land. He liuilt the gristmill at Horton in 18.52. 
 He put up the first cabinet-maker's shop in Han- 
 over Township, within which was manufactured all 
 the furniture used for some years in this locality. 
 He also made brooms and built fanning-mills, lie- 
 sides other articles required on the farm and in 
 the household. 
 
 In 1855, the Stone famil\'. Icaxing Hanover 
 Township, moveil to what was then Yandercook's 
 Mills, now called Lake Mills, where they sojourned 
 two years while the father operated the gristmill 
 there. Their next removal was to the city of 
 Jackson, where Mr. Stone established a store of 
 general merchandise, which he conducted two 
 years. When first coming to this section, he found 
 the present site of the city of Jackson occupied 
 simply by a log store, a log hotel and one dwelling. 
 After two years he sold out his store in Jackson 
 and returned to the mill, which he operated two 
 3ears, and then going back to the farm, there spent 
 his last days, his death occurring Januarj' 2.3, 1890. 
 In religious belief he was a Universalist, and for 
 many years he had been identified with the Ma- 
 sonic fraternity. 
 
 Charles S. Stone was married November 20. 
 1834, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of Jonathan and 
 Ruth (Childs) Brown. Grandfather Brown was a 
 native of PennsUvania, while his wife was born in 
 New Jersey. They settled in the latter State. 
 where the grandmother died. Thej' were the par- 
 ents of six children, and Mrs. Stone, the motiier 
 of our subject, is the only survivor, Mrs. Sarah 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIir^AL ALBUM. 
 
 410 
 
 E. (Brown) Stone was born Noveinbor 20, 1807, 
 in New Jersey, and came to Michiifan in 1834. 
 .Subseqnently she made the aeqnainlnncc of her 
 future husband, and it was believed they were 
 about the first couple married in Hanover Town- 
 ship. Tiiey settled on a tract of land and endured 
 all the liardshiiJS and toils of pioneer life. In due 
 time they became the parents of eitrht children, 
 sis of whom aie stiy living and four are residents 
 of Hanover Township. Julia M. is the wife of 
 Maynard Sliarp and llic mother of four children ; 
 Mary II. married Harvey I). Griswold, of Hanover 
 Townshij). and is the mother of one child ; Delia 
 S.. Mrs. Teeter Blair, is the nifither of six children 
 and a resident of Tomjikins Township; Jl3ra J. is 
 the wife of C. K. V. Hatch, and they live in Han- 
 over Township; they have no children. Albert X. 
 married Miss Caroline, daughter of -James L. 
 Thorn, whc) is represented elsewhere in this vol- 
 ume; they live in Arkansas, and have three chil 
 dren. Orlando C. our subject, is the youngest of 
 the family. 
 
 Mr. Stone was born February 8, 1 SIC, at the old 
 homestead in Hanover Township, and completed 
 his education by attendance at the Jackson .Schools. 
 He started out on his own a( count at the age of 
 twenty-one. employing himself at farming mitil 
 1871. That year he removed to Sumner C'ount3', 
 Kan., and |)lauted the first fruit trees within its 
 limits. Not being satisfied with the change, he 
 only remained there one season, then returned to 
 this county, and in company with his brother, pur- 
 chased the old homestead and gave his attention 
 to farming until 1880. That year he opened a 
 store in Horton, but after a 3-ear"s experience as a 
 merchant, returned to the farm under the impres- 
 sion that agriculture was his legitimate calling. 
 
 In 1881 Mr. Stone exchanged the old homestead 
 foi' his present farm, and (lut up the resilience 
 which be now occupies at a cost of about 81. -000. 
 He has one hundred and forty-five acres under a 
 good state of cultivation, and the barns and other 
 outbuildings requisite for the shelter of stock and 
 the storing of grain. His familj' includes his wife 
 and one child, the latter a daughter. Flora A.. 
 born December 9, 187(), and now an interesting 
 little maiden of thirteen vears. Mrs. Stone bore 
 
 the maiden name of Harriet A. Stuart, and was 
 wedded to our suliject February 8, 1876. She was 
 born Decendier 7, 1838. in Hanover Township, and 
 is the daughter of James I), and Martha A. (Crafts) 
 Stuart, the former of whom came to Jliehigan 
 about 18.'i6. Mrs. Stuart came eleven years later, 
 in 1847; she died at her home, in Hanover, in 
 188(). Mr. Stuart is still living and a resident of 
 Hanover Towr)ship. They were ^tlie parents of 
 two children only, Jlrs. Stone, being the elder. 
 Her brother, Albert, married Miss Ida Colluni; 
 they live in Summit Township and have two chil- 
 dren. 
 
 i\Ir. Stone cast his first Presidential vote for 
 Greeley, and has since supported the principles of 
 the Democratic iiarty, although quite conservative 
 in his political views. He is a Director of .School 
 District No. 5. and has served as Road Overseer. 
 Socially, he belongs to the order of the Red Cross, 
 at Jackson. A man honest and upright in his 
 dealings, he probably has not an enemy in the 
 world, and is one whose word is considered as 
 good as his bond. The family is considered one 
 of the old landmarks in the history of Jackson 
 C\)unty, and it is eminently proper that the name 
 should be preserved and handed down to posterity 
 as representing one of the worthiest families who 
 assisted in transforming a portion of the wilder- 
 ness into the aboile of a civilized community. 
 
 ^''S^'-^*^"^'*^ •«5«H, 
 
 5^ ENECA STEVENS. The pioneer element 
 of Jackson County is worthily represented 
 ill/j; by the subject of this notice, who owns and 
 operates a well-developed farm on section 
 14, Sandstone Township. He came to Michigan 
 Territory in 1835, and has been a resident of this 
 county for the long period of fifty-five years. He 
 was born July I, 1823. in Penliehl, N. Y., and is 
 the son of Seneca, Sr., and Mary (Green) Stevens, 
 who spent their last ye.-irs in iNIichigan. His pa- 
 ternal grandfather served in the Revolutionary- 
 War. 
 
 Mr. Sterens was a lad of thirteen years when 
 coming to this county with his parents, who lo- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 caterl in Sandstone Township on land which was 
 riiaiiily as the Indians had left it. Wild animals 
 were plentiful and tlie cabin of the white man 
 could onl}^ be seen at intervals of miles. Young 
 Stevens completed his education iu the primitive 
 schools, and at an early age made himself useful in 
 the development of the pioneer farm. He re- 
 mained a member of the parental household until 
 attaining his majority and then struck out for him- 
 self, working by the month on a farm, usually at 
 $14 per month, although one year he received 
 $20 per month. That, however, was in Illinois. 
 
 Mr. Stevens was first married in 1844, soon after 
 reaching his majority, to Miss Matilda Baker. 
 Of this union there were born two children — Jer- 
 ome, a farmer of Tompkins Township, and Juli- 
 etta, the wife of John Kent, wlio is a resi()ent of 
 Bay C^ounty, this State. Mis. ^Matilda (Baker) 
 Stevens departed this life in 1848, after being 
 wedded only about four years. Mr. Stevens con- 
 tracted a second marriage, January 12, 1854, with 
 Miss Fanny Wilson. This lady was born Decem- 
 ber 23, 1833, in Cayuga County, N. Y., and is the 
 daughter of George and Betsej- (Mattison) Wil- 
 son, who were likewise natives of the Empire 
 State. The mother died when her daughter, Fanny, 
 was a cidld of six j'ears, in ]\Iadison County, N.Y., 
 where Mrs. Stevens was reared to womanhood. In 
 1 853, accompanied by her cousin, Ezra ]\Iattison, 
 she came to Michigan and for a short time resided 
 in Ingham County. After her marriage to Mr. 
 Stevens they lived in Bay Count}' several j'ears, 
 then returning to this count}' in 18G4, settled upon 
 their present farm. This comprises one hundred 
 and twenty acres of good land with neat and sub- 
 stantial buildings. Of the second marriage of our 
 subject there liave been Ijorn five children, only 
 three of whom are living, namely: George, a resi- 
 dent of Tompkins Township; Lester, of ISav City; 
 and Seneca, who remains at home with his parents. 
 The deceased are William and Laura. 
 
 Upon coming to this farm, Mr. Stevens settled 
 in a log house, and has brought about all the im- 
 provements which we now^ see. He may most 
 prcperly be termed a self-made man, having com- 
 menced in life at the foot of the ladder, depend- 
 ent upon his own resources. Mrs. Stevens has 
 
 assisted her husband greatly in his labors and ef- 
 forts, and deserves credit for the part she has taken 
 in the^accumulation of a property and the where- 
 withal to proi:ect them from want in tlieir declin- 
 ing years. They endured many hardships during 
 the early days, but their toils and sacrifices have 
 met with ample reward. Mr. Stevens, politically, 
 is a souml Republican, although in local matters 
 he votes for the best man irrespective of part}'. 
 He belorgs to the Patrons of Industry, and while 
 a resident of Bay County was the Road Commis- 
 sioner of Williams Township for four years. Mrs. 
 Stevens is a member in good standing of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, of Sandstone, which 
 at present holds its services in the Bennett School- 
 house. 
 
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 ACKSOM DeLAMATER. This gentleman 
 may be properly denominated in Western 
 parlance as a "hustler." Proliably no man 
 ' in Columbia Township is better known or 
 more highly respected or occupies the position of 
 honor at the head of a more interesting or intelli- 
 gent family. His estimable wife is one of the lead- 
 ing matrons of the community, aiul their home is 
 one of the most cheerful and attractive in the 
 township, embracing a well-developed farm pleas- 
 antly located on section 35. He removed to this 
 place in April, 1880, from another farm in the 
 same township, of which he is an early resident. 
 
 Mr. DeLamater came with his parents to this 
 county during its ))ionecr days, and with the ex- 
 ception of two yesrs spent in New York .State and 
 three years spent on the Pacific Slope, he has been 
 a resident of Columbia Township. During the 
 gold excitement of 1850, and when a young man. 
 he journe}-ed via the Isthmus to the Golden Gale, 
 landing in San Francisco in July, 1850, and thence 
 proceeding to the Nevada and Grass Valley Mines. 
 He was engaged in hunting for the precious ore 
 two and one-half years, and six months later re- 
 turned to New York State by the same way in 
 which he had gone. Thence he at once set out for 
 Michigan and locating in this county liegan work- 
 ing on a farm. In reverting to his earlier antece-. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM 
 
 421 
 
 dents we find that he was born in I'onipey Town- 
 ship. Oiioiidaffa County, N. Y., SeptcMnluT 11, 1827, 
 and is the son of Isaac DeLamator, reference to 
 whom will lie found in the biography of Alunson 
 II. DeLainater on ;iiiotiK'r page in this .\i.ium. 
 
 The father of our subject was born in Duanes- 
 bnrg, .Schenectady County, N. V., April 20, 1791, 
 and in l.sOl, when quite young was taken by his 
 parents to Onondaga County, where he lived until 
 reaching his majority. About that time he was 
 niarrie<l to JMiss J^idania Barnes, who was likewise 
 a native of Fompey Townsliiii, and the daughter 
 of Asa Barnes, one of its i-arly settlers. Mr. I)e- 
 i.amater was one of the elder inenil)ers of his 
 father's family, and early in life learned the hat- 
 ter's tr.ade. He was also familiar with farming and 
 upon coming to Michigan, in company with his 
 brother, Anson, took up a tract of land from the 
 Government upon which he labored two years and 
 then, in 183.'). changed the scene of his operations 
 to Colundjia Township, this county, where Ihe set- 
 tled permanently, opening u|) a farm ui)on which 
 he resided until his death, at the advanced age of 
 eighty-seven years. The wife and mother sur- 
 vived her husband a few years, dying in 1886, 
 aged ninety-one. They vvere Univcrsaliats in re- 
 ligious belief, worthy and upright in their lives 
 and made for themselves a good record as parents 
 and neighbors. 
 
 To Isaac DeLamater and his estimable wife there 
 was born a family of nine children, two daughters 
 who are now deceased, and seven sons who are all 
 living. The bo^ys arc all married, and two of them 
 are residents of Josephine County, Oie., where they 
 are engaged in mining. Jackson, the subject of 
 this notice, was, like his brothers and sisters, sub- 
 jected to careful parental training, growing up 
 with habits of industry and receiving a practical 
 education in the common schools. He attained to 
 his majority in Columbia Township, in the mean- 
 time becoming familiar with tin,' labors and vicis- 
 situdes of life on the frontier. He was married in 
 Columbia Townsliip, April 26. 1863, to Miss Eliz- 
 abeth Hollister, who w.ns born February 6, 1835, in 
 Genesee County, N. Y. 
 
 Mrs. DeLamater came to tliis county with iier 
 parents when quile young and remained under the 
 
 home roof until her marriage. SIk; is the daugh- 
 ter of Reuben and Kunice (Carter) Hollister, who 
 after man}- years of arduous labor, died at the 
 homestead which they had built up in Columbia 
 Township, and which is now owned and occupied 
 by their daughter ami her husband. Six children 
 have been born to Mi-, and Mrs. DeLamater, one 
 of whom, a little son, George, diet] when two j-ears 
 old. Isruac X. married Miss Belle Kinney-, and is 
 em|)lo\-ed as a railroad switchman in Jackson; 
 Frances is the wife of Milton Every, a farmer of 
 Columbia Township; Florence married (ieorgc 
 Johnson, who is also farming in this township; 
 'Sla.y K. and (ieorge A. remain under the liome 
 roof. 
 
 jNIr. DeLamater cast his first Presidential vote 
 for Lewis Cass, and continues to give his unquali- 
 fied supiiort to the Democratic p'lrty. He is a 
 first-class farmer, and in giving his close attention 
 to his legitimate calling has little time to strive for 
 the spoils of office. His home and everything 
 about the premises indicates, in a marked manner, 
 the industry anil enter|)rise of the proprietor. He 
 keeps himself posted upon modern methods of ag- 
 riculture, avails himself of improved machinery 
 and in fact makes of farming an art and a science. 
 Mrs. DeLamater was reared in the doctrines of the 
 Methodist Church, with which she is still in har- 
 mony, although not being formally identified in 
 membership with any religious denomination. 
 
 EDWIN N. LINCOLN, a man of influence 
 and prominence in Pulaski Township, is one 
 1 of the most euterprising and successful farm • 
 
 ors and stock raisers in this part of Jackson County. 
 He has one of the finest and best appointed farms 
 in this locality, comprising two hundred and forty 
 acres of well-tilled land on section 18. and here he 
 and his wife have a dwelling rei)lete with all the 
 conveniences and comforts of a modern home, where 
 hospitality reigns supreme. 
 
 The father of our subject, Daniel Lincoln, was 
 born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y.. where his fa- 
 ther. Leonard Lincoln, carried on farming. The 
 
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 latter removed to Sullivan C'ount\', later in life, 
 and there resided till his death when about sixtj- 
 years old. The father of our siil)ject was a shij) 
 carpenter, and worked at his trade on tlie Erie 
 Canal boats in Syracuse, and at other places, his 
 skill and experience making him a valuable work- 
 man. In 1843 he came to Michigan, and located in 
 Scipio Township, Hillsdale Count_y, where he 
 rented land till 1853 and devoted himself to farm- 
 ing. Tn that year he bought a farm, whicii lie oper- 
 ated with success until his death in 188.5, at the 
 ripe age of seventy- five years. He was a sound 
 Democrat in his political views, and was in every 
 way a good and loj'al citizen. The mother of our 
 subject makes her liome witli her children in Pulaski 
 Township. Siie is of the Swcdenborgian faith, and 
 is an earnest and liberal Christian. Her maiden 
 name was Betsy Cross, ami she was born in Windham 
 County, Conn., eightj'-one years ago. Her fathei', 
 Shubael Cross, a native of Connecticut engaged in 
 farming in Windham County until his death. Mrs. 
 Lincoln is the mother of three children, as follows: 
 pjllen, now Mrs. Carr, her husband a farmer in 
 Pulaski; Mariette, Mrs. Hounds, wife of a farmer 
 in Cowley County, Kan. 
 
 Edwin N. was born in Madison County, M. V., 
 August 14, 1840, and was therefore but three 3'ears 
 of age when his parents brought iiim to Michigan. 
 They came by water to Toledo, and thence by 
 team to Scipio Township, and there his boyhood 
 was passed. He gleaned an excellent education in 
 the local schools, and a good practical knowledge 
 of farming. At the age of twenty-one he took 
 charge of his fathei's farm, and operated it until lie 
 was thirty years old. In 1873 he located on his 
 present place, which was given to him by his uncle 
 James Cross of Connecticut, who was a soldier of 
 the War of 1812, and had bought it when it was 
 Government laud, deeding it to our subject at a 
 later period. Mr. Lincoln generously gave a por- 
 tion of it to his sisters, forty acres to one and 
 eighty acres to the other, and of the original three 
 hundred and twenty acres retaining two hundred 
 and forty acres, on which he has since made the 
 most of the improvements. He has cleared and 
 broken the most of it, with the exception of sixty 
 acres, and has developed it into a choice farm. He 
 
 has a picket mill, and is fencing his land with a 
 woven wire picket fence, and he has erected a line 
 residence, roomy barn and other needed buildings. 
 A corner of his land, comprising a half acre, he 
 gave to the Cincinnati, .lackson & Mackinaw Rail- 
 way, for right of vvay. Watered liy the South Branch 
 of the Kalamazoo River, his farm is admirably 
 adapted to stock-raising, and our subject has de- 
 voted much time to that branch of agriculture, and 
 has a line (lock of sheep of a choice breed, compris- 
 ing about one hundred head; and he has eleven 
 Ilambletonian horses of a good grade. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Lincoln and Miss Caroline 
 French took place in Scipio, October 9, 1862, and 
 has proved of mutual benefit. She is a lad}' of re 
 finementand intelligence, and understands well how 
 to make home [deasant anrl attractive to its in- 
 mates, and to their many friends. Two children 
 have been born to her and her husband. Charles 
 A., a successful young farmer in Pulaski Township, 
 married iliss Edith Snyder, and tliey have two 
 chililren. Earl M. and Hazel P. Fred G. is prosper- 
 ousl}' engaged in o|ierating a part of his father's 
 farm. 
 
 Mrs. Lincoln is a nalive of Michigan, born in 
 Scipio Township, July 12, 1837. She had the ad- 
 vantage of a good common-school edication, and 
 in the home of her [larents, where she remained un- 
 til her marriage, she was carefully trained in all 
 that goes to make a good housewife. Her father, 
 Thomas French came to America when a young 
 man from his native England, and located in 
 Pennsylvania, where he engaged in farming. In 
 1835, he came to Michigan and bought a farm of 
 eighty acres in Scipio Township, where he resided 
 until his death in 1854, at the age of seventy-seven. 
 He was an active member of the Methodist E[)isco- 
 pal Church. He was twice married. First in Eng- 
 land to Sarah Paine, by whom he had the following 
 six children : William, a farmer in Hillsdale Town- 
 ship and county; John, deceased ; Thomas, a farmer 
 in Scipio; Benjamin, deceased; Joseph, who lives 
 retired in Hillsdale; Mary A., deceased. His second 
 wife, mother of Mrs. Lincoln, was a native of Eng- 
 land, her maiden name being Harriette Pine. She 
 was a woman of energy and business talent, and 
 after her husband's death managed the farm and 
 
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 423 
 
 reared her oliildren to lives of usefulness. She was 
 a devoted .Methodist, and at her deatii in 1875, at 
 tiie a<je of seventy -seven years, that church lost one 
 of its most venerated menibers. The following is 
 recorded of her eight children: Hathsheba is de- 
 cea.sed ; Charlotte, now Mrs. Marvin of Calhoun 
 County; George is deceased; .lane, now Mrs. 
 Mosher, of Mosherville; .lames is a fanner in IMacer 
 County, Cal.: Robert is a jjolitician of Marquette; 
 Caroline, the wife of our subject; Albert is a farmer 
 in I'laccr Countj-, Cal. Robi^rt and Albert were 
 soldiers in the late war. Robert was a member of 
 the First Micliigan Infant;y,and served with credit 
 throughout the war. He was taken prisoner at Mal- 
 vern Hill, and .'ifter two months of life in a rebel 
 prison, was exchanged. Albert was a member of 
 the Fourtli Michigan Cavalry, enlisting in 1863, 
 and doing gallant service until the close of the war. 
 A man of excellent habits and fine principles, 
 possessing in a large degree those traits of charac- 
 ter that commend him to the confidence of all 
 about him, Mr. Lincoln is in all things a man of 
 high standing, and his inlluence is always exerted 
 for the benefit of the community. Ilis fellow-citi- 
 zens never look to him in vain for good counsel, 
 and when he has been called to ollice. he has ad- 
 ministered the public affairs that came under his 
 charge in a vigorous and able manner. He was Jus- 
 tice of the I'eace for two years; Commissioner of 
 Highways one year, and in the various school ollices 
 tliat he has held for several 3'ears he has looked 
 well after the educational interests of this locality. 
 His political sympathies are with the Democrats, 
 but he is a strong temperance man and is interested 
 in the work of the Prohibitionists. 
 
 S;SRAEL B. HOAGLAND. In the recent de- 
 il, ceiise of the above named gentleman, Columbia 
 ,li Townshii) lost one of her finest representa- 
 tive farmers. He owned tine hundred acres of 
 liigidy improved land, on section 1 1, which he ob- 
 tained in 18UJ. and upon which he had erecte<l 
 fine buildings, among them being a well-designed 
 and substantial residence, and other adequate struct- 
 
 ures. Every detail of the work ui)on the estate 
 was carefully lookeil after, the motto of Mr. Ho.ag- 
 land being, -'Whatever is worth doing is worth 
 doing well.' Carrying out this principle led him 
 to i)ractical success, and he was justly regarded as 
 one of the most skillful farmers in this township. 
 
 The natal da^- of ,Mr. Hoagland was .Sei)teinber 
 2;'), 182G, and his birthplace Coshocton Township, 
 Steuben County, N. Y. His father, .John Ilo.ag- 
 land, a carpenter and joiner, was also a native of 
 the Empire State, and was of German ancestry. 
 He was a well-known tontractor and builder, who 
 gained the respect of his fellow-men, as a straight- 
 forward, honest man and a good citizen. His 
 ileath occurred in Steuben County, when he was 
 seventy years of age. He was a worthy member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics 
 was a Republican. His wife, in her girlhood Miss 
 Racuael Campbell, was born in Steuben County, 
 dying there some years before her husband, and 
 when about threescore years old. .She was also a 
 nu'mlier, in good standing, of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church. To this worthy couple nine chil- 
 dren were born, he of whom write being one of the 
 youngest. He grew to maturity in his native 
 township, and under his father's trainirig acquired 
 the mechanical trade in which his father was pro- 
 ficient, although after his marriage he gave little 
 attention to that business, but ilevoteil himself to 
 farming as a means of livelihood. 
 
 The marriage of Israel Hoagland and Miss Ruth 
 Parmenter was celebrated in his n,ativ(! town.shi|), 
 which was also the place of birth of the bri'l.e. 
 She was born April 3, 182.5, to David and Ruth 
 (Kenyon) Parmenter. her father a native of Bos- 
 ton, son of Isaac Parmenter, who spent his later 
 years in the Empire State, dying at an advanced 
 age. The Parmenter family is an old and well- 
 known one in New England, tracing their lineage 
 to the mother country. Mrs. Daviil Parmenter 
 was a native of New York, a member of an old and 
 respectable family of that State, wherein she was 
 called to her rest .lanuary 26. 1867, when past three- 
 score years and ten. The wedded life of this couple 
 began in Steuben County, when that region was 
 quite new and sparsely settled. There Mr. Par- 
 menter owned a farm, a grist and saw mill, giving 
 
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 his time mostly to operations as a millei' nml a lum- 
 ber dealer. He was prominent in the line of his 
 business, and one of the representative men of the 
 county-. He was a Republican in politics, and he 
 and his wife weie believers iu the Universaiist re- 
 ligion. His death occurred at the ripe age of 
 eighty years, on May 1, 1874. 
 
 Under the roof of her estimable parents Mrs. 
 Ruth Hongland was well reared, receiving an ex- 
 cellent education in select schools, and adopting the 
 the profession of teaching, in which she proved 
 her tact and ability to imi^rt instruction. She is 
 one of the younger members of quite a large fam- 
 ily. She is the mother of five children, one of 
 whom, Samuel W., died at the age of two years. 
 Abbie became the wife of James McCready, a 
 faiiner, who died in tills township, leaving two 
 daughters, 3Iabe! R. and Maude A., to the care of 
 his bereaved widow. He was of Scotch lineage 
 and a native of the Province of Ontario, Canada. 
 His widow now makes her home with her mother. 
 She has been a teacher in Columbia Township for 
 fifteen years, during six years of this time having 
 charge of the primary department in Brooklyn. 
 The second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoagland is 
 Addle, wife of Alvia Giles, a farmer in Napoleon 
 Township, where they have lived for some years; 
 they have five children — Frank, Leon, Corwin, 
 Lydia and Israel B. The only surviving son of 
 our subject and wife is Albert I., who married L}'- 
 dia Carpenter, and now lives on a farm in Napo- 
 leon Township. Rachael A. is the wife of Ira M. 
 Lewis, a farmer and miller in Liberty Township, 
 and is the mother of one son. 
 
 Mr. Hoagland was a man who took an active In- 
 terest in all local matters which would tend to 
 develop the resources of the region, to increase its 
 material prosperity, or add to its moral and intel- 
 lectual growth. He was an active politician, being 
 a sound Republican and ever laboring for the suc- 
 cess of the principles of that jjarlj'. He held the 
 office of Supervisor and other positions of public 
 responsibility in the township. His religious faith 
 was that of the Universalist Church, to which his 
 wife and children also belong. His death, which 
 occurred at his home, December 9, 1889, was 
 deeply regretted throughout a large circle of ac- 
 
 quaintances, to whom his excellent character and 
 manly lite had endeared lim, and who sympa- 
 thized deep!}' in the bereavement which had be 
 fallen his faithful com[ianion and loving children. 
 
 * 
 
 HARLES B. HYDE. Among the men who 
 '_ have filled public iiosltlons in Jackson, the 
 '' gentleman above-named holds a prominent 
 place as one who thoroughly understands the busi- 
 ness in which he has been engaged, and fulfills his 
 contracts in a relialile and conscientious manner. 
 He has an extended acquaintance, and the estimate 
 of those who know him Includes a hearty respect 
 for his private character, as well as their good 
 ouinion of him as a civil engineer. 
 
 The parents of the gentleman above named were 
 Christopher and Hannah (Gilbert) Hyde, whose 
 family- comprised four children, Charles B. being 
 the second. The nmther was born In Windham 
 County, Conn., and the father opened his eyes 
 to the light In the town of Franklin, Conn., in the 
 same house in which his son Charles was afterward 
 born. Christopher Hyde was a tanner, and also a 
 farmer, and traced his ancestry to England. 
 
 The natal day of Charles B. Hyde was (October 
 2, 1816. His early childhood was passed in the 
 place of his nativity, whence, at the age of ten 
 years, he accompanied his parents to Osw^ego 
 County, N. Y., wherein he passed the most of his 
 school days. The earlier instruction which he re- 
 ceived was added to during an attendance at the 
 Mexico Academy, after leaving which he entered 
 an Engineering and Scientific School, from which 
 he was graduated in 1841. He then engaged in 
 the study of medicine, but on account of poor 
 health gave it up. 
 
 After his graduation young Hyde was variously- 
 employed until 1851, when he obtained a position 
 as civil engineer on the New Y'ork Canal, retaining 
 the same for nine years. From 1860 to 1866 he 
 followed farming in connection with his surve3'ing. 
 He then removed to ^Michigan, and until 1871 was 
 employed on the Air Line Railroad from Ridgeway 
 to N lies. Duiing 1S72 lie worked on the Michi- 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOURAJ'lIICAL ALBUM. 
 
 427 
 
 gaii Centr;il Railroad, and tluMi retiriiiii from tl.e 
 service of llial coniuaiiy. was appointed Civil 
 Kngineer of the city of Jackson. 
 
 Dnrini; tiic year I87."i, Jlr. Hyde acccptaljly 
 liiicd the position, to which he was again appointed 
 in 187;>. and reappointed until his service had 
 amounted to six years in all. In 1883 lie was en- 
 gaged as a contr.'ictor in tiie construction and hnikl- 
 ing of the Grand I'runk Railroad, .and lie then 
 settled permanently in this city, where he has car- 
 ried on the work of a surveyor, both in city and in 
 country, .and for privati- parties as well as in puhlic 
 service. 
 
 The marriage of Mv. Hyde was celebrated in 
 18.5(i. his bride being Miss Ellen L. Xewkirk, of 
 this State, who has borne him one daughter, 
 Klla M. 
 
 KOXIDAS M. JONES. M. D. This gentle- 
 man has been engaged in the pr.actice of his 
 JALi^ jjiofessio!! at Brooklyn for nearly thirty 
 years, and is well-known far bej'oed the limits of 
 the town, as a successful physician, a member of 
 various medical societies, and a contributor to 
 medical journals, lie was graduated from the 
 Western Homeopathic College of Cleveland, Ohio, 
 in the class of 1858, when the institution was 
 young and John Wheeler its President. Since that 
 time he has devoted his life to his profession, has 
 mot with remarkable success and been rewarded b^^ 
 securing quite a large amount of worldly goods. 
 He has belonged to the Homeopathic Medical So- 
 ciety of Michigan since its organization at Jackson 
 in 1873, has been \'ice-Pi'esident of the body for 
 some years and became its President in 1889. Since 
 1875 he has been a member of the Amorioan Insti- 
 tute of Homeopathy, which is a National institute. 
 He has been Medical Examiner for three different 
 insurance companies and his connection with them 
 has given them credit among the people. He takes 
 an active interest in everything that pertains to his 
 profession and articles from his pen fo:m a valuable 
 addition to medical literature. 
 
 Dr. Jones traces his lineage to Wales, his |iro- 
 
 genitors for a few generati((ns having lived in New 
 Engl.iud. He was born at Painesvillc, Ohio. August 
 24, 1822, being the thir<i child of his parents. w1k> 
 in October. 1828. came to Michigan and secured a 
 claim in Hillsdale (.'ounty. Here the lad spent his 
 boyhood. i)ursuing the usual studies and then taking 
 up a thorough course in medicine both wi'h local 
 physicians and alone. A part of his time he was 
 under the tutorship of Dr. 1. N. Minor, a well- 
 known local surgeon of Coldwatcr, who died while 
 an army surgeon during the late war. After his 
 graduation Dr. ,Iones located at Camden. Mich., 
 and there sjient about two j'ears, opening his ollice 
 in Brooklyn, July 7, 1860. He lias since made 
 this the scene of his labors, having a wide field for 
 his practice, ai;d steadily' gaining in reputation as a 
 reliable pliysici.in ainoiig the citizens for miles 
 arounil. 
 
 In Camden. Dr. Jones was united in ma'-riage 
 with Miss Charlotta A. C. Ilolcomb, who was born 
 in the State of New York, July 3, 1821. She 
 l>ossessed many of the virtues which make the name 
 of woman honored, one of her prominent charac- 
 teristics being extreme kindness of heart. Her 
 home was the spot to which her thoughts ever 
 tended and within whose walls she found her great- 
 est joy in the society of her husband and their 
 son to whom she w.as devoted. She died at her 
 home in Brooklyn, February 1, 1883, cheered b^- 
 the comforts of religion, being a member of the 
 Presbyterian Church. She Ijft one son, O. Q. Jones, 
 now a practicing [jhysician of Tecumseh. Her 
 parents, James and Hannah (Bentley) Holcomb, 
 were natives of the Empire State, whence in 1836 
 they removed to Hillsdale County, Mich., and there 
 both died at a ripe age. 
 
 Dr. Jones contracted a second matrimonial al- 
 liance in Brooklyn, taking as his companion Miss 
 ' Bessie Freeman. She was born in Canandnigua, 
 N. Y.. and came when young to Michigan, living 
 until her marriage with her adopted father, Byron 
 Freeman, now of Brooklyn. She is the mother of 
 one daughter. Florence. 
 
 Dr. Jones i% a i)roniinent member of the Masonic 
 fraternity in Brooklyn. He is Treasurer of Bhie 
 Bodge, No. 16!), and Scribe of Chapter No. 90, 
 having held both positions for some \'cars. He 
 
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 has been Trustee of Brooklj'ii Villaoe nine yeais 
 and Acting Pr^sirteut one year, working earnestly 
 for the advancement of the place in material pros- 
 peiity and intellectual and moral growth. He is 
 an advocate of the principles of temperance, voting 
 for temperance measures at all times, and has 
 always taken a deep interest in the cause of educa- 
 tion, serving as Trustee of the village schools 
 fifteen years. He and his wife attend the Metho- 
 dist Episcopal Church. They are leading members 
 of society, where the intelligence and refinement 
 of Mrs. Jones make her ever welcome, and give 
 her a standing such as should be merited by the 
 companion of a gentleman of Dr. Jones' character 
 and abilitj'. 
 
 Th'i grandfather of our subject was Benaiah 
 Jones, Sr., a native of Connecticut and of New 
 P^ngland parentage. He was engaged in farming. 
 After his marriage to a Miss Blish of Connecticut, 
 he moved to B( rkshire County, Mass., where, near 
 Pittsfield. he reared a large family. His son, Be- 
 naiah, Jr., one of the youngest members of the 
 household band, was seventeen ^-ears old when the 
 family changed their residence to Painesville, Lake 
 Count^', Ohio. The country was new and the 
 family endured those trials which were common to 
 pioneers. There Mrs. .lones died ripe in yeas. 
 Some j^ears later the bereaved husband came to 
 Micliigan, joining his sons and dying in Jonesville 
 in 1839, at tiie age of eighty-four years. He was 
 a patriot of the Revolution and participated in 
 many active engagements during that conflict. In 
 ri'ligion he was an earnest Presbyteri.'in. 
 
 Benaiah Jones, Jr., the father of our subject, be- 
 came of age in Northern Ohio, and married Miss 
 Lois, daughter of Daniel and Lois (Stanle^y) Olds, 
 natives of Massachusetts, the daughter being born 
 near Pittsfield. Mr. Olds was one of Washington's 
 aids throughout the first struggle for American in- 
 (le|)endence. During the War of 1S12 he and his 
 family removed to Painesville, Oliio, where the 
 daughter married. Mr. and Mrs. Olds subsequently 
 came to Michigan, where they died of old age. 
 They were members of the Presbvtgrian Clinrch. 
 Mr. Olds was a Whig, as was bis friend and neigh- 
 bor, Benaiah Jones, Sr. 
 
 After the birih of five sons, Benaiah Jones, Jr., 
 
 located in Michigan as has been previously men- 
 tioned, securing a claim in Hills iale County in 
 1828. He subsequently purchased a tract of oak 
 openings from the Government and in 1832 laid 
 out the town of Jonesville. He w.as a soldier in 
 the Black Hawk War and was made Major-Goneral 
 during that contest. He afterward went South 
 and lived in Texas until his death,; which occurred 
 during the Civil War, when he was sixty-eight 
 years old. His wife survived him and died at the 
 home of our subject in Brooklyn, in 1875, at the 
 advanced age of eighty-four years. She was a 
 Presbyterian and a woman whose good qualities 
 were appreciated by all those who surrounded her. 
 She was the mother of eight children, of whom five 
 are yet living. 
 
 The reader's attention is directed to a litho- 
 graphic portrait of Dr. Jones, to be found else- 
 where in this volume. 
 
 -^ilMD P' 6— 
 
 P^/'REDERICK ABBEY. This name repre- 
 
 sents another of the early settlers of this 
 count}', who located in Sandstone Town- 
 ship at a time when its inhabitants were few and 
 far between. He forms one of the class of men 
 who have done good service in bringing a portion 
 of its soil lo a state of cultivation, erecting a good 
 homestead and rearing a respectable family, who in 
 their turn will assist in perpetuating the honesty 
 and niorality of the commnnit}'. 
 
 IMr. Abbey was born on the other side of the At- 
 lantic, November 4, 181G, in the Province of Hesse- 
 Darmstadt, Germany, and is the son of Sebastian 
 and Agnes Abbey, being their youngest child. He 
 lived in his native province until a youth of eight- 
 een years, and learned the carpenter's trade, which 
 he has followed until a few 3'ears since. In accord- 
 ance with the laws and customs of the Fatherland, 
 he WHS placed in school at an early .age, thus gain- 
 ing a practical education. He lived in Germany 
 until a man of thirt}' years, then not satisfied with 
 his ciindition or his prospects, resolved upon emi- 
 grating lo America. Taking passage at Bremen 
 
PORTRAIT AND liJOGRAPHlCAL ALBUM. 
 
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 for Londuii, lie worked lliere two j^ears in a bakery 
 aiiil ill 1848 staiU'd for liie Iv'ew World, enihark- 
 iiig at 1-ivcrpool on a sailing-vessel, whicli, aflcr a 
 voj'age of two nionllis. landed liiin al (Quebec, 
 Canada. 
 
 Loavin;.;- the Dominion .soon afterward. .Mr. Ab- 
 bey eaiiie over into llie States and worked at bis 
 trade in Alban^^ N. Y., two years. We ne.xt find 
 him ill the city of lUiffalo. where he sojourned for 
 a nmnber of years, working as a earpenler, and in 
 the nieanliine became a member of a voliinteer Are 
 company. From Buffalo he migrated to Attioa.of 
 which he was a resident two years, and in the fall 
 uf 18;')!, lie set out for Michigan. His objective 
 point was this county, and soon afterward he pur- 
 chased forty a( res of land on section 12, Sandstone 
 Townshii), paying theri'for the sum of $200. Much 
 of this w;is covered with timber, and he settled in 
 the woods, his domicile being a little log shanty, 
 16x2(1 feet in dimensions. Hy working diligently 
 early and late, he brought his land to a good state 
 of culti\ ulion, and adiled to it by |)urchasing a 
 part of section 1. During the war he put up his 
 present residence, a well-biiill structure, and which 
 is still in good condition. His farin now comprises 
 one hundred and twenty acres of land, and his sur- 
 roundings are those of a man in coniforlable cir- 
 cumstances. 
 
 iMr. Abbey was first married in Rochester N. V., 
 in 18-t8, to Mrs. Louisa Coons, who bore him Svc 
 chililrcn, three of whom are living. The eldest, a 
 daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of John < Gillespie, of 
 T<jinpkins Township; .lolin is living in the north- 
 ern part of Michigan; and George is al home with 
 his fathei-. Mrs. Louisa .Vbbey departed this life 
 in 1«8;5. 
 
 Mr. Abbey was again marrietl May ;j, 1888, to 
 Mrs. Rebecca Hutchinson, wi<low of Henry Hutch, 
 inson, of this county. She was born June ;j, 1821, 
 in Ulster County, N. Y., anil is the daughter of 
 Peter and Rebecca (Bishop) Lane. Peter Lane 
 was of Dutch descent, while the mother was partly 
 of Knglish extraction. Mrs. Abbey remained a 
 resident of her native county until reaching wom- 
 anhood, then went to New York City, and was 
 there married to Mr. Hutchinson. Of this union 
 there were born fuui childien, two of whom are 
 
 living, Thomas and Henry. .Mr. and Mrs. Hutcli- 
 iiison lived fourteen years w New York City, then 
 came to Grass Lake, this State, where Mr. Hutchin- 
 son died. He was a ship carpenter by trade, which 
 he followed in New \'ork State, but after coming 
 to JUchigan, was employed on a railroad. 
 
 Mr. Abbey after becoming a voting citizen, iden- 
 tified himself with the Democratic party, and he 
 finds his religious consolation within the pale of 
 the Catholic Church. He is one of the leading 
 German citizens of Sandstone Township, a man 
 honest in his transactions, and respected b^' all who 
 know him. 
 
 ^^'^j^iVt^i^rT^'^^ 
 
 M. CKUGO belongs to a family who are 
 well-known for their success in the work of 
 agriculture, for their thrift and industry, 
 and he is a good representative of the family char- 
 acter and prosperity'. His beautiful estate com- 
 prises one hundreil and sixt}* acres on section 14, 
 Columbia Township, which he obtained in the 
 summer of 1863, and whic-h from a state of [jartial 
 improvement he has marked with a full line of 
 excellent farm buildings and brought up to a high 
 state of cultivation. He h.as been engaged in farm- 
 ing and stock-raising, and in both lines of work 
 has pursued a successful career. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write first saw the 
 light of day in Clarence Township, Erie County, 
 N. Y., August 2, 18;il, being the seventh son in a 
 fraternal band comprising eight brothers and one 
 sister. A full history of his parents will be found 
 in the biography of Hiram Crcgo, on another page 
 in this work. He was five years old when his 
 father planted a home in Michigan, coining with 
 the full determination to make a fine farm, and rear 
 his family to honorable and trustworthy manhood 
 and womanhood. None of the pioneer families of 
 this county have done more than Richard Crego 
 and sons to build up their own homes and make 
 a country suitable to live in. 
 
 After C. M. Crego grew to manhood he attended 
 the Seminary at Leoni, after which he taught 
 school three winters. His health failing, he abau- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 donecl professional labors and began work as a 
 farmer. He was first married, in .Steuben County, 
 N. y., at the home of his bride, Miss Jane Con 
 nor. She was born in that count}' in 1835, her 
 father, Dennis Connor, being a farmer, whose en- 
 tire life was passed in the Empire State. The 
 daughter was the recipient of excellent home train- 
 ing and a good education, beginning lier labors as a 
 scliool-teacher In her own county, and afterward car- 
 rying on the same worli in Michigan, whence she 
 returned to her native county prior to her mar- 
 riage. That interesting ceremony took place in 
 1861. She was spared but a few j-ears to her 
 husband and child, <lying at her home in this 
 count}' July 22, 1865, while still in the prime of 
 life. She was a member in good standing of the 
 Presbyterian Church. Her marriage had been 
 blessed by the birth of one daughter, Nora J., who 
 died when four years of age. 
 
 Mr. Crego contracted a second matrimonial alli- 
 ance, April 7, 1868, the ceremony taking place in 
 Cambridge Township, Lenawee Count}'. The bride 
 was Miss Delia N. Wyman, who was born in 
 Saline Township, Washtenaw County, on October 
 5, 1846, to Jonas and Rachael (Wilson) Wy- 
 man. Her parents were natives of Penn Yan, N. Y., 
 were there reared and married, at once locating in 
 Michigan, settling on a farm where they lived 
 some seven years. Tlie health of the mother giv- 
 ing away in 1847. they went to Texas, seeking to ; 
 restore it, and subsequently returning toward their 
 home were forced to abandon their journey at 
 Little Rock, Ark., where Mrs. Wyman succumbed 
 to the lingering disease, consumption, and entered 
 into her rest. She was thou but twenty- four years 
 old, and her daughter, now Mrs. Crego, an infant 
 of two years. The father returned to Michigan, 
 and in 1850 started for the West, going overland to 
 California, where he engaged in mining for some 
 ycais, finally going to a place twenty miles north ' 
 of Sacramento, where he spent his last days, dying i 
 in June 1888, wdien seventy-three years old. 
 
 After the death of her mother, Mrs. Crego be 
 came a member of the family of "Mv. Milton Red- 
 liehL of Cambridge Township, Lenawee County, 
 where she received her education m the common 
 schools of the countv aLid in the citv of Adrian, i 
 
 She is possessed of a high degree of intelligence, as 
 well as a character which entitles her to the hearty 
 esteem of those who know her and especially en- 
 dears her to her own household. She has borne 
 her husband eleven children, of whom three sons 
 — Clark, Charlie and Roy — died quite young. 
 Dennis M. is attending school at Brooklyn, and 
 living at home; Walter L. attends the schools of 
 Napoleon, from the parental home; Addie M.. a 
 smart young lady, is pursuing her studies in the 
 Brooklyn schools; Edith A.. Maggie E., Cora E„ 
 Gayle L. and Iva L. are still at home. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Crego belong to the Presbyterian 
 Church at Brooklyn. Mr. Crego has always given 
 liberally to the support of the church, and to all 
 public enterprises which merit his support. He is 
 a Republican, and has held the loi al offices of the 
 township. He belongs to the Blue Lodge No. 169, 
 of Brooklyn. 
 
 \tt AMES B. POMROY is the owner and oc- 
 cupant of a fine farm on sections 29 and 
 30, Concord Township, and section 5, Pu- 
 i^^/' laski Township. The land is in a high state 
 of cultivation, is well fenced, and supplied with a 
 full line of farm buildings, including houses, barns, 
 a windmill, etc. It is evident to even the most 
 causual observer that the estate is under the man- 
 agement of a practical and progressive agricultur- 
 ist. Labor-saving machinery of the latest and 
 most improved models is used, and the greatest 
 neatness and order prevails. The place is one of 
 which any man may well be proud to be the owner. 
 General farming is carried on upon it, wheat and 
 other grains being raised, and good grades of cattle 
 and hogs being ke|)t. The two teams of horses 
 used in carrying on the work of the estate are 
 graded Wilkes. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write is an adopted 
 son of Austin Pomroy, who was a prominent man 
 in this section from 1835 to 1877. Austin Pomroy 
 was born in Haniilttm, Madison County, N. Y., 
 January 23, 1804, being a son of John and De- 
 borah (Foster) Pomroy, who were pioneers of the 
 
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 county in vvliich be was born. Ili-^ lather was a 
 farmer and also a surveyor, and the son followed 
 is bis father's steps when he l)ecamc a man. The 
 remote ancestr^^ are French, the name being de- 
 rived from the Friii(-li words meaning "Apple 
 King." 
 
 Austin Pomroy was a delicate child, wlio was not 
 thought to have a long lease of life. He attended 
 the common schools, and had one term at the acad- 
 emy at Hamilton. In 1830 he went to Lockport 
 and hired out on .'i f:uni. teaching during the win- 
 ters for four years. He then made a tour tlirougb 
 Southcin Michigan, but returned to bis native State 
 without having located. After spending a few 
 montiis in Lockport again, in 1835 be returned to 
 this State, and bought (Government land on sections 
 29 and 30, Concord Township, this caunty, put up 
 a log iiouse, and began farming and stock-raising. 
 
 Whili! attending the academy Mr. Pomroy had 
 learned surveying, and after coming to this State 
 be engaged in such work, surveying the township 
 several times. In 1857 he was elected County 
 Surveyor, and with the exception of two years 
 iield the ollice continuously till 18G9, giving gen- 
 eral satisfaction to tiie peoi)le. During the years 
 1850-51, lie was Townsbij) Supervisor ; he also held 
 the otlices of Comnii.-sioner of Highways and Over- 
 seer of the Poor. Known throughout t!ie comity, 
 he was biglily reputed and wielded an inlluence 
 that falls to the lot of few men, being loved .as well 
 as respited. He cast bis first vote for John <i. 
 Adams, was a stanch Abolitionist, and a Republican 
 in later years. In the Presbyterian Church be was 
 an Klder thirty-four years, and was one of the or- 
 ganizers of the society at Concord. He lived on 
 tlie farm that was his lirst home in this county until 
 March 23, 1877, when be laid down the burdens of 
 life and entered into his rest. 
 
 On April 28, 183G, Austin Pomroy and Betsey 
 Randall were joined in holy wedlock. The bride 
 was a daughter of Ilenr}' and .Sarah (Robinson) 
 Randall, who were natives of St. Lawrence Countj', 
 Is. Y., whence they removed to Niagara County, 
 later making their home with their daughter in 
 this State for a time. Subsequently they went to 
 Illinois, where both died. Mr. and Mrs. Randall 
 were childless, but adopted the subject of this 
 
 sketch, and in every respect treated bim as a son, 
 bestowing upon biin the care and the love that 
 were denied their legitimate objects. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in (Jrass 
 Lake, this county, .lune 22, 1813. and was but two 
 j'ears old when liis mtitber died, and he was adopted 
 by those to whom be became a son in all but the 
 bond of blood. His father Roswell Tucker, a na- 
 tive of Cherry Valley. N. Y., came to ^lichigan 
 about 1837, and located at Grass Lake, where he 
 became the owner of a good farm. He was .also en- 
 gaged as a clerk in a store in that town for j'ears, 
 until be grew too old for such duties. He t .on re- 
 moved to Alamo. Kalamazoo County, wliere he 
 died in 1878. He was a Republican in bis political 
 adiliations, and a member of the Congregational 
 Church. His wife, Miss Smith, was born, reared 
 and mariied in the Fmpire State. She bore him 
 four clilldrcn: UiUa, now deceased; Othelbert, 
 who lives in Piano, this State; Elizabeth, now Mrs. 
 Buck, of Chicago, III.; and our subject. 
 
 After becoming a member of the family of Aus- 
 tin Ponuoy, be of wiioni we write grew to maturity 
 in the region where he yet lives, studying in the 
 district schools. He learned surveying, becoming 
 quite conversant with the theory, but thought the 
 practice required wading through too much water, 
 and soon abandoned the work. He remained at 
 borne, carrying on the farm, working with his 
 adopted father, and upon his death inheriting the 
 estate. It comprises one hundred and twenty 
 acres in Concord Township, and forty acres in Pu- 
 laski Township, the most of the present improve- 
 ments being bis own work. 
 
 In Homer, Calhoun County, in 18C7, Mr. Pom- 
 roy was united in marriage witli Miss Permilla E. 
 Snj-der, an estimable young woman, whose domestic 
 accomplishments and tine character gain the esteem 
 of many friends, and the deep love of her own 
 household. She is a daughter of Jeremiah and 
 R.achael (Broas) Snj-der, of Tompkins Countj", 
 N. Y., who settled In this State In 183,s. They lo- 
 cated at Albion, but in 1851) came to this county 
 and located in Pulaski Township, where the father 
 continued his farming operations until his death. 
 The mother is still living on the old homestead, 
 and is now past seventy-five years old. She belongs 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 to the Methodist Episcopal Church. She bore her 
 husband five children, viz.: Urial, now living in 
 Pulaski Township, this county; Otis; KiUh. Mrs. 
 Benliam, and Ciiailcs, living in Homer Townsliip, 
 Calhoun County: and Mrs. Pomro}'. The latter 
 was born in Albion, Jul}- 13, 1848, and reared tliere 
 and in this county. The father of Mr. Snyder was 
 a farmer in Tompkins County, N. V., and a soldier 
 of the War of 1812. His given name was Peter, 
 and his age at the time of his death was nearly 
 ninety-six years. The father of Mrs. Snyder was a 
 Revolutionary soldier. 
 
 Aiound the hearthstone of Mr. and Mrs. Ponuo}' 
 four bright sons and daughters cluster. Thej^ are: 
 J. A.; Charles J., who is yet attending the common 
 schools; and Inez Adella and Ida Luella, twins. 
 Mr. Pomroy does not aspire to public office, finding 
 sufficient to occupy him in the care of his estate, 
 and his indivi iual duties as man and citizen. His 
 social nature finds recreation in tlie home circle, and 
 in the fraternities to which he belongs. He is a 
 member of Willej' Lodge, No. 17G, I. O. O. F., at 
 Concord, of which he lias been Past Noble Grand; 
 also of the Encampment Nm. 63, at Albion, from 
 which he has been delegate to tlie Grand Lodge; 
 and to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In 
 politics lie is a Republican of the st.'inciiest sort. 
 Admired and liked by every one, with a pleasing 
 family, and in a prosperous condition in life, Mr. 
 Pomro3- is one of the few men wi\o have reason to 
 be content with their lot, and who manifest their 
 satisfaction. 
 
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 I ' 
 
 vALLACE .1. WEEKS, M.D. In giving 
 honor to whom honor is due " in the 
 development of this county, mention 
 should certainly be made of the above-named gen- 
 tleman, who h."s labored long and arduously in this 
 vicinity, displaying his energy and capability in 
 several lines of work. He is the owner and occu- 
 pant of a good farm on section 9, Hanover Town- 
 ship, where he has made his home for some j'ears, 
 and where he is engaged in breeding fine horses, in 
 addition to his professional labors. He owns a fine 
 equine " Mack," by •' Ilambletonian Gift," and a 
 
 mare five j'ears old, sired by " Grand Sentinel." 
 The latter is in foal to "Ambassador," a celebrated 
 Kalamazoo stallion valued at $30,000. 
 
 The parents of him of whom we write were Ira 
 B. and Emeline (Bowerman) Weeks, who were 
 united in marriage in New York. The former was 
 born in Chenango County, of the Empire State, 
 and the latter in Barnstable County, Mass. In 
 182() the}' removed to Ohio, where they remained 
 about four 3'ears, returning then to the Empire 
 State, where thev lived until 1847. The mother 
 rode the entire distance on a ponj', carrying the 
 Doctor, then an infant of eight months, in her 
 arras, while his elder brother, three years old, rode 
 behind ou the pony. This journey was from 
 Huron County, Ohio, to Livingston County, N. Y. 
 They then came to Michigan, settling on a farm in 
 Hanover Township, this county. There the mother 
 died in 1868, her death being the first in the fanj- 
 ily for forty years. The father followed her to 
 the grave the following j'ear. They were the par- 
 ents of nine children who grew to maturity, and 
 eight of whom p.re living. 
 
 Dr. Weeks is the second born in the parental 
 family, and his birtli occuri-ed in New Haven, 
 Huron County, Ohio, December 23, 1830. His 
 elementary education was obtained in the common 
 schools of Monroe County, N. Y., and at the age 
 of eleven years he left the parental roof to make 
 his iiome with a neighbor, in whose family he re- 
 mained three years. He then spent a year in Can- 
 ada with an uncle, returning to New York for a 
 twelvemonth, and then turning his steps West- 
 ward, and liecoming a permanent resident in this 
 State. While in Canada he worked for 14 per 
 month in the winter and $.5 per month in the sum- 
 mer, and from this stipend he clothed himself and 
 saved $15.50. This money was the nucleus for 
 raising and saving enough to bring the family to 
 Michigan, and from it all the possessions of the 
 Doctor have si)rung by dint of energy, prudence 
 aud ability. 
 
 When the Weeks family came to this county 
 almost the entire section was in a wild state, but few 
 fields having yet been tilled, although on many large 
 tracts the trees had been girdled. Frame houses 
 were very rare, the residences being mostly log 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 433 
 
 cabins, nnd the schoollioiises also built of logs. 
 Apples were very scarce, as the trees were too 
 yoimg: for bearing, but peaches were quite abund- 
 ant. But few are now living in this section who 
 were here at tiiat time, and tlie heads of tlie families 
 are nearly all gone from earth. 
 
 During the first tlirce years llie suliject of tiiis 
 sketch turned his hand to ciiopping, making rails. 
 grul)bing and well-digging. He tiicn turned his 
 attention to car[)enter and joiner work under tiie 
 supervision of his father, who followed that trade. 
 During the w'inter of 1^50-51 lie worked on a 
 fraiiic house on Bundy's Hill at five siiillings per 
 (l:iy. Ill tiie fall of 18.50 young Weeks bought one 
 luuKlred acres of land one and one-half miles south 
 of Ilorton, for which ho paid $.500. It was partly 
 improved in a rough way, and a log house stood 
 upon it. Tiie following spring he took a compan- 
 ion in life, and set up liis household upon this farm. 
 There he remained four )-ears. after wiiieii he sold 
 the i)ioporty and inircliased eighty- four acres in 
 Liberty Township, to which he removed, remain- 
 ing upon it eleven yeais. During this time he car- 
 ric'd on his farm, and also took contracts for 
 building, furnishing all material, woik. etc. A 
 great many of the l)nildings in .Spring Arbor 
 Townsliii) were erected by hia). 
 
 Twenty-six years ago ;\[r. and Mrs. AVeeks re- 
 move<l to their present home, which then contained 
 two hundred and fourteen acres. \n 18fJ9, the 
 Ft. Wayne \' .lackson Kailroad was built through 
 here, and Hanover Township raised $30,000 to aid 
 it. In tliis work ^Ir. Weeks bore a noble share, 
 also contributing to the Air Line Railroad. In 
 1870 or 1871 lie went to the village of Horton as 
 railroad agent, in company with his father in-law, 
 D. C. Hatch, Sr., and together they built the 
 freight depot. Ere long he bought out the inter- 
 est of Mr. Hatch, and being appointed dejjot 
 agent, i)ut up the [lassenger depot. While not 
 neglecting his duties as agent tie handled lumber, 
 pl.aster, etc.. and was the first grain buyer in the 
 village. Me also bought wool and carried on a 
 general business for about three years. 
 
 In the meantime Mr. Weeks had built a large 
 edifice to be used as a store, with a Masonic hall 
 overhead, and lie opened in this Ituilding a slock 
 
 of dry-goods, groceries, boots and shoes, ciotiiing. 
 drugs, medicine and hardware. lie carricvl on his 
 mercantile business as well as his other occupation 
 for nearly two years, and then sold out the depot 
 buildings, gave up the railroad agency, and gave 
 his attention exclusively to his store for about six 
 years. He then retired to his farm, where he has 
 since lived with ilie exception of two years spent 
 in the village. I5y the advice of some of the phy- 
 sicians here he began the study of medicine, and 
 after a year's reading at home he entered the De- 
 troit Medical College, where he took t.vo full 
 courses in medicine, being graduated in 1880. 
 Since liiat time he has been in consiant pr.acticc, 
 following the regular school, and having an excel- 
 lent reputation throughout the surrounding country. 
 
 The lady to whom .Mr. Weeks w.as united in 
 marriage, March 1, 18;jl. was Miss Eliza .1. Hatch, 
 daughter of one of the prominent pioneers, of 
 whom inforuiiition is given in the biograpli\- of 
 .loiin A. Hatch, found elsewhere in this volume. 
 Mrs. Weeks was born in .Steuben County, N. Y., 
 December .U), I.S2',l. and no native of the county 
 grew to a more worlhj- womanhood than she. 
 Throughout her happy married life she has been a 
 valued companion and a true helpmate to the man 
 of lier choice. She is the mother of three children 
 — Mary was born in lS5;-i. became the wife of 
 Edwpid Tripp, and died .luiie 1",!, 1888. leaving no 
 children; (ieorge W., born in 1855, married Miss 
 Sarah I''razior, and lives in the same township as 
 his parents; he and his wife have one son, John; 
 Charles W. was born in 1863, and at the age of 
 twentj- married Miss Katie Browidee; his wife w.as 
 removed from him by death September 11. 1887. 
 their union having been childless. 
 
 The health of Dr. Weeks was so reduced a few 
 j'cars since that he w.as obliged to go South, in 
 1885 and 188G, remaining until the cold weather 
 abated. He has been a strong su|)porter of the 
 I'niversalist doctrines, in which his wife also be- 
 lieves He is a member of the Grange and of the 
 Masonic fraternity-, having membership in the Blue 
 Lodge at Horton, and in the Comraandery at Jack- 
 son. He was a charter member of the Blue Lodge, 
 and has been Senior Warden. Not only in a busi- 
 ness capacity, but in his connection with local 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 affairs, Dr. Weeks has been active and useful in his 
 (la3' and generation. In the eM-\y times lie was a 
 Constable, for many years he served as Scho'ol 
 Director, and also as a Trustee for tiie Methodist 
 Episcopal Clmreli; he was Justice of the Peace six 
 years and Town Clerk two years. He has always 
 been an active worker in tiie cause of temperance, 
 and lias been deeply interested in political .affairs, 
 affiliating with tlio Democratic party. Both he and 
 his wife are related to many of the first families in 
 this vicinit}-, and throughout their large circle of 
 acquaintances are regarded with deej) respect and 
 have many warm friends. 
 
 if^-, OX. JOSHUA CLEMENT has been for many 
 * 3'ears not only one of the prominent and 
 prosperous agriculturists of Leoni Town- 
 i^)j ship, where he owns and occupies a valua- 
 ble farm, but he has taken a leading part in the 
 management of public affairs, and has wisely' and 
 abiy discharged the duties devolving upon him 
 while an incumbent of important township and 
 county offices. 
 
 He was born in Orange County, N. Y., Septem- 
 ber 3, 1818, a son of Barllett S. Clement, who was 
 anativeof Long Island. Daniel Clement, the giand- 
 f.ntlier of our subject, was born in England, and 
 coming with two brothers to America in Colonial 
 times, he and one brother settled i)ermanently on 
 Long Island, the other brother subsequently mov- 
 ing to Canada. The fatlier of our subject passed his 
 earl^' life in the home of his birth, ami when a 
 young man went to the main bind, and settled in 
 Orange County, and was there mnrried, Cathci'ine 
 McCulloch becoming his wife. She was a native of 
 Ireland, born of Scotch parentage, her ancestors 
 having been among the people who colonized the 
 north of Ireland. Siie came to this counlr3' when a 
 young woman and was living in Orange County at 
 the time of her marriage. Early in 1820 the parents 
 of our subject took up their residence in Tompkins 
 County, locating in the town of Itliica. Blr. C'leni- 
 ent was engaged there a few j'ears in working land 
 on siiaies, and then removed from there to Danbv, 
 
 where he bought a small farm, and operated it till 
 1843, in which year he came to Michigan, and 
 settling in Leoni Townslilp was a respected resident 
 of this place until his death, which occurred at the 
 home of his son. and he now lies sleeping his last 
 sleep in the Leoni cemetery. Mis wife also spent 
 her last years with our subject. .Slie was the mother 
 of fourteen children, eleven of whom were reared 
 to maturit\-: Daniel, David, Wright, Joseiili, John, 
 Joshua, Absalom, Charles, Hannah, Ann Eliza, 
 Sarah, and of tliese three are now living, Joshua, 
 Charles and Ann Eliza. 
 
 Joshua Clement, of whom these lines are a brief 
 life record, was bred to man's estate in Tompkins 
 County, N. Y., and early commenced to help his 
 father in his work, and thus gained a good practi- 
 cal education in farming. lie remained an inmate 
 of the parental houscholil until he was twenty one 
 years old, and then started out for himself, finding 
 employment as a farm laborer, working by the 
 month. In 1843, he accompanied his parents to this 
 State, his father having previously bought a tract 
 of land in Parma Township, which ho soon traded 
 for a part of the farm now owned by our subject. 
 A few acres had been cleared, and a log house stood 
 on the place. The county was still sitarsel}' settled, 
 ai'd deer, wild turkeys and other kinds of game 
 furnished food for the pioneers. In 1844 our sub- 
 ject settled <)n his present farm, and has been a res- 
 ident of the townsln'i) ever since. lie has been 
 greatly prospered, and has added to his landed 
 estate until it now comprises two luindred ard nine 
 acres of valuable and highl}' productive farming 
 land. He has erected a neat set of frame buildings 
 and has otherwise greatly improved the place. 
 
 On March lit, 1845, the marriage of ]\Ir. Clement 
 with Miss Elizabeth Taylor was consummated. 
 Mrs. Clement is a native of New Jersey, born in 
 Bergen County. April 14, 181;"). Her father. Elisha 
 Ta\'lor, was an honored pioneer of Jackson County, 
 settling one mile south of the city of Jackson, where 
 he improved a good farm. He and his wife spent 
 their last years with Mr. and Mrs. Clement. The 
 maiden name of Mrs. Clement's mother was Eliza- 
 beth Bennett. She and her husband lie sleeping 
 side bj' side in the Jackson cemetery. 
 
 The wedded life of our subject and his wife has 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGRaI'IIICAL ALBUM. 
 
 i:;." 
 
 been darkened by the death of the three cliildren 
 lioiii mito them. Tlieir eldest son, a bright and 
 l>romisin<r young man. born May 27, 1846, entered 
 the rnivcrsity at Ann Arbor in 1870, and die<l 
 whilo |iiirsuiiig liis studies tiiere March 10, 1873. 
 Their only daughter. Kale Elizabeth, born Maj- 
 13, IB-IM, died September 10. 186.'). Their young- 
 est son. Bartlett, was born May 13, 18.")0. Me mar- 
 ried Jliss Annie E. Sullivan, and established a 
 pleasant home, from which he was renu)ved by 
 death .Innunry 10. 1890. May the beloved parents 
 and friends of tbese three thus early removed from 
 the cares and trials of this life, be sustained by the 
 lioi)cof meeting them in a future "where the hopes 
 and dreams of earth shall be turned to sight, and 
 the broken circles of life be rounded to the perfect 
 orb." 
 
 This brief review of the life of our subject shows 
 him to have always lieen liie same level headed, 
 C'lenr-ljrained, practical man, just and u|>riglit in all 
 his .acts, that he is to-day, and the township and 
 county where lie has had his home for so many 
 years have found in hiui a vei^" useful citizen. 
 Recognizing his titness for ollice his fellow citizens 
 have called him to responsible positions, and the 
 vigor and shrewdness of his management of his 
 private alt'airs have been carried into his oflicial 
 work, making him a valuable civic oIKcial. He 
 was elected to the Slate Legislature in the fall of 
 1870. and he has represented his towMshi)) on the 
 Conntj' Board of Supervisors ten jears. Politically, 
 he is a sound Democrat. 
 
 ^lO 
 
 In the dealh of the 
 aboved named gentleman, which occurred 
 
 ;^[ MASA W. MARSH. 
 ji 
 
 at his home on section 19. Columbia Town- 
 ship, .lanuary 10, 1890, this county lost 
 one of her carl}' settlers and most industrious and 
 enteriirising afjriculturists. AVliile taking no promi- 
 nent part in political or social affairs, he was inter- 
 ested in the development of the material and 
 intellectual resources and in the pros|)erity of the 
 St.ale which he had chosen for his home. His good 
 citizenshi[) was a<kiiowledged by all with whom he 
 
 came in contact and they also admitted his right to 
 the title of an honorable man. 
 
 The parents of him of whom we write were 
 Samuel Marsh, a native of Connecticut and of New 
 England parentage, and Polly Barnes, of New 
 York. The father began life .ts a tanner and cur- 
 rier in Pompey Township, Onondaga County, 
 N. Y.. where he spent all his active days, dying 
 there when forty- five years old. His wife lived to 
 come to Michigan and spent her last days with her 
 children here, dying at the home of her son Samuel, 
 (now deceased), in this county, in 1878, when oast 
 four-score yeai'S of age. 
 
 A. \y . Marsh was one of a large family, of whom 
 five sons and two daughters lived to years of ma- 
 turity. He was born in Onondaga County, N. Y.. 
 October 17, 1816, remaining under the parental 
 roof until the death of his father, when he went to 
 live with his uncle Pliilo Peck. At his home he 
 spent the remainder of the }• ears until he attained 
 man's estate, and was married to Miss Lydia Linds- 
 day, also of Onondaga County. In 1837, not long 
 after his marriage, 'Mv. Marsh visited the wilds of 
 Michigan, selecting the tract of land which after- 
 ward became his home and obtaining it from the 
 Government, then returning to New York. In 
 1839. accompanied by his wife, he made the jour- 
 ney across the country to his new home wilii teams, 
 at once beginning the improvement of the estate 
 which was the scene of his active labors from that 
 time forward. He became the owner of a good 
 farm of one hundred and fortj'-two acres which is 
 now the comfortable home of his second wife and 
 those of his children who are yet unmarried. 
 
 The faithful woman who accompanied Mr. 
 ^larsh to Michigan, aiding him in his earl}' efforts 
 to build up a good home in the West, was removed 
 from him l)y death .lanuary 26, 18.51. He was 
 the second time married at Tecnmseli. Lenawee 
 County, taking as his companion Miss Elizi, 
 daughter of Samuel and Martha (Shell) Tolten. 
 Her |)arents were born in .Vlbany County. N. Y.. 
 and wore both of English ancestry. After their 
 marriage the}' removed to Oneida County, where 
 their daughter Eliza was born April 17, 1827. In 
 1816, Mr. and Mrs. Totten came to Michigan with 
 i their famih*. settling at Tecumseh, where both 
 
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 died, Mr. Totten when he had .almost reached liis 
 tlnee-seore years and ten, and Jlrs. Totten when 
 seventy-two 3^ears ohl. They were worthy citizens, 
 good neighbors, and meral)ers in good standing of 
 the Congregational Cliurcli. 
 
 Mrs. Eliza Marsh, widow of the subject of tliis 
 sketch, was one of two daugliters and six sons, and 
 was nineteen j'ears old when her parents removed 
 to this State. She is a worthy woman whose chief 
 aim has ever been to be a true helpmate toherhiis- 
 band and a faitlifnl mother t(j the children whom 
 she has borne and to the son of her husband's 
 former marriage. She is the mother of four chil- 
 dren, namely: S. Lavern,at home; Hortense, wife 
 of Fred Foot, a farmer of Liberty Township, this 
 county, Florence, wife of Norman Birdsall, a 
 farmer of Columbia Township; and William T.. at 
 home. By his first marriage Mr. Marsh had two 
 children — Homer, who is now deceased, and Clif- 
 ton A., who is still living with his step-mother. 
 Mr. Marsh was identified with the Universalist 
 Church, in the doctrines of which his widow is also 
 a believer. He was a Democrat and the sons fol- 
 low the faith of their father. 
 
 'VJLIJAM S. BLACKMAR. This sturdy 
 * veteran of three-quarters of a centurj-. in 
 W^ .years, gives comparatively little evidence 
 that he has passed so many milestones on the high- 
 way of life, being still active in mind and body 
 and possessed of the intelligence, memory and a 
 fund of information constituting bim a companion 
 with whom an hour may always be spent in a pleas- 
 ant and profitable manner. He is well fixed, finan- 
 cially, and is now living retired from tiic active 
 duties of life in a pleasant home in Napoleon. He 
 is known to the people of this county as one of its 
 most solid citizens, possessing the sterling qualities 
 of character which, have enabled him to build up a 
 record of which his posterity will never be ashamed. 
 A native of the little town of Wales, Erie Count}', 
 N. Y., Mr. Biackmar was born July 24, 1815, and 
 lived there until a lad of fourteen years. He then 
 came with his parents, in 1829, to Michigan Terri- 
 
 tory, the}' locating in Lenawee County where he 
 I spent the greater part of his time until IS.'JG. The 
 following 3'ear he in 1857 removed to Brookl^'n, 
 Jackson County, and engaged in the real-estate 
 business for ten years and one-half. Then turning 
 his attention to agriculture, he purch.ased a farm in 
 Summit Township wiiere he lived three years. 
 Selling out he then bought a farm in Blackoian 
 Township where he lived three years and we next 
 finil him on a farm near the village of Grass Lake, 
 whence, a year later he removed to Napoleon. He 
 has thus been a resident of this place since ^larch, 
 1873. Contrary to the usual adage that "a rolling 
 stone gathers no moss," Mr. Biackmar has usually 
 bettered himself in his migrations and is now the 
 owner of three hundred and fifty broad acres, all 
 in this county. He sn|)erintcnds the cultivation of 
 this which is carried on by other parties. He takes 
 an active interest in political affairs and is a pro- 
 nounced Proliil)itionist, condemning teetotally the 
 manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. Both 
 he and his estimable wife are active members of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church in which Mr. 
 Biackmar has beeu a pillar, holding many ollices 
 for these many years. He has been a man at all 
 times enjoying the esteem of his fellow- citizens and 
 holding various positions of trust and responsibil- 
 ity. When but a boy in his native State he received 
 a Corporal's commission from Gov. Stephen T. 
 Mason, and went with Gen. Brown to drive off the 
 Ohio men from the ten-mile strip, which purpose 
 was thoroughly accomplished. Many and great are 
 the changes which he has witnessed since ccuning 
 to the Wolverine State and he may reasonably feel 
 that he has contributed his full quota in transform- 
 ing a portion of her soil from the wilderness to the 
 abode of a civilized and prosperous people. 
 
 Blr. Biackmar was first married in his native 
 State to Miss Jane Loucks, who was born there and 
 I who bore him a son and daughter. The son died 
 ! when two years old; the daughter, Oetavia J., is 
 now the wife of ^\'illiam H. Loomis. JIi-s. Jane 
 Biackmar departed this life in Cambridge Town- 
 ship,.Lenawee County, this State, in 1851. The 
 second wife of Mr. Biackmar wasPapiria Blair, and 
 of this union there were also born two children — 
 Charles who died when a year and a half old, an(l 
 
PORTRAIT AND lilOCHAl'IIICAL ALIUM. 
 
 4^', 
 
 Ella F. who is the wife of Charles I), {{ichaiilsoii 
 of Genesee County, Mich.; Mrs. Piipiria Hlaekmar 
 died at the homestead in f^enawee County in ISJJl. 
 
 The ))resent wife of our subject to whom lie was 
 married November 25, 18.57, was in her girlhood 
 ]\Iiss Christia A. Buckland and the weddirg took 
 place at the bride's home in Moscow Township. 
 Mrs. Christia A. Blackmar was born in Genesee 
 County. N. Y., November 25, 18:^3, and came to 
 Michigan with her parents in childhood. Of this 
 union there have been born the following children: 
 The firstborn died in infancy; Ada 1>. died when 
 twelve years old ; Anna L. is with her parents, Flor- 
 ence died when an infant; William S., Jr. remains 
 under the home roof. The daughter, Anna, is a 
 bright and aeconi[)lished young lady, possessing 
 fine talent as an artist as \^ar^ous paintings upon the 
 walls of the dwelling indicate, and she li.'is attained 
 quite a reputation in this line. 
 
 The father of our subject was Charles Blackmar, 
 a native of New York State and the maiden n;ime 
 of his mother was Nellie Rice, who was born and 
 reared not far from the early home of her husband. 
 .Vfter their marriage they removed from Erie 
 CuMuly to Ilnron County, Ohio, where the}' lived 
 three years. In 1829 they set out for .Michigan 
 Territory and located first in what is now Cam- 
 bridge Township. Lenawee County. The father 
 only lived Kve years afterward, being taken away 
 when a young man, in 1834. The mother survived 
 her husband over twenty years, her death taking 
 place at the home of her daughter, in Woodstock 
 Township in IX5C>. They were the parents of seven 
 children, of whom William S. was the eldest son 
 and thiid cliild. Three of the others are living and 
 l(jc;ited in Michigan. 
 
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 OIIN C. CORWIN. This gentleman, whose 
 pleasant home is situated on section 21, 
 Sandstone Township, is one of the oldest 
 v£/ settlers now living in this county, and many 
 an interesting tale can he tell of life in pioneer 
 times, and of the toils and pleasures of those olden 
 days. lie numbers a Revolutionary soldier among 
 
 his ancestors, and the King and Corwin families, 
 from which ho sprung, have not l)een without their 
 men and women of true worth ami character. 
 
 Elias and Mary (King) Corwin. the parents of 
 our subject, were born in New .Jersey, whence they 
 removed some time after their marriage to Tomp- 
 kins County, N. Y. In 1H3(; they continued their 
 progress Westward, and reaching this county, lo- 
 cated in Leoni Township. Jlr. Corwin bought 
 one hundred and twenty acres of land there, and 
 began the work of developing it, a work he w.as 
 not spared to complete, as he died in 183'J. He 
 was the father of ten children, the only survivor 
 at this day being the subject of this sketch. The 
 mother passed from lime to eternity in 1854. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we initiate this 
 sketch w.as born in .Morris County, N. J., March 
 10. 1818, and was but four years of age when his 
 parents removed to the Empire State, where he 
 p.assed his boyho(Kl and youth, attending the com- 
 mon schools and acquiring useful habits and fine 
 principles. lie was entering ni)on his young man- 
 hood 'vhen the family became residents of this 
 county, ;md his father dying soon afterward, he 
 was obliged to assume the place of a guardian, and 
 upon him the support of the family largelv de- 
 pended. He c(jnlinMO(l the work of clearing the 
 land which his father had purchased, and establish- 
 ing a good home, for seven 3-ears continued to .act 
 as the head of the family-. 
 
 In 1843 Mr. Corwin was united in marriage with 
 Clarissa, daughter of Daniel Peir3\ an early pio- 
 neer in this county, and purchasing land in this 
 township, where Timothy Titus now lives, he re- 
 mained upon it three years. He then removed to 
 Spring Arbor Township, where he lived two years, 
 after which he became a kee|)er in the Stale Prison 
 at Jackson, in which capacity he served five j'ears. 
 He then returned to Spring Arbor Township, and 
 purchased a farm, ui)on which he resided a number 
 of years, and from which he removed to his pres- 
 ent home in 1876. The estate which be now occu- 
 pies comprises one hundred and twenty acres of 
 fine land in a good state of cultivation, and its 
 ac(]uisilion and fine condition afford the best proof 
 of the ability and prudence of the owner. 
 
 The second marriage of Mr. Corwin took placo 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 March 4, 1873, his companion on tliis occasion 
 being Mrs. Sarah A. Hibbard. She was born in 
 Windsor, Yt., Septeniljer 26, 1825, but became a 
 resident of this cuuntj' in her earljr cliildliood, and 
 received her education principally in the public 
 schools of Jackson. She after\Yard spent a year at 
 a select school in Detroit. She was first married 
 in 1841, her husband, Samuel K. Ilibbard, being a 
 man of prominence in tliis county, anil connected 
 more or less with oflieial life therein. The union 
 resulted in the birth of two children, one of whom 
 is now living; this is Walter E. Hibbard, of De- 
 troit. The father departed this life in 1854, and 
 for nearly fifteen j-ears after his death his widow 
 was Matron of the Reform School at Lansing. Inur- 
 ing her stay in that institution thirteen hundred 
 and sixty-two boys were inmates. 
 
 The parents of the present Mrs. Corwin, Dr. 
 Oliver and C)rinda (Towne) Russ, were born in 
 Vermont, whence in 1832 they removed to tliis 
 State, locating in Jackson. Their house was the 
 lirst one with painted doors and windows in that 
 town. Dr. Russ was one of the first physicians 
 resident there, and was a successful practitioner, his 
 professional work extending all the wa}' to Branch 
 County. He was a man of prominence and in- 
 Huence in other capacities, having held many of 
 the important offices of the county, from a Judge- 
 ship down. He was one of the first advocates of 
 tlie tstablishment of public schools, and one of the 
 most [)ublic-spirited men of the time. He was 
 liighly cultured, having been a graduate of Har- 
 vard ITniversity. His death occurred in the year 
 1844. 
 
 The first marriage of Mr. Corwin was l)lessed by 
 the birth of si.v children, three of whom are now 
 living. They are: Fenner K. ; Jennie, wife of 
 Ernest GrifDn, of All)ion; and Delia. Mr. Cor- 
 win is now serving his second term as Justice of 
 the Peace of Sandstone Township, having formerly 
 held a similar position in Spring Arbor Township. 
 He is a Republican, ever ready to cast his vote and 
 to wield his personal influence in behalf of the 
 party. Both he and his wife may be classed among 
 the representative pioneers of the county, whose 
 gradual growth they have witnessed, and in whose 
 civilization tuej- have ever been deeply interested. 
 
 They take an active interest in tlie social affairs of 
 their neighborhood, and are looked upon with res- 
 pect by their fellow-citizens, and with a more 
 affectionate regard by those who are best acquainted 
 with their lives and character. 
 
 ROSS (t. pond. By means of great indus- 
 tr}', careful and prudent management, this 
 ^^^5) gentleman has become a large property 
 holder in Jackson County, owning a farm on sec- 
 tions 28 and 29, Liberty Townsiiip. One of the 
 prominent features of the homestead, is a fine two- 
 story brick residence, Ijuilt in 1880 at a cost of 
 $2,500. The barn, wliich was erected in 1876, cost 
 11,000. The soil has been carefully developed, and 
 yields good crops of all kinds of grain, besides 
 fruits. Mr. Pond has also been quite successful as 
 a stock-raiser. 
 
 In tracing the genealogy of Mr. Pond, we find 
 tliat he is the son of Josiah Poml. a native of Ver- 
 mont, and born September 19,1791. He served 
 as one of the Green Mountain bo}'S in the War of 
 1812, doing valiant service in his country's behalf. 
 By trade he was a shoemaker, and owned a farm in 
 Steuben County, X. Y., in the township of Cohoc- 
 ton. He mairied Miss Nabby Gates, born likewise 
 in the Green Mountain Slate, Februar}' 14, 1791. 
 Her father was a soldier in the War of 1812. Af- 
 ter the marriage of Josiah Pond, which occurred in 
 ^'ermont, he continued to reside there for a short 
 time, thence going to New York, which was his 
 home until 1845. 
 
 Upon coming to Michigan in 1845, Josiah Pond 
 settled in Libertj- Township, and worked on shares 
 a farm just east of Libert}- Mills. After continu- 
 ing this for three years, he purchased eighty acres 
 in 1849, and this land is the present home of his 
 son, our subject. At the same time JNIr. Pond op- 
 erated a farm of two hundred and forty acres, non- 
 the property of Lewis Bros. He put up a plank 
 house, and began improving the place and fencing 
 it. The first schoolhouse in the township was on 
 his farm. It was rudely made of logs, with a large 
 old-fashioned fireplace, and chimney made of mud 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 439 
 
 and sticks. In 1862 lie l)ouglit one luiiKlred and I 
 sixty acres of land, vvliere Pliilotiis Lewis now 
 lives. 
 
 In 1863, selling- out to his sons, Gross G. and 
 Trafton II., Jlr. Pond removed to Liberty Mills, 
 houufht a small place there, and worked at his trade 
 of shoe-making until his death April •20, 1885. His ' 
 wife had preceded him to the better land ten years, 
 dying in Sepleniher. 1875. They were Christian 
 people, large-hearted and generous, being liberal 
 supporters of the cluirdi. lie was interested in 
 l)olilical affairs, voting the Democratic ticket, and 
 always an earnest advocate of the right against the 
 wrong. They were the parents of cloven children, 
 five of whom are living. 
 
 Gross G. Pond, the sixth child in his father's 
 family, was born January 6. 1828, in Cohocton 
 Township, Steuben Countj', N. Y., and vvas pro- 
 vented from enjoying the splendid school facilities 
 of modern life, his altendanco being limited to a ' 
 rate l)ill school. After reaching his tenth year, his 
 school privileges were limited to an attendance of 
 only three months out of the year, these being dur- 
 ing the winter term, in New York State, when he 
 boarded out and gave one and a half days per week 
 besides doing the chores, to pay for bis tuition in 
 school. After coming here, he was a pupil in the 
 district school in winter until ho was twenty years 
 of age. He remained at home until of age, and all 
 of his earnings went to help the father. 
 
 Upon starting out for himself, Mr. Pond worked 
 for Kilward Dolamater, of Columbia Township, for 
 ^12.50 [ler monlli, this being one-half dollar more 
 than the orilinary wages. Ht; worked six months 
 for this man. and while there, cut in one day eight 
 acres of wheat with a cradle, his brother-in-law, 
 Oismas Phelps, raking anil binding it after him. 
 During the reuiainder of that year he worked out 
 by the month, then resolved thereafter to work for 
 0. G. Pond. Taking up a farm on shares, with the 
 proceeds of six months' work, he bought a team of 
 cattle, for which he paid -^25. Then he traded the 
 cattle for a horse, sold the horse, and bought a pair j 
 of calves for ^60. Later he exchanged them for a 
 j'oke of oxen, giving ^^lO to boot. 
 
 Together with his brother-in-law. Mr. I'helps, ! 
 our subject look a large farm, two hundred acres 
 
 in extent, and this he worked, putting in forty 
 acres of wheat. Ijesides corn, oats, etc. After liv- 
 ing there one year, he moved east of Brooklyn, 
 where he look a farm on the north side of Vineyard 
 Lake, known as Irving Crane Farm. After a year's 
 residence there, he came to his father's home in this 
 place, and worked land on .shares for about seven 
 years. In 1851) he made a trip to California, go- 
 ing from New York by way of the Isthmus in a 
 steamer. He was gone eight months, returning home 
 in June, 1860. While there he engaged in agri- 
 cultural ])ursuits. 1ti 1864 he made another trip 
 to California, this time going overland across the 
 plains with his family. They left Liberty Town- 
 ship April 4, that year, and located in Nevada, at 
 Virginia City, October 11. In the meantime he 
 stopped on the way. and worked for the Indian 
 agent of the Shoshones, who numbered about throe 
 hundred. He was there six weeks, cutting two hun- 
 dred tons of hay during that time. 
 
 During his four years' residence in Nevada, Mr. 
 Pond worked for the Yellow Jacket Mining Com- 
 pany, and later was on a ranch, but returned to the 
 employ' of the mining company, with whom he re- 
 mained as long as he was in the West. On his first 
 expedition to the Pacific Slope, his brother, Am- 
 brose D., accompanied him, and died in Nevada. 
 I'ljon the settlement of the estate, the proceeds 
 went to the father, who used the money lo pay for 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land before men- 
 tioned. 
 
 On his return to Michigan. Mr. Pond worked a 
 farm for three years on shares. In 1871 he i)ur- 
 chased the old homestead from his father, to whom 
 he had sold it prior to his previous departure for 
 the West. L'pon this land, which he has since made 
 his home, he has made manv important and valu- 
 able improvements. Mr. Pond w.as first mariied 
 November 6, 1850, to Miss lihcda L. Orvis. a sis- 
 ter of Calvin T. Orvis, This lady died February 
 20, 1852, and by hei union wiili our sui)ject, be- 
 came the mother of one child, Cynthia L.. boin Jidy 
 23, 1851, and died February 10. 1872. Mr. Pond 
 was again married July 11, 1852, his bride being 
 Miss Sarah Huestis. danglitor of James and Almira 
 (Ballard) Huestis, natives of New York. They 
 came to Michigan about 184x. Mr. Huestis died 
 
440 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 August 14, IfSOG. His wife is also deceased. Of 
 tlieir twelve children, eight are now living. Mrs. 
 Po-id was born March 12, 1827, in Saratoga Countj', 
 N. v., and accompanied her parents to the Badger 
 State, whore she was united in marriage with onr 
 subject. 
 
 Our subject and his wife became the (larents of 
 two children: Emma A., born February 23, 1854, 
 and Sereno G., Septembir 23, 1855. Emma was tlie 
 wife of Albert Cain, and died December 26, 1878, 
 leaving no children; Sereno was married February- 
 22, 1875, to Miss Mary M. Cain, a daughter of 
 Fred F. and Julia A. (Searles) Cain, natives of New 
 Yorli, who came to Michigan in 1859. The young 
 couple live on the homestead of our subject, and 
 have four children, as follows: Ambrose D., bor)i 
 Ai)ril 29, 187G; Lena M., May 2, 1878; Arthur ,1., 
 August 21, 1882; and Charles B., April 20, 1889. 
 They are bright, intelligent children, who will in 
 lime receive all the ailvantages of a good educa- 
 tion and practical training for the duties of life. 
 S. G. Pond and his wife are well-known in social 
 circles, and are highly esteemed by their many 
 friends. 
 
 The family are members in good standing of the 
 Methi'dist Episcopal Church, of which !Mr. Pond is 
 Treasurer and Trustee, and has been Steward, be- 
 sides occuping other positions of trust. He takes 
 an active interest in the Sunda_y-sehool department, 
 of which he has been Superintendent, as well as a 
 teacher of the Bible class. He is a member of the 
 Masonic fraternitj' of Liberty Mills, having filled 
 the position of Treasurer in the same. He also be- 
 longs to the Order of Patrons of Industry, and is 
 Chaplain of Liberty Farmers' Club. He is Director 
 of School District No. 5, and politicall3-, is a Dem- 
 ocrat, and takes quite an active interest in all mat- 
 ters of general importance. 
 
 ^, ETER CASH. Norvell Township contains 
 no more enterprising and progressive far- 
 '^ -f^ mer and citizen than ilr. Cash, who has 
 \\ invested $10,000 in lands and improve- 
 ments, and wlio has furnished an example of tlirift 
 
 and industry well worthy of emulation. His flue 
 estate, comprising one hundred and ninety-seven 
 acres of good land, is fiiielj' located on sections 24 
 25, and largely devoted to stock-raising. This has 
 been the liome of Mr. Cash for a period of thirty 
 years, and indicates at all points the industry with 
 which he has labored, and the good management 
 which has been exercised in tlie care and cultiva- 
 tion of the land, while surrounding himself and 
 family with all the comforts of life. 
 
 Mr. Cash came to ^Michigan in 1853, and with 
 the exception of two years spent in Manchester 
 Townshii), Washtenaw County, has since been a 
 resident of Norvell Township. His native place 
 was in Osgodbj', near ISIarket Rasen, Lincolnshire, 
 England, and the date of his birth Februar_y 20, 
 1820. His father, George Cash, was likewise a na- 
 tive of Lincolnshire, where his ancestry had been 
 known for two hundred years a? tenantry of Lord 
 Maxwell. The paternal grandfather, Edward Cash, 
 spent his entire life on the old Maxwell estate, of 
 which he had charge, and was sole |)roprietor; his 
 wife was Jane Wilson. George Cash, father of 
 our subject, married Miss .Sarah Brocklesby, of Lin- 
 colnshire, and after the birth of all their children, 
 he sold out, and witli the excejjtion of one daugh- 
 ter, they embarked in May, 1853, on the sailer 
 '•William Topscott," for America. After a voyage 
 of one month's duration, which was remarkably free 
 from storms, they landed in New lork City, June 
 2, and proceeded directlj' westward to this county. 
 Prior to this, one of the sons, Isaac, had come 
 hither and purchased the land upon which the fam- 
 ily located. Upon this farm George Cash and his 
 excellent wife spent the remainder of their days. 
 The father died October 3, 1863, when seventy- 
 five years old, and the mother October 25, 1867, 
 aged seventy-four. From their youth they had 
 been members of the Catholic Church. 
 
 Peter Cash w.as the eldest child of his parents, 
 whose famil3- consisted of eight children who lived 
 to come to America. ViHien fourteen years old, he 
 started out in the world on his own account, em- 
 ploying himself as a laborer for a time, and evinc- 
 ing such fidelity to dut}', and natural adajitation to 
 business, that he was finally proffered the manage- 
 ment of a large farm, owned by William M. Hep- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALliUM. 
 
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 ten, of Liiicoliisliire. Tliis was considered one of 
 llie linest estates in the counly. and of liiis lie liad 
 supervision for a period of eigiit years. Then, 
 nuieli against tiie wishes of llie owner, lie resigned 
 in order to come to America. 
 
 Mr. Cash landed in this county equipped with 
 ^1,000 in money, the savings of his labors in his 
 native Englanci, witii his wife, four children, and 
 sixteen hundred pounds of baggage. The_v were thus 
 able to settle themselves comfortably, and Mr. Cash 
 invested his capital in land, which has doubled and 
 trebled in value, so tliat he is now financially inde- 
 pendent. His estimable wife, to whom he was mar- 
 ried in Lincolnshire, May 11, 184"), bore the maiden 
 name of Elizabeth Coney. Mrs. Cash was born in 
 Walesby, Lincolnshire, August 10, 1823, and was 
 the daughter of Thomas and Ann (Coojier) Coney, 
 natives of Ijincolnshire, and of English ancestry 
 from sway back. Her parents spent their entire 
 lives upon their native soil. The mother met her 
 death in a most distressing manner in the prime of 
 life, being fatally burned by her clothing catching 
 fire from an open grate. Her daughter, Elizabeth, 
 was then a child of less than two years old. iMr. 
 Coney lived to be quite aged, his death taking 
 place in 185 I. 
 
 Mrs. Cash remainetl with her father until old 
 enough to earn her own living, and was thus occu- 
 pied until her marriage. Of this union there have 
 been born eleven children, one of whom, a son, 
 James, died unmarried, -luly 15, 1871, when twen- 
 ty-six j-ears old; Cleorge married Miss Elizalieth 
 Blanco, and is farming in Xorvell Townshii); llenr}- 
 married Miss Mary Kelley, and occupies himself 
 as a grain buyer at Biooklyn: Sarah A. is the wife 
 of !\I. Dealy. who is cashier of the bank in Holette 
 Counly, N. Dak.; Maria remains at home with her 
 parents; Vincent 1'. is dealing in grain and other 
 commodities at I'ortland, this State; Margaret E.. 
 born December 1, 18i)l, died on .lune 22, 1855; 
 Mnry J., born September 25, 1H53, died on the 
 same day; Agnes, Eliza, and Alice, remain under 
 the home roof. Mr. and Mrs. Cash are members 
 in good stiinding of the Catholic Church, at Man- 
 chester. Mr. Cash, politie;)lly, is an uncompro- 
 prising Demociat, and has held the various local 
 oUiees in his lownshi() and school district. He is 
 
 looked upon as a representative citizen, and has 
 contributed his quota to the material interests of 
 his .adopted county. 
 
 Mr. and Jlrs. Cash, after an absence of nineteen 
 years from their native Lincolnshire, revisited the 
 shores of England, and spent several months in a 
 very pleasant manner among the friends and .a.sso- 
 eiates of their i hildhood. 
 
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 ^3fSWW2>»> 
 
 i)()UDON IIITT. This gentleman is the owner 
 occupant of a fine farm comprising one 
 ndred and forty acres of thoroughly cul- 
 tivated land on section 17, Columbia Township. 
 It is marked with excellent improvements, includ- 
 ing a substantial and convenient residence, and a 
 full line of substantial farm buildings. 
 
 Dennis Hitt, the grandfather of our subject, was 
 born in New England, of the old Yankee stock. 
 During the Revolution he w.as a mail carrier, and 
 while in pursuit of his mission, ran many chanies 
 of being captured by the British. His occupation 
 was that of a farmer, and he died in New York 
 when quite old. In the Empire Stale, hisson Eph- 
 raim w.as born, becoming a farmer and lumberman. 
 He married Miss Ellen Radcliff, a native of the 
 same State, her paternal lineage being Low Dutch, 
 and her maternal ancestry French. Mr. and Mrs. 
 E|)hraiin llitt began their married life in Delaware 
 County, where two sons and seven daughters were 
 born to them. One daughter died there, and the 
 remainder of the family I'amc to IMichigan in the 
 spring of 1835. Their journey w.as performed by 
 means of a team of horses and wagon, the route 
 being through Canad:>. and the journey a terlious 
 one. The intendcl destination was While Pigeon, 
 but hearing flattering accounts of the region about 
 Clark's Lake, Mr. Hill decided to locate there. 
 
 Selecting a tract on the north sitle of the lake, 
 
 Mr. Hill built a log cabin which was covered with 
 
 bark, and formed the family shelter for some years. 
 
 I Cultivation was begun, and imjirovcments made as 
 
 I lime passed on, the jjlace continuing to be oceu- 
 
 i [lied l>3' the parents until called from time to eter- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 iiilj'. Tiie lather lived lo be seventy-seven years 
 old, and the mother to bo almost four-score. Both 
 were members of the Methodist Episcoiial Cluirch 
 for the greater part of their lives. Mr. Hitt had 
 served iiis country in the War of 1812. He w;is 
 stitioncil in the borders of his own State all the 
 time, and although he saw some ligiiting, escaped 
 unhurt. He belonged to no political party, al- 
 though most frequently casting his ballot with the 
 DemocracN'. The only survivors of his famil>- are 
 the gentleman of whom wo write, and his sister, 
 Catherine E., widow of C'apt. A. L. Thayer, whose 
 home is in Jackson. 
 
 Gordon Hitt, of whom we write, is tiic youngest 
 but one of his parents' children, and was born Sep- 
 tember 14, 1832. Being quite young- when the 
 family removed to this .State, he has spent most of 
 his life within the l)ord(n's of Jackson County. The 
 farm wiiich he now owns is a part of tiie homestead 
 upon which he was reared to manhood, and around 
 whieli the memories of his boyhood cluster. Reared 
 upon a farm, he early became acquainted with the 
 details necessary to a successful pursuit of agricul- 
 ture, and his early training has been made useful 
 in his own business career. He is cnteriirising and 
 progressive, endeavoring to keep abreast of the 
 times in the use of the best methods devised by 
 modern thought, or acquired bj* investigation. In 
 politics he is a stanch Republican. He and his wife 
 belong to the Baptist Church, have high standing 
 in that denomination, and are respected bv the citi- 
 zens in general. 
 
 Jn Washtenaw County, ]\Ir Hitt met, wooed and 
 married Miss Eliza M. Aulls, a native of Bridge- 
 water Townshiii. that county. Her natal da3- was 
 July 5, 1843. Her parents, William H. and Lois 
 (Hoyt) Aulls, were natives respectively, of Steu- 
 ben and Saratoga Counties, N. Y., were married in 
 Steuben County, and began their wedded life on a 
 farm there. In 1833, the family, which then con- 
 sisted of the father, mother, and three children, set 
 out for Michigan, coming all the way overland, 
 stopping at some countrj' tavern, or camping by 
 the wai'side at night, and finall3' bringing up in 
 Washtenaw Countj-. They settled on Government 
 land wiiich they had selected the year before, while 
 making a tour of investigation in Southein Miclii- 
 
 gan. There three children were born to them, the 
 next to the youngest being Mrs. Gordon Ilitt, who 
 was reared in her native township, and who posses- 
 ses many womanlj- virtues. Mr. Aulls died at the 
 home of his son. Columbus, who was then occupy- 
 ing the homestead, December 9, 187., at the age of 
 sixty-nine years. His widow subsequently' came to 
 this county, d^ing at the home of her daughter. 
 Mrs. Hitt, March 8, 1878, when nearly seventy- 
 four years old. Both were members of the Con- 
 gregational Church at Clinton, and were prominent 
 members of their cominuiiity. JMr. Aulls served 
 as Justice of the Peace in Bridgewater Township, 
 AVashtenaw Count3. In politics he was a Repub- 
 lican. 
 
 To Mr. Hitt and his estimable wife five children 
 have been born, one of whom, Bruce, is now de- 
 ceased; Elmer married Miss Idell A. McReady, 
 who is now deceased, her husband making his home 
 on '.lis father's farm; Mary became the wife of 
 William Robertson, Jr., who occupies a farm in this 
 township; Frank R. married Anna Spencer, of 
 Spring Arbor Township, and they now live on a 
 farm there; Bessie lives with her parents. 
 
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 LIJAH BENN. None arc more worthy of 
 mention in a volume of this kind, than the 
 late Elijah Beun and his widow, ^Irs. Jane 
 Bonn, who began their married life in the wilder- 
 ness from which they liewed out a home, and from 
 which their reputation extended over a wide ex- 
 tent of countr}'. To all who are interested in the 
 history of pioneers, a record of their life and works 
 will be interesting, and the efforts which tliey made 
 well deserve remembrance bj- their posterity. 
 
 ^Ir. Benn was born in Oneida County. N. Y.. 
 March 17, 1827. being a sou of Henry and So- 
 plironia (Coon) Benn. He grew to manhood in his 
 native State, but was early thrown upon his own 
 resources, and was therefore a self-made man in the 
 truest sense of the word. His school privileges 
 were quite limited, being mostly confined to at- 
 tendance at evening schools, while working during 
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 ciaii, and iM'iiinr a reader all his life, kept himself 
 weii-iiifoniu'd regarded ciirront eveiils and genei'al 
 tuples of interest. His mother died vviien lie was 
 eleven years old, hut though his father lived many 
 years longer, our subject received no assistance 
 from him. 
 
 On April 23. 185o. >[r. Bfnn was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Jane Barber, and the young eouijle 
 settled on section Ifi, Sandstone Township, where 
 the widow still resides. The only im|)rovement 
 upon the place wlien they took possession of it, was 
 a lojjf shanty, but ere the death of the liusband, the 
 farm had been thoroughly improved and cultiva- 
 ted, and other property accumulated. In IHaf), so 
 wild was the country, that Mrs. Benn saw three 
 deer eating in front of the log house. Mr. Benn 
 himself chopped all the timber that was cut on the 
 place, and was noted as the best wood chopper in 
 the neighborhood. ftFauy an '-old timer"' who knew 
 him, lakes pride in recalling his prodigious efforts 
 ill that line, and pointing to his record a.s an exam- 
 ple to the younger generation. Throughout his 
 life he w.as a hard worker, while his honesty and 
 uprightness were well-known, gaining him the high 
 res[)ect of all who knew him. Ilis memor3' will be 
 green long after his earthly remains have returned 
 to their mother dust. In his death, which occur- 
 red October 21, 1.S84. the county lost one of her 
 best and most public spirited citizens, the wife a 
 good husband, and the children a devoted father. 
 
 The cultured and refined woman who for many 
 years took especial pride in .assisting and advancing 
 the interests of her husband, was born in Toronto, 
 Canada, June 22, 183.5. ITer father. James Barber, 
 was a native of Ireland, and her mother, formerl}- 
 Miss Jane Field, was born in Canada. In her early 
 infancy her parents removed to Washtenaw County, 
 Mich., where amid the scenes of pioneer life, she 
 grew to womanhood, ller father was a gardener, 
 and buying land near Ann Arbor, then a small vil- 
 lage, he there followe<l his occupation, beginning 
 with small means, but growing more and more suc- 
 cessful as the city developed. His death occurred 
 in October, 1863, being hiistened by the loss of his 
 only son, .b)sepl;, who was a member of Company 
 O., Tenth Micliigan Infantry, w.ns killed near At- 
 lanUt, Oa., and Imrieil there. The onl}' other child 
 
 of the family, is she who became the wife of Mr. 
 Benn. Her mother died in Flint, in March 1888. 
 In his 3'outh Mr. Barber received but limited 
 educational advantages, but he endeavored to be- 
 stow greater privileges upon his offspring. In 
 politics he was a Whig, and later a Republican, and 
 his leligious belief coincided with the doctrines of 
 the Presbyterian Church. Ilis daughter, .Airs. Benn, 
 received her education principally at Mrs. Eliza 
 Page's Seminary, at Ann Arbor, where she was 
 graduated when quite young. Leaving school at 
 the age of fourteen years, she learned the tailoring 
 trade, which she pursued some three years. After 
 her marriage she devoted herself with all theenergj' 
 of her nature to the welfare of her husband and 
 children, not neglecting deeds of neighborly kind- 
 ness. She bore her husband the following chil- 
 dren: Mary J., wife of Robert Barber, of Flint; 
 George H.. deceased: Frinklin E.. of Sandstone 
 Township: Dorr, living in Chattinooga.Tenn.: \'ic- 
 toria v., deceased ; Martha, wife of W. 11. Pierce, 
 of Chicago, 111.; Flora, wife of C. P. Litchfield, of 
 Jackson; General Benn, deceased; Elijah, Laura 
 v.; Tillow D.. deceased; and Howard H., Mrs. 
 Benn owns one liundnMl and twenty acres of 
 land, besides which her husband left much other 
 property, having been a successful business man. 
 His widow possesses good business qualifications, 
 and wisel.y manages the affairs that have been left 
 in her hands. She is a member of the Wesleyan 
 Church, and she and her family are liighl}' re- 
 spected by all who know them. 
 
 rCIl'S I). WATKINS. This name needs 
 little introduction to the people of this part 
 of the State of Michigan, as he who bears it 
 is one of its prominent and wealthy men and has 
 contributed largely to the growth and development 
 of the Wolverine State. His landed interests repre- 
 sent one thousand acres in Xorvell Township, while 
 he has over four hundred acres in Manchester 
 Township, Washtenaw Countj-. Lj'ing on the line, 
 it forms one body of land and more than one 
 thousand acres is under a state of cultivation. The 
 
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 farm buildings in point of architecture, solidity 
 and convenience will compare with anything of 
 the kind in Jackson County. Mr. Watkins is a man 
 of more than ordinary ability and good education, 
 and for some time has been the Agent of the United 
 States Signal Service for this section of country. 
 The residence of Mr. Watkins, a fine brick struc- 
 ture, occupies a gentle elevation and overlooks 
 a fine landscape including the beautiful Norvell 
 plains, famous in this part of the State. Surround- 
 ing this comfortable home are grounds finely laid 
 out in the shape of a lawn and park, arranged after 
 the design of the proprietor. These with the other 
 appurtenances of the homestead make it one of \he 
 most attractive and desirable in the State. The 
 farm is well supplied with fine stock, including 
 some of the best breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, 
 swine and fowl known in the Union. Mr. Watkins 
 leaves no stone unturned in order to carry on agri- 
 culture in a first class manner. He is the owner of 
 the only mare in the Northwest sired by the 
 famous Lexington, who is well-known to horsemen 
 throughout England and America. 
 
 As a business man Mr. Watkins has no peer in 
 tills section of the country'. Twenty-one j'ears ago 
 tlie need of a sound bank was much felt at Man- 
 chester and in order to bring such an organization 
 to a successful completion, Mr. Watkins wiili 
 a few other prominent farmers soon had tiie stock 
 subscribed and tli9 bank located at Manchester, 
 duly chartered under the State law and with a capi- 
 tal stock of $50,000. It was owned strictly by 
 money loaners and consequently there was no one 
 to endanger it b}' becoming a borrower or specu- 
 lator. Organized in 18G9, it was given the name 
 of tlie Peoples' Bank of Manchester, and Mr. Wat- 
 kins was elected its first President. He has since 
 been continuously connected with it in this capacity, 
 being re-elected annually without a dissenting 
 vote; and the bank under his wise management has 
 never failed to pay a semi-annual dividend, thus 
 being one of the soundest institutions in the State. 
 AVhile conlrulling a large interest in the bank and 
 giving it his personal attention Mr. Watkins also 
 finds time to oveilook the operutions of his large 
 farm which is the source of a handsome income. 
 
 The subject of this notice has S[)ent all his active 
 
 life in this county, having been onlj' seven years 
 old when his father came hither. The latter located 
 on land which is now included in the farm of Mr. 
 Watkins, and where the family settled as early as 
 1834. The elder Watkins had secured this in 1830. 
 Lucius D. developed into manhood amid the influ- 
 ences of a good home and intelligent parents, and 
 was given a first-cl^ss academic education. Soon 
 after reaching his majority he became manager of 
 the farm and later its sole proprietor. Notwith- 
 standing his own personal interests have been large, 
 demanding much time and thought, Mr. Watkins 
 has been a liberal-minded and public-spirited citi- 
 zen, giving his moral and financial support to all 
 enterprises having for their object the welfare of 
 the people around him. Politically, he is a stanch 
 supporter of Democratic jjrinciples, but he has 
 never sought office, preferring to give his leisure 
 hours to the investigation of the arts and sciences, 
 and for twenty years has been a prominent member 
 of the Scientific Association of Detroit. He is a 
 member of the American Association for the Ad- 
 vancement of Science, at Detroit, and is also a 
 member of the Executive Board of the .State Agri- 
 cultural Societ}' of Michigan, and to this has given 
 mnch time and material aid. He is Superintendent 
 of the Blichigan Horticultural Societj' and also of 
 the Jackson County Agricultural Society. 
 
 Sociall}-, Mr. Watkins belongs to the Ancient 
 Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has arisen 
 to the Knight Templar and Commaudery degrees, 
 and the Chapter Lodge and Council at Manchester, 
 together with the Blue Lodge at Brooklyn. A lover 
 of beauty in all its forms, both in art and nature, 
 he has naturally given much thought and study to 
 all subjects in connection with these and chooses 
 his associates among the cultured and refined ele- 
 ment of the community. He possesses a remark- 
 ably good memory and his mind is thus a 
 storehouse of useful knowledge. He has utilized 
 a goodly portion of bis income in travel, having 
 visited the Eastern Continent and all the important 
 cities of Europe, likewise Iceland and almost every 
 corner where the foot of the traveler can go. In 
 our own countr}' he has crossed the Rocky ]\Ioun- 
 tains and visited many parts of the Northwest. He 
 is a skilled hunter and has many trophies from the 
 
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 game whicli lie has l:ii(l low — elk, deer ami tilher 
 animals — wliicli serve to euil>ellisli liis home with 
 antU'i-s of rare beauty and size. Mr. U'alUins has 
 also ti:i\eled in llie other direction, visiting the 
 everglades of Florida and other Southern Stales. 
 
 The subject of this notice is of New Kngland 
 antecedents and a native of Kecne, C'iieshire 
 County, N. H., his birth occurring Oetober 13, 
 1827. He traces his parental history back for sev- 
 eral generations, tliti family being located along the 
 Connecticut A'alley since the Colonial times. His 
 father, Royal Walkins, was reared among the hills 
 of Southern New Hampshire and his paternal 
 grandfather nourished in the Colonial times, and it 
 is Ijelieved, assisted in securing for the Colonists 
 their independence. Ro\ al Watkins was reared in 
 the old Covenanter faith, was studious in his 
 habits — in fact a regular book-worm — and supple- 
 mented a practical education by a course of reading 
 whicli resulted in iiis obtaining a fine fund of infor- 
 mation ui)on scientific and other subjects. He 
 adopted the profession of a teacher, which he fol- 
 lowed for eighteen years in the public schools of 
 his native commonwealth. 
 
 While a resident of Keene, N. II., Royal ^\'at- 
 kins was joined in wedlock to Miss Sally Carpen- 
 ter, who came of a renovvned old family who had 
 been known among the hills of the (iranite State 
 since the Colonial days, and who traced their line 
 of descent directly from old English Covenanter 
 stock, which the Crown had sought to rid the 
 country of by granting them large grants of land 
 in the Connccti('Ut ^' alley and providing them 
 with passes hither, also with means of protection 
 against the Imlians. These old straight-laced I'res- 
 byterians made their first landmarks of civilization 
 in Southern New Hampshire and thereafter figured 
 largely in the history of the State. Tiiey were 
 skilled as hunters and Indian fighters and when the 
 Colonists sought freedom from British rule, the,v 
 were among the first to burnish up their old flint- 
 lock rifles and go forth to battle for freedom. 
 
 Tlie father of Sally Carpenter, Selh by name, oc- 
 cupied a conspicuous place in Cheshire County, 
 N. II., as a farmer and a reiiresentative citizen, also 
 as a soldier of the Continental Arm^'. He married 
 a maiden of his own conntv. a Miss Howard, whose 
 
 parents were likewise of Covenanter stock and 
 among the first settlers along the Connecticut Val- 
 ley. Thcv were equal to the Watkins family' in 
 point of bravery and skill and in contending with 
 savages and wild beasts. After their mai riage 
 Seth Carpenter and Ins wife established lliemselves 
 among the bills of Keene, Cheshire County, and at 
 the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, (irandfa- 
 ther Carpenter numbered one of the body-guard 
 of (ien. Washington. The men chosen for that 
 high ollice were selected on account of their stature, 
 carriagt^ and buikl. Seth Carpenter was six feet 
 in height, straight as an arrow and one of the finest 
 specimens of physical strength and symmetry in 
 the country. He acquitted himself gallantly in 
 the service and after the war was ended, returning to 
 his home and his family in the vicinity of Keene, 
 N. II.. spent, with his excellent wife the remainder 
 of his d.aj'S; both died at a ripe old age. Their 
 home was the abode of hospitality and good cheer 
 and their kindness and benevolence endeared them 
 to all the people of that region. 
 
 After their marriage Royal Watkins and his 
 wife settled among the hills where their forefathers 
 had flourished, remaining there until 1834. Four 
 years prior to this, as before staled, the father of 
 our subject had secured the land in this county 
 which still remains the heritage of his descendants. 
 In 1834 he brought his wife and famil3' overland 
 to Albany. N. Y.. thence across to Buffalo on the 
 Erie Canal, and from lher>; to Detroit on a lake 
 steamer. At this point Mr. Watkins secured teams 
 for the transportation of his wife and five children 
 and their houseliold effects. The country over whicli 
 they traveled had scarcely been trod before bj- the 
 foot of a white man. and the track which w.as 
 named a load, was at times almost impassable. 
 After a journey of ten days in this manner they 
 too.v u|) their abode on section 13, of what is now 
 Norvell Township, and commenced in frontier 
 style to build up a home in the wilderness. 
 
 Notwithstanding bis e;uly habits and studious 
 tastes, his scholarship and learning, Ro3'al Watkins 
 made a good farmer and was very successful in his 
 labors as a tiller of the soil. He accumulated a fine 
 jiroperty and spent his last d.ays amid the comforts 
 of a pleasant home and the friendship of those who 
 
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 had learned to vnliie him at his true worth. Me 
 spent his last days with his onl}^ surviving son — 
 the subject of this sketch — passing away in July, 
 1877, when nearly- eioht^'-nine years old. Politically 
 he was a Jackson Democrat, bnt broad and liberal 
 in his views and a man wiio was of inestimable 
 value in his community. The wife and mother 
 passed away in 1855. twenty two years prior to 
 tlie decease of her iuisband, at tiie age of sixty- 
 fuur. She was a fine type of the pioneer wife and 
 mother, the true helpmate of her husband and the 
 wise counselor and guide of her children. Their 
 wedding had taken place in Ma^', 1810. and they 
 thus spent forty-five long years together with in- 
 terests as one. 
 
 The subject of this notice was first married to 
 Miss Lucy J. Bartlett, who died in 1852, leaving 
 one son, Willis L. In September, 18.56, Mr. A\'"at- 
 kins contracted a second matrimonial alliance with 
 Miss Sarah E. English, at the bride's home in Man- 
 chester Townsliip, Washtenaw County. This lady 
 was born July 13, 1835, between the cities of Dub- 
 lin and Galway, Ireland, and is the daughter of 
 Richard and Susanna (Greene) English, who were 
 likewise of Irish birth but of English and Scotch 
 ancestry. They came of a long and honorable line, 
 and a brother of Richard Englisii is now holding 
 an office of trust and responsibility under the 
 English Government. Richard was reared to farm- 
 ing pursuits and was married in his native county 
 to the maiden who grew up not far from the home 
 of her husband. The}- settled near the place of 
 their birth, but after becoming the parents of sev- 
 eral children, decided upon emigrating to the 
 United States. Coming directly to IMichigan the}- 
 settled on a tract of land in Manchester Towhship, 
 Washtenaw Count}', where they constructed a 
 home from the wilderness and spent the remainder 
 of their lives, dying when ripe in years. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah E. Watkins was but a child when her 
 parents came to America. She grew up under the 
 home roof and completed her education in Hills- 
 dale College. Subsequently she followed the pro- 
 fession of a teacher until her marriage. Of the 
 children born to her and our subject one, a son. 
 Parley, died in infanc}'. Willis L. was graduated 
 from the classical department of the Michigan 
 
 State Universit}' and until cjuite recently was 
 cashier of the Peoples' Bank at Manchester. He 
 married Miss Flora Van Duyn, and they live in 
 Manchester. Cora S., also a college graduate, is 
 the wife of Elmer S. Cushman, a farmer, and they 
 are living near Delhi Mills; Mr. Cushman possesses 
 considerable genius as an inventor and is the paten- 
 tee of a wagon coupling from which he enjoys a 
 fine royalty. Emma, who is finely educated, mar- 
 ried .Sidney W. Clarkson, Cashier of the First 
 National Bank at Ann Arbor, and Director in a 
 Detroit bank, and also in the bank at Manchester. 
 Ruth W., an intelligent and well-educated lady, is 
 the wife of John Patchim, an attorney at Manches- 
 ter. Hubert remains at home and has the manage- 
 ment of his father's large farm. L. Whitney, the 
 youngest son, is pursuing his studies in the Agri- 
 cultural College at Lansing. Anne, the j'oungest 
 child, remains with her parents and is attending 
 school. 
 
 Among the lithographic portraits of representa- 
 tive citizens of Jackson County, that of Mr. Wat- 
 kins is presented on another page of the Album. 
 
 IPS- OBERT TAYLOR DILLON, a well-known 
 i|i^ plaster contractor in Jackson, was born in 
 lii. \v County Armagh, Ireland, where his father 
 ^P* and grandfather, both of whom were 
 named John, also opened their eyes to the light. 
 Preceding them in the ancestral line was John 
 Dillon, a niitive of Scotland, who emigrated from 
 his own country to County Armagh, Ireland, and 
 there remained during the balance of his d.ays on 
 earth. The grandfather of our subject was a 
 farmer, and his entire life was spent in his native 
 county, as was that of his son, who after learning 
 and following the trade of a cooper for a few years, 
 adopted the occupation of farming and during the 
 remainder of his life continued so engaged. The 
 motlier of him of whom we write was Ellen, daugh- 
 ter of Robert Taylor, and like her husband she w.as 
 born in County Armagh, and was of Scotch de- 
 scent. She bore eleven children, of whom ten were 
 reared, Init two only came to America; these were 
 
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 our subject anri his sister Sarah, the wife of John 
 Stewart, of Jackson. 
 
 The natal day of Robert T. Dillon was Septem- 
 ber ;"), 1832, and in the country of his birth he was 
 reared and educated, tind engaged in farm labors 
 during his early years. In 1852 lie determined to 
 seek a home in the New World, and enil)arking at 
 Liverpool, lie reached New York after a voyage of 
 eleven weeks and three days. Although a stranger 
 in a strange land and but a poor boy. the sight of 
 land was a most grateful one, and with a determi- 
 nation to rise in life, he at once sought employ- 
 ment, lie first found work in Albany. N. Y., as a 
 teamster and after a short time apprenticed himself 
 to learn the trade of a plasteri-r. 
 
 The gentleman under whom young Dillon 
 learned his trade u.as James Boyd, a heavy con- 
 tractor who took contracts in various i)arts of the 
 country, and with him, in 1851, tlie ^young man 
 came to Michigan. After serving an apprentice- 
 ship of three years. Mr. Dillon did journey-work 
 for his former master for a time and then became 
 aparlurr with him. In ISGI they came to Jack- 
 son, th (Mr tirst contract being to plaster a church, 
 and since that time Mr. Dillon has continued to 
 reside in this city, lie has tontiniied as a contrac- 
 tor ill his trade to the present time and his business 
 career has been one of success, his honoralile and 
 reliable fulfillment of his engagements having 
 given him an excellent name and brought him a 
 huge share of the business of the city. 
 
 Soon after coming to Jackson Mr. Dillon bought 
 i) lot on IJIackstone Street, upon which he built 
 a home, but the following year he purchased on 
 Blackman Avenue, and there erected the first 
 dwelling on that avenue; in this he has since re- 
 sided, surrounded by the comforts which his cir- 
 cumstances warrant, his home being presided over 
 bj' a lady of intelligence, good taste and house- 
 wifely skill. This lady, formerly- Miss Ann Hart, 
 was born in County Cavaii, Ireland. Her father, 
 James Hart, was presumably a native of the same 
 county and was private secretary for a minister. 
 lie came to America, settling in Canada, where he 
 died and whence his widow came to the I'liited 
 States, first locating in Detroit, where her daughter 
 was married. The last years of Mrs. Hart were 
 
 spent In this Slate. Her maiden name was JIartha 
 Loone^' and she was a daughter of George Looney, 
 a Scotchman, who went to Ireland when fourteen 
 years old. and there tilled the soil until death, hav- 
 ing married and r?ared his family there. 
 
 Mr. Dillon belongs to Jackson Lodge No. 17, 
 V. & \. M.; to Jackson Council No. 13, R. A. M.. 
 and to Jackson Council No. 32. R. i S. M. Me and 
 his wife were reared in the Episcopal faith and 
 manifest the fruits of their early teaching in their 
 moral lives. 
 
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 ^^HAKLl•:s F. SI lUMW AY', dealer in hoots, 
 shoes, clothing and general furnishing goods 
 _ at Concord, although having been a resi- 
 dent of this place but a short time, h.as already es- 
 talilished himself in the esteem and confidence of 
 his fellow-citizens. He is affable, honest, energetic 
 and a stirring business man, and is alread}' recog- 
 nized as a valuable addition both to business and 
 social circles. lie was born in Ssvcden, N. Y., 
 February 28, 1859. and is the only t'hild of Solo- 
 mon ami Nancy (Howard) Sliuinway, who were 
 natives of New York State, both being born in 
 Sweden, Monroe County. 
 
 Solomon Shuniw.ay migrated from his native place 
 in 1802. With his little family he removed to 
 Genesee County, going upon another farm near 
 Leroy. He was very successful at agriculture and 
 became the owner of two finely cultivated farms, 
 still maintaining his residence in the Empire State. 
 Politically, he is a stanch Republican and in his re- 
 ligious views, is a I'niversalist. The paternal 
 grandfather, llosea Shumway, was born in France 
 and being a Huguenot, caine to America with his 
 brethren for the sake of obtaining religious free- 
 dom; he spent his last days in Sweden, N. Y. 
 
 Mr. Shumway spent the da3'sof his boyhood and 
 youth under the parental roof, making himself use- 
 ful about the farm and attaining an excellent edu- 
 cation. When twenty-two years old he took 
 I charge of one of his father's farms and was very 
 I successful in his operations, but finally coticludetl 
 
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 that he was better fitted for some other occupation. 
 He first embarked in tlie grocery business at Otter- 
 bcin, Mich., where lie remained until 1888, when 
 he came to Clio and established himself in general 
 merchandise where he remained until 1889. He 
 then removed to Concord and engaged in the boot 
 and shoe business which he is now carrying on. 
 He kce|)s a well selected stock of goods and thus 
 far has been successful, having alreadj' a fine trade 
 and feeling fully able to compete even with the 
 city of Jackson in style and quality of goods. 
 
 Mr. Shumw.ay was married in Leroy, N. Y., Jan- 
 uary 18, 1882, to Miss Adelaide, daughter of 
 Albert and Catherine Hendee. Mrs. Shnmwaj- 
 was born December 18, 1860, in New York. Her 
 father was a farmer in good circumstances and 
 both he and his wife were of French descent. Mr. 
 and ^Irs. Hendee were accidentally killed at a rail- 
 road crossing in New York, in 1887. Mrs. Shum- 
 way is a well educated lacl3' and a Universalist In 
 religious belief She taught school for some time 
 prior to her marriage. Of this union there have 
 been born two children— Maude and Harold. Mr.- 
 Shumway, politically, is a sound Re[)uhlican, hav- 
 ing abundant faith in the rectitude of the partj-'s 
 principles and believing that \>y these alone the 
 Government vviU be honorably perpetuated. 
 
 lOHN McCURDY. whose home is on the cor- 
 ner of First and Cortland Streets, Jackson, 
 lias been in the employ of the Michigan 
 Central Railway Company for more than 
 forty-two years, the most of the time as engineer, 
 and is deservedly held in high esteem by his em- 
 ployers and associates. He comes of sterling pio- 
 neer stock, both his father, Nathaniel McCurdy, 
 and his grandfather, Jacob McCurdy, being well 
 known early settlers of this region, coming to 
 Michigan in territorial days, when the country was 
 but sparsely settled, and deer, bears, and other 
 kind of vvild animals roamed undisturbed through 
 the vast primeval forests and over the sunny, un- 
 cultivated, uninhabited prairies. The grandfather 
 was of Scotch ancestry, born in the North of Ire 
 
 land, and coming to this country witli his parents 
 when but five years of age, he was reared in New 
 York State, and was there married to Elizabeth 
 Kiinber, a native of New England or New York. 
 They sjient several j'ears of their married life in 
 the Empire State, where he was engaged in farm- 
 ing. In 1836 they broke up their old home, and 
 joining the tide of emigration that was sweeping 
 into the new country embraced in Southern Jliclii- 
 gan, they began life anew in the wilds of W.ayne 
 County. After residing a few years in Dearborn, 
 they removed to Grass Lake, in this counts', and 
 on the homestead that the grandfather purchased 
 on the east side of the lake, he and his wife passed 
 their last years, he dying at the advanced age of 
 eighty-four years. 
 
 The father of our subject was reared and mar- 
 ried in New York, the State of his birth. Barbara 
 Bell, also a native of New York, became his wifr, 
 and for some years the}' lived in that State, be be- 
 ing engaged at the cabinet-maker's trade. In 1836 
 they decided to build up a new home in Michigan, 
 and came here by the lakes on a steamer. After a 
 stormy passage of fourteen days they arrived at 
 Detroit, and proceeded from there with a team to 
 Dearborn, and soon afte r came to Grass Lake, in 
 this countj', where Mr. McCurdy had contracted to 
 build a hotel. After completing that he erected 
 another one on the Territorial road one mile west 
 of Grass Lake. He soon bought a tract of wild 
 land on the east side of the lake, and built a log 
 house, in which his family lived that year. After 
 locating there he worked at his trade, and also car- 
 ried on carpentering and building, and at the same 
 time superintended the iuiprovement of his farm. 
 He resided there till about 1842, and then sold and 
 removed to Wheatland, in Hillsdale Count}'. He 
 resided there a few years, and then bought a farm 
 in Adams Township, and devoted his time to agri- 
 culture and to his trade, and made his home there 
 till his demise, in May, 1887, in his eighty-seventh 
 year, his wife having preceded him in death in 
 1880. They were the parents of fourteen children, 
 seven of whom are still living, as follows: Harriet, 
 Almira, John, Margaret, James, Luther, Sarah. 
 
 The subject of this biographical review was born 
 in Canadaigua, Ontario Count}-, N. Y., September 
 
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 27. IM.Jl. and he was lla'iefort' four years of age 
 when his parents brouijlit liini to Michigan, and 
 licre he was reared amid the pioneer scenes of tiie 
 early ilays of the settlement of the southern part 
 this State, and attended the early schools in the 
 primitive log houses, wit!i rude home-made furni- 
 ture, tlie seats being made by splitting boards and 
 inserting wooden [legs for legs, and tiie room was 
 healed by a large fireplace. Our subject, as soon 
 as large enough, assisted his father, and in 1848 he 
 left home to engage as fireman on the Alichigau 
 Central Railway. He was thus cmployeil three 
 years, and was then promoted to the position of 
 engineer on a freight train, and nine montiis i.-iter 
 he was "advanced to be engineer on a passenger 
 train, and has held that responsible position since 
 then, and is one of the most trusty engineers on 
 the road, understanding i)erfectlj- the mechanism of 
 the engine and its management, and never endan- 
 gering the lives of the i)assengers who ride behind 
 it. It is quite remarkable that during his long 
 period of service he has never lost more than nine 
 months time, but is i, early always to be found 
 faitiifulh' at his post. From the time that he en- 
 tered the employ of the railway company till 1888, 
 he was a resident of .Ararsiiall. In that year he re- 
 moved to Jackson, iiaving previously bought his 
 l)rcscnt home. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. McCurdy to Miss Lorenza 
 S. Smith w.TS solemnized in Maishall, Mich., Jan- 
 uary 3, 1859. Mrs. McCurdy is of New England 
 birth and antecedents, a native of Massachusetts, 
 and a daughter of George H. and Sophia (Cowls) 
 Smith, also natives of the Old Bay State, and 
 former residents of North Amherst, in that State. 
 The pleasant wedded life of our subject and his 
 wife has been saddened by the death of their four 
 children: Carrie B.. at the age of six years; Anna 
 Belle, aged three years and nine months; George, 
 at the age of nine months; Freddie, aged five 
 months. 5Irs. McCurdj' is a true, womanly woman, 
 devoting iier life to her husband, and she is a sin- 
 cere Christian, and an exemplary meml)er of the 
 Episcopal Church. 
 
 Mr. McCurdy is a man of strong, sturdy, self- 
 respecting eliar.acter, and is looked upon by alt who 
 know or have dealings with him. as in every wav 
 
 worthy of confidence and regard. He was influen- 
 tial iti establishing the Brotherhood of Engineers, 
 as one of the originators of the lodge, and has ever 
 since been an active member. In 1861 he was one 
 of the first members of tlio first lodge organized at 
 Marshall, and named the Brotherhood of the Foot- 
 boanl. whicli was later reorganized as the Brother- 
 hood of Locomotive Engineers, and he is now a 
 member of Division No. 2. He is a valued mem- 
 ber of the Masonic fraternity', belonging to St. 
 Alban's Lodge, No. 20; and he also belongs to 
 Lafayette Chapter, No. 4, and to Marshall Com- 
 mandery. No. 17. Politically.be has .always been 
 a stanch Republican. 
 
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 'it OIIN R. DETWVLEH. This gentlem.an. 
 who is now practically retired from the ac- 
 tive duties of life, has resided in Jackson 
 for twenty 3'ears, and bears an excellent 
 reputation among her citizens as a man of upright 
 character, a high degree of intelligence and ster- 
 ling business qualities. The paternal line of de- 
 scent is traced to French Huguenots, who fled from 
 their native land to escape religious persecution 
 and sought an asylum in Switzerland, there to en- 
 joy the liberty of thought, which was denied them 
 in the land of their birth. All students of history 
 know the sterling quality of the French-Huguenot 
 cliaracter, and the desire for knowledge which is 
 inherent in the breast of those born amid the grand 
 and picturesque scenery of Switzerland, and can 
 scarcely fail to picture to themselves the mind and 
 character of those born under such circumstances 
 as were our subject and his wife. 
 
 The gentleman vvhose name stands at the head of 
 this sketch was born in the Canton of Aargaii, 
 Switzerland, on November 10, 1818. He was 
 reared there, and learned the trade of a baker, 
 which his f.ather, Casper Detwyler, followed in con- 
 nection with farming. Casper Detwyler joined the 
 arm}' when a young man, and passed a few weeks 
 in active service. His father. Henry Detwyler. 
 and his graniUather, Johannas riiieh Detwyler, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 were farmers and stock dealers, and both held ofB 
 cial stations in the Swiss army. All were natives 
 of the same Canton in which tht subject of this 
 sketch was born and reared. 
 
 In 1840, he of whom we wi'ite entered the mili- 
 itary school and the following year was called into 
 active service on account of the Civil War in his 
 native Canton. He participated in the principal 
 battle of the conflict, which was fought at Vill- 
 mergen. He was again called out to aid in buyi- 
 pressing the rebellion of 1817, and to force the 
 seceded Cantons into the Republic, and during 
 this struggle he took part in tlie battle of Gislikon. 
 A threatened German invasion in 1849 caused his 
 services to be again demanded in guarding tlie 
 border, and in 1850 he was assigned to the reserve 
 coips. 
 
 While not in active service Mr. Detwyler had 
 followed his trade, and he continued thus occupied 
 until 1854. when lie determined to seek a home 
 across the Atlantic where a broader field might be 
 found for his energies and abilities. Bidding adieu 
 to his native land and the friends of his youth, he 
 took passage for America, and after a long and 
 stormy voyage landed at New York, nine weeks 
 and three days liaving been spent on tlie briny 
 deep. Unable to understand a word of the English 
 language, he was indeed a stranger in a strange 
 land, and might well have been pardoned had his 
 thoughts turned longingly backward to the shores 
 he had left. 
 
 Proceetling at once to Uochester, N. Y., wliere 
 lie had friend.s, Mr. Detwyler secured a good situa- 
 tion, being very proficient in his trade. He spent 
 three years in that cit3' and the following three 
 in Newark, Wayne County, whence he went to 
 Phelps, Ontario County, where he established him- 
 self in business and continued until 1869. At that 
 date lie came to .Lickson, Mich., and secured a posi 
 tion with a firm of lumber dealers, in whose employ 
 he remained sixteen years, after which he retired 
 from active labor. Two years after coming to 
 this place, he bought the property on which his 
 house stands and erected the dwelling within whooe 
 walls culture, good taste and fine principles have 
 been displaj'ed, where hospitality has abounded, 
 and where a true home has ever be^n found. 
 
 In 1844, Mr. Detwyler became the husband of 
 Miss Elizabeth Mattenberger, who was born in 
 Birr, Aargau, Switzerland, and was a descendant of 
 one of the finest educated families in the Republic. 
 she herself having been schooled under the per- 
 sonal tutorage of Pestalozzi, the great teacher, au- 
 thor an<l philanthropist. Her happy union was 
 blessed by the birth of seven children — Mary 
 Anna, Elizabeth, Bertha, Emma, Rudol|)b, Charles 
 Frederick and William Herman. The cliildren, 
 although thoroughly Americanized, never forget 
 their fatherland. The_y are well educated in both 
 the English and Swiss languages, their mother hav- 
 ing devoted her life to their education, and having 
 in return received from them the most devoted at- 
 tachment. The rare attainments and lovely char- 
 acter of Mrs. Detwyler drew around her many 
 friends, whose sympathy was generousi}' bestowed 
 upon her bereaved husband and family when she 
 was called hence April 9, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Detwyler both joined the Presbyterian Churcii in 
 Newark, N. Y., having previous!}' been members 
 of the Reformed Cliiirch in Switzerland. Po- 
 litically he was first a Republican, but after the 
 election of Hajes he became a Democrat. 
 
 illOMAS F. CUFF, son of the well known 
 Thomas Cuff, deceased, was born in Sand- 
 -5^^- stone Township, tliis county, September 
 23, 1852. He commenced life on the pioneer farm, 
 assisted in its development and cultivation, at- 
 tended the district school and spent his early life 
 in a manner common to the sons of farmers, during 
 the early settlement of this county. He was mar- 
 ried April 12, 1878, to Miss Nellie Shaw. The 
 young lady was born December 19, 1857. Her 
 parents were Henry W. and Rowena (Bean) Sliaw, 
 who, like the Cuff family were also early settlers 
 of this county — indeed her grandfather was the 
 first to make a wagon track from Jackson to Spring 
 Arbor. Her mother was brought to this region 
 when child of two and one-half years, but her 
 father was a young man when coming to this 
 region from New York State. Mr. Shaw departed 
 

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 tlii-s lift' Jaiuiai V II. 1889; Mrs. Shaw is still living 
 an<l makes lier lioiue in Spring Arbor Township, 
 and is now in the .sixty-first year of her age. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Shaw there was born a famil}' 
 of four children, viz: Cliarles W.. a resident of 
 Spring Arbor; Abhie, Mrs. Ostrander, of .Jackson; 
 Nellie, Mrs. Cuff, and Clara. Mrs. Griswold, also a 
 resident of .laekson. To Mr. and Mrs. Cuff tliere 
 have been born two children — Sewell S., Noveraber 
 11, 1878. and Kuy I)., March IC, 1884. Mr. Cuff 
 owns the farm wliieh he occupies on section 27, 
 Sandstone Tfiwnship, and is numbered among its 
 most successful and i)ublic-spirited citizens. An 
 extended biography of iiis father's family will be 
 found on another page of this Aususi. They have 
 entered largely into the growth and development j 
 of this county and are numbered among its most 
 praiseworthy citizens. 
 
 l[l_^^ON. LEWIS M. I'OWHLL. Tiie subject 
 |j )|' of this notice is everywhere recognized 
 '.^^ among those familiar with his career, as a 
 (!^ man of fine attainments and possessing more 
 than ordinary al)ility. He became a resident of 
 the city of Jackson in 18.57, when a young man, 
 and entered the law office of .lohnson & Higby, 
 where he improved his time and opportunities to 
 sucli good advantage that two years later he was 
 admitted to the bar. .hidge Edwin Lawrence pre- 
 siding. He commenced the practice of his profes- 
 sion in .lackson. but soon afterward, on account of 
 failing health, returned to his father's homo in 
 Crass Lake, where he resided a few years. On 
 tlie 27th of .Tune, 1868, having returned to .lack- 
 son, he opened an office, and has since been con- 
 tinuously engaged in the practice of his profession 
 in this city. Not only has he won laurels as a 
 bright light in the legal profession, but as a 
 menibcr of the community he has proved himself 
 invaluable. 
 
 The native place of .Indge Powell was Troy, 
 Hradford County, Pa., and the date of his birth 
 September ;», 1828. His father. Lewis Powell, Sr.. 
 
 was a native of Dutchess Count3', N. Y., and was 
 reared in his native .State, whence he removed to 
 Pennsylvania with Ids parents in his youtli and 
 was married In Bradford County. He purchased a 
 tract of land in Tioy Township,wliere he engaged in 
 farming and resided until 1 833. He then changeil his 
 residence to Yates County, N.Y., where he sojourned 
 until ihe fall of 183.5. We next find him in Michi- 
 gan Territory, located in what is now Sharon Town- 
 ship. The removal from New York was made with 
 a team of horses and a w.agon, the travelers con- 
 sisting of husliand and wife and four children, and 
 the trip consuming .seventeen days. 
 
 In Sharon Township, among the Oak Openings, 
 the father of our subject took up a tract of land, 
 built a log house and endured all the hardships 
 and i)rivations incident to life in a new settlement. 
 It was before the time of stoves and the mother 
 did her cooking before the fireplace. She also spun, 
 wove and carded wool and flax, thus manufactur- 
 ing all the cloth for use in the family. Detroit 
 was the near(^st spot for supplies and .also the mar- 
 ket foi* the greater part of Jlichigan. To this 
 point the settlers journeyed laboriously, sometimes 
 with horses, but more often with oxen. Deer, 
 wolves and other wild animals were plentiful. The 
 Powell family made their home in .Sharon Town- 
 ship until 1858, then selling out. came to this 
 county, and the father purchased a home at Crass 
 Lake. The}' resided there two years, and then 
 Mr. Powell purchased another farm, three miles 
 southeast of Grass Lake. There he spent his last 
 days, passing away August 13, 1865. 
 
 Jlrs. Betsey (Marvin) Powell, the mother of our 
 subject, was, like her husband, a native of Dutchess 
 Count}', N. Y., and the daughter of Jesse ^larvin, 
 a native of Connecticut. Mr. Marvin emigrated 
 to New York .State .at an earl}' day, settling first in 
 Dutchess County, but later removed to Monroe 
 County and purchased a farm in the town of Og- 
 den. He there spent the remainder of his life. 
 The mother of our subject departed this life at her 
 home .in Grass Lake X'illage, in November, 1879. 
 The parental household consisted of four children, 
 the eldest of whom, a daughter, Cordelia, married 
 Dexter Dewey; she is now deceased. Lewis M. 
 was the second child ; JIary became the wife of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Judah R. McLean, and resides at Grass Lake ; 
 Eliza, Mrs. Theodore Price, died about 1861. 
 
 Judge Powell was the only son of his parents, 
 and was a lad of seven years when the family 
 came to Michigan Teriitory. He attended the 
 schools of Sharon Township, and was stimulated 
 in his exertions to obtain an education by bis hon- 
 ored father, who erected the first schoolhouse in 
 that section of the country. The structure was 
 built of logs with rude wooden benches for seats, 
 a fireplace extending nearly across one end of the 
 building and the chimney built outside of mud 
 and sticks. The schoolhouse on Sundays was util- 
 ized for religious services, and in the evenings 
 frequently by debating societies. After two or 
 three years it was destroyed by tire, and another 
 structure of similar proportions and style was 
 erected upon the old site. Young Lewis in due 
 time became a student in Grass Laks Academy, 
 and at the age of eighteen years commenced teach- 
 ing a district school in what is now Chelsea Dis- 
 trict, Sylv.an Township, Washtenaw County. A 
 year later, in 1847, he repaired to Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, and taught in the schools of that city for 
 three years. 
 
 In the meantime Judge Powell employed his 
 leisure hours in reading law, obtaining books from 
 the of&ce of Salmon P. Chase, afterward Chief 
 Justice of the United States, and Henry Snow. In 
 the early part of 1850 he returned home, and in 
 the fall of that year, going to Louisiana, engaged 
 in surveying State lands and remained there until 
 May, 1851. Then, on account of ill-health, he re- 
 turned to Michigan and engaged in farming until 
 his removal to Jackson, in December, 1857. 
 
 Judge Powell assumed marital ties Januar}' 2, 
 1861, being wedded to Miss Lovina Polle^'. This 
 lady was born in Brockport, Monroe County, N.Y., 
 and was a daughter of Hiram and Hannah (Rem- 
 ington) Policy, who spent their last years in Mich- 
 igan. There were born of this union two children, 
 namely : George and Helen May. Mrs. Powell 
 departed this life November 13, 1882, and Judge 
 Powell married bis present wife, who bore the 
 maiden name of Mar^- Haight, October 6, 1886. 
 To them have been born two children, Lewis 
 M. and Lovina A. Mr. Powell cast his first Presi- 
 
 dential vote for Franklin Pierre, and has since 
 maintained his adherence to the principles of the 
 Democratic party. 
 
 Almost from the time of becoming a resident of 
 Jackson, Mr. Powell has been closely identified 
 with her social, moral and educational interests. 
 He served as a member of the City School lioaid 
 and was City Attorney two terms. In 1874 he 
 was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Jackson 
 County, and two years later was elevated to the 
 I'robate Judgeship, which position he held four 
 years. In 1882 he was again elected City Attor- 
 ney, holding the ottice two years, and in 1881 w.as 
 once more elected Probate Judge, serving four 
 years. Socially, he belongs to .Jackson Lodge, No. 
 17, A. F. & A. M., Jackson Chapter, No. 3, R.A.M., 
 and Jackson Commandery, No. 9, K. T. 
 
 Elscv/here in this volume may be found a litho- 
 graphic portrait of Judge Powell, whose name is 
 prominent in tiic list of representative citizens of 
 Jackson County. The Powell family occupies a 
 pleasant and attractive home on East Main Street, 
 and number their friends and associates among the 
 most cultured people of the city. 
 
 ^1 OHN N. WINFIELD is classed among the 
 foremost of the substantial, intelligent, 
 members of the farming community of 
 Leoni Township. He has been a resident 
 of Michigan for thirty years, and during that time 
 has brought his farm to its present high state of 
 cultivation and impi-ovement, so that it compares 
 with the best in this part of Jackson County. 
 
 Our subject, a native of the town of Starkey, 
 Yates County, N. Y., was born February 7, 1825. 
 His father, Henry Winfield, was born in New Jer- 
 sey, and being left an orphan at an early age. was 
 reared by a farmer in his native State. He married 
 in New .Jersey, Mary Wilson, a native of the State, 
 becoming his wife, and soon after settled in Yates 
 County, N. Y., of which he was a pioneer. He 
 bought a tract of timber land in the town of Star- 
 key, and built there a log house, in which humble 
 abode our subject was born. In 1833 the father 
 
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PORTRAIT AND HIOGkaPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 sold his possessions in that place and lomoved 
 xvi(h Ill's family to Oiilariii t'omity, locating in the 
 town of Canadice where lie bought forest-covered 
 land, of which a few acies were cleared, and he 
 made his home there until his death in 1814. The 
 UKithcr of our subject also spent her last years on 
 the home farm in Canadice. There were nine 
 children born to the parents of our subject, and 
 his niolhcr had one child by her former marriage. 
 
 The son, a review of whose life is recorded on 
 these pages, was reared in the home of his birth until 
 he was eight years of age, and the remaining years 
 of his cliildhooil were passed on his father's farm 
 in Canadice. He received his edncation in the 
 district schools, and as soon as large enough began 
 to assist his father in his work, and at the time of 
 the latter's death he took charge of the farm, though 
 he was then but nineteen years of age, but he 
 showed himself amplj' competent to manage affairs 
 in a business-like manner. He snbsequentlj- bought 
 the interest of the other heirs, and retained posses- 
 sion of the old homestead until 1860. In that year 
 having the wisdom to see the especial advantages 
 that the State of Michigan afforded to a practical 
 farmer, he resolved to locate here, and settling up 
 his affairs in his native State, he crossed the line 
 and became a resident of this commonwealth, lo- 
 cating at that time on his present farm in Leoni 
 Township. This fine farm, pleasantly situated 
 three miles east of the city of Jackson, contains 
 two hundred and twenty acres, the greater part im- 
 proved and in pasture, and is one of the most pro- 
 ductive and desirable estates in this locality. 
 
 During all these j'ears Mr. Winfield has not been 
 without the valuable assistance of a good wife, his 
 marriage to Miss Hannah Coykendall taking place 
 in 184.'). Mrs. Winfield is a native of the town 
 of Starkey. Yates County, N. Y., of which her pa- 
 rents, Joel and Sallie Coykendall, were pioneers. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Winfield have four children living — 
 Mary,John F., Herbert and Asa. Mary married K. S. 
 Towle, of Blackman Township, and they have four 
 children — Essie. AVilber. John and Kay. John 
 married Lavinia Critenden: they live on the home 
 farm, and have one child, Ida. Herbert married 
 Mary Pi'M-ce; they reside in Dakota, and have one 
 chil.l, Ollie. Asa married Ktta Wing, and lives in 
 
 Jackson. Wilber was born in May, 1859, and died 
 
 February 19, 1878, being killed while cutting tim- 
 ber, the tree falling on him. Two children died 
 in infancy. 
 
 Our subject has proven a valuable addition to 
 the citizenshij) of the community, for besides ma- 
 terially assisting in the development of the agri- 
 cultural resources of Leoni Township, he has been an 
 influence for good as a man of sound sense, un- 
 swerving integrity, and kindly, thoughtful disposi- 
 tion, which makes him just and considerate in his 
 dealings with others. He and his wife are actively 
 identified with the Christian Church in J.ackson as 
 two of its most consistent and valued members, 
 their daily lives showing the genuineness of their 
 religion. 
 
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 ^!^EORGE WOOD, one of the earliest settlers 
 Ij (=T of this county, has been the privileged wit- 
 '^^5) ness of its growth and development, and 
 may justly feel that he has been no unimportant 
 factor in assisting it to its present condition. A 
 substantial, reliable man, he h.as been the architect 
 of his own fortune, and by a course of unflagging 
 industry and econoraj', has gained for himself a 
 competence, likewise the esteem and confidence of 
 his fellow-men. His headquarters comprise a finely- 
 fleveloped farm on section 25, Sandstone Township, 
 where he holds no secondary position among its 
 liest citizens. 
 
 The native place of our subject was Otsego 
 County. N. Y., and the date of his birth February 
 14, 1820. He is the son of Jotham and Annie 
 (Lincoln) Wood, who were natives of New PLamp- 
 sliire, and the father w.as born in Westmoreland 
 County, about 1786. He was there reared to man- 
 hood, and received such education as the schools 
 of his native townshfp nfforilcd. When starting 
 out for himself, he was located for a time in Ver- 
 mont, but later emigr.ated to Otsego County, N. Y., 
 of which he was a resident many years. The par- 
 ents were married in the (ireen Jlountain State, 
 and there were born to them seven children, four 
 of whom are living: Jonathan and Charles are resi- 
 dents of niackman Towushi|i. this county; Lin- 
 
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 colli lives in the city of Jackson. The three ile- 
 eeased were named respectively: Jotham, Semira, 
 and Joseph C. 
 
 Jotham Wood came to Michigan Territory in the 
 spring of 1830, and secured three hundred and 
 twentj- acres of Government land in Blackmail 
 Township, also one hundred and sixt^^ acres in 
 Sandstone Township, paying tlierefor 11.25 per 
 acre. He settled in Blackmau Township prior to 
 the time of even wagon roads, when Indians and 
 wild animals were plentiful, the former mostly of 
 the Pottawatomie tribe. On iiis first trip he was 
 accompanied by his oldest son, Jonathan. They 
 Luilt a frame house 32x20 feet in dimensions, and 
 prepared for cultivation, ten or twelve acres of 
 land before bringing the famil}' the following year. 
 Theii nearest nulling place and depot for supplies 
 was Detroit, to which place tiiey traveled labori- 
 ously over roads which at times were almost' im- 
 passable. Later they repaired to Ann Arbor for 
 their flour and provisions until a mill was built at 
 Jackson. The story of their pioneership is similar 
 to that of hundreds of others, a story which has 
 been often detailed in this volume. Jotham Wood 
 after a well-spent life, died at the old homestead, 
 February 26, 1862. The wife and mother had pre- 
 ceded her husband to the silent land, her death 
 taking phice August 10, 1857, aged sixty-six years. 
 
 The father of our subject belonged to the old 
 Whig party during its existence, and later joined 
 the Republicans. He was prominent in local af- 
 fairs, and served as Supervisor of Jackson Town- 
 ship two terms — the township at that time compris- 
 ing the present bounds of Hlackman and Summit 
 Township, likewise the city of Jackson. 
 
 Tlie subject of this notice came with the other 
 members uf the farail}' to Michigan Territory in 
 the spring of 1831, and was thus reared amid the 
 wild scenes of pioneer life. He assisted in the de- 
 velopment of the new farm, and wiien reaching 
 manhood, started out on his own account, and 
 cleared a farm of one hundred and ten acres for 
 himself. This lay in Tompkins Township, of which 
 he was a resident about fourteen years. His early 
 education was obtained in the log school house with 
 puncheon floor and slab benches, under a system of 
 instruction corresponding with his surroundings, 
 
 He has, however, made tlie most of his opportuni- 
 ties for useful knowledge, and b}' keeping abreast 
 of the current events of the day, has become a well- 
 informed and intelligent man. 
 
 After perfecting his plans for the establishment 
 of a home of liis own, Mr. Wood took unto him- 
 self a wife and helpmate. Miss Hannah Houseman, 
 to whom he was married at her home in Blackinan 
 Township, December 28, 1852. Mrs. Wood was 
 born September 11, 1825, in Orleans County. N. 
 Y., and is the daughter of Jacob and Polly (Lou- 
 don) Houseman, who were likewise born in the I^lm- 
 pire State. Her maternal ancestors were of Holland 
 stock, and her paternal grandfather, George House- 
 man, emigrated to America when a youth of nine- 
 teen years, and in time to have a hand in the Revo- 
 lutionary War. Her great uncle, John Houseman, 
 also fought in that struggle on the side of the Col 
 oiiists. 
 
 In 1837, Jacob Houseman set out for Michigan 
 with his famil}', and coming to this county, pur- 
 chased two hundred acres of land in Blackman 
 Township, on section 29. They settled in the woods 
 being the first to locate in that region, and lived 
 there until about 1850. Then they removed to 
 Ionia County, where the father departed this life, 
 October 14, 18G0. The mother had died in this 
 county in 1843, when compaiatively a young 
 woman. Their family comprised ten children, seven 
 of whom are living: Jane is the wife of Paul Steele, 
 and they live in Ionia County ; Mary married Will- 
 iam Grant, of Spring Arbor Township; Hannah, 
 the wife of our subject; Thomas is a resident of 
 Iowa; Sally, ]\Irs. Nathaniel Morrill, lives in Black- 
 man Township, this countj-, which place is also 
 the residence of Alonzo; Clarence lives in Ionia 
 County. The thiee deceased bore the names re- 
 si)ectivel_y, of Jacob, George, and William. The 
 father was a member of the Free Will Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wood are the parents of two chil- 
 dren, Jotham J., and Ella S., the latter is the wife 
 of F. M. Dwelley, of Jackson City. After their 
 marriage, they settled in Tompkins Townsiii|), 
 where they lived until the fall of 1864, and then 
 removed to their present farm. This comprises 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 land, with substantial moflern iinpruvcments wliich 
 C(>nslitutes it one of the most desirahio estates in 
 Sandstone Townsiiip. Mr. Wood may he most prop- 
 erly named a self-made man, as he has had very 
 little assistance in hiG struggle at gaining a com|)e- 
 tenee, wliile he has preserved the integrity which 
 li.as given him a clear conscience, and enabled him 
 to look the whole world in the face, conscious that 
 l)e has never defrauded any, and has done good to 
 his fellow-man as opportunity |)rcsented itself. A 
 straight Republican, like his honored father, he has 
 filled many positions of trust, and has served as 
 Townshii) Commissioner in each of the townships 
 where he has lived. The cause of education finds 
 iu him a st.ancli friend as well as does ever}' other 
 enterprise calcul.ated to advance the interests of the 
 peoiile. He and his-' estimable wife are still in the 
 prime of life, able to enjoy the fruits of their early 
 labors, and the companionship of their friends. 
 
 OIUTLAND R. PALMER. There is not a 
 more pleasant or attractive home within 
 S^' the limits of Napoleon Township than that 
 which was instituted by the subject of this notice 
 and his amiable and estimable wife. They represent 
 the substantial and reliable elements of their com- 
 munity and by a long residence, filled in vvitli 
 hospitality and kindly deeds, have thoroughly estab- 
 lished themselves in th(.' good will of their fellow- 
 citizens. Their farm, one hundred and seventy -two 
 acres in extent, and located about one-half mile 
 south of Napoleon, with its buildings and appur- 
 tenances is looked upon with an admiring eye by 
 all who pass by it; and he who is so fortunate as to 
 be invited over their threshold, meets with that 
 cordial welcome, whether he be friend or stranger, 
 which is the surest evidence of birth and breeding. 
 In noting the career of a useful and successful 
 man, we n.aturally revert to those from wliom he 
 drew his origin. Joshua (1. Palmer, the father of 
 Courlland R., was born, it is believed, in Stoning- 
 ton. Conn., and he married Miss Esther Randall, 
 whom it is known was a native of that place. They 
 left New l'",ngland soon afterward an<l seltlcd in 
 
 Madison County, N. V., whence they emigrated to 
 the Territory of Michigan some time in the ';30s. 
 Selecting this county as his tramping ground, the 
 elder Palmer took up a large tract of land — after 
 having made several visits hither in search of a 
 satisfactory location. After a residence in this 
 county of a few years, becoming somewhat dissatis- 
 fied, he returned to New York State, and took up 
 his abode in the village of Canastota, where he so- 
 journed several years. Then coming back to this 
 county, in 18(i(I. he finally took up his abode with 
 his son, our subject, where he died, January (j, 18G8. 
 
 The mother of our subject accompanied her hus- 
 liaiid to New York after I hey had lived in this 
 county for a time, and died there June lo, 184'J. 
 Of this union there were born seven children, viz: 
 Stephen N. ; AVilliam II.; Polly C. ; Hannah H.: 
 Huldah M.; Courtland R. ami Martin P. Mr. Pal- 
 mer contracted a second marriage with Airs. Frcc- 
 love (Randall) Kin:iey,a sister of his first wife and 
 she died at the residence of our snlijrcl in Napoleon 
 Township, July 10, 1870. 
 
 The subject of this notice who was the sixth child 
 of his parents, was born in Lennox, Madison County, 
 N. Y., October 14, 1833. He lived there on his fa- 
 ther's farm until reaching man's estate and when 
 twenty-three years old accompanied his brother, 
 Martin to this county and lived on land belonginjj 
 to his father about two years. Then returning to 
 Lennox, N. Y., he sojourned there until the spring 
 of 1863. Returning then to this couutj' he was soon 
 afterward married and settled on the farm where 
 he has since lived. The maiden of his choice was 
 Miss Augusta A. Case and they were wedded at 
 their home in Napoleon Township, .May 3, 18(;3. 
 Mrs. Palmer is the daughter of Lewis and Melissa 
 (Horth) Case, who were natives of Washington 
 Count}-, N. Y. 
 
 Mr. Case came to this county in June, 1832, 
 being then a single man and his wife soon joined 
 him, after which thej- were married and settled in 
 Napoleon Township. .Subsequentl}' they removed 
 to Bunker Hill, Ingham County. Mr. Case while 
 on a business trip to Washington County, N. Y., 
 died in Hartford that county, October 18, 1848. 
 Subsequenth- Mrs. Case was married to Hiram Con- 
 verse ; she is .a second time a widow aiul now makes 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 her home in Lansing. Of her first marriage there 
 were born five children, viz: Cordelia; Mary E. ; 
 Augvista A. ; Lodeska J. and Milton II. Mrs. Pal- 
 mer was tlie third child of the family-, and was born 
 in Bunker Hill, this .State, Marcli 15, 1841. The 
 children of her union with our subject are recorded 
 as follows: Lewis G. was horn .July 10, 18G4; Wal- 
 ter S., April 21, 1866; Herbert F., May 16, 1869. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Palmer are members in good stand- 
 ing of the Baptist Church and our subject, politi- 
 calU'.is a sound Republican. He is quite i)rominent 
 in local affairs, having served as Supervisor one 
 term and as Commissioner of Higliways for several 
 years. All the projects tending to the general 
 good of the eomuiunity, socially, morally and finan- 
 cially, have never failed to receive his hearty su[) 
 port. He is one of those men whose names will be 
 honorablj- remembered long after the}' have been 
 gathered to their fathers. 
 
 -^1/ LEXANDER A. OSIER. No business es- 
 l. @//J| j tablishmeut in Jackson has been more 
 * prosperous from its beginning than the 
 1^ Home Steam Dye Works, of which the 
 
 above named gentleman is the proprietor. They 
 were established by him in 1882 and starting in a 
 small way, he has by close attention to his business, 
 and by reason of being an experienced and practical 
 dyer, had a steadil}' increasing custom which is 
 now bringing in a good income. Mr. Osier has all 
 the latest and best improved machinery for carry- 
 ing on his business successfully, and the works, 
 located on the northeast corner of Milwaukee and 
 Liberty Streets, are run bj' steam power. 
 
 Mr. Osier was born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence 
 ^County, N. Y., August 6, 1850. His father, -Jo- 
 seph Osier, who died when he was a small boy, was a 
 French Canadian, born in the Dominion of Canada, 
 and a gardener by occupation. Ellen (De Cair) 
 Osier, the mother of our subject was also a native 
 of Canada, who removed with her parents to Og- 
 densburg, N. Y., where her married life began. 
 After the death of his father in 1860. young Osier 
 started ou( among strangers to earn his own living 
 
 and begin a career for himself. He found employ- 
 ment on the Erie Canal as a driver on the tow 
 path, which occupation he followed six seasons. 
 
 After quitting the canal Mr. Osier went to Pine 
 Valley, Chemung County, N. Y., where he worked 
 on a farm during the summers, attending school 
 winters, making his home with J. C. Roberts. Af- 
 ter a time he returned to his mother's home at 
 Gouverneur. St. Lawrence County, where he re- 
 mained two^ years. IL next went to Syracuse, 
 where he learned the art of dyeing, serving an ap- 
 prenticeship of three years. In 1882 lie came to 
 Jackson, Midi., and started in business with the 
 result before mentioned, his business eslablisiiment 
 now being well-known throughout the city. He 
 dyes all kinds of goods — coats, vests, pantaloons 
 and dresses of all kinds, witliout ripping — together 
 with all goods pertaining to men's, women's and 
 children's wear, and household decorations. Uni- 
 forms of all kinds are cleansed and stains removed 
 from them, without the removal of gold, silver or 
 other facings. At the home of the bride, in Fow- 
 ler, N. Y., in 1876, Mr. Osier was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Ella Lamb, who was born in that 
 city, Seiitember 3, 1858, and there educated and 
 reared to womanhood. The hapiiy home over 
 which she presides with grace, has been blessed 
 with two children, a son and a daughter. Clare 
 B., was born August 23. 187'.i, and Ray Jay, March 
 30, 1884. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Osier is a stanch Ue|iublican. 
 He and his wife are both members of the First 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 :i:\IOTHY BENEDICT ST. JOHN is a son 
 f^^^\ of a pioneer of Jackson County, and since 
 attaining man's estate has himself borne an 
 honorable part in advancing the agricultural in- 
 terests of the county. He is numbered among the 
 prosperous farmers of Leoni Township, where he 
 has a farm that in point of cultivation, general 
 improvement, and productiveness, is considered 
 One of the most desirable in its vicinity, and here 
 he, with the cheerful aid of a capable wife, has es- 
 
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 461 
 
 tablislied a pleasant liome, wIicil' comfofl and hos- 
 pitality abound. 
 
 Our subject conies of good New England blood, 
 and is a native of that [lart of the country, born 
 JNIarch 17, 1825, in liie town of Ridgefiuld, Fair- 
 (ield County, Conn. His father, Zina St. John, was 
 born in the same county, a son of Samuel St. .lolin, 
 who is also sufiposed to have been born there. The 
 graiidfatlier of our subject was a farmer, and spent 
 his last years in the town of Riilgefield. His wife, 
 whose maiden name was Chloe Weed, was also a 
 native of Connecticut. Tlie father of our subject 
 was reared and married in his native State, and 
 resided tliere till 1835, and in that ^car he became 
 a pioneer of the Territory of Michigan, starting 
 from his old New England home witli a team and 
 proceeding to Poughkeepsie, N. V., and from there 
 going on the Hudson River and ErieCanal to Buf- 
 falo, and thence by lake to Detroit, and from tliat 
 city with teams to .lackson Count}', this last stage 
 of the journey occupying three days. He found 
 the country here in a wild condition, with deer, 
 wolves, bears, and other wild animals plentiful, In- 
 dians still making liitir liomes in tlie forests, and 
 the countiy but sparsely settled otherwise. Mr. St. 
 John located in what is now Columbia Township, 
 cnt;ring Government laud there, but residing on 
 rented land in a slab house instead of building on 
 his own. There were no railways then, and all the 
 wheat that he and theotlier early settlers raised was 
 teamed to Adrian, Monroe, Detroit, or Toledo. In 
 18-15 he sold his land there, and bougiit wild land 
 in Leoni Townsiiip, on wliich be erected a suitable 
 set of frame buildings, and made that his abiding 
 place until his death. Tiie maiden name of the 
 mother of our subject was Hannah Gray, and she 
 was born in Connecticut, a daughter of Joseph 
 Gray, a soldier of the Revolution. He was a shoe- 
 maker by trade, and was a life-long resident of 
 Connecticut. 
 
 Ten years had passed over the head of our sub- 
 ject when he took the ever memorable journey 
 from his New England birthplace across the coun- 
 try to the forest wilds of Michigan, and here he 
 was reared under the inlluences that prevailed in 
 the i)ioneer days of Southern Michigan. He as- 
 sisted his fallier in the hard labors of the farm that 
 
 were not then lightened by machinery, the grain and 
 hay being all cut by liand. He was well drilled in 
 agricultural (jursuils, remaining with his parents 
 until his marriage, when he bought eighty acres of 
 land on a school section in Leoni Township. His 
 first work was to build a log hou.se, in which he 
 and his bride commenced their wedded life. B^- 
 dint of hard labor he im|)roved about lift}' acres 
 of land, and resided on it until 1862, when he sold 
 that property and purchased the place that he now 
 occupies. Iherc was a log house on the land at 
 the time, which he has since replaced by a neat and 
 more commodious residence, besides erecting a fine 
 set of frame outbuildings, and he has the ninety- 
 five acres comprised in his farm under arlmirable 
 tillage. 
 
 In his marriage with Miss Mary Gates, Novem- 
 ber 21. 1848, Mr. St. John secured one of earth's 
 rarest blessings, a true-hearted, devoted wife, and 
 to them have been born three children — Smith 
 G., the eldest, died when two years old; Charlotte 
 A. and S. Edwin are both married and well settled 
 in life. Charlotte married Ivester Young, and 
 thej' have four children — Fred L. Carrie M., Alace 
 A. and Floyd H. Edwin married Annie Young, 
 and the}' have two children — Lewis E. and Ward B. 
 
 Mrs. St. John was born in Chautauqua County, 
 N. Y., her father. Increase Sumner Gates, being a 
 native of Conwa}', Mass. His father, Aaron Gates, 
 is also thought to have been born in that .State. 
 He removed from there to Ontario County, N. Y.. 
 and became a pioneer of the town of Phelps. On 
 the farm that he cleared from the fcirest wilds his 
 death occurred at a good old age. Mrs. St. John's 
 father was six years old when his parents removed 
 to New York. He was reared in Ontario County, 
 and after marriage went to live in Cliautauqua 
 County, buying a tract of timber land there, and 
 building a log house for the shelter of his family, 
 that humble abode being the birtlii>lace of Mrs. 
 St. John. He aided the pioneers among whom he 
 settled in developing the resources of the county 
 by clearing and improving a farm. In 1839 he 
 sold his proi)erty and came to Michigan, accom- 
 panied by his wife and three children, making the 
 entire journey from Chautauqua County to Jack- 
 son Count\' with ox teams, bringing their liouse- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 hold goods along, and for four long weeks tliey 
 were on the I'oad. Mr. Gates located on a tract of 
 wild land on section 9, on what is now Leoni Town- 
 shii), building a log siianty, with a slab roof for 
 temporary shelter, replacing it later with a substan- 
 tial hewed log house, and in that home resided 
 until his death, February 4, 1854. The maiden name 
 of his wife was Louisa Kinney. She was born in 
 Phelps Township. N. Y., and died on the home 
 farm in this township, in September, 1879, aged 
 seventy-four years. She was a notable housewife, 
 and an expert spinner and weaver, and made the 
 cloth for her family. She was the mother of five 
 children: Mary, Israel, Charlotte, Charles S. and 
 Susan Rebecca, the latter two twins. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. St. John are very fine people, 
 pleasant, intelligent, and abounding in all those 
 qualities that make them good and trust}' neighbors 
 and true friends, and they are very highly regarded 
 by the entire community. Sincere and earnest 
 Christians, they are members of the Congreg.ational 
 Church, which finds in them liberal supporters and 
 active workers. In his political views Mr. St. 
 John, formerly- a Whig, has been a Repuliliean 
 since the formation of tiie party. 
 
 HESTER R. HARRINGTON. This sturdy 
 veteran, who is approaching the seventy- 
 eighth year of his age, bears the distinction 
 of l)eing one of the earliest pioneers of this county, 
 coming within its borders before the time of canals 
 or railroads and enduring all the vicissitudes of 
 life on the frontier. In company with his excel- 
 lent wife he built ui) a home from the wilderness, 
 and 1)3' the exercise of unflagging industry trans- 
 formed a portion of the timbered land into the 
 beautiful farm which the}' now own and occupy. 
 This is finely situated on section 8, and is embel- 
 lished with good buildings, forest and fruit trees 
 and all the other appurtenances of the modern 
 lur.il home. Mr. Harrington is now retired from 
 active labor, .^nd in reviewing the scenes tlirough 
 
 which he has passed during a long and worthy life, 
 may justl}' feel that the world is better for his hav- 
 ing lived in it. 
 
 The subject, of this sketch was born in Otsego 
 County, N. Y., June 24, 1812. When he was four 
 years old his father removed to Genesee County, 
 that State, where Chester R. was reared to manhood 
 and where he continued to live until setting out 
 for Michigan in October, 1831. He was then a 
 young man of twc^nty-two years, unmarried and 
 with life all untried before him. He had very lit- 
 tle ca|)ital, not sufticieut to purchase a tract of land, 
 but employed himself as a farm laborer until he 
 could accomplish this, and he selected a part of 
 that which he now owns and occupies and which 
 has therefore been in his possession for the long 
 period of forty-six years. When taking up his 
 residence upon it his neighbors were few and far 
 between, the country round about being peopled 
 princi|3all3' by Indians and wild animals. He com- 
 menced farming with crude implements and under 
 the disadvantage of a distant market, to which he 
 and his neighbors journe}ed laboriously overland 
 with ox-teams. The transformation whifh be has 
 witnessed during the years which have followed 
 have been such as to gladden his eyes and in which 
 he has borne no unimportant part. Every man 
 who developed a homestead from the wilderness is 
 worthy of having his name handed down to poster- 
 ity, and Mr. Harrington not only did this but 
 proved himself a kind and accommodating neigh- 
 bor and a useful member of the community. 
 
 The marriage of Chester R. Harrington and 
 Miss Julia A. Godfrey was celebrated at the bride's 
 home in Jackson, February 13, 1833. Their life 
 has been a peculiarly happy one, absolutely free 
 from disputes. Love and affection has character- 
 ized their whole wedded life. Mrs. Harrington 
 was born in Batavia, Genesee Count}', N. Y., March 
 26, 1814, and is a daughter of Thomas and Miriam 
 (Wright) Godfrey, who were natives of New York 
 The father died in New York and the mother in 
 Jackson. Mrs. Harrington came to Michigan with 
 her mother and other members of the family about 
 1831, and their experience in the pioneer times was 
 similar to that of their neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Harrington after tlicir marriage liegan the journe}' 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 465 
 
 of life togcUier on the little farm wliich has now 
 assumed the proportions of two iiiindied acres. In 
 due time tliere were horn to them eight children, 
 onl}' four of wliom are living: .Jerome is inanicd 
 and living in .lackson ; Flavell is married aiul a 
 farmer in this to\vnsiii|); Frances is the wife of By- 
 ron Foote; the}' also live in Summit Township. 
 Chester R., .Jr., is married and farming the home 
 place; one child died in infancy and the others de- 
 ceased are Henrietta, Louisa and Ella. 
 
 Jlr. Harrington cast his first Presidential vote 
 for Jackson and has always remained a stanch sup- 
 porter of the Democratic part}'. During his younger 
 3'ears he held some of the school offices but has 
 never been ambitious for political preferment. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Harrington identified themselves with the 
 Baptist Church man}' years ago, and with this 
 church their children are also connected. The 
 family is highly esteemed in the community and 
 the Harrington homestead stands as a monument of 
 all that is worthy and of good repute. 
 
 CYRl'.S V. FRENCH. On the opposite page 
 is presented a lithographic ])ortrait of this 
 genlleiuun, who has lived in Brooklyn and 
 
 YRl'.S V. FRENCH. On the opposite page 
 
 is 
 ooklyn and 
 
 vicinity for a quarter of a century, while he has 
 been a resident of Jackson County since 1838. 
 He now makes his home in Brooklyn, somewhat re- 
 tired from the more active duties of life. His 
 upright character, good citizenshiii and cordial 
 manners are highly valued b}' those with whom he 
 comes in contact. In the dejiartinent of engineer- 
 ing, to which he has devoted his time and attention 
 since attaining to manhood, he has become proficient, 
 being thoroughly acquainted with his business and 
 possessing a high degree of mechanical ability. 
 
 In politics, Mr. French is a Democrat, stanch and 
 true. He has occupied the position of City Mar- 
 shall, and socially, belongs to Blue Lodge No. 169, 
 in whii-li lie has tilli'd the various Chairs, and is also 
 a member of Cha|itcr No. 90, lioth of Brooklyn. He 
 w.as a mere ehihl when, in 1838, he came to this 
 county, hav'ng been born August 20, 1833, in 
 Berkley, Mass. His early education was received 
 
 in the schools of his district, and at the age of sev- 
 enteen, he commenced to learn engineering. Be- 
 tween the years 1851 and 1853 he ran an engine 
 on the Lake Shore and Michigan .Southern Kail- 
 road. In 1 .s75 he put Ihc engine in the Brooklyn 
 gristmills and oiicrated it for some time, being for 
 two years a partner in the business. 
 
 The attempt to destroy the I'nion and estal)lish 
 a Southern Confederacy had been the means of 
 armed strife but a few months, when .Mr. French 
 became a member of the Union Army, enlisting 
 September 1, 1861, in Company C, First Michigan 
 Liglit Artillery, his comman<ling officer being Capt. 
 Dees, of Detroit. The regiment was assigned to 
 the Army of the West under Gen. Sherman, their 
 first notable engagement being before Corinth. 
 The}- afterward took part in the battles of Inka, 
 Lookout Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, 
 Nashville and Savannah, and many other conflicts 
 less widely known, though not less dangerous to 
 life. In every engagement Mr. French conducted 
 himself as became a man of valor and patriotism, 
 winning not only the admiration of his comrades 
 but also the respect of his superior odicers. He 
 fortunatel}' escaped wounds, although he became 
 nearly deaf as the result of working over the guns 
 and as a rammer. During the last tvTo ^earsof his 
 army life he acted as artificer. 
 
 The first marriage of Mr. French took place in 
 Liberty Township, this county, his companion on 
 that interesting occasion being Miss Adelia Nich- 
 olas, a native of New York. At an early age she 
 acconi|ianied her parents (now deceased) to Michi- 
 gan, where she grew to womanhood, making her 
 home in Liberty Township until her marriage. 
 Her death occurred at her home January 1, 1875, 
 when about forty years old. Religiously, she was 
 a worthy member of the Baptist Church. She bore 
 her husband two children : Dora, the wife of Frank 
 Goodwin, who lives on a farm in Tacoma. Wash, 
 and A'ernon, who resides in Berkley, .Mass., with 
 his uncle, Larston French. 
 
 Mr. Fri'iich contracted a second matrimonial al- 
 liance in Branch County, where he became the 
 husband of Miss Frances Kinyon. She was born 
 in Onondaga County, N. Y., .June 22. 1818. to 
 A. W. and Hannah (Piirdy) Kinyon, also natives 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 of tbe Empire State. Tlie}' were reared and mar- 
 ried in Chenango County, and afterward lived on 
 a farm in Oijond.aga County, whence, in 1852, they 
 came to Michigan locating in S'.ierwood Township, 
 Branch County. The land upon which they settled 
 was obtained by Mr. Kinyon from the Government 
 in 1833, and held by him until the time of his re- 
 moval to it. He died there in 1880, at the age of 
 seventy-two 3ears. His widow is yet living, and 
 should she be spared till September, 1890, will be 
 seventy years of age. They were well respected 
 citizens of Branch County, where their daughter 
 was reared and educated, remaining under the pa- 
 rental roof until her marriage. She has borne her 
 husband one child, a daughter, Nettie. 
 
 The father of him whose name initiates this 
 sketch was Vernon French, who was born and 
 reared in Massachusetts, acquiring a knowledge of 
 the trade of a carpenter and joiner at a suitable 
 age. He took for his wife Miss Belhslieba Hatha- 
 way', who was reared and educated at Berkley, 
 being of New England parentage and ancestrj'. 
 Mr. French followed his trade in his native State 
 until 1837, when became to Brooklyn, Mich., trav- 
 eling to Detroit in the usual manner, and thence 
 on foot to his destination. Here he worked until 
 the following Si)iing, then returning to the Bay 
 State, brought his wife and two children to the new 
 home, where they resided ten years. The husband 
 and father then purchased a small farm about a 
 mile south of the town, abandoned work at his 
 trade and engaged in farming. He passed from 
 time to eternity, April 12, 1885, being nearly sev- 
 enty-five 3'ears of age. His widow, who is now 
 pList her threescore years and ten, is living on tlie 
 old homestead, with her eldest daughter. Mis. Car- 
 oline Stacy. She is a member of the Baptist 
 Church, in which belief her husband also rejoiced. 
 
 The father of Vernon French and grandfather of 
 onr subject was Capt. Samuel French, a native of 
 Massachnselts, and a sea cajjtain for many years. 
 In the pursuits of his chosen avocation he visited 
 many countries, including the West Indies, the 
 South Sea Islands and many other foreign shores. 
 He could speak seventeen languages, and was thus 
 enabled to communicate with the various races and 
 tribes whom he encountered. On more than one 
 
 occasion he was attacked by pirates, but got along 
 with thein so well as to escape unharmed. He was 
 once captured by a Portuguese man-of-war but his 
 ability to communicate with officers and crew in- 
 sured his release. He spent his last days on shore, 
 dying in Berkley, Mass., at the age of seventy-two 
 years. 
 
 /;S^ LARENCE A. ELLIOTT, a well-known far- 
 II mer of Napoleon Township, owns and ope- 
 
 ''^^ rates three hundred and thirty-three acres 
 of good land, giving his entire attention to the pur 
 suits of agriculture. He has a fine set of build- 
 ings, and is a man of enery and push — one, who 
 having begun life without means, and dependent 
 upon his own resources, has climbed up to a good 
 position, socially and financially. His home is pre- 
 sided over by one of the most amiable and excel- 
 lent wives, Mrs. Elliott having been the most effi- 
 cient heli)mate of her husband in his l.aliors and 
 undertakings. Their property is located on section 
 32. and forms one of the most desirable estates in 
 Napoleon Township. 
 
 The suliject of this notice is the eldest child of 
 his jiarents, Daniel and Loretta ( Rose) Elliott, wlio 
 were natives of New York State, where they were 
 reared and married, and whence they came to Mich- 
 igan at an early day. Mr. Elliott died in 1854, 
 but the mother is still living, making her home in 
 Denton, Wayne County, Mich. The i)arental fam- 
 ily consisted of two sons and two daughters. 
 
 Mr. Elliott was born in Ypsilanti, this State, Jan- 
 uary 9, 1846. and lived there until reaching man- 
 hood, attending the common schools, and becoming 
 familiar with the various pursuits of farm life. 
 With the exception of one year in which he was 
 employed as clerk in a grocery store, he carried on 
 farming during his stay in Washtenaw County. He 
 left there in April, 1874, and for twelve jears 
 thereafter engaged in the flour and feed business at 
 Jackson. In the meantime, in company with oth- 
 ers, he put up a Ilouring-raill, which was known as 
 the Jackson City Mills, with which he was con- 
 nected until coming on his farm. He came to Na- 
 poleon Tuwnship in -'uly. 1884, settling upon iiis 
 
POUTK'AlT AND lUOlUx'Al'HICAL ALBUM. 
 
 467 
 
 present liomostcail. \\^^r^^ lio lias a line set of IniiM- 
 iiigs, and is prosecuting agi'icultiue after the most 
 modern and approved ineliiods. 
 
 The wife of our snhjeet was in iier giilliood Aliss 
 Delia lienham. and liicy were uniteti in wedloek 
 May 8, 1M72, at the briile's huiiie in Vpsilanli. 
 Rlrs. Elliott was boin in Washtenaw County, Sep- 
 lemlicr 2(), 1840, and is the second ehilil of Milo 
 and Nancy (Coe) Benham, who were natives of 
 New York, and are now residing in Michigan. 
 Tlieir family consisU'd of six children, four of vvhom 
 arc living and residents of Michigan. To .Mr. and 
 Mi's. Elliott there luas been horn one child only, a 
 daughter, Grace E. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Elliott are active members of the 
 Mi'tlodist I''.piscopal Church, in which Mr. Elliott 
 has held the ofliccs of Treasurer and Steward. In 
 politics he is a sound RciHihlican, and has held the 
 ollice of Justice of the Teace for six years. Me 
 takes an active interest in all matters |)ertaining to 
 the welfare of the county, and is looked upon as a 
 re[)resentative citizen, enjoying the esteem and con- 
 lidence of all who know him. 
 
 ^a^« 
 
 <if^)RASTr.S I'HERUUX. In the annals of 
 Sandstone Townshi|>, none of the pioneers 
 sr! made for themselves a more worthy record 
 than he with whose name vvc introduce this sketch, 
 lie was born on the 9th of February, 1822, in Dela- 
 ware County, N. V., and departed this life at his 
 home in Sandstone Township, May IG, 1888. lie 
 was the son of William and Charlotte Plierdun, 
 and came with his parents to Monroe Countj', this 
 Stale, when a lad of nine or ten years. 51 r. Pliei'- 
 (hm developed into manhood on the frontier, and 
 was married in rk'ijlember, 1843, to Miss Betsey 
 Huntley. The children of this marriage were a 
 daughter and two sons. The daughter died when 
 about three and one-half jears old, and one of the 
 sons, Charles B., died at the age of thirty eight 
 years. The only surviving child is John, a resi- 
 dent of Sandstone Townsliii). 
 
 Soon after their marriage iMr. and .Mrs. Pherdui 
 settled on the farm, which the latter now owns and 
 
 occupies. This was transforniecl from its primitive 
 to its present condition, hugely through the lal)ors 
 of Mr. Plierdun, who was a man of great industry, 
 laboring early and late until he had accumulated a 
 a competence. He learned the cooper's trade in 
 his younger years, which he followed considerably 
 until quite late in life. He was a man highl}' re- 
 spected in the coinnuinity, and served two terms as 
 Treasurer of Sandstoiu; Township. Politically, he 
 was a stanch Democrat. decidiMl in his views, and 
 one not easily turned fi(nii his coiivicti(]ns when he 
 was assured he was right. He held a worthy place 
 in the Masonic fraternity, anil his remains were 
 laid to their last rest with the solemn services of 
 the brotherhood. Honest and upright in his trans- 
 actions, none could p^iint to a dishonorable act of 
 whicli Erastus Plierdun was ever guilty. 
 
 Mrs. Betsey (Huntley) Plierdun was l)orn Au- 
 gust 24, 1823, in Otsego County, N. Y., and is the 
 daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Lighthall) 
 Huntley, who were natives resiiectivcly of Ben- 
 nington County, VI , and Herkimer County, N. Y., 
 the father born on the 17th of May, 1780. Before 
 their jnarriiige, they emigrated to New York State, 
 and thence in 1835, to this county. After coming 
 to this county, Mr. Huntley purchased a tract of 
 Government land in Sandstone Township, several 
 hundred acres, incluiling that now occupied b}' Mrs. 
 Pherdun, and in the care and cultivation of this he 
 occupied himself the remainder of his life. He 
 was called hence about 18G1. The mother's death 
 preceded that of iier husband several years. 
 
 The Huntley family included si.v children, only 
 two of whom are living, there being besides Mrs. 
 Pherdun, her sister, Rhoda. Mrs. TunniclifT, also a 
 resident of Sandstone Township. The Huntley 
 family lived in a log cabin, and endured many 
 bardships and privations in their efforts at build- 
 ing u|) a homestead, and accumulating a compet- 
 ence. Mr. Huntley, politically-, w.as a Democrat, 
 a man of sound principles, and one looked up to 
 in his community. Mrs. Pherdun, like her broth- 
 ers and sisters, could be given only limited advan 
 tages, pursuing her early studies in her native 
 State. .She remained under the parental roof until 
 leaving it to become mistress of her own liome. 
 She was the eflicient helpmate and s^'mpathizing 
 
468 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 companion of her husband in his labors and strug- 
 gles, and enjoys the friendship and association of a 
 large number of the people among whom she has 
 lived so many years. 
 
 ^- 
 
 Vi<^ ELSON I. PETERSON. In noting the pio- 
 I w neer settlers of Sandstone Township the 
 /ii^ name of Mr. Peterson deserverlly occupies 
 a place in the front rank. A man of large means, 
 industrious, active and enterprising, he has been no 
 unimportant factor in the development of the 
 count}- and here has expended the labors of a life- 
 time, here also investing his hard-earned capital. 
 He is widely and favorably known throughout this 
 part of the county and is numbered among its 
 leading citizens. 
 
 A native of Saratoga County, N. Y., Mr. Peter- 
 son was born November 28, 1834, and is the son of 
 John and Sarah (CoUamer) Peterson, who are be- 
 lieved to have also been born in the Empire State. 
 The paternal ancestors were of Scotch extraction, 
 wliile the maternal grandfather of our subject was 
 jn-obablj' a descendant of one of the early families 
 of Connecticut, in which State he was born. He 
 emigrated at an early day to Saratoga County, 
 N. Y., and there spent his last days. 
 
 The subject of this notice was reared in his na- 
 tive county and acquired his early education in the 
 common school. He learned the art and science of 
 farming, although his father was a wool n manu- 
 facturer, who died when Nelson I. was a lad of nine 
 > cars. Since a boy of ten Mr. Peterson has practi- 
 cally made his own way in the world. He emi- 
 grated to Michigan in 185G, sojourning in this 
 county a few months, then went to Illinois and was 
 a resident of Chicago a year and a half, running on 
 the Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and 
 ■Tanesville, Wis., as engineer, he having been an 
 engineer in New York before coming West. At 
 the expiration of the time mentioned he came back 
 to this county and purchased one hundred and sixt}' 
 acres of the land constituting his present farm, pay- 
 ing therefor $12.50 per acre. Fort}' acres of this had 
 been |)artiall3' cultivated but the balance of the 
 
 land was in its primitive condition. The exercise of 
 industry and perseverance in the course of a few 
 years brought the whole to a productive condition. 
 When first settling on this farm. Mr. Peterson 
 lived in a log house 16x20 feet in dimensions for a 
 number of jears and then put up the present tine 
 residence. This is flanked by convenient barns and 
 outhouses, while around it is a goodly assortment 
 of fruit and shade trees and the other embellish- 
 ments and necessary comforts of life. Mr. Peter- 
 son avails himself of modern machinery in the 
 cultivation of his land and keeps himself posted 
 upon the best methods of agriculture. 
 
 The subject of this notice was first married, in 
 Summit Township, September 2, 1858, to Miss Ann, 
 daughter of Jackson and Lucy (Raymon(^) Crouch. 
 Of this union there were born nine children, six of 
 whom are living, namely: Ada M., the wife of Dr. 
 G. C. Rhines, of Houston. Minn.; Collamer, Frank, 
 Ro3% Berten, Edna, and three deceased. The lat- 
 ter were Thomas S., Willie and Ella J. Mrs. Ann 
 Peterson departed this life at the homestead April 
 21, 1887. Mr. Peterson contracted a second mar- 
 riage June 2, 1888, with Mrs. E. R. Waite, widow 
 of Daniel C. VV^aite of this count}', and the sister of 
 Mr. Peterson's first wife. 'I'he present wife of our 
 subject was born in Steuben County, N. Y., June 
 2, 1834. Her mother died in Jackson County, 
 ]Mich. She was a native of New York State, while 
 Mr. Crouch was born in Connecticut. They came 
 to this county about 1857 and settled among the 
 early pioneers of Summit Township. Daniel C. 
 Waite, the first husband of Mrs. Peterson, was a 
 native of New York, and they were married Octo- 
 ber 30, 1851. Of this union there were born three 
 children, only two of whom are living, John J. a 
 resident of Summit Township, and Eva A., the 
 wife of Frank Fowler, of Spring Arbor Township. 
 The deceased is Clara, who died when seven years 
 old. Mr. Waite came with his family to this county 
 about 1858 or 1859 and settled upon land in what 
 is now known as Summit Township. This now lies 
 in the suburbs of Jackson, comprising over one 
 hundred and fifty-three acres and is valuable pro|)- 
 erty. Mr. Waite w.as an invalid for about twenty- 
 two years and departed this life March 28, 1886. 
 For the first one hundred and twentv-four acres 
 
POUTliAIT AND liUXiUAl'llICAL ALIiUM. 
 
 469 
 
 of hind upon Mr. Waile scllled he paid a trillo less 
 than *21 |)ct acre. His live stock consisted of a 
 |)air of oxen, a cow and a i)ig\ Allhoiiiiii nnabieto 
 do niudi manual labor, he was a good manager atid 
 after a few years the Waite family were in very- 
 good eirc\imstances. JMr. Waite was a man greatly 
 respected in his community, being honest and up- 
 right in his dealings, intelligent and industrious, 
 and his death was not only mourned by his imme- 
 diate family but the entire community. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Peterson is a straight K'cpublican 
 and although frequently solicite<l to accept various 
 local ollices, has steadily declined assuming the re- 
 sponsibilities attached thereto. His circumstances 
 have materially changed since the time when he 
 followed the plow and an ox-team, striving to bring 
 a tract of new land to a state of cultivation. His 
 fortunes have mended, together with those of his 
 adopted county, in whose growth and development 
 he has borne no unimportant part. He is a mem- 
 ber in good standing of the First Methodist Church 
 of Jackson, to which he contributes liberally, and 
 he is regar(ied .as a public-spirited citizen who uni- 
 formly gives his support to ever^' worthy enter- 
 prise. His first wife was an invalid for seventeen 
 years, which naturally involved great expense and 
 care. Mrs. Peterson united with the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church in her youth, of which she still 
 remains a consistent member. 
 
 ^[7 KWIS L. FC 
 J ^ oughly equi 
 J|Lj^, J3 owned an 
 
 KWIS L. FOWLEU. One of the most thor- 
 lipped farms in HanoverTownship 
 owned and occupied by the above named 
 gentleman, and it affords a striking example of 
 what can be accomplished by unllagging industr3' 
 and zeal, when backed by intelligence and good 
 judgment. The farn' comprises three hundred 
 acres, nearly all of which is first-class land, and is 
 located one and a half miles from Horlon. The 
 residence, which was erected in 1872 at a cost of 
 over §."5,000. is both tasteful and commodious, in 
 its internal furnishing and arrangement doing credit 
 to the taste of the lady who jiresidcs over it. Three 
 line barns, a wind-mill and various necessary sheds 
 
 and other buildings have been put up by Mr. 
 Fowlei' who still retains an active oversight of the 
 estate, although it is cultivated b^' his sons. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
 .Joshua Fowler, a native of Kcw York, who became 
 a resident of .Moravia, Cayuga County, about the 
 year 1812. His occupation was that of a farmer, 
 and it was adopted by his son Joshua, who was born 
 May 8, 1803. Joshua Fowler, .Ir., married Mahala 
 M. Lester, vvho was born in Dutchess County in 
 1806, and they remained in the Empire .Stale until 
 1818. They then came to Michigan, settling in 
 Hanover Tovvnshi|), this county, one and a half 
 miles west of Hanover \'illage. There the father 
 died in 1860, the mother surviving until March 24, 
 1874. 'J"he family comprised eleven sons and 
 daughters, seven of whom are now living. 
 
 Lewis L. Fowler was the second in order of birth 
 in the i)arental familj', his eyes having opened to 
 the light in Cayuga County, X. Y.. March 8, 1830. 
 He received a good district-school education in his 
 native State, whence he accompanied his parents to 
 Michigan when eighteen years old. He remained 
 under the parental roof until he was of age, when 
 he started in life for himself empty handed. On 
 Christmas Day, 1850, he took unto himself a com- 
 panion in life, and the first year after his marriage 
 he worked a faiin on shares. The second year he 
 was hired by theuionth, his wages being $13, and 
 his employer Mr. E. Dodd. He then l)ought eighty 
 acres of land on section 23, Pul.aski Townsliip, 
 built a log house and began clearing and breaking 
 up the land. riiere he remained until lh(> fall of 
 1860 when he traded for a pf)rtion of the i)lace 
 which he now occupies, to which he removed in 
 March. 1861. The farm, which ironsisted of one 
 hundred and thirty-six acres, was in a serai-wild 
 state, the improvements upon it being a frame 
 house and a barn that was much better built than 
 the dwelling. 
 
 When he look possession of this pl.ace Mr. Fow- 
 ler was in ilebt over §1,900, §1.000 of which was 
 drawing interest at ten per cent. Within ft>ur years 
 this indebtedness was paid up in full, and during 
 this time .Mr. Fowler also sent a substitute into 
 the Union army at a cost of §7.50. although he w.as 
 never drafted and there vvas no legal occasion for 
 
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 PORTRAIT AjND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 his doing so. It was not long before twenty-five 
 acres were added to tlie estate, and in 1882 an ad- 
 ditional forty was pureliased. The ninety-nine 
 acres known as the Marshall Fislierfarm were added 
 to it in 1888, malting up the fine acreage which has 
 been before noted and upon which such marked 
 improvements have been made. The estate is de- 
 voted to general farming and to the raising of 
 standard breeds of horses, cattle and sheep. 
 
 The lady who has shared in all Mr Fowler's joys 
 and sympathized in all his discour.agements, assist- 
 ing him b3' every means in her power for nearly 
 forty 3'ears, was in her girlhood Miss Lucy 5L 
 Meachem. She is tlie youngest in a family of thir- 
 teen cliildren, seven of whom are now living, and 
 was born in Genesee County. N. Y., March 30, 
 1833. Her parents, Lyman and Mercy (Goodspeed) 
 Meaciiem, were born in the same county in which 
 she opened her eyes to the light, and became resi- 
 dents of Oiiio in 1842. Two years later they came 
 to Michigan, settling in Pulaski Township, this 
 county, where the mother died in 1851. Mr. 
 Meachem returned to the Empire State and died at 
 Dunkirk from the effects of an accident by which 
 his back was broken, and was buried there. 
 
 To Mr. and ilrs. Fowler four cliildren have been 
 born: Walter married Miss Lucy Porter and lives 
 in the same section as that in which his father's 
 home is located; he is the father of two children. 
 Lester married Miss Ilettie A. AVilliams and has 
 two children; he lives on section 10, and operates 
 the farm of his father. Adelia E., wife of Albert I. 
 Ayres, resides on section 15; Cliarles A. married 
 Miss Ella S. Rhoades, who has borne him three chih 
 dren; bis home is on section 21. Each of the sons 
 received from his lather, in the fall of 1888, a deed 
 for forty acres of land, and all have made their 
 homes near the home nest. As all are intelligent 
 and honorable, it is a great pleasure to their par- 
 ents to have them settled so near their own home, 
 and they enjoy the close association with their 
 daughter who also lives near. 
 
 Mr. Fowler is a Mason, holding membership in 
 Hanover Lodge, No. 293. at Ilorton, in whicli he is 
 now one of the Stewards, having previously held 
 the offices of Junior Warden and Senior Deacon. 
 He holds a demit from Chapter No, 3, and from 
 
 Commandery No. 9, at Jackson; he is also a mem- 
 ber of the Grange at Ilorton and was Overseer in it 
 for a number of ^-ears. He has been Treasurer of 
 the scliool district for years and has also held the 
 position of Moderator. He likewise served liis 
 neighbors as Overseer of Highways. Interested, 
 as all American citizens should be, in the political 
 issues of the day his sj'mpathy is given to the 
 Democratic party, with which he votes on national 
 questions, although in local elections he votes for 
 the best man irrespective of party. 
 
 The early education of Mr. Fowler has been con- 
 sidered by him as only a foundation on which to 
 build a broader and deeper knowledge in various 
 lines of thought, and by reading, observation and 
 intercourse with his fellow-men he has accumulated 
 a varied fund of information. He is a man of lib- 
 eral ideas and one whose means are being used to 
 make more pleasant and comfortable the pathway 
 of himself and his dear ones. Last fall he made a 
 pleasant trip to California, spending a month and 
 visiting his brother, Charles C. Fowler, who has 
 been a resident of Monterey County for over twenty 
 years. The westward journey was performed over 
 tbe Central Pacific Railroad and the leturn over 
 the Southern Pacific to 101 Paso, Tex., thence to 
 Ft. Worth, to Kansas City and home. He has made 
 three trips to the old homestead in New York, 
 which was the scene of his youthful memories and 
 association. 
 
 HARLES II. LEWIS, M. D. A continuous 
 ^_, practice of nearly twenty- four years in the 
 i^^' city of Jackson has fully established Dr. 
 Lewis as a successful and reliable member of the 
 medical fraternity of this county. From his birth 
 his interests have centered here, he being a native 
 of Concord, where he first opened his e\'es to the 
 light November 10, 1840. His early education 
 was conducted in the schools of his native city and 
 when a 30uth of seventeen years he emerged 
 therefrom prepared for college. He attended the 
 Commercial College in Jackson one year and at 
 the expiration of this time, going East, became a 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 471 
 
 sludcnt of ilie State Uiiiversitv at Burlin<rtoii, \l.. 
 wlierc he remained two years, witli the exception 
 of a few weeivS spent in teaoliinir a country scliool 
 •It North Jay, N. Y. 
 
 In 18G0, younjj; Lewis, rcturninii; to Ihc West, 
 entered the Michigan Stale IJniversil}- at Ann Ar- 
 bor .nml tal<ing tlie classical course was jji-aduated 
 two years later. Afterward he spent a year in the 
 chemical laliratory and in ISO:? entered the medical 
 department, remaining three years and being grad- 
 uated in 1866. He commenced the practice of his 
 [irofession in Jackson, remaining here until the 
 spring of 1870. He then removed to Chicago, but 
 only remained there until the following December 
 and we next find liini in I'nion City, Branch 
 County, this State. He lemained there until 1873. 
 then returned to Jackson, of which he lias since 
 been a resident. 
 
 The marriage of Dr. Charles II. Lewis anil Jliss 
 Mary Barry was celebrated at the bride's home in 
 Ann Arbor, August 29. 18G(J. Mrs. Lewis was 
 born in Ann Arbor, Midi., and is the daughter of 
 Major R. J. and Sarah (Moseley) Barry, who weie 
 natives of New Jersey, and Massachusetts respect- 
 ively. The father is deceased and the mother 
 is living in Oakland, Cal. There were born of this 
 marriage two children only, a son and a daughter, 
 Edward R. and Sara C. The son, a promising 
 young man who has inherited much of the talent 
 of his father, is now a student in the Michigan 
 I'niversity at Ann Arbor. Sarah C. remains at 
 home with her parents. Dr. Lewis, politically, is a 
 sound Republican and his religious views coincide 
 with the doctrines of the Congregational Church. 
 He belongs to the American Medical Association, 
 the State Medical Society and the American Acad- 
 emy of Medicine. In the year 1889 and for the 
 session of 1890. he was chosen President of the 
 Medical Aluiimi Association of Michigan Ini- 
 versity. 
 
 The subject of this notice is the son of Dr. Ed- 
 ward Lewis who was liorn in Hampton, Washington 
 County, N.Y., July 16, 1796. The paternal grand- 
 father, Edward Lewis, Sr., was a fanner by occupa- 
 tion and removed from Nevv York to Fairhaven, 
 Hiitiand Count}-, \'t., and from there later came to 
 .Michigan during the early settlement (^f Jackson 
 
 Counl\-. He puri'hascd a tract of land near which 
 afterward grew up the town of Concord .constructed 
 a home from the wilderness and there spent the 
 remainder of his life His son, Edward, made the 
 most of his opportunities to secure an education, 
 and wiien a young man commenced teaching school, 
 following the profession in Fairhaven and at 
 Black Rock, Erie County, N. Y. From the latter 
 place he walked home to A'ermont, traversing on 
 foot the entire length of the Empire Stite. Later 
 he turned his attention to the study of medicine, 
 paying his way through college by teaching, and 
 was graduated from the medical department of 
 Castlcton College in 182.5. He commenced the 
 practice of his profession in the town of Benson 
 where he sojourned until 1829, then removed to 
 Fairhaven and practiced there with unqualified 
 success until 1835. Then, on account of his wife's 
 failing health he resolved upon emigrating to the 
 West, and selling out his business, came to Jliclii- 
 gan during its territorial days. The removal was 
 made via the Chaniplain and Erie Canals to Buffalo, 
 and thence by the lakes to Detroit, whence they 
 proceeded by team overland to this county. They 
 located near the small, but flourishing village of 
 Concord, when the country around was a howling 
 wilderness, teeming with deer, bear, wolves, and 
 other wild animals. Detroit, then a mere village 
 on the lake, was the nearest market and depot for 
 supplies. 
 
 The elder Lewis entered from the Government 
 several large tracts of land, some of it for himself 
 and some for (larlies in the East. He followed 
 agriculture two years, then began operating a flour- 
 ing-mill at Coiic(jrd. Later he entered upon the 
 jiractice <)f his profession at that place, but in 
 1843 changed his icsidence to Jackson where he 
 built up a large and lucrative business. He was a 
 very benevolent man. especially kind to the poor 
 to wliom he gave liis services without reoompense, 
 and in fact acted the part of the Good Samaritan 
 until called hence. He rested from his earthlv 
 laliors on January 1, 1867, mourned not onlv by 
 his immediate family, but by the entire coinniunily, 
 as one wliose place it would lie dillicnll to fill. 
 Identifying himself with the Congregational Church 
 in his youth, he served as a Deacon in Vermont 
 
472 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 and was one of the pillars of the church after his 
 settlement in Jackson. He was an Abolitionist 
 from the start and until the abandonment of the 
 old Whig party was one of its most ardent adher- 
 ents. Later he gave his support to the Republican 
 party. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
 of Caroline Davey. She was born in Fairhaven, 
 Vt., and accompanying her husband to the West, 
 died in the city of Jackson, August a, 1848, when 
 comparatively a j'oung woman. Only four of the 
 eight children comprising the jjarental family lived 
 to mature years, and they still survive. Willard 
 C. is Cashier of the Peoples' National Bank at 
 Jackson; Caroline married George D. Walcott and 
 lives in Jackson; Lucy D. is a resident of Jackson; 
 Charles H. completes the list of the surviving 
 members of the family. 
 
 ;r;iMRI M. BARBER, in point of settlement 
 the oldest citizen of Leoni Township, where 
 he owns and manages a fine farm, has con- 
 tributed to the advancement of Jackson County 
 materially, socially and morally; has taken part in 
 its public life, and is well-known and gr^atl}' re- 
 spected throughout Southern Michigan. He claims 
 Royalton, Niagara County', N. Y., as his birthplace, 
 September 18, 1816, being the date of his birth. 
 His father, Benedict Barber, was born in Vermont, 
 and after attaining manhood among the hills of his 
 native State he went to Canada, and was tliere 
 married to Laura McNall. She was a daughter of 
 Uriah McNall, a native of Canada, horn of Scotch 
 parentage. He subssquently removed to Royal- 
 ton, and casting his lot with its pioneers, cleared a 
 tract of timber land, and at the time of his death 
 had improved a part of the farm. 
 
 After marriage Mr. Barber accompanied his 
 father-in-law's people to New York, the removal 
 beiug made with teams, ami he bought a tract 
 of land from the Holland Purchase Company, in 
 Royalton, and in the forests built a log house, which 
 was the birthplace of our subject. There were no 
 nails or sawed timber used in its construction, and 
 
 the roof was made of split shakes, held in place by 
 weight poles; boards were split to make the door 
 and floor, and wooden pins were used instead of 
 nails. In 1822 the father died in his pioneer 
 home, and his community was deprived of a good 
 and useful citizen. The mother of our subject was 
 left with three children to care for, the youngest 
 being but three months old. She married a second 
 time, in 1825, becoming the wife of James H. Otis, 
 a native of Vermont, and a pioneer school teacher 
 in Ro3'alton. Previous to his marriage he had 
 bought a tract of land in Lockport, and there he 
 and his familj' made their home till 1829, when 
 the}' returned to Royalton, where he purchased a 
 part of the farm on which our subject was born. 
 They resided there till 1831, and in the fall of that 
 year sought greener fields and pastures in the Ter- 
 ritory of Michigan, coming thither by the way of 
 Erie Canal to Buffalo, from there by lake to De- 
 troit on the steamer "Henry Clay," arriving in the 
 latter city after a long voyage of thirteen days, 
 double the time that it takes the fast ocean steam- 
 ers of to day to cross the Atlantic. In Detroit 
 Mr. Otis, having brought a team with him, hired 
 two others to convey his family and household 
 goods to Jackson County. The route lay through 
 a wilderness, and from Ann Arbor there was noth- 
 ing but an Indian trail for a road, and deer, bears, 
 wolves, will! turkeys and other game at times 
 crossed the path of the travellers. Mr. Otis took 
 up a tract of land in what is now Leoni Township, 
 the surrounding country being sparsely settled, and 
 still in the hands of the Government, the price be- 
 ing »i<1.2i) an acre. There were no railways here for 
 S'mie years, and Dexter, twenty-Qve miles distant, 
 was the nearest milling point, while Detroit was 
 the nearest depot for supplies. Mr. Otis built a 
 house on his land, which included the northwestern 
 quarter of section 2, on the present site of the vil- 
 lage of Leoni. He was active in aiding the- devel- 
 opment of the township, and his death, on his 
 homestead, was a loss to the community, and its 
 material interests were affected. The mother of 
 our subject survived hei husband a number of 
 years, dying at a ripe old age in the home of her 
 daughter, Mrs. Winans, in Leoni. The three chil- 
 dren of her first marriage were: Zimri M„ our 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUI\r. 
 
 173 
 
 sulijei'L; I^:lat■, «1kj died in lMf^; .luliii A., widow 
 of Oliver Wiiians, now residing in California. By 
 lier second marriage she liad six eliildren, namely: 
 Sophia. .lamos. Triali. George, Herman and Mary. 
 Zin)ri Barliur was lifleen j'ears old when he came 
 with his pireuts to Michigan, and here he grew to 
 manhood amid the pioneer influences that prevailed 
 in Jackson County, and in such u life lie acquired 
 a strong, bold, self-helpful character. He remained 
 an inmate of the parental household till he was nine- 
 teen years old, and then returned to his native 
 State. After three years he came hack to Jackson 
 County, and in 1835 learned the trade of a carpen- 
 ter, and soon Ix'came a millwright also, and fol- 
 lowed that calling some years, acquiring great skill 
 and a tiiorough knowledge of the trade, and he as- 
 sisted in huilding many of the first mills in South- 
 ern Jliehigan. In 1812 he resumed farming, buying 
 his father's farm. lie erected a comfortable house 
 tliereou, and lO(jk his mother and her family to care 
 f(ir. But eighteen acres (jf land were cleared at 
 the time of his purchase, and he went to work vig- 
 orously to clear the rest of it. In January, IS.'jO. 
 he started for the gold (ields of California, hoping 
 to better his fortunes in that ICklorado of the dar- 
 ing and venturesome. Going by the wa}- of the 
 isthmus, while waiting there for a steamer he ac- 
 cepted the fine position offered him Ijy the Pacific 
 Company to take charge of their lumber yard, and 
 to do their carpenter work. He remained in their 
 eniploN" two years, and then continued his journey 
 to California, where he mined with varying suc- 
 cess three years. In 1855 he gathered together 
 his savings and set his face homeward. After his 
 arrival he resumed agricultural pursuits, and has 
 been a resident of this countj- ever since. 
 
 The year following his return to these parts, Mr. 
 Barber took unto himself a wife in the person of 
 Mrs. Hannah (Burkhart) Tinker, daughter of Will- 
 iam and Kliza Burkhart. and widow of Lawrence 
 Tinker. She was born in Pennsylvania, January 1, 
 1821, and died in the home of her husband Febru- 
 ary 12, 1879. Her life record, extending over a 
 period of more than half a century, in which she 
 well sustained the relations of daughter, wife, 
 mother anil friend, shows her to be a woman of 
 great worth, good understanding, and keen sensi- 
 
 bilities, whose every act was prompted by a true 
 heart, and these traits endeared her not only to 
 her household, but to a large circle of friends, and 
 madeher a valued member of the iNIethodist Epis- 
 copal Church. Of the five children born to our 
 subject and his wife two are now living: Fred 
 Claude is engaged in the mercantile business, and 
 is Express Agent at Leoni; Flora May is deceased; 
 Kate Adell married Barry Chapi)ell, and resides 
 with her father. In the kindness of their hearts 
 Mr. and Mrs. Barber adopt(^(l and reared Albert 
 Barber, the only son of a brother of our subject 
 who was left an orphan at an earl^^ age, and he 
 now resides in a home of his own near by. 
 
 The subject of this sketch has, in a life which has 
 reachi.^d its evening, nobly diseharged the duties 
 devolving upon him in his family relations, and as 
 a neighbor and a citizen, with characteristic fidelity 
 and manliness. He has regulated his affairs with 
 admirable judgment and sound discretion, and by 
 the exercise of prudence, forethought and untiring 
 zeal he long ago [ilaced himself in good circiiin- 
 stances. He has performed a useful jjarl in the 
 administration of public afTairs. He was at onc3 
 time Supervisor. re|)resenting his town on tin: 
 County Board for two years, and was twice ap- 
 pointed Postmaster of Leoni. He was one of the 
 early members of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance 
 Society, was once a Director of the society, and 
 also Secretaiy, and is also an active member of the 
 Jackson County Pioneer Society. Ever since the 
 formation of the parly he has been a true Repub- 
 lican. He is an earnest and sincere member of the 
 Methodist Episco[)al Church, and has faithfully 
 served it as Trustee and Steward for manv years. 
 
 NICHOLAS D. CRAWFORD. Next in im- 
 portance to the early pioneers are their 
 lli,^ children, most of whom are wortlill}- wear- 
 ing the mantle of their honored sires. The subject 
 of this notice, one of these, was born in this town- 
 ship, December 9. 1839, and is the son of Zeba 
 and Asenath (Crouch) Crawford, both of whom 
 were natives of Steuben County, N. Y. Zeba 
 
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 Crawford emigrated to Michigan Territory about 
 1835, and look up the land upon vvliich his son, 
 Nicholas D., now resides, and whicli is located on 
 section 13, Sandstone Township. He purchased 
 over two hundred acres from a Mr. Nickerson, and 
 first put up a shanty, in which he lived for a time 
 and until he could build a substantial log house. 
 
 The family occupied the latter many years, and 
 then the father of our subject huilt the present fine 
 residence which is the admiration of the country 
 around. 
 
 Zeba Crawford occupied the above-mentioned 
 comfortable dwelling many years previous to his 
 death, which took place June 23, 1875, at Jackson, 
 to which place he had removed. The mother sur- 
 vived her husband nearly thirteen years, dying 
 November 15, 1888, after having reached tiie ripe 
 old age of over eighty years. They had endure(] 
 all the vicissitudes of pioneer life, living far from 
 mill and market in a countr}- which had but re- 
 cently been the home of the Indian and still 
 abounded in wild animals. Father Crawford for 
 many j^ears was not able to own a team of horses, 
 doing his plowing and hauling with oxen. Patience 
 and perseverance, however, in due time brought 
 their reward, and they lived to enjoy the fruits of 
 their toil, and to see their children grow up lo 
 useful and honored citizens and comfortably settled 
 in life. 
 
 To Zeba and Asenath Crawford there were born 
 seven children, the record of whom is as follows: 
 Minerva J., the eldest born, became the wife of 
 David Lane, and is a resident of Leona Township; 
 Electa A. is the wife of Chester Taylor, of Jackson; 
 Elizabeth married M. Richardson, and went with 
 him to California; Salmon Z. is a resident of Black- 
 man Township; Nicholas D., our subject, was the 
 next in order of birth; Adelia is the wife of Mason 
 Richmond, of Michigan Center; Marcus D. is liv- 
 ing in Sandstone Township. Zeba Crawford, 
 politically, was in early life a member of the old 
 Whig party, and after its al)andonment identified 
 himself with the Republicans. He was a man of 
 strict integrity, of sound common sense, and was 
 frequently solicited to fill the local offices, but in- 
 variably declined. In the early days he frequently 
 drove his team to Ann Arbor to dispose of his 
 
 wheat and bring back his flour. He enjoyed an 
 extendsd acquaintance throughout the countv, 
 wiiere he had hosts of friends. 
 
 The subject of tiiis notice was reared to manhood 
 under the parental roof, receiving a limited degree 
 of book learning in the primitive school He as- 
 sisted in developing the new farm, and literally 
 grew up with the country-, being an ej'c witness of 
 its transformation from a wilderness to the abode 
 of an intelligent and prosperous people. He also 
 has a right to feel that he has assisted in bringing 
 it to its present condition, and no man is more 
 vitally interested in all that concerns its material 
 welfare. 
 
 Mr. Crawford remained a bachelor until thirty 
 years of age, and then brought a dride to the old 
 roof-tree, being married April 6, 1869, to Miss 
 Isabel Moe, at the bride's home in this township. 
 iMrs. Crawford is likewise a native of this county, 
 and was born September 18, 1849. Her parents 
 were Ira and Harriet ( Dunham) Moe, the forme" 
 of whom is deceased. Mrs. Moe after the death of 
 her husland was married to Charles C'hamplin, 
 who is also deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Moe there 
 were born three children, the eldest of whom, a 
 son, Hiram F., is a resident of Jackson; Adelia is 
 the wife of Elias Pierce, of Sandstone Township. 
 Mrs. Crawford was the youngest born. A more 
 detailed history of the family will be found in the 
 sketch of Hiram S. ;Moe, of Sandstone Township. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Crawford are the parents of four 
 children — JIaude, who died when two years old; 
 Holla N., Ira M. and Ethel A. With the excei>- 
 tion of about two years spent in Blackman Town- 
 ship, Mr. Crawford lias resided on his farm since 
 his birth. Besides this he owns a flnelj'-im proved 
 farm of one hundred and sixtj'-flve acres, one hun- 
 dred and twenty of which are in Sandstone Town- 
 shii), and the balance in Blackman. In the building 
 up of their elegant home he has been abl\' a.ssisted 
 by his intelligent and capable wife, who has stood 
 bravely by his side through storm and sunshine, 
 and done her share in all respects in accumulating 
 a property and maintaining the reputation of the 
 family. Mr. Crawford, politically, is a sound 
 Republican, although in the local elections he aims 
 to support the men whom he considers best quali- 
 
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 field for ollice, irrespective of party. He is con- 
 nected with the Patrons of Industry, and keeps 
 himself thorouglih' posted npon current events, 
 uniformly giving his encouragement and sujjport 
 to the cntcr|)riscs calculated to benefit the peo['k', 
 socially, morally and financiallj'. 
 
 "Jll^jRADLKY 15. ANDERSON. M. 1). A liio- 
 irM\v rJ'''ipl''i"'' Ai.BLM of Jackson County would 
 l?^)]!] ''^' 'iiL-oini)letc if within its pages was not 
 ^^r^ found a sketch of the above named gentle- 
 man, who has a high standing among the profes- 
 sional men of .lackson and an extensive practice in 
 the city and vicinity. He is a man of more tiian 
 ordinary intelligence, was the recipient of excellent 
 educational advantages and acquired an extended 
 knowledge of otiier branches before taking up the 
 study of medicine, which he carried on systemati- 
 cally and thort)ughly, Itecoming wcil-versed in the 
 science of Therapeutics, and iiaving since applied 
 his theoretical knowledge to excellent advantage, 
 ac(piiring a high degree of skill in the diagnosis 
 and trcatincMil of diseases. 
 
 It is believed bj" all students of human nature 
 that the ancestry and early training and surround- 
 ings of men exert such an influence over their lives 
 that a knowledge of the former gives one a very 
 good idea of nhat may be expected in the latter; 
 therefore a few lines regarding the |>rogenitors of 
 our subject will not be out of place in this sketch. 
 His father, .lohn W. Anderson, was born in New 
 York, and having been left an orphan at a ver}' 
 early age, wsis reared by an uncle at West Point. 
 Ho learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner in 
 Niagara County, whither he went when a young 
 man and where he sojourned laboring at his trade 
 until 1837. He then came to the Territory of .'Nlich- 
 igan, accomplishing the journey via the Lake to 
 Detroit and thence by stage through a sparsely 
 settled country' where the roads were so poor that 
 the passengers were obliged to walk a part of the 
 waj'. He located in Albion, Calhoun County, but 
 after spending four or five j-ears there employed at 
 his trade, liought a tract of land near Parma, .lack- 
 
 son County, and engaged In agricultural pni>uil>. 
 After spending about ten j-ears there,' he sold and 
 bought property in Concord Township, upon which 
 he was engaged in tilling the soil until the time of 
 the Civil AVar, when he sold and removed to Parma. 
 Thence he subsequently went' to Tekonsha, Calhoun 
 County, in which |)laee he resided until his death. 
 His widow is now living with her children, of whom 
 she has reared four. She wiis born in Madison 
 County, N. Y., to .Sherman ,and Ann ;Merrills) 
 P.eecher, and was christened Eliza A. Her children 
 are, our subject; Frances, the wife of .Inlius Clai>p, 
 of Parma; Henry, who lives in the same place, and 
 Ann, who married Charles Ferguson of Jackson. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this notice 
 w,as born in Albion, Calhoun County. Mich., No- 
 vember 16. 1841, and after receiving an elementary 
 education in the district schools entered Albion 
 College, where he was pursuing his studies when 
 the Civil War liroke out and his parents changed 
 their place of residence. In lS(31.he began to learn 
 the trade of a boot and shoe maker, and worked at 
 the same until 186.5, in Fcl)ruary of which year he 
 enlisted in Company C, Ninth Michigan Infantry, 
 joining his regiment at Chattanooga and serving 
 until after the close of the war, receiving his dis- 
 charge with the regiment in .September, 18G.5. 
 
 Returning to his home, Mr. Anderson resumed 
 work at his trade but ere long abandoned it for pro- 
 fessional studies, and in 1874 attended medical lec- 
 tures at Detroit Iloma'pathic Medical College. He 
 began the practice of his profession in Tompkins 
 Township, this county, and after acquiring some 
 practical experience continued his studies with a 
 more thorough understanding of the use which was 
 hereafter to be made of them, as is the case with all 
 students who combine [jraclicc with theory. The 
 young doctor attended lectures at Pulte College, 
 Cincinnati, and later at Hahnemann College, Chi- 
 cago, being graduated from the Latter in the class 
 of 1879-80, after which he located in Jackson, 
 where he has built up an extensive [iractice and a 
 highly creditable reputation for skill in his chosen 
 profession. 
 
 The Lady in whom Dr. Anderson found uniteil 
 the qualities which he desired in a life companion 
 was Miss Amelia A., daughter of Dr. Samuel P. 
 
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 and Martha A. (Barrett) Town, and the rites of 
 wedlock were celebrated between theiri May 16, 
 1872. Mrs. Anderson possesses the intelligence and 
 culture which fit her for the companionship of one 
 of the Doctor's intellectual attainments, together 
 with the estimable character which exerts a strong 
 influence for good over those with whom she comes 
 in contact. She has borne her husband four chil- 
 dren, named respectively: Frederick, Birdie, War- 
 ren and Jessie. 
 
 Dr. Anderson and his wife are members of the 
 First Baptist Church. The Doctor has always been 
 a temperance man and an advocate of temperance 
 principles. He was one of the charter members of 
 Tekonslia Lodge I. O. O. F.; belongs to Edward 
 Pomeroy Post, No. 48, G. A. R., to Parma Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., and is a member of the Homoepathic 
 State Medical Society. Politically-, he is a Republi- 
 can. 
 
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 REDERICK M. FOSTER. A high rank 
 among the deserving citizens of Jackson is 
 that held by the subject of this sketch, who 
 may well be classed as a pioneer resident of the 
 town, -where he first made his home in May, 1842. 
 and with whose business interests he has been iden- 
 tified as a manufacturer and a professional man for 
 many 3'ears. He comes of a line of patriotic and 
 reliable citizens, his grandfather Foster having held 
 a Lieutenant's commission during the Revolution, 
 and his father having been engaged during the 
 War of 1812. 
 
 Moses Foster, the father of our subject, was born 
 in or near Boston, Mass., and accompanying his 
 parents to Vermont, where their last years vvere 
 spent, he was married, in Guilford, to Miss Betsej' 
 Goodwin, and removed to Bridport, where he car- 
 ried on his trade of a blacksmith. In 1820 he 
 changed his location to Crown Point, N. Y., where 
 he established a shop which he carried on some 
 years, after which he took up his residence with his 
 son in Madison, Lake County, Ohio, and there 
 died when sixty-nine years old. The most promi- 
 nent engagement in which he took part in the AVar 
 of 1812, was the battle at Plattsburg, N, Y. His 
 
 wife also died at the home of their son Willard, in 
 Madison, Ohio, breathing her last when nearly 
 ninety years of age. The family of this worthy 
 cou|)le comprised nine sons and daughters. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
 was born in Bridport. A.ddisou County, Yt , July 
 27, 1813, and spent the first seven years of his ex- 
 istence in his native State, the remainder of his life 
 until manhood being passed in New York, where as 
 soon as he was old enough to do so he began work 
 on his father's farm. At the age of twenty he 
 went to Rochester, and spent a year as helper in an 
 edge-tool factory, after which he returned to Crown 
 Point for a sojourn of a few mouths, and then en- 
 tered an edge-tool factory in Honeo^'e Falls, where 
 he learned to finish tools, and where he remained 
 until 1837. He then paid his first visit to Michi- 
 gan, spending the winter traveling in Oakland and 
 Macomb Counties, and visiting Jackson in the 
 spring. Returning to Honeoye Falls, N. Y., he 
 resided there a few months, after which he entered 
 an ax factorj' at Seneca Falls, where he remained 
 employed until May, 1842. 
 
 At that date Mr. Foster, in company with his 
 brother Ilenr}', engaged in the manufacture of 
 pumps in Jackson, Mich., and in connection with 
 this business established the first machine-shop in 
 the citj-. The brothers continued in business to- 
 gether until 1846, when he of whom we write sold 
 his interest to his brother, and himself opened a 
 daguerreot3'pe gallery. After conducting the latter 
 business in this place for some time, Mr. P'oster 
 wan located in different places, including Niles, 
 Mich.; Ft. Wayne, Ind. ; and Madison, Ohio; but 
 in 1849 he returned to Jackson, took up the study 
 of dentistry, and has since been a permanent resi- 
 dent of this place, where he has carried on his pro- 
 fession for many years. 
 
 Mr. Foster has been twice married. His first 
 companion, with whom he was united September 
 23, 1839, was Miss Lucinda Lumbard, who was 
 born at Honoeye Falls, X. Y.. in 1817. Her father, 
 Capt. Benjamin Lumbard, commanded a company 
 in the War of 1812. After a few j'ears of wedded 
 haj^piness Mrs. Lucinda Foster was called hence, in 
 June, 1844, leaving one son, who met his death by 
 accident on the Rock Island Railroad, August 18, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 1859, wlien nineteen 3'cars of age. In September, 
 1849, Mr. Foster contracted a second matrimonial 
 alliance, choosing as his bride Mi&s Harriet M. 
 C'ool<. who shared his joys and sorrows until July, 
 1881, when she l)reathcd her last. She was born in 
 Madison, Ohio, August 12, 1817, w.as a daughter 
 of Erial and Pho'be (Turner) Cook, was a devoted 
 member of Mio Baptist Church, and had many 
 friends in the community where she had so long 
 made her home. Of the three children whom she 
 bore to our subject, one died in infancy; Sarah is 
 the wife of Morrison Allen, and with them the sub- 
 ject of this sketch makes his home; Horace M. 
 married Carrie Husscll. has one eliild — lla/.el — and 
 is a resident of Jackson. 
 
 The substintial biick structure whicli is the pres- 
 ent home of Mr. Foster was purchased bj' him in 
 18,50. lie was confirmed in the Episcopal Church, 
 and tiiroughout his long life has made a record 
 among his fellow-men as ;in npriglil and iionorabic 
 Tnan and citizen. Politically, lie lias always been 
 a Democrat. In 1844 he joined the Odd Fellows, 
 and at different times has held all the offices of the 
 Subordinate Lodge; one year was (irand Master of 
 the Grand Lodge of the Stale of Miehig.-ui, and 
 one year Grand Patriarch of the Slate, and seven 
 years Grand Representative of the Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge of the I'nited States for the jurisdiction of 
 Michigan. .Vljout 1850 he joined the Masonic fra- 
 ternitv.and is a charter mcmlierof the Blue Lodge, 
 and also of the Commander}' to which he belongs, 
 and as a Knight Templar is well known among the 
 fraternity in this section. He has held the ollices of 
 Supervisor, Alderman, Recorder and Treasurer of 
 the city of Jackson. 
 
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 \f/ EMIEI> C. TOWNSENl). Among the 
 I ^ business enterprises of .Tackson none prob- 
 jI L^^ ably are more familiarly known than Town- 
 send's Rfal Estate Exchange, which deals in farms 
 and city property, hotels, factories and timbered 
 land. The proprietor, with whose name we intro- 
 duce this sketch, has his office in the Union Block 
 
 and presents a picture of a self-m.ade man who, 
 from a modest beginning, has climbed up to a 
 good position socially and financially. There is no 
 question that some men are better adapted to one 
 calling than another, and in his real-estate business 
 Mr. Townsend has distinguished himself .as an A 
 No. 1 man, having a full understanding of the 
 proper manner in which to conduct it. lie also 
 carries on a thriving loan and insurance business. 
 
 Mr. Townsend is a native of this State, and was 
 born October 27, 1849, in Litchfield. Ilillsdala 
 County. His father, Warren Townsend, was a 
 prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Hillsdale 
 County, to which he removed from Livingston 
 County, N. Y. AVarren Townsend was born in 
 the F^mijire St.ate and was there married to Miss 
 Henrietta Crocker, a native of Livingston County, 
 and the daughter of Lemuel Crocker, who was of 
 Holland-Dutch ancestry. The father of our subject 
 departed this life at his homestead in Hillsdale 
 County, December 1:3. 1889; the mother is still 
 living. The paternal grandfather of our subject. 
 Robert Townsend by name, w.as a New Englander 
 by birth and an Entflishuian by descent. 
 
 The subject of this notice spent his boyhood 
 d.ays in his native town, attending the public schools 
 and he entered Albion College where he took a 
 business course and from which he w.as graduated 
 in 1867, after having been under a thorough course 
 of instruction from the noted Prof. Ma^heu. Upon 
 leaving college Mr. Townsend received the appoint- 
 ment of State Superintendent of the Mutual Be- 
 nevolent Association of Minneapolis. IMiiJU., which 
 position he held, operating in that State for four 
 3'ears. Then at Minneapolis he engaged in the real- 
 estate business, having his office in the Seneca 
 Block on Nicollet Avenue, and transacting an ex- 
 tensive and profitable business. He remained 
 there until the fall of 1882, when he returned to 
 Albion, this State, and became interested in real 
 estate which he had purcluased during his stay in 
 Minnesota. He o[)ened an office and remained in 
 Albion until 1889 when he transferred the scene of 
 his operations to his present location, opening an 
 office in the Union Block. His transactions extend 
 over not onlj- the State of Michigan but several 
 others. So uprightly and conscientiously luis he 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 pursued his calling that he has gainud tlie unquali- 
 fied confidence of those with whom he has liad 
 dealings, and being a man of excellent judgment 
 his advice is invaluable upon real estate and [H'op- 
 eily matters. 
 
 Mr. Townsend in 1870 was united in marriage 
 with Miss Mary E., daughter of John Drury. Mrs. 
 Townsend was born April 22, 1849. Her parents 
 were natives of Michigan and the father is deceased, 
 the mother still living. Her mother bore the maiden 
 name of Barritt. To Mr. and Mrs. Townsend there 
 has been born one child only, a daughter. Belle, 
 October 25, 1880. Tiie family residence is pleas- 
 antly located in the city, and its inmates enjoy the 
 society of the refined and cultured element in the 
 social c'rcles of Jackson. 
 
 
 .^^^im^rs. 
 
 HRISTIAN KATII. Until " time shall be 
 no more" the hearts of men will not cease 
 
 ^^7 to beat in unison with tlie deeds recorded 
 on the pages of liistory — to thrill with admiration 
 of moral and physical courage, to glow with right- 
 eous indignation over tales of wrong doing and 
 crime, or burn with sympathy for the sufferings of 
 humanity. Standing out conspicuously^ on the pages 
 of American history are the two sanguinary strug- 
 gles, the Revolution and the Civil War — and as 
 long as the Republic endures will the lives of men 
 engaged in them be read with interest. The gen- 
 tleman whose name introduces this sketch bore a 
 part in the late irrepressible conflict, bearing a 
 gallant share in the heat of battles and the arduous 
 dut}' of campaigning, and when the dark cloud 
 caused by the death of our first martyred Presi- 
 dent — "honest Old Abe" — hung over the land, in 
 an official capacity was present during the terrible 
 scenes which resulted from the death of the 
 Executive. 
 
 In AVurtembeig, Germany, October 22, 1831, 
 John Adam and Mary (Slee) Rath, were blessed by 
 the liirth of a son who is the subject of this bio- 
 graphical sketch. The parents were natives of the 
 Fatherland, and of the Lutheran faith, in the prin- 
 
 ciples of which they carefully reared their son. The 
 lad was well educated, attending the State School 
 six years, and leaving it at the age of fourteen to 
 begin work at the trade of a shoemaker, which he 
 completed about five years later. 
 
 In 184'J, young Rath ran away from home and 
 joined the Revolutionary forces under Gens. 
 Ilecker and Strube, remaining with them three 
 months and going through Baden, plundering and 
 burning that country. The forces were driven 
 fri^m the country to Switzerland, and finding iiim- 
 self within thirty-five miles of home, Mr. Rath re- 
 turned to the parental roof, but on account of his 
 connection with the insurgents could not remain 
 there. He tiierefore fled to America and proceed- 
 ing at once to Detroit, entered the United States 
 Nav3', in vvhich he served about a twelvemonth. 
 Tiring of naval life he left the service and removed 
 to Jackson during the year 1850, spending about 
 three j'ears as a journeyman shoemaker in the em- 
 ploy of Robert Graham, after vvhich he embarked 
 in business for himself. On May 22, 1853, he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Eveline Henry, a na- 
 tive of Auburn, N. Y., who has borne liim two 
 sons — Hick L., and John A. — both of whom are 
 now in the jewelry business at No. 225 East i\Laiu 
 Street, Jackson. 
 
 At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Rath be- 
 longed to Withington's Independent Company, but 
 on account of the birth of his son John, felt com- 
 pelled to remain at home when the compan}- went 
 to the front. The nest year Gen. Withinglon 
 raised a regiment and he joined Company (i, as 
 Second Lieutenant, turning his shoe-shop into a 
 recruiting office. As soon as the regimental roster 
 was full, they proceeded to Detroit and encamped 
 there several weeks before going to Washington, 
 drilling and studying army tactics. Reaching the 
 capital they were quartered at Ft. Baker near the 
 city, remaining there a week and continuing the 
 drills of the comparativel3- new recruits, and leaving 
 the foit to join McClellan who was marching to 
 intercept Lee. 
 
 The first engagement in which Lieut. Rath took 
 part was the battle of South Mountain, which be- 
 gan at 2 P. M.September 14, 1862, and lasted until' 
 dusk, the Union forces being successful. Dui-ing 
 
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 this engageraeiil t*<)iii|i;uiy G lost both CaiJtain and 
 I'"irsl Lieiitenanl, tlio.se ollioers being wounded and 
 incapacitated for duty, and the command tlius de- 
 volved upon Lieut. Rath. Two days following he 
 was engaged in the battle of Anteitani and although 
 wounded In the arm in a charge made on the rebel 
 line, did not leave the company of which he was 
 the only othcer. After the battle of Fredericks- 
 burg, at wiiicli he acquitted himself with honor, he 
 was promoted to a First Lieutenancy and trans- 
 ferred to Company L of the same regiment. In 
 the spring following the regiment moved to New- 
 port News, Va., and thence to Vicksburg, Miss., to 
 participate in the contest there, during which he of 
 whom we write was promoted to be Captain. After 
 the surrender of Gen. Pemberton to Gen. Grant, 
 July 4, 18()3, his company formed a |):ut of the 
 force wliicli successfullj' battled with (ien Joseph 
 .lohnston at Jackson, Miss. 
 
 The next march of the regiment was with Gen. 
 Hurnside to Louisville, Ky., whence they crossed 
 the mountains to Knoxville, Tenn., during the fall 
 of the same 3'ear, taking [lart in a number of en- 
 gagements and in hard marching, living on starva- 
 tion diet, as the}- were cut off from communication 
 with the North and reduced to short rations. They 
 were finally driven into Knoxville bj- Gen. Long- 
 street and were laid siege to three months, having 
 luiilt fortifications in which they lived day and 
 night, not daring to show themselves above the 
 trenches for fear of rebel shar|)shooters. One 
 Saturday night the Confederate forces made an 
 attack and ca|)tured the Union skirmish lines, anfl 
 early on the following mornirg moved up the hill 
 in full force to make a general attack. About 
 twenty yards in front of Ft. Sanders, as the trenches 
 were called, two lines of wire had been stretched 
 about a, foot from the ground, and when ihe ene- 
 my's lines ad\anced every man in the front fell to 
 the ground, tripping over the wires which they had 
 not observed in their lapid onset. The rear lines, 
 struck with astonishment, wavered, and C'apt. Rath 
 making a sail}' at this moment l]rought in three 
 hundred piisoners. Finally a request was sent to 
 Gen. Ilurnsidc for an armisiiee to carr}' off the 
 dead and wounded, and this being granted the two 
 factions which had but lately' been active foes 
 
 mingled freely with each other during a respite of 
 three days from active warfare. Soon after rein- 
 forcements were brought from Chaltnnooga, Gen. 
 Longstreet beat a retreat, thus ending C'apt. Rath's 
 campaign life in Tennessee. 
 
 The Ninth Army Corps, which was that to which 
 our subject belonged, returned to the Army of the 
 Potomac, and rendezvoused at Annapolis, Md., 
 three weeks, drawing rations, pa}', and clothing. 
 The command next marched toward the Rapidan 
 and on May .i and 6, 18G4, took part in that terri- 
 ble struggle of the Wilderness, where Capt. Rath's 
 regiment lost heavily. Three days later they 
 fought at Spottsylvania, where neaily the entire 
 regiment was captured, and where -the Captain 
 made his escape by breaking from his g.iards and 
 dashing for liberty. Regaining the remnant of his 
 regiment and taking command, he joined it with 
 the Second Michigan, which had also lost heavily, 
 the two depleted bodies remaining together several 
 days. The regiment to which Capt. Rath belonged 
 was then detailed for jjrovost duty at Gen. (). 15. 
 Wilcox's headquarters, and held that place during 
 the remainder of the war. 
 
 Capt. Rath now took the position of Provost- 
 Marshal on Gen. O. B. Wilcox's staff, and partici- 
 pated in all the fights from the Wilderness to City 
 Point, Va., finding Gen. Lee intrenched at Peters- 
 burg, the key to Richmond, as they approached 
 that city. When Gen. Grant attacked and cai)- 
 tured Petersburg, Capt. Rath continued on lo Aji- 
 pomattox Junction, where news reached the urmy 
 of Lincoln's assassination. Capt. Rath was at that 
 time Provost- Marshal of Dinwiddle Count}', Va., 
 was promoted Brevet-Major of Volunteers on the 
 recommendation of Gen. O. B. Wilco.x, and was 
 ordered to rei)ort to General Auger's headipiartcrs 
 at Washington. 
 
 Repairing at once to the ca|)ital. Provost Rath 
 presented himself to Gen. Ilartranft, who was on 
 duty at the old District of Columbia penitentiary, 
 adjoining the arsenal, wherein were confined the 
 Lincoln conspirators: .Airs. Surratt. Payne, Atzer- 
 odt, Harrold, Dr. Mudd. O'Laughlin, Arnold, and 
 Spangler. Receiving the appointment of Provost- 
 Marshal under (ien. Ilartranft, commander of the 
 prison, Mr. Ralh remained during the trial of the 
 
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 conspiralors, at tho conclusion of which he executed 
 Paj'iie. Atzerodl, Harrold and Mrs. Surratt. lie 
 remained on special duty until .July, 186.5, when he 
 was promoted to IJrevet Lieutenant-Colonel of 
 Volunteers, and discharged and returning to Jack- 
 son took up his old trade of shoe-making. 
 
 In the winter of 18G8, Capt. Rath made an ap- 
 plication for the position of mail agent on the 
 Michigan Ceiitial Railroad, and at once receiving 
 the appointment retained the i)Osit!on until 1885. 
 He was then transferred to the Grand River Valley 
 Route, where he still remains. Allhougli on the 
 shady side of life, he is hale and hearty, giving 
 promise of living to a green old age. and is an en- 
 tertaining companion, being especially' jjleased to 
 talk over his war experiences with any who are in- 
 terested in the personal recollections of men who 
 bore a part in those trj'ing scenes. He has the 
 confidence and res[)ect of those with whom he as- 
 sociates, and is looked upon as one of the most 
 worthy citizens of .Tackson. 
 
 ;, YRUS H. COWAN. Among the many line 
 farms of Parma Township, that of our sub- 
 ject would be noted by the passerby as one 
 whish bears evidence of being under the manage- 
 ment of a skilled farmer and man of progessive 
 ideas. It comprises two hundred and eighty acres 
 on section 10, and has been the home of our sub- 
 ject since 1854, at which time he and his father 
 came to this county and settled uiwn it. The pres- 
 ent owner might well be numbered among the pio- 
 neers of this .State, as his labors within its bounds 
 began in 1 830, while he was still but a lad. He 
 was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., August 11, 
 1821, and from Irish and Scotch ancestors has de- 
 rived the strong character which has led to his 
 success in life. 
 
 The parents of our subject were AVilliam and 
 Clarissa Cowan, natives of the ICmpire State, who 
 became residents in Genesee County when he of 
 whom wc write was about two years old. Some 
 six year^ later they emigrated to this State, the 
 father taking up one hundred and sixty acres of 
 
 land in Eaton County, for which he paid the usual 
 price of $1.25 per acre. The land was heavily 
 timbered, and formed a part of Eaton Rapids 
 Township, of which the family were among the 
 early settlers. In common with other pioneer fami- 
 lies they endured many privations and much ar- 
 duous toil. Their first home was of the usua' 
 character, a structure of logs, plastered with mud, 
 and heated by a fireplace. 
 
 Willi.ini Cowan, during his residence in Eaton 
 Count}', served as Supervisor of his township. As 
 before stated he came to this county in 1854, and 
 with his son. our subject, bought a landed estate, 
 upon which he died in June, 1866. His widow 
 survived until February 17. 1878. In politics he 
 was a Republican, and ir. religion of the Methodist 
 Episcop.al belief. He was the father of five chil- 
 dren, the subject of this notice being the first born. 
 The oldest daughter, Charity A., is the wife of the 
 Rev. Lewis Griffin, of yVlbion; Fidelia F. is the 
 wife of William Burnh.am, of Erie Count}', Pa.; 
 Jane is the wife of Jacob Haite, of Eaton Rapids, 
 this .State; Elizabeth is the wife of Lucius A. Ives, 
 of Ingham County. 
 
 Cyrus Cowan, of w4iom we write, received his 
 fundamental education in the common schools of 
 Michigan, supplementing this by an attendance of 
 one y^ar in the seminar}' at Albion, Calhoun 
 County, now converted into Albion College. He 
 has devoted his life to the pursuit of agriculture, 
 and during his latter years has demonstrated the 
 usefulness of his early training amid jiioneer sur- 
 roundings. 
 
 The marriage of our subject and Miss Emma 
 Anderson took place November 18, 1857. The 
 bride was born in this county, August 2, 1836, her 
 parents being Col. John and Caroline Price Ander- 
 son, who were early settlers in Sandstone Town- 
 ship; both were natives of New Jersey. Col. 
 Anderson bought Government land in the northern 
 part of Sandstone Township, settling in the woods, 
 from which he cleared a fine farm on which he 
 lived many years. He then removed to Parma 
 village, where he died December 20, 1877. The 
 title by which he was commonly known was gained 
 in the State Militia of New York, and he served as 
 Captain during the Civil War, being an oflicer in 
 
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PORTRMT AM) lUOORA PinCA I. A [.BUM. 
 
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 llii' THi'iiliclli i\lii-liii;;iii InlaiiU^', ami iti llic liilil 
 two :in(] a lialf j'cars. lie fouijht at Gettysl)iir<^, 
 Kredericksbiirg, and at oiher points where tlie su- 
 prcmacj' of tlie Union was iiotly contested. He 
 understood tlie trade of a earponler, and followed 
 it during the greater part of his life in connection 
 with farming. He i)ut up the first stone grist mill 
 in Alliion. and many other buildings in that town. 
 In politics he was a Republican. He enjoyed a 
 large accpiaintance, and was considered a represent- 
 ative citizen of his township. His widow now 
 lives in Saginaw, Midi. 
 
 or a large family l)oni to Colonel and INIrs. ^\n- 
 dcrson, the following are now living: Maria, the 
 wife of W. W. Dean, of Parma; C'aiolino, wife i>f 
 Elliott Aubury. of Belevue, Idaho; Mrs. Cowan; 
 Lavonia, wife of Col. Charles Houghton, of New 
 Jersey; Eflie, widow of Ilarvej' Kenaston, living 
 in Syracuse. N. Y.; Martha, wife of Henry Driggs, 
 in Galesburg, 111.; Flora, wife of .John [Driggs, of 
 the same place: Eva, wife of Martin Fanner, of 
 Saginaw, this St'te. 
 
 The union of Mr. and Mrs. Cowau has been 
 blessed by the Iiirth of four children. Cora, the 
 first born, is the wife of James Hicks, of Ingham 
 County; Eflie is the wife of Almon Merrill, of 
 Parma; William is the only son; .^linnie is the 
 wife of fllelvin Reynolds, of Parma. Mrs. Cofvan 
 is a member of the Metliodist Episcopal Church at 
 North Parma. Mr. Cowan is a Prohibitionist. 
 
 lp\;OBERT D. KNUWLES, Atlorney-at law, has 
 jlWf been a resident of this county for the long 
 ifc \V period of twenty-seven years, having enii 
 ^ gr.ated hither in 1863. He was then a young 
 man of twenty- nine years, having been born May 6. 
 1834, and iss a native of Niagara County, N. Y. 
 He spent his boyhood and ^-outh in his native 
 town, and completed his education in Wilson Col- 
 legiate Institute, from which he was graduated in 
 18;') 7. 
 
 After leaving college Mr. Knowles engaged in 
 teaching, and on the 8th of Ma^', 1858, was united 
 in marriage with Miss Julia A. Foster, at Niagara 
 
 Full^, .N. V. ihey conlmucd lo resid'- in Niag.iia 
 County until 18G3. then coming to Michigan lo- 
 cated in Crass Lake, and Mr. Knowles engaged in 
 the hardware business. He gave to this his close 
 attcnlion until 1866, and then, having rendered 
 efficient services in local affairs, was elected Countj' 
 Clerk on the Republican ticket. In January, 1867, 
 he removed to Jackson in order to assume the du- 
 ties of his office, and after the expiration of his 
 first term was re-elected twice, thus holding the 
 oHice three terms of two j'ears each. Afterward he 
 acterl in tlie capacity of Deputy Clerk for three 
 years. 
 
 In the meantime Mr. Knowles im[)roved his 
 spare time in the reading of law, and to such good 
 advantage that he was adinilted to the bar. He was 
 the first elected Alderman for the Third Wan! 
 when the city w;is divided into eight wards, and 
 served two years in the Council. He was for a 
 number of years Secretary of the Count}- Agricul- 
 tural Society, but latterh'has given his close atten- 
 tion to the practice of his profession, winning an 
 enviable position in the legal fralornit}' of this sec- 
 tion. He possesses fine natural abilities, which have 
 been enlarged by much practical experience and 
 good judgment. His portrait is shown on another 
 page. 
 
 Mrs. Knowles was born in S3racuse, N. Y., in 
 June, 1838, and is the daughter of John Foster, 
 a native of Mendon, that State, who is now de- 
 ceased. Her mother bore the maiden name of 
 Dox. To Mr. and Mrs. Knowles there were bom 
 thret! children, the eldest of whom a son, Frank, is 
 mailini:: clerk in the Jackson post-otlice. Louis E. 
 is shipi)ing clerk in the Coronet Coiset Factory. 
 Edward D. is employed with the well-known jew- 
 eler. George E. Case, of Jackson. The sous are 
 all ciilcrprising young men, filling lucrative posi- 
 tions, and all of them vote the strsight Republican 
 ticket. Mr. Knowles has been a member of this 
 party since its organization, voting for John C. 
 Fremont in 1856. 
 
 The father of our subject was William Knowles, 
 a native of Pennsj'lvania, and born in 171)5. He 
 removed lo Niagara County, N. Y., in 1816. set- 
 tling among the earliest pioneers' of that region. 
 Sjon afterward he was wedded to Miss Olive, sister 
 
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 POKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 of Robert Davis, a late resident of Grass Lake. He 
 tooii up land on the old Holland Purchase, from 
 which he constructed a farm, and there spent the 
 remainder of liis life, departing hence in 1858. 
 Politically, he was an Old-Line Whig. The mother 
 came West about 1867. and is now living witli 
 jNlrs. Anna Tower, a daughter, at Charlotte, and has 
 arrived at tlie advanced age of eiglity-seven years. 
 
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 \f;OSL\.H CROSBY RICHARDSON, Treas- 
 urer and Manager of tlie Reliance Corset 
 Company, is pie-eminent in all that relates 
 to the commercial, social and political life 
 of Jackson, standing, as he does, among the fore- 
 most men of far-reaching foresight, large enter- 
 prise, and exceptional financial ability, who have 
 contributed so largely to raise this metropolis to 
 its present position as one of the first cities in 
 point of growth, wealth and importance in South- 
 ern Michigan. 
 
 Mr. Richardson is of New England birth and 
 antecedents, coming of good old Revolutionary 
 stuck. He was born among the beautiful hills of 
 the soutliwestern part of New Hampshire, the town 
 of Alstead, in Cheshire County, being the place of 
 his birth, and March 4, 1842, the date thereof. 
 His father, liuward P. Richardson, was born in the 
 same county, iu the town of Stoddard, tliat also 
 being the birthplace of his father, Theodore Rich- 
 anlson, who was descended from one of three 
 brothers who came to America in Colonial times, 
 and took part in the Revolution, casting in their 
 fortunes with the Colonists. The gi'andfather of 
 our subjec'j was a farmer and spent his entire jlife 
 among his native hills. 
 
 Edward Richardson acquired a good education, 
 and he adopted the teacher's profession when a 
 young man, teaching in New Hampshire till 1850. 
 In that year, ambitious to see something of the 
 Great West and to try life on the frontier, he emi- 
 grated with his family to' Missouri, traveling by 
 rail to Troy, N. Y.. thence by Ei-ie Canal to Buf- 
 falo, from there' l)y lake to Detroit, across this 
 State by rail to Lake Michigan, going by boat on 
 
 its waters to Chicago, and from that city by canal, 
 river and stage to Springfield. After spending a 
 short time there, they proceeded to Clinton, Mo., 
 then a frontier town and the centre of border ruf- 
 fianism. The country roundabout was in a wild, 
 sparsely settled condition, with no railways or 
 other means of communication with the outside 
 world exce[)t rough roadf and muddy streams. 
 Deer, bears, wolves, and other wild denizens of the 
 forest and praiiies abounded, and Indians still 
 lingered in the vicinit}' of their old haunts. Sir. 
 Richardson engaged in his profession there till his 
 useful and honorable career was terminated a year 
 later by his premature death, whereby a good citi- 
 zen and noble man was lost to the community. 
 Ilis wife remained in that place one }'ear, and then 
 returned to Ihcir old home in Alstead, N. H., 
 where she still resides. He was twice married. The 
 maiden name of his first wife, mother of our sub- 
 ject, w.as Eunice Crosby. She was born in the State 
 of New York, and w.as a daughter of Josiah and 
 Theda Crosbj', She died in 1845, leaving the pre- 
 cious memory of a good and true womanhood to 
 her family. The maiden name of the step-mother 
 of our subject was Amanda Marvin. She was 
 born in Alstead, N.H., a daughter of Capt. William 
 Marvin, of that town. 
 
 .Josiah Richardson, of whom we write, was eight 
 j'ears old when he accompanied his parents to Mis- 
 souri, and he has a distinct recollection of the in- 
 cidents connected with their i)ionecr life in that 
 part of the countr}'. He returned to New Hamp- 
 shire with his mother in lSj2, and at eleven years 
 of age went tc live with an uncle in Swanzey, 
 N. H., remaining witii him till he was eighteen 
 yeai's old, and at that age he entered upon his mer- 
 cantile career as a clerk in the establishment of S. 
 A. Gerould & Son, of Keene, N. H. Having served 
 an apprenticeship of three years, and thoroughly 
 mastering every detail of the business, and having 
 married in the meantime, at the age of twenty -one 
 he w.as admitted into the firm, the firm name being 
 changed to Gerould, Son & Co. He was given a 
 third interest, and was buyer and general manager 
 of the business eleven years, during which time 
 the affairs of the firm prospered be3'ond precedent, 
 our subject displaying uncommon judgment and 
 
POiri'KAIT AND I'.IOf.ix-Al'lIK'AT, AI.IU'M. 
 
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 s!ig;u'itT in liis inaiiayfiiK'iiL ot lin' affairs. In 
 1873 he severed Ills euniiectioii with Geroiild is 
 Son, selling out liis intei'est in order to laiie up 
 his lesidenei' in .laeicson, as he rightly judged that 
 liere wt)uld lie a tine opening fur a wide-awake, 
 enersjetic man to establish himself in business. In 
 February. lcS74, he entered into the wholesale and 
 retail millinery business. In October, I88G, he left 
 the control of that business to his partner, Mr. 
 Kdwy Knight, to straighten nut the affairs of the 
 .lackson Corset Com[)any. which at that time were 
 i;i a ver}' unsatisfactory condition. In .I.'uiuary, 
 188;), having |)ut the company on a sure basis, he 
 resigned his ullice, and the following March as- 
 sisted in the formation of (he Reliance Corset , 
 Company, with the foUovving olficers: Clarence H. , 
 Bennett, President; K. L. Smith, \'ice-President ; 
 Ivhvy Knight, Secretary; .1. C. IJichardson, Treas- 
 urer and ^Manager. I'nder the skillful and judic- 
 ious management of our subject the com[)any is 
 doing a large and constantly increasing business, 
 and its finances are in a flourishing condition. 
 
 On .lanuary 22, 18G'2, Mr. Richardson was united 
 in marriage to Miss Isabelle Chamberlain, a woman 
 of rare worth, who has greatly aided him in the 
 establishment l^{ their attractive home. Mrs. Rich- 
 ardson is a daughter of John and Caroline (Far- 
 rar) Chamberlain, and is a native of Westmore- 
 land, Cheshire County, N. II. Twi) sons com[)lele 
 the household circle of our subject and his wife: 
 Leon J., a student at the Stale I'niversit}' at Ann 
 Arbor; and Arthur H.. a lad of eleven j-ears. 
 Their onl}' daughter, Isa F., died at the age of 
 six j'ears and six months. 
 
 Mr. Richardson is of a bright, frank, genial na- 
 ture, a man of brt)ad outlook, liberal in his views 
 and acts. He has acquired his present position in 
 the business, social and public life of this city 
 through strict .attention to the higlust principles 
 of moralit}', honesty and integrity, and by diligent 
 attention and devotion to those duties that tend to 
 make a man a good citizen, lie has taken an act- 
 ive part in public life, and is a leader in politics as 
 President of the Jackson County Republican Club, 
 which was an important factor in the Harrison 
 campaign. He represented the Second Ward in 
 the Cit^- Council two years, was Chairman of the 
 
 (. ommiiiee on I'oor the lirsl year, and President 
 of the Council the second year. He is Past Eminent 
 Commander of Jackson Commander}-, Xo. 9, and 
 President of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' 
 Association, having been re-elected the third year. 
 He is also a member of the IJoard of Public 
 Works, and is President of the Olobe Council of 
 National Union, an insurance organization of much 
 meiit. Religiously, he is a Unitarian, and was one 
 of the founders of the Unitirian Society, of Jack- 
 son, and is still an active worker in that body, 
 having been its Secretarj' since its organization, 
 and he has ever used his influence by example and 
 otherwise to advance the moral status of the com- 
 munity. 
 
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 IKA.M li. KLLIOTT. The Klliutt home- 
 ■{ stead forms one of the points of attraction 
 in Tompkins Township. con)|irisi;ig a fine 
 body of land, emliellished with neat and 
 substantial buildings and pleasantly locateil on 
 section 2. The proprietor is recognized as one of 
 the most liberal-minded and public-si)irited men 
 in his community, uniforndy giving his support 
 and encouragement to the projects calculated to 
 promote its general welfare. He is a native of 
 New York >State, and was l>orn in Chautauqua 
 County, November 24, 1829. 
 
 Mr. Elliott was a lad of about eight years when 
 coming to this county with his father and with the 
 exception of two j'ears spent in California, he has 
 resided here since 1836. His early years were 
 passed in a comparatively uneventful manner in 
 .attendance at the district school, and becoming 
 familial' with the various employments of farm 
 life, .\fter reaching iiis majority he was married, 
 April 30, 1851, in Ingham County, to Miss Eliza- 
 beth A. Miller. The young couple settled on a 
 farm in Tompkins Township, Jackson County, 
 which is included in the present homestead, but the 
 following year Mr. Elliott was seized witli the Cali- 
 fornia gold fever, and making his w.ay to the Pacific 
 Slope engaged in mining until 18,')4. meeting with 
 f.air success. Then returning to his farm he re- 
 sumed agricultural i)iirsnits and is now the owner 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 of two hundred and eight}' acres of prime land 
 from which be realizes a handsome income. He 
 meddles very little with public aflfairs, but is a 
 stanch supporter of Republican principles. So- 
 cially he belongs to Blue Lodge, No 190, at Onon- 
 daga, and Leslie Chapter and Leslie Council, at 
 Leslie. His estimable wife is a member of tlie 
 Kistern Star Lodge in Leslie. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth (Miller) F>lliot was born, April 
 31, 1829, in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and was 
 the third child of Alexander R. and Philema 
 (Howard) Miller who were natives respectively of 
 New Jersey and Vermont. ]Mr. and Mrs. Miller 
 after their marriage settled in St. Lawrence County, 
 N. Y., whence they removed, first to Ohio and then 
 to Ingham County, tiiis State, settling in the latter 
 in 1845. There they built up a home from the 
 wilderness, and there the father died at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty-seven years. The mother 
 departed this life in Mason, Ingham County, Midi., 
 April 11, 1890, aged ninet}^ years. There had been 
 born to them eight eiiildren. Their daughter 
 Elizabeth, in common with her brothers and sisters, 
 acquired a fair education in the common school 
 and was trained to habits of industry and economy, 
 which has made her the most etticient lielpmate of 
 hiM- husliand and enabled her to assist him in all 
 ills worthy undertakings. She is a lady of more 
 than ordinary intelligence, snd well worthy of men- 
 tion among the long list of women who have assisted 
 their husbands in acquiring a competence, and mak- 
 ing for them a good record as men and citizens. 
 There have been liorn to tliis worthy pair two 
 cliildren only, one of whom, .lohn N., died when 
 about til ree years old,; H. Branch, who was born 
 April 2, 1862,, in this townsliip. Mr. Elliott has 
 held some of tlie school offices, but has been very 
 ingenious in evading the cares and responsibilities 
 of official life. His farming operations include the 
 breeding of fine horses, in which he is a decided 
 success. 
 
 The father of our subject was Oliver Elliott, and 
 his mother bore the maiden name of Betsey Logan. 
 They were born, reared and married in Vermont, 
 and after uniting their lives and fortunes emi- 
 grated to Chautauqua County, N. Y. Tlience they 
 changed their rtsidence to Erie Count}', Pa., where 
 
 they lived four years, and from tiiere, in 1836, set 
 out for the Territoiy of Michigan. After a jour- 
 ney performed bj' canal, lake, and teams overland, 
 they settled in Columbia Township, this county, 
 where tiiey sojourned five years. Their next re- 
 moval was to Rives Township, where the mother 
 died about 1867. Mr. Elliott survived his wife 
 for a period of twelve 3'ears, and died at the resi- 
 dence of his son, our subject, in 1879. They were 
 tlie parents of nine children, four of whom are 
 living. 
 
 AVID H. LOCKWOOD is descended in 
 j] the paternal line from an old New Eng- 
 land family of English ancesti'}'. His 
 grandfather, Jose]3h Lockwood, was born 
 in Connecticut and with the exception of a short 
 time that he soent at the home of a son in the V.m- 
 pire State, his life was passed in his own State. He 
 was a saddler and harness-maker by trade. His 
 wife bore the maiden name of Lucinda Bennett, 
 and both died at their home in Norwalk. 
 
 In that town their son, Joseph B. Lockwood, the 
 father of our subject, first saw the light of day. He 
 was reared in his native State, but when a young 
 man went to Carmel, N. Y., wliere he learned the 
 trade of a shoemaker, at which he afterward worked 
 in Peekskill and Fislikill. In the latter town he 
 he was united in marriage with Miss Ann, daugh- 
 ter of Robert and Sarah (Ilaight) Iladger, who was 
 born in Dutchess County. The 3'oung couple went 
 to Cayuga Count}', where they bought a small 
 farm ujion which tliey resided until March, 1836. 
 Mr. Lockwoo:! then sold the property and, coming 
 to the Territory of Micliigan, entered a tract of 
 Government land on sections 23 and 14, of what is 
 now Leoni Township, this county. The following 
 September 15, the family removed thither, the re 
 moval being made with an ox-team to Buffalo, 
 where they embarked, team and all, on a steamer, 
 landing at Detroit whence they continued their 
 journey with the team. There being no building 
 on tiie father's land the family found shelter in a 
 small board house near, which they occupied until 
 
POUTRAIT AND BIOUKAPIH'^AL ALUL'iM. 
 
 487 
 
 a loi; lioiiso could be built for IIumii. At tluittimo 
 tlic couiilrv was sparsely settled ami dcef, tvirkejs, 
 geese, ducks, aiid nil kinds of wild game abounded, 
 while bears and wolves were very frequently seen. 
 On tiie laud wliieli he iniiiroved Mi'. Lockwood con- 
 tiiuiecl to reside until his death, December 25, 
 1872. lie hail lived to see the country well de\el- 
 oped, fine farms and nourishing towns taking the 
 place o£ the almost trackless wilderness which 
 clothed it upon his arrival. The widow continued 
 to make her home upon the farm until she too was 
 calleil from eartli. May 28, 1882. .Seven children 
 were born to the [Kircnts of our subject, named re- 
 spectively: Stephen, David II., Robert, Sarah. Ma- 
 tilda, Deborah and Charles — live of whom reached 
 years of maturity. 
 
 David II. Lockwood, the second child of ids 
 parents and the onl\- one now living, was born four 
 miles north of Auburn, Cayuga County, N. Y., 
 March 3, 1824. He well remembers tlie incidents 
 of the journey to this State, and of pioneer life. 
 There were no schools in this neighborhood for 
 some time after he came here, and he went to what 
 is now HIackman Township, where he attended 
 school, doing chores to p.ay for his board. L.ater 
 he attended a select school in Leoni, taught by 
 H. II. Bingham. In 1841 he returned to Nevv 
 York where he atlend«d school winters, during the 
 remainder of the year, working by the month on a 
 farm. He remained there until 1844 when, at his 
 father's request, he returned here to assume charge 
 of his father's farm, which he now owns and occu- 
 pies. .\lvvays very industrious and possessed of 
 good judgment, Mr. Lockwood has been very suc- 
 cessful in his operations. He has erected a sub- 
 stantial set of frame buildings, purchased other land, 
 and his estate now comprises three hundred and 
 twenty acres, all located in Leoni and Napoleon 
 Townships. 
 
 Mr. Lockwood has been twice n)arried, his first 
 alliance having been contr.acted in 1850, with Miss 
 Elizabeth Watkins, who died in 18G2, leaving three 
 children — Bingham W., Clarence K. and Willie II. 
 Slie was born in this State and was a daughter of 
 Bingham Watkins. In 18()l Mr. Lockwood was 
 again married, his companion being Miss Hilah A. 
 Austin, a native of Chittenden County, \t. Her 
 
 father, Dennis Austin, w.as born in Colchester, of 
 that county, and is a son of Stephen Austin, a na- 
 tive of New ICngland and a farmer by occuiiation, 
 who s|)ent his last years in the town in wiiich his 
 son was born. The grandniotlnr of Mrs. Lock- 
 wood bore the maiden name of Lucy Hyde; she 
 was also a native of Vermont, her birthplace hav- 
 ing been .Middlebury. Dennis Austin married 
 Harriet Lyon, who was born in the same county- as 
 liimself, and they now reside on their farm there. 
 The second marriage of Mr. Lockwood has been 
 blessed by the birtii of seven children — Stanley L., 
 Amy, Hattic, .loseph I!., Floyd A., Alta, and an 
 infant unnamed. 
 
 Mr. Lockn'ood was forniei-ly an Abolitionist and 
 joined the Republican party at the time of its for- 
 mation an<l has since been its firm .adherect. He 
 has filled various otlices of trust. He has been del- 
 egate to many of the county, district and State" 
 conventions; served as Constable in Leoni Town- 
 ship nine years; Township Treasurer si.x years, and 
 was Deputy LTnited States Marshal four years. He 
 was elected Sheriff in 18GI, serving two years, and 
 being again elected in 1880, filled another term of 
 two years. He is a very useful man in the com- 
 munity, whose counsel is ver^- often sought, and 
 has been called on many times to settle the estates 
 of deceased friends. He attended two Presidential 
 Conventions, in 18G0 when Lincoln was nominated, 
 and again when Garfield was nominated in 1880. 
 Mr. Lockwood worked nights and .Sundays when a 
 boy to pay board and secure an education. 
 
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 =^)ERA ,1. KINGSTON, General Man.ager of 
 ^ the Evening Courier, was born ftlarch 20, 
 1^)11) 1855, at Girard, Branch Count3', this State, 
 and is the son of Samuel and Bianca (Sher- 
 man) Kingston, who were natives of New York 
 State. They came with their respective parents to 
 this county during the pioneer d.a^'s and the father 
 taking up land prosecuted farming a number of 
 3^ears until retiring from active labor. He is now 
 a resident of Hillsdale. 
 
 In the above-mentioned city young Kingston 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 spent his youthful days acquiring a comiuon-school 
 efhicntion and while still pursuing his studies be- 
 came owner of a small printing outfit and com- 
 menced doing light jobs. He seemed peculiarly 
 adapted to the "art preservative," and later secured 
 a position on the Hillsdale WfcJcly Bu.sini'ss, edited 
 by H. T. Farman. There he worked mornings and 
 evening until sixteen years old, and was then en- 
 abled to give his whole attention to that for which 
 he had a singular liking, remaining three j'ears in 
 that same office. When nineteen years old he 
 purchased the Reading Roiir/h Notps, a weekly 
 paper published at Reading, and which he con- 
 ducted three years. 
 
 At the expiration of tiiis time Mr. Kingston re- 
 moved his office to C'oldwatcr and in 1877 estab- 
 lished the Coldwater Ddil;/ and Wfclchj Press. 
 This however he sold out that same year. That 
 year also he was married at Coldvvater, but soon 
 afterward accepted a [josition with the Jlonroe 
 Commercial, at Monroe, where he remained two 
 years. Then receiving the offer of a foremanslrip 
 in the news room of the Daily and Wcckhi Patriot 
 at Jackson, he accepted it, continuing lliere one 
 year. He was then placed in charge of the cit3' 
 circulation and collections, and subsequently acted 
 as cashier and book-keeper, holding the latter posi- 
 tion three years. In the fall of 1881) he was prof- 
 fered the management of the Doily and Weekly 
 Courier. This jonrnal is independent in iiolities, 
 and devoted largely to the local interests of .laekson 
 and vicinity. It is owned by a stock companj' and 
 in form is an eight column folio, printed on a power 
 press, run by an electric motor. The office is 
 equipped with modern a|)pliances for first-class 
 newspaper and job printing. It occupies No. 115 
 South Blechanic Street, the building comprising 
 three stories and a basement. The Courier was 
 established September 1, 1883, b\' W. Parley Heaton 
 as a dailj', and was run as a four-column folio for 
 six months. It wastlien enlarged to a five-column 
 quarto and later assumed its present proportions. 
 The plant was purchased by Henry Hunt, August 
 1, 1887, who sold it to the present company, Octo- 
 ber 1, 1887. It is outspoken and independent in 
 its views and enjoys a wide circulation, being popu- 
 lar among all, and especially the laboring classes. 
 
 Mr. Kingston was married at Coldwater, Mich., 
 March 17, 1877, to Miss Belle F., daughter ot Mrs. 
 'SI. L. Warren. Of this union there is one child, a 
 son, Sherman, who was born January 9, 1888. Mr. 
 Kingston belongs to Monroe Lodge, No. 27, F. & 
 A. M. and the Jackson Typogra))hical Urdon, No. 
 99; IS also a charter member of the Jackson Bicycle 
 Club, and vvas elected President of the club in the 
 fall of 1889. Politicall}', Mr. Kingston is a Demo- 
 crat. 
 
 3"»- 
 
 ;\/t ILO C. BEMAN, a veteran of seventy- 
 11! ' |V two years and one of the pioneers of 
 ;' * I'arma Township, has made for himself a 
 • good record as a member of the commu- 
 
 nity, and for man^- years was vvidely and favorably 
 known as Justice of the Peace. He has been a 
 life-long farmer, however, and has a good home- 
 si ead on section 29, whei-e he lives at peace with 
 his neighbors and enjo3S a large measure of their 
 confidence and esteem. He is of New Englanil 
 antecedents, and a native of Bennington County, 
 Vt., where his birth took place January 31, 1818. 
 The parents of our subject were Milo and Ruth 
 (Cnshman) Beman, both likewise natives of the 
 Green Mountain State. His paternal ancestors 
 came from Scotland. He w.as the eldest in a fam- 
 ily of seven children, anil when about seven years 
 old went with his parents to Jefferson County-, 
 N. Y., of which they were among the earliest set- 
 tlers. There Milo C. developed intr) manhood and 
 became familiar wit!- the various employments of 
 farm life, receiving such educational advantages as 
 were afforded by the common schools. These, it 
 is hardly necessary to state, were far inferior to 
 those enjoyed by the young people of to-day, but 
 Mr. Beman, bj* reading the weekly newspaper, has 
 kept himself posted upon current events, and may 
 be properly looked upon as a man of more than 
 average intelligence. 
 
 Shortly after reaching his majority Mr. Beman 
 was married, April 2, 1839, to Miss Lucy Berkett. 
 This lady was born in Oswego Count}-, N. Y.. and 
 became the mother of five children, the eldest of 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM 
 
 ■IKO 
 
 wliotii. a son. Albert, is now a resident of Iowa; 
 Alson lives near Alanson, this State; Finette is 
 the wife of W. G. Bennett, of Onargo, 111.; Fred- 
 crick is a resident of Auriga, 111 ; and one daugh- 
 ter dieil in infancy. Mrs. Lucy Beman departed 
 tills life at the lioniestead in New York, October 
 •21). 18o:3. 
 
 .Mr. Henian contracted a second ninrriuiic .Inne 
 2;j, 1.S54. with Miss .hilia. daughter of Frederick 
 and Ori)lia (Co,i>s\vell) Berkett. who were natives 
 of Connecticut and carl}- settlers of ( )swego County, 
 N. V. There were born of tills union tlie cliildrcn 
 who are recorded as follows: Dell became the wife 
 of Charles Abljott, and they live on a farm in 
 Parma 'rownsliip; Hobart L. is likewise a resident 
 of this township: William makes his iiome at 
 Colon, this ."^tate; Frank and Carrie remain at 
 home with their |)arents: Kusetta died when nliout 
 five years old, and one child died unnamed in in- 
 fanc}-. 
 
 When about nineteen years old Mr. Beman with 
 his parents removed to Oswego County, N. Y., 
 where he made his home until coming to Michigan. 
 Later he settled on a dairy farm of two hundred 
 acres, where lie lived until 1866. That year he 
 came to this county and located on section 30, 
 Parma Township, where he lived three years. Me 
 then removed to the vicinity of .Jackson, being 
 located in Summit Township, and sojourned there 
 three years. Thence, in 1872, he to.jk possession 
 of his present farm. This embraces one hundred 
 and forty-five acres of well-developed land, which 
 with its improvements is looked upon as one of the 
 best farms in the township. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Beman arc members in good stand- 
 ing of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Albion, 
 in which Mv. Beman is a .Steward, and to which he 
 contril)utes a liberal support. While a resident of 
 Oswego County, N. Y., he served as Township 
 Clerk of Orville Townshi[) several terms, and w.as 
 Commissioner of Highways and School Inspector. 
 For one term he served as Count3' Superintendent 
 of Schools, and for two years was Overseer of the 
 Poor. Since coming to this county he has held 
 the oflice of .Justice of the Peace about eight years. 
 
 In politics he is independent, aiming to support 
 the man wliom he consitlerg best Cjualified for office. 
 
 He naturally has a lurge aL(jualnt!xiice throughout 
 Parma Township, and is looke.i upon as one of 
 the old laudniarks whose name will be held in 
 kindly remembrance long after he has departed 
 hence. 
 
 ■€-*-^- 
 
 One of the thriving 
 
 ^^^i ORTOX K. BEKBE. 
 
 I ll\ '"'S'"''^* establishments of .Jackson is that 
 ij * located at No. 618 Francis Street, where 
 " the above-named gentleman is engaged in 
 
 the sale of groceries. A full and well-selected 
 stock is kept, and the business, conducted accord- 
 ing to honoralile methods, is proving remunerative 
 to the proprietor, whose trade is (constantly increas- 
 ing. From \^'elsh and (icrinan ancestry and two 
 generations of Ameiican progenitors Mr. lieebe has 
 inherited the combination of thrift, tact and eiicrgv 
 which lead to a successful business career, and the 
 qualities of mind and heart which give hiin good 
 repute in society and as a citizen. 
 
 The parents of (uir subject, Ephraim and Mary 
 (Buck) Beebe, were born in Vermont and New 
 Y'ork respectively. In 1836 they removed from 
 Warsaw, N. Y., to Jackson, Mich., locating ui)on a 
 farm in Pulaski Townshi|). where they resided three 
 years. Thej- then returned to New York, but ere 
 long came again to the West remaining permanently 
 in this county. Jlr. Beebe died in March, 1887. 
 when nearly four-score 3'ears old, the 3'ear of his 
 birth having been 1808. His widow is still living, 
 ni.aking her home with her oldest son. Of the live 
 children whom she has borne all are yet living. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this sketch was born in Pulaski Township, this 
 county, April 27, 181;'), being the fourth child in 
 the paternal household. His boyhood was spent 
 principally' in the ruial districts where he liad the 
 advantages of the common schools, after which he 
 attended the High School at Leoni. After com- 
 pleting his education, he taught school one term 
 an '. then turned his attention to clerking and book- 
 keeping. In the spring of 1870, having not long 
 before taken a wife, he located in .Jackson where 
 for a term of years he was occupie(i in house and 
 sign painting. He then entered the employ of the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Central City Car Company, having a position in 
 the paint shops, of vvliich he became foreman. He 
 hart laborert in tliat capacity tliree years when the 
 company closed out the business, anrt he entered 
 the paint shop of the locomotive department of the 
 Micliigan Central Railroad. 
 
 After two years spent in the eraplo}' of the rail- 
 road company Mr. Beebe began his mercantile 
 experience as a clerk in a grocery store, which he 
 continued until December, 1884. He then opened 
 an establishment for himself on Jlihvaukee Street, 
 but after conducting the business there until Feb- 
 ruary, 1887, he moved to his present stand. He is 
 administrator of his fatlier's estate and in the 
 duties of that position manifests a careful oversight 
 anrt a deep spirit of brotbcrh' kindness. 
 
 The true-hearted woman with whom Mr. Beebe 
 was united in mariiage in 18G9, was !Miss Ruth, 
 daughter of Consider Taber, of this city. Her 
 parents formerly resided in New York. The happ)' 
 union has been blessed by the birth of two daugh- 
 ters, Nellie P., anrt Amy M., young ladies who 
 have been carefully reared b}- their worthy parents 
 and given every advantage possible that would fit 
 them for u.'-eful and honored lives. Mr. Beebe was 
 nominated for Alderman on the Republican ticket 
 and in a city that is strongly Democratic he w.as 
 defeated bj' but a small majorit}-. This fact is a 
 proof that his popularity is not confined to his 
 own party but that his good qualities are appre- 
 ciated by the citizens in general. 
 
 ILJ;XANDER W. MOREY. Among the 
 solid residents of Waterloo Township mij' 
 be most properly mentioncrt ]Mr. Morey, a 
 leading farmer, a man well-to-do financially anrt 
 one who exercises no small influence in the affairs 
 of his community. A native of New York State, 
 he was born in Schoharie County, Februarj' 28, 
 1 823. and is the son of Jesse and Bertha ( Vaughan) 
 jNIorej' who were natives respectively of New 
 York and New .Jersey. Jesse Morey was of New 
 England parentage anrt after his location in 
 Schoharie County prosecutert farming there until 
 
 1828. He then removed to Livingston County-, 
 where he sojourned until 1836. Then coming to 
 Michigan while it was still a Territory, he located 
 in Sharon, Washtenaw County, where he lived 
 until 1842. His next removal was to Waterloo 
 Township, this county, where he purchased the 
 land which his son Alexander now owns and 
 occupies. The father rtiert here in 1847 when 
 fifl}' five years old. He was a self-made man in 
 the broadest sense of the term, a member in good 
 standing of the Jlethortist Ejjiscopal Church anrt a 
 man looked up to in his community as a man of high 
 moral char.acter and more than ordinary intelli- 
 gence. The paternal grandfather of our subject 
 was Hazard Morey who spent his last years in New 
 York State. Mrs. Bertha (Vaughan) Morey, the 
 mother of our subject, was born in Monmouth 
 County, N. J., December 12, 1790, anrt rtied in 
 Ann Arbor, this State, in the winter of 18G2. 
 Her father was John Vaughan a native of New Jer- 
 sey, who spent his last years in that State. There 
 were born to Jesse and Bertha Morey a famil}' of 
 five children, viz: Alexander W., Hazard J., 
 Percilhi M., Adeline H., anrt Milton J. Our subject 
 anrt his sister Adeline, are the onlj' surviving 
 members of the famil}'. The latter. Mrs. Guitteau, 
 resides in Toledo, Ohio. 
 
 Mr. Morey was thiileen years old when his i):ir- 
 ents came to INIichigan anrt he remained with the 
 family during their subsequent removals, settling 
 upon the farm which he now owns and occupies in 
 1842. This comprises one hundred and sixty acres 
 on section 20, and is embellished with a fine two 
 story residence with a good barn and other out- 
 buildings requisite to the conveuient prosecution 
 of agriculture. To this Mr. Morey has devoted 
 his entire life and is one of the few who have 
 made of it an unqualified success. He is a strong 
 Republican, politically, and has held the various 
 local offices. 
 
 More than forty years ago the subject of this 
 notice and Miss Roxa J. Robinson joined their 
 fortunes for life, the wedding taking place at the 
 bride's home in Waterloo, January 16, 1849. .Mrs. 
 Morey was born in Nunda, Allegany County, N. 
 Y., December 12. 1824, anrt is a daughter of 
 Elisha and INIary Mendel Robinson, who were 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBLM. 
 
 493 
 
 nntives of Saratoga County, N. Y., They came 
 
 to Michigan in 1843 and settled on section 8, 
 Waterloo Township, where they spent the reniain- 
 er of their lives. Mr. Robinson was a man of 
 fine abilities and l)eerinu' prominent in local affairs, 
 serving as Justice of the Peace during nearly all 
 the time of his residence in Michigan and as Sup- 
 ervisor of Waterloo Township for the long period 
 of eighteen years. He was a member of the Con- 
 gressional Convention of 1850 and in connection 
 with this as with other reforms, displayed a sound 
 judgment and a fund of information by which 
 he came to be regarded as a man whose opinions 
 could be relied upon as safe to follow. He was 
 a sound Democrat, politically from his youth. 
 Both he and his estimable wife were prominently 
 connected with the Methodist Protestant church. 
 To Mr. and Mrs, Morey there have been born 
 five children, viz: Eugene S. Mary B., John M., 
 Hazard and Jessie E. There has been spared them 
 only one, the youngest. Jessie, who is now living at 
 liome. 
 
 1^ EV. THEOPHILUS BUYSE. On the op- 
 IL?^ posite page is presented a lithographic [lor- 
 ^^\ trait of this gentleman, who is the popular 
 ^^§! and highly esteemed pastor of St. John's 
 Catholic Church at Jackson. Of sujjerior intcilect- 
 ual attainments, thorough knowledge of human na- 
 ture and pleasant personal address, his character at 
 once comniaixis respect, and wins admiration. 
 
 Fatiier Buysc is of foreign birth, and first opened 
 his eyes to the light in the village of Rumbeke, East 
 Flanders, liclgiuni. lie is now scarcel3' past the 
 prime of life, his birth having occurred June 7, 
 1832. His grandfather was a well-to-do farmer, 
 residing in Rumbeke, and was Mayor of that vil- 
 lage during the time of Naj)oleon's camjiaign. 
 Having unknowingly assisted two French soldiers 
 to escape, he was imprisoned for nearly two years. 
 
 Peter Buyse, the father of our subject, was edu- 
 cated in the village of Roulers, with the intention 
 of becoming a physician, but changing his mind re- 
 garding his occupation, he engaged in the mercan- 
 tile business in Rumbeke, and for some years held 
 
 responsible positions under the Belgian Govern- 
 ment. He died when fort3'-one years of age, leav- 
 ing four sons; Aloysius is Secretary of the parish 
 of Rumbeke, and being one of tweutj'-five who had 
 been the longest in continuous service of the Bel- 
 gian Government, was decorated witli the iron 
 cross, in 1889; Adolphus became a priest, and was 
 the Superior of an institution in his native place, 
 where he spent his last years; Constant was a 
 brewer, and spent his entire life in the place of his 
 nativity. 
 
 The subject of this biographical sketch, received 
 his early education in a school in the city of Roulers, 
 and at the age of thirteen years, entered a seminary 
 which he attended ten years, making a siiecialty of 
 and thoroughly mastering six languages. In 1856 
 he came to America, and after stopping a short 
 time at Detroit, went to Cincinnati and entered Mt. 
 St. Mary's Seminary, then under the charge of 
 Bishop Quinlan. After continuing his studies there 
 one and one-half years, he took his first charge at 
 Ira, St. Clair County, Mi(;h.. in addition to which 
 he ha<l charges in Sanilac, Huron. Macomb, Tus- 
 cola and Lajjcer Counties, and preached in four 
 different languages. 
 
 In 1871 Father Bu^'se came to Jackson to take 
 charge of St. John's Catholic Church, which was at 
 that time the only one in the city, and with which 
 about two hundred and liftv families were con- 
 nected. The church has llourishcd rapidly under 
 his administration, and it has notonl3' been found 
 necessary to make an addition to the church edifice, 
 but to divide the body and establish a second so- 
 ciety-, the original one now having a membership 
 representing upwards of three hundred families. 
 Father I'.uyse has also established an excellent 
 school here, which is attended by al)out three hun- 
 dred pupils. He also has a charge at Bunker Hill, 
 where he preaches twice a month, and one at Leslie, 
 Ingham County, where he has establisheil a church, 
 and erected an edifice from his own funds. 
 
 The advantages which were bestowed upon Father 
 Buyse in his earlier life, were used, not onl^- in the 
 acquirement of the languages which he made a 
 specialtj', but of other branches of learning, and the 
 result has been a degree of erudition which enables 
 him to cull from all ages, and from many climes 
 
494 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 the knowledge gleaned by others in various fields 
 of tliought, and to pursue inTesligations unknown 
 to those of a less extended knowledge. His nature 
 is a genial and kindly one, and the care which he 
 exercises over his flock, is indeed a fatherly one, 
 while the ardor of his belief in the tenets of his 
 own religion, does not prevent a feeling of charity 
 and good will toward all mankind. Among the 
 members of his charge he is extremely popular, 
 while his character and attainments win the respect 
 of the citizens in general. 
 
 <ji^ DMUND ROBINSON, 'lliere is not a finer 
 1^ home within the limits of Grass Lake Town- 
 /|L^ ship than that owned and occupied by the 
 subject of this notice. The residence, a beautiful 
 modern structure, is set in the midst of handsome 
 grounds, while the barns adjacent are ample and 
 convenient and the macliinery, live stock and all 
 the other appurtenances indicate in a marked man- 
 ner the enterprise and refined tastes of the proprie- 
 tor. As an agriculturist Mr. Robinson is not excelled 
 by any man in the county. He possesses a thor- 
 ough understanding of the business, keeps himself 
 posted upon modern methods and theories and 
 makes of his vocation an art and a science. It is, 
 therefore, not surprising that he has been rewarded 
 with success. As a man and a citizen he stands 
 high in his community, enjoying the esteem and 
 confidence of all who know him. 
 
 The native place of Mr. Robinson was Long 
 Island, N. Y., and the date of his birth September 
 13, 1819. His parents were Shepard and Elizabeth 
 (Raynor) Robinson, also natives of Long Island, 
 where they were married and lived for some years 
 when they removed to Tompkins County, where 
 they lived until 1837. That 5'ear, coming to Mich- 
 gan they settled in Lodi, Washtenaw County, and 
 went from there to IManchestcr, and then to Sharon 
 where Shepard Robinson departed this life about 
 1848, at the age of fifty-eight years. He was a 
 seafaring man and also followed shoeraaking in 
 early life, but after coming to Michigan turned his 
 attention to farming. After leaving his native 
 
 place he sojourned for a time in Tompkins County, 
 N. Y. The family is of Scotch origin, and after 
 coming to America some time prior to the Revolu- 
 tionary War, settleil on Long Island, and some of 
 them subsequently engaged in the great struggle 
 for American Independence. The mother of our 
 subject passed away prior to the decease of her 
 husband at Sharon, Washtenaw County, in 1843, 
 aged fifty-six years. 
 
 The parental household included seven children, 
 of whom Elizabeth, Edmund and Nancy are the 
 only surviving members. The others were named 
 respectively, Rebecca, Deborah, Herrick and Maitha 
 J. The subject of this notice was the fourth child 
 and was reared in New York State, acquiring 
 his education in the common school. He accom- 
 panied the family to Washtenaw County, this State, 
 making his home in Lodi, Manchester and Sharon 
 until 1 852. That year, coming to this county-, he pur- 
 chased one hundred and twent}' -seven acres of land 
 on sections 25 and 36, Grass Lake Township, to 
 which he subsequently added until lie is now the 
 owner of two hundred and fifty-four acres. The 
 residence is on section 3G. Mr. Robinson is con- 
 siderably interested in fire insurance, being one 
 of the charter members of the Jackson County 
 Mutual, and subsequently he was a charter member 
 of the Eastern Jackson Count}^ Insurance Company. 
 For several years he has been a Director of the 
 Farmers' Bank of Grass Lake. He has always 
 maintained an interest in those enterprises affect- 
 ing the general welfare of the people and possesses 
 unbounded energy. He has been for some time 
 general superintendent of the East Cemetery. 
 Although not connected with any religious organ- 
 ization, he believes in the establishment and main- 
 tenance of churches and gives to those within his 
 township liberal support. He keeps himself thor- 
 oughly posted upon the leading questions of the 
 day and has gained considerable knowledge by his 
 personal observation of men and things, having 
 traveled quite extensively' and being accompanied 
 in much of his journeyings by his estimable wife. 
 He has very little to do with politics with the excep- 
 tion of voting the Repul)lican ticket. 
 
 Mr. Robinson was married, December 18, 1845, 
 at Sharon, Mich., to Miss Lucy Dewey. This lady 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 495 
 
 was born in Granby, Oswego County, N. Y., No- 
 vomlipr -2. 1827, nml is a flaugiiter of William and 
 Eli/.aliolii (Wiiiiams) Dewey, wlio were natives, 
 respeetively, of X'l'rnionl and Massachusetts. The 
 parents of Mrs. Robinson came to Michigan in 1841 
 and settled in Waslilcnaw County. Mr. Dewey 
 prosecuted fanning there until the gold excitement 
 in California, when he preceded to the I'aciflc Slope 
 and died there. The mother survived her husband 
 many years and spent her last days in (Jrass L;d<e. 
 
 To our subject and his estimable wife there were 
 born two children only, Florence A., October 4, 
 18IG, and who died in !\Iicliigan January 10, 1851, 
 and Fiank K., born April C, 184!), and died Decem- 
 ber 28, 18Hi) He was married. November 25. 1873, 
 to Miss Cora Felt, who died in Grass Lake May 17, 
 1883. Of this maniage there was born one child, 
 a son, Clarence H, October 12, IH7!), and who died 
 March 25.1884. After the death of his lirst wife 
 Frank F. was married, November 8, 1886. to Miss 
 Linda Folies, of Cherokee, Iowa. Their son Ed- 
 mund was born November 10, 1887. 
 
 ■William Dewey, the father of Mrs. Robinson 
 served in the War of 181 2, and nine others, who 
 were her near relatives, died in the array during 
 the late Civil War. 
 
 OHN CARROLL. There is not within the 
 limits of Sandstone Township a man more 
 widely- or more favorably known than 
 (^J/ sturdy John Carroll, who is one of its ear- 
 liest pioneers, and who, in .addition to building up 
 a snug homestead, has been enabled to lay bj^ some- 
 thing for a rainy day. His native place was New 
 York City, and the dale of his birth August 25, 
 1827. His parents were Thomas and Hannah 
 (McCt>nnell) Carroll, who were natives of Ireland 
 ami who emigrated to America early in life, set- 
 tling in the great metropolis, where they lived 
 until removing to Massachusetts. 
 
 When .lolin Carroll was a lad of three ^-ears he 
 was taken by his parents to New Bedford, Mass., 
 and in 1834 they removed to New York, where 
 they lived until 1830 The family then set out 
 
 for Michigan Territor3% and spent the following 
 
 winter in Ann Arbor. In the spring of 1837 
 I they removed to Sandstone Townshi|), this county, 
 and the father purchased eighty acres of tiovcrn- 
 raent hmd. comprising a partof sections 13 and 14. 
 Upon this there had been made no attempt at cul- 
 tivation, it lying as the Indians had left it, and was 
 part of a tract of country inhabited principallv by 
 wild animals. There the father lived and labored 
 until resting from his toils, in January, 1854. The 
 mother survived her husband many years, her 
 death occurring in October, 1888, after she had 
 reached the advanced .age of eighty-four. Thomas 
 Carroll was a man of a genial and compivnionablc 
 disposition, and formed an extended acquaintance 
 throughout the county, by whose citizens he was 
 held in high esteem. The parental family included 
 one child. 
 
 Mr. Carroll Uius spent his boyhood and youth 
 on the frontier, obtaining a limited education in 
 the primitive schools. He, however, was fond of 
 liis books, making good lieadway on the road to 
 knowledge, and finally developed into a te.achei-, 
 which profession he followed several vvinters, while 
 in the summer lime he occupied himself at farm 
 work. When ready to establish a fireside of his 
 own, he. in 1856, w.as wedded to Miss Msiry A. 
 McDonough, who died in February, 18G2. without 
 children. Mr. C.-irroU, in 1862, w.as married a 
 second time, to Miss Charlotte A. Cochrane. This 
 lady was born February 2, 1837, in Ilillsboro 
 County, N. H., and is the daughter of James and 
 Abigail (Buxton) Cochrane, further mention of 
 whom is made in the sketch of E. B. Cochrane on 
 another page in this volume. The result of this 
 marriage is one child, a daughter, Mary .M.. "^ho 
 remains with her parents. 
 
 Since his marriage our subject has occupied the 
 old original Carroll homestead, until removing to 
 his present farm in the spring of 1867. This 
 latter comprises two hundred and forty-one .acres 
 of choice land, with substantial buildings and the 
 other aiipurtenances belonging to the modern coun- 
 try estate. Mr. Carroll in his lal)ors and invest- 
 ments has been more than ordinarily successful, 
 while at the same time he h.a.s taken an interest in 
 township affairs, and been no unimportant factor 
 
496 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ill promoting the welfare of its people. He was 
 School Inspector of Sandstone Townsbip for a. 
 period of eight j-ears, and subsequently for ten 
 consecutive years represented it in the County 
 Board of Supervisors. He also served as .Justice 
 of the Peace four years. Politicall}', he is a stanch 
 Democrat, having cast his first vote for James K. 
 Polk, and has uniformly sustained the principles of 
 the party since that time. Socially, he belongs to 
 tlie Masonic fraternit3-, being a member of Jackson 
 Lodge, No. 17. He keeps himself thoroughly 
 posted upon the leading events of the da3% is a 
 spirited conversationalist, and a man with whom an 
 liour niny always be spent in a pleasant and pro- 
 fitable manner. His hospitalit}^ is proverbial and 
 Ids friends are many. 
 
 Mrs. Carroll is an intelligent and well-educated 
 lady, and a graduate of Mt. Hol3'oke (Mass.) 
 Female Seminar3'. Prior to her marriage she fol- 
 lowed the profession of a teacher, and she has 
 greatly assisted her husband in maintaining the 
 standing of the family. 
 
 RS. ELIZA M. FITZGERALD is the oc. 
 cupant of one of tlie fine homes of Concord 
 I; and is in easy and affluent circumstances. 
 Besides her beautiful home in town, she has 
 a third interest in tlie homestead of uinetj' acres in 
 Spring Arbor Townsliip. She lias charge of her 
 own affairs, personally attending to the business, 
 and demonstrating the fact tliat financial ability is 
 not a strict!}' masculine quality. She possesses 
 more than ordinary intelligence, keeps herself well 
 informed on current topics and iu various lines of 
 thought, and is interested in all efforts which are 
 being made to advance the interests of the com- 
 munity, evincing a higli degree of public spirit; she 
 lias a fine character and an agreeable disposition, 
 and is one of the most companionable women to be 
 met with in a day's journey. 
 
 Mrs. Fitzgerald was born in Wj'oming, Genesee 
 Count}', N. Y., December 13, 1833, and while yet a 
 cliild came to Michigan with her parents, Samuel 
 and Dotha (Spencer) Humphrey. Her father was 
 
 a native of Rutland Countj', Vt., and in early life 
 was a stockman and drover. At tiie age of eigliteen 
 years he married and became the possessor of a farm 
 which he operated. In 1833, he became a resident 
 <>f Genesee County, N. Y., about two years later 
 coming to this State. Locating in Spring Arbor 
 Township, tliis county, he purchased eight}' acres 
 of land, which he improved and upon whicii he 
 spent the remainder of his life as a farmer. He was 
 a highly educated and polished gentleman, and 
 possessed a verj- fine temperament. He was a devout 
 member of the Free Will Baptist Church. His death 
 occurred in 1879, when he had reached the age of 
 seventj'-six years. His father, Samuel Humphrey, 
 Sr., was a large farmer and drover in Rutland 
 County, Yt., and a man of prominence in his day. 
 He was the son of an Irishman and the lamilv are 
 lineal descendants of Sir John Humphrey. 
 
 The wife of Samuel Humphre}', Jr., and the 
 mother of our subject was born near Ticonderoga, 
 Washington County, N. Y., and reared on the banks 
 of Lake Champlain. She was ver}- athletic, could 
 handle an oar as well as anyone, and received a fine 
 education, beginning her labors as a teacher when 
 eighteen years old. She taught seventeen terms, 
 spending about five years in that occupation after 
 she and her husband came to Michigan. She died in 
 Spring Arbor at the age of eighty- five jears. She 
 was the mother of nine children, namel}', Josephus, 
 now deceaseil; Wilson, living in Spring Vrbor 
 Townshi|). this county; Nancy, now Mrs. Lyons of 
 Mason; Mrs. Fitzgerald, of whom we write; Edgar 
 and Edwin, twins, the former living 'n Flint and 
 the latter in Ingham County; Samnel D. F., and 
 Mrs. Mollie Tefft of Spring Arbor Township; 
 Henry, deceased. Samuel enlisted in 1862, in the 
 Eleventh Michigan Cavalry and after serving a 
 year was taken sick and honorably discharged on 
 account of phj'sical disabilit}'. All the brothers of 
 this fraternal band are large men, none less than six 
 feet in height and three of them standing over that. 
 
 The father of Mrs. Samuel Humphrey and grand- 
 father of the lady with whose name we introduce 
 this sketch, was Wilson Spencer, a farmer in Wash- 
 ington Count}', N. Y'., whence in 1835, he came to 
 Michigan. He laoughl one hundred acres of land in 
 Spring Arbor Township, this county, where ho 
 
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 40; 
 
 spoilt tlie remainder of his days, dying at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty years. He was.T coniinissioned 
 oflicer in the War of 1S12. Me was a Class Leader 
 in tile Metliodist Episoop.al Clinrch and a higlil}^ 
 respected citi/.cn. Mis fatiier was a native of Eng- 
 land. 
 
 The journey of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Humphrey 
 from New York to Michigan was performed in the 
 usual manner as far as Detroit, whence they jour- 
 neyed by team to tiiis county and to the farm upon 
 which they settled. There she who is the subject 
 of this sketch grew to maturity, attending the com- 
 mon schools in the old f.ashioncd log schoolhouse 
 with its slab benches, and under the [larental roof 
 learning many less(ms of moral and domestic 
 value. On August 21, 1M.04, EMer Lyman pro- 
 nounced the words which made her and Mr. .John 
 Fitzgerald man and wife. 
 
 Mr. Fitzger.ild was the ninth in a family of ten 
 children and was born in Syracuse, N. Y., March 
 II. 1M2.S. His parents removed to Michigan in 
 1H;52, and he was reared and educated in this county. 
 In his youth he w.is quite a hunter and became an 
 excellent shot, killing deer and other game. He at- 
 tended Spring Arbor College two years and when 
 twenty 3-ears old went to Racine. Wis., where he 
 spent two years attending school, .-uid in hunting 
 and other sport. Returning to his home he re- 
 mained with his parents until his marriage, when 
 he bought the old homestead o( ninety- acres in 
 Sjiring Arl)or Township, where he engaged in 
 farming and in stock buying and shipping. He was 
 a successful agriculLurist, was ably seconded in his 
 eflforls to accumulate a competence by his wife, 
 and tlieir farm became a well improved and pleas- 
 ant abode before they left it. 
 
 In 188(). Mr. Fitzgerald rented the place and 
 moving into Concord bought the residence and 
 grounds now occupied by his widow. There they 
 lived in lilacid enjoyment until the fatal illness of 
 the husband, which was terniinated by his death 
 November 23, 1887. In liim the county lost a good 
 citizen and a min t)f strict morality, well educated, 
 well informed, and one who made friends wherever 
 lie went. His speech was easy and flowing, and it 
 was a pleasure to converse with him. He held vari- 
 ous township ollices. having been Justice of the 
 
 Peace eight years and Township Treasurer three 
 j'ears. Politically lie was a strong Democrat. Ho 
 belonged to Concord Lodge A. F. <k A. M., and to 
 a body of Royal Arch Masons at Albion. His 
 widow is a member of the Eastern Star and other 
 kindred degrees. He was a Universalist in religion, 
 both he and his wife being active in the work of 
 the society and among those who assisted in the 
 erection of the church edifice. The farailj- which 
 they reared comprises two chihlren — Alta, now 
 Mrs. Grover, of Concord, and Mary. Mrs. Hatch, 
 who lives in Spring Arbor Township. 
 
 The father of Mr. Fitzgerald also Ijore the name 
 of .Toh!i and was a farmer in the Empire .State in 
 which he was born. In 1S32, he came to Michigan 
 and purchasing four hundred acres of Government 
 land in Spring Arbor Ton'nship, this county, he 
 successfully operated the same, becoming quite 
 well-to-do. Appreciating the advantages of a good 
 education he bestowed tlial blessing u|)oii each of 
 his children. In religion he was a close communion 
 Baptist. His death occurred about the year IH.jS. 
 His wife, who also died in Spring Arlior Township, 
 bore the maiden name of Abigail Burroughs, was 
 like himself a native of the Empire State, and w.as 
 of German and Spanish descent. 
 
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 f LBERT A- TOWXLEY- A compendium of 
 (T'SA' III biographies of citizens of .lacksou County 
 would lie iucomiiletc without mention with- 
 in its pages of the above-named gentle- 
 man, who is the owner and occu|)ant of one of the 
 valuable farms of Tompkins Township. It com- 
 prises two hundred and forty acres on section 29, 
 and is the original homestead procured by his fathei' 
 from the Government about fifty years ago. On 
 it he was born April 8, 1H45. and upon it his early 
 boj'hood was spent, attending the district schools 
 of the township. 
 
 Anson Townley, tlie father of our subject, came 
 to this county in 1835, with other members of his 
 father's family, and with them laboreil in the pio- 
 neer work of building up a home in tlie wilderness. 
 The surroundings of his earlv manhood, and the 
 
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 family historjr will be found in the sketch of Rich- 
 ard Towuley, on another page. In Ingham County 
 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daugh- 
 ter of John Hurlburt, whose acquaintance ho had 
 made while she was teaching the first school in the 
 township where he lived. She was born in Penn- 
 sylvania, and came to this State with her parents 
 about the year 1836. Her marriage was celebrated 
 in 1840, and on the farm now occupied by our sub- 
 ject, the young couple resided until 1856. 
 
 Anson Townley was tlien elected County- Treas- 
 urer, and removed to Jackson, where he spent the 
 most of his life from that time until his death in 
 June, l.S!S5. In 1858, he was elected Register of 
 Deeds, re-elected in 1860, and again elected to the 
 position in 1870, holding the office continuously 
 from that time until his deatli. Mrs. Townley died 
 at her liome in Jackson, in June, 1888. She was 
 a member of the Congregational Church, and a no- 
 ble woman. To her and her husband six children 
 were born, the subject of this sketch being the sec- 
 ond son and third child; Loretta M., was born in 
 September, 1840, and died in February, 1889; she 
 was the wife of Dr. N. S. Darling, and left two sons; 
 Franklin, born in 1812, went to Alaska in thes|pring 
 of 1887; Arthur and Allen live in Jackson; and 
 Eddie died at his home there in 1880. 
 
 On October 1, 1861, although scarcely more than 
 sixteen years ol^l, Albert Townley enlisted in Corn- 
 pan}' B, Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, and served 
 in the armies of the Union until July 20, 1865. He 
 entered the service as a private, but in the summer 
 of 1863, was promoted to the position of Ordinance 
 Sergeant. After the close of the war he returned 
 to Jackson, and to the home farm, upon which he 
 remained until 1868, when he went to Iowa, where 
 he was engaged as telegrapher and traveling agent 
 on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad flve3'ears. 
 He continued to work in a similar capacity else- 
 where some eleven years longer. He then engaged 
 in hotel keeping at Orand Junction, Iowa, four 
 j'ears, after which he began farming in that vicin- 
 ity. In the summer of 1889, he came back to the 
 homestead in this count}', leaving a fine farm of 
 four hundred acres in Boone County, Iowa, in or- 
 der to reside where his boyhood had been passed. 
 
 In Sidney. Ohio, the interesting ceremony t.(iok 
 
 place, that transformed Miss Marie E. Joslin into 
 Mrs. A. Townley. The cultured and estimal)Ie 
 bride was born in the city in which her marri.age 
 took place, and where her parents, Robinson and 
 Susan (Wells) Joslin still live, her father l)eing 
 now four-score years old. She is the mother of 
 three daughters — Maude, Susie, and Fannie. Mr. 
 Toivnle}' is a member of the Masonic fraternit}-, and 
 of the Patrons of Industry. He and his wife are 
 held in excellent repute wherever they are known, 
 and have many and dear friends. 
 
 
 ■jf, OHN F. SOPER is one of the younger farm- 
 ers of Grass Lake Township, wlio was born, 
 reared, and has spent his whole life ther.ein. 
 On section 16 he opened his eyes to the 
 light, November 25, 1852, and after acquiring a 
 good practical education, adopted the vocation into 
 which he had gained an insight in boyhood, and 
 which has been his life work. His pleasant home 
 is located on section 29, and his landed estate com- 
 prises upward of one hundred and forty-five acres 
 in that and section 28. He is a politician only to 
 the extent of understanding tlie platforms of the 
 [jarties, and casting his vote, which is given to the 
 Democracy. He has held some minor offices, but 
 devotes himself almost wholly to his own [nirsuits 
 and personal affairs. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Soper took place April 12, 
 1876, the estimable woman whom he chose as his 
 companion being Miss Ella M. Cooper, of Leoni 
 Township. She was born in Franklin, Lenawee 
 County, June 27, 1857, being a daughter of Calvin 
 and Sarah (Thomas) Cooper, natives of New York. 
 She has borne her husband four children — Bertha 
 D., Carlton G., Mattie C, and Clara L. The only 
 one now living is Carlton G. Mr. and Mrs. Soper 
 are intelligent, unassuming and industrious, and 
 llieir worthy qualities gain for them a due measure 
 of respect from their fellow-citizens. 
 
 The parents of him of whom we write, were 
 Aliram and Mary (Quick) Soper. The former was 
 born In New York, but, came to Michigan about 
 Ihe'year 183G, with his fatlier, John Soper, being 
 
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 llieii a young man. They all took up Government 
 land in (irass Lake Townsiiip, this county, grand- 
 falher Sopor setUiiig in \vh;il was then Grass Lake 
 Center, where he kepi an hntd for many years. He 
 had eight children. 
 
 During tlic gold exeilenionl .Vhrain Soper made 
 the overland journey lo California, but ere long re- 
 turned to this .State and S|)ent the remainder of his 
 life in this county, where he turned his attention 
 to farming. He became the owner of a large landed 
 estate worth perhaps $30,000, and was a self-made 
 man. In polities he was a Democrat. Altliougli 
 not a member, he was a supporter of the Baptist 
 Church. His death occurred in Blackman Town- 
 ship, in I8;M, at the age of sixty-three years. His 
 widow is still living at the age of about sixty-one 
 years. Like himself she was born in tiie Empire 
 .State. She is the mother of four children — Jane, 
 .John v.. William D., and Adel. 
 
 eLARK SWEET. This genLleman, who 
 now occupying a small portion of 
 former estate, at the village of Michio 
 
 /^^^ LARK SWEET. This genLleman, who is 
 
 his 
 igan 
 
 Center, has retired from the more arduous duties 
 of life and is passing his declining years in the en- 
 joyment of the prosperitj' to which his long years 
 of labor fairl}' entitle him. He is a descendant of 
 old and respected families in New York State, of 
 wiiich he is liimself a native. His paternal grand- 
 father, Godfrey Sweet, is believed to have been a 
 native of Rensselaer County, in which he at least 
 spent many jears of his life. lie owned a fine farm 
 at Stephentown, where he breathed his Last. His 
 wife, in her girlhood, Miss Lucy Babcock, surviverl 
 him several years and was a second time married, 
 becoming the wife of Mr. Scribbens. The later 
 years of her life were spent in Steuben County. 
 Her lirst matrimonial alliance resulted in th.e birth 
 of eight children — Caleb, Amos, Godfrey, Stephen, 
 Sarah, Lucy, Catherine and Dianea. 
 
 Godfrey Sweet. Jr., the father of our subject, 
 was born in Stephentown, Rensselaer County. 
 N. v., and was but thirteen years old when his fa- 
 ther died. He continued to live with his mother 
 
 until the breaking out of the War of 1812, when 
 he took part in the defense of American liberty, 
 serving under Gen. Scott. He wsis present at 
 S.ackett's Harbor when the British raided that 
 place. After the close of the war he located in 
 Cortland County, where he lived until the winter 
 of I822-2;5; he then removed to Onondaga Count}- 
 and located at what was thcMi known as Cody's 
 Corners, later as Cicero Corners. There he bought 
 a tract of timber land, built a log house, and at 
 once commenced clearing, having quite a tract 
 cleared when lie found that the title was defective. 
 He then sold his claim for what he could get and 
 went to Rensselaer County, but from that time he 
 led rather a roving life, living a few years at a 
 time in different |)laces. He spent his Inst vears In 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 The wife of (Godfrey Sweet, Jr., and mother of 
 our subject, bore the maiden name of Loana Evans. 
 Her father, Samuel Evans, was a native of Connec- 
 ticut, whence he removed to Montgomeiy County, 
 N. Y., where in Johnstown, the daughter was born. 
 In 1817 Mr. Evans removed to Cicero, Onondaga 
 Count}', being one of its pioneers and clearing a 
 farm from the wilderness, on which he spent his 
 last years. Mrs. Godfrey Sweet eventually can)e 
 to Michigan to live with her chil.iren. and died In 
 Eaton County. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this notice was born in Truxton, Cortland County, 
 N. Y'., November 2G. 1817. When eight years of 
 age he was bound out to a farmer living in Cicero, 
 Onondaga County, with whom he remained two 
 years. He then returned to his mother's home, re- 
 maining a year, and then found employment In a 
 steam sawmill, acting ,as a foreman and I'emaining 
 there five years. He next began to learn tlic 
 cooper's trade, at which he worked two seasons, sub- 
 sequently engaging in a steam sawmill at Clay 
 Corners. There he remained until I8:J'.), when he 
 leased a half interest in a sawmill at Cicero, which 
 he ran one year, afterward working at the cooper's 
 trade one summer. Purchasing the unexpired re- 
 demption of a mill at Clayvllle, he soon afterward 
 bought the mill, which be sold two years later. In 
 the meantime the mill where he had first worked at 
 Cicero Corners was destroyed by fire, and he 
 
500 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOaRAPHlOAL ALBUM. 
 
 erected a mill on the old site. Two years later he 
 sold it to good advantage and conchuk'd to come 
 Wost to seek a location. 
 
 .Journeying by the Eiie Canal and Lake Erie to 
 Detroit, Mich., and thence by rail to Marshall, Cal 
 houn County, Mr. Sweet started on foot to explore 
 the country. He walked on to Lansing, thence to 
 Ionia, thence to Grand Rapids, and by the way of 
 Grand Haven to Battle Creek. Tlie portions of 
 tlie State wliich lie visited were mostly vvilderness, 
 and he determined to tarr}- a while longer in tlie 
 Empire State. Returning therefore to Onondnga 
 County, he bought a farm two and a half miles 
 west of Cicero Corners, but a j'ear and a half 
 later sold it, built a steam sawmill at Oak Or- 
 chard, on the Oneida River and re-embarked in his 
 former operations. In 1851 he sold the mill and 
 again came to .Michigan, first stopping at Marslialj, 
 where he left iiis family, and started out on foot 
 to seek a sp()t on winch to make his home. He [jur- 
 chased one hundred and five acres of land in Con- 
 verse Township, Ctilhoun County, twenty acres of 
 wliicli were cleared. He cleared the remainder of 
 the land, erected a good set of buildings, and later 
 bought other land until his farm included two 
 hundred and four acres. 
 
 On that estate Mr. Sweet remained until 1865, 
 when he rented it, moved into Marshall and began 
 dealing in hides, lime, i)laster, etc., remaining there 
 thus occupied four years. He then bought one 
 hundred and seventy acres of land in this county, 
 lying on section 4, Leoni Township, close to the 
 village of IMichigan Center. It was piactically un- 
 improved, but he has since erected an excellent set of 
 farm buildings and placed the land under a high state 
 of cultivation. In 1889, he sold the e.state to his 
 son-in-l.iw, E. A. Sager, retaining a small portion 
 for his own occupancy. 
 
 Tlie marriage of Mr. Sweet took place October 
 23, 1839, his bride being Miss Eveline C. Waite. 
 She was born in Canada and was but an infant 
 when her mother died and she was placed in the 
 care of her aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Cookman, of St. 
 Allians, Vt., with whom she remained until ten 
 years of age, after which she lived with various 
 parties until her marriage. Her father. Minor 
 Waite, is thought to have been born in New York, 
 
 as his father, George Waite, was a farmer in Scho- 
 harie County. Minor Waite married iNIiss Cathe- 
 rine, daughter of John Clock. He removed from 
 New York to Canada where he lived three years 
 ere returning to the States, the lastj'ears of his life 
 being spent in Bostfm. His occupation was that of 
 a horse-dealer. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. .Sweet eleven children have been 
 born, eight living, named respectively: Minor A., 
 Jasper, Charles N., Rajmond, Susan S., Emma E., 
 Mary and Martha. Eor more than fifty 3-ears the 
 parents have shared each others jojs and sorrows, 
 and rejoiced together in the pros|)erity that has at- 
 tended their own efforts and the section in which 
 they live, and together endeavored to faithfully 
 discharge their duties as parents, neighbors and 
 citizens. They have gained the respect of those 
 about them, and it is to be hoped that they have 
 man3\years of peace and usefulness yet l)efore them, 
 a hope that is the more probable of fulfillment as 
 both enjo3' very good health. The names of their 
 three deceased children are William E., who en- 
 listed in the Sixth Michigan Infantry and died while 
 in the service, aged twenty-two 3'ears; Homer and 
 George E. died wdien four and a half and two and 
 a half years old. 
 
 W EWIS ATWELL. In noting the pioneer 
 I (?§) settlers of this county the name of Mr. At- 
 /l^^ well should by no means be omitted from 
 the list. He makes his headquarters at a snug 
 farm on section 22, Sandstone Township, this com- 
 prising a well-tilled tract of land which he trans- 
 formed from its primitive condition to its present 
 fertile acres. He was born in Orleans County, N. Y., 
 March 28, 1831. and at a verj- earlj' age was de- 
 prived of a father's care, that parent dying in the 
 Empire State. Lewis, in 1835, accompanied his 
 mother to Michigan Territory and they located 
 first in Washtenaw County where they resided sev- 
 eral 3'ears. Thence they removed to Ingham 
 County where our subject developed into man 
 hood and obtained such education as was afforded 
 by the ccimmon school. He commenced working 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 503 
 
 out wluMi a lai] of twelve years and thus foiiiKil 
 tliosc liahits of iiulustry and self-dependence which 
 have done him such good service in his later years. 
 After bciiijj' cm|)loyed a number of years as a farm 
 laborer, he secured a team and commenced breaking 
 land and later ran a lliresliin!;' machine, thus ob- 
 taininsi a little er.pital vvitii wiiich he might secure 
 a farm of his own. 
 
 One of the most important events in the life of 
 our subject took place on the 11th of May, 1870, 
 when he was joined in wedloi-k to Mrs. Almiri J. 
 (Eastman) Groat. This lady was born .luly 9, 
 18;34, in Genesee County, N. Y., and is a daughter 
 of Ainos and Cynthia (McNilt) Eastman, who were 
 natives of New England and the mother born in 
 New Hampshire. Her grandfather, Amos McNilt. 
 did good service for the Colonists in the Revolu- 
 tionary War. Of the marriage of JNIiss Eastman 
 witli Isaac Groat there w:\s born one son, Sherman, 
 who is now in Wisconsin. 
 
 In IS67 Mr. Atwell came to this county' and set- 
 tled on his present farm, this comprising eighty 
 acres of choice lai)d under a good state of cultiva- 
 tion. He had vei-y little assistance financiali\'. at 
 the start and presents the example of the self-made 
 man who has arisen stt'p li\' stei) to a good [losition 
 among his fellow-citizens by whom he is hekl in 
 unqualified respect. Politically .Mr. Atwell is in- 
 dependent, giving his sup[)ort to those whom he 
 considers the most responsible men, irrespective of 
 party. He keeps himself posted ujion events of 
 general interest, is a friend of the workingman and 
 a member of the Patrons of Industry. 
 
 H. DkLAMATEU. Within 
 J, ;)) the bounds of Jackson (Jounty, or indeed of 
 
 the entire State, no better representative of 
 '^) honest, upright manhood can be found than 
 the above-named gentleman, who has been for 
 man}' years identilied with the work of the county, 
 and especially of Columbia Township, in which his ' 
 home is located. His line farm comprises two i 
 liun<lred .acres on ihe shores of Claf-k's Lake, and is 
 known as '-Forrest Home." It bears substantial 
 buildings, and is a home which any man may well j 
 
 lie rnntcnti'd with owning. lA eu a casual ob- 
 server would recognize it as the abode of people of 
 intelligence and good taste, as well as of assured 
 financial standing; for everything about it indi- 
 cates the qualities that make a dwelling-place a 
 home indeed. 
 
 The DeLamater family is of ancient French 
 origin. During the suprem.acy of the papal power 
 in France they removed to Holland, where they 
 sojourned for a brief period. But the New \\'orld 
 offered them a wished-for opportunity to worship 
 God according to the dictates of their conscience, 
 and they therefore sought its friendly shores. The 
 first settlement in this country was made in 1652, 
 by one Claude DeLamater, who located on Long 
 Island. Subsequently he settled in Harlem. N. Y.; 
 later his descendants settliMl in Ulster Couiitv, and 
 finally spread throuijhont the entire State, being 
 usually pioneers in making settlements. Wherever 
 we find them they liavc Ijeen closely identified with 
 the successful classes and the leading elements of 
 their localities, as mechanics, farmers and business 
 men, while as educators, professional men and 
 public oflicials, they have also held a high rank. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject was Isaac De- 
 Lamater, who w!is born in Amenia. Dutchess 
 County, N. Y. At the age of eighteen years he 
 entered a store to learn the mercantile business, in 
 which he subsequently embarked at the place of 
 his birth. In 1776 he enlisted in the Colonial 
 Army, serving as Commissary for several years. 
 In 17!U, he settled in Schenectady C'ount}', but 
 selling his farm there in 1801, removed to Pompe^', 
 Onondaga Count}', where he purchased a large 
 farm in 1803. This he carried on in connection 
 with the mercantile business, being connected with 
 his son John, who had opened a large store there 
 in 1802. Together they did a flourishing business. 
 Isaac DeLamater lia<l married in his native county 
 Miss Hannah Barlow, a member of the Presbyte- 
 terian Church, while he w.as of the Universalist 
 faith. Both were well-known and highly respected, 
 and obtained a position of prominence in the 
 community where they made their home. He died 
 in 1833, at Pompcy, Onondaga County, while bis 
 wife came to Michigan and lived with her children 
 until her death, April 17, 1845. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 John DeLaraater, the father of our subject, was 
 a leading farmer and merchant of Onondaga 
 County, in 1800. He was the first to commence 
 mercantile business in the place now called Fayelte- 
 ville. In 1802 he moved to Pompey, where the 
 years of his active career were spent. He moved 
 in the winter of 1 828, to Sullivan, Madison County, 
 wliere lie had a large farm of four hundred acres, 
 and where he died, the 28th of December, 1828, in 
 the fifty-second year of his age. He possessed un- 
 bounded energy, a character of strict iutegrity, 
 and was loved and respected by all who knew him. 
 Like his father, he was one of the Universalist 
 faith, although the DeLamater family were of the 
 Huguenot school for generations prior to their 
 time. His wife, whose maiden name was Zoa 
 Eaton, bore him a large familj'. She belonged to 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a con- 
 sistent member of that denomination, endeavor- 
 ing to instill into the minds of her children the 
 principles of right living, and rear them to useful 
 manhood and womanhood. She survived her hus- 
 band some years, dying at an advanced age in 
 Onondaga County, where she had spent her entire 
 life. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this biographical compendium was the recipient of 
 excellent advantages during his boyhood and youlh, 
 his home training being supplemented by a good 
 practical education and a knowledge of civil engi- 
 neering, which enabled him to survey land while 
 he was yet a youth. When he was eighteen j-ears 
 of age his father was removed by death, and for a 
 year he looked after the affairs of the farm, after 
 which he liegan life on his own account. He was 
 about twenty-three years old when, in the month 
 of April, 1834, he set out for Michigan in company 
 with Edward DeLamater, Samuel T. Marsh and 
 Anson H. Taylor. They crossed the lake from 
 15\ifl:alo to Detroit, arriving on the last day of the 
 month, and on May 1st set out on foot for the un- 
 broken regions be3ond. Passing over a country 
 which was very sparsely settled, and had scarcely a 
 road through it, they pushed on to Clark's Lake, 
 partly with a view of investigating a mill site at 
 what is now known as Jefferson, at the foot of that 
 bodv of water. Seeing the lieautiful land on the 
 
 southern border of the lake, across the placid 
 sheet of water, Mr. DeLamater remarked that there 
 he was going to make his home. 
 
 At once selecting four hundred acres of land, 
 ^Ir. DeLamater walked to Monroe to enter his 
 claim at the land-offlce, after which he returned to 
 the land, erected a log house, broke some of the 
 virgin soil and sowed some grain. In July he re- 
 turned to Detroit on foot, and thence to his home 
 in Madison County, N. Y. After a few weeks' 
 sojourn there, he brought his wife to the AVest, 
 and they began life in their new home with an ear- 
 nest will and a determination to succeed in their 
 efforts to improve it, and bear a hand in the up- 
 building of the frontier region to which they had 
 come. Mr. DeLamater became one of the most 
 successful agriculturists in the town, being ably 
 seconded in his otforls by his noble-hearted com- 
 panion as long as she was spared to him, and bj' 
 his second wife, who stood by his side during many 
 years of mingled trials and succefses. 
 
 For some time after his arrival in this count}-, 
 Mr. DeLamater was engaged in surveying, laying 
 out most of the highways and many of the farms 
 of his county. In 1813 he was sent to the State 
 Legislature, having been elected on the Democratic 
 ticket. His first vote was cast for Andrew Jackson 
 in 1832, and he has since been a stanch Democrat. 
 When Columbia Township was organized he became 
 its first Supervisor, and served in that capacity 
 thirteen 3'ears. He has been a Director of the 
 Jackson Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company, and 
 President of the Jackson County Pioneer Society. 
 Although now seventy-nine years of age, his mental 
 powers are unimpaired, his memory as clear as that 
 of a boy, and he is yet capable of an active interest 
 in the affairs of the section. He has ever mani- 
 fested a high degree of public spirit, h.as interested 
 himstlf in every movement which would tend to 
 advance the interests of his county and State, and 
 can look back with a just pride over his past 
 record both as a public official and a private citi- 
 zen, and hopefully forward to wielding an influence 
 for good so long as life is spared him. 
 
 Mr. DeLamater was first married in Madison 
 County, N. Y., to Miss Anna Alida Adams, who 
 was born in Trov, and grew to womanhood in the 
 
I'OliTRAIT AM) lUorJKAlMIICAI, ALBUM. 
 
 .-.no 
 
 i-ouiily wlicrc sill' \v:is iii;iiiiccl. She dicil :it licr 
 lioine ill Mic'liiijan in 1840, heiiiii' yet in liie prime 
 of life. Slie Inul lieen a member of tlie Methodist. 
 Episcopal C'liiiifh. but at tlie lime of her ileath \>as 
 a liberal Christian. 
 
 'The second niarriaj^e of our subject was con- 
 tracted in 1842, in Steuben County, N. V. His 
 companion on this interesting occasion was Miss 
 Lvdia Ami I'armenter, who was born and reared in 
 that county', of which her father, David rarmenter. 
 was an old settler. She was a faithful and lovin;.;- 
 compaiiidu. a Kind neighbor, and was highly res- 
 pected by the entire citizenship of the count}'. 
 Her religions belief was that expressed by the 
 Universalist CImrcli. Slic died at her home in 
 this county, in Octolier, D^MIl. ln'ing tiien sixtj'-six 
 years of age. 
 
 The third matrimonial alliance of Mr. DeLaniater 
 w'as eelel)rated in Columliia Township, this county, 
 his bride being Mrs. Hannah I'ierce, )we Wait, one 
 of those noI)le women whose inlluence is felt 
 throughout a communit)', and who are looked upon 
 as models of womanly virtues. She is a daughter 
 of William W. and Polly A. (rarmenter) Wait, 
 who were numbered among the prominent and 
 well-to-do citizens of Steuben County, X. Y.. wheie 
 they spent all their active lives. Mr. Wait was a 
 prominent business man of that county, and w.as 
 regarded as one of the most honorable, upright 
 and useful of the citizens of Cohocton. Both he 
 and his wife died in middle age. Their daughter, 
 now the wife of our subject, was reared in Cohocton, 
 and there married Harvey Pierce, of the same 
 county, with whom she came to Michigan in 18G2. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Pierce settled in Columbia Town- 
 ship, this countj-, where they not only acquired a 
 comfortable fortune, but soon gained a position of 
 prominence among the better class of citizens. 
 Mr. Pierce died in 1876, at the age of forty -one 
 years, leaving a record for tiirift and energ}' in his 
 chosen vocation and in his duties as a citizen; as a 
 kind husband and parent his memorv will ever be 
 held in loving remcmbiance by ids family. He 
 left six children, all yet living — William W. is now 
 engaged in teaching in Manistee County: .Vddie 
 A. is the wife of William Randall, a farmer of this 
 township: May K. married Brayton S. Wright, 
 
 and they l■^■^ide on a farm in Ouiidy County, Xeti.; 
 Jerry W. married Carry .^I. Wright, and is now 
 living on and operating the Pierce estate; Frank 
 and (iiettie L. are at home. .Vfter the death of 
 her husband she continued to manage the farm, 
 assisted by ber children, until her marriage. She 
 was often forced to go into the Held, and under her 
 able supervision the land yielded a bountiful 
 snpi)ly of the various grains and proved to Ije re- 
 munerative. It consisted of three hundred and 
 twenty acres, and she superintended it for thiiteen 
 3'ears. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. DeLaniater are liberal and intelli- 
 gent thinkers, actively interested in all matters of 
 local importance, both (A a social and public na- 
 ture, aiKl wield a decided influence througlujut the 
 commuiuty, and even beyond the vicinity of Iheii' 
 home. 
 
 In connection with this biogra[)liical sketch, a 
 portrait of Mr. DeLamater is presented to the 
 readers of the Album. 
 
 6ARL (). JOHNSON. A compendium of 
 biographical sketches of Jackson County 
 citizens would be incomplete without an out- 
 line of the life of the above named gentleman, who, 
 allhougii quite young, has already- gained an ex- 
 cellent re|iutation in the line arts in Jackson and 
 vicinity, lie is now, in company vviih his sister, 
 ^liss Nettie Joiinson, carrying on a photograph 
 gallery on East Main Street which he purchased in 
 December, 1889, while continuing his work in oil 
 painting. 
 
 The father of him of whom we write was John 
 Johnson, who was born in a village twenty miles 
 from Christiana, Norwa}-, where be learned the 
 trade of a m.achinist and followed the same until 
 18/2. He then emigrateil to America, locating in 
 Manchester, N. IL. where he remained three years 
 employed at his trade and whence be came to Jack- 
 son to accejit a position with tiie Jlichigan Central 
 Kailro,ad Company, in whose employ he remained 
 until sickness compelled him to resign. He was a 
 most skillful mechanic and his services were highly 
 
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 valued by his employers, while his personal 
 character was such as to entitle him to the respect 
 of iiis assoctiates. He was boiiie to liis grave on 
 October 7, 18S9, leaving a wirlow and two children 
 to mourn his loss. 
 
 Carl O. Johnson opened his eyes to tiie light in 
 Christiana, Norway, April 12, 1864, and was 
 therefore a lad of eight 3'cars when he came to 
 Amei'ica. Totally unacquainted witli the English 
 language on his arrival, in six weeks time he had 
 so far mastered it as to be able to understand and 
 quite readily, what vvas said 1)3' those about him 
 and in two montlis he was able to taiic his place in 
 the cit}- schools of Manchester. There lie pursued 
 his studies until the removal of his family to 
 INIichigan, when he continued his acquirement of 
 knowledge in the schools in this city. 
 
 At an early age young Johnson showed a 
 marked talent for artistic work and when fourteen 
 years old began his lessons with A. O. Revenaugh 
 in ink and w.ater colors, remaining under his tuition 
 ten years. He then ojjened an office making a 
 specialty of oil paintings in figures and |)ortraits, 
 and manifesting an nnusual degree of skill, leading 
 his friends to a contident hojie that ere manj' j-ears 
 lie will liave a wide reputation as an artist. 
 
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 ^' AMES N. TOOLE, junior memlier of the firm 
 of Gilson (fe Toole, dealers in boots and 
 shoes at Jackson, is one of the \'ounger 
 enterprising business men of the city, and 
 )jy his strict attention to his calling and his 
 courteous treatment of those with whom he has 
 dealings, has gained a large and lucrative trade. 
 He endeavors in ever_y possible way to advance the 
 interests of Jackson and has contributed not a little 
 to its present prosperity. Of Irish descent he in- 
 herits the substantial qualities of a long line of 
 worthy ancestors, and his genial manners and 
 sturdy inlegritj' have endeared him to a large cir- 
 cle of acquaintances. 
 
 The native place of our subject was Rennselaer 
 County, N. Y., and the date of his birth March G, 
 
 1846. His parents, Mark and Rosanna (Cosgrove) 
 Toole, were natives of the Emerald Isle, and emi- 
 grated to America early in life, and there were 
 reared and married. After their marriage they 
 settled on a farm, and became the parents of seven 
 children, of whom six arc now living. James N. 
 was next to the oldest in the family, and when a 
 boy Of eight 3'ears came with his parents to 
 Michigan, the3' locating on a farm near Three 
 Rivers in St. Joseph County. The early educa- 
 tion of our subject was obtained in the schools of 
 his district, and his studies were completed in the 
 High School at Three Rivers. He w.as thus jire- 
 pared for the active duties of life by a good edu- 
 cation, which subsecjuent reading enlatrged. 
 
 I'nlil he became of age our subject remained 
 under the parental roof, and assisted his father in 
 the development of the farm. Desirous then of 
 embarking in business for himself, he learned the 
 trade of carpentering, which occupied his mind and 
 hands until his removal to Three Rivers five j-ears 
 afterward. At that time he entered upon a long 
 and honorable career as an employe of the 
 Michigan Central Railroad, in the building de- 
 partment of which he remained for a ))eriod of 
 eighteen years, being for four 3'eais of that time 
 forem.an and much of the time a draftsman. Possess- 
 ing considerable inventive genius, he perfected a 
 danger signal which proved of great service and is 
 now in use upon many railroads in this part of the 
 count3'. 
 
 In June, 1887, Mr. Toole changing his occupa- 
 tion somewhat and deciding to invest his capital in 
 business, formed a partnership with John I>. (iilson 
 and securing a stock of boots and shoes they 
 established themselves in business at No. 104 West 
 Main Street. Mr. Gilson is a practical shoe man, 
 having had an experience of twent3'-four years in 
 connection therewith. The firm occupies a store- 
 room. 18x100 feet in dimensions, which is liter- 
 allv filled with articles in their line of trade and for 
 which there is a constant demand. The}' have 
 made for themselves a permanent place among the 
 solid business firms of the cit}'. 
 
 A very important event in the life of Mr. Toole 
 was his marriage, which was solemnized in August, 
 1875, with Miss Venule Mulvahill of Ontario, 
 
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 C;ui;iil;i. Mv». Toole w:is boni in lliat city and is 
 llic (lauijlitt'r of Thomas ami Sarah (Toiwilliger) 
 Mulvahill who were natives of Oranjje County, N. 
 V. Theie have been l)oiii of this union three 
 children, namely. X'incenl. Mary '1'.. ami .loseph \V. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Toule are consistent inemlnns of St. 
 Mary's Catholic Church and Mr. roolo lielongs to 
 the Catholic Mutual I'.enefit Association. Their 
 residence is pleasantly located at No. 402 Page 
 Avenue and their friends conipri.se the rclined and 
 cultured element of the city. Surrounded by all 
 of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life, 
 their home is a happy one. In the business circles 
 of Jackson Mr. Toole is highly respected for his 
 straightforward hor.esty of purpose and upright- 
 nes of character. 
 
 AIILON H. RAYMOND. M. D. This pop- 
 ular physician of Grass Lake, stands high 
 socially and professionallj', ha« one of the 
 finest homes in the town and is in the en- 
 joyment of the esteem and confidence of hosts of 
 friends. A man in the prime of life, he was born 
 June li), 1836, and is a native of Michigan, his 
 birthplace being in Sharon, Washtenaw County. 
 
 Dr. Raj-mond traces his genealogy back to three 
 brothers who left France during the Revolution 
 and crossing the Atlantic, settled in New York State 
 prior to the cominencement of the struggle which 
 resulted in the independence of the colonies. The 
 name was originally spelled Raymong and w.as 
 Americanized after the settlement of the family in 
 this countr}'. 
 
 The subject of this notice is the son of Cyrus and 
 Lorena (Dickinson) Raymond, natives of New 
 York State, the father born in Yates County and 
 the mother born in Steuben County. Tlie latter 
 died in Washtenaw County, this .State, in October, 
 18813. She was the daughter of Ainos Dickinson, 
 likewise a native of New York and of English de- 
 scent. Cyrus R.aymond early in life worked as a 
 general mechanic, but in IS.'it; came to Michigan 
 Territory and taking up land in Washtenaw County, 
 turned his attention to farming. The paternal 
 
 g'ramifathcr. David Raymond, also a native of New 
 York .State came to .Michigan in llS.'3o, and died in 
 AVashtenaw County, about June 28. 1858, at the 
 advanced age of ninety years, seven months and 
 ten days. He was the son of Samuel Raymond, like- 
 wise a native of New York and who served as Cap- 
 tain of a companj- in the Revolutionary War; he 
 died in 1821, in Benton, Yates County, N. Y. The 
 jjarental liousehold included live children, namely: 
 Alclvin JI., who died wlien three yeais old; Mahlon 
 II., our subject; Melvin I).; Harriet E. and Mor- 
 ton L. 
 
 Young Raymond remained on the farm with his 
 parents in Washtenaw County during his younger 
 years, attending the common school and assisting 
 in the labors around the homestead. He w,is studi- 
 ouslj' inclined, however, from a youth and entered 
 Albion College in due time, but began teaching 
 before completing his education. In the meantime 
 he employed his leisure hours in the reading of 
 niedicine and finally entered the medical de|)art- 
 ment of the Michigan State University from which 
 he was graduated in the spring of 185!l. Locating 
 then in (irass Lake, he entered upon the pros|)erous 
 and successful career of thirty yer.rs which has won 
 him both property and popularity. 
 
 Dr. Raymond watched the progress of the Civil 
 War until September, 1862, and then joined the 
 army as Assistant Surgeon with the Twenty -sixth 
 Michigan Infantry'. In April following he was 
 commissioned surgeon of the same regiment in 
 which capacity he acted until the close of the war, 
 receiving an honorable discharge and being mus- 
 tered out at Jackson June 4, 1865. Returning then 
 to Grass Lake he resumed his regular practice 
 which he has followed almost uninterruptedly to 
 the present time. He belongs to l)olh the Jackson 
 and Washtenaw County Medical Associations. He 
 has wisely invested his capital in real estate, being 
 the owner of a fine farm, two hundred and sixty 
 acres in extent and comprising a portion of sections 
 G and ."Ui, Grass Lake Tt)wnshi|). This land is 
 regularly cultivated and is the source of a li;ind- 
 some income. 
 
 Without neglecting his profession. Dr. Raymond 
 has still foun<l tiiiie to interest himself in the imblic 
 and political affairs of his county, and after filling 
 
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 other positions of trust and responsibility, was 
 brought forward Uy Hie Republican party as their 
 candidate for tlie State Legislature. He was duly 
 elected in 1S78, and served with credit to himself 
 and satisfaction to ids constituents. He has been 
 Ficsidcnt of the Grass Lalce Village Board for live 
 years and for twenty-two years has been connected 
 with tiie Board of Education. His religious views 
 harmonize with the doctrines of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Cliurch of which he is a iirominent and 
 contributing member. He is a Royal Arch Mason 
 and a warm defender of the principles of the fra- 
 ternity. 
 
 For a period of tliirty-one years there has pre- 
 sided over the pleasant home of Dr. Ra3-mond. 
 one of the most estimable of ladies, who bore the 
 maiden name of Jennie E. Gould and to whom he 
 ■was wedded at her home in Yjjsilanti, April 6, 
 1850. The sole daughter and chilfl of their house 
 and home is Nina L.. who was born May 18, 1860, 
 and is now the wife of K. A. Croman of Grass Lake. 
 The family residence is located in the east part of 
 town and it is hardly necessary to add that it is a 
 frequent resort of the refined and cultured [leople 
 of Urass Lake Township. Dr. Raymond is a man 
 whose name will e'ver lie held in kindly remem- 
 brance as one who has contributed his full quota to 
 the growth and advancement of his town and who 
 lias reflected credit upon the medical profession of 
 this count}'. 
 
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 TL. O^'- MOSES A. McNAUGHTON. It is 
 Y universally conceded that the city of J.ack- 
 son is largely indebted to the subject of 
 _ this sketch for its almost phenomenal growth 
 and prosperity. Its mercantile and railroad inter- 
 ests received an impetus from his energy and en- 
 terprise, while its moral and educational welfare 
 was never overlooked by him for a single moment. 
 Coming to the young State as early as the spring 
 of 1841, he devoted himself to the profession of 
 medicine for about ten years and then engaged in 
 the purchase and sale of real estate, dealing mostly 
 in the city and its immediate vicinity. 
 
 A large number of people who came to this 
 
 county during its pioneer daj's poor in purse and 
 with little of tliis world's goods, remember Dr. 
 McNaughton as one of their early benefactors. 
 Tlirongti his assistance they obtained laud and 
 established homes paying for them gradually at a 
 low rate of interest. His sympathies have always 
 been with the poor and laboring classes and he 
 always maintained that no matter how poora family 
 were, they were never anj' the worse for having a 
 home of their own. He purchased large tracts of 
 land and made various additions to the city, also 
 put up business blocks, and finally a private resi- 
 dence, wliieli in point of beauty of design and loca- 
 tion constitutes one of the finest homes in the 
 whole Northwest. 
 
 Dr. McNaughton during the early days was also 
 largely interested in the railroads centering at 
 Jackson and it was greatly through his instrumen- 
 tality that they were gotten under way and sueces.s- 
 fully completed. The roads with which his name 
 has been the mo.'^t intimately associated are the 
 Jackson Branch of the Michigan Southern coming 
 from the main line near Adrian, up to this point; 
 Grand River Valley, extending to Grand Ra[)ids 
 and beyond; and the Blichigan Air Line now leased 
 by the Michigan Central. Daring the time of the 
 projection of some of these roads Dr. IMcNaiigton 
 as a member of the State Senate, was untiring in 
 his exertions to effect that which he considered, 
 and which proved to be, for the best interests of 
 the tax-payers and the peoiile. He and his com- 
 peers, as is usual in such enterprises, met with op- 
 position in some quarters, but they were men of 
 resolute will and finally accomplished their purpose, 
 receiving the thanks and congratulations of a grate- 
 ful community. 
 
 He with whose name we introduce this biograph- 
 ical outline comes of substantial Scotch ancestry 
 and was born in Argyle, Washington County ,N.Y., 
 January 4, 1813. His father, Robert McNaughton, 
 a native of the same county, was born September 
 14, 17G7. Tlie paternal grandfather, John McNaugh- 
 ton, was born, it is believed in Argyleshire, Scot- 
 land, whence he was taken to County Antrim, 
 Ireland, by his parents when quite young and was 
 there reared to man's estate and married. In com- 
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 ;il)()Ml ITflO.'uiiI located among Uk' vvilils of Wash- 
 iiii;t()ii ('(iiiiily. N. Y., near wliat w:is aftcrwaid 
 till' llomisliing town of GrciMiwifli, piircliasing a 
 tract of land and engaging in agriculture until his 
 dcatli. 
 
 Robert IMcNaught'>n spent the years of his 
 boylKHxl and youth in his native county and was 
 there married, about I 71)(t to Miss Isabella Watson. 
 Afterward he purchased a tract of timber land in 
 Argyle Township where he established a home and 
 dealing a farm resideil there until his children 
 were grown. He then went to live with his son, 
 Thomas, in Saratoga County, where his death took 
 place in 1845. His wife, Isabella, spent her last 
 j-ears in Michigan with her son, the Doctor. She 
 w,as born in Washington County. N. Y., February' 
 12, 1768, and like her husband, w.as of Scotch de- 
 scent. After bis death she came to Michigan and 
 spent her last days with her son, Moses A., passing 
 awaj' August 21, 185i). There had been born to 
 this worthy pair a family of ten children, nine of 
 whom were reared to ?'Qature years: they were 
 named respectively, John, INIary. Thomas, Edward, 
 Alexander. .Joseph, Margaret, Jane, Ellen, and 
 Moses A. The deceased child died in infancy. 
 The nine all lived to mature years, were married 
 and reared families. 
 
 Moses Archibald McXaughton attended the dis- 
 trict school in his boyhood days, mostly during 
 the winter season and in summer assisted his father 
 on the farm until a youth of fifteen years. Then 
 starting out for himself he repaired to Allegany 
 County, M. Y., where he sojourned one summer 
 with a brother and the following winter taught a 
 district school. For six years following he ofHciated 
 as a pedagogue and studied alternately, spending a 
 part of the lime in Wyoming Academy, and he was 
 a student two years at I'niou College, Schenectady. 
 In the meantime he utilized his spare moments in 
 the study of medicine and linally attended three 
 courses of lectures at Fairliehl and was giaduated 
 with the degree of M. D.. in January, 1840. 
 
 Dr. McNaughton commenced the |)raetice of his 
 profession in his native county, reni.'iining there 
 until isli. That year he came to Michigan and 
 opened an office in the young city of .lackson, there 
 being at the time four other physicians in the 
 
 place. None of the four are here now. After 
 twelve j'cars of continuous i)ractice Dr. McNaugli- 
 ton became interested in real estate to which he has 
 since given much of his attentirin. He has wit- 
 nessed the growth and development of his adopted 
 city with unalloyed satisfaction and may justly 
 feel that no man has contributed in a greater degree 
 to her prosperity. He first settled among a popu- 
 lation of one thousand five hundred and the city 
 now numbers thirty thousand souls. In the mean- 
 time the surrounding country, which was then 
 largely a wilderness, has been transformed into 
 fertile fields and beautiful homesteads, the results 
 of the industry and perseverance of an intelligent 
 and thrifty people. During those early days 
 hunting formed one fif the chief pastimes of Dr. 
 McNaughton. deer, wild turkeys and other game 
 being plentifvd. while bears and wolves often 
 frightened and annoyed the settlers and the Doctor 
 has shot many a deer within the present limits of 
 the city of J.<ickson. 
 
 The marriage of Dr. ]\Ioses A. McNaughton and 
 Miss Sarah Orcutt was celebrated at the bride's 
 home in Wyoming, Genesee County, N. Y., July 
 1, 183."). This lady was born in Rutland, Vt., 
 September 12. 18)2, and departed this life at her 
 home in IMedina. Orleans County. N. Y., June 25, 
 1836, the year following her marriage after becon)- 
 ing the mother of twin boys — Moses and Hugh — 
 who were born April 6, 1836. The first men- 
 tioned died in infancv. Hugh married Miss 
 Martha G. Pierce and died at his home in Jackson, 
 November 1, 187G. His wife died September 28, 
 1875. They were the parents of four children, 
 namely: S. Frances, John, Susan and Frederick. 
 
 Dr. McNaughton contracted a second marriage 
 April 6, 1848. with Miss Mary R. Turner. Mrs. 
 Mary McNaughton was born August 30, 1818, in 
 Pittsfield, Mass., and was the daughter of Bela and 
 Mary li. (Nash) Turner. She died in April. 1887, 
 at the family residen( e in Jackson. Of this union 
 there were born four children, the eldest of whom, 
 a son. Charles, died Sei)tember 10. 186!). at the age 
 of twenty 3'ears. Mary Isabella is the wife of 
 James W. Blakeley and has two children — Archi- 
 liald. named after his grandfather, and Charlotte. 
 Robert T. married Miss Lizzie Poller and has four 
 
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 children — Erlith, Rath, Mary and Helen. Au-hi- 
 bald W. married Miss Cora Stringham. March li^, 
 1890. Tiiey reside at Tacoma, Wash. 
 
 A standi Republican, politically. Dr. McNaugh- 
 ton, although mixing little with politics, keeps 
 himself thorouglily posted upon tlie leading events 
 of liie day and is able to express himself intelli- 
 gently upon most any subject which can be intro- 
 duced. He at one time represented his AVard in 
 the City Council, and served as Mayor one term. 
 His religious views coincide with tlie doctrines of 
 the Congregational Church, of whicli he is a promi- 
 nent member and to the support of wliicli he con- 
 tributes lilierally. 
 
 From Argyleshire, Scotland, in the western section 
 of the Highlands came tiie Watsons from whom 
 tlie motlier of Dr. McNaughton dcsceiuled, the 
 JNIcNeals, the MacDougalls and tlie iNLacDonnells, 
 with many of whom the jMcNanghtons were con- 
 nected by intermarriage. The name was generally 
 written Macnaghten and in Hill's work, entitled, 
 '" The jSlac Donnells of Antrim," aiipears a sketch 
 of the family from which we learii that " the Mac- 
 naghtens are descended from Fcrclmi' Fada, one 
 of the early Dalriadic Kings of Scotland. 
 
 " Several leading families of clans owned estates 
 in (ilenarchy and on the shores of Loch Arve in 
 Argyleshire and were zealous adherents of Robert 
 Bruce during the struggle for Scottish inde- 
 pendence. 
 
 " In 1343. King David 11. granted Alexander 
 Macnaghten all the lands which liad lielonged to 
 his deceased father, John, his giaiulfather, Duncan 
 and his great-grandfather, Alexander. 
 
 "Between the years 1390 and 1406 David III. 
 confirmed to Maurice Macnagiiten a grant of ex- 
 tensive lands on the shores of Loch Arve. 
 
 •■ On a small island, or rather peninsula at the 
 northern extremity of this beautiful loch, stands 
 the ruins of their ancient fortress or castle, called 
 Froach Elan, the keeping of which was granted to 
 Gillechrist Macnaghten in 1267, on the condition 
 that he or his heirs would keep it in good order 
 and well furnished for the reception of the King as 
 often as the latter might be pleased to visit it. 
 
 '• The first of the Macnagten family to settle on 
 the Antrim coast was John, surnamed Dim. or 
 
 'dark haired,' a nephew of Sorley Mac Donnell. 
 
 " This John Macnaghten became principal Lieu- 
 tenant to his cousin, the first Karl of Antrim and 
 his place of residence was at Ballymagary in the 
 vicinity of Dunluce Castle. He died in 1630 and 
 was buried near the entrance to the Antrim vault 
 in Bunnamairgo, where the following inscription in 
 Roman capitals on a slab of red freestone is still 
 legilile: 
 
 '"Heir lyetli the Bodie of John Macnaghten, 
 first Secretarie to the first Earle of Antrim, who 
 departed this Life in the yeare of our Lord God, 
 1630.' 
 
 " The Antrim branch of the Macnaghtens re- 
 maining in Ireland has worthily sustained the 
 ancient family name and is now re|)resented by Sir 
 Kdmiind Wortman JIacnaghlen. IJaronet of Dun- 
 darasie." 
 
 HARLES B. COLWELL is of the firm of 
 Colwell Bros., manufacturing druggists and 
 pharmacists and wholesale and retail dealers 
 in druggists' merchandise. No. 211 East Main 
 Street, Jackson. The Colwell family is of English 
 descent, the ancestors of the line in America having 
 emigrated from England in 1653, during the troub- 
 les betw'cen Cromwell's adherents and those of the 
 kings. They were dissenters from the Church of 
 England and ujjon reaching America joined Roger 
 Williams, forming a part of his colony in Rhode 
 Island. In Providence, of that .State, Joseph Col- 
 well, father of our subject, was born February 11, 
 1771. After reaching man's estate he married 
 Miss Laura, daughter of Daniel .Smith, who was 
 born in Connecticut in 1781. To them were born 
 ten children, of whom the subject of this sketch is 
 the ninth. 
 
 Dr. Colwell opened his eyes to the light in Ham- 
 ilton, Madison County, N. Y., June 14, 1823. 
 His earlj' boyhood and school days were passed in 
 Hamilton, his higher studies being pursued in a 
 select school there under Prof. Morse. He then 
 entered the office of an older brother who was a 
 physician and druggist, remaining with him in the 
 capacity of clerk for seyeval years. He w;i% mar- 
 
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 vm\ at Oswego, N. Y., IMarch 30, 1847, to Miss 
 A. K. Rtiggles, flauglitcr of A. Hiiggles, Esq. They 
 liave two sons, viz: Prof. Cliarles N. Col well and 
 Frederick M. Mrs. ColwcU died .September 10, i;:*61. 
 In 18.) 1 he engaged in the drug business on Lis own 
 jiccount in Oswego, N. Y., and Later, in 18.5;), he 
 engaged in the same business in Madison, Wis., 
 where he continued three years, next removing to 
 Janesville, Wis., whei'o he roniaincd similarly en- 
 g.'iged until 1871. 
 
 We next find Dr. Colwoll at Marshall, Mich.. 
 still continuing the drug business, but removing 
 from that city to Jackson in 1873. For forty-nine 
 years lie has been eng.'iged in the drug trade, now 
 having associated with him his son, Frederick M. 
 They carry a good stock of drugs and medicines, 
 and manufacture several proprietary remedies 
 among them being the noted Magic Egyptian Oil, 
 which is sold to the jobbing trade generally. Dr. 
 Colwell is a member of the Jackson County Phar- 
 m.aceutical Association of which he is President, 
 and he also belongs to the ISIichigan .State Pharma- 
 cuetical Association. In [jolitics he is a stanch 
 Republican. 
 
 By intermarriage Dr. Colwell is a lineal descend- 
 ant of Roger Williams, the first governor and 
 t'liunder of Rhode Island. Through the same lilood 
 he is descended from Mr. Brown, the founder of 
 Brown I'niversitj', Providence, R. I., and also from 
 the Harris family, who were noted in the early 
 history of that State. 
 
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 Y]0HN M. HARTUNO. There came to Michi- 
 gan during its early settlement men from 
 all parts of the Eastern as well .as the mid- 
 dle States, intent upon bettering their finan- 
 cial condition. Appearances would indicate that 
 the majority of them made the e.\|»erinient a suc- 
 cess, as we find them generally situated in com- 
 fortable homes, and with a com|)etence for their 
 declining years. The subject of this notice may 
 lie classed among this number, and occupies a good 
 farm on section 30. Sandstone Township, where by 
 his cneig}' and industry he h;is reared for himself 
 
 a lasting monument. Personall3-, he is a represen- 
 tative citizen of a community more than ordinarily 
 intelligent, and pursues the even tenor of his way 
 peaceably and law-abiding, thus giving his encour- 
 agement to the social and moral welfare of those 
 around him. 
 
 A native of Warren County, N. J., our subject 
 was born August 6, 1837, and is the son of Will- 
 iam and Caroline (Gwinnup) Hartung; the father a 
 native of New Jersey and the mother of New York 
 City. It is supposed that the Hartung family 
 originated in Germany, and the mother was prob- 
 ably of Holland ancestry. John M. was reared to 
 manhood in his native county, becoming familiar 
 with the various employments of farm life, and ac- 
 quiring a practical education in the common 
 schools. He started out for himself when alionl 
 twenty years of age, emigrating in 18.57 to this 
 Slate, in company with his brother Luther, and 
 joining their parents who had settled in Oakland 
 County the year previous. Mr. Hartung followed 
 farming there about two years, then'changed the 
 scene of his operations to Calhoun County, of 
 which he was a resi'lent several years. In that 
 county ho was married. November 5, 1867, to Miss 
 Lois Drake. Mrs. Hartung was born August 25, 
 1846. in Calhoun County, and by her union with 
 our subject became the mother of five children — 
 Cliarles, Alfred, Emma, Clay and Frank, all at 
 home. 
 
 Mr. Hartung after his marri.age settled on a farm 
 in Homer Township, Calhoun County', l)ut not long 
 afterward removed tf) Concord Township, this 
 county, where he resided about two years. His 
 next removal was to Parma Township, and from 
 there he went into Pulaski Township, of which he 
 was a resident several years. In the s|)ring of 1880 
 he removed to his present homestead. Here he h.as 
 one hundred and three acres, all under cultivation 
 and improved with good buildings. Mr. Hartung 
 is also engaged in raising fine horses, hai'ing now a 
 stud of eleven head, among others being Joe Bar- 
 ker, Pilot Chief. The Wilkes and Lou Sutton. He 
 generousi}- acknowledges that in his eflforts of ac- 
 quiring a home and a competence, he has been 
 ably assisted by his devoted wife, who has alw.ays 
 I been a safe counselor and who in the manairmeiit 
 
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 of her household affairs, has exhibited a prudence 
 and economy which each year has been the means 
 of saving hundreds of dollars. 
 
 Mr. Hartung, politically, votes the slraiglil Re 
 publican tici^et. Init meddles very little with mat- 
 ters outside of his farm and his family, preferring 
 to relegate to others the cares and responsibilities 
 of office. He is one of a family of twelve children, 
 the eldest of wliom, a daughter — Charlotte — died 
 when about fifty years old; Emmaliecame the wife 
 of William Ribble, and tiiey live in ]\[acomb 
 County, this State; Hannah and J:ibez are de- 
 ceased ; Luther and Clay are residents; of Calhoun 
 County; John M., our suliject. was the next in 
 order of birth; Mary is the wife of Grover Sum- 
 mers, in the northern part of this State; Caroline is 
 the wife of Alexander Grover, of Parma Township; 
 Lizzie, Mrs. Charles Beebe. lives in Oakland 
 Count}'; William is a resident of Calhoun County. 
 
 George Drake, the father of Mrs. Hartung, was 
 born Sejitember 8, 181C, in Wayne County, N. Y., 
 and came to ^Michigan during its pioneer days, lo- 
 cating among the earliest settlers of Concord Town- 
 ship, ller paternal grandparents were William and 
 Betsey Drake, natives of New York State. The 
 paternal ancestors probably originated in Germany. 
 Mr. Drake was reared to manliood in his native 
 county, and came to Michigan in tlie spring of 
 1835, in company with his father and other mem- 
 bers of the famil}-. George Drake purchased a 
 tract of Government land in Concord Township, 
 and on the 30th of May, 1838, was wedded to Miss 
 Sally Woodwortli. IMrs. Sarah Drake was born in 
 Genesee County, N. Y., February IStli, 1820, and 
 is the daughter of Charles and Desire (Babcock) 
 Woodworth. She became the mother of three chil- 
 dren : Josepli B., a resident of Concord Townshii); 
 Lois, the wife of our subject: and Elnathan, also 
 residing in Concord. 
 
 This family, like the pioneers around them, set- 
 tied in the woods of Concord Township, and la- 
 bored industriousl}' for j-ears in the opening up of 
 a farm. The father did a large amount of break- 
 ing, employing seven yoke of cattle. His land lay 
 on section 32. and upon it he first built a log house 
 about 16x24 feet in dimensions. The familj^ oc- 
 cupied this dwelling a number of years, then aban- 
 
 doned it for a more modern and convenient 
 structure. The wife and mother departed this life 
 June 9, 1887, at the old homestead. Mr. Drake is 
 still living, and is a member in good standing of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politicallj-, he 
 IS a sound Republican. He has now only sixty 
 acres of land, and is living comfortably in his old 
 age, surrounded by his children and friends. He 
 bears the distinction of being the oldest living set- 
 tler in Concord Township. 
 
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 (f'S^dMOTHY T. TITUS, one of the oldest set- 
 tlers in Sandstone Township, has been an 
 eye witness to the growth of this county 
 and the contiguous territor}', having been here 
 since 1833, and from earl\- boyhood has borne a 
 part in the labors necessary to the upbuilding of a 
 new countr}'. He is truly worthy of representation 
 in n volume of tliis nature, through which the future 
 generations are to learn somewhat of the trials and 
 privations that have given them the higher i ivili- 
 zation they enjoy, and of the characters that stamp 
 their impress on the thought and spirit of the ages 
 to come. 
 
 In the paternal line the subject of this notice 
 traces his lineage from England whence his pro- 
 genitors came many years ago, his grandfather, 
 Benjamin Titus, having been a Revolutionary sol- 
 dier. The ancestral line emigrated from Long 
 Island to New Jersey, in which State Cornelius 
 Titus was born. He married Mary Smith, a worthy 
 woman of German descent, who bore him six chil- 
 dren, but two of them being now alive; these are 
 Timothy T., of this notice, and Maria L. whose 
 home is at Parma. 
 
 The parents of our subject removed from the 
 Empire State to this county in 1833, settling in 
 Sandstone Township on section 29. The father 
 bought over one tliousaud acres of land from the 
 Government, paying $1.25 per acre and the first 
 thing he did was to clear space for a log cabin on 
 the section named, where C. H. Harrington now 
 lives. Not a stick of timber h,ad been cut on the 
 place, but everything there was in the condition in 
 
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 wlikli tlic i-ed men iiml left it. Under the efficient 
 control of Mr. Titus it was not long ere there were 
 signs of civilization more noticeable than the log 
 house. 'I'lic sound of the woodman's axe. the cry 
 to the oxen that were man's chief d« pendence for 
 tijiin" the soil, and the voices of domestic animals 
 took the place of liie silence and wild cries of for- 
 est rovers, and as years rolled on a l)eautiful ex- 
 panse of cultivated land met the eye. 
 
 For more than thirty years Cornelius Titus occu- 
 |)icd that farm, alter wiiich he removed to Parma, 
 wiierc he died in l.S(i,") at tiie advanced age of 
 eigty-four years. In his death the county lost one 
 of her earliest pioneers, a public-spirited citizen, 
 and an honorable man wiio was well known and 
 highly esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances. 
 lie was originally a AVhig and later a Republican. 
 
 Timotbj' Titus was born July 15, 1822. in Niag- 
 ara Count}-, N. Y., and coming to this State in his 
 early boyhood grew to maturity amid tiie scenes 
 of pioneer life and not onl}- witnessed the gradual 
 develoi)ment of this county but bore an active part, 
 as fast as his strength would permit, in the toils by 
 wlrcli that success has been secured. In common 
 with tiie other members of the parental household, 
 he endured some of the privations of the place and 
 time, but by that very self-denial his character 
 grew and strengthened, and he acquired those habits 
 tlial have led to his own success as a farmer and an 
 individual. His educational privileges were some- 
 what limited and did not include the .advantages of 
 the schools of the present time, but such as they 
 were he inipi'oved, and has since endeavored by 
 reading and study to keep posted regarding the 
 topics f)f general interest, becoming well informed. 
 
 On the 13th of February, 1851, the riles of wed- 
 lock were celebrated between Mr. Titus and Miss 
 Laura .1. Pool. Like her iiusband. Mrs. Titus 
 thniDugidy understands what is meant by pioneer 
 life, as she was but six years old when her parents 
 came to this State and she grew to womanhood in 
 a fr(Mitier selttlement, learning the usefid arts and 
 habits that fitted her for a pl.ace among tiie highly 
 respected and useful memliers of tlie coiunuinit}-. 
 She was born in (ienesec County. N. V.. .June 2, 
 182fi. being a daughter of William and Jane (Beck- 
 witli) Pool, natives of (.'onnecticiil. Upon coming 
 
 to this county, in 1832. Mr. Pool settled on a tract 
 of Government land near the present site of Trum- 
 bull's Station, in Sandstone Townsiiip. being one of 
 the first settlers in that neighborhood. There he 
 lived man}' years, selling the place earl}- in the '50s 
 and moving into Parma. In that town he remained 
 but a few years, when he bought land in Blackmail 
 Township upon whicii he resided until his death. 
 Like the father of Mr. Titus, he enjoyed an ex- 
 tended acquaintance and was regarded with respect 
 for ills life and labors. In politics he was first a 
 Whig and later a Republican. He was a member 
 of the Baptist Church. 
 
 In 1853 Mr. and Mrs. Titus settled on the tract 
 of land they still occupy, which forms a part of 
 section 17. .Sandstone Township. The present es- 
 tate comprises two hundred and fifteen broad acres, 
 well improved and under careful cultivation. Suc- 
 cess has crowned their efforts to secure a comforta- 
 ble home and a competence for their declining 
 years, and to aid in securing for the generation 
 tliat follows them various .advantages wiiich they 
 tliemselves lacked. Mr. Titus is a Republican, and 
 in all other connections favors that which he be- 
 lieves to be progressive and uplifting. Both he 
 and his wife are worthy scions of representative 
 l)ioneer families, and have the personal characters 
 that make it a pleasure to represent them in this 
 Alblm, and which gain for tliem the respect of all 
 with whom they have to do. To them have been 
 born three ciiildren — Jane, Cornelius, and William, 
 the lattei of whom is deceased. 
 
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 "jf/ULlUS P. DEAN. The farming community 
 of Napoleon Township recognizes in the 
 subject of Ihi.' notice one of its reprcsenta- 
 IJ^/' five citizens and noted agriculturists. He 
 has a fine estate, embracing two hundred and forty 
 acres of well-tiUed land, lying on section 1. and 
 where, by a course of unflagging industry and a 
 wise economy, he Ims not only constructed a fine 
 home, but laid up something for a rainy day. The 
 township wherein he now lives h:is bi'cn his life- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 lony; residence, as lie was born within it September 
 19, 1835, and here have centered liis closest in- 
 terests. 
 
 The subject of this sketcli is a son of Horace 
 Dean, a native of Windsor, Vt., and who was born 
 May 11, 1801). The latter when a lad of seven 
 years was taken by his parents to Washington 
 County, N. Y., wliere he developed into manhood 
 and in Hartford, that State, was vvedded to Clarissa 
 M. Shaw. This lady was born in Kingsbury, N.Y.. 
 September 3, 1812. Prior to his marriage, how- 
 ever, Mr. Dean, in 1832, had visited this county 
 and taken up a tract of Government land in what 
 is now Napoleon Townsiiip. After marriage he 
 brought witli him his young wife and they settled 
 upon it in 1834. The country around them was 
 mostly in its primitive state and Michigan was still 
 a territory. They were among tlie first settlers of 
 this county and after settling in the wilderness la- 
 boied in true pioneer style in the building up of a 
 home and to secure a competence. Horace Dean 
 was prospered in his labors, opening up a fine farm, 
 erecting tliereon a neat and substantial set of build- 
 ings and gatiiering about liimself and family all of 
 the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Of 
 liis union witli Miss Shaw there were born three 
 children: .lulius P.. our subject. Willard F. and 
 Horace .Jr. Mrs. Clarissa M. Dean, the mother of 
 these cliildrcn de[)arted this life .January 11, 1890. 
 Tlie two brothers of our subject died j'oung and 
 .Julius P. is therefore, with the exception of his 
 father, tlie only surviving meml)er of the familj'. 
 
 Mr. Dean spent his boyhood and youth on the 
 pioneer farm, assisting to bring it to a state of cul- 
 tivation and becoming thorough!\' familiar witli 
 the art and science of agriculture. He grew up 
 witli a courageous heart and a strong healthy body 
 and when ready to establish a fireside of his own, 
 was married February 3, 1859, to Miss Lucy M. 
 Weeks. This lady is the daughter of .John T. and 
 Lucy (Piielps) Weeks, the latter of whom died at 
 the parental home in Columbia Township, March 
 23, 1881. Mr. Weeks was one of the earliest set- 
 tlers of this county, ( oming hither from Hermitage, 
 N. Y., in 1835, during the territorial days. To 
 him and his good wife there w.ts born a family of 
 six children, Mrs. Dean being the second child, 
 
 She first opened her eyes to the light in Columbia 
 Township, November 20, 1837. Her childhood 
 and youth passed in a comparatively uneventful 
 manner in attendance at school and in becoming 
 familiar with all useful household duties. Of her 
 union with our subject there were burn three chil- 
 dren: Marion L., Nora C. and Villa F., the latter 
 of whom died August 2, 1870 when sixteen months 
 old. Mr. Dean takes an active interest in political 
 affairs and is an ardent supporter of Republican 
 principles. Both he and his estimable wife are 
 members in good standing of the Ba]3tist Church. 
 Ills father, Horace Dean, assisted in the organiza- 
 tion of the Baptist Church at Napoleon and is now 
 the only living constituent member. The family 
 is widely and favorably known along the southern 
 line of the county and has performed no unimpor- 
 tant part in its growth and development. 
 
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 AMES DOREMUS. Few, if any, of the 
 men now living in this count}' have had a 
 more extended experience as frontiersmen 
 or can recall more of interest regarding pio- 
 neer times in this State than the gentleman with 
 wliose name this sketch is introduced. For nearly 
 sixty j'ears he has lived in the State, much of the 
 time having been passed in this count}-. He is a 
 fine representative of Christian manhood, public- 
 spirited citizenship, and pioneer energy. 
 
 The natal day f>f our subject was November 4, 
 1809, and his birtiiplace Seneca County, N. Y. 
 His great-grandfather in the paternal line was a 
 Hollander by birth, who came to America in an 
 early day, making his settlement in New .Jersey. 
 In that State, Jacob Doremus, the father of our 
 subject, was born and reared, and followed his 
 trade of a shoemaker in Newark for a time. Ho 
 married Esther Dye, a native of the same State, 
 who bore him eight children, our subject being the 
 only survivor. Leaving his native State, .Jacol) 
 Doremus spent a year in New York City, and then, 
 when about twenty-five years old. removed to 
 Seneca County, where he remained until his son 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 515 
 
 James liad grown to manboorl IIo was a soldier 
 (hiring tbe VV^ar of l«r2. 
 
 Tiic siibjoct of this biographical notice received 
 sucb advantages as were furnislied the masses in 
 tbe early part of this century, and is principally 
 self-educated, having been a reader all his life and 
 endeavoring to keep posted regarding cun-ent 
 events and general topics of interest. In tiie fall 
 of 1831 he emigrated with iiis parents to Washte- 
 naw County, jMich., the father settling on a farm 
 noar Delhi, erecting one of the first sawmills on tbe 
 Huron River. The death of the father took place 
 in Ann Arbor. 
 
 James Doremus livetl in Washtenaw County 
 some ten years, engaged in farming and sawmill- 
 ing. and in the spring of 1841 came to this county, 
 l)urchasing seventy acres of the land upon which 
 he now resides. It forms a part of section 25, 
 Parma Township, the present estate comprising 
 one hundred and ten acres under good cultivation, 
 and furnished with all necessary and adequate 
 buildings, with fruit and sh.ade trees, and pi-esent- 
 ing an attractive appearance. Tbe original acre- 
 age was in a wild condition, with the exception of 
 eleven acres which had been partly improved, the 
 dwelling being a rudely constructed shell of a 
 house made of white wood boards. In that the 
 family found shelter for a time, when it was re- 
 paired and enlarged, adding to its comfort as a 
 place of abode. In tbe summer of 18^((j the pres- 
 ent residence was built. 
 
 The woman who was a faithful and devoted 
 companion to Mr. Doremus for nearly half a cen- 
 tury, bore the maiden name of Rebecca Barber. 
 She wns born in Wasiiington County, N. Y., in 1811, 
 her parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Barber, becom- 
 ing early settlers of Washtenaw County, Mich. 
 Her marriage took place at her home in that 
 county, in .lanuary, 1833, and the union was 
 blessed by the birth of ten children. The survi- 
 vors of this circle are: Edward, who remains with 
 his father; Thomas, whose iiome is in Jackson; 
 Julia, the wife of George Lancaster, of Concord 
 Townsiup; and William, who is now in Texas. 
 Elizabeth. Henry D.. Carrie, Lucy, Jane and an in- 
 fant have been called from the scenes of life. The 
 wife and mother breatiied her Last Ma^- 8, 1880, 
 
 leaving behind her a wealth of love and affection 
 from her family and immediate friends, and the 
 esteem of all who bad known her. She was a 
 member of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 In his political views Mr. Doremus is a Repub- 
 lican, but in local matters be votes for the best 
 man irrespective of party. He served as School 
 Director for a time, but bis energies have princi- 
 pally been devoted to the gofid of bis o^-n family 
 and to his duties as a private citizen. He enjoys 
 the confidence and esteem of all who know him, his 
 word being considered as good as a bond at any 
 time, and his useful labors being duly recognized 
 by his fellow-men. He is a member of the Presby- 
 terian Church, at Parma. 
 
 I AMES WELCH. The gentleman with wiiose 
 name we introiluce this biographical outline 
 bears the distinction of being one of the 
 early pioneers of this count}', and one who 
 long 3-ears ago established himself in the confidence 
 and esteem of his fellow-citizens. He was born in 
 Niagara County. N. Y.. August 10, 1814, and is a 
 son of James and Keziah (Barrett) Welch who were 
 natives respectiveh' of New York State and New- 
 England. 
 
 James Welch, Sr., followed farming all his life 
 and was an extensive contractor on tbe New York 
 it Eiie Canal. He was at one time a man of large 
 means, but finally lost his propert}', and in 1824, 
 resolved to seek his fortunes in the far West. Com- 
 ing to ^Michigan Territory from Niagara County, 
 N. Y.. he located first in AVasiitenavv County, but 
 eleven years later came to this county and took up 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land in Grass J-ake 
 Townshi)). He lived there for a time, then selling 
 out purchased property in Michigan Center to which 
 be removed. Later he changed bis residence to 
 Wa3'ne County, settling near Norlhville. Prom 
 there be removed to the vicinity of Parma, this 
 county, where his death took place in 18(i(). when 
 he was about eighty-five years old. The father of 
 our subject was a member in good standing of the 
 Presl>yterian Church with which he united in boy- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 liood and of which he is a libofal supporter. He is 
 a man of high character and after tlie organization 
 of the Republican party was one of its lirmest sup- 
 porters. The paternal grandfather was of Irish birth 
 and ancestry and emigrated to America prior to 
 the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Mrs. Keziah (Barrett) Welcii, the mother of our 
 subject, accompanied her husband to the West and 
 survived her husband Ave years, her deatli taking- 
 place at Concord, Mich., in 18G5, and slie also was 
 eighty-five years old. The parental family includeil 
 eleven children, six of wlujm are deceased, namely : 
 Alpheus, Hannah, Maria. John, Benjamin and Bet- 
 sey. The survivors are, Caroline, James. Keziali. 
 Theoda L. and George. 
 
 The subject of this notice was a lad of ten 3'cai's 
 when his father's family came to Michigan and he 
 remembers the journe^y well. They traveled by 
 canal and lake to Detroit and thence overland with 
 teams to Washtenaw County. 'J'licir removal to 
 this county was also made with teams and since 
 183.5, he has been a resident of Grass Lake Town- 
 ship. He was reared amid the scenes of pioneer 
 life, becoming familiar with the arts of agriculture 
 and chose this for his vocation. The habits of in- 
 dustry and econom)' which he was taught in liis 
 boyhood have resulted in the accumulation of 
 ample means. He tills three hundred and eighty- 
 seven broal acres, lying on sections 18 and 19. all 
 of which has been accumulated by his own exer- 
 tions. Most of the imiirovements upon his farm 
 have been effected by his own hands. Like his fa- 
 ther before him Mr. Welch is a sound Republican, 
 politically, and although keeping himself posted 
 upon events of general interest, he has held aloof 
 from the responsibilities of oflice. 
 
 Mr. Welch was married June 1, 1836, after hav- 
 ing reached his rn.ajority, to Miss Susan Taylor, 
 then a resident of Grass Lake Township. .She was 
 born in Hurley, N. Y., M.ay 3, 1814. and was the 
 daughter of Benjamin and Charity (Bull) Taylor, 
 who were natives of Orange County, N. Y., and 
 who came to this county early in the '40s. The fa- 
 ther located in Grass Lake Townshi() and there 
 spent the remainder of his life, his wife dying in 
 Inaham County, Mich. To Mr. and Mrs. Welih 
 there have been born five children, viz : Alpheus A. ; 
 
 John C; Mary Z.; Sarah Francelia and Orcelia. 
 Mr. Welch in his style of living makes no pre- 
 tentions to elegance, simply having around him the 
 substantial comforts of life with an ample com- 
 petence for his old age. 
 
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 ANIEL PERRY SAGENDORPH. Among 
 tlie many educated and cultured men who 
 make their homes in Jackson, none arc 
 more deserving of notice in a volume of 
 this kind than the Hon. D. P. Sagendorph who is 
 l)ossessed of a high degree of mental ability, of at- 
 tainments of no mean order, and of a character 
 that wins for him the respect of his fellow-men. He 
 is a native of this county, which is honored by his 
 upright and useful life, his legal acumen, varied 
 knowledge, and his interest in all that tends to pro- 
 mote tlie w-elfare of the citizens. 
 
 The paternal arcestry of our subject were of the 
 German race, and the three generations preceding 
 himself were natives of Columbia County, N. Y. 
 His grandfather, Nicholas Sagendorph, was a shoe- 
 maker, and used to "whip the cat," that is to s.ay, 
 he went from house to house to make boots and 
 shoes for the different families, making 3-early 
 rounds among them. He owned a farm on wliich 
 his son, Jacob Sagendorph, whose birth to<ik place 
 Novemljer 27, 1800, was reared to agricultural pur- 
 suits. When a young man the latter went to Gen- 
 esee County a:nd purchased a farm one mile east of 
 Batavia, upon which he resideil until 18d2, when 
 lie sohl and came to the Territory of jMichigan. 
 Arriving in Jackson County in February, he se- 
 lected a tract of Government land on section 35. in 
 wdiat is now Leoni Township, and secured a patent 
 from the President of the L'nited States, the paper 
 bearing the signature of Andrew Jackson, the Pres- 
 ident of the United States. 
 
 After having built a log shanty on the land 
 which is still in the possession of his heirs. Mr. 
 Sagendorph returned to the East and accon]|)anicd 
 by his wife and two children, and bringing their 
 household goods, he made his second journey to 
 this couiity. They traveled witli teams to Buffalo. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 thence crossed the lake to Detroit, whence they 
 again journeyed witii tiie teams, arriving at their 
 new iiome on tiie 1st of May. Tlie West contained 
 no railroads, Ann Arbor was the nearest milling 
 poinl.and .Jackson contained but throe frame houses, 
 the remainder of the few residences therein being 
 built of logs. The family found shelter in the cabin 
 wliicii had been erected for them, until Mr. Sagen- 
 dorpli could l)uild a substantial double log house 
 for their accommodation. The land which he liad 
 selected was of the kind known as oak openings, 
 and he at once began to clear a farm wiiieh he thor- 
 oughly improved and u|)on which lie resided dur- 
 ing tlie remainder of his life. lie was prospered, 
 and added to his landed estate until at one time his 
 possessions amounted to nearly one thousand acres. 
 Prior to his death, which occurred in .Inly, 1870, 
 he had witnessed the growth of the country from 
 an almost trackless wilderness to a populous and 
 wealthy region. From the formation of the Ke- 
 publicau pariy he had given it his vote and influ- 
 ence, and previous to that time iiad lieea a Whig. 
 
 Tlie wife of the above named and the mother of 
 our subject, was in her girlhood Miss Mary Perry, 
 and was born in Batavia, N. Y., February 22, 1807. 
 Her father. Daniel Perry, came to Michigan in 
 1832, purchasing one liundied and sixty acres of 
 land now included in tlic city of .lackson and cov- 
 ered by the fair ground, etc. He resided here a few 
 years, and then selling at quite an advance, bought 
 a large tract of land in Spring Arl)or Township, 
 and engaged in farming, remaining upon his farm 
 until his <lealh. Mrs. Stigendorph removed to Jack- 
 son after the death of her husband, and died in lliis 
 cit3' in August, 188(i, She had borne seven chil- 
 dren, rearing six to years of maturity. Of these 
 Ezra is now deceased ; .lacob lives in Jackson ; Helen 
 is the wife of Barne}' Culver, also of this cit}-. The 
 next on the family roll is our subject; Maryette 
 married Henry Hatc^helder of this city ; Juliette is 
 the wife of A. J. McKersie, also of this pl.ace. 
 
 The birth of Diiuiel Perry Sagendorph took place 
 in Leoni. this county, June \■^, 1810. and he well re- 
 members many incidents of pioneer life there. In 
 his youth wild turkeys, deer and wolves were 
 abundnut. niaming at will through tiie forests and 
 clearings, and affording tine sport for the hunter. 
 
 The lad attended school in the log schoolhouse, and 
 after securing a good fundamental education be- 
 came a student in the Western Union College, then 
 located at Leoni, and now at Adrian. Fnlering this 
 institution at the age of fourteen years, he remained 
 there until 18G2. familiarizing himself with I he 
 various branches taught in the scientific course. He 
 then entered the Law Department of the Univer- 
 sity of Michigan and was graduated therefrom in 
 1864, on the 5th of April, being admitted to prac- 
 tice in the Supreme Court at Detroit and in the 
 United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District 
 of Michigan. 
 
 After having passed tlie rigid examinations re- 
 quired and been given the rights of a full-fledged 
 lawyer, Mr. S.agendorph came to Jackson and began 
 practice with Messrs. Bennett (k IJancker. In Au- 
 gust of that year, however, he formed a partner- 
 ship with John W. Nichols, prosecuting attorney 
 of Eaton County, and locating at Charlotte con- 
 tiiu'.ed in practice there until Feliruary, 1888. He 
 then changed his place of residence to Jackson. 
 
 Mr. Sageiidorph was united in marriage October 
 20, 1868, with Miss Mary Angeline, daughter of 
 Amos H. and Angeline JIunson. She w.as born in 
 Little Falls, Herkimer County. N. Y., and possessed 
 an intelligent mind and an estimable chiiriicter. 
 She departed this life March 30, I 878, leaving two 
 chiklren, Kate and William K. Mr. .Sagendorph 
 contracted a second marriage in November, 1881, 
 choosing as his companion ]\Irs. Eliiiira Pennington. 
 nee Kirk, a native of Ohio, daughter of Ell.slia Kirk 
 and widow of I'liilip E. Pennington. Her mental 
 attainments and Christian character are such as to 
 win for her tiie respect and affectionate regard of 
 many friends. 
 
 Early in life Mr. Sagemloiph l)ecame a devotee to 
 the principles of the Rc])ublican part3' and before 
 he was entitled to a vote was using his ability as a 
 slump speaker in its belialf. His first vote for a 
 gubernatorial candidate was cast for Austin Blair 
 and his first presidential ballot for Abraham Lin- 
 coln. He was a Republican until the formation of 
 the Prohibition party, when, having alw.a^-s been an 
 advocate of temperance, he joined the organization 
 whose main plank was a temperance one. He was 
 the candidate of the party for Covernor in ISS-_>. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 and such was his personal record that he ran two 
 tho'.isanil votes ahead of liis ticket; he was also a 
 candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court, on 
 which occasion he ran five Imiidrod ahead of the 
 ticket; and as candidate for the State Legislature 
 the district records show three hundred votes for 
 him against sixty-five for the candidate of the 
 previous j-ear. Upon tiie organization of the Pro- 
 hibition party he became its Secretary and retained 
 that position until made Chairman of tiie State 
 Committee and vice-Chairman of the National 
 Executive Committee. During his residence in 
 Charlotte, Mr. Sageudorph served as a member of 
 tlie School Board several years. In 1864 he joined 
 the Masonic fraternity at Grass Lake, afterward 
 took the Chapter Degree in Eaton Rapids, and upon 
 the organization of the Charlotte Chapter entered 
 it with a demit and was tiie first Scribe in the Chap- 
 ter. In tlie same city he joined the Independent 
 Order of Odd-Fellows Lodge and Encampment. 
 In 1864 he also joined the Independent Order of 
 Good Templars, and was three times elected Grand 
 Chief Templar of the State and Secretary of Tlie 
 Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the world. During 
 the war he was a prominent member of the Union 
 I>eague. Both he and his wife are members of the 
 Congregational Church and he has always been a 
 worker in the Sunday-school and is now Superin- 
 tendent of the Sunday-school of the; Congregational 
 Church of this city. In addition to the offiies be- 
 fore mentioned Mr. Sagendorph has three times had 
 the nomination for Attorney General of the State 
 by the Prohibition partj-. 
 
 "^JilLANDER E. PIERCE. This gentleman 
 and his wife are thoroughly acquainted with 
 the circumstances attending the upbuilding 
 of the prosperity of Jackson County, having 
 long been residents of the State and valuable assist- 
 ants in its civilization and development. Both are 
 natives of the Empire State and both accompanied 
 their parents to this county a few years after its 
 organization, and during their young manhood and 
 wonianhoo<l and after their marriage participated in 
 
 the scenes of pioneer life, bearing a share in the 
 toils and privations incident to their surroundings, 
 and exhibiting not only the persevering industr}' 
 but the kindly natures which make our pioneer citi- 
 zens such an honor to the land. 
 
 The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch 
 was born in Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y.,Feb- 
 uary, 14, 1825. His grandfather Pierce, a native of 
 the Xew England States, was one of the pioneers of 
 Hamilton, where he bought a tract of timberland, 
 and cleared a fine farm upon which he lived until 
 death. His wife, formerly Abigail Howard, was 
 also born in Nevv England, and she breathed her last 
 in Jackson County, Mich. 
 
 Following William Pierce in the direct line of 
 descent was his son IMarfcin who was born in Ham- 
 ilton. N.Y., in 1798, and was the father of Philander, 
 and who in the place of his birth married Mary A. 
 Jackson, daughter of John and Patience (Pajne) 
 Jackson, born in Columbia. Herkimer County, in 
 1800. When the subject of this sketch was but five 
 years old his parents removed to Alleghany County, 
 but after a short residence there changed their loca- 
 tion to Cattaraugus County, buying a tract of land of 
 the Holland Company and cleared a farm upon 
 which tiiey remained until 1830. They then took 
 up their abode in Chautauqua County, where the^' 
 remained untd the lOtli of December, 1844, when 
 with three horses and a wagon, the famil3' started 
 for Michigan. Tlieir journey was made overland 
 and they arrived at Jonesville, Hillsdale County, 
 thirty daj's after leaving their Eastern home. The 
 remainder of the earthly lives of the parents was 
 spent in this State, the father d^dng in Lawrence, 
 VanBuren County, in 1856, and the mother breath- 
 ing her last at the home of our subject in Jackson 
 County,many years later, and being buried in Law- 
 rence. Their family was made up of six sons and 
 two daughters. 
 
 Philander E.Pierce was nineteen years old when 
 he came to Michigan. He had attended the public 
 school ill New York and an Academy at Westfield 
 and had taught one term of school there. At the 
 age of eighteen he began the trade of a harness- 
 maker with his uncle in Earlville, Madison County, 
 uitli whom he had worked a few months. After 
 arriving in Michigan he went to Ann Arbor where 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM 
 
 523 
 
 he worked at his trade for a few months, tlien tak- 
 ing up the same eniploynient in Dexter, and on the 
 l.")th of April, following (Lsl.j) endraging witii Al- 
 bert llowe. the|)ioneer harness-maker of .lac^kson, 
 witli wlioin he continued two years, after whicli he 
 starte(l in liusiness for liiniself. 
 
 Mr. I'ieree carried on liis shop in .Jackson until 
 the capital was located at F>ansing, where he remov- 
 ed to that place. He attended the land sales there, 
 bought a lot, and erected one of the first dwellings 
 built there, and building a siiop also, openeii the first 
 harness-making establishment of that city. After 
 a residence of nearly two years he sold out, and re- 
 turning to J.ackson again, he engaged at his trade 
 here ; and having lionght .several tracts of land began 
 i:;arket gardening, being the first practical nniiket- 
 gardenerin Jackson. Subsequently he embarked in 
 the grocery tratle and continued in it some time, 
 building one section of a three stor}^ block on Fran- 
 cis Street. He purchased a large amount of real 
 estate in the city, and has a farm of 130 acres in 
 Summit Township. 
 
 The marriage of INI r. Pierce and Miss Mandana 
 LaverLy was celebrated November 11, 1846. The 
 bride was born in Royalton, Niagara County, N.Y., 
 July 20, 1826, and was brought to Jackson County, 
 by her parents in 1832, at which time her father, 
 David Laverty, located in wliat is now Leoni Town- 
 ship. The journey from the Empire State was 
 accomplished by lake to Detroit and thence by ox 
 team, and upon land entered from the Government, 
 Mr, Laverty built a frame house. lie cleared and 
 improved his farm and resided thereon during the 
 balance of his life, after which his family removed to 
 Jackson. His wife wasKveline Darling, whose natal 
 day was December 31, 1801, and whose birth-place 
 was Woodstock, Windsor County. \'t. She was a 
 daughter of Joseph and Hnldah Darling, the former 
 a Revolutionary soldier, and a pioneer of Jackson, 
 having entered land from the (iovernment which is 
 now included in the city limits, upon which he lived 
 until death,. The mortal remains of Mr. Darling 
 and his wife Huldah. now rejjose side by side in Kast 
 Maine Cemetery. Mrs. Darling was a practicing and 
 very successful physician nians' years, and was one 
 of the first physicians in the county. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Pierce arc the parents of two children: Ennina, 
 
 who was the first girl born in Lansing, married 
 jV.A. Sprague of Hudson, Mich, and now resides in 
 Crawfordsville. Tnd.: she has one daughter, Lillie 
 Belle, who recently graduated from the Academy 
 at Crawfordsville, Ind. Corydon married Maggie 
 Hunt of .I.Mckson, and has two children, Florence 
 and \\infield. In 187S .Mr. anil Mrs. Pierce went 
 to California to visit their son who was then living 
 at Woodland. Yolo County. Mr. Pierce spent si.x 
 months and his wife a j-ear in the Golden State, 
 visiting various points of interest, and in 1885 Mrs. 
 Pierce accompanied by her mother, who was then 
 seventy eight years old, visited the coast a second 
 Lime, spending two years on this occasion amid the 
 glorious climate and beautiful scenery of that far- 
 famed .State. 
 
 OSWKLL W. ClIAMBERLIN. Among the 
 early settlers of Jackson County, and those 
 who are most familiar with its histor}' and 
 l>roud of its growth in prosperity and civili- 
 zation. Mr. Chamberlin is deserving of mention. 
 For a number of years he labored to build up his 
 own fortunes and advance the interests of the 
 county, and after securing a competence gave up 
 the more arduous duties of life to enjoy a merited 
 repose and ease during his declining years. Since 
 1873 he has been a resident of the city of J.ackson, 
 ivlicre his rei)utation is of the best as a man of 
 probity and intelligence, as well as one of those 
 who deserve the thanks of the community for 
 their labors during the period when life in this sec- 
 tion was an arduous and self-denying one. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject was Elias Cham- 
 bci'liii. a native of New England and one of those 
 who served from the beginning of the Revolution 
 until victory had perched upon the American ban- 
 ner and the Independence of the Colonies was es- 
 tablished. About the 3'ear 1800 he removed from 
 the Green Mountain State to Livingston County-, 
 N. Y., of which he and his son Loomis were very 
 larly settlers and in which both eventually died. 
 Loomis Chamberlin was married in Richmond, 
 
524 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 N. Y., to Roxie, daughter of Jabez Lewis, who was 
 also one of the first settlers in the county whence 
 they had come from Connecticut. Mr. Chamherlin 
 bought a tract of heavily timbered land and built 
 a log house, and there amid the primitive surround- 
 ings of the frontier the family began their home 
 life. For many years neither railroads nor canals 
 were known to them, and their nearest market town 
 was Rocliester, twenty-five miles distant. As was 
 the custom of the time, all merchandise was taken 
 into tlie section by teams an<l traveling was done 
 on foot or on horseback. Mrs. Chamherlin carded, 
 spun and wove, clothing iier family in homespun 
 made by her own hands. Tliu forests were the 
 haunt of bears and other savage animals, while deer 
 and other less ferocious game were abundant. Mr. 
 Chamberlin cleared a farm and erected good frame 
 buildings upon it as time passed on, and at his 
 death in 1827, left a well-improved and cultivated 
 estate. His wife also died on the old homestead, 
 after having reared a family of eight children. The 
 greater number of the settlers in the locality hav- 
 ing removed to it from the Green Mountain State. 
 caused it to he known as \'ermont Street. 
 
 In the log house built by his father at Livonia, 
 Livingston County, N. Y.. January 20, 1813, Ros- 
 well W. Chamberlin was born, and amid the scenes 
 of frontier life he grew to man's estate. His school- 
 ing was obtained in the pioneer temples of learn- 
 ing, and in the intervals of study he assisted his 
 father on the farm, gaining a |)raclical knowledge 
 of the work of a frontiersman and developing the 
 slurdv manhood which seems to have been almost 
 inseparable from such a life. After the death of 
 his father he remained with his mother until 183(i, 
 when with five companions he started for the Ter- 
 ritory of Michigan. 
 
 The journey from New York was made via Can- 
 ada and with one team upon which the six com- 
 rades took turn in riding, and on the 1st of April, 
 one month after leaving their hoi:ics, they arrived 
 in Jackson. The country to which they had come 
 was then sparsely settled, and but twenty-six 
 houses were standing where the beautiful and flour- 
 ishing city of Jackson now lifts her towers, spires 
 and manifold roofs toward the blue sky. Game 
 was abundant and included some of the more fero- 
 
 cious wild animals, making life not only dreary to 
 those far away from neighbors but endangering 
 the domestic animals and even the lives of men in 
 their lonely' journeys to and from their base of sup- 
 I)lies. 
 
 Mr. Chamberlin bought a tract of land three 
 miles north of the Hibbard House, upon which a 
 half acre had been cleared and a log house built, 
 in which there were neither windows nor doors, and 
 when joined bj' his wife he bung blankets over the 
 openings left, thus keeping out the storms and 
 making a slight barrier against the inroads of the 
 animal creation. Indians still lingered in theneig'i- 
 liorhood and were frequent callers at the house 
 although they were never otherwise than friendly. 
 In 1852 Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlin went to Cali- 
 fornia via New York and the Isthmus, landing at 
 San Francisco, whence they went to Auburn, Placer 
 Count}', where Mr. Chamberlin engaged in mining. 
 Subsequently they kept an hotel and he carried on 
 a livery business, remaining in California six years. 
 They then returned to Michigan, and having pur- 
 chased a tavern in Blackman Township, known as 
 the Center House, Mr. (Ihamberlin managed it and 
 carried on his farm for some years. The estate 
 which he had cleared and improved at the expense 
 of many weary hours, and which he had improved 
 and built upon to the value of $7,000, was his home 
 until 1873, when he sold it and came to the city of 
 Jackson and bought the residence where he is still 
 living. 
 
 The noble-hearted woman who has ably assisted 
 her husband as counselor and helpmate since June 
 18, 1834, bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Jones. 
 She was born, September 9, 1816, in Richmond, 
 Livingston County, N. Y., of which place her fa- 
 ther, Ebenezer Jones, was a pioneer. He cleared a 
 farm from the wilderness and resided upon it many 
 years, but during the later years of his life lived 
 with his children, his death taking place in Ply- 
 mouth, JMich. The mother of Mrs. Chamberlin was 
 in her maidenhood Miss Lydia Kingsley, and she 
 also died in Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. Chamberr 
 lin attend the Unitarian Church, and have many 
 friends in the community, not only among those 
 of their own generation but among the younger 
 peoi)le to wh()m the_y are known. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAI- ALIUIM. 
 
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 We are glad to be able to iprcsfnt, in coniicaMion 
 with tills slcetcli, excellent likenesses of these estim- 
 able old settlers and lionorcd members of the com- 
 munity. 
 
 1^ ANIEL B. BROWN Is one of the most entei- 
 prlsing and pul)llcs|iirited men to lie met 
 with in .Iacl<son County, and one wliose re- 
 cord in civil and military life Is an honor to 
 tlie county, and n)a\- well be regarded witli pleasure 
 by his family and friends. He enjoys the distinc- 
 tion of having been the second ciiild born In Spring 
 Arbor Township, his natal day liaving been No- 
 vember 22, i834. He spent tlie early years of his 
 life in the midst of primitive surroundings, the 
 dwelling of tlie family being a log house, and their 
 household ai)purtenances such as were then com- 
 mon in si)arsely settled districts. An Indian trail 
 led past the front of the house. He had the ad- 
 vantage of attendance at good common-schools, al- 
 though he was early set to work on a farm, and his 
 studies tiroken In upon by labor upon the place. 
 He drove oxen when a mere eliild, .ind otherwise 
 aided In the lm()rovements going on. 
 
 When twenty years old, young Brown left his 
 home and worked out five months, then returninu', 
 remained under tlie paternal ro(jl' until after the 
 breaking out of the Civil War, he and a brother 
 renting the farm and working it on shares. In Sep- 
 tember, 1861, he joined the First Regiment of 
 Michigan Englneersand Mechanics, in Company H, 
 being mustered Into the service at Marshall, and 
 sent South with a corps of bridge and road build- 
 ers. He took an active i)art in the battles of Per- 
 lyville and LaVerne, Tenn., and the remainder of 
 the time was with his regiment engaged In the du- 
 ties which especially pertained to them. Their 
 work was one of great hazard, as they were fre- 
 quently exposed to a concerted attack, and liable 
 at any time to be picked off by rebel sharp-shoot- 
 ers, while the work itself was toilsome and laborious 
 and not without the chance of accidents. 
 
 The body to which 5Ir. Brown belonged, accom- 
 panied Sherman to Atlanta, at which place tliev 
 weri. when the time for which he had enlisted e.\- 
 
 (lircil. lb' went to his captain, Jlaicus (iianl.and 
 asked permission to go to Savannah, but it was not 
 granted. He was sick for a time, and was consid- 
 ered to be almost at the point of death more than 
 once. In November, 18(54, he was mustered out, 
 was honor.nl)!}' <llscliarged at Detroit, and returned 
 t(> his home!. 
 
 Upon resuming the arts of pe.aee. IMr. I'.rown 
 again took U|) the pursuit of agriculture in which 
 he has been engaged during almost his entire life. 
 For over two years he was in the emjiloy of the 
 Lake .Shore iV- .Michigan Southern Railroad Com- 
 pany, having a contract for wood sawing, but with 
 thisexceptlon. and his army life. he has be(Mi a farmer 
 and labored on the estate wliicli his father first se- 
 cured in this section. He now owns eighty-eight 
 acres on section 1, being a part of the homestead, 
 and he has cleared, tiled, and thoroughly Irapnned 
 it. He has jjut up neat fences, built a dwelling 
 house, two barns, erected a windmill and tank, and 
 otherwise supplied the estate with the conveniences 
 of life. Fruit abounds, the orchard trees including 
 peaches and the other products of the temper.ate 
 zone, while small fruits of various kinds are raised. 
 General farming is carried on, the principal grain 
 crop being wheat, and some stock is raised. The 
 home is pleasantly located eight miles from Jack- 
 son, and presents an attractive appearance to the 
 passer-by, that Is not belled by the view presented 
 and the comforts afforded upon crossing the thres- 
 hold. 
 
 The grandfather of Daniel Brown was born in 
 New York, August 28, 1774, and was christened 
 Israel. He was a farmer and a miller, and having 
 unfortunately lost his property, his mind became 
 affected. One of his children was Antlion3' J., who 
 was born In Bnrdett, S(-liuyler County, July 9, 
 1804. He studied law, liut the care of the farailv 
 devolving upon him when his father lost his mind, 
 he abandoned his profession, and engaged In farm- 
 ing. He also did some work at the carpenter's 
 trade. He owned a farm of eighty acres on Burnt 
 Hill. On January 7. 182G, he was married to Miss 
 Electa Truesdale, who was born in Burdett In 
 180S), and was reared by her grandftiother (iillespie. 
 In June, 1833, Mr. A. J. Brown, came to Michigan, 
 performing his journey In the usual fashion on the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 canal and lake Iv Detroit, and by team to this 
 county. He liougbt eighty aores of land on sec- 
 tion 4, Spring Arbor Township, where he put up 
 a log shanty into whic-h his family moved the fol- 
 lowing year. He succeeded in his labors in life, by 
 degrees surrounding his fainih' with more and more 
 of the comforts of life, and buying adjoining land 
 until his estate amounted to three hundred and 
 forty acres. He did not live to see the thorougii 
 development of the country, but breatlied his last 
 Sei)tember 17, 1856. In politics he was a Whig, 
 .and in bis religious belief a Baptist. He was lib- 
 eral and public-spirited, gave largely to Spring Ar- 
 bor College, and assisted in other enterprises for 
 the good of the community. His wife survived 
 until March 28. 1889, when she died ripe in j'ears. 
 She also was a Baptist, belonging to the organiza- 
 tion at Parma. Three of the children whom she 
 bore died in infancy; William K. is now living in 
 Jackson; Mrs. Mary Van Winkle in Napoleon 
 Township; Samantha died at the age of eighteen 
 years; the next on the family roil is the subject of 
 this sketch; Charles is a dealer in groceries in Jack- 
 son; George died when eight 3-ears old, and Milton 
 at the age of four years. William K. was a mem- 
 ber of the same regiment as his brother Daniel, and 
 served the same length of tiine in the late war. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Brown of whom we write, 
 w.a? celebrated in Paw Paw, Van Buren County, 
 January 31, 1870. His bride, Miss Addie Saxton, 
 was born in Reading, Hillsdale Count}-, April 23, 
 1843. She was reared in Van Buren County, at- 
 tending the public schools, and after completing her 
 education, learning the trade of a dressmaker. She 
 continued to reside with her parents until her mar- 
 riage. She has two children: Cora Frances, now 
 attending the Jackson High School in the class of 
 '92, and A. J. 
 
 The father of Mrs. Brown was .Joseph Saxton, 
 a native of Steuben County, N. Y. He learned 
 the trade of a tailor at Saratoga Springs, serving an 
 apprenticeship of seven years. In 1838 he came 
 to this State with his family, making his first set- 
 tlement in Spring Arbor Township, this county. 
 He then opened a shop in Concord, returning to 
 Spring Arbor for a sojourn of three years, and 
 thence removing to Reading, Hillsdale County. 
 
 He bought a farm which is the present site of that 
 town, and operated it and carried on his shop for 
 four years. In 1847 he removed to Paw Paw by 
 wagons, and buying eighty acres of land ne.ar the 
 town, carried on a merchant tailoring establish- 
 ment there, until quite old, when he retired from 
 business. He finally sold his farm, and became a 
 resident of the town, where he breathed his last in 
 1879, when in the eightieth year of his .age. He 
 was formerly a Wliig, and in later 3'ears a Repub- 
 lican. He belonged to the Baptist Church, in which 
 he had held the office of Deacon from the time he 
 experienced religion, until his death. He was a 
 contributor to the support of the Kalamazoo Col- 
 lege. 
 
 The wife of Joseph Saxton was born in Burdett, 
 N. Y.. and bore the maiden name of Margaret 
 Gillespie. Her father, Joseph Gillespie, was born 
 in Scotland, but having come to America prior to 
 the Revolution, served in the Colonial Army, 
 Ihroughout that struggle. He m.ade his home in 
 Tompkins County, N. Y., where he was engaged in 
 farming, and the real-estate business, and became a 
 large land owner. He owned the original site — 
 six hundred acies — of the village of Burdett, which 
 he sold for a red-covered morocco poclcet-book, 
 when he was intoxicated. As almost all men in 
 those days imbibed freely, and he was wealthy, the 
 affair was never looked into. He went into the 
 War of 1812, and was killed by the Indians. His 
 wife. Annie Gary, was born in New England, was 
 descended in the maternal line f"om the house of 
 Stuarts, her mother having been born in England. 
 Margaret Gillespie was reared in her native place, 
 and was very well educated. She died in Paw 
 Paw, Mich., in February, 1886. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Saxton were the parents of twelve 
 children, namely: Adelia, who died in 1886; Mrs. 
 Mary Thom.'is, of Concord; Eliza, deceased; Nel- 
 son B., a physician of Concord ; Mrs. Harriet f lilies- 
 pie, of Jackson; Hiram, a farmer in Idaho; Byron, 
 twin brother of Hiram, a shoemaker in Van Buren 
 County; Mrs. Elizabeth Juick, of Paw Paw; Louis, 
 who died young; Mrs. Brown; Mrs. Nellie Kidder, 
 of Reading; and Mrs. Frances Wade, who died in 
 Concord. Byron was in Missouri when the war 
 broke out, and was eating his dinner one daj when 
 
POUTUAIT AND JUOGlCAPUlCAJ. ALBUM. 
 
 527 
 
 llif ifliels canio to .slioot him. Having been in 
 foniii'd of their intention by a incly. he left by one 
 (ioof as they came in by .nnolher, and was iiidden in 
 the woods four days. He desired to obtain liis tools 
 and personal property, but failing to accomplish this 
 he escaped from the coiintrj'. He enlisted in a Michi- 
 gan regimei.t, and served the Cnion until tiie close 
 of the "ar. llirain enlisted in a New York regi- 
 ment in tin' spring of LSdl, and served in the war. 
 He took part in fourteen of the heavy battles of 
 the war, was wounded Civo limes, was taken prisoner 
 and spent five days without a mouthful to eat, but 
 was exeiianged and survived all ids afflictions. 
 
 ]\[r. Urown belongs to the Patrons of Industr}- 
 of Sandstone, being Treasurer of the society, and 
 his wife is also a member. He belongs to the 
 Parma Lodge, No. 183, A. F. tk A. yi.. and to the 
 (Irand Army of the Republic Post at the same 
 place, in which he has held the rank of .Surgeon. 
 In politics he is a stanch Republican, but does not 
 aspire to office. He is a member of the Baptist 
 Church at Parma, and both he and his wife are 
 higldy respected wherever tiiey are known. 
 
 ACKSON \V. HKWITT. This gentleman 
 i is engaged in the manufacture of road carts 
 and buggies at Nos. 120 & 122. Cortland 
 .Street, Jackson, and is one of the prominent 
 business men of the cit)\ He now employs from 
 thirty to fifty men in his shops, all reliable work- 
 UK'U, and uses tlie best of material, constantly add- 
 ing to his repvitation and increasing his trade, 
 finding ready sale for his carls and buggies in va- 
 rious States, in addition to the large local demand. 
 
 The gentleman of wliom we write was born in 
 Wayne County, N. Y., April 17. 18;!0. His father, 
 Orson Hewitt, was Ijorn in New England, was a 
 farmer, and died in the Emiiire State in his ninety- 
 fourth year. He was a son of Nathan Hewitt, a sol- 
 dier in the War of 1812, and a man of .Scotch 
 descent. Orson Hewitt married Anna Pollock, a 
 native of Wayne County. N. Y.. who bore him 
 eight children. 
 
 The boyhood of .lackson Hewitt was passed in 
 
 his native county, and his early .«chool days were 
 spent in what is known as the old Sod us schojl- 
 ll()usl^ He remained at home until fourteen years 
 of age when he begac to learn the trade of a black- 
 smitli, afterward spending a year as an apprentice 
 to the trade of a wagon-maker, and then beginning 
 to travel as a journeyman. In 18,')2 he came to 
 Jackson, Mich., and was employed at the prison by 
 the firm of Davis, Austin, Tomliiison & Co., man- 
 ufacturers of wagons, for a period of five years. 
 
 In 1857 Air. Hewitt started in business for him- 
 self in the same block that is his present stand, but 
 upon a small scale. As his business demanded, he 
 from time to time increased the capacity of his 
 works, and advanced his sales over a more extended 
 territory, as his reputation for reliable work became 
 more broadcast. He is the oldest continuous man- 
 ufacturer in his line in the city. 
 
 On Decemlier 25, 1857, Mr. Hewitt was married, 
 the lady whom he was so fortunate as to win being 
 Miss Charlotte A. Ross, of Ypsilanti. She was 
 born in New York but came with her parents to 
 Michigan when but si.K years old, and in this State 
 acquired her education and training. Her father, 
 Alexander Ross, was a native of Scotland, who 
 came to the United .States when twenty-one years 
 old; he was a miller b\' trade. He married Miss 
 Maria, daughter of Josep'i Whitman, wlio was born 
 in New York. Under the careful training of her 
 worthy parents, Mrs. Hewitt grew to womanhood 
 in the possession of many virtues and graces such 
 as well fitted her for the position she occupies. To 
 her and her husband two children have been born: 
 Willets .Land Minnie 1).. the latter the wife of 
 Benjamin Cowan, book-keeper in Mr. Hewitt's of- 
 fice. Politically Mr. Hewitt has alw.ays l)een a 
 stanch Democrat. His wife is a member of the Bap- 
 tist Church. 
 
 \FCHABOD STODDARD. This gentleman, who 
 1 is now in his declining years enjoying the 
 ,ii fruits of an industrious and useful life, is well- 
 known and respected throughout the county in 
 which he has lived for many years. He occupies an 
 
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 estate on section 19, Sandstone Townshii), wliere he 
 settled in 185o, and where by dint of energ}-, per- 
 severance and hard labor, he made for himself a 
 good home. His occupation is that of a farmer and 
 stock-raiser, liis life from l)oyhood having been 
 passed in tlie pursuit of agriculture. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Seth and Free- 
 love (Morgan) Stoddard, natives of Connecti- 
 cut, the paternal ancestry probably being Scotch. 
 The father belonged to the American army during 
 the War of 1812, l)nt did not talie part in any ac- 
 tive contests. Our subject was born March 15, 
 1817, in New London County, Conn., whence his 
 parents removed to Sullivan County, N. Y., when 
 he was a lad of twelve years. His schooling was ob- 
 tained in the two States at a time when the advan- 
 tages afforded the youth were not equal to those of 
 the present day, but taking advantage of the op- 
 portunities afforded him through the medium of 
 the printing press, he has kept himself well posted 
 on general topics and added to the knowledge ob- 
 tained in the schoolroom. 
 
 At the home of the bride in Connecticut, in the 
 year 1840, Mr. Stoddard was united in marriage 
 with Miss Phoebe, daughter of Charles and Aliigail 
 Rogers. By her he had six children, three of whom 
 are now living. The}' are: Sarah, wife of AViUiam 
 Shelton, a farmer of thi.s county; Eliza, wife of 
 George Snow, of Cheboygan County; and David, 
 whose home is in Sandstone Township, this county. 
 In 185.0, with his wife and two children, Mr. Stod- 
 dard emigrated from New York to this State, set- 
 tling on the farm where he yet resides. He purchased 
 one hundred acres of land which was but slightly 
 improved, which he has brought to its present 
 state, during that time witnessing much of the de- 
 velopment of this section of country. He now owns 
 eighty-eight and a 1 alf acres of land, the home 
 farm including eighty acres. A part of the dwell- 
 ing in which he resides was built years ago, being- 
 added to and remodeled some time later. 
 
 The noble woman who had been Mr. Stoddard's 
 cherished companion and valued assistant for nearly 
 half a century, departed this life December 10, 
 1886, respected by all who knew her. Not only 
 has she been sadly missed in her own family, but 
 the neiglibors attest to iier many virtues and good 
 
 ness of character and recognize their loss. Mr. 
 Stoddard has served as Treasurer of the School 
 District and in his own quiet way has favored those 
 projects wliich would add to tiie prosperity of the 
 section in which he made his home. He is a Re- 
 publican and as thoroughly interested in the suc- 
 cess of the party as in his earlier years. 
 
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 / AME.S CLARK is one of the residents of the 
 county whose pro|ierty has resulted from his 
 own exertions and abilitj-. and is a standing 
 monument to the success that maj' be at- 
 tained by tlirift and peiseverance. He is the more 
 deserving of credit as he has had a large family to 
 rear and sup|iort. He owns and occupies one of the 
 most valuable farms in Grass Lake Townsliip, com- 
 prising one hundred and forty acres on section 8, 
 and is a model farmer, under whose oversight every 
 detail of farm work is carefully done. 
 
 .lohn Clark, the father of our subject, was born 
 in or near Wheeling, W. Va., about 1772, and lived 
 in tliat section until after his marriage. He then 
 removed to .Seneca Ci>unty, N. Y., where he lived 
 many years, moviiig thence to Niagara County, 
 wliore he spent the remainder of his life. He was a 
 millwright by trade and a farmer also, and before 
 his death in 1854 had accumulated a good property'. 
 For many years he was a member of the Baptist 
 Church. He w.as a son of James Clark and of Irish 
 descent. His wife, Mercy Swick, was born in New 
 .Jersey, and died in Seneca County, N. Y., in 1824, 
 at the age of fifty two years. She was a daughter 
 of Tunis Swick, who was a native of Holland. Mr. 
 and Mrs. John Clark reared two children to matur- 
 ity — James and John S., both yet-living. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write wjis born No- 
 vember 5. 1804, in .Seneca County, N. Y., where he 
 was reared on the farm and obtained a common- 
 school education. Early in life he took up his resi- 
 dence in Tompkins County, InU ere long removed 
 to Niagara County, where he lived until 1856. He 
 then came to Michigan, bought land in Sylvan 
 Township, W.ashtenaw County, residing there until 
 1867, when he sold out and came to the place which 
 
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 lie now occupies. The years which lie has s|)eiit in 
 this coiintv have jiivcn his fellow-citizens abunclaiit 
 opiwrtunities to learn his worth of character, which 
 is duij' appreciated by a large circle of acquaint- 
 aiiscs. Mr. Clark is a strong Republican ; his first 
 Presidential vote was cast for John <^. Adams. 
 While in Washtenaw Connly he served as a Justice 
 of the Peace. 
 
 The worthy woman with whom Mr. Clark passed 
 a happy married life of more than sixty years, and 
 who was removed from him by death in Soptend)er, 
 1886, bore the maiden name of Mary R. Swick. 
 (She was born in Seneca County, N. Y., in 1800, and 
 her marriage was celebrated there Marcii 16, 18'26. 
 Throughout her long life she exhiliited the qualities 
 of true womanhood, devoting herself to the com- 
 fort of her husband and the care and training of 
 the children who were given her, not neglecting a 
 Iciiidly interest in the welfare of those about her 
 and leaving behind her a record upon which her 
 bereaved companion and children can look with 
 ])leasure. Her parents, John and Magdaline 
 (Covert) Swick, were natives of New Jersey, and 
 both of them died in Niagara Coiintj', N. Y. To 
 Mr. and Mrs. Clark fourteen childieii were born. 
 The deceased members of the houselujld band are: 
 John. Magdaline. Mercy A.. Kaston. James. INLir- 
 garet and Adeline. The sinvivors are, (Jeorge, 
 Nancy T.. Mary J., Amelia, Caroline, James G. and 
 Orange S. Our subject and his wife were members 
 of the Methodist Episc':)pal Church. 
 
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 Al'OLEON 1!. (tRAHAM, of Parma Town- 
 j/' ship, first set foot upon tliesoil of Michigan 
 Territory in 18.'52. lie is one of the earliest 
 pioneers of Parma Townshii), and is the owner of 
 a will-developed farm on section 31, where he has 
 prosecuted agriculture successfully for the last 
 fifty-eight years. Among its intelligent and praise- 
 worthy citizens he occupies no secondary position, 
 and is widel3' and favorably known to a majority of 
 its people. 
 
 A native of Painesville. Ohio. Mr. Graham was 
 born January 21, 18i!j, and is a son of John and 
 
 Chloe (Graham) (irahain, who were likewise na- 
 tives of the Buckeye Slate. His paternal grand- 
 father, Samuel Graham, was a Scotchman by birth, 
 and emigrated to America in the latter part of 
 1700, and in time to participate as a soldier in the 
 Revolutionary War. He fought on the side of the 
 Colonists, and when the struggle was ended settled 
 in th(! woods of Northern Ohio on a tract of land 
 near which the city of Painesville afterward grew 
 up. 
 
 Grandfather (irahaui, however, must have ex- 
 perienced something of the feeling of Daniel 
 Boone as the while settlers kept crowding around 
 him, and finall}' leaving Ohio, came to the wilds of 
 ^Michigan and spent his Ijist years in Parma Town- 
 ship, this county, dying when nearly ninet3'-six 
 years old. His wife remained his companion almost 
 to the end, she passing away on her ninety fifth 
 birthday. The five children born to them were 
 named respectively: Solomon. John. Betse}', Sam- 
 uel and Sarah. 
 
 In the spring of 182o John Graham and his fam- 
 ily removed to Erie County, N. Y., and settling in 
 Clarence Hollow, resided there a number of years 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits. Then, in 1831, 
 the father of our subject came to this county, pur- 
 chasing six hundred and forty acres of land lying 
 on sections 31 and 32, Parma Township. He 
 brought his family the following year. He had 
 paid for this land $1.25 per acre, and during 
 the winter of 1831-32 sent his son, Lorenzo, 
 and a hired man from New York Stale to put up a 
 shanty, which later vvas substituted by a log house 
 about 20x25 feet in dimensions. They occupied 
 the latter over a year, and then Mr. Graham built a 
 "tavern " about a mile east, on land now owned 
 by Squire Bemaii. This was the first regular pub- 
 lic house in the township', and was operated a 
 number of years by Mr. (iraham. In it was helil 
 the first big ball in the township, to which the 
 people came from far and near, :ind which was the 
 occasion of unmixed enjoyment to all concerned. 
 The first town meeting was also held under its 
 roof. 
 
 Finally Mr. Gr:ihMm removed back to the farm 
 and later built the Bath Uouring-mills in Concord 
 Township. These were' completed in 1815-46, and, 
 
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 Mr. Graham died in the fall of 1848, surviving his 
 wife two years, she having died in 184fi. Tliey 
 were among tiie leading residents of the county, 
 people highly respected by all who !<npw them. 
 Of the eight cliiklren born to them there is surviv- 
 ing only one — Napoleon B., of this sketch. Tlie 
 deceased were named respectively: Lorenzo, Mary, 
 Asaph, Porter, Samuel, Sophronia and Andrew .1. 
 John Graham, politically, was a stanch Democrat, 
 but steadily declined the responsibilities of office 
 which his fellow-citizens often sought to thrust 
 upon him. Both he and his estimable wife were 
 members in good standing of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Ciuirch. 
 
 The subject of this sketch assisted his father in 
 the development of the new farm, and spent his boy- 
 hood and youth under the parental roof in a com- 
 paratively uneventful manner, attending school 
 during the winter season, and employing himself 
 in plowing, sowing and reaping the remainder of 
 the year. In 1852 he was seized with the Califor- 
 nia gold fever, and getting together a team and a 
 covered wagon, started across the plains, driving 
 the entire distance of twenty-five hundred miles 
 in company with others. They camjjed out where- 
 evcr night overtook them, and the journey occu- 
 pied four months. They went via Salt Lake City, 
 and located in Placerville, where Mr. Graham spent 
 over a year, tlien returned home by the Isthmus of 
 Paniima and New York City. Aft(!r this exper- 
 ience ^Ir. Graham was content to settle down to 
 the farming pursuits which he has since uninter- 
 ruptedlj' followed. 
 
 The marriage of Napoleon B. (iraham and Miss 
 Mary J. Pierce was celebrated December 5, 1847, 
 at the bride's home in Parma. Mrs. Graham was 
 born near Lockport, N. Y., in March, 1831. and is 
 the daughter of James and Ann (Loomis) Pierce, 
 who were natives of New Y^ork and spent their last 
 years in Michigan. Of this union there were born 
 seven children who are located as follows: Asa, 
 somewliere in the Farther West; Ellen, the wife of 
 Henry Tunnecliff, is a resident of Dakota; Elsie A. 
 is the wife of George Bishoi). of Concord Town- 
 ship; William L. is farming in Parma Township; 
 Mary J. is the wife of Lewis Bishop, of Concord 
 Township. Mrs. JNIary J. Graham departed this 
 
 life at the homestead in Parma Township, May 19, 
 1879. She was a lady of many estimable qualities, 
 and her death was deepl3' mourned l)y her familj' 
 and her many friends. 
 
 The farm of Mr. Graham comprises one hundred 
 and twenty acres of well-tilled land, upon wliich 
 he has erected substantial buildings, and the whole 
 jiremises reflect great credit upon his industry and 
 good management. Politicall3', he affiliates with 
 the Democratic part}'. The first town meeting in 
 Parma Township was held at the home of his 
 father, John Graham. The family lias been closely 
 identified with the growth and development of this 
 section of country, and the present representative 
 is most worthily bearing the mantle of his honored 
 sire. 
 
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 f ONATHAN CADY. The subject of this 
 notice is certainly entitled to be considered 
 not only one of the pioneers and enterpris- 
 
 / ing farmers of the county, but one of its re- 
 spected and honored citizens and a man of more 
 than ordinary- abilit}'. In his career we find that 
 of a man whose course in life has been such as to 
 commend him in a marked manner to the esteem 
 and confidence of his fellow-citizens. Upright in his 
 dealings, generous and public-spirited, he has, as a 
 member of the community, exerted a good influ- 
 ence around him, and furthered the enterprises 
 calculated to upbuild the moral and religious ele- 
 ments of society. In this praiseworthy labor he 
 been encouraged by one of the best of women, 
 a lady possessing rare qualifications and one who 
 has assisted in drawing around herself and fam- 
 ily the best social elements of the community. 
 We thus And a home without pretensions to ele- 
 gance, but encircled by an air of culture and 
 refinement, and a most delightful resort. 
 
 The Cad^' family originated in England, and it 
 is supposed that the first members of the family 
 who came to America settled in Columbia County, 
 N. Y., early in the eighteenth century. This, how- 
 ever, is only traditional and cannot be given as a 
 positive fact. The paternal grandfather of our 
 subject was Elijah Cady, who was a native of the 
 
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 foiinty nbove named, in wliicli liis son. Sylvester, 
 the t'atlier of our subject, was also born. The 
 latter dieil in his native county wiien only about 
 tliiity years of atj;e. and b.it a few facts ))eitainin<;- 
 to his histoiT are obtainable. He was a well- 
 to-do fainier and a man of stiietly moral eharae- 
 ter. His wife, I'olly C'rego, was born in Herkimer 
 County, N. Y.. and died at the home of her young- 
 est daughter, in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, at 
 an advanced age. Sylvester and Polly Cady had 
 born to them four children — lOlsie, .lonathan, (iager 
 '1\ and Mary .1. C>f these, only .lonathan and Mary 
 .1. now survive. 'J"he latter is the widovv of Otis 
 Whipple and lives at Irving Park, Chicago. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write first saw the 
 light of d.ay, August 11. hSll , in Columbia County, 
 N. Y. He remained at home until twenty-one 
 years of age, and then started out in the world for 
 himself with no capital except what nature had be- 
 stowed upon him and a good common-school edu- 
 cation, lie hired out to work on a farm when he 
 was a boy for one shilling a day, and had m.-iny 
 hardships to endure, I)ut by economy saved up 
 quite a little sum of mone^', with which, in 1833, he 
 came to the Territory- of Miciiigan. Here he roughed 
 it for two years before going back to his native 
 county, but the following year he returned to this 
 State with his mother. He bought one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land on section 10, Grass Lake 
 Township, this county, and spent several years on 
 that farm. 
 
 Finally selling the property to his brother, Mr. 
 Cady removed to where he now resides, on section 
 \X, the same townshi[), where he owns two hun- 
 dred and ten acres of line and well improved lanil. 
 Having accumulated a comfortable competency, 
 lie has wisely retired from active labor. It is main- 
 tained by some that mortals are largely the victims 
 of circumstancfes and that a man's misfortunes or 
 prosperity are largely dependent upon his sur- 
 roundings and opportunities. These sentiments, 
 however, become cpiestionable in reviewing the 
 career of Mr. Cady. Although he meddles ver}' 
 little in politics, he keeps himself thoroughly posted 
 upon the march of events the world over, and 
 gives his support to tlie Republican partj'. He is 
 not a member of an\ religion^ denomination, but 
 
 believes in the establishment and maintenance of 
 churches, and has always given freely of hi-^ means 
 for church and charitable purposes. 
 
 One of the most interesting events in the life of 
 Mr. Cady was his m.arriage, whieli took place in 
 (ir.'iss Lake, this county, September 28, 1849. The 
 liride was Miss Martha S. Price, who was horn in 
 Ossian, Allegany County, N. Y., August 13, 1828, 
 and is a daughter of Joshua V. and Nancy (Ben- 
 nett Price, natives of New York and Connecticut 
 respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Price came to Michi- 
 gan in 1833 and settled on a farm near Grass Lake 
 Village, where ihey lived for many years. They 
 then moved into the vill.age, where both died ripe 
 in years. Mrs. Cady has been a member of the 
 Baptist Church at Grass Lake since she was four- 
 U'cn years of age. She has borne her husband live 
 children, as follows: Mary L., born September 28, 
 18,50; Albert O., December 28, 1852; Emma J., 
 January 1, 1862; Henry D., November IG, 18G4; 
 John was born March 24, 1 873, but died soon after. 
 
 AVID J. SOPER, who is a well-known 
 |1 farmer of Grass Lake Township, was born 
 @J^ in this township February 2. ISol. He is 
 ^^ a son of one of the earliest pioneers of this 
 
 county, Cornelius Soper, who was born in Dutchess 
 County, N. Y., and who, uiion reaching man'.s es- 
 tate, was wedded to Miss Eliza K. Wood. 
 
 The father of our subject remained a resident of 
 New York State until sometime in the '30s, then 
 decided to seek his fortune in the far West. Select- 
 ing this county as his location, he journeyed hither 
 overland and by water and took up a tract of Gov- 
 ernment land upon which he lived for many years. 
 He was very successful as a farmer and spent his 
 last days in Grass Lake, passing away June 4, 1 882, 
 when about seventy years old. His career was 
 that of many who came to this region empt3' 
 handed and who, hy a course of prudence and 
 economy, accumulated a large share of this v\-orld's 
 goods. He was a man of decided views and a 
 stanch Democrat, but made no effort to push hiin- 
 
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 self iiuo office, and consequently lived the life of a 
 private citizen. His father, John Soper, accom- 
 panied hiin to Micliigan and died in Grass Lake 
 Township. Some of the early members of the 
 family served in tlie Revolutionary War. 
 
 The mother of our subject departed tliis life at 
 the homestead in (irass Lal<e Township June 28, 
 1879, at the age of sixty-eiglit years. The paren- 
 tal houseliold was completed by the birtliof eleven 
 children, viz: Hiram, Mar^- C, Mary L., Nicho- 
 las, Job, Jolm, Daniel, Josepliine, Rosella; Levi 
 and David J. Tlie latter, of wliom we write more 
 especially, was reared at the old homestead witliin 
 a half mile of where he now resides. He accjuired 
 liis education in the common-school and at an early 
 age was taught to make liimself useful on the farm. 
 He remained there until a man of twenty-seven 
 years and then started out for himself. In 1878 
 he bought one hundred acres of land on section 18, 
 Grass Lake Township whicli is included in his 
 present Iiomestead. To tliis he later added forty 
 acres, and whole of which has been brought to a 
 good state of cultivation. Mr. Soper belongs to 
 the Patrons of Industry and in his political views, 
 is, like his father, strongly Democratic. 
 
 The 26th of February, 1878, was a day made 
 memorable in tlie life of Mr. Soper by his marriage 
 witli Miss Mary E. Glenn at the bride's liome in 
 Leoni Township. Mrs. Soper was born in England, 
 July 2. 1858, and is the daughter of William and 
 Emcline J Allen) Glenn, who emigrated to America 
 in 18G5. Coming directly westward they settled 
 in Leoni Township where they still live. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Soper are tlie parents of three children — Eva 
 E., Ray G. and Mearl L. 
 
 This veteran 
 pioneer of Sandstone Township constitutes 
 \\^^/' Qjjg of tijg Q\^\ landmarks in the growth and 
 development of this county witli which he has l3een 
 closely identified for a (leriod of over fort3- years. 
 He was born in AVayne County, this State, August 
 27, 1819, and is the son of Paul D. and Amanda 
 (King) Anderson, who were natives respectively of 
 
 Vermont and New York City. His paternal ances- 
 tors originated in Scotland. 
 
 The father of our subject left the Green Moun- 
 tain State about 1816. and made his way to Michi- 
 gan Territory nearlj' twenty j'ears pri(>r to its 
 admission into the Union as a State. He secured a 
 tract of land in Wayne County, and being a niill- 
 wrigiit by trade, followed tliis the most of his life, 
 putting up two mills in Wayne County and others 
 elsewhere. In the meantime he left his family in 
 Detroit while he worked at his trade and managed 
 to bring a portion of his land to a state of cultiva- 
 tion. He spent his last da3'S in Wayne County, 
 Mich., dying about 1837. In early manhood he 
 atliliated willi the old Whig party but after its 
 abandonment cordially endorsed Repulilican prin- 
 ciples. A warm defender of the principles of Ma- 
 sonry he was one of the earliest men in this region 
 to represent the frateriiitj'. 
 
 To the i)arents of our subject there was born a 
 famil}' of four children, of whom Theodore T. is 
 the only survivor. The latter lived mostly in De- 
 troit until he was a youth of seventeen years and 
 then the family removed to a farm about seven 
 miles west of the city. He received his education 
 inostl3' in the schools of that cit^- and had for one 
 of his youthful comrades Thomas W. Palmer, who 
 a few years since was a member of the State Senate. 
 
 After the death of his mother our subject went 
 to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and attended 
 school at an academy one 3'ear. When completing 
 his studies he began learning the carpenter's trade, 
 which he followed about ten years. In the mean- 
 time he was married October 23, 1849, to Miss 
 I>etse3' Wright. This lady was a native of N'er- 
 mont and b3- her union with our subject were 
 born the following children: Theodore E., Will- 
 iam F., of Chicago, 111.; Martha A., the wife of F. 
 D. AValworth, of Springport Township; Garland 
 W., Ch.arles K. and Mary G. In 1850, Mr. Ander- 
 son brought his wife to Sandstone Township and 
 they settled on the farm where the3' now live, this 
 comprising eighty acres which under the carefid 
 management of the proprietor has been brought to 
 a productive condition and is the source of a com- 
 fortable income. For this he paid 811.25 per acre, 
 thirty-five acres being somewhat improved. The 
 
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 hnliiiice. liowcver. was wild Innd and involved con- 
 sidoralije labor and expense in hrin^jing it lo its 
 present eondition. 
 
 Tliere are few who can enliijlilen Mr. "Anderson 
 very niueli upon the toils and hardships of the fron- 
 tier — especially those who commenced with limited 
 or no eapital, as he did. He added to his first 
 purchase and now has one hundred and twenty 
 acres in the lionio farm besides twenty-two acres 
 on section 5. He acknowiedijes that his estimable 
 wife was his most efficient helpmate and counselor 
 and he met his first great afliiction in her death, 
 which occurred September 15, 188(). Not onlj' 
 was Mrs. Anderson deeplj' mourned by her imme- 
 <liate famil}', but the entire community felt that it 
 had sustained a less. 
 
 Mr. Andeison votes the straight Republican 
 ticjiet and in former years belonged to the Inde- 
 jiendent Order of Odd Fellows at .lackson. He 
 enjoys an extended ac(|uaintance among the best 
 people of the county and although perhaps not 
 making any great stir in the world, has fulfilled the 
 duties devolving u[)on him in a creditable manner, 
 doing good as he has had opportunity and furnish- 
 ing an example of thrift, industry and honesty well 
 worthy of imitation. 
 
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 TGUSTUS N. B'OOTE. Secretary and Treas- 
 uroi of the Jackson Electric Light Com- 
 li ()any, and also Secretary of the Battle 
 '^ Creek and Albion Electric I^ight Com- 
 
 panies, has been a resident of Michigan for a 
 period of more than sixty years, and is one of 
 t!ic oldest residents of the State, in point of settle- 
 ment now living in Jackson. His large experience 
 iti finances and as a business man places him 
 among the foremost men of enterprise and ability 
 who are doing so much to ailvance tlie interests of 
 the citj- and county in every direction. 
 
 Mr. Footers native place is \'illanova. Chautau- 
 qua Count\, N. Y., he having been born there 
 September 18, 1823. He conies of good old New 
 England stock, his paternal grandparents being 
 life-long residents of Connictiiut, and there his 
 
 father, ]VHllon Foote, was born in the town of 
 Litchfield, Litchfield County. He was there reared, 
 and in 1801) was mariied. in Newtown, to Lois Bris- 
 coe, who was born in that pl.ace July 26, 1792. In 
 1812 they removeil to New York State and com- 
 menced to build a new home in (irotton Hollow, 
 Cortland County, Mr. Foote Inlying a tract of 
 heavily-timbered land. He cleared quite a tract of 
 it and was much i)rospered for a time, bul later he 
 was so unfortunate as (o lose his all, and to have 
 to begin life anew. So, in 1820. he borrowed money 
 to buy a pair of oxen, built a sled and started 
 with his family for the Holland Purchase. After 
 they had traveled one day the snow melted, and 
 they had to finish the journey with the sled on 
 bare ground. Mr. Foote located in Chautauqua 
 County, and once more commenced the hard pio- 
 neer task of hewing out a farm from the primeval 
 forests. Ho bought heavily timbered land of the 
 Holland Purchase (.'ompany, and at once erected 
 a pole shanty to shelter his family, replacing it 
 soon after ~with a block house, in which dwellin"- 
 our subject was born. The father was very indus- 
 trious, and besides clearing seventy acres of land, 
 erected two hewed log barns, and planted a lar<>-c 
 orchard. There were no railways or canals in that 
 part of the country at that time, and consequently 
 no markets for farm produce, therefore Mr. Foote 
 concluded that he never should be able to pay for 
 his land and that it would bo better to seek a 
 more favorable location, and in 1830 he sold his 
 improvements for $300, and started for the Terri- 
 tory of Michigan, accompanied b}- his wife anil 
 nine of his ten children, the removal being made 
 with a pair of horses and a covered wagon. After a 
 join ney of twenty days, they arrived in Lenawee 
 County, and found the now prosperous and nour- 
 ishing city of Adrian but a mere hamlet, with only 
 one frame house and several log structures. The 
 surrounding country was but sparsely settled, the 
 land being mostly hold by the Ciovernment. and 
 for sale at |il.25 an .acre. Mr. Foote bought eigbt3- 
 acres of land near .Vdrian. the same tract upon 
 which the Wabash Railway station now stands. 
 The land was known as )ak openings, and there- 
 fore was not as'ditficult to improve, and the first 
 ye.ar he girdled the trees on ten acres, and sowed 
 
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 it to whoat, which he cut with a sickle the next 
 li.irvest. Bread-stuff was scarce, and being in a 
 hurry for flour, Mr. Foote threslied a part of it in a 
 nlrtnket, and sent our subject and an elder brother 
 a distance of four miles on foot for a handfanning- 
 inachine, a primitive affair such as could be made 
 by any one having boards and tools. Wishing to 
 secure more land, Mr. Foote sold that near Adrian 
 in 1835, and removed to Hillsdale County, and set- 
 tled in Adams Township on a tract of forest-covered 
 land, and built a log house in the wilderness to shel- 
 ter liis family not only from the inclemency of the 
 weather, but from bears, wolves and other wild 
 beasts tiiat roamed through the woods. Deer and 
 other wild game furnished good meat for their 
 table, such as would be considered a luxury now-a- 
 daj^s in many homes. He spent the remainder of 
 his life there, bis death occurring in 1842. and his 
 wife, surviving him, lived on the homestead until 
 1853, when she went to make her home with our 
 subject in Adrian, and in October, 1882, forty 
 years after lier husband's death, she, too, passed 
 peacefully away. They were devoted members of 
 the Methodist Church, and religious meetings were 
 frequently held at their home, in which the itiner- 
 ant preacher was alwaj's hospitably entertained. The 
 following is recorded of the ten children born to 
 the parents of our subject, all of whom were reared 
 to maturity: Hannah M. mairied Pharis Sutton, 
 and lives in Lenawee County; John Milton died 
 in Adams, Hillsdale County; Abba is the wife of 
 Sylvanus Kinney, of Adrian; James died in Adams 
 Township, Hillsdale Connty; Cemantha married 
 L. S. Bangs, and died in Adams Township; AVill- 
 iam B. also died there; Eliza is the wife of Joseph 
 Kempton, and lives in Colorado; our subject was 
 the next in order of birth; Adelia married Knight 
 Record, and lives in Farmington. Minn.; Eli S. le- 
 sides in San Antonia, Tex. 
 
 Augustus Foote, of whom we write, was but 
 seven years old when he came to Michigan with 
 with his parents, but he remembers well the inci- 
 dents of the long and tedious overland journey, 
 and of the subsequent pioneer life. He was edu- 
 cated in tlie primitive log schoolhouses of the 
 early da3S of the settlement of Michigan. Like all 
 tlie farmers' boys in those days, he was early called 
 
 upon to assist in the labors of the farm, which he 
 relinquished soon after his father's death to learn 
 the trade of a carpenter with his brother-in-law, 
 Mr. Sutton. He worked with him about two years, 
 and then found employment in Adrian with James 
 Berry, a contractor and later a veri" extensive lum- 
 ber dealer. Mr. Berry was not long in appreciating 
 the fact that our subject had much business abil- 
 it}- and tact in managing affairs, and he made him 
 his confidential agent with power of attorney to 
 buy and sell for him. Our subject showed him- 
 self keenly alive to the tru^t imposed in him, 
 and the responsibility thrust upon him, and never 
 did his emjiloyer have cause to regret his se- 
 lection of him to aid him in carrying on his vast 
 business, and never was a man more failhfull}' 
 and conscientiously served or his interests more 
 closelj' looked aftei' by another mun than in the 
 case of Mr. Berry and Mr. Foote. They were thus 
 closely united for more than a quarter of a cent- 
 ury, from 1858 to 1886, and upon the death of 
 Mr. Berry in the latter year our subject was ap- 
 pointed administrator of his estate. In 1887 Mr. 
 Foote came to Jackson to make his home, and at 
 the present time is occupying the positions before 
 referred to. 
 
 The marriage of our subject, in 1853, with Miss 
 Sarah S. Parks, was an event that has had an im- 
 portant bearing upon hi^ life. She was born in 
 Windom County, Vt., .lud is a daughter of Abijah 
 and Rboda Parks. Their wedded life has been 
 been blessed to them by the birth of six children, 
 live of whom are living, as follows: Will A., the 
 oldi!st; Delia, the wife of John L. Schoolcraft, of 
 Adrian; Nettie, the wife of James B. Gibbons, of 
 Marshall, Minn.; James B. and Catherine, resi- 
 dents of Jackson. Edwin M. died at the age of 
 two and a half years. 
 
 A man of unblemished reputation, of kindly, 
 generous temperament, and of more than average 
 vigor of mind, Mr. Foote is justly considered an 
 honor to hi^. community. He and his estimable 
 wife are among the most prominent members of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he 
 served as Class-Lc.ader for upward of thirty years, 
 and as .Superintendent of the Sunday-school, and 
 in their charitableness and quiet,unostentatious man- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 535 
 
 ner of performing kiiiil and iieio;liborly deeds, and 
 by the conduct of their daily lives they do much 
 to strengthen the belief in Christianity. They oc- 
 cupy a iiigh social position, and do what they 
 can to elevate society- and to promote the best 
 interests of the city. 
 
 imbia Township has a higher reputa- 
 tion for thorough honesty and reliability 
 than the above-named gentleman, who is 
 the owner and occupant of a farm on section 1 7. 
 For thirtj' }-ears he has operated a threshing ma- 
 chine throughout the township, and therefore has 
 a large circle of acquaintances, making his reputa- 
 tion more than a neighborhood one. .'>ince he be- 
 gan life for himself lie lias ever been hard-working 
 and energetic, and his present possessions are due 
 to his personal efforts. Ilis motto is "paj- as you 
 go." and he is consequently established on a firm 
 basis. His estate comprises ninety acres of excel- 
 lent land, which was obtained by him in February, 
 18G8, and has been brought l)}- him to a high state 
 of imprdvement and cultivation, bearing a full line 
 of substantial and adequate farm buildings. 
 
 Mr. Nash is a native of Newsted Township. Krie 
 County, N. Y.. liaving been born there October 
 28, 18.'5i). and his residence in Michigan dates 
 from April, 185C, at wliich time his parents made 
 a setttlement in this county. Here he became of 
 age and began his own work in life, earning the 
 confidence of those with whom he came in contact 
 and bec<miing the possessor of a conifortabh! home. 
 In politics he is independent, casting his ballot 
 for the candidate whom he think.: best fitted to 
 cany out the will of the people and subserve their 
 inleresls. lie is a member of Blue Lodge, No. Uii), 
 of Brookl^'ii. 
 
 Lewis L. Nash, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Chenango County, N. Y.. whence he was 
 taken to Erie County by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Moses Nash, when an infant of eighteen months. 
 There his father, who was a soldier in the War of 
 1812, and was in Buffalo when Fl. Frie was blown 
 
 up, died at the age of seventy odd years. Lcwift 
 Nash was reared and educated in Erie County, 
 early in life beginning work at the carpenter's 
 trade. He married Miss Orace (iardner, who was 
 born and reared in Newsted and then removed to 
 Clarence Township, Erie County, and the young 
 couple continued to make that count3^ their home 
 until 1832. They then came to Michigan, jiurchas- 
 ing one hundred and sixty acres of land in Verona 
 Township, Calhoun County, four miles from Bat- 
 tle Creek, upon which they remained two years. 
 The health of Mr. Nash being impaired there, he 
 sold his propertj' for twice what it had cost him, 
 and returned to the Empire State, whence, in 
 1856, he came again to Michigan, locating upon 
 fortj' acres of land in Columbia Township, this 
 county, where he spent the remainder of his life. 
 His death occurred October 26, 1889, when he was 
 nearly four-score years old. His wife breathed her 
 last Septemlier 15, 1889, just six weeks before his 
 own decease, she being then sevent3'-three years 
 old. She was a member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church', at Napoleon, and regarded as a 
 woman of great worth of character. Mr. Nash was 
 a quiet, unassuming, and reliable man, who ful- 
 filled his duties in life in such a way as to merit 
 esteem. 
 
 The first settlement of Lewis Nash in this State 
 was made at the expense of some suffering and 
 privation, his journey being accomplished in the 
 primitive fashion by a team from his Eastern home 
 to Buffalo, N. Y.. thence across the lake to Detroit, 
 and concluded by a team. The country in which 
 he made his home was new and unbroken, and he 
 labored hard to build up a comfortable home, 
 being assisted in her own sphere by his worthy 
 wife. He passed through Jackson, jiutting up a( a 
 tavern kept by a Mr. .lackson, the first settler in 
 the county that now bears, his name, the tavern 
 being the only house then in the city. Moses N.'ish, 
 grandfather of our subject, was I)orn in Chenango 
 County. His wife. Hanna Gallop, was born in 
 the same county as her husband. They both died 
 at Royalton. 
 
 .lered Gardner, the grandfather on his mother's 
 side, was born on Long Island, and Diamia Sher- 
 man was born in New York. They were married 
 
536 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 in that State. He died in Newsted County, N. Y. 
 She is still living there at the age of ninety six 
 years. 
 
 Oar subject was married in Columbia Townshii). 
 Jackson County, Mich., October 28, 1864, to Miss 
 Mary E. Russell. She was born April 7. 1816. 
 She was the daughter of John and Angeline (Willis) 
 Russell, who were natives of Xew York, and now 
 reside in this county. They have one daugiiter, 
 Emma N. 
 
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 ^<^,()TTFRIED MAYER. This name repre- 
 
 (l( sents that of one of the leading German 
 
 %^\ farmers of Waterloo Township, and one 
 who by his unflagging industry, prudent economy 
 and good judgment has raised iiimself from a 
 modest position in life to one of wealth and inde- 
 pendence. He is well-educated in his native 
 tongue, and spent the early years of his life in his 
 native Kingdom of Wurtemburg, where his birth 
 took place January 24, 18I.T. He comes from 
 pure German stock, being the son of Fred E. and 
 Margaret (Mayroad) Maj-er, who were born, reared, 
 married and spent their entire lives in the Fatlier- 
 land. Their family consisted of twelve children. 
 The subject of this sketch was the seventh child 
 of his parents, and lived with them on a farm until 
 reaching manhood. In the meantime, in accord- 
 ance with the laws and customs of his native coun- 
 try, he was placed in school at an earl}' age, and 
 pursued his studies quite steadily until a lad of 
 fourteen years. He then worked with his father, 
 and learned all the details of agriculture as prose- 
 cuted in the German Empire. He remained with 
 his parents until coming to America, which land he 
 set out for in the spring of 1844. Embarking at 
 Antwerp, he arrived in New York after twenty- 
 eiu'ht days spent on the ocean, and at once set out 
 for the Far West, coming to this county and lo- 
 cated in Waterloo Township. Soon afterward he 
 took up eight}' acres of land from the Govern- 
 ment, and with a ca|)ital of less than $100, com- 
 menced farming under many difHculties and 
 disadvantages. He bad come to stay, however, 
 and (lermitted nothing to turn him from liis purpose 
 
 of erecting a home and accumulating a competence. 
 To what good purpose he has labored is indicated 
 b}' his surroundings. He is now the owner of four 
 hundred and fiftv-one liroad acres, all of which is 
 in a [iroductive condition, and upon which he has 
 erected substantial modern buildings, gathered 
 together the latest iiniiroved machinery, good 
 grades of live stock and all the other appurte- 
 nances required by the intelligent and progressive 
 modern farmer. The homestead proper lies on 
 section 16, and Mr. Mayer's estate is considered 
 one of the most valuable in Jacksou County. 
 
 Remaining a bachelor until over thirty-two 
 years of age, Mr. Mayer was then married. May 16, 
 1847, to Miss Amelia Moeanch, then living in 
 Waterloo Township. Mrs. Mayer is a native of 
 Germany, also born in the Kingdom of Luxem- 
 burg, June 4, 1819. She came alone to America in 
 1846. and of her union witli our subject there have 
 been born five cliililren — Amelia, Dorothy, Charles, 
 P'rederick C. and William A. Mr. and Mrs. Mayer 
 since early youth have been connected with the 
 Lutheran Church, and Mr. Mayer, politically be- 
 longs to the Democratic party. He is one of the 
 leaders among his countrymen in this county, and 
 a representative of their nationality of whom liiey 
 may well be proud. 
 
 r/ GOTTLIEB HEYDLAUFF. Waterloo 
 Township contains no finer home than that 
 belonging to the subject of this notice, and 
 recognizes no better citizens than he. There 
 is combined in his make-up the qualities which have 
 enabled him to rise from an humble position in life 
 to one of prominence and afHuence. Of a pro- 
 gressive and enter|nising mind, he has disbursed 
 his accumulations in an eminently wise manner, 
 and surrounded iiimself with all the comforts and 
 luxuries of this life. He was born in the King- 
 dom of Wurtemberg, Germany, October 23, 1837, 
 and is the son of Andrew and Christina Catherine 
 (Reithmilier) Hcydlauff, who were natives of the 
 same province as their son, and who there spent 
 their entire lives. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 53; 
 
 Tlie father of our subject was a farmer by occu- 
 pation, an upriglit and honest citizen, and a mem- 
 ber in good standing of the Lutheran Church. The 
 parental iiousehokl inchided six cliildren, viz. : 
 Catlierine; .1. (iottlieb, our subject; Louisa, Hed- 
 wig, Fredriciva and William. J. Gottlieb was the 
 second born, and spent his earl^' years under the 
 parental roof, learning the art of agriculture, and 
 acquiring his education in the common school. At 
 the age of twenty- 3'ears, filled witli more than an 
 ordinary amount of ambition to be somebody in 
 the world, and seeing little encouragement for ad- 
 vanc raent in his native couutr\-, he, in 1857, set 
 out for America. I'pon reacliing iiis destination 
 he turned his face toward the Farther West, cross- 
 ing the Mississipi)i and settling tirst in lona County, 
 Mich.; he there engaged in farming until the out- 
 break of the Civil War. He had by this time 
 become familiar with American institutions, and 
 had contracted a warm affection for his adopted 
 country. He now proffered his services as a Union 
 sohlier. and enlisted in Company B, Sixteenth 
 Michigan Infantry, which company was also hon- 
 ored by the membership of Allen 1>. Jlorris, now 
 Judge of the United States Court. 
 
 Mr. Heydlauff went to the fi^^nt with his regi- 
 ment, which was assigned to the Array of the 
 Potomac, and fought in all the battles of that cam- 
 paign. He served faithfully until the close of his 
 three \'ears' term of enlistment, then veteranized 
 and continued until the close of the war. Although 
 experiencing all the hardships and privations inci- 
 dent to life in the army, he was, compared with 
 many of his comrades, remarkably fortunate, escap- 
 ing wounds and capture, and was never conSned in 
 the hospital a day from illness. He participated in 
 the battles of (Jaines Hill, Meclianicsville, i\Lalvern 
 Hill, the second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, 
 Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, th( 
 Wilderness, Petersburg, Five Forks, and had the 
 satisfaction of witnessing the surrender of Lee's 
 army at Appc>mattox. He also fought in various 
 minor engagements. At the close of the war he 
 rect>ived his honorable 'lischarge, July 8. 1865, at 
 Jeffersouville, Ind. 
 
 Hnlurning now to his ohl haunts in Michigan, 
 Mr. Heydlauff in due time located on his present 
 
 farm in Waterloo Townshii). He has now two 
 hundred and thirtj'-five acres of well-tilled land, 
 all lying on section 30. This is considered one of 
 the best farms in the townshii). without including 
 Its fine residence, the ample and convenient out- 
 buildings, and other appurtenances, which indicate 
 the supervision of a proprietor more than ordi- 
 narily intelligent and enterprising. Mr. Heydlauff 
 landed in America without means, and at first 
 worked by the day. With genuine Gei-man thrift 
 and prudence he began saving in a short time, 
 lived economically, and has thus furnished an ex- 
 ample of what a man may accomplish by a resolute 
 will and plodding industry. Both ^Ir. Heydlauff 
 and his estimable wife are members in good stand- 
 ing of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Heydlauff is a 
 pronounced Repul)lican, and has held various local 
 offices. 
 
 Our subject took unto himself a wife and help- 
 mate after returning from the army, being married 
 Januar3- 14, ISGG.to Miss Catherine Moeckel. This 
 lady was born in Waterloo Township, May 20, 1843, 
 and is a daughter of John G. ami Klizabeth (Frey- 
 muth) Moeckel, who were natives of Germany, 
 and who emigrate<l to America early in the '10s. 
 They came directly to .Michigan and located in 
 AVaterloo Township, where they spent the remain- 
 der of their da3S. To our subject and his excel- 
 lent wife there has been born a farail}' of nine 
 children, viz.: Clara C, Louise M., Charlotte H., 
 Rosa F., Emma D., Victor W., Carl F.. Walter G. 
 and Cornelia A. They arc all living, and present a 
 most interesting group, the most of them being at 
 home with their parents. 
 
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 OSEPH B. KLIiVKSMIlll. It is always a 
 pleasure to the biographical writer to note 
 the prosperity that has attended the labors 
 of one who began life for himself at an earl^- 
 age and under circumstances that test the capabili- 
 ties, and to whose untiring energy tliat prosperity 
 is due. The sul)ject of this sketch is one of tiiis 
 class, and having been left fatherless at an early 
 
538 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 age the burdens devolving upon the head of the 
 household fell largel}' to liis lot from tliat lime. 
 He was born in Senec.i, Ontario County, N. Y., 
 September 2.5, 1845, reared on a farm where hn 
 was early set to worlv and tauglit the value of in- 
 dustry and determination. Prior to the age of 
 nine years be had attended the district schools, but 
 the knowledge which he lias acquired since that 
 time has been self-obtained. His fatlier lost bis all 
 by the breaking of a bank, and during tlie later 
 years of his life carried on liis occupation of farm- 
 ing on rented land. 
 
 Young Klinesmitli had scarcely entered liis teens 
 when bis father died. In 1861 liis mother and two 
 sisters were brought by him to Miciiigan, and the 
 mother bought a tract of land in Spring Arbor 
 Township, this eount}^, upon which they made 
 their home, the care of tlie pl.ace devolving upon 
 the young son. He did tlie clearing and improv- 
 ing, using oxen for the farm work, and carrying on 
 the estate for bis mother until 1872. He had man- 
 ifested an unconunoa degree of energy and enter- 
 prise and bad proved quite successful in his 
 agricultural endeavors. 
 
 Upon leaving the farm he went to Evart, Ose- 
 ola County, where he remained six weeks, after 
 which he engaged in the lumber business at Lud- 
 dington, obtaining a j)osition as foreman on the 
 docks. At tills work be rontinued until Decem- 
 ber, 1873, when he was called home by the illness 
 of his mother. She died a few weeks later and he, 
 having bought the home farm, located permanently 
 upon it. It comprises eighty acres on section 10 
 and twenty acres on section 9, all improved, well 
 fenced, and with tlie usual buildings — dwelling, 
 barn, granary', etc. The orchard was set out by 
 him in an eariy day of their possession, and the 
 stone for the dwelling was drawn when he had no 
 expectation of becoming the owner of tlie place. 
 Two teams are employed in the work of the estate, 
 where general farming is carried on, wheat being 
 the principal grain raised, and hogs, sheep, and 
 full-blooded Short-horn cattle being kept. The 
 orchard furnishes a good supplj' of various fruits 
 .and proves a remunerative and attractive feature 
 of'tbe estate. During the p.ast winter Mr. Kline- 
 smith has sawed one hundred thousand feet of 
 
 lumber from his place, having a contract with the 
 coal mill company. 
 
 Mr. Kliuesmith is of German ancestry in Uie pa- 
 ternal line, bis grandfather having come from the 
 Fatherland prior to the Revolution, during which 
 he served in the Colonial arm}'. He entered one 
 hundred and sixty acres of land in Pennsylvania, 
 where be spent the remainder of bis life. There 
 Andrew Klinesmith, tlie father of our subject, was 
 bom and reared. He learned the trade of a glass 
 blower and when a young man found employment 
 in a glass factoiy in Seneca, Ontario County, N. Y.. 
 where be remained until his marriage. He then 
 began farming on rented land. He bad inherited 
 one hundred and sixty acres in Pennsylvania, which 
 be sold and bringing the money home put it in a 
 bank, but the collapse of the institution resulted in 
 the loss of the 13,000 which be bad deposited, and 
 he was left without capital and obliged to struggle 
 manfully to improve his financial condition. He 
 died in August, 1858, at the age of sixty-one years. 
 His suffrage was given to the Republican party. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
 of Charlotte Morton. She was born in the north 
 of Ireland and was of Scotch-Irish lineage, and be- 
 ing orphaned in childhood came to America at the 
 age of seven years to join her brother John. Her 
 parents were quite wealthy but the estate went to 
 the oldest son and the younger members of the 
 family were obliged to shift for themselves. After 
 the death of her husband Mrs. Klinesmith endeav- 
 ored to till the place of both father and mother 
 and rear her children in a becoming manner. After 
 puchasing the home in this State, with the aid of 
 her little family she had placed it in a comfortable 
 condition prior to her death, which took place in 
 January, 1874, when she had reached the age of 
 sevent3'-tbree years. She was a worthy member of 
 the Presbyterian Church. Her family comprised two 
 sons and two daughters, the subject of this sketch 
 being the youngest. The first born, Mrs. Charlotte 
 Kirk, now lives at Hillsdale; Andrew, the eldest 
 son and second child, came to this State in 1860 
 and worked out until August 6, 1861, when he en- 
 tered the Union armj-. He was enrolled in Com- 
 pany I, Sixth Michigan Infantry, and being sent 
 Southeast was at Baltimore nearlj' a year. He 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ■)41 
 
 then wcr.t with (n-ii. liiiMiT lo New ( )ilcaiis and 
 tlience to Baton Rouge, wliere the comniaiid was 
 attacked by Gen. Breckenridge, August 6, 1862. 
 He was shot in tlie abdomen, tlie wound being re- 
 ceived about 9'elock and his dealii occurring the 
 following morning at daybreak. Tiie third ciiild 
 is Mrs. Mary Siiurel, of Montcalm County. 
 
 An important step in the life of our subject was 
 taken October 2, 1882, when in Brookh'n, this 
 county, he was united in marriage with Miss Ida 
 M. Woodworth. She is a daughter of Selden and 
 Malvina (Garrett) Woodworth, natives of the Fim- 
 pire State, who were i-eared and married at Wol- 
 cott. The ancestry of Mr. "Woodworth is noted in 
 tiie sketch of his sister. Mrs. Aldricli. Mrs. Wood- 
 worth having lost her mother when (juitc; young, 
 was reared by an older sister. Her father, Monte 
 Garrett, was a farmer whose death occurred at Ly- 
 ons, Ohio. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. 
 Woodworth removed to Akron, Ohio, where the 
 husband engaged in cari)enler work, although he 
 was also a cabinet- maker. In 1861 he entered the 
 Union array as a member of the One hundred and 
 Sixteenth New York Infantry, of which he was 
 made color bearer. At Cedar Creek lie was 
 wounded. After the war lie went to Buffalo, thence 
 to Lyons. Ohio, subsequently coming to this county 
 and engaging in carpenter's work at Jackson. 
 Later he made his home in Weston, whence he re- 
 moved to Spring Arbor, this county, wiiere he is 
 now living, having abandoned work at his trade 
 and being now occupied in the sale of spring Ijeds. 
 He has been .lustico of the Peace four ^cars. In 
 politics he is a Republican. Mrs. Woodworth is a 
 member of the Free Methodist Ciiurch. She is the 
 mother of seven children: Mrs. Elizabeth Shar|)- 
 sline, of Jackson; Warren, who carries on a bloach- 
 ery in the same cit}-; Sarah, whose home is in 
 Jackson, also; the wife of our subject; Mrs. En)nia i 
 Converse, of Lyons, Oiiio; Leonard, collector for a 
 house in Buffalo, N. Y.. and Benjamin, who lives ■' 
 in Rpring Arbor. 
 
 Mrs. Klinesmith was born in Akron. October 
 11, l^^.'iT. and was about ten years old when she 
 came to Jackson. Slie linisheJ her education in 
 the schools of that city, and under the careful pa- 
 rental training gained a knowledge of useful do- 
 
 mestic arts an(' accjuired line [irinciples liy rtliicli 
 her life has been governed. She remained under 
 the parental roof until her marriage, since which 
 time she has devoted iierself to the duties of her 
 home and neighborly kindness. She lias borne four 
 children — Edith, Elton, J. B., and Warren, an in- 
 teresting group around the famil}' lireside. Mr. 
 Klinesmith has been a juryman, has served as 
 School Inspector one term, and Ijeen a delegate to 
 county conventions of the Republican i)arly. 
 
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 '; ()EL I). BROWN, a pioneer of 1836, settled 
 that year in Cass County, this State, and 
 ten years later took up his residence in Jack- 
 son, where he worked at the trade of a car- 
 penter for a number of years, then embarked in 
 the grocery business. About 1888 he removed 
 with his family to Bay View, Mich., where his de- 
 cease occurred August 24, 1888. 
 
 Mr. Brown was born in Dutchess Countj-, N. Y., 
 March l.'j, 1820. and was the son of Joel and Abi- 
 gail (Sherwood) Brown, who emigrated to Michi- 
 gan when Joel D. was a youth of sixteen years. 
 Tliej- spent their last days in Cass County, this 
 State. Young Brown acquired a practical educa- 
 tion in the pioneer schools, and chose farming for 
 his vocation, which he followed a number of years 
 in Cass County. On the 18th of October, 1816, he 
 was j(jined in wedlock with Mere}' Ann Durand. . 
 This lady was born near Ft. Edward, ANasliington 
 County, N. Y., .Marcii 4, 1815, and is still living, 
 being one of the earliest pioneer women of the 
 Wolverine State, and an honored resident of this 
 county, now making her home at the residence of 
 her daughter Nettie, in the city of Jackson. She 
 is d scended from a worthy ancestry, being the 
 daughter of John Durand. a native of Connecticut, 
 and the granddaughter of Samuel Durand. whom it 
 is supposed was also born in that .State, and who 
 traced his ancestry to France. The latter removed 
 from Connecticut to Washington County. N. Y., 
 at an early da^'. and there ^pent the remainder of 
 his life. In the meantime he fought on the side of 
 the Colonists in the Revolutionary War. 
 
542 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 John Durand was married, in Washington 
 County. N. Y.,and resided there until 1816. That 
 year he cbang^ed his residence to the vicinity of 
 Junius, Seneca County, making the removal across 
 a wild countr}' with teams. He lived there six 
 years, then removed to Niagara Count}', uud until 
 1830 was a resident of Royal ton. The Territory 
 of Michigan was then attracting many people to its 
 borders, and thither John Uurand decided upon 
 going. He entered upon the tedious journey with 
 his family, going by the canal and lakes to Detroit, 
 wlierc he was met by a son in-law with ox teams, 
 and by this slow method of locomotion they pro- 
 ceeded to Nankin, near i^avina, Wayne County, 
 where they halted and spent a few months. In the 
 meantime Mr. Durand and his son, John T., visited 
 this county, and being pleased with the outlook 
 entered a tract of Government land, including the 
 ground now comprising a part of the site of Jack- 
 son City. The only indications of a future town 
 was a group of half a dozen log buildings, one of 
 which, a double house, was utilized as a "tavern.'" 
 Mr. Durand added to the architectural features 
 of the place by putting up another log house, and 
 in the fall of that year prepared the ground for the 
 first wheat which was sowed in this county. This 
 labor completed he returned to Wayne County, 
 and in January following came back to this county 
 with his family, making the removal as before with 
 teams. This was long before the time of railroads, 
 and Ann Arbor, forty miles away, was the nearest 
 milling place and depot for supplies. The settlers 
 almost without exception, farmed and traveled with 
 ox-teams. Wolves and bears frequently frightened 
 and annoyed the settlers, whose cabins were built 
 mostly at long distances from each other, while 
 wild game at all times, including deer and turkeys, 
 was plentiful, and furnished a luxury for the table, 
 whatever else it might have lacked. 
 
 The log cabin of the Duraud's was by no means 
 complete when they moved into it. Glass for win- 
 dow panes was a luxury not to be thought of, and 
 accordingly greased paper was nailed over the 
 opening in its stead. A fireplace extended across 
 nearly one end of the building, and a chimney was 
 erected of earth and sticks. There were no stoves 
 prijbalily in Michigan at that day, the mother do- 
 
 ing all her cooking by the fireplace. She also 
 manufactured the clothing for the family, carding 
 wool and flax, spinning and weaving. The priva- 
 tions and hardships endured by the Durand family 
 were similar to those which have been detailed so 
 often in noting the lives of the other pioneers of 
 this section, a large number of whom are repre- 
 sented in this Album. John Durand succeeded in 
 building up a comfortable homestead, from which 
 he departed hence January 26, 1852, at the age of 
 eightj'-two years. His wife, who bore the maiden 
 name of Mercy Thomas, is supposed to have been 
 a native of New York State. She passed away 
 April 21, 1838, aged sixty-six years. 
 
 To John Durmd and his estimable wife there 
 was born a family of seven children, the eldest of 
 whom, a daughter — Lucy — married Ulj'sses Wood- 
 bur}', both being now deceased; Polly married 
 Isaac Underwood; Laura became the wife of Dex- 
 ter Briggs; Sophia. John T., Caroline and Mercy 
 Ann complete the list. Caroline became the wife 
 of the Rev. Orin Gregory, and is now deceased; 
 Mercy Ann, Mrs. Brown, was fifteen years old when 
 she came to Michigan with her parents, and she 
 completed her education in the pioneer schools. 
 In 1839 she returned to New York State, and lived 
 with her sister, Mrs. Woodbury, in East Meudon, 
 where she attended school for a time, and subse- 
 quently taught school two terms. In 1841 she 
 came back to Michigan, and was emplo3'ed as a 
 teacher two terms near Jackson. She became ac- 
 quainted with her future husband while on a visit 
 to her sister in Cass County. On March 4, 1890, 
 she was seventy-five j^ears old, and she can look 
 back upon an experience made interesting with 
 many events through a period during which Michi- 
 gan was admitted into the Union as a State, and 
 the wild country upon which her eyes first looked 
 in this region was slowly transformed into the 
 abode of a civilized and prosperous people. She 
 and her husband were among the earliest settlers of 
 Jackson City, which from a hamlet of a few log 
 houses has grown to an important commercial and 
 industrial center, with a population of twenty-five 
 thousand people. The tales which she might relate, 
 if properly illustrated, would make a good-sized 
 volume, replete with thrilling interest. Mrs. Browr 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 543 
 
 is surrounded witli all the comforts of life, not the 
 least of wliich is llie friendsliip and companionship 
 of in;uiy who iiavc known her long and well, and 
 by whom slie is held in iiigh respect. Included in 
 her household is Miss Eva I'nderwood, the grand- 
 daui,^hlcr of her sister, Mrs. I'nderwood. Mrs. 
 Brown and her husVnind were not blessed with chil- 
 dren, but Mrs. I.rown has performed the part of a 
 mother to an adopted daughter, Nettie A., with 
 whom she resides. Mr. and Mrs. Brown became 
 members of the Baptist Ciiurch over fifty years 
 ago. Politically. Mr. Brown was originally a Dem- 
 ocrat, and became a Republican on the organization 
 of that party. It will be a pleasure to his man}- 
 friends to see his portrait in this volume. 
 
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 \t/ EONARD S. WALDO, one of tlie earliest 
 I (^ ^^ ^'''^ county, is classed among its leading 
 /IL^ citizens and most successful agriculturists. 
 He owns and occupies a fine farm comprising three 
 hundred and twenty acres, all in a high state of 
 cultivation, and furnished with a substantial set of 
 frame buildings, which include ever}' necessary ar- 
 rangement for the comfortable housing of stock 
 and crops. The estate is located on sections 8 and 
 17, of Leoni Township, and is one of which any 
 man might be proud to be the owner. 
 
 So much of the character is foreshadowed in the 
 history of one's ancestors, that it will not be amiss 
 to briefly record that of our sul)ject. His grand- 
 father. C'apt. Duthan Waldo, served under (Jen. 
 Washington in the Revolution, during the progress 
 of which he was womidcd in the wrist, and dis- 
 charged on account of disability. After the war 
 he located in Vermont, whore the remainder of his 
 life was spent, and where his son, .lustus Waldo, 
 was born. The latter learned the trade of a black- 
 smith.al which he worked in Connecticut and Massa- 
 chusetts, lie married Miss Samantha, daughter of 
 Richard and I-ovina Beckwilh, of New Hampshire, 
 and after his marriage lived for a time in Alstead, 
 that State. In 1817, he determined to seek a home 
 for himself in the West, and therefore went to 
 Avon, N. Y., where he opened a shop which he 
 
 operated a year. In the winter season he returned 
 to Vermont with a pair of horses and a sleigh, and 
 then removed his family to Ontario County. N. Y. 
 Being in poor healtli at the time, he determined to 
 abandon his trade, and buying a tract of timber 
 land in Richmond Township, he built a log house, 
 and at once began to clear and otherwise improve 
 his farm. 
 
 In 1831 Mr. Waldo determined to move still 
 farther West, and in December of that year, with a 
 pair of horses and a wagon he journeyed through 
 Ohio, going as far West as the present site of Kala- 
 mazoo, Mich. After spending about a month in 
 that vicinity, he went to Washtenaw County, and 
 entered one hundred and twenty acres of land in 
 Sylvan Township. The following year his family 
 joined him, but after living there about a twelve- 
 month, the husband and father entered a tract of 
 land in this count}', one mile east of the present 
 limits of the city of Jackson. On his new farm he 
 built a log house in which the family resided a year, 
 after which he sold it, and bought another tract 
 near the village of Leoni. After living there two 
 years, he bought aud returned to the place he had 
 formerl}' occupied on section 21, Leoni Townshiji, 
 and which he had first taken from the Government. 
 There he improved a farm on which he lived for 
 many years. He died at the home of the subject 
 of this sketch in 1871, in the ninetieth year of his 
 age. His family comprised six sons and daughters: 
 Samantha is deceased; Lovina married Harlow 
 Gregory, and lives in J.ackson; Oraline, now de- 
 ceased, was the wife of Henry Pease; Leonard .S.. is 
 the fotu'th on the family roll; Cj'rus is deceased; 
 and Alvin died when rpiite ^oung. 
 
 Leonard S. Waldo w'as born in Alstead. N. II.. 
 April 'i, 1817, aud was fifteen years old when he 
 came to Michigan with the family. Their journey 
 was made from their home in Ontario County. N. 
 Y., with a team to BulTalo. thence via the lake to 
 Detroit, where the restof the family were left, while 
 young Waldo took passage in a stage for Chelsea. 
 Washtenaw Countv. There he procured two yoke 
 of oxen, and a wagon, with which he returned to 
 Detroit for the family and goods. On llieir arrival 
 in Chelsea, he proceeded at once to plant two and 
 a half acres of the land, which he sowed to wheal 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 and from which he harvested eighty-four bushels 
 the following year. During the winter they erected 
 a log hou?e into which tlie family moved in the 
 spring of 1833. At that time the country was very 
 sparsely settled, deer, wolves, and smaller game 
 al)0unded, and bears were occasionally seen; on 
 one occasion a bear came into the yard and stole a 
 pig from the pen. 
 
 In 1834 young Waldo came to this county with 
 his parents, and has been a continuous resident liere 
 since. He has witnessed tlie growth and develop- 
 ment of the whole section of country, and lias seen 
 Jacltson grow from a hamlet of a few log houses, 
 to a cit}' containing upwards (if twenty-five thou- 
 sand inliabitants. In 184.5 he bought a tract of 
 wild laud which is included in his present farm, 
 and which he has added to and lirouglit to its pre- 
 sent state of perfection. 
 
 On August 7, 1859, Mr. Waldo was united in 
 marriage w.'th Miss Betsey St. John, a sister of T. 
 B. St. .Tohn, (of whom see sketch). She was born 
 in New York, had been the recipient of careful 
 training and good advantages. She was spared but 
 a short time after her marriage, dying in Januar}', 
 1861. 
 
 Ml'. Waldo contracted a second matrimonial alli- 
 ance November 1, 1869, his companion being Mrs. 
 Carolina (Townsend) Miller. She was born in Ni- 
 agara County, N. Y.,to Minor and Jane Townsend, 
 and was the widow of Conrad ^liller, who lost his 
 life in tlie late war. By him she had two children, 
 Eugene and Florence. Her present union has been 
 blessed by the Inrtli of two children, Franklin L., 
 and May S., both students of Jackson High School, 
 and receiving every advantage that their parents 
 can bestow upon them, instilling useful and upright 
 principles into their hearts, culture into their minds, 
 and proper habits into their lives. 
 
 Mr. Waldo was formerly an Abolitionist. He 
 was present at the meeting under the oaks in Jack- 
 son when the Republican party was formally organ- 
 ized, joined it at that time, and has since been a 
 strict adherent to its doctrines. The high princi- 
 |iles which have characterized him throughout his 
 life. hs,ve given him good repute as a man and a 
 citizen, while his intelligence and enterprising spirit 
 and his kindly nature, give him a still higher place 
 
 in the esteem of his fellow-men. His estimable 
 wife possesses those traits of character which make 
 a woman's influence so widely felt throughout a 
 community, and many friends testify to her worth 
 of character. 
 
 ORACE W. DARLING!. The homestead 
 Ij owned and occupied by the subject of this 
 notice is one of the mo.st desirable and at- 
 tractive within the limits of Tompkins 
 Township, and has been brought to its present con- 
 dition by him who still remains its proprietor. It 
 is pleasantly located on section 11, and embellished 
 with a fine large brick residence, flanked by a barn, 
 well-built and of ample proportions, together with 
 the sheds and other outbuildings required for the 
 successful prosecution of agriculture and stock- 
 raising. The place in all its appointments indi- 
 cates, in a marked manner, the hand of thrift and 
 industr3^ 
 
 From his youth the interests of Mr. Darling 
 have been centered in this region, as he was born 
 in Concord Township, this county, the date thereof 
 being October 26, 1843. His f.ather, Lewis Dar- 
 ling, a native of Massachusetts, came to this county 
 in 1836, while Michigan was still a Territory, and 
 purch.ascd a tract of heavily timbered land from 
 the Government, this lying in Concord Township. 
 There were then only three houses between his land 
 and the [trcsent flourishing city of Jackson, twelve 
 miles away, it being then a mere hamlet. 
 
 The father of our subject caine to Michigan Ter- 
 ritory poor in purse, making his way hither from 
 New York State. He emplojed hiaiself as a farm 
 laborer by the month thereafter, for probably two 
 3ears in New York, to which he had returned after 
 selecting his land; and after coming back to Michi- 
 gan he not long afterward was joined in wedlock 
 with Miss Jane, daughter of Hubbard and Anna 
 (King) West. The young people began the jour- 
 ney of life together in true pioneer style, and in 
 accordance with their means and surroundings. 
 Tlie father had put up a frame house, and there in 
 due time three children were born and reared, viz.: 
 
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 545 
 
 Horace, Amasa H. and Martha J. The father died 
 at tlie home of his son. Amasa, in Tompkins Town- 
 ship, January 0, 187G, at the age of sixty-four 
 3('ars. Tlie mother iiad preceded her husband to 
 tiic silent land, dying at tlie liome of Horace W., 
 our subject, in 1868, when forty-eight years old. 
 
 Mr. JJarling spent Ids boyhood and j'outh amid 
 the wild scenes of i)ioneer life, assisting his father 
 in the cultivation of tlie farm, and obtaining a lim- 
 ited education in the primitive schools. He re- 
 mained under the parental roof until reaching 
 manhood and May o, 18G5, as the preliminary step 
 toward establishing a home of his own, w.as joined 
 in wedlock with Miss Martha, daughter of Thom.is 
 and Mah.ila (Myers) Blair. Mrs. Darling was born 
 December 26, 1838, in .Seneca County, Ohio, and 
 came with her parents to this ctunty in 1850. 
 Thomas Blair was born in County Armagh, Ire- 
 land, while his wife w,is a native of Ohio. They 
 si)ent their l.ast years in Tompkins Townshi)), this 
 county, the mother dying in 1859, when comiiara- 
 tivel}' a young woman. IMr. Blair survived his 
 wife a i)eriod of thirty years, dying August 25, 
 1889, at the residence of his ilaughter, Mrs. Jane 
 True, of this tawnslii|). 
 
 I'rior to his m.'irriage Mr. Darling had purclwised 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land, on section 1 2, 
 Tompkins Township, and there the newly-wedded 
 l)air began the journey of life together in a small 
 log house. Mr. Darling was prosperous in his la- 
 bors as a tiller of the soil, and later invested a 
 portion of his capital in additional laud, bu3'ing 
 four hundred and fifty acres, which constitutes his 
 present homestead. This was then slightly im- 
 proved, but bore no comparison to its present 
 condition. Two hundred acres are in a good state 
 of cultivation. In the meantime Mr. Darling parted 
 with some of the land heretofore mentioned, and 
 purch.ased other tracts so that the homestead proper 
 comprises three hundred acres, and in addition 
 owns three hundred acres near the home place, in 
 this townshii). 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Darling there have been born 
 two children only, L. B. and Mar^-. who are at 
 home with their parents. Politically, Mr. Darling 
 supports the jirinciples of the Republican party. 
 He has served several terms as Township ynper- 
 
 visor, but intent upon his ftirniing i)peniiiuM>, 
 prefers to relegate the cares and responsibilities of 
 office to some man who probably would not make 
 so successful a farmer. He gives considerable at- 
 tention to fine stock, making a specialty of .Short- 
 horn cattle and Merino .Sheep, including a goodly 
 number of registered animals. 
 
 oILLIAM H. COON. A fine farm of (ifly- 
 \f\/// six .acres is ovvned and operated b}- the 
 subject of this sketch, who, beginning with 
 no capital save a brave heart and a pair of strong 
 hands, has by unremitting labor accumulated a 
 competence, liesides having purchased his estate, 
 and embellished the same with many improvements 
 of a modern type. He h.as a good substantia! l)arn, 
 a conunoilious residence and .all the outbuildings 
 essential to the proper cultivation of the home- 
 stead. 
 
 Coming of worthy parentage, Mr. Coon prides 
 himself ou the honor, good citizenship and patriot- 
 ism of his forefathers. Especially is he justly 
 proud of the part taken in the Civil War b}' his 
 father anil elder brothers. The father, Willis .S. 
 Coon by name, was a native of New York, wh(>nce 
 after his marriage to Miss Patience Nichol, likewise 
 a native of the Empire State, he«eraigrated in 1842 
 to Michigan, locating in Hives Township, this 
 county. Eight children were born of this union, 
 namely: Lewis, .lames, Anuxsa, William H., our 
 subject; John B., Emma, Willis and Mary L. 
 William H. was born in Rives Township, Septeml)er 
 6, 1849, and was earl^' inured to the hardships of 
 frontier life. 
 
 Alter the outbreak of the Civil War the father 
 enlisted in 1863 in Company E, First Michigan 
 -Sharpshooters. He particii)ated in many desperate 
 engagements and others less deadly and important. 
 Being wounded at the battle of Petersburg he was 
 taken ])risoner and conveyed to Anderson viile, Ga., 
 to that famous dungeon in which hundreds no less 
 brave or gallant than he were thrown, perhaps to 
 never again see the light of da_v. The fate of Willis 
 Coon is not positively known, but doubtless he 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 starved in the prison wliere the liatred of his tortur- 
 ors had consigned him. He died in a noble cause, 
 and while mourning their severe loss, the famil}- 
 realize that to fall as a martyr for his country is 
 the grandest death one may be permitted to die, 
 unless he perish in defense of his religion. 
 
 James Coon, the second son in the family, 
 is now a resident of Leslie, this State. Amasa 
 served in the late war, enlisting in the same com- 
 pany with his father; he also was taken i)risoner 
 and was kept four months and twenty-four days in 
 Libby Prison, but managed to get out alive. He 
 came home for a short time, but later re-enlisted, 
 returning to his regiment and serving until the 
 close of the war. After his return to Michigan he 
 married Miss Priseilla Cobb, and died some years 
 later. Another brother, Lewis, the eldest, during 
 the war was in the same regiment, and was in active 
 service until the close of the campaign. He was 
 wounded by a gun-siiot in the hip, also having his 
 e3'es injured in the war. He is at present living in 
 Grand Rapids and as a result of his injury- is nearly 
 blind. 
 
 AVhile the older members of the family were 
 fighting in their country's defense, our subject re- 
 mained, the eldest cliild at home, earing for the 
 younger children, and aiding his mother in every 
 possible wa}'. He worked tlie farm until the death 
 of his mother, which occurred May 10, 1865, before 
 the return of tlie» soldier bo\'S from the field of 
 warfare. Afterward our subject lived with Charles 
 Hurd, of Henrietta Township, until tweut^'-one 
 years of age, when he commenced to labor by the 
 month. Bj' frugal living and constant economy he 
 was able in 1 878 to purchase forty acres of land, 
 the nucleus of his present farm, on section 7. in 
 Henrietta Township. The farm was barren of im- 
 provements and had no buildings nor had the soil 
 been i-endered fertile by the careful husbandman. 
 
 The marriage of our subject occurred December 
 4, 1878, to ^Nliss Marietta, daughter of John and 
 Mary A. (Hallifax) Gott. Mrs. Coon is a native of 
 this county, and was born August 17. 18G0. She 
 ■was trained from childhood to habits of industry, 
 and was prepared for the responsible position of a 
 prudent housekeeper and a devoted wife. She has 
 borne her husband two children, daughters, namely : 
 
 Winnie and Imogene. She is a member of the 
 Episcopal Church, as is likewise her husband and 
 he holds the [losilion of vestryman in the church 
 at Henrietta. Politically he is a strong and enthu- 
 siastic Republican, and has served as Constable of 
 the township two terms. He is a member of the 
 Order of Patrons of Industry, and is in various 
 ways identified with the interests uppermost in the 
 minds of the loyal citizens of Jackson County. 
 
 ^AVID H. CREECH, an early settler of Jack- 
 ,.. son Count}- and one of its highly esteemed 
 "^yr' citizens, is of Irish ancestr}' and descended 
 from Richard Creech, who spent his last years in 
 Banden, County Cork, Ireland, where he took up the 
 occupation of a weaver, although his early life had 
 been passed as a seafarer. In the town where the 
 last years of this man were spent, his son Edward, 
 the father of our subject, was reared and educated, 
 going thence to New Brunswick, where he sojourned 
 for a short time, ere returning to his native place, 
 and then crossing the Atlantic to the United States. 
 He located in Jersey City and determining to make 
 this his permanent home, sent for his family which 
 at that time consisted of his wife and five children. 
 Mr. Creech found employment at various kinds 
 of work and hoarded his resources until 1835 
 when he determined to secure a home of his own 
 in the West. He therefore, in company with his 
 brother and oldest son, started for the Territory of 
 Michigan, via the Hudson River and Erie Canal to 
 Buffalo, thence across the lake to Detroit from 
 which place they started on foot to Jackson County, 
 Mich. This section of country was but sparsely 
 settled and the greater part of the land was still 
 owned by the Government and for sale at $1.25 
 per acre while Jackson was a village of but a few 
 houses. Selecting a tract of land which is now in- 
 cluded in Summit Township, Mr. Creech walked to 
 Monroe to enter it at the Government Land Office 
 and after filing his papers built a rude log shanty 
 in which he resided a few months while breaking a 
 small acreage. He then returned to Jersej' City 
 and worked there until 1842 when, accompanied by 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 r>il 
 
 his wife and three children, lie returned to Miolii- 
 gan and tooit uj) his abode on his land. 
 
 A log house witii one room on the ground floor 
 and one above roofed with slabs between whicli the 
 snow would sift on cold winter niglits, and with a 
 stone chimney on the outside, was shared by the 
 family of Mr. Creech and another man and family 
 of five persons until the former could erect better 
 quarters for his household. Times were hard and 
 inone}' scarce; dressed hogs sold at one and one- 
 fourth cents per pound, potatoes in the field at 
 seven cents and corn and oats at ten cents. .Mr. 
 Creech set about improving his place, as soon as 
 possible building a dwelling which was the first 
 frame house in the vicinity. It was a story and a 
 half structure, 18s.30 feet, with an " L," the tim- 
 bers hewed and its cost -$280, and it was the work of 
 a man who combined the trade of a carpenter with 
 tlic labors of a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. Mr. Creech continued tilling the soil 
 about ten years, then sold his rural home and re- 
 jjaired to Saudvvich, Mass., where lie lived retired 
 from business a ftvv years, thence changing his resi- 
 dence to West Troy, N. Y.. and a few years later 
 coming to Jackson, vvhere he died in 1866. 
 
 The mother of our subject was in her maiden- 
 hood Miss Ann Morris. She was a native of the 
 same town in which her husband had opened his 
 e3'es to the light and her last years woie spent in 
 .Terse)' City, where she died at the advanced age 
 of ninety-eight. She and her husband were de- 
 voted memliers of the Episcopal Cliurch in the 
 faitli of wliicli they l;ad been reared. Their union 
 was blest by tlie liirtii of seven children of whom 
 six were reared, viz: .lolin, Thomas, Richard,. lames, 
 Edward and David H., the latter being the only 
 one born in the I'nited States. 
 
 The subject of this biographical notice was born 
 in .Jersey City, N. J., March 11, 1830, and received 
 his early education in the place of his nativity 
 whence lie came to Michigan at the age of twelve 
 years. He then assisted his father in the improve- 
 ment of till! farm, remaining under the parental 
 rooftree until he had attained his majority, when 
 he purchased eight)' acres of land in Summit 
 Township, the terms of purchase lieing a small 
 cash payment and the balance on time. So well 
 
 was his estate managed, and so prudently were the 
 affairs of the household conducted that the land 
 was soon paid for from the products of the place. 
 
 After having lived upon the farm ten years, Mr. 
 Creech rented it and came to .Jackson where he en- 
 gaged in teaming, soon buying a lot and erecting 
 a dwelling. Ere long he engaged in the grocery 
 business, but after conducting that branch of trade 
 about two years, he began dealing in real estate in 
 which he has since continued a successful career. 
 He is now building on the corner of First and 
 Wesley Streets an attractive modern residence 
 which, when comiileted, will be an ornament to 
 that part of the city. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Creech was celebrated 
 September "22, 1852, his bride being Miss Mary 
 Morris, a native of Banden, Ireland, but an American 
 by education and training, as she was quite young 
 when her parents emigrated to the United States. 
 She died .June 24, 1885. Mr. Creech has always 
 been a Democrat. Although reared under tiie teach- 
 ings of the Episcopal Church, he does not belong 
 to any religious bod)', but is liberal in his belief. 
 
 AHCrS P. WADE, owner and occujiant of 
 t a fine farm on section 16, Tompkins Town- 
 ship, was born in Wayne County, N. Y., 
 July 27. 1815. In July, 18:54, his father, 
 Joseph Wade, with his wife and two children, came 
 to Washtenaw Count)-, Mich., to which our subject 
 followed them in November. The father rented 
 land upon which a little shanty stood, and there 
 they lived about eighteen months. They then, in 
 May, 1836, came to this county, wliere a piece of 
 wild land was purchased, and a settlement made 
 among Indians and wild animals. Mr. Wade was 
 the fourth actual settler of Tcmipkius Township, 
 in which he lived during tlie remainder of his life, 
 impi'oving and cultivating his farm. His death 
 took place .July IS. 1816, at tlie age of sixl\-four 
 years. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. 
 
 The wife of Joseph Wade was born in Connecti- 
 cut, and bore the niaiilen name of Hhoda Riindle, 
 being a daughter of William and Mary Uundle, of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 New England. She also died on the Michigan 
 homestead, tlie date of her decease being Decem- 
 ber 28, 1861. She had lost one child in its infancy 
 wiiile they were still living in the Empire State, 
 and one has died since her own death. The living 
 children are: Lonisa, widow of James Davenport, 
 now living in INIonroc County; our suliject, Uriah, 
 and Joseph, all of the sons living in the same town- 
 ship. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name vve introduce 
 this sketch, was married September 24, 1839, to 
 Miss Marissa Cramson, the ceremony taking place 
 in Onondaga, Ingham County, and said to be the 
 first marriage in that village. Ths wedding was 
 attended bj' two Indian squaws, who took great de- 
 light in tjie st^le of dress of the bride. Mrs. Ma- 
 rissa Wade was spared to her husband and children 
 only until April 13, 1847, when she breathed her 
 last. Her daughter Ellen, became the wife of An- 
 drew Healy, and the mother of three children: 
 George, who was grailuated at Albion, and is now 
 in the Theological school at Chicago, being a min- 
 ister of the Presbyterian C'hurch; Howard and Her- 
 bert, both of whom are deceased, the last named 
 having died at the age of seven }'ears. The sec- 
 ond child of Mrs. Marissa Wade was named for the 
 mother; she married E. li. Thompson, a'ld died 
 June 23, 1876, leaving one son, Fred W. 
 
 The present wife of Marcus Wade,l)ore the maiden 
 name of Abigail Giles. Her parents, Ephraim and 
 Esther (Pratt) Giles, were natives of ^lassachusetts 
 and Yerijiont,respectively. and in the latter Stale she 
 opened her eyes to the light, March 12, 1823. The 
 family- came to Jlichigan in 184.), and some five 
 years later located in Tompkins Township, where 
 jNIr. Giles died September 5, 1868, and Mrs. Giles 
 January 26, 1878, the Latter aged eiglit^y-four years. 
 Their family corai)rised ten children, of whom Mrs. 
 Wade was the fourth, and six of whom are yet liv- 
 ing. One daughter, Betsey M.. married Lovinus A. 
 Hall, December 21, 1854, lier husband dying at 
 Washington, abont the close of the late war; she 
 has a nice home in the same neighborhood as her 
 sister, Mrs. Wade. The latter has borne our sub- 
 ject two children: Mina E., wife of Theodore 
 Weston; and the^' have three children living — Gir- 
 tie L., Haltie A., and J. Wade; Charlie A. niai • 
 
 ried Libbie Woodard, and they have one son, Clar- 
 ence M. 
 
 Mrs. Wade's grandfather, P^benezer Giles, was 
 born in Townsend, ;\Iass., in 1759, and when sev- 
 enteen j-ears old, enlis'^ed in the Colonial Army, 
 and served until the close of the Revolution. At 
 the battle of Trenton, he w.as wounded and taken 
 prisoner by the Hessians, taken to Staten Island, 
 and held a. prisoner eighteen mouths. He died in 
 Vermont in 1838, aged seventy-nine years. His 
 wife, Betsey Melvin, bore two children, the younger 
 of whom died at the same time as the mother. 
 Mrs. Wade's maternal grandfather, James Pratt, 
 was born in Ware, Mass., in 1762, and died in 
 1854. He was an officer in the Revolution. His 
 wife was Sallie Giles, a cousin of Mrs. Wade's 
 father; she died in 1834. Of the nine children 
 whom she bore, all liv^ed to be past thirty years of 
 age. Back another generation in this line was Capt. 
 Elisha Pratt, of the Revolutionary army, who died 
 in 1807, at the age of seventy-eight years, his 
 widow dying in 1827, at the age of ninety. This 
 Capt. Pratt belonged to the Congregational Church, 
 and was a very consistent and conscientious mem- 
 ber. At one time when his family were very much 
 in need of meat, he refused to shoot a deer on Sun- 
 daj-, saying: 'Tf the Lord wants us to have that 
 buck. He will cause it to come another da}^" The 
 deer came on Mond.ay, and was shot. 
 
 The ancestors of Marcus Wade are of the old 
 New England stock, numbering among them pil- 
 grims and Revolutionary soldiers. His grandfather 
 Alverson Wade, was born in Maine, in 1759, and 
 died in Wayne County, N. Y., in 1828. He was 
 the eldest child in a family of six. His father, 
 Dudley AVa'le, was a surgeon in the Revolution, 
 and treated tlie wounded at the battle of Bunker 
 Hill. A day or two after that battle, the son 
 reached Boston with a suppl3' of clothing, meat, 
 blankets, etc., which he had carried to the Conti- 
 nentals, having a team of two joke of oxen with a 
 horse in the lead, hitched to the cart that held his 
 supplies. On his journey he had heard the cannons 
 during the renowned battle. His wife, Naomi 
 Munger, traced her ancestry in a direct line to the 
 Pilgrims. 
 
 The farm owned and occupied by the subject of 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAl'IIICAL ALBUM. 
 
 551 
 
 this sketch, comprises one hundred and cia^hty-two 
 acres in a higii state of cultivation, the dwelling 
 anci barn being jjarticiilarly well-built and attractive. 
 The owner is an enterprising and progressive agri- 
 culturist, a reliable citizen, and an esteemed mem- 
 ber of society. He is a member of the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, and has held the oHloe of 
 Justice of the Peace of the township. His worthy 
 wife is also a highly respected member of the com- 
 munitj', where her kindness and intelligence are 
 well-known and appreciated. Mrs. Wade's mother 
 reared six sons, and none of them ever swore an 
 oath or touched a drop of liquor, or used a bit of 
 tobacco. Mr. and Mrs. Wade have been consistent 
 members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 
 upwards of fifty years, a record of which they have 
 cause to be proud. 
 
 /^^ HARLES 1. MOE is the owner and occu- 
 [l ^~~^^ pant of a fertile and well-improved tract of 
 \ii/' land on section 24, Sandstone Township, 
 where he has resided since infancy, being reared to 
 manhood amid the scenes of pioneer life and as- 
 sisting hi? father in the development of the estate. 
 His paternal ancestors are said to have been of 
 French lineage. His father, Perrin Moe, w.is born 
 in Vermont, September 21, 1805, and was reared 
 to manhood in his native St:ite receiving but limited 
 educational advantages compared with what the 
 jouth of the present day enjo}-; however, by mak- 
 ing good use of the means of information which 
 came in hie way, he was able to add much to his 
 store of knowledge and kept well informed on 
 topics of general interest. In his youth he learned 
 the trade of a carpenter and joiner, and in after 
 life followed it in connection witli farming. 
 
 About the year 1828, while still a single man, 
 Perrin Moe emigrated to Michigan and spent some 
 lime near Pontiac, Oakland County. He then set- 
 tled in Ann Arbor, and establishing a shop for the 
 manufacture of fanning mills, carried it on for 
 several 3'ears. He came to this State comparatively 
 poor, but being i!!dii:ilrious and prudent he was 
 
 successful in materially improving his financial 
 condition and ere his death had secured a most 
 excellent farm with pleasant home surroundings. 
 In 1834, he purchased one hundred and sixty acres 
 of land in this county, paying the Government the 
 usual price of %1.25 per acre. Some three or four 
 years later he settled upon the farm, practically in 
 the woods, the family dwelling being a log house 
 about 14x20 feet in dimension. Although under 
 his supervision two Englisiimen had commenced 
 the clearing of the farm, yet he entered into tiie 
 work </f development, enduring the usual hardshii)s 
 to which the pioneers were subject, and at an early 
 day had to bu.y and sell at Detroit whither he drove 
 with a team. He married Miss Eliza A. Bunker, a 
 native of New York, who encouraged and aided 
 him in the battle of life and proved herself a worlhj' 
 helpmate. She bore him three children: Charles 
 I., M3ron and Nellie, the subject of this sketch 
 being the only one now living. 
 
 In the little log house the Moe familj- lived for 
 several years, but at length the dwelling now stand- 
 ing w.as erected, while various other improvements 
 took the place of tiie primeval forest, all being a 
 standing monument to the industry, perseverance 
 and good management of Mr. Moe. His death 
 occurred on the farm, .lanuary 15. IS'.tO. He was 
 widely and favoral)ly known throughout tiic county, 
 where he had served as Superintendent of the 
 County Poor Farm, and had endeavored by every 
 means in his power to aid in good works. In 
 politics he was a Democrat, and was at one time a 
 member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 His wife passed from earth September 28, 1882, 
 leaving behind her an honored name. 
 
 Charles I. Moe. the subject of this biographical 
 sketch, was born in Ann Arbor, November 27, 
 1834. His early education was obtained in the 
 district schools of this county, to which, as before 
 noted, his parents had removed while he was still 
 an infant. The estate of one hundred and sixt}'- 
 five acres which his father left, and in the develop- 
 ment of which his early years were largelj- spent, 
 is still his home, and upon it he is meeting with 
 success in his agricultural efforts. He has served 
 as School Director and Townsiiip Commissioner of 
 Highways, is an active member of society, respected 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 for his honorable dealings, energetic life, and up- 
 right character. In politics he is a thorough Re- 
 publican. 
 
 The first marriage of him of whom we write, was 
 celebrated November 28, 1862, his bride being 
 .Tane, daughter of .John and Ann Brewer. She was 
 a native of tiiis couutj', in which her parents were 
 early settlers. After her death Mr. Moe contracted 
 a second marriage October 19. 1885. his bride 
 being Mrs. Sophia Naramore, daughter of Hiram 
 and Betsey (Cowdrey) Sheppard. Her parents 
 were natives of New York and the father of Eng- 
 lish descent. He is now making his home in this 
 county, and is past fourscore years of age. The 
 daughter became the wife of Samuel N.aramore, 
 witli whom she came to Washtenaw County, this 
 State, in tlie autumn of 1868. In the spring of 
 1869 they came to this county, settling in Black- 
 man Township. Mr. Naramore was a miller, and 
 followed that occupation all his life, his death being 
 occasioned by an accident in a mill at Owosso, 
 Shiaw.assee County, October 27, 1876. 
 
 Mrs. Moe is the mother of six children by her 
 first husband. Of these, Julia is the wife of A. H. 
 Laverty, of Spring Arbor Township, this county ; 
 Libby is the wife of Mathew Proud, of Wexford 
 County; Fred lives in this county; I^eda is the wife 
 of Henry Skidmore of Macomb, 111.; Irving re- 
 sides in this county; and Roy is deceased. Mrs. 
 Moe is active, intelligent, and possessed of a dispo- 
 sition and character that make her useful and hon- 
 ored in the community. 
 
 A portrait of Mr. Moe accompanies his person.al 
 sketch and represents one of Jackson County's 
 most popular citizens. 
 
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 ^ ACOB C. DUNN. We take pleasure in rep- 
 resenting within this volume, this member 
 of one of the leading pioneer families of this 
 'llJ county, who has himself done much pioneer 
 labor in his young manhood. He occupies a fine 
 estate on section 1.5, Parma Township, being a por- 
 tion of the old Duni. homestead, and including one 
 hundred and twenty-nine broad acres. It is under 
 
 thorough tillage, bears adequate improvements, 
 and its possession reflects credit upon its owner and 
 his wife, who has ably assisted him in its acquire- 
 ment. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Thomas and 
 Margaret (Cosborn) Dunn, both of whom were na- 
 tives of the Empire State. Tlie paternal ancestors 
 were mostly of Irish descent, and grandfather 
 Dunn was a soldier in the War of 1812. The fam- 
 ily of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dunn included nine 
 children, two of whom — Lucy and Clark — are now 
 deceased. Phnebe, is tlie wife of Benjamin Cal- 
 kins, of Parma; Jacob C, is the next in order of 
 birth; Sarah E., is the wife of Alonzo Pickett, of 
 Parma Township; John lives in Tompkins Town- 
 ship; Orville, resides at Albion, Calhoun County; 
 Harvey, lives in the same count}-; and Dennis in 
 Sandstone Township, this county. The parents of 
 this family- left the Empire State in 1843, turning 
 their footsteps westward, and locating in this 
 county. Land in Parma Township, a short dis- 
 tance west of De.in's Corners, was bought and was 
 their home for several years. Although a small 
 orchard had been set out, and a log house and stable 
 built, the farm was praciically under timber and 
 unimi)roved. 
 
 With the assistance of his sons. Mr. Dunn cleared 
 and improved the place, making of it a good farm, 
 as he also did that of which our subject now owns a 
 part. In his death, which occurred September 28, 
 1863, the county lost an excellent citizen, a public- 
 spirited pioneer, and a man whose hospitalit}' was 
 known far .and wide. The news of his death caused 
 a thrill of sadness in the hearts of a large circle of 
 acquaintances, to whom he had become well and fa- 
 vorably known. In politics he was a Democrat. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this brief sketch, opened his eyes to the light in 
 Orange County, N. Y., September 14, 1839, and 
 was brought bj- his parents to this county in early 
 childhood, and reared amid the scenes of pioneer 
 life. While still but a boj^ he began to bear such 
 a share as his strength would admit in the work of 
 improvement going on about him. At the age of 
 nineteen he began life for himself, during the 
 breaking season following the large breaking plow, 
 which was drawn by six yoke of oxen; he also as- 
 
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 sisted his father at intervals, until the fall of 1861, 
 when he ileteriuined to visit tlic Pacific Coast. 
 
 Goinof to New York City, Mr. Dunn otnbarkert 
 on a steamer for Panama, and crossing the Isth- 
 mus, continued his journey to San Francisco by 
 boat. The first winter on the Slope was passed in 
 Butte County, mining on Butte Creek; and two 
 and a lialf years were spent in the Golden State, 
 this time being divided between mining, sawmill- 
 ing and driving a freighter's outfit over the moun 
 tains. He returned to Michigan in 1 8G4, and settled 
 on his present farm, where he has since resided, 
 successfully prosecuting his life work, and winning 
 a competence from the soil of mother Earth. 
 
 The first marriage of Mr. Dunn took place Jan- 
 uary 20, 18C6, his bride l)eing Lydia J. Dunn, who 
 survived only until May 12, 1867. After remain- 
 ing a widower until January 5, 1871, Mr. Dunn 
 became the husband of family M. Pease, who has 
 not only by her prudent management of household 
 aliairs. and her wise counsels, assisted him in the 
 accumulation of property, but bj' her intelligence 
 and amiability has made his home a happ3' one. 
 She was born in Oneiila County. N. Y., September 
 19, 1813, and is one of seven children born to her 
 parents. Her sister, Margaret, is deceased; the re- 
 maining members of the family are: John L., of 
 ^Vexford County; Sarah, wife of Franklin McCiilly. 
 of Homer, Calhoun County; :Mrs. Dunn, of this 
 sketch; Wellington W., (Jcorge II., and Mrs. Mary 
 Dunn, all of Kckford. Calhoun County. To 'Sir. 
 and Mrs. Dunn five children have been born — May, 
 George, Gertrude, Harry, and one who died in in- 
 fancy. 
 
 Jolni W. Pease, the father of Mrs. Dunn, was 
 born in Cambridge, AVashington Count}', N. Y., 
 October 15, 1793. He married Rebecca Munibrue, 
 who was born in Montgomery Count}-, November 
 30, 1805, their marriage taking place March 19, 
 1831. They lived in Oneida County, N. Y., until 
 the spring of 1836, when they removed to Michi- 
 gan, spending the remainder of their lives in Cal- 
 houn County. The death of Mr. Pease occurred 
 on the 3d of .September, 1889, his widow surviving 
 until Februarj- 1 0, 1 890. He was ninet^'-five years, 
 ten months and eighteen d.ays old when he breathed 
 his last, and she was in the eighty-fifth year of her 
 
 age. Mr. Pease was a Republican in politics, was 
 a strong temperance man, and a member of the 
 Free Will Baptist Church. He was a kind husband 
 and a gentle, loving father, while in his intercourse 
 with his fellow-men he w.as also kindlj- and courte- 
 ous. Mrs. Pease possessed similar traits of char- 
 acter, and was highly respected b}' neighbors and 
 friends. 
 
 Mr. Dunn, of whom we write, has followe<l the ex- 
 ample set before him by his father, and has favored 
 all those movements in which his judgment concur- 
 red as likely to improve the county and elevate soci- 
 ety', manifesting a degree of public spirit that leads 
 him to a prominent place in the regard , of his fel- 
 low-citizens. He served one term as Treasurer of 
 Parma Township, but has not been an aspirant for 
 public honors, preferring tiie more quiet duties of 
 private citizenship. In politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 RNEST PETERS. The milling business in 
 which the above named gentleman is en- 
 gaged at Tompkins Center, is always an im- 
 portant industry, and when, as in the case of our 
 subject, it is conducted according to the best 
 methods and turns out i)roducts second to none, it 
 becomes still more worthy of notice. The mill 
 owned by Mr. Peters now has a full roller process 
 with a capacity'of about eight}- barrels in twenty- 
 four hours, run by a fine water power; an engine 
 has lately been put in and it is the intention of the 
 proprietor to considerably increase the capacity. 
 The business is excellent, as the Hour made is sec- 
 ond to none, and square dealing is to be expected 
 in all transactions. 
 
 Mr. Peters opened his eyes to the light March 3, 
 1838, in Prussia, being the eldest son of Gottlieb 
 L. and Charlotte H. (Ilouscn) Peters. His 
 parents were born in Brandenburg, where the 
 fathe." died and where the mother still lives. Their 
 familj- consists of seven children. He of whom we 
 write was reared and educated in the land of his 
 nativit}-, beginning to learn the milling trade at 
 the age of thirteen 3-ears. He served an appicnticc- 
 ship of three years, after which he worked at his 
 
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 trade in Lis own land until 1864. He then deter- 
 mined to seek a new field of labor, and sailed from 
 Hamburg on a steam ship, landing in New York 
 after an uneventful voyage. 
 
 Mr. Peters first found employment in Greene 
 County, N. Y.. where he worked at his trade about 
 six months. He then enlisted as an engineer in the 
 First New York Engineer Cor|)s, with wliicli he 
 served ten mouths. After the close of the war 
 in 1865 he came to this county, securing a position 
 in tlie old Vandercook mill three miles south of 
 Jackson, which he retained threi^ j'ears. His next 
 position was as foreman in a Kalamazoo n'ill an 
 equal length of time, after which he spent five 
 years in Oakland County. He then returned to 
 Jackson and soon after bought the mill property 
 that lie now owns and which lie has operated 
 from that time. The interior of the mill has 
 been remodeled tiiree times, the aim of ^Ir. Peters 
 being to use the best machinery and to keep up 
 wit\i the improvements of the age. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Peters was celebrated in 
 Jackson in 1868, when he was united with Miss 
 Amelia Kromery. The bride, who was born in Ger- 
 man}', came to the United States with her mother 
 and step-father. She is a worthy woman who dis- 
 charges the duties devolving upon her in a consci- 
 entious and capable manner. She has borne her 
 husband four children, named respectivel}": Frank- 
 lin M., Ernest, Flora and Nellie. Both Mr. and 
 Mrs. Peters were reared in the Lutheran faith, their 
 parents having been members of that church. 
 
 AVID E. CROUCH who is one of the most 
 prominent among the successful farmers of 
 '^^ Spring Arbor Township, came to Michigan 
 in 1856 and since that time has been a resi- 
 dent of this townsliip, being located now on section 
 21 where he has a well-improved farm, one hundred 
 and ninety-three acres in extent. Of this he took 
 possession in 1866, having prior to this lived on a 
 farm of one- hundred and sixty acres on section 24. 
 His present homestead lies onl}' a half mile from 
 the village, is well watered by Sandstone Creek and 
 
 is thus very valuable. Mr. Crouch made a spec- 
 ialty of wheat and sheep during his years of active 
 labor, from which he is now retired, the farm be- 
 ing operated by his son-inlaw, Mr. Reed. 
 
 Mr. Crouch was oorn March 5, 1835, in Cohoc- 
 ton, Steuben Count}', N. Y., and lived there until 
 a 3'outh of twenty years. He received a limited 
 education in the common school, but at an early 
 age was put to work doing farm work in summer 
 and emi)lo_ying his time in a sawmill dining the 
 winter. He was strong, robust and ambitious and 
 delighted in being able to perform a man's labor 
 before he had attained to man's estate. Shorll}' 
 before reaching his majority he was wedded in his 
 native county to Miss Mary E. Jones, a maiden 
 who had been the companion of his childhood, the 
 ceremony taking place at the bride's home, Januarj' 
 17, 1856. 
 
 l\Irs. Crouch was born on the banks of Lake Erie 
 at Silver Creek, Erie Count}', N. Y., June 1 1 , 1838. 
 Her parents removed to Rochester when she was an 
 infant, and she lived there until a girl of eleven 
 years. Her parents then removed to Bristol, Onta- 
 rio County, where they lived three years, and 
 from there went to Steuben County. In 1857 
 they came to Michigan, and located in Han- 
 over Townshii), this county, whei'c the father 
 engaged in farming until the fall of 1866. His 
 next removal was to Winnebago County, 111., and 
 he settled in Cherry Valley Township, six miles 
 from Rockford, where he now owns sixty acres of 
 land, and is still living. His wife, formerly Miss 
 Roxanna Barber, was born in Broom County, N. 
 Y., and was the daughter of Joseph Barber, a na- 
 tive of Connecticut, and an early settler of the 
 Empire State. He spenthis last days with his son- 
 in-law, John E. Jones, at Bristol, Ontario County, 
 N. Y. Mr. Jones is now seventy-seven years old, 
 while his wife is seventy-four. 
 
 Grandfather William Jones wis a native of Con- 
 necticut, and served as a soldier in the War of 1812. 
 He emigrated at an early day to New York State, 
 and was one of the earliest settlers of Broom County, 
 where he spent his last days. There were born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Jones five children, viz.: Ruth C, Mrs. 
 Allen, of Winnebago County, III.; Mary E., the 
 wife of our subject; Charles A., of LaGrange, Ind. ; 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 o55 
 
 Joseph H., of Lima, Ind.: uml Eunice L., Mrs. 
 George, of Winnebago County, 111. Mr. ami Mrs. 
 Crouch are the parents of three cliiklren. Their 
 eldest born, Mettic, died when two years old; 
 Frankie M., after leaving the common school, first 
 attended Spring Arbor Semin.ary, then the Jackson 
 High School and finall}^ the State Normal at Ypsi- 
 lanti, one year. She married Clarence J. Reed, 
 who operates the home farm, they have one child, 
 u son, Raymond C; Roy E., lives witli his parents. 
 Mr. Crouch is an ardent Prohibitionist and a pro- 
 bation member of the Free Methodist Church. 
 Aside from serving on the juries he has lived 
 wholly as a private citizen. 
 
 ,The father of our subject was J.ackson Crouch, a 
 native of Colchester, Conn., and a son of Richard 
 Crouch, a native likewise of that State, and a 
 farmer by occupation. The latter, in 1817, re- 
 moved with his family to Steuben County, N. Y., 
 where he opened up a farm from the wilderness 
 and spent his lust days. His father came from 
 Wales during the Colonial days. Jackson Crouch 
 was eight years old when his parents removed to 
 New York State, and he lived there until reaching 
 manhood, engaged in farming and sawmilling, and 
 at the latter especially was very successful. In 
 1856 he sold out. and coming to Michigan, pur- 
 chased one hundreil and sixty acres of land in 
 Summit Township, this county, ujion which he op- 
 erated until old age compelled him to retire. He 
 is still living, making his home with his children, 
 and is now eighty-one years old. He is a Bletlio- 
 dist in religifius belief, and gives his political suii- 
 port to the Prohibition party. 
 
 Mrs. \A\vy ( Raymond) Crouch, the niolherof our 
 subject, was born in New York State, and was the 
 daughter of Hufus Raymond, a well-to-do farmer 
 of Steuben County. Grandfather Raymond emi- 
 grated to Michigan in 1.h;37. locating in Lenawee 
 County, where he openetl up a farm and spent the 
 remainder of his days. Mrs. Luc}' Crouch departed 
 this life at the homestead in 1873. She was a lady 
 of many estimable qualities, and a consistent mem- 
 ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The pa- 
 rental family included the following children: 
 Elizabeth U., was first married to a .Air. Wait, who 
 died; she was then wedded to a Mr. Peterson, and 
 
 they live in Sandstone Township; David E., our 
 subject, was the second born; Ann, Mrs. Peterson, 
 died about 1881; Clarissa, Mrs. Evorj-, lives in 
 Summit Township; Thomas, went to the Far West, 
 and died in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1874; 
 Mary E., Mrs. Webster, lives in Summit Township; 
 and Francis S., is a resident of Spring Aihor Town- 
 ship. 
 
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 EDWARD W. ROCKWELL. A pleasantly lo- 
 catefl tract of land in l.,eoni Township, is the 
 . ' home of the above-named gentleman, who 
 
 h;vs been engaged in farming for a few years past. 
 His estate comprises one hundred and fort3'-eight 
 acres of fine land. u|)ou which good buildings have 
 been erected, and which presents an air of neatness 
 and comfort that is creditable to the occujiants, 
 and attractive to the passer-by. The owner and 
 operator of the valuable property w.as born in Jack- 
 son. May 11, 184G, was educated in the schools of 
 that city, whence his father removed to a farm 
 when he was twelve j'ears old. There he acquired 
 some knowledge of the pursuits in which he is now 
 engaged although the property was so near the 
 town, that he still remained virtually a town boy. 
 
 In 18()i) Mr. Rockwell began work as a railroad 
 man by lilling a position as brakeman on the Michi- 
 gan Central Railroad. Eighteen months later he 
 was promoted, became a conductor, and for si.v 
 years h.ad a run on tlie Grand River Valley divi- 
 sion. Resigning at the expiration of tha'i |>eriod, 
 he became clerk in a store in .lackson. but a year 
 later returned to the railroad, continuing on it un- 
 til 188(J. Again resigning the position that he 
 held, he settled on the farm which he now occupies, 
 and where he is testing his ability as an agricul- 
 turist. 
 
 Mr. Rockwell has been twice married, tlu first 
 contract having been consumraate.i in 1867. The 
 In-ide was Miss Susan Daniel, a native of England, 
 who was removed from him by death in ^lay, 
 1 875. The lady who now presides over his home, 
 and with whom he was united in Jackson, bore the 
 maiden name of Ann Isadore Parker. She is a 
 daughter of Jehial and Hannah I'arker, (see sketch 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 of William H. Parker), and at the time of her mar 
 riage to our subject, was the widow of Morgan 
 Elliott. That gentleman was a son of Henry and 
 Lucy Elliott, pioneers of Washtenaw County, in 
 whicli county in the town of Saline, he was born. 
 His union with Miss Parker resulted in the birth of 
 three children — Maynard H., Walter AV., and Her- 
 bert H. By her present alliance, Mrs. Rockwell 
 lias become the mother of two children, Edward W. 
 and Nellie Grace. 
 
 Mr. Rockwell belongs to the Republican party, 
 and is always ready to cast his vote in its interest. 
 Honorable in his business relations, reliable in his 
 citizenship, and kindly in social life, he is num- 
 bered among the respected and respectable mem- 
 bers of the community, and bis estimable wife also 
 enjoys the esteem of her acquaintances. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is descended from na- 
 tives of the Empire State, the remote ancestry hav- 
 ing been English. His grandfather Rockwell was 
 born in Westchester Countj', N. Y., lived in New 
 York City for a few years after his marriage, and 
 then removed to Troy. In 1816 he took up pio- 
 neer work in Onondaga County, in company with 
 his brother-in law, Capt. Chase, buying a tract of 
 timber land in Lysander Township. Their re- 
 moval to their new home on the frontier was made 
 with teams, and there were neither railroads nor 
 canals. 
 
 Mr. Rockwell cleared the land and began tilling 
 the soil, continuing his residence there until 1828, 
 when he sold and removed to Onondaga Hill, then 
 the county seat, and one of the most flourishing 
 towns in Central New York. A year later he 
 bought a farm in Onondaga Hollow, which he oc- 
 cupied until 1836, when he sold and removed to 
 Cleveland, Ohio. Two years later he made another 
 change of location, coming to .lackson, Mich., where 
 he spent his last years at the home of his son, the 
 father of our subject. His wife, in her maiden- 
 hood Miss Sallie Tyle, also spent the latter years of 
 her life in Jackson. She was a native of the Em- 
 pire State, and the daughter of Edward Tyle, a 
 native of England, who, on coming to America, 
 located in New York, and spent his last years in 
 Onondaga County. 
 
 Benjamin W. Rockwell, the father of our sub- 
 
 ject, was born in New York C it}', January 31, 1812. 
 He grew to manhood in Onondaga County, and 
 married in Jackson, January 24, 1844, Samantha, 
 daughter of Judge William R. and Mary DeLand, 
 and who died on the 2'.»th of June, 1853. (See 
 sketch of C. V. DeLand). He continued his 
 residence in Onondaga County until 1837, when he 
 came to Michigan and located in Jacksonburg, as 
 the city of Jackson was then called. He at once 
 engaged in the mercantile business, keeping a gen- 
 eral stock for some time, after which he opened a 
 Crocker}' store, the first store in the cit}' devoted 
 exclusively to that of line of merchandise. As 
 there were no railroads in this section of country, 
 all merchandise had to be transpoi'ted from Detrpit 
 with teams. After a few years spent in merchan- 
 dising, Mr. Rockwell bought a farm comprising 
 sixty acres of land that is now included in the city 
 limits. He is now making his home with his son 
 Thomas, in Leoni Township. Of the children born 
 to himself and wife, three are now living: Sarah was 
 born November 24, 1844, and is the wife of Frank 
 Palmer; Thomas was born April 4, I 852, and mar- 
 ried Lida Acker; and the history of Edward W. is 
 outlined above. 
 
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 lS^^jHOMAS C. FAULKNER, a native of Cal- 
 f/((^^ houn County, Mich., residing in Jackson, is 
 ^^^' an engineer on the Michigan Central Rail- 
 way, and is amply qualified for his responsible po- 
 sition, as he is a thorough and skillful machinist, 
 and is possessed of a quick wit and cool nerve. He 
 was born in the town of Marshall, in Calhoun 
 County, July 24, 1852. His father, Thomas Faulk- 
 ner, was a trusted employe of the Michigan Cen- 
 tral Railway for manj' years, and it gives us much 
 pleasure to incorporate in this biography of the son, 
 the following sketch of the life of the father, that 
 appeared in the Marshall /Statesman of September 
 20, 1889. 
 
 "Thomas Faulkner, who died at 5 o'clock P. M., 
 September IG, 1889, was born in Shawside, Lancas- 
 tershire, England, December 14, 1826. son of Will- 
 iam and Jane Faulkner. He was married, January 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAl'HICAL ALBUM. 
 
 557 
 
 24, 1846, at Manchester, Knglanrt, to Miss Sarah 
 Lowe, and came to tliis country in 1852. His 
 father, niotlier, and brother Jolm had preceded 
 liim, and \Tere engaged in farming and lumbering 
 at Lee Centre, in this county, and Thomas became 
 tlie engineer for tiiein as soon as he arrived. He 
 remained there about one year, when he removed 
 to this city, and entered the employ of the Michi- 
 gan Central Railway Company, in the I'epair sliops 
 at this place. After a short time lie went upon the 
 road as a fireman, and in time was given an engine, 
 and continued in that capacity till about ten years 
 ago. In the '.50s and early 'GOs the great danger 
 and responsil)ility of the men who ran railroad en- 
 gines was not appreciated by those wlio employed 
 them — at le.ast the small wages paid them was evi- 
 dence of that fact — and the men were restive under 
 what they regarded as a wrong. Marshall being 
 the termir.us of the Michigan Central eastern and 
 central divisions, a large number of engineers and 
 other trainmen resided here, and tliese engineers 
 had, during the winter of l8(;2-63, many consulta- 
 tions. W. D. Robinson and I'homas Faulkner 
 were leaders in the discussions, and finally, during 
 the forenoon of the 1st of April, 186.3, they, with 
 John McCurdy, George C. Watrous, Henry Hall, 
 J. C. ("Yankee") Thompson, Samuel Heath, 
 Thomas Hayward, George Adams, Henr^- Lathroj), 
 S. Keith, Otis Kingsbury and K. Klwell, met by 
 appointment in front of the old round house, and 
 adjourned to meet at the residence of .1. C. Thomp- 
 son in the afternoon. When the hour came they 
 were all there, and their deliberations resulted in 
 the formation at Detroit, on the 17th of the follow- 
 ing August, of Division 'So. 1, of Detroit; and 
 Division No. 2, of Marshall, of the Brotherhood of 
 the Footboard (afterward changed to the lirother- 
 hood of Locomotive Engineers), with W. D. Rob- 
 inson as Chief of Division No. 1, and Thomas 
 Faulkner, Chief of Division No. 2. Mr. Faulkner 
 was always a iiard, conscientious worker, never 
 shirking any duty which his superiors might require, 
 and just why his services were dispensed with by 
 the manager of the Michigan Central without ex- 
 planation could not be understood by his friends. 
 ••Mr. Faulkner and his good wife were the par- 
 ents of eight children. John and William H. were 
 
 born in England. John died before the family 
 came to America; William died in this city, April 
 2.3, 1888; Joseph and Thomas C. reside in Jackson; 
 James F., in Helena, Mont.; Frank W.. in Muske- 
 gon ; and Samuel A., Fred L. and S. Jennie, in this 
 city, all of whom but James were present at the 
 funeral of their father." 
 
 The son of whom we write was educated in the 
 city schools of Marshall, and when seventeen years 
 old began his career .as a railroader in the employ 
 of the Michigan Central Railroad Company, and 
 has been in its employ continuously since that 
 time. After firing four years ha was promoted to 
 be engineer, which position he has since held to the 
 entire satisfaction of his employers. He h.as a full 
 understanding of his business, is careful in the dis- 
 charge of his duties, and always prompt and watch- 
 ful in any emergency. 
 
 Mr. Faulkner continued to reside in Marshall 
 till 1883, and in the meantime he had v.-isely saved 
 quite a sum from his earnings, and removing to 
 Jackson in the year just mentioned, in the follow- 
 ing year he erected the substantial residence he now 
 occupies on E.ast ^lain Street. Possessing a frank, 
 open-hearted-nature, always considerate and oblig- 
 ing, Mr. Faulkner is popular with his brother 
 engineers and other railroad men with whom he 
 comes in contact, and a man of his disposition and 
 habits is a worthy addition to the citizenship of 
 this community-. He is a prominent member of 
 Division No. 2, IJrotherhood of Locomotive En- 
 gineers, with which his father was so conspicuously 
 identified; and he also belongs to Jackson Lodge, 
 No. 72, A. O. U. W. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Faulkner with Miss Grace 
 L. Perry was consumated October G, 1881. They 
 have one child, Nina Louisa. Mrs. Faulkner is a 
 native of this city, and a daughter of William W. 
 and Antoinette Perry. Her father was born in the 
 town of Slatersville, R. I., in the month of May, 
 1816. He removed from there after he had at- 
 tained to man's estate to New York, and settled in 
 Royalton, Niagara County, and there folio weil the 
 trade of a carpenter till 1855. He then came to 
 Jackson, and has resided here since. The maic'en 
 name of his second wife, mother of IMrs. Faulkner, 
 was Antoinette Lee. She was born in Royalton, 
 
558 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Niagara, County, N. Y., a daugbtcr of Daniel O. 
 and Sally (Haner) Lee, natives, respectivelj', of 
 Connecticut and Delaware Countj-, N. Y. They 
 came from the latter State to Michigan in 1844, and 
 settler] in Summit Township, where Mrs. Faulkner's 
 grandfather bought a farm, which he made his 
 home till death. 3Irs. Faulkner's mother was 6rst 
 married to John H. Phillips, a farmer of Columbia 
 Tcwnsliip, where he died in 1851. After the death 
 of her husband Mrs. Phillips returned to New 
 York, where she married Mr. Perry. They now 
 ra.ike their home with their daughter. Mrs. Faulk- 
 ner. Politically, Mr. Faulkner is a stanch Repub- 
 lican. 
 
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 \l^^ ELOS J. MINER is one of those worthy- 
 - ^' men who, taking no active part in public 
 |t^ life, pursue the even tenor of their way in 
 their chosen avocation, winning a good 
 maintenance and gradually securing a competence. 
 His attractive and valuable home farm is located 
 on section 14, Parma Township, and comprises one 
 hundred acres of well-improved land, which by his 
 efforts has been reclaimed from a wild and primi- 
 tive condition. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Miner were James L. and 
 Abra (Waldron) Miner, both natives of Tompkins 
 County, N. Y., the Miners being of English stock, 
 and the Waldrons, in all probability, German. His 
 maternal grandfather was a soldier in the War of 
 1812. In the spring of 1837 James L. Miner left 
 his home in the Empire State, and drove the entire 
 distance to Kalamazoo County, Mich., in a water- 
 proof covered wagon. He spent one and a half 
 years in this State, then removing to a point thirty' 
 miles south of Chicago, III., where he purchased 
 land and remained two years. At the expiration of 
 that time he returned to his native county, resid- 
 ing therein until the fall of 1844, when he again 
 turned his footsteps westward. 
 
 Coming to this county, he purchased forty five 
 acres of land on section 14. Parma Township, and 
 upon it continued the work of improvement which 
 had been but just begun. A few acres had been 
 cleared and a log house, 18x24 feet in dimensions 
 
 stood in the clearing, that edifice sheltering the 
 family of Mr. Miner until 1855. He then built a 
 better house, his industrj- and energy having ena- 
 bled him to surround his family with a much 
 greater degree of comfort, than that in which the 
 first few years of residence here was passed. He 
 added to his original purchase until he at one time 
 owned one hundred and twenty-five acres. As 
 one of the early settlers of this section he endured 
 a share of the hardships incidental to life on the 
 frontier, but survived them all and lived to seethe 
 country thoroughly improved and thickly popu- 
 lated. 
 
 The parents of our subject had four children, all of 
 whom are living, and all but one residing in Parma 
 Township. The subject of this sketch is the eldest 
 member of the family circle; Frank is the second 
 born; following him is Marj', now Mrs. Mackej' ; 
 the youngest child is Harriet, wife of David Keel- 
 ler, of Sandstone Township. The father breathed 
 his last Januarj' 5, 1S81. and the mother was called 
 hence November 7, 1882. The county lost at their 
 decease two of her most worthy citizens and pion- 
 eer workers. 
 
 The birth of the gentleman with whose name we 
 introduce this sketch, took place in Tompkins 
 County, N. Y., October 13, 1836. Having come 
 to this county in e.arly boyhood, he received his 
 education here, the advantanges afforded being 
 greatly inferior to those of the present time, but 
 being improved to the utmost and supplemented 
 by extensive reading during later years. The 
 scenes amid which his early life was spent, were of 
 such a nature as to develop the sturdy qualities of 
 character, and insure his understanding of the work 
 necessary in developing an estate. He took pos- 
 session of his present home in 1865, since which 
 time he has brought it to its jjresent fine condi- 
 tion. 
 
 In Miss Anne Langdon, who was born in Mon- 
 roe County, August 11, 1848, Mr. Miner found the 
 qualities which he thought most desirable in a com- 
 panion, and his regard being reciprocated, they 
 were united in marriage May 24, 1877. Mrs. Mi- 
 ner and her brother George, of Monroe County, are 
 the only survivors in a family of five children born 
 to one of the early pioneer families of their county. 
 

 
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rORTRAI r AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 561 
 
 riie parents, llu; lion. Nallinniul ami Mai'3' A. 
 Langdon, were natives of tiie Empire State, anil 
 hofainc prominent citizens in liieir section of Mich- 
 igan. Mr. Langdon was Supervisor of Iila 'I'ow'n- 
 ship, Monroe Count}-, twenty-nine years, serving 
 Ivvenly-tlireo years in succession. At one time lie 
 was a State Senator, and at all times lie was es- 
 teemeil by those who knew him as a man of integ- 
 rity and intelligence. Mis dealh look place August 
 1, 18K9. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Miner three children have been 
 born, named respectively: Allen, Abra and Na- 
 thaniel. They form an attractive band, An the 
 development of whose understanding and the cul- 
 ture of courtesy and good iirinciples in their youth- 
 ful hc'arts. their parents lake great delight. Mr. 
 Miner gives his political sulTi'ige to the candidate 
 whom he thinks best qualilied to advance the wel- 
 fare of the public, irrespective of party lines or 
 dogmas. Mrs. Miner belongs to the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, and is an active and highly re- 
 spected member of society, a fit comjianion for a 
 man of her husband's position and reputation. 
 
 11) son con la i 
 
 )N MORRISON. The city of .Jack- 
 
 ilains a great number of fine blocks 
 
 occupied by successful business men, many 
 
 I [ of whom have been identified with the 
 interests of the cit}- for years and to whom the 
 present prosperity and beauty of the place is owing. 
 One of these early residents and capable men is the 
 subject of this sketch, his place of business being 
 a commodious structure, three stories in height 
 and 40x100 feet in dimensions, on Main Street., 
 between .lackson and Jlechanic Streets. Since the 
 days in which he esl:iblished a grocery business on 
 a moderate scale in a small frame building, he has 
 successfully carried on his enterprise, increasing it 
 from year to 3'ear. and aciuinulating means wliich 
 have been spent in rational cnjoynicnls, and in 
 works of l)enevolence of such a nature as to ex- 
 tend the moral inlluence and intellectual worth of 
 the world. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
 
 John Morrison, a native of Ireland and of Scotch 
 ancestry, who with his wife and childiiii came to 
 America, and settled at Little IJiilain, Orange 
 County, N. Y. There he purchased a tract of land 
 and liuill a stone house, si)ending his years in agri- 
 cultural pursuits and tr.ading. There Francis Mor- 
 rison, the father of our subject, was born, reared 
 and spent his entire life. lie married Matilda rat- 
 ion, daughter of William Pattoii..an I'^nglishinan, 
 who after coming to America bought a farm at 
 Newluir}', Orange County, and there engaged in 
 agricultural |)ursuits. William I'alton was quite 
 successful in his career in life, and was enabled to 
 purchase several small farms which he gave to his 
 children. His wife, formerly .Jane Wood, was a 
 native of the ^Mohawk N'alley. antl her lineage 
 traced from Holland. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write was born in 
 Little Britain, Orange County. N. Y.. .lannary 7, 
 1816, and was reared and received his early ecbica- 
 tion in his native county. While still a boy he 
 began working out on a farm, receiving *6 per 
 month for his services at eighteen years of age. 
 In 1837 he determined to try his fortunes in Mich- 
 igan, and made the trip to the territory in the 
 usual manner, via the Erie Canal and lake to De- 
 troit. Thence he journe\'ed by rail to Ypsilanti, 
 and by wagon to Jackson, having decided upon 
 this county as his place of settlement. 
 
 Mr. Patton was a single man when he took uo 
 his abode here, and hif first erai)loyment was chop- 
 ping wood b}' the cord at eighteen cents per cord, 
 while his expenses for board and lodging were 
 «1.50 per week. The following summer he found 
 employment upon a farm, receiving ^13 per month 
 during harvest time. The country at that time 
 was but sparsely settled, and deer, wild turkeys 
 and other game were plentiful and roamed at will 
 throughout the forests and clearings. Mr. Patton 
 saved his earnings prepar.alory to a business career, 
 and in a few years engaged in trade, biiving the 
 frame edifice in which he first opened his store and 
 in which for some years he conducted it. The 
 structure was destroyed by fire, and he then erected 
 that in which he h.as since cairied on his business, 
 and within whose substantial walls a complete 
 slock is carried and a fine trade done. 
 
562 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 At the home of the bi'ide in this city, October 
 26, 1843, Mr. Morrison was united in marriage 
 with Miss Harriet Mortimer. The bride was born 
 in Carlisle. Cumberland County, Pa., was reared 
 and educated in Rochester, to which place her pa- 
 rents removed about the yeai' 1824, and whence 
 she came to Jackson with her sister, in 1836. Her 
 grandfather, Peter Mortimer, was born in Gei'- 
 many, and there reared and married, and upon 
 emigrating to America, became one of the first set- 
 tlers of Reading. Pa., where he spent the remain- 
 der of his life. In that town, Henr\' Mortimer, the 
 father of Mrs. Morrison was l)orn and reared, after 
 his marriage removing to C'arlisle. and still later 
 to Rochester, in which place he died. His occu- 
 pation wfis that of a farmer, and during his resi- 
 dence at Carlisle he served as sheriff of Cumberland 
 County, and held other minc)r offices. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Morrison three children have 
 been born, with all of whom they have been called 
 to part. Katie J. died in 1867, aged twenty- 
 three years; William was run over by the cars 
 when ten years old, and lireathed his last on Chiist- 
 mas Day, 1862; Nina E. died the same year, aged 
 three years. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison have care- 
 fully reared thirteen children, including one col- 
 ored girl, caring for them until they were large 
 enough to go out into the world and care for 
 themselves, and so equipping them for the conflict 
 of life that their futures may be useful and honor- 
 able. 
 
 During the early days of Jackson County, Mr. 
 Morrison used to hunt, and now each year he and 
 his wife spend a few weeks in the northern part of 
 the State, during the hunting season, when Mr. 
 Morrison joins friends in the hunting grounds, 
 finding recreation and recuperation in deer-stalk- 
 ing and other sport. The couple have traveled ex- 
 teusivel}', visiting Yellowstone Park and various 
 points on the PaciQc Coast, including Alaska. Dur- 
 ing their absence Mr. Morrison writes frequent 
 letters to the press, which are read with interest, 
 as he is a keen observer and possesses the faculty 
 of reproducing on paper the incidents and sur- 
 roundings of their various excursions, and present- 
 ing to the minds of his readers a vivid picture and 
 an adequate understanding of the same. The 
 
 years have shown the wisdom of Mr. Morrison's 
 choice in a companion, and the fruits of their la- 
 bors are affording them added culture and enjoy- 
 ment together, with an unselfish addition to the 
 capacities of others. Their portraits occupy a 
 a place in this volume, and will be viewed with 
 pleasure by all who read of their lives. 
 
 IIARLES W. HORR. This gentleman is 
 now representing the Sixth Ward of Jack- 
 son in the City Council, of which body he 
 has been a member since April, 1886, and in which 
 he has ever b>3en identified with those who were 
 working most faithfully to .advance the true inter- 
 ests of the city. The ordinance for electric lights 
 in the city streets was drafted by him, and the 
 title of "Honest Charlie," by which he is popularly 
 known, demonstrates the esteem in which he is 
 held, lie is an excellent conversationalist, possess- 
 ing not only the requisite intelligence, but the per- 
 suasive si)eech and manner which carry weight and 
 add force to his ideas. 
 
 In 1847, Thomas Horr, a native of County 
 Limerick. Ireland, came to America and located at 
 Detroit, where he carried on his trade as a plas- 
 terer. Two years after his arrival on the shores of 
 the New World, Miss Theresa Miller, a native of 
 the same eounfy, also took up her residence in the 
 States. This worthy couple were united in mar- 
 riage in November, 18.")2, and reared a family of 
 eleven children, of whom the subject of this sketch 
 is the eldest. The mother is still living in Jackson, 
 to which the family removed in 1857, and where 
 the father breathed his last, March 3, 1874. Thomas 
 Horr was devoted to the tenets of the Catholic 
 religion, while his widow is of the Protestant faith 
 Thomas Horr was also a soldier during the Civil 
 War, being a member of the Thirteenth Michigan 
 Infantry two years, and one year in the Third 
 Michigan Cavalry. 
 
 The eyes of Charles Horr opened to the light in 
 Detroit, March 25, 1853, and he was scarcely more 
 than an infant when his parents became residents 
 of Jackson. In this city his boyhood was spent in 
 
PORTRAIT AND iilO(iRAPHICAL ALBLM. 
 
 56.3 
 
 alt«ndaiife at the Union scliools, and in the acquire- 
 ment of a good fundainenlal education. Leaving 
 the sclioolroom at the age of thirteen, he spent 
 four years in acquiring a lliorougii knowledge of 
 liie mason's trade, and immediately after the great 
 fire in Chicago, ho repaired to that place and helped 
 in its rebuilding. After working there a year and 
 four months he returned to Jackson, where for 
 four years he carried on his trade, lie next went 
 to Ft. Wayne. Ind., where lie was occupied in the 
 same way for two years. 
 
 Returning again to Jackson, Mr. llorr began 
 contracting, and is still carrying on that business. 
 After the big tire in Jackson, in I8H0, he took con 
 tracts for building and plastering the Haehnele 
 Union Block. Brcnkenfelter's I51ock, the Stowell 
 House, and St. Mary's School. lie has a most ex- 
 cellent reputation as a master workman, and one 
 whose contracts are fullilled in a most honorable 
 manner. In politics he was reaied as a Jackson 
 Democrat (^f ttie stanchest kind, and the parly wiih 
 which he votes nominated and elected him to the 
 position which he fills in the Aldermanic Board. 
 He follows in his father's footsteps .is a believer in 
 the Catholic faith. 
 
 Mr. Ilorr owns a residence on Pleasant .Street. 
 No. o(),5. and the cozy mansion is presided over 
 by an amiable companion, in her girlhood Miss 
 Alice Ryan, with whom he was united in marriage 
 Juno 22, 1886. Mrs. Hoi r is a native of Tro}', 
 N. v., and is a lady of intelligence and worth of 
 character. Two daughters, Mary Louise and The- 
 resa CJertrude, have come to bless this union. 
 
 ■"^•^:-^-; 
 
 AMUKL BUNKER. As a worthy reinc- 
 sentative of the intelligence, the integritv 
 and the moral worth of the peojile of 
 Grass Lake Township, the subject' of this 
 notice occupies an important jjosition. He is widely 
 and favorably known along the eastern line of this 
 county and the fact that he is well spoken of In- 
 high and low. rich and poor, is sufficient indication 
 of his character. He was a leader in the establish- 
 
 ment of the new settlement more than fifty-four 
 years «go and has been no unimportant figure in 
 shaping its destiny. Although exceedingly modest 
 in his demeanor and totally guiltless of assuming 
 any virtue that he does not possess, Mr. Bunker 
 should derive much satisfaction in the coutempla 
 tion of the part which he has pla^'ed in life, build- 
 ing u|) a record which his descendants may look 
 ui)on with pride. By a course of industry, pru- 
 dence and good management, he has become well- 
 to-do financially and has a fine residence, barns and 
 outbuildings which indicate in a marked degree to 
 what good purpose the proprietor has labored and 
 expended at least a portion of his ca[)ital. 
 
 Mr. Bunker enjoys the distinction of being one 
 of the very first settlers of (Trass Lake Township 
 and his home occupies a portion of the ground 
 whereon his father settled in 1 h;56, taking up land 
 from the (Tovernment. He was born in Greenfield, 
 Saratoga County, N. Y., February 27. 18:J0. His 
 liaternal grandfather was a native of (jcrmany but 
 emigrated to America when a young man and set- 
 tied near Albany. N. \ ., where he followed farming 
 and spent the remainiler of his life. The date of 
 his settlement in the Empire State is not accurately 
 known but is supposed to have been a short time 
 prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Grandfather Bunker had three sons and two 
 daughters of whom John, the father of our subject, 
 was the eldest. He was born near Albany, N. V., 
 May 7, 1800, but after attaining manhood went 
 into Saratoga County, where he was married and 
 lived until May, 1835. He then started for Michi- 
 gan Territory but stopped in Cayuga County'. N.V. 
 until M.ay 5, 1836, when he and his brother Joel 
 set out for Michigan together with wagons and ox- 
 team?. They landed in this county jNLaj' 19 follow- 
 ing, and (irandfather Bunker immediately entered 
 eighty acres of Government land which is now a 
 part of section 2"J, Grass Lake Township, where 
 Samuel now resides. He lived on that place and 
 in this vicinity until his death. Jul}- 5, 1877. He 
 ranked among his brother tillers of the soil as the 
 sturd\' oak among the forest trees, being .-i fine 
 illustration of the self-made man who commenced 
 in life at the foot of the ladiler and b^- his own 
 exertions attained to a high position socially and 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 financially. Nature had provided liim with an ample 
 share of sound common sense and good jiulgment 
 and he was endowed with that independent spirit 
 whicli is disinclined to ask favors, choosing rather 
 to rely upon his own efforts. The result was tiiat 
 he could look around upon a good property, accu- 
 mulated bj' tlie liand of frugality and industry and 
 in the evening of his life was able to enjoy the 
 comforts whicii he had so fairly earned. 
 
 While not connected witli any chureli organiza- 
 tion. Grandfather Bunker was in religious belief, a 
 rniveisalist. He attended all churches, however, 
 and was a liberal contributor to religious and char- 
 itable institutions. Altiiough a sturdy advocate of 
 tlie principles of the Democi-atic party, he never 
 aspired to any office. During the Rebellion he 
 contributed liberally to tlie I'nion cause. His wife, 
 who bore the maiden name of Lavina Hall, w,as 
 born in New London. Conn., November 29, 180.5, 
 and died in Grass Lake, ^lich., November 15, 1888. 
 Her parents, Samuel and Mary Hall were natives 
 of Connecticut and traced their ancestry to old 
 Puritan stock. 
 
 To the parents of our subject there vvere born 
 the following children, viz: Samuel, first and 
 second, George, Joel, Arad and Rober*, E. He, of 
 whom we write, and who was the second child, was 
 but sis years old when his parents came to Michi- 
 gan. His early training was on the farm and his 
 education was obtained in the district school and 
 at Grass Lake Seminary, then an institution of con- 
 siderable note. When about twenty years of age, 
 he left the farm and was occupied in railroading 
 until 1859, in the employ of the Michigan Central 
 and the South Michigan and Great Western in 
 Canada. In these three companies he held the 
 position of Roadmaster and Special Inspector of 
 Roads, and w.as also in charge of the construction 
 department. In 1859 he resumed farming to which 
 he has since given the most of his attention. He 
 is the owner of two hundred and fifty-nine acres, 
 lying on sections 27, 28 and 29, (irass Lake Town- 
 ship, the whole under thorough cultivation and 
 comprising some of the best land in this region. 
 
 A Democrat in politics like his father before 
 him, Mr. Bunker has Iteen quite prominent in local 
 affairs and in 1879 was nominated as a candidate 
 
 for the State Legislature and made an active race, 
 but was defeated with the balance of his ticket 
 by a small majority. He was appointed Postra.aster 
 of Grass Lake during the administration of Presi- 
 dent Cleveland, holding the office until 1889. He 
 has been School Inspector and Township Treasurer 
 and foi' three years represented the townthip in 
 the County Board of Supervisors. In London, 
 Canada, he, in 1851, identified himself with the 
 Masonic fraternity and subsequently was one of 
 the charter members of Excelsior Lodge, No. 116, 
 at Grass Lake, in which he hiis held the positions 
 of .lunior and Senior Warden and for fourteen 
 years was Master of the lodge. He has been the 
 first otflcer of the Chapter at Grass Lake since its 
 organization and he belongs to the Council at 
 Jackson. He has taken a warm interest in the 
 prosperity of the fraternity and usually attends the 
 Grand Lodges. 
 
 Thirty-eight years ago, February 11, 1852, Mr. 
 Bunker was united in marriage with Miss Emma J. 
 Updike of Grass Lake. Mrs. Bunker was born in 
 Tompkins County, N. Y., November 15, 1835, and 
 is the daughter of Enoch and Elizabeth (Henry) 
 Updike who wore also natives of the Empire State; 
 they spent their last years in Michigan. Six chil- 
 dren n-ere born of this union, viz: Elizabeth, 
 Charles W., Ella. Frances L., George M., and 
 John E. 
 
 (^ IJiILLIAM GRANT, the owner and occupant 
 \rJi of a fine farm in Spring Arbor Township, 
 ^^ belongs to an old family of the Emi)ire 
 State and is of German descent in the paternal line. 
 He is one of the oldest settle'-s in the county, where 
 he has done much in his quiet way for the develop- 
 ment of the country and the advancement of its 
 interests. His nature is not one of those which 
 pushes a man to the front in public life, although 
 he possesses a good deal of enterprise and is cap- 
 able of efficient work in anything which he under- 
 takes, as everything about his home indicates. 
 
 The paternal great-grandfather of our subject 
 emigrated from German}' to New York State, and 
 in Herkimer County, Morks Grant was born and 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGIIAI'IIICAL AI.UUM. 
 
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 livt'd fur iiianv years on<j:i>ged in farrain":. lie was 
 a soldier in the War iif 1812. To liini was born a 
 son William who foiiowcil llie fallier's occupation 
 in liis native county until liis niarriajjfe to Rebecca 
 Ilayncr. lie then liouiiht land in Otsego County, 
 liut aflcrvvard removed to Oneida C'ounl3', where 
 he owned a good farm, and carried on the dairy 
 business. There the wife died after having borne 
 si.\ children, only two of wliom are n(ivv living. 
 These are: Mrs. Mary Shumway of Jackson, and 
 he of whom we write; the deceased bore the names 
 of Elizabeth. Norman, Reuben and Ilayner. The 
 wife and mother was a consistent member of the 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 In 1833, William Grant, .Sr., came to Michigan, 
 locating near the old Territorial Koad on section 4, 
 .S|)ring Arbor Township. lie bought a farm of two 
 hundred and forty acres, a i)artof which is now oc- 
 cupieil by our subject. There he continued his agri- 
 cultural work, improving the land upon which he 
 resided until his death, that event (n'curing in 
 IH.'),"). He had added to his original purchase of 
 land, until becoming the owner of two hundred and 
 sixty acres. He also was a member of the Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 William Grant, Jr., was born at Lenno.\', ()neida 
 County, N. Y., June "il, 1821, and reared on the 
 farm, where he early began such work as his 
 strength would permit. His school privileges were 
 such as were common to the bo^-s of that age, the 
 sclioolhouse being made of logs, with slab benches, 
 an open fire-place, and primitive surroundings. The 
 lad was not yet in his terns when his father came 
 West and they each drove a team of horses on the 
 journey. They crossed the Niagara River, traveled 
 through Canada to a point opposite Delioit, where 
 they crossed into the Stales. Jackson was then but 
 a swamp hole, various wild animals were numerous, 
 Indians still roamed throughout the country, and 
 the homes of white settlers were yet few and far 
 between. 
 
 The education of young (irant was continued in 
 the primitive schools of this section and he likewise 
 continued to assist his father in farm work, lie re- 
 mained an inmate of the paternal home until he 
 was of age, when he began farming on his own ac- 
 count on his father's land. He became the possessor 
 
 of one hundred and fifteen acres of the homo farm 
 which he still retains, having one acre additional 
 on .section 3, and twenty acres on section 31, Sand 
 stone Township. He has iiuill a substantial house, 
 barn, and other buildings ne('<lful lo the succ(!SS of 
 his enterprise, .and has a remaikably line orchard 
 of his own grafting. .So successful has he been in 
 the latter work that his services have been called 
 for in grafting many other oichards. and he has 
 taken a number of premiums on his fruit at the 
 county fairs. He raises full-bloodeil Short-horns, 
 keeping six head, full-bkxxled Chester white hogs 
 and draft horses, two teams l)eing cmiiloyed in the 
 work of the farm. A fine s|)ring of pure water is a 
 much appreciated feature of the estate. 
 
 In .Sandstone Township, in 1814. Mr. Grant was 
 united in marriaiie with iMary A. Lavery, an esti- 
 mable lady who was born at Ann Arbor, Washte- 
 naw County. She bore him five children —Norman, 
 now engaged in farming in Spring Arbor Town- 
 ship; Elizabeth, deceased ; Sarah, the wife of William 
 Chambers, a farmer in Spring Arbor Township; 
 Dell, now Mrs. Reedcr. of Washington, and Levant, 
 deceased. 
 
 On I)eceml)or 22. 1863, at the home of the bride 
 in Sandstone Township, Mr. (irant was married to 
 Mrs. Mary (Houseman) Wheeler. She is a grand- 
 daughter of George Houseman, a German who 
 came to America when sixteen j-ears old, served 
 during the Revolutionary War on the side of Amer- 
 ican freedom, and then settled in tlie Empire State. 
 There he was engaged in farming, becoming well- 
 to-do. He died in Orleans Count}', where his son 
 Jacob, the father of Mrs. Grant, lived until 1837. 
 He had been cxtensivelv engaged in farming in his 
 native county, and upon coming to Michigan at the 
 time named he continued his agricultural labors in 
 this county. He had bought one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land in what is now Blackman Townshii), 
 and he operated the same for some time, removing 
 from it to Ionia County, where he died in 18,5;'). 
 Politically, he w.is a Democrat, and religiously a 
 member of the Free-will Baptist Church. 
 
 The first wife of Jacob Houseman was Pollv, 
 daughter of Thomas Souden of (iernian descent 
 and an early settler on the Holland I'uicliase, where 
 he died. Mrs. Ilousenuui was born near Seneca 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Lflke, JS. Y., and died in Blackmail Township, this 
 county, in 1843. She was the mother of ten chil- 
 dren — lane, widovv of J'aul Steele, of Ionia County, 
 Maiy, Mrs. Grant; Mrs. H.aniiah Wood, of San :1- 
 stone Township; Mrs. Sallic MorrcU of Jackson: 
 Thomas, of Delaware County, lovTa; Alonzo, of 
 Blackman Township, this county ; .T.acob, now de- 
 ceased ; Clarence, living in Ionia County, Mich.; 
 William, who was a member of the Michigan Cav- 
 alry and died in the army, and (ieorge. The latter 
 was a member of a Michigan regiment in the Civil 
 War, was taken prisoner and confined in Andevson- 
 ville until he was so nearly dead that he was pa- 
 roled; he reached his home but died two weeks 
 later of disease contracted in the prison. 
 
 By a second marriage Mr. Houseman had three 
 children, namely: Mrs. Ada Reese of Jackson; 
 Jacob, who entered a Michigan regiment early in 
 the war and died soon afterward, and Clarence, who 
 served in the Michigan Cavalry three years. 
 
 Miss Mary Houseman was born in Ridge way, 
 Orleans County, N. Y., in June, 1X24. She received 
 t'.vcellent educational advantages and superior home 
 training, remaining with her parents until iier mar- 
 in 1847 to Mr. Enos Wheeler. He also was a native 
 of the Empire State and was engaged in farming in 
 Sandstone Township, this county. In 1852, with a 
 brother and nephew he started for California, on 
 the overland route. He did not live to reach the 
 Eldnrado toward whicii his steps were turned, but 
 was stricken vvith fever and die<l in Carson Valley 
 on the Humboldt River. His widow cuntinued to 
 occupy their home iu this county until her marriage 
 to i\lr. Grant, our subject. By her fust husband 
 Mrs. Grant had three children — George Wheeler, 
 who was educated in Albion College, taught school 
 and is now a farmer m Spring Arbor Townshiii; 
 Loiaine, Mrs. Morris, Postmistress at Sandstone; 
 Charles Wheeler, a railroad conductor in Louisiana. 
 To her second husband, Mr. Grant, she has borne 
 one daughter — May, who died when three years 
 old. Mrs. Grant is very much interested in poul- 
 try and raises fancy fowls of various breeds. She 
 now has the finest flock in the neighborhood, num- 
 bering one hundred and flfty fowls. 
 
 i\Ir. Grant is a stanch Republican, who never 
 fails to deposit his vote and exert his personal in- 
 
 fluence for the principles in which he believes. As 
 before slated he is not one to occupy a prominent 
 public position, the most conspicuous place he has 
 held having been as a juryman. He has ever been 
 regarded with respect by his fellow-men, and to his 
 family and intimate friends exhibits great kindness 
 and consideration. IMrs. Grant belongs to the Con- 
 gregational Church at Sandstone, and is highly es- 
 teemed by those who know her f(;r her estimable 
 character and useful habits. 
 
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 PRANKLIN D WELLE. The farming com- 
 ■ miinity of Grass Lake Township recognizes 
 _ in the subject of this notice, one of its most 
 
 worthy representatives. His home is pleasantly lo- 
 cated on the eastern limits of the village, and in all 
 its appointments indicates the home of a well-to-do 
 citizen, who by a course of prudence and industry 
 has been enabled to gather around liimjelf all the 
 comforts of modern life, and to lay up something 
 for a rainv day. 
 
 The native place of INIr. Dwelle was Gorliam, 
 Ontario Count)-, N. Y.. and the date of his birth 
 July 17, 1844. His parents were Abner and Cath- 
 erine A. (Coe) Dwelle, who were also natives of the 
 Empire Slate, the father born in Saratoga County, 
 April 1 1, 1804, and the mother in Orleans County, 
 in 1810. Abuer Dwelle was reared a farmer's boy 
 and fdllo' ed agricultural pursuits in his native 
 State during his early manhood, acquiring a mod- 
 erate amount of property. In 18G5 he came to this 
 county and iiurchasing land in Grass Lake Town- 
 ship, prosecuted agriculture until his death, in 
 1887. This proved a very fortunate move on his 
 part, as he became wealthy, leaving an estate valued 
 at about 82uO.OI^iO. He made the whole of this b)' 
 his own unaided exertions, and bent his energies 
 mostly to the accumulation of wealth. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was Lem- 
 uel Dwelle, who traced his ancestry to old Hugue- 
 not stock. He spent his last years in New York. 
 Tlie mother of our subject aecomiianied her fam- 
 ily to Michigan, and died in Grass Lake in 1870. 
 
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 567 
 
 Tlic pnreiiliJ liuuseliold consistcfl of five cliildrcn, 
 viz: Adelia. Franklin. John C, Lavin.a, and Leni- 
 n<l i:. Fianl<lin. our subject, was reareil in his 
 native town, wiieie lie attended tlie dislriet school 
 (hiring his boyhood, and later pnrsiied liis studies 
 in tlie aeadeiuy. \\'lun enierginj^ from this insti- 
 tution, he entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- 
 tute, where he studied three ye:\rs, and thus became 
 llioroughly wellinfornicd in the aits and sciences. 
 He followed farming in ^ew York Slate until com- 
 ing to Michigan, and after his settlement here, 
 found the soil of the U'olverinc State responding 
 so generously to the labors of the husbandman, that 
 he has since continued his operations in this line 
 with unqualified success. He is the owner of seven 
 hu?idred broad acres which are highly i)roductive. 
 and yield to the proprietor a handsome income. 
 These farm lands lie in (irass l.nkc. Wateiloo. and 
 Leoni Townships. He makes a specialty of high- 
 grade stock, including horses, cattle and imported 
 Shrop.shire sheep. 
 
 Two years after coming to Michigan. Mr. Dwells 
 was married, December 11, 18G7, at the bride's 
 home in Troy. N. Y., to Miss Kale L. Craiidall. 
 Mrs. Dwelle was born in Troy, N. Y., November 
 14, 184G, and is the daughter of Kthan A. and 
 Leona C'randall, who were also natives of that State, 
 and there spent their last days. Of this union 
 there have been born three children — Agnes M., 
 Annie L., and Adelia E. 
 
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 SsHOMAS O. DOREMIS w.as born in Parma. 
 Jackson Count3% JUch., May 17, 1843, and 
 well remembers many incidents of pioneer 
 life when deer and other kinds of wild game were 
 l)lentiful and roamed through the wilderness near 
 his boyhood's home. When eleven years old he 
 went to live with an uncle who was a merchant in 
 VermonlvlUe, Ejiton County, and after remaining 
 there nearly two years returned to the parental 
 roof. While at home he assisted his father on the 
 farm as his strength would allow, attending the dis- 
 trict school, acquiring a good common-school edu- 
 cation and haliits of industry and usefulness. 
 
 In t!ie summers of 1862 and 18(53, he was en- 
 gaged in buying sheep in Jackson, Washtenaw and 
 Hillsdale Counties. The last lot he bought in 
 1861-62 w.as a flock of twenty-three hundred which 
 he assisteil in driving to Leavenworth. Kan., traver- 
 sing the States of Illinois and Missouri and arriv- 
 ing at his destination after traveling four montli.s 
 and nine days. In the fall of 18()3, he again visited 
 Leavenworth, going via St. Louis, and engaging 
 with Caldwell & Co., freighters, to drive an outfit 
 of six yoke of oxen and a freight load across the 
 plains to Ft. Laramie. At that time all except the 
 eastern jiart of Nebr.aska and Kans.as was unsettled 
 and during the trip large herds of buffalo were met, 
 besides deer, antelope, etc. One trip across the 
 plains was sudicient in the estimation of the j'oung 
 man. and February, 1861, found him again in his 
 homo. 
 
 In June of the same year, young Doremus began 
 his career as a railroad man by accepting a position 
 as night watchman at the Jlichigan Central Railroad 
 depot at Parma, and seven months later he became 
 a brakemnn on the road, continuing so employed 
 two years. In 1808, he engaged as brakeman on 
 the Saginaw Railroad, and thirty days later was 
 promoted to the position of conductor which place 
 he held ten years. He then resigned to accept a 
 position as salesman in a wholesale house in Jack- 
 ! son. .and during the following live years continued 
 in the employ of the lirm, a portion of the time 
 being spent in the house in Jackson and a [loriion 
 on the road. He then took a contract to build a half 
 mile of brick sewer in the eastern part of Jackson. 
 On December 6. 1881, he accepted a position as 
 Trainmaster on the Ft. W.ayne, Jackson & Saginaw 
 which road was merged into the Lake Shore Rail- 
 road in 1882, and has since held that place, perform- 
 ing its duties in a manner entirely satisfactory to 
 thecompanj'. 
 
 At the home of the bride's i)arenls in Albion, the 
 marri.age rites were celebrated between Mr. Dore- 
 mus and Miss Family L. Carr on August 29. 1868. 
 John W Carr. the father of the bride, was bor.i in 
 Rochester, N. Y., where he learned the trade of a 
 carpenter and joiner, following it in his native 
 State until 18.i6, when he came to Jackson County, 
 and bought a home ii> Albion, where he lived until 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 a few inoiitlis ago, when lie came to Jackson and now 
 lives with liis son George. His wife, who died in 
 -September, 1888, bore the nifiiden name of Lavina 
 Joiner and was born in Wa^ne County, N. Y., 
 where their daughter, jMrs. Doremus, also opened 
 hei- eyes to the light. The father of Mrs. Carr was 
 a native of Vermont and one of the earliest settlers 
 of W.ayiie County, where he purchased a tract of 
 timber land, cleared a farm and residetl until his 
 death. Around ids log house in the wilderness, 
 deer, bear and wolves were numerous some years 
 after his settlement. To ^Nlr. Doremus and his in- 
 telligent and cultured wife one son has been born — 
 Dwight Bertrand. 
 
 In 18Vl,Mr. Doremus purchased proi)erty which 
 was then on the eastern borders of Jackson, on 
 which he has erected a comfortable and attractive 
 set of frame buildings, making ror himself and fam- 
 ily a most pleasant home, where hospitality' and 
 good cheer arc ever met with. The limits of the 
 city have extended since the property was pur- 
 chased, and it is built up for half a mile beyond Mr. 
 Doremus' home. In politics he of whom we write 
 is a Republican; for four years lie represented the 
 Eighth Ward on the Aldermanic Board. He be- 
 longs to Jackson Lndge No. 17, F. & A. M.; Jack- 
 son Chapter No. 3, R. A. M.; and to the Ancient 
 Order of United Workmen; an intelligent and well- 
 read gentleman, a trustworthy citizen, and a man of 
 honor in his relations with mankind, Mr. Doremus 
 is held in excellent repute by his fellow-men. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, was 
 Jacob Doremus a native of New Jerseys whose first 
 lemoval from his native State was to Seneca 
 County, N. Y., where he bought a farm upon which 
 he lived until about 1832. He then removed to 
 the Territory of Michigan, journeying via the Erie 
 Canal and Lake Erie to Detroit; thence by team to 
 Washtenaw County, and taking up a tract of land 
 in Delhi Township, where he continued to reside 
 until his death. His son, James Doremus, born in 
 New Jersey in 1809, was reared in New York and 
 there learned the trade of a carpenter. He came to 
 Michigan with his parents, built a sawmill on the 
 Huron River, in the township in which they resided, 
 and carried it on in connection with a farm until 
 about 1840. He then located in Parma Township, 
 
 Jackson County, having traded his former estate 
 for a partly im|)roved farm there. He is still re- 
 siding on his farm and although now eighty-one 
 years of age is hale and hearty. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Rebecca Barber, was born in 
 Argyle, Washington County, N. Y., to Mr. and 
 Jlrs. Thomas Barber. Her death occurred in 1879, 
 when she had reached the age of sixty-eight years. 
 Ten children were born to her of whom those now 
 living are: Edward, Thomas O., Julia and William. 
 
 rSMMET M. EVANS, wholesale dealer in 
 
 fresh and salt meats, with a large cold stor- 
 
 ,,^^: age room at No. 122 East Pearl Street, 
 
 Jackson, is one of the principal dealers in the city. 
 He was born in Syracuse, N. Y., April 19, 1849, 
 being the eldest of the five children comprising the 
 family of Alexander M. and Elmira (Thomas) 
 Evans. His father was born in the same city as 
 himself, the ancestral lineage being Dutch. His 
 mother was a native of the old Ba\' Stale. Alex- 
 ander Evans was a I utcher and a dealer in meats, 
 carrying on the latter business for many years. He 
 removed to Jackson, Mich., in 1864, where he 
 breathed his last ten years later; his widow still 
 survives. 
 
 Emmet Evans passed his school days in his na- 
 tive place, attending the public schools and the 
 Geddes High .School, after leaving which he as- 
 sisted his father in the meat business until the re- 
 moval to Michigan. He was still in his teens 
 when he accompanied his parents to this State, and 
 when seventeen years old formed a partnership 
 with his father in butchering and the sale of meats. 
 The partnership continued several years, when the 
 son purchased his father's interest, after which he 
 turned his attention to the wholesale business, dis- 
 posing of bis shops and embarking in the (iresent 
 line. Through his excellent judgment regarding 
 meats and his honorable dealing, he has built up 
 an excellent trade and an honorable reputation 
 among business men. 
 
 At the residence of Mr. Harry Hague in this 
 city, in 1873, the rites of wedlock were celebrated 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGkaPHICAI, ALUUM. 
 
 between his diuiglili'i-. l/iir:i A., ami Mr. Kmiuel 
 Kvans. The inlclli<i;ent. and ehaniiino; bride was 
 l>c)ni 111 Kngland. hut came to the United States in 
 hor girlhood. Slie presides witli ^vavo, over liie 
 residence wiiidi she and her hiisl)and occupy in tlie 
 cast i)art of the city near the corporation limits. 
 Mr. Evans belongs to Jackson T.odge, No. 50, 
 A. V. A' A. M.; to Jackson Lodge No. 4, I. O. O. F.; 
 and to the Knights of Pythias. His social, friendl}^ 
 nature .and benevolent spirit are indicated by his 
 connection with these orders, and it is needless to 
 state that ho is the subject of mucii friendly re- 
 gard. 
 
 (j^A AMl'EL ClIAPKL, A. M.. whose portrait 
 ^^^^ is presented on the opjiosite page, is a 
 lv^--# son of one of the earliest pioneers of this 
 ' ^ county and the youngest of his father's 
 family, lie first opened his eyes to the light De- 
 cember 10, 1833, in Sandstone Township, and here 
 his lifelong interests have centered. He i s the 
 otTspring of a good family, being the son of the 
 Hon. Caleb M. Chapel, a native of Salem, Conn., 
 and who was born February 11,171)7. The pa- 
 ternal grandparents were Charlott and Sally Chapel, 
 who were natives of New Kngland. The Chapel 
 fuinily is of French origin, the name being origin- 
 ally spelled Chapelle, and after the settlement of 
 the family in America the simpler orthography was 
 adopted. 
 
 The father of our subject was reared to manhood 
 in his native State and was married to Miss Mary 
 H. Comstock, by whom he became the father of six 
 children. Of these Samuel, our subject, is the only 
 survivor. In 182!) the family emigrated to New 
 York State and for three years were residents of 
 (ienesee County. In 1832 they sought Michigan 
 Territoiy and, coming to liiis county, the father 
 purchased three !iundred atd twenty acres of land, 
 comprising the west half of the east half and the 
 west half of section 33, in Sandstone Town- 
 ship, securing the same from the Government 
 at *1.25 per acre. The |)atent was made out on 
 parchment and signed by President Andrew Jack- 
 son, the Deiuocralic executive who olliciatcd as his 
 
 own secretary. This relic is preserved by our sub- 
 ject as one of the heirloonii from which he would 
 not willingly part. 
 
 The land which the elder (Jliapel [)urchased was 
 part wood land and he laljorcd for many years in- 
 dustriously in the building up of a homestead a;id 
 securing a competency for his declining years. He 
 accomplished this in the most praiseworthv man- 
 ner and rested from his earthly labors June 9, 1873. 
 When coming here he had willi him just enough 
 money to pay for his land and provide himself with 
 the implements for its cultivation. Heand hisfainil}' 
 endured the usual hardships of life on the frontii'r. 
 and they were alwut the first settlers who remained 
 residents of Sandstone Townshii). Caleb Chapel 
 became prominent in the community, signalizing 
 himself as a liberal and public-spirited citizen and 
 holding many of the local ollices. In early life he 
 was a Whig politically, and after the abandonment 
 of the old i)arty cordially endorsed Republican 
 [irinciples. He served as Supervisor for several 
 terms with credit to himself and satisfaction to his 
 constituents. Although not a member of any 
 church organization he contributed liberally to re- 
 ligions enterprises, was public spirited and in favor 
 of everything to improve the county and elevate 
 society. After occupying other positions of trust 
 and responsibility he was selected to represent this 
 county in the State Legislature, sometime in the 
 '50s, and in this as in all other po itions observed 
 that fidelity to duty which gained him the confi- 
 dence and esteem of his fellow-citizens. After a 
 well-spent life he departed hence June 9, 1873. 
 In his death the county lost one of its best citizens. 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
 of Mary H. Comstock; she was born in Salem. 
 Conn., to Joshua and !Mary (Holmes) Comstock. 
 who traced their ancestry to England. The fam- 
 ily' was represented in America prior to the Revo- 
 lutionary War. Three of the children born to this 
 worthy pair are living. Mrs. Chajiel de[)arted this 
 life at Sandstone March 5, 1804. 
 
 Samuel Chapel until twelve years old atten led 
 the district schools of his neighborhooil, making 
 good use of his time, and then entered Albion .Sem- 
 inary where he was a student for two school years. 
 From this institution lie went to Jlichigan Central 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 College at Spring Arbor and was likewise a student 
 of that institution for about the same length of 
 time. In 1853, still advancing on the road to 
 knowledge, he repaired to Ann Arbor and took a 
 literary course in the Michigan State LTniversity, 
 from wliich four 3'ears later, in 1857, he was grad- 
 uated with honors. In the meantime lie also com- 
 pleted a course of civil engineering in the universit}', 
 intending to follow this profession but owing to the 
 financial depression of 1857, when there were prac- 
 tically no railroads being built, he drifted into farm- 
 ing which he has followed up to the present time. 
 
 One of the most important and interesting events 
 in the life of our subject was his marriage, which 
 occurred May 3, 1865, the bride being Miss Amj' 
 A. King, a native of this county and the daughter 
 of Jonathan King, one of its earliest settlers. Of 
 this union there have been born five children, four 
 of whom are living, viz., Mary E. Samuel R., Flor- 
 ence B. and Robert G. Mrs. Chapel departed this 
 life at the old homestead December 10, 1881. Mr. 
 Chapel has been an interested eye witness of the 
 growth and development of this county, to which 
 he came when Indians were numerous and likewise 
 wild animals. He represented Sandstone Township 
 cne term in the County Boarrl of Supervisors and 
 has held other positions of trust and responsibility. 
 In politics he is a pronounced Democrat, his motto 
 at the present time being "Cleveland and free 
 trade." 
 
 The farm of Mr. Chapel comprises three hundred 
 and twenty acres of well-tilled land, the same that 
 was purchased by his father from the Government. 
 This fact in itself is sufficient to make it of great 
 value to its present pioprielor who has added to it 
 from year to }'ear by the various improvements 
 naturally' suggested to the enterprising and pro- 
 gressive farmer. Mr. Chapel has been a member 
 of the Old Settlers' Association since its organiza- 
 tion and is now its Vice-President. He belongs to 
 the Masonic fraternity at Parma, the Temple de- 
 gree at Jackson, and has held all the important of- 
 fices of his lodge. Only one name stands between 
 him and that of Gen. Jackson, and that is the name 
 of his venerable father, attached to the deed given 
 of this farm which possesses for him a far more 
 than moneyed value. It is to be hoped that it 
 
 will remain in the possession of the Chapel family 
 for years to come. It has never been incumbered 
 by indebtedness. Mr. Chapel has continued his 
 residence upon the ground where he was born with- 
 out the exception of a single day since he first 
 opened ids eyes to the light. On the 28th of June, 
 1876, he returned to his alma mater, and there was 
 conferred upon him the degree of A. M., an honor 
 which lie has justly earned and which was accorded 
 him most cheerfully by the university where he had 
 distinguished himself as one of its most faithful 
 and intclliueiit students. 
 
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 HARLES L. BANISTER, the owner and oc- 
 II cnpant of an excellent farm on section 16, 
 
 ^i^' Tompkins Township, made his finaneia4 
 start in life by breaking new ground with ox-teams 
 when this section was comparatively new. In seven 
 3'ears he broke more than eight hundred acres in 
 addition to his own land. His estate comprises the 
 seventj'-two acres on which he began housekeeping 
 and where he now lives, and twenty-five acres on 
 section 9 of the same township. All is well im- 
 proved and forms a comfortable and attractive 
 home and place of business. 
 
 The sujjject of this brief sketch was born in New 
 York, January 29, 1828, and was about four years 
 old when his parents, Asil and Lovina (Lunnon) 
 Banister, came to Michigan, settling in the woods 
 in what is now Fairfield Township, Lenawee Count}-. 
 Tliey built a cabin that was five miles from the 
 nearest neighbor and began to hew out a home from 
 the wilderness. Indians were numerous and so also 
 were wild animals of various kinds, including 
 wolves, bears, deer and turkeys, the last three of 
 which furnished their table with its chief supply of 
 meat. The nearest mill was at Ypsilanti, where 
 wheat was hauled by ox-teams through a. forest, the 
 road being marked by blazed trees. After nine 
 years spent upon the land in Lenawee County, Asil 
 Banister removed to this county, buying a part of 
 the school section 16 in Tompkins Township, where 
 he made a good farm in the midst of the timber. 
 Tliere his wife died leaving nine children of whom 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPHI-^AL ALBUM. 
 
 13 
 
 the subject of this sketch is tlie thiH. While visit- 
 ing a son near Detroit the father was striclien by 
 dcalli. He liad served in the War of 1812. 
 
 The first school which Cliai'lcs Ij. Banister at- 
 tended was in a little loi; biiildin<> in Lenawee 
 County, and a >iiniinr structure was the temple of 
 learning in which he studied after the family came 
 to this county. His educational advantages were 
 necessarily .somewhat meager, but in common with 
 his associates he made the best use possible of tlie 
 opportunities he had. He was married in this 
 county to Miss Margaret Fcnton, a native of New 
 York who has resided in this Slate since 1858. The 
 union has resulted in the birth of eight children, 
 named respectively, William, Alexander, Maggie, 
 Anna, John, Frank, RLariette and Hattie. All are ' 
 living except .Maggie. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Banister were Peter and 
 Grace Ann ( McWilliams) Fcnton. The father 
 died in the Em|)ire State and the mother with her 
 family of four children, came to Michigan in M.ay, 
 18,i8, dying here some years later. 
 
 Mr. Banister is a member of the Patrons of In- 
 dustry. His life has exhiliiled the (|ualities of 
 .■sturdy manhood which arc sd frc(|uenll)' developed 
 amid pioneer scenes and his good qualities are ap- 
 preciated by those with whom he comes in contact, 
 while his worthy wife is regarded with respect for 
 hei lK)usewifel3' energy and skill, and her kindly 
 natuie. 
 
 w 
 
 OHN NICHOLSON. One of the most at- 
 tractive homes of this county, both in its 
 external surroundings and in the home life 
 under its roof, is that located on section 1 (, 
 Parma 'IVwnship. and owned and occupied by the 
 gentleman ab(n'e named. The estate includes the 
 original one hundred and twenty acres purchased 
 by his father from the Government in 18;i6, and 
 eighty acres additional, which has been .added to 
 the homestead by himself. The owner of this fine 
 propertj- is a man of intelligence and progressive 
 ideas, a practical and successful agriculturist, and 
 one who in every department of life fulfills the 
 duty that lies before hini in a creditable manuei-. 
 
 Mr. Nicholson is a native of this county, having 
 opened his eyes to the light November 13, 1811. 
 on the farm he still calls his home. His e.irly years 
 were spent in the manner common to the children 
 of all early settlers, in an attendance at school dur- 
 ing a portion of the year, and in various labors nec- 
 essary to the clearing and improvement of the estate. 
 Although the school privileges were meager com- 
 pared with those now received by the children in 
 the county, he made the best use of those he had, 
 adding largely by his own efforts to the instruction 
 which he had received. His farm is furnished with 
 a complete line of most excellent farm buildings 
 and a splendid resideme that is presided over by a 
 lady of housewifely skill and many estimable traits 
 of char,acter. 
 
 The marri.age of Mr. Nicholson and Miss Mary 
 A. Davis was celebrated January 23, 1867, and has 
 been blessed by the birth of three children. Caro- 
 line, the only daughter, is now the wife of R. Z. 
 Allen of Parma Township; Charles H. lives in Chi- 
 cago. III.; William C. remains with his i)arents. 
 Mrs. Nicholson is the daughter of B. S. and Caro- 
 line Davis, early settlers of Parma Township, and 
 natives of Essex County, N. Y. She was born in 
 Parma Township, March 25, 1842, being one of 
 eight children. Three others yet survive, namely: 
 (ieorge Davis of Tompkins Township; Charles of 
 Parma Township; Andrew^ Romondo of Albion. 
 The deceased brothers and sisters are: Benjamin 
 W., Frances, Joseph and Helen. Joseph gave his 
 life for his country, dying about the close of the 
 war; Charles also served in the Union army. 
 
 For a short time after becoming a resident of 
 this county Mrs. Nicholson's father resided in Con- 
 cord Township, but he then settled in the woods on 
 section 20, Parma Township. He is a shoemsiker 
 but he had his farm developed and the family lived 
 upon it, the sons clearing and working it princi- 
 p,ally. Mrs. Davis, who died December 16', 1861, 
 belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. 
 Davis is r/ell-known throughout this county. His 
 present home is at Albion and he has now reached 
 the .advanced age of eighty years. He belongs to 
 the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows and the 
 Masonic fraternity at Albion. 
 
 Mr. Nicholson is now serving as Moderator of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Scliool District No. 6, haviug been School Treas- 
 urer six years. He bas alsu been Township Drain 
 Commissioner one3-ear and Higliway Commissioner 
 five years. He belongs lo the Ancient Order of 
 United Workmen Lodge at Albion, is actively in- 
 terested in social matters and ranks among the 
 representativa citizens of the locality. His wife is a 
 member of tiie Methodist Episcopal Church and 
 she also is one of the active members of the com- 
 munity. 
 
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 AR(iUIS D. CRAWFORD. Tliere have 
 grown up amid the pioneer scenes of this 
 county, some of its most substantial and 
 reliable men. Many of tliem were born 
 upon its soil in its primitive days, among whom 
 was the suliject of this notice, who first opened his 
 eyes to the light at his father's old homestead in 
 this townsiiip, July 26, 1848. He practically grew 
 u|) with the country, and is now tiie owner of a 
 good farm on section 13, to which he has given his 
 best efforts for many years, which efforts have been 
 crowned with success. Although only forty-two 
 ye.irs old, he is well-to-do, witii a competency for 
 his declining years. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Zeba and Asen- 
 ath (Crouch) Crawford, natives of Steuben County, 
 N. Y. Zeba Crawford came to this county about 
 1835-30, sojourned in Sandstone Township one 
 year, than returned on foot to the Empire State, 
 a distance of six hundred miles. He made the last 
 eighty miles without resting more than to partake 
 of his luncli. From this it may readily be guessed 
 that he v,as a man of iron constitution, and great 
 endurance, as well as resolution. 
 
 The subject of this sketch grew up on the home- 
 stead amid early surroundings similar to those of 
 the neighboring farmer's sons who lived at consid- 
 eiable distance from each other, as the country even 
 at that time was not very tliiekl3' settled. He .at- 
 tended the primitive schools, enjoying advantages 
 far inferior to the young men of the (iresent day, 
 even in the country districts. He made good use 
 of the 1 looks and newspapers which fell into his 
 hands during his vouth, becoming well-informed 
 
 upon events of general interest, and quite early in 
 life began to lay his plans for the future. The 
 most important of these was the establishment of a 
 home of his own, and he was accordingly married 
 October 31, 1872, to Miss Emeline Moe. 
 
 Mrs, Crawford was born March 8, 1852, in .Sand- 
 stone Township, this county, and is llie daugiiter 
 of Charles and Caroline (Perrj) Moe, who were 
 among its earliest pioneers, and of whom further 
 mention is made in the biography of Ilirara S. 
 Moe, on another page in this volume. The newly 
 wedded pair commenced the journey vf life to- 
 gether under .somewhat more favorable auspices 
 than did their parents before them, and have since 
 been reasonably prospered. Two children have 
 blessed their union: Walter Z., born October 18, 
 1874, and Lena B., January 31, 1881. In politics 
 Mr. Crawford votes the straight Republiciin ticket. 
 lie h.is served acceptably on the School Board of 
 his district, and uniformly gives his support to the 
 enterprises calculated for the benefit of the com- 
 munity at large. His farm comprises one hundred 
 and eighteen acres, and the homestead with its sur- 
 roundings reflects credit u|)on tlic intelligence and 
 industry of the proprietor. In a work designed to 
 perpetuate the best elements of Jackson Count3-, 
 the name of Mr. Crawford should he given due 
 prominence. 
 
 To the parents of Mrs. Crawford tliere were born 
 three children, only two of whom are living — her- 
 self and sister Mary, the wife of Charles Green of 
 Kent County. Rhoda A. died when seven years 
 old, and Mr. Moe departed this life at the home- 
 stead, Februarj' 23, 1866. The mother survived 
 her husband ten years, dying in July, 1876. The 
 farm upon which her father first settled is now 
 owned by E. F. Pierce. 
 
 OIIN IlEYDLAUFF. The subject of this 
 notice is a fair representative of the thrifty 
 German element of this county, who have 
 borne such an important part in its growth 
 .and development. The sons of the Fatherland 
 throughout the Northwest, as in nearly all portions 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM 
 
 575 
 
 of America, linve sigiuilizod themselves as nmoiig 
 the best elements of its population. The hiibject 
 of this notice is one remove from the land of his 
 ancestors, being a native of Merkimor County, 
 N. Y., and was born Fel)ruary 'll . 1835. His 
 p.arents, Mailin and EFizabcth Ileydlauff, were 
 natives of the Kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germanj'. 
 
 The parents of our subject emigrated to America 
 more than fifty years ago. and settled first in Herki- 
 mer County, N. Y. Soon afterward, however, 
 they sought the Far West, coming to Washtenaw 
 County, this Stale, and lived there five years. In 
 1842 they changed their residence to Waterloo 
 Township, liiis county, where the father engaged in 
 farming, and where both parents spent the remain- 
 der of their lives. JIartin Heydlauff departed 
 hence in 1868, at the age of sixty-eigiit years. The 
 wife and mother survived until 1885, dying at the 
 advanced ago of eighty-five j'ears. The five chil- 
 dren born to them were named respectively: 
 Andrew, John, Mary, Elizabeth and Frank. All 
 of these are living and residejils of Michigan. 
 
 The subject of tliis notice was the second ciiild 
 of his parents, and spent the first nine years of his 
 life in his native State. He acconip;inied the fain 
 ily in their subsequent removals, acquired his edu 
 cation in the c/mmon school, and chose farming 
 for his life vocation. In 1868 he settled upon his 
 present faru), this comprising two hundred and 
 seventy-two and one-half acres of some of the 
 choicest farming land in Waterloo Township, and 
 finely located on sections 26, 27 and 28. Upon it 
 has been erected one of the finest residences in this 
 part of the county. Adjacent arc the barns and 
 other necessary outbuildings, all in kee|)ing with 
 the acknowledged enterprise of the proprietor. 
 Mr. Heydlauff avails himself of the latest-improved 
 macliinery in the lullivalion of his land, and keeps 
 himself posted upon all matters pertaining thereto. 
 The consequence is his lields yield abundantly the 
 richest crops of Michigan, and he has thus he- 
 come financially independent. A man of more 
 than ordinary intelligence, he is looked up to in 
 his community, and he is self-made in the broadest 
 sense of the term, having begun life dependent 
 upon his own resources, and climbing up to his 
 present position solely b}' hard work and good 
 
 management. All the improvements which we 
 behold to-day upon his farm, have been brought 
 about by the i)reseiit i)r()[)rielor, and loo much 
 credit cannot be given him for the manner in 
 v,'hich he h.as labored and the success which has 
 attended him. 
 
 The 15th of April, 1860, was maile an interest- 
 ing da}' in the life of our subject by his marriage 
 with ^liss Christina, daughter of Michael and 
 Mary (Hincemann) Reithmiller, of Waterloo Town 
 ship. This lady w.as born in Wurtemburg, Ger- 
 many, November 23, 1842, and came with her 
 parents to America, settling at once in Waterloo 
 ' Township among its earliest pioneers, and where 
 I the}' continued to make their home until death. 
 Of this union there have been born seven children, 
 namely: Emanuel, Paulina M.. Lydia C, Samuel 
 M., Sarah A., Lewis H. and August. .Samuel M. 
 died in March. 1867, when six months old. Mr. 
 Heydlauff upon becoming a voting citizen identi- 
 fied himself with the Democratic p'-irty, and has 
 held some of the minor oflices. He has one of the 
 most beautiful homes in the township, and occupies 
 no secondary position among an enterprising and 
 intelligent people. 
 
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 fPHRATM REED. This gentleman is num- 
 bered among the i)ioneers, having begun his 
 
 residence in Michigan in 1837, and in this 
 
 county in 1817. Coming here he bought and set- 
 tled upon a tract of land on section 7, Parma 
 Township, his first dwelling being a log cabin 16x22 
 feet in dimensif)ns, in which he lived about twenty 
 years. He then began the erection of his present 
 comfortable and commodious home,which was com- 
 pleted ill 1867, and entered by the family November 
 28, of that year, which was the fiftieth birthday 
 of the owner. His home was made in the woods, 
 where wild turke\s, deer and bears were numerous, 
 and the one hundred and ninety .acres which com- 
 prises his estate have been cleared by him from the 
 slump. He and his wife have experienced the 
 usual hardships that pioneers enduri'. trnt have 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 lived to see llieir efforts eiownefl with success in the 
 accumuhition of a valuahle piece of property and 
 its Ihorougli improvement, and to eiijo)' many 
 comforts. 
 
 When Mr. Reed reached this county he had but 
 little means, ar.d for the first twenty two months of 
 his residence iiere he worked for others, receiving 
 112 per month during a portion of the time, the 
 second season getting * 12.50. and during the win- 
 ter hut ¥10. He saved within *20 dollars of enough 
 money to i)ay for his first forty acres of land, and 
 worked with a will, gradually adding to the acreage. 
 For several seasons he broke land for other settlers, 
 the large plow being drawn by from four to seven 
 3'oke of oxen. "The little old log cabin" is still 
 pn served on the pl.ace as a relic of iiionecr days. 
 
 Mr. Reed is a native of the P^mpire State, having 
 been born in Clinto;i County, November 28, 1817. 
 His paternal ancestors were English, and emigrated 
 to Connecticut at an early day, in that State his 
 father, E|)l!raim Reed, having been born. His ma- 
 ternal grandfather was a Revolutionar\- soldier, his 
 home being in New York, where Sarah Hayes, who 
 became the wife of Ephraim Reed, was born. They 
 lived in Clinton County, N. Y., from 1799 until 
 1820, when tliey changed their residence to Frank- 
 lin County, where our subject was reared amid the 
 pioneer surroundings in wiiich his father had set- 
 tled. He received but a common-school education, 
 but by reading and observation has been enabled 
 to keep up witli the generality of humanity in intel- 
 gence and knowledge. The first few years of his life 
 in Michigan were spent in Calhoun County, his 
 later efforts having been already noted. He is the 
 sixth of eleven children born to his parents. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Reed was in her girlhood Miss 
 Lj'dia A. Peabod3'. She was born in Ontario 
 County, N. Y., September 2, 1827, her paternal an- 
 cestors being English, and those in the maternal 
 line supposed to be of Scotch-Irish origin. Her 
 parents, Daniel and Janet (Patterson) Peabody, 
 were natives of Connecticut and New Hampshire, 
 respectively. In her native State she remained 
 until her tifteentli year, when her parents removed 
 to Micliigan, settling in Eckford Township, Cal- 
 houn County. There the mother died, her fatlier 
 brealhina his last in Iowa. Her marriage was cele- 
 
 brated at her home May 6, 1847, since which time 
 she lias been her husband's best counselor and most 
 encouraging friend. 
 
 The family of Mr. and Mrs. Reed comprises 
 seven sons and daughters. Casper is now living in 
 Calhoun County; Rebecca is the wife of Miles 
 Pearson, of Eaton County; Esther is the widow of 
 R. L. Everett, of Parma Townshiji, this county; 
 Helen lives in Kalamazoo; the home of Andrew is 
 in Knoxville, Tenn.; Satirah is the wife of I. O. 
 AValker, of Coles County, HI.; Alva also lives in 
 the Prairie State. 
 
 Mr. Reed has been solicited to serve in impor- 
 tant local offices to which he has been elected, but 
 would never qualify for them, preferring the quiet- 
 ude of his own fireside. The only public p(jsilion 
 in which he would serve has been that of a .School 
 Director, and for many years he has held that posi- 
 tion. He has always been a supporter of churches, 
 schools, and other elevating influences, and is an 
 excellent representative of good citizenship and 
 upright manhood. In i)olitics he is a Democrat. 
 Both himself and wife are well-known throughout 
 their locality, where they have many friends and 
 are looked upon as leading citizens. 
 
 
 ^lEORGE SCinVAB. There is usually a 
 III ^-, period in all men's lives to which they look 
 ^^^j) back with a certain degree of satisfaction, 
 and that in which Mr. Schwab justly takes pride 
 was the time which he spent as a Union soldier 
 fighting the battles of his country witli the Army 
 of the Potomac. He is now one of the most peace- 
 able members of the community of Parma Town- 
 .sliip where he has. one hundred and eighty acres of 
 well-developed land on section 35. He was born 
 Seplembcr 10. 1842, in Genesee County, N. Y., 
 and is the son of Christopher and Clarissa (Halleck) 
 Schwab, the latter of whom died about 1882. 
 
 The father of our subject was of German liirth 
 and ancestry and a native of the Kingdom of Ba- 
 varia whence he emigrated to America when a 
 youth of eighteen years of age. On reaching this 
 country he settled near the infant town of Darien, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 57; 
 
 where he followed the trade of a weaver until re- 
 tiring from tlie active labois of life. He is living 
 and is al)out piirlity yesrs of age. He still makes 
 liis home in Genesee County, X. Y. There (George 
 was reared to manhood on a farm and acquired 
 his education in the common schools. He was 
 eighteen years old at the outbreak of the Civil 
 War and on the 17lh of February, 1863, enlisted 
 as a I'nion soldier in Com|)any F, One Hundred 
 and Fifth New York Infantry. Going to the front 
 with his comrades, lie participated in the second 
 battle of Bull Run, was at tiie seigc of Petersburg 
 and fought at Rapahaiinock .Station, Gettysburg 
 and in various other minor engagements and skirm 
 ishes. He was captured by the rebels at Bull Run 
 but was exchanged within a week and re- 
 joined his regiment. At Petersburg he was again 
 captured, August 19, 1864, on tlieWeldon Rail- 
 road, and was taken to Libby Prison where he 
 was robbed of all of his effects by the rebel au- 
 thorities under various ijretcxts, and the follow- 
 ing week was taken to ISelle Isle, where he 
 was detained two months. Thence he was conveyed 
 to Salisbury', N. C, where he was confined over 
 three months. In all he was about six and one- 
 lialf monllis the prisoner of the Confederates. 
 
 When JMr. Sciiwab entered the prison at Salis- 
 bury' it contained about nine thousand unfortunates 
 and four thousand five hundred of these were 
 starved and buried during his continuance there, 
 at one time being carried out at the rate of eighty 
 per day. He was finally exchanged and struck the 
 Union lines at Wilmington, N. C, whence he went 
 to Annapolis, Md. There he was taken ill with ty- 
 phoid fever and was confined in the hospital from 
 the middle of March tualiout the middle of April, 
 when he returned to his old home in Genesee 
 County, N. Y. Ho received his honorable dis- 
 charge July 19, 186;'), and remained a resident of 
 his native county until 1874. In the meantime he 
 was married Febniary 14, 18G7. to Miss \iola E. 
 Shepard. This lady like her husl)aiid was a native 
 of Genesee County, and they became the parents 
 of two children— Bertie and (irant. The mother 
 of these died at her home in Parma Township, this 
 county. October 3(1, 1875. 
 
 Mr. Schwab contracted a second marriage April 
 
 26, 1877, with Miss Hattie A., daughter of Thomas 
 and Elizabeth Spencer. Mr. and Jlrs. Spencer 
 came to this county during the pi(»necr days and 
 the father spent his last days in Rives Township. 
 The mother is still living. By this union our sub- 
 ject is the father of one child, a son, Stewart. 
 
 In 1874, leaving his native Stale Mr. Sclnvab 
 came to this county and settled on his i)iescnt 
 farm. This is a choice tract of land, one hundre<l 
 and eighty acres in extent, which under the man- 
 agement of the present proprietor has been brought 
 to a good state of cultivation. There had been 
 little improvement made in its original condition 
 when he assumed ownership and its appearance to- 
 da3' indicates to what good purpose he has labovid 
 and with what good judgment his capital has been 
 disbursed. Mr. Schwab is a self-made man in the 
 broadest sense of the term, having started in life 
 dependent upon his own resources and worked his 
 way upward to an enviable position, socially and 
 financially. 
 
 Jlr. an<l Mrs. Schwab are members in good 
 standing of the Methodist l^piscopal Church at 
 Parma, in which our subject olRciates as Trustee. 
 He is a sound Republican, poliUcally, and belongs 
 to the Grand Army of the Republic, holding the 
 office of Commander of Levant Rhine's Post, No. 
 374. at Parma. He is in favor of everything to 
 improve the county and elevate society and is 
 looked upon as one of the most liberal and luiblic- 
 spirited men within its limits. 
 
 5JE0RGE B. ll.VLL. Tliis name represents 
 that of one of the earliest |)ioiieers of .lack- 
 V^^ son County who may usually be found at 
 his well-regulated homestead on section 7. He is 
 a man of large experience and close observation of 
 men and things, and as a citizen he has acquitted 
 himself with credit ami honor, lie came to the 
 joung State of Michigan in 1.S3S and liist located 
 on section 30. Parma Towiishi[i. where he resided 
 with his parents a year and a half, then starting 
 out for himself, he was oecu|)ied four years in 
 breaking prairie, using from three to six yoke of 
 
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 oxen. He had received a very good education, 
 completing bi.s stiulies by alteiidance one term at 
 Alljion Seminaiy and was thus practically well- 
 fitted for tlie ordinary duties of life. With very 
 few exceptions the young men of that period were 
 industrious and self reliant and young Hail was no 
 exception to tlie rule. 
 
 The subject of tliis skttch was born October 24, 
 1824, in Orleans County, N. Y. and is the son of 
 George and Lucy (Garrett) Hall, whose family 
 consisted of nine children. The parents were 
 both of the Slate of Vermont, and spent their 
 last years in ^Michigan, (ieorge B. when readj' to 
 establish a home of his own was married December 
 22, 184«, to Miss Racliel Fowler. This lady was 
 born August 12, 1827. in New York and was a 
 daughterof Edwin and Hannah (Tliondvins) Fowler, 
 who at that time wa're residents of Calhoun County. 
 Ten children were born of this union, of whom the 
 following are living: Frank, Edward, Flora, Eflie, 
 the wife of Oscar Childs, and Emma. The deceased 
 were George, Mamie, William, Charles and Mary. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hall commenced their werlded life 
 too-ether in Albion and in 1853 removed to the 
 place which has since remained their home. !Mr. 
 Hall is the owner of about one hundred and lifty- 
 two acres of land, the most of which is under good 
 cultivation. ^luch of this has been cleared by his 
 own hands and the improvements upon it are all 
 the result of his own industry and good manage- 
 ment. He has witnessed the growth and develop- 
 ment of his adopted county with the warm interest 
 felt only by the true citizen and has contributed as 
 he was able to the general good of the community. 
 In politics he has always been a sound Democrat. 
 
 Mrs. Rachel (Fowler) Hall after remaining the 
 devoted companion of her husliand for a period of 
 over forty-one years, departed this life at tlie home- 
 stead December 28, 188'J. She had been a devoted 
 wife and mother, a kind neighbor and a faithful 
 friend, and was not only mourned by her imme- 
 diate family but the entire community. Mr. Hall 
 in iSol, seized with an .attack of the California 
 gold fever, started for the Pacific Slope and walked 
 about three-fourths of the distance across the 
 plains. Settling in Eldorado County, he for nearly 
 two years followed blacksraitbing wliich he had 
 
 learned in his youth and at which he has worked 
 altogether for nearly twenty years. For a num- 
 ber of years he operated a shop on his own farm 
 which institution proved a great convenience for 
 his neighbors. He may be properly termed a self- 
 made man, as he commenced in life dependent 
 upon his own resources and it cannot be denied 
 that he has made for himself a good record. 
 
 
 lUDOLPH WORCH, editor of the Michigan 
 Volksfreiiitd, at Jackson, occupies a lead- 
 ing place among the German journalists of 
 the West. He was born in the city of 
 Berlin, June 10, 1846, and is the son of Maj. 
 Christian Worch, who, after coming to the United 
 States, served as Captain and Major in the Sixty- 
 eighth New York Volunteers, during the Wai- of 
 the Rebellion. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was a youtb of six- 
 teen years when coming to America, and while 
 with his father, wiio assumed command of a body 
 of troops at Luray, Va., was taken ill and placed in 
 a farm house. Upon this a sudden attack was 
 made by the rebels, and Maj. Worch was ol)liged 
 to retreat with his command, leaving his son Ru- 
 dolph, who was captured by the enemy and taken 
 to Winchester. He made his escape some ten weeks 
 afterward, and after teaching school in Washing- 
 ton, D. C, was ai)pointed to a clerkship in the mili- 
 tary department of the post-ofHce at Washington, 
 where he remained until after the close of the 
 war. 
 
 We next find Mr. Worch on the staff of the Ger- 
 man Correspondent, a daily paper of Bdtimore, 
 with whom he remained until 1869. He then es- 
 tablished the Maryland Stoats Zeituncj, which he 
 conducted nine months, and then, it not being suc- 
 cessful financially, he sold the plant and assumed 
 the position of editor with the Daily Cincinnati 
 Volksblatt. under Frederick Hassaurek. There he 
 remained until 1871, when he was proffered the 
 editorship of the Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Volksfreuiid. 
 This w.as a weekly paper, and ^Ir. Worch, subse- 
 
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 quonlly purchasing it, tliangod it to a daily. He 
 roniaiiied in Ft. Wayne until 1877, then selling 
 out the daily and JdIi (illieo. retained only the 
 \veei<!\-, bringing it to Jackson, where lie h.as since 
 conducted it successfully. 
 
 The Volksfr.iunil is an eight-page, six-column 
 quarto. Democratic in politics, and enjoys a circu- 
 lation of twenty-four hundred, Mr, Worch is 
 prominent in local affairs, liut never held a polili- 
 eal oflice, his tastes inclining him more to the social 
 circle and literatuie. He has been a conlriiiutor of 
 poems of no moan order to the various periodieals 
 throughout the country, lie is a member of the 
 Great Council of the Improved Order of Red 
 Men of tlie United States, also of the Knights of 
 Pythias and the Ancient Order of Ignited Work- 
 men, lie is a Trustee of the city cemetery, and 
 has held positions of responsibility in various so- 
 cieties. He maintains the modest and courteous 
 bearing which are the sure passports to the eon- 
 lidence and esteem of a community. 
 
 Mr, Worch was mairied ^March 2, ISGD, in Balti- 
 more, ISId., to Miss Mathilda, daughter oi Charles 
 F. Leiinian, a frescoe painter by trade, and an ex- 
 pert in his calling. Of this union there have been 
 born four children, three of whom are living — 
 Carl C, foreman of his father's printing-ofHee; 
 Louis A., the chief clerk of his father, and Is.a 
 bella A. Henrietta II,, the third child, died, De- 
 cember 1;'), 1880, at the age of fourteen years. 
 The family attend the Unitarian Church, and oc 
 cupy a high position, socially. 
 
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 (f^^'HOMAS CUFF. Among those worthy pio- 
 ((i^\\ "^'^''* "I'ose hands are folded and their 
 %^J/-'' labors done, may be properly mentioned 
 the subject of this notice, who, after a well-spent 
 life, departed from the scenes of his earthly labors 
 at his home in Sandstone Township, December 5, 
 1884, lie was born August 12, 1811, in the North 
 of Ireland, and was the son of Patrick and Marga- 
 ret Cuff, who were likewise natives of the Emerald 
 Isle, an'd who emigrated to the United States about 
 1818, For some rca.son Thomas did not accom- 
 
 pany them, but two years later, when a lad of nine, 
 came w'ith his uncle and joined his parents in C'an- 
 iid-i. They lived thereafter ai)out one year at the 
 city of Quebec, then removed to Middlebury, Vt., 
 where Thomas was reared to man's estate, lie was 
 given ver\ good advantages, .accpiiring a conimon- 
 sehool education in the Green M(juntain State, and 
 being more than ordinarily intelligent, became a 
 well-informed m.an. He was industrious and fru- 
 gal, and at the .age of twenty-one took the lirst 
 step toward the establishment of a home of his own 
 by being married, September i), 1832, to Miss 
 Clarissa Frost. 
 
 Mrs. Cuff was born February- 1, 1810, in Addi- 
 son County, Yt., and was the daughter of Frederick 
 and Clarissa (Hulburt) Frost, who were natives 
 resiiectively of Massachusetts and Connecticut. 
 The Frost family was of Scotch origin, and was 
 first represented in America by three brothers, who 
 cam.e over in the "Mayflower.'' landing at Ply- 
 mouth Rock, and settled in New England. The 
 . paternal grandfather of Mrs. Cuff was Elisha Hul- 
 burt, who did good service on the side of the 
 Colonists in the Revolutionary War. After safely 
 braving the dangers of shot and shell, the old hero 
 came to his death by drowning in Middlebur}- 
 Creek. \'t. Frederick Hulburt and his brother 
 William were drafted into the army during the 
 War of 1812, but were not compelled to go. 
 
 Mr, and .Mrs. Cuff spent the first years of their 
 wedded life in Vermont, and from there in 1838 
 emigrated to Michigan, and settled among the pio- 
 neers of this count3'. Mr. Cuff for the first year 
 was employed .as a guard at the State Prison in 
 Jackson, and later he assisted in getting out the 
 tamarack poles and driving them into the ground 
 .around the prison to make it more secure against 
 the escape of criminals. Later, for probably three 
 years, he assisted in the building of the Michigan 
 Centr.al railro.ad, completing the track from the 
 Blackm.m Township line one mile west. 
 
 In the fall of 1838 Mr, Cuff sent for his wifeand 
 family, who started for Michigan in October, and 
 arrived in December following, he meeting them 
 at Buffalo, Soon afterward he i)nrcliased one hun. 
 drcd and forty acres of land on section 27, Sanl- 
 stone Township, from one ('apt. Chester Wall. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 They did not settle upon this, however, until about 
 1844, after wliioli Mr. Cuff purchased twenty acres 
 additional from the Government, this being ad- 
 joining. Their first dwelling was a log house, 
 2nx30 feet in dimensions, in whicli they lived a 
 short time, and then put up the frame dwelling 
 now occupied by their son, Thomas F. 
 
 Upon tills land, when Mr. Cuff took possession, 
 theie were practically no improvements, and the 
 country around was mostly in its original wild eon • 
 dition, much as the Inilians had left it. Mr. Cuff 
 had very little means, and the family endured the 
 usual hardships and privations incident to life on 
 the frontier. Years of persevering industry, how- 
 ever, worked a vast change in his circumstances, 
 and ill due time he received the reward of his 
 labors. At the time of his death he was surrounded 
 by all tlie comforts and man\' of the luxuries of life. 
 He had made for himself the record of an honest man 
 and a good citizen, had served as Road Commis- 
 sioner and in other positions of trust. Politically. 
 he was a Democrat, and religiously, a member of 
 the Catholic Church. He left an estate including 
 one liundred and sixty acres of land, improved 
 with good buildings, besides valuable personal 
 property. .Mrs. Cuff is still living, making her 
 home with her son, Norman J., and is a lady res- 
 pected by all who know her. She differed some- 
 what from her husband in her religious views, 
 being a member of the Congregational Cluirch at 
 Sandstone. The portraits of these worthy jiioneers 
 occupy another page in this volume. 
 
 There was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cnff a family 
 of ten children, eight of whom are living — Daniel 
 is a resident of Gratiot County; Norman .J. occu- 
 pies the home farm: Emily is the wife of Giles 
 Mattison. of Sandstone Township; Clara married 
 Alexander Brown, and lives in.Tackson City ;. Jane, 
 Mis. Rome, is a widow and a resident of Jackson ; 
 Belle is the wife of Dwight Slriiigham, of this 
 county ; Lizzie married Perry Stringham, and lives 
 in Sandstone Township; Thomas is likewise a resi- 
 dent of this township. 
 
 Norman J. Cuff was born in Rutland County, 
 Vt., January 10, 183.S, ard was brought by his 
 parents to this county when an infant. He has 
 thus grown up with the country-, and possesses 
 
 many of the qualities which contributed so much 
 to the success of his honored father. He acquired 
 a practical education in the common school, and 
 was married, December 3, 1876, to Miss Libby 
 .Sliorter. Of this union there have been born two 
 children, only one of whom is living. Mrs. Nor- 
 man J. Cuff departed this life at their home. July 
 14, 1886. 
 
 fu^ ENRY LOVEWELL. The name of this 
 1/ jij honored pioneer of Parma Township will be 
 ^i^ held in remembrance for many years to 
 
 1^ come. He is now numbered among those 
 whose hands are folded and wdiose labors are 
 done and he made for himself a good record as a 
 father, husband, citizen and friend. He was born 
 and reared in NewYork State and departed this life 
 at his homestead in Parma Township. 
 
 Born in the latter part of 1700, Mr. Lovewell about 
 1804 removed with his parents to Orleans County, 
 N. Y. where he developed into manhood and was 
 married to Miss Polly Houseman. This lady was 
 the daughter of George Houseman. The Lovewell 
 family is of English ancestry and the father of 
 Henry was born on ilie other side of the Atlantic 
 whence he came to America during the Revolution- 
 ary War as a soldier of King George's army, much 
 against his will, being (iressed into the service to 
 fight against the Colonists. He soon perceived the 
 justice of the latlei's cause and as soon as possible 
 deserted the ranks of the British and went over 
 into the American army. 
 
 To the parents of our suliject there w.as born a 
 family of seven children, four of whom lived to 
 mature years, viz: Lorinda, Mrs. Graham, of 
 Traverse County, Minn.; Julia A. and Prudence, 
 residents of Parma Township, this county, and 
 Henry, our subject. The family came to Michigan 
 about 1837 and settled' in the woods of Parma 
 Township, the father purchasing from the Govern- 
 ment eighty acres of land on section 17. He first 
 put up a log cabin which the family occupied for a 
 number of years, when it was abandoned for the 
 ])resent residence. Wolves and Indians were plenti- 
 ful then in this region, but the latter were peaceable 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 being trealod kindly by tlieir white neighbors. 
 Mr. Lovewcll luul very little money left after pay- 
 ing for his farm and the family- frequently lived 
 on short rations during the early days. Persever- 
 ance and industry, however, in due time met with 
 their legitimate reward and the Lovewell family-, 
 like their neighbors, gradually' surrounded them- 
 selves with all the comforts of life. Mr. Lovewell 
 died during the saraeyear in which President Lin- 
 coln was cut down by the assassin. The mother 
 survived her husband several years. 
 
 The early education of Mr. Lovewell was con- 
 ducted in the schools of his native county and were 
 of a character in keeping with the time and place, 
 being much inferior to the advantages enjoyed by 
 the \'oung men of to-t'.ay whether in country or 
 city, lie served as a soldier in the war of 1812 
 and i)articipated in several battles. He was a life- 
 long Democrat, but liberal and [)ublic-spiritcd and 
 always maintained a warm interest in the welfare 
 of his neighbors or friends who never called upon 
 him in vain for assistance in any shape when 
 he was able to render it. His two daughters, Julia 
 A. and Prudence reside at the homestead and are 
 the owners of eighty acres of land. The family 
 C)ccupies no secondary position among Ihe best 
 elements of the county. 
 
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 MASA II. DARLING, a sketch of whose 
 father Lewis Darling, a|)i)ears on another 
 page in this volume, is recognized as a son 
 of one of the early settlers of Jackson 
 County and a reprccentative of a well-known and 
 liijilily respected family. He was born November 
 21). 1841. in Concord Township where he develo|)ed 
 into manhood and acquired a practical education in 
 the district school. Later he supplemented his 
 store of knowledge by attendance at the Catholic 
 school in Albion and South Bend, Lid. 
 
 After reaching his majority Mr. Darling was 
 married March 2 186(), to Miss Sophia S., daughter 
 of Thomas and Mahala (Myers) Blair. This lady 
 was born in Seneca County, Ohio. Januaiy ;{1 . 1 8:?(;. 
 and came to Michigan with her parents m the 
 
 spring of 18.')0. Of her union with our subject 
 there have been born three children, viz: Paul, 
 Clare and Mahala. 
 
 .Mr. Darling owns three hundred and fifty acres 
 of prime land which is under a good state of culti- 
 vation and embellished with substantial buildings, 
 including a good residence and a fine large barn, 
 the latter 42 x 7G feet in dimensions. He is con- 
 siderably interested in fine trotting horses of which 
 he is able to exhibit some handsome and valuable 
 specimens. He has inherited in a marked degree 
 the indnstr\' and application to business which have 
 pl.accd liim in the front rank among the well-to-do 
 citizens of the county where he is held in high 
 esteem. 
 
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 illOMAS RHEAD. This highly respectc.l 
 old resident of Napoleon, and ui)on whom 
 all classes look with marked respect, served 
 for many years as .Justice of the Peace, but has 
 now retired from the active labors of life, and amid 
 the coniforts of a quiet home is spending his de- 
 clining years. He was born in Staffordshire, Eng- 
 land, June 26, 1«19, and is the son of Thomas and 
 Maiy (Clark) Rhead, who were also of English 
 birth and ancestry, and spent their entire lives on 
 their native soil. 
 
 Mr. Rhead spent the first twenty-two j'eais of 
 his life in his native shire, and then not lieing satis- 
 fied with his condition or his prosi)ects, embarked 
 for America on the broad Atlantic. He came di- 
 rectly westward, and in September, 1842, located 
 in what was then Napoleon, but is now Norvell 
 Township. Securing a tract of land he engaged 
 continuously in farming until 188(),then wisely re- 
 tiring from active labor, removed to the village, 
 where he has since resided. He owns about one 
 hundre(l and twenty-five acresof lanil, which is the 
 source of a comfortable income, and has sufficient 
 of this world's goods otherwise to defend iiim 
 against want in his declining 3'ears. 
 
 After coming to this count}-. Mr. Rhead niiide 
 the acquaintance of a most estiinalile young wo- 
 man. Miss Elsie M. Chaffee, to whom he was mar- 
 ried, July 3, 1844. She was born in Onond.aga 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 County, N. Y., and by ber marriage witli our sub- 
 ject became the mother of tliree chiklren, tlie eld- 
 est of whom, a daughter, Altivieue E., who is now 
 the wife of Judson Swezey, of Ingham County, Mieii. 
 George B. is farming in Columbia Townshii). and 
 Charles F. resides in Napoleon. The mother of 
 these children departed this life in Napoleon, .Jan- 
 uary 11. 1890. 
 
 During his residence on the farm Mr. Rhead 
 served as Justice of the Peace for a period of eigh- 
 teen years, and upon coming to the village of Na- 
 poleon was re-elected and still holds the office. He 
 has been a Notary Public for many years, and as a 
 member of the Republican party has taken an ac- 
 tive inlerest in politics. His religious views coin- 
 cide with those of the Baptist Church with which he 
 has long been connected, in fact since the time of 
 its organization at Nor veil, until he left the place, 
 in 18.S6, serving all the time as Deacon. He now 
 holds the same office in connection with the church 
 at Napoleon. Of this church also his estimable 
 wife was an active and consistent member. With- 
 out perhaps being the hero of any veiy thrilling 
 event, Mr. Rhead has pursued the even tenor of 
 his way. is an honest man and a good citizen and 
 has been the uniform supporter of those measures 
 tending to promote the social and moral welfare of 
 tiie people around him. When called hence he 
 will leave behind him a worthy record, one of 
 which his children will never be ashamed. 
 
 
 /^^HA.^U1 (J. fSMlill. He witli Whose n: 
 fl(^' we introduce this biographical outline 
 '^Siji' conceded bv all who know him to be 
 
 HANCY C. SMITH. He with whose name 
 
 le is 
 one 
 
 of the finest old gentlemen in Napoleon Township. 
 The industry and good management of years past 
 has placed him in comfortatile circumstances, and 
 he is s| ending his declining years amid pleasant 
 surroundings, and in the enjoyment of the esteem 
 and confidence of hosts of friends. He car, tell an 
 interesting tale of pioneer life in the Wolverine 
 Stale, and he has watched with warm interest its 
 
 transformation from a wilderness to its present 
 prosperous condition. 
 
 In reverting to the antecedents of our subject we 
 find that his father, David Smith, a native of Hart- 
 ford, Conn , was one of the early settlers of Cayuga 
 County, N. Y^. He married a maiden of his own 
 township, and soon afterward, making their way to 
 the Empire Siate, they settled in the town of Au- 
 relins, and later removed to Seneca Falls; there the 
 mother died. David Smith spent his Last days 
 with his son. Chancy C, dying in the town of 
 Mentz, Jayuga County. He was an intelligent and 
 well-educated man and during his early years oc- 
 cupied himself as a teacher. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born in Aure- 
 lius, Cayuga County, N. Y'., November 25, 1815. 
 He lived there until about fourteen years old, then 
 removed with his father to Seneca County, and 
 made his home in the vicinity of Seneca Falls until 
 a young man, probably twenty-two years old. Go- 
 ing then to Mentz, Ca3'uga County, lie sojourned 
 there until coming to Michigan. In the meantime 
 he learned carpentering, which he followed for 
 about fifteen years. In the summer of 1852 he 
 came to this county and located on section 32, Na- 
 poleon Township, where he has since made his 
 home, thus covering a residence in this section of 
 thirty-eight long years. During that time, with 
 the exception of three years he was engaged in buy- 
 ing wheat, he h.as followed farming continuouslj\ 
 During that interval, however, he superintended 
 the operations of the farm, hiring the work done 
 by other parties. He is now the owner of one hun- 
 dred and ninety-five well-tilled acres, whereon he 
 erected, many years ago, substantial buildings and 
 has evcr3-thing necessary to the enterprising and 
 progressive agriculturist. 
 
 Mr. Smith was first married in Mentz, Cayuga 
 County, N. Y., in 181:0, to Miss Harriet Van Win- 
 kle. This lady w.as born in Mentz, and by her 
 union with our subject became the mother of nine 
 children. Tiie eldest daughter, Eliza J., is living 
 at home; Caroline A. is the wife of Warren Holmes, 
 of this county; Charles H.died when between three 
 and four years old; Antoinette N. is the wife of 
 .lasen Clark; Emeline A. is the widow of Richard 
 Brnnk, and lives in this county: Susan M. is the 
 
rORTRAIT AND lUOOllAl'IIlCAL ALBUM. 
 
 o85 
 
 wife of Henry Murray, and they live in this 
 ovMinty; Grace G. married Vernon C'onicU, and she 
 is a resident of this coiinly; Ciiarlotte S. married 
 Ijiimon Dunton, wiio is now deceased. aM<l siic 
 lives in this county; I.uty T., Mrs. .Itilm I)al<e, is 
 !i resident of New Vori< City. 
 
 Mrs. IlarrietSmithdiedin April, IHGO. Mr. Smith 
 was then married to Mrs. Eusebia (Swaiii) Butler, a 
 native of New York State, who died at the home- 
 stead in Napoleon Township, October 29, 1889. 
 Mr. Smith, |)(ilitically, is an active Repul)lican, anil 
 he has been a member of the Baptist Clmrch for 
 jiroliably (ifty years. 
 
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 KS. .SALLIE M. HUBERT, one of the old 
 est pioneers of this county, having resided 
 lA within its bounds for nearly half a century, 
 has been an eye-witness of its liradual 
 sjrowth from a sparsely settled and sligiitly cicaied 
 section of (;oiintry to one of the most Ihorougiily 
 developed and beautiful counties of the lironil 
 State. Her home is on the farm which her hus- 
 band located upon in 1842. and where for many 
 years tliey labored side liy side, undergoing many 
 privations and self denials, but gradually gathering 
 about them more and more of the comforts of life, 
 until tiiey had reached a position of assured finan- 
 cial standing. The farm occupies a part of sec 
 tion It, I'arma Townshi[>. 
 
 Mrs. Hubert is a native of Tom|)kins County, 
 N. Y., having been iM.irn May (!, 1812. Her par- 
 ents,.Iohn and Mary Waldron, natives of New, Jersey, 
 were among the first settlers of her native county, 
 to which they removed during the first year of the 
 cen'ury. She grew to womanhood under excellent 
 homo care, acquiring the best education possible at 
 that period and in that section, and learning inaTiy 
 useful habits and domestic accomplishments. On 
 .June 14, 1835, she became the wife of John IS. Hu- 
 bert, and a few years later accompanied him to the 
 western frontier. 
 
 The husband was born in New .lersey, August 
 10, 1810. to Peter and Sallie Hubert, and when 
 about twenty years of age removed to the Empire 
 
 State, choosing the county in which he w.ns mar- 
 ried. Some time later, when he and his wife came 
 to Michigan, he purchased a small piece of land to 
 which lie added by subsequent purchase until lie 
 had acquired one hundred and ninety acres which 
 he brought toa fine condition. The farm which he 
 first secured had a small orchard planted uj)on it, 
 and a log house and barn afforded shelter for man 
 and beast. It was otherwise unimproved, but hon- 
 est and industrious labor told upon it, and secured 
 the additional a';re.age and the more modern build- 
 ings of a later day. 
 
 Mr. Hubert lield someof the minor offices of the 
 township. He was a Democrat ('uring earlier years, 
 but later was a Prohibitionist. Public-spirited and 
 Interested in the improvement of the section in 
 which he h.ad made his home, he gained respect 
 anil won good vvill. On October 14, 188G, he 
 closed his eyes to earthly things, leaving an hon- 
 ored meinor\' as the best heritage to his family. He 
 was the f.-ither of six children, four of wiiom — 
 Mar^'.I., Dana, Seymour and John — are deceased. 
 The snrvivor.-j — Bradford L. and P'dwin G. — both 
 live in the township to whose earlier prosperity 
 their father and mother added bj- their efforts. 
 "Grandma" Hubert, as she is commoid^' called, 
 has many friends in the vicinity where her virtues 
 and usefulness have become iiroverbial. 
 
 '^l RTERH'S L. STILES, who is a well-known 
 i,@0' and liigiilv respected resident of Jackson 
 
 ilrit 
 
 11 iS* County, is numbered among its most sub- 
 ^/ stantial and well-to-do citizens. By shrewd 
 
 management he has acquired a comfortable prop- 
 erty, and on his fine farm, pleasantly located just 
 outside of the city limits of Jackson, he makes liis 
 home, having erected a commodious and well-ap- 
 pointed residence and other suitable buildings in 
 1882. 
 
 Cohocton, Steuben County, N. Y., is the birth- 
 place of our subject, and March 9. 1 82.i, the date 
 of his birlh. His father, Elijah Stiles, w.is born in 
 Ontario County. N. Y., May 27. 179'). his father. 
 Samuel Stiles, having been a pioneer of that county, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 moving thither from his native Massachusetts with 
 a thrcc-horse team. He bought a tract of timber 
 laml in the wilderness in C'aiiandaigua Townshii), 
 whicli by liard labor he developed into a vvell-cui- 
 tivatcd farin,%iiicli ho made his home until liis 
 death. He was a veteran of tlie Revolution. The 
 father of our subject was reared on the old home- 
 stead where lie was liorn, and resided with his par- 
 ents until he attained his majoritj-. He then started 
 out in life on his own account, buying a tract of 
 land at the hei^d of Cohocton stream in Steuben 
 County, whereon lie erected a sawmill, and for 
 yeais engaged in^the lumber business, as well as 
 carrying] on farming. He made Ids home there 
 many j'ears, but spent the latter part of his life in 
 Springwater, in Livingston County. The maiden 
 name of the mother of our subject, was Lovina Lin- 
 coln. She was Ijorn in Ontario County, N. Y., a 
 daugliter of Otis Lincoln, a pioneer of tliat section of 
 the country, to which he went from his native New 
 England. He cleared a fine farm on the east side 
 of the lake, and resided there until he was called 
 hence by death, he being drowned in tlie lake, by 
 the capsizing of bis boat. He served as a soldier 
 in the Revolution. The mother of our subject sur- 
 vived her husb:nid many ycars,Micr death taking 
 place in Jackson, at an advanced age. There were 
 four children born to her and her husband, namely: 
 John B , Augustus V.. Artemus L., and Mary E. 
 Augustus and our subject are the only survivors of 
 the family. The former was reared in his native 
 county, and was between sixteen and eighteen years 
 oil! when his parents went to Livingston County. 
 After attaining manhood, he engaged in farming, 
 and in the lumber business in that county. In l.S6."( 
 he sold out his interests there, and removed to Steu- 
 ben County, ivliore he lived one year, and in 186G 
 came to Jackson, and was for some years associated 
 with our sulijcct. He has lived a life of single 
 blessedness, making his home with his mother and 
 sister for some years after coming to Jackson, but 
 is now a welcome inmate of his brother's home. 
 
 Artemus L. Stiles was reared and educated in his 
 native county, and went from there to Livingston 
 County, where he resided until 18,i0, when he came 
 to Michigan. He was a single man at the time, and 
 spent a season with his uncle in Spring Arbor Town- 
 
 ship. He then purchased a farm in Summit Town- 
 ship, and managed it himself until I861,[]when he 
 rented it and came to Jackson to devote his time 
 more exclusively to the live-stock business, ship- 
 ping cattle to Detroit, Buffalo, Albany, New York, 
 and Boston, continuing thus engaged very exten- 
 sively for many j'ears, acquiring a considerable 
 fortune. In 18G8 he bought a farm adjoining the 
 city on the east, and since LS82, when he erected 
 his present substantial residence, he has made his 
 home there. 
 
 Li this brief biography of Mr. Stiles, it is due to 
 his wife that credit be given her for. having had a 
 share in building up her husband's prosperity by 
 her wise management of the household affairs, and 
 her helpfulness in various w.ays. They were united 
 in marriage, August It, 1852, and of their union 
 two children have been bom, Ida Frances, and Her- 
 bert Augustus, the latter dying in infancy; Ida F, 
 married William Harvey Potts, and they reside in 
 Jackson. 
 
 Mrs. Stiles' maiilen name was Catherine B. Lind- 
 sey, and she was born in Pendleton, Niagara County, 
 N. Y., hei- father, John Lindsey, being one of the 
 early settlers of that county. He resided there un- 
 til 1833, and then once more became a pioneer, com- 
 ing to Michigan, then a territory, journeying by 
 the lakes to Detroit, and then with an o.x-team to 
 Jackson Comity. He located in Summit Township, 
 of which he thus became one of the early settlers. 
 He at once built a log house, into which the family 
 moved before there were doors or windows, a 
 blanket being hung in the door-waj- to keep the 
 wild animals out. deer, wolves, bears, and other 
 denizens of the [irimeval forests then being plenti- 
 ful in that region. Mr. Lindsey 's death took place 
 here in 18 11. The maiden name of his wife, Mrs 
 Stiles' mother, was Mary Brickley. She was born 
 in Seneca County, N. Y., where her father had re- 
 moved from Pennsylvania. He followed the trade 
 of a miller there, and later removed to Royalton, 
 Niagara County, where he engaged in farming un- 
 til his demise. After the death of her husband, 
 Mrs. Stiles' mother went back to New York with 
 her children. She lived there three or four years, 
 and then returned to her farm in Summit Town- 
 ship, where she resided until May. 1859, when she 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAl'HICAL ALBUM. 
 
 587 
 
 Sdlil it ami luirchased a liome at Xo. lOO. First 
 Street, .Jackson, and there the remainder of lier life 
 was spent, her death occurrinu; Februavv 14. 1883. 
 Mrs. Hayes lived with her nioliicr from tlie time 
 she honght her city (jropcrty. iiiitii she departed 
 hence. She w.as tiie mother of live children, Mr.s. 
 Stiles being the eldest. The others are Jacob (now 
 deceased); Mary A., widow of Isaac N. H.iyes, 
 who is now living with Mrs. Stiles, and is a member 
 of the Methodist Ei)iscopal Church; .Mrs. Hayes 
 had one child, Lilian M.. who died when two and 
 onc-lialf years old; Sarah A., and Susan M., are de- 
 ccaseil. 
 
 Mr. Stiles inherited sterling qualities from bis 
 Revolutionary ancestors, that render him a good 
 and patriotic citizen. Ho is well dowered with 
 shrewdness, foresight, and thrift; in straightforward 
 and honorable in Ins dealings; is ki:-.d and consid- 
 erate toward others, and is therefore justly held in 
 high regard i>y all. He takes an active iiiteresi in 
 politics, and in early life a Whig, on the foi'mation 
 of llie liepublican party joined its ranks, assisted 
 in its organization in .l.ackson, and has ever since 
 been one of its stanch su|)porters. 
 
 'Tpjy EX.IAMIN STKVENS. This veteran of 
 |IU^ seventy-live years standing has long been 
 ^iM) I a familiar figure to the peo|)le of Parma 
 "Sss^-^ 1 ownslnp, and for many years has made 
 his headquarters at a snug homestead on section 4. 
 JCone are more worthy than he of a place in a vol- 
 ume designed to perpetuate the names of those who 
 came to this count}' in the jjioneer d.ays. antl who 
 have been instrumental in its growth and pros- 
 perity. 
 
 The native place of Mr. Stevens was Schencctad}- 
 County, N. V., and the date of his birth October 
 24, 1814. His immediate progenitors were Isaac 
 and Jane (Gage) Stevens, the father a native of 
 Massachusetts and the mother of New York State. 
 His paternal ancestors were of Welsh origin, while 
 his mother traced her descent to Kngland and Ger- 
 man}'. Benjamin was the third child of his pa- 
 
 I renls, whose family consisted of six sons and four 
 I daughters. He was reared to manhood in his na- 
 tive township, acquiring his education in the dis- 
 trict school and was at an early age taught to 
 make himself useful around the homestead. 
 
 When a youth of nineteen years Mr. Stevens left 
 the farm, practicall}' going out in the world for 
 himself, and commenced learning the trade of a 
 harness maker. He only followed this about three 
 years, however, his natural inclinations leading 
 hin to return to farming pursuits, which have been 
 his life occupation. He was reared among the 
 society of Friends, and completed his education in 
 a boarding school conducted by this sect in the vi- 
 cinity of Rensselaerville, N. Y. He is a man who 
 has always kept abreast of current events, by read- 
 ing the weekl}' newspapers and other useful matter 
 which came his way. He has been an eye witness 
 of many changes, not only in his adopted State, 
 but throughout the whole countr}-. He cast his 
 first Presidential vote for Harrison, first identified 
 himself with the old Whig party, .and upon its 
 abandonment wheeled cheerfully into the Repub- 
 lican ranks, where he has since been a faithful 
 fighter for its prin(i|)les. 
 
 Mr. Stevens was first married March 24, 1837, 
 to IMiss Mary Mott. This Lady was born in Al- 
 bany County, N. Y.. and they became the parents 
 of seven children, of whom the following are living: 
 Maria, the wife of George Av'ebster, of Florida; 
 Jane. Mrs. Frank Hall, of Oscar, this county; and 
 Alice, Mrs. Wilson, of Pine Grove, Nev. Mrs. 
 Mary (Mott) Stevens departed this life at her 
 home April 23, 1872. Mr. Stevens remained a 
 widower for a period of six years and was then a 
 second time wedded, marrying Miss Julia A. Pow. 
 ers, in November 1877. This lady was born April 
 10, 1829, in Ontario County, N. Y., and was a 
 daughter of Israel and I/Ovisa (Ensign) Powers, 
 who spent their last years in New York. Her 
 father was a soldier in the War of 1812, while her 
 grandfather carried a musket for the colonists in 
 the Revolution.aiy War. 
 
 Mrs. Stevens was reared in her native State ac- 
 quiring her education in the schools of Ontario 
 County, and attending one year the teacher's de- 
 partment of the State Normal School at East 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Bloomfield. Subsequently she followed the |iro- 
 fession of a tencher for twenty-six terms. In the 
 meantime, in 1857, she went to Ohio and taught 
 school several terms in Lucas County. From that 
 State she went to Lenaw^ec County, Mich., v.here 
 she was employed several terms and then, in 1873, 
 went to Calhoun County where she resided until 
 her first marriage. 
 
 Mr. Stevens came to ISIichigan in 1838, iind set- 
 tled on his present farm in Parma Township, 
 where he put up a log cabin, 18x24 feet in dimen- 
 sions, and occupied this until 18G1. That year 
 the cabin was abandoned for the present residence 
 which, without any pretentions to elegance, makes 
 a most substantial and comfortable home. Mr. 
 Stevens commenced at the foot of the ladder in the 
 the accumulation of his property, and it must be 
 admitted that in looking around upon his sur- 
 roundings be has little cause to be ashamed of -what 
 he has been enabled to accomplish. His landed 
 propertj' comprises one hundred and fifty well- 
 tilled acres which is the source of a comfortable in- 
 come. Mr. Stevens was so situated that he could 
 not well take part in the late Civil War, but two of 
 his sons, Albert and Isa.ac, enlisted in Michigan 
 Regiments and assisteil in the preservation of the 
 Union. 
 
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 EDWIN G. HUBERT. In a county that con- 
 tains so [many finelj' improved farms and 
 ' beautiful rur.al dwellings, it is hard to claim 
 
 pre-eminence for any; but certainly ,any traveler in 
 Parma Township would decide at a glance that the 
 home of the subject of this sketch deserved a con- 
 spicuous place among them. The landed estate 
 comprises two hundred acres on sections 13 and 14, 
 in a fine state of i)roductiv<'ness and cultivation, 
 and bearing upon it a splendid rural residence and 
 other adequate and substantial buildings. The 
 owner is a native of this county, and a son of early 
 settlers, who labored arduously in the improvement 
 of their land, the upbuilding of a good home, the 
 training of their children and the improvement of 
 society. 
 
 The natal day of our subject was August 24, 
 
 I84'J, and he is a son of John B. and Sallie M. 
 (Waldron) Hultert. His paternal ancestors were 
 German and his maternal grandfather was a soldier 
 in the War of 1812. He grew to manhood amid 
 somewhat primitive scenes, receiving his education 
 in the common schools of the county, and adopted 
 farming as his life work. Not long after reaching 
 man's estate he was married and settled on section 
 13, Parma Township, where he remained until 
 1885, when he moved into the fine residence he novv 
 occupies, lie has been blessed with worldly pros- 
 perity, and has secured the esteem of his fellow-men 
 by his worthy character and honorable life ; he favors 
 all movements which are made in the direction of 
 higher civilization and advancement. He is a Pro- 
 hibitionist in politics, and he nnd his wife belong to 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church of North Parma. 
 He is Steward in tlie religious body to which he 
 belongs, is also Class-Leader and Exhorler, and has 
 held the otticc of School Director in his district. 
 
 Mr. Hubert was fortunate in his choice of a life 
 companion, and on November 8, 1871, the rites of 
 wedlock were celebrated between him and Anzo- 
 letta A. Hemingway. The bride was born in Wash- 
 tenaw C'ounly, of which her parents, Franklin S. 
 and Eliza Hemingway, were early settlers. Her 
 father is now ileceased, but her mother survives. 
 Of the parental household all are now dead, but 
 J^nna, who lives in Washtenaw County ; Mrs Hu- 
 bert; and .lennie, wife of Joshua Laraway, Wash- 
 tenaw County. The familj' of Mr. and Airs. 
 Flubert includes three daughters and one son: Nel- 
 lie was born January 18, 1874; Anna, October 21, 
 1877; John, November 24, 1880; Grace, Novem- 
 ber 24. 1886. 
 
 Tp«\DMUND B. COCHRAN. Among those who 
 jl^ have done pioneer labor in Sandstone Town- 
 j ' — ^ ship the nanu of Edmund Cochran should 
 not be forgotten. Although his residence does not 
 date as far back as that of some in the township, 
 yet he took up his abode on a tract of land that 
 was unimproved and unbroken, and performed all 
 the work incidental to its development. He has 
 
PORTRAIT AiM) RIOGRaPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 been a life-lunii f;iniu'r. .■mil ;i i^lanee over his 
 farm "ill siiflice to siiow that he is well versed in 
 the niaiiairoinent of an estate. His beaiitifnl liomc 
 is on section 20. and eonipiises one luindred and 
 tliirty-seven acres of land, willi uoud buildings 
 .nnd under good cultivation. 
 
 Mr. Cochran is a native of llie Granite Stale and 
 is of Scotch-Irish lineage in the paternal line. His 
 grandfather's grandfather enngraled from the North 
 of Ireland about 1700. receiving a grant of three 
 lots of land, one hundred and sixty acres each, 
 from the liritish Goverinnent, the lands being lo- 
 cated in New Boston Township, Ilillsboro County, 
 X. II.. and he was secured from incursion b}' the 
 Indians by having a garrison of soldiers to occupy 
 a log fort near him. A son of the above gentleman 
 was James Cochran, who married Abigail Buxton, 
 a daughter of John, who had served the cause of 
 liberty in the IJevolulionarv AVar. during which, 
 on account of his pioficiency as a mathematician, 
 he was kei)t on board vessels to oversee their 
 course, etc. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was bc)rn in Ilills- 
 boro County, N. II., March 14, ]«li), to James 
 and Abigail Cochran, and on the home farm was 
 trained in the useful laliors of a farmer's son. He 
 s'udied in both public and private schools and 
 obtained a good eilucation for the times, to which 
 he has added by reading and <jbservation. His 
 boyhood home was two miles north of ".loe Eng- 
 lish's Hill." In the fall of 1811 became to this 
 State, and selecting this county as the scene of his 
 future labors, bought eighty acres of land in Sand- 
 stone Township from Cornelius Titus, who had se- 
 cured it from tlie Government. The parchment 
 deed to the land signed by Andrew .lackson, 
 is now in the hands of our subject. To that 
 purchased he has added at various times, bringing 
 up his landed estate to the acreage before noted. 
 
 The first stick of timber cut on the place was 
 felled by Mr. Cochran, who put up a log cabin, 
 lIxHJfeet. in wliuh he keiit baeheloi-'s hall for 
 several years. Subsequently he erected a better 
 dwelling, and in 1876-77 buili the present resi- 
 dence, a line structure, such as becomes the estate 
 of a man of enterprise and ability. In the accu- 
 mulation of his properly and the ailvancemcnt of 
 
 his material prosperity, as in the more intellectual 
 and mor.al enterprises of his life, he owes much to 
 the encouragement and good counsel of his wife 
 and to her thrift and wise economy. 
 
 The noble woman who has been ]\Ir. Cochran's 
 companion since March 3, 18.53, was born in .Steu- 
 ben County, N. Y., September 7, 1831. and bore 
 the maiden name of Clarissa E. Bonham. Her pa- 
 terial ancestors were early settlers in Maryland, 
 and her grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. 
 Her father, Zedekiah Bonham, w.as a n.ative of 
 Pennsylvania and of French descent, while her 
 mother, Dorcas Lane, was of Scotch and English 
 ancestry and born in New York. Abont the year 
 1837 they removed to this State and Mr. Bonham 
 bought land in Concord Township, this county, 
 settling in a log cabin in the woods. He afterward 
 bought property in Tom|)kins Townshi|), where he 
 resided until his death, that event transiiiring when 
 his daughter. Clarissa, was fifteen years ohi. The 
 wife and mother had departed this life four vcars 
 before. Tliey had born to them five children, 
 three of whom are yet living — Mrs. Cochran, a 
 brother, William, in California, and Celestia, ^vho 
 married Luzon I. Fletcher, and resides in Harford 
 Mills, Cortland County, N. Y. 
 
 Mrs. Cochran grew to maturity i'l this county, 
 of whose growth and development she has been a 
 witness from her earliest childhood. Her union 
 with our subject h.ns resulted in the birth of eight 
 sons and ilaughters. f.ll living except Cora, who 
 was the youngest but one. Edmund resides in 
 Washington; .lohn in Texas; William, a clergy- 
 man of the Free Methodist Church, is now located 
 in Jackson; Emma, Charles and Mary are at home; 
 and Fred J. is teaching near Detroit. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Cochran may well be classed 
 among the representative pioneers of this county, 
 in which they have done so much to aid in tin; 
 good work of developing the resources of the 
 country and in advancing the interests of the 
 citizens. In their declining j'ears tlioy are able 
 to enjoy the fruits of well-doing in the respect of 
 their fellows, the comforts that residted from their 
 former industry, and the reasonable pleasure de- 
 rived from a retrospective view of their useful 
 lives. Mr. Cochran is a Republican. He has served 
 
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 as School Moderator and Director, giving good 
 heed to the cause of education and its progress. 
 On his farm Mr. Cochran has found many Indian 
 relics, such as arrow and spear heads, Indian chisels 
 and whetstones, and tomahawks. Mr. Cochran was 
 P"ife Major in a New Hampshire regiment under 
 the laws which followed the Revolution army, it 
 being a law that each male citizen should train be- 
 tween the ages of eighteen and forty. 
 
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 =;f;OSEPH B. CHRISTIE. The well-tilled farm 
 of Mr. Christie invariabl}' attracts the atten- 
 tion of tiie passing traveler on account of 
 its fine location, being situated on section 
 14, Tompkins Township, and also the industry and 
 good management which has unquestionably char- 
 ai;terized its operation. The proprietor is one of 
 those men wiio have aided in building up for Jackson 
 County its enviable reputation among the commu- 
 nities of Southern Michigan, and his name is there- 
 fore eminently worthy of mention among those 
 which it is sought to perpetuate in connection with 
 this work. 
 
 A native of Oneida Count3-, N. Y., INIr. Christie 
 was born .Januarj' 17. 1845, and six years later was 
 brought to this county by his parents, James and 
 Mary A. ^Patterson) Ciuislie. The father of our 
 subject upon coming to Michigan purchased the 
 land since constructed into the farm occupied by 
 his son, and which on this account possesses for the 
 latter a far aioie than moneyed value. Here the 
 parents spent the remainder of their days, the 
 mother passinL>; away June 26, 1877, and the father 
 in 1884. They had endured all the hardships and 
 privations of life on the frontier, and made for 
 themselves a good record as [leople kind, hospita- 
 ble and worthy, and have thus left a heritage to 
 their children vvhich the latler may hold of more 
 value than silver or gold. 
 
 Young Christie as soon as old enough com 
 menced assisting his father in the cultivation of the 
 new farm, and was thus occupied with the excep 
 tion of tlie time spent at school until after the out- 
 break of the Civil War. On the •25tli of August, 
 
 1862, leaving the farm he enlist(.'d as a Union 
 soldier in Compan3- E, Third Michigan Cavalry, 
 and served until June, 1865. He participated in 
 many of the important battles which followed, and 
 escaping wounds and imprisonment returned safely 
 to Ills father's house with his honorable discharge. 
 He then occupied himself in farming, working out 
 by the month until his marriage. This important 
 and inieresting event was celebrated on Christmas 
 Da}-, 1867, the bride being Miss Martha J., daugh- 
 ter of Louis and Jane (West) Darling. Soon after- 
 ward Mr. Christie purchased a farm near that which 
 he now owns and occupies, where he resided until 
 after the death of his mothei. He then purchased 
 the old homestead of ninelj' acres, and now has an 
 estate of two hundred and eighty acres, aud has re- 
 sided thereon continuously since that time. To 
 hira and his estimable wife there have been born 
 four children, namely: Horace E., Mary J., Adel- 
 bert S. and Lena B. The parents of Mrs. Christie 
 were natives respectively, of Massachusetts and 
 New York. 
 
 ^p^EORGE W-. WELSH. No one now living 
 III ^=, in Jackson County can claim a longer resi- 
 ^^ii|j dence in the State of Jlichigan than the 
 
 subject of this sketch and a brother and two sis- 
 ters who still live in the county. The Welsh family 
 came to Michigan from the Empire State in 1825, 
 on the first steamboat that ran up to Detroit. 
 From early childhood and infancy therefore, the 
 members of this family have been citizens of and 
 as far as possible participants in the growth and 
 development of the glorious Stale between the 
 lakes. 
 
 Tlie piiternal ancestry of the subject of this no- 
 tice is Welsh, his grandfather having come from 
 Wales to America wlien seven years old, located in 
 Connecticut and died there. Among the members 
 of his family was James, who became an early set- 
 tler in Niagara Count}-, N. Y., buying Government 
 land ne.ar Royalton. He was a member of tlie mi- 
 litia during the War of 1812. In 1825, with his 
 wife and eleven children, he came to the Territory 
 
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 of Mielii;j;:ui. locatinjj) in" Wnsbtciaw County, one 
 niid oiK'lialf miles iioitli of' Ann Arbor, where at 
 that lime l)iit tiiree lioiises stood, lie honsjlit 
 eiglity .icrcs of i:iiiil for -slOo. wiiiili lie iininoved 
 and u|)on,\vliicli lie liverl iiiilil 1S3;J. He «:is also 
 enuMyeil in l)ricUm:d<lng :uid made tlie first bric-lis 
 in tliat section;ofjllie couulry. 
 
 Having sol<l Ins i)roperty near Ann \rl)or, Air. 
 AVelsli came'lo tl'.is eounly in l«3.j,and paying'jS'iOO 
 for one liuiKlred and sixty acres of land in Grass 
 LaIve\To\vnsiiii), liegan llie work of improvenicnl 
 lliere. After lal)oring on tlie |)lace for about two 
 years, lie bcjuglit near] IMIcliigan Centci'.^whcre he 
 owned 'some two hundred acres. In 18J2 lie re- 
 moved into Oakland County-, where he remained 
 seven \ears. his estate there eoniprising eiglily 
 acres. At the e.\piralion of the time noted he sold 
 that property and returned to this count}', remain- 
 ing with our subject until his death, September 3. 
 1857. He was then eigldy-four years olrl. He was 
 a member of the Presbyterian Church, a man of 
 worth, .and one whose years had becn'.full of use- 
 usefulness. His wife, in her^girlhood Miss Ke/iah 
 Barrett, wasalso a native of^Connecticut, and a 
 woman whose record as wife, mother and neighbor 
 is one worthy of remembrance. She resided with 
 our subject until a short time before her death, but 
 when called hence was with her daughter, Mrs. 
 Perry, in Concord Townshi]). The sad event oc- 
 curred April 26, 1862, when she had reached the 
 ripe age of eighty-five years. 
 
 Of the large famil\- born to Mr. and iMrs. James 
 Welsh, we note the following: John died in Wayne 
 ('(junty at the age of eighty-seven years; Alphens 
 departed this life in New York, when thirty-four 
 years old; Hannah, Mrs. Hitchcock, died in Adrian ; 
 Betsey, Mrs. Griswold. died in Concord, this 
 county; Benjamin, a twin brother of Betsey, died 
 in Leoni Township ; Caroline is now Mrs. Chubb, 
 of Corning, Iowa; Maria, Mrs. Chubb, died in 
 Lyons, Mich; James is living in (4rass Lake Town- 
 ship; Ke/iah. widow of Oliver Chapel, lives in 
 Spring Arbor 'l\)wnship ; Theoda is the widow of 
 Daniel Perry, of Jackson; the youngest ineniber of 
 the family is the subject of this sketch. 
 
 The geiillenian with whose name we introduce 
 this sketch was born in Rdxalton. Ni'igara County, 
 
 N. v., October ."i. 1821. The next year he w.-us 
 brought to this State, spending the following ten 
 years near Ann Arbor, and afterward living at 
 (Trass Lake, this county, where ho attended the log 
 schoolhouse and sat on slab bem-hes while continu- 
 ing his studies. He was early set to work, and 
 drove oxen, cle.-ired laml. and in other ways maile 
 himself useful upon the parental estate. He re- 
 moved with his father to Oakland County in 1812, 
 and remained there until the fall of 1841). when he 
 returned to this county, making the removal by 
 team and bringing with him the] estimable woman 
 who for more than forty years has shared his joys 
 and sorrows. 
 
 This lady, with whom .Mr. \\cls!;liad;becn united 
 in marriage on New Year's Day, 1849, bore the 
 maiden name of Prudence E. Jones. She is a na- 
 tive of the same; town in which he first opened his 
 eyes to the light, and her natal d ly was M.ay 9, 
 1833. Her father, Thomas Jones, was born in 
 Cayuga County, N. Y., and lost his parents by 
 cholera when he was but a boy. He was then bound 
 out, was reared on a farm, and spent some time in 
 Niagara County after he had grown] to manhood. 
 He then became a resident of Michigan, locatinor 
 in Lyons, Oakland Count}-, in 1833, upon Govern- 
 ment land which he had purchased. He was a suc- 
 ceesful farmer, a worthy member of the Baptist 
 Church, and a weH respected citizen. Hejiied in 
 1875, Lhis wife, whose maiden name was Alary A. 
 Bird, and was a native of the Kmpire State, hav- 
 ing breathed her last in 1842. To them were born 
 eleven chililren. .Mi's. Welsh being the fifth in order 
 of birth. She was but three months old when her 
 parents removed to this .State, and she was reared 
 and educated in Oakland County. Her manv vir- 
 tues win for her the esteem of those with wdiom she 
 associates, while her thrifty ways and good judg- 
 ment have made her homo a ])lace of comfort and 
 given it a far reaching reputation for hos[)itality 
 and good cheer. 
 
 The family circle of which Mrs. Welsh made 
 one. included Mrs. Ruby Chase, of Grand Ra|)ids; 
 Mrs. Lucrctia Warner, of Brighton; Mrs. Betsey 
 Carpenter, of Lyons; Mrs. Hannah .So'.es, who died 
 in ^^(iaines; Mrs." .\nn llarringden, of Kent City; 
 Hiram, a resilient of Lyons; Henry, twin brother of 
 
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 Hiram, whose home is in Grand Rapids; Mrs. Laura 
 Starkweatlier, of Lyons; Susan, the widow of John 
 Slcelton, of the same phvce; and Selinda. now Mrs. 
 Cressinger, of Maple Ilai^ids. 
 
 After liis return to tliis county, Mr. Welsh lo- 
 cated on land wliieh comprises a part of his present 
 estate in Spring Arbor Townsliip. He had i)ur- 
 cliased one hundred and forty acres in June pre- 
 ceding his return, paying $200 in c.nsh and 
 assnming an indebtedness of $1,.300. There were 
 no improvements except a small house, and upon 
 taking' |iossession he began the needful work with 
 the energy which lias characterized him through 
 life. He was successful in his efforts and found no 
 trouble in making his payments at forty cents per 
 bushel for his wheat. He added to his original 
 purchase from lime to time, in 1860 buying twenty 
 acres, in 1864 one hundred and twent\-, and in 
 1883 fifty-five, now having three hundred and 
 thirty-five acres adjoining and situated on sections 
 G and 7. 
 
 Although the land is in one body it forms two 
 well-imi)roved places, from which stones have been 
 ()icked, stumps have been grubbed and on which 
 every thing needful to make the land fertile and 
 productive hss been done. Everj'thing about the 
 estate is in excellent order and good repair, and 
 the most unobservhig passer-by would set the place 
 down as being under the management of one who is 
 a master of his business. It is well fenced, well sup- 
 plied with fruit and shade trees, including maples, 
 evergreens and other ornamental trees, and four 
 oichards ; there are three barns, a windmill and tank 
 and other conveniences, while the fani'ly dwelling 
 is a roomy and substantial edifice, worthy of its 
 setting. In the raising of wheat. Mi-. Welsh has 
 been very successful, as well as in various depart- 
 ments of stock-raising. He keeps from one hun- 
 dred and fifty to two hundred sheep, some high 
 grade Short-horn cattle and twenty-two head of 
 standard bred horses. He has taken premiums at 
 county fairs and has received as high a price as 
 $125 for a team of Silver Cloud driving horses. 
 
 The happy union of Mr. and Mrs. Welsh has 
 been blessed by the birth of seven children, on 
 whom have been bestowed the most careful instruc- 
 tion in courtesy and good principles and the best 
 
 of educational advantages. Adelia, the first born, 
 was graduated at Parma and then attended Albion 
 College; she married Horace Perry, a farmer in 
 Parma Township. William K. died when six years 
 old. James, afti r finishing the coursg of study at 
 Parma, entered the Northwestern University at 
 Chicago in the dci)artment of law, from which he 
 was graduated in 1876. He practiced his profes- 
 sion in Jackson and at Albion, and in 1882, after 
 traveling somewhat in Kansas, located in Welling- 
 ton, Suinner County. There he carried on his pro- 
 fessional labors until October, 1886, when he 
 returned to his father's home and. wliile still con- 
 tinuing the practice of the law, entered into business 
 with his father on the home farm. On February 
 -1, 1889. while silting in the court-house of Jack- 
 son, conversing with some of his brother attorneys, 
 he was suddenli" summoned from time and earthly 
 lhing.s. His death, which under an3' circumstances 
 would have been a grievous atiliction, was rendered 
 doubly hard by the suddenness with which the blow 
 fell. He left a widow, formerly Miss Liza F. Clark, of 
 AVellington, Kan., and a darling child — Maud G. 
 Ktholia K., the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Welsh, is the wife of Thomas J. Power, who is en- 
 gaged in the liveij' business at Albion, Calhoun 
 County; they have four children — J. Welsh, Nellie, 
 Murray and Bess. Delta, the third daughter, niar- 
 licd Fayette Gillettand has three children — George 
 M.. Fayette and Prudie; she is now living in Jack- 
 son, having lost her husband sometime since. Car- 
 rie, the fourth daugliter, married Edward Hunn, a 
 farmer of Sandstone Township, to whom she has 
 borne two children — Lennie, now deceased, and 
 Edna. George W., the youngest child of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Welsh, died when two years old. 
 
 Although Mr. Welsh has been elected to official 
 positions and solicited to accept, he would not 
 serve in any but on the School Board. He believes 
 in building churches as well asschoolhouses, wisely 
 l>elieving that 
 
 "Who wickedly is wise or madly brave. 
 Is but the more a fool, the more a knave." 
 
 He and his wife attend and supjiort the Presbyte- 
 rian Church. ■ Politically, he is a stanch Republi- 
 can, and has frequently been a delegate to county 
 
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 and State conventions an I has also served on the 
 Township Central Coninriittee. Personally he is a 
 wholo sonlcd. jolly man. whose lioarly handsiiake 
 leslifies to the warmth of his nature, and it is not 
 strange tiiat he has many and warm friends to 
 whom his personal characterislies have endeaicd him, 
 while the labors which have heen crowned with so 
 great a degree of success, and his usefulness in the 
 community, entitles him to the respect of those who 
 know of him only through these labors. His wife 
 possesses the intelligence and geniality which makes 
 her an entertaining companion, and it would be 
 hard to find a couple with whom time could be 
 more agreeably spent or who better deserve men- 
 tion in a volume of this Uiiul. 
 
 ^I^EODATUS E WRIGHT. Jn noting the 
 I jl) early pioneers of this county the name of 
 \^ Mr. Wright deserves s[)ecial mention. He 
 makes his hcadcpuuters at a snug farm on section 
 30, Parma Township, and has (■(uitiilxited his full 
 quota to the promotion of its best interests. He 
 comes of an excellent race, being the son of Fred- 
 erick and Sopliia (Thomas) Wright, and was born 
 April 27, 1812, in IJerkshire County, Mass. 
 
 The parents of our subject \verc likewise natives 
 of the Bay State and the paternal grandfather, 
 Solomon Wright, served as a soldier in the Revo- 
 lutionary War. Tlie Wright family is of German 
 and Knglish ancestry, while the mother of our sub- 
 ject came from pure Knglish stock. Frederick 
 Wright, about 1814, emigrated from Massachusetts 
 to Wayne County. N. V., settling among its earliest 
 pioneers. His family consisted of four children. 
 Deodatus K. spent his lioyhood and youth amid 
 the wilds of Wayne County, N. Y. and assisted in 
 tlie o|)eniiig up of a farm from the timber. He 
 obtained such education as the [)rimitive schools 
 afforded, but he kept his eyes open to what has 
 been going on aroiuid him in the world and by the 
 reading of books and newspapers, became a man 
 more than ordinariU' well-informed. 
 
 When a young man of twenty-four yeai's Mr. 
 Wright was wedded October 12, 18.">(;. to Miss 
 
 Serena Fox. Mrs. Wright was born in Wayne 
 County, N. Y., Maj' 2.i, 1816, and was a daughter 
 of Rosiel and Sarah (Foster) Fox who were natives 
 of New England and early settlers of Wayne 
 County. Sis children were born of their union, 
 four of whom are living, viz: Adeline, who mar- 
 ried Samuel Aikens, of Calhoun County, this State; 
 Emeline, the wife of .Smith Chase, of Wayne 
 County, N. Y.; Sarepta, .Mrs. Wright, a widow, 
 living in Gratiot County, this .State; and Serena, 
 the wife of our sul)ject. The Fox family is sup- 
 posed to be of pure English ancestry. 
 
 Ten children have been born to ilr. and Mrs. 
 Wright, seven of whom are living: Charlotte be- 
 came the wife of William Pierce and they live in 
 Parma Township; James, in Grayling; Foster is a 
 resident of Gratiot Count}', this State; Albert lives 
 in Huron Count}'; L. T. makes his home in Gray- 
 ling; Ida is the wife of Floyd McConnell,of Parma 
 Township. The deceased are Nathan, Smith W. 
 and Hannah E. Mr. Wright came to this county 
 in 1836 and purchased fifty acres of land on sec- 
 tion 30, Parma Township, paying tlierefor IJ7.2.T 
 per acre. He brought his family the following 
 3-ear and they have since maintained their residence 
 at the same homestead, although the farm has been 
 enlarged by the purchase of several hundred acres. 
 Mr. Wright has divided up a large portion of this 
 among his children and has sold considerable, so 
 that he now has only one hundred and fifty acres 
 remaining. 
 
 The first residence of Mr. ami Mrs. Wright in 
 Parma Township was a log c:ibin in the woods, 
 10x15 feet in dimensions and which they occupied 
 about two years. Mr. Wright then put up a frame 
 house, which sheltered them for a period of forty 
 years, but in the meantime undergoing vari(>us 
 changes and additions. P>y successive remodeling, 
 it has now become a convenient and commodious 
 structure, making a typical farm dwelling and fitted 
 up with modern improvements. Mr. Wright com- 
 menced in life with a capital of H~i and it must be 
 aeknowledgeil that he is entitled to great credit for 
 the manner in which he has labored and disburseil 
 his capital. He has ever found a faithful assistant 
 in his devoted wife who has done he>' full share in 
 the buibling up of a home and the ac(nimulation 
 
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 of a. competency. They have labored side by side 
 and are now enabled to rest ui)on tlieir oais and 
 enjoy the fruits of tlieir toils and sacrifices. They 
 iiave journeyed together for over half a century 
 and bear the distinction of beino- the oldest niai- 
 ried couple in Parma Townshii). 
 
 Mr. "Wright cast his first Presidential vote for 
 Jackson and since that date has continued a stanch 
 adherent of tlie Democratic party. He has been 
 prominent in local affairs, representing his township 
 in tiie County Board of Supervisors eleven years 
 (ten years in succession), with credit to himself 
 and satisfaction to liis constituents. For nearly a 
 quarter of a century he has licla the office of Jus- 
 tice of the Peace. He served for many years as 
 Township Assessor, and in all the positions in which 
 he has been placed has maintained that adlierence 
 to duty and that fidelity to priiicii)le which has 
 gained him the unqualified confidence and esteem 
 of liis fellow-citizens. He lias always been the 
 firm friend of temperance and has uniformly given 
 his encouragement to the enterprises calculated to 
 benefit the community around him. 
 
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 UARLES R. CONANT. This sturdy veteran 
 has seen three-quarters of a century on this 
 i/' mundane sphere, and his form has been a 
 familiar one to the people of Sandstone Township 
 for"a period of nearly forty years. He was born in 
 Franklin County, Mass., October 24, 1814, and is 
 the son of Benjamin and P^unice (Watts) C'onaiit, 
 who were also natives of tiie Bay State. It is sup- 
 posed tiiat the Conant family originated in Eng- 
 land. Charles R. was reared in his native State 
 until a lad of nine years, then went to Vermont and 
 lived with his uncle, William Myrick, with whom 
 he remained five years. 
 
 Young Conant now began working in a woolen 
 factory, and was thus employed until a man of 
 twent3'-five years. Then, changing his occupation 
 somewhat, he tumed his attention to farming, and 
 for several years afterward tilled a portion of tlie 
 soil of the Green Mountain State. In 1851. when 
 a man of thirty-seven years, Mr. Conant, not satis- 
 
 fled with his prospects in New England, decided 
 upon seeking the P"ar West. The young and grow- 
 ing State of Michigan was then holding out flatter- 
 ing inducements to the enterprising emigrant, and 
 hither 3Ir. Conant came, halting in this county and 
 purchasing eighty acres of land in Sandstone Town- 
 shii), wiiere he settled and upon which he has main- 
 tained his residence since that time. 
 
 Like most of the men around him, Mr. Conant 
 took up a piece of land upon which very little im- 
 provement had been made. It was considered no 
 disgrace to be poor in those days, as this was the 
 condition of most of the earl\- settlers. They thus 
 stood upon a common level, and extenfled to each 
 other the .assistance and hospitality which is rarely 
 now to be found in this region. Mr. Conant was 
 his own hired man and chore boy for a number of 
 3'cars, bracing his shoulders steadily to the wheel 
 ill order not only to make a living for his family, 
 but lay up something for a rainy day. There was 
 a log cabin upon his place when he imrchased it, 
 into which he removed and lived a number of 
 3'ears. Later he put up a frame residence, which 
 remains his dwelling at the present time. He has 
 now eiglitj'-eight acres of land, the most of which is 
 in a productive condition. Without making any pre- 
 tense to elegance or show, he has simply lived 
 comfortably', been prompt in meeting his obliga- 
 tions and endeavored to make the record of an 
 honest man and a good citizen. 
 
 ^Ir. Conant remained a bachelor until thirty-two 
 years old. and was then married, December 31, 
 184G, in Shoreham, Vt., to Miss Fanny Walts. 
 This lady was born in Stowe, that State, January 
 11, 181.5, and was a daughter of Daniel and Caro- 
 line Watts, who were natives of New England. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Conant became the parents of four 
 children — Frances, who died when eight j-ears old; 
 Amanda, who died at the age of sixteen years; 
 Chester, who is living at home; and Sarah, the 
 wife of Jasper Wellman, of Sandstone 'I'owuship. 
 Mrs. Conant is still spared to her husband, being a 
 few months his juni'ir. Togetlier they have watched 
 the growth and development of the AVolverine 
 State, and now, surrounded by children and friends 
 and the other comforts of life, ma3' justl3' feel that 
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 be kindl}' remembered long after they have de- 
 parted hence. 
 
 Whon becoming a voting citizen, Mr. C'onant 
 allied himself with the Whig party, but for many 
 years he has been a Republican of tiie lirst water, 
 and keeps himself [losted upon the political issues 
 of the Day. He enjoyed only limited advantages 
 in his youth, but has kept his eyes open to what is 
 going on around him in the world, and frequently 
 contributes to llic entertainment of the peojile 
 around him, both young and old, in the relation of 
 the many and varied experiences which have been 
 his, both among the hills of his New England-home 
 and during his early residence in the Wolverine 
 Slate. 
 
 ILO K. CRAFTS. No resident of Jackson 
 County was more highly deserving of the 
 I* esteem of her citizens than Milo Crafts, 
 now deceased. He died August 2, 1885. 
 As a business man he was energetic, discreet and 
 prudc'iit. wliile his integrity and uprightness were 
 widely kncjwn. He was very liberal .and charitable, 
 and ever ready to assist in every enterprise which 
 would advance the prosi)erity of the county and 
 the moral and religious interests of her citizens. 
 Entirel.v a self-made man as far as his finances were 
 concerned, he had made one of the linest homes in 
 tlie county, leaving his widow and children well 
 provided for wlien he was called hence. His estate 
 comprised four hundred and seventy acres, located 
 on sections 30 and .'il, (Irass Lake Township, where 
 his widow has re.-ided since his death. Tiic dwell- 
 ing is of brick, of excellent design and construc- 
 tion, and all the improvements in the way of farm 
 buildings are well built, the barns being especially 
 commodious and substiiutial. 
 
 The Crafts family are of the old Puritan stock. 
 the hrst members of the famdy reaching America 
 by the'Mayllower,"and many being men of note in 
 those daj's and highly educated. 'I'he i)arents of 
 our subject were Pearl and Lucinda (Kirb.v) 
 Crafts, natives of Connecticut. The father was a 
 physician in early life but spent his later years of 
 activitv in farming. Mrs. Lucinda Crafts died in 
 
 Middlehiiry, Vt.,in 1827, and in that town her hus- 
 band contracted a second matrimonial alliance, 
 taking as his companion Miss Saiah (ioodrich. 
 After her death he moved West, first settling in 
 Chardon, Ohio, but afterward going to Sharon, Ogle 
 County, III., where he lived for ma.Ty years. His 
 last years were spent among his children, and he 
 died at the home of his son Milo, in Gr.ass Lake 
 Township, this county. 
 
 The sidjject of this sketch was born in Middle- 
 bury, Addison County, Vt., September 10, 1824, 
 being the youngest of the ihree children born to 
 his parents. He spent the first seven years of his 
 life In his native place and then accompanied his 
 father to Chardon, Ohio. When he was sixteen 
 years of age his father settled on a farm in Illinois, 
 where he assisted until twenty years of age when, 
 with his father's consent, he went out into the 
 world to make his own living. Having determined 
 to go into the lumber business he went to the woods 
 of Northern Wisconsin, where he prosecuted his 
 work for several years with active energy and 
 varied succe:;s. During the winters he worked in 
 the mills and in summer transported his lunilier and 
 shingles on rafts by the Mississi[)pi to St. Louis. 
 Mo. He furnished the shingles for the first Mor- 
 mon temple built at Nauvoo. 
 
 In 1851 Mr. Crafts came to (irass Lake, this 
 county, to visit his uncle. Abram Kirby, one of 
 the pioneers. Being in feel)le health Mr. Kirby 
 persuaded his nephew to remain with iiira and to 
 manage and o|)erate his farm in his declining 
 years. This Mr. C'lafts decided to do and two 
 years later he settled on the farm where the re- 
 mainder of his life- w.is spent. The most of the 
 work of imi)rov('ment w,",s done by Mr. Crafts with 
 the result alrea<ly noted. For many years he was 
 a Director of the Farmers' Bank of (irass Lake, 
 and he was oflicially connected with the Congrega- 
 tion Church. Ill [lolitics he was a strong Repub- 
 lican. 
 
 Tlie marriage of Mr. Crafts was celebrated March 
 24. 185:3. the lady whom he had chosen for his com- 
 panicm being Miss Mary K. I'pilike. She was born in 
 Tompkins County, N. Y., January 4, 1835, and is a 
 woman with an intelligent mind, a thorough knowl- 
 edge of useful, dniii-.^^tic Mild social nils, and an 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 estimable character. Her parents, Ralph and Mary t 
 (Pickoll) UprtiUe, died in Grass Lake Township, 
 this county. (See sketch of Anson Updike for an- 
 cestry). To Mr. and Mrs. Crafts two ciiildren were 
 born, namely: William K., whose natal day was 
 September 5, 18.59, and Arthur P., born November 
 4, 1865. The former is a farmer and sheep-breeder 
 in Grass Lake Township, and the latter is a gradn- 
 ate of the Brooklyn. (N. Y.) Hospital Medical Col- 
 lege, and is settled in Detroit. 
 
 Abram Kirby, the uncle willi whom for some 
 time Mr. Crafts made his home, was born Decern- : 
 ber 22, 1796, and died April 27, 1862. His wife, 
 Lucy S. Crafts, was born in Ponjfret, Conn., May 
 21, 1799. Their marriage was celebrated in 1827,and 
 in 1835 tliey came to Michigan from Middlebury, 
 Vt.,settling on afarm in this county. The Innd was ; 
 taken from the Government and was put in a state ] 
 of partial improvement when it was placed in the 
 charge of Mr. Crafts. Mr. an<l Mrs. Kirby were 
 blessed by the birtii of four children — Lucinda, 
 Joseph S., Lucy, and Thomas, but bereaved of all 
 by death. They were members of the Congrega- 
 tional Church, in which Mr. Kirby was a Deacon, 
 and were highly respected members of the commu- 
 nity. William K. Crafts married, October 14, 1880, 
 Miss Flora M. Dwelle, of Grass Lake Township; 
 they have one son — George P. Arthur P. married, 
 September 17, 1889, Miss Cora E. Bush, of Grass 
 Lake Township. 
 
 ■S^- R. CHARLES B. BLAC:KMARR. Among 
 the professional men of Jackson, mention 
 should be made of the above-named gentle- 
 man. His parents are Weston and Ellen M. (Blair) 
 Blackmarr. Mr. Blackmarr removed from New , 
 York lo the Territory of Michigan in 1829, set- 
 tling in what is now Cambridge, Lenawee County, 
 wheie he spent a number of years. It will be ob- , 
 served that Mr. Blackmarr was one of the earliest 
 pioneers of theState, and for the long period of 
 forty years has been a resident of this count}'. He 
 subsequently removed to Napoleon, this county, 
 where he still lives. Tiie father is a native (jf New I 
 
 York, and a son of Ciiarles Blackmarr, of Eng- 
 lish ancestry; the mother is also a native of the 
 the Empire State, her parents being Charles and 
 Saiah S. (Church) Blair. Her father, Charles 
 Blair, was a member of the Legislature represent- 
 ing the district of which Lenawee County forms a 
 part. Politically, lie was a stanch Democrat. He 
 and his wife arc both deceased. 
 
 The birth of Dr. Blackmarr occurred in this 
 county, April 21, 1854. His early years were spent 
 on his father's farm and in attendance at the com- 
 mon schools, after which he studied in and was 
 graduated from a High School. He then attended 
 the State Normal School at Ypsilauti, taking a 
 select course in English branches, after which he 
 began his career as a teacher. He taught lifteen 
 terms, the last year being Principal of the schools at 
 Alma. 
 
 Abandoning the profession of teaching. Dr. 
 Blackmarr look up the study of dentistry, entering 
 the State University at Ann Arbor, and being 
 graduated from the Dental Department in l.S8o. 
 He then opened an office in the city of Jackson, 
 building up a high reputation and a good business, 
 and acquiring a fair share of worldly goods. He 
 possesses valuable city property and other moneved 
 interests; his n3at and comfortable dwelling, set in 
 attractive surroundings, and furnished with neat- 
 ness and good taste, is a pleasant resting place from 
 business cares and annoyances. 
 
 The marriage of Dr. Blackmarr was celebrated 
 September 6, 1382, his bride being Miss Luna M. 
 Ely, of Alma. She was born in this .State, and 
 reared under tlu^ care of her uncle. Gen. Ralph 
 Ely, having been left an orphan at an early age. 
 Her school days were passed in Alma. Her esti- 
 mable character has won her many friends in her 
 later home, as it did in tliat of her 3'outh. 
 
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 OHN T. TOWERS is engaged in general farm, 
 ing on section 5, Tompkins Township. He 
 was born in Leicestershire, England, Octo- 
 ber 6, 1835, being the second in a family of 
 
 six children. In 1849 his parents, James and Al- 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 599 
 
 ice (Jenkinson) Towers, came to the United Slates, 
 lueating in Madison Coiiut^', N. Y. In 1852 they 
 came to Mi-.-liiLcan, and settled on a farm in CoUim- 
 bia Townsiii)), this county-. There the fatlior died, 
 Augnst 27, 1868, the mother surviving until July 
 1, IH8.'3, when she breatlied iier last at the age of 
 seventy- four years. 
 
 In Ingham County, February 20. IHGl, the rites 
 of wedlock wore celebrated between John Towers 
 and Cynthia Sherman, an estimable woman who 
 was born in New York, and came to Michigan with 
 her parents in 1835. She is llie tifth of six chil- 
 dren born to Lowing and Hannah (Pressou) Sher- 
 man, who after coming to this St-'te lived in 
 Lenawee County two years, and then removed to 
 the farm where our subject now lives. The estate 
 was then wild land heavily timbered, and Indians 
 and wild animals were numerous. The first cabin 
 in which the family lived had no doors or windows, 
 and the proximity of wolves and bears, and the 
 howling of the former would frequently keep the 
 family awake. -Mdling was done at Adrian, where 
 wheat was hauled by ox-teams and exchanged, 
 sold or ground. On this farm Mrs. Towers spent 
 the most of her girlhood and youth, and to it she 
 returned after her marriage. Her father was a 
 soldier in the War of 1812. lie died in 18G0, and 
 her mother in 1881. 
 
 When Mr. Towers came to the farm which he 
 now occupies, it was slightly improved; now it is 
 adorned by an excellent house and barn and other 
 improvements, while the one hundred and sixty-four 
 acres which comprise it are chiefly in cultivation. 
 A specialty is made of Holstein cattle, and Mr. 
 Towers also keeps good grades of horses and hogs. 
 He has served as Justice of the Peace, Highway 
 Commissioner, and Grain Commissioner of the 
 townshi|i, fulfilling the duties of office in a manner 
 satisfactory to his constituents and creditable to 
 himself. He formerly belonged to the Blue Lodge 
 at Onondaga, and the Clia|)ter at Katon Rapids of 
 the ftlasonic fraternity, but is now demitted; to the 
 Odd Fellows at Onondaga, and to Sanborn Lodge, 
 No. 22. A. O. U. W. He is also a member of the 
 Patrons of Industry, being one of tliose through 
 whom the charter was obtaincil fur the societ3- in 
 Onondaga. Mrs. Towers is a member of the Meth- 
 
 odist Episcopal Church. Their family comprises 
 three children, namely: Nora, now llie wife of 
 (u'orge Collier; Lucy Bell; and Forest J., wlio 
 married Inez Lane. 
 
 K. IIAMBLIN, as a farmer of more than 
 ordinary enterprise, sagacitj' and practical 
 ability, occupies a leading position in the 
 farming community of Pulaski Township, and is 
 active in sustaining and extending its agricultural 
 interests. He is of pioneer antecedents and is a 
 veteran of the late war, going forth in the vigor of 
 early manhood to help fight his country'.* battles, 
 and by the sacrifice that he made, and the severe 
 wounds incurred while in the service, proved his 
 patriotic devotion to the Government under whose 
 institutions he was reared, his military record be- 
 ing one of which he and his may well be [jroud. 
 
 The father of our subject. Stephen Hamblin, was 
 born in Madison County, N. Y., of which his 
 father, who was of Scottish descent, was an early 
 pioneer. The latter was a soldier in the War of 
 1812, and was present in the battle of Sackett's Har- 
 bor. He was a farmer in New York for many 
 years, but finally sold his propert3- and retired to 
 private life, spending his last years with his son 
 near Joliet, III. Stephen Ilarabliu was reared in 
 his native county, and in the spring of 1844 came 
 from there to Michigan, driving vvith a team the 
 entire distance. He located in Pulaski Township 
 among its i)ioneers, and bu} ing forty acres of land 
 on section 16, twelve acres of which were cleared, 
 immediately set to work to improve a farm. So 
 successful was he that at the time of his death he 
 was the possessor of one hundred and forty acres of 
 choice farming land, having been enabled by 
 shrewd management to increase his original pur- 
 chase. He died in 1881 in his seventieth year. 
 The maiden name of the mother of our subject was 
 Phebe Wilber, and she was born in Madison 
 County. N. Y., a daughter of Samuel Wilber, » 
 pioneer of that county. She had been married pre- 
 vious to her union vvith ftlr. Hamblin, her first 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 husband havino; been AVhiting Hawes. She had 
 one child by that marriage, Jane, now Mrs. Jacobs, 
 of Pulaski. The mother die<l in July, 1888, at the 
 advanced age of seventy-eight years. Slie was a 
 good woman, and a consistent member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Chucrh. By her second mar- 
 riage she had eight children, as follows: Cornelia, 
 Mrs. Clark, of Pulaski; Ward P., of Allen, Hills- 
 dale County; Mary, Mrs. Baker, of Scipio; OrviUe, 
 of Concord; O. E.; William, of Pulaski; Siephen 
 W., dead; Phojbe, Mrs. Pickett, of Bay City. 
 ■Ward and OrviUe were members of the Second 
 Michigan Cavalry, enlisting in 1863 and serving 
 till the war closed. 
 
 O. E. Hamblin was born in Madison County, 
 N. Y., April 7, 1842, and was only two years of 
 age when his parents brought him to Michigan. 
 The scenes of h'S first recollections are connected 
 with Pulaski Townshi]), and here he gleaned a 
 practical education in the public schools, which he 
 attended in winter princii)ally, for at other sea- 
 sons, as soon as he was large enough to be of use, 
 ills services vvere required on the farm. When 
 only about nine years old he was set to work driv- 
 ing two yoke of oxen to a breaking plow, and in 
 such labors his time was employed throughout lioj-- 
 hood and youth. 
 
 In the fall of 1861, though he was only nineteen 
 years of age, our subject was eager to enlist in the 
 army, to aid in defending the stars and stripes, and 
 became a member of Company E, Second JMichi- 
 gan Cavalry, but on account of his yontlifulness 
 was rejected. After that he remained at home one 
 year, assisting his father, and then worked out till 
 
 1863, and in the n-jonth of December enlisted a 
 second time, enrolling his name among the mem- 
 bers of the Second Michigan Cavalry. Company E. 
 and was mustered in at Jackson. His regiment 
 was sent to Camp Smith, Tenn.. and in February, 
 
 1864, joineil Sherman at Cleveland, and entered 
 upon the famous march through Georgia. Our 
 subject took an honorable part in the battles 
 fought at the following places: Varnell Station. 
 Tater Knob, Snake Creek Gap, Res.aca, Dallas, 
 Peach Tree, Kenesaw Mountain, Burnt Hickory, 
 Lost JSIountain, Powder Creek, etc. At the latter 
 place the men hurried the horses over to Cook's 
 
 Brigade, and went into camp at Nashville, remain- 
 ing there till the veterans returned from their fur- 
 loughs, and then fresh horses were given them, and 
 our subject and his comrades were sent to guard 
 the railro.ad from Nashville to Franklin, and later 
 were dispatched to guard Muzzle Shoals, where it 
 was expected Hood would cross. 
 
 They were called out at 10 o'clock, half of the 
 company, including our subject, reporting for duty, 
 and they laid in line till daylight when they were 
 ordered on picket duty, and remained thus em- 
 ployed until toward evening, when they were sent 
 post haste to Raccoon ford. When they arrived 
 there Hood had already' crossed with a part of his 
 force, and they threw out skirmishers in a cotton 
 field, and the gallant men of Comp.any E bravely 
 charged them alone, through a foolish mistake of 
 their lieutenant. They were driven back, and 
 pouring their S|)encer rifles into the rebels, they 
 had to retreat, .as the enemy over[)owered them. 
 Just as he was leaving the field Mr. Hamblin was 
 wounded severely, and had to drop on the ground 
 out of the way of the bullets that were flying 
 thickly around liim. He was shot in the left arm 
 by a minie ball, which broke the bone, and was 
 taken jirisoner October 30, 1864. His arm was 
 put in a sling, and he had to walk to Florence, 
 where he was taken to the rebel hospital, and on 
 October 31 his arm was amputated a little below 
 the shoulder. It did not receive proper attention, 
 w.as not dressed for nine days after the operation, 
 and gangrene .setting in, nitric Sicid was r.sed, wliich 
 nearly killed him. 
 
 In that hospital Mr. Hamblin lay for four weeks, 
 suffering intensely; as soon as he w.as able to get 
 around he was sent to Tuscnmbia, and from there 
 soon afterward to Columbus to the general rebel 
 hospital, where he lived on corn bread and coffee 
 for about six weeks. He was then transferred to 
 the prison at Cahaba, Ala., being put on board of 
 a boat on the Tombigbee, and carried down that 
 river and up tlio Alabama, with other prisoners 
 who vvere to be taken to Cahaba. There was no 
 escape and lie was confined in the Cahaba prison 
 until March 15, 1865. His sufferings were incred- 
 ible; the building in which he was confined was in 
 a fearful condition, cold and wet, mud and water 
 
rOUTRAIT AND HlOGRAPllI'^AL ALBUM. 
 
 oril 
 
 knee deep, anil tlie prisoners, some twenty-live luin- 
 (Ired mon, made wood or log lie'ips lo sit upon. 
 ( )n till' LjIIi of March they weri^ [)laced on a ri'liel 
 transport, ;ind were taken to the (iaiusville prison, 
 where thcj' staid one night, and were liien conveyed 
 to Jackson, Jliss., whence they were sent by bout 
 to the nig lilack River. They arrived there 
 March 23, and were detained in the rebel camps 
 until all prisoners were declared e.vchanged. 
 
 Our subject was then placed on board the "Sul- 
 tana," there being twenty-three hundred men on 
 board, nineteen hundrei and sixty-four of whom 
 were prisoners. The second night on the river the 
 steamer blew u[i. Mr. Hamblin was by the wheel 
 house when the boat began to burn, but the heat 
 soon became so intense that the passengers had to 
 leave, and he, jumping into the Mississippi, swam 
 for his life. Being a good swimmer he managed 
 to keep atloat with his one arm, and finally reached 
 an island, after having swam down the river two 
 or three miles. Catching hold of a tree that had 
 fallen into the water, he w.is rescued from his per- 
 ilous position by some vvood-choi)person the island, 
 who helped him ashore in a boat, and leading him 
 to their hut proferred him its shelter, and he was 
 finally restored frou) his chilled, enfeebled condi- 
 tion, lie says that he was never so cold in all 
 his life before. The "Sultana" had made its last 
 trip, and sank in the mudd}^ waters of the Missis- 
 sippi; our subject was finally' picked up by the 
 "Pocahontas." and taken back to Jlemphis, where 
 the United Slates Sanitary Commission sent him 
 to the soldier's home, and providcil him with suit- 
 able clothes. A few days later, after he had r:'- 
 cuiierated somewhat from the sutf'eiings he had 
 incurred by his adventures on the .Mis^issippi, he 
 came to Cairo on the ".Jonathan T. Graham," and 
 thence proceeded to Columbus, (^hio. lie was in 
 the hosiiilal there one month, and then came to 
 .lackson barracks; returning home on a short fur- 
 lough, he was taken sick, and had to lemain for a 
 time before he could return to duty. lie was hon- 
 orably discharged at Dilruit, .luly ;iO. liSG,'). He 
 was a biave and capable soldier, and for the priva- 
 tions and sufferings that he endured while in the 
 service is well entitled to the pension (if .^45 a 
 nuinth that he receives from a giateful (Jovernmeut. 
 
 Mr. Mamblin returned to his home after he left 
 the army, and anxious to gain a belter edu'.^alion 
 became a student at Mayhew's Commercial School, 
 in Albion, the following winter, and for three 
 months devoted himself to his studies. After 
 leaving achool he returned to Pulaski, and bought 
 tvvelve acres of land on section 16, and notwith- 
 standing his ii'.iirmity, displayed great skill and 
 ability in im|)roving it. In 1868 be traded it for 
 forty acres of laiul on section 21, which he has de- 
 velo|)ed into a fine farm, wiili substantial buildings, 
 and all the modern machinery and improvements. 
 He made such a linancial success of this venture 
 that he was enabled to enlarge his farm bj' the pur- 
 chase of twenty .icres on section 20; in 1872 he 
 began to work his father's farm in connection with 
 it, and since the death of the latter, has bought out 
 all the heirs, and now has one hundred and forty- 
 seven acres of Urst-class land, with three residences 
 and all the necessary outbuildings. He engages 
 both in grain and stock-raising, and from those 
 pursuits derives a gooil income. 
 
 December 27, 1867, Mr. Hamblin was united in 
 marriage to Miss Lydia Luce, the ceremony being 
 performed in Pulaski. She is a daughter of Har- 
 vey Luce, a native of New York. His father, 
 Thomas Luce, vvas also a native of New York, and 
 was a turner in wood. He came to Michigan and 
 opened a wood-carving shop in Jonesville, which 
 he managed till his death. ;\Irs. Hamblin's father 
 came to Michigan when a \oung man. and beinij a 
 cabinet-maker, he 0|iene(l a furniture f:iclor\- in 
 Jonesville. r,iid later engaged in farming theie. In 
 1861 he came to Pulaski and bonglit one hundred 
 and sixty acres of land on section 17, and engaged 
 in its cidliva'.iou for some lime. Finally hesolfl it 
 and removed to CharUjtte, and then to .Stanton, 
 where he now resides. He is seventy-five years 
 of .'ige. and is spending his declining years in lionor- 
 orable retirement. .Mrs. Hamblin's mother whose 
 maiden name was Charlotte Purvis, was born in 
 New York, and died iu AVestville. .Mich., in August, 
 1888. The children born to her and her hiis 
 band were nanuvl as follows: Mary, deceased: L}"- 
 dia; .Sarah, Mrs. Bently, of Lake Odessa; Klla. Mrs. 
 llorton, of Vermillion, Dak.; Thomas, of Grand 
 !\:i[iids: Jessie. Mrs. Palmer, of Stanton. Mis. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Hamblin was born in Jonesville. March 8, 1844' 
 and was fifteen years of age when she came to Pu- 
 laski with her parents. Slie gnined an excellent 
 education in the schools of her native city, and is 
 in all respects a very fine woman, meriting and re- 
 ceiving esteem from all about her. To her and 
 her husband have been born four children: Lena, 
 the wife of F. M. Butler, a station agent and 
 farmer in Pulaski; Ernest, a telegraph operator at 
 Battle Creek; Merton and Editli, at home. 
 
 Mr. Hamblin's ambitious, resolute, courageous 
 spirit has overcome obstacles that would have been 
 fatal to the success in life of many a man, and by 
 persistent efi'orts, directed bv far-sighted shrewd- 
 ness, he has placed himself in good circumstances. 
 lie has been identilied with Concord Lodge. No. 31,, 
 A. F. & A. M., since )863; and in commemoration 
 of his soldier life, he belongs to the Grand Army 
 of the Republic in that town, liis wife being a 
 member of the Woman's Relief Corps. He is a 
 stalwart Republican in politics; and religiously, is 
 connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 is a trustee of the same, and contributes generously 
 to its support. He has been active in public life, 
 proving an invaluable civic official. He has been 
 Townstiip Treasurer two years, Constable ten years, 
 Justice of the Peace three years, anil h.as been 
 a School Director. 
 
 A lithographic portrait of Mr. Hamblin may be 
 found on another page. 
 
 ELLIS SNOW. 1 
 ing the leading i 
 i had ids attenlic 
 
 The biographer in interview- 
 men of Sandstone Township 
 lion called to the subject of 
 this notice, who is one of its early pioneers and 
 whom he found snugly located on a welldeveloped 
 farm occupying a portion of section 6. In recall- 
 ing the reminiscences of his early life, we find that 
 Mr. Snow is a native of Allegany County, N. Y., 
 and was born June 22, 1846. He is the represent- 
 ative of a substantial family, being the son of Ira 
 and Phebe (Clark) Snow, who were natives respect- 
 ively of Vermont and New York State. 
 
 Ira Snow emigrated in iiis youth from Vermont 
 
 to the Empire State with his parents, Who were also 
 New Englanders by birth and whose ancestors 
 must have settled with the Colonists at an earlj- day. 
 Upon reaching manhood he was married and, in 
 1848, with his wife and five children came to this 
 county. He purchased sixtj' acres of land one 
 and one-half miles north of the present site of 
 Parma and settling in the woods commenced life in 
 true pioneer style, enduring the hardships and pri- 
 vations incident to that time. In 1852, however, 
 he was seized with the California gold fever and 
 went to the Pacific Coast, whsre he remained two 
 years hunting for the yellow ore. lie was success- 
 ful, and returning to his county purchased one 
 hundred and seventeen acres of land which lay 
 mostly in its primitive condition and which is com- 
 prised in the farm of his son Ellis, our subject. 
 Some emigrant, however, had erected a log cabin, 
 18x24 feet in dimensions and in this the family lived 
 until 1861. That year the present residence was 
 put up and the father subsequently purchased one 
 hundred and twenty acres additional, so that in all 
 he was the owner of three hundred and forty acres 
 at the time of his death, which occurred in 1871. 
 
 Ira Snow upon his arrival in this county had a 
 cash capital of twenty-five cents, and so far from 
 that being a disgrace he looked upon it with pride 
 in after j'ears, as well he might, for the success 
 which he met with indicated in a marked degree 
 the industiy, perseverance and good judgment 
 which had attended his labors. The Snow family 
 were subjected to all the inconveniences and diffi- 
 culties of life in a new country before the era of 
 even stages or wagon roads. Mill and market were 
 far away and to these they traveled laboriously, 
 usually with an ox-team. Mr. Snow after the or- 
 ganization of the Republican party joined its ranks 
 and was a public-spirited citizen endorsing every 
 enterprise calculated to advance the interests of the 
 people around him. 
 
 The father o( our subject was twice married and 
 Ellis was the only surviving child of Ira Snow by 
 his first wife, who died in 1861. He assisted his 
 father in the development of the new farm, learn- 
 ing at an early age the arts of plowing, sowing and 
 reaping, and took pride in being able to do a man's 
 work before he had attained to a man's full stature. 
 
PORTIIAIT AND JIIOOKAPHICAL Al.BbM. 
 
 603 
 
 grnm j 
 
 ,1/ DELBERT W. UWELLE. one of the most 
 tlioroiigli ;iii(l iirnclical fanners of (irass 
 Lake 'rownsliip, was horn on section 1, of 
 that township, .Inly 27, I'HfjO. He is tiiere- 
 fure still on the sunny side of life. Init already has 
 gained a high standing: in the woiU to whicii he has 
 devoted his life and to which he devotes his entire 
 attention — that of tilling the soil. His education 
 was received in the district schools and the Union 
 school at (irass Lake. In 1«8.') he settled where he 
 is now living, the farm lieing one mile eastof Grass 
 Lake. He works and controls two hundred and nine 
 acres of fine land, every i>art of which shows that 
 it is under the management of an industrious and 
 progressive man. who deserves the success that is 
 
 Befor-? reaching the age of twenty years he was 
 m:inied, March 9, ISfiS. to Miss Emma Ivilbourn. 
 Mrs. .Snow was horn in this county October 12, 
 1852, and is a daughter of Harry and Harriett 
 (Merrill) Ivilbourn, who were both natives of Ver- 
 mont. Her paternal grandfather made a good 
 record as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Her 
 parents emigrated from the Green Mountain State 
 to Michigan about 18,")0, settling first in Eaton 
 Count3-. Thence they came t(j this count}' and took 
 up their abode in Sandstone Township, where they 
 spent the remainder of their days. Mr. Kilbourn 
 was a member in good standing of the Bai)tist 
 Church. 
 
 To our subject and his estimable wife there have 
 been born a family of five children, viz.: Jennie, 
 the wife of Willard Scott, of Parma Township; 
 Ida, Mary, Herbert, and Stella who died when 
 nearly two years old. The Snow homestead em- 
 braces one hundred and si.xty acres of well-tilled 
 land, with comfortable buildings and pleasant sur- 
 roundings. The proprietor occupies a good posi- 
 tion among his fellow-citizens. Politically, he is a 
 .sound Republican, the friend of education and the 
 encouriiger of every enterprise calculated to benelit 
 the people around him. Mrs. Snow, with the ex- 
 ception of her brother Albert, who lives in Eaton 
 County, is the only survivor of her family. 
 
 attending his eff(>rts. A prominent feature among 
 the improvements of the place is the barn, which is 
 one of the finest and most commodious in the 
 count}'. 
 
 On October 10, 1875, .Mr. Dwelle was united in 
 marriage with Miss Orcelia J. Welch, an estimable 
 young lady who was born in Grass Lake, July 1 1, 
 1857. She is a daughter of James and Susan (Tay- 
 lor) Welch, an outline of whose history is presented 
 elsewhere. Her happy union with our subject h.as 
 been blessed b}' the birth of four interesting chil- 
 dren, named respectively: Erankie A., Edith A., 
 Walter J. and Alton W. 
 
 In 1876 Mr. Dwelle became a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity, in which he is deeply inter- 
 ested, and in which he has high standing: his mem- 
 bership is in Excelsioi' Lodge No. 116, at Grass 
 Lake. He is a Republican, but takes no special in- 
 terest in politics except in so far as to deposit his 
 ballot on election day. He attends and assists in 
 the support of tlie Congregational Church at (irass 
 Lake, although he is not a member. He has an ex- 
 cellent moral character, is well informed on all 
 topics of general interest, and, with his wife, is re- 
 garded with respect by his fellow-citizens. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is the third child born 
 to IMichael and Emeline L. (Ilobart) Dwelle. His 
 father was born in Gorham, Ontario County, N. Y., 
 December 21. 1821, and was reared and educated 
 there, following farming after reaching man's estate. 
 He remained in his native cojint}- until 1844, when 
 lie came to Michigan and (jurchasing land in Grass 
 Lake Township, this county, settled where our sub- 
 ject was born. There he lived, carrying on farm- 
 ing very successfully until 1882. when he moved 
 into the village of (irass Lake find wisely retired 
 from active labor. He died January 31, 1889, be- 
 ing at that time the owner of five hundred and 
 twenty-four acres of fine land in Grass Lake Town- 
 ship and having abundant means. His accumula- 
 tions were the resui*s of his own efforts in the field 
 of agriculture and as a financier. His ability in 
 money matters was appreciated by his fellow-citi- 
 zens, and no doid)t led to his position as \'ice-Pres- 
 idont of the Farmers' Bank of Grass Lake, which 
 he held for many 3'ears. He was an ardent admirer 
 of the principles of Masonry and was connected 
 
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 with tlie order for niniiy years before his dealh, 
 having attained a liigh degree in tlie same. Al- 
 thougi) not a member of any religious organization, 
 lie was a regular attendant of the Congregational 
 Church and a liberal contributor towards its sup- 
 port, lie was a son of Lemuel and Levina (Fran- 
 cisco) Dwelle, natives of the Phiipire .State. 
 
 The parents of our subject were married October 
 29, 1845, to them came six ciiildren, of whom we 
 note the following: James L. is farming in Arizona; 
 Alice S. is tlie wife of W. H. Hill, a manufacturing 
 chemist at Detroit; the third on the family roll is 
 the subject of this notice; Milton W. married Miss 
 Fannie Monroe and is a farmer in Grass Lake Town- 
 ship; Flora M. married William K. Crafts, who is 
 also a tiller of th"; soil in that township; Frankie 
 died when nearly six years old. The mother, a 
 woman of marked intelligence and many estimable 
 qualities of character, is now living in Grass Lake 
 village, occupying a palatial home in the eastern 
 part of town. She was born in Rushville, Yates 
 County, N. Y., March 25, 1822, and is a daughter 
 of Joiin and Sarah Chadwick Hobart. 
 
 The Hobart family trace their ancestry back to 
 one Edmund Hobart, who was born in Hingham, 
 Norfolkshire. England, in 1574. The first members 
 of the family who came to America, were three 
 brothers, who crossed the Atlantic on the '■May- 
 flower" and settled in the old Hay State. Some of 
 the members of the family- in the early years of 
 Colonial history were among those who established 
 the first Congregational Church in Charleston, M.ass., 
 and some of them were noted Congregational di- 
 vines during those times. 
 
 William Hobart. the great-grandfather of our 
 subject, was born in Grolon, Mass.. Ma}' 23, 1751. 
 He married Miss Patience Flagg, November 10, 
 1777, and by that marriage had four children — 
 William L., Nancy, .lohn and Israel. His wife Pati- 
 ence having been removed from him by death, 
 William Hobart married Miss Dollie Smith of 
 Shrewsbury, ^Nlass., June 5, 1787. This marriage 
 resulted in the birth of six children — P>axter, 
 Hannah, Ilarve}-, Joseph L., Abel B. and Walter P. 
 The father died in Potter, Yates Count}-, N. Y., 
 Januar}' 1, 1801, wlien fifty-one years of age. His 
 "widow survived until October 12, 1851, when she 
 
 died at Rushville, Yates County, N. Y., at the ad- 
 vanced age of ninety 3'ears. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was John, the third 
 child born to William and Patience (B'lagg) Hobart. 
 His eyes: opened to the light in Townsend. ]Mass., 
 March 14, 1782. He was married in Benton, N. Y., 
 November 16, 1810, to Miss Sarah A. Chadwick, a 
 daughter of Abel and Temperance Chadwick of 
 Lyme, Conn. In that town Mrs. Hobart was 
 born April 19, 1786. dying at Rushville, N. Y.. 
 April 19, 1874. Her husband had breathed his last 
 October 15, 1860; in early life he was a clothier 
 but later turned his attention to tilling the soil. To 
 them were born ten children — Albert M., Adeline 
 M., Orville F., Henry H., Angeline^M., Emeline 
 L , Caroline C, Sarah A., Lawrence J. and Cor- 
 delia C. — the sixth of this family being the mother 
 of the subject of this biography. 
 
 ^ MLLIAM CAMPBELL. The fine estate 
 \jjj// which stands as a monument to the in- 
 W^ dustry and perseverance of him with whose 
 name we introduce this sketch, is unexcelled by 
 anything of the kind in Sandstone Township. It 
 embraces a stretch of rich farming land in a high 
 state of cultivation, improved with substantial 
 modern buildings and stocked with good grades of 
 the domestic animals. It is finely located on sec- 
 tion 6, and invariably attracts the eye of the 
 passer-by, who turns a second time to admire its 
 beauty. 
 
 The native }ilace of Mr. Campbell was in Parma 
 Township, this county, and the date of his birth 
 September 27, 1838. His parents were Alvah and 
 Hannah (Hemingway) Campbell, who were na- 
 tives of New York State. They emigrated thence 
 to this county, in the fall of 1837, settling on land 
 which the father had purchased in Parma Town- 
 ship the year previous. This comprises one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres on section 11. 
 
 The father of our subject was the first settler in 
 that part of Parma Townshi]), and paid for his 
 land $1.25 per acre. His first dwelling was a log 
 cabin. 12x16 feet in dimensions, which the family 
 
PORTRAIT AND lllOGKAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 occiipici several years. Mr. Campbell was a man 
 of great energ}' ami industry, and put his own 
 shoulder to the wheel until the farm was paid for 
 and hrought to a good state of cultivation. lie was 
 successful in his labors, acquiring a competence, and 
 linally retired from the active duties of life, taking 
 up his residence in Parma Village, where he died 
 April 18, 1869. To the parents of our subject 
 there were born three children — AVilliam, of this 
 sketch; Franklin, who died when about forty-seven 
 years old, and Ja}' A., a resident of .lackson City. 
 
 Alvah Campbell was a man looked up to in his 
 community, and served several terms as a .Justice 
 of the Peace. He enjoyed a wide acquaintance 
 throughout this part of the county, while his 
 sound sense and sterling integiity caused him to 
 be respected by all who knew him. He identified 
 himself with the Republican i)arty soon after its 
 organi'-alion, and remained a firm su|)|)orter of its 
 princii)les until liis death. He found religious 
 consolation in the pale of the .Methodist Episcopal 
 C'luirch, and served as Steward until his death. 
 
 The w'ifo and mother survived her husband 
 Mbr)ut tliii'teen years, her death taking place De- 
 cember -ilt. 1881, in Parma. 
 
 The subject of this sketch at an early age be- 
 came familiar with the various employments of 
 farm life, assisting in the building up of tlie home- 
 stead, and acquiring liis early education in the dis- 
 trict school. Later he attended Albion College, 
 and l)y a steady course of reading has always kept 
 himself well-informed, and with a good idea of the 
 general methods of doing business. 
 
 When twent3'-three years old Mr. Campbell set 
 al)Out the establishment of a home of his own, 
 being married, November 13, 18(31, to Miss Addie 
 K. Lyman. This lady like himself is a native of 
 this county, and was born in .Spring Arbor Town- 
 ship, March 29, 1839. Her parents were the Rev. 
 Alfred and Matilda (McCrory) Lyman, the father 
 a native of Connecticut and the mother of New 
 York State. Her paternal great-grandfather served 
 on the side of tlie Colomsts in the Revolutionary 
 War. The L3'man family came to Michigan Terri- 
 tory about 1830, the father of Mrs. Campbell pur- 
 ch.asing a tract of Government land in Spring 
 Aibor Township. In connection with the cultiva- 
 
 tion of this he ofHi-iated as a local minister of the 
 Methodist Kpiscjpal Church, and was one of the 
 |>ioneer preachers of the county. His family re- 
 mained on the farm while he traveled over the 
 country upon his pious lal)ors intent. He finally 
 removed to Calhoun County, settling in Ceresco 
 Township, where his death took place .January 21, 
 1881. The mother followed her husband to the 
 silent land, October 10, 1887. 
 
 To the parents of Mrs. Camijbcll there was born 
 a family of seven children, only three of whom are 
 living — Jane is the wife of Charles Godfrey, of 
 Calhoun County; Nellie married Bradford L. Hu- 
 bert, of Parma. Mrs. Cami)bell is the youngest of 
 those living. Mr. Lyman, politically, was a stanch 
 Republican, and naturally, owing to his extended 
 journeyings, formed a large acqur.intance through- 
 out the county and was very popular among the 
 people. Mr. anrl Mrs. Campbell have three chil- 
 dren — Edwin W., a resident of Parma Township; 
 George A. and Alfred L.. at homo with their par- 
 ents. The home farm is one hundred and eighty 
 acres in extent, and Mr. Campliell has a good farm 
 of one hundred and seventy acres in Parma Town- 
 ship, the most of which is under cultivation. Jlr. 
 and Mrs. Cami)bell are members in good standing 
 of the Presbyterian Church, in which our subject 
 officiates as Elder. A man honest and upright in 
 his dealings, and possessed of more than ordinar3' 
 intelligence, he naturally occupies a leading posi- 
 tion among the representative men of .Sandstone 
 Township. 
 
 
 ^r^RANK E. DILLA. The Lake Shore & 
 S] Michigan .Southern Hailwaj' is not only 
 yll noted for its perfect equipments but for the 
 reliable character of its working force, not the least 
 among whom is the subject of this notice, who is 
 one of the ablest passenger engineers on the line, 
 lie makes his headquarters in .Jackson City, and 
 although on the sunny side of forty, brings to the 
 duties of his responsible position more than ordi- 
 nary intelligence and efliciency. 
 
 Mr. Dilla was born in .Joncsville, Hillsdale 
 
606 
 
 PORTliAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 County, this State, JLay 7, 1853, and is the young:- 
 est child of Carey and Harriet C. (Goss) Dilla, tlie 
 latter of wiiom was a native of Vermont and died 
 when Frank E. was between three and four years 
 old. Carey Dilla was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 and after coming to Michigan was married. The 
 newly wedded pair settled at tiie village of Jones- 
 villc, Hillsdale County, where the father opened a 
 blacksmith-sliop and later carried on a carriage 
 manufactory for a number of years. He died there 
 in 1879. The two sons surviving him are Adam .7. 
 and Frank E. 
 
 Mr. Dilla spent the first twelve years of his life 
 in his native town, and then went to work on a 
 farm, where he was employed two years. He next 
 began to learn carri.age painting, and afterward 
 learned carriage making, at which he was engaged 
 until 1869. He then entered the employ of the 
 Ft. Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad Company 
 as rod man, carrying chain. Afterward he was 
 emploj'ed as a section hand. His next step was in the 
 locomotive department as watoliman. In April, 
 1872, he became an engineer on a freight train, and 
 in 1879 was promoted to be engineer in the passen- 
 ger service, running from Jackson to Vt. Wayne. 
 In 1882 the Lake Shore Company leased the Ft. 
 Wayne il' Jackson, and Mr. Dilla was retained in 
 the service as passenger engineer, which position 
 he lias since held. He is regarded as a careful and 
 reliable man. and as yet has been extremel}- fortu- 
 nate in avoiding accidents. 
 
 Mr. Dilla contracted matrimonial ties October 
 21, 1883, with Miss Maude Shoemaker, of Water- 
 loo, Ind. Mrs. Dilla was born near Waterloo, Ind., 
 October 21, 1860, and is the daughter of P>. R. and 
 Harriet J. (Miller) Shoemaker, residents of Water- 
 loo, the father being an extensive farmer and dealer 
 in live stock. Of this union there has been born 
 one child, a daiighter. Harrictte May. Thej" occujn- 
 a neat home on P]ast Main Street in the city of 
 Jackson, and have gathered around them many 
 friends. Mr. Dilla is quite prominent in railroad 
 circles. In 1874 he became a member of the 
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and has 
 three times been elected as a representative to the 
 International Convention, which in 1882 met at 
 Louisville, Ky. The following year he could not 
 
 attend on account of other pressing duties. In the 
 summer of 1884 he was elected .again to the con- 
 vention, which met at San Francisco, Cal. — repre- 
 senting Jackson Division, No. 2. In 1886 he was 
 elected Chief Engineer of Division No. 2. He 
 presided at the first Grand Union meeting at the 
 opera house in Jackson, Mich., June 6, 1886. He 
 is a member of Ft. Waj'ne Lodge, No. 342, A. F. 
 & A. M., and Ft. Wayne Chapter, No. 19, R. A. M., 
 also Jackson Commandery, No. 9, K. T. Mrs. 
 Dilla is a well-educated lady, having been gradu- 
 ated from Ft. Wayne College, and taught one year 
 in the High School at Waterloo. Politically, Mr. 
 Dilla is a Democrat. 
 
 SCAR F. PEASE. The Pease family was 
 one of the first to settle in this count\', coming 
 hither when it was practieall}- a wilderness, 
 traversed princi[)ally by Indians and wild animals. 
 Among them was the subject of this sketch, a na- 
 tive of Lockport. N. Y., and who was born June 
 24, 1829. His parents were William H. and Lo- 
 renda (K3'se) I'ease, the former of whom was born 
 in Niagara County in 1804. After his marriage 
 Mr. Pease lived in Lockport until the latter part 
 of 1829, and then decided upon seeking his fort- 
 tunes in the Far Wtst. 
 
 Coming to what is now Grass Lake Township, the 
 father of our subject entered three hundred acres 
 of Government land, a portion of which is now 
 covered by the vilLige of Grass Lake. He jour- 
 neyed first by the Erie Canal and the lakes to De- 
 troit, and thence overland by teams. His land se- 
 cured, he erected a log house on the ground now 
 occupied by the residence of Oscar F., our subject, 
 in the eastern paitof the town. He prosecuted 
 farming thereafter, and by his superior ability and 
 industry became a leading citizen and was one of 
 the first Representatives elected to the Michigan 
 Legislature from this county. His education was 
 such as fitted him for .almost .any position. He 
 was an extensive reader and a deep thinker, and a 
 man generally looked up to in his community. For 
 manj' years he represented Grass Lake Township 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 607 
 
 in the County Board of Supervisors, held the office 
 of Town Clerk and was also on tlie Sciiool Board. 
 
 Tiie elder Pe.ise identified himself with the Ma- 
 sonic fraternity, in New Yorii State, and upon the 
 organiz'ition of the lodge at Grass Lake, this county-, 
 he was one of the charter nienihers. At the build- 
 ing of the ^Michigan Central Railroad to this point 
 he was appointed the agent of the company at 
 Grass Lake, which position he held a number of 
 years. He took a warm interest in educational 
 matters, and during the late war gave freely of his 
 moans to help Uie Union cause. The paternal 
 grandparents of our subject were George and 
 Phebe Ptase, natives of New York State, who ac- 
 companied their son to Michigan and took up the 
 land now known as the J. B. Cadwell farm, which 
 lies half a mile cast of Grass Lake ^'illage. Grand- 
 father Pease and his wife spent tlieir last years in 
 the vicinity of Jackson, where they died. He had 
 served as a soldier in the War of 1812. The fam- 
 ily is supposed to be of Irish extraction. 
 
 Mrs. Lorenda Pease, llie mother of our subject, 
 was born in Niagara Count3', N. Y., in 1804, and 
 is still living, making her home with our subject. 
 Although quite aged, she is still active and in good 
 health. She came with her parents to Michigau 
 early in the '30s, they settling in (ir.ass Lake 
 Towiislii[), this countj", where they spent the re- 
 mainder of their daj-s. To William II. and Lo- 
 renda Pease there was born a family of six sons, 
 viz: Oscar F.. Douglas W., Charh's H., George N., 
 Eugene and DeWitt C. All of these are deceased, 
 except our subject. 
 
 The sul)ject of this sketch was the eldest child of 
 his parents, and with the exception of his mother, 
 is the only surviving member of the family. Mrs. 
 Pease is the only person living who was at the 
 head of a family at the time the first settlement 
 was made in this county. Oscar F. was reared on 
 a farm, where he now resides, and where he has 
 spent the greater part of his life. He has trav- 
 eled extensively, and spent some time on the Pa- 
 cific Slope. For a period of fiteen years he was in 
 the employ of the Michigan Central Railroad Com- 
 pany in various cap.acilies from train boy to con- 
 ductor. He finally resigned tiie latter position, 
 and then turned his attention oisco more to farm- 
 
 ing. He pursued his early studies in the district 
 
 school, and coni|)leteiI them at Albion College. 
 
 The Pease homestead comprises two hundred 
 acres of fine land, lying partly within and partly 
 without the village of Grass Lake. In addition to 
 general agriculture, our subject keeps high-grade 
 stock and makes a specially of thorough-bred sheep, 
 lie is quite prominent in local affairs, and was at 
 one time President of the \'illage Council. As early 
 as 18[>G he identified himself with the Masonic fra- 
 lernit3' at Albion, and is now a member of Excel- 
 sior Lodge, No. IIG, at Grass Lake, and he also 
 belongs to the Commandery at Jackson. Politic- 
 ally, he is a decided Democrat. 
 
 On the 1 Ith of December, 1861, Mr. Pease was 
 joined in wedlock with Miss Martha M. Hill. This 
 lady was born December 12, 1842, in Ulster 
 County, N. Y.. and is a daughter of James and 
 Catherine Hill, who came to Grass Lake about 
 185.5 fi-om New York State; the}' are now deceased. 
 Of this union there were born the following 
 children: Ralph W.; William W. and William D.. 
 who are both deceased; and an infant who died 
 unnamed. The Pease family is very well known 
 throughout this cf)unty as representing its best 
 elements. 
 
 ^^^ 
 
 i, PHILO J. HALL, senior member of the 
 firm of Hall it Kowan. proprietors of the 
 Star Clothing House, Jackson, although 
 still a young man, has had a long experi- 
 in the mercantile business and gained a thorough 
 knowledge of the stock which he carries, and of the 
 best methods of pushing his business. The firm of 
 which he is a member has not long lieen established 
 but his extensive acquaintance and previous busi- 
 ness life have enabled them to already gain a fine 
 run of custom. A full line of clothing, gent's 
 furnishing goods, hats, caps, and valises, is carried, 
 the establishment being located at No. 158 West 
 Main .Street. 
 
 Before briefly outlining the life-history of our 
 subject, a few items regarding his progenitors will 
 not be out of place. The Hall family is of English 
 ancestry, one of the early members in this country 
 
608 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 being Gen. Johnson Hall of the Revolutionary 
 ainiy nlio, for his services in the struggle for 
 American independence, i-oceived a land warrant 
 calling for six hundred and forty acres of land in 
 Onondaga County, N. Y. In that county his son 
 Isaac was born in 180.3, and after reaching years of 
 maturity married Miss Phoglje, daughter of Eiias 
 Ryder, of German descent. The family removed 
 to Michigan in 1845, first spending about three 
 years in Monroe County and tlien clianging their 
 location to Van Buren County, where Isaac Hall 
 died in 185;3. His widow afterward went^to Kan- 
 sas, making her home with a daughter tiiere during 
 the remainder of her life. Their family consisted 
 of three children, two daughters and a son, both 
 the daughters being now deceased. 
 
 William H. Hall, the onl}' surviving child of 
 Isaac and Phoebe Hall, was born in Lafayette, On- 
 ondaga County, N. V., .September 22, 182G. He 
 passed his school days mostly in his native county, 
 removing to Micliig.an with his parents in 1845 
 and afterward spending one year in Adrian College. 
 In 1848 he was united in marriage with Miss Lu- 
 cinda J. Brayman. She was a daughter of Harry 
 Brayman and was born and reared in Ohio, after- 
 ward living in Leesburg, Ind. 
 
 After his marriage William Hall .settled on a 
 farm of forty acres in Parma Township, this 
 county, adding to his estate until it comprised one 
 hundred and sixty acres. This he afterward traded 
 for a tract lying near Jackson, to which he removed. 
 In 1886 he left his farm and became a resident of 
 Jackson, where he now lives, occupying a dwelling 
 on the corner of High and Mcrriman Streets. On 
 account of the paralysis of liis lower limbs he luas 
 retired from active duties, althougii his mind is as 
 vigorous as ever. He is a stanch Democrat, and 
 has taken the Jackson Patriot since 1849. His wife 
 died in Parma, June 24, 1866. She had borne him 
 three children — George H., Philo J. and Frank W. 
 
 Phiio J. Hall was born in the town of Parma, this 
 county, December 17, 1850, and is the only living 
 child of his parents. He obtained his early schooling 
 at tiie district schools, afterward attending a select 
 school and still later being sent to Notre Dame 
 University, South Bend, Ind., where he prosecuted 
 his studies two years. I'pon leaving school he en- 
 
 tered the clothing house of Douglas & Myers at 
 Jackson, in the capacity of clerk, retaining the situ- 
 ation two 3'ears. Subsequently he was employed 
 by B. F. Eggleston, one of the oldest clothing men 
 of the eit}', with whom he remained thirteen years. 
 He next spent about eighteen months clerking for 
 Bunnell & Co., clothing merchants, and in the 
 spring of 1887 began business for himself, forming 
 a co-partnership with George Rowan. They insti- 
 tuted the Star Clothing House which has already 
 taken a high rank among the clothing establish- 
 ments of the city and will undoubtedly continue 
 its growth under their capable management. 
 
 Mr. Hall was fortunate in the choice of a life 
 companion, having been united in marriage, in 
 1880, with Miss Cora M., the daughter of S. W. 
 and Margaret Stowell, of this I'ity. The estimable 
 and accomplished bride was born, educated and 
 reared to womanhood in this place, vvhere she has 
 a large and select circle of acquaintances. She pre- 
 sides with hospitalile gnace over the neat and sub- 
 stantial residence on Cortland Street, where the 
 many conveniences and comforts of modern civili 
 zation may found. I\[r. Hall owns a good farm 
 and is now engaged in breeding fine roa "sters and 
 trotting horses, finding this an agreeable relief from 
 his mercantile trans.actions which he docs not, how- 
 ever, neglect. He also fits out and sells fine 
 matched horses, having not long since received 
 $5,000 for a span of maies noted for tlieir beauty 
 and speed. The farm is supplied with excellent 
 barns fitted up especially for the comfort and 
 proper care of the animals in which Mr. Hall de- 
 lights. He has for some time been a member of 
 Jackson Lodge No. 50, A. F. & A. M. Politically, 
 he is a Democrat. 
 
 — 3"*-: 
 
 ^^A MONTELL HARRINGTON is well-known 
 v|^^ in the agricultural and political -irclcs of 
 ^ ills community. He is at present, and has 
 been for three years. Supervisor of Henrietta Town- 
 ship, and was Township Treasurer for two years, 
 and Highw.ay Commissioner the s»me length of 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGkaPHICAL ALHUM. 
 
 609 
 
 time. In politics lie is a standi Democrat, ever 
 
 Steadfnstly ailvocaling such nieasiires as in iiis 
 opinion will lcn<i to the advancement of the town- 
 ship and county. In paitneislii|) witli Ills Ijrother 
 .lack, lie operates a good farm, comprising three 
 liiindred and si.\t_v-(ivc acres of Icrtlle land on sec- 
 tion ;"). By their ^united efforts the owners iiave 
 brougiit it to its present splendid condition, having 
 made all of the improvements, erected (irst class 
 buildings and introduced modern macliinery. 
 
 Of worthy New England stock^our subject was 
 born January 17, 1811, in ISlichigan. His father, 
 Slephen Harrington, was'a native of New York, 
 and lived in Genesee Count}', whence he came to the 
 West. In the ^car 18.'50 he located in Summit, 
 this county, and sojourned there until 1861, 
 wlien lie came to this township, and here he died in 
 February, 1877, at the age of sixty-two years. 
 His wife bore the maiden name of Levina McCane, 
 and was born in the State of New York. She died 
 in Summit when forty j^ears of age. 
 
 A family of seven children came to bless the 
 union of Stephen Harrington and his wife, and 
 they were named respectively: p]lizabetli, the eld- 
 est, died in New York; Levant, is deceased; Jack; 
 Alice. (Mrs. Charles Ilurd); Nellie, the wife of 
 Frank Olney ; Levina, who married Frank Gib- 
 bons; and our subject, all reside in this townshi(). 
 Mr. Harrington contracted a second marriage in 
 this township, Mrs. Laura Hurd liecoming his wife. 
 Tliis lady was the widow of Henry Hurd, and was 
 born in Oneida Count}', N. Y., whence she re- 
 moved with her husband about fifty years ago, and 
 became a pioneer settler of Jackson County. At 
 that time the country was wild and unsettled, there 
 Iieing only one house between Jackson and this 
 township. Dense forests were on every side, and 
 through them wild animals roamed undisturbed. 
 She has been a witness of the growth of the com- 
 munity from a i)rimitive condition, to one exactly 
 the reverse, and now has the honor of being one of 
 the oldest settlers of this township, where she lives 
 at the .age of eighty j'cars. When Mr. Hurd ar- 
 rived in this county, he pre-empted a claim of 
 Government land on section G. where he lived un- 
 til his death in IS.iO.at the age of fifty -seven years. 
 lie left, besides his wife, two cl.iMren: Cassius. in 
 
 Blackman Township, and Henry, in Mason. Tngham 
 County, this State. 
 
 The early life of our subject was passed in the 
 State of his nativity, where he received a common- 
 school education. This ho afterward supplemented 
 by genera! reading on topics of interest. He was 
 not only fortunate and discreet in his monetary 
 transactions, but was especially wise in the selection 
 of a wife, she having been to iiim a devoted help- 
 mate and a trusted counselor. She is a native of 
 England, and bore the maiden name of Sarah Bai- 
 ley, her pajents being James and Harriet (Lee) 
 Bailey, of Warwickshire, England. There Mrs. 
 Harrington was born March 31, 1846, and when 
 three years old accompanied her parents to Amer- 
 ica, they settling in this township. Mr. Bailevflied 
 in 1859, and Mrs. Bailey in 1871. Of their five 
 children, Mrs. Harrington was the fourth. The 
 others are: Eliza, .Samuel; Il.arriet and Mary, de- 
 ceased. Samuel is a citizen of Leslie, Ingham 
 County, and Eliza, is the widow of Edward Gir- 
 ard, and lives in this State. 
 
 Three children came lo bless the union of our 
 subject and his wife, viz.: Fred A., who is an in- 
 telligent and bright youth of seventeen years, and 
 Bert Ray, who is six years old. The oldest child 
 was a daughter, Nettie, and she died when four 
 years of age. Mr. Harrington is known for the 
 strict integrity of his character, and for his genial 
 m.inners, and with his family enjoys the universal 
 and merited esteem of all the community. 
 
 ^OHN R. REYNOLDS, Food Inspector at 
 Jackson, has had a more checkered career 
 and seen more of the rough corners of the 
 world than falls to the lot of many. I'ushinw 
 his way with sturdy perseverance, he has familiar- 
 ized himself with business principles, thoroughly 
 mastered the details of a good tr.ade, and pursued 
 a scientific study untd he became well versed in its 
 principles and capable of microscopical and chem- 
 ical analysis. He has been identified with various 
 movements which are calculated to benefit the rising 
 generation, to increase the material prosperity of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 the community in which he lives, and to add to 
 liic knowledge of the world. He is a son of 
 Thomas and Mary (Short) Reynolds, who were 
 natives of England, whence they emigrated to 
 America settling in New York at an early period 
 in their wedded life. Ills father was a miner dur- 
 ing bis earl}' years of manhood, but stud3ing for 
 the ministry, entered that field in the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. He was called to labor at dif- 
 ferent places and was killed by an accident near 
 Port Huron, Mich. The mother was so attached to 
 her native Cornwall, that prior to the birth of two 
 of her children she returned to the home of her 
 father, .John Short, a prominent citizen of that 
 shire, that they might be natives of her own beloved 
 land. She died about the year 1854, leaving a 
 family of vvhom but two now survive, they being 
 our subject and a sister, Mrs. Mary A. Trimble. 
 
 At the age of nine years John Reynolds left his 
 home and went to London, Canada, where his nncle, 
 William Reynolds, lived. With "liim he made his 
 home for a time, attending school, but abandoning 
 his studies at an early age to start out on his own 
 account. He traveled over several States, having 
 many of the experiences to which the homeless 
 w.anderer is subject, gaining a knowledge of man- 
 kind, and a partial insight into various lines of 
 eniplo} ment and finally going to Connecticut where 
 he sought employment in the woolen mills. The 
 occ upation did not agree witli his health and he 
 was compelled to abandon it. He then determined 
 to learn the milling business and entered a flour- 
 mill, remaining until sufBciently acquainted with 
 the details of the business, when he went to Chicago, 
 III., and embarked in that line. 
 
 Mr. Reynolds next moved to Michigan and en- 
 gaged in running a woolen-mill, doing a general 
 custom and carding business. In 1867 he sold out 
 tlie business and came to Jackson, entering the em- 
 ploy of H. A. Ha}'den & Co., with whom he con- 
 tinued twenty years, most of that time having 
 charge of their extensive mills. During this time 
 he studied chemistry and microscopy, to his knowl- 
 edge of which he owes his appointment to his pres- 
 ent position, which he assumed in 1888. While in 
 Chicago Mr. Reynolds enlisted, but on account of 
 his youthfulness he was not accepted. He however, 
 
 gave other assistance to the cause of the Union 
 helping to paj' for two substitutes when his fellow 
 employes stood a draft. 
 
 In 1881 Mr. Reynolds was elected to the City 
 Council remaining on the Alderraanic body six 
 years. While a member of the Council he helped 
 to put the fire department on a substantial footing 
 and establish several reforms in the policy of the 
 City Fathers; he was Chairman of the AVays and 
 Means Committee and a member of the same four 
 years. For several years he was one of the Direc- 
 tors of the Young Mens' Library Association. lie 
 belongs to Jackson Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M.; 
 Jackson Chapter, No. 3; Council, of R. & F. M.; 
 and Jackson Commandery, No. 9. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Microscopical Society, which flourished 
 here for several j'ears. 
 
 In 1879 the rites of wedlock were celebrated be- 
 tween Mr. Reynolds and Miss Helen Camp, of 
 Jackson. The parents of the bride were of English 
 descent, their ancestors being early settlers of Nevy 
 England and they natives of Fairfield County, 
 Conn. Both are now deceased. The happy union 
 of Mr. and Mrs. ReynoMs has been blessed by the 
 birth of two children, Edwin and Julia. Their 
 present home at No. 140 Stewart Avenue, is fur- 
 nished and conducted in a tasteful and homelike 
 manner, and under its roof the ))arents find com- 
 fort and enjoyment in the comitanionship of their 
 interesting children and their many friends. His 
 library comprises about fifteen hundred volumes, 
 and on its shelves are found some of the best sci- 
 entific, historical and philosophical publications. 
 Mrs. Reynolds is a member of the Ejjiscopal Church. 
 Politically' Mr. Reynolds is a Free Trade Repub- 
 lican. 
 
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 ^^ IIARLES P:. HOWE. 
 
 ^\ „ try and unflagging 
 ^^^' deuced in the care- 
 
 The results of iudus- 
 
 „ , oo---n perseverance are evi- 
 
 ^^<' deuced in the career of the above named 
 gentleman, who is the owner and occupant of a splen- 
 did estate on section 8, Sandstone Township. His 
 life affords a striking example to the easily discour- 
 aged young men, who, having no large capital, are 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 611 
 
 cDiilent to dawdle on thronsfh life on a small snlaiy, 
 I)oc.'iuse tliey have not the enerijy requisite to a 
 greater success. The limits of a sketch like tiiis 
 allow us onl3' to hriell_v outliiu' tiie labois in which 
 Mr. Howe lias been enjiageil, and in wiiicli for some 
 years past lie lias been well supported by iiis better 
 half. 
 
 In the iiaternal line Mr. Howe is descended from 
 Enojlish ancestors who made a settlement in New 
 England, jiiior to the Revolution. His parents, 
 Robert A. and Amy (Horsnei) Howe, were natives 
 of the Empire State, and in Dutchess County his 
 own eyes opened to the light, December 4, 1829. 
 He was reared to manliood in his native count}', 
 attending the private subscription schools, and al- 
 though tiie advantages at that time were not ecpial 
 to tliose of tiie present day, he received what was 
 considered quite a liberal education, prior to liis 
 eighteenth jear. Upon that foundation of knowl- 
 edge he has built as opportunities were afforded 
 him, becoming well versed in general topics of in- 
 terest. He acquired a knowledge of farming in his 
 early life, and to it he has devoted the energies of 
 his manhood. 
 
 When young Howe was eighteen years old his 
 father died, and he became the head of the fainilj'. 
 In 1853, with his mother, sister, and his iiepiiew, 
 James Winegar, he came to this State, locating in 
 Sandstone Tovvnshi|), this county. He purchased 
 one hundred and ten acres on section 17, a part of 
 the land being wooded, all stony and mostly un- 
 broken, with practically no improvements. I'liere 
 he resided about two years, carrj-ing on the work 
 of development, after which he removed to the 
 place now occuppied by Erank Beiin, where he 
 made his home some eight years. He cleared the 
 latter estate, changing it from the primitive condi- 
 tion to one of comfortable appearance and upon it, 
 in 1854, built the log cabin yet standing there. 
 
 In 1861 Mr. Howe settled on the farm he now 
 occupies, having purchased two hundred and fort}- 
 acres to which he has added by subsequent purchase 
 until he now has three hundred and sevenly acres 
 of fine land. He broke the virgin soil with ox 
 teams, and has virtuallj- developed and improvetl 
 the entire acreage, erecting the fine buildings that 
 now adorn it, and which testify to liis zeal and un- 
 
 flagging energy. Jn tlic course of his work in this 
 count}' he h.as endured some of the usual hardships 
 of pioneer life, and being an eye-witness to the de- 
 velopment of this section, can tell many an interest- 
 ing incident of early life and frontier scenes. For 
 some time his milling was done at Albion, Calhoun 
 County, whence the journey was made with oxen 
 over rough roads. He recalls but eight span of 
 horses throughout this section in 1853, all the work 
 being done by oxen. 
 
 In 1S()1 Gov. Blair a|)p()inled Mr. Howe Recruit- 
 ing Officer of the Third Congressional District, and 
 in that capacity he continued to act during the 
 war. He has served continuously for eight years 
 as a Justice of Peace. In politics he is a Prohibi- 
 tionist. He has been a juryman in the Circuit 
 Court .IS often as every two or three years, and 
 probably has served as frequently as any man in 
 the county. He and his wife belong to the Wes- 
 leyan JMethodist Church in the Tompkins and Sand- 
 stone circuit, and he has officiated as Class-Leader 
 a number of years. Public-spirited in the best 
 sense of that word, honorable in his business rela- 
 tions and kindly in social life, he enjoys the re- 
 spect of a large circle of acquaintances, and a 
 deeper regard of those to whom his life and char- 
 acter are more intimately known. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Howe was celebrated in 
 Delhi, Washtenaw County, in 1864, his briije being 
 Miss Sarah J. Valentine. She was born in Buffalo. 
 N. Y., November 24. 1843, and was but a child 
 when hei- parents removed to (J rand Island, where 
 the}' spent a few year-, changing their residence to 
 this State when she was about twelve years old. 
 They located in Washtenaw County, where she 
 grew to maturity, engaging in the work of teach- 
 ing after the completion of her education. l*rior 
 to her marriage she had taught in the district where 
 Mr. Howe lived. Since their marriage she has been 
 his able assistant and his cherished companion. Her 
 father is now deceased, and her mother is living in 
 .lackson, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Howe have an 
 interesting family, named respectively: DeWitt 
 C, Frank C, Florence M., A. J., Alfred C, Louis 
 A., Edith B. and Mabel I. 
 
 Of the large family of eleven sons and daughters 
 born to tlie parents of Charles E. H<>we, but three 
 
612 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 are now living. The only surviving (laughter is 
 Mary A., wife of George Lee, of Jackson; the sons 
 are the subject of this sketch, and Alexander II., 
 who is engaged in the real-estate business in Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y. 
 
 "AMES HELMER. The task of the bio- 
 graphical writer is a [ileasant one when it 
 falls to his lot to note the material success 
 (©i/l and prosperity of his subject, and the high 
 charactei' which gives him tlie esteem of all who 
 know him, and affords a worthy example to those 
 who .are aware of his life. Sueli is the case In pre- 
 paring a sketch of the gentleman above-named, 
 whose honesty and integrity are well known, and 
 whose word is considered as good as his bond. He 
 now liolds llie office of Town Treasurer of P;irma 
 Townshi|), his cozy home being situated on sec- 
 tion 2. 
 
 Onondaga County, N. Y., claims the honor of 
 being the birthplace of James Ilehiier, who first 
 saw the light of day, January i 7, 1.S20. His |)ater- 
 nal ancestors were German, his grandfather. John 
 Helmer, having settled on the German Elats at 
 Greenbush, N. Y., a short distance below Albany. 
 His p.arents, Phillip and Lena (Harter) Ilelmer, 
 were both natives of the Empire State, and lemoved 
 from Herkimer to Oriondaga County. They had 
 three children — AVilliam II., John and James — the 
 latter being the only survivor. He was reared to 
 manhood in liis native county, at the age of six- 
 teen years beginning the trade of a blacksmith, to 
 which lie devoted himself about a quarter of a cen- 
 tury. His youthful advantages in the way of edu- 
 cation vvere somewhat limited, the privileges of 
 that time not being equal to those of the present 
 day, but by reading and observation he has kept 
 well informed regarding topics of general interest 
 and uses his knowledge to good advantage. In 
 the Empire State for some yeais he followed his 
 trade as a journeyman, and also carried on a sho|) 
 for himself. 
 
 On October 15, 1843, Mr. Helmer was united in 
 marriage with Miss Laura Worden, a n.ative uf the 
 
 same county as himself, whose natal day was De- 
 cember 16, 1827. She was a daughter of Jabez 
 and Esther (Parks) Worden, who were also na- 
 tives of the Empire State. Her parents had twelve 
 children, of whom the following are now deceased: 
 Sylvia, Walter, Maria, Eliza, Lero}' and Jay. The 
 survivors are: Liberty, whose home is in Oswego 
 County, N. Y.; Mary A., wife of David Bartlette, 
 of Onondaga County, N. Y.; America, who lives 
 in the same county ; Mrs. Rachael Haiter, widow, 
 of the same county; Leandcr, who also lives in 
 that county; and Mrs. Helmer, of our sketch. Tlie 
 deceased cliildren lived to years of maturity. Her 
 father and his nine brothers were soldiers in the 
 War of 1812, and their father was Captain of the 
 company called the Silver Grays. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Helmer si.x children have been 
 born, five of whom are now living — Albert M. re- 
 sides in Parma; John B , in Spriiigport Township; 
 William H., in Parma; James E., in Sandstone 
 Township; Joseph, in Parma Township; the de- 
 ceased child bore the name of Sarah. 
 
 In 1847. with his wifeand two childien, Mr. Hel- 
 mer emigrated to Michigan, traveling on a canal boat 
 to Buffalo, thence by steam to Detroit, and by 
 train to Jackson County. He brought his family 
 to Parma Townshi|), making his home for a time 
 with his brother, and chopping wood. Shortly 
 after '. is arrival he erected a blacksmith-shop on 
 section 14, running it about a ye:ir, and also assist- 
 ing in various kinds of farm vvork and other labors. 
 lie then built a shop at Gidley Station, one mile 
 east of tlie village of Parma, but carried it on onl3- 
 about ten months. He later, in 18G6, ran a shop 
 in Jackson a j-ear. He bought his farm in 18.i3, 
 the estate consisting of two hundred and forty 
 acres in Parma Township, l)ut after a time sold it, 
 purchasing it back in 1866. In 18.i.5 he had re- 
 turned to his native State, following iiis trade in 
 Onondaga County a year, but coming again to the 
 West and settling in Springport Township, where 
 lie resided nine years. It was at the expiration of 
 this time that he spent a year in Jackson, after 
 which he located permanently in Parmi Township. 
 
 Mr. Helmer lias been Treasurer of the Township 
 tw 1 j'ears, and Highway Commissioner for an 
 equal length of time. In polities, he is a Prohibi- 
 
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 613 
 
 tionist. His social and benevolent spirit finds its 
 outlet in the Masonic I^odge nl I'arnia. He be- 
 longs to tiie Methodist Episcopal Chinch, in niiicli 
 he liolds the ofliccs of Steward and Trustee. He 
 belongs to the .lacl<son Mutual Fire Insurance 
 Company-, and lias served on the Board of Audi- 
 tors. His estimable wife and iiiniself, while still in 
 their jirime, are enjo3ing tiie fruits of useful and 
 industrious lives, and while recalling many scenes 
 of pioneer life, rejoice in the civilization which 
 they see about them. 
 
 John ilelmer, the grandfather of our subject, 
 served during seven years of struggle for Ameri- 
 can independence without receiving a scratch, and 
 the father of our subject served during the War of 
 1812. Albert and .lohn, two of our suliject's sons, 
 joined the army of their country during the late 
 Civil War, John being but fifteen years old. when 
 he enlisted. 
 
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 ^^ EOROK C. LORD. The subject of this no- 
 Ill (=^ tice has been a resident of Michigan since 
 ^^3' 1B25, and of Grass Lake since 1852. Ihe 
 years which have intervened form the history of a 
 career honoral)le in the extreme, and that of a man 
 who has not only made for himself a good record 
 as a member of the community, but who has been 
 more than ordinarily- successful in the accumula- 
 tion of this world's goods. A leading merchant 
 of Grass Lake, he has during the thirty-eight j-ears 
 of his residence here, established himself firmly in 
 the confidence and esteem of a large circle of friends 
 and acquaintances. Not only just to his fellow- 
 uien, liut generous, he is kindly spoken of by all as 
 one who has really been a benefactor to those about 
 him. 
 
 Mr. Lord comes of sturdy New England stock, 
 his ancestors being of a strong, self-reliant, energetic 
 class, that sent so many brave and resolute men to 
 the subjugation of the wild West at a time when it 
 lay in its primitive state, inhabited principaliv by 
 Indians and wild animals. The forefathers of .Mr. 
 Lord were probably early settlers of Conuecliciit, 
 
 the birthplace of his immediate ancestry, and were 
 of English descent. His paternal grandfather. 
 Richard Lord, was boiii in that State, and died in 
 Sharon, Mich. His son. David E., father of our 
 subject, first opened his eyes to the light of day in 
 the year 17i»5, in London, Conn. His parents re- 
 moved to New York Slate when he was young, 
 where he was reared and received his education, 
 this being such as was afforded at that early day. 
 
 The father of our subject, after attaining to man- 
 hood, turned his attention to the study of medicine 
 and soon afterward entered one of the Eastern medi- 
 cal colleges, from which he was duly graduated. 
 He immediatel)' entered upon his professional du- 
 ties at Moravia, Caj'uga County, N. Y., where he 
 practiced continualU' until 182."^. Then coming to 
 Michigan, he located in Ann Arbor, putting up the 
 first frame house in that place. He followed his 
 profession there until his death, in 1830. He ac- 
 cumulated a good property and was always ready 
 to lend a helping hand to church and charitable in- 
 stitutions. He was an active member of the Pres- 
 byterian Church for many years. He was the first 
 County Clerk of Washtenaw County. 
 
 Mrs. Mary (Fargo) Lord, the mother of our sub- 
 ject, was l)Ovn in Herkimer County, N. Y""., and died 
 in Manchester, this State. There were born to her 
 and her husband, five children, two sons and three- 
 daughters, of whom George C. was the second 
 born. His native pLace was Cayuga County, N. 
 Y'., and the date of his birth August 22, 1820. He 
 ■was five years old when his parents came to iMichi- 
 gan, and received a good education, entering the 
 academy when suitably advanced. Whenbuta boy 
 he gained an insight into mercantile [jursuits as a 
 clerk in Ann Arbor, and was suliseqiiently thus cm- 
 ployed until going into business for himself. At 
 the age of twent^'-thrce yeais, desirous of a change, 
 he turned his attention to farming, which he fol- 
 lowed near Sharon, Mich., until 18.i0, and in 1851 
 he went to Dowagiac, Cass County, Mich. In 1852 
 he came to Grass Lake, and established himself 
 as a general raerchant,auil has since continuousl3' fol- 
 lowed this business, dealing in all kinds of produce 
 in connection v.ith dry goods, and also in live- 
 stock. At the same time he carried on milling and 
 farming. He possesses a clear lieatL a sound intel- 
 
614 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 lect, and is a man to be relied upon in any and 
 every emergency. 
 
 A sturdy advocate of tbe policy of the Demo- 
 cratic party, Mr. Lord is keenly interested in all 
 the questions of the day, pertaining to the welfare 
 of our country. He believes in the principles of 
 Masonry, and has been connected with the frater- 
 nity many years, having taken the Chapter degrees. 
 He is in full sj-mpathy with the Congregalioniil 
 Church, and contributes liberally to its support. 
 His home is pleasantly located in the town, and 
 I)resided over b}' a most estimable lady, who in her 
 girlhood was Miss Adelia E. Osborn, and to whom 
 he was married at her home in Washtenaw County, 
 N. Y., December 9, 1847. INIrs. Lord was born in 
 Columbia Count}', N. Y., in September, 1827, and 
 is the daughter of IMelvin and Adelia (Pierce) Os- 
 born. Her parents were natives of Long Island, 
 N. Y., and spent their last years in Michigan. 
 Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Lord, the 
 eldest died in infancy; Edward, .John and Florence 
 also died young. 
 
 ^^EORGE ROWAN is a member of the tiim 
 11/ of Hall & Rowan, proprietors of a first- 
 
 '^Jjj class clothing establishment at No. 158 
 West Main Street, Jackson, carrying the finest line 
 of goods in the city, and commanding a largo 
 trade. Our subject is a tine representative of the 
 native-born citizens of Jackson County, who are 
 carrying on the work their fathers began, and are 
 doing much to advance the financial interests of the 
 county, and are otherwise exerting a beneficial influ- 
 ence in promoting its prosperity and development, 
 Mr. Rowan was born in Spring Arbor Township 
 August 18, 1846. His father, Stephen H. Rowan, 
 was a native of St. Lawrence County, N. Y., born 
 in 1801. He lived thereuntil 1812, when he went 
 to Genesee County, where be was reared to man's 
 estate; and there was married in August, 182.5, to 
 Miss Polly Harrington, who was born in Coopers- 
 town, Otsego County, N. Y., June 13, 1808. They 
 began their wedded life in Genesee County, mak- 
 ing their home there five or six years, and then 
 emigrated to Michigan in October, 1831, making 
 
 the journey to Buffalo with teams, thence b}' lake 
 to Detroit, and from there to Jackson with an ox 
 team, this latter stage of the journey occupying 
 eight days. They settled in what is now Summit 
 Township, just across the road from the residence 
 now owned and occupied by Alonzo McCain. Mr. 
 Rowan immediately built a shanty upon his home- 
 stead, covering it with basswood and basswood 
 bark, and moving into it when it had neither floois 
 nor window-lights. He and his family continued 
 to live in it about a j'ear and a half, and then took 
 possession of the farm now owned by Chester R. 
 Hariington, which Mr. Rowan had purchased. 
 They resided there some years, and then moved 
 into what is now Spring Arbor Township, and lo- 
 cated on the "■ Coal Mine Farm," and made that 
 their home for manj- years. Eventually they re- 
 turned to Summit Township, and there the last 
 years of the father was passed, his death occurring, 
 however, at the residence of our subject, December 
 10, 1874, while he was staying there temporarily. 
 His widow now makes her home with her children. 
 They were the parents of eight children, as follows: 
 Orlando M., who died in Hillsdale County, when 
 twenty-two years old; Horace W., who died in 
 Iowa in 1885, at the age of fifty-nine years: Le- 
 mont C. ; Jeanette, who died when young; Lay ton 
 C, who died when about six years old; Ann E., 
 who is the wife of William J. Smalley; Rosette, 
 who is the wife of Abbot Stiles; and George. 
 
 The latter, of whom we write, was reared on the 
 farm, and assisted his father in tilling the soil when 
 not attending the district school, where he laid the 
 foundation of his education, which was advanced 
 by attendance at the Union School in Jackson. 
 After leaving school he continued in agricultural 
 pursuits until 1878, when he entered upon a mer 
 c.intile career in Jackson as a clerk for Mr. Bun- 
 nell. He remained in his employ until 1888, and 
 tlien entered into business on his own account, 
 forming a partnership with Philo J. Hall, and open- 
 ing a clothing store at their present location. They 
 have a well-appointed establishment, a store 26x120 
 feet deep, well fitted up, and supplied with a very 
 large stock of ready-made clothing, where a gen- 
 tleman may obtain a complete outfit, with the ex- 
 ception of boots and shoes. 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 To the lady who i)resides over his home and 
 makes it cozy and attractive alil<e to iier lioiiseiiold, 
 and to the numerous friends tiinl often share its 
 graeious liospilality. Mr. Rowan was united in mar- 
 riage in I)eeeml)er, 1!S71. 'I'hey have one son. 
 Kranl<. who is a student in Ihi^ .laclvson Business 
 College. .Mrs. Rowan's maiden name was Delia L. 
 8timson,a daughter of Frank Sliinson,of tliis eounty, 
 and she was horn in Erie County, N. Y. 
 
 Mr. Rowan is manly and liljeral-spirited, and is 
 endowed with other good ((ualities that make him 
 a useful eitizen, and have seeured him the respect 
 of the community. lie is straightforward ami fail- 
 in his business dealings, and prom|)t and method- 
 ical, which traits have contributed not a little to 
 his success. Politically he^is a Republican. 
 
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 ?^jEOUGE MOGFORD, a conductor on the 
 Ft. Wayne Branch of the Lake .Shore Rail- 
 road, is a well-known and valued citizen of 
 Jackson, where he has a pleasant home at No. 136 
 Third'Street, which he purchased in 1874. He is 
 of English birth and antecedents, born January 
 22, 1842, in Tiverton, Devonshire, England. John 
 Mogford, his father, was also a native of Tiverton, 
 a son of one John Mogford, who was a life-long 
 resident of England, and carried on the business 
 of a merchant tailor in Tiverton until his <leatli. 
 
 The father of our subject learned the trade of a 
 merchant tailor and at the time of his father's 
 death succeeded him in business, which he man- 
 aged till his honorable and usefid life wns brought 
 to a close in February, 1871. 'I'ho maiden name 
 of the mother of our subject was Jane Yeo, and 
 she spent her entire life in Tiverton. Ten children 
 were born of her marri.age, three of whom came to 
 America. John first lived in Rome. N. 1'., and 
 went from there to Ix)ndon. Canada. William set- 
 tled in P>rooklyn. X. Y., and carried on painting 
 and paper-hanging at No. 4«7 Atlantic Avenne, his 
 sons succeeding him in business at the time of his 
 death. 
 
 At the early age of twelve years our suliject, a 
 sturdy, intelligent, self-reliant lad, left the shelter 
 
 of the parental roof and venturing out into the 
 
 world on his own account, set sail for this country 
 from the East India docks in London, March 'J, 
 18,y4, landing in New York A|iril 1 I. following. 
 He at oi;c(^ joined his brother John in Rome,'N.Y., 
 and went with him to London, Canada, where he 
 advanced his education by attendance at the ex- 
 cellent public schools of that cit}'. When sixteen 
 years of age he commenced In learn blacksmithing, 
 and after serving an apprenticeship of two years, 
 he obtained a situation in the New York Horse- 
 shoeing shops on Lnrned Street in Detroit. He 
 continued there till the spring of 1802. when he 
 engaged to assist in government surveys in the 
 Ci)per Peninsula willi Col. (4raham and Capt. Gil- 
 man. In the fall of that year he secured a position 
 as brakeman on the Detroit and Milwaukee Railwaj'. 
 He was promoted to be baggage master, and sub- 
 sequently to be conductor. In 1870 he lesigned 
 his position on that railwa3% and on March 9 of the 
 same year accepted the position of conductor with 
 the Ft. Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railwaj-, and 
 when the road was leased to the Lake Shore Com- 
 pany he retained the conductorship, and has now 
 held that position for a period of twentj- years up 
 to the present time, his run extending from Jack- 
 son to Ft. Wayne. He is extremely popular with 
 the i>atrons of the road, who find him ever cour- 
 teous, attentive, and obliging. 
 
 Mr. Mogford was married June 28, 1871, to Mary 
 E. McDermott, a native of Detroit and a daughter 
 of Eugene A. and Winifred (Nolan) McDermott, 
 well-known pioneers of that city. Mrs. Mogford 
 is a lady of refinement and culture, and her pleasant 
 home is the center of true hospitalitj', often ex- 
 tended to her numerous friends. Four children 
 have been born of her union with our subject, 
 namely : Georgien E., James L. McDermott. Mary 
 Irene and Edward George. Religiousl}', ;\Irs. 
 Mogford is a Roman Catholic, while Mr. Mogford 
 was reared in the faith of the Episcopal Church. 
 
 A man of sound understanding, of liberal views 
 and cornmenila(>le public spirit, Mr. ^logford is a 
 very useful member of society, one whose opinions 
 on public sul)jects are valued, as he is well-in- 
 formed on all toi)ics of general interest. Politically, 
 he is a Democrat, and holds steadfastly to the doc- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 triiies of his party. lie h.as served very acceptably 
 on tlie Board of Aldermen in this city, representing 
 the Third Ward for a period of two terras. He 
 was for three years Cliairnian of the Committee 
 on Claims and was a member of tlie Committee on 
 Ways and .Moans, for one year. He is now Presi 
 dent of the Board of Fire Commissioners, and 
 socially, is a member of Michigan Lodge, No. 50, 
 A. F. & A. M., Jackson Cliapter. No. 3, R. A. M., 
 Commandery No. 9, K. T. He was for two years, 
 1887 and 1888, President of tlie Passeng'er Con- 
 ductors' Life Insurance Company of tlie United 
 ■States, being elected to tiiat position in Philadelphia, 
 and filling its varied duties with credit to himself 
 and to the public satisfaction. 
 
 We direct tlie readers' attention to a htliographic 
 portrait of Mr. Mogford, on another i)age of this 
 volume. 
 
 J»|ONATHAN TRUiNIBULL. There is prob-- 
 |i ably not within the limits of Rives Town- 
 i! ship, a citizen more widely or favorably 
 fj known or one held in more general respect 
 than he with whose name we introduce this 
 biographical outline. His life occupation has l;een 
 that of a farmer and we find him comfortably sit- 
 uated amid the surroundings of a pleasant home 
 on section S.j, where he has instituted one of the 
 old landmarks, forming a monument to his indus- 
 try and [lerseverance which will exist long after he 
 has been gathered to his fathers. 
 
 It must not by an3' means be supposed, however, 
 that Mr. Trumbull is an aged man, as, on the con- 
 trary, he is in the prime of life, having been born 
 November 20, 1848, and is a native of this count}- 
 having first seen the light in Rives Township. 
 He is the son of an old and honored pioneer. Eras- 
 tus Trumlnill, a native of Colchester, Conn., who 
 was born May 11, 1809. The latter came to this 
 region fifty-three years ago and with the exception 
 of one year spent in Cass County, this State, was a 
 continuous resident here. 
 
 Benjamin Trumbull, the paternal grandfather of 
 our subject was probably likewise a native of Con- 
 necticut and followed the profession of law at Col- 
 
 chester. He married a Miss Elizabeth Mather and 
 died at the advanced age of eighty-four years, in 
 1850. His wife died at Colchester in 182.3. The 
 paternal great-grandfather of our subject lived to 
 be eighty-four years old. He was a man of much 
 erudition and wrote a history of Connecticut. On 
 the maternal side, Grandfather John Haywood was 
 born in Devonshire, England, and died in Michigan 
 about 1820. at the age of sixty-five. His wife's 
 maiden name was Rosamond Bradford. She like- 
 wise was a native of England, and died December 
 26. 1876, in Jackson County. Mich., aged seventy- 
 six years. The three children born to this worthy 
 jjair were named Ann, Tamzen and Elizabeth, the 
 eldest being the mother of Mr. Trumbull, now liv- 
 ing in Rives Township, and being sixty-one j'oars 
 old. Elizabeth died at the age of fifty years in 
 Henrietta, this county; Tamzen died when ten years 
 old. 
 
 The children born to Grandfather Benjamin 
 Trumbull and his estimable wife are noted as fol- 
 lows; lienjaniin M., who was in the United States 
 Land Office in Nebraska, died September 2, 1866; 
 John S. was born in 1821 and died in this county 
 February 1, 1880; David D. was born in 1811 and 
 ilied in this county October 18, 1889; Lyman 
 Trumbull, attorney at law at Chicago, 111., is now 
 seventy six years old; George died in Chicago 
 October 19, 1888; Erastus, the second child was 
 born in 1809 and is now living in this county; Sarah 
 became the wife of J. H Trumbull, who died several 
 3'ears ago, and she is now living in New Haven, 
 Conn, aged sixty-four years. To Benjamin and 
 Ann (Haywood) Trumbull there were born the 
 children mentioned as follows: Jonathan, our 
 subject, who was the eldest of the family; Laura 
 who was born September 21, 1850, and who died 
 November 12, 1854; Julia, who was born June 24, 
 1852, and is now at home; Laura E. who was born 
 March 2, 1855, and Caroline, who was born Octo- 
 ber 31, 1858, and is now living with our subject. 
 Ltuira E. became the wife of Dr. C. A. Littler, of 
 Onondaga, Ingram County, this State, July 12, 
 187 7, and tiiey have one child, Robert T., who was 
 bom October 30, 1884. 
 
 The subject of this notice spent his early years 
 amid the (piict pursuits of farm life, acquiring a 
 
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 t'oiiiiuoii-schodl vdiu'nlioii and remaining undci- the 
 lionie loot' until his niariagc. This interesting nnd 
 important event occnrred October 18, li"71, thu 
 the hiirle being Miss Agues, 'laughter of Jolm H. 
 and Fanny (Kelly) Wheeler. Mrs. Agnes Triun- 
 luiU died in I88.J. leaving one child, Herbert, wIkj 
 is now at home. Tlie f.'irni of Mr. Trnnibidl com- 
 prises eighty acres of choice land, he having s )lil 
 eighty acres of his original pnrcliase. His Land is 
 very fertile and has been l)rought to a high state of 
 cultivation. The elegant residence was erected in 
 1883 at a cost of 13,000; it is finely linished, hand- 
 somely furnished and is coini)lete with modern ar- 
 rangements in the interior, while its surroundings 
 arc indicative of relined tastes and ample means. 
 Mr. 'rrnmbull in his farming operations mak'cs a 
 specialty of Durham cattle. He gives his political 
 allegiance to the Di'mocral party and is serving .as 
 Supervisor of his Township his second term. He 
 belongs to the A. O. l'. W. lodge at Jackson and 
 was, one time connected with the Patrons of Indus- 
 tiy. From a sketch published in a Connecticut 
 paper some time since, we glean the following: 
 ••The family of Trumoull, primitively Turnliull, 
 trace their origin to a peasant named Ruel, who 
 having bj- his strength and courage saved the life 
 of King Robert Bruce of Scotland from the attack 
 of a wild bull in Sterling Park, was given by his 
 Sovereign the estate of 15adyruel near Peebles, 
 ^nd the name and arms since borne by his descend- 
 ants. Such, says tlie genealogical chart of the 
 TrumbuH's, was the genesis of their family. Then 
 comes a gap of years and ?iiore three hundred years 
 between Bruce (A. D. 1300) and John Truml)ullol 
 Newcastle-on-Tyue, England, who came to America 
 in 1637. settling in Massachusetts. This interreg- 
 num of three and a half centuries, a representative 
 of the family, at present in England, is diligently 
 attempting to fill. 
 
 •'It does not appear that the name was generally 
 written Trumbull untill about ITiJC. Readers of 
 these sketches have observed the early orthograph\ 
 has been adhered to, for such was the practice of 
 the Rev. Benjamin to 1768-6!), at which date he 
 seems to have conformed to what had become the 
 general observance by all tlie branches of the lain- 
 II v. Hereafter Trumbull will be used. 
 
 "When the ordination services of Mr. Trumbull 
 were over and the large delegation had gone home, 
 matters in the parisli settled in their old lime chan- 
 nel, although we must not su|)i)ose so marked an 
 (jccasion was lightly dismissed. The people talked 
 of it for a long lime. Thirteen ministers and 
 twelve messengers were duly iiilleted around tlie 
 parish and as the services occupied the most part 
 of two days everybody was sure to become more 
 ov less interested. There was quite likely more 
 theology discussed and more hot eider drank than 
 on an\- similar occasion in the parish before or 
 since. 
 
 "Hut now tlie>- are all gone. The society had 
 voted that Madam Trumlile should 'set' in the pew 
 where Madam Stiles 'sets.' " One committee 
 cleared up the 'society lot;' another was rectifying 
 the bounds of "the green;" a third was repairing 
 the sanctuary, while the fourth was wrestling with 
 the problem '-how to till up vacancies in the seats 
 of the meeting house." Everybody apparently 
 was busy. A ministerial rate of two ponce on the 
 pound wa-i established for Mr. Trumbull's support 
 and this rate of taxation was maintained without 
 much lluctuatioii for some years." 
 
 
 -5*- 
 
 FRANSISCO. One of the finest 
 (;rass Lake Township has been 
 by the subject of this notice, 
 whose thrift and indnstrj- is aiiparent on 
 every hand. He is one of those men who, com- 
 mencing in life at the foot of the ladder, have by 
 a courso of unflagging industry, prudence and good 
 judgment arrived at .an enviable position, socially 
 and linanci.ally. among their fellowmen. Like 
 many of the successful men about him, Mr. Fran- 
 %teco is a native of New York State, and was born 
 in Tomjikins County, January 6, 1837. He is the 
 offspring of an excellent family, being the son of 
 Benjamin and Rachel J. (Earls) Frans'isco, who 
 were natives respectively of A'ermont and Eastern 
 IS'ew York. 
 
 The father of our subject removed witli his jja- 
 rents to Allegany County. N. Y., when he was 
 
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 quite j'oung, and he was tliere reared and married. 
 Tiien returnino; to Vermont he sojourned in liis 
 native place for a time, but subsequentlj' went 
 back to New Yorii State, and settled in Tompkins 
 County, where he lived until about 1850. That 
 year he came to Barry County, this State, of which 
 he is still a resident. He has followed farming all 
 his life, and at one time was a man of large means. 
 Subsequently he met with financial reverses and 
 never recovered his fortune. He has now arrived 
 at the advanced age of eighty years. The family 
 is of old Huguenot stock and noted for longevity. 
 
 The mother of our subject accompanied her family' 
 in their various removals, and died while visiting 
 in Norville, this county, in 1884, aged seventy-six 
 years. The parental family consisted of the follow- 
 ing children: the eldest, a daughter, Lavina, be- 
 came the wife of Charles Crawford, of Ithica, N. Y., 
 and is now deceased ; Julia A. is the wife of James 
 Nickbocker, a farmer of Barry County, this State; 
 John is farming in this county; Lucinda is the wife 
 HoUis Knowles, of Los Angeles, Cal. ; Sarah J. mar^ 
 ried Leonard Lewis, of Barry Count3', and she is 
 now deceased; Charles is faiming in that county; 
 Mary became the wife of Sheldon Brunson a me- 
 chanic, of Hastings, Mich., and is now deceased; 
 Amelia, Mrs. Henry Brunson, lives in Hastings; 
 Benjamin is farming in California; Henry E.. our 
 subject, was the sixtii child. 
 
 The subject of this sketch spent the days of his 
 boyhood and youth under the parental roof, and 
 after leaving the primar\' schools attended the 
 Baptist College, at Kalamazoo, most of the time 
 fur five years. He was of studious habits, and de- 
 cided upon following farming for his life vocation. 
 He was thrown upon his own resources at an early 
 age, but by hard work and close economy he had, 
 in 1861, enough money to make a purchase of land, 
 .selecting a tract on section 3, Grass Lake Town- 
 ship. He operated upon this until the spring of 
 1879, and then sold outand removed to California, 
 but in the fall of the same year returned to this 
 ctiunty and purchased the farm which he now owns 
 anil occupies. This comprises two hundred acres 
 of choice land, finely located on section 22. INlr. 
 Fransisco has erected one of the finest residences 
 in the township, besides t!n-ee large barus, and 
 
 thus has ample facilities for the successful prosecu- 
 tion of agriculture, the storage of grain and the 
 shelter of stock. He has gathered together the 
 latest improved machinery. 
 
 The marriage of Henry E. Fransisco and Fran- 
 ces A. Babbitt was celebrated at the bride's home, 
 in Grass Lake, April 3, 1861. This lady was born 
 in 1835, in New York, and is the daughter of Levi 
 and Lucy ( Winchester) Babbitt, who came to 
 Grafs Lake, in 1837, from Rochester, N. Y. Levi 
 Babbitt was born in Massachusetts. January- 30, 
 1805, and died in Grass Lake, October 20,1860. 
 He was one of those m.en who form one of the 
 foundation stones ©f a community, and by his up- 
 right life and abilities of a high order, has obtained 
 for himself a good position among his fellow-men. 
 He was chiefly interested in farming, and accumu- 
 lated a large property. Mrs. Lucy (Winchester) 
 Babbitt was born April 23, 1807, at Petersham, 
 Mass., and died at Grass Lake, April 15, 1874. 
 
 Mr. Fransisco has traveled extensively and is 
 thoroughl}' informed upon all the leading ques- 
 tions of the day. He has been for years warmly 
 interested in the temperance question, and is a 
 lively Prohibitionist, signif3'ing his interest in the 
 cause by contributing freely of his time and means 
 as he has opportunity. He votes the Prohibition 
 ticket. He is not connected with any religious 
 organization, but is prominent in the order of Good 
 Templars. 
 
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 fc^ ON. WILLIAM G. BROWN, one of the rep- 
 )j; resentative pioneer citizens of Parma Town- 
 ■ -^'^' ship, occupies a valuable estate on section 
 (.(^ 2. This location became the home of our 
 subject in the spring of 1850, at which time the 
 land which he now owns was largely in a primi- 
 tive condition, the improvements which it bears, 
 and its splendid condition in ever3' respect being a 
 standing monument to his industry and energy. 
 The acreage amounts to six hundred, and Mrs. 
 Brown owns about four hundred and fift^' addi- 
 tional. It is indeed a model farm in an artistic 
 point of view, as well as for the products raised 
 upon it, and forms one of the finest rural homes in 
 
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 tlie entire Stcate. Mr. Brown makes a specially of 
 raising fine horses, and has been pre-eniinenlly siic- 
 cessfnl from a business jioint of view. 
 
 Tiie suliject of lliis notice was born in 'J'ouipixins 
 County, N. V.. !M;uch i), 1821, being a son of Kbe- 
 lU'zer and Elizabetii ((Joodwin) Brown, niio were 
 also natives of the Empire State. In lHSi> lie ac- 
 companied his father, (his mother having pre- 
 viously died), to Michigan, the father purchasing 
 (iovernment land in Springport and Parma Tow^n- 
 shii)s, this county. Me is sui)[)Osed to be the sec- 
 ond settler in Springi)ort Township, where he made 
 but a short stay, ere i-emoving to the farm now oc- 
 cupied by his son, om' subject, fie subsequenti}' 
 changed his residence to Spring Arbor Township, 
 where he died. 
 
 William G. ISrown was practically roared to man- 
 hood in this county, amid scenes of pioneer life, 
 and has therefore witnessed a large part of the im- 
 provement here. In his boyhood he attended the 
 public schools of Tompkins County, N. V., and a 
 select school at Fleming, and upon this foundation 
 he has reared the structure of general intelligence 
 and extended information by those means which 
 are open to all who desire to continue the accumu- 
 lation of knowledge. During his 30unger days he 
 engaged in teaching, but abandoned pedagogical 
 labors, to take up the business of faiining and stock- 
 raising. 
 
 In all his worthy efforts in life during the past 
 forty years, Mr. Brown has been ably seconded by 
 a devoted wife, to whom he was united in marriage 
 in January, 1848. She bore the maiden name of Lu- 
 cinda Laiidon, and was born February 10, 1821), in 
 Cayuga County, N. Y. Her parents, Herman and 
 Betsey Landon, were natives of 'Sew York and 
 Massachusetts, res|)ectivelj-, but settled in this 
 count}' in 1835, among the early pioneers of Spring- 
 port Township. The father was a Whig in politics, 
 and a well-informed, but principally self-educated 
 man. He died some years since, but his widow still 
 occupies the Lan Ion estate in Springport Town- 
 ship, being now in her eighty-second year. 
 
 Mrs. Brown is the only surviving child of the 
 six who were born to her parents. She has borne 
 her husband five children, two of whom, Louisa 
 and Carrie, are decease<l. The survivors are: Mary 
 
 .1., wife of Henry B. Fallis, of Grand Rapids; Ben- 
 ton (;., of Springport Townshi|); and Herman L., 
 who lives with his parents. As her father settled 
 in the woods, the early lioux^ in this count}' being 
 a log house, the earlv training of Mrs. Brown was 
 obtained amid pioneer scenes, and with such ad- 
 vantages as could be gained in .S|)ringport Town- 
 ship. They developed in her those qualities of 
 character which make her useful in every de|)art- 
 menl of life, and gain for her the respect of all who 
 know her. 
 
 For a year after his marriage, Mr. Brown lived 
 in S[)ringport Township, but he then removed to 
 his ()resent home. He has become well-known for 
 his integrity in all transactions with his fellow-men, 
 and for his intelligence, especially in politicnl mat- 
 ters, of which he has made a study. His hospital- 
 ity is unbounded, and his public spirit is also well- 
 known. Both he and his wife belong to the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and are active mem- 
 bers of the societj' of their locality. Mr. Brown 
 has held various ofHcial stations in the church, and 
 in loc.'d affairs. He was School. Inspector of Spring- 
 l)ort Township for a time, and has served several 
 3'ears in that capacity in this township. For nine 
 years he was .Supervisor of Parma Township, seven 
 years being a successive incumbency of the office. 
 He is a stanch Prohibitionist, and on two occasions 
 his name has been an the ticket as a candidate for 
 Lieutenant-Governor: on the first occasion Mr. 
 Fish, of Port Huron was the nominee for Governor, 
 and on the second, the candidate was Mr. Sagen- 
 dorph, now of Jackson. Mr. Brown served one 
 term in the I^egislature of this State in 18G6-67. 
 
 N,SOX UPDIKE, a retired farmer, living 
 on his valuable, highly improved farm in 
 Leoni Township, is one of the oldest resi- 
 dents of .Southern Michigan in point of 
 settlement, as he came to this State with his parents 
 in territorial days as early as 1827, and w.ns reared 
 amid the pioneer scenes of Washtenaw and Jackson 
 Counties, his Lather first purchasing a large tract of 
 land in the former countv, and three vcars later 
 
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 settling in tbis county and developing a fine farm 
 within its borders. It lias thus been our subject's 
 privilege to witness almost the entire growth of 
 this part of the country ; to see the primeval forests 
 give way before the ax of the frontiersmen, the 
 swamps drained and fitted for cultivation by their 
 skill and energy, and smiling farms, thrift}- villages, 
 busy towns and populous cities where once the 
 Indian hunted the wild beasts of the wilderness; all 
 these evidences of an advanced civilization testify- 
 ing to the untiring energy, force of character, and 
 far-sighted enterprise of the men who have had the 
 making of Michigan. Our subject has not been an 
 onlooker onl^-, but he has borne an honorable part 
 in l)ringing aljout the great changes wrought since 
 he attained to man's estate, by the assistance that 
 he has afforded in developing the resources of this 
 county as an intelligent, keen-sighted, successful 
 agriculturist. 
 
 New York is Mr. Updike's native .State, the town 
 of Ulysses, in Tompkins County, being the place 
 of his birth, and July 5, 1818, the date thereof. 
 His fnther, Ralph Updike, was born in New Jersey, 
 which .State is supposed to have been the liirtbplace 
 of his father, Ralph Updike. IJuring some period 
 of his life the grandfather of our subject removed 
 from New Jersey to Tompkins County, N. Y., the 
 removal thither being made with teams, that part 
 of tlic countrj' at that early day being but sparselj' 
 settled and in a wild condition. He bought a tract 
 of forest covered land in the town of Ulysses, de- 
 veloped it into a farm, and continued to reside in 
 the county until his earthly |)ilgriniage was brought 
 to a close. 
 
 The father of our subject was but a bo3' when 
 the family moved to New York, and there he w-as 
 reared to man's estate. He early learned the tiade 
 of a millwright and boat builder, and followed 
 those callings in Tompkins County until 1827. In 
 that year he too became a pioneer, coming with his 
 wife and children to the wilds of the then Terri- 
 tory of Michigan, journeying on the canal to Buffalo, 
 thence by the lakes to Detroit, and from there to 
 Ann Arbor with ox-teams. There being no carriage 
 roads the trip into the interior of Michigan occu- 
 pied five days. Ann Arbor, which was then the 
 most western settlement in the territory, thev found 
 
 I to be only an insignificant hamlet of a few log 
 I houses. Mr. Updike immediately began looking 
 for a proper location, the land thereabouts still 
 being in the bauds of the Government and for sale 
 ' at $1.25 per acre. He soon selected and purchased 
 a tract of four hundred and eighty acres of land 
 ! two and one-half miles south of Ann Arbor, lie 
 : erected a log house, splitting shakes for the roof, 
 and making a rude fireplace to cook bj'. with an 
 earth and stick chimne}'. He resided tl'.ere three 
 years, and then located in Grass Lake, in this 
 county, one mile west of the village of that name. 
 He built a log house on the tract of Government 
 land that he purchased, and being very industrious, 
 at the time of his death had cleared and improved 
 quite a farm. The maiden name of his wife was 
 Margaret Richie, and she was born in Tompkins 
 Count}', N. Y., her father, Lawrence Richie, a na- 
 tive of New Jersej-, being a pioneer of that county. 
 The mother of our subject survived his father four 
 years, and then she, too, passed away, dying on the 
 home farm. They were the parents of eight children, 
 of whom seven were reared to manhood and wo- 
 manhood : Anson, Orrin, Paulina. Louisa, Lyman, 
 Caroline, Jane and DeWitt. 
 
 The subject of this brief biographj' was nine 
 years old when he accompanied his parents to ^lich- 
 igan, and he remembers well the incidents of the 
 pioneer life in the wilderness that followed, and that 
 deer, bears, wolves and other ^yild animals were 
 often seen by the early settlers, while the Indians 
 lingered here for man}' years after the}' settled 
 here. When he was young all the grain was cra- 
 dled, and then the seed was either trampled out or 
 threshed with a flail. For some years Detroit, many 
 miles away was the nearest market for supplies. Mr. 
 Updike was reared to agricultural pursuits, and 
 settled on the farm on which he still makes his 
 home, in 18.58. It comprises four hundred acres of 
 fine farming land, is under excellent cultivation, 
 and is amply provided with machinery and good 
 buildings, among which we may mention the com- 
 modious brick house in which he lives and a roomy, 
 substantial barn. Mr. Ui)dike has been very much 
 prospered in his undertakings and is reckoned 
 among the substantial, well-to-do citizens of the 
 county. In the management of bis affairs he has 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 exercised keen jiiil^iiiont, iiinrked foresight, and the 
 wise iconoiny lliat knows when to spend judiciously 
 as well as how to save. He has been in ill-lioaltli 
 for some years, but his ample income allows him to 
 live in retirement in his comfortable home. Durinj;^ 
 his many years of residence in this county his life 
 of unswerving integrity, of unpretentious goodness, 
 and of kindly deeds has gained him a waiin place 
 in ihe hearts of his fellow-citizens, and no one in 
 this township is justly liekl in greater honor and 
 esteem than he. He has always taken an intelligent 
 interest in |)olitics, and in early life idcntilied him- 
 self with the Whigs, joining the Iie|)ublican partj' 
 after its formation. Ife is a faithful and zealous 
 member of the Methodist Kpiscopal Church, and 
 has done as nuieh to promote the moral welfare of 
 the community as to advance its material interests. 
 March II. 1839. was the date of the marriage of 
 Mr. Updike with Miss Harriet .S. Updike, a native 
 of Tompkins County, N. Y., and a daughter of 
 Ralph and Mary (Pickell) U|)dike. Their marriage 
 was blessed to them by the birth of seven children, 
 five living, namely: Montgomery, Marilda, Her- 
 man, .Sidney and Milo. On the 17th d.ay of Febru- 
 ary, 1887, after a peaceful and happj- wedded life 
 of nearly half a century, our subject was bereft of 
 the companionship of his beloved wife. She was 
 worthy of him, ever a devoted wife and mother, 
 and a kind friend. She was likewise a (communicant 
 of the Methodist Kpiscopal Church, and in her daily 
 life showed that her religion was not a mere form, 
 but was deeply' seated in her heart. 
 
 KNRY W. GIFFORD. The Umpire State 
 has contributed a large number of tirst-elass 
 citizens to the settlement of this county, 
 among whom may be mentioned him with 
 whose name we introduce this sketch. A native of 
 Washington County, N. Y., he was born August 8, 
 1819. and there spent the first fourteen years of his 
 life. Then with his parents he removed to Mont- 
 gomery County, where they resided three years. 
 Their next removal was to Wayne County, and 
 
 there Heiiry W. lived until nineteen years old. 
 We ne.\t find him in Cayuga County, where lie 
 worked nearly three years on a farm. 
 
 In 1841. Mr. Giffonl with his wife and one child 
 came to Michigan, and he purchased forty acres of 
 land on section S. Parma Township, for which he 
 paid $1 12..')0. Upon this the little family took up 
 their abode, occupying it until 18.55, when Mr. 
 GifTord sold out and jjurchased his present farm. 
 This com))rises one hundred and sixty acres of 
 good land, and is located on section 7. When he 
 took |)ossession he settled practicall3' in the woods, 
 from which scarcely- a stick of timlier had been cut. 
 Securing some lumber, he put up a rough board 
 house, and moved into it with his family before it 
 had either doors or windows. Their life thereafter 
 was sin)ilar to the lives of other pioneers of this 
 county, and which has been described so many 
 times in this volume. They endured many hard- 
 ships, but finally patience and perseverance brought 
 their legitim.ate reward. In addition to the im- 
 provement and cultivation of this farm, Mr. 
 Gifford interested himself in the general welfare of 
 the commui\ity, and was soon recognized as a 
 valuable citizen. He served as Justice of the 
 Peace, was at one time Commissioner of Highw.aj's 
 and also a member of the School Board of his dis- 
 trict. Politically-, he is a sound Republican, and 
 has always given his encouragement and support to 
 the enterprises calculated for the advancement of 
 moralit}' and education, and in his own life has 
 furnished an example of the peaceable and law- 
 abiding citizen well worthy of imitation. 
 
 Mr. Gifford contracted matrimonial ties, March 
 8, 1843, with Miss Annie H. Hoag, who, like him- 
 self, was a native of New York State, and born in 
 Rensselaer County, Februar3'^ 2, 1820. The par- 
 ents of jMrs. Gifford were Asa and Elizabeth 
 (Norton) Hoag, likewise born in New York State, 
 and whom it is believed were of English ancestry. 
 This union resulted in the birth of six children, 
 only two of whom are living — Calista E., the wife 
 of W. E. Thornton, of Detroit, and Jessie, .Mrs. 
 Frank Feldaman, of Parma Township. Tl-e Hoag 
 family for several generations have been (Quakers 
 in their religious belief. 
 
 The childhood and youth of .Mr'S, Giffonl wei'e 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 passed in a comparatively uneventful manner uncler 
 the parental roof, where she remained until her 
 marriage. She has been in all respeots the true and 
 faithful helpmate of her husl)and, cheerfully bear- 
 ing with him the trials and hardships of pioneer 
 life, and like him numbers her friends by the score 
 in this county. Mr. Gifford in 1851 took a trip to 
 California, crossing the plains overland with a 
 team, which journey occupied about four months. 
 He remained on the Pacific Slope until December, 
 1853, occupying part of his time in tiie mines, and 
 the balance in a sawmill. This experiment proved 
 fairly successful, but he finally concluded that the 
 Wolverine State was the most desirable for a place 
 of residence, and returning to Parma Township, 
 has since here contentedly remained. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Theron and 
 Lydia (Withey) Gifford, who were natives of New 
 York, and of English and Scotch ancestry respect- 
 ively. Grandfather Withey served as a soldier in 
 the War of 1812, and spent the closing years of his 
 life in New York. The Giffordshave been (Juakers 
 in religious belief as far back as our subject has 
 any record. He was the eldest of five children, of 
 whom the following survive: Henry; Mary, the 
 wife of John Cornell (brother of the late Ezra 
 Cornell, founder of Cornell University', N. Y.): 
 Waller C, a resident of Newaygo County, this 
 State; and Calista, Mrs. Elijah Vermylia, of Lapeer 
 County. 
 
 ■yf OSIAH CRAMB, who took up his residence 
 in Norvell Township in 1866, after a series 
 of years spent in the practice of industry 
 and economj', is now living retired from 
 active labor on a snug homestead on section 29. 
 This comprise* twenty-nine acres of well-developed 
 land, while on section 33, he has one hundred and 
 sixteen acres, this latter being occupied by his son 
 Austin. The estate is embellished ^ith a fine set 
 of farm buildings, which speaks well for tlie pro- 
 gressive and enterprising spirit of the proprietor. 
 Mr. Crainb before coming to this county, lived 
 in Bridgewater Township, Washtenaw County, 
 froni IS.jl until 1866. He was born in Lehigh 
 
 County, Pa.. .January 22. 1830, at his father's home- 
 stead in Heidelbnrg Township. The fs.ther, Peter 
 Cramb. was a native of Northampton County, Pa., 
 and the paternal grandfather was a native of Ger- 
 many. The latter crossed the Atlantic when a 
 young man. and occupied himself as a farm laborer 
 in Pennsylvania the remainder of his life. He, 
 however, did not live to be aged, and died in North- 
 ampton County. lie married a New Jeisey lady, 
 who accompanied her parents to the Keystone State, 
 and who survived her husband many years, living 
 to be quite aged, and dj'ing in Northampton 
 Countj'. 
 
 Peter Cramb was one of a family of two sons 
 and a daughter, and was but a mere lad at the 
 time of his father's death. He learned the tailor's 
 trade, and was married in Lehigh Count}', to Miss 
 Anna Keener, who was born there. Her parents, 
 Daniel and Rosena (Cline) Keener, were natives of 
 New Jersej', where they were married, and whence 
 thfy afterward removed to Lehigh County, Pa. 
 They were members of the Lutheran Church, to 
 whose doctrines their forefathers had adhered for 
 manj- generations. 
 
 Mrs. Rosena (Keener) Cramb was well educated 
 under the instruction of her father, and remained 
 unde-r the home roof until her marriage. Her father 
 followed farming until about 1854, anil then the 
 family all came to Michigan, and settled on land in 
 Bridgewater Township, Washtenaw County. On 
 that farm Mrs. Cramb spent the remainder of her 
 days, being called from earth when fifty-five 3"ears 
 old. Mr. Cramb subsequently went to the home 
 of his daughter, Mrs. Jacob Nase, in Clinton, this 
 State, where he died about 18GS, wlien nearly sev- 
 enty j'ears old. He and his wife were Lutherans 
 in religious belief. 
 
 The subject of this notice was the eldest child of 
 his parents, whose family consisted of three sons 
 and five daughters. These are all married and liv- 
 ing in comfortable homes of their own, presenting 
 a family circle still unbroken by the hand of death. 
 Josiah learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner 
 in his youth, and was married in Monroe County, 
 Pa., to Miss Sally Anglemj'er. Mrs. Cramb was 
 born in Monroe County, Pa., Januar}' 5, lS33,and 
 is the daughter of John and Catherine (Rhode) An- 
 

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 62; 
 
 gleuivcr, who were nutivcs of Pennsylvania, wliere 
 tlicy were reared and married. Afterward lliey set- 
 tied in Poeono Townsliip. Monrijc C'ountv, where 
 they s])ent tlie remainder of tlieir lives. Mr. An- 
 glemyer was quite ayed at the time of his decease, 
 but iiis wife died in lier prime, at the a<re of for'y- 
 two years. 
 
 Mrs. Craml) was one of eit;lit children born to 
 iier parents, and is the eldest of the four now liv- 
 ing. Of her union with our subject, there have 
 been born four children, one of whom, a daughter, 
 Emma, died when two weeks old ; I^ouisa is the wife 
 of William fihuart. ami they live on a farm in Nor- 
 vell Township; Austin married Miss Ada Burchara, 
 anil has been before spoken of us operating his 
 father's large farm; Minnie B., a very bright and 
 intelligent young lady, I'emains with her parents. 
 Mrs. Cramb is a member in good standing of the 
 Episcopal Church. Mr. Cramb, politicallj-, is a 
 sound Democrat. He was once elected Justice of 
 tiie Peace, anil has been Township Treasurer. 
 
 .yr^Il'BERT B. HOGLE. It is seldom the lot 
 'll (=7 of the biographer to encounter a liner rep- 
 \j^ill resentative of the substantial elements which 
 have conspired to bring this county to its present 
 position, than tha-t indicated in the character of Mr. 
 Hogle, who is a native-born citizen of Michigan. 
 He first opened his eyes to the light in Ionia 
 County, September 21, 1839, and in 18.52 took up 
 his residence in Sandstone 'rownsbip, to whose ma- 
 terial prosperity he has contributed in no small de- 
 gree, lie is occupied in tilling a fine body of land 
 on section 5, which he has brought to a good state 
 of cultivation, and whereon he has erected substan- 
 tia; buildings. He ranks as one of the well-to-do 
 farmers of this community, and occupies no sec- 
 ondar3- position in business and social ciicles. 
 
 The offspring of an excellent family, our subject 
 is the son of William and Laura (Tyrril) Hogle, 
 the former of whom was a native of New York 
 State, and of (U'ruian ilcscenl. The mother was 
 
 born in New Hampshire, and traced her ancestry 
 to England. The maternal great-grandfather of 
 our subject, whose name was Rider, did good ser- 
 vice for the Colonists in the Revolutionary War. 
 William Hogle came to Michigan probably about 
 183.J, and settled in Ionia County, where he was 
 mariied and became a prominent and well-to-do 
 citizen. His first purchase was a ti'act of Govern- 
 ment l:ind. which was mostly covered with timber, 
 and the family settled in the woods and suffered all 
 the hardships and privations of pioneer life. There 
 was born to them a large family of children, the 
 following of wiiom survive: Gilbert P..; Josei)hine, 
 a resident of this county; Erwin, living in Calhoun 
 County; Emma, the wife of Earl K.aymond, of 
 Sandstone Townsiiip; Augusta, Mrs. Tripp, of 
 California; Belle is the wife of Andrew "Watts, of 
 Spring Ariior Township; Dora is living in Cali- 
 fornia, and Carrie is the wife of Frank Wellman.of 
 Sandstone Township. 
 
 William Hogle was prominent in local aflfairs, and 
 whde a resident of Ionia County, served as a .Jus- 
 tice of the Peace. Politically, he was a stanch 
 Democrat, the friend of education and progress, 
 and deeply interested in the welfare of his adopted 
 county. He died at the homestead in Standstone 
 Township, November 18, 1882. His wife Laura 
 survived him a few years, and died in Sandstone 
 Township, February 28, 1887. 
 
 The subject of this sketch spent the first twelve 
 years of his life in Ionia County, this State, then 
 came with his parents to this county, settling 
 shortly afterward in Sandstone Township upon land 
 now owned by Nelson I. Peterson. Subsequently 
 they lived in various parts of the county. Gilbert 
 like his brothers and sisters, was required to make 
 Idmself useful at an early age, and enjoyed only the 
 advantages of a lii:iited education. He keeps him- 
 self i)osted upon current events, however, and is a 
 man from whom one may .-ilvvays learn somethin"- 
 of jiractical value. 
 
 Miss Mary Malinda Lcighton, a native of New- 
 York State, was wedded to our subject. December 
 27, 1 «()(;, the ceremony taking place at the bride's 
 home in Eaton County, .Mich. This lady w.as the 
 daughter of Alvin and Anrilla (Alden) Leighton, 
 .and was born April K!, I.sn. .Mr. and .Mrs. Hoolo 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 are now the parents of three children — Homer, 
 Alice, and Jessie. After remaining the faithful and 
 affectionate companion of her husband for fourteen 
 j'ears, Mrs. Hogle was called awaj' b}- death, Julj- 
 1, 1880. We copy the following notice of tlie 
 death of Alvin Leighton, wlio passed away at his 
 home in Hamlin, Eaton County. Mich., July 26, 
 1888. aged seventy-nine years, five months and 
 twenty-three days. 
 
 "Mr. Leighton was born in the State of Maine, 
 February 3, 1809; removed witli his father to the 
 State of New York at the age of ten years, and set- 
 lied in Wayne County; coming to that place in a 
 one-horse vehicle, changing fron) wheel to sleigh, 
 and sleigh to wheel as the going permitted. He 
 grew to manhood in tiiat place, and at the age of 
 twenty-two, was married to Miss Aurilla Alden, 
 April 19, 1833, and settled in the town of Sodus. 
 where they lived until 18.54, when trading his farm 
 for Michigan land, he brought his family to this 
 State, and settled on the place where he has since 
 resided; it being a new place, he has cleared him- 
 self a home and has made the wilderness to bloom 
 as the rose (as it were). 
 
 "Six childten blessed this union, all of whom 
 grew to manhood and womanhood : One George J. 
 gave his life to the service of his country, in the 
 late war; Mary Malinda, Mrs. Gilbert Hogel, died 
 in 1880. The four which still survive, are Alden 
 Leighton, of Montague; Mrs. Sarah Giddings, of 
 Eaton Rapids; F. S. Leighton, of Hamlin ; and Mrs. 
 Urana Brown, of I^lleudale. Dak. The latter was 
 unalile to attend the funeral. 
 
 '■Mr. Leighton was twice married. His first wife 
 died, and he was married to Mrs. Sarah Hill, who 
 stil! survives him. Soon after his first marriage, he 
 was converted, and joined the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, of which he continued a faithful member 
 to his death. Mr. Leighton was next to the young- 
 est of five children, all of whom had passed on 
 before, except the youngest brother, George Leigh- 
 ton, of Otsego, Allegan County, Mich. 
 
 "The funeral services were held at the Griffitli 
 Church, on Saturday afternoon, July 28, conducted 
 by the pastor, the Rev. William Taj'lor, who 
 preached a very appropriate sermon from Revela- 
 tions, XIV, 13: "Blessed are the dead who die in 
 
 tht Lord from henceforth: yea saith the Spirit that 
 they maj' rest from their labors; and their works do 
 follow them." 
 
 During the first j'ear of the Civil War, ilr. Hogle 
 on the otii of September, 1861, enlisted as a Union 
 soldier in Company C, NijBth Blichigan Infantry, 
 becoming a part of the Army of the Tennessee. He 
 participated in the battle of^Murfreesboro, where 
 he was wounded in the left knee, and was thereaf- 
 ter confined in the hospital about four months. He 
 was then unfitted for further military duty, and 
 was given an lionorable discharge in December, 
 1862. He now enjoys a monthly pension of $10. 
 He went with his regiment to Kentucky and Ten- 
 nessee, sojourning most of the time in the Blue 
 Grass State, and being in the service about fifteen 
 months. 
 
 After leaving the array, Mr. Hogle returned to 
 his native State, and in 1868, made permanent set- 
 tlement on his present farm. This embraces two 
 hundred acres of good land, while he owns seventy 
 acres elsewhere. In politics, he is independent, and 
 supports those whom he considers best fitted for 
 office. On another page of the Album will be 
 found a lithographic |)ortrait of Mr. Hogle, vvho is 
 numbered among the leading citizens of his town- 
 ship. 
 
 ;'iEA'. SIDNEY ALDRICH, is a local Deacon of 
 the Concord Ciicuit of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal '^'hurch. He is w'ell read, a man of 
 fine intelligence, and a thorough theologian, 
 but now after the arduous labor of many years is 
 practically retired, and living amid the comforts of 
 a pleasant home in Spring Arbor. He and his es- 
 timable wife are held in high esteem among the 
 people of this place, and their home is the frequent 
 resort of the man^- friends whom they have gath- 
 ered around them during their sojourn in this 
 county. 
 
 Mr. Aldrich was born in Suffolk County, Eng- 
 land, January 2, 1817. and wiien three years old 
 went with his parents to Kettleborough, where he 
 attended a private school for a time, but at a very 
 early age was [wt to work, his parents being in 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 (>■>'.) 
 
 liriiitfd iiriuui,>t:iini's. lie dislinctly reracinbi'is 
 tlie :i])|)(>;iraiice of Pramlinglinm Castle, which was 
 wiiliin a mile of where he attended school, and 
 was the scene of many an interesting story in the 
 olden time. By improving his leisure hours he 
 succeeded in obtaining much useful knowledge in 
 his youth, and remained with his parents until a 
 lad of fifteen years. Learning then that his uncle, 
 David Aldrich, intended emigrating to America, 
 he obtained the consent of his [jarents to accom- 
 pany him. and started on the long voj-age in March, 
 1832. They embarked at Yarmoulii on a merchant 
 sailer, the "Baltic," l)ound for Quebec, and after a 
 voyage of seven weeks and three days landed on 
 Prince Edward's Island. Voniig Aldrich hail little 
 enjoyment during his o :ean voyage, being ill 
 nearly all the time, and was shut in the hold of the 
 ship three days at one time, on account of a stornt 
 in which the masts were carried away. 
 
 Mr. Ahlrich remained in (Quebec until May, then 
 repairi'il to Plattsburg, >>'. V., where he hired out 
 on a farm at -^(J per month; ^5 in cash, the rest in 
 merchandise. About this time he experienced re- 
 ligion, and jiiinc<l the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 giving ^3 of bis liaril earned money to the minister. 
 The following summer be worked on the same farm 
 at >>~ per month. In l.s.'il be went to Buffalo, and 
 cemmenced an apprenticcshi() at carriage-making, 
 serving four yeais, and thereafter was emplo\ ed .as 
 a journeyman. In 18311 he went to Clarence, N. V., 
 where he worked at his trade one year, in the mean- 
 tinio appropriately celebrating the Itli of July, that 
 year, by his marriage with Miss Lydia A. York. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Aldrich was born in Onondaga 
 County, N. Y., September 23, 1818, and is a 
 daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth York. Stephen 
 York was one of the earliest retUers on the Holland 
 Purchase, being located near the town of Clarence, 
 Erie Count}', where he spent the remainder of bis 
 days. 11 is wife was a very well educated lad}-, 
 and was emijloyed as a teacher; she died in Liberty 
 Township, this county, March 2, 1882. 
 
 In 1840 Mr. Aldrich went into business for him- 
 self, put up a house and shop, and engaged in the 
 manufiicture of carrl.iges, first giving employment 
 to two hands, and later increasing his facilities and 
 employing more. lie likewise bought thirty acres 
 
 of land, which he cidlivalid in loniicction wltli his 
 other business. His health becoming impaired he 
 was not able to do much work himself, and finally 
 abandoning the factory, purchased sixty acres of 
 land in Newsted. where lie engaged in farming 
 for ten years. 
 
 In .January, ISfi-J, Mr. Aldrich took nj) his line 
 of march for Illinois, intending to purchase land, 
 but becoming ill at Urbana returned In the way of 
 Jackson, and stopping with a friend was persuaded 
 to buy a farm of one hundred acres in Summit 
 Township, this county. Returning then to >Cevv 
 York State he brought his family hillu-r, and loca- 
 ting on his new purchase, dug out the stumps and 
 stones, cidtivated the land, and became prosper- 
 ous. He added forty acres, and remained upon 
 that farm until 1881 . Then, on account of his wife's 
 heallli. be rented the place and purchased one hun- 
 dred and si.xty acres in Liberty Township, in the 
 vicinity of Lil>erty Mills. This icmoval, hov/ever, 
 proved of no avail, as the wife and mother passed 
 away soon afterward. He then sold the Liberty 
 Township farm to his son. and resided with his son 
 Geoige, in Summit Township, one year. On the 
 21th of February, 1883, be was marrieil, in Jack- 
 son City, to Mrs. L. M. Dunnelt. This lady is a 
 d;uigliter of Leonard AVoodworth, a native of Ver- 
 mont, who removed to Saratoga Count}-, N. Y., 
 (uiorto his marriage, and sojourned there until his 
 death. His wife, Abigail Parks, was born in that 
 count\', and is the daughter of Solomon Parks, one 
 of its pioneers, Mr. Parks carried on farming and 
 merchandising, and at his own expense built a 
 bridge across the Hudson River. His wife died in 
 Akron, N. Y., about 1866. Of the eleven children 
 born to them seven grew to mature years, viz.: Su- 
 san and Lorinda now deceased; Solomon P., a resi- 
 dent of New York State; Warren and Benjamin, 
 deceased ; and Selden, who lives in Spring Arbor 
 Township, this county. The latter served as a 
 Union soldier from the beginning until the close of 
 the Civil War. 
 
 Mrs. Aldrich was born June 5, 1824, in Saratoga 
 County, N. Y., and lived there until a child of ten 
 years on a farm. She was only seven years old at 
 the time of her father's death, and lived with a sis- 
 ter, but attended the best schools and acquired a 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 good education. In 1843 she removed to Akron, 
 N. Y., and on the 1st of July, 184G, was married 
 to George B. Dunnett. Tlie latter was born and 
 reared in Clarence, N. Y., and was a shoemaker bj- 
 trade. He engaged in business in Akron, where 
 his death took place May 7, 1863. Mrs. Dunnett 
 subsequently carried on a millinery business until 
 coming to Jlichigan with her brother Selden in 
 1869. Subsequently she removed to Jackson, 
 where she remained until her marriage to our 
 subjeci. 
 
 Mr. and BIrs. Aldrieh after their marriage re- 
 mained in Jackson until April, 1883, and then 
 coming to Spring Arbor, Mr. Aldricli purchased a 
 home, and is now living retired from active la- 
 bor, with the exception of acting as administrator 
 for the estate of Betsey Weldy. 
 
 After thoroughly studying the Scriptures and 
 theology Mr. Aldrieh began preaching in Newsted 
 Township, where he received his license as a local 
 preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 
 1860 he was ordained as a Free Methodist Deacon. 
 Upon coming to Michigan there was no church of 
 this denomination, and he was invited to take 
 charge of the Moscow Circuit, and was thus occu- 
 pied one year. Since then he has officiated as a 
 local Deacon, and although solicited to join the 
 regular conference, declined to do so on account of 
 advanced age. He was very successful in his la- 
 bors in the Master's vineyard, instituting many 
 revivals, and laboring as he had opportunity to 
 promote the good work. He is a Trustee and 
 Steward in the church at Spring Arbor, and has 
 officiated as Class-Leader many years. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Aldrieh are the parents of nine 
 children, who were born as follows: Orlando W., 
 March 30, 1840; Allen F., February 10, 1843, died 
 January 11, 1889; Anna L. was born March 5, 
 1845; Harriet A., June IG, 1846; Edgar L., born 
 September 25, 1850, died December 13, 1857; Sid- 
 ney G. was born September 4, 1853; Charles A., 
 born May 25, 1855, died April 10, 1868; Clarence 
 A., born March 30, 1858, died March 28, 1859; 
 Homer Willie, born January' 29, i860, died No- 
 vember 23, 1883. Orlando W., at the age of 
 twenty-one, enlisted as a Union soldier in the Four- 
 teenth New York Infanti'y, and served over two 
 
 years. He was slightly wounded at the battle of 
 Fredericksburg, a ball striking him in the nose. He 
 was a bright j'oung man and a close student. After 
 returning home lie was married, then went to 
 Bloomington and entered the Wesleyan Unversity. 
 from which he was graduated with the degree of 
 A. B., A. M. and Ph. D. Later the degree of 
 LL. D. was conferred uj)on him b}' Piince Albert 
 University at Ontario, Canada. He commenced the 
 practice of law in Bloomington, and subsequently 
 was Professor of Law and German in his ahaa 
 mater, also editor of the Monthhj Jurist, at Bloom- 
 ington. He possesses fine literary talent, and is the 
 author of "Contracts," and other law books. He 
 finally went to Columbus, Ohio, where he became 
 Attorney for the Mutual Insurance Com}ian3' of 
 Columbus, a position which he occupied some 
 years. He afterward turned his attention to agri- 
 culture, and is now living on a farm near Colum- 
 bus. He still prosecutes his law practice, however, 
 and is recognized as one of the leading attorneys 
 of the city. 
 
 Allen F., another son of Mr. Aldrieh, served in 
 the One Hundredth Ne.v York Regiment, was pres- 
 ent at several battles, and upon one occasion was 
 obliged to swim a river, which resulted in his con- 
 tracting a severe cold, on account of which he was 
 confined in the hospital, and finally received his 
 honoral)le discharge. Upon returning home he 
 engaged in farming in Liberty Township, and was 
 also interested largely in fruit growing, and was a 
 member of the Pomological Society. Ann L., Mrs. 
 Charles Filley. is a resident of Osceola County, 
 this State; Harriet A., Mrs. Roscoe Lewis, lives in 
 Gratiot County; Sidney G. was graduated from 
 Jackson High School, and then from the law de- 
 partment of Michigan State University. He prac- 
 ticed in A^ermontville until his health failed, and is 
 now farming in Gratiot County; Willie II. was 
 also graduated from the Jackson High Scliool, after 
 which he stai'ted an insurance business before 
 reaching his majority. Subsequently he was en- 
 gaged in the same business in Columbus, and after- 
 ward went to Chicago, where he was foreman of a 
 tannery, and died there of malaria. 
 
 Mr. Aldrieh, politically, is a Prohibitionist, and 
 fiequently has served as a delegate to tlie State 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOG^RAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 C31 
 
 conventions. He was a strong Abolitionist during 
 slavery limes, aiiil has assisted many a fugitive 
 along the underground railroad to Canada, feeding 
 and sUoltering tlicm, and protet'ting them in times 
 of danger, besides paying tiioir passage to the Do- 
 minion. It will llius be seen that he is a reformer 
 in the slrielesl sense of the term. 
 
 The father of our subject was Elijah Aldricli. a 
 native of Palgraph, Norfolk Count}', England, 
 and born in 1797. He was reared on a farm, and 
 followed agricultural pursuits his entire life, which 
 was si)ent near his birthplace. lie was a Baptist in 
 religious be-lief, and died wl-,en about fift3'-five 
 years t)ld. The maiden name of his wife was 
 Sidonia Vincent; she was born in Norfolk County 
 in 179;?, and died in 18.50. Her remains rest in the 
 Baptist Church at Cliasfield. The four childrei; 
 besides our subject who grew to mature years, all 
 died in England, lieing named respectively. James, 
 Letitia, Edgar and Anna. 
 
 ■- '^ .^--^'i,i-^. ,j 
 
 S)HEODOKE A. KIXG. In a county that 
 has been settled as long as has this one, 
 
 ^ well-improved farms are the riile. and many 
 are to be seen that present a very attractive ap- 
 pearance. One of the most beautiful of these, in 
 Spring Arbor Township, is that owned and occu- 
 pied by the subject of this sketch. It comprises 
 three hundred and si.xty-two and a half acres on 
 section 7, watered by Spring Brook, and bearing 
 improvements of more than ordinary worth. The 
 estate forms two farms and almost the entire acre- 
 age is under the plow, requiring three teams in 
 continual service for the farm labor. Thrifty or- 
 chards, several barns, all other necessary farm 
 buildings, a windmill and tank, firm scales, and 
 modern machinery of various kinds prove the thrift 
 and elliciency of the owner. The residence, which 
 is located three miles from Parma, is not only well 
 designed and subst.anlially constructed, but is fur- 
 nished with every comfort and convenience of the 
 the modern farmhouse. 
 
 The owner of this valuable estate was born in 
 Spafford, Cenesce County, N.Y., January 29, IHSo, 
 
 but has been almost a life-long resident of this sec- 
 tion. His granilfather, George King, a native of 
 Connecticut, was an early settler in Genesee Count}'. 
 N. Y., where he died. He was a shoemaker by 
 trade, but he also followed farming. He took part 
 in the War of 1812, among his active engagements 
 being that of Bl.ack Bock, and he w.as present at 
 the burning of Buffalo. His son. Fenner, was born 
 in Genesee County and owned a sm.all farm there, 
 which he sold in 1837 and came to Michigan. 
 Buying one hundred and sixt}' acres of land at 
 ^4..")0 per acre, as a beginning, he was prospered 
 in his agricultural efforts, and subsequently added 
 to his original purchase until his landed estate 
 amounted to live hundred and lifty acres. In 1857 
 he Sold that farm, and [lurchasing land near Parma, 
 resided there until his death, in December. 1880. 
 at the age of seventy-three years. He was a sub- 
 scriber and ilonalor to the Michigan Central Col. 
 lege, which was started at S[)ring Arbor. In early 
 life he was a Baptist, but he afterward identified 
 himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Fenner King married IMiss Eliza .1. Godfrey, 
 who was born in the same coiuity as himself, and 
 who died in 1841, at the ;ige of twenty -one years. 
 She had borne two children — LaF.aj'ette, now de- 
 ceased; and Theodore A. Her father, Lebbens 
 Godfrey was a native of New P^ngland and a 
 farmer in the Em[)ire Slate. Mr. King married a 
 second time, being united with Miss Nancy Perry, 
 of the P>mpire State, who died in Parma some 
 years since. She bore him five children — James 
 IT., of South Dakota; Horace, of Parma Tovvnship. 
 this county; Charles, of Spring Arbor Township; 
 Eliza J., now Mrs. Stimson. of Parma; and Emma, 
 who died in Albion. 
 
 The gentleman who is the subject of this bio- 
 graphical notice was in his third year when brought 
 to this county. The journey was performed b}' 
 boat to Detroit and by ox-team to .Spring Arbor, 
 where our subject was reared and educated. He 
 had the advantages of the common district school 
 and of the college at. Spring Arbor, and was early 
 set to work upon the farm. He remained under 
 the parental roof until he had attained to man's 
 estate, becoming thoroughly .acquainted with the 
 the details of .agricultui'al pursuits and well equip- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 perl for his future career. In 1861 he bought a 
 part of the home farm, paying $33 per acre for the 
 same, and began improving it. He also, in com- 
 pany with his brother. LaFayette, worked some of 
 the balance of the farm, their connection continu- 
 ing two years. Since that time Mr. King has added 
 to his originnl purchase until his estate amounts to 
 the fine acreage before noted, and upon which he 
 has made .all the improvements it now bears. 
 
 Mr. King devotes considerable attention to stock- 
 raising, keeping excellent breeds of all the domes- 
 tic animals, and being especially interested in 
 horses and sheep. He owns an interest in a full- 
 blooded imported Pcrcheron horse, "Pride of the 
 West," whose weight is sixteen hundred and fifty 
 pounds, and a high grade Cleveland liay, "Porter," 
 weighingabout fourteen hundred pounds, who takes 
 first premiums at the fairs. The son has two stand- 
 ard-bred colts. Mr. King raises Oxford Down 
 shce)), full-blooded or of high grade, on which he 
 also receives the blue ribbon. His hogs are of the 
 Poland -China breed and tlie cattle are full-blooded 
 Short-horns. Mr. King is a member of the County 
 Agricultural Society, in which he has been a Di- 
 i-ector for 3'ears, and in the work of which he is 
 actively interested. His own premiums last year 
 amounted to $50. He is also a stockholder in the 
 Parma Horse Breeders' Association, which he was 
 the means of organizing in 1886; this association 
 has a line track, and is doing much to improve the 
 stan<lard of equines throughout the vicinity. 
 
 The lady to whose intelligence, grace, and fine 
 character Mr. King owes the comfort of his home 
 and ranch of the pleasure of his existence, bore the 
 maiden name of Delia Chapel. She was born in 
 Spring Arbor Township, July 24. 1839, and was 
 educated in the Spring Arbor and Parma scho(>lF. 
 Her marriage to Mr. King took place at her home, 
 in Si)ring Arbor, April 7, 1858. The union has 
 been blessed l)y the birth of six children — Fenner, 
 who died when five years old; Ro^'al; Eva, who 
 died in 1882, at the age of sixteen years; Jesse 
 and Josie, twins, who died in infancy; anci Ray, 
 who is still with his parents. Royal is farming in 
 Spring Arbor Township; he married Miss Kittie 
 Gear and h.as two children — Cl3'de and Eva. 
 
 The father of Mrs. King was David Chap '1, a 
 
 native of Hartford, Conn., and a son of Chorlatt 
 Chapel, of the same State. The latter was engaged 
 in farming there until 1835, when he came to Mich- 
 igan and made his home with his son, David. He 
 and his wife died of small-pox in 1839. David 
 Chapel was a carpenter and joiner. In 1883 he 
 came West with two yoke of oxen and a i art, and 
 located on Government land in Spring Arbor 
 Township. He improved the land, being success- 
 ful in that line of labor and becoming the owner 
 of about three hundred acres. He built all the 
 buildings upon his farm, and being an excellent 
 mechanic, in early days ho made all the coffins 
 needed in his neighborhood. He v,-as Countj^ Su- 
 perintendent of the Poor several years, and Town- 
 ship Supervisor one year. He finally retired to 
 Parma, where he died in 1875. 
 
 The wife of David Chapel, and the mother of 
 Mrs. King, was born in Shoreham, Vl., and bore 
 the maiden name of Sarah Avery. Her father, 
 Ashbel Avery, was born and died in Vermont. His 
 widow brought her family to Michigan about the 
 year 1833, settling in Sandstone Township, this 
 county, -where Sarah became the wife of David 
 Chapel in 1834. Her religious belief coincided 
 Willi that expressed by the Ba[)tist Church, of 
 which she became a member. Her death occurred 
 in 1875. the same year in which her husband died. 
 She was the mother of six children: Delia, Mrs. 
 King; George W., a prominent farmer of Spring- 
 Arbor Township; Royal, who is in the employ of 
 the Michigan Central Railroad, at Kalamazoo ; 
 RoUin, now deceased; David, a farmer in Spring 
 Arbor Township; and Elizabeth, the second child, 
 is deceased. 
 
 Blr. King is recognized as a man of .•ibility not 
 only in the accumulation of property, but in more 
 public capacities, and has been called u|)on to 
 serve his fellow-men in several ways. He has been 
 a member of the School Board; was Township 
 Treasurer four years and Supervisor in 1875, 1876 
 and 1888. He has also served on juries, and has 
 been a member of the Township Central Commit- 
 tee and delegate to two State conventions. He be- 
 longs to the Republican part3' and is a strong 
 .advocate of temperance. He belongs to the Ma- 
 sonic fraternity, being identified with Lodge No. 
 
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 635 
 
 183, A. F. it A. M ,at Pairna, of which he has been 
 Treasurer for fifteen years; the Royal Arch and 
 Cominandery, No. i), at Jackson. In addition to the 
 business and social qualities which win the esteem 
 of his fellow-men, Mr. King is a useful and con- 
 sistent member of the Presbyterian Church, being 
 Trustee and Clerk of the organization at Parma. 
 
 EMUEL DWIGHT GROSVENOR, a skill- 
 '^' ful architect of Jackson, has been the de- 
 ^ signer of the finest buildings in the city in 
 which lie makes his home, as well as many of those 
 in the capital of the State and elsewhere. His 
 plans are not only tasteful, but well adapted for 
 the purposes for which they are intended, the prac- 
 tical knowledge of INIr. Grosvenor in the trade of 
 a carpenter and joiner, and his experience in build- 
 ing, giving him a correct estimate of |)roper ar- 
 rangements in the interior. 
 
 The subject of this biographical notice comes of 
 families wlio have been classed among the most 
 prominent citizens of Connecticut and Massachu- 
 setts and have filled positions of res])onsibilit3' 
 before the public. The tliird generation preceding 
 him in the paternal line brings us to the Rev. Dan- 
 iel (Jrosvenor, a minister of the Congregational 
 Church, who during his j'ears of pastoral labor 
 preached in Sutton, Paxton, and other towns of 
 Massachusetts. The last years upon eartii of him- 
 self and his wife, Deborah Hall, were spent in 
 I'etersham and their mortal remains lie buried in 
 the village cemetery there. Following this worthy 
 coui)lc in the ancestral line came Col. David Hall 
 (Jrosvenor, like his father a native of Porafret. 
 Conn., who. after arriving at j-ears of maturity, 
 bought a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits 
 at Petersham. Mass.. and there spent the remainder 
 of his life. 
 
 Following the above-named in the line of descent 
 was David Rufus Grosvenor, who was born in the 
 Old Bay State, and married in Petersham to Irana 
 G., daughter of Stephen (Joddard of that [)lace, a 
 native of tlie State and of English ancestry. David 
 Grosvenor and his wife lived for a time on a farm j 
 
 owned b3' his father in Pa.\ton, returning thence to 
 Petersham and finally coming into possession of 
 the homestead there upon which they remained 
 some years. Mr. Grosvenor thence removed to 
 Kalamazoo, Mich., and a few years later, returning 
 to the East, located in Trenton. N. J., where he 
 engaged in the real estate business, but after a few 
 3'ears thus occupied, he returned to his native State, 
 passing the last ^ears of his life in Worcester, where 
 his death occurred in June, 1889, when he had 
 reached the advanced age of eighty-three years. 
 His wife breathed her last in Petersham, in Octo- 
 ber, 1 849, after having reared si.v children, of whom 
 our subject is the first born. George S., the second 
 member of the parental household, is practicing 
 law at Trenton, N. J.; Rufus Henry, who is now 
 dead, was a lawyer at Kalamazoo, Mich. ; Ellen 
 married Prof. John IMartin, of Hartford, Conn.; 
 Frances is deceased; and Eliza B. lives in Peter- 
 sham, Mass. 
 
 Lemuel Grosvenor was born in Paxton, Worces- 
 ter Count}-, Mass., February 16, 1830, was reared 
 in Petersham, atteiuling the village schools and as 
 soon as he was large enough to do so assisting his 
 father on the farm, remaining with his parents 
 until twent3'-one years old, alter which he spent a 
 short time working in a chair factory. He li.ad 
 begun teaching at the age of seventeen years, and 
 in 1852, going into New York, he taught a term 
 near Meridian. The following spring he took 
 charge of a gang of men building a railroad in 
 Cayuga Count}', and in June went to Chicago, and 
 took charge of a section of the Galena and Western 
 Union Railro.ad. then in process of construction 
 between that place and Dixon. Cliicago conliiuied 
 to be his home for three and a half years and he 
 then removeil to Nilcs, Mich., in which place he 
 sojourned until IS.'jT. when he returned to his 
 native State. 
 
 After returning to Massachusetts our subject oc- 
 cupied himself in learning the trade of a carpenter 
 and joiner, working in Gardner and Atliol, and in 
 Brattleboro, N't., in the meantime improving every 
 spare moment in the study of drawing and archi- 
 tecture. In 18G0, he was employed b}- Maj. 
 Lamb in Worcester, M.ass., but on account of ill 
 health, in the spring of 1861 gave up his position 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 and i-emoved to Kalaniazoo, Mich., where he be- 
 came a couti-actor and builder, and hitei- lurncd his 
 entire attention to the emplo3'ments of an architect. 
 In 1871 he came to Jackson and opened an otHce. 
 continuing his successful career in his chosen work 
 and adding- to his reputation as a thorough drafts- 
 man and an excellent designer. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Grosvenor and Miss Cora 
 M. Leal was celebrated in 1S72, and the happy 
 union has been blessed 1)3' the birth of two chil 
 rlieu — George L. and Eleanor. Mr. (ii-osveuor 
 belongs to Lodge No. 940, K. of IL, and to the 
 American Institute of Architects, and is Vice 
 President of the .State Association. His position 
 in the latter society is a proof of the rank which 
 he holds in the profession and of ids popularity 
 among his associates. 
 
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 1l AMES TAYLOR, .laekson County teems 
 with self-made men, those who, thrown upon 
 their own resources earlj' in life, have dis- 
 pla\-ed the metal that is in them, and to 
 them is this county indebted for its phenomenal 
 growth and prosperity. Among ihem may be 
 most properly mentioned Mr. Ta3lor, who started 
 in life at the foot of the ladder, and who 1)3' a 
 course of industr3' and prudence has attained to an 
 envialile position among his fellow-men. We now 
 find him the owner of a well-developed farm, em 
 bracing one hundred and sixty-seven acres, on sec- 
 tion 15, Rives Township, to which he came in 
 1876, and commenced building u|) a home and a 
 competence. 
 
 A native of Niagara County, N. Y., Mr. Taylor 
 was liorn October 19. 1831, and three years later 
 was taken h3' his parents, James and Poll3' (Dyar) 
 Taylor, to Huron County, Ohio. There the mother 
 died, in 1837, when a 3'oung woman. The father 
 later, leaving his family in the Buckc3'e State, re- 
 moved to Oakland County. Mich., where he so- 
 journed a short time. Of the nine children horn 
 to the parents, one died in New York State, and 
 one in Ohio. The paternal grandfather was John 
 Ta3'lor, who spent his lust 3-ears in New York. 
 
 Young Taylor lived in Ohio until 1844, then ac- 
 companied his brother-in-law to Michigan, and 
 located in W^ayne County, where he sojourned sev- 
 eral years. In that count3' he was married, No- 
 vember 30, 1854, to Miss Polly A., daughter of 
 Cornelius C. and Merc3' (Tyler) Post. Mrs. Tay- 
 lor was born in Wayne Count3', January 23, 1837, 
 of parents who emigrated thither and settled in the 
 unbroken forests, where the3' built up a homestead 
 and spent their last da3'S. The father was a native 
 of New Jersey, and is still living. The mother de- 
 parted this life December 21, 1844. She was born 
 in 1814, and consequentlv' at the time of her death 
 was in the prime of womanhood. Slie united with 
 the Baptist (Church in early life. In the eighteenth 
 year of the life of Mr. Post he left New Jerse3-, in 
 company with his nephew, John Vansice, and in 
 seven days they walked three hundred miles, going 
 to the State of New Y'ork; this was in 1826. Cor- 
 nelius C. Post accompanied the famib,- of Mr. 
 Tyler to Michigan, in 1832, asd two or three years 
 later Grandfather Post and other members of the 
 family came West, and settled in the Wolverine 
 State. In religion Grandfather P(;st was a member 
 of the Presbyterian Church; he received a pension 
 as a partial compensation for bis services during 
 the Revolutionar3' War. Mrs. Taylor is of Hol- 
 land descent, her great-grandfather having come 
 from that country to New Amsterdam, now New 
 Yoik. Cornelius Post, religiously, believes in the 
 Universal Church of God, and that all will come 
 to a knowledge of the truth. His wife died as 
 above stated, in 1844, in Wayne County, this State, 
 and Mr. Post subsequently married Mrs. Mary A. 
 Connor, and is still living in that county, at the 
 age of more than four-score 3'ears. Tlie parental 
 famil3- included six children bv- his first marriage, 
 only two of whom are living — Mrs. Tajdor, and 
 her brother, who is a resident of Grand Rapids. 
 
 Tlie maternal gran(] father of Mrs. Taylor was 
 Jason Tyler, who distinguished himself as a soldier 
 of the Revolutionary War, and quite late in life 
 came to Michigan, and died at his home in Wa3ne 
 Count3-. His wife bore the maiden name of Polly 
 Wheeler. She accom|)anied her husband to this 
 State, and also died in Wayne Count3' after his de- 
 cease ; slie was a member of the Baptist Church. 
 
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 Soon after his marriage Mr. Taj'lor and his 
 young wife came to tliis county, and began house- 
 keeping in a log liouse which Mr. Taylor had put 
 up ill the woods, lie cleared a farm upon which 
 they lived a nunibe" of j'ears, and wliicii Mr. Tay- 
 lor then traded for tiie one he now owns and occu- 
 pies. Upon tliis latter he has effected a great many 
 ini|)rovements, including an adilition to the house, 
 the planting of one iiundred fruit trees, and bring- 
 ing about tlie other comforts and conveniences 
 naturally' suggested to Ihi^ enterprising and (iro- 
 gressive citizen. Mr. ami Mrs. Taylor are both 
 members of the Adventist Churdi. There have 
 been born to them nine children, the eldest of 
 whom, a daughter — Kmmn J. — died when a])0ut 
 two years old; and Marvin died when eight months 
 old. The survivors are: Cornelius J., Jason E., 
 Mercy A.. .Samantha. Franklin, .loseph and Clara 
 B. INIr. Ta^-lor belongs to the Patrons of Induslr3- 
 and to Ihe Grange. lie votes the straight Repub- 
 lican ticket, and has held the ollices of Township 
 Treasurer, Constable and others. 
 
 -. ORACE C. COOPER. The train service of 
 jir the Lake Shore <fe Michigan Southern Rail- 
 ^Jy road, is acknowledged to be unexcelled bj- 
 (^ that of any similar corporation in the North- 
 west; and those connected with the passenger de- 
 partment, comprise a tine body of intelligent men, 
 among whom Mr. Cooper occupies no unimportant 
 position. A native of this State, he was born in the 
 town of Moscow, Hillsdale County, March 25, 
 1H41), and is the eldest son of Abraliam and Eliza 
 (Banker) Cooper. 
 
 Abraham Cooper, the father of our subject, was 
 a native of Chemung County, N. Y., and during 
 the late war enlisted in a I\Iichigan Regiment, No- 
 veml)er 20, 1861, serving from near the l)eginning 
 until the close, and being honorablj' diseharge<l 
 February 12, 1867, at Camp Lyon. Idaho Terri- 
 tory. He participated in twenty battles and skir- 
 mishes, the principal of which were Custer's Raid, 
 Spoltsylvania, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Winches- 
 ter, and Cedar Creek, besides numerous skirmishes 
 
 not necessary to mention. During the latter part 
 of the service he was sent to the Western frontier, 
 being part of the time in Idaho, where he endured 
 many hardships, and n|ion one occasion caine nearly 
 fn'czing to death. The toes of both feet were 
 frozen so that they wera all am[)utated. He is still 
 living, and a resident of the village of Bankers, 
 Hillsdale County, Mich, lie makes his home with 
 his son, William, on a farm. 
 
 The mother of our subject was a native of New 
 Vork State, and came to Michigan with her parents 
 when a little girl. Her father, Ebenezer Banker, 
 was likewise one of the early settlers of Hillsdale 
 County, and a farmer by occupation. The pater- 
 nal grandfather, .Tames Cooper, was a native of the 
 Empire State, where he [j.assed his entire life. Eliza 
 Cooper, the mother of oui subject, died May !, 
 1885. Of the eight children born to her and her 
 husband, five are living at the present time, and of 
 these Horace C. is the eldest. 
 
 The school d,a3-s of Horace C. Cooper were spent 
 in his native county, and he remained at home as- 
 sisting his father on the farm until a young man of 
 twentj^-two 3'ears. Then believing he could find 
 more congenial occupation, he entered the service 
 of the Ft. Wayne, Jackson, k. Saginaw Railroad as 
 a lirakeinau. By strict attention to his duties, and 
 more than ordinary carefulness, and the practice of 
 total abstinence from into.Kicating liquors, he re- 
 ceived the usual promotions, until in 1879, when 
 he was made pnssenger conductor, and continued 
 in the employ of this read through the various 
 changes of ownership which followed. He is now 
 running between Jackson and Ft. Wayne, Ind., 
 making his home in Jackson. He occupies with 
 his little family a neat residence on Maple Avenue, 
 No. 124. The household includes a daughter and 
 son, i\!abel M., and Charles H. 
 
 Mr. Cooper was married November 17, 1870, to 
 Miss Madora C. Palmer, of Mosherville, Hillsdale 
 Count}', and the daughter of Pliili[) and Maria 
 (Rose) Palmer. Mr. Palmer was born in Herki- 
 mer County, N. Y., while his wife was a native of 
 Saratoga County, the same State. They had only 
 two children, Mrs. Cooper and her brother, Mar- 
 vin E.. who resides in Toledo, Ohio. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Palmer settled in Saratoga Count}', where their 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 daughter, Madora, was born on the 15th of Sep- 
 tember, 18.51. Mrs. Maria Palmer died on the 7lh 
 of November 1884, and lier husband returned to 
 Mosherville, Saratoga County, N. Y., where he now 
 resides. Mrs. Cooper is a member of the Metho- 
 dist Church, and is greatly beloved by a large cir- 
 cle of acquaintances. Politically, Mr. Cooper is a 
 stanch Republican, and has identified himself with 
 the most important public measures that are brought 
 before the notice o( the citizens of Jackson County'. 
 A lithographic portrait of Mr. Cooper may be 
 found elsewhere in this work, and represents one of 
 the representative citizens of this section of coun- 
 try. 
 
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 ^il OHN M. HORNING. One of the most at- 
 tractive rural homes in Jackson County is 
 that owned and occupied by the above- 
 named gentleman, and located in Norvell 
 Township. The landed estate comprises one hun- 
 dred and eighty acres of highly develojied and 
 productive land, all in one bod}', but lying on 
 sections 23, 24, 14, and 1.3. Eighty acres of this 
 land was entered by Mrs. Horning's father from 
 tiie Government. The buildings are situated on 
 the first named section, and comprise a full line of 
 edifices built after the most modern design and 
 finely located. This beautiful place has been the 
 home of our subject since 1866. at which time he 
 began farming on his own account. He has proved 
 himself one of the most successful of the German 
 a'n'iculturists of the county, and has won the con- 
 fidence and esteem of his fellow-men by his hon- 
 orable and energetic life and character. 
 
 The subject of this biographical notice traces 
 his descent fr-)m pure German ancestry, both |)ar 
 ents being of old and excellent German families. 
 Both were natives of Wurtemborg, Germany, where 
 they lived for some years after their marriage. J. 
 M. Horning, Sr., leaving his wife and famil}-, came 
 to America in 1855, locating in what is now Nor- 
 vell Township, this county. Two years later the 
 mother and live children joined him in tiieir new 
 home. Not long after their arrival the husband 
 and father died while onl)' in midiUe life. He was 
 
 a kind father, a good neighbor, generous and oblig- 
 ing in his nature, and as industrious and hard 
 working a man as could be found. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Lutheran Church, to which his wife also 
 belonged. A few j^ears after the death of her 
 husband, Mrs. Mary (Kern) Horning became the 
 wife of Christopher Bowers, and they are now rich 
 and living retired from active life in Manchester 
 Village. 
 
 Mr. Horning, of whom we write, was born in 
 Wurtemberg, Germany, August 13, 1843, and is 
 the second child and oldest son that lived to come 
 to America. He was reared in his native land to 
 the age of thirteen years, being well educated in 
 his native tongue before he accompanied his mother, 
 brother, .anJ sisters to America to join the husband 
 and father. The party set sail from Bremer Haven 
 and after an ocean voyage of sixty-three days 
 landed in New York City, whence they came to 
 Ann Arbor, Mich., by rail, continuing their journey 
 with a team into this county. After the death of 
 his father young Horning set out to earn his own 
 livelihood, working as a laborer for F. C. Watkins, 
 and other good men, who by allowing him good 
 wages, enableil him to get a start in life. In his 
 endeavor to secure a home and competence he was 
 afterward ably assisted by his wife and together 
 they liave built up a good fortune. 
 
 The companion and helpmate of Mr. Horning 
 bore the maiden name of Clara M. Dorr, and the 
 rites of wedlock were celebrated between them in 
 Norvell Township, where she was born September 
 2, 1848. Her father, Edmond Dorr, was born in 
 Vermont and came of an old New England family. 
 When almost grown he came to Michigan securing 
 Government land in Norvell Township at an early 
 period in its history, and there he has since re- 
 sided. His wife, in her girlhood Miss Miranda 
 Pratt, was born in New York, whence she had re- 
 moved when very young. She married Ebenezer 
 Dorr by whom she had three children, one of whom 
 is now dead. Ebenezer Dorr died in this township 
 in the prime of life, and his widow subsequently 
 married his brother, Edmond Dorr. To her second 
 husband she bore three children, Mrs. Clara M. 
 Horning being the second. 
 
 Mrs. Horning was we reared unuer careful 
 
I'DUTRAIT AND lUOGUAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 639 
 
 home irainiiiL;- and obtained a good educalion in 
 the schools of the county. Siie is the motlier of 
 six children, two of ivhom arc dead — Frank wiio 
 died when young, and an infant. Tlie surviv- 
 ing niemhers of tlie circle aic: Homer D., who 
 married Alice Hranian and lives in Jackson; Henry 
 A., Eljen F., and diaries A., who are j'et at hume. 
 Mr. Horninij' iias been Township Treasurer several 
 limes, honestly and faithfully fulfilling the duties 
 of the oflice. In politics he is a sound Republican, 
 ever ready to cast his vote in behalf of the prin- 
 ciples which he believes will best advance the 
 interests of tlu^ country. 
 
 (j^^HOMAS STEVENS. No man sojourning 
 ^v^t, au}' length of time in Hanover Township 
 \Vc^^' fails to become familiar with the name of 
 Mr. Stevens, who is one of its most prominent and 
 wealth}' men. A native of this townslii|), he v.'as 
 born Sejitombcr 8, 1810, and has maintained his 
 residence here all his life, being the privileged wit- 
 ness of the growth and develoi)ment of .laekson 
 County, and himself practically growing up with 
 the country, and becoming closely identified with 
 its prosperity. The early years of Mr. Stevens 
 were s|)cnt amid the wild scenes of pionaer life, 
 tluring which time he assisted his father in trans- 
 forming a |)ortion of the wilderness into one of the 
 finest homesteads within the limits of Jackson 
 County. This was no small task, as the elder 
 Stevens settled upon a heavily timbered tract of 
 land, and the space not occupied l\v the roots of 
 the trees was (illed in with stones, both large and 
 small, which likewise had to be gatheicd up to 
 make way for the cultivation of the ground and 
 the sowing of the crops. 
 
 Years of patient industry thus transformed three 
 hundred and thirty-four broad acres into the farm 
 which Mr. Stevens now owns and occupies, sev- 
 ent3-five acres of which h.as been preserve<l in tim- 
 ber, while the l)alance is under the plow. The 
 family residence, which was erected in 186!) at a 
 cost of ¥2.500, was put up in such a substantial 
 manner that it is i)ractieally as good as ever, while 
 
 five barns have been erected, Iwu of them '24x50 
 feet in dimensions, one of the others 32x44 feet, 
 and another 16x32 feet. These are mainly feu- 
 the .iccommodation of cattle and other live-stock. 
 In addition there is a carriage house and another 
 liarn, 24x50 feet. A part of the land is rented out 
 to tenants. Mr. Stevens is mostly interested in 
 Stock-raising. He became possessor of his prop- 
 erty' by purchasing from his sister her interest in 
 the estate. 
 
 George Stevens, the fallier of our sulijoct, was a 
 native of Onondiiga Count}-, N. Y.. where he was 
 reared to farm pursuits and where be lived until 
 reaching manhood. There also he was married. 
 August 28, 1835, to Miss Mary Ackles, who was a 
 native of the same State as her husband, and on 
 their wedding tour they took the pioneer route to 
 Michigan, traveling in primitive style, by water 
 first and then overland to this county, and settled 
 on a Government claim on section i), in Hanover 
 Township. Later Mr. Stevens sold out and changed 
 his residence to section 16. To him and his esti- 
 mable wife there were born two children only — 
 Thoni;is and his sister, Charlotte, who is now the 
 wife of Ebenczer Wolcolt, of Jackson. Mrs. Mary 
 (Ackles) Stevens dei)arted this life at the home- 
 stead in 18S1. George Stevens died August 30, 
 1886, and their remains rest side by side in the 
 cemetery at Horton. 
 
 On the third day after his twenty-seventh birth- 
 day. Mr. Stevens took unto himself a wife and 
 helpmate, being married September 11, 1867, to 
 Miss Mina. daughter of Mason and Elizabetli 
 (Robinson) Richards, the wedding taking place in 
 Moscow, Hillsilale County. Mich. Airs. Stevens 
 was born December 23, 1846, in Macomb County, 
 this S'ate, and grew up to an attractive woman- 
 hood under tht home roof, receiving a good edu- 
 cation in the common school. Of this union there 
 is one child only, a daughter, Millie, born Febru- 
 ary 15, 1872. The parents of Mrs. Stevens were 
 natives of New York State, whence they emigrated 
 to Michigan in the pioneer days. They settled in 
 Hanover Township in 1847. Mr. Richards was a 
 man of more than ordinary ability, and exercised 
 no small iulhience in local affairs. He de|)arted 
 this life at the old homestead in 1867. The mother 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 is still living there, and is now sixty-six years old. 
 Their eldest child, a son, Moses, is living on the 
 homestead. Marietta is tlie wife of Horton Gold- 
 smith, and they live in Hanover Township. Mrs. 
 Stevens, the tiiird child, completed the household 
 circle. Miss Millie, an interesting young lady of 
 eighteen years, is fund of books and study, and in 
 another year expects to complete her education, 
 which she is now pursuing in the High School of 
 Hanover. She is fond of music and a fine per- 
 former on the piano, and is remarkably skillful as 
 a zepli.yr embroiderer, an art which she has taken 
 up without instruction and in which she evinces 
 great taste and ingenuity, as samples of her handi- 
 work which decorate the home arapl}' indicate. 
 
 For the long period of thirty years Mr. Stevens 
 has been a member of ihe Masonic fraternity, be- 
 longing to the lodge at Horton. The friend of 
 education, he has served on the School Board of 
 his district, where his honored father was Director 
 for a number of years. In polities Mr. Stevens 
 votes the Democratic ticket. The present home 
 of the family is in the village of Hanover, where 
 they have a t.istcful and comfortable residence and 
 fifteen acres of ground, whereon are grown choice 
 fruits and the garden vegetables for tlie use of the 
 f-imily. Mr. Stevens also has twenty-four acres of 
 valuable land just outside the city limits of Jack- 
 son. The family occupies a high social position 
 and has performed no unimportant part in the 
 growth and development of Jackson County. 
 
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 ?RANK J. McDEVITT. The Michigan Cen- 
 K) tral Railroad has long been noted for the 
 excellence of its working force and prob- 
 ably lias fewer accidents than .iny other road with the 
 same amount of business and travel. The subject 
 of this notice is one of its most reliable engineers 
 and although a young man, has for some time held 
 u responsible position and enjoyed the confidence 
 of the companj' in a marked degree. 
 
 A native of the town of Brighton, this State, Mr. 
 McDevitt was born September 7, 185.0, and is next 
 to the youngest in a famil_y of seven children, the 
 
 offspring of Francis and Sarah (Thompson) McDev- 
 itt, the former a native of County Derry, and the 
 latter of County Londonderrj', Ireland. He re- 
 ceived the advantage of a common-school edu- 
 cation and at the age of fifteen years, struck out for 
 himself, making his way to Chicago, 111., after the 
 fire of 1871. Finding little there to repay him for 
 the journey, he then came to Jackson, and entered 
 the employ of H. A. Hayden & Co., proprietors of 
 the ^l^tna Mills and for two years was fireman in 
 the engine room. During this time he kept his 
 ej'es open to what was going on around him and at 
 its expiration, gaining a thorough knowledge of 
 his chosen calling, and to his great satisfaction, was 
 promoted to the post of engineer and in this cap- 
 acity he remained in the employ of this company 
 four years. 
 
 We next find Mr. McDevitt. in the employ of 
 the Michigan Central Railroad as a fireman and not 
 long afterward he was given charge of an engine, 
 which position lie has filled acceptably for a period 
 of thirteen years. His run now is between Jackson 
 and Michigan City. In November, 1877, he was 
 wedded to Miss Emma, daughter of William and 
 Polly (Craig) Cox. William Cox, was a native of 
 Oxfordshire, P^ngland, whence he came at an early 
 date to America, and was subsequently married to 
 Polly Craig. His wife. Poll3% was a native of New 
 England and the}' are now residents of Jackson. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. McDevitt, there have been born 
 two children only one of whom is living, a daugh- 
 ter Edith Irene. The son, Frank R., died when six- 
 teen months old. Mr. McDevitt is a member of the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the 
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and also 
 the order of Honored Friends. He owns a neat 
 and comfortable residence on Elm Avenue which 
 with its surroundings, forms a ver}' pleasant and 
 attractive home. 
 
 Francis McDevitt, the father of our subject and 
 now a retired citizen of Jackson, was born in County 
 Derry, the north of Ireland, in March 1810, and is 
 the son of Daniel and Naucy( JIeCarsten)l\IcDevitt, 
 the latter of whom was born in County Derr}'. 
 Botii parents spent their entire lives in the old coun- 
 try. Daniel McDevitt was a blacksmith, which 
 trade has lieen handed down successivelv to the 
 
POUrUAlT AND IJlOGKAl'llDAL ALBUM. 
 
 Gil 
 
 eiiflith tjoiieration anrl which Francis also learned, 
 serving an a[)|)rcnlicpship of live years in his native 
 country, and following it after coming to the United 
 Stales. 
 
 Mr. McDevilt lived in Ireland until 1»S40 and 
 upon crcissing the A llantic, landed in New York 
 City, ivlience he proceeded to Hamburg, Mich, 
 an<I then to this county. In l.SSI he removed to 
 Jackson. He prosecuted his trade and carried on 
 farming, owning forty acres of laud near Hamhurg, 
 Although not wealth}' he accumulated means suf- 
 licient to defend him against want in his declining 
 years. 
 
 In 1845 Mr. McDevilt was wedded to Mrs. Sarah 
 McDevilt jjefi Thompson, the widow of his brolhcr 
 IMichael, of W.ayue County, Mich. This lady 
 was the daughter of Richard Thompson, and was 
 also a native of Ireland. There were l>orn to them 
 five children, three sons and two daughters. Rose j 
 became the wife of James Howard, and is now de- ' 
 ceased; John married Miss Carrie Burk, and lives 
 in Jackson; .Sarah is the wife of John H. Howard, 
 of Seattle, Wash.; Frank J. our subject; Thomas, 
 married Mrs. Zolly Paine, and lives in Gantsville, 
 Tex. Mrs. McDevitt departed this life in June, 
 1884. Our subject is a stanch Democrat, and reared 
 in the faith of Ihe Catholic Church. 
 
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 ^,F.V. WILLIAM L. GIBBS, pastor of tlu 
 Universalist Church at Concord, is a man of 
 fine education, keen intellect and close re- 
 search, and one who has been endowed by 
 Providence with read}' speech, and as a pulpit 
 orator is seldom equaled among the churches of the 
 West. In the pulpit, as elsewhere, his commanding 
 |)resence and earnest manner at once inspires the 
 beholder with admiration and respect. Besides this 
 he is an old .settler of Jackson County, and as the 
 result of a faithful pastorate of many years has 
 drawn around him hosts of friends. 
 
 A native of the Bucke^-e State, Mr. (iibljs was 
 born in Harrison, Hamilton County. April 26, 
 1841. and lived there until a lad of fourteen years. 
 
 He enjoyed good school advantages, and under the 
 instruction of his father learned shoemaking. In 
 1855 the family removed to Indiana, making Ihe 
 journey by a canal boat, and young Gibbs after- 
 ward continued at his trade until the outbreak of 
 the Civil War. Then at the age of twenty years 
 he enlisted, in September, 1861, under the first call 
 for three years' men, in Company G, Thirty-sixth 
 Indiana Infantry, was mustered in at Richmond, 
 Ind., and at once set out for Kentucky, skirmish- 
 ing on the way. He participated in the battle of 
 Shiloh, the first battle and the siege of Corinth, 
 was at Perry villc and Stone River, skirmishing all 
 that summer, then at Chickamauga, Lookout Moun- 
 tain, Mission Ridge, on the march through Georgia, 
 was at Rcsaca, Ackworth, Ringgold, Pickett's Mills, 
 Kenesaw Mountain, the siege of Atlanta, Lovejoj' 
 Station and Jonesboro. He was Regimental Com- 
 missary Sergeant the latter part of the war, and was 
 never oflf dut}' or outside of the regimental lines. 
 Although ui)on several occasions having his clothes 
 pierced by bullets he escaped unharmed, and re- 
 i.eived his honorable discharge in October, 1864. 
 
 Returning now to his home in Indiana Mr. Gibbs 
 resumed his work on the shoemaker's bench, and 
 was thus occupied for four j-ears. In the mean- 
 lime he improved his leisure hours in study, pre- 
 paring himself for the minislrj', and finally worked 
 his way through Fairview Seminar}', taking the 
 academic course. He was married, at Harrison, 
 Ohio, May 5, 1869, to Miss Phebe Snow, and made 
 his home there seven years, engaging in mercantile 
 pursuits, and at the same time continuing his stud- 
 ies for the ministry. In 1872 he entered the Canton 
 (N. Y.) Theological School, from which he was 
 graduated in the spring of 1875, and in August 
 following, he was ordained a minister of the Uni- 
 versalist Church at Harrison. He preached there 
 the following winter, and in the spring removed to 
 Manchester. Mich., where he continued his minis- 
 terial labors until the fall of 1878. Coming then 
 to Marshall, Jlicli., he organized a congregation, 
 put up a church and parsonage, and labored with- 
 out rest until 1881. In the winter of that year he 
 received a call to his present charge, which he soon 
 accepted, and his labors are now divided between 
 the Liberty and Conconl congregations. He built 
 
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 the churcb at Liberty, and has left no stone un- 
 turned to promote the welfare and interests of his 
 people. 
 
 There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs 
 one cliild, a son — Morris — January 16, 1888. Mr. 
 Gibbs is a true-blue Republican, .and gives his uni- 
 form support to his party. He held the office of 
 Post Commander of .Stoddard Post, G. A. R., at 
 Concord, belongs to the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows at 3Iancliester, and is a Royal Arch Mason, 
 belonging to the Lodge and Coramandery at Mar- 
 shall. He is also associated with the Knights of 
 JLaccabees at Alarshall. 
 
 The father of our subject is William Gibbs, a na- 
 tive of Franklin County, Ind., and the son of John 
 Gibbs who was born in jNIaryland. The litter was a 
 sailor fi'oni his j'outh up, and followed the sea after 
 he became the father of a family. Finally, taking 
 to i^rr((, Jirma, he emigrated to Indiana, and pur 
 chased a tract of Government land in Franklin 
 County. After residing there for a time he re- 
 moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he spent the 
 remainder of his days. His father was born in 
 Wales, whence he emigrated to America at an early 
 date. William Gibbs learned shoemaking in his 
 youth, and followed the business in Harrison. Ohio, 
 also running a shoe store there; and after his re- 
 moval to Fayette County, Ind., he was in the shoe 
 business in Fairview. He died in 1868, when lifty- 
 Iwo years old ; he belonged to the Christian Church. 
 
 The^motherof our subject bore the maiden name 
 of Helen Looker. She was born in Harrison County, 
 Ohio, and was the daughter of Frank Looker, a na- 
 tive of New Jersey, and one of the first settlers of 
 Hamilton County, Ohio. Grandfather Looker en- 
 gaged in farming in the Buckeye State, and became 
 well-to-do. When quite an old man he removed to 
 Lee County, Iowa, where he spent his last days. 
 The great-grandfather, Otheniel Looker, familiarly 
 known as "Judge Looker," was of English descent, 
 and served in the Revolutionary War. Later he 
 became Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio; he served as 
 Judge for several 3'ears. Mrs. Helen (Looker) 
 Gibbs departed this life at the homestead in In- 
 diana, in 1875. The parental family consisted of 
 the following children: Helen, deceased ; Lyde, a 
 resident ni Fayette County, Ind.; William L., our 
 
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 subject; John, who died in the army during the 
 late war; Rufus and Allison, residents of Fayette 
 County, Ind.; jNIary, James and Edward, deceased ; 
 and Alva, in Connersville, Ind. John, the Union 
 soldier, served in Company D, Eight3f-third Ohio 
 Infantry, enlisting in 1862, and died from disease 
 during the siege of Yicksbnrg. 
 
 /OIIN H. BETTIS. Pleasant View Farm is 
 one of the fine pieces of property, of which 
 so manj' are to be found in Jackson County. 
 It consists of two hundred and forty acres 
 of land in Norvell Township, and is well arranged 
 for stock breeding and feeding, in which its owners, 
 our subject and his father, are much interested and 
 of which they make a stud}-. The family residence 
 is of the substantial construction and design com- 
 mon some j'ears since, while the farm buildings, of 
 which a full line maj^ be seen, are large, well-built 
 and conveniently disposed. Mr. Bettis is the pro- 
 prietor of the stallion Don Carlos, which is con- 
 sidered a fine specimen of horse flesh and of splen- 
 did action. He keeps a fine assortment of general 
 stock, the cattle being of the Jersey breed, which 
 he prefers on account of their butter-making quali- 
 ties, although he was formerly much interested in 
 Sho:l-horns. 
 
 Mv. Bettis was born in Utica, N. Y.. .lune 7, 
 184S. He inherited a high degree of mechanical 
 skill, and in very earl>' life prepared himself for 
 the position of engineer, running his first engine 
 when onl}' eighteen }^ears '/Id, being one of the 
 youngest locomotive engineers ever known in New 
 York. For eight years he acted as a railroad en- 
 gineer, during this time traveling over some of 
 the leading roads in New York, and for two years 
 having a run on the New Orleans & Mobile Rail- 
 road, in the South. Three years were spent b}' him 
 as a mechanic in the shops of the New York Cen- 
 tral & Hudson River Railroad, at Syracuse, N. Y.. 
 where his father held a responsible position. 
 
 Finally Mr. Bettis came to this State and for a 
 year served as a mechanical engineer in Jackson, 
 after which he moved on to his farm. He had pur- 
 
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 fli:isp(l llie Ito.iiitiful properly from Olieil Hall, who 
 iinil olitnini'd it from the Government about the 
 year IH.'il. Tlie line biiiiilings that now adorn 
 the estate have been ereeted by .Mr. Ueltis since he 
 look possession in 1874, and liis practical and pro- 
 gressive ideas have been constantlj' exhibited in 
 tiie farming and stoci<-raising to which ho has de- 
 voted his attention since that date. 
 
 Mr. Bettis was fortunate in his clioice of a com- 
 panion in life, the lad}' who presides over his home 
 being an accomplished woman and one of social 
 graces and Christian character. In the paternal 
 line she claims some of the best blood of old New 
 England stock, while from her mother she inherits 
 the most refined traits of Irish ancestry. The 
 maiden name of this lady was Alice O. Bingham, 
 and she became the wife of our subject in Syracuse, 
 N. v., Januar}' 2, 1873. She was born in St. Law- 
 rence County, March 27, 1848, and when grown 
 became an expert telegraph operator, and was 
 engaged in the service of the New York Central 
 Railroad for some time. She was regarded as one 
 of the most skillful operators employed b}' the 
 c()mi)any, and held some very important trusts, 
 Molalily one at Syracuse under General-M.inager 
 A. L. Dick, where she operated four lines and se- 
 cured a high reputation for her wonderful skill. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Bettis were Daniel B. and 
 Amelia (Pitts) Bingham, both of whom died in the 
 Empire Slate in middle age. The occupation of 
 the father was that of a tanner and currier. The 
 happy union of Mr. and Mrs. Bettis has resulted 
 in the birth of three children — AValter II.. Herbert 
 T. and Frank N., all of whom are at home, care- 
 fully in.structod in sound principles by their loving 
 parents, and receiving the best educitional advant- 
 ages consistent with their youthful abilities. 
 
 .Tosiah Bettis, the father <)f our subject, was born 
 in New York, his parents belonging to the better 
 class of I itizens and coming of good families. lie 
 spent his early life on his father's farm atlending 
 the district schools and while still young in 5'ears 
 set out to earn his own living. With ready hands 
 and a willing dis|)osilion he was a worth}' and com- 
 petent servant of his employers and having once 
 set his feet on tlie ladder he was destined to climb 
 to fame and fortune. Ili-^ first situation w.as in a 
 
 wadding factory in Westmoreland, he afterward 
 entering a paper mill where he made his mark and 
 was soon worthy of promotion to the machine shops. 
 Five years were then siient successfully at Utica, 
 his position there being resigned in order to accept 
 a place in the New York Central & Hudson River 
 Railroad shops at Syracuse. 
 
 B\' this time Mr. .Tosiah Bettis had become a 
 master mechanic and ere long he was promoted to 
 the position of round-house foreman, subsequently 
 becoming general foreman of the shops of the large 
 r.ailroad corpor.ation by which he was employed. 
 Later he becanrc master mechanic on the Oswego & 
 Syracuse Railroad, having liis headquarters in the 
 former cit}' for four years. His next position was 
 of the same nature on the New Orleans & Mobile 
 Railro.ad, with headquarters at Mobile. Finall3\ 
 in the spring of 1873, he came to .lackson, Mich., 
 and took charge of the Lake Shore & Michigan 
 Southern Railroad shops there. Sometime later he 
 connected himself with his son, our subject, as a 
 farmer in Norvell Townsliif), Imt after a time le- 
 turncd to the service of the New Orleans A- Mobile 
 Railroad. 
 
 After having held the last mentioned position 
 for some time Mr. Bettis retired from business, and 
 is now living in .Jackson. He is one of the best 
 railroad men in tliis State, and that he possesses a 
 large amount of executive ability wMll he seen in 
 the fact that at me time he had under liis control 
 470 miles of load, 60 engines, 3,000 freight cars, 
 40 passenger cars and employing 450 men. Having 
 been born in 1823, he is now sixty-seven years of 
 age, and is regarded as a grand old man of a sweet 
 temperament, who has many friends and not an 
 enemy in the wc^rld. Whik^ a resident, of Syracuse 
 he was twice elected to the Cit}' Council, servin" 
 ci'editably and satisfactoril}'. 
 
 The marriage of .losiah Bettis and Miss Meliiida 
 Neville took place May 1, 1845, and the death of 
 the wife occurred in New Albany, Ind., in 1882, 
 when she was somewhat .advanced in years. Two 
 months before her death a son — Frank —had died 
 at the age of twenty-two years, and the second 
 atHiction was a severe blow to the bereaved hus- 
 band, to whom his wife had been a great help. 
 Mrs. Bettis was born and reared in New Yt>rk, 
 
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 reached a noVile womanhood and throughout her 
 life was full of good works. The only survivors 
 of her children are her son J. H., and her daughter 
 llulilah, wife of the Rev. AVilliatn Tryon, now of 
 Wayne County, N. Y. 
 
 .1. II. Bettis,|the subject of this notice, is a sound 
 Republican in politics, as is his father, the latter 
 liaving been^ an active ijolitician for some years 
 during the war. He is a Master Mason, being con- 
 nected with the Oswego, (N. Y.,) Lodge No. 422. 
 Mrs. Bettis is a member of the Episcopal Church at 
 Brooklyn. 
 
 ^RVILLE M. MORSE, Mechanical Expert at 
 the Knickerbocker Company's works in Jack- 
 son, has had a long experience in the matters 
 connected with his profession, and tliis, together 
 with a natural adaptability to the business, has 
 conspired to gain him both a good position and a 
 fine reputation in connection therewith. He spent 
 his early years in New York State, having been 
 born in Cayuga County, November 17, 1844, and 
 was the sixth in a family of nine cliildren, the off- 
 spring of John and Hannah (Smith.) Morse. 
 
 The parents of our subject were natives of Ver- 
 mont, and of mixed nationality, liaving Scotch, 
 English, French and German blood in their veins. 
 After marriage they emigrated to the Empire 
 State, and the -father died in Oswego County in 
 1867. The mother is still living, and makes her 
 home with a daughter in Indiana. Orville M. 
 after completing his studies in the common schools 
 first learned carpentering and then millwrighting, 
 and to the latter gave most of his time and atten- 
 tion until the outbreak of the Civil War. Then, 
 under the call for seventy-five thousand men, he 
 enlisted in Company C, Twenty-fourth New York 
 Infantry, serving two years, and veteranized in the 
 One Hundred and Eighty-fourth New York In- 
 fantr}', in which he served until the close of the 
 war. He took part in the second Battle of Bull 
 Run, the fight at Fredericksburg, Antietam, South 
 Mountain, Cedar Creek, AVinchester, Fisher's Hill, 
 and the second battle of Frederickburg. At the 
 second battle of Bull Run he was slightly wounded, 
 
 but remained at his post. At one time he was 
 confined in the hospital three weeks with a fever. 
 At the expiration of his term of service he was 
 mustered out July 3, 1864. 
 
 Returning to Oswego, N. Y., Mr. Morse resumed 
 work as a builder, and putting in mill machinery, 
 mostly at Silver Creek, Erie Countj'. We next 
 find him at Springville, N. Y., where with a part- 
 ner he engaged in the iranufacture of mill machin- 
 er}-. In 1884 he came to Michigan and very soon 
 afterward entered the employ of the Knickerbocker 
 Company as foreman, in which capacit}- he acted 
 for eighteen months, and then was promoted to the 
 post of Mechanical Expert, which he has since 
 held. Politically, he is a sound Republican, and as 
 a Inion soldier belongs to Pomroy Post, G. A. R., 
 at Jackson. His neat and comfortable home is 
 situated on Morrell Street. 
 
 In 1865 our subject was joined in wedlock, at 
 the bride's home in Oswego. N. Y., to Miss Sarah 
 Stevens. This lady was born in Cayuga County, 
 N. Y., whence she went when quite young to Os- 
 wego with her parents, where she was reared to 
 womanhood. Her father, Hiram Stevens, is now 
 deceased ; her mother bore the maiden name of 
 Betsey Everts. There have been born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Morse five bright and interesting children, 
 viz.: Frankie, Charles, Carrie, Gertrude and Or- 
 ville. 
 
 
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 f OHN GEORGE, Jr. This gentleman has 
 been connected with the newspapers of Jack- 
 son City in different capacities for a period 
 of about sixteen years, beginning as what is 
 commonly known as "devil" in the Cilizeii office, 
 in 1875. He atteixled faithfully to his duties for 
 one year, and subsequently was at different places 
 until 1879. That j'ear he re-entered the Citizen 
 office as city collector, finall}' becoming manager. 
 Climbing steadily upward, he, on the 1st of 
 June, 1886, was admitted to partnersliip with the 
 proprietor, the Hon. James O'Donnell, which p.irt- 
 nership existed until November 12, 1889. 
 
 Mr. George then purchased the office and plant 
 of the Jackson Daily and Weekly Fatiioi.ior many 
 
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 647 
 
 years a well-known and leading Democratic paper of 
 Michigan, the plant consisting of four steam presses 
 and all other modern fittings of a first-class newspa- 
 per and job printing ollice. During the fust thirty 
 da^-s of Mr. George's ovvnership of the paper, he se- 
 cured a phenomenal daily increase of eight hundred 
 in the circulation of the paper, with a proportion- 
 ate increase of its advertising business. As a jour- 
 nalist, Mr. George takes a position in the front ranks 
 among the newspaper men. The daily edition of 
 the Patriot is from four to ten pages, while the 
 weekl_v is an eight-page paper. 
 
 A native of the city of Jackson, jVIr. George was 
 born September 7, 1858, and is a son of John and 
 Mary (Ilowells) George, natives of Wales. The 
 parents settled in Jackson in 1850, and the mother 
 died when John was one year old. The father was 
 subsequently married to Clara Slayton, a most 
 amiable lady of rnie excellence of character, and 
 who fulfilled a mother's whole dutj- to her step- 
 child. I'ntil a full grown youth, Mr. George 
 S';arcel3' remembered the fact that she w.as not his 
 own motiier. The elder George is now a resident 
 of Denver, Col., engaged in brick-making, an oc- 
 cupation which he followed in Jackson City for 
 the long period of thirty years. 
 
 John George, Jr., was married November U), 
 1885, in Jackson, to Miss Ruth Root. This lady was 
 born and reared in Jackson, and is the daughter of 
 John and Eliza (Cole; Root. 
 
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 'Jfi ONATHAN WOOD. Tiic most vivid imag- 
 ination can scarcely picture the hardships 
 and privations endured by those who braved 
 ) the unknown dangers of the trackless wil- 
 derness, cheered amid their toils and discourage- 
 ments by thoughts of the benefits their posterity 
 would leap from their labors, and in the face of al- 
 most unsurraountable difficulties pursuing their on- 
 ward way. We may be able to |)ict'ire to ourselves 
 the rudely constructed log-house, with its open fire 
 place Oi'er which the kettle bung on a frame and 
 before which the i ude baking nlcnsils were ranged; 
 
 we can see the bare floor rougldj- hewn from logs 
 or formed of hardly packed earth, and the few plain 
 articles of furniture which stood about; we can in 
 imagination stand in the open doorway and gaze 
 cut upon a small clearing from which the stumps 
 have not yet been removed and whereon some of 
 the more necessary crops are growing, and beyond 
 this to the tangled recesses of the forest whence 
 comes the cry of the wild beast or the ring of the 
 woodman's ax; but we cannot understand in its 
 fullness the constant sense of danger, the overpow- 
 ering loneliness and the weariness of the flesh which 
 "from early morn till dewy eve" were felt by the 
 inmates of the primitive home. 
 
 The gentleman who is the subject of this sketch 
 was born in the town of Westmoreland, Cheshire 
 County, N. II., September 20, 1815, and was a 
 child of two years when his parents removed to Ot- 
 sego County, N. Y., settling in the town of Rich- 
 field, where he lived until fifteen 3ears old. lie 
 then, in the fall of 1830, came with his fatlier to 
 Jackson County, ilich., driving through willi a 
 one- horse wagon, the mare which the^- drove 
 through having a suckling toltand a 3'earling. The 
 father, Jotbam Wood, had visited this section in 
 July, looking for land, and some\vhat later in the 
 season settled on a tract located on section 31, 
 lilackman Township, which is now owned by the 
 subject of this sketch. The father and son had 
 biought the requisite implements with them, and 
 at once began to clear the land from which, during 
 the winter, they drew logs into the sawmill in 
 Jackson and succeeded in getting them turned into 
 lumlier and shingles, with which they erecited a 
 house 24x2G feet, and one and a half stories in 
 height. In December, 1830, Jotham Wood re- 
 turned to New York and in the spring brought the 
 remainder of his family to the Western home where 
 he and his wife continued to live until called from 
 lime to eternity. The death of the father occurred 
 March, 18G2, the mother having died some years be- 
 fore. The former had held the office of Supervisor 
 of the township, as well as other public positions, 
 and had the confidence and esteem of his fellow- 
 citizens. He was a Universalist in religious belief. 
 The family of Mr. and Jlrs. Jotham Wood com- 
 prised eight sons and daughters. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Joiiatban 'Wood continued to work on the farm, 
 assisting ;n its clearing and improvement until 1 840. 
 wlien in company with a yonnger brotlier lie went 
 to Ingham County, and began to improve on his 
 own acconnt a tract of land wliich had been pur- 
 chased by his father. Tlicre he did pioneer work 
 similar to that which he had formerly engaged in on 
 liis father's place. In the fall of 1849 ho left Ing- 
 liani County for California, with tlie purpose of 
 seeing the country and obtafning some of the gold 
 whicli liad been discovered tlicrc and in the search 
 for wliich so many men left home and friends. Ilis 
 journcj' was made via the Isthmus in company with 
 five others, including his fatlier and brotlier Curtis. 
 A sojourn of about six montiis satisfied them, and 
 finding even a pioneer life in tlie wilderness prefer- 
 able to tiiat in tiie mines, tliey returned to Miciii- 
 gan. 
 
 Repairing to his farm in Ingiiam County, Mr. 
 AVood continued to operate it until the spring of 
 18C2, when he sold and purchased the homestead 
 wiiicli had been his own first home in Michigan and 
 that of liis iiarents. Here he has since resided, his 
 landed estate in the township amounting to nearly 
 three hundred acres and being a very valuable 
 piece of property. Having always been engaged 
 in agricultural pursuits and having had his native 
 intelligence sharpened by the training of his early 
 years, Mr. Wood is a capable and enteri)rising ag- 
 riculturist and one who reaps profit from his em- 
 ployment. 
 
 Wliile a resident in Ingham County, Mr. Wood 
 was Justice of the Peace and also held the office of 
 Supervisor, serving acceptably in both positions. 
 He has been active in political affairs and has al- 
 ways cast ilis influence and vote with the Republi- 
 can part}'. 
 
 The marriage of Jonathan Wood and Mrs. Olive 
 J. Haight was celebrated in Jackson, February 16, 
 1875. The Viride is a daughter of .Snniuel and 
 Phd'be (Jypson) Dickerman, and was born in Ni 
 agara County, N. Y., April 23, 1839. She is an 
 excellent housekeeper, an estimable woman and a 
 respected member of the liaptist Church. Her fa- 
 ther died in the Empire State many years ago, and 
 her mother breathed her last in Monroe Count}', 
 Midi., in 1861. At the time of iier marriage to our 
 
 suhject Mrs. Wood was the widow of Adijah 
 Haight, wlio died in Saline, Washtenaw County, in 
 July, 1872. She has borne her present husband one 
 son, .Jonathan J., who was born May 14, 1876. 
 
 A lithographic portrait of Mr. Wood will be 
 found elsewhere in this volume. 
 
 -s^ 
 
 ^SCAE S. W^ATKINS, deceased, was boin in 
 {ji Naples, Ontario County. N. Y.. May 7, 1834. 
 He was a son of Arnold and Salirina (Tracy) 
 Watkins, was reared in his native State, acquiring 
 a good practical education and laying the founda- 
 tion for his future habits and energetic life. When 
 a young man he came to Michigan, and penniless 
 and single handed began the labors wliich resulted 
 in tlie [lossession of what is conceded to be the finest 
 farm in Grass Lake Township, this county. He 
 h.ad not been long in this county ere he settled on 
 section 2, of the township named, where he spent 
 the remainder of his life, and where by industr}' 
 and wise economy he made a home that is not ex- 
 celled in Jackson County. The estate now em- 
 braces over three hundred acres, the value of 
 which is due not only to their tli6rougli cultiva- 
 tion and development, but to the line buildings 
 that adorn them, including as they do every nec- 
 essarj' and convenient arrangement for the work of 
 the estate, and forming one of the handsomest 
 country residences in the county. Mr. Watkins 
 never sought publicit^r nor claimed an}' virtues that 
 he did not possess, but so thoroughly sound was his 
 character that he was universally liked and his 
 death sincerely mourned. 
 
 On November 29, 1864, the rites of wedlock 
 were celebrated between Oscar Watkins and Miss 
 Fannie A. Wheeler, of Sylvan, Washtenaw County. 
 The parents of the bride, John B. and Fannie 
 (Kelly) Wheeler, natives of the New England 
 States, came to Michigan in the pioneer days and 
 settled in Washtenaw County. ]\Ir. Wheeler, who 
 is now deceased, was a farmer. Mrs. W^atkins was 
 born in Washtenaw Count}', February 18. 1845, 
 obtained a good education, and taking advantage of 
 the opportunities which are afforded all who desire 
 
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 649 
 
 to be «i"ll-in formed rcifarding the events of the 
 woi-kl nnd tlie latest t'leorios and discoveries in 
 science and art, she possesses a marked degree 
 of inteliiirence, while iier ciiaracter and iiabits 
 gain tile confidence and esteem of tlie better class 
 of citizens throughout t!ie community. 
 
 To Mr. and .Mrs. Watkihs three children were 
 born, named respectively: Arthur L., Alva V. and 
 Louis ('. The natal day of the oldest son was De- 
 cember 8, 186;'): he mariied Miss (Iracie E. Swift, 
 of Grass Lake, lias one son, Kencth \\'., and lives 
 with iiis mother, operating tlie home farm. Alva F., 
 born February' 2, 1870, is a druggist in Detroit 
 and is still single. Louis C. was born .\pril 1, 
 1874, and is j^et with his mother at lionie. 
 
 i^> HARLES C. BLOO.MFIELI). Few persons 
 sojourning within the city of .Jackson are 
 unfamiliar with the name of this, one of its 
 prominent and i)ublic-spirited men. A capi- 
 talist of large means, he is identified with various 
 enterprises, being President of the Coronet Corset 
 Con-pany, President of the Standard Gig Saddle 
 Company-, President of the .Jackson City Hospital 
 and Vice-President of the Union Bank. Hie resi- 
 dence, one of the finest in the city, and surrounded 
 with handsome and extensive grounds, forms one 
 of its most attractive homes. 
 
 A native of this county, jVIr. Bloomfield was 
 born December 2G. 1843, at Sandstone, and spent 
 the first si.x j-ears of his life on a farm in the tcwn- 
 shiji of that name. His parents then removed to 
 Jackson, where they lived five years, then return- 
 ing to the farm. Charles C. remained there with 
 them until a youth of eighteen years. Li the 
 meantime he attended school three or four months 
 in the winter, and worked on a farm the balance of 
 the 3"ear. At the age mentioned, having deter- 
 mined to increase his store of knowledge, he went 
 to Toledo, and liy doing chores, sawing wood and 
 taking care of horses for his board, worked his wa3- 
 through the commercial college. When his studies 
 ■were nearly completed he w.as called home to attend 
 the funeral of an older brotlier. who had died of diph- 
 
 theria, and was himself taken ill with tiie same dis- 
 ease, from tile effects of which he suffered for over 
 a year, was unable to ijerforni but little labor, and 
 from which he has never fully recovered. 
 
 AVhen nineteen years old young Bloom fiekl re- 
 turned to Jackson, weighing only eighty five 
 pounds, and engaged as a bookkeeper for the firm 
 of Bliss & Ingalls, on a salary of *15 per month. 
 He remained theie from 18G3 to 1868, and in the 
 meantime, having saved what he could of his earn- 
 ings, embarked in business for himself. From that 
 modest beginning he worked up the largest whole- 
 sale od and glassware trade in the State. Taking 
 in two or three partners, he established stores in all 
 the prominent cities in the State, and for fifteen 
 years thereafter controlled nearly its entire oil 
 trade. 
 
 Just twenty-five years from the lime of coming 
 to Jackson the second time, Mr. Bloomfield, in 
 1888, sold out his oil business nnd oceuiiies his 
 time now in looking after his real-estate interests, 
 and in the fulfillment of his various otlicial duties, 
 in connection with the enterprises mentioned. In 
 October, 1870, he contracted matrimonial ties with 
 Miss Sarah L. Collier, and from this union have 
 been born three children — a daughter and two 
 sons. 
 
 The subject of this notice is the son of Giles 
 Bloomfield, one of the pioneers of this county, of 
 whom a sketch appears on another page in this 
 Album. 
 
 HARLES STEWART ANDERSON. Few 
 ,, of the citizens of Rives Township have been 
 '/ residents thereof for a longer period of time 
 than our subject, who li.as spent all but two years of 
 his life here, and who operates a good farm of one 
 hundred and sixty .acres in section 32. His home- 
 stead has been subjected to all necessary and avail- 
 able improvements, including a residence erected 
 in 1870 at a cost of about 1:3,000. He p.iys especial 
 attention to the cultivation of the cereais and also 
 has one .acre devoted to culture of the grape. 
 
 Tompkins Township, this county, was the birth- 
 place of our subject and the date of his birth 
 
650 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 February 22, 1846. When two years of age he 
 accompanied his parents on their removal to this 
 township, and has been a resident here continuousl}' 
 for forty-two years. He received a limited edu- 
 cation in the pioneer schools of the district, but 
 lias largely increased his stock of knowledge by 
 systematic reading and by carefull3' posting himself 
 on all general infoi-mation regarding questions of 
 national or local interest. He was united in mar- 
 riaije, March 26, 1868, with Miss Yestalina, the 
 daughter of William and Melissa Fields, natives of 
 New York, and residents of Tompkins Township. 
 
 Nine children came to bles.s the union of our sub- 
 ject and his wife, and they are named respective)}' : 
 Claudia B., aged twenty-one years; Mary J., nine- 
 teen; Floyd L., eighteen; Blanche, sixteen; Arville, 
 fifteen; Charles S.,Jr., fourteen, Leon H., twelve; 
 Edna L., nine; Nellie, eight. They form a bright 
 and interesting group, and have been carefully 
 trained for whatever duties in life may await them. 
 The daughters are not onlj- trained to grace a home 
 but have also been given all the advantages of edu- 
 cation now enjoyed by the youth of our country. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Hester (Sharrott) 
 Anderson is still living and makes her home on the 
 old farm, adjoining on the east, that of her son, 
 Charles S. She was born July 8, 1815, and is there- 
 fore seventy-five 3'ears old. Though at such an 
 advanced age, she is hale and hearty, enjojing the 
 full possession of her mental faculties. She was 
 born in New York City, of New England ancestry. 
 
 Robert H. Anderson, tlie father of Charles S., 
 was born in 1810, in County Tyrone, Ireland, of 
 Scotch parentage. When only five years of age lie 
 came to this country with his parents, who settled 
 in New York City, where he grew to man's estate. 
 When ready to establish a home of his own he was 
 united in marriage with Hester Sharrott, their union 
 being celebrated in 1832. To them a family of 
 nine children was born, of whom six are yet living. 
 When Mr. Anderson located here he was the fifth 
 citizen in the township. His children were named 
 respectively : .John S., a farmer in Cass County, Mo. ; 
 James, a resident of Brighton, Livingston County, 
 Mich. ; Violet Jane, who died eighteen years ago, in 
 1872, aged thirty-two years, and was the wife of 
 ]}enjamiu F. Tinglej', of this county; Marvin, mar- 
 
 ried Adelaide Esmond, and is an agriculturlist of 
 this township; Isabel, was the wife of Henry A. 
 Draper, likewise a citizen of this township; she died 
 in 1888, at the age of fort^'-six years. Robert 
 H., Jr., was born August 29, 1843, and now lives in 
 Greenleaf, Kan. Our subject is the next member 
 of the family. Helen, is the wife of John S. Taylor, 
 of Washington County, Kan.; Dell M. became the 
 wife of George Clkkner. of Jackson, this count}', 
 and passed away in 1886, at the age of thirty-four 
 years. 
 
 R. H. Anderson, attained to considerable promi- 
 nence in his county, being Associate Judge in 1850. 
 The same year he was appointed a delegate to the 
 Constitutional Convention, and was also elected 
 Representative, but never qualified, as he did not 
 desire to engage in active politics. He usually 
 voted the Democratic ticket. The paternal grand- 
 father of our subject was Capt. John Anderson, a 
 nat've of the Emerald Isle. He married Violet A. 
 McCracken, who was born in Scotland, and who 
 lived to be fourscore and four years old. 
 
 Mr. Anderson, has attained to considerable promi- 
 nance in Masonic circles, belonging to Lodge No. 
 326, (Blue Lodge) of Tompkins. He has been a 
 Mason for twenty -two years, and during ten suc- 
 cessive years, has been Master of the lodge. He is 
 a Royal Arch Mason and also a Knight Templar of 
 Jackson. The Patrons of Industry number him 
 among their influential members. In 1879 he was 
 elected County Superintendent of the Poor and 
 still holds that position. Religiously, he finds a 
 home in the Baptist Church of Rives. Socially, 
 he and bis family are welcomed in the best circles 
 of the community, and their hospitable home is the 
 frequent resort of both old and young. 
 
 El*^- 
 
 I YRON W. FISH. The career of this gen- 
 tleman has been one of perseverance and 
 k^ integrity and has been crowned with the 
 success merited by those who steadily pur- 
 sue their way, willing to turn their hands to any 
 honest labor in times of need. Mr. Fish has been 
 au exponent of the fact so frequently stated, and 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 651 
 
 yet which so many 3"oung men seem to doubt, that 
 the employment does not make the man, but the 
 man the employment, and that "honor and shame 
 from no condition rise," but that in aflinjf well 
 one's part 'there all the iioiior lies." 
 
 Perez Fish, the father of our subject, was born 
 in Connecticut, August 18, 1800, and wfint to Bos- 
 ton with his parents when very young. When he 
 was sixteen years old his parents removed to New 
 York State, and were pioneers in Wayne County, 
 where tlie lad grew to man's estate. There he 
 married Electa Cogswell, a native of that count}^ 
 and a daughter of Abraham Cogswell, one of its 
 pioneers. JNIr. Fish bought some timber land in 
 the town of Williamson, where he hewed a home 
 from the wilderness and where he was engaged in 
 tilling the soil for a number of years. He subse- 
 quently embarked in the mercantile business in the 
 town of Sodus. where he breathed his last June 26, 
 18;j4. His wife had preceded liim to the silent 
 tomb, having been called hence in 1834. Of the 
 four children born to this worthy couple, Lorenzo 
 and Sophia are n( w deceased, and our subject and 
 Kuth A., the wife of Samuel Eddy, of Topeka, Kan., 
 survive. 
 
 The gentleman witii whose name we introduce 
 this sketch, first opened his eyes to the light No- 
 vember 25, 1829. the place of his nativity being 
 Williamson, Wayne County, N. Y. He was reared 
 and educated in liis native county, acquiring a good 
 education in the public schools and a knowledge of 
 business in his father's store, in the duties of which 
 he assisted. He remained in his native State until 
 18.53, when he came to Jackson, Mich., landing 
 here in Oct<)ber with a cash capital of ^11. He at 
 once sought employment and found it in chopping 
 cord-wood at thirt3'-one cents per cord, an occu- 
 pation which was more than usually laborious to 
 him as he had previously been unaccustomed to 
 manual labor, but in wiiich he .soon became proli- 
 cient. He continued the same employment during 
 the winters, and in summer vvorked on a farm, 
 steadil}' pursuing his occupations and saving his 
 money for investment. In 1854 he bought eighty 
 acres of land in Ingham County, paying $350 for it, 
 and after keci)ing it five years sold it for $1,200. 
 In 1858 he bought eigl!t3- acres of timber land near 
 
 the city, from which he supplied the Michigan 
 Central Railroad station with wood two winters at 
 11.62 per cord. In 1860 he paid *75 per acre, tlien 
 considered a verj' high price for the land, for eight 
 acres which are now included in Jackson, built up 
 and containing manv fine residences. At the time of 
 his purchase there was one house on the land and 
 ten years later such changes had taken place in the 
 vicinity that he received 13,000 per acre for the 
 part which he then sold. He has retained a portion 
 of it and erected thereon a number of dwellings, 
 some of which he has sold and others of which he 
 rents. His own pleasant abode is situated at 1321 
 East Main Street, on a part of the land which has 
 proved so valuable to him. 
 
 At the home of the bride in April, 1851, Mr. 
 Fish was united in marriage vvith I\Iiss Clarissa A. 
 Palmer, who was born in Wayne County, N. Y., to 
 Reuben and Alvira Palmer. In his political views 
 Mr. Fish is a Democrat, his first vote having been 
 cast for James Buchanan. He has served as Alder- 
 man two terms, was President of the Board of 
 Health four years, and is still a member of thao 
 that body; he is now serving his eleventh term as 
 a member of the County Board of Supervisors, 
 representing the Sixth Ward. 
 
 
 
 LDEN HEWITT. Among the many resi- 
 dents of Jackson County' who deserve no- 
 tice in a volume of this n.ature, the late 
 Col. Alden Hewitt is not one of the least. 
 His residence in Columbia Township began in 
 1835, and for half a century he was identified with 
 her best interests and was one of the most highly 
 respected of her citizens. He was born in Palatine 
 Township, Oneida County, X. Y.. August 15, 
 1805, being the fourth son in a famil}' comprising 
 seven sons and two daughters, and was the onl\- 
 one of the circle to make a home in Michigan. He 
 obtained a good practical education and was 
 brought up with the knowledge of farm i)ursuits, 
 which he chose as his calling in life. 
 
 The first marriage of Col. Hewitt look place at 
 the home of the bride in M.adison County, N. Y., 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 bis companion being Miss Julia Crary. who was 
 born in tliat township and Ihere reared to woman- 
 hood. Her parents were also natives of the Empire 
 state, and the occupation of her father was that of 
 a farmer. After the birth of two children Mr. 
 Hewitt bade good bye to his home and friends in 
 the East and turned his steps toward the setting 
 sun, journeying on the Erie Canal to Buffalo, thence 
 .icross the lake to Detroit and overland to what is 
 now Columbia Township, tliis county, where he ob- 
 tained two hundred and forty acres of Government 
 land on section 2 1 . Here he and his wife began 
 their pioneer life in a very primitive fashion, first 
 "setting up house-keeping" in the wagon-box, and 
 a little later becoming the proud occupants of a log 
 cabin. The most grapliic description would fall 
 short of the reality were we to attempt to de- 
 tail their early life with its struggles, privations and 
 toils, its pleasures, joys and successes. Suffice it to 
 say that the place was converted from a raw, wild 
 oak opening, into a productive tract of well-im- 
 proved land. 
 
 Subsequently Mr. Hewitt obtained land in an- 
 other part of the township, which he llnally traded 
 for a two hundrea and forty-acre tract on section 
 27, iThich shortly, however, became reduced to two 
 hundred acres. Upon this he lived until he retired 
 from active labors and removed to the village of 
 Brooklyn in 1879, purchasing a pleasant property 
 on ^larshall Street, where he resided until his death. 
 He was called hence February 23, 1885. An honest 
 hard-working man and a worlhy citizen, his loss 
 was deepl}' felt by the people in whose midst he 
 had spent so many years. Although of a quiet and 
 reserved nature, never desirous of public honors, 
 he was ambitious for the good of the people, mani- 
 festing the real public spirit. In his early daj-s he 
 was a sound Whig, later becoming an Abolitionist 
 and a Republican of the highest type. 
 
 In early days Mr. Hewitt was an organizer and 
 leader in the State Militia, first in New York, ' 
 where he was appointed Fiist Lieutenant of the 
 Fourth Regiment of Horse Artillery, under Adj.- 
 Gen. Levi Hubbard. After he came to Michigan 
 he was in turn the recipient of each of the commis- 
 sions from Captain to Colonel. In 1838 he was 
 commissioned Captain of Couipauy B, Twent}'- 
 
 fourth Regiment, by Gov. S. T. Mason, and later 
 received a second commission as Captain of Colum- 
 bia Company, Thirty-fifth Regiment, the document 
 being signed by Gov. John J. Barry. This was in 
 March, 1843, and in 1819 Gov. Ranson appointed 
 him Lieutenant-Colonel of the same regiment, a 
 rank that he filled until the militia was disbandid. 
 
 After having lived happil}' together for nearly a 
 quarter of a century, Col. Hewitt and his wife 
 Julia were called upon to part. She died at her 
 home in Columbia Township, in 1851, while still 
 in the prime of life, being but forty-two years of 
 age. She was a member of the Baptist Church and 
 a woman whose goodness was felt and appreciated 
 throughout the comraunitj^. She had borne seven 
 (children, two of whom are now deceased; they are 
 Malissa, wife of AVilliam Olcott, and Florence, who 
 passed away when nearly twenty-one years old. 
 The survivors are: Mrs. C. S. Pratt, now of 
 Jackson ; Julietta, wife of N. II. King, of the same 
 cit}-; Caroline, now Mrs. J. B. Stoutenburgh, of 
 California; Kate, now Mrs. D. C. DcLamater, of 
 Detroit; and Frederick, whose home is in Califor- 
 nia, and whose present wife bore the maiden name 
 of Frances Allen. 
 
 The second marriage of Col. Hewitt occurred in 
 Columbia Township, in 1852, on which occasion he 
 became the husband of Miss Huldah Howe. She 
 was born in Penobscot County, Me., August 2, 
 1824, her birthplace being but a short distance 
 from the city of Bangor. She is a daughter of 
 James and Cynthia (Jackson) Howe, whose wed- 
 ded life began in Penobscot Count}' on a farm 
 which they occupied for a number of years. Mr. 
 Howe was a native of Keeue, N. H., and his wife 
 was born in the Pine Tree State. In 1824 they 
 started overland for Ohio, after reaching Syracuse, 
 N. Y., taking the canal for two hundred miles, and 
 then continuing their journej' with team.s, carrying 
 their earthly effects with them. Reaching Mentor, 
 Ohio, the}' remained there eighteen months, thence 
 removing to Toledo, and later to Fulton County, 
 where the father died in 1852, at the age of sev- 
 ent\^-one years. His wife afterward changed her resi- 
 dence to Montcalm Count}-, Mich., where she died in 
 1868, at t!ie age of seventy-two years. Both were 
 members of the Baptist Church and people who 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 were regai-clcd with respect b3' those who knew them. 
 Tlieir (laiii^hter Iliihhih was ten years of age when 
 they removed to the Western Reserve where slio 
 became of age, when she came to this county, within 
 whose borders she has since resided. She is a wo- 
 man of intelligence •mu\ Ciuistian ciiaraeter, a i<ind 
 neighbor and a devoted mother. Of tlie ciiiidren 
 born to her, one lias been called from time to 
 eternity; this was Helen L., the wife of Lyman 
 Ambler, who died at the age of twerity-three. Tlie 
 living are: Fremont E., a resident of Brooklyn, 
 who married .Miss Nellie Fuller; diaries H., who 
 married Miss Alice B. Smith, and is now operating 
 the farm on section 27, Columbia Township; Cora 
 E., who was educated in Brooklyn and taught for 
 a time, but is now at home with her mother, and 
 Grace A., who became the wife of Jlont S. Hender 
 shott, of Tecumsch. Mrs. Hewitt and her children 
 are identitied with the Baptist Church, as was her 
 husband. 
 
 The father of him who is the subject of this 
 sketch was Thomas Hewitt, who was born in New 
 London, Conn., being the son of one of three 
 brothers who came from England to America at 
 an early day and located among the hills of New 
 England. Thomas Hewitt began life as a farmer, 
 remaining at his native place until that town was 
 burned by the British during the Revolvtionary 
 War, then he removed westward and located in the 
 Empire State. There he is supposed to have ap- 
 plied himself to his chosen calling in a new coun- 
 try. He died vfhen quite an old man in Madison 
 County. His wife was Miss Grace Hall, who also 
 died in New York when quite old. Like her hus- 
 band, she was a native of Connecticut, but her an- 
 cestors had for many years lived in New Elngland. 
 
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 <$^ JK-ILLIAM II. PARKER, a representative of 
 '' '' one of the earliest families of Miclii"-an, 
 
 * h.as been until recently connected with the 
 business interests of Jacksun. his place of residence, 
 and he lias an extensive acquaintance here and else- 
 where, and is held in high esteem by all who come 
 in contact with him either in a business or social 
 
 way. He is a fine re])resentative of the soldier ele- 
 ment of our country that has been such a promi- 
 nent factor in the upbuilding of the West since 
 the close of the rebellion. In those trying days he 
 was among the first to respond to his country's 
 call, and with noble self sacrifice went forth to fight 
 its battles and to brave the hardships of a soldier's 
 life, and the privations that he suffered during his 
 long and almost constant service throughout th» 
 entire war, testify to his loyalty and devotion to 
 the Union. 
 
 Our subject is a native of IMichigan, born in 
 Farmington, Oakland County, July 29, 1836. He 
 is a son of Jehiel Parker, who was a native of Man- 
 chester, N. Y., his father Phineas Parker, being a 
 pioneer of Ontario County. The grandfather of 
 our subject was a bl.acksmith by trade, and in 1828 
 he once again became a pioneer, coming to Michi- 
 gan in those early territorial days, and settling in 
 Oakland County, he established himself at his call- 
 ing in the town of Novi, .and was a resident there 
 until his death, when nearly eighty years of age. 
 The maiden name of his wife was Mary Pratt. She 
 also spent her last years in Oakland County, and 
 I now lies sleeping her last sleep by her husband's 
 side in the churchyard at Novi. They occupied an 
 honorable position among the pioneers of Southern 
 Michigan, and their names are revered by their de- 
 scendants, and by all who knew them in the old 
 days. 
 
 The father of our subject had grown to man's 
 estate when he came to Michigan with his parents. 
 He married in Oakland (Jounty in 1833, Ilaanah 
 Daily becoming his wife. She was a native of 
 Farmington, Ontario County, N. Y., and a daugh- 
 ter of William II. and Elizabeth (Dillingham) 
 Daily, pioneers of Oakland County, of 1828. The 
 parents of our subject began their wedded life in 
 the wilds of Farmington Township.O.akland County, 
 oeing among the first settlers of that locality. Mr. 
 Parker buying a tr.acl of timber land, on which to 
 build up a home. The surrounding country was a 
 dense wilderness, and when the family first went to 
 Oakland County, they followed an Indian trail from 
 ' Detroit. Deer, bears, wolves, and other wild ani- 
 t mals were plenty for some years, and were fre- 
 ; quent,ly seen by the settlers. The Indians still 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 made their home there in those early days. Mr. 
 Parker actively entered upon the pioneer task of 
 developing a farm, but his first work was to erect 
 a log house, in which our subject was born. The 
 father cleared a farm, and then sold it and bought 
 another tract of forest-covered land, which, with 
 the assistance of his sons, he developed into a valu- 
 able farm. He thus performed his share in advanc- 
 ing tlie interests of Oakland County, and lived to 
 see it quite well settled. He and his wife were typi- 
 cal pioneer people, of strong, energetic natures, 
 with warm hearts and open hands, always ready to 
 assist and cheer any one of their neighbors less fort- 
 unate than themselves, and their iiorae was the cen- 
 tre of the generous iiospitalitj' that characterized 
 the early settlers of these Western States. Mr. 
 Parker's death occurred on his homestead in 18.05, 
 and a valuable citizen was thus removed from the 
 scene of his usefulness. His wife survived him many 
 years, spending the last part of her life with jier 
 children, her death occurring at a ripe old age in 
 April, 1887. She was the motlier of seven children, 
 six of whom were reared to maturity, of whom the 
 following is recorded : Mary E. is the wife of James 
 II. DeLand, of Jackson; our subject was the next 
 in order of birth; Emmor K. served in the Michi- 
 gan Mechanics and Engineers Corps, and gave up 
 his life for his country at Bowling Green, K3\; 
 Sarah married the Hon. William Donovan, and 
 lives in Lansing; Bradford J. died in Washtenaw 
 County, in 1867 ; Isadore is the wife of Edwin Rock- 
 well, and resides in Leoni Township. 
 
 William Parker, whose life-record appears on 
 these pages, was reared to agricultural pursuits in 
 his native county, an;l was educated in the pioneer 
 schools that were taught in a log house, with i)rim- 
 itive home made furniture. As soon as large 
 enough he began to assist his father in his pioneer 
 labors, and being the oldest son, the care of the 
 farm devolved on liim at the time of his father's 
 death. He managed it until 1858, and then the 
 family removed to Ypsilanti where he obtained 
 employment as a drover until the breaking out of 
 the war in 1861, when he was one of the first 
 to spring to the defense of his country, enlisting 
 on the 24th of April for three months in Conii)any 
 H, First Michigan Infantr}', and serving with credit 
 
 until the expiration of his term of enlistment in 
 August. He returned home, but immediately re- 
 enlisted on the 9th day of the same month as a 
 member of Company I, Ninth iMichigan Infantry, 
 and was mustered in as Sergeant of bis compan3^ 
 He served with his regiment until 1863, and was 
 then discharged on account of disability, the priva- 
 tions of the hard life on Southern battle-fields, im- 
 pairing his naturalh' vigorous constitution. He 
 returned home, but his patriotic spirit would not 
 let him be content while his country was still in 
 peril, and as soon as his health was sufficiently- 
 restored, he once again entered the service, was em- 
 ployed on the construction works, and served until 
 after the close of the war. He had an extended 
 experience of military life, and for his efficienej- 
 was promoted from the ranks, and served in the 
 following States: Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, 
 Georgia, IMississippi, North and South Carolina, 
 \Mrginia, Maryland, and Washington, I). C. After 
 the close of the war Mr. Parker joined the military 
 police in Newbein, N. C, anfl after l)eing on the 
 force a few months, was ajj^iointed clerk in a gen ■ 
 eral store, in which capacity he acted seven montiis. 
 At the expiration of that time he returned to Wash- 
 tenaw County, in 18GG, and the ensuing year was 
 engaged in the commission business in Ypsilnnli, 
 and subsequently carried on the same in Huion 
 County, Ohio. In 1867 he established himself as a 
 contractor in building railways, his first work of 
 the kind being on the Ypsilanti & Hillsdale Rail- 
 waj', and following that, lie was engaged in the 
 construction of a part of the Holly, Wayne & Mon- 
 roe Railwai', and also on the Detroit, Lansing, & 
 Northern Railway. In August, 1868, he went to the 
 Upper* Peninsular and built a piece of road there, 
 returning the same fall to Washtenaw County, and 
 in 1869 he assisted in the construction of the Ann 
 Arbor it Toledo Railway, and in the same season 
 worked in building the Jackson, Lansing & Sagi- 
 naw Railway, he constructing the northern end of 
 the railway. He continued actively engaged as a 
 railway contractor four years longer, and then car- 
 lied on the flour and feed business in this city un- 
 til February, 1890, building up a prosperous and 
 extensive trade, and by judicious investments and 
 careful management, he h.as acquired a goodly 
 
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 amount of property. :in(l is one of the substantial 
 citizens of llie city. Mr. Parker's life record in all 
 lIic relations of life, and in the (hities devolving 
 upon him as an liDnoralih; man and a faitliful citi- 
 zen, is of the higiiest. He lias honored industry 
 and integrity' in tiiouglit and in example, and is 
 eminentl}' worthy of tlie universal respect accorded 
 to him. He is firm in his religious views, and with 
 his wife is a valuable member of the First Congre- 
 gational Churcii. He is an active member of the 
 Union \'eterans" Union. 
 
 In 1SG7 Mr. Parker vvas married to Miss Fyllen A. 
 Crittenden, and in her has found one who fills the 
 perfect measure of a wife and a friend, and of a 
 motiier to their onlj- son. Charles W". The only 
 shadow in an otherwise happy wedded life, vvas the 
 death of their little daughter, Lizzie B., at the age 
 of seventeen months. The family occupies a home, 
 pleasant and cozy, on South Jlilwaukee Street, and 
 whoever crosses its threshold, is sure of a cordial 
 welcome from kindly hostess and genial host. 
 
 Mrs. Parker was born near Penn Yan, N. Y.,and 
 when thue years old was brought to Michigan by 
 her parents, Mortimer and Jenett (Hurd) Critten- 
 den. They settled near Y|)silanti, and the father 
 cleared a fine farm, and resided there until his mor- 
 tal career was closed by his death in 1866. His 
 wife still resides on the old homestead with her 
 youngest son. Mrs. Parker's paternal grandmother 
 is still living at Penn Yan. and November 17, 
 1889, attained the remarkable age of one hundred 
 years. 
 
 ^ip^RANK MAYNARD, Chairman of the Board 
 iHH[gyj of Supervisors, from Blackman Township, 
 Ik^ and a man more than ordinarily progres- 
 sive and |)ubli''-s|)irited, is well-to-do linanciall\'. 
 being one of the most successful farmers of this 
 count3'. In [joint of geneial information u|)on all 
 subjects, he stands second to no m;ui in the county 
 and invariably gives his countenance and support 
 to the enterprises calculated to advance the interests 
 of the people at large, socially, morally and finan- 
 cially-. His home is pleasantly situated on section 
 "20, Blackman Townsliip. :uid Ins ilonieslic arrange- 
 
 ments are presided over by one of the most estima- 
 ble of ladies, who is in all respects equal to her hus- 
 band, socially and intellectually. Within tiieir 
 hospitable doors are to be found all tiie evidences 
 of refined tastes and ample means and their friends 
 and associates comprise the best elements of society 
 in .lackson County. 
 
 Mr. IMaynard is descendcil from good new Eng- 
 land stock, being tlie son of Joseph and Martha 
 (Tiiompson) IMaynard, who were both natives of 
 Solon, Somerset County, Me. The parents were 
 reared and married in their native place and there 
 spent their entire lives. The paternal grandfather, 
 also named Joseph, was a native of England and 
 emigrated to America when a young man, settling 
 in Solon, JMe., where his deatii occurred. The ))a- 
 ternal great-grandfather, likewise bearing the name 
 of Joseph and of English birtii and ancestry', 
 crossed the Atlantic in time to have a hand in the 
 Revolutionary AVar, performing gallant service as 
 a First Lieutenant and serving six years. He set- 
 tled first in Portland, Me., but subsequently re 
 moved to Solon, where he also was gathered to his 
 fathers. 
 
 On the maternal side Grandfather Christopher 
 Thompson, also a native of F-ngland, brought his 
 famil}- to America and settled near Solon. Me., 
 about 1801-02, in a town called Emden. He served 
 as a Colonel in the War of 1812 and later became 
 prominent in his communit}', being County Com- 
 missioner and holding other oflices of trust and 
 res|)onsibility. 
 
 The sul)ject of this notice was the only child of 
 his parents and was born Februar\' 22. 1815, at 
 Bingham, Ale., a small town in close proximity to 
 Solon, where his parents lived for about one year. 
 Thence they removed to Solon where the father oc- 
 cupied iiimselfas a carpenter and where the son 
 prosecuted iiis early studies in the common-school. 
 Later he attended the Bloomfield Academy located 
 at .Skowiipgan. whence he was gr.'i.duated. After tiie 
 outbieak of the Civil War he enlisted as a Union 
 soldier in (Company I, Fourteenth Maine Infantry 
 under Col. Charles Dver and served two years. He 
 took part in the attack on F't. Fisher and was with 
 Gen. Butler at New Orleans. He likewise partici- 
 pated in the battle in front of Petersburg, along 
 
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 the Weldon Railroad, and was in the vicinity of 
 Appomattox at the time of Lee's surrender. He 
 received his honorable discharge at the close of the 
 war in July, I860, heing mustered out in Boston, 
 Mass. 
 
 Returning now to his homo in Solon, Mr. May- 
 nard soon after repaired to Ponghkeepsie, N. Y., 
 and entered u[)on a course of study in Eastman's 
 Business College from niiich he vvas dul\' gradu- 
 ated. Subsequently he engaged as a teacher of 
 writing in Maine, New Hampshire and Massaciiu- 
 setts, remaining in New England until 1870. That 
 year coming to Michigan, lie orcupied himself as a 
 teacher of writing in different places for about two 
 years, at the expiration of which time he was mar- 
 ried anil settling in Blackman Township, engaged 
 in farming. 
 
 The wedding of Frank iMaynard and Miss Eliza- 
 beth I. Daniels was duly celebrated at the home of 
 the bride's uncle in Blackman Township, April 17, 
 1872. This lady is the daughter of the late Abel 
 W. and Emily L. (Thomas) Daniels, who were both 
 natives of Bethany, Genesee County, N. Y. Her 
 paternal grandfather, John Daniels, was born in 
 in Connecticut in 1788 and was of Scot( h ancestry. 
 He mariied Miss Zilpah Wheeler, a native of Ca- 
 yuga County, N. Y., and of New England parent- 
 age. 
 
 Abel W. Daniels came to Michigan at an earl^' 
 day and for nine years was a resident of what is 
 now Blackman Township. Then returning to New 
 York State he was married, soon after which he 
 brought his bride to this county and they settled 
 in Blackman Township where they spent the re- 
 mainder of their days. The mother died early in 
 TjOs and Mr. Daniels died in 18G8. There were 
 born to them four cliildren, three daughters and 
 one son, all of whom are living. Mrs. Ma3'nard 
 was born at the old homestead in Blackman Town- 
 ship, June 22, 184;3. She there grew to an attrac- 
 tive womanhood, remaining under the parental 
 rouf until her marriage. Of her union with our 
 subject there have been born two sons only. Frank 
 I., and Irwin L. 
 
 A Democrat by early training and inclinations, 
 Mr. Maynard has continued a firm adherent of the 
 old party. He has always kept himself thoroughly 
 
 posted in regard to events of State and National 
 interest and has twice been the candidate of his 
 jjarty for the Slate Legislature, making a tine can- 
 vass, but being defeated as he expected with the 
 balance of the ticket. He was elected Supervisor 
 of Blackman Township in the spring of 1885 and 
 has been continued in the office bj' successive re- 
 elections and has served as Chairman of the Board 
 since 1880. This fact is sufficient indication of the 
 olficiency and fidelity with which he has discharged 
 his duties in connection therein. Not only has he 
 taken ari active part in political affairs, but the 
 educational interests of the county have always re- 
 ceived his earnest attention. Socially, he is promi- 
 nently connected with the Patrons of Industry, 
 taking an important part in all the deliberations of 
 his lodge. 
 
 The Maynard homestead embraces a fine bod}- of 
 land, four hundred acres in extent and is largely 
 devoted to the feeding of cattle, in which industry 
 Mr. Maynard has attained a fine reputation, keep- 
 a herd of blooded Short-horn cattle. He served 
 one year as President of the Jackson County Agri- 
 cultural Society and then declined a re-election, 
 feeling that his other interests prevented him from 
 giving due attention to the duties of this olHce. 
 
 Mrs. Maynard was given a thorough education 
 and after being graduated from the Jackson High 
 School followed the profession of a teacher about 
 four years jirior to her marriage. She is warmly 
 devoted to the interests of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church at Jackson with wliichshe has been promi- 
 nently connected for several years, officiating as 
 Superintendent of the Sunday-school in the school 
 district in which she resides and laboring in other 
 directions to promote its best interests. Her por- 
 trait is presented on another page of the Ai.nuM. 
 
 '-^'^f^^^i^^^^^T^^^^ 
 
 LMERIN M. TINKER, dealer in hats and 
 caps, and in real estate, has been identified 
 with the business interests and municipal 
 ^^/ affairs of Jackson for years, and has an es- 
 
 tablished reputation as a man of good judgment, 
 prudence and honor. He was born in Summit 
 
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 Coniily, Ohio. M;u-(.'li 12, 1 iS.'iK, beiiii; llie eldest of 
 five C'liildion liorii to Aimuriii B. anil Siisiin M. 
 (Soutliwoi'lli) Tinker. His niotlicr is a diuiglitei' of 
 Sylvester Soutliworlli and of Englisli descent in 
 botli lines. Holli pnreiils were natives of Ohio, 
 whence lliey removed to Michigan in 18ij2. The 
 father owr.ed a farm in this county l)ut settled in 
 the city of Jackson, building a harness-shop on ihe 
 river bottom, wliere he carried on the manufacture 
 of harness until his death in IH80. Ills widow is 
 still living, i.s now in her seventieth year and make's 
 her home with licr diuighter. 
 
 The boyhood of \um of wlioui we write was 
 passed in his native State with good advantages in 
 the way of schooling, and his education was com- 
 pleted in the Jackson schools in later years, finish- 
 ing at the Union school, taught by Prof. Ripley. 
 He had previously acted .as page in the House of 
 Repicsentatives one hundred and tvventy days, for 
 which service he received 4!l per day, and with this 
 money he purch.ased a horse. After keeping the 
 animal about a year he sold liim and bought a gro- 
 cery- stock from Mr. Knapp, carrying on the gro- 
 cery business about six montiis and then closing it 
 out. He next entered the employ of W. R. & W. B. 
 Reynolds, dealers in general merchandise, and re- 
 mained with them as a clerk fifteen years, and at 
 the same time became interested witii his father in 
 the harness tr.ade Finally disposing of this inter- 
 est he turned his attention to the manufacture of 
 trunks, which he continued until elected City Re- 
 corder. He was nominated on the Republican 
 ticket and elected by a majority of sevent3--six, al- 
 thougli the city usually goes Democratic by six 
 hundred votes. In a second r.ace for the same of- 
 'ice he was defeated by thirty-six votes, and retir- 
 ing from the office he formed a co-partnership with 
 D.J. Ilolden and M. W. Cary, dealers in hats, caps 
 and furs. The business was carried on five years, 
 Mr. C'ar^- in the meantime retiring from the firm. 
 Mr. Tinke" was again called to serve in a pul)lic 
 capacitj", being nominated as County Clerk on the 
 Democratic ticket, and being elected filled the of- 
 fice four years. 
 
 U|)on retiring from this ollicc .Mr. Tinker engaged 
 in the real-estate and insurance business in connec- 
 tion with (1. R. Ilolden and afterward with ex-Sher- 
 
 iff W.R. Brown cigliteeu months. He uextembarked 
 in the manufacture of carriages and i-oad carts, wliile 
 in that business helping to start the Standard Car- 
 riage Couipany, in which he retained an interest two 
 years, and also the Standard Cig Saddle Company. 
 Selling out his interest in the latter liusiness to A. II. 
 Hovey it Bro. he engaged in the sale of h.-tts and 
 caps at Xo. 14;'), West .Main Street, where he has a 
 well-slocked cstablishmeiil, [)erliaps the best in the 
 southwestern [lart of the State, wliicli h.as licome 
 well knf)wn and has a thorougiily established trade. 
 
 On the 1 Ith of May, 1861, Mr. Tinker was united 
 in marriage vviih Miss Mary A., daughter of John 
 C. and Lucy A. (Gartick) Darling, and a sister of 
 Mrs. D. J. Ilolden of J.ackson. Mrs. Tinker was 
 born in New York State near Rochester and reared 
 in this State, and possesses many qualifications 
 which fit her for her duties as wife and mother and 
 for the station which she fills in society. .She has 
 borne her husband five children — Mary E., Walter 
 A., Warren H., Charles D. and Gracie L. 
 
 For several years Mr. Tinker was President of 
 the Young Men's Librar}' Association, and he 
 served as Secretary of the School Board five years. 
 During the past six years he has been Grand 
 Treasurer of the Ancient Order of United Work- 
 men, and at present holds tiie office of Grand Over- 
 seer. He is also a member of the Kninhts of Honor. 
 
 ^'LBERT W. REYNOLDS. The biographer 
 tJl in his eniiiirations alongthe western line of 
 
 Jackson County, met with many fine fami- 
 lies who possessed in a marktMl degree the 
 rare art of entertaining the stranger who was not 
 liki'ly to prove "an angel unawares;" and among 
 them all he remembers Mr. Reynolds and his family 
 as among the most cultured and hospital le. Mr. 
 Reynolds is an old resident of Concord Townshii), 
 but at i)resent makes his home within the village 
 limits. He. however, is engaged in farming pur- 
 suits and operates three hundred and twenty acres 
 of fine laud on section 2.5. He is well-to-do finan- 
 cially, genial and companionable personally, intelli- 
 gent and well informed. His estimable wife is his 
 
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 equal in all respects and admirably fitted to preside 
 over their beautiful lioine. The farm is eaibellished 
 with handsome, modern buildings and everything 
 about the premises indicates cultured tastes and 
 ample means. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born September 5. 
 1835, in Concord Townsliip, and is the offspring of 
 an excellent family, being the son of Jerry Rey- 
 nolds who was born in Clyde, AVayne County, N. 
 Y., September 2o, 1808. The paternal grandfather, 
 James Reynolds, also a native of Nev7 York State, 
 served in the War of 1812, then came to Michigan 
 from his farm and died at tiie home of his son. 
 Jerry, about 1804. Tlie latter learned shoemaking 
 in his 3-outh and later became a tanner and currier 
 and operated a large tanner3' in C'lj'de, before com- 
 ing to the West. He was a generous man to his 
 friends and on tliis account, by going security lost 
 the greater part of his property' before coming 
 West. 
 
 After meeting with tiie above-mentioned disaster, 
 the father of our subject, in the spring of 1835, 
 made his way to Michigan Territory in the hope 
 of retrieving his fortunes. He drove through with 
 an ox-team most of the way and locating in Con- 
 cord Township purchased one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land, paying therefor $7 per acre. Me was 
 active, industrious and enterprising and what in 
 AYestern parlance would be termed a "iiusller." In 
 addition to the cultivation of his land he still pros- 
 ecuted shoemaking and as iiis fiirm lay on the old 
 State road he ojjened his doors for the entertain- 
 ment of travelers. He hauled leather from Detroit 
 and frequently walked by the side of his oxen the 
 entire distance to and from. He was one of those 
 men who seldom fail in anything which they under- 
 take and in consequence lie in due time realized 
 his expectations of another competence and became 
 owner of six hundred and forty acres of as fine 
 f:irming land as was to be found in Jackson County. 
 He was alfo largely interested in real estate in Con- 
 cord. At the same time he was pul)lic-spirited and 
 liberal, giving his substantial aid to all tiie projects 
 calculated to upbuild the community. He affiliated 
 with tlie Democratic party until 1848, then became 
 a Whig and later a Re|)ublican, his conversion be- 
 inw brought about by the "Nicholson letter"' of 
 
 1848. He spent the latter years of his life in Con- 
 cord, his demise occurring October 28, 1871. 
 
 Jerrj' Reynolds was twice married, first in New 
 York State in 1832 to Martha West, the mother of 
 our subject, who was born in the same town as her 
 husband and was the daughter of Day Hubbard 
 West, likewise a native of Wayne County, N. Y'., 
 and a farmer by occupation. About 1838, Grand- 
 father West emigrated to Michigan and followed 
 farming in tliis county the remainder of his life. Of 
 this union there were born two children — Albert NY., 
 our subject, and William H. Mrs. jMartha (West) 
 Reynolds died at the old homestead in Concord 
 Townsliip in 1863. 
 
 William II. Reynolds, the brother of our subject, 
 spent his early years on the farm until the outlireak 
 of the Civil War and then enlisted as a Union 
 soldier in Company B, First Michigan Infantry. 
 He served three months in the Army of the Potomac 
 and was in the first battle of Bull Run. He now 
 owns and operates the old homestead. The second 
 wife of Jerry Reynolds bore the maiden name of 
 Maria Stookey. 
 
 The subject of this notice spent hisl)oyhood and 
 youth in tlie manner common to the sons of [lioneer 
 farmers, receiving only limited educational advan- 
 tages, but being trained to those habits of industry 
 and principles of honor which have followed him 
 all through life. As a 30uth he was earnest and 
 thoughtful bej'ond his years, fond of reading and 
 anxious to become well informed. As the [irospects 
 of the family brightened, he in due time, to his 
 great satisfaction, was enabled to enter Michigan 
 Central College at Spring Arbor, where he pursued 
 his studies for two years and up to the time the 
 college was removed to Hillsdale. His room-mate 
 was a young man who afterward became Congress- 
 man Packard. 
 
 Next Mr. Reynolds entered Albion College, 
 wliicli he attended about five terms, then returning 
 home he took charge of his father's farm, being 
 then only in the twenty- first year of his age, while 
 his father gave his attention to his business in Con- 
 cord. About this time young Reynolds purchased 
 a part of the land which he now owns and occupies 
 and which he began improving, although he did 
 not locate upon it until after bis marriage, in 1800. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 UGl 
 
 As time passed he added to his landed possessions, 
 bringing the whole to a higii state of cultivation 
 and erecting tlicreon good liuildings besides effect- 
 ing otiier impi-ovemcnls wliich have brought it to 
 the condition of one of tiic most desirable country 
 estates in this county. There is a fine lake and na- 
 tive groves which, together willi tiie livestock and 
 inacliincry. indicate with what industry the proprie- 
 tor has labored and with what good judgment he 
 has invested his capital. Besides a fine assortment 
 of graded cattle and sheep, he makes a specialty of 
 full-blooded Chester- White swine and has some 
 valuable horses. Among them is a thoroughbred, 
 who, upon one occasion he allowed to go upon the 
 race course. lie did not fear that his horse would 
 fail to win, but tlie practices of some who were 
 called the very best horsemen in the State and men 
 of iionor, so disgusted him tii;it it proved hi.s last 
 and only experience on tiic race courie. 
 
 I'u/suing ids farming operations up to 1H71, Mr. 
 Reynolds then removed into the villMge leaving 
 his farm in other liands, altiiough ho still controls 
 its operations. In 187G he put liis i)resent resi- 
 dence — a handsome and roomy structure, furnished 
 in modern style and fitted iif) witii all modern con- 
 veniences. Besides tliis he lias other valuable 
 real estate in tlie village, including eight resi- 
 dences and two store buildings. He deals in live 
 stock consideralily, buying and sliipping and is a 
 stockholder and Director of tlie Farmers' State 
 Bank of Concord. He rendered great assistance in 
 securing the building of the Michigan Air Line 
 Railroad through this place, the station of which 
 was located on his farm under the name of Rej-- 
 nolds. J">ora time to time he has been a member 
 of the School Board and also a member of the Vil- 
 lage Board. He belongs to the Masonic lodge at 
 Concord and the Cha|)ter at .lackson. He cast his 
 first I'rcsidential vote for John C. Fremont at the 
 organization of the Republican party in 1856, and 
 has since been a stanch supporter of its principles. 
 He frequently serves as a delegate to the county 
 and Slate conventions. 
 
 The raarri.age of Albert W. Reynolds and Miss 
 Mary E. Murr.aj- was celebrated at the bride's home 
 in Albion, November 20, 1860. Mrs. Reynolds 
 was born September 21, 1839, in South Albion and 
 
 is the daughter of Levi and Lj'dia ( Warner) Mur- 
 ray who were both natives of New York State and 
 born near Parma. The paternal giandfather of 
 Mrs. Reynolds vvas a native of Scotland and emi- 
 grating to America at an early day located near 
 Parma, N. Y., where he followed farming until his 
 death. His son, Levi, also chose .agriculture for his 
 life vocation. He emigrated to Michigan Territory 
 in 1830 with his son Walter and took up one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of land in the wilderness, near 
 where subsequently grew u|) the town of South 
 Albion. He first put up a log house and cultivated 
 a small piece of land, then returning to New York 
 State brought his family liack with him the follow- 
 ing spring. The journey w.as made bj' canal to 
 Buffalo and thence overland with an ox team to 
 Calhoun County. The family si>ent the following 
 summer in the log house without an^' doors, hang- 
 ing blankets up to shut out the wind and the wolves. 
 In those days the Indians burned the grass so the 
 cattle had to subsist by browsing in the timber, -md 
 in order to .assist them the pioneer would take his 
 a.^e and cut down the sa|)liiigs and when he would 
 shoulder his axe and start to the timber they 
 would all follow him. At the time of J\Ir. Jluriay's 
 removal here there was onl}' one house in the town- 
 ship. He was thus the second settler and with Ids 
 family he endured all the toils and piivatioiis of 
 life on the fronti"r. The nearest mill was at .Mar- 
 shall and the journej' to it was usually performed 
 by the son W.alter on horseback, which in those 
 days was the (juickcst method of locomotion, as 
 roads had not been laid out. 
 
 In addition to the cultivation of his land, Mr. 
 Murray, as the country became settled, employed 
 himself some as a teamster, taking loads of grocer- 
 ies to the sugar camps north and returning with a 
 load of maple sugar. Like Jerry Reyncdds he also 
 was a '-hustler." He brought his land to a high 
 state of eultiv.ation and as time passed erected 
 thereon a fine set of buildings, also gathering to- 
 gether the live sUick and machinery essential to 
 the requirements of the modern fanner. The labor 
 of thirty j-cars effected a remarkable change from 
 the time when the family occupied the little log 
 cabin in the Oak Opening, arotind which the wolves 
 howled at niirht and to which the red men of the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 forest came to bet;; of his white neighbor a loaf of 
 bread, or some other daint}- to whieh he was unac- 
 customed. 
 
 In 18.31 Mr. Murraj-, imbued with tlie de!>ire to 
 add still further to his wealth, determined upon 
 going to California and started out in company 
 with his son Walter with the intention of going by 
 the water route. Tiiey accomplished the vo3'age in 
 safety but soon after entering the mines the father 
 was taken with a fever and died about a week after 
 his arrival, at the age of fifty-one years, and his re- 
 mains were buried upon California soil. Prior to 
 his removal to Michigan he had been a Colonel in 
 the New York State militia. Six months after the 
 death of his father AValter Murray returned to the 
 sorrowing family* at Albion. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia (Warner) Murray, the mother of 
 Mrs. Reynolds was born in 18U2. After the death 
 of her husband she carried on the farm and kept 
 her children together until they were married. 
 About 1870 she removed to the home of her daugh- 
 ter, Mrs. Reynolds, and remaining with her died in 
 Concord in 1873. She was a lady of many esti- 
 mable qualities and a devout member of the Jleth- 
 odist Episcopal Churcii. Grandfather Warren was 
 a native of New York State and a soldier in the 
 War of 1812. lie engaged in faiming in his native 
 Slate until 1831, then came to Michigan Territory 
 and took up land in Albion Township ujion which 
 he labored successfully and became wealth^-. He in- 
 vested his cai)ital in land and was the owner of most 
 all the present site of Albion. lie was prominent 
 injocal affairs, serving as Justice of the Peace for 
 many years and occupying other positions of trust 
 and responsibility. ''Squire" Wai-ner was known far 
 and wide, by .young and old, and was one of the 
 pioneers who will not soon be forgotten. 
 
 Seven children, of whom six lived to maturit}', 
 were born to the )iarentsof Mrs. Reynolds: Walter 
 before spoken of. died at Albion in 1866; Julia A., 
 INIrs. Chapman, is a resident of Litchfield, this State; 
 Lorelta became the wife of Amos Coykendall and 
 died in Ceresco, Calhoun County, Mich., in 1857; 
 Cynthia, Mrs. Mount, died in South Albion in 1878; 
 Chandler is a resident of Albion; ■Mary. Mrs. Rey- 
 jiolds, was the youngest born. 
 
 Hattie. the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, 
 
 was born November 10, 1861, on the farm in Con- 
 cord; she attended school at Logansport, Ind..one 
 3-ear, then entered A'assar College where she spent 
 two years. Subsequently she attended the Misses 
 Grant's school in Chicago until her marri'ge with 
 Leo S. Parsons, a merchant of LTniou Citj'; she is a 
 fine scholar and an accomplished musician. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Parsons have one child, a son, Deo. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Reynolds also reared one James H. Shep 
 herd, from a boy. giving him the same advantages 
 whicli their own child enjoyed, including the class- 
 ical course in the Micliigan State University at Ann 
 Arbor, lie appreciated his opportunities and now 
 occu|)ies the position of Agricultural Chemist at 
 the Slate University in South Dakota, and his foster 
 family are all very proud of him. 
 
 Mrs. Reynolds was reared under the healthful in- 
 fluences of country life and was given the best ad- 
 vantages, completing her education in Hillsdale 
 College, niiich she left only a short time before her 
 
 marriage. 
 
 -P-'^'»-^^4g0|^4-«i*:^^ 
 
 (^^HADDEUS C. BROOKS. This gentleman 
 '((^^ is well known throughout Southern Michi- 
 ^^^ gan as a general contractor, and lias a repu- 
 tation second to none in the community for public 
 spirit, benevolence and straight-forward dealing. 
 His caroer in life has afforded him abundant means, 
 as well as the opportunity to advance the best in- 
 terests of the community in which he lias lived by 
 his influence, his ability and his example. He is 
 a native of Ulster County, N. Y.. where his eyes 
 opened to the light Februaiy 7. 1842, .and is a 
 son of Lenis and Nancy (Simmons) Brooks. His 
 father was born in Orange County, and his mother 
 in tli.at in which he himself was born. The father 
 was engaged in the pursuit of agriculture. 
 
 The boyhood of him whose name introduces 
 this sketch was passed in his native county, with 
 the educational privileges afforded by the country 
 schools. At the age of sixteen years he went to 
 learn the stone-cntter's trade, and worked at it 
 until his Sjjirit was aroused by the attempt to 
 overthrow the Union, when at the earliest oppor- 
 tunity he became a soldier. He joined Company 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 C63 
 
 A, One Hundred and Twentietli New York In- 
 fantry, wliifli, imkIct the coramand of Gen. Daniel 
 Sickles, wiis known as the Sixtii I'.rig.ide, .and be- 
 came a part of the Army of the Potomac. 
 
 Mr. Brooks participated in many battles, accom- 
 panyinjT his regiment throiighont all their eng.age- 
 ments up to the field of Gettysburg. There his 
 collar bone was broken, and lie was thrown into 
 the hospital, the commission of Second Lieutenant 
 being sent to him there. As soon as his wound 
 w.as sulficiently healed, he rejoined his regiment, 
 which was then before Culpeper, and fought with 
 tiicni on October 8, 1863. His corps, while sup- 
 porting Gen. Kilpatrick, was overpowered and 
 many of them taken prisoners by the enemy. They 
 were taken to Libliy Prison, where they remained 
 until .Tnnuai-y 1, 1864, when Lieut. Brooks and 
 others wore conveyed to Belle Isle, where twelve 
 thousand prisoners were held, their only shelti-r 
 being the old .Siblej' tents. While there, the Lieu- 
 tenant was taken sick and was removed to the hos- 
 pital at Richmond, the company in the meantime 
 being sent to Andcrsonville. Our subject was ex- 
 amined, pronounced unfit for niilitaiy service and 
 exchanged. Not satisfied with the decision, he re- 
 joined his regiment that was in active service in 
 the front of Cold Harbor, ^'a., took his place on 
 tlie field and gained the rank of First Lieutenant, 
 whicli he held until the close of the war, when he 
 was mustered out at Kingston, N. Y. 
 
 The fall after his return from the fields of con- 
 flict, Mr. P>rooks took uj) his abode in Grand 
 Kapids, this State, where he became a contractor 
 on i)ul)lic works, constructing sewers and streets. 
 He reniaincil there until 1876, when he removed to 
 Jackson, the following four years l)cing occupied 
 by him in tilling a contract for the Michigan Cen- 
 tral Railroad Company, building stock-yards, and 
 in general construction on their system of railroads. 
 His next enterprise was the construction of the 
 Michigan Air Line Railroad from South Lyons to 
 the city of .lackson. being associatetl in this enter- 
 prise with Amos Root aad AV. B. Yates, and after 
 its completion he continued his labors as a builder 
 of ra'lroads, waterworks and streets. 
 
 The lady whom Mr. Brooks desired as his com- 
 panion in the journey of life was Miss Sarah Fuller, 
 
 who had been his schoolmate in Ulster County. 
 N. Y.. and whose noble character and graces of 
 mind and heart were well known to him. After a 
 successful wooing, he led her to the hymeneal 
 altar in 1865. Four children have come to bless 
 the happy union — Clyde M., Joshua, Harry and 
 Lottie. 
 
 The first vote of Mr. Brooks was cast for Abra- 
 ham Lincoln, while the voter was wearing his 
 country's uniform, and he has continued to give 
 his suffrage to tli° Republican party. In 1883 he 
 lan for Mayor, lint was defeated b\' a small ma- 
 jority. He belongs to Jackson Lodge, No. 30, 
 I. O. O. F., and to Poraeroy Post, G. A. R. He 
 owns several good business blocks in the city and 
 other valuable property. He built what is known 
 as Brooks Terrace, a three-story building with a 
 front of pressed brick that is the most modern 
 structure of the kind in the place; it is situated on 
 the corner of Main and First Streets, and he has 
 another of the same dimensions and character 
 fronting on First St'-eet. The fine amount of prop- 
 erty that .Mr. Brooks has is a standing monument 
 to his energy and ability, as he began his career in 
 life with small means. He has ever been ambitious 
 for the good of the communit}'. as well as for his 
 |iersonal advancement, and in municipal affairs he 
 is quite a reformer; yet he is not niggardly, but 
 actively benevolent and public-spirited. In 1884 
 he furnished and fully e(|uipped a company known 
 as the Jackson (J rays at a cost of $1,300. 
 
 ^ €^-B- 
 
 '^•t^D^VARD F. LOW 
 liN^ Jackson, stands oi 
 ,'1' — ^ eminently worthy' 
 
 DWARD F. LOWFRY. City Treasurer of 
 out conspicuously' as one 
 of the place to which he 
 has been called. He is the youngest m.an ever 
 elected to this resi)onsible position, but his excel- 
 lent morals, \inimpeachable integrity, amiable an(( 
 obliging disposition and trained knowledge, indi- 
 cated his titness for the duties involved, and will 
 no doubt insure his continuance in the oflice for 
 some time to come. 
 
 The natal day of Mr. Lowery was December 21. 
 1858, and his birthplace St. Louis, Mo. He is the 
 
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 eldest of tliiee cliildrcn liorn to Patrick and Ellen i 
 (Garvey) Loweiy, who were born in the Emerald 
 Isle, became residents of the United States when 
 quite young, and were married at St. Louis. The 
 father died when his son Edward was but four 
 years of aue; the motlier is still living, making her 
 home in Omaha, Neb. At the age of ten years ' 
 young Loweiy was placed in the Christian Brothers 
 school at Alton, 111., where he remained two years. 
 He then came to Jackson, where lie hired out as a 
 grocer's clerk, hoarding liis resources until he had 
 accumulated a small amount with which to further 
 his education. He, therefore, in 1S7C, began a 
 business course in the Davenport (Iowa) Business 
 College, from which lie was graduated in 1879. 
 
 Returning to Jackson Mr. Lower^- obtained a po- 
 sition as report clerk in the office of the Ft. Wa3-ne, 
 Jackson & Saginavv Railroad, serving in this capac- 
 ity until the company was re-organized, when he 
 was promoted to be chief clerk of the freight de- 
 partment. Two years later he was again promoted 
 to the responsible position of cashier, which he held 
 until the road passed into the hands of the Lake 
 Shore & Michigan Soutiiern Railroad. Under tiie 
 new management he was retained as chief clerk of 
 the freight department, afterward assuming the du- 
 ties of cashier also, which position he held until 
 elected to the office of City Treasurer by the larg- 
 est majority given to any candidate on the ticket. 
 Tiie steady advancement of Mr. Lowery was due 
 to his fidelity to the welfare of the companj' no less 
 tlnin to his ca[).ability, and he enjoyed the entire 
 confidence and respect of his employers and associ- 
 ates, as well as tlie high esteem of the community. 
 The experience gained in iiis previous business led 
 him, upon assuming the duties of his public office, 
 to detect the fact that errors had occurred , and lie 
 at once began a careful inspection of the books, 
 which resulted in remedying some of the mistakes. 
 Upon his suggestion a system of keeping accounts 
 was adopted that made it impossible for a discrep- 
 ancy to occur without collusion between different 
 offices. Each now has a cheek upon the other and 
 differences are scarcely within the range of possi- 
 bility. Mr. Lowery has spared no effort to secure 
 to the honest tax payer that which belonged to him, 
 while Ids careful oversight of the collections has 
 
 saved to the city more than double his salary in 
 the past two years. For the first time in itshistorj' 
 the waterworks has been made to i)a3' expenses, 
 this item alone being of great importance to the 
 municipality. 
 
 In politics Mr. Lowery is a stanch Democrat, 
 although noi a politician iu the ordinary accepta- 
 tion of the term. As Auditor of the Public Li- 
 brary Board he has contributed much to the value 
 of that enterprise, of which tlie citizens arc justi}' 
 proud. He is a member of the Ancient Order of 
 Hibernians and was the first President of the 
 C. M. B. A. Although holding a position in the 
 estimation of the people unexcelled by that of any 
 young man in the community, and able to look 
 Inrck without a blush over his life in Jackson, Mr. 
 Lowery is modest and unassuming, a fact which 
 adds to his popluarit3'. 
 
 At the home of the bride in Jackson, Januarj' 9, 
 1879, Mr. Lowery was united in marriage with 
 Miss Anna, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Mc- 
 (^uillen) Welch, a capable and intelligent woman, 
 who is his fitting companion. The happy union 
 hiis been blessed by the birth of four bright chil- 
 dren, named respectively, Thomas -i., Florence, 
 Nellie and Georye. 
 
 ^5^-^EORGE J. WHITE, M. 1). Tb.' professional 
 interests of Jackson would be imperfect!)' 
 represented, did not this volume contain an 
 outline of the life liistorj' of the above named gen- 
 tleman, who enjo3"S a lucrative practice in his chosen 
 profession, and the respect of the communitj'. His 
 practice includes much of the consultation and 
 treatment which can lie accomplished in the office, 
 as well as a large amount of genera) work in both 
 medicine and surgery. His broad knowledge of 
 the theor}' of medicine has been made use of with 
 Tiound judgment, and an acute perception of the 
 means and remedies required, giving him the prac- 
 tical skill, which does not alwa^'s follow a theoreti- 
 cal knowledge. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is the second son of 
 James and Mary C. (Walsh; White, the former a 
 
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 native of Knglantl, and the latter of Ireland. In 
 
 the fall of 1855. James Wliite removed from New 
 York to tills county, first locating near tlic vilitige 
 of Concord, and later in .Spring Arbor. His occu- 
 pation is that of a f.irmer, and he now owns tiiree 
 iiundred acres in Summit Townsliip, where he has 
 resided sevcr.al years. His father, grandfather of 
 our s\ibject, was Elijah White, who was born in 
 Kngland, where he spent his entire life, dying about 
 1880, at the age of ninety years. 
 
 Dr. White .was born in Saratoga, N. Y., Septem- 
 ber 2, 1855, and being but a few months old when 
 his parents removed to Michigan, grew to maturity 
 t)n his father's farm in this county, attending the 
 district schools, and subsequently pursuing his 
 studies in the Horton school several terms. Hav- 
 ing an ardent desire for knowledge, he was not con- 
 tent with this, liut entered Devlin's Commercial 
 College, from which he was graduated in the spring 
 of 1877, the following fall entering the Medicd De- 
 partment of the State University, and prosecuting 
 his studies tiierein until July, 1880, when he was 
 graduated with an honorable record in his class. His 
 college expenses were \)a'u\ \>y iiis own efforts, and 
 he deserves great credit for tlie determination 
 which led him to pursue his studies in the face of 
 obstacles which would have discouraged many. 
 
 After receiving his diploma, Dr. White went to 
 White House, Ohio, where he opened an oflice and 
 remained eighteen months practicing his profession. 
 Returning to Jackson at the expiration of that 
 l)erioil, he formed a partnership with Dr. M. Mc- 
 Laughlin in l)oth professional practice and in the 
 control of a drugstore, the connection continuing 
 four years. 'I'iie professional connection was tiien 
 dissolve<l, bul tiie two continued together in the 
 drug-store two years longer, when Dr. White 
 bought his partner's interest, moving the stock to 
 Iheslaiul now occupied in the Hibbard House block. 
 The drug-store is under the charge of a competent 
 pharmacist, and the Doctor gives his whole atten- 
 tion to his profession, his extensive [)raetice leav- 
 ing him no time for personal oversight of other 
 affairs. 
 
 At the liome of Mr. and Mrs. .Michael Bremen, 
 of this city, January 13, 1884, their daughter. Ag- 
 ues L., was united in niairiage to Dr. White. The 
 
 bride was Loin in New York City, and having re- 
 ceived excellent advantages, is the possessor of a 
 cultured mind, agreeable manners, and a loveable 
 character. Two children have been born of the 
 union of Dr. and Mrs. White, named respectively: 
 William H., and Agnes JLary. 
 
 In his political opinions Dr. White agrees with 
 the Republican party, which he therefore su|)ports 
 with his vote and personal influence. Not only has 
 he a high reputation as a professional man, and one 
 of intellectual attainments and culture, but his per- 
 sonal character gives him an honorable place in the 
 opinion of his fellow-men. 
 
 ANIKL P. BARRET, Passenger Engineer 
 
 j^ on the Michigan Central Railroad, and 
 having his home in Jackson City, was born 
 in the city of Detroit, October 27, 1845, 
 and is the second son of Samuel and Lydia II. 
 (Thompson) Barret. Ills mother was the daughter 
 of Daniel and Susan Thompson, who were among 
 the earliest [)ioneers of Michigan, coming hither 
 when it was a Territory. The elder Barret served 
 as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a 
 native of England, and after coming to this country, 
 settled in Wayne County, Ind., where he became a 
 prominent man, and was the third Sheriff of the 
 county after Indiana was admitted into the Union 
 a; a Stale. 
 
 The mother of our subject was born in Vermont, 
 and was brought to INIichlgan by her parents when 
 an infant. They settled in what is now the town 
 of Dearborn, Wayne County, and there the mother 
 died in 1880. in the seventj'-eighth year of her age. 
 The parental family comprised six children, five 
 sons and one daughter, only three of whom arc liv- 
 ing. Samuel Barret was born in Ireland, and came 
 to America with his parents when a small bov. 
 The^' settled first in New York State, and thence 
 came lo Michigan when he was a lad of fifteen 
 years. Mr. Barrett learned carpentering and stair 
 building, .and built the first flat-car on the Michi. 
 gau Central Railro.ad. He lived to be well .ad- 
 vanced in years, ilying in 1885. His old shop stood 
 
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 on the ground now occupied b}- the cit\' liall. This 
 lot he secured by trading off an oUl gray horse. lie 
 afterward sold the ground for •I'-iSO. Had he kept 
 it a few years, he would have realized for it thou- 
 sands of dollars. 
 
 The subject of this notice attended tiie early 
 schools of Detroit, and when seventeen 3'ears old, 
 entered the em[)loy of the Michigan Central Rail- 
 road as fireman on a switch engine. In due time 
 he was promoted to a position on a freight engine, 
 and in 18GG was placed in charge of an engine in 
 the employ of the same road, and he lias now been 
 with the company for the long period of twenty- 
 seven years. His present run is between Jackson 
 and Michigan City. By strict attention to his du- 
 ties, and his prudence and careful mimagement, he 
 has not only gained the confidence of the public, 
 but the approval of the officials of the road. He 
 owns a comfortable residence, occupying No. 207 
 AVaterloo Avenue, south, and has many friends in 
 Jackson and vicinitj'. 
 
 Mr. Barret was married. May 6, 1868, to Miss 
 Jessie A. Croman, the daughter of Isaiah and Susan 
 (Wilson) Croman, who were natives of Tennsyl- 
 vania. Of this union there are no children. Mr. 
 Barret is popular in railroad circles, and promi- 
 nently connected with the Brotherhood of Locomo- 
 tive Engineers. 
 
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 'I OHN L. CLARK. Prominent among the citi- 
 zens of Jackson County, as well as one of 
 the best known of the early settlers of the 
 county, and of the survivors of the late Re- 
 bellion, is the gentleman with whose name we in- 
 troduce this i)ersonal sketch. He is the owner and 
 operator of one hundred and seventeen acres of 
 good land lying on section 14, Henrietta Township, 
 and this he has improved not onl}' by planting out 
 trees, fertilizing the soil, but has in addition erec- 
 ted a commodious and convenient frame residence, 
 together with a sul)Stantial barn and outbuildings 
 such as are suggested by the enterprising and pro- 
 gressive farmer. 
 
 The father of our subject, Weden Clark, was one 
 
 of those bold frontiersmen, who penetrated the 
 wilds of an unknown and barren country, going in 
 advance of civilization itself, to make homes for 
 their families. Weden Clark was born in Monroe 
 County, N. Y., in 1803, and some years after his 
 marriage to Adelia A. Keys, left the Empire State 
 in 1835, and started on a journey to Michigan. 
 Accompanying the father and mother were six 
 children, of whom our subject was the eldest and 
 he was born in Monroe County, N. Y., March 14, 
 1827. One child had died in infancy. They pro- 
 ceeded in their westward trip in safety as far as 
 Saginaw, but in attempting to cross the Saginaw 
 Baj', the boat was capsized and the father was 
 drowned. 
 
 After the sudden death of her husband Mrs. 
 Clark removed to Canada, where she had frienr''s, 
 and there was married to Elisha Harris. She re- 
 mained there until her decease, which took place in 
 1885. She bore her second husband six children, 
 who now live mostly in Canada. The paternal 
 grandfather of our subject was John Clark, a soldier 
 in the Revolutionary War. He lived to be almost 
 one hundred 3'ears old, passing away in Genesee 
 County, N. Y. The maternal grandfather, Chester 
 Keys, was killed in New York, having been fatally 
 injured by a threshing machine. 
 
 Being onlj' eight years old when his father was 
 so suddenly taken from the family circle, our sub- 
 ject was compelled to earn his own living, and .assist 
 as far as possible, his mother, who was very poor, 
 and who had dependent upon her a large family of 
 children. At first he worked by the day, his com- 
 pensation being twelve and one-half events. He also 
 sold all the eggs he could find on the farm, getting 
 for them one cent per dozen. The summer follow- 
 ing his salary was raised to eighteen cents per daj-, 
 while he continued to get one cent for eggs as be- 
 fore. In this way, he worked until reaching man- 
 hood. He spent one year as cabin boy on the 
 " Indiana" a steamboat which plied the waters of 
 Lake Erie between Buffalo and Toledo. 
 
 We next find our subject in Cincinnati, where he 
 secured employment on an Ohio River boat and 
 remained with them about two 3'ears. A severe sick- 
 ness having rendered him unable to work tem- 
 porarily, he returned to the Emjjire State, thence 
 
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 came west to Michigan, and worked on a t;irin one 
 year. At tills time lie was united in marriage witii 
 Jane L.. daugiiter of Ilarmcn and Elmira Atwood. 
 Jlr. and Mrs. Atwood were natives of New Yorl< ; 
 liu' motlier is now living in Micliigan and tlio fa- 
 tlier is deceased. The marriage of our subject was 
 celebrated December 21, l<SaO, in Michigan. There- 
 after he worked one season on a farm, receiving as 
 a compensation for his labors lialf tlie grain lie 
 raised. Careful economy euat)lcd him to |)urchasc 
 eighty acres of his present farm, then heavil}' tim- 
 bered ami wholly unimproved. He at once erected 
 a riide log cabin, 18x20 feet, and in it lie and his 
 wife established themselves. He cleared u|) the land 
 MS ra[)idly as possible and had the saiisfaction of 
 seeing his homestead gradually' improved and Ills 
 ciiiumstanees materially brightened. 
 
 .Soon after the op(uiingof the late war, Mr. Clark 
 enlisted In September, l.sGl,.as a laborer in Com- 
 pany H., First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics. 
 He served faithfully as a jirivate until October, 
 18G4. when he received an honorable discharge .at 
 All.'intn, Ga. The most Important engagement in 
 wliich he particiiiated was at La Vergne, Tenn., 
 when Wheeler and Horton, with two b'igades of 
 civalry of about forty-five hundred men, made 
 an attack on Mr. Clark's regiment composed of 
 three hundred and sixtv-nine men, of whom one 
 was lost and seven wounded. The regiment, how- 
 ever, came off victorious. Our subject, along with 
 his company, found his chief employment in mak- 
 ing bridges, etc., but when crowded, as on this oc- 
 casion, always made a hard light. After heliiing to 
 put up a large bridge across Elk River, Mr. Clark 
 was detailed as- cook for Lieut.-Col. K. A. Hun- 
 ton, and served in that capacity until the close 
 of the war. He returned home in 1SG4, with a 
 wrecked constitution, as the result of exposure, and 
 has never since regained his former lieidth. While 
 he was awaj' in the service, his wife anrl four chil- 
 dren remained to take charge of the farm. 
 
 Mr. Clark is a member of the Edward Pomeroy 
 Post, No. 48, G. A. R. of Jackson. He belongs to 
 the Order of Patrons of Industry. Mrs. Clark is 
 identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Clark have sl.x children living, viz: 
 Viola D.. who married George Picket and became I 
 
 the mother of three children ; after the death of Mr. 
 
 Picket she married William O'lJricn, by whom she 
 has one child. Adelaide 1. is the wife of Gerard 
 Drew, and they are the parents of six children. 
 Edwin J. married Julia .Smith, who bore him three 
 children. Sylvester K. married Miss Eva Curtis 
 and they have two children. James W. was united 
 in marriage with Nettie Sackrider, and Ihey live in 
 Jackson County, and Cora died in infancy. Flor- 
 ence L. is still at home. :\Ir. and .Mrs. Clark are 
 justly proud of their children, who arc well edu- 
 cated and occupy prominent stations in life, enjoy- 
 ing from all their acquaintances the highest respect 
 and esteem. 
 
 ^T/OHN WEBEIJ. The substantial German 
 citizen w.as amou'r the first to recognize the 
 desirability of Michigan as a i)lace of resi- 
 dence during its pioneer days, believing 
 that in the future it would become wealthy and 
 prominent, and we do not hesitate to say that it has 
 been largely through the labors and industry of the 
 sons of the Fatherland that it has been brought to 
 its present prosperous condition. They have per- 
 meated all the walks of life, tilled the soil, engaged 
 in its various industries and have formed a most 
 Important and healthy element in all the channels 
 of trade and business In this connection may be 
 properly mentioned the name of John Weber, of 
 Jackson, who at an early date established a butcher 
 shop in the growing city and thus contributed his 
 quota to the sum of Its material welfare: for [jcople 
 must eat and meat is one of the most important 
 items in the bill of fare. To such good purpose 
 did xMr. Weber operate and with such honesty in 
 his dealings, that he soon obtained a lucrative pa- 
 tronage and we now find him upon the retired list 
 enjoying the fruits of his early labors. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born in the King- 
 dom of Wurtemburg, Germany. December 27, 184.5, 
 and is the son of Albert Weber. likewise of German 
 birth and ances'.ry and who spent his entire life in 
 his native land. John was but two years old when 
 
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 his mother died and seven years later he was wholly 
 orphaned by the death of his father. He was then 
 taken into the home of relatives witli whom he lived 
 until fourteen years old, and from the age of five 
 until that mentioned attended school. He then 
 began learning the butcher's trade at which he 
 served an apprenticeship of two years. In the 
 meantime he had road and thought much and de- 
 termined to see souiething of the world and , at the 
 expiration of this time he set out and thereafter 
 traveled through Switzerland, Germany and France, 
 paying his expenses by working at his trade and 
 gaining much by observation and experience. 
 
 Young Weber, however, was not satisfied with 
 his condition or his prospects in his native land 
 and in May, 18G6, several months before reaching 
 iiis majority, lie set out for America and after a 
 safe voyage, lauded in New York City. Thence 
 he proceeded to Cleveland, Ohio, but sojourned 
 there only one month. Subsequently he visited 
 Newark and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Louisville, Ky., 
 and in the summer of 18G7 made his wa}^ to De- 
 troit, this State, which lie left the following year 
 for Jackson. 
 
 Prior to tliis, Andrew, the brother of our sub- 
 ject, hart located in .Jackson and John in due time 
 was admitted to a partnersliip in his business — like- 
 wise that of a butcher — and with some changes 
 they continued together for a number of jears. 
 Subsequently our subject established in business 
 for himself at No. 218 East Main Street where he 
 operated four years. He sold out in the spring of 
 1888 and has since lived retired from the active 
 duties of life, being now well fixed linanciall}' and 
 having no reason for anxiety' in regard to the 
 future. 
 
 After coming to Jackson Mr. AV^eber made the 
 acquaintance of Miss Emma Gass to whom he was 
 married in 1872. Mrs. Weber was born August 
 18, 1854, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and is the 
 daughter of Henry and Mary (Grimm) Gass who 
 were natives of German}' and who are now living 
 our subject. Seven children were born to Mr. Weber 
 and his estimable wife bearing the names respect- 
 ively of Emma, Albert, Jo'in, Charles, Bertha and 
 Stella. W.alter died in infancy. In addition to a 
 snug bank account, Mr. Weber is the owner of a 
 
 good farm in Grass Lake Township which yields 
 him a handsome income. The fine dwelling occu- 
 pied by the family was erected in 1879 and forms 
 one of the noticeable features of the city. It is a 
 large two-story frame structure, located at No. 310 
 Francis Street, and with its surroundings is amply 
 indicative of the cultured tastes and abundant 
 means of its proprietor. The family experienced 
 its first great affliction in the death of the wife and 
 mother, Mrs. Emma (Gass) Weber, who was called 
 hence May, 8, 1885. Her parents then became in- 
 m.ates of Mr. Weber's home. Mrs. Weber was an 
 attendant of the German Lutheran Church and a 
 lady possessing excellent traits of character which 
 endeared her not only to her famil}', but a large 
 circle of friends. Mr. Weber belongs to the An- 
 cient Order of United Workmen, also a similar 
 body named the Workingmen's Society. He re- 
 members by what industry and economy he ob- 
 tained his present financial standing and remains in 
 full S3'mpathy with the industrial world. After 
 disposing of his business he treated himself to a 
 pleasant and satisfactory trip across the Atlantic, 
 visiting his old home in German}- and spending 
 several delightful weeks among the friends of his 
 boyhood and youth. 
 
 ^ OHN G. DARLING, Justice of the Peace 
 of Concord Township. In vain would the 
 student or close observer of human nature 
 ' search among the citizens of Jackson County 
 in the attempt to find a more genial, feven tempered, 
 liberal and popular gentleman than the one with 
 whose name we introduce this biographical sketch. 
 He is prominent and influential and liked by every- 
 one. His well-improved farm of eighty acres is 
 located on section 6, in Concord Township, and 
 has been embellished with modern improvements 
 and furnished with various kinds of machinery 
 necessary to successful agricultural labor. He has 
 been Justice of the Peace for eighteen years, has 
 been Highway Commissioner four terms, and was 
 on the School Board for about twenty- five years. 
 In the Baptist Church of Albion, wliere he holds 
 
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 fellunsliip, he is Deacon, and liis wife is one of the 
 most active church workers. She assisted greatly 
 in the erection of the present church structure, 
 herself and two other latlics doii)g nil tlie soliciting, 
 collecting, etc. Politically, Mr. Darling is a strong 
 Republican, and has served as delegate to county 
 and State conventions. 
 
 Alden Darling, the paternal grandfather of our 
 subject, was born in Connecticut, and was an earl^' 
 settler in Ontario County. N.Y., wlierc he followed 
 farming. lie was an otlicer in the War of 1812, 
 being in the cavalry, and was at the burning of 
 Buffalo. He resided in Ontario County until his 
 death. Timothy Darling, the father of our subject, 
 was born in Ontario County, N. Y., in 1811, and 
 was by occupation a farmer. In 1842 he removed 
 to Cattaraugus County, the same State, where he 
 opened up work on a farm in tiie hills, and became 
 well-to-do. He died there August 13, 1872, being 
 a member of the Baptist Chuich. 
 
 Th(! mother of our subject was in girlhood 
 Diantha Groves, a native of Cortland County, 
 N. Y., and was the daughter of David Groves, 
 likewise born in that county, where he became well- 
 to-do, and where he was Justice of tlie Peace many 
 years. Diantha Darling died in Cattaraugus County 
 May 7, 1879. Slie liad borne iior husband a famil3' 
 of ten children, as follows: Albert, who died when 
 twenty-one years of age; lleForrest, who passed 
 away when a lad of nine years; John G., our sub- 
 ject; DcLoss, wiio died while serving in tiie Civil 
 War in 18G4; Milo, who passed to rest in June, 
 1889; Elizabetli, Mrs. Franklin, who resides in 
 Cattaraugus County, N.Y. ; Byron, who was taken 
 from Ihe family circle when a boy of ten j'ears; 
 Marcellus, who is tlie minister at Sioux City, Iowa; 
 Ciiarles, engaged in business in Cattaraugus County ; 
 Frank B., at Weslfield, N. Y. 
 
 DeLoss Darling, tlie brother of our subject, was 
 in the late war, enlisting in tiie One Hundred and 
 Fifly-tourtli New York Infantry in 18()2. He was 
 wounded at Guellesburg and was taken prisoner. 
 He was first sent to Belle Isle, later to Anderson- 
 ville. After being kept a prisoner for eighteen 
 moiulis and being almost dead in consequence of 
 liardships and confinement, liis captf)rs exchanged 
 him, but he died soon after reaching Annapolis. 
 
 Marcellus was in the same regiment, enlisting in 
 1862 when only eighteen years old, and serving as 
 Regimental Commissary until the close of the war. 
 
 John G. Darling was liorn March 24, 1833, in 
 Leon, Cattaraugus County, N. Y., and passed his 
 boyhood in farming, driving cattle, and other pur- 
 suits incidental to rural life. His educational facili- 
 ties were exceedingly limited, tiiC only tuition ho 
 obtained being gleaned from a few old fashioned 
 books, while he sal on a rude bench in a frontier 
 log schoolhouse. He staid at home until twenty- 
 one years of age, and then went on Lake Erie, 
 sailing from Buffalo to Chicago and making a trip 
 about every three weeks. He was on the lake for 
 two years, being wheelsman during the last year. 
 During his entire life on the lakes he was thrown 
 overboard but once. 
 
 Returning to his father's house, he there remained 
 until 1855, when he resolved to come to ^Michigan. 
 He commenced here to work by the month in Con- 
 cord Township, continuing in this way for five 
 j'ears, also threshing at times. In 1859 he pur- 
 cliased his present place on section 6, and soon 
 afterward located on it permanently. All the im- 
 provements now conspicuous on this estate are the 
 result of his labor. The farm is watered by a 
 branch of the Kalamazoo River, and on it he has 
 been eng.aged in raising fine merinoes, keeping as 
 high as seventy-five to two hundred and fifty head 
 of these, besides othar stock. In March, 1865, he 
 was drafted into the armj' and to this call he 
 immediately responded, but on examination was 
 rejected. He had previously been offered a Lieu- 
 tenant's commission liy ex-Governor Bhiir, but diil 
 not accept it. 
 
 Tlie marriage of Mr. Darling occurred in Con- 
 r;ord Township December 9, 1859. when Miss Eliza 
 bcth Warner became his wife. He has found in 
 her a willing helpmate, a devoted wife and a loving 
 counselor. They have no children. Mrs. Darling 
 was born in Cattaraugus Count}', N. Y., November 
 3, 1830, her parents being Gustavus and Vilura 
 (Darling) Warner, both natives of Orleans County. 
 N. Y. Her paternal grandfather was Rufus War- 
 ner, a native of Connecticut, whence he emigrated 
 to Orleans Count}-, N.Y.. where he w.as a successful 
 farmer. He served as an odicer in the War of 1812, 
 
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 and was captured and sent to Halifax, where lie 
 endured severe hardships but managed to come out 
 alive. He later removed to Monroe County, N.Y., 
 and farmed on an extensive scale. He invested 
 in land in Michigan, but never came here; he was 
 at one time the owner of the town site of Albion. 
 Religiousl.v, lie was a Baptist. 
 
 Gustavus Warner, the father of Mrs. Darling, 
 came to Cattaraugus County, N. Y., soon after his 
 marriage to Miss Darling, and cleared a farm out 
 of the forest, where wolves and other wild animals 
 m.ade the night hideous with tlieir howling, some- 
 times coming within sight of the pioneer's very 
 doors. Mr. Warner was Captain in the New York 
 State Militia, being appointed under Gen. DeWitt 
 Clinton. In 1810 he came to Monroe County, 
 where he farmed until the spring of 1853, then 
 came to Michigan. Locating at Hanover he re- 
 mained there only six months, going thence to 
 Concord Township and buying a farm on section G. 
 He became one of the most prosperous agricultur- 
 alists of his community, owning a farm of three 
 hundred and twenty acres on section C. Later he 
 traded it for a farm in Leoni Township, and there 
 resided until he retired from active labor. He spent 
 his last days with his daughter, Mrs. Darling, and 
 at her home died in 1873. He was a Deacon in 
 the Baptist Cliurch and a very influential man. His 
 wife, Vilnra Darling, was a daughter of Alden 
 Darling, who is mentioned in the Orst of this sketch. 
 She died in Jackson in 1864. 
 
 Ten children comprised the famil3- of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Warner, whose reconl is as follows: Mary 
 A., and AVellington, both deceased; Marcellus. a 
 resident of Cattaraugus Count}-, N. Y.; Elizabeth; 
 Mrs. Darling; Dennis and Minerva, l)oth deceased; 
 William II., in New York; (jeorge W., wiio makes 
 his home with our subject; Charles D., who is 
 dead. George Warner was in the Twenty- sixth 
 Michigan Infantiy, enlisting in the early part of 
 the late war and serving until he was honorabl}" 
 discharged on account of physical disability. 
 Charles D. was in the same regiment, and was 
 wounded at the close of the war. wlicn in a skir- 
 mish before Richmond with Lee's men. lie died 
 from the effects of the wound. 
 
 At the age of nine vears Mrs, Darling accom- 
 
 panied her parents to Monroe Count}', N. Y., and 
 in 1853 came here with the other members of the 
 family. Mr. Darling has been Justice of the Peace 
 for eighteen years, as mentioned above, and has in 
 various ways uplifted the standard of education 
 and social progress in his community. His repu- 
 tation throughout the county is such that his name 
 will be lovingly remembered long after he has 
 passed to that rest which remains for the faithful. 
 
 |/ ^IRAM ANSON. A Biocirai'iiicai. Alisum 
 
 j! of Jackson County would be incomplete 
 s)^' witliout a sketch of the life and woiks of 
 ^^J the above-named gentleman, who is an 
 old settler and an esteemed citizen. During his 
 boyhood he was surrounded bj- the scenes of pio- 
 neer life in New York, and knew well what dan- 
 gers, toils and privations he braved when in 1836 
 he came to the Territory of Michigan and institu- 
 ted his iiome in the wilderness. There are few of 
 the present generation who are not acquainted 
 through the reminiscences of their own relatives, 
 with the details of pioneer life, which the limits of 
 a sketch like this forbid our entering upon, and we 
 therefore only draw the outline of the picture. 
 
 The family to which our subject belongs is de- 
 scended from an Englishman, who, accompanied 
 by a brother, came to America at an early period 
 of the history of the Colonies, and settled in 
 Dutchess County, N. Y., where three succeeding 
 generations of the family were born. Cyrus An- 
 son, the grandfather of our subject, held a captain's 
 commission in the Revolution, .and was a tiller of the 
 soil during the years of peace. His wife was Polly- 
 Pal me r. 
 
 Among the children born to Capt. Silas Anson 
 and his wife was Jonathan, who was reared on a 
 farm in h's native State and C(;unty. whence, in 
 1 81G, he emigrated to the western jiartof the State, 
 becoming a pioneer in Ontario County. The re- 
 moval was made in the customar}' manner of I hat 
 time, which was prior to the days of railroads. 
 Mr. Anson bought a tract of limber land upon 
 which a log house stood, and a few acres had been 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 671 
 
 improved, and whifli was located where the town 
 of Hopewell stands. Albany and Buffalo were the 
 i)riiicii)al market towns, and their supplies and 
 saleable produce were carried to and fro b^- means 
 or teams. Continuing the work which had been 
 begun upon the estate, and for a few years living 
 in the log iiouso, which was afterward replaced by 
 a well-built frame dwelling, Mr. Anson remained 
 there man}' years, then selling purchased a farm in 
 Canandaigua, upon which he lived a few years. lie 
 then retired from the toils of life, and after spend- 
 ing a few 3-ears at Rochester, came to Michigan to 
 live with his children, breathing his last in Eaton 
 County\ His wife bore the maiden name of Lois 
 Fincli, and was likewise a native of Dutchess 
 County, N. V. She bore hor husband nine chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Hiram Anson, the subject ot this sketch, was 
 born at ]\Ieancy, Dutchess Count}', N. Y., June "2, 
 1802, and being fourteen jcars old when his parents 
 moved to the western part of liie State, well re- 
 members their iourney and their settlement in the 
 si)arsely inhabited region, where game abounded 
 and where neighbors were few and far lietwoen. 
 He remained with his pnrents until nineteen years 
 of age, and then began to learn the trade of a 
 cooper, which he followed in his native State until 
 1836. Having determined to become a resident of 
 what was then the Territory of Michigan, he and 
 his family traveled with a team to the Erie Canal, 
 hence on that highway to Buffalo, crossed the lake 
 to Monroe. Mich., and there hired three teams to 
 take them into Jackson Count}'. Here tiiey arrived 
 during the niontii of November, and bought a claim 
 to eighty acres of wild land in Spring Arbor 
 Township, for which lie paid §!.")(). Mr. Anson at 
 once began the work of improvement. There was 
 a log house on the claim and into tiiis the family 
 moved, making it their home until a better and 
 more commodious structure was erected in after 
 years, ilany kinds of game wen; plentiful through- 
 out tlie region and Mr. Anson became quite expert 
 as a hunter, killing upward of one hundred deer 
 and numerous other animals. 
 
 Mr. Anson liuiJt a shop on his farm, and worked 
 at Ills trade a part of each year, spending the bal- 
 ance of the time in farming, and continuing to 
 
 make his rural estate his home until 1864, when he 
 moved into Jackson, where he haj since resided. 
 For some years [irior to his leaving his farm, he 
 had dealt ([uite extensively in stock, buying horses, 
 cattle and hogs, and shiiiiiing to Alban}-, New York 
 and Boston. After becoming a resident of the city 
 he opened a meat market, which he carried on one 
 year, after which he commenced dealing in dressed 
 hogs and shipping them East. He has now retired 
 from business, and in his pleasant home on Green- 
 wood Avenue, is enjoying a merited rest from the 
 active duties of life, in the recreation suited to his 
 years. 
 
 The first matrimonial alliance of Mr. Anson was 
 contracted June 28, 1826, his bride being Minerva, 
 daughter of Samuel and Sarah Stiles, who w.is born 
 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, N. Y., in 1804, 
 and died in 1860. The fruit of this union was one 
 child who died in infancy. The second marriage 
 of our subject took place September 17, 1860, his 
 companion on this occasion being Mrs. Jane Frances 
 Neden, nee Lincoln, who was born in Canandaigua, 
 Ontario County, N. Y., on April 12, 18.32. She 
 became the wife of James, son of James and Alice 
 Neden, of England, who came to America soon af- 
 ter their marriage, settling in Toronto. Canada, 
 where he was born June 19, 1825. About the j-ear 
 1830 the family removed to Lock port, Niagara 
 County, N. Y., where the lad grew to manhood 
 upon his father's farm,u[)on which lie resided after 
 his marriage, and upon which his death took place 
 June 30, 1851. His union with the lady wiio is 
 now the wife of our subject, resulted In the liirth 
 of one son, James L., born Alarch 2!l, 18.50, who is 
 now in business at Menominee, Mich. 
 
 The father of Mrs. Anson was Ephraim Lincoln, 
 who was born in l>erkshire County, Mass , Ma}' lit, 
 1786. His father, Otis Lincoln, removed to Onta- 
 rio County, N. Y.. about the year 1805, and was 
 one of the early settlers of Gorliam, where he bought 
 a tract of timber land, built a log house, and cleared 
 a fine farm which is now owned by his descendants. 
 The elder Lincoln resided there many years, thence 
 removed to Lockport where he also bought land, 
 and where he died. Ephraim Lincoln was about 
 nineteen years old when his parents removed to the 
 Empire State and there lie married, after which im- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 portani event in life lie bought a farm in the town 
 ol' Canandaigua, on which i)is son, Ansen S. Lin- 
 coln, did the tirst plowing ever done in that town- 
 ship with an iion mould-board plow. Improving 
 and cultivating the farm, he remained upon it until 
 1846, at which time he changed his location to 
 Lockport, where his death occurred September 1, 
 1850. His wife, formerly Miss Sallie Stiles, was 
 born in Hartford, Conn., September 6, 1787, and 
 died three days before her husband. Her father, 
 Samuel Stiles, was one of the first settlers of Ontario 
 County, N. Y., locating at the west side of Lake 
 Canandaigua, and taking a tract of timber land 
 there, from which he cleared and developed a large 
 farm. Sarah Rose, the wife of Samuel Stiles, was 
 a native of New p]ngland, and having lived before 
 the days of modern conveniences in the making of 
 cloth and clothing, she spun and wove the materials 
 which were worn b3' members of lier household, 
 teaching her children the same useful accomplish- 
 ments. 
 
 Mr. Anson has been a member of the Christian 
 Church many years, and his estimable wife belongs 
 to the Methodist Episcopal denomination. Their 
 upriglit characters and lives, their readiness to as- 
 sist those in need, and their intelligent and cultured 
 minds, give them high standing in the community, 
 and an influence that is felt far beyond their own 
 hearthstone. While living on his farm in this 
 county, Mr. Anson served two years as Deputy- 
 Sheriff. 
 
 ^ felLLIAM B. TAYLOR. The name with 
 *, ■^li which we introduce this biographical out- 
 W%l line represents one of the most substantial 
 families of Grass Lake Township, which has long 
 been known as included in its best elements. He 
 owns and occupies a good homestead, whose well- 
 cultivated fields j'ield a handsome income, and 
 whose buildings and appurtenances indicate, in a 
 marked manner the intelligence and enterprise of 
 the proprietor. Mr. Taylor was oorn in New York 
 City, July 24, 1807, and is thus a veteran of 
 nearly eighty-three j'cais. He trod the soil of 
 Michigan while it was still a terntorv, .-md has 
 
 witnessed with warm interest its transformation 
 from a wild and desolate region to the abode of a 
 prosperous and civilized people. 
 
 The subject of this notice is the offspring of an 
 excellent family, being the son of Benjamin and 
 Charity (Bull) Taylor, who were natives respect- 
 ively of New Jersey and New York. Benjamin 
 Taylor came to Michigan in 1837, and settled in 
 Grass Lake Township, where he followed black- 
 smithing and farming. He succeeded in making a 
 coriifortable living for his familj', and died in 1859, 
 at the age of seventj'-six 3'ears. His wife. Charity, 
 was born in Orange County, N. Y., and surviving 
 her husband a number of 3'ears, died at the home- 
 stead in Grass Lake Township, at the advanced age 
 of ninety-eight 3-e.'irs. The parental household in- 
 cluded nine children, viz.: Jonathan, Anna, Will- 
 iam B., Isaac, Ebenezer, Susan, Aaron, Joshua and 
 Mahala. 
 
 air. Taylor was reared on the farm in Tompkins 
 County, N. Y., and learned blacksraithing, but not 
 being particularly inclined to this cslling finally 
 abandoned it. When leaving his native place he 
 lived in Ontario County for a time, and in 1834 
 came to Michigan and purchased a tract of Gov- 
 ernment land, on sections 17 and 18, Grass Lake 
 Townshi)!. He put up a house on section 18, and 
 subsequentl}' another on section 17, which he occu- 
 pies at the present time. He added to his first 
 purchase and is now the owner of two hundred 
 acres, whereon he has effected all modern improve- 
 ments required for the successful prosecution of 
 farming and the comfort of himself and family. 
 
 Mr. Taylor cast his first Presidential vote for 
 Andrev/ Jackson, and since that time has affiliated 
 with the Democratic |)art3'. On the 14th of June, 
 1832, he was wedded to Miss Mar3' Ladu, in Can- 
 andaigua, N. Y. Mrs. Taylor was born in Liv- 
 ingston Countj-, N. Y., Februar3- I, 1817, and is 
 the daughter of P^zekiel and .Sarah (Bunker) Ladu, 
 who were also natives of the Empire State. Mr. 
 Ladu served as a soldier in the War of 1812, and 
 subsequently drew a pension from the Government 
 until his death. In the meantime, in 1837, he 
 came to Michigan, and located in this county, on 
 what is now known as the Xoon Farm, near iMich- 
 igan Center. He took it as a tract of Government 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM 
 
 67.5 
 
 land, bill later removed to Northern Michigan, lo- 
 cating near Williainstown, witii his wife and died at 
 an advanced age. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are the 
 parents uf nine ciiildicn, two of whom. Sarah and 
 Milton arc deceased. The survivors are: Marcus 
 H., .lenisiia, Clarissa, Milbnrn. Malvina, Herbert 
 and Iniogei.o. 
 
 lEORGE DINSMOHK BROWN. Of this 
 i|i ,-— ^ gentleman it niav be truly said that "though 
 ^^^ he rests from his labors, yet his works do 
 follow him." Few of the pioneer settlers of .lack- 
 sun enjoyed a more extended acquaintance than he. 
 ami none were more highly esteemed. His dealh 
 occurred Ai)ril I!), 188!), when he had not 3-et 
 reached the age of sixty-three years, having been 
 born (Jcloljcr 1 :i, 1826. During his active lifetime 
 he was the proprietor of a book store, which he 
 eslablisliod in .Tackson, and vvhich is one of the 
 largest and best known in Michigan. The business 
 there was conducted according to the most honor- 
 able methods and gave its originator abundant 
 means with wliich to jn'ovide the comtoits and 
 even the luxuries of life fur his loved ones, as well 
 .as dispense his generosity tu deserving objects. 
 
 In Tomi)kins County, N. Y., our subject w.iS 
 born to Eben and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Brown. 
 The mother died when her son was only six 
 years old. and after that sad event the orphaned 
 lad made his home with an older sister, who w.ts 
 the wife of the late Dr. Samuel (iilmore of Auburn, 
 N. Y. There he attended the i«iblie schools, con- 
 tinuing his studies in the academy, and after coni- 
 ])leting his course of instruction bec.ime clerk in a 
 book store. He continued his services in that 
 establishment for a lime, and then determined to 
 come West and join his father and three brothers, 
 who had previously settled in Jacicson County. 
 Mich., and were located on a farm near Parma. 
 
 This was in 1850 and the former employer of 
 Mr. Brown insisted upon the latter bringing a por- 
 tion of the stock of books and disitosing of them in 
 his new location. This he did to advantage, and 
 afterward returned to the Empire Stale, where he 
 
 bought a large stock of books, and with this started 
 in business on his own account in Jackson. For 
 several years he was in partnership with Dwight 
 Merriman, devoting a large portion of his time to 
 traveling in the interests of the business. His route 
 included all points along the Michigan Central and 
 L.akc Shore lines as far .as South Bend, Ind. In 
 1857 he persuaded a friend, John B. Carter, to re- 
 move here from New York, and they formed a 
 partnership which lasted for eighteen j'ears. having 
 been associated in business much of the time since 
 their first connection. 
 
 In the companionship of his wife, vvith whom he 
 was united in marriage April 8, 1858, Mr. Brown 
 found rest from the cares of business. She was in 
 youth Miss Celeste .Scollard,of Fayetteville, N. Y., 
 and the daughter of the late William R. and Hannah 
 (Sennett) Scollard. The former was a native of 
 New York City, and the mother of Whitesbovo, 
 near I'tica, N. Y. .Six children came to complete 
 the family circle of our subject and his wife; two 
 died in infancy, while the remaining four, grown 
 to manliooil and wuuianhuod. are well known and 
 highly respected. They are : Florence, wife of Charles 
 E. Foote, of Jackson; Georgia, llattie, and Irving 
 Gilmore, at home. Tiie children .assist their mother 
 in carrying on the business. The family residence 
 is a commodious one, lieautifully located, and luiml- 
 somely furnished. It stands in an enclosure of 
 ample grounds, adorned with native and ornamen- 
 tal trees, and is located at No. .'523 West Main 
 Stieet. 
 
 Politically, on national issues, Mr. Brown was a 
 Republican. Regarding his death the following is 
 gleaned from the Weekly Star (Jackson): "It was 
 occasioned by organic disease of the heart, and 
 during the last weeks of his life he suffered much 
 pain, which he bore ^yith patience and resignation, 
 and with a steadfast belief of entering upon a bliss- 
 ful rest in the worM beyond. Being impressed 
 with the hope of a glorious future, he felt a deep 
 anxiety lest his fi-iends might not acce|)t the divine 
 |)romises; especiallj' diil he manifest deep concern 
 for the young and earnestly urged them to resist 
 temptation. For many years he had been an at- 
 tendant at St. Paul's Episcopal Church and had he 
 lived would have received the rites of confirmation 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 on tiie next visit of the Bishop, May 21. 0« the 
 oectision of his 'J'vineral thcjRev. U. B. Balcom of 
 St. Paul's Churcii, n-ail tlie beautiful service of tlie 
 Episcopal Church, and ^thc^Rev. D. M. Fisk of;, the 
 Congregational Cluirch flclivere<l a pra3'er that 
 Ijieathed words of tenderness for the dead mm and 
 warmly eulogized him for his generous benefactions 
 to the Sunday T^iSeliools of this city, to which he 
 had given many books,^"an<l in other ways aided 
 them. Few men numbered more friends than did 
 Rlr. Brown and few merited fuller confidence or 
 move sincere friendship. His temperament was 
 even, his disposition sunny, his character true and 
 honorable, and his fricnlships faithful. Even ill- 
 ness which had dated from September. 1887, could 
 not extinguish the humor that bubbled witliin his 
 heart, for on the morning preceding his death he 
 indulged in jokes with his children. Although his 
 friends were in a measure [irepared for the inevita- 
 ble, his deatlj seemed sudden, as but a short time 
 before he had been outriding and felt that he would 
 live at le.ast until the arrival of warm weather. 
 His widow and children have the sympathy of a 
 large circle of friends in the bereavement which to 
 them is irrejiarable and which is felt throuo-hout 
 the entire community." 
 
 A lithographic portrait of Mr. Brown is presented 
 in connection with this biographical sketch. 
 
 ■4M-v-m~~^ 
 
 ■^ ACOB WPLSH is the owner and occupant 
 of a well-i(nprove'l farm on section 27, Co- 
 lumbia Township. The one hundred and 
 / twenty broad and fertile acres which com- 
 prise it were purchased by him in 18.57, since 
 which time he has been successfully pursuing his 
 occupation of general farming thereon. He came 
 here from Manchester, Washtenaw County, where 
 he had lived some four years after the arrival of 
 himself, father and one brother from Germany. 
 His father, George Wesli, was the only son of 
 wealthy parents, and of an old and well-known 
 family of Hesse-Dai mstadt, German\-. He was 
 well reared and well educated, marrying Miss Wil- 
 
 lielmine Stokhart. who was .also a native of Hesse- 
 Darmst.adt and of his own standing in societj'. 
 
 After his marriage George Wesh took possession 
 of his father's large flouring-mills and was for some 
 timeeng.aged in running them. A fine fortune had 
 been left him on the <]eath of his parents, but he 
 unfortunately lost it dealing in fast horses and in 
 other speculations, and he determined to come to 
 the United States. His wife had died some seven 
 years before he decided to leave his native land, 
 leaving four sons and three daughters. She was 
 then in the prime of life. She was not only a very 
 intelligent woman, liut possessed great goodness of 
 heart, being a kind and loving mother and a noble 
 helpmate to her unfortunate husband. 
 
 Accompanied by two of his sons, .Jacob and 
 Henry, George Wesh crossed the Atlantic early in 
 the 'SOs, at once locating at Manchester, Mich. 
 Four years later, as before noted, the subject of 
 this sketch purchased the farm which he now oc- 
 cupies and his father lived here with him until the 
 fall of 1883, when he breathed his last, at the age 
 of eighty-four years. He had been a stout, active 
 man with good busiress qualities, but unfortunate. 
 
 Jacob Wesh, who was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, 
 German}-, March 2.5, 1839, was well educated in 
 his native tongue and the recipient of excellent 
 social advantages during his boyhood. After he 
 became a resilient of this county he devoted him- 
 self to thoroughh' mastering the details of agri- 
 cultural work, and is to-day one of the leading 
 representatives of the intelligent, reliable German 
 citizen and farmer. His home is one of comfort 
 and good cheer, presided over by a lady of great 
 intelligence and of housewifely ability, and the 
 children who have come to gladden the home re- 
 ceive the best advantages in the way of education 
 and home training, that the love and means of 
 their parents can compass. 
 
 At the home of the bride near Adrian, Mich., 
 Mr. Wesh was united in marriage with iSIiss Eliza- 
 beth ^luck, who w.as born near Buffalo, N. Y., ^lay 
 3, 1846. Her parents, Phillip and Elizabeth (Felt- 
 ner) Muck, were born in Alsace, then a depart- 
 ment of France, but now a part of the German 
 Empire, and after their marriage found a home in 
 America. Thev located in New York, where Mrs. 
 
l*OUTKAIT AND BIOGIiAPJllCAL ALUUM. 
 
 077 
 
 Aliiek (lied, in middle nge. Her luisliand afterward 
 came to Michigan and .spcMit tiie remainder of his life 
 on a farm, two miles from Adrian, breathing his 
 last when past his three-score years and ten. Their 
 daughter, now Mrs. NVesh is one of (jiiile a large 
 family. She was (luiie young when her father 
 came to this State, and she received an excellent 
 education in tho Knglish and (ierman schools of 
 Adrian. She is the mother of eight children, as 
 follows: Herman, at home; Edward P., who mar- 
 rieil (■ertruiU' Turk, and li\es at .laekson ; and 
 Laura, Klla, Frank, Ada, Henry and Gale, who are 
 yet at home. Mr. and I\Irs. Wesh arc nieinhers of 
 the Lutheran Churcli. In polities Mr. Wesh is a 
 sound Democrat. Mr. Wesh enlisted, August 10, 
 1802, in tli(! Seventeenth Michigan Infantry, Com- 
 pany K, and served until June 1805, and was taken 
 [jrisoner at the siege of Knoxville. Tenn., and was 
 held prisoner.it Belle Island and Andcrsonville for 
 liflccn months. Being released, ho came home on 
 sixty days furlough, when he returned, and soon 
 aflcr receiveil liis diseliarire. 
 
 IKAM C'HKCiO. One of the most l.eautiful 
 homes in Columbia Township, is thatowned 
 \>y^ and occupied by Ilirani Crego, who, posiss- 
 vvS)) ing all the traits of character which have 
 m.a<le his famd^- so successful and highly respected, 
 has accumulated a desirable amount of this 
 world's goods, and is enabled to spend "his 3'ea''s 
 without undue anxiety regarding the support of 
 himself and fan)ily. His dwelling is a beautiful 
 brick structure, substantially built and of modern 
 design, surroiiiided by comfortable farm buildings, 
 the whole standing upon a thoroughly cultivated 
 trai't of two hundred and forty acres on section 1 1. 
 The homestead was taken by his father in 1S3J, 
 he being succeeded in its ownership by his son, R. 
 J. and ho in turn by his brother Hiram, who be- 
 came the owner of the place in June 1878. 
 
 Before outlining the life, of him whose name 
 introduces this biographical notice, it will not be 
 amiss to devote some space to the history of the 
 parents. His father, Richard Crego, was born in 
 
 Herkimer County, N. Y., the son of John Crego, 
 
 of the same Slate, who was probably of American 
 parentage and of Irish descent. John Crego was 
 a farmer and he and his wife died at an advanced age 
 in Erie County. Tlieirson Richard. wIk; was one of 
 a family' of four sons and two daughters, five of 
 whom became residents of Michigan and two are 
 yet living, grew to maturity in his native county, 
 adopting the occupation of a farmer. On June 10, 
 181:3, he was united in marriage with Miss Martha 
 (lallu(). who was born in Otsego County, her par- 
 ents beiTig natives of Massachusetts. They began 
 their wedded life in Erie County, where eight sons 
 and a daughter were horn to them. Mr. Crego be- 
 came a soldier in the War of 1812. fighting against 
 the British at Queenstown anrl other [ilaces and es- 
 caping unhurt. 
 
 In the winter of 18;?1 Richard Crego, with two 
 sons. — Faron S. and R. J. — set out with ox teams 
 and sleds from his F>astern home, coming all thi; 
 waj' to Jackson County, JMicii. overland, traveling 
 through Canada and arriving here in the latter part 
 of the winter. The following spring he se- 
 cured thequarter section of Government land which 
 is now the home of our subject, and upon it, lie 
 .and his sons built a log cabin to shelter the famil\- 
 upon their arrival. In June, 1835, the father re- 
 turned alone to the Empire .State, and the next 
 month accompanied bj" his wife and the seven 
 children who were with her, m.ade a second journey- 
 to Jlichigan, on this occasion taking boat from 
 Buffalo to Detroit, and thence overland, bringing 
 teams with thein. During his absence the two 
 boys whom he had left at the new home, had been 
 carrying on the work of improvment as best the3' 
 could, and as time passed on the different members 
 of the family assisted in the development and ini- 
 provcmont of the property, to which an additional 
 eighty acres on section 10, was soon added, and a 
 still later purchase made of two hundred and forty 
 acres in Liberty Township. It was not long ere 
 the family had a good home and were in possession 
 of many of the comforts which were denied them 
 on their arrival. 
 
 The father retained possession of the homestead 
 <luring his life, the other land finally coming into 
 possession of his older sons. The mother died in 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 September, 1867, when more than sixty-two years 
 ojd, having been born January 24, 1795. She was 
 a member of the Baptist Church several years be- 
 fore her (ie|)arture from New York Stale. The 
 death of Mr. Crego took phice in -Tune, 1865, and 
 he would have been seventy-eight years old had he 
 lived until the next Christmas. He possessed a 
 I)ublie spirited and generous nature, social qualities, 
 and an upriglit character, so that he liecame well- 
 known and much liked by tliose whom lie met. In 
 his early life he was a Whig, becoming a Republi- 
 can on the formation of the latter party. Of the 
 ciiildren who had l)een given to ^Ir. and Mrs. Crego, 
 one died at the age of twenty- two 3'ears, unmarried; 
 the others took to themselves companions in life, 
 and ft ur are yet living. These are: William S. 
 now one of the successful and well-to-do farmers 
 in Libert}' Township; he has been twice married, 
 both wives having been removed him by death. 
 Henry, a farmer of Liberty Township, and a well- 
 known citizen of the county, married Lydia Russell, 
 who is now deceased. Our subject is the next in 
 j'ears. C. M. married Jane Connor of Steuben 
 County, N. Y., who was removed from him by 
 death and he subsequently marriei] MiSs Julia 
 Wyman; their home is on section 14, Columbia 
 Township. 
 
 Hiram Crego, the subject of this biography, was 
 born in Clarence Township, Erie County. N. Y'., 
 February 24, 1829. He was but a few years old 
 when the family made their settlement in this 
 county, where he was well reared, assisting in the la- 
 bors incidental to the im|U'Ovement of the home .acres 
 as his strength would permit until he began life 
 for himself. He was married in his home township 
 to Miss Ann M. Russell, who was born in New York 
 October 29. 1833, to John and Esther E. (Cole- 
 man) Russell, nativi's of Massachusetts. While 
 yet young people, Mr. and Mrs. Russell had become 
 residents of Niagara County, N. Y. where they 
 were married, beginning their wedded life on a 
 farm in Somerset Township. After the birth of 
 their children — Lydia E., Aaron C, and Ann M., 
 Ihey set out for Michigan, coming overland with ox 
 teams and wagons, making their arrival in 1835. 
 The father secured from the Government land on 
 section 32, of the present township of C(jluml)ia, this 
 
 being their home until it was purchased by our sub- 
 ject, Mr. and Mrs. Russell afterwards living with 
 their friends and children. Mr. Russell died at 
 the home of Henry Crego, in Liberty Township 
 September 21, 1876. at the advanced age of eighty- 
 four years. He was a life long Democrat, was well- 
 known throughout the township and regarded as a 
 worth}' frontiersman; he was a soldier during the 
 War of 1812. Mrs. Russell died at the home of 
 her daughter, Mrs. Ann M. Crego, July 9, 1887, at 
 the age of eighty-four years, one month and one 
 day. 
 
 Mrs. Crego was reared to habits of industry and 
 usefulness and with a proper conception of the 
 principles which govern an upright life. Since 
 her marriage she has been a true helpmate to her 
 good husband, and a devoted mother to the child- 
 ren whom she has borne. Mr. and Mrs. Crego 
 have been bereaved of two daugnters — Ida A. and 
 Adelta A., who died young. Their living children 
 are; Homer H., who occupies his father's farm on 
 section 32, Columbia Township, having married 
 Miss Nellie J. Cary; Hattie B. and Willis J., who 
 are yet at home. 
 
 Mr. Crego is a thorough-going Republican; he 
 was one of the little party which congregated un<ler 
 an old oak tree in J.ackson to organize that party 
 in this county. His many excellent traits of char- 
 acter are duly appreciated by those with whom he 
 comes in contact and his re|)utation is an enviable 
 one. 
 
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 (Cr. 
 
 OSEPH HANAW. Among those who, com- 
 mencing at the foot of the ladder in life, 
 have climbed up to a position of ease and 
 atUuence, may be mentioned Sir. Hanaw, one 
 of the capitalists of Jackson and a man who has 
 long been |)rominently identified with its leading 
 interests. A native of Rhenish Prussia, he was 
 born June 7, 1827, at Saarlories, near the French 
 line, and is the son of Cerf Hanaw, a native of 
 France, who dealt largel}' in live stock. The 
 mother of our subject bore the maiden name of 
 Brinnet Weil, a daughter of the Rev. Henry Weil, 
 a minister of the Hebrew Church, who spent his 
 
I'OKriiAlT AND I'.UJGKAi'lUCA]- A I. KIM. 
 
 679 
 
 l:ist years in (4iTiuany. The paternal grand fathci- 
 was Henry llanaw, a |jh\sician of goo<l repute anrl 
 a resident of France. 
 
 "When a I>oy of ciglit years, Joseph llanaw was 
 phiced in a school and piiisiiod his studies until 
 thirteen years old. lie; was then apprenticed to 
 a merchant and at tiie cx|)iration of three years he 
 secured a position as clcrii, and vas thus occupied 
 wilh liie same luin two years. At tiie age of nine- 
 teen he decided to seci< his fortunes on the ^V^est- 
 ern Ilemispiiere. lie embarked at the port of 
 Havre, France, on a sailing-vessel, and after a voy- 
 age of forty-six days landed in New York Cit}'. 
 In the nieantiuie suiall-pi)X broke out upon the 
 vessel and carried off nineteen victims, who wei'e 
 consigned to a watery grave. 
 
 From the great nietro|)olis young llanaw turned 
 his steps AVestward, coming directly to Jackson, 
 this State, where he took \\\) his residence in Octo- 
 ber, 1847. Of tins cit^- he has since been a resi- 
 dent, practically growing with its growth and 
 kee|)iug i)ace with its prosperity. 
 
 Mr. llanaw landed in this country witli little or 
 no means, but with a disposition toem|)lo3' himself 
 at whatever honest labor he could find to do. For 
 the first year he occupied himself as a peddler, go- 
 ■ng with a pack on his back from village to village 
 <)n foot. Later, he iiurchased a horse and wagon, 
 and thus operated for five years. In the meantime, 
 with genuine German thrift and prudence, he had 
 accumulated a little capital, and now established 
 himself as a merchant at Jackson, with a stock of 
 dr3'-goods, clothing, hats, caps and general mer- 
 chandise. By fair dealing and courteous treat- 
 ment of his customers he built up a lucrat:ve 
 trade, which he conducted successfully until 1866. 
 Then, selling out, he retired upon a competence, 
 and lias since occupied himself as a mone^' loaner 
 and dealer in real estate. He has become the owner 
 of valuable property and is ranked among the 
 rei)rescnlalive citizens of a town which has been 
 almost phenomenal in its growth, and which has 
 been built u[) by just such men as himself. 
 
 The subject of this notice, in 1855. contracted 
 matrimonial and domestic ties, being married to 
 Miss Sarah Isaac, who was born in Oermany, and 
 who at the time of her marriage was a resident of 
 
 Williamsburg. N. Y. I'lic year previiMis to this 
 Mr. llanaw had put up a small house on the corner 
 of Francis and Franklin Streets, intending it for a 
 tenement. The following year, however, he moved 
 into it with his newly-wedded wife, and by subse- 
 quent additions and remodeling tran3forme<l it 
 into a very camfortaI)le residence, in which he still 
 lives. 
 
 There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. llanaw 
 twelve children, six sons and six daughters, five of 
 wliom are married and residents of the South. 
 Henry is a iironiinent attorney and a member of 
 the firm of Pillens, Torey it llanaw, of Moliile, 
 Ala.; Ida is the wife of .Adol|)h Brown, a banker, 
 of Livingstone, Ala.; Carrie married Samuel ImcIi- 
 old. President of the .Mobile Drug Comiiany. in 
 Alabama; Fhua is the wife of Abe K. Smith, of 
 the wholesale tobacco firm of Smith Bros., Savan- 
 nah, Ga.; Amelie is the widow of Samuel Kkslein, 
 late of Lansing, this State; Mr. Ekstein was a trav- 
 eling salesman in the employ- of Krolick & Co., of 
 Detroit. Betty and Minnie S. are at home with 
 their [jarent?; Frederick, now deceased, was a trav- 
 eling salesman in the South: Julius L. is the assist- 
 ant of his father in the olliee and superintends the 
 oi)erations of the farm two and one-half miles 
 north of Jackson; Louis B. is a merchant in Mer- 
 idian, Miss.; Albert follows the profession of an 
 architectural draftsman in J.ackson; Milton is pur- 
 suing his studies in school. 
 
 In .addition to his moneyed and real-estate inter- 
 ests, Mr. llanaw for the last tvvent3' years has 
 held the olliee of Notary Public. He buys and 
 sells foreign exchange, and is, in partnership with 
 his son, Julius, the agent of the principal steam- 
 ship lines. He is largel_y interested in farm lands, 
 in which he has been dealing for the past eight 
 years. Some years since he invested a portion of 
 his capital in a tract of Land two and one-half 
 miles north of Jackson, where he now has one of 
 the finest st )ck farms in the count3'. In the city 
 l.e owns a block of buildings on Cortland Street, 
 two blocks on Main Street, and is likewise pro- 
 prietor of the llanaw Block on the same street, 
 and on the second tloor of which he has his ofllce. 
 
 As a fine representative of the self-made man. 
 Mr. llanaw stands prominently among the heading 
 
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 citizens of Ihis foiiuty. The habits of iucUisliy 
 aiirl economy which were forced ii[)oii liira in the 
 beginiiinu' liave clone him good service all through 
 his career. He is naturally self-reliant and enter- 
 prising, and even had he been wealth}' at the start 
 would still have pressed onward, bent upon new 
 achievements. Financially, lie is independent, and 
 socially, stands second to none among his fellow- 
 citizens. Politically, ho is a stanch Democrat. 
 
 
 SI I^ALTER FISH, who was born in Herkimer 
 \oJf County, N. Y., to Mr. and Mrs. Walter 
 V^^ Fish, acquired a good education in the 
 common branches of stud\% and learned the trade 
 of a tanner and shoemaker. He carried on his trade 
 in Sugar Grove, Warren County, Pa., untd 1837, 
 when he came to Michigan, and loc.tted in Jackson, 
 which was then but a hamlet. He opened .a shop, 
 and carried on the shoe business a number of years, 
 subscquentl}' becoming a contractor at the .State 
 Prison during a period of about twenty years, and 
 continuing to reside here until his death, June 13, 
 1874. He wa£ a great reader and a deep thinker; 
 in his religious belief he was a followv-r of Sweden- 
 borg. Upright and honorable in his dealings with 
 his ftUow-men, kind and considerate in his domes- 
 tic relations, and possessing pleasant manners, Mr. 
 Fish ma<le many friends, and gained the respect of 
 all with whom he came in contact. 
 
 The lady who on June 27, 1837, became the wife 
 of the gentleman above named, bore the maiden 
 name of Agnes H. Brown. She was born in Sugar 
 Grove Village, Warren County, Pa.. Jul}' '25. 1817, 
 and is one of three sons and four daughters born to 
 her parents. In her native village she received a 
 careful home training, and a fundamental educa- 
 tion, which was supplemented by attendance at a 
 select school in Mercer County. She resided with 
 her parents until her marriage, soon after which 
 her husband came to ^Michigan. 
 
 In 1839 Mrs. Fish joined her husband here, travel- 
 ing in a carriage to Dunkirk, thence on the lake to 
 Detroit, and by rail to a point five miles west of 
 that citv. which was as far as the railroad was then 
 
 completed. The journey from that point was per- 
 formed by stage to the little village in which her 
 husband had instituted his business, and in the 
 vicinity of wiiich game of various kinds was abun- 
 dant. ^Irs. Fish has lived to sec Jackson cliange 
 fioni a mere hamlet, to a beautiful and prosperous 
 city containing upwards of thirty thousand inhabi- 
 tants. She bore her husband three children, of 
 whom but one now survives: this is Ellen P., a 
 teacher in Muskegon, Mich. The deceased are: 
 Elizabeth N., who died when twenty-three years of 
 age, and Mary K., who died at the age of ten years. 
 Mrs. Fish is of Scotch ancestr}'. although her 
 father, the Hon. David Brown, was born in Ireland, 
 whence with three brothers and a Mster, he emi- 
 grated to America. His brother William located 
 in New Orleans, while John, James, and Catherine 
 lived in Pennsylvania; all are now deceased. Tlie 
 father of Mrs. Fish located in "\'enango County, 
 Pa., after a tinu' i-emoviug to Warren Countj\ of 
 which he was one of the first settlers, and where he 
 built the first frame house erected within its bounds, 
 the lumber for it being sawed with a whip saw. 
 Such was the esteem in which he was held by his 
 fellow- citizens, that he was kept in office the most 
 of the time, and served them as Justice of the Peace, 
 Mayor, and as a mcmljor of the Legislative body. 
 He was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian 
 Church, in wdiieh he was always a firm believer. 
 His wife bore the n\niden name of Jeanette Broad- 
 foot, was born in Scotland, and came to America 
 with her [larents. Mr. Ijrown died about the year 
 li'i25, his wife surviving until 1840, when she too 
 breathed her last. 
 
 REDERIC FRITSHARD, a general commis- 
 V sion merchant of Jackson, dealing in corn 
 oats, straw, hay, eggs, and other country 
 produce, has already built up a good trade, although 
 he has not been established in business here a year, 
 and he has a fair outlook for the future. He is a 
 native of England, his birth taking place in New- 
 castle, Jul}- 14, 1847. He is, however, partly of 
 French origin, his father, Philip Frushard, having 
 been born in France. In early life he was a sailor, 
 
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 681 
 
 hut lie liimlly ahaiuloiii'd a seafaring litV. anil lu- 
 catcd ill Ni'wcaslk', England, wlicie he learned tlie 
 trade of iiiacliiiiist. He plied lliat calling llicre, 
 and there met and married .lane Scott, a native of 
 that town, who was a descendant of Knglijili ances- 
 tiy. In 1852 he .•railed with his wife and two chil- 
 dren to this country, and after landing on these 
 shores, he made his waj- to Patterson, N. .1., and 
 was there einiiloyed until 185S. In that year he 
 came to Michigan, and locating with his family in 
 Marshall, was there engaged as a mechanic in the 
 Michigan Central Railroad sliops for a few years. 
 One fatal day he left his home and started with a 
 l,oat for Grand Haven, and met his death by acci- 
 dent while on the way. He was an honest, intelli- 
 gent, industrious man, of good h.abits, and he was 
 considered by his employers a capable machinist. 
 His wife departed this life in Marshall, in 18o9. 
 They reared two cliildren to maturity, our subject, 
 and Philip, the latter also a resident of Jackson. 
 
 Frederic Frusliard was but five years old when 
 he accompanied his parents to America, yet lie has 
 quite a distinct recollection of the voyage of thirty 
 d.ays in a sailing-vessel. He attended school in 
 Patterson, N. J., during the residence of the family 
 in that city, and his education was subsequently 
 finished in the Marshall schools in this Slate. Af- 
 ter his father's untimely death, lie was bound out 
 to a farmer in Calhoun, and lived with him until 
 he was eighteen. After that he was employed bj- 
 the month by various farmers until he became fire- 
 man on the Michigan Central Railroad in 1872. 
 He acted in that t'apacity three and a half \x>ars. 
 or until his promotion to be an engineer. He 
 remained in the emploj' of that company as engi- 
 neer, with the exception of one 3"ear, until July, 
 1889. Tiring of the hard life of an engineer, he 
 then lesigned his situation in order to establish him- 
 self in the general commission business as at pre- 
 sent. 
 
 In the month of September, 1872. .Air Frusliard 
 was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Meadim- 
 ber, a native of Canada, of English parentage. She 
 has been to him a good wife, and is devoted toiler 
 family. Two sons have lilesscd their union, Ed- 
 ward and \\'illi:uii Howard. 
 
 Though of foreign birth, onr subject, reared and 
 
 eilLKuted ill this coiiniiy, i; a worthy and patriotic; 
 citizen. He is respected and welllikcd by all who 
 have dealings with him, and his character for hon- 
 esty, straightforwardness, and fairness, is high. 
 Though he has abandoned his calling as an engi- 
 neer, ho has not severed his connection with his 
 former associates and friends, but is still a member 
 in good standing of Division No. 2. of the Brother- 
 hood of Locomotive Engineers; and he also be- 
 longs to Twilight Lodge, No. 5, A. t). U. W. Po- 
 litically, he is a stanch Republican. 
 
 Iiii: ORACE FIELD, a prominent capitalist of 
 j] Jackson, standing in the front ranks of the 
 leading men of wealth and enterprise who 
 have had the making of this metropolis, has 
 been dealing extensively in real estate for some 
 years, and has thus promoted the growth of city 
 anil county. He is a descendant of a good old 
 Jlassaclmsetts famil}-, his father, Thomas Field hav- 
 ing been born in that State and there reared. He 
 went to Genesee County, N. V., in an early day of 
 its settlement, and locating among the pioneers of 
 Le Roy, cairied on his trade there several years. 
 In 1833 he broke up his home in that count3' and 
 once more became a pioneer, selecting the Terri- 
 tory of Michigan as a suitable location. He came 
 with his family by team to Buffalo, where he em- 
 barked on the steamer •> William Penn" for Detroit, 
 and at the latter city he hired a team to take his 
 faniilj' to the wilds of Jackson County. There were 
 no roads at all. and the journey over an Indian 
 trail was a slow one. Tiiey found .lackson to be a 
 city only in name, with but few log houses and 
 two or three frame buildings. The Government 
 owned the surrounding country, and Mr. Field en- 
 tered a tract of l.ind in Summit Township, two 
 miles from .lackson, paying ¥^1.2.5 per acre for it. 
 His lirst work w-as to erect a log house, and then he 
 set about the pioneer task of clearing a farm from 
 the fore.-it. There were no railways here for some 
 years after his arrival, and Ann Arbor was the 
 nearest milling point, Detroit being the nearest 
 depot for supplies. The earlj- settlers were much 
 
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 troubled by the wild animals of the primeval for- 
 ests, fleer, bears and wolves roaming near the settle- 
 ments, and occasionally approaching the habitntions 
 of the pioneers, and the wolves would soaielinics 
 follow the people. Mr. Field while developing his 
 farm also devoted ranch of his time to carpentering 
 for some years, finding plenty of work in that line 
 to do for his neighbors, and he also erected a sub- 
 stantial set of frame buildings on his own farm. 
 He did his share in advancing the growth of the 
 county, and lived to see valuable farms, busy vil- 
 lages, thrifty towns, and populous cities where he 
 had found a howling wilderness and dismal swamps, 
 and uninhabited prairies. In his death in 1872, at 
 the advanced age of ninety years, his community 
 lost a venerated and honored citizen, whose name 
 will ever be held in remembrance .as that of one of 
 the earl3' pioneers of the county. The maiden name 
 of the mother of our subject was Charity McCain, 
 and she was born in New York State, a daughter of 
 Abel and Mercy McCain. Siie lived a long and 
 useful life of seventy-nine 3'ears, dying in the home 
 (if our subject in 1877. She was the mother of 
 thirteen children, twelve of wiiom were reared to 
 maturit}'. 
 
 The life reconl of Horace Field was opened 
 April 1, 1829, in the town of LeRo}-, Genesee 
 County, N. Y. When he was in his fourth 3-car his 
 parents brought him from the home of his birth to 
 tlie new dwelling place that they established in the 
 wilds of this county. He still remembers the in- 
 cidents of the pioneer life in whicli he was reared, 
 and can recollect tlie rude log schoolhouse, i ith 
 its primitive home-made furniture, in which he 
 gleaned his education. Like all farmer boys, he 
 was early initialed in tiie work of the farm, and 
 after his marriage his father's homestead was man- 
 aged by him verv successfull\- for some time. He 
 finally abandoned agriculture pursuits, and coming 
 to J.ackson, has resided here ever since, and has 
 been actively engaged in the real-estate business, a 
 large amount of realty passing through his hands 
 every year. Gifted with practical tenacity of pur- 
 pose, possessing a clear and vigorous mind, his 
 judgment in regard to business matters is keen and 
 far-seeing, and he has become wealtiiy in tlie prose- 
 cutii n of his business, and at the same time has en- 
 
 couraged the development of the city in various 
 directions. When Mr. Field first came to Jackson 
 he bought a lot on South Milwaukee Street, and re- 
 sided in the house tliereon two years, and then dis- 
 [losed of it ut a good advance. Since then he has 
 erected five other dwellings, four of which he still 
 owns, including his present commodious residence 
 on the corner of Blackstone and Washington Streets, 
 and at the present time he is putting up a substan- 
 tial, convenieutij- arranged business building on 
 West Main Street. 
 
 Mr. Field has l)een twice married. He was first 
 wedded in 1850 to Miss Martha L. Barnes, a nntive 
 of New York State. To them were liorn two chil- 
 dren, Nina M. and Willie A., both of whom are 
 dead. After a pleasant married life of twent3'-Bve 
 jears Mrs. Field departed this life in March, 1875. 
 Mr. Field's marriage to his present wife was sol- 
 emnized in August, 1877, and she has devoted her- 
 self to making his home cozy and attractive, and is 
 to him all that a true wife can be. Her maiden 
 name was Louise L. Chamberlain. SIk; was born in 
 the town of Rose, Wayne County, N. Y., and is a 
 daughter of Philelus and .Tulia L. (Barnes) Cham- 
 berliu, natives respectively, of Monroe and Cayuga 
 Counties, N. Y. 
 
 !5HB .p| gi5H E 
 
 ,p5^ TEPHEN H. AVERY, Clerk of the Michi- 
 ^^^ gan State Prison and private secretary to 
 |l\/Ji) the Warden, became connected with this 
 institution in May, 1889. JNIr. Avery has 
 charge of the prison records from which we glean 
 the following figures in regard to number of those 
 held in durance vile. There were: January 31, 
 1 886, 783 convicts ; January 31, 1 887, 809 ; January 
 31, 1888, 772; January 31, 1889, 744; January 19, 
 1890, 721. 
 
 In January, 1886, Warden Hatch introduced his 
 method of reforming instead of punishing crimin- 
 als, teaching them they must obey or be punished 
 and the number has decreased since that time. He 
 finds an efHcient assistant in his plans and purposes 
 in Mr. Avery. It is an acknowledged fact that 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 some being successful in one channel anrl otliers 
 in another. Mr. Avery seemsHo have found his 
 liropei- iilace, whicii he is'lilling in a praisevvortliy 
 manner. 
 
 The suliject of tliis skelcli wa.s born in OhUovvn, 
 Me., May 17, LSI I, ;niil came^to Michigan when a 
 bo.v of thirteen years. - He eonii)leteil a practical 
 (ducation at Port Huron, where lie spent his early 
 youth and developed into manhood. He assunu'd 
 (biniestic ties I'"ebruary 17, IISCK, being wedded to 
 Miss Kmma|K. Potter. The household of Mr, Avery 
 now includes li\e interesting children — Howard, 
 Nettie, Grace, Gcoi'gc and ^larian.^ He assisted in 
 defense of the Union during the Civil War, serving 
 three years and,",tvvo months and escaping without 
 injury, othei' than the usual hardships and priva 
 tions of life. in the arm\'. He is a Knight Templar. 
 
 "RANC'IS DACK. On the oi>i)osite page is 
 . ,jg^ presented a lithographic portrait of this 
 /IS) " gentleman, who is eng.aged in general farm- 
 ing on section 9, Tompkins Township. He has a 
 fine estate comprising three hundred and seventy' 
 acres, upon which he has built four Large barns, 
 corn cribs, granaries, besides a commodious and 
 comfortable frame residence, with pleasant surround- 
 ings and of tasteful design, wherein his family is 
 cozily domiciled. All necessary and convenient 
 outbuildings ma\' be found on the farm, which is 
 enclosed, having about three hundred acres under 
 cultivation. Mr. Dack keeps good grades of horses 
 and cattle; he has one fine horse, '-Tompkins Char- 
 lie," a black Morgan, that has made quite a record 
 for s()ecd, and at the same time has proved a prof- 
 itable investment for the owner. 
 
 The father of him of whom we write ivas James 
 Dack, a native of Norfolk, England, where he was 
 united in marriage with Mary Ward, of the same 
 l)lace. Five ehildren had been born to this worthy 
 couple, when, about 1837, the father sold most of 
 their possessions in order to secure money with 
 which to pay his passage to the I'nited States. He 
 located at Rochester, N. Y., w^orking in a brewer}' 
 about two years, during which linio he save<l suf- 
 
 ficient moans to enable him to send for his familj'. 
 They lived in Rochester about one .year, and then 
 removed to a farm, where they worked by the day, 
 and where the mother die<l about 1854. The father 
 subse(iucntly married again, having one child by his 
 second marriage. He died in January, 1877, upon 
 the farm in New York. The children horn to the 
 mother of our subject were: Anna; James, who died 
 in New York; John, who ilied in England; Fran- 
 cis; William, who died in Michigan: John, who 
 died during the late War; James, now living in 
 Pleasantville; Mary and Gilbert, both deceased. 
 
 AYhen sixteen years old Francis Dack gave his 
 father §50 for his liberty, and began working for 
 himself. The first season he worked seven months 
 at S6 per month, and the nest year received §70 
 for eight months' work on a farm. In this wjiy he 
 made and saved enough to come to Michigan in 
 1860. and buy sixty acres of land on sections, 
 Tompkins Township, this count}'. Returning to 
 New York he remained two years, and then coming 
 again to this county, bought eightj'-six and two- 
 thirds acres on section 9.of the same township, where 
 he now lives. He was subsequently able to purchase 
 fort}' three and a half, and later one hundred and 
 twenty acres, making up his present landed estate, 
 and by close application and wise economy he has 
 been able to thoroughly inii)yove the same. 
 
 At the home of the bride, in this county, our 
 subject was united in marriage with Miss Ann, 
 daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Gardner) Hop- 
 craft. The estimable bride was born in Oxford- 
 shire, England, and came to the I'nited States 
 with her parents about 1856, They located in New 
 York, and a year later removed to this county, 
 where the father died July 19, 1870, the mother 
 surviving until October 6, 1889. Their family 
 comi)risod four children, of whom Mrs. Dack is the 
 second. She is the niotiier of seven children, named 
 respectively: Carrie. Mary, William, Elizabeth, 
 Adeline, Evalineand Francis — all of whom are liv- 
 ing. 
 
 Mr. Dack is a member of the Patrons of Indus- 
 try. He is serving as school director, and evinces 
 an intelligent and earnest interest in educational 
 affairs. He has filled the ollice of Road Commis- 
 sioner. The fine property which he owns, and the 
 
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 comforts wliifli suiToiinfl his family, are a credit- 
 able siKuving for one wlio began life in early youth 
 penniless anrl without influence, and indicate the 
 sturdy nature of the man to whose tletermination 
 and unflagging industrj' they are due. ISlr. Dack 
 and his estimalile wife receive their due measure of 
 respect from those to whom Ihej- are known, and 
 have a choice circle of friends in the community. 
 
 <X\ |;ILLIAM McDonald. The farming and 
 \rj// Stock-raising interests of Parma Township 
 *J7^ are worthil}' represented by the subject of 
 this biographical outline, wlio like many of his 
 compeers began at the foot of the ladder in life, 
 and by unflagging industry has gained for himself a 
 comvietence and tlie wherewithal to defend himself 
 against want in his declining years. His farm 
 property occupies a portion of section 28, Parma 
 Township, and compares favorabl}- with th.at of 
 tlie enterprising men around him. 
 
 A native of the north of Ireland, the subject of 
 this notice was born October 12, 1841. and is a son 
 of AVilliam and Ellen McDonald, the former of 
 whom W.1S of iScotch descent. William remained 
 in his native country until a youth of fifteen years, 
 then crossing the Atlantic, located in the Dominion 
 of Canada, after a voyage of twenty-three days on 
 the sailing vessel, "Harvest C^ueen." He embarked 
 at Belfast whence he sailed to Liverpool and landed 
 in New York City, going thence direct to Canada. 
 He remained for about seven 3'ears a resident of 
 Holdimond County, and for six years was in the em- 
 ploy' of one man. a Mr. Douglas. Later he worked 
 for a M r. E .-ans one year. He received the most of 
 his education in Canada, which was somewhat lim- 
 ited, he attending school two terms during the 
 winter season. 
 
 Mr. McDonald came to Michigan in the fall of 
 18G4, settling first in Sanilac County, and engaging 
 in the lumber business nearly a year.' Then re- 
 moving to this county he located in .Sandstone 
 Township and worked on a farm eight years. His 
 next removal, in the spring of 1873, was to his 
 present farm. About that time he was married, 
 
 March 20, that year, to Miss .lane Pritchard. This 
 lady, like himself, was also born in the North of 
 Ireland, the date thereof being February 2, 18.50. 
 Her parents were John and Mary A. (McCam) 
 Pritchard, likewise of Irish birth and ancestry. 
 When a maiden ol' sixteen years, Mrs. McDonald 
 emigrated to America with a frienil, and like her 
 husband located in Holdimond County, where she 
 lived a number of years. They are the parents 
 of four children: William, who died when five 
 years old; Robert, Frank and Annie who remain 
 with their parents. 
 
 The McDonald homestead comjjrises one hun- 
 dred and twenty acres of good land, which has 
 been brought to a productive condition and which 
 yields abundantly, the rich crops of the Wolverine 
 State. In his labors and accumulations, Mr. McDon- 
 ald has been materially assisted b^- his frugal and in- 
 dustrious wife, to whom he gives due credit. He 
 votes the straight Democratic ticket, anil has served 
 as a member of the School Board in his district. 
 About 1870 he identified himself with the Masonic 
 fraternity at Parma, and officiates as Junior Dea- 
 con of his lodge. He has maile for himself a good 
 record, has become tlioroughh' identified with the 
 institutions of his adopted country and is recog- 
 nized as a valuable member of his community. 
 
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 <S^RASTUS SPARKS was born in Homer, 
 |IU] Cortland County, N. Y., August 19, 1820. 
 J' — ^ His father, Erastus Sparks, Sr., was a lum- 
 berman who resided in the town named for soma 
 years, and in 1850 removed to Ohio, going by Erie 
 Canal and lake to Conneaut, and thence bv teams 
 to Trumbull County. He settled on a farm in 
 Greensburg, and died there in 1840. His wife, in 
 her girlhood Miss Philetlia Iliggins, was horn in 
 the same town in which her husband first saw the 
 light. Her [jarents were born in Connecticut, 
 whence the}' removed to Cortland County, N. Y., 
 subsequently continuing their journey Westward. 
 At an earl}' day in the history of Ohio, they settled 
 in Greensburg, Trumbull County, where the father 
 bought a tract of timber land. Their removal be- 
 
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 iiii; made bpforo there wei"c either ruilroarls or ca- 
 nal.s, thev journeyed overhirid witli teams. Mv. Ilig- 
 gins eleareil a farm ii|iciii which he resided until his 
 death in .Inuunry. lt'43. Iiis daughter. Mr.s. Sparks. 
 dying the same month. 
 
 'J'o Mr. and Mrs. lilraslus Sparks, Sr.. nine chil- 
 dren were born, seven of whom were reared to 
 years of maturity: Amasa now lives in (ireenshurg. 
 Ohio; Fannie died in Portage County; .Sylvester 
 lives in Xorwalk; Eraslns, Jr., in Jlieliigan: Philo- 
 tha and C'eiimla in Xorw-alk. Ohio: Amanda is now 
 deceaseil. 
 
 Hrastns .sparks, Jr.. w.as ten ycais old when his 
 |)arents removed to Ohio, whe:e he was reared to 
 manliood. Wliilc yet a bo}', he began to earn his 
 own living, and at the time of his marriage, in tlio 
 fall of 1843, he bought the home farm in Trumbull 
 County, upon which he resiiled until 1856. He then 
 came to Michigan, and bought tliel.eoni flour-mill 
 iii this county. He afterward sold it and bouglit the 
 mill at Michigan Center, which he operated two and 
 a half vears, at the expiration of that time, retui-n- 
 ing to Lconi and le.isiug the Leoni mill, which he 
 has operated from that time to the present day. 
 The jiroducts of his mill are of an excellent grade, 
 his run of custom is good, and in his chosen o<-'CU- 
 palion he is vvinning a competence. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. S[)arks and Miss Pluma A. 
 Moore was celebrated September (!, 1843. The 
 bride was born in Oustavus, Trumbull County. 
 Ohio, where her grandfather and father, both of 
 whom w'erc named Uriel, were (jioneers. Tlie 
 grandfather was born in Connecticut, and was a 
 farmer liy occupiilion ; his last 3'ears were spent in 
 (lustavns. His son, Uriel, Jr.. w.as also a native of 
 Connecticut, and w.as a young man wl-.en the re- 
 moval tr) the Buckeye State took place. He mar- 
 ried Miss .Vlpha Lane, also a native of Connecticut 
 and a daughter of John and I^ydia Lane. Pur- 
 chasing a tract of timber land in Oustavus. Mr. 
 Moore cleared a farm ui)on which he spent the later 
 years of his life. He had raised an orchard from 
 seeds which lie had taken from his old Connecticut 
 home. 
 
 Pour children h.ave been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Sparks of this notice: Philemon K., (whose sketch 
 appears elsewhere in lliis work); Almira. Elm'M- 1?.. 
 
 and Emma. Alniiia married Elon Campbell, and 
 died at the age of thirty-two years, [being/lrowned 
 while sea bathing in Florida; .she left four children; 
 Emma was married when nineteen years ohl. to a 
 Mr. Rose, of Chicago, and died a few months later; 
 Elmei- married Miss T;ui Kellogg; he is "an engineer 
 on the Michigan Ciiilral Hailroad, and resides at 
 Kalamazoo. Mr. and Mrs. Sparks are devoted mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which Mr. 
 Sparks joined in 1840. He was a Class-Leader up- 
 wards of forty years, and Superintendent of the 
 Sunday-school twenty-seven years. Their^Chris 
 tian characters, earnest, endeavors to discharge their 
 duties in life in such a manner as to merit the "well 
 done" of tiie Master, and their usefulness is recog- 
 nized by all who know them, and gain the esteem 
 of man\- friends. 
 
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 f C. IRWIN, President of Brooklyn Village 
 and Supervisor of Columbia Township, is 
 V/ an aspiring man and a successful farmer, 
 whose life has been almost wholly spent in this 
 count}' will) whose interests he is thoroughly iden- 
 tified. He owns and operates a fine farm near the 
 village although he occupies a town residence. He 
 was born in Grant Township, McHenry Countv, 
 III., on the shores of Irving Lake, December -4, 
 1847. He was left an orphan at an early age, his 
 mother Lucy (Clark) Irwin having died in 1848, 
 when he was ten months old and his father Chris- 
 topher Irwin, while on business in Wisconsin, in 
 185-2, being accidentally drowned in the Grand 
 Rapids River. After the death r.f his father, our 
 subject lived with a IMr. Swan, now of Chicago, 
 111., until he was eight years old, at which time he 
 became a member of the household of his uncle, 
 Andrew (!. Irwin, in Brooklyn, Mich. 
 
 Andrew Irwin was born in the North of Ii'eland 
 and accomi)anieil his parents to the United States 
 in lS-28. while still a young man. He lived in 
 Steuben County, X. Y., until 1841, when he sold 
 his farm and came to Michigan, purclKising land on 
 a partof nhich the village of Brooklyn now stands, 
 lie w.as a very successful man. having secured a 
 
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 comfortable estate some years prior to his death, 
 wliicl) occurred in Brookl^-n in September, 1886. 
 He was a ruling Elder of the Presbyterian Church 
 for more than forty years and was filling that posi- 
 tion at the time of his death. In politics he was a 
 Republican. Ills wife bore the maiden name of 
 Harriet Blood. Slie was born in Massachusetts of a 
 good family and died in February, 1888, sixty 
 years after her marriage. This worthy couple hav- 
 ing no children their nepiiew became heir to their 
 property. 
 
 Tlie gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this sivetch was reared and educated in this county, 
 ami in Brookl3'n was united in marriage with Miss 
 Kate Cha[mian. She was born in Liberty Township, 
 this count}', and was a <laughter of William and 
 Eliza (Blood) Chapman, who had many friends 
 among the old settlers and were classeil with the 
 most highly respected members of the commun- 
 ity. Thej' died when their daughter was quite 
 young and she was reared by an uncle, receiving an 
 excellent education in tlie county schools and at 
 Adrian. She has borne her husband two children. 
 A daughter, Lucy, died at the age of seven years; 
 a son, Arthur W., an intelligent 3'oung man now 
 eighteen years of age, yet fills his place by the pa- 
 ternal fireside. 
 
 Mr. Irwin is independent in politics. He affiliates 
 witli tlie Masonic fraternity, being a member of 
 Lodge No. 169, of Brooklj'n. Mr. Irwin neglects 
 no opportunity to add to his own culture and to 
 assist in the development of the section in which he 
 makes his home, laboring to increase its material 
 prosperity and ui)lift the standard of good citizen- 
 ship, intelligence and morality. To such a man his 
 associates render respect, rejoicing in his success 
 and tiie good work which he is enabled to accom- 
 plish. 
 
 The Irwin family is of Scotch stock, the father 
 of our subject being a son of Robert Irwin, who in 
 1828 emigrated with his family from Ireland to the 
 United States, locating in Bath, Steuben County, 
 N. Y. The family was in poor circumstances, but 
 all afterward prospered, securing homes of their 
 own and a greater or less amount of property. Five 
 sons anfl two daughters made up the household 
 band, Christopher Irwin being the youngest. While 
 
 yet a single man he located in McHenry County, 
 III., where other members of the famil^y also moved, 
 and where Robert Irwin spent his last days with his 
 children, dying full of years. He was a Presby- 
 terian and so also was his wife, Martha Gibson. 
 After reaching years of matnrit}' Christopher Irwin 
 married Miss Lucy Clark, who was born in Massa- 
 cliusetts of an old and respected family. Her parents 
 lived and died in the Bay State, whence slie, after 
 their death, joined her older brothers in McHeni\v 
 Count}', III., where she was subsequently married. 
 Christopher Irwin, as previously stated, met his 
 death liy accident while still in the prime of life; 
 the other members of his father's family lived to 
 be quite old, dying natural deaths. 
 
 Christopher Irwin v/as the father of three chil- 
 dren, one of whom, Martha, became the vvife of 
 George K. Tozer, and resided in Reading, Pa. She 
 died there in 1872. Robert C, the other member 
 of the fauiil}', enlisted in Company E., Seventeenth 
 Michigan Lifantrv, and w,as killed at the battle of 
 South Mountain in September, 18G2. 
 
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 YMAN B. SMITH, Postmaster of Hanover, 
 f'fe)) and one of its best known and most reliable 
 ^^ citizens, is of New England birth and ante- 
 cedents, and has just passed his sixtieth birthday, 
 having been born March 9, 1830. His native 
 place was Norwich, Conn., where he grew to man's 
 estate or near it, living with his [larents on a farm 
 and acquiring his education in tlie district school. 
 When seventeen years old he went to Riiode 
 Island, and served an apprenticeship at the trade 
 of a carpenter and builder. In the meantime he 
 was severely' injured, and on this account was 
 obliged to abandon the business, after which he 
 learned the jeweler's trade. 
 
 In 1852 Mr. Smith returned to Ids n.ative State, 
 where he occupied himself as a jeweler and also 
 learned daguerreotypiug, which he prosecuted in 
 connection with the other until 1855. That year 
 he set out for the West, and for several months so- 
 journed at Pecatonica, 111. We next find him in 
 
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 Bedford Township. Calhoun County, Mich., where 
 lie sojourned two years. He then went into Athens 
 Townsiii)), where lie lived until 1874. That year 
 he removed to Hanover Township, of which he has 
 since been a resident. In the meantime he was 
 married, at Republic, Ohio, in 1866, to Mrs. Louisa 
 Carey. This lady was born in New York State, 
 and died childless in 1878. 
 
 In October, 1881, Mr. Smith contracted a second 
 marriage, being wedded to Miss Emma Chapman, 
 at Williamsport, Pa. This lady was born January 
 6, 1 8.53, in New Albany, and is the daughter of 
 David and Alartha Chapman, who vvere natives of 
 the Slate of Pennsylvania, where the father died in 
 1873. The mother is living in Ulster, that State, and 
 is now lift}- -seven years old. Mr. and Mrs. Smith 
 are members in good standing of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, in which Mrs. Smith is an effi- 
 cient worker in the Sunday-school and in which 
 !Mr. Smith is Treasurer and Steward. He identified 
 himself with the Jlasonic fraternity in Kalamazoo 
 County m.any years ago, joining Climax Lodge, 
 No. 96, and later was Master of Lodge No. 220, at 
 Athens, Calhoun County. He holds decided views 
 in regard to temperance, and takes a warm interest 
 in the leading political questions of the day, giving 
 his support to the Republican party. During the 
 progress of the Civil War he made t"'0 attempts to 
 enter the service, but was rejected each time by the 
 Examining Surgeon. 
 
 For six j-ears Mr. Smith officiated as Justice of 
 the Peace in Athens Townslii|), whore he was also 
 Notary Pulilic. For two years he has been Presi- 
 dent of the Village Board of Hanover, and for 
 twelve years hns bsen agent for the American Ex- 
 press Company. He also represents the Hartford 
 and Phaniix Fire Insurance Companies, with v^hich 
 he 'has been connected for fifteen 3'ears, and for 
 the past three years he h;is d(jne business for the 
 Connecticut Insurance Coni[)any of Hartford. He 
 was api)ointed Postmaster of Manover in 1889, 
 assuming charge of the office October 1. This is a 
 fourth-class office, instituted by the citizens of 
 Ilaiiovcr. .\11 of the enterprises tending to benefit 1 
 the couununity. socially, morally and financially, 
 have received the uniform support of Mr. Smith. | 
 To him and his (stiniable wife there have been I 
 
 born no children, but they have ever maintained a 
 
 tender regard for the little ones of their friends 
 and neighbors, to whom they never fail to extend 
 kindly offices as opportunity offers, and are thus 
 great favorites among both the children and young 
 people of Hanover. 
 
 The father of our subject w.as William Smith, a 
 native of Hampton, Conn., and a farmer by occu- 
 tion. He served as a minute man during the AVar 
 of 1812, and died in Providence, R. I., at the age 
 of eighty-seven years, in 1873. Grandfather^Solo- 
 mon Smith, also a native of Hampton, Conn., 
 spent his last 3'ears in that city. Mrs. Elizabeth 
 (Loomis) Smith, the mother of our subject, was 
 born in the same township as her husband, and 
 the3' were married and spent the remainder of their 
 lives in their native State. The maternal grand- 
 father of Mr. Smith distinguished himself as a sol- 
 dier in the Revolulionar)- War. 
 
 OSES WHITE. This successful and i)rom- 
 inent farmer and stock-raiser occupies one 
 hundred and fort3- acres at the head of 
 Clark's Lake, on section 20, Columbia 
 Township. It is one of the finest farms in that 
 township, with a fine residence and a full line of 
 convenient and substantial farm buildings. It is 
 the homestead which was first taken from the Gov- 
 ernment 1)3' Edward Rose but fell into the hands 
 of Walter White, the father of our subject, before 
 an3' improvements had been made u|)on it, and has 
 since been in the possession of the White family. 
 The residence now occupied 1)3- the famil3' stands 
 on the site of the old home which was destroyed 
 by fire in December, 1872. 
 
 The gentleman whose history is to be briert3' 
 sketched in these columns was born on the home- 
 stead March 6, 1814, being the youngest of four 
 sons, .all yet living. He was reired and educated 
 here and for some 3ears has h;id the management 
 of the farm. I-'ollowing in the footsteps of his 
 worth3' progenitors, he has been industrious, thrifty 
 and successful, and has become [)rominenl in the 
 
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 comraunity wliero his good habits, his inlelligonce 
 imd his manly eh:iracter gain liim esteem and 
 friendship. 
 
 An important step in tlie life of Blr. White was 
 taken wlien he became the husband of Miss Cyn- 
 tliia Brooks, who was born in Woodstock Township, 
 Lenawee County , October 27, 1846. She is a daugh- 
 ter of Joseph and Marian (Swartout) Brooks, who 
 were early settlers of Lenawee County, to which 
 they liad come from Delaware County, N. Y. Mr. 
 Brooks departed this life at his own home in 1S78, 
 at the age of sixty-one. His widow is still living, 
 making lier home with her children; she is now sev- 
 enty-one years old and still exhibits the goodness 
 which made her beloved in earlier years. She is a 
 memberof the Baptist Church. Mrs. White has borui^ 
 her husband thret^ children, who are still lingering 
 under the parental roof, their intelligence, pleusing 
 traits of cliaracter. and courtesy, making them the 
 pride of tlieir parents. Mr. White is a Prohibition- 
 ist in politics. Mrs. White is highly regai<led by 
 her neighbors and is looked upon as an important 
 member of society. 
 
 The White family was known for many genera- 
 tions in New England, the grandparents of our 
 subject liaving been well- respected farmers in Ver- 
 mont. In Orange County, that State, Walter White 
 was born early in the (iresent century. He went 
 to Oneida County, N. Y., where he was married to 
 Miss Lena Wratnour, a native of the Empire State 
 and member of an excellent family. After the 
 birth of two cliildren Walter White and his wife 
 set out for Michigan, crossing tiie lake to Detroit, 
 and tlience journeying with ox -teams across a new 
 country, over rough roads to Brooklyn, this county. 
 There they resided a year, after which Mr. White 
 secured a farm of forty acres, winch lie subse- 
 quently traded for that now owned by our subject. 
 He was a slioemaker and after becoming a resident of 
 Michigan followed his trade for a time at Bro<jklyn 
 and at Jackson. Beginning his citizenship here in 
 the '3<)s he became well known in this township, 
 •gaining many friends. He was a large-hearted, gen • 
 erous man, ever ready to assist those in need. In 
 politics he was a Republican and in religion a 
 Presbyterian, having been a Deacon for some years. 
 His death occurred on the iiomestead July .31, 1887, 
 
 at the advanced age of ^eighty-seven ^-ears. His 
 estimable companion also died on the iiomestead, 
 the date of the sad event being May 23, 1872, and 
 lier age being seventy two yeai-s. She also was a 
 member of the Presliyterian Church and held in 
 good reinite by her neighbors and associates. 
 
 ^MMET ^^ PALMER. M.D. The town of 
 Brookl^'n is not without its share of pro- 
 ]L^ fessional men, their reputation being more or 
 less extended lieyond the limits of their home, 
 according as their understanding of the theory and 
 discrimination in the practice of their respective 
 lines, merits. Dr. Palmer is. well-known and well- 
 reputed in Brooklyn and vicinity', and more than 
 Ibis, is one of the leading iihysicians of the county, 
 his reputation also extending into Lenawee County, 
 and his business constantly increasing. He is a 
 graduate of the Medical Department of the I'ni- 
 versity at Ann Arbor, having been a member of 
 the class of '69, a class which numbered ninety- 
 three graduates, anil wherein he filled a position of 
 credit. The success to which he has attained in his 
 practice conclusively proves that to a well-grounded 
 knowledge of Therapeutics, he adds discrimination 
 in the use of remedies and keenness in the diag- 
 nosis of disease. 
 
 Col. D. W. Palmer, the father of our subject, 
 was born in Coniiecticutof old New England stock. 
 He was "onl3' four years old when his fatlu r, Joseph 
 Palmer, removed to Madison County, N. Y., where 
 he grew up, completing his education in a college 
 at Rome. After graduation he bec.nme a surveyor 
 and teaclici', and followed both callings for some 
 years. In 1836 he settled in Biilgewater, Wash- 
 tenaw County, Micl.., during nine years of his resi- 
 dence there teaching at Clinton, and being 
 recognized as one of the best of the early edu- 
 cators in that part of the State. Later he began 
 farming, still spending the winters in teaching for 
 some time, but finally abandoning his professional 
 labors. He was Townshi[) Clerk and Justice of the 
 Peace in Bridguwater tliirty-threc years. He is 
 known as the "Peace Maker" on account of his great 
 
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 skill ill arriving at just decisions and his kindly 
 arbitialion. llu has always been looked u|)Oii as 
 one of tlie worthy citizens of his couuty, where he 
 is well-known, and where he is still living, having 
 attained to the riiie age of eighty-three years. He 
 has a large circle of friends throughout Southern 
 Michigan. While living in New York he was Colonel 
 of a local cavalry- regiment, and after coming to 
 Michigan he was appointed by the Governor of 
 the State to take command of the district militia 
 with llio same rank which be had previously held. 
 
 Col. Palmer was first married in Madison County, 
 N. Y., taking as his wife Miss Flora Randall, of that 
 county, who l)ore him one son, Frank, now a farmer of 
 Bridgewator, AVashtenaw County, Mich. The lov- 
 ing wife and mother died while in the prime of 
 life, and prior to the removal of Col. Palmer to the 
 West. Some time after taking up his residence in 
 Washtenaw County, Col. Palmer married his sec- 
 ond wife. Miss Fidelia Randall, who was born in 
 Rladison County, N. Y., and -accompanied her par- 
 ents to Michigan about the j'ear 1835. The family 
 settled in the wilderness of Bridgewater Township, 
 where Mr. Randall and his wife lived to develop a 
 good home from the farm they had obtained in the 
 woods. At liie time of his death, Mr. Randall had 
 passed three-score years and his wife was some- 
 what younger. Their daughter grew u|) to matu- 
 rity under the parental roof; she is yet living, and 
 is now sixty-nine years of age. Like her husi)and, 
 she possesses a strong mind, and is smart and active 
 for one nearly three score and ten years. She is 
 the mother of seven children, five sons and two 
 daughters, all living and |)rospering, except one 
 son who died young. 
 
 Dr. Palmer, of whom we write, was born in 
 Bridgewater Township, Washtenaw County, June 
 9, 1840. He received a practical education in the 
 common schools, after which he liigan the study 
 of medicine with Dr. Tuttle, of Clinton, wdio is 
 now deceased. He began the practice of his pro- 
 fession at Manchester, and after a short practical 
 experience entered cnUcge and pursued a more ex- 
 tended course in the sciences of medicine mihI sur- 
 gery as understood by the regular scIkjoI. In 
 1872 he came to llrookl^'u, established himself in 
 practice, and at the same time o|)eiicd a drug-store. 
 
 carrying on both lines of work three years. His 
 health failing from confinement, he gave up the 
 drug trade and devoted his entire attention to his 
 professional labors, in which he had a steadily in- 
 creasing amount of work. He has given seven 
 years of his time to the business of railroad surgeon 
 and physician, resigning his position in order to 
 attend to his increasing home business. 
 
 In Manchester Dr. Palmer was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Nettie Williams, who was born in 
 Washtenaw County, Januarj^ 10, 18')0. She was 
 reared in her native county-, completing her eilu- 
 cation in the High School at Manchester, acquiring 
 the knowledge and habits which would fit her for 
 a life of usefulness. She was a noble Christian 
 woman, loved by all who knew her for her womanl}' 
 virtues and fine character. Iler death, which oc- 
 curred at her home in Brookl3'n, September 18, 
 1886, bereft her husband of a noble wife and her 
 son of a devoted mother. Fred W., her only child, 
 is a graduate of the Brooklyn High School. 
 
 Dr. Palmer is a meml)er of and the presiding ollicer 
 in the Blue Lodge. No. 1G9, of Brooklyn; is a 
 member of Chapter. No. 90, holding the office of 
 Ca|)tain of the Host. He is also a member of 
 Adoniraui Council of Manchester, .and li.as bi en 
 President of the village for twelve years. In p(jli- 
 tics lie is an Inde|)endent Democrat. His personal 
 reputation is excellent, and although the duties of 
 his profession leave him little time to devote to 
 society, he is warmly welcomed whenever he 
 appears, his intelligence and good breeding making 
 him a desiratile addition to any circle. 
 
 ELMORE DENNIS is President of the Dennis 
 Machine Comjiany, whose foundiy and ina- 
 ' chine shoiis occupy a substantial brick build- 
 ing, two stories high, on North Jackson Street, and 
 which is one of the prosperous establishments of 
 Jackson. A force of twenty-five men is employed 
 in the manufactnrc of all kinds of wood working 
 machinery — shafting.pulleys,etc. — and an extensive 
 joljbing business in wood and iron working ma- 
 chinery, and mill and machinist's supplies is also 
 
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 done by tlie company. Tlie prese.nt business is llie 
 outcome of one established by Mr. Dennis a num- 
 ber of years since, and the stock company which 
 uow carries it on was organized in July, 1888, with 
 a capital of $25,000, their affairs being under tlie 
 general supervision of the President. 
 
 The subject of this brief sketch is a descendant 
 of one of three brothers who came to America In 
 Colonial times and settled in New Jersey. His 
 great-grandfather was a soldier during the Revolu- 
 tionary War, and is supposed to have been killed 
 during the struggle as he was never heard of after- 
 ward. He left a son and a daughter, tlie former of 
 whom. Joseph Dennis, is belic;ved to have been 
 born in New Jersey, but from boyhood was a resi- 
 dent in New York. In Dutchess Countj' he learned 
 the trade of a millwright, whicli he followed all ids 
 life, gaining the reputation of a thoroughly com- 
 petent mechanic. In 1832 he removed to Monroe 
 County, and spent the last years of his life in the 
 town of Sweden. The wife of Joseph Dennis was 
 Rachael Tanner, daughter of one of the first settlers 
 in Dover Plains, Dutchess County, and at one time 
 the owner of a farm of three hundred acres of land 
 there, upon which some of his descendants still re- 
 side. 
 
 Cornelius Dennis, the father of our subject and 
 the son of Joseph and Rachael Dennis, was born in 
 Dutchess County, N. Y.. and learned the trade of 
 his father. In 1833 he removed to Genesee 
 Count}- and six years later departed thence by an 
 ox-team to Buffalo, where he embarked on a steamer 
 for Detroit, whence he continued with his team to 
 Jackson County, Mich., being one week enroute 
 from Detroit to Jackson. He located at the town 
 of Springport and then bought a tract of wild land 
 upon which he built a log house, and where he de- 
 voted his time to the improvement of his farm. In 
 1849 he removed to Charlotte where his death took 
 place the January- following. His wife, Clarissa, 
 was born in Bedford, Westchester County, N. Y., 
 and was a daughter of Nathaniel Taylor, a native 
 of the same county, and a stone-nvson by trade. 
 He owned a farm which he operated while also 
 working at his trade, and lived to an advanced age. 
 
 Mis. Clarissa Dennis died May 22, 1847. She 
 was the mother of four children, two of whom are 
 
 now living, namely, our subject and Rachael, wife 
 of Samuel Brundage, wlio also lives in Jackson. 
 
 pjlmore Dennis, of whom we write, was born in 
 Dover, Dutchess County, N. Y., June 11, 1827, 
 and accompanying his parents to Michigan in his 
 boyhood, grew to maturitj' amid the scenes of pio- 
 neer life, of which he has a vivid recollection, as 
 well as of their journey from their home in the 
 Empire State. The country in which they located 
 was sparsely settled and was roamed over by deer, 
 bears, wolves and other wild game, and the near- 
 est railroad was at Ypsilanti. The first school dis- 
 trict in the neighborhood was organized the winter 
 after the arrival of his parents and a log building 
 erected for the accommodation of the [lupils. It 
 was furnished with slab benches with wooden pins 
 for legs, was heated by a fireplace and furnished 
 with light from the place where a log had been left 
 out for the purpose. The first teacher in charge 
 of this temple of learning and its inmates w.as Miss 
 Harriet Piper. 
 
 Young Dennis assisted his fatlier on the farm 
 in the intervals of his studies, and remained under 
 the parental roof-tree until he had reached man's 
 estate, when he began work at the trade of a mill- 
 wright, following the same the most of the time 
 during the succeeding twenty years. He inherite<l 
 a high degree of mechanical genius from his father 
 and has invented several machines. In 1873 he 
 established his present business as a general jobbing 
 machine-shop, and bsinga most thorough mechanic 
 he built up an excellent trade. In 1882 ho associ- 
 ated Henry Kline with himself in the business and 
 began the manufacture of wood-working machin- 
 ery. A few years later the Dennis Machine Com- 
 pany was organized, as before mentioned, and 
 already has an extended reputation in their line of 
 business. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Dennis to Miss Alice 
 Pinckney was celebrated May 27, 1852. The bride, 
 who possesses many virtues of mind and heart is a 
 native of Dutchess County, N. Y., and the daugh- 
 ter of John and Margaret (Frazier) Pinckney. 
 Mr. Dennis is a Democrat and cast his first vote 
 for Franklin Pierce. He fraternizes with Jackso-i 
 Lodge No. 17, A. F. & A. ]M.; Jackson Chapter No. 
 3, R. A. M.; Jackson Council No. 32, R. it S. M., 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 and Jackson Commaiider3\ No. 9, K. T. Not only 
 by his fcllow-craflsinan but by liis fellow-citizens in 
 general he is well esteemed, not only as a thorough 
 workman and the possefsor of fine business abilities, 
 but fur his private character and worth as a citizen. 
 
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 Tt--^ IRAM S. MOK. One of the best farms and 
 jl/jl) most desirable homes in Sandstone Town- 
 !^^ shi|) is that owned and occupied by the 
 (!^i above-named gentleman, who ranks among 
 the pioneers of the county, in which lie began his 
 labors at the age of fourteen years. He has en- 
 dured niany of the hardsliips to which settlers 
 ui)oii till: frontier are subject, but is now enjoying 
 the fruits of his jiersevering industiy, and, sur- 
 rounded by children and friends, is passing his 
 declining years in peaceful prosjjeriti'. 
 
 The natal day of Hiram S. Moe was October 8, 
 1S22, and his birthplace was Rutland (Jounty, Vt. 
 The Moc family is probably of French origin, but 
 the ancestors for several generations vvere natives 
 of the Green Mountain State. There Joseph Moe, 
 the father of our subject, was born and reared to 
 manhood, marrying Miss .Sylva Cogswell, of the 
 same State. In 1836 they removed with their 
 family to this State, the first settlement being 
 made in .Sandstone Township, this county, upon 
 the farm now occupied by George Wood. A short 
 time later they removed two miles north, on sec- 
 tion 12, and were one of the first faniilios to locate 
 ill lliMl neighborhood. There Joseph Moe carried 
 on his iiioneer labors, toiling and struggling, in 
 common with his neighbcirs, to hew out a home 
 from the wilderness, and to increase the moral and 
 material pros|)erity of the section. He remained 
 on that homestead until called from time to eter- 
 nity, in 1878, the death of his wife having occurred 
 !nan3' years prior to his own decease. He enjoyed 
 an extended acquaintance throughout the county-, 
 and it was generally conceded that in his death the 
 county lost one of its best citizens. In early life 
 he was a Whig and later a Republican. 
 
 Kight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. lo- 
 
 seph Moe, the subject of this sketch being the 
 next to the youngest. The Hrsl-born, Mary, is the 
 widow of Cornelius Sammons, of Jackson; Perrin 
 is deceased; Luoinda, Mrs. t^uivc}-, lives in New 
 Yoik; Franklin and Ira are deceased ; Susannah is 
 the wife of O. H. Eastman, of Sandstone Township, 
 this county; Charles is deceased. 
 
 Hiram S. Moe was reared to mauhooil in this 
 county, of whose growth he has been an eye-wit- 
 ness, and in tlie improvement of which he has par- 
 ticipated. The early schools of his boyhood did 
 not afford the advantages offered at the i)resent 
 day; however, in his native Stale, as well as in 
 this, he improved the opiwrtunities afforded him, 
 and since leaving the schoolroom has gloaned in- 
 foriii'ition from various sources, becoming well-in- 
 formed and well-read. On December 9, 1817, he 
 was united in marringe with Miss Amelia Ho^'t, 
 who was born near S^-racusc, N. Y., December .5, 
 1824. The union li.as been blest by the birth of 
 eight children — Orville, the firstborn, lives in .lack- 
 son; Alma is the wife of Frederick Lewis, of the 
 same place; Mabel married Allie Bond, also of 
 Jackson; Willard lives in Sandstone Township; 
 Ella, Sarah E.. .Varon and Stella have been re- 
 moved from them b^- death. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Moe liought eighty .acres 
 of land on sectic;n 4, Sandstone Township, which 
 was covered with timber, from which not a stick 
 had been cut. The first tree felled on the i>lace 
 was used b\' him in making rails; with these he 
 made a rude shanty, in which he slept while begin- 
 ning his improvements. His family remained with 
 his father for a few months until he could pre- 
 pare his place for their occupancy'. He began break- 
 ing ground with oxen, and erected a log house 
 20x28 feet, in which the family lived nearlv twenty 
 years. He then built his present commodious resi- 
 dence, which is accomi)aiiied by all necessary and 
 convenient farm buildings. Hy subsequent purchase 
 he added to the original estate, and now owns one 
 hundred and forty broad acres. For some time 
 he and his family suffered more or less with the 
 ague, which w.as a serious drawback to their pro- 
 gress. 
 
 The s|)lcndid farm and the comforts which sur- 
 round Mr. and Mrs. Moe are standing monuments 
 
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 to their industry, thrift and good management. 
 They are excellent representatives of the pioneer 
 element in the county, where they have not only 
 borne their share in developing the material pros- 
 perity, but have favored and assisted in those ef- 
 forts which were being made for the advancement 
 of the best civilization tiiroughout its bounds. Mr. 
 Moe has been Commissioner of Highways of Sand- 
 stone Township, for several years, wiseh' discharg- 
 ing the duties of the office. 
 
 Elsewhere in this volume appears a litiiographic 
 portrait of Mr. Moe, who is a fine representative 
 of the pioneer element of the Wolverine .State. 
 
 ' 'felp •>■ • ^ ■ •;- ■ — "!'* 
 
 ILTON H. HODGE, one of the oldest and 
 most prominent citizens of Pulaski Town- 
 ship, has been for many years closel}' iden- 
 tified with the agricultural interests of 
 Jackson County, and has been exceedingly pros- 
 pered as a farmer and stock-raiser. His farm, 
 comprising the southwest quarter of section 28, 
 was obtained by his father from the Government 
 in Territorial days, in the early years of the settle- 
 ment of Southern Michigan. Our subject has 
 placed it under admirable cultivation, has provided 
 it with ample buildings and the latest machinery' 
 for every need, and carries on his farming opera- 
 tions after the most approved methods. 
 
 Our subject comes of New England ancestors 
 who were mostly' of English descent, with sonic 
 Welsh and French blood intermingled. His father, 
 W. 1. Hodge, was born in Berkshire, Mass., that 
 State being also the birthplace of his father, George 
 Hodge. The latter was a skillful mechanic, a car- 
 penter and joiner by trade, and spent his entire 
 life in the old Bay State, so far as known. The 
 father of our subject was reared among the Berk- 
 shire hills, and early learned the trade of a shoe- 
 maker, which he plied for awhile, but abandoned 
 it for the mercantile business in Adams. He was 
 quite successful for a time, but he had a dishonest 
 partner, who ruined him, financially, and he then 
 returned to lii.s old trade, determined to make an 
 
 honest liTing, at least. In 1835, wishing to avail 
 himself of the advantages offered by the cheap 
 lands of Western New York, he went there to 
 select a suitable location, making his way from 
 Buffalo on foot to Livingston Countj'. 
 
 That land not suiting him, he continued his pedes- 
 trian tour into the wilds of the Territory of Michi- 
 gan, and coming to .Jackson County, and being 
 pleased with the surrounding country, he entered 
 the quarter of section 28, now occupied by his son. 
 While he was here looking for land he met two 
 speculators, bent on the same errand, who had 
 looked with favor on the site that he had selected. 
 They all stayed for the night at Jonesville, where 
 they intended to take the stage for the land-offiue. 
 In order to beat the others Mr. Hodge, being a 
 famous pedestrian, good for sixty miles a day over 
 any kind of a road, started on foot earl}' the next 
 morning, and had entered his land and a quarter- 
 section each for four of his brothers-in-law, com- 
 pleting his business just as the stage drove up to 
 the office with his late companions. He made his 
 way back to Massachusetts by stage, on foot, or by 
 other means, and remained there until the fall of 
 1836, when he started with his family for their 
 new home in the forests of Michigan. It was late 
 in the fall, and when "they arrived in Livingston 
 County, winter overtaking tliem, they staj'ed there 
 that season, and, in fact until the fall of 1837, 
 when they finished their journey to Pulaski. They 
 were among the first settlers, as there were only 
 about a dozen families here when they came. 
 
 Mr, Hodge immediately set about reclaiming a 
 farm from the wilderness, first building a log house 
 for the accommodation of his family. He prospered 
 exceedingly' in his pioneer labors, and in 1841 was 
 enabled to add forty acres more to his original 
 purchase, and at the time of his death he was the 
 owner of two hundred acres of choice farming 
 land. His demise, in 1850, at the age of fifty -six, 
 was a seiious blow to the interests of tiie township 
 and county, as he was a man of more than average 
 capal)ilit3', and was a valued civic official, taking 
 an active part in the administration of public 
 affairs. He was the first Township Clerk of PuLaski, 
 and the second Supervisor ever appointed to re- 
 present the township on the County Board, and he 
 
POllTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 actud ill that capacity several terms. He was well- 
 educated, and in his .younger days taught school, 
 beginning to teacii when he was a boy of sixteen 
 years, and following that profession for twelve 
 successive years. He was a member of the Masonic 
 fraternity in Adams. Religiously, he w.as a Metho- 
 dist; politically, lie was a Democrat. Those who 
 knew him say that ho was a quiet man, saying but 
 little, and that to the point. The maiden name of 
 his wife was Sarah Chesebrough, and she was born 
 in Adams, Mass. Her father. Elisha Chesebrough, 
 was also a native of Massachusetts. He was a 
 large farmer and stock-raiser, and speculated a 
 great deal in horses. He was in the War of 1812. 
 He was an early settler of Livingston County, 
 N. Y., dying there in the town of Springwatei. 
 He was of French descent. The mother of our 
 subject was well-educated, and was a Qne woman. 
 She died in Pulaski Township, in 1860, aged sixty- 
 seven years. Like her husband, she was a light in 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was the 
 mother of ten children, of which the following is a 
 record: Homer A. died in Concord; Caroline L. is 
 deceased; Jane E. resides in Pulaski, making her 
 home with our subject; Mary L. is deceased; 
 Hiram C. resides in Concord, ar d is a lawyer and 
 farmer; Henry S. and Horatio N. are deceased; 
 Miilon H., our subject; Sarah M. died in infancy; 
 Sarah A. married Dr. Baker, of Union Cit}-. 
 
 Adams, Mass., is the birthplace of our subjecl, 
 November 12, 1825, the date of his birth. His 
 early boyhood was passed among the beautiful 
 lijlls of his native town, and he was given excellent 
 school advantages. In the fall of 1836, when he 
 w.as eleven years old, he accompanied his |)arents 
 to New York, the journey being made l)y team to 
 Troy, and liiencc b}- canal boat to Palmyra, where 
 a team was taken to Springwaler, where the family' 
 spent the ensuing year. In the fall of 1 8.57 they 
 embarked on a steamer from Buffalo to Detroit, 
 and from there came by a horse team to Pulaski. He 
 still remembers the iucitlents of the jouiiiey, and 
 of the [lioueer scenes that met his eye as they joiir- 
 ne^-ed through the wild, unsettled country that 
 intervened lielween Detroit and Pulaski. He was 
 early initiated int(.) the pioneer work to be per- 
 formed before they could have a comfortable home, , 
 
 and was of great assistance to his father, driving 
 the breaking [ilow to live joke of cattle, and in 
 doing other hard tasks tliatiu those days fell to the 
 farmers' boys. 
 
 The first school that he attended here was estab- 
 lished in 1839, there having been no educational 
 facilities in this locality prior to that time. That 
 one was held in a shanty, and was carried on by 
 subscription. Our subject worked with his father 
 until he was twenty-three, and then operated the 
 farm on shares, and in 18o0 look charge of it. He 
 afterward bought out the interests of the other 
 heirs and became sole proprietor, and has made 
 man}' valuable improvements, including a substan- 
 tial, well-appointed residence, two commodious 
 barns, wiud-mill, lank, etc. The land, with the ex- 
 ception of thirty-one acres of timber, is under ex- 
 cellent ciiltivat'on, and is admirably adapted to 
 raising wheat and to rearing stock, to both of 
 which purposes he devotes it. He has a valuable 
 breed of swine, a number of fidl-blooded Poland- 
 China hogs, and some fine horses. His son is the 
 owner of the celebrated '-Gypsey Maid," a full- 
 blooded Ilambletonian Messenger gra}'. 
 
 Mr. Hodge has been twice married. He was 
 first wedded in Scipio Township, Hillsdale County, 
 December 30, 1868, to Miss Lucj' A. Smith. She 
 was a native of that township, and a daughter of 
 Ezra and Mar}' (Shi|)man) Smith, natives, respect- 
 ively, of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, and early 
 settlers of Hillsdale County. Mrs. Hodge was an 
 accomplished and well-educated lad}-, a graduate 
 of Hillsdale College, anil for four years prior to her 
 marriage taught school. She died February 12, 
 1873, leaving one son, Fred M. He is a giaduate 
 of the Union City High School, of the class of '88, 
 and in 1889 was graduated from a school of stenog- 
 ra|)hy and type-writing in Albion. He remains at 
 home with bis fatlicr, but is in the employ of the 
 Peerless Reaper Company, of Canton, Ohio, as a 
 salesman, and is a bright and shrewd young man, 
 Willi a promising future liefore him. 
 
 Air. Hodge was married asecond time, at Jlosher- 
 ville. Midi., November 12, 1878. to Mrs. Eveline 
 Hatlibuii. She is a lad\ of line character, and is a 
 line homcniaker, devoling herself to the comfort 
 of her household. She is, like her husband, a na- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 tive of Ailams, Mass. Her parents, Milton and 
 Maria (Cheselirougli) Holmes, were natives of 
 Massachusetts, and beoame early settlers of Liv- 
 ingston County, N. Y., the father being a pioneer 
 farmer of Spriiigwater. ]\Irs. Hodge hail two chil- 
 dren by her first marriage — Frank B. and Carrie. 
 who are now living in Eau Claire. Wis. Mr. Hodge 
 inherits a full share of those fine traits of character 
 that mark the New England stock, and make them 
 valuable citizens wherever thej- may settle, as is 
 illustrated by ills career since he attained to man's 
 estate. He has a frank, genial disposition, and is 
 exceedingly obliging in his dealings with others. 
 He has always been a hard worker, and his labors 
 have been directed by more than ordinary aeute- 
 ness, and he has always displayed intelligent enter- 
 prise. A true l^eraocrat in politics, he is a leading 
 man in his party in this vicinity, and has been 
 Township Central Committeeman and a delegate to 
 county conventions. He has served his township 
 well as School Director, Moderator and Clerk, and 
 has been solicited to take other township offices, 
 but, with these exceptions, has refused, preferring 
 the comfoits and peace of his cheerful fireside to 
 the turmoil of public life. He is identified with 
 tlie Masonic fraternit}- as a member of the Con- 
 cord Lodge, No. 31. He is a Trustee of the 
 Mosherville Methodist Episcopal Church, and is 
 among its most active and liberal workers. 
 
 •*»•-«+ ;Jf-<Sf^:^ij(p»-+«H- »■ 
 
 /p^EORGE W. T. WILLIAMS. The Williams 
 |( ^=1 family is one of the most prominent in this 
 '^^41 county as representing some of its earliest 
 pioneers. Not only were they among the earliest 
 settlers of the county, but they were the earliest to 
 locate in this part of Michigan. They possessed all 
 the sturdy and substantial qualities most needed at 
 a time which tried men's souls, and out of the strug- 
 gle came with a record which their descendants 
 may well be proud to look upon. Not only is the 
 suiiject of this notice the son of one of Jackson 
 Count3''s most honored pioneers, but his estimable 
 wife, the sister of L. L. Fowler, one of the wealth- 
 iest farmers of this section, is the descendant of a 
 
 family equally prominent with that of her hus- 
 band. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have done honor to 
 their origin, being possessed of those qualities of 
 character which have gained them the esteem and 
 confidence of all who know them. W^ithout mak- 
 ing any pretentions to elegance, the3' occupy a 
 comfortable home and in the midst of plenty and 
 content, have little to complain of under the dis- 
 pensations of Providence. 
 
 In reverting to the antecedents of Mr. Williams 
 we find that his father, Horace Williams, was a na- 
 tive of Vermont and the son of Allan Williams, 
 who was also born in the Green Mountain State, 
 and who did gallant service in the War of 1812. 
 Father and son left New England together, emi- 
 grating to New York State and thence to Michigan 
 Territory, about 1831. The present site of Jack- 
 son vv.as at that time marked by only three houses 
 and there were onl}' three more between the point 
 where the Williams family located and the mouth 
 of the St. Joseph River. Grandfathei- Vv'illiams 
 entered a U'act of Government land, comprising 
 the southeast quarter of section 5, and the north- 
 east quarter of section 4, in Hanover Township, 
 where iie put up a log house and commenced, in 
 true pioneer style, the construction of a home from 
 the wilderness. He was prospered in the labor of 
 cultivating the soil and effecting imi)rovements on 
 his land. In due time the log house was aban- 
 doned for a frame dwelling, the first of its kind in 
 Hanover Township, and which is still standing, in 
 sight of the present home of George W. T. There 
 Grandfather and Grandmother Williams spent the 
 remainder of their days, the former d3'ing in 1842 
 and the latter in 1856. 
 
 Horace Williams, the father of our subject, re- 
 mained under the parental roof until reaching 
 man's estate, and after his marriage, in 1833, set- 
 tled on the place now owned by George W. T. In 
 the house and barn which was al)Out that time 
 erected, there was not a sawed stick of timber, it 
 being all hewn and all done by the hand of Hor- 
 ace Williams. He and his young wife lived there 
 two j-ears, and then Mr. Williams concluded he 
 would return to Niagara County, N. Y. There 
 they sojourned three years, then came back to their 
 pioneer life in Michigan. Even at that time no 
 
roK'lUAlT AND JUOGllAl'lJlCAL ALLUM. 
 
 G99 
 
 roads hiiil liooii laid out in a scflion wiiicli was 
 callol IIk' Oak Openiiius. The fatlier of our sub- 
 ject now settled eontenteiUy down to farm life, 
 pioseculinij; his lahois in a ooniiiaralively unevent- 
 ful manner tiio lemainchM' of his days. lie departed 
 hence at tiie old ho.::cstea<l in 1873. The widowed 
 mother is still living, makiny; liei home with Howe, 
 in llurton, and has now arrived at the advanced 
 age of eighty-four years. She and her husband 
 were one of the first couples married in Hanover 
 Township. 
 
 The mother of our sulijeet bore the maiden 
 name of Elizabeth 15. Sloat. She was born in Or- 
 ange County, N. Y., in 1806, and is the daughter 
 of David and Anna Sloat, who came to Michigan 
 .■d)out 18;52. ami settled on Haney Creek, near Ann 
 Arbor. (irandfather Slo.it became a prominent 
 man in the community, being possessed of more 
 than ordinary intelligence, and was no unimportant 
 factor in the growth and develoiJinent of his 
 adopted township. Ho died in 1854, when about 
 eighty-two 3ears old. The family consisted of 
 seven children, one of whom is living. The five 
 children born to Horace and Elizabeth Williams 
 are all living. 
 
 The subject of this notice was the eldest child of 
 Ills parents, and was born August 11, 1834, in Ni- 
 agara County, X. V. He obtained a practical 
 education in the district schools after coming to 
 Michigan, and when a youth of eighteen years 
 bouglit his time of his fatlier and started out in the 
 world for himself. He commenced to learn the 
 trade of a cav|)enter and joiner, but farming being 
 more congenial to his tastes and capacities, he in 
 time turned his attention to the latter, which he has 
 mostly followed through life. When approaching 
 the twenty-second year of his age he was married, 
 March 2. 1850, to Miss Catherine II., daughter of 
 Joshua .and INIahala (Lester) Fowler. 
 
 Mrs. Williams, who was the sixth child of her 
 parents, was born December 1, 1837, in Ca3Uga 
 County, N. v., where she attended school until 
 eleven years old. She pursued her studies after 
 coming to Michigan with her parents, until nearly 
 the time of her marriage. Further mention of her 
 family will be found in the sketch of her brother 
 as above noted. She grew n[i to an attractive 
 
 womanhood, and by her union with our subject 
 hasbccome the inotlier of four children, but only 
 two are living. Albert, who was born August 22, 
 18G1, married Miss Jessie Stone, is the father of 
 oue child and lives near Little Rock, Ark.; George 
 P., born December 2, 18G8, is now a promis- 
 ing young man of twenty-one years, and is com- 
 pleting his studies in the Business College at 
 Jackson: Francis, who was born September 11, 
 1858, met his death in a terrible manner, late in 
 the summer of 1884. He was operating a steam 
 engine connected with a threshing machine, and 
 one day while returning home, and crossing a small 
 bridge near the house with his team and the en- 
 gine, the bridge gave w.ay, letting the engine 
 down, and the young man was pinned beneath it. 
 The steam gauge and whistle were broken off and 
 the steam rushed out upon him, scalding him in a 
 terrible manner, from the effects of which he died 
 twenty-four hours afterward, on the 5tli of August. 
 Another child, Ida May, who was born August 26, 
 1866, in Tehama. Cal., died at Hanover, February 
 7, 18611. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Williams are charter members of 
 the Cxrange, in which they have held offices most 
 of the time since its organiz.ation, Mr. Williams as 
 Treasurer, and his wife, either as Jhaplairi, Lady 
 Assistant or Steward. They have also been con- 
 nected with the Patrons of Industry, in which 
 Mrs. Williams has likewise been Lady Assistant. 
 Mr. Williams is a warm defender of the principles 
 of Masonry, belonging to the Blue Lodge at Hor- 
 ton, in which for three years he has held the 
 offices of Junior De;icon and Tyler. He takes an ac- 
 tive interest in politics, and keeps himself well posted 
 upon the leading events of the da3'. At present he 
 affiliates with the Union Labor party. Aside from 
 serving as a Director of his school district he lias 
 declined the resiionsibilities of office. 
 
 The Williams homestead comprises one hundred 
 and sixty acres of land, nearly all under cultiva- 
 tion, and our subject occui)ies the residence and 
 utilizes the barns l)uill by his father. It is hardlv 
 necessary- to say that they are doubly valuable on 
 this account. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, after their 
 marriage lived for one year in Scott County. Iowa, 
 then, in 1858. Mr. Williams crossed the plains to 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 California, wliero lie worked at his trade and 
 farmed for ten years. In 1859 he was joined by 
 his wife, wlio jouriie3-ed to the Pacific Slope by the 
 water route, from New York City across tlie Isth- 
 mus of Panama. Slie was nine weeks on the jour- 
 ney, going by steamer to Red Bluffs at the head 
 of navigation, and thence by stage thirty-five miles 
 to Shasta and from there, by means of a saddle 
 mule, over the Trinitj Mountains. She had with 
 her, her first born son, sixteen months old, and 
 thej' were guarded on the way overland by Fuited 
 States Troops. Thej' reached Scott's Valley, twelve 
 miles from Calahan's Ranch, by stage. After their 
 return from California, Mr. and Mrs. Williams 
 lived in Hanover for two years and then removed 
 to the farm which they now occupj'. 
 
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 MLBUR F. (^ILDERSLEEVE. In a county 
 \/iJli ^^'^® '''''*' "''^^'"^ there are so many men of 
 W^ excellent moral character, pronounced bus- 
 iness ability, and social nature, it would be hard 
 indeed to determine who is most worthy. 
 There are some, however, who are generally con- 
 ceded to occupy a place in front rank in usefulness 
 and influence. .Such is the gentleman aliove named, 
 who manifests great interest in tln^ intellectual 
 development and spiritual upbuilding of the commu- 
 nity in which he lives, as well as its material pros- 
 perity, and who, while managing his own affairs in 
 so prudent a manner as to take a place among the 
 solid men of the county- 3-et finds time to serve his 
 fellow men in various ways. 
 
 Mr. Gildersleeve w.as born in Chardon. Geauga 
 County, Ohio, May 14. 1843, and lived in his na- 
 tive county during his childhood. In 1851 he 
 went to the adjoining county where he early in life 
 began such labors as usually devolve upon a farmer's 
 son, driving oxen, etc., and had the advantages of 
 good district schools. Subsequently he attended 
 Chester Seminary, thus acquiring a good education. 
 After he became of age he began working his 
 father's farm on shares, and as they were quite ex- 
 tensively engaged in cheese-making he gave his 
 
 attention principally to that part of the work. 
 The farm was located but two and a half miles 
 from the old Mormon temple at Kirtland. 
 
 On August 18, 1865, Mr. Gildersleeve was united 
 in marriage with Miss Carrie Gilmore, the ceremony 
 taking place in Kirtland, where the wife <]icd 
 November 26, 1868. She was born in Chester, 
 Geauga Count}",, being a daughter of Reuben and 
 Mary (Bross) Gilmore, natives of Massachusetts, 
 ant! a second cousin of Gen. Gilmore. Her father 
 owned and operated a large farm at Chester. 
 
 Soon after the death of his wife, Mr. Gildersleeve 
 came to Michigan and spent almost two 3'ears in 
 Hanover Township, this countj'. He then returned 
 to the Bucke3'e State and for a time carried on an 
 hotel in Willoughby. In 1871 he returned to this 
 State .and went into the hotel business at Horton, 
 but not liking the sale of liquors which was con- 
 nected with it, traded the hotel for land. The 
 change was made in 1873 when he became a resi- 
 dent of seventy acres of land on section 8, Spring 
 Arbor Township. After a few months residence 
 he traded for the farm he now occupies, compris- 
 ing the same number of acres on another part of 
 the same section. This he has cleared, tilled and 
 otherwise improved, putting upon it as fine build- 
 ings as can be found on any farm throughout this 
 part of the State. Tje barn is 30 .x; 42 feet in di- 
 mensions, and an excellent windmill forces spring 
 water to convenient localities upon the estate. In 
 connection with the work of general farming, Mr. 
 Gildersleeve raises sheep, cattle and full-blooded 
 Poland-China hogs. 
 
 A second matrimonial alliance was contracted In- 
 Mr. Gildersleeve December 18, 1870, the ceremony 
 being performed in Hanover and the bride being 
 Miss Mary S. Thorn. She is ;i daughter of J. L. 
 Thorn, whose sketch is found elsewhere in this 
 volume, was born in Hanover Township, Septem- 
 ber 1, 1841), and reared there, attending the com- 
 mon schools and finishing her education by a year 
 at .Jackson. She has borne her husband four 
 children; Maude F.. Flora M., Aichie and Wilbur 
 .1. The daugliters are now attending the Spring 
 Arbor Seminar}- in the class of '92, and alread}- 
 possess a high degree of intelligence and learsiing. 
 The parents are deeply interested in the education 
 
PORTRAIT AND lUOGRAl'llICAL ALBUM. 
 
 rni 
 
 of tlieir olTspring and in tlioir Irainiiii^' in all lum- 
 orablo principles and nsefnl haliits. 
 
 Mr. Gildorsleeve has hold various school oflices 
 and is now a member of the Board. He has also 
 .served as Commissioner of Highways. In polities 
 ho is a I'rohihitionisl. He belongs to the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church at Spring Arbor, of which he is a 
 Trnstee, and he is Sui)eriritendenl of the Sunday- 
 school of .North Spring Arbor, wliieh he organized 
 and ofjcnod. He is well spoken of by his fellow-men 
 who api)reciate his efforts for the good of the com- 
 inunity, while his estimable wife shares their re- 
 spect. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject w.as a native of 
 New Jersey, whence he removed to New York, in 
 which State he spent the remainder of his life. His 
 son, S;imuel 1)., born near Schenectady, learned the 
 trade of a cooper. When about Iwonty-thrce 
 years old he settled in Oeauga County, Ohio, where 
 he engaged in teaching school winters and working 
 on a farm summers. He was a member of the 
 Christian Church and engaged in ministerial labors 
 for a time, abandoning them after his marriage. 
 He raised spearmint, distilling the oil, doing quite 
 well at that occupation and at hi^ farming. He be- 
 came the owner of six hundred acres of land, bought 
 and sold cows, and did a large dairy business. In 
 politics he w.as a stanch Republican. He breathed 
 his last in August, 1887, at the age of seventy- 
 seven years. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
 name of Emeline Burnett. Her father, Jonathan 
 Burnett was of Scotch descent, was horn in Ver- 
 mont and there passed his life, his occupation being 
 that of a farmer and sawyer. The daughter was 
 born in Bethel, Vt. w;is well educated, ami 
 l)egan teaching school at the age of eighteen years. 
 She went to (ieauga C'ount\-, C)hio, where she 
 cimtinued her professional labors until her marriage. 
 I lor demise occurred in 1852, when she was forty- 
 two years olii. She was the mother of seven child- 
 ren, the subject of this sketch being the fourth. 
 Edward, the first born, died when three 3-ears old ; 
 Helen M. is the wife of D. Travers of Kirtland, 
 Ohio; Charles H. enlisted in 1861 in an HIinois Reg- 
 iment, was taken prisoner at the first charge made 
 bj- Sherman on A'icksburg, and confined for a time 
 
 at Now Orleans. He was then paroled, returned to 
 his home via New York and after a short furlough 
 rejoined his regiment serving as Sergeant until the 
 close of the war. when he went to New York City, 
 to work at his trade of a carpenter, lie was not 
 heard of again until 18G8and his friends thought 
 him dead. Subsequently he became foreman for 
 tiie Clovoland Bridge Iron Compau}', and died a few 
 years later. Mary E., wife of J. R. Galligan, lives 
 in T>ougliton Township, Van Buren County; 
 Florence L., now Mrs. Castner, lives in Jackson; 
 Frances J., Mrs. Sonie, died in Ohio. Some- 
 time after the death of the mother of this family, 
 the father married Miss Minerva A. Brown of I'enn- 
 sj'lvania, the union resulting in the birth of one 
 child, — Carrie C, now Mrs. F. Ayers of Painesville, 
 Ohio. 
 
 ENRY K. WOOD, a general merchant of 
 111 Rives Junction and one of its leading busi- 
 
 K/^ ness men, established himself at this point 
 
 l£|l in 1870 and by close attention to business 
 has built up a good patronage among the people of 
 Rives Tovvnsliip, in whose progress and welf.are he 
 has been directly interested and to which he has 
 contributed in a marked degree. He was born near 
 Saratoga, N. Y., July 11, 1845, and when a la(J of 
 nine years was taken by his parents. Calvin and 
 Sarah Ann (Finch) Wood, to Orleans County. In 
 1857 they came to Michigan. 
 
 Calvin Wood and his estimable wife were both 
 natives of the Empire State. Mr. Wood died April 
 21, 1884, when sevent3'-three years old at his home 
 in this county. Both he and his estimable wife 
 united with the Methodist Episcopal Church many 
 years ago. The mother is still living, making her 
 home with our subject in Rives Junction and al- 
 though seventy-nine years of age, is in good health 
 and quite active. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject w.-is 
 John Wood, a native of Dutchess County, N. Y. 
 He married Sarah (ireen and thej^ settled in Rens- 
 selaer Count}' where they spent their last days. 
 Grandfather Wood belonged to the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church while his wife was a Baptist in 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 religious belief. The family was first represented 
 in America by three brothers who sailed from Eng- 
 land prior to tlie Revolutionary War and located 
 in New York State. On the motlier's side (Trand- 
 father Lewis Finch, also a native of Dutchess 
 County, N. Y., married Miss Lucy Simmons, who 
 was born and reared not far from tlie home of her 
 husband. They likewise settled in Rensselaer 
 County near tlie lake of that name, there reared 
 their family and died. Both were members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Henry K. Wood was married at the bride's home 
 in Rives Township, August 23, 1873, to Miss Su- 
 sanna E., daughter of Hiram N. and Cynthia L. 
 (Smith) Gray. Mrs. Wood was born in Ingham 
 County, January 21, 1848. Her fatiier was a na- 
 tive of Oswego County, N. Y., and her mother of 
 Massachusetts. Miram Gray emigrated to the West 
 in 1837, prior to his marriage which took place in 
 this count}'. His wife liad come here w^ith iier 
 mother and stepfather, John and Susan (Markham) 
 Peterson, when a mere child. 
 
 About 1870 Mr. Wood established llic first gen- 
 eral store at Rives Junction, when the town site was 
 unmarked by a single building — on the contrary 
 it was covered with timber and liriish. The out- 
 look was not remarkably encouraging, but Mr. 
 Wood was a man not easily turned from his pur- 
 pose and he maintained his position — with what 
 good results his present suri'ouudings clearly indi- 
 cate. Besides his store, he put up a commodious 
 modern residence with the requisite outbuildings 
 and improved the property which he had purchased, 
 some of which ho disposed of for residence pur- 
 poses to good advantage. He transacts a business 
 of about $12,000 annually, frequently taking in 
 130 to laO per day. Tliis, considering the location 
 and surroundings, is doing remarkabh' well. The 
 family is highly respected and Mrs. Wood is a 
 membei' in good standing of the Methodist Protest- 
 ant Church. Mr. Wood served as Postmaster from 
 fourteen to fifteen years. 
 
 Miss Mary Wood, the eldest sister of our subject, 
 was married to Thomas P. Smith, became the 
 mother of eiglit children and departed this life at 
 lier home in Rives, February 9, 1875. Since then 
 her daughter, Angle has made her home with her 
 
 uncle, Henry K. Lewis Wood, a brother of our 
 subject, served in the Union Arm}' as a member 
 of Companj- K, Eighth Michigan Infantry, being 
 among the first volunteers from this part of the 
 State. He died at Hilton Head, S. C, in Januar}-, 
 1862, before completing his terra of service. His 
 fidelity to duty and courage amid the privations 
 and hardships of army life won him not only the 
 esteem of his comrades but the high approval of 
 his superior ollicers. His remains were laid to rest 
 at the same place. 
 
 ^1 AMES L. THORN is one of the earliest set- 
 tlers now living in jhis county, where he has 
 held positions of prouiinence,'and enjoj-sthe 
 high esteem of the citizens. Although still 
 occupying his fine farm on section 2, Hanover 
 Township, he has retired from active agricultural 
 life, and is spending his last days in the enjoyment 
 of a hap|)y home and the companionship of a lady 
 in every wa^' fitted to sympathize with hiiri in his 
 views of life and its responsiliilitics, and to enjoy 
 with liini the <)|)porlunitics for good works which 
 tliey possess. The ancestry of Mr. Thorn includes 
 several patriotic men whose lives have witnessed 
 scenes of great interest, and who have been person- 
 all}" acquainted with men .whose names are well- 
 known to the readers of histor}-. 
 
 During the time when the arm}' of Gen. Wash- 
 ington lay at Wliite Plains, and the British army 
 at New York City, Stephenson Thorn, the great- 
 grandfather of our subject, was living upon a farm 
 between those two points. He sold his property, 
 giving the proceeds to a brother to convey to a 
 place of safety. Hearing that the farm had been 
 sold, a part}' of Tories called on ^Ir. Thorn and de- 
 manded tlie money. He told them how he had dis- 
 posed of it, but not giving credence to his story, 
 they took him out, put a rope about his neck, threw 
 the other end of it over the branch of an oak tree, 
 and drew him up until he was nearly strangled. 
 They then again asked him for the funds, and he 
 repeated his story, when they again suspended him 
 until they supposed him dead. He revived, but 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 703 
 
 nevnr recovered from tlie sliock, being ever after- 
 ward a physical wrecl':. Sanuiel S. Tboni, his son, 
 and a native of Tarryiown, N. Y., was personally- 
 acquainted with Williams. Paulding, and Van Wert, 
 the (■a|>tors of Major Andre. 
 
 On the mother's side, our subject is a great- 
 grandson of John Rrayman, a soldier of the French 
 and Indian War, and of Ilcnry Delamater, a Revo- 
 lutionary boldier. Rebecca Delamater, a daughter 
 of the latter, who was born in Kinderhook. N. Y., 
 had in her possession a chest which bore in gilt let- 
 ters the name of Katherine Kipj), vvho was a direct 
 descendant of Annenke .Tans. The father of our 
 subject's mother was William Brayman, a native of 
 Connecticuc. 
 
 Thonins S. Thorn, the father of our snliject, was 
 liorn in Dutchess County, N. Y., and married Miss 
 Polly Brayman, a native of Middleburg, Schoharie 
 County, iu 1812. They lived in that Slate until 
 1869, when they followed their children to the 
 West, spending the remainder of their days in Han- 
 over Township, this <'ounty. The active life of the 
 father was spent in the pursuit of agriculture. He 
 ilie<l iu 187.5, at the age of eighty two years, his 
 wife liaving breathed her last in 1879, when sev- 
 enty five years old. They were the [larents of six 
 sons and three daughters, five of whom are now liv- 
 ing. 
 
 The gentleman with wliosi' name we introduce 
 this sketch, was born in Middleburg, Schoharie 
 County, N. Y., November 15, 1816, being the sec- 
 ond child of his parents. He attended an academy 
 at Rensselaerville, Albany County, one of his school 
 mates being Henrietta L. Colt, who is mentioned 
 in "Woman's Work in the Civil War," by L. P. 
 Brackett, M. D. At the age of fifteen years, he be- 
 gan life for himself, working nine months for $4.5. 
 The next year he received ^7 pei month for the 
 entire twelvemonth. Another year he spent at 
 New Scotland, in the •'Valley" described by I^ong- 
 fellow .as the Tawasentha in "Hiawatha." In June 
 of the next year (1834), he ran away and came 
 West as far as Rochester, where he worked a few 
 days in a lumber^-ard that occupied the present site 
 of the Genesee Valley Railroad depot. He then 
 went to Scottsville. on the Genesee Flats, where he 
 hired out to old Isaac Co-x. helping him plant, care 
 
 for, harvest, and thresh fifty-three hundred bnshels 
 of wheat. In that neighboriiood he remained for 
 three years, receiving wages varying from $12 to 
 $14 per month. 
 
 In 1837 Mr. Thorn came to Michigan, .accom- 
 panied by his brother William B., to prospect for a 
 home. They walked fifty miles to Buffalo, where 
 they took the steamer "Columbus" to Toledo, con- 
 tinuing their journey by rail to Adrian Mich., and 
 then walking to Jackson. They bought two hun- 
 dred and forty acres of land at Yankee .Springs, 
 Barry County, and theti returned to their native 
 .State. That fall he of whom we write, was united 
 in marriage with Miss Tamson Bowerman, who was 
 born in Falmouth, Mass., August 6, 1813. Her 
 father, Seth Bowerman. owned and operatetl a wind 
 gristmill on the sea-shore. He had a family of 
 eleven children. After a wedded life of nearly 
 half a century. Mrs. Tamson Thorn was removed 
 from her companion by the hand of death, June 9, 
 1885. She was a wuman of estimable character, 
 who ha<l devoted her life to the comfort of her 
 husband, and the care and training of the children 
 whom Go<l had given her. 
 
 In the spring of 1838, Mr. Thorn removed with 
 his wife to this State, .settling upon his farm, where 
 he built a log house, and began other improve- 
 ments, and a thorough cultivation. There he re- 
 mained nine years, after which he sold the prop- 
 erty, and coming to this county, rented land in 
 Parma Townshi|), for a year. He then bought one 
 hundred and thirty-five .acres in Hanover Town- 
 ship, where Mr. Cornelius Danser now lives. On 
 that place he remained eighteen years, following 
 which, in 186G, h(! bought his present estate, and 
 the same year erected a residence at a cost of about 
 $1,500. The farm comprised two hundred and 
 fifteen acres, and its purchase and the erection of 
 the residence caused an indebtedness of 17,504, 
 which Mr. Thorn paid off in eighth-ears. Although 
 the most of his active years have been devoted to 
 agricultural pursuits, he spent seven years engaged 
 in the mercantile business in Horton, during five of 
 which he held the ollice of Postmaster. 
 
 Mr. Thorn contracted a second matrimonial alli- 
 ance in 1888. March IG of that year, being united 
 with Mrs. Alvina M. Fifield. a daughter of John 
 
704 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 and Almira (Towle) Gentleman, botlT natives of 
 New Ilair.psbire. Mr. Gentleman died in 1851, his 
 wife surviving ten 3'ears. They were the parents 
 of eleven children, five of whom are now living. 
 Two of the sons, Francis and Joseph, served in the 
 Civil War, Joseph as a Captain, and Francis us an 
 Orderly Sergeant in Maine Regiments. jNIrs. Thorn 
 is the fourth child in the family, and was born in 
 Freedom, N. H., Way 21, 1837. She has a fine 
 education, having finished her course of study at 
 ■Parsonsfield Seminary, in Northern Maine, where 
 she prepared for teaeiiing. After spending one 
 term at the head of a district school, she took a 
 position in the graded schools of Portland, where 
 she continued her professional labors seven years. 
 She has been actively engaged in temperance work 
 at Jackson for fifteen years. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Thorn are members of the Univer- 
 salist Church, he having been Secretary since the 
 organization of the society at Horton six years ago. 
 He has been an ardent and fearless advocate of 
 temperance, and during his entire life has never 
 used either liquor or tobacco. Actively interested 
 in politics, he was an ardent Abolitionist until after 
 tl)e abolition of slavery; he voted the Democratic 
 ticket until 18.t6, since which time he lias been a 
 standi memher of the Republican party. During 
 the war he was a recruiting officer in this count}-. 
 He lias been an active member both of the Grange 
 and Good Templars organization, and during the war 
 was a member of the Union League. Various local 
 offices have been held by him to the satisfaction of 
 his constituents, and to his own credit. In 1839 
 he was appointed Assessor of Barry Township, and 
 for five years held that office, and in the same town- 
 ship was Highway Commissioner three years. In 
 Hanover Township he has been Highwaj- Commis- 
 sioner two years, Justice of the Peace eight years, 
 is holding his third term as Notary Public, and he 
 has also been Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff Lock- 
 wood. He was one of the jury of inquest in the 
 celebrated Crouch murder case. 
 
 The first wife of Mr. Thorn bore him six chil- 
 dren, five of whom are now living: Angeline M., 
 the wife of John A. Hatch, lives on the same sec- 
 tion as our subject; Thomas D. married Miss Mary 
 Johnson, who has borne him two children; their 
 
 home is in Scipio, Hillsdale County; Caroline L. i? 
 the wife of Albert M. Slone, and the mother of 
 three children, their home being at Ilazen, Ark.; 
 Mary S. married W. S. Gildersleeve,to whom she has 
 borne four children ; they live at Spring Arbor, this 
 county; Romine A. married Mis? Mary Bordner, 
 and is living on the same section as our subject; 
 he and his wife have two children. 
 
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 i 
 
 K. VANDENBURGH, coming to Jack- 
 
 '' son County, nearly half a century ago. to 
 J^^ engage in farming, has materially aided in 
 developing its agricultural resources, and has thus 
 added to its wealth, and at the same time has se- 
 cured his own fortune. He is now the owner of as 
 fine and well-managed farm as an}- in its vicinity, 
 whose location on sections 12, 13 and 23, is second 
 to none in Pulaski Township. He has been ver^- 
 successful in raising wheat, and lias also fed sheep, 
 cattle and hogs to some extent verv profitably. 
 
 The father of our subject, Jacob Vandenhurgh, 
 was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., a son of 
 Philip Vandenburgli, who was a native of Dutchess 
 County, that State. He was a descendant of a good 
 old Knickerbocker family, who came from Holland 
 in Colonial times, and were early settlers on the 
 banks of the Hudson, where they followed agricul- 
 tural pursuits. The grandfather of our subject was 
 a farmer and stock-raiser in Saratoga County. The 
 father of our subject also followed those occupa- 
 tions to some extent in his native county, but he 
 seems to have been less fortunate than his tliiifly 
 ancestors, and never owned a farm or became well- 
 to-do. He died in Ballston Spa or Springs, No- 
 vember i4. 1861, aged sixty-four years, eight 
 months and twelve days, leaving behind him as 
 his only legacy to his children, the record of a life 
 of upriglitness and strict integrity- The maiden 
 name of the mother of our subject was Catherine 
 Vincent, and she was born in Saratoga County, 
 N. Y., and died August 5, 1869, aged seventy 
 years, four months and twenty-four da3's. Her 
 father, John H. Vincent, a native of Dutchess 
 
rOllTRAlT AM) HIOCRArillCAL ALBUM. 
 
 7 or, 
 
 County, N. v.. was :i liiu' niefhaiiic. and raninl on 
 tlie tiadf of a wagon and caiiiage maker, in Malta, 
 Saratoga County. The following i.s the lecoirl of 
 the ten children l)0in to the parents of our sul)ject: 
 W. R.; Geoi\<>e, a resident of Kalanuizoo; Sarah A., 
 deceased; Hannah, Mrs. Taiiis. a resident of Sara- 
 toga County ,'N. Y.; Reed, a resident of the same 
 county; Caroline. Mrs. I'lUleher, a resident of West 
 Troy. N. Y.; .lohn, a resident of Saratoga County, 
 N. Y.; Amanda. Mrs. Denton, a resident of the 
 same county; two children died in infancy. 
 
 The subject of this biographical review was born 
 in Saratoga County. X. Y.. in the town of Malta, 
 April 24, 1818, and there attained manhood. His 
 school advantages were limited, as the schools were 
 conducted on the subscription plan, and his father 
 could not afford to pay the rates, so the son had to 
 educate him.self as best he could, and in the course 
 of a few years, by studying when and where he 
 could, and by reading, l)ecame very well informed. 
 At the age of sixteen he began to learn the carriage- 
 making trade, under his uncle, and worked at that 
 iu his native county till his marriage, which took 
 place in Malta, March 10, 1811. on which date he 
 was united to Miss Sarah O. Dunning, daughter of 
 Zadock Dunning, of that town. I\Irs. Vandenburgh's 
 paternal g;andfather, whose given name was Will- 
 iam, v,-as a native of Connecticut, and an early set- 
 tler of Saratoga County, a number of Dunnings 
 locating in one place, which wps called from tbem 
 Dunning Street, and there he made his home the 
 remainder of his life. Mrs. Vandenburgh's father 
 was the owner of a fine farm there, and was well 
 to-do in tbis world's goods. He was a prominent 
 member of the Presbyterian Church, in which lie 
 was an Elder for forty years. He was a .Tusticeof 
 the Peace for sixteen years, and in politics he was 
 a strong Republican. ^Irs. Vandenburgh's mother, 
 whose maiden name was Polh' CoUamer, was a 
 native of Malta, where her father, Harker Collamer, 
 carried on farming, and she died April 20, 187.3, 
 aged seventy nine j'ears. To her and her husband 
 were boru ten children: .loel, a resident of Pink- 
 ney; Barker, a resident of Fenton; Sarah O. ; 
 Tammazen, Mrs. tawrence, of Waterloo, X. Y.; 
 Emily, Mrs. Birch, of Chicago; Orcelia, Mrs. Deo, 
 Pamelia, now Mrs. French, of Waterford. N. Y.: 
 
 of .Schuyler, N. Y. ; John K., of .Malta. N. Y.; Cy- 
 rena, deceased; Nancy, Mrs. Arnolii, of Malta, 
 N. Y. Mrs. Vandcnburgh was boi n in Malta, X. Y.. 
 March 4, 1820. She was well trained in all that 
 goes to make a good housewife, and is a true home- 
 maker. 
 
 In 1841 Mr.X'andenburgh wont to. Seneca Count}', 
 X. Y.. and worked at liis trade in Junius for a while. 
 When a boy of twelve or thirteen years he had de- 
 termined that some day he would own a farm, and 
 he worked at the cari'iage trade with a view of 
 earning money to put his resolve into effect. He 
 did not make enough to satisfy himself, however, 
 and he decided to avail himself of the cheap lands 
 for sale in Michigan, and in the spring of 1843 
 started for this State, coming by the water route 
 to Detroit, by rail to Jackson, and from there by a 
 private conveyance to Pulaski Township. Here he 
 bought forty acres of good land on section 13, on 
 which stood a small log house, and a few acres of 
 the land had been broken, he paying 83.50 for the 
 tract. lie engaged in farming, and also worked at 
 his trade some years aftei settling on his homestead, 
 and he was so prospered that in 1850 he was en- 
 abled to add eighty acres of land, on section 12, to 
 his original purchase. l)aying $450 for it. He now 
 makes his home on that piece of land, having pl.aced 
 it under excellent tillage, provided it with ample 
 buildings, aadjotherwise improving it, and he has 
 added ten more acres to it, the last purchase lying 
 on section 23. His farm is productive to a high 
 degree, everything^about it is in good order, and 
 betokens thrift and skill on the i)art of the owner. 
 
 Mr. Vandenburgh has led a blameless, honorable 
 life, the record whereof shows him to be a kind, 
 generous, whole-souled man in word and deed, 
 upon whom his neighbors feel that they can call 
 for sympathy and for help in their hour of need. 
 In his labors .as a tiller of the soil he has displayed 
 practical sound sense, discrimination, and an ability 
 to work to a good advantage, and the success that 
 has followed his efforts shows that he did well in 
 the selection of his life-work. He is very highly- 
 thought of in the community, and is prominent in 
 social, religious and political circles. He is one of 
 the leading^'members of Concord Lodge, Ko. 30, 
 A. F. it A.M.. of which he has been Treasurer an<l 
 
706 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Senior and Junior Warden, and lie is also con- 
 nected nil-h tlie Royal Arch Masons, No. 5, at 
 .jonesville. He is a Presljyterian, strong in tlie 
 faitli, and belongs to tlie ehurcii of that denomina- 
 tion at Concord. In politics lie lends his influence 
 to the Re|)ul)liean party, and has taken part in its 
 councils as delegate to county conventions. In early 
 life he was a Whig, casting his first vote for Will- 
 iam II. Harrison, but he has identified himself with 
 the Republicans ever since the formation of the 
 party. He has served on the Grand Jury, and has 
 been School Director for several terms, and has 
 furthered the cause of education in this township 
 to the best of his ability. 
 
 The wedded life of our subject and his amiable 
 wife h.as been blessed to them Ijy the birth of eight 
 children, namely: John E., deceased ; Hiram; Cy- 
 rena; Reed; William A. died at the .age of four 
 years; Myron; Mary E. died at the age of twenty 
 years; Minnie died at the age of five years, in 
 18G7. John was a brave soldier, and gave up bis 
 life for his country. At tlie age of nineteen he en- 
 listed in Comi)any D, First Michigan Infantry, was 
 mustered in at Ann Arbor, and his regiuieut was 
 soon after sent to Annapolis P(.iint, Mil., to join the 
 Army of the Potomac. He took part in the battles 
 and cngagenients under McClellan till the engage- 
 ment at Fredericksburg, where he was sick in the 
 hospital. He was honorabl}' discharged, December 
 27, 1862, in camp near Potomac Creek, on account 
 of physical disability. He remained at home about 
 eighteen months, and in- September, 18G4, re-en- 
 listed in Company C, Second Michigan Infantry. 
 He was despatched to Camp Blaii', Jackson, on 
 provost marshal duty to guard soldiers. April 15, 
 1865, he died of smallpox in Camp Blair, thus clos- 
 ing a heroic career. His body was returned to his 
 friends, and was buried in the Luttenton gravc- 
 jard. 
 
 Hiram C. \'andenburgli was given good educa- 
 lioual advantages, and was at one time a student 
 at Albion College. He is quite an extensive farmer, 
 owning a farm of three hundred and twenty acres 
 near Wellington, Sumner County, Kan. He is 
 married, and to him and his wife have been born 
 three children — Fred, Jesse and Myron. He is one 
 of the leading members of Ihe Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Cyrena Vandenburgh attended Albion College, and 
 afterward taught school. She married Andrew H. 
 Swan, and died in Sumner County, Kan., and her 
 remains were brought home for burial. She was a 
 sincere Christian, and a faithful memlier of the 
 Presbyterian Church. Reed Vandenburgh is a car- 
 [jenter, and resides in Pike County, Ind. Myron 
 was a student at Albion College. He is now en- 
 gaged in farming, owning forty acres of land in 
 Pulaski Township. He is a pillar of the Presby- 
 terian Church. He married Miss Mary Blauvclt, 
 and they have two children — May and Inez. 
 
 i; AIRFS B. MAIN. The well-known Main 
 homestead, lying on section 35, Norvell 
 Township, has been the property of this 
 1 family for the long period of fort3' 3'edrs. 
 In 1850 the father of the subject of this notice 
 secured the land and occupied it twenty-five years, 
 and then transferred its management to his son. 
 The family is widely and favorably known through- 
 out the count}- as representing its best element. 
 
 The subject of this notice was liorii in Tomp- 
 kins County, N. Y., July 10, 1S46, and is the son 
 of Delos L. JNIain, who was also born there. The 
 paternal grandfather, S.amuel ;\Iain, it is believed, 
 was also a native of the Empire State, and he was 
 a farmer by occupation. (Juite late in life he emi- 
 grated to Michigan and spent his last days in 
 Sharon Township, Washtenaw County, dying when 
 seventy two years old. His son, Delos L., was 
 reared to manhood in his n.ative county, and w.as 
 there married to Miss Hannah Brewer, a maiden 
 of his own neighborhood. Both were of American 
 stock for several generations jiack. The iiarents of 
 our subject lived several years in their native 
 countj', where the elder 3fain occupied himself as 
 a carpenter. After the birth of two children they 
 decide<l to seek their fortunes on the soil of Mich- 
 igan, and coming to this count}', the father pur- 
 chased land first in Henrietta Township. They 
 lived there two ^ears, then came to Norvell Town- 
 ship and purchased eightj- acres of wild land — the 
 nucleus of his present homestead. Mr, Main prose- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 707 
 
 ciited liis iMflc and f:uiie<l on the cultivation and 
 iin|>i(]V( iiu'iil <>( ills hind, which he subsequently 
 added to by tlie purchase of eighty additional 
 acres lie broiiiilit tlic whoh,' qniirler-sectiou to a 
 good state of cultivation, and in his calling as a 
 carpenter erected man}' of the buildings in the town 
 sliipand in Washtenaw County. 
 
 In 187;') the father of our subject i)urchased some 
 lots in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, also two hun- 
 dred and forty .acres of land in that county, and 
 removing to Mt. Pleasant, sojourneil there until his 
 death, in May, 1888. Me vras then .aged sevcnt}- 
 four years. The wife and mother had passed awa}' 
 fifteen months previously, she being sixty-five years 
 old. The}- had formerl}- been members of the 
 Free-Will I'.aptist Church, but later joined the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, at Mt. Pleasant, of 
 which they remained faithful and consislent mem- 
 l)ers, and were greatly beloved both in their church 
 and in the comnuinily of Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Main, 
 politically, was a stanili supiiorter of Democratic 
 princi|)les. 
 
 The subject of this notice was the second son 
 and child of his parents, and was four years old 
 when they came to Michigan. He spent his boy- 
 hood and youth in the usual manner of farmers' 
 sons, and early in life began to lay his plans 
 for the future. He acquired his education in the 
 common schools and became thoroughly versed in 
 the art and science of agriculture. 'When read}- to 
 establish a fireside of his own, he w-as joined in mar- 
 riage with Miss Jennie Boomer, the wedding taking 
 place, in 1873, at the bride's home, in Napoleon 
 Township. This lady was born in i^enawee County 
 in 18.53, and was reared at the homestead of her 
 parents in Franklin Township. Her father, Kalab 
 Boomer, died there when an old man. He w.as a 
 native of New York State and a life-long farmer 
 by occupation. Ills wife bore the maiden name of 
 Mahala Barton ; she also was born in the Empire 
 State, and is still living, having arrived at an ad- 
 vanced age, and makes her home with a son in 
 Franklin Tow-nship. Mrs. Jennie (Boomer) Main 
 remained the companion of her husband only 
 twelve years, and died childless, January •22, 1884. 
 
 Mr. Main, in December, 188G, contracted a sec- 
 ond marriage, in Manchester, Washtenaw County, 
 
 with Mrs. Celestia (Campbell) Gr.ay. She was born 
 in Wliite Oak, Ingham County, this State, March 
 29, 1853, and is the daughter of Eli and Lucia L. 
 (Blaisdell) Campbell, who were natives of New 
 York State, and who came to IMichigan prior to 
 their marriage with their res|)ective famillies, set- 
 tling in Saline, Washtenaw Count}'. In due time 
 they were married at the latter place, an<] Mr. 
 Campbell, who was a carpenter, followed his trade 
 and farming combined for some years in that 
 county. Then he removed, with his fiimily, to 
 White Oak. Ingham County, where he and his good 
 wife are still living, both being ri[)e in years. They 
 are a most excellent and worthy couple, liighly re- 
 spected in their community, and have made for 
 themselves a record of which their children will 
 never be ashamed. Mr. Canipbell has always dis- 
 tinguished himself as a liberal-minded and public- 
 spiritetl citizen, kindly and benevolent in his 
 impulses and a consistent member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. His wife, differing from him 
 somewhat in religions views, inclines to Baptist 
 doctrines. 
 
 Mrs. Celestia Main w.as the eldest of seven chil- 
 dren born to her parents, and was reared at the 
 homestead in White ( )ak Township, Ingham Ccjunty. 
 She acquired her education in the common schools, 
 and was trained by her excellent mother to .all use- 
 ful liousewifely duties. Of her marriage with Mr. 
 Gray there was born one child, a son, Palmer, now- 
 a promising youth of seventeen j-ears, and who 
 makes his home in Cold water. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Main are members in good standing of the Baptist 
 Church and Mr. Main, politically, like his honored 
 father, is a sound Democrat. 
 
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 i^ ORODEN M. HESS, 
 
 The pioneers of Jack- 
 son County ai-e rapidly passing away, but 
 /' their mantle is falling upon no unworthy 
 shoulders. Their sons have arisen to take their 
 places and perpetuate their names in honor. The 
 subject of this notice, who is the son of one of the 
 early pioneers, is now one of the most prominent 
 residents of Columbia Township, owning and oc- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 cupying a well-dfvelopcd farm on section 32. He 
 is a native of this county, liaving been Ijorn in 
 Liberty Township, February 28, 1847. 
 
 William Hess, the father of our subject, was a 
 native of New York State, and the son of Conrad 
 Hess, who was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. 
 The family in the Fatherhind was an old and illus- 
 trious one, occupying Hesse Castle, and were among 
 the leading families of their province. The first 
 representative in this country, Conrad lless, crossed 
 the Atlantic, it is believed, when a young man, and 
 for many years was a resident of New York State. 
 When quite well advanced in life he came to Michi- 
 »an, accompanied by his wife, Laura Hess, and set- 
 tled in Liberty Township, this county, joining 
 their children who had preceded them to this 
 region. Among the latter they spent their last 
 years. Grandfather Hess died at the advanced age 
 of nearly ninety years, and his wife was aged 
 ninety-one at the time of her demise. She was of 
 American birth and jjarentage, and both were de- 
 vout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 To Conrad and Laura Hess there was born a 
 family of twelve children, four sons and eight 
 daughters, of whom William, the father of our sub- 
 ject, was the eldest. The sons are yet living, but 
 the daughters are all deceased. William was reared 
 to manhood in Steuben County, N. Y.,and like his 
 father before him followed agricultural pursuits. 
 He was joined in wedlock with Miss Lucetta Brown, 
 who was born and reared in that county. Her 
 father, William Brown, who it is supposed was 
 likewise born in the Emiiire State, there spent his 
 entire life, but died at the age of forty years, his 
 death being caused liy taking a dose of potash by 
 mistake. He was an excellent man in all respects, 
 and his death was mourned, not only bj' his imme- 
 diate family, but by the entire community. He 
 married Miss Lucinda Godard, who survived him 
 many years, dying at the age of eighty, in Colum- 
 bia Township, this county. 
 
 After their marriage William Hess and his wife 
 settled near their parents in Steuben County. N. Y., 
 where their two eldest children were born. In 1842 
 Mr. Hess decided to seek ids fortunes in the Farther 
 W^est, and coming to tliis county located on a tract 
 of land in Liberty Townshi|), where he sojourned 
 
 with his family many years. Then selling out he 
 purchased a farm in Napoleon Township, and there 
 he and his estimable wife are still living, being 
 aged seventy-four and sixty-nine years respectively. 
 Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, worthy Christian peoiile, held in respect 
 by all who know them. 
 
 The subject of this notice spent his early years 
 in a manner similar to that of the sons of pioneer 
 farmers, acquiring his education in the district 
 school, and becoming familiar with the various em- 
 ployments of frontier life. He remained with his 
 parents until reaching man's estate, and then desir- 
 ous of establishing a home of his own, was married, 
 in Columbia Township, to Miss Sarah Carpenter. 
 This lady was born in Wheatland, Hillsdale County, 
 this State, June 19, 1851, and is the daughter of 
 William S. and Lydia (Older) Carpenter, who were 
 born and reared in Orleans County, N. Y. They 
 came to Michigan with their respective parents in 
 1832. They began their wedded life in Fairfield 
 Township, Lenawee County, of which they contin- 
 ued residents a number of years. Thence they re- 
 moved to AVheatland Township, Hillsdale County, 
 and ten years later to a farm in Columbia Townshijj, 
 this county. Finally' making another removal they 
 located on section 32, Columbia Township, this 
 being the farm occupied by their son-in-law. Mr. 
 Carpenter departed this life March 19, 1888. when 
 a few days past seventy-five years of age. In re- 
 ligion he was an old school Baptist. His father, 
 the Rev. James Carpenter, officiated as a minister 
 of this church many jears in New York State and 
 Michigan. He was one of the first settlers of Len- 
 awee CountJ^ locating in Fairfield, where he spent 
 the remainder of his days. Mrs. Carpenter is still 
 living, at the age of seventy-five years, and makes 
 her home with her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Hess. 
 
 The wife of our subject was reared amid the pio- 
 neer scenes of the Wolverine State. Although per- 
 hai)s not obtaining a finished education, she was 
 taught those useful housewifely duties which have 
 so mtich to do with the comfort and happiness of a 
 home. She is a lady of much intelligence, and by 
 her union with Mr. Hess has become the mother of 
 six children. The fourth, M. Edgar, died when 
 nearly twelve years old; Birde is an intelligent 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGKAl'IIICAL ALBUM. 
 
 709 
 
 young lady, and remains willi licr parents; her ed- 
 ucation was completed in N'apoleon, after which 
 she cliose tlie profession of a te;iclier, and lias lieen 
 thus engaged for four years. \Villiani 11., C. 
 Tliiirnian, Seraph L. and Lanra K. are at iionie with 
 their [larents. Mr. anil Mrs. IIcss are quite regular 
 attendants of the IJaptist Churcii, of vvhich they are 
 members. Mr. Hess is strongly in favor of prohi- 
 bition, and gives his political sup[)ort to that party. 
 He has held the various local offlces, and stands 
 well both as a farmer and a business man. His 
 well-tilled tields yield a competence, and the fine 
 farm buildings stand as a monument to his thrift 
 and industry. The family occupy a iiigh position 
 socially, and the children of Mr. Hess present an 
 intelligent and interesting group of more than or- 
 dinary promise. 
 
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 RS. ELIZABETH GRIS WOLD. It is not 
 an uncommon sight to witness a woman 
 !t at tlie head of large business interests, 
 managing them with eminent success, and 
 reaping satisfactory pecuniary results from her la- 
 bors. The lady of whom this sketch is written, is 
 the owner and manager of one hundred and eighth- 
 acres of fine land on section 1, Concord Township. 
 The development and fine condition of tiiis fertile 
 estate is largely due to her intelligent and capable 
 supervision, and the beautiful and tastily furnished 
 residence which embellishes the homestead reflects 
 added credit to her forethought. 
 
 Briefly reviewing the ancestry of Mrs. (Triswold, 
 we find that she is the daughter of Peter Miller, 
 who was born in 1810, in Tompkins County, N. Y. 
 Grandfather Henry Miller was a native of the Key- 
 stone State, and was one of the earliest settlers of 
 Tompkins Count>, where he worked at his trade of 
 a carpenter and joiner. He also superintended a 
 large farm, which he owned, and was engaged in the 
 manufacture of furniture in Lansingville. There 
 he died, after leading a useful and influential life. 
 Peter Miller was reared to manhood in Tompkins 
 County, N. Y., where he engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits. He came to Michigan in 181.'), and (irst 
 
 located in Eaton Rapids, later removed to Spring- 
 port, where he farmed until he purchased twenty 
 acres in Parma Township. L'pon retiring from 
 active labor he settled in the \'illage of Parma, 
 where he now resides. 
 
 The mother of our subject was in her girlhood 
 Elinor Booth, and was born in Lansingville, Tomp- 
 kins County, N. Y. Grandfather John Booth was 
 a shoemaker b)^ occupation, and at an early date 
 removed to Ohio, later to P^aton Rapids, where he 
 followed his trade. He also had a farm there. 
 The Booth family are of English descent. The 
 mother died in Parma in 1880, at the age of sixty- 
 seven years. Religiously, she was a member of the 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 Eight children were included in the family of 
 Peter Miller, namely: Nelson, who resides in Bur- 
 lington, Mich. ; Jerome, a resident of ^Monticello, 
 Ind.; Elizabeth, our subject; Henr}-, in Topeka, 
 Kan.; Emory, who lives in Parma, Mich.; George, 
 in Morocco, Ind.; Charles, deceased; and Ransom, 
 a resident of Parma. Emor}- was in the Fourth 
 Michigan Cavalry, enlisting in 1861, and serving 
 until the close of the war. He was in the squad 
 that captured Jefferson Davis. Charles also served 
 in the late War. in an Indiana regiment, serving 
 from 1861 until his death. 
 
 Mrs. Griswold was born in Lansingville, X. Y., 
 April 10, 1837, and at the age of eight years ac- 
 companied her parents to Michigan. It was a 
 primitive countr}'. its onl}' houses being log cabins, 
 a few schools, and business houses of a frontier 
 character. She was married in Concord Township, 
 July 4, 1857, to Benjamin .Spaulding Griswold, a 
 native of tJcnesee Count}'. N. Y., anil born May 1, 
 1824. His father was John C, a native likewise of 
 the Empire State. He resided in Genesee County 
 until 1828, coming thence to Plymouth, Mich. 
 After farming there until 1835, he removed to 
 Jackson County, where he purchased good land and 
 accumulated a competence of this world's goods. 
 At different times he made his home in Parma and 
 Concord Townships, and died in the latter i)lace in 
 1873. 
 
 The union of John C. Griswold and Betsey 
 Welsh was solemnized in New York. She was the 
 daughter of James Welsh, a native of New York 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 State, and an early settler of Plymouth, Midi., 
 whence he came to Concord Township, and there 
 died. Betsey (Welsh) Griswold likewise died in 
 Concord Township Her leligious beliefs coin- 
 cided with those of the Presbyterian Church. Her 
 only child was Benjamin S. Griswold. When eleven 
 years of age he accompanied his parents to Wayne 
 County, near Plymouth. At the age of twenty- 
 one he came to Jackson County, and engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits in partnership with his father, 
 also buying lands of his own. His first home in 
 the township was a log house, and he was one of 
 its largest and most successful farmers. He in- 
 creased the acreage of liis fijrm by adding one hun- 
 dred and fifty acres in Jackson County, which was 
 well improved. He superintended most of this, and 
 also purchased five hundred acres of forest land in 
 Eaton County, where he put up and ran a sawmill. 
 He vvas well and favorably known all through the 
 county, and was extensively engaged in raising and 
 feeding stock. His sheep ranehe, was well stocked 
 with one thousand to fifteen hundred head of sheep 
 and he drew the largest load of wool ever taken to 
 Parma, making a rack on purpose. It was drawn 
 by two yoke of oxen and a team of horses, and 
 brought him $4,000. He was one of the most prom, 
 inent citizens of the county, and was married the 
 first time to Ann Scott, a native of Batavia, and 
 who bore him two children — Ethel, who died in 
 1886, and Eli, who lives in the West. 
 
 In the spring of 1872 Mr. Griswold met with a 
 serious accident, a log falling from the barn-loft 
 striking him on the head, and so affecting his head 
 and brain that he took his life April 4, that year. 
 During the Civil War he was an active Union man, 
 and was a strong Republican in political principles. 
 At the sale of her husband's estate, Mrs. Griswold 
 bought one tundred and sixty acres of the farm in 
 Parma Township, and then renting it, removed to 
 Parma, where she made her home until 1878. At 
 that time, selling her farm, she bought the present 
 estate of one hundred and eighty acres. She has 
 made the most of the improvements now conspic- 
 uous on the farm, and has adopted all modern 
 methods for increasing the fertillity of the soil, and 
 in this wa}^ also adding to the financial returns. 
 The laud is all tillable, the buildings are large and 
 
 of modern type, and other conveniences are being 
 added from time to time, as occasion or necessity 
 requires. In addition to general farming she de- 
 votes considerable attention to stock-raising, in 
 which she meets with fair success. She assists in 
 all public enterprises for the general welfare of her 
 district, and like her husband, supports the Repub- 
 lican [larty by her influence. 
 
 The family of our subject comprises four chil- 
 dren, one of whom is deceased. They are: J. Cal- 
 vin, at home, and engaged in the wire picket fence 
 business; Anna, who was the wife of F. Dean, but 
 who died in December, 1886; Minnie, married Bert 
 Dean, who is a farmer in Parma Townsiiip; Grant, 
 wiio lives in Jackson, and is in the employ of the 
 Michigan Central Railroad Companj-. '1 hey all 
 stand high in social circles, and enjoy the univer- 
 sal respect of their acquaintances. 
 
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 ,^^EORGE J. TOWNLEY occupies one of the 
 lest residences in Tompkins Township, the 
 lOuse being of tasteful design and first- 
 class construction, finely finished, heated b\' fur- 
 nace, and well furnished. It is pleasantly located 
 on an estate comprising two hundred acres of land 
 on section 19, the farm being a part of the original 
 two hundred and forty acres which belonged to his 
 father. The estate is under the joint management 
 of Mr. Townley and his youngest son, Frank A., 
 whose excellent judgment and discrimination make 
 him a valuable assistant to his parent. The busi- 
 ness carried on is general farming and the stock is 
 all of a high grade, Short-horn cattle being raised 
 to a considerable extent, although not made a 
 specialty of. 
 
 Mr. Townley is the youngest son of Nicholas and 
 Hannah ( A.ckley) Townley, whose history is given in 
 the sketch of Richard Townley on anotlier page. He 
 was born in New York, April 2, 1829, and came to 
 this county with his mother and the younger mem- 
 bers of the family in 1835, the father having come 
 a few months previous. They located on the farm 
 a part of which he now owns, and where the par- 
 ents died. 
 
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I'ORTRAIT AND BIOGKAPIIK'AI, AI.RIJM. 
 
 713 
 
 Here our sulijot't was reared ami ciiucaled, the 
 first scboul tlial he attended being a log house near 
 the center of section 17. The seats were of slabs, 
 with j)ins for legs, the windows were of 7x"J glass, 
 and the house was heated by a big fire|)laco. To 
 tills institution the lad waliied about two miles 
 through the woods, some times going througii the 
 snow barefooted. His first teacher was Miss Mary 
 Hurlburt, who afterward married his brother Anson. 
 His sciiooling was limited, amounting to but three 
 months after lie was fourteen years old. He took 
 an .active part in clearing the farm, and in l)rcaking 
 new ground, early acquiring the habits of energetic 
 industry which iiave made his after life success- 
 ful. 
 
 In Miss Ellen, daughter of David Adams, of this 
 township, Mr. Townley found the qualities which 
 lie considered most desirable in womanhood, and 
 after a successful wooing, he became her husband 
 October 4, lSo4. She is a native of Wayne County, 
 N. Y., and came to this county with her parents in 
 1836. -She is a consistent member of the Metho- 
 dist p]i)iscopal Church. The family of Mr. and 
 Mrs. T'jwnle^' com[)rise3 five sons and daugliters, 
 namely: Lewis A.; ^linnie G., the wife of Frank 
 Siuiford; Fannie H., the wife of Mitchell Sun- 
 ford; Nettie H., tiie wife of Montgomery Tonn- 
 lev ; and Frank A. 
 
 I 
 
 /.^^, YRUSPIFRCE. The record of Cyrus Fierce 
 both civil and military, is an honoralile 
 one and is worthy of perpetuation in a 
 V(jlurae of this nature. He has resided in this 
 county U)r many years and may bo classed among 
 its early settlers. He has ever evinced an in-- 
 terest in that which is for the good of the coni- 
 iiiuiiity, talies an active part in the soeiiU matters 
 of his neigbbcrhood. and is (steemed by all wiio 
 know him. He owns and occui)ies a farm on sec- 
 tion 18, Sandstone Township, the estate comprising 
 fifty acres and being in a good state? of cultivation 
 and improvement. His financial success is due to 
 his natural ability, as he was early thrown on his 
 own resources with no one to give him financial aid. 
 
 Mr. Fierce was bom in Livingston County, 
 N. v., January 25, 1841, being the second child in 
 his father's famil\-. He is the son of David and 
 Betsey (Wright) Pierce, natives of New England, 
 and in the paternal line is probably of Scotch de- 
 scent. His grandfather Wriglit was a soldier in 
 the Black Hawk War, and .also the War of 1812. 
 His father died in the Empire State in 1847 and 
 his mother subsequently married again, and with 
 her and his step-father our subject came to Michi- 
 gan. The family lived in Eaton County about a 
 year an<l then removed to this county, where the 
 education of young Cyrus was mostly obtained. 
 His boyhood .and youth were passed amid scenes of 
 a rather iirimitive nature, and he has witnessed 
 much of the development of the county. 
 
 The Civil War broke out before Mr. Pierce be- 
 came of age, but in October, 18(52, he enlisted in 
 Company K, Twentj^-sixtli Michigan Infantry and 
 became an integral part of the Army of the Po- 
 tomac under Gen. Grant. During the period of 
 almost three years in which he took part in the 
 struggle for the Union, he participated in many en- 
 gagements, bearing his [)art as gallantly as older 
 men :ind winning the admiration of his comrades 
 and sui)erior ollicers. The nU'St noted battles in 
 which he fought were Hatcher's Run. Sailor's Creek 
 and Petersburg. He was [iresent at the surrender 
 of Gen. Robert E. Lee, at that time being con- 
 nected with the Second Army Corps, and was also 
 present at the siege of Suffolk, Va. His honorable 
 discharge was grantetl .lune 4, 1865, and returning 
 to this .Slate he resume<l the occu|)ation of a farmer, 
 which has been his life work. During his army life 
 he contracted an inlinnity that partially disabled 
 him, and on account of which he draws a pension 
 of 815 per nu;ntli. 
 
 On June 21, 1868, Mr. Fierce w'.as uniteilin mar- 
 riage wiih .Miss ^Martha Rogers, a resident of Sand- 
 stone Township, this county. The bride was born 
 in Litchfield County, Conn., December 16, 1818. 
 her parents, Francis and Angeline (Benedict) 
 Rogers, being natives of the same State. They 
 lived for a short time in New York, but in 1856 
 came to Michigan and settled in this county on 
 section 19, Sandstone Township. There the father 
 died November 2, 1884, after having seen the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 country marked with many uiore imi)rovements 
 than when he came into it. He was a carpenter 
 and carried on the work of his trade in connection 
 with farming. In politics he was in sympathy with 
 tlie Republican party, and in religious belief, with 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, of wliich he was 
 long a member. As a public-spirited citizen and 
 an honest man, the esteem of the community was 
 his. His widow still lives, being now in her sev- 
 enty-seventh year. She owns fifty acres of good 
 land, the income from which supplies the comforts 
 that she needs in her declining years. She belongs 
 to the same church in which her husband held 
 membership. Their family consisted of four chil- 
 dren, two of whom survive: Caroline, wife of 
 Charles Rogers, of Spring Arbor Township, this 
 county, and Martha, wife of our subject. To the 
 latter two children have been born — Julius B. and 
 Ida M. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Pierce settled on the 
 farm that he still occupies and which he has devel- 
 oped and improved, abl^- assisted in his efforts by 
 his faithful and capable companion, whose thrift 
 and good judgment are potent factors in the com- 
 fort of the home. She is a member of the Wesleyan 
 Methodist Church, and in the affairs of the church 
 and society slie takes a prominent part and an ac- 
 tive interest. Mr. Pierce is a Republican and is a 
 member of Levant C. Rliines Post, G. A. R., at 
 Parma. 
 
 Elias F. Pierce, a brother of our subject, and a 
 resident of Sandstone Township, was a Union sol- 
 dier and fought valiantly on many a hotly contested 
 field. He enlisted at the age of nineteen years 
 August 11,1 862. as a private in Comiiany I, Fourth 
 Michigan Cavalry, and served his country- faith- 
 fully for three years, taking an active part in more 
 than ninety battles. He endured all of the hard- 
 sliips of vvnr, and was fortunate enough to escape 
 unwounded though in the midst of many desperate 
 engagements. He was promoted several times, 
 being Orderly Sergeant for two years. Later, upon 
 the recommendation of Col R. H. G. Minty, he re- 
 ceived a Lieutenant's commission. During an ac- 
 tive campaign of three years the regiment traveled 
 over ten thousand miles in the saddle. They saw 
 the first dead soldier at Perryville. Ky., October 
 
 10, 1862, and took part in the following battles: 
 Nashville, Franklin. Wilson Creek, LaVergne and 
 Stone River. 
 
 The horse which Elias Pierce rode was shot under 
 him while charging the Texan Rangers, and going to 
 the field hospital he assisted in taking care of the 
 wounded all night, and in the morning was sent 
 out to help l)ury the dead. He rejoined his regi- 
 ment in time for the battles of LaVergne, Jlanches- 
 ter, Cumberland Shoals, and was present at 
 Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Tunnel 
 Hill, Kingston and Lost Mountain. He was also 
 in the Killpatrick Raid around Atlanta, was three 
 days and nights in the saddle without sleep, and at 
 one point on the raid had to cut his w.ay with the 
 saber, through the Rebel lines, being entirely sur- 
 rounded at one time at Gravel Springs, Ala. For 
 seven days he was deprived of food, with the ex- 
 ception of a teacup full of corn each day. Horses 
 were prevented from starving only by eating the 
 bark of trees. 
 
 At Irwinville, Ga., Elias Pierce witnessed the 
 capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, and 
 drew $500 as his part of the reward for his ser- 
 vices. Reaching home July 14, 1865, he pitched 
 his tent in his mother's jard, where for many 
 weeks he slept, undisturbed at night by the bugle 
 or clash of arms. 
 
 Elsewhere in this volume we present a litho- 
 graphic portrait of our subject. 
 
 EOHCE S. BENNETT, President of the Eld- 
 red Milling Compan}- of Jackson, although 
 ^^^41 quite a young man, already holds a high 
 rank among the business men of the city which has 
 the honor of l)eing his birthplace. The Eldred Mill- 
 ing Company was established in 1885, b\' George 
 T. Smith and Z. C. Eldred, being merged into a 
 stock company in 1889. 
 
 The natal day of the gentleman of whom we 
 write, was June 18, 1856. His boyhood was )iassed 
 in the cit}' of his birth, in attendance .at its public 
 schools, and he afterward attended the college at 
 Racine. Wis. Returning to his home at the age of 
 
PORTRAIT AND UIOaRAPHICAL ALBDM. 
 
 715 
 
 seventeen years, he entered into piirlnersliip witli 
 his fallier, Allen Bennett, niannfacturinu- agiieul- 
 tni'al iniplenienls largely, fora perioil of four years, 
 at the expiration of whicii time the firm sold out 
 the business to Jerome Kddy. Younsj liennett then 
 became book-keeper for the George T. .Smith xMid- 
 dlings Purifier Company, acting in that capacity for j 
 eighteen months, at wliicli time his father died and 
 he became Vice President and Secretary of the 
 company. 
 
 Mr. Bennett continued iiis connection witli the 
 Purifier Company until 1888, when he disposed of 
 his interest and retired from the firm, purchasing 
 the Eidred Mills. He is one of the stockholders 
 in the Bortree ^lanufacturing Comi)any, and also 
 owns blocks and other business property, and has 
 large interests in real estate. 
 
 An important step in the life of Jlr. Bennett, was 
 taken in 1877, when he became the hnsl)and of Miss 
 Anna R. G. Minty, daughter of R. II. G. Minty, 
 p]sq.. of Jackson. The bride was born in Cannda, 
 caroe with her parents to the United States when a 
 little girl, and growing to womanhood amid favor- 
 able surroundings, acquired many virtues and 
 graces, such as lit her to adorn the society in which 
 she moves, and disjiense the genial hosiiitnlity of 
 her beautiful home in a most pleasing manner. The 
 happy union of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett has been 
 blessed by the birth of two children. .Iiilia A., and 
 George S. 
 
 Mr. Bennett is a member of Michigan Lodge No. 
 50, A. F. & A. M.; of Jackson Chapter Xo. 3: and 
 of Jackson Comniandery No. U. He belongs to the 
 Episcopal Church. His upright character, marked 
 intelligence, genial manners, and the tact and en- 
 ergy he disi)lays in his worldly affairs, alike give 
 him a high re|)ute among his fellow-men, and great 
 popularity^ among his personal associates. 
 
 The father of our subject was one of Jackson's 
 most prominent business men, and one of the eariv 
 settlers. He wiis born in (Jtsego County, N. Y., in 
 April. 18i;», was a desccmlant of an English fam- 
 ily, anil a son of Allen Bennett, of New Hamiishire, 
 for whom he was named. He married Miss Harriet 
 Stage, of Rochester. N. Y.. anri in IX'M. removed 
 with his family to the village of Jackson, Mich. 
 The first business in which Allen Bennett engaged 
 
 in his AW'stern home, was that of general mer- 
 chandising, starting a store and growing with the 
 town. He was energetic and honest, and by close 
 application to business, he made money rapidly, and 
 was enabled in the process of time, to take a part 
 in many prominent enterprises. 
 
 Allen Bennett was one of the |)riucipal stock- 
 holders in the George T. Smith Middlings Purifier 
 Company, which at the time of his death was an en- 
 terprise that the citizens of Jackson looked upon 
 with a great deal of pride, although at the present 
 time it is in financial straits. He was a stockholder 
 in both the Jackson City and the First National 
 Banks, and the owner of valuable city property. 
 A fine residence on West 3Iain Street was erected 
 by him, and he also began the Allen Bennett Block, 
 having it well on toward completion, when stricken 
 by a fatal illness; the block has been completed by 
 his son, and is regarded as one of the finest in the 
 city. In politics, Mr. Bennett was conservative. 
 He was a devoted husband, and an indulgent par- 
 ent, leaving behind him a memory held in loving 
 remembrance by his family, from wiioni he was 
 called to |)art in August, 1881. 
 
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 S.\ CHARLES. Among the many worthy 
 citizens who have labored long in the de- 
 ll' velopment of the agricultural districts of 
 <^^. this county, none better deserve notice in 
 
 a volume of this nature than he with whose name 
 we introduce lliis sketch. He is the occupant nf an 
 excellent farm in Columliia Township, on which he 
 has lived from his tncntieth year when he accom- 
 panied his [larents to the Territorv of Michigan, to 
 form a part of a sparsely settled community, and 
 while building up their own fortunes, a.ssist in the 
 development of the new country. For many years 
 his experience was so thoroughly identiSed with 
 that of his parents, that the history' of one is the 
 history of all. He gave his time to the improve- 
 ment of the farm, remaining with his parents, and 
 becoming their support and shield in the declinins 
 years. 
 
 The father of our subject was Bliss Charles, Sr., 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 n native of Maine, member of an old Ne\v Eng- 
 land family, and presumably of English descent, 
 althougli the history of tlic first of the name in this 
 country is somewhat obscure. He was reared on a 
 farm, and spent his entire active life in agricultural 
 pursuits. Upon the breaking out of tlie AVar of 
 1812, he volunteered in the service of his country, 
 but was never in action. He married Miss Sidney 
 Tilton, wlio was also born and reared in the Pine- 
 tree State. After the birth of two of their children, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles journeyed overland by trails 
 to the new country, in wiiat is now Wyoming 
 County, N. Y., but was then Genesee Countj', being 
 accorajianied by Samuel Charles, brother of Bliss. 
 They established a home in the wilds of Weathers- 
 field Township, where they remained twenty-one 
 years, ere turning their faces toward the setting 
 sun, and establishing themselves in Michigan. 
 
 The father had made a tour of investigation in 
 June, 1836, and selected a location to which the 
 family, winch then included five children, came the 
 following fall, performing tlieir journej' to Buffalo 
 by teams, thence crossing the lake to Detroit, and 
 completing their journey in the same manner in 
 which tiiey had left their former home. They 
 erected a log hut, and beginning in the usual pio- 
 neer style, made a home from tlie wilderness, soon 
 having a productive farm and good buildings. 
 Here Bliss Charles and liis wife lived long enougli 
 to become known to many of the settlers, and to 
 win their esteem as excellent neiglibors, energetic 
 pioneers, and liberal and generous citizens. The 
 death of Mr. Charles occurred in 1865, the occasion 
 being a stroke of palsy, and his age three-score and 
 ten. He was of Universalist faith and religion, and 
 a stanch IJemocrat in his political views. He had 
 served as Supervisor of the township tiiree years. 
 His wife survived him until August 3, 1878, when 
 she. too, entered into rest on tlie same estate, to 
 wliich her son, our subject, had succeeded after the 
 death of his father. She had ever been a kind 
 mother, was loved by all she met, and during her 
 last days was a model of beautiful old age. 
 
 Asa Charles was born in Weatherstield Township, 
 (Genesee Countj', (now Wyoming), N. Y., Novem- 
 ber 12, 1816, and received his early education, and 
 trainin" in his native county. After the removal 
 
 of the family to this St.ate, he became of age on the 
 farm where he still lives, and upon which he began 
 life as a man, entering into all the pioneer labors, 
 assisting his father with all the strength of his 
 young manhood, and himself becoming known and 
 respected for his sturdy character and unflagging 
 industry. The one hundred and ninety -seven acres 
 on section 9, wdiich forms his estate, presents a 
 widely different appearance from that which it bore 
 when his eyes first rested upon it, and he may well 
 rejoice in the result of labors which have accom- 
 plished so much in the waj' of gaining a competence 
 and beautifying the land. In his own declining 
 yea's he can look back with pleasure to the kind 
 protection and loving cart w^hich he gave his aged 
 mother, and to the comfort of his father's last 
 years, feeling assured that he who honored his par- 
 ents will not be left uncared for in his own later 
 life. 
 
 Mr. Charles follows his father's example in his 
 adherence to the Democratic party. The faithful 
 companion who has devoted herself to his assist- 
 ance in building up their home and rearing their 
 family, is a native of this county, having been born 
 in Napoleon Township. She was reared and edu- 
 cated within tlie borders of the county where her 
 goodness has made for her many friends. She be- 
 came the wife of our subject in Jackson, being at 
 that time the widow of William Quick, and having 
 borne the maiden name of Maiia Foster. She has 
 borne our subject three children — Rosa, Minnie and 
 Samuel, all of whom are yet residing under the pa- 
 rental roof. 
 
 SAAC R. PARKER, of the firm of Parker it 
 Fleming, purveyors of fine groceries, having 
 |ij the leading establishment in that line in the 
 city of Jackson, and a large wholesale and retail 
 trade, is one of the most active and enterprising of 
 the intelligent and energetic men of business who 
 are so ably sustaining and advancing the commer- 
 cial and financial interests of this county. He is a 
 native of Michigan, born near the town of Cassop- 
 olis, August 1, 1857. 
 
 His paternal grandfather was a native of New 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ■17 
 
 England, whence lie eniigrati'il in Ihc early yeais of 
 the settlement of Ohio to that Slate, of which he thus 
 became a pioneer. He came from there to Michigan 
 in the latter part of his life and spent his last d.ays 
 in Cabs County. His son, .Joseph H., was the 
 father of our subject, and was born in Ohio. When 
 a young man, stalwart and active, he came to 
 Michigan and cast in his lot with the pioneers that 
 had preceded him in Cass County, buying a tract 
 of wild land near Cassopolis. which by patient in- 
 dustry he cleared .«iu(l cultivated, engaging in agri- 
 cultural pursuits thereuntil 1865. In that year 
 lis sold his farm and removed to Towa, and set- 
 tling in Harrison County, rented a farm there 
 which he tilled jirofitably until his death, which 
 occurred in 1875. The maiden name of liis wife 
 was Mary Ann Hull, and she was born in Michi- 
 gan, a daughter oi Isaac and Maria Hull, pioneers 
 of Cass County. She did not long survive her 
 husband, dying in 1880. She was the mother of 
 three children, namely: Cyrus S. Theophilus B. 
 and Isaac R. 
 
 The latter, the subject of this biographical re- 
 view, was given e.xcellent educational advantages, 
 being a bright and apt scholar. Me received the 
 rudiments of his education in the (lublic schools of 
 Iowa, and then attended the Commercial College 
 at Oskaloosa. His first entrance into the mercan- 
 tile world was in 1875, as a clerk in a general store 
 at Logan, wliicli position he retained about five 
 vears. His ne.Kt venture was as a farmer and 
 stock- raiser, and he was thus occupied until 1882. 
 when he came to Jackson and resumeil clerking, 
 as an eniplo3'e of the iiiin of Hull it Co., Mr. Hull 
 being his uncle. He remained wifli that firm until 
 1886, and then his experience and natural busi- 
 ness tact enabled him to form a partnership with 
 Mr. Dsaus Fleming and to buy out the stock and 
 good-will f>f the store in which he had acted as 
 a clerk. Under the prestige of the old, well-known 
 and honored lirni our subject and his partner 
 commenced business under the most auspicious 
 circumstances, and bj' their honorable dealings, 
 close attention to their affairs, and courteous and 
 considerate treatment of their customers they have 
 not onl\' retained the gf)odwill of the oUI pa- 
 trons, but have greatly extended their trade, and 
 
 they carrj^ a large stock to meet all demands. 
 The}- have their teas and coffees fresh f-om the 
 importers, and the coffee is brought to them green, 
 being roasted and ground in their own establish- 
 ment. 
 
 Mr. Parker is a man of resolute will, of [nac- 
 tical energ}', and of acknowledged integrity, and 
 his credit is of the highest in financial circles. Re- 
 ligiousl.v, he is a member in good standing of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. .Socially, he belongs 
 to the Central City Tent, No. 139, Knights of 
 Maccabees. 
 
 TKPIIEX W. HOLMES. Among the prac- 
 tical and successful farmers of Norvell 
 Township, the gentleman above named 
 well deserves mention as his estate not only 
 evinces careful and intelligent culture, but is well 
 supplied with first-class buildings. It is located on 
 section 35, and comprises one hundred and twenty 
 acres, and has been the home of our subject since 
 he began to farm on his own account. He whs 
 born on Stanton Street, New York City. May 24, 
 1837, and was but a few months old when his par- 
 ents landi'd in this t(>wiisiii|i. His father, Henry 
 Holmes, vvas born near London, England, March 
 20. 1810, was of pure English anccstr}- and the 
 only child of his parents. When fourteen years 
 old he set out for the World's Metropolis, where he 
 served an apprenticeship of seven j'ears at the 
 trade of a carpenter and joiner. Having completed 
 his trade and become a skilled workman, he set sail 
 from Lonc'on in the year 1881, and after a tedious 
 voyage of some months landed in New York City. 
 He was a stranger in a strange land but with letters 
 of introduction to the |)liilanthropist. Isaac T. 
 Hopper of New York, who secured liiin a situation. 
 For this favor Mr. Holmes ever afterward felt very 
 grateful to his benefactor. 
 
 After having lived in New York and worked at 
 his trade for some time. Ilenrj' Holmes was mar- 
 ried to Miss L}-dia Weeks, who was born in that 
 city and w.as of German ancestry, .\fter the birth 
 of two children — Henry ,lr., and our subject — Mr, 
 
718 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 and Mrs. Holmes set out for the West in the sum- 
 mer of 1837, coming down the canal to Buffalo, 
 thence crossing Laiie Erie to Detroit, where Mr. 
 Holmes purchased an ox-team and wagon with 
 which to complete the journey. Through a Mr. .1. 
 F. CornwcU he had secured one hundred and sixty 
 acres of Government land on section 35, iSorveil 
 Township, this county, and to it he brought his 
 family and his household effects overland. The 
 business of farming was a new one and proved a 
 ver3' awkward undertaking to Mr. Holmes, but by 
 close application he succeeded well in his agricul- 
 tural efforts and lived to see a great change in the 
 country wliich was comparative!}' new when he 
 settled in it. He is now living with one of his 
 j'ounger sons, C. P. Holmes, on the old farm, and 
 has reached the ripe age of eighty years. He has 
 been -i hard working man and a good citizen, who 
 is regarded with respect by his fellow men. In 
 politics he is a Republican but prior to 1856 he 
 belonged to the Democratic part}'. He is a con- 
 sistent member of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Holmes, the mother of our subject, 
 died at her home in this county in June. 1847, 
 while yet in the prime of life. She left five chil- 
 dren, among tliem being a ))air of twhis. Three 
 of the children are still living and all married. By 
 a second marriage to Miss Phoebe Hoar, who died 
 in 1875, Mr. Holmes had two children, one of 
 whom yet survives. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we intrcxluce 
 this sketch is the second member of the family. lie 
 received a good education, first in ti^e schools of 
 his own township and later in Leoni College, after 
 which he adopted the profession of teaching, fol- 
 lowing it for some winters. Finally he determined 
 to devote his energies to the occupation of farming, 
 in which he has proved iiis ability and won a de- 
 served success. In Napoleon Township, this count}', 
 on December 5, 1861, he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Caroline A. Smith, a woman with a cul- 
 tured mind, a fine character, and a knowledge of 
 the domestic arts that are needful to the manage- 
 ment of a home. She was born in Mentz Town- 
 ship, Cayuga County, N. Y., March 15, 1842, and 
 was teii years old when her parents came to this 
 State, wlicie she grew to womanhood, acquiring her 
 
 education in Leoni College and making her home 
 with her parents until her marriage. She is the 
 mother of two children, of whom a daughter. Maud, 
 died at the age of one year. The survivor, Hattie 
 ]>., is the wife of Harvey H. Raby and lives on a 
 farm in the same township as her parents. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Holmes belong to the old school 
 Baptist Church, tiieir membership being in the 
 society at Norvell of which Mr. Holmes is Clerk. 
 He has held the office of Townshii) Supervisor and 
 is now Notary Public. In politics he is a Repub 
 lican, firmly believing the principles of that party 
 are best adapted to the needs of the Nation. He 
 and his charming wife are among the foremost 
 people of their community, and highly regarded 
 by all who know them. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Holmes, Chancy C. and 
 Harriett ( Van Winkle) Smith, were born in the 
 Empire State and there married. Mr. Smith was 
 a mechanic and followed the trade of a carpenter 
 in his native State until 1851 when, with his wife 
 and Hve daughters he came to Michigan. lie set- 
 tled on a farm in Napoleon Township, this county, 
 where he still lives, owning one hundred and ninety- 
 five acres of good land, which he has acquired since 
 he came to this Stale. Mrs. Smith died in 1859 at 
 the age of forty-one years. She was a member of 
 tlie Baptist Church to which her husband also be- 
 longs. Mr. Smith is a Republican. 
 
 r^HOMAS JEFFERSON COXELY. This gen- 
 tleman i? well known in J.ackson, where his 
 efficiency as Fire Marshal has been recog- 
 nized for several years. He is of English .and Irish 
 ancestry and inherits manj' sturdy and pleasing 
 characteristics from either line. His grandfather, 
 who was born in Maryland, at the age of fifteen 
 years became powder-boy on the ''Sailor," the first 
 United States frigate sent out by the Government; 
 and the courageous spirit which led to his danger- 
 ous occupation at that early age is characteristic of 
 the grandson. 
 
 The parents of our sul)ject were William S. and 
 Piliza ( Connor) Conely who were fov many years res- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 719 
 
 idcnts of New York City. Tlie father was a maiuifac- 
 turcrof looking-glasses and pictiire-fiamcs and had 
 the largest establishment at that time in the United 
 Slates. The parental family was composed of nine 
 boys and two girls, of whom our subject is the fifth 
 son. Five sons and one daughter are no>v living. 
 The parents were living at Brighloi), Mich., at the 
 time of their decease, the father breathing his last 
 when seventy-five, and the mother when' seventy- 
 four years old. Both were of the Universalist faith. 
 
 T. J. Conely was born in New York Citv, July 
 12, 183(5, and obtained his early education at tiie 
 New York Free Academy, completing his studies 
 in 1853. He afterward spent throe years in farm 
 labors at Brighton, Mich., after which he came to 
 Jackson and entered the drug store of William S. 
 Moore, remaining in that establishment two years. 
 At the expiration of that time he began working for 
 the firm of Bliss it Beebe in the same business, re- 
 maining with them three j'ears. 
 
 In 1861, Mr. Conely enlisted as First Lieutenant 
 of Coraiiany K., Ninth Miciiigan Infantry, which 
 was raised and quartered at Detroit. Leaving the 
 City of the Straits on the 20th of October, they 
 joined the western army in Kenliickv . tiieir first 
 engagement being at .Murfreesboro, Tenn. Mere the 
 companj- lost its captain and llio command de- 
 volved upon the lieutenant, who, while leading his 
 force, was captured by the Confederates. lie was 
 taken to Madison, Ga., remained in prison there 
 three months and was tiien taken to Libl)\- Prison, 
 whence, after a sojourn of three days, he was pa- 
 roled and exchanged in December. He rejoineil his 
 reginsent on the first day of the New Year, at Slone 
 River, receiving a jjromotion to the Captaincy, his 
 commission being dated back to .July 28, 1861. 
 The command of Cai)t. Conely continued to advance 
 toward .Vtianta under command of (ien. Thomas, 
 on whose staff the Cajitain served as Assistant In- 
 spector under Col. \'on Schrader. After reaching 
 Atlanta, Capt. Conely resigned and returned to 
 Jackson in November, 1864. 
 
 Upon resuming the arts of peace. Capt. Conely 
 entered the wholesale grocery- firm of Eaton, Knick- 
 erbocker & Co., with whom he remained three years. 
 He was then elected City Recorder on ti)e Demo- 
 crat ticket, and served (luring one term, which con- 
 
 sisted of twelve months, after which he went into 
 the insurance business, continuing in the same until 
 1884, when he was appointed Chief of the Fire De- 
 partment by tiie Board of Fire Commissioners. 
 This position he has satisfactorily filled since that 
 date. Mr. Conely was brought up in the Jeffersou- 
 ian faith of Democracy'. He is an honoial)le man, 
 endeavoring to fulfill his duties in a worthy man- 
 ner, and has many warm friends in the community. 
 In October, 1865, Mr. Conely was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Charlotte J., daughter of William 
 Watt Langdon one of the pioneers of Jackson. Mrs. 
 Conely is a worthy lady who ably presides over the 
 home and is rearing her ohildren to useful manhood 
 and womanhood. Three children have been liorn 
 to her — Edwin L., Mary and Elizabeth, and the 
 parent's hearts have been saddened by the loss of 
 the oldest daughtei-. who died with diphtheria. 
 
 (^^ TEPHEX II. CARROLL, President of the 
 ^^^ Cit3' Council of Jackson, although still a 
 M^3) comparatively young man, has ;i good 
 position among the business men of the 
 city, and has for several years been prominent in 
 the ranks of the Democratic party. He hcvs lieen a 
 member of the City Council for eight years, is now 
 representing the Fifth Ward, and particularly with 
 the young Democracy, his iiopularil\ is unbonn<led. 
 He is a most interesting conversationalist, keeping 
 himself w(4linforme(l on various topics of interest 
 and presenting his opinions and the results of his 
 observation, in an agreeable manner. He is a prom- 
 inent member of the Elks Society, and is regarded 
 with respect by his fellowmen. 
 
 Peter Carroll, the father of our subject, is a na- 
 tive of County Ardee, Ireland, was born in 1800 
 and came to America in 1820. He located in .Swan- 
 ton Hill, ^'t., and was there united in marri.age with 
 Miss Dorothea Stephens, a native of that town, 
 whose birth look place in 1808. She was the daugh- 
 ter of Scotch and English parents and was of the 
 Protestant faith, while Mr. Carroll was a Catholic. 
 Their home for a considerable length of time was 
 in Swanlon Hill, whence they removccl to Welling- 
 
720 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ton County, Ontavio, Canada, where the gentleman 
 of whom we write was born to them, September 2, 
 1852. He is tlie seventh son in a family of ten sons 
 and one daughter. The father of the family de- 
 parted this life in Travis County, Mich., in 1881, 
 and the mother breathed !ier last in Wellington 
 County, Ontario, in 1858. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this sketcii 
 olitained his education in an old log sehoolliouse, 
 which he attended al)out three months per year, 
 working for the neigiiboring farmers during the 
 summers until the age of twelve years, when he left 
 school and devoted his entire time to farm work for 
 three years. He then, in 1868, located in Travis 
 County, Mich., and engaged in lumbering during 
 the winter, after which he went to Titusville, Pa., 
 sojourning there during the summer and then re- 
 turning to his birthplace. He remained in Canada 
 until .January, 1870. when he came to Jackson 
 where he has since remained. Upon his arrival he 
 went into the drayino; and trucking Inisiness, con- 
 tinuing so employed until 1,S80. at which date he 
 liegan the bottling business which he still follows. 
 His establishment is at 12(1 Cortl.and Street, and is 
 the seat of a business wiiich yields a comfortable 
 income to its enterprising proprietor. 
 
 A cozy and attractive home at !No. 512 Francis 
 .Street, is that in which ^Ir. Can oil tinds rest from 
 the cares of business and his i)olitical work, in the 
 society of his worthy wife and three interesting 
 children. The lady who presides within the liorae 
 bore the maiden name of Lena Vogt, is of German 
 parentage, and a native of Canada. The riles of 
 wedlock were ci'lebraled between her and our sub- 
 ject on the 4th of .Inly, 1 872. The youthful group 
 at the family fireside bear the names respectively of 
 Ella :Mav, Stephen H., and Lena. 
 
 \T1 RA B. WEEKS. Among the leading men of 
 I Hanover Township none occupy a better posi- 
 /ll tion in business and social circles than he with 
 ■whose name we intriideu-e this sketch. By a course 
 of piudence and industry he has become well-to-do, 
 beinif the owner of a good farm on sections 25 and 
 
 26, upon which he has just completed a fine resi- 
 dence which with its surroundings is destined to 
 form one of the most attractive homes in the town- 
 ship. Presiding over his domestic affairs is an in- 
 telligent and capable lady who is in all respects the 
 ecpial of her husband and who enjoys with him the 
 confidence and esteem of the community. 
 
 The eighth child of Ira B. and Emeline C. (Bow- 
 erman) Weeks, the subject of this notice was born 
 February 3, 184J, in Livingston County, N. Y., 
 and in 1847, was brought by his parents to Michi- 
 gan. They located on a tract of land in .Jackson 
 County and young Ira grew up amid the wild 
 scenes of pioneer life, acquiring his early education 
 in the district school. At the age of sixteen years 
 he was allowed to start out for himself and for two 
 years thereafter worked for his brother, W. J.; sub- 
 sequently for three years he was employed for oth- 
 ers in a like manner after which he learned carpen- 
 tering for eight years. 
 
 At the expiration of this time having saved a 
 snug little sum of money Mr. Weeks purchased one 
 hundred acres of land on section 26, Hanover Town- 
 ship, of wliich he took possession in 1871. This 
 bore little resemblance to the farm of to day, being 
 rough land, full of stumps and stones besides being 
 badly handled b}' a former owner. Upon it was a 
 poorly built log house which Mv. Weeks occupied 
 until he could build a better dwelling. He kept 
 bachslor's hall until the following year and was 
 then married February 21, 1872, to Miss Harriet A., 
 daughter of B. C. Hatch, Sr. A sketcli of this lady's 
 family vvill be foun(\ in the biography of .John A. 
 Hatch, on another page in this volume. Of this 
 union there was born one child who died in infancy 
 anil Mrs. Harriet A. Weeks departed this life June 
 23, 1875. Mr. Weeks contracted a secon<l marriage 
 May 24, 1876, with Miss Carrie M., daughter of J. 
 B. and Mary Ann (Pickett) Reed. Mr. Reed was a 
 native of Massachusetts and his wife was born in 
 Vermont. The mother died in 18G1, and the father 
 is living in Hanover Township. Their family con- 
 sisted of ten childien. four of whom are living. Mr. 
 Reed came to Michigan in 1850, his marri.age taking 
 place in New I'ork, and in common with the other 
 pioneers of this county endured all the hardships 
 and i)rivations of life on the frontier. 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGkaIMIKAL ALBUM. 
 
 Mrs. C'nrrie M. ( Reeil ) Weeks was born Novem- 
 ber y, 1852, in Hanover Townsliii), and under care- 
 ful parental training grew up an inlcllijjjent young 
 woman, well versed in llie mysteries of lionsekeep- 
 ing and equipped willi a practieal education ob- 
 tained in the district schools. There have been born 
 of her union with our subject two children — Sarah, 
 April 2G, 1«77, and ^^■ayne, September 15, 18,s7. 
 Mr. Weeks votes regularly with the Democratic 
 party and gives liis support to the various measures 
 calculated for the social, moral and linaneial wel- 
 fare of the communit}'. lie has been a member of 
 the School Board in District No. 2, and has also 
 ofticiated as Road Overseer. The present residence 
 was erected at a cost of $2,500, including the labor 
 and personal supervision of Mr. Weeks. Ife has 
 been prospered in his labors as a tiller of tl.e soil 
 and has added to his first purchase, so that he now 
 has one hundred and eighty-five acres of land all in 
 one body, including about twenty acres of timber. 
 In addition to general farming he has attained to 
 considerable prominence as a breeder of live stock 
 in which he takes much interest, keeping good 
 grades of cattle, as well as other domestic animals. 
 His farm oiierations are carried on in that syste- 
 matic manner which seldom fails of success, and as 
 a citizen, he is looked upon as one of the leading 
 men in his community. His brother Dr. Weeks, is 
 represented on another page in this volume. 
 
 II 
 
 OHN R. POOL. Tlie Ijiographer must con- 
 fess to an agreeable task in his interview 
 with Mr. Pool, of Blackman Township, whom 
 he found situated at a pleasant home on sec- 
 lion 28, amid all the comforts of modern, rural 
 life. A careful and conscientious man in all his 
 relations, Mr. Pool is no less a tlunough fairncr, 
 than he is an upright and reliable man, with wliom 
 to transact business. He is a man who never lets 
 his impulses run away with him. but manifestly fol- 
 lows the advice of an old timer, whose maxim was. 
 "be sure you're right, tlien go ahead." Adheranee 
 to this ma.sini has placed Mr. Pool, socially and 
 
 linancially, in an enviable position, and secured 
 him the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citi- 
 zens. 
 
 In noting the personal history of an individual, 
 the mind naturally reverts to those from whom he 
 drew his origin. The subject of this notice is of 
 stanch New England ancestry on his father's side, 
 being the son of William l'ool,a nativeof Connec- 
 ticut, born near the city of New London. His 
 mother was Jane Beckwith, a native of Connecti- 
 cut, and was there married, and some time after 
 their marriage, removed to New York. In 1832 he 
 sought the wilds of INIichigan, locating in Sand 
 stone Township, this county, where the mother died 
 in 1850. 
 
 William Pool, after the death of his wife, re- 
 moved to Parma, where he purchased a small place 
 and lived about two years. He then came to what 
 is now Blackman Township, this county, and pur- 
 chased the farm now owned b^' his son, John P.. 
 and which was then familiarl}' known as the '-Slnp- 
 nian Farm." He thereafter remained a resident of 
 Blackman Township until his decease, whicli occur- 
 red in the spring of 18G5. There had been born to 
 him and liis estimable wife, seven children, three 
 of whom are living: John R., our subject, a native 
 of Stafford, Genesee County, N. V.. was born April 
 11,1 830, and consequently was only two years old 
 when his parents came to this county. With the 
 excejition ol two years spent in Lexington County, 
 he has been a continuous resident of this county, 
 and has steadily followed farming pursuits. Ilis 
 first operations on his ovvn account in this line were 
 in Springport Township, where he lived something 
 less thaii six years, then sold out and came to his 
 present farm, which was originally the propert\- of 
 William Shipman. Here he has faithfully labored 
 since the spring of 18()5. although for a few years 
 past he has been enabled to lay aside the harness 
 to a certain extent, having long ago accumulated a 
 competence. The farm is one hundreil and sev- 
 enty-tive acres in extent, and is embellished with a 
 substantial modern dwelling, good l)arns and all the 
 outbuildings required for tlie shelter of stock and 
 the sloiage of grain. The land is tilled with the 
 aid of imi)roved machinery, and yields to the pro- 
 [irielor a haiidsonu' iiu-omc. The well-fed stock 
 
722 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 and the other appurtenances of the place present a 
 picture of comfort and plenty, which is delightful 
 to contemplate. 
 
 Mr. Pool was married at the bride's home in 
 Sandstone Township, November 20, 1«53, to Miss 
 Jane L. Holmes. Mrs. Pool was born in Chester- 
 field, Conn., .September 2, 18H:3,and came with her 
 parents to Michigan during the early settlement 
 of Jackson County. Her father, Charles B. Holmes, 
 was located for a time in Sandstone Townsiiip, hut 
 subsequently removed tol'arnia, and then to Black- 
 man Townsiiip, where he and his good wife spent 
 their last days. Mr. and Mrs. Pool have been 
 greatly afHieted in the loss of all their children, 
 four in number, two of whom died when young: 
 Nietta, who died on the 16th of June, 1887, when 
 an interesting young lad}' of twenty years; and 
 Richard, who died at the age of seven years. 
 
 Mr. Pool at one time took an active part in po- 
 litical matters, and since becoming a voter, has 
 given his unqualified support to the Republican 
 parly. While a resident of Spring-port Township, he 
 was elected a member of the County Board of Su- 
 l)ervisors, serving one j'ear and until his reuioval 
 from the township. In Blackman Township he 
 held the office of Supervisor for six terms, three of 
 them successively. In Spriugport Township he 
 officiated as Justice of the Peace one year, and in 
 Blackman Township he has held the office of 
 llighw.'ij' Commissioner, during which time were 
 built the bridges over the (irand and Portage Riv- 
 ers. Educational .affairs ha\'c always received his 
 attentive consideration. A man always reliable, 
 and whose word is considered as good as his bond, 
 he is essentially a worthy representative of those 
 who have assisted in bringing Jackson County to 
 its present status socially, morall}', and financiall}-. 
 
 Miss Nietta Pool, whose untimely death w.as so 
 deeply deplored, not onlj- by her immediate friends, 
 but the entire communitj', was a student of the 
 Jackson High School, a member of tlie Class of '87, 
 and was taken away before being graduated. Her 
 parents have instituted a lasting memorial to the 
 memory of their daughter — tlie Nietta Pool Memo- 
 rial Library of the Jackson High Sciiool. The 
 library w.as founded Ma}- 17, 1888, and will be i 
 maintained by Mr. and Mrs. Pool probably during ; 
 
 their lifetime. It already numbers two hundred 
 and eighty volumes of reading suitable for the pu- 
 pils of the school, and is highly valued, not onl}' 
 for the useful fund of information which will be 
 thus afforded, but on account of the spirit which 
 prompted it. The donation to the library already 
 aijgregates about $-tOO. 
 
 ^^^ 
 
 HAN CELL OR P. HAMMOND, Es<,.. 
 
 -, Of the temperance workers of Jackson 
 County few are better known than this 
 gentleman, who is a pioneer in the count}-, where 
 by his consistent life, reinforced by a strong moral 
 character, u philanthropic spiri4 and a generous 
 disposition, he has acquired prominence. Having 
 experienced many reverses, he has at last accumla- 
 lated a competence, and has sutticient of this world's 
 goods to insure his old age against poverty. Po- 
 litically he is a strong and stanch Republican, with 
 the interests of his township and county ever up- 
 permost in his mind, and liis intluence in politics is 
 such that his advice is often sought, and as readily 
 given. 
 
 Before giving the details in the histor\- of I\Ir. 
 Hammond, it might be well to trace his ancestry, 
 and notice particularly the record of his father, 
 Irus Hammond, by occupation a farmer, and a na- 
 tive of New York. There he was united in mar- 
 ri.age vvith Miss Miriam Smith, also a native of the 
 same State, where they resided for a short time 
 following their union, removing thence to the 
 township of Kinsman, Trumbull County, Ohio. In 
 the spring of 1837 thej' came to Michigan, settling 
 on section 12, Hanover Township, this count}-. At 
 the time of their arrival only five families were 
 living in the entire township, the lonely woods and 
 broad prairies being the resort of Indians, wolves, 
 bears and ueer, who in their various ways rendered 
 the life of the frontiersman unsafe. 
 
 When Irus Hammond came to Michigan, the 
 land on which he located was in a wild state, seem- 
 ingly unfit for the abode of civilized man. He 
 immediately commenced its improvement, putting 
 up a log shanty, clearing the land, and slowly but 
 
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 723 
 
 surely rerleeiiiing the soil from its primitive con 
 (lilion. An appnrently uniiiii)oitant event in the 
 life of Irus Hammond was ttie means of ehanLring 
 liis'iiistory. The fust conNiet liiat ever escaped 
 from the Michitran Slate Prison, was cajitnred liy 
 iiini. sinijie-lianded.and was forlhwilh returned to 
 the prison. As a compensation f()r his bravery lie 
 was i,Mvt'n emplo3raent at the prison, cutting poles, 
 and liuilding a stockade of tamarackil poles around 
 the prison. After heini; thus engaged for a |)eriod 
 of three or four j'ears he returned to his farm and 
 again took up tiie task of ( ultivating it. 
 
 In 1805 tiie former position held at the State 
 Prison was again offered Mr. Hammond, and hav- 
 ing accepted it, he remained there for perhaps four 
 or live years. Having a good opportunity of 
 trading his .lackson County farm for one in the 
 townshi|) of Moscow, Hillsdale County, he mnile 
 the latter place his home for about five 3ears, and 
 then selling it, purchased a large farm, comprising 
 three hundred and sixty acres of land, near Mar- 
 shall, Calhoun County, where he lived for three 
 years. Again selling out, he bought forty acres in 
 the city of Coldwater. paying therefor i!12,0(J0 in 
 casli. On that homestead he ended his days, dying 
 in July, 1884, aged eighty-one years. His wife 
 survived him nearlj' five years, passing away in 
 April, 188;). also at the age of eighty-one years. 
 
 'Sciuire Hammond was the third of six children, 
 of whom five are living at this writing. 1 Kinsman 
 Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, was the early 
 tramping ground of our subject, and there he was 
 born May 10, 18;}5. When only two years of age 
 he accompanied his parents to this county, and 
 now often recalls incidents that impressed them- 
 selves upon his memory then. Such education as 
 he obtained was secured in a log school bouse, the 
 first in the township, within the rude walls of which 
 he conned his lessons and gained a practical knowl- 
 edge of the rudiments of the language. He devel- 
 veloped into a sturdy manhood, and when ready to 
 establish a home of his own. left the parental roof. 
 and aflcr\TOrd devoted his life to the caro of his 
 family. 
 
 Prior to the marriage of •S(piiic Hammond, his 
 father made a trip to Califoiiiia in 1S.')2. and left 
 him in charge id the farm. This lie continued to 
 
 to manage until 1800, when he took a contract to 
 draw the stone for the east wing of the State 
 Prison. This contract being fulfilled, he was en- 
 gaged in the prison, as a keeper in the shoe-shop, 
 for two and one-half years. At the end of this 
 period he purchased a grocery store in Jackson, 
 which he operated on temperan(.e principles. When 
 he bought it, there was a bar in it, as in all gro- 
 j eery stores of Jackson at that time, but this he tore 
 out, putting in -feed" in its ste.ad. There were 
 not enough temperance people in Jackson, at that 
 lime, to sustain a temperance grocery store, and he 
 not only lost all he put in it. but more besides. 
 
 Xor was his next venture in business more suc- 
 cessful. Buying a team on credit, he began haul- 
 ing coal for the Jackson Coal Company. He 
 I allowed his salary to accumulate on the com|)any's 
 I hands, and they being bankrupted, he lost all that 
 was due him, and the only result of his winter's 
 j work was an oveicoat worth perhaps «3. He then 
 I commenced operations as a farmer, in which he 
 : has met with good success and which he has since 
 continued. He ran the first steam thiesher in this 
 section, and introduced other innovations in farm- 
 ing. In the fall of 1878 he moved to his [)resent 
 ' farm on section 8. Liberty Township. Previous 
 j to this, however, he went to Ston.y Point, and sunk 
 j ¥2,000 there. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place Novem- 
 ber 23. 18.54. in Liberty Township, when Miss 
 Ellen Sloat became his wife. She is the; daughter 
 of Cornelius and Mary (Becker) Slor.t, the former 
 a native of New York and the latter of Canada. 
 They came to Michigan in 1831, locating in Wash- 
 tenaw County. A year later they located in"~tli7s 
 township, where the fallicr died March 8, 1878. 
 The mother is still living, and makes her liome with 
 our subject, having attained to the age of seventy- 
 six years. They had six]ehildren, Mrs. Hammond 
 being the eldest, and she was born Febriiarj^ 5, 1835. 
 Two children came to bless the union of 'Squire 
 Hammond and his wife: Mary is the wife of Duane 
 P. Hull, and the mother of one child; they live in 
 Summit Township, this county. Frank, the only 
 son, married Miss Freelove Crouch, and lives in 
 Jackson, where he is engaged with the Gig Saddle 
 Company, of that citw Tlicv have a family of 
 
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 three boys. Our subject and his wife are members 
 of tlie Univei-salist Church, of East Liberty, and en- 
 deavor in every w.ay to aid in the advancement of 
 the cause. They do all in tlieir power to iielp the 
 local Methodist Sunday-school. He is a member 
 of the Masonic order at Moscow, also of the Pa- 
 trons of Indiistr3-, being Secretary of the latter. 
 He has served as a member of the School Board 
 for many years, and has been Postmaster at Stony 
 Point for five or six years, which office lie organ- 
 ized. He is now serving his second term as Justice 
 of the Peace in Liberty Township, and will proba- 
 bly be a candidate in the coming election for 
 supervisor. He has alwaj'S taken an active part in 
 political issues, and has been afre(|uent delegate to 
 township and county conventions. He h.as served 
 as Drain Commissioner nearly ever since the crea- 
 tion of that office. His community has been 
 greatly benefited b}' his residence here, and the 
 progress of the county has been materially .ad- 
 vanced by his active eo-0|)eration in all important 
 interests. 
 
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 OHN (t. CARTER has an assured position 
 among the business men of .laclvson, where 
 he is engaged in the real estate business. He 
 was born in Genesee County, N. Y., Au- 
 gust 15, 1832, and was a mere child when his par- 
 ents removed to Michigan, locating on a farm in 
 this county. His father. Philander L. Carter, was 
 born in 1800, and died Decemlier 25,1881. His 
 occupation was that of a farmer, and he also dealr, 
 in real estate. He was the son of Dr. John Carter, 
 and of English descent. The mother of our sub- 
 ject bore the maiden name of Charity Russell; her 
 birth place was Genesee. N. Y. She is still living 
 and althongh now in her eighty-tifth year, is quite 
 iiale and hearty. 
 
 The l)oyliood and 3'outh of John G. Carter were 
 S[)ent on his father's farm, in the acquirement of a 
 practical common-sciiool education, under the priv- 
 ileges afforded by the district. He remained un- 
 der the parental roof until he was twenty years old. 
 
 when he became a clerk in the dry-goods house of 
 Charles W. Penn^^ where he continued seven years. 
 He then embarked in the business of bu3'ing and 
 handling stock and produce, carr^-ing on a fairly 
 successful career in that line of business during a 
 period of about twenty years. He next turned liis 
 attention to the real-estate business, realizing hand- 
 somely from manj- of his investments, and in the 
 process of time acquiring a comfortable fortune. 
 
 After having spent a number of years in single 
 blessedness, Mr. Carter became thoroughly con- 
 vinced that it was not good for a man to live alone, 
 and he therefore wooed and won an estimable lady 
 for his companion. This was Mrs. Dolly Fleming, 
 of New York Cit}', and the rites of marriage were 
 celebrated between tliem in June, 1887. Mrs. Car- 
 ter has two children Ijy her former husband. She 
 was left an orphan at early age. 
 
 Ml. Carter owns a good farm, well stocked and 
 improved, together with a large amount of city 
 |)roperty. His residence is one of the most elegant 
 in Jackson. Its foundation are of granite, and its 
 walls of the noted Ionia sandstone, while the inte- 
 rior is finished in cherry and various hard woods. 
 It is supplied with all the modern improvements 
 in the wa}' of steam and water appliances, ami fur- 
 nished in a style in keeping with the means and taste 
 of its occupants. The architectural design is 
 unique, striking the eye of all who pass along 
 Main Street. The mild and unassuming manner of 
 Mr. Carter might lead a casual observer to a wrong 
 estimate of his abilitj'. which is above par in busi- 
 ness matters. He is much respected for his integ- 
 rity of character, and his long life in the 
 communitj', has given him a wide spread reputa- 
 tion. Politically he is and alwa3's has been a stanch 
 Democrat. 
 
 ^ FRANK LUTTENTON is distinguished as 
 ? being the oldest native resident of Pulaski 
 Ji^\ Township, he having been the second 
 \^) white child lioru here. He is now num- 
 bered among the intelligent, liberal and progressive 
 men who have been mainly instrumental in build- 
 ing up the township, whose foundation was so well 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 725 
 
 laid by tlio brave .iiid i'esol\it.o |)i(jiieers of n lialf- 
 centiiry and more ago, and who have thus materially 
 added to the wealth and |)rosi)erity of Jackson 
 County. Mr. Luttenton has a well-stocked, finely 
 improved farm, comprising parl.s of sections, 12, 
 11, and 11. with a commodious, well-appointed 
 residence, of a tasteful style of arciiitecture, and 
 convenient outbuildings, and all the appliances 
 for carrying on farming by the best methods. 
 
 Our subject is the son of Reuben Luttenton, a 
 native of Onondaga County. N. Y., of which his 
 father, Oliver Luttenton, was a pioneer. The latter 
 was born in ^lontgomery County, N. Y., and re- 
 moving to the county mentioned he cleared a farm 
 from its primeval forests, and remained there until 
 he retired from farming. Me s|)ent his bast years 
 in Michigan with his children, but died in the home 
 of one of his sons in Orleans Count}', N. Y., when 
 about eighty years of age. He was of English de- 
 scent. The father of our subject was reared in his 
 native countj', and owned and operated a farm 
 there. He subsequently- went to Orleans County, and 
 farmed there until he came to Michigan in the fall 
 of 1835. lie made the journey thither b^- water to 
 Detroit, where he bought an ox-team and came in 
 a wagon through the intervening forests to Jack- 
 son County. He arrived here in the month of 
 October, and became one of the first settlers of 
 Pulaski Township. He invested in one hundred 
 and twenty acres of Government land, and at once 
 entered upon its improvement, his first work being 
 to build a log bouse. His was about the fifth family 
 to locate here, and their nearest neighbors were two 
 and one half miles distant,and Mr. Luttenton had to 
 go to Marshall to mill and to Detroit for provisions. 
 He was successful in his pioneer labors and added 
 to his farm from time to time, and once had three 
 hundred .acres of fine land in his possession, but at 
 the time of his deatii had disposed of all but one 
 hundred and twenty acres. He continued to man- 
 age his farm until his demise in 1874, at the age of 
 si.\ty-nine years. He was a representative pioneer 
 and was looked up to bi' all, and was one of the 
 most respected citizens in the county. He was an 
 active membi'r of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 ;in<l ill his political views was a strong Republican. 
 Till' maiden n;ime of the mother of oursubjcct was 
 
 -Vlzira IJaguell, and she was born in (h'leans Count}-, 
 N. Y. Her father was a farmer of that county and 
 served in the War of 1812. The inother died in 
 Pulaski Township on the old homestead, in June, 
 i885. She had seven children, namely: Richard 
 M., a mechanic in Jackson; William W.. deceased; 
 R. Frank; John W., of Pulaski Township; Charles 
 N. W., and Ann J. (Mrs. Holland), both of whom 
 live in Pulaski Townshi]); p]ugone B., deceased. 
 
 R. Frank Luttenton was born in Pulaski Town- 
 ship, September 2, 1837. He was reared to a vig- 
 orous manhood on the home farm amid the pioneer 
 intluences that obtained in this then sparsely settled 
 , country. That was a wild scene upon which his 
 eyes first opened in that home in the primeval for- 
 ests, where the Indian still hunted deer. Itears, and 
 other wild game, and where evidences of the civil- 
 izing presence of the white man were but few. In 
 the great change that has been wrought since that 
 time he has had a hand, and lias been no unimport- 
 ant factor in the upbuilding of township and 
 county. He had the advantages of the common 
 schools, the first school in the township having been 
 conducted in his father's houst. He was early set 
 to work, and from the time he was ten years old he 
 was of great assistance to his father in helpingclear 
 the land, drive the oxen, and in the many other 
 tasks that then devolved upon farmer's boj^s, and 
 he thus became a practical farmer when quite 
 young. He remained an inmate of the parental 
 household until he was twenty-six, except the year 
 that he worked a farm on shares. In 1863 he 
 bought forty acres of his present farm, which was 
 covered with forest trees, and he has since reclaimed 
 it from the h.ands of nature, and has added to his 
 original purchase until he now owns one hundred 
 and thirty -six acres of well-improved land, one 
 hundred and live of it tillable, all neatly fenced and 
 provided with suitable buildings, there being two 
 dwellings on the place and three ample barns, 
 and a valuable orchard comprising five acres of 
 choice varieties of fruit trees. He l>uilt his present 
 residence, a fine, large house well fitted up, in 1885. 
 It is very pleasantly located foui- miles from Con- 
 cord. Jlr. Luttenton has devoted himself principally 
 to raising wheat and to feeding sheep, of which he 
 has from seventy-five to one hundred, and he has 
 
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 met with fine success, and lias mafle niduev. He lets 
 a part of liis farm and merely cultivales what he 
 can attend to himself. 
 
 Mr. Luttentoii, having passed his entire life here, 
 is well-known in township and county, and as no 
 one knows him but to respect and esteem hiin for 
 liis many fine qualities of head and heart, he is 
 indeed a general favorite. In the management of 
 his affairs he has displayed great skill, cool judg- 
 ment and good business tact. He is a true Repub- 
 lican in his political views, always lending his 
 influence to promote the best interests of the party. 
 He fell into the ranks when the party was organ- 
 ized, and cast his first vote for its first Presidential 
 candidate, John C. Fremont. 
 
 ^p^EORGE F. RICE. This gentleman has held 
 '11 (_-, a prominent position among the business 
 ^^Jl) men of .lackson for many years and is oie 
 of those earl\- residents here, who can point with 
 pride to the beautiful cit}' which has grown up 
 where but a small village greeted their eyes on their 
 arrival. He not only possesses the intelligence 
 which may be attained through the medium of the 
 press and association with his fellow-men. but was 
 the recipient of such excellent educational advan- 
 tages during his early years that he was enabled to 
 begin teaching at the age of nineteen. 
 
 Before giving a brief outline of the life of the 
 gentleman above named, a few words in regard to 
 his ancestors will not be amiss. The paternal line 
 of descent is traced from Edmund Rice, a native of 
 England, who came to America in 1639, making his 
 first settlement in Sudbury, Mass., whence he re- 
 moved to Marlborough, dying in the latter pliice in 
 166.3. The next in the line was Thomas Rice, born 
 in Marlborough, November 16, 1681. Hisson Jonas 
 married Marj' Stone and was one of the first settlers 
 of Worcester, whence he was driven out by Indians, 
 but where he resided in solitude from 1713 to 171;'), 
 when his brother Gersham moved in with his fam- 
 il}'. Jonas Rice was called the father of the town, 
 and held many town offices prior to his death which 
 occurred .September 22. 17.')3. His son Adnnijah 
 
 was the first white child born in Worcester. The 
 wife of this gentleman was Persis Gates of the same 
 town. , He served in several campaigns against the 
 French and Indians and spent his last 3'ears at 
 Bridport, Vt., breathing his last in 1802. 
 
 Following the above named on the genealogical 
 tree was Abel Rice, the grandfather of our subject 
 and a native of Worcester, Mass., whence he re- 
 moved to Guilford, Vt., in 1751, later changing his 
 residence to Bridport. where he died July 9, 1800. 
 He was a soldier in the Revolution and married 
 Anna, daughter of Capt. Samuel Nichols. To this 
 couple was liorn a son Jonas, whose eyes opened to 
 the light in Guilford, Vt.. September 26, 1778, and 
 who was but six years old when his parents removed 
 to Bridport, where the}' were earl}- settlers. He was 
 twenty years old when his father died, and being 
 the eldest son he became the head of the family. 
 He cleared a large farm and resided thereon until 
 his death August 12, 1855. He had lived to see the 
 section develo|> from a vvilderness without railroads 
 or even canals, with the nearest market at Troy, 
 one hundred miles distant, into a thickly settled, 
 highl}- cultivated and prosi^erous region with fa- 
 cilities for travel vmknown in his boyhood and flue 
 markets in the near vicinity. His second wife, the 
 mother of our sul>ject, was born in Bridport, Vt., 
 March 23, 1790, ami died May 17. 1824. Her 
 maiden name was Emma Clayes and she was the 
 daughter of Peter and Polly (Nixon) Clayes. 
 
 The gentleman who is the subject ot this bio- 
 graphical notice was born August 14, 1820. in Brid- 
 port, Addison County. A't.. was reared on the home 
 farm and attended the public schools during the 
 winter terms. When sufficiently old to do so he 
 entered the Newton Academy, and afterward at- 
 tended the academ}' at Brandon, beginning his work 
 as a pedagogue at the age of nineteen, teaching 
 in winter schools and fanning during the rest of 
 the year until he left his native State in 1840 for a 
 home in the wilds of Michigan. The tri[) was made 
 bj- canal to Troy, thence by railroad and canal to 
 Buffalo, across the lake to Detroit and by rail to 
 Ann Arbor, then the western terminus of the rail- 
 road, whence it was completed by stage to the vil- 
 lage of Jackson. 
 
 Mr. Rice secured a school on the east side of the 
 
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 liver mid spent llic winter as an iiistruclor, letiirn- 
 injif the following spring to his native State, where 
 lie remained until the fall of I8tl. lie then came 
 again to Jackson, whore he located permanently, 
 securing a clerkship in a dry-goods stcire and two 
 ■ years later becoming a partner in a mercantile firm. 
 He continued in the dry-goods business for a de- 
 cade or more, making some changes in the mean- 
 time in his partnership relations. He then engaged 
 in the sale of hardware, which lie continued some 
 fifteen years, at the expiration of which time he sold 
 out and since then has dealt quite extensively in 
 real estate. 
 
 On May -i, 1 841), Mr. Rice was united in marriage 
 with Miss Jennie K., daughter of Lonson and Susan 
 L. Wilcox. She was born in Stockbridgc, Mass., 
 was a lady of estimable character and a worthy 
 member of the Congregational Cliurcli, to which 
 Mr. Rice belongs. Mrs. Jennie E. Rice was stricken 
 by a fatal illness and breathed her last February 19, 
 1886. Mr. Rice was married to his second com- 
 panion. Miss Mary A. Burns, .hine 22, 1887. She 
 was born in INIancliester, lMigland,and came to this 
 country in her early life with her |mreiits, Edward 
 and Ann Burns, and now presides over tliclr home 
 No. 301 North Blackstone Street. 
 
 The Christian character, high degree of intellect- 
 u;il culture, and the business abilitj'of Mr. Rice are 
 such as to entitle him to tlit respect of his fellow- 
 raen .and the\' cheerfully accord him their good will. 
 
 /^. ACFARLAXE NIELSON, a thriving gro- 
 jj 1\\ cer of the city of Jackson, is prominently 
 I IS located at No. 717. East Main Street, and 
 " enjoys a large and lucrative patronage 
 
 from the people not only of that part of the citj-, but 
 the country around. His career as a business man 
 has been signalized by that strict adlicrence to 
 honesty and square dealing which is one of Ihe 
 characteristics of his nationality, he having his 
 birth and anceslrj' in Scotland. His native place 
 was the city of Edinburgh, where he first opened 
 his eyes to the light January 17, 1849. 
 
 Mr. Nielson spent the first ten years of his life 
 
 in his native cit}', and then, with his parents, re- 
 moved to London, England, where the}' sojourned 
 about eighteen months, then crossing the Atlantic, 
 the^^ located in Hamilton, Canada, where tlie father, 
 James Nielson, died in 1878. The mother, whose 
 maiden name was Eliza Wylie, is still living, and a 
 resident of Canada. Her father was a well-edu- 
 cated man, following the profession of law, and in 
 the city of Edinburgh was one of its leading at- 
 torneys. Her maternal grandfather, Judge Mc- 
 Farlane, also followed the profession of law and 
 distinguished himself as a jurist. 
 
 The subject of this sketch attained to man's es- 
 tate in the Dominion of Canada, in the meantime 
 acquiring a practical education in the Hamilton 
 schools. He commenced his business career in the 
 city of Detroit, this State, as a clerk in the emploj' 
 of an older brother. The latter was in the whole- 
 sale grocer}- business, and with liiin j'oung Nielson 
 remained for about six years when he entered 
 the employ of George Bain & Co., a tea and 
 coffee firm, with whom he operated as a traveling 
 salesman for a period of four years. In 1877 he 
 came to Jackson and clerked for his brother until 
 1881, when he established himself in business on 
 his own account, and occupied himself thus for five 
 3'ears. Then selling out. he took to the ro.ad again 
 as an employe of Adams & Sherman, of Indian- 
 apolis, Tnd.. with whom he remained two 3'ears. 
 
 Returning now to Jackson, Mr. Nielson pur- 
 chased the stock of C. Palmer & Co., grocers, and 
 continued the business at the old stand until the 
 present time. He keeps a fine selection of choice 
 groceries and everything [lertaining to this line of 
 tr.ade. iMr. Nielson w.as married in September, 
 1875, to Aliss Emma Jane Cleveland, a native of 
 Rochester. N. Y., but then living in the city of 
 Detroit. Four children have been born of this 
 union, the ehlestof whom, (Jeorge IL, was instantly 
 killed by falling down the stairs at school in 1887. 
 when a promising boy of ten years. The tiiree sur- 
 vivors are all sons — Freddie M., Wylie C. and 
 Harvej' T. Mr. Nielson was one of the organ- 
 izers and elders of the I'resbyteriau Church in this 
 city, and was the first Superintendent of its Sun- 
 day-school. In JIasonic circles he is a member of 
 Jackson Lodge, No. 17, and he is also identified 
 
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 with tlie Ancient Order of United Workmen and is 
 Supreme Lieutenant Commnndor in llie Order of 
 tlie Red Cross. 
 
 James Nielson, the father of our !<ubjeet, was at 
 one time one of the leading merchants of Edin- 
 burgh, Scotland, owning seven stores. He was a 
 prominent man in local affairs and a member of the 
 Town Council during the passage of the Reform 
 Bill, which he was instrumental in effecting. He 
 was also a member of what was called the Corpora- 
 tion Bakers, in Edinburgh, a beneficiary institu- 
 tion from which liis widow receives annually 1800. 
 
 ;^\ ARLIN TRIPP. For almost a half a cen- 
 tury the gentleman above named has been 
 occupving a farm on section 2. Hanover 
 '^ Townsliip, which includes a portion of the 
 
 homestead on which his father settled in 18.32. He 
 occupies the remarkable position of being the onlj- 
 person now living in tlie township who was here at 
 that date, which was his own first year of residence. 
 Although only a boy at that time he certainly de- 
 serves mention among the old settlers, as in his 
 early years he assisted in the development of Ids 
 father's estate, and therf' began the labors which he 
 had continued through long and busy years. 
 
 The father of our subject was Abiel Tripp, who 
 was born in Rutland, Yt.. in 1781. In Niagara 
 County, N. Y., he married Mrs. Sarah Mills, who, 
 after bearing two children, was removed by death 
 in 1824, in New York State. The father was a sol- 
 dier during the War of 1812. He buried four 
 wives, himself surviving until 1861. In 1832 he 
 came to Michigan accompanied by our subject, 
 .fettling on a farm of four hundred and eighty 
 acres, to which he afterward added other lands. On it 
 the two built the first house in Hanover Township, 
 and turned the first furrow, and for a yeai' they were 
 the only white settlers. Indians were then living 
 here and tiie father traded with them for nearly all 
 the necessaries of life, outside of what was raised 
 on the farm. The first schoolhouse in the town- 
 
 ship was built in 1835, and Abiel Tripp vs^as a 
 member of the first school board, while the first 
 school teacher was .John Belden, now deceased. 
 
 The subject of this biography is the only surviv- 
 ing child of his motlier. He was born March 31, 
 1821, in Niagara County, N. Y., and was therefore 
 but eleven years of age when he began his resi- 
 dence in this county. The scenes amid which the 
 next few years of his life were passed were such as 
 to develop a sturdiness and shrewdness scarcely pos- 
 sible to the dwellers amid other scenes, and filled 
 his memory with incidents and views which, make 
 it a store-house of interesting reminiscences. Be- 
 ginning life for himself at the age of twenty 
 years, on forty acres of land, which was a part of 
 the homestead, he has made for himself and family 
 a most comfortable home, continuing from that 
 time to reside on the same farm. The present 
 dwelling of the family was erected in 1870 and is 
 supplied witli all that is needful for the convenience 
 and good cheer of its inmates. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Tripp bore the maiden name of 
 Laura J. Stone, and the rites of wedlock were cele- 
 brated between them Januarj' 1, 1846. The bride 
 was born in Niagara County-, N. Y. April 20, 
 1825, most of her school days being passed in her 
 native Stale. She has fitted herself for teaching and 
 ))rocured a certificate in New York and afterward 
 in this State. She taught nine terms of school, 
 mostly' in this county. Not only has she a superior 
 education, but she is the fortunate possessor of a 
 disposition which makes sunshine about her, and a 
 character of great worth. She and her husband 
 have but one child, a son, Orville S., born Novem- 
 ber 8, 1846. He married Miss Maggie J. Snyder 
 and lives on the same section as his parents. He 
 has one daughter, Julia .S., a miss of sixteen years, 
 wiio plays the organ for church and Sunday-school, 
 and leads the choir of the only church in Horton. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Tripp were Nathan H. and 
 Annie J. (Fenn) Stone, both of Vermont. They 
 were married in the Empire State and resided there 
 until 1838, when they came to thiscount3', settling 
 on section 10, Hanover Township. There they 
 made their permanent home, the father living until 
 1851, and the mother until 1882. They were the 
 parents of ten children, six of whom are now liv- 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 ing, Mrs. Tripp being tlie seconrl horn. Botli were 
 sciiool toac'liLTs, well educalefl, and with characters 
 of worth. 
 
 Mr. Ti'ipp helongs to Blue I-odgc. No. 293, 
 A. K. it A. M.. of llortoii, ill which he has been 
 Steward and Tyler; his son Orville is a member of 
 the same lodge and has been Secretary. lie has 
 always been a stanch and active worker for the 
 Democratic paity and his wife's people are also in 
 sympathy with it. lie has been a Delegate to 
 county and State conventions since his early man- 
 hood. The intelligence, good judgment and 
 energy which he possesses have not been allowed to 
 lie iille. and his fellow-citizens have culled for his 
 services as a member of the School I'.oard, Road 
 Commissioner, Township Treasurer and Constable, 
 and lie has also served many times .as a Juryman 
 during the County Circuit Court. He stdl super- 
 intends the work on his farm although he is not 
 fibligcd to toil "from early morn to dewj' eve" as 
 those do who are beginning life. He is a most 
 genial companion, his conversation being lilled 
 with pleasant sayings, his good nature almost abso- 
 lute, and his disposition such as to lead him to enjoy 
 life. The thorough breeding of his estimable wife 
 adds a charm to the home and to every circle in 
 which they are present. She was reared in the 
 rnivcrsalist belief. 
 
 -J^lt^L- 
 
 -E^ 
 
 IjU., ON. AMOS ROOT, merchant and farmer of 
 
 jffjjf. -Taekson, was born at Vt. Ann. Washington 
 
 •y^ County, N. Y., April 8. 1816. being 
 
 '^) the third son of John .ind lioxanna (Wor- 
 
 den) Root. 
 
 From a work compiled, by the Kov. James Pierce 
 Root, is condensed the following account of the 
 Root family: The first of the family to come to 
 America is believed to have been John Root, a na- 
 tive of Kn gland, who. with his wife Ann Russell, 
 became about the year IfiST. one of the first settlers 
 of Il.-irtford, Conn. About the year 1652 he re- 
 moved to Nortiiampton, Mass. He was a fai mer 
 and a weaver of cloth, and one of the eight pillars 
 of the church organized in Northami)ton. His son j 
 
 Thomas Root seems to have remained in Hartford, 
 where his son Jacob was born. Jacob, a son of the 
 latter, was born in Hebron. Conn., June 15, 1687, 
 and a third Jacob in the same town July 28, 1710. 
 The next descendant in a direct line, was Asahel 
 Root, liorn at Oastonbury, Conn., .\ugust 5, 1753, 
 who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War. A son 
 of the latter. John Root, boni December 18, 1781, 
 was the father of the subject of this biography. 
 
 John Root learned the trade of an edge-tool 
 maker, tools being then made by hand. He fol- 
 lowed his tr.ade many years at Ft. Ann, X. Y. 
 coming from there to Michigan to spend his last 
 days with his children. He was a soldier during 
 the War of 1812. lie was a g(X)d workman, an 
 honest and very temperate ni.an, whose will was 
 strong enough to enable him, at the age of sixty 
 years to aljandon the use of tobacco, on account of 
 its bad influence upon younger people. Politically 
 be was a Whig, and later a Republican. For manj' 
 years he was a member of the Baptist Church. His 
 constitution was vigorous, and he lived to his 
 ninetieth year. Ins death, which occurred in Jack- 
 son, January 1, 1871, having been occasioned by a 
 fall upon the ice. 
 
 Rosanna. who became the wife of John Root, 
 was a daughter of Benjamin George, an officer of 
 the British arm}' during the Revolution, and born 
 in Washington County, N. Y., in 1786. After the 
 death of her father she became the step-daughter 
 of Jesse Worden, who during the same conflict was 
 one of Washington's life guards, and was known 
 before her marriage as Roxanna Worden. This 
 marriage was blessed with five sons and two 
 daughters. 
 
 The health of Amos Root during his childhood 
 and 3'outh was feeble. His education until he was 
 sixteen years of age, was such as could be obtained 
 by attendance at the village school. His subse- 
 quent mental training was gained l)y circumstances 
 and ex|)erience. At sixteen he became a clerk for 
 his two elder brothers, merchants and manufacturers 
 at Mohawk. N. Y. There he acquired mental dis- 
 cipline and hal)its of industry which contributeit to 
 his future success. In the' fall of 1838. in company 
 with Henry C. Orendorff, who had been a fellow- 
 clerk of the Mohawk lirm of Root Brothers, he 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 catue to Michigan Centre, near Jackson, and en- 
 gaged in mercantile pursuits. That point ivas then 
 prominent, but a few 3'ears determined the rivalry 
 in favor of Jackson, to whicli place tlie Brm of 
 Orendorff & Root removed in 184i. The popula- 
 tion of this now prosperous city did not then exceed 
 one thousand, and it was a straggling ill-built vil- 
 lage. Its growth and prosperity became one of 
 Mr. Root's special ambitions. The mercantile 
 business in Jackson was during the sixteen years of 
 its continuance reasonably successful. AViien it 
 terminated in 1857, Mr. Root had alread3- made 
 considerable investments in real estate, induced by 
 his faith in the ultimate growth of the town then 
 just incorporated as a city. As a real-estate op- 
 erator he speedily became a recognized authority. 
 
 Mr. Root was one of few who at that time esti- 
 mated with much approach to accuracj', the causes 
 which would determine both the fact of the growth 
 of large inland towns, and that of the location of 
 such towns. He saw that with the extension and 
 perfecting of railroad systems such growth was not 
 merely possible but certain, and that the locations 
 would be where the different roads should center 
 and the different systems compete for the public 
 favor. He saw moreover that the locations once 
 fixed, would upon the completion of all the roads 
 the country would need, remain fixed forever, with 
 as much certainty as the location of a sea-board 
 town at the best harbor on the coast. As a conse- 
 quence his ambition took the shape of a purpose to 
 make Jackson a railroad center, and he noticed 
 that nature had favored the location by making it 
 the -'valley center" of the southern part of the .State. 
 
 The Michigan Central Railroad was completed to 
 Jackson in 1841, but as early as 1836, there had 
 been a company incorporated to build a road from 
 Palmyra to this place then known as Jacksonburg, 
 toward which some thousands of doUars !iad been 
 paid by the citizens, and with the help of the State 
 the road had been built from Palmyra to Tecum- 
 seh — thirteen miles — when it was forfeited to the 
 State. This was before Mr. Root became an actor 
 here, but he had already become prominent as an 
 agitator of the claims of his locality, when in 1846, 
 he became one of the incorporators of the Grand 
 River Valley Railroad Company, wliicli afterward. 
 
 under his Presidency constructed the railroad from 
 Jackson to Grand Rapids. His influence with that 
 of others during the same year, was sufficient in the 
 Legislature, to load the charter of the Michigan 
 Southern Railroad Company, with the obligation 
 to construct the Palmyra and Jackson Road as a 
 branch. Upon the completion of the main line of 
 that companjr to Chicago in 1851. it delayed to 
 huilii this branch. Among the things done to 
 compel the company to build it, in which Mr. 
 Root was a prominent actor, was having books 
 of subscription opened at Tccumseh and the sub- 
 scription of 8700.000 of stock by him and others, 
 the stock then being above par in the market; the 
 compelling of the directors of the company to give 
 their personal bonds to build and complete it, and 
 the struggle to procure the rights of way, which the 
 Michigan Central Company made a persistent effort 
 to prevent. A law suit between the companies de- 
 layed the building- several years, but the efforts of 
 Mr. Root and those acting with him overcame all 
 obstacles, and finally in 1857 a contract was let for 
 the completion of the last twenty one miles of this 
 branch, which was done at the time when the stock 
 of the company went as low in the market as six 
 cents on the dollar, the reason whj' it was not 
 not abandoned being that there had been vigilance 
 in getting the personal obligation of the contractor 
 to complete it. The rigiit of wa3' struggle for this 
 road involved some interesting episodes, one of 
 whicli was the removal of an executor who had bar- 
 gained witli the Michigan Central Company, by Mr. 
 Root's efforts, before he could succeed in carr3-ing 
 his bargain into effect. 
 
 While this struggle was going, on Mr. Root had 
 from session to session of the Legislature procured 
 the necessary extensions of time for the building 
 of the Grand River Valley Road, and as early as 
 1853 and 1854, he and Moses A. McNaughton and 
 Joseph E. Beebe spent several thousand dollars in 
 the making of preliminary surveys, for that road. 
 The northern counties were then poor and sparsely 
 settled, and the then village of Jackson had about 
 15 per cent, of its present population, (in 18'J0) 
 and less than that percentage of its present wealth. 
 Tlie projects of railroads north from Jackson then 
 seemed too hirge for the public to consider, but 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 733 
 
 persistent n«;itatloii, led by Mr. Root, finally ac- 
 coniplished the building of three roads in that di- 
 ii'clion. In 18()3, Mr. Root led in the efforts which 
 induced the Legislature to pass the first enabling 
 law enacted in Michigan, under which municipali- 
 ties could vote aid to railroads. This was for a road 
 from Jackson to Lansing, being for the road since 
 constructed from Jackson to Mackinaw. Mr. Root's 
 direct efforts for that road ceased upon seeing a 
 good company organized, and provisions made in 
 in llie vote adopted by the electors of Jackson, by 
 which the first ten miles north of Jackson, could be 
 used as a common road, by that and the company 
 proposing to build to (irand Rajjids. He was al- 
 readj' the central figure in the latter project, but 
 for the time being he found public attention at 
 home almost wholly absorbed in the Lansing and 
 .Saginaw project. He must either wait indefinitely 
 or make a start somewhere else. Neither Jackson 
 nor firand Rapids had faith in the willingness or 
 ability of the intervening counties. 
 
 At the extra session of the Legislature in 1864. 
 an act was [irocnrcd authorizing nnuiicipal helj) to 
 tills project, and during that and the first half of 
 the succeeding 3'9ar a vigorous campaign in Eaton 
 County, followed by one in Barry County, sue 
 ceeded in raising $200,000 in Eaton and «1 50,000 
 in Barrj'. Tiiis being done made it compaiativelv 
 easy to get subscriiitions and votes to the amount 
 of * 100.000 in each of the cities of Jackson and 
 Grand Rapids. The large factor to accomi)lish 
 such results consisted of the personal efforts of Mr. 
 Root. Me talked pulilicly and jirivatel^-, and 
 always, as the result proved, effectively. He was 
 able as few or.itors have ever Iicen to sway his au- 
 diences, not perhaps more by his reasons, than by 
 the faith which his presence and words inspired. 
 lie was able to induce universal acquiescence in the 
 plan of spending the means raised upon a road- 
 bed, before any definite arrangement had been 
 made for the means to procure the rails and equip- 
 ment. It was in fact more th:ui two years after 
 the letting of the grading contracts in August 
 18G.0. before the contract was made with the Cen- 
 tral Conqiany which made the securities issued bv 
 bis company saleable. He was long delayed by 
 negoliati(,>n with the Southern Company, which 
 
 would have been successful, probably, but for the 
 stipulations insisted upon bj* an executive eomniit- 
 tee. apparently oblivious of the shape in which in- 
 vestors wished their securities. That he retained 
 faith himself during two 3'ears of disappointments 
 and thwartings of his plans, was the reason, more 
 than any other which kept the work on the line in 
 progress and insured its ultimate success, the last 
 rail of the completed line having been laid Januarj' 
 1, 1869. During this arduous struggle Mr. Root 
 was m.any times compelled to put his personal 
 credit into the scale, with the certainty of losing his 
 entire private fortune in the case that the project 
 should prove a failure. 
 
 Mr. Root became a central figure in a railroad 
 project in 1882 and 1888, in the building of a 
 branch of the Grand Trunk Railw.ay of Canada, 
 into Jackson. He helped with his personal influ- 
 ence and his [leculiar and effective eloquence in 
 public meetings, to raise the necessary means re- 
 quired at Jackson and along the line to Pontiac, 
 and then aftei' tiie terms dictated had been com- 
 plied with and the scheme was likel}' to fail for the 
 lack of a satisfactory contractor, consented at the 
 instance of the company's solicitor to become per- 
 sonally obligatcil as a contractor to build the road 
 within a limited time. His purpose was not profits 
 on the contract, but to make it certain that the 
 road would be built before the means secured should 
 be dissipated or rendered unavailable, the prospect 
 of profits not having been such as appeared tempt- 
 ino- in themselves to a man of his age. and tin; risks 
 being such as ought not to be lightly taken by a 
 person of large pecuniary responsibility and with- 
 out experience as a contractor. He and his asso- 
 ciates were able to complete the road within the 
 time limited for the puri)ose by the agreement, and 
 necessary to be complied with to save the donations 
 promised aloYig the line. 
 
 Soon after the completion of this line, he also be- 
 came active in the efforts made to induce the 
 building of the Cincinnati. .lackson iV Mackinaw 
 Road to Jackson. He made several trips to New 
 York and Ohio, was one of the incorporators of the 
 Michigan Company consol'dating with ijie Ohio 
 Company at the time the word "Jackson" became 
 a part of the incorporate name, and was one of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 those wlio favored and matured a plan, given up 
 during his illness, which would have secured tlie 
 road several years ago, without, as he believes, the 
 assuming of verj' extraordinary risks 1\y those who 
 were interested in getting the road. Thanks to the 
 efforts of himself and a few others the people of his 
 city still anticipate the building of this road at no 
 very distant day. 
 
 In all which he has done for the construction of 
 railroads Mr. Root felicitates himself upon the fact 
 that no person has been made poorer b^' j'ielding to 
 his solicitations, but that the reverse has been uni- 
 formly the fact, and especially has tiiis been true 
 in the case of the counties, cities and townships, 
 which have aided in liis projects. 
 
 It may be safely said that it was neither accident 
 nor the pusliing of himself, or anj' personal ambi- 
 tion which brought him so often to the front, in 
 projects in whicli the welfare of his city was so 
 largely involved. He may have helped to make 
 the occasions, but if so it was without any personal 
 ambition. When the occasion arose it happened 
 that he was seen to be the man to lead in accom- 
 plishing the purpose. As he now on occasion 
 speaks of his connection with these enterprises, he 
 names those who co-operated with him, and has no 
 idea that he has alone accomplished them. If he sup- 
 posed that any particular honor was to be given by 
 this paper, he would feel like naming with himself, 
 a long list of gentlemen in the localities where his 
 work has been done. 
 
 For many years, Mr. Root gave much of his 
 time to the investigation of claims of outsiders, 
 proposing, for consideration to remove manufac- 
 turing estnblisliments to Jackson, encouraging 
 worth}' and driving awa}- bankrupt concerns. Ho 
 also from time to time, by investments and dona- 
 tions helped conspicuously, in the development of 
 such enterprises. 
 
 Mr. Root never sought public office. He was a 
 member of the State Legislature of 1853; (at the 
 time when the personal bond of the directors of 
 the Southen; Railroad Company to complete the 
 Toledo branch was executed) several times a mem- 
 ber of the village and city common councils; 
 Mayor of the city in 1860-61; and from 1871 to 
 1877 a member of the Board of Public Works of 
 
 the city, and two of these years was President of 
 that Board. He was also an Inspector of the State 
 Prison for nine years, and most of that time the 
 presiding member. He was appointed Postmaster 
 at Jackson in 1861, and served until the close of 
 war. He served the public acceptably, in each of 
 these positions, always acting in accordance with 
 the idea that "A public ottice is a public trust." 
 
 Politically he was a Henry Clay Whig, but in 
 1848 became a Free-Soiler, and in 1854 on the or- 
 ganization of the Republican party, one of its most 
 ardent and active members. President Lincoln and 
 Gov. Blair,of Michigan, found no more constant sup- 
 porters of their policy during the dark days of the 
 War of the Rebellion, than Amos Root. There was 
 no lover of his country who in the 3fears when 
 defeats were reported, oftener than victories, could 
 better than he, cheer his neighbors with the hope 
 of ultimate success for the National cause. After 
 the lesultsof the victory had been finally secured 
 by amendments of the federal constitution, he re- 
 belled in his party upon finding that it supported 
 the so-called -'carpet-bag system," by which it was 
 sought at once to plunder the South, and to make 
 it Republican in politics. He voted for Greeley in 
 1872; and for Tilden in 187fi, and since that, re- 
 membering that as a "Henry Clay Whig' he had 
 only advocated protective duties for the encour- 
 agement of infant industries, with the promise ex- 
 pressed or implied, that as soon as they had 
 attained a healthy growth the duties should be 
 reduced to a revenue basis, and finding that the 
 Republican party was rapidly drifting to more ex- 
 treme views in favor of a protective policy than 
 were dreamed of in the daj's of his youth, although 
 the so-called "infants" had became the largest in- 
 dustries in the world, he has deemed it his duty to 
 cast his vote with the Democratic party. 
 
 Although not connected with any church Mr. 
 Root is a Christian in the broad and full sense of 
 the term. He is an admirer of the teachings of 
 Emanuel Swedenborg, and has always held that re- 
 ligion is vahi'ible onlj' as it affects the life. He has 
 always been conspicuousl}' liberal in sustaining 
 churches of every denomination, believing that all, 
 or nearly all of them, contain elements of good, 
 and contribute to the welfare of mankind. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BJOGRAPUICAL ALBUM. 
 
 735 
 
 Mr. Root calls liiniself a f.arraci'. He resicles in 
 the city, but owns a fifteen liiindred-acrc farm in 
 llie townships of Ilenrietla and Leoni, eijfht miles 
 distant and crossed Iiy the (uand Tiiink Raihoad. 
 Wiien his liealtli and otlier Ijiisiness lias admitted, 
 during the last twenty yeais. he has visited the 
 farm several times a week. lie has a conifoi table 
 farm house, very large? and commodious barns, 
 yards well-stijcked willi blooded cattle, sheep and 
 swine, and well watered by artesian wells, on each 
 side of the Portage River. A region naturally 
 forbidding has been reclaimed liy engineering 
 skill exercised in a conijjlete and extensive system 
 of draining. The visitor there will see on every 
 side evidence of thrift)' and intelligent farming. 
 
 Mr. Root has lived a bachelor. AVhen rallied on 
 the subject he sometimes hints that he has been 
 able to do more good to the world, than would 
 lune been possible with the added resiionsibililies 
 o( married life. 
 
 At the time of this writing. (April 1890,) Mr. 
 Root is in poo. health, but seems to be slowly re- 
 covering from rheumatic complications, which for 
 several years have made him an invalid, thougli not 
 preventing him from driving about the streets ;ind 
 making an occasional visit by rail to his farm. 
 
 A steel portrait of the Hon. Mr. Root may be 
 found in connection with his |)ersonal sketch. 
 
 •$^ ERASTUS H. HANCHETT is the owner 
 )l and occupant of a pleasant farm on section 
 16, Blackman Township, and has made 
 Jackson C(>unt3' his home for the pa>t 
 twentj- years. Born in New York State, of New 
 England parentage, he possesses the thrift and en- 
 ergy so characteristic of the dwellers of the East- 
 ern States, and a genial, liospitabh; spirit, which 
 especially qualified him for the duties of '"mine 
 host," which he filled for several years. His farm, 
 which comprises fortv acres, is one of the most care- 
 fully and intelligently tilled places in the township, 
 and is supplied with all the necessary and conven- 
 ient buildings for the carrying on of the agricul- 
 tural work. an(l the storing of the iiroducts which 
 
 the acres yield. The dwelling is a comfortable and 
 sullieientlj- commodious one, and is (iresided over 
 bj' a lady of intelligence, amiability, and pleasing 
 manners. 
 
 Oliver Hanchett and his wife, Jerusha Jewell, 
 were born in Sharon, Conn., and began their wed- 
 ded life in their native .State, whence they subse- 
 quently removed to Western New York, settling in 
 Livingston C'ounty in an early period of its histor)-. 
 Theie the mother breathed her last on the Fourth 
 of July, 1803. and the father on March 7, 1872. 
 The thoughtfulness and interest in the pleasure of 
 others, which were (irominent characteristics of the 
 maternal character, were shown clearly at the time 
 of her death. Iler son. our subject, was at that 
 time keeping an hotel at which there was to be a 
 l)arty on the evening of the National lioliday. Al- 
 though his mother knew that she was near her end, 
 she desired the entertainment to proceed, as man}' 
 would be disappointed were it abandoned. In con- 
 sonance with lier wishes the hotel was thrown open 
 to the anticipated guests, although the host was ab- 
 sent, his own place being by the beside of his dying 
 mother. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch, 
 was the seventh in a family of nine children, and 
 was born in Livonia, Livingston County, N. Y., 
 August 11, 1829. He grow to manhood in his n.i- 
 tive town, remaining on his father's farm until he 
 was sixteen years old, when he entered a general 
 store as a clerk, retaining his position there for nine 
 years. He then took an interest in the establish- 
 ment, but four years later sold it and engaged in 
 the sale of agricultural implements, continuing in 
 this line of business two 3'ears. He theu purchased 
 the hotel of his native place, located at Hemlock 
 Lake, and known as the Metropolitan Hotel, and 
 for six years carried on the business of hotel keep- 
 ing there. 
 
 Mr. TLinehett, after the period mentioned, sold 
 his establishment at Livonia, and purchased an 
 hotel at Rochester, and there also his urbane and 
 cordial manners, his desire for the comfort of his 
 guests, and his careful oversight over the establish- 
 ment, made him a popular host during the ^-ear in 
 which he remained in that city, and at the expira- 
 tion of which he disiiosed of the hotel, and came to 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Michigan. Since his settlement in this coiint}% he 
 has been engaged in farming, with the exception of 
 three j'ears, during which he traveled in the inter- 
 est of the Jackson Corset Company. 
 
 On New Year's day, 1855, an interesting cere- 
 mony was performed in Livonia, N. Y., which 
 united the lives and fortunes of Derastus Hanohett 
 and Caroline Short. Tlie bride was born in the 
 town in which their marriage took place, and is a 
 daughter of Philip and Almira Short, both of whom 
 died in that place, the father on March 11, 1855, 
 and the mother on July 13, 1869. Mrs. Hanchett 
 has shown her capability as the ui.anager of the do- 
 mestic department of her own home, and of the 
 hotel in which she ably assisted her husband. Slie 
 has borne four children, of whom Charles W. and 
 Harry, the second and fourth on the family roll, 
 still remain with their parents; George M., the first- 
 born, is cpshier of the Lee County Savings Bank, 
 of Ft. Madison, Iowa; and Blanche is teaching in the 
 primary department of the High School of Jack- 
 son. 
 
 Mr. Hanchett is a believer in, and .supporter of 
 the principles of the Democratic i)artj% and takes 
 quite an active part in the political affairs of the 
 neighborhood. It is needless to say tiiat the esti- 
 mate of his acquaintances regarding him is a favor- 
 able one, and that his wife shares in their esteem. 
 
 \i/OHN TODD. A biographical competidinm 
 of Jackson Counly would be incomplete 
 ^_ without mention of the above-named, who 
 (l^y/ with his estimable wife shared the struggles, 
 discouragements and difficulties of the pioneers. 
 They came here during the '30s, spent three months 
 in Spring Arbor Township, and then took up a 
 tract of Government land in Leoni Township, upon 
 which they spent a number of years, toiling on 
 with unremitting industi)- under circumstances 
 which grew more and more favorable as years 
 rolled on, but which for some time were rude and 
 primitive. The facilities for travel and conveyance 
 of various stores and supplies were so limited, that 
 eren those who had means sufficient to enable them 
 
 to live in a high degree of comfort in an older 
 countr\-, were obliged to submit to man}^ incon- 
 veniences and to deprive themselves of many 
 comforts on the frontier. The first homes of our 
 pioneer settlers were rude!}' constructed, household 
 utensils were few, and the work carried on by a 
 fire-jjlace, while much arduous toil was necessary to 
 clear the land and prepare it for cultivation. To 
 those who cheerfully endured these trials, the later 
 settlers owe the more easeful manner of life through- 
 out all of our agricultural districts. 
 
 The late John Todd was born in Rodman, Jef- 
 ferson County, N. Y., June 22, 1810, and reared 
 to manhood in the place of his nativity. There 
 on April 20, 1835, he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Nancy Merwin, a native of Pincknej', Lewis 
 County, whose natal day was August 26, 1814. 
 The newly wedded couple located in Rodman, re- 
 maining there until May, 1837, when they became 
 citizens of jNIichigan. On the land which thej' ob- 
 tained in Leoni Township, the}' lived and labored 
 until early in the '60s, reclaiming it from its primi- 
 tive condition to one of fine cultivation, marked 
 improvement and productiveness. Upon leaving 
 it they removed to Blackman Township, settling on 
 section 36, where the family has since lived and 
 where Mr. Todd died December 25, 1887, and lies 
 buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson. 
 
 In the death of Mr. Todd the neighborhood lost, 
 not simply a good farmer, but a citizen who had 
 been interested in educational affairs, and in other 
 matters that would advance the welfare of the 
 township. He was honorable and kindly in his 
 relations with his fellowmen, while ui the home he 
 manifested an affectionate regard for his companion 
 and their progeny, leaving a memory which is ever 
 held in loving lemembrance by his family. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Todd eight children were born, 
 of whom we note the following: Betsey 8. is the 
 wife of Morgan D. Packard of Blackman Township, 
 this county; Morris E. died in 1866, at the age of 
 twenty-seven j'ears ; Merwin died in infancy ; Rosetta 
 M. was formerly engaged in school teaching and 
 in the prosecution of her professional labors ex- 
 hibited rare tact, discretion and ability as an in- 
 structor; Julia died when sixteen months old; 
 Alonzo M. and Ornaldo S. are classed among thf) 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 737 
 
 cntprpiising find inosrcssivc farmers of Lconi 
 Townsliip; Flora ('. is the wife of Cliailes F. Mills 
 of Dallas, Tex. Mis. Todd lias six grand children 
 and two lireat-grandeliildren and one great-great- 
 urandcliild. the iallei- bcinji- named Flossie Cran- 
 dall, and liviny; in Ivochester, N. Y. .Since the 
 deaiii of Mr. Todd the farm, whieli consists of 
 eiLfhty broad and fertile acres, has been carried on 
 nnder the oversight of Miss Rosetta M. Todd, who 
 displays a high degre of bnsiness ability and a ca- 
 pacity for affairs. Although quite advanced in 
 years Mrs. Todd, keeping well informed regarding 
 tlie advancement of the vorld, is. with her chil- 
 dren, of advanced and progressive ideas and of a 
 liberal spirit, and to her careful training and tenor 
 of mind the yminger members of the family owe 
 their own desire to keep fiillv abreast of the times. 
 In the summer of l.s.'SS Mrs. Todd tauglit a sub 
 scription scliool in her own house, it being tiio first 
 school ever taught in what is now known as the 
 Round Top District. She had taught lititli before 
 and after her marriage in the Empire State. 
 
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 j^, ROF. ALBP:RT II. STILWKLL. Principal 
 
 of the Spring .Vrlior Seminary, is a liighly 
 educated and polished gentleman, holding 
 the degree of A. li. and A. M. He is a 
 superior classical scholar, and through his volumin- 
 ous and vvell appointed iibiary, keeps abreast of 
 the leading topics of the day and in connection 
 with tills finds his chief recreation. C^uiet and un- 
 assuming in his manners, he possesses the air of 
 birth and lireeding which at once singles him out 
 as a man of more than ordinary ability and one 
 well suited to the position he occupies. 
 
 Prof. Stilwell was born in Binghamton, N. Y., 
 April 8, 185;'), and in his native town he attended 
 first the citj schools, next the High School and at 
 the age of fifteen years entered Chili .Seminar}' in 
 the village of North Chili. Monroe County, where 
 he took the classical course of four years. He w:is 
 graduated in 1874. The next four years were spent 
 in Rochester Iniversity, and he was graduated 
 from the classical course in that institution in 187S 
 
 with the degree of A. B. In the fall of 1878 he 
 commenced his career as Principal of Chili .Semin- 
 ary, where he remained three 3'ears. He then 
 joined the Susipiehanna Conference of the Free 
 Methodist Church. For two 3ears he was ou the 
 North Cohocton Circuit in Steuben County, N. Y. 
 He was called to Spring Arbor in the fall of 1883, 
 and resigned his ministerial labors to accept the 
 principalship of the Spring Arbor Seminary. This 
 institution was established by the Free Methodists 
 in 187:2. and is supported b}' the conferences in 
 Michigan, Ohio and Canada. Its importance and 
 influence is gradually increasing and it now has an 
 attendance of one hundred and twenty -eight stu- 
 dents annually. The school occupies two buildings 
 and gives employment to six teachers, including 
 the Principal. The aim is to educate the scholars 
 both intcllcctu.Mlly and spiritually. It is the leading 
 education.'il institution of Spring Arbor Township. 
 
 After his removal to .Spring Arbor, I'rof. .Stil- 
 well was married, August 10, 188.'), to Miss Mary 
 L., daughter of the l{ev. A. 1>. Matthewson. Mr. 
 Mattliowson was a native of A voca, Steuben County, 
 N. Y.. and is a son of Joseph Matthewson, one of 
 its earliest pioneers, who had emigrated thither from 
 his native State of Rhode Island and died there. 
 He traced his ancestry to Scotland. Mrs. Stihvell's 
 father was a well educated man and engaged as a 
 teacher up to 1857. He soon entered the ministry, 
 becoming a member of the Genesee Conference of 
 the Free Methodist Church with which he was associ- 
 ated twenty ^ears. Ho was then transferred to the 
 Michigan Conference of the same church and was 
 located at Cold "Water, Spring Arbor and Detroit 
 successively. He is now preaching at Milan, Wash- 
 tenaw County. lie is a strong temperance advo- 
 cate and closely allied with the Prohibition party. 
 He owns a farm in Concord Township, which is the 
 source of a good income. 
 
 The mother of iMrs. Stilwell bore the maiden 
 name of Maria H. Seward: she was born in Fiank- 
 linviiU. Cattaraugus County, N. Y., and was the 
 daughter of .lames .Seward, a native of Otsego 
 Count}', N. Y. The latter spent his last years in 
 Cattaraugus County. Mrs. Matthewson died in 
 Spring Arbor November 7. 1889. The family circle 
 includccl ^evi'ii iliildrcii. viz.: .1. Seward, a resident 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 of Buckley. Wash; Mary L., :\Irs. Stilwell; Avis, 
 the wife of Claris Wildey; AVesle}' F., AniiE. and 
 Clarissa Z., all of whom are residents of Sprng Ar- 
 bor, and John C. who died in infaney. 
 
 Mrs. Stilwell was born at Franklinville, N.Y.,Jiine 
 14, 1862, and at the ag-e of eighteen years entered 
 Chili Seminary, where she studied for^a time and 
 after another course in .'''jiring Arbor Semiiiar3' was 
 graduated therefrom in 1882. She was subsequently 
 eniijlo3'ed as a teacher for seven terms. Of her 
 union with our subject there has been born one 
 child, a son, Edward M., September 9, 188G. 
 
 Prof. Stilwell has always taken a deep interest in 
 the temperance movement and is a decided Prohi- 
 tionist. He is at present Chairman of the Town- 
 ship Committee and has been Secretary of the 
 County Central Committee; lie is frequently sent 
 as a delegate to the county conventions, and upon 
 three occasions was appointed a delegate to the 
 State convention. He was likewise an alternate 
 delegate to the National Convention in 1888. In 
 1889 he received the degree of A. M. from Roch- 
 ester University. The little family occupy a snug 
 home in the central part of the village and enjoy 
 the friendship and association of its most cultured 
 people. 
 
 The father of our subject is William H. Stilwell 
 who was born March 4. 1822, in Pleasant \'al- 
 ley, Dutchess County, N. Y. The paternal grand- 
 father, Daniel Stilwell, likewise anativeof Dutchess 
 County, there s|)ent his entire life. William H. 
 Stilwell was a well educated man and followed the 
 [jrofession of a teacher during his early manhood. 
 Later he was engaged as a builder and contractor. 
 Among other important buildings he superintended 
 the erection of the Binghamton High School and 
 the Opera House at Wdkesoarre, Pa. He is still 
 living and a resident of Binghamton, where he has 
 invested his money in manufacturing. In 1874 he 
 engaged in the manufacture of velocipedes, baby 
 carriages and similar vehicles. He is a practical 
 mechanic, which, together with his skill and good 
 understanding of his business, has resulted in the 
 accumulation of considerable property. He was at 
 one time a member of the City Council and Presi- 
 dent of the Board of Alderman. From him his 
 son, our subject, imbibed his strong prohibition 
 
 tendencies,[as William II. Stilwell utterly discoun- 
 tenances the manufacture and sale of ardent spirits. 
 He has been a strong man in the party politics of 
 his locality and is frequently sent as a delegate to 
 the State and National Conventions. His religious 
 views coincide with the doctrines of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, in which he is one of the pillars 
 at Binghamton. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
 of Sarah M. Lawton. She is also a native of Dutch- 
 ess County, N. Y., and is a member of the Free 
 Methodist Church. Nine children were born to her 
 and her husband, five of whom are living, namely: 
 ;Maria, Mrs. W.H. Schenck; Lizzie, Mrs. R. E. Smith; 
 Albert H. our subject; Edward D., a manufacturer. 
 and Cordelia. Mrs.^F. E. Judd. All excepting the 
 Professor are residents of Binghamton, N. Y. 
 
 MLLARD R. BUSHNELL, who carries on 
 >A//' general farming, is pleasantly located on 
 ^v// section 29, in Henrietta Townshij), where 
 he operates one hundred and eighteen and one-half 
 acres of land, the greater portion of which is under 
 cultivation, and yields to his care and labor boun- 
 tiful harvests of tiie various cereals. He is also 
 interested in stock-raising, which he finds remuner- 
 ative, and accomplishes a great deal in the way of 
 creating in the minds of the people a desire to ad- 
 1 vance the grades of stock. 
 
 It is always interesting as well as inrportant in 
 considering the life of any man, to refer briefly to 
 his ancestral history-, and consider the environmenls 
 which have surrounded him from j'outli. On his 
 father's side, Mr. Bushnell is the grandson of Jo- 
 siah Bushnell, a native of Connecticut, and a cattle 
 dealer on an extensive scale. Years ago he came 
 into this State, purchasing cattle and driving them 
 to Albany, N. Y. Ho died in Ann Arbor, this 
 State. His wife, Sarali Bushnell, passed away in 
 Genesee County, N. Y., at the age of threescore 
 and ten j'ears. 
 
 The maternal grandfather of our subject is Wil- 
 lard Reed, a native of New York, and at present a 
 resident of this township. Our subject is a name- 
 

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PORTRAIT AM) r.Ior.RAPIlICAI. ALBUM. 
 
 tl 
 
 snUe of lliis gentleman, wlio enjoys tlie (li.-itiiulinn 
 of heini!: the oldest inbal)it;int of llie county, liav- 
 inii lived here longer llian otlier citizen. Me is 
 eigiil v-niiie j-ears old, but retains full possession of 
 liis faculties, and can narrate many interesting tales 
 of pioneer incidents as far hack as 1832, the date 
 of his arrival in Jackson County. 
 
 In the immediate fan.ily of our subject were 
 three children, namely: Amelia, wife of (ieorge 
 .Stanley, of Leslie. Ingham County, this .Slate: 
 our subject was the second; Prescott, the young- 
 est, is a citizen of Ingliam County, where he is 
 engaged in farming; a half brother, .Steadman 
 Busluiell. lives in New York. The fatiicr of these 
 children was Clinton Bushncll, wiio was born in 
 Genesee County. N. Y., where he passed his entire 
 life engaged in agricultural pursuits, and where he 
 died in 1878, .aged fifty-two years. His wife was 
 in youth ]\Iatilda Keed, but she died in early wo- 
 manhood, at the age of tiiirly-two 3ears. Our sub- 
 ject was thus when quite young deprived of a 
 motiier's care, she having been taken from the 
 home circle when he was a lad of fourteen years. 
 He was born in Genesee County, in the Empire 
 State, April 23, 184!), and received such educa- 
 tional advantages as were possible in those pioneer 
 times. 
 
 ^VI^en pvei)ared to establisii home ties of his own, 
 Mr. Bushnell was united in marriage, November 1 6, 
 1874, with Miss Jennie, the daughter of .Toiui D. 
 and Sarah (Howe) Mantel, natives of England and 
 Connecticut respectively'. Mr. M,antel came to this 
 countrj' when he was sixteen years of age, having 
 run awjiy from home. He came across the ocean 
 alone, and located in New York. He is now a resi- 
 dent of Henrietta Townshii); his wife died in 1888, 
 leaving three children: John II.. of Bedford, this 
 State; Sidney C, of Decatur, this State; and Mrs. 
 Bushnell. Those deceased are: Eliza, I.,ottie and 
 Francis. Air. and Mrs. Bushnell have one child, 
 a daughter — Matilda — who is at home. 
 
 !Mr. Bushnell, in political matters, votes the 
 straight Democratic ticket, and is at present serving 
 as Treasurer of Henrietta Township; besides this 
 he has held several other minor offices. He is a 
 member of the order of Patrons of Industry. By 
 his u|)riglit characiir and Imuorable conduct he 
 
 has endeared Iiiraself to the citizens of the town- 
 ship, and is eminently worthy of representation in 
 a volume designed to i)erpetuate the names and 
 histories of prominent citizens of Jackson County. 
 
 V,EV. JOHN GUNDERMAN, the able and 
 popular minister of the Baptist Church at 
 iV\V, Rives Junction, entered upon his ministe- 
 )^' rial labors early in life and for many years 
 has devoted himself to the iNIaster's work. Al- 
 though now seventy-two years of age, he continues 
 in possession of all his f.aculties, excepting that his 
 eyes were injured while serving in the army. 
 From a ripe and varied experience he can relate 
 many an incident both instructive and interesting 
 for the benefit of the rising generations. He was 
 born March 8, 1818, in Sussex County, N. J., and 
 after completing the rudiments of his early educa- 
 tion studied theology in New York City, under 
 the Rev. W. II. .Spencer. He was given a license 
 to preach in 1847, although he had prior to this 
 preached some years in a mining district in New 
 York .State, where there never had been a school- 
 house or a church. At the same time he was cn- 
 g.iged as overseer of an iron mine, while he attended 
 a private school at night and applied himself closely 
 to his studies during his leisure moments. Here he 
 began preaching, and assisted the Methodists in the 
 erection of a neat and substantial church liuilding, 
 although being himself of the Baptist persuasion. 
 
 Mr. Gunderman was first married in Hamburg. 
 N. J., in 18.'3&, to Miss Eliza, daughter of John and 
 Sarah (Rolarson) Decker, and who like her husband 
 was a niitive of Sussex County, N. J. In the spring 
 of 1848 they came to Clinton Count}', this State, 
 settling at DeWitt where Mr. (iunderman took 
 charge of a church, and in 1850 he was ordained. 
 He preached in DeWitt eight 3'ears and in the 
 meantime put up the present church building. He 
 also taught school part of the time and under his 
 ministration the membership was increased from 
 about fourteen to one hundred members. 
 
 In 18r)6 Mr. Gunderman removed to St. John, 
 the same county, where he organized a Baptist so- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ciety !Uid put up a frame church upon which build- 
 ing lie liimself worked one hundred and twenty 
 days. This was in tbo fall of 1857 and the forest 
 trees were removed to make place for the edifice. 
 He preached there until August, 1862, and then the 
 Civil AVar being in progress felt that his duty lay 
 elsewhere. He accordingly' enlisted in the Fifth 
 Michigan Cavalry and participated in many of the 
 important battles which foUovved, including Get- 
 tysburg, Winchester, the Wilderness, wliere they 
 were engaged in fighting seven days. Cedar Creek 
 and Port Royal. He had assisted in making np hi.s 
 company, enlisting eighty-four men in five days, 
 of which he was appointed Second Lieutenant. 
 Later he served as Captain but finally was appointed 
 Chaplain of the regiment October 9, 1863, in which 
 capacity he acted until the close of the war. He was 
 at Five P^orks when they flanked Gen. Lee and wit- 
 nessed the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court 
 House. Later he accompanied the regiment to 
 Washington and was present at the Grand Review. 
 Mr. Gunderman has a fine gold watch which was 
 presented to him by his company, the inner case of 
 which bears the following inscription: "Rev. John 
 Gunderman, presented by the Fifth Michigan 
 Cavalr}', July ;3,- 1865." A sword was also pre- 
 sented him by his company before going into the 
 field. 
 
 After the close of the war Mr. (Tundernian re- 
 turned to his ministerial duties in DeVVitt where he 
 labored two j'ears. After that he preached two 
 years in Ingham County and then went from there 
 to Merrick County, Neb. In the latter he assisted in 
 organizing a church during the early part of 1872, 
 this being at what was then called Lone Tree, but 
 is now Central City. They commenced with a, 
 membership of nine, including Mr. Gunderman, his 
 wife arid daughter. In the fall of 1872 they put np 
 a church building, the first in the place, and when 
 Mr. Gunderman left the place there was a thriving 
 membership of one hundred. 
 
 Returning then to Michigan, he assumed charge 
 of the Baptist Church at Rives Junction, in No- 
 vember, 1880. which has since been the field of his i 
 labors. lie found a resident membership of thirty, ' 
 which through his faithful efforts has been increased 
 to eighty-seven. He is the first pastor since the 
 
 building of the present fine edifice, which was com- 
 pleted just before his arrival. This society was 
 organized in 18.37. Mr. Gunderman is the father 
 of nine children, si.\; of wliom are still living, all 
 married and settled in comfortable homes. His 
 present wife, with whom he was united in marriage 
 November 30, 1870, was Miss Aravilla, daughter 
 of George and Cynthia (Hathaway) Taylor, who was 
 a native of New York State and born December 17, 
 1840. During all the labors of Mr. Gunderman 
 for the past twenty years, he has been nobly 
 assisted by his wife, who has proved an efflcient 
 and tireless worker in the vineyard of the Master. 
 Her kind words and gracious manners have endeared 
 her to hosts of friends and her name is known for 
 many a mile on account of the sweetness of her dis- 
 position and tlie nobility of her character. 
 
 A lithograpliic portrait of Mr. Gunderman will 
 be found on another page of the Album. 
 
 <X\ )»)ALTER A. HIGGINS. One of the most 
 \/iJ/' ^^'^"t'f^'l farms in Jackson County, is that 
 V^vy owned and occupied by the gentleman 
 above named, and comprising one hundred and 
 fifty-three acres on section 21, Blacknian Townshiji. 
 He has lived on his present estate over twenty 
 years and in that time has brought it to a high de- 
 gree of perfection both as regards its cultivation 
 and the improvements with which it is adorned. 
 Among the latter iy a fine set of barns and a taste- 
 ful ilwelling whose external appearance but slightly 
 indicates the pleasantness of its interior appoint- 
 ments which are under the care of a model house- 
 keei)er. Mr. Higgins is a lover of fine horses, is 
 an extensive breeder of equines, and takes great in- 
 terest in everything peitaining to the improvement 
 and care of that stock. 
 
 Before outlining briefly the life of the gentleman 
 above named a few words regariiii'g his parents 
 will not be amiss. They wereJirah A. and Almira 
 (Syrnonds) Higgins, both natives of Connecticut, 
 who were married in Wyoming County, N. Y. and 
 settled in the town of Perry, where they lived 
 about two years. They then spent a short time in 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 7 43 
 
 Ohio aiiil rotuiiiiiig lo W Vdiniiit; CuiuiU :ig;iiii 
 made tlial their iionip. rciiKiving thence in 1844 
 and tui<ing up tiieir residence in Brooklyn, this 
 count}'. Since tliat time liie}- have spent nine 
 years in Lenawee County and two in Indiana, the 
 remainder of the tiinc from their emigration to this 
 State has been .';pent in tliis county. The mother 
 is still living, but the father died in Jackson in 
 April. 1H78. 
 
 Walter Higgins vv.ms born in Conneaut. Ohio. 
 September 11, IH.'Jo, and came to Michigan when 
 about nine years old, growing to manhood in this 
 county, where he spent the greater number of his 
 years since boyhood. He was reared on a farm 
 and has always been engaged in the pursuit of agri- 
 cullure. He was with his parents two years in 
 Indiana and about nine years in Lenawee County, 
 this State, close to the Jackson County line, anri in 
 that county. March 18, 1863, he became the hus- 
 band of Miss Maltie A. Bates. After his marriage 
 he continued to live with his father some seven 
 yenrs. subsequently settling on the Alonzo ]}ennett 
 farm, west of Jackson, and four years later locating 
 on tlie section where he now lives. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Higgins. the late Joseph and 
 Maiv A. (Katon) Bates, were natives of New York, 
 in wliicli Stale they vveie married and began their 
 wetlded life, and in which Mr. Bates died. The 
 widow afterward came to .Michigan, her removal 
 being made about the year 1857. and her choice of 
 a location being Jackson County. She died near 
 Brooklyn in 18Gil, having leared six children, of 
 wliom Mrs. Higgins is the fourth. This lady was 
 born near Syracuse. N. Y., March "i.'?, 1842, being 
 about fifteen years old when she came with her 
 motiier to Michigan, where she grew to womanhood. 
 She possesses intelligence of a high order, noble 
 traits of character and an open-hearted spirit, and 
 altogetlier is one of those fine types of womanhood 
 "born to warn, to comfort, to command," who are 
 all too few in this world of ours, but who, once 
 seen, are ever remembered as examples of what 
 human nature is capable of. To Mr. and Mrs. 
 Higgins two children have been born: Metta C, 
 and Harry A; tiie daughter is the wife of John S. 
 Ilutcliinson of Jackson. 
 
 Mr. Higgins is a I)i him. rnt of the stanchcst sort. 
 
 inteiested in tlie welfai" and progress of his part}', 
 although not personally an ollice seeker. He takes 
 great interest in the schools and in other enter- 
 prises which conduce to the higher civilization and 
 welfaie of the community. He is hosiiitable and 
 whole-souled, and his success in life has been such 
 that he is enabled to gratify his tastes, while the 
 housewifely skill of his wife gives him no fear 
 should an unexpected guest cross the threshold. 
 The affairs of the home are so well conducted as to 
 afford pleasure to all who enter there, displaying as 
 it docs the taste of a cukured woman whose ready 
 wit and bright intelligence arc prime factors in the 
 entertainment of guests. 
 
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 HARLKS B. WOOD, Attorney-at-Law, Jack- 
 j, son. The son of a man who for a number 
 of years has held a prominent position in 
 the legal circles of this city, the recipient of a line 
 education, and with a liias of mind clearly inher- 
 ited, it is not strange that the gentleman above- 
 named should have devoted himself to the study 
 of the law and should have won an excellent repu- 
 tation for his knowledge of legal lore, the under- 
 lying principles of justice and equity, and for bis 
 skill in the management of cases submitted to him. 
 He was born in Seneca County, N. Y., in the city 
 of AVaterloo, October 14, 183!), and is the oldest 
 of three children born to his parents. Jn 1844 he 
 accompanied them to Michigan, pnssing his earlj' 
 school days in the city of Jackson, and being pre- 
 pared for college under Prof. Esterbrook. 
 
 In 1857 young Wood entered the ^Michigan 
 University from which he was graduated in 18()2, 
 subsequently beginning the study of law and being 
 admitted to the bar in 1864. Not man}- months 
 after he entered the arm}' and was appointed (Quar- 
 termaster of the Fourth Michigan Infaniry, reor- 
 ganized under Col. J. \V. Hall. His commission w.os 
 received about the 1st of February, 1865, and he 
 was ordered to report without delay to the regiment 
 which then lay at Decatur, Ala. As the rebels had 
 cut and were controlling the r.-.ilroad leading to 
 that place, he was unable to rcacli the regiment and 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 afterward joined them al Nashville, Tenn. The 
 regiment became a part of the Third Brigade, 
 Tliird Division, Fourth Corps, and June 14, 1865, 
 tlic entire corps was ordered to Texas to establish 
 Federal authority and enforce the Emancipation 
 I'roclaniation vvliicli up to that time had not been 
 regarded by the people of the Lone Star State. 
 
 Reaching the city of New Orleans by the Ten- 
 nessee, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, about the 1st 
 of July, they embarked for Indianola, Tex., where 
 they arrived about the lllh. From there the 
 Third Division, under command of Gen. Thomas 
 Wood, went to Green Lake where the^- remained 
 in camp two montiis. On the 1 1th of September 
 they left for San Antonio, one hundi-ed and fifty 
 miles distant, which they reached the last of the 
 month. The}' remained in camp upon a small 
 stream about six miles from the city, when Gen. 
 Beatty, who had been commander of the Third 
 Brigade, was relieved, Gen. J. W. Hall taking his 
 l)lace. Mr. Wood was then made Chief of Staff 
 and held that position until the brigade was ordered 
 to San Antonio to do military service there. 
 
 In the month of January I8G6, Mr. Wood was 
 appointed Assistant Provost Marshal of San An- 
 tonio under Col. John Atkinson, and the latter 
 soon afterward being made Judge Ad vocate-Gen- 
 ?ral on Gen. Custer's staff, our subject assumed the 
 duties of Provost-Marshal of the cit3'. He was 
 also ex-oflicio Agent of the Freedmans' Bureau for 
 the sub district of Texas, then comprising about 
 one- quarter of the State. He held this position 
 about four months, holding the only court that 
 was held in that city during that time and while in 
 that position adjudicating all matters of difference 
 between white and colored persons. At the expira- 
 tion of that time, the Texans having elected their 
 judges and got their judicial machinery in motion, 
 he turned over the effects of his office to Gen. 
 Mizner. 
 
 The regiment was shortly thereafter ordered to 
 Austin where the}- remained two months, thence 
 being ordered to Jlouston where they were mus- 
 tered out; they were then ordered to Detroit, Mich., 
 where about the 28th of June. 1866, they were 
 discharged. During this time Mr. Wood had 
 served as Advocate-General upon two Court-Mar- 
 
 tials and was also a member of several Boards of 
 Surve\' to condemn Government stores that had 
 become unfit for use. 
 
 After his return to the walks of civil life Jlr. 
 Wood resumed the practice of liis [irofession in 
 which he has continued to the present time. From 
 1867 to 1869 he was associated in the practice of 
 law with Fred K. Nins, at Muskegon, Mich., and 
 from 1869 to 1873 with James A. Sweezey, of Hast- 
 ings, Mich. In June 1873 he accepted the appoint- 
 ment as Attorney of the Hall A'alley Silver Lead 
 Mining and Smelting Company, an Englisii corpo- 
 ration organized in London, England, and at that 
 time the largest mining company in Colorado, with 
 lieadquarters at Hall Valle}', Park County, Col. 
 W^hile there he .assisted in the organization of the 
 Revenue Mineral Company, (Limited) of London, 
 England. Since- July of tlie >-ear 1875 he has 
 been in partnersiii|) with his father, the Hon. James 
 C. Wood. He is a member of Edward Pomero}- 
 Post, No. 18, G. A. R. He is married and has 
 two sons, Ralph .1. and J. C. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write is tlie oldest 
 son of the Hon. J. C. Wood and Mary E. Beers. 
 The father was born at Decatur, Otsego County, 
 N. Y., October 31, 1813, of American parentage 
 and of English and Scotch ancestry. He is a son 
 of Hihnan Ashley and Elizabeth (Waters) Wood, 
 the former of whom died when he was six years 
 old. Tiie mother of our subject was born in Ithica, 
 N. Y.; she died in Jackson, Mich., March 9, 1860, 
 leaving three children, one of whom, Frank N. is one 
 of the editors and proprietors of the Kansas City 
 Journal. The sister Mary married Gen. J. W, 
 Hall ; she is now deceased. A more extended notice 
 of the parents will be found on anotlier page under 
 the iieading of the Hon. J. C. Wood. 
 
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 (^^LYSSES T. FOSTER, who since 1846 has 
 ill I held the position of foreman of the wagon 
 '^i^*!), shop in the penitentiary at Jackson, is re- 
 garded b}' his fellow-men as a man of upright char- 
 acter, intelligent mind, and useful life. He has not 
 only carried on his own employment as a thorough 
 
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 workman slioiild, but hns liocii iuU-rcslt^il as his 
 time and means would permit, in tlie advancement 
 of the interests of the community at large, in de- 
 veloping good citizenship, and in adding to the 
 moral standard of the place. Hi.s estimable wife, 
 who. like himself, is a meml)or of the Congrega- 
 tional Church, shares witli him the esteem of those 
 by whom both are so well-known. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was Lem- 
 uel Foster, the youngest of fourteen sons, and a 
 native of Dudley, Worcester County, Mass. The 
 members of his family served an aggregate of eight}'- 
 seven j'ears and seven months in the Revolutionary 
 AVar, and one of them lost his life on the retreat 
 from Long Island. Lemuel Foster was reared and 
 married in his native State, was self-educated, and 
 became a successful surveyor, removing from Massa- 
 chusetts to New York in 1807, and locating in Gen- 
 esee Countj', as a pioneer of the town of Elba. He 
 bought a tract of timber land, built a log house, 
 into which the family moved, and made that place 
 his home until his death in 1824, wlien he was sixty- 
 two 3'ears old. He superintended the clearing of 
 the land and improving of the estate, while continu- 
 ing his work as a surveyor, platting Black Rock, 
 Lewiston, and a part of Buffalo, and surveying and 
 mapping Alleghany and Steuben Counties for Joe 
 Ellicot, wlio bought large tracts from the Holland 
 Land Comi)any. The wife of Lemuel Foster, in 
 her maidenhood Miss Dolly Davis, was a native of 
 the old Bay State, and spent her last years at tiie 
 home of a daughter in Ann Arbor, Mich. 
 
 To the couple above mentioned, twelve ciiildren 
 were born, one of whom was named for his father, 
 and became the father of tiie subject of this sketch. 
 
 The birth of Lemuel Foster, Jr., took place in 
 Leyden. Mass., and he was fourteen years old when 
 with his older l)rotlier he joined his father in Gene- 
 see County. N. Y., and assisted him in preparing a 
 home to which the remainder of the family came 
 during the same year. The journey of the young 
 lads was performed on foot, the modern methods 
 of travel being unknown at that time, and the 
 routes being often impassable for veiiicles. Hav- 
 ing remained with his parents until he hat' reached 
 man's estate, the father of our subject went to Ni- 
 agara Count}', bought a tract of timber land at 
 
 Ro3'alton. anu ..,u>. v,-,,,.ii^ .1 leu .-i^-rcs, reliu-ned 
 to the i)arental estate and located on a part of tlie 
 home farm. There lie remained, engaged in farm- 
 ing until 1825. wiien he spent a year in Orleans 
 Count}', whence he went to Royalton, buying a 
 farm adjoining the tract he had at first purchased, 
 and taking up his abode there. In 1836 he re- 
 moved to the Territory of Michigan, bought a 
 tract of land in Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw 
 County, and remained there during the remninder 
 of his life, breathing liis last in 1872. 
 
 The mother of our sultjcct was in her maiden- 
 hood Miss Abi Fenn. She w.ns a n.ative of Corn- 
 wall, Conn, and a daughter of Titus Fenn, a farmer 
 who removed from Connecticut to Niagara County, 
 X. Y., being a pioneer ther^. Mrs. Foster died on 
 the home farm at Ann .\rbor, Mich., in 1853. She 
 had borne six children — Gustavus L., V. T.. our 
 subject; Perlina A.. Julius A., Isaac N. S.. and 
 Jones L. 
 
 Ulysses T. Foster was born in Elba, Genesee 
 County. N. Y., October 6. 1819, and attended the 
 schools of his native place until the removal of the 
 famil\- to Michigan, which occurring when he was 
 seventeen years old, is well remembered by him. The 
 journey was made on the Erie Canal and the Great 
 Lakes to Detroit, which was then a small place, and 
 whence the}' went on their way with teams. There 
 «as quite a nice village at Ann Arbor, but the 
 country was sparsely settled, and deer, wolves, and 
 other wild game was plentiful for some time after 
 their arrival there. The young man assisted his 
 father in clearing the farm, and remained under the 
 parental roof-tree until he had reachsd man's estate 
 after which for a lime he was emploj'ed in a flour 
 mill. He then returned to the farm, whence in 
 1842 he went back to his native State, working at 
 the carpenter's and joiner's trade in Lockport. for 
 some four years, after which he came to Jackson 
 and entered the employ of J. ]■]. Bcebe, in the 
 wagon sho)! of the |5enitentiarv. where he has since 
 been engaged. 
 
 The estimal)le lady who since September, 1818. 
 has shared the fortunes of Mr. Foster, was born in 
 Whitesboro, Oneida Counl}\ N. Y.. and bore the 
 maiden name of Helen Tibbils. Her father, Will- 
 iam K. 'I'iljbits. was born in Oriskanv, N. Y.. was 
 
746 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 tlie son of a farmer, who is siH)pose(l to liavc been 
 a native of that place where his hist years were 
 spent, and where the father of Mrs. Foster was 
 reared and learned his trade of a shoemaker. He 
 worked at his trtide in Whitesboro, until 1852, 
 when he bonghta farm at Oneida, 111., upon which 
 he resided some years, thence removing to Gales- 
 burg, and living there retired from active pursuits 
 until 1885, when his eyes were closed in death. His 
 wife was Susan Doolittle, a native of Whitesboro, 
 N. Y., to which place her father, George Doolittle, 
 had removed from Connecticut at an early day, and 
 where he died in 1824. There also Mrs. Tibbits 
 breathed her last, the date of her demise being 
 1844. 
 
 -i^mi' 
 
 ^.. LMON PATTERSON. This gentleman 
 
 Mjj l may well be considered an "old-timer" of 
 
 'in* .Tackson, of which place he has been a resi- 
 III 
 p dent for nearly half a century, and in 
 
 whose business enterprises he has borne quite a 
 
 prominent part as a dealer in real estate, as the 
 
 builder of dwellings and business houses, and in 
 
 other financial enteri)rises. 
 
 The family of which our subject is so worthy a 
 descendant was for several generations resident in 
 Connecticut, where the grandfather, Sherman Pat- 
 terson, was born in 1752, where he was reared and 
 married, and whence he removed to Oneida 
 County. X. Y., about the beginning of the present 
 century. There he bought a tract of timber land 
 where he spent the remainder of his life, passing 
 away at the advanced age of ninety-three years. 
 He served his country during the Revolutionary 
 War. His wife, whose maiden name was Hulda 
 Beech, was born in Connecticut in 1759, and in 
 that State her son .losiah opened his eyes to the 
 light February 15, 1782. 
 
 Josiah Patterson was a young man when his pa- 
 rents removed to the Empire State, and after his 
 marriage purchased a small tract of land in West- 
 moreland Township, Oneida County, upon which he 
 built a log house 16x16 feet, in which the subject 
 of tliis sketch was born January 7, 1812. Selling 
 this property in 182G, ^Ir. Patterson removed to 
 
 Genesee County, performing the journey on the 
 canal and buying a tract of land from tlie Holland 
 Company upon which he engaged in farming. He 
 cleared a large estate eight miles north of Batavia, 
 adding to his original purchase two adjoining 
 farms, and resided there until after the death of his 
 wife when lie went to live with his children, dying 
 at the home of his daughter in Eagle Harbor, Or- 
 leans Count}', January 8. 1868. 
 
 The wife of Josiah Patterson and the mother of 
 our subject, bore the maiden name of Lucy Tur- 
 ner, and was born in Windham County, Conn. Her 
 father, Stephen Turner, was a native of the same 
 State, in which he resided during his entire life. 
 Misn Turner was educated for a teacher and while 
 engaged in the work of her profession in the Em- 
 pire State, made the acquaintance of the gentleman 
 to whom she was married, and over whose home 
 she ably presided for many years. 
 
 The gentleman whose name introduces this bio- 
 graphical notice attended the schools of Oneida 
 County, N. Y., which were taught in the log house, 
 heated by an immense fireplace and containing the 
 most primitive school furniture. After acquiring 
 a good fundamental education, at the age of six- 
 teen years he began clerking in a general store at 
 Elba, remaining there until July 1834, wiien he 
 changed his location to Batavia, at which ]ilaee he 
 continued in clerical employ five years. At the ex- 
 piration of that period of time he bought the Bata- 
 via flour-mill which he operated two years, after 
 which he sold and engaged in the hardware business 
 for an equal length of lime, when he disposed of 
 that business and came to Jackson, Mich., which 
 was at that time a village of about two thousand 
 inhabitants and within a few miles of which deer 
 and wild turkeys were abundant. Mr. Patterson 
 had been a silent partner in a drug store here for 
 some time prior to his arrival, and upon locating in 
 the village he took charge of the business which lie 
 carried on three or four years. Since that time he 
 has been engaged in various business enterprises, 
 among them being an extensive dealing in farms 
 and city real estate, anvi the improvement of con- 
 siderable city property. 
 
 Mr. Patterson has been twice married. The first 
 alliance was contracted in .lackson in 1810, his 
 
PORTRAIT AND lUOGRAl'HICAL ALBUM. 
 
 747 
 
 liriilo being Miss Caroline V'aug-lin, who was born 
 in New Salem, Mass.. aufl was the daugliter of 
 David C. and Rcljocca (Caiter) N'auglin. (see skcteli 
 of S. S. \'aiiglin on another page in this volume). 
 ."Mrs. Caroline Patterson departed Ibis life in 1849, 
 leaving one son. Charles .1., who died when twenty- 
 tlii-ee years old. 
 
 The second nianiage of Mr. Patterson took place 
 at .\nn Arb(«' in 1854, the bride being Miss Lydia 
 IJiirnetl, who was born in IMielps, Ontario County, 
 N. Y., in 1824. Her father, Chauncy Burnett, is a 
 native of the same .Stale, and there be was reared 
 and married. After taking a companion in life he 
 settled in Wayne County, renting the farm upon 
 wiiich the city of L}'ons was afteiward built. His 
 business was raising and distilling peppermint, in 
 the carrying on of which he employed a large force 
 of men. In 1852 he went South and was engaged 
 in business in Delaware, \'irginia. North Carolina 
 and Tennessee until .lune, 18G1, tlien he returned 
 to Lyons where be died in 1866. The maiden name 
 of his wife was Kniil^- Cobb. She also died in 
 Lyons, breathing her last in January, 1880. Their 
 daughter, now Mrs. Patterson, is a member of the 
 Episcopal Church and during her long Ufa lias en- 
 deavored to so spend her time tliat a retrospe. five 
 glance will find no cause for grief. Many friends 
 acknowledge her worth and a()preciate her good 
 (pialities. 
 
 Mr. Patterson has not only li.ad a prominent part 
 in the business transactions of the cit3', but has 
 manifested an interest in every enterprise which 
 promised to advance the prosperity and civilization 
 of the community, and is therefore regarded with 
 respect by his fellow-citizens for his public worth 
 as well as for his private character. 
 
 <j|=^RANCIS G. FIFIKLD, Deputy Warden 
 U±^< of the JHchigan State Prison and ex-Sheriff 
 /Iv of Jackson County, is a native of this 
 county, of which he is one of the best citizens, and 
 in which his father anil grandfather were pioneers. 
 His own knowledge extends over a considerable 
 number of years, in which the county and .State 
 were much less thickly popnlatetl than at [iresent, 
 
 and the memories of his boyhood include some of 
 what might be called pioneer reminisences. His 
 grandfather, Enoch Fifield, a native of New Eng- 
 land, is believed to iiave been liorn in Salisbury, 
 M.ass. He was a farniei'. and removed from the 
 old Bay State to New Hampshire, purchasing a 
 farm at Salisbury, upon which he resided many 
 j'ears. In 1830, he visited Michigan, and in coin- 
 l)any with Edward .^lorrell entered a section of 
 land in Jackson (Jounty, to which he removed his 
 family three }-ears later, and upon vvhicli he con- 
 tinued to reside until his death. His wife, in lier 
 girlhood Miss Abigail .Stevens, was born in Salis- 
 bury, Mass., and she also died on the home farm in 
 this conniy. 
 
 George W. Fifield, son of the worthy couple 
 above named, opened his eyes to the light in .Salis- 
 bury. N. II., September 7, 1810. and was reared in bis 
 native town, whence in 1830 he came to the Territory 
 of Michigan. There being no railroads, be and his 
 father started with teams from their Eastern home, 
 taking the canal from Troy to Buffalo, and thence 
 going by lake to Detroit, whence they proceeded 
 by teams to this county. After his father had en- 
 tered the land, George Fifield built a double log 
 house on tlu; pl.ace, and in company with his 
 brother Stephen set up a bachelor's hall therein. 
 Deer, wolves and other kinds of game were plenti- 
 ful throughout the region and Indians lingered 
 around for some years, while on the acres now occu- 
 pied by the flourishing city of Jackson, but two or 
 three buildings were to be seen. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Fifield built a frame house, 
 in which he resided until he removed to Hillodale 
 in order to give his children better educational ad- 
 vantages than could be had in the rural districts, 
 and whence he subsequently went to Jackson, where 
 he lived retired from active life until bis death. 
 May 29, 1888. His wife, formerly Miss Lucina 
 Lincoln, was born in Highgate, Franklin County, 
 Vt., and accompanied her parents to Michigan in 
 1837. She now occupies a ple.asant home in Jack- 
 son, and issi)ending her declining years surrounded 
 by her children and the man}' friends to whom her 
 noble character and useful life ha'"e endeared her. 
 She belongs to the Free Baptist Church, of which 
 her deceased husband was also a consistent member. 
 
748 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 During his early years of manhoort George 
 Fifield was a Democrat, but differing witli that 
 part}' on the question of slavery, took his stand 
 among the early Abolitionists, and upon the forma- 
 tion of the Repiililican party, entered its ranks, 
 where he remained until deatli. He is well remem- 
 bered in this vicinity as one of the best citizens of 
 the county, and one wlio combined in his person 
 tlie sturdy integrity, persevering industry and 
 kindh' nature, which made the frontiersman so 
 highly respected and esteemed. To him and such 
 as he, who took up tlieir residence in this vicinity 
 while the greater part of the State was still owned 
 by the Government, and who braved the dangers 
 and privations of life in an almost unbroken wil- 
 derness, enduring its arduous toils without com- 
 plaint, the present generation of its citizens owes 
 the high degree of civilization, the advantages for 
 culture, and the ease and prosperity which attend 
 them. 
 
 On his mother's side the subject of this sketch 
 traces his descent from Abialtiiar Lincoln, who is 
 believed to have been a native of JMassachusetts, 
 whence he went to Vermont, first locating in. Burl- 
 ington, and later buying a farm at Highgale, and 
 there continued his occupation of farming. .Some 
 years later he removed to New York, whence, about 
 the 3'ear 1835, he came to Michigan, making his 
 home with a daughter about three miles west of 
 Jackson. His wife, Mary Babbitt, also spent her 
 last years at the home of her daughter in this 
 county. To this couple while in Massachusetts a 
 son was bo'u, who was named for his father, Abi- 
 althar, and who was a young man when the family re- 
 moved to Vermont. There he married Louisa Castle, 
 a native of that State, and buying a tract of timber 
 land in Highgate, built a block house and at once 
 began to clear a farm from the primeval forest. In 
 1829, he sold his property there and removing to 
 Hamburg, Erie County, N. Y., bought a tract of 
 partly improved land from the Holland Purcliase 
 Company. Selling this in 1837, became to Michi- 
 gan, settling in what is now Blackman TownsLip, 
 Jackson County, where he remained a few years 
 ere removing to an improved farm in Waterloo 
 Townsiiip, where he continued to reside until De- 
 cember 27, 1853, when he breathed his last. His 
 
 wife had been called from time to eternity, August 
 •23, 1839. 
 
 The gentleman who is the subject of this bio- 
 graphical notice is tiie first born of his parents, 
 whose family also included Addie A., now the wife 
 of Arthur T. Morrow; Maria E., wife of William 
 D. Hitchcock; George M. and Emma L. Black- 
 man Township, Jackson County, wjis the birth- 
 place of Francis G. Fifield, and February 17, 1840, 
 his natal day. During his boyhood he attended 
 the district schools and assisted his father on the 
 farm, and after the removal of the family to Hills- 
 dale he attended the college there one year. In 
 1861 he returned to the home farm, and resuming 
 agricultural pursuits continued there until 1885, at 
 which time he took up his permanent abode in 
 Jackson. In 1863 he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Sarah Farrell, a lady of intelligence anc' esti- 
 mable character, who was born in Niagara County, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Mr. Fifield cast his first Presidential vote for 
 Abraham Lincoln, and has ever been a standi mem- 
 l)er of the Republican party. He represented 
 Blackman Township on the Count}' Board of 
 Supervisors four years, and in 1885 was elected 
 Sheriff, a position in' which he served two terms ; 
 .June 10, 1889, he was appointed to the position 
 which lie is now filling, that of Deputy Warden of 
 the State Prison, being believed to possess the higii 
 degree of moral courage which exerts a powerful 
 controlling influence and is as necessary to such a 
 position as the more common physical bravery. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Fifield are members of the First 
 Baptist Church and are both highly regarded by 
 those to whom they are known. 
 
 ^^^ HARLES P. HUNT, City Recorder, is one 
 (l( of those young men who are rapidl}' coming 
 
 ^^/ to the front in business and political circles, 
 possessing the intelligence, tact and "push" which 
 lead to prominence and influence. He comes hon- 
 estly by his predilection for the political arena, be- 
 longing, as he does, to a family which has held 
 honorable places and wielded much inlluence. His 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOORAl'IIICAL ALBUM. 
 
 751 
 
 unelc, rt'asliinglun IIuiil, defeiilud lluinlio Sey- 
 mour for the guberuatorial honors in New Vork, 
 and his father Horace limit, was formerly in tlio 
 Assembly in New York and lias been a .Iiistice of 
 the Peace in the city of .laeksou, nearly twenty 
 years. 
 
 The subject of this brief sketch is a native of 
 Livingston County', N. Y., his natal day having 
 been October 12, 1858, and his eyes opening to the 
 light in the town of Hunt's, which was named in 
 honor of his grandfather, Kanford [[unt His life 
 until his eleventh year was spent in the town of his 
 nativity, where he attended the public schools, and 
 his parents then removed to Michigan, settling in 
 Jackson, where they still live, both having reached 
 the age of seventy-seven years. After their re- 
 moval, young Hunt attended the union school, a^ 
 their home, and in 1 873, entered the grocery store of 
 Cobb & Kckler. in which he remained about seven 
 years. He then engaged in the grocery- business for 
 himself at No. 110, West Main Street, but in I88G, 
 sold out the establishment and engaged as a book- 
 keeper for P. B. Loomis & Co., bankers, with whom 
 he remained until his election to a public office 
 which required his time. 
 
 Mr. Hunt is an enthusiastic Democrat, and hav- 
 ing been nominated by the Democratic Convention 
 of 1887, for Alderman of the Fourth Ward which 
 usually gave a Hepublican majority (jf one hundred 
 and fifty votes, such w.as his personal popularity 
 that he was elected. After having remaineci in the 
 Council six months he was elected Recorder to fill 
 a vacancy caused by the resignation of his brother 
 from that position. In the spiingof 1889 he re- 
 ceived the Democratic nomination for the same 
 oHice, to which he was elected b^- a majority of 
 nine hundred and fifty-one, the largest ever given 
 a candidate in the city of J.ackson. 
 
 Recorder Hunt is as enthusiastic over the social 
 order to which !ie belongs, as in his political ideas. 
 He joined the Masonic fraternity in 1X79, first be- 
 coming a member of Michigan Lodge No. 50. and 
 in 1882 joined Jackson Chapter No. ."?, being made 
 High Priest of the same in December 1889, was 
 also elected Master of the Blue Ltulge in the same 
 month. He has advanced thrinigh all the degrees 
 until he has become a Knight Tem|)lar. In 1879, 
 
 I he also joined the Jac^ksuii (liiards. 1 he iijairi.ige 
 i of Mr. Hunt and Miss Sinclair was celebrated April 
 2(1, 1882. and has been blessed by the birth of two 
 children — Hor.ace Sinclair and Charles Sanford. 
 Mrs. Hunt is a lady whose virtues and graces of 
 mind and heart endear her to many friends, and 
 her husband is assured of her sympathy in all bis 
 aspirations. Both arc regarded with respect bj' all 
 with whom they come in contact. 
 
 ^.KORGE W. KKNNKDY. The Loan and 
 IiiPiirance business of Jackson recognizes a 
 il lively representative in the subject of this 
 notice, who has been a resident of the city for the 
 past twenty-live years and engaged in his present 
 calling for twenty j'ears. He commenced his bus- 
 iness career here as an agent for the sale of agri- 
 cultural implements and from a modest beginning 
 has arisen to a prominent position, socially and 
 financially. 
 
 A native of Pennsylvania, Jlr. Kenned^' was born 
 in Silver Lake Township, Susquehanna Count}', 
 February 22, 1820. and is the son of Frederick A. 
 and Margaret (Ti|)per)Kennedy, both of whom were 
 n.atives of England, and the former born in Brighton 
 in 1785. The mother was born in 1783 and they 
 were married in Marylebone Church, London, 
 in 1809. They emigrated to the rnited States in 
 1817, settling first in New York City and from 
 there in 1819 removed to Silver Lake Township, 
 Pa. The father was ■> cooper by trade and left Silver 
 Lake with his family in 1821, removing to Seneca 
 (bounty, N. Y.. where he sojourned ten 3'ears. In 
 1831 lie came to Michigan Territory and settled in 
 the woods of Macon Township, Lenawee County, 
 on a tr.ict of Governnu'iit land. 
 
 The i>.arents of our sulijoct commenced house- 
 keeping in the wilds of Michigan in a domicile 
 built of logs with :\ (piill hung over the doorway, 
 and endured all the hardships and privations inci- 
 dent to pioneer life. The father choiiped away 
 the forest and threshed his first crop of wheat with 
 oxen, on a floor of i)lank sixteen feet square. De- 
 troit and Monroe were the nearest markets and de- 
 
752 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 pots fur supplii's. :iii(l raili'.iails ucru int Ihoiinlit nt' 
 for many ^eais Lo coiue. Tlio Kennedy family 
 occupied the old farm until 1857, then the parents, 
 retiring from the active duties of life, removed to 
 the vicinity of Jackson where the father iiad pur- 
 chased ten acres of land. There they spent the 
 remainder of their days, the mother dying in 1869, 
 and the father in 1871. 
 
 Remaining under the parental roof-ti'ee. working 
 tlie farm on shares in the summer and teaching 
 school during the winter, until the spring of 18-19, 
 Mr. Kennedy, having been married, came to Han- 
 over Township, this county with his bride, and en- 
 gaged in farming. He purchased an old, worn-out 
 farm, nearly destitute of fences, and covered with 
 horse-sorrel,and on which was a log house. In this he 
 and his bride spent tlieir honeymoon and lived for 
 nine years. He commenced at first principles in the 
 building up of a homestead, and was verj- successful, 
 developing one of the finest farms in that region, 
 riiis he providetl with good buildings,erecting a fine 
 brick residence, with substantial barns and other 
 outbuildings, planting fruit and shade trees and 
 surrounding himself and family with all the con- 
 veniences and comforts of modern life. He was 
 one of the first men to purchase a reaper and mower, 
 and later added other improved machinery, includ- 
 ing a grain drill, wheat cultivator and other imple- 
 ments, to facilitate the cultivation of the soil and 
 the process of harvesting. He was the first man 
 to introduce the sowing of clover and plaster in 
 Hanover Township. 
 
 Selling this fine farm in 1864, Mr. Kennedy re- 
 moved to the city of Jackson, in order to be near 
 his parents, and he w.is cordially welcomed as a 
 valued addition to the ranks of its reliable and 
 progressive citizens. He has represented his ward 
 in the City Council for two j^ears, both Republi- 
 cans and Democrats being in favor of his selection; 
 in fact, he has usually been the incumbent of some 
 otiicial position since the time of coming here, such 
 as .Secretary and Treasurer of the Agricultural So- 
 ciety and during twelve years was Treasurer of the 
 Jackson Horse Breeders' Association. He has rep- 
 resented Hanover Township in the County Board 
 of Sui)ervisors. also serving at v.arious times as 
 Sciiool Inspector, Highway Commissioner. Town- 
 
 ship Cloik. .lusiice of the Peace and Postmaster for 
 eight years. In religion Mr. Kennedy is a Unita- 
 rian, and assisted in the organization of the societj' 
 ill Jackson. For thirty-five years he has been a 
 nu-mbcr of the Masonic fraternity, and a member 
 of the lodge and chapter at Jackson since 1857. 
 
 Miss Ann E. Russell, a native of Arcadia, Wayne 
 Count}', N. Y., was married to Mr. Kennedy at 
 Ridgeway, Lenawee County, April 24, 1849. This 
 lady was born April 24, 1827, and is the daughter of 
 Abijah and Naomi (Egglestone) Russell, who were 
 natives of New Jersej* and Connecticut, and came to 
 Michigan Territory in 1831, being among the first 
 settlers of Monroe Count}'. They endured the many 
 hanlships incident to pioneer life, Mr. Russell be- 
 ing one of those who cut the road through from 
 Petersburg to Toledo. He was in the War of 
 1812. The union of Miss Russell and Mr. Ken- 
 nedy resulted in the birth of two children only — 
 E;ila F., now the wife of W. M. Dodge of Summit 
 Township, and Charles H., who died in Jackson, in 
 1886, at the age of thirty years. 
 
 In the best circles of society Mr. and Mrs. Ken- 
 nedy are warmly welcomed and they in turn cor- 
 dially receive their many friends under their 
 hospitable roof. Mrs. Kennedy is a charming 
 hostess, and her intellectual attainments and domes- 
 tic qualifications make her the fitting life com- 
 panion of her husband, whose efficient co-worker 
 she has been <luring the many years that have 
 elapsed since their marriage. 
 
 A lithographic portrait of Mr. Kennedy may be 
 found elsewhere in this volume. 
 
 HARLES W. COOK, general merchant and 
 Postmaster at Rives Junction, is also a No- 
 ^' tary Public and has served as Justice of the 
 Peace since coming to this place in 1884. He re- 
 ceived his appointment as Postmaster in August, 
 1889, and in this as in all other positions of trust 
 and responsibility, is .acquitting himself with credit 
 and giving satisfaction to his constituents. 
 
 A native of New York State, Mr. Cook was born 
 in Cattaraugus County, June 1, 1839, and is the son 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPIIICAL ALBUM. 
 
 753 
 
 of Orlando N. anil Kmik-o (IJiizzell) Conk. \\\ii> at 
 tlie time of liis birtli were residents of Maciiins 
 Townsliip. In tlic fall of 1844 they set out for the 
 young State of Michigan, locating first in Ransom 
 Township, Hillsdale County. After a residence 
 there of nitje j-ears they removed to the eastern 
 part of this county where Charles W. vvas reared to 
 man's estate and equipped for the future business 
 of life I)y a practical education in the district 
 school. (Jrlando Cook was born in Ticonderoga 
 County, N. Y., and died in Allegan County, this 
 Slate, in February, 1888, aged about seventy-four 
 years. The mother lives on the home farm in 
 Caseo, Allegan County, where they located in 1885. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, Reuben 
 Cook by name, served as a soldier in the Revolu 
 tionary War and fought at the battle of Flattsburg. 
 lie followed the family to Michigan and died at 
 the home of his son Orlando in the year 1872. He 
 married a Miss Hubbard and both were natives t)f 
 New York .Slate, where Grandmother Cook died 
 many years ago. On the maternal side of the house 
 (irandfiithor Kiioeh ISu/.zell was a native of \'erniont 
 and the son of the Rev. Aaron Biizzell, a famous 
 and popular IJaptist i)rcacher who followed his call- 
 ing for more than thirty years in one place and 
 pri'Mcluul his farewell sermon one wcok before his 
 death, at the age of ninety-eight years. He was 
 never ill in all his life and passed aw.a\- peacefully, 
 the machinery simply having worn out and refusing 
 to perform its ollice. 
 
 Great-grandfather (ieorge Cook, Sr.. was likewise 
 a native of the ICmpirc State, to which his father, 
 also named George, had located ui)on coming from 
 Kngland to America. During tiie voyage the lat- 
 ter had saved the life of a wealthy landowner who 
 gave him a life lease of a tr.'ict of land in Ticonde- 
 roga County. X. V. There he ?|iiMit the remainder 
 of his life anil ilied, and from him descended the 
 Cook family of the Uniteil States. Charles W., the 
 subject of this sketch, was married in Pittsforii 
 Township, Hillsdale County, October 8, 186.S, to 
 Miss iMuma A., ilaughter of .Stephen H. and l.ydia 
 (IJeal) .Johnson. ^Irs. Cook w.is born in that town- 
 ship August '.I. 184;5, and after their marriage Mr. 
 and Mrs. Cook remained in Hillsdale County until 
 the spring of 1881. Mr. Cook then came to Rives 
 
 .hiiutioM and erecting a store and residence estab- 
 lished himself as a permanent resident. He carries 
 about ^.'5,000 worth of goods, including a full line 
 of merchandise and transacts a business of ^9,000 
 annuall}-. 
 
 Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Cook, of whom but three are living — Milton, Ada 
 and Nellie. Herbert died in 1876, when three years 
 old. Nellie is a member in good standing of the 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 'ip^OR.MAN B. SHERMAN. M. D., a leading 
 I /// pli.ysician of Waterloo and one of the ablest 
 ll\J^ practitioners in this county, is an Eastern 
 man by birth, his native place being Cortland, N. Y., 
 where he first o|)eued his eyes to the light, April 24. 
 18;57. He is a scion of an excellent family, being the 
 son of .larrah and Jane (Chapman) Sherman, both of 
 whom wore natives of Massachusetts. They were 
 reared and marrietl in the Bay State and subse- 
 quently emigrated to New York, where the father 
 olliciated as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, belonging to the New York Conference. 
 He bei.'an his pious labors in his youth .'uid was 
 noted as a pulpit orator, while at the same time 
 exercising a wide intluer.cc for good among the 
 people around him. 
 
 In 18()4, during the progress of the Civil War. 
 the father of our subject entered the Union army 
 as Ch;iplain in the Fouitli Army Corps, and died 
 of dropsy at Murfreesboro, Tenu., in 1805. The 
 mother is still living and makes lier home in Cort- 
 land, N. Y. The parental family consisted of 
 twelve children: Norman B. was the fifth child 
 and spent his early years in the place of his birth, 
 pursuing his first studies in the common school. 
 
 Dr. Sherman in 1858 began the reading of ?nedi- 
 cine under Drs. Bowles <t (iarlick. and later en 
 tered the Albany Medical College, from which he 
 was duly gr.aduated in 18G2. He commenced the 
 practice of his profession in his native town where 
 he sojourned five years and then changed the field 
 of his operations to Sj'racuse. After a residence 
 there of three years he came to Midland Citv. this 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Stato, where he |)i'aelieo<l (nie yeii' ami Iheii hiviii;:' 
 aside the active duties of liis piofessioii. comiueucod 
 traveling extensively over tiie Middle and Western 
 States. From that time until 1884 he was engaged 
 in no regular business, but that year resumed his 
 profession, locating in .Jackson City. Remaining 
 there until July, 1889. he then removed to Water- 
 loo and is now looked upon as one of the leading 
 men of his profession in this part of the county. 
 He is the health officer of Waterloo, and socially, 
 belongs to the Indepemlent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 Politically, he is a strong Republican. 
 
 The Doctor was first married, August I, 1862, to 
 Miss Almina Hunter, of Cortland, N. Y., and there 
 was born to them one child, a daughter, Dora, who 
 is now Mrs. Lott, of Portl.ind, Mich. Mrs. Almina 
 (llnnter) Sherman departed this life at her home 
 in Ic)nia County. Mich., August 3, 1882. Dr. Sher- 
 man contracted a second marriage March 13, 1884, 
 with Miss Jennie Moe, of Lansing. This lady was 
 born in Elmsburg, N. Y., March 9, 1865, and was 
 the daughter of James and Kliza Moe. who were 
 natives of New York and are now deceased. 
 
 
 =tRKDKRICK C. MOECKEL. The subject 
 of this notice raaj' usually be found at his 
 /i\ "" headquarters, comprising a w-ell-tillcd farm 
 on section 27, Waterloo Township, where, with the 
 exception of two years, he has spent his entire 
 life from his birth. This event took place Febru- 
 ary 18, 1845. The parents were John G. and Eliza- 
 beth (Fiermuth) Moeekel, who were natives of 
 (iermany. the father born September 14, 1810, and 
 the mother N')veiuber 10, 1810, both in the town 
 of Lastdt. There they were reared to mature 
 years and married. About 1842 they emigrated to 
 America, and coming directly to ^lichigan, tlie 
 father secured the land which his son, Frederick 
 C now owns and occupies. He labored upon this 
 faithfullj', liringing the soil to a good state of cul- 
 tivation, planting fruit trees and erecting the build- 
 ings necessary for the comfort and convenience of 
 the family. After a well-spent life he departed 
 
 hei.ci'. December 3, 1879. The wife and mother 
 had passed away prior to the decease of her hus- 
 band, her death taking iilaoe December 5, 1874. 
 
 To the parents of our subject there was born a 
 famih' of seven children, the eldest of whom, a 
 son, Charles W., w.as born Januar}' 26, 1838, and 
 is now a well-to-do farmer of Waterloo Township; 
 Jolin (t., Jr., was born September 27, 1840, and is 
 farming in Harper County, Kan.; Catherine was 
 born May 20, 1843, and is the wife of J. G. Heyd- 
 lauff, a prominent farmer of ^V^aterloo Township; 
 Frederick C, our subject, was the next child; Char- 
 lotte, who was born September 4, 1849, died No- 
 vember 26, 1874; John was born October 12, 
 1851, and Henr^', June 2, 1854; both are farming 
 in Waterloo Township. Frederick C, like his 
 brothers, .acquired his education in the common 
 schools, and when reaching manhood began form- 
 ing his plans for a future competency. In 1870 
 he purchased eight3' acres of land in Lima Town- 
 shii), Washtenaw County, and after living upon it 
 two years, sold out and removed l)aek to the old 
 homestead, where he has since resided. Here he 
 has one hundred and sixty acres of land on sec- 
 tions 27 and iS, and to the care and cultivation 
 of this he gives his whole time and attention. In 
 the fall of the year he operated a cider press to 
 good advantage. In politics Mr. Moeekel is a 
 sound Democrat, while himself and all his father's 
 famil}' belong to the Lutheran Church. 
 
 Mr. Moeekel, on the 30th of March, 1875, took 
 unto himself a wife and helpmate. Miss Catherine 
 Joos, of Lima, Washtenaw County. Mrs. Moeekel 
 was born in that county January 6, 1857, and is 
 a daughter of John and Catherine ( Weidinayer) 
 Joos. Her parents were natives of German}' and 
 emigrated to America in the latter part of the 
 '40s. settling in AVashtenaw Count}', this .State, 
 where they still live. Mr. Joos was born May 5, 
 1830. and iiis wife July 21, 1829. They are honest 
 and worthy people, and highh' respected in their 
 communit}'. 
 
 Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Moeekel — Emma M., March 17, 1876; t^lbert J., 
 December 20, 1879; Arthur F., March 1, 1882; 
 and Florence E., March 25, 1886. The paternal 
 grandfather of our subject was Frederick C. Moe- 
 
PORTRAIT AND HlOGRAl'IIICAL AIJil'M. 
 
 too 
 
 ckcl. liki'wisc of (u'liiian birth and ances'iry. and 
 who uiariii'il a ladj' whose I rsl name was Sarah. 
 'Jliey cniigiate'cl to Aniiiica in 1842. (Jrand- 
 fatlicr .Moeekel was buiii in 1781 and died Deoem- 
 bcr I'J, 1817. His wife was l)yrn in 1788. and died 
 October 26, 1843. 
 
 ^?iBi-:NEZER GIBBS, late a resident of this 
 count3', journeyed hither from Orleans 
 , —' - Conntj', N. V., before Michigan had been 
 admitted into the Union as a State. With his par- 
 ents he settled in the woods of Parma Township, 
 and assisted his fallier in the work of opening up 
 a farm from the wilderness. When readiing man- 
 hood, he set out single-handed and without any 
 assistance, following the pursuits of agriculture at 
 a time when liie nearest mill was at iMarsliail, and 
 to which he was obliged to journey over sometimes 
 almost impassable roads with a yoke of oxen. lie 
 thus lived and labored a series of years, keeping 
 steadily in view his purpose of gaining a home and 
 a competency, and after making a good record, 
 rested from his earthly labors at the home which 
 he bad built up in Parma Township, Ma\- 26, 
 1884. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born May 1 G, 
 1813, in Orleans County, N. Y., and was a son of 
 Kbenezer and Elizabetii (Jlbbs, who spent their last 
 days in this county'. He was married May 24, 
 1854. to Miss IMary E. Krilzer, whose [parents were 
 natives of Pennsylvania, and after ins marriage 
 settled on the farm now occupisd by his widow. 
 He became well known throughout this region, 
 and such was his sterling worth of character and 
 his integrity that he was looked upon as one of 
 the best men which the county afforded. He left 
 to his heirs a finely-improved estate, embracing a 
 farm of one hundred and eighty-nine acres and 
 valuable pcrstjnal pro[)erty. Tiiv honvstead lies on 
 section 17. Parma Township, and is indicative at 
 all points of the enterprise and industry of him by 
 whom it was instituted. 
 
 Mrs. Mary E. Gibbs was born .lanuary 17. 1825, 
 in Waterloo, Seneca County. N. '\'.. and is the 
 
 daughter of .John and Ciiristina (Newman) Kritzer, 
 who were natives of Pennsylvania. When their 
 daugiiter. Mary, was about two years old. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Kritzer removed to Yates County. N. Y.. and 
 thence, in the fall of 1851. came to Michigan, set- 
 tling in Calhoun County. She obtained her edu- 
 cation in the common schools, and employed her- 
 self as a teacher in New York State for several 
 years, and also followed the profession after coming 
 to Michigan, tcacliing several terms in Calhoun 
 County. Of her union with our subject there 
 were born two children only — Roxie I., the wife 
 of John Haney, of Calhoun County-, and William, 
 who remains with his mother. Mrs. Gibbs has for 
 many years been a consistent member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, at Albion. .She is a lady 
 highly respecte(J,and enjoys the frien<lship and ac- 
 quaintance of a large circle of the best residents of 
 this county. She has witnessed with a warm in- 
 terest the transformation by which the wilderness 
 has become the abode of an intelligent and civil- 
 ized pcoi)le, and has fulfilled her mission as a pio- 
 neer wife and mother, in a manner which will cause 
 her to be kindly remembered long after she has 
 departed hence. 
 
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 T-^H-- 
 
 ILLI.\M HANDLE is the owner and occu- 
 
 ypant of one of the beautiful farms of 
 ^ ^ Blackman Township, the place compr'ijing 
 fifty fertile acres on section 2.1. It w.as taken pos- 
 session of by its present owner in 18611. and since 
 that time he h.as devoted his attention to farming 
 and gardening there, successfully pursuing his avo- 
 cations and reaching a degree of prosperit3' quite 
 satisfactory to himself and friends. He has erected 
 all adequate and necessary- faini buildings, and the 
 entire estate presents an air of neatness and order, 
 as well as of excellent tillage. 
 
 Mr. Randle was born in Worcestershire, England, 
 March 16, 1823, and made his native country his 
 home until the summer of I f<65. at which peiiod 
 he determined to seek a broader field for his ener- 
 gies in the bind across the sen. Setting .-ail ff>r 
 .America he >oon reached New York, ami afti-r 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 spendiiio; a few months in Massachusetts, came to 
 Michigan and made his home in Jackson for a short 
 time. His famil}' crossed the briny deep in Decem- 
 ber, 1866, and he then settled on section 36. Black- 
 man Township, remaining there until his removal 
 to his present home. 
 
 He had learned the trade of a tanner and had 
 followed that occnpation during his life in the 
 mother counlry, lint after taking uii his residence 
 in the rural districts of this county he turned his 
 attention to agi'icultural pursuits. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Randle. in her girlhood Miss 
 Eliza Smith, was born in Worcestershire, England, 
 July 17, 1827. She has proved herself a true com- 
 panion and helpmate, devoting herself to the com- 
 fort of her husband and to the care and training of 
 the seven children who have come to bless the 
 happy union. Tiie children of Mr. and Mrs. Ran- 
 dle who are still living, are: I\Lar\'. Hannah, John, 
 and William; Joseph, Elizabeth and one unnamed 
 are deceased. 
 
 The only public office in which Mr. Randle has 
 served since he became a citizen of the United 
 States, is that of Overseer of Highways. He is 
 quite content to spend his care on bis private af- 
 fairs and in the jjleasures of domestic life and the 
 society of his chosen friends, counting [lublic hon- 
 ors but an empty bubble compared with tiie enjoy- 
 ments of private life. The characters of himself 
 and his wife are such as to gain for them the re- 
 spect of those to whom they are known, and they 
 are excellent representatives of the English citi- 
 zens of America. 
 
 iVALLACE W. nirC'HC'OCK is engaged in 
 r^lll the retail grocery business at No. 504, 
 
 Wm North Blackstone Street, Jackson. He keeps 
 a well-selected slock of groceries, together with 
 flour and feed, and is well established in trade, 
 although it is but a few years since lie began his 
 business. He was born in Lorain County, Ohio^ 
 April 19, 1842, and passed his boyhood and youth 
 in his native county, acquiring a good practical 
 education and being the recipient of nn excellent 
 
 home training. In 1862 he enlisted in a three- 
 months' regiment, but re-enlisted in the One Hun- 
 dred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry, and was 
 assigned to the Twenty- third Army Corps, then 
 under the command of Gen. Schofield, but later 
 under the leadership of Gens. Cox and Sherman. 
 He took part in the second battle of Stone River, 
 Slireveport. Kingston, N. C, and in many less 
 important engagements and skirmishes, escaping 
 unhurt. His array life continued until .Inly, 1865, 
 when he wss mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, 
 with an honorable record won by his faithfulness 
 and gallantry. 
 
 In the fall of 18G7 Mr. Hitchcock came to Jack- 
 son. Mich., and located on a farm in Blackraau 
 Township, ronaining upon ittenj'ears, after which 
 he moved into the city and became a clerk in the 
 hardware store belonging to his father. In 1885 
 he embarked in the grocerj' business on his own 
 account, .at the stand which he yet occupies, and 
 where he has been so successfully prosecuting his 
 mercantile career. In the fall of 1865 he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Fannie M. Brown, of 
 Dover, Ohio. The young lady, whose estimable 
 character and womanly acquirements had won his 
 regard, is a daughter of M. A. and Jane Brown, 
 and was born in the Empire State. Their union 
 has been blessed by the birth of two childrer — 
 Belle C. and Jennie J.; the former is a dressmaker, 
 and the latter a bookkeeper in her father's store. 
 
 Mr. Hitchcock is a member of Pomeroy Post, 
 G. A. K. He is an active member of the Metho- 
 dist Episcopal Church, in which he holds the office 
 of Steward. He resides at No. 126, Lansing Ave- 
 nue, where he has a pleasant and comfortable dwell- 
 ing, under whose roof the many friends of the 
 family are cordially welcome. 
 
 Mark S, Hitchcock, the father of our subject, 
 w.as born in the Empire State, and during his 
 earlier life was engaged in farming. Later, he be- 
 came a hardware merchant, and while living in 
 Waj'ue County, Ohio, served as Sheriff four years. 
 In 1868 he removed to this State, settling on a 
 farm in Blackman Township, this county, where 
 he died in October, 1887, in his sixty-sixth year. 
 He was a son of Mauley Hitchcock, who was boin 
 in iMassachusetts, was of English ancestr}' and took 
 
PORTRAIT AWD BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 /o< 
 
 part witli his fellow-Americans in the War of 
 1812. The wife of Murk Hitchcock, in her girl- 
 hood Miss I'oll> Morgan, was of Scotch ancestry, 
 although several generations of the family had 
 l)ccn horn in this country. Her death occurred 
 tiiirty-nine years ago. She was the mother of four 
 daughters and three sons, the subject of liiis skctcii 
 being the second son. 
 
 ^EORGK V. AVINO. This gentleman is one 
 II j^ of the old settlers of Blackman Township, 
 ^J4l having begun his residence there in 1838, 
 wiicn scarcely' more than an infant. He is well 
 known as a public spirited citizen, interested in 
 the advancement of education, in goo<l govern- 
 ment and in tiie irnpi-ovementof thecounUy. Hon- 
 orable in his dealings with his fellow-nien, kind 
 and considerate in his domestic relations, and liv- 
 ing an upright life, he wins l!ie respect of all witli 
 whom he comes in contact. 
 
 'J"he parents of our subject were Convis L. and 
 Eunice (Knapj)) Wing, who came from a section 
 called the Dead River Country, in Maine, to Jackson 
 County, Midi., in 1838, settling in what is now 
 Blackmiui Township, and continuing to' reside 
 there until death. The elder Mr. Wing look quite 
 ati active part in [lolitical niattei'S. Of the four 
 children whom they reared to maturity, (leorge 
 V. was the oldest. He was born in Maine, March 
 26, 1833. and coming to Michigan at a very 
 early i)eriod in his existence, grew to manhood in 
 the township wli.cre he has always since resided. 
 
 Altiiough farming has been the chief occupation 
 of the subject of this notice. .Mr. Wing has fol- 
 lowed sawmilling and run a lime kiln also. His 
 estate comprises one hundred and fifty acres, 
 marked with good im[)rovements, consisting of all 
 necessary buildings for thcr carrying on of the 
 work of the estate, and the comforts of home life. 
 In the work of agriculture he endeavors to keep 
 up wilii the times in the use of modern machineiy 
 and means of cultivation, making his acreage; as 
 productive and as easily ion(lucte(l as possilile. 
 
 The marriaL'e of Mr. Wing was celebrated in Le- 
 
 oni Township, March 3, 1863, his bride being Miss 
 Mary Gildart, who was born near Birmingham, 
 England. October 3, 1840, and was the second of 
 five children born to James and Hannah (Osborne) 
 Gildart. Her parents came to America in 1842, 
 settling in AVaterloo Township, this county, where 
 the mother died in October, 1851. The father re- 
 mained in this county until 1864, and then re- 
 moved to Eaton County, where he remained ten 
 years, thence going to Wilson County, Kan., where 
 he still lives. Mr. and Mrs. Wing are the parents 
 of three interesting children — Nellie F.. Nelman 
 P. and Mariette, who have been llie recipients of 
 excellent home training and of good educational 
 advantages. Mrs. Wing is a notable housewife, an 
 agreeable companion, and tlevoted to the interests 
 of her husband and family. 
 
 Mr. Wing has served his fellow-cili/.ens as High- 
 way Commissioner and as the incumlient of some 
 of the school ofticcs. He has taken quite an act- 
 ive part in politics, belongs to the Democratic 
 l)arly. and is ever ready with his ballot when elec- 
 tion day comes. He and his wife belong to the 
 Patrons of Industrv. 
 
 1.SAAC VAN VALIN. A pleasantly located, 
 I well-improved and thoroughly cultivated farm 
 J on section 30, Blackman Township, is that 
 owned and occupied by the above-named gentleman, 
 who. as a jjublic-spirited citizen, an<l an honorable, 
 intelligent, and companionable man, is highl}' re- 
 garded by his fellow-citizens. 
 
 Poughkcepsie, Dutchess County, \. Y., is the 
 birthplace of Mr. V:ui \'alin. and December 3, 1828, 
 was his natal day. His early life was passed in the 
 county where he was born, amid whose favorable 
 surroundings he grew to manhood poss<'Ssed of a 
 fair share of book lore and a practical training of 
 min<l and body, together with good principles and 
 ideas of life. He rcniaine<l in the Empire Slate 
 until 18()G, having engaged in farming after reach 
 ing manhood. In the summer of the \cnr last 
 mcntioni'(I he came Wcsi and laUing up his resi- 
 dence in this countv. soon obtained a i-diilracl from 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 the Micliigan Central Railroad, to cut wood for tlie I 
 company, for about ten years continuing in this 
 labor. He then settled on the forty acres of land 
 where he has since been engaged in tilling the soil, 
 bringing to his occupation the practical ex[)erience 
 obtained some j-ears since, coupled with a keenness 
 of observation and intelligent consideration of 
 modern methods which tend to enhance his success 
 in his chosen work. 
 
 In Miss Sarah A. C'aywood, a native of Dutchess 
 Count}-, N. Y., Mr. "\'an Valin found the qualities 
 he desired in a life companion, and his regard be- 
 ing recij)rocated they were united in marriage in 
 their native county, February 24, 1869. Mrs. 
 Van Valiu was born in 1833 and is well fitted by 
 u'lture and training to make a happy home and ex- 
 ert a wide influence in society, possessing reliued 
 manners, an intelligent mind, and an agreeable 
 disposition. 
 
 Mr. Van ^'alin is a Democrat and vvhile a resi- 
 dent of the Emijire Stale took quite an active in- 
 terest in political affairs. During the war lie was 
 drafted, but furnished a substitute, paying $300 to 
 a man who would fill his place in the ranks. 
 
 p^^ OBERT C. KERR. Among the many good 
 citizens of Jackson County, no better rep- 
 J^\ rcsentalive can be found than the gentle- 
 \^ man above named, who is the proprietor of 
 the Blackman Center House, locateil on section 23, 
 Blackman Township, and is also the incumbent of 
 the otliee of Towiishii) Clerk. The hotel is a well- 
 kept house, with excellent furnishings, ready ser- 
 vice and tables well supplied with an abundance of 
 the good things tliat comfort the inner man. The 
 host and hostess are obliging and jiainstaking, ever 
 mindful of the wants of their guests, who are made 
 to feel at home under the roof of the inn. Mr. 
 Kerr is an honor'ible and upright citizen, pulilic- 
 spirited, and manifesting great interest in the en- 
 terprises which will advance the interests of a 
 community and the growth cf the county which 
 has been his life-long home. 
 
 The parents of him of whom we write Hcie 
 
 Robert C. and Carlinda (Miller) Kerr, of Orange 
 County, N. Y., wherein they were married and be- 
 gan their wedded life. In June, 1836, they re- 
 moved thence to this county, settling in Liberty 
 Township, where Mr. Kerr died in the year 1858. 
 His widow continued to live on the homestead 
 until a few months prior to her own death, which 
 occurred in Blackman Township, in 1878. Both 
 were widelj- known among the early settlers of the 
 county, as worthy citizens and excellent neighbors, 
 and respectetl for their cheerful endurance of the 
 toils which they underwent during their early years 
 in the State. Of the eight children born to them, 
 all reached mature years, our subject being the 
 fourth of these. 
 
 Robert Kerr, of whom we write, enjoys the dis- 
 tinction of being the first white child born in Lib- 
 erty Township, where he opened his eyes to the 
 light April 25. 1838. He was reared to manhood 
 on his father's farm and continued to live there 
 with his widowed mother until 1868, when he re- 
 moved to Jackson, passing two years as a resident 
 of the city. He then purchased a farm in Black- 
 man Township, lived upon it until 1876, and then 
 returned to the city to engage in the livery busi- 
 ness. Two years later he went again to his farm, 
 continuing to reside there until 1884. 
 
 At the age of seventeen 3'ears Mr. Kerr was ap- 
 prenticed to learn the trade of a carpenter and 
 joiner, wdiieh he followed almost exclusively until 
 1873, after which he devoted his attention inin- 
 cipally to agriculture. In 1884 he sold his farm 
 and again removed to Jackson, where he lived a 
 twelvemonth before buying the hotel property 
 which he has since managed. For four years he 
 has been engaged in buying and shipping stock, 
 and in 1888 he began gardening, carrying this busi- 
 ness on in connection with the keeping of the 
 hcilel. He owns forty acres of land, the produce 
 from which is marketed mosUy in Jackson. Having 
 his own garden, he is ensured fresh vegetables for 
 the use of the hotel and the two occujjations blend 
 the question of supply and demand in a manner 
 profitable to himself and agreeable to the palates 
 of his guests, while a ready market is found for 
 the surplus raised. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Kerr is, like hiiiiseif, a native 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAI'HICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 of Liberty TowiK^liip, [.■111(1 in lier^giriiiood Ijorc the 
 name of Sarali K. Saiiford. Her parents, William 
 G. and Jane (Bonner) iSanford, were pioneers of 
 tliis county, where they took up their residence 
 aliout tlie year 18."57, living in Liberty Township 
 until 1870, since uiiich time they have made their 
 home with their children. To Mr. Kerr and liis 
 estimable wife one daughter has i)een born — Grace, 
 who is the wife of Frank 1'. ^'an Horn, of Black- 
 man Township. 
 
 Mr. Kerr was elected Clerk of Biuckraan Town- 
 ship in 1876 and held the oflicc two terms. In 
 1888 lie was .again elected and is now filling the 
 position. He has been School Director for ten 
 years, that fact being anotiier evidence of the rei)u- 
 tation which he sustains among his fellow-citizens. 
 lie takes quite an active [)artin the political work of 
 tiie Democrrtic |)arly, in whose [iriiiciplcs he con- 
 curs. Ue is a momber of the Masonic fiatcrnitv. 
 
 ^f? OHKN L. FITCTL Conductor on the Lake 
 I (^ J^liore & Michigan Southern Railroad, has his 
 ,'I L^ headquartcrs in .lackson City and is looked 
 upon as one of the most ellicient men of his calling 
 in this part of llie State. He is an Ohio man b}' 
 birth, his native place being at Olmsted Falls, 
 Cuyahoga County, and the date of his birth April 
 20, 1845. He was next to the j'oungest of the 
 eight children born to Horace and Harriet ( Loomis) 
 Fitch, six of whom are still living. 
 
 The parents of our subject were natives of Con- 
 necticut and born near the city of Hartford. The 
 paternal grnnd father was Thaddens Fitch, who 
 traced liis ancestry as far back as 1294. The fam- 
 ily was of Knglish descent and the progenitors of 
 our sul)ject crossed the Atlantic in time to take 
 part ill the Revolution.ary War. One of these, 
 Maj. .laines Filch, received a large land grant for 
 services rendered and it is believed spent his last 
 years in ( oiinecticul. Horace Fit(;h. the father of 
 our subject was liorii, Novemlier 18, 1804. and left 
 New England in 1831. emigrating to Ohio, where 
 he iirosecutcti faiiiiint: iinlil lii-s dratli, December 
 28, 1872. He was married in Connecticut, in 
 
 February. 1829; his wife. Harriet, was born at East 
 Windsor. Conn., .Sei)tember 6, 1806. She also 
 died in Ohio. October 10, 18C.5. 
 
 The subject of this notice attended the schools 
 of his native place and remained a resident of the 
 Buckeye State until a youth of seventeen years. 
 Then, during the progress of the Civil War, he en- 
 tered the army, enlisting in Company C, (Jne hun- 
 dred and Twenty-fourth Ohio Infantry, under 
 cominand of Col. Oliver II. Paine, the regiment 
 being assigned to the army of the Cumberland and 
 commanded by Gen. Gilbert. Mr. Fitch took part 
 in the battles of Nashville. Franklin and Triune 
 and then being taken ill was confined for a time in 
 the hospital in Nashville. Later he was sent to 
 Camp Douglas at Chicago. III., to guard prisoners. 
 In the siM-ing of 1864 on account of meritorious 
 services rendered, he was commissioned as First 
 Lieutenant in the One hundred and Fifty-sixth Illi- 
 nois Infantry and was assigned to duty as l^st 
 Adjutant at Camp Fry, Chicago, where lie re- 
 mained until the following April. 
 
 Lieut. Fitch returned to his regiment with the 
 rank of I'"irst Lieutenant, and w.assubsequentlv com- 
 missioned Adjutant, going thus to the front and 
 remaining in active service until the close of the 
 war. He then returned home to Ohio, and soon 
 afterward entered the employ of the Cleveland & 
 Toledo Railroad Company as brakcnian. After two 
 years he was inomotcd to be a freight conductor. 
 In I87;j lie came to Jackson, entering the employ 
 of the Ft. Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad as 
 freight conductor. In 1879 he was iiromoted to be 
 a passenger conductor on the same ro.ad, which is 
 now known .as the Ft. Wayne liianch of the Lake 
 Shore <k Michigan Southern Railroad, his run being 
 between Jackson and Ft. W.aync. 
 
 On the lOtli of April. 1869, our subject was 
 joined in wedlock with Miss Jennie S. Miner, a 
 native of Ohio, and at that time a resident of Olm- 
 sted Falls, that Stale. Mrs. Fitch is a daughter of 
 Harrison K. and Pliilinda (Can) .Miner, who were 
 natives of Vermont and earlj' settlers of Ohio; the^- 
 are now deceased. There have been born to Mr. 
 an<l Mrs. Fitch only one child, a daughter, Florence 
 I... who is receiving the advantages of a good edu- 
 cation. Politically .Mr. Filch is a stanch Demo- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 m 
 
 crat, anil is foremost in every measure calculated 
 to advance the interest of liis county. 
 
 A portrait of 'Sir. Fitch is presented elsewhere in 
 this voUune. 
 
 'AMES C. MAYO belongs to a family well- 
 known to the early residents of the county 
 and to all who are acquainted with the his- 
 tor}- of its pioneers, as they wei-e earl^- set- 
 tlei-s here and iilentitied with the early development 
 and improvement of this region. The fact that 
 our subject is a son of the late William INLayo and 
 his worthy companion, is sutllcient proof to those 
 who knew his parents, that he possesses excellent | 
 qualities of mind and character and is worthy of 
 representation in a volume of this nature. 
 
 The gentleman whose life will be l)riefly outlined 
 in this sketch was born in Blackman Township, 
 February 2.'), 1842. His boyhood and youth were 
 passed on his father's farm, in such home duties as 
 his strength would permit of, and in acquiring the 
 knowledge to be obtained under the teaching of the 
 common schools. He rem.ained at home until 1864, 
 when he went to Minnesota and there engaged in 
 fprming and Uunberiug for a period of some three 
 years. Returning tlience to Blackman Township, 
 he engaged in the pursuit of agriculture on the old 
 homestead which comprises one hundred and fifty- 
 nine fertile acres on section 7. His labors have 
 been crowned with success, enablin;? him to supply 
 his family with the comforts and even many of 
 the luxuries of life, to bestow upon his children 
 educational advantages in accordance with their 
 years, and to promise a comfortable maintenance 
 during the years to come. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Mayo was celebrated in 
 Jackson, Ajjril 24, 1867, his bride being Miss 
 Manilla Alelaide, daughter of the late Jonathan 
 and Samantha (Clark) Hoyt. The parents of Mrs. 
 Mayo settled in Sandstone Township, about the 
 year 1837. and thence reniovfd to Blackman Town- 
 ship, wliere they breathed their last. They were 
 the parents of six children, of whom Mrs. Mayo is 
 the third in order of birth. She was born in Black 
 
 man Township, February- 12, 1847, is an intelli- 
 gent and well-read laily, and the possessor of many 
 womanly virtues and graces. Her hap|iy union 
 with our subject has been blessed by the birth of 
 five children: Carrie A., who died when twelve 
 years old, Mabel E., Milo J., Florence M., and 
 Ethel L. 
 
 Mr. Mayo is an active member of the society of 
 his neighborhood, and h.as been given various 
 township offices, l.is acquaintances considering him 
 well fitted for positions of public responsibilitj' and 
 capable of thoroughly looking after their interests. 
 Among the positions which he has filled have been 
 that of Highway Commissioner six terms and Jus- 
 tice of the Peace six years. He manifests much 
 interest in the progress of education, as in other 
 matters which pertain to the welfare of the com- 
 munit}-. Mr. and Mrs. Mayo are members of the 
 Patrons of Industry and he belongs to the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
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 V OBERT LAKE, contractor and builder, is 
 if numbered among the successful business 
 men of Jackson, to which city he came when 
 ;fc^! an infant, from the High School of which 
 he was graduated, and where he learned the trade 
 of a bricklayer under his father who was a con- 
 tractor and a dealer here. 
 
 The Lake family is of English ancestry, the fa- 
 ther of our subject, George Lake, having been born 
 in Dorsetshire of which his father was also a native. 
 He was reared in his native land and in 184.5 began 
 work with a firm of contractors and builders, 
 remaining in their cmploj' until 1841), when, accom- 
 panied by his wife and only child, he came to Amer- 
 ica. The}' landed at New York in May and came 
 directly to Jackson County, Mich., making their 
 home for a j'ear and a half on rented land near 
 Pleasant Lake. Their next home was on a farm in 
 Blackman Township, w-hencetliey removed to Jack- 
 son and Mr. Lake began taking small jobs, soon 
 working up a good b' siness in contracting. In 1 868, 
 in comi)an3' with his sons, he bonght a warehouse 
 r.r.d cgaiicil in th" =a!p of lime, cement, salt, plas- 
 
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 tiT, etc., conlimiinsj that business until 1876, from 
 wiiicli time he was not enffagcd in any active pur- 
 suit. His wife, in licr girlliood Miss Martha Fielder, 
 was a native of Hanipshiie, England, and in that 
 shire Ihcir son Hobert, vvas born .huie 24, 1848, 
 being therefore but a few months old when brought 
 to America. Five other children came to l)less the 
 parental union — Henry who is now a resident of 
 I)etroit;Fiances. who lives in Jackson; Hatlie, who 
 died February 19, 1882, aged twenty-four years; 
 and two who died in infancy. 
 
 In 18()6, Robert Lake was graduated from the 
 High School and having learned the trade with his 
 father during the vacations, he began journey-work 
 immediately' lliereafter and after two j-ears thus 
 employed engaged in contr.acting, wiiicli business 
 he has successfully continued up to the [ircsent 
 time. On February 25, 188.'), he was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Anna M. Berger, a native of Penn- 
 sylvania, and a lad}' who possesses niany estimable 
 traits of character. She is the daughter of George 
 Berger now a resident of Phil.tdelpliia. To Mr. and 
 Mrs, Lake two children have been born — Ilaltie 
 and an infant named Robert (ieorge. 
 
 Mr. Lake is a memlier of .hukson Lodge No. 17, 
 F. tt A. M.: of Jackson Cha})ter No. :). R. A. M.; 
 Jackson Council No. 32. R. it S. M.; and Jackson 
 Cominandery No. 0. K. T. In 1887. he w.as ap 
 pointed a member of the Board of Police Commis- 
 sioner.s. His political adherence is given to the 
 Democratic part}'. A man of iionor in the fulfillment 
 of his business contr.acts, an intelligent and genial 
 companion and a reliable citizen, Mr. Lake is the 
 recipient of the respect and good will of his fellow- 
 men. 
 
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 fOHN A. KRENERICK. There is probably 
 not within the limits of I'arraa Township a 
 man iield in more general respect than the 
 subject of this notice or one who has been 
 more warndy interested in its farming and stock 
 raising opeiations. He has been quite successful in 
 this line and although in the prime of life, has beei 
 enahleil \'> mccumiuImIp a competence and the where- 
 withal to ilcfcnd him .'igMiiist wai.t in lii^ old aiiC, 
 
 A native of Richland County, Ohio, Mr. Krone- 
 rick was born June 7. 1842, and is the son of Adam 
 and Henrietta ( Honeybarger) Krenerick who were 
 natives of Germany. They emigrated to America 
 at an early date prior to their marriage, and when 
 John A. w.as but a boy removed from Richland to 
 Ashland County, Ohio, where they sojourned until 
 he was a lad of fourteen years. Finally, they de- 
 cided upon seeking the farther West an'l coming to 
 this State settled in Calhoun County. The father 
 secured a tract of land in Clarence Township fiom 
 which he constructed a comfortable homestead 
 which with his estimable wife he still occupies; they 
 are now quite aged, having passed their three-score 
 .and ten years. They are the parents of four chil- 
 dren, all of whom are living. 
 
 Mr. Krenerick attained to manhood on the farm 
 in Calhoun County, becoming familiar with its 
 various employments and being trained to habits 
 of industry and economy. He .acquired his educa- 
 tion principally in the district school, but has been 
 a close observer of men and things and ke|)t him- 
 self ))osted upon current events by reading the 
 weekly newsiia|)cr .md such other publications as 
 came in his way. Shortly bef(Me reaching the 
 twcnt^'-seventli year of his age. he was married Feb- 
 ruary 22, 186'J, to .Aliss Sarah Miller. This lady was 
 born October 2, 1846, in Washtenaw County, this 
 State. Her parents, Henry H. and Harriet (Carter) 
 Miller were among the earliest pioneers of Michi- 
 gan, and the mother died in Calhoun County, May 
 10. 18811. Mr. IMiller is now a resident of Calhoun 
 County. He was born in Pennsylvania and when 
 about ten years old removed with his parents to 
 Gencca County, N. Y. He lived there until reach- 
 ing his majority and then starting out for himself, 
 came to Michigan and was a resident of Washte- 
 naw County until removing to Sheridan Township, 
 Calhoun County. In the latter likewise he was one 
 of the earliest settlers. He fought the usual battle 
 of life on the frontier and like most of the indus- 
 trious men around him, met with the reward of his 
 toils and sacrifices; he is now seventy-si.\ years old. 
 
 To the parents of Mrs. Krenerick there was born 
 a family of five children, four of whom are living. 
 George, the eldest resides in the northern part of 
 the State; i\Iarv bec.-imi' llic wife of Michael Kick 
 
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 PORTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 aiirl they live in Callaoun County ; Mrs. Krenerick 
 was the next in order of birth; Charles is also a 
 resident of Calhoun County. Three ehililren have 
 been born to Mr. and Mrs. Krenerick, namely, 
 Frederick E., Frank D. and Henry C. 
 
 For two years after tiieir marriage our subject 
 and his excellent wife remained residents of Cal- 
 houn County. In the sin-ing of 1S71, they settled 
 upon their present farm in Parma Township and 
 liave since devoted their energies to building up a 
 iiome for themselves and their children. Mr. 
 Krenerick is raliier indei)cndent in politics, aiming 
 to support the men whom lie considers best quali- 
 fied for <jtHce. His course in life has been such as 
 to gain him the unqualified respect of all who knov,- 
 him. Mr. Miller, tlie father of Mrs. Krenerick, 
 traces his ancestry to Germany, wliile her motlier 
 was born in England and came to America with her 
 parents when quite 3'oung, they settling first in 
 Michigan. 
 
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 /^^i ALVIN WING. This gentleman is an ex- 
 jlf ^.^ cellent representative of the class to vvhich 
 ^^^' he belongs, being thorough and painstaking 
 in ever^f detail of his agricultural work, interested 
 in the im|irovenient of the country, and the devel- 
 opment of her natural resources, and in the higher 
 civilization and advancement of her citizens. He 
 owns and occupies fort}' acres of fertile land on sec- 
 tion 16, Blackman Township, which was puichased 
 by the savings of himself and wife during eight 
 months in wdiicli they were receiving the respective 
 wages of §10 and ^4 per month. Mr. Wing has 
 erected a substantial and tasteful dwelling, barn, 
 and other buildings, and with persevering industry 
 has luiilt up a pleasant home. 
 
 The Wing family traces its descent from the 
 sturd}' Scotch, three brothers of the name having 
 emigrated to America many years ago, two of them 
 landing at Plymouth Rock, and the other going up 
 the Hudson River, aud '■ettling in the Empire State. 
 The fatlier of our subject was Abram Wing, of 
 Somerset County, Me., and his mother was Nancy 
 Grover, of the same county. In the summer of 
 1S43 they removed from, llioir iri'ivc State (o Micll- 
 
 igan, making their first settlement in Blackman 
 Township, this county, remaining there a few ^■ears. 
 Mr. Wing then sold and purchased two hundred 
 acres in Henrietta Township, and several years later 
 removed to Niles, Berrien County, where he died 
 about the year 1870. The mother survived until 
 March. 1882, breathing her Last in Blackman Town- 
 ship, this county. 
 
 The subject of this biograpiiical sketch is the eld- 
 est child of his parents. He was born in Somerset 
 County, Me., September 28, 1822, and was reared 
 to manhood in his native State, adopting the occu- 
 pation of a farmer, althougii he spent some time in 
 lumbering. Accompanied by his wife, he came to 
 this county the same year in which his father be- 
 came a resident here, and for eiglit months he and 
 wife were emplo3'ed by the late B. J. Collier, of 
 Spring .■Irbor. During this time they hoarded their 
 earnings and purchased the farm upon whicii Mi'. 
 Wing now lives, and with the exception of those 
 few months, Blackman Townshi[) has been his home 
 since he came to this State, and he is widely and 
 favorably' known as a successful farmer, a worthy 
 citizen, and a man of intelligence, geniality, and 
 uprightness. 
 
 The first marriage of liim of whom wew-rite, took 
 place in Somerset County, Me., his bride being 
 Miss Clarinda Reed, a native of that State. She 
 bore him seven children, two of whom died when 
 quite young. The living children are: Andrews., 
 who married Ahnira L. Iluntoon; Abram, who mar- 
 ried Hattie King; Nanc}^, who is the wife of Lewis 
 Reed; Levi, who married Miss Belle Woodhurst; 
 Jessie A., who is the wife of Cliancey Raymond, of 
 Sandstone Township. Mrs. Clarinda Wing died in 
 Blackman Township, December 25, 18G7, mourned 
 by many to whom her good qualities were known. 
 
 The second marriage of Mr. Wing was contracted 
 in Blackman Township, ^larch .'50, 1872, at which 
 date lie was united with Mrs. Ellen (Knapp) Knapp, 
 who was born in Franklin County, Me., March S(, 
 1829. Her parents. Elijah and Celia L. (Pullen) 
 Knapi), died in Freeman, Me., and there her first 
 husband, Samuel P. Knapp, also breathed his last. 
 Mrs. AVing is intelligent and refined, with pleasing 
 manners and hosi)itable spirit, and all who enter 
 ihc wall- of th" hoMi". arc cordially welcomed and 
 
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 cheerfully entertained. The (iiuilities which make 
 the home life so attractive, -.vin the respect and af- 
 fectionate regard of .neighliors and acciuaintances, 
 and add to the pleasures of social life in tiie vi<'in- 
 ity. 
 
 In common with all gooil citizens and intelligent 
 men, Mr. Wing is interested in political matters, 
 although not what is commonly called a i)olitician. 
 He is a Democrat, and strong in his faith in the 
 principles of his party. He has filled the office of 
 Drain Commissioner twoyears,ai-ceptably discharg- 
 ing its duties. He and his wife helong to the Pa- 
 trons of Industry. 
 
 yfcAHREN THORP is the owner and occu- 
 ' pant of a valuable farm located on section 
 W^ i- Blackman Township. It comprises one 
 hundred and sixty broad and fertile acres, on which 
 good improvements have been made, and where the 
 pursuit of agriculture, to which Mr. Thorp has de- 
 voted his life, is successfullj' carried on. The 
 owner of the estate is not only known in the com- 
 munity as a member of the great class of tillers of 
 the soil, but as the incumbent of various township 
 offices, where he has served with credit to himself 
 and his constituents. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Phares and 
 ISIary (Bell) Thorp, the father a native of Buffalo. 
 N. v., and the mother of Xew Hampshire. They 
 came to ]\Iichigan in 1861, from Cuyahoga Countj', 
 Ohio, and settled in Rives Township, this county, 
 where the mother died April 6, 1888, and where 
 the father is still living. Their family comprised 
 eleven sons and daughters, of whom our subject 
 was the fifth. 
 
 Warren Thorp was born in Cuyahoga Countj', 
 Ohio, .lanuary 31, 1842, and passed his early years 
 on his father's farm as tlie recipient of such advan- 
 tages as could be obtained in the common schools, 
 and in the intervals of study assisting his father as 
 his strength w-ould permit in the work of the farm. 
 He accompanied his parents to Michigan in 186 1, 
 and continued to make his home with them until 
 his marriage, when he settled in the township 
 
 where he now lives, and where he is so well and 
 favorably known. 
 
 Mr. Thorp was married in Rives Township, in 
 1866. to Miss Marj' Brown. .Mrs. Marj' Thorp 
 w.as born there, in 1811. and died in Blackman 
 Township, July 2, 1878, leaving four children — 
 Anthonj', Elmer, Frank and I'hares — to the care of 
 her sorrovving husband. She was a member in 
 good standing of the Methodist Episco|)al Church. 
 
 The second matrimonial alliance of Mr. Thorp 
 was contracted in Blackman Township, the lad^' 
 who then assumed his name being Jliss Anna 
 Church, a native of Xorveli Township born Au- 
 gust 10, 1856. Her parents, Alonzo and the late 
 Mary Jane (Fellows) Church, were very early set- 
 tlers in the township in which she w.os born. 
 
 Mr. Thorp has held the ofiice of Justice of the 
 Peace four years, h.as been Drain Commissioner 
 an equal length of time, and Township Treasurer 
 two terms. He h.is also held some of the School 
 offices, .and takes an active interest in educational 
 matters. He belongs to the Democratic pait3', and 
 is numbered among the workers of that political 
 body. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. 
 
 IDWARD TAYLOR, whose character, genial 
 manner and conversational powers render 
 him an entertaining comi)anion, and whose 
 home is one of the pleasant aliodes of Jackson, 
 was born at Toronto, Province of Ontario, Canada, 
 April 7,1847. He was the only child born to Edward 
 Tajior, Sr.. and his wife. This worthy couple were 
 natives of England and Ireland respectively, and 
 at the time of their marriage Mr. Taylor was sta- 
 tioned at Toronto with a British rogiment. He 
 died in the mother country in 1849. and his 
 widow, who survived him until 185 1. breathed her 
 last in Toronto. Mr. Taylor was of the Protest- 
 ant faith, while Mrs. Taylor belonged to the Roman 
 Catholic Church. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write being left 
 motherless at the age of seven years, became an 
 inmate of the family of Thomas P>ennett. a farmer in 
 Counlv Wellington, Province of Ontario. There 
 
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 he remaiiiPil iiiilil seventeen years of age, iluiing 
 two moiitbs of the year walking thice miles to a 
 log sclioolhoiise to obtain an education. I'pon 
 leaving Mr. Bennett, lie went to Saginaw, Mich., 
 and engaged in the lumber business in that place, 
 ha\ing the misfortune to break one of his legs 
 while thus employed. Leaving Saginaw, he went 
 to Independence, Mo., near the line of the Union 
 Pacific Railroad, upon which he worked for a short 
 time, after wUwh he proceeded to Williamsville, 
 111., at wliich place another accident befell him, his 
 arm being broken by a fall from a horse. 
 
 After a sojourn of four months in the above- 
 named town, Mr. Taylor returned to Wellington, 
 Canada, where he remained a year, after which he 
 again took up his residence in Saginaw, Mich. In 
 1871 he changed his location to Jackson, and for 
 a few months wa.< engaged in chopping wood and 
 farming in tlie vicinity. On the 8th of December. 
 1872, he was united in marriage with Miss Sa- 
 manthn M. Graham, of Hillsdale, and at that place 
 he again took up farm labors. 
 
 After being thus engaged for some time, Mr. 
 Taylor found employment on the Lake Sliore & 
 Michigan Southern Railroad, and for a period of 
 three years was identified with the railroad men. He 
 then returned to Jackson and entered the employ 
 of Dwight Merriman. for whom he did agricultural 
 work for three and a half years. We next find 
 him a resident of the city of Jackson, acting in the 
 capacity of janitor of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church for sixteen months, after which he began 
 tinsmithing at the works of the Jackson City Puri- 
 fier Company, in whose employ he continued for 
 a period of three and a half years. Following this, 
 he was emjiloyed as a guard in the State Prison 
 until July 1, 1889. when he became Overseer of 
 tlie Poor, having been ai>pointed to that position 
 by the Mayor and Common Council. 
 
 Mr. T.aylor is at present independent in politics, 
 although formerly identified with the Republican 
 pari)'. He is proving an acceptable public otticer, 
 and is well regarded by his fellow-citizens. Mr. 
 Taylor has been prominently idenlified with the 
 Knights of Labor movement, and went to the Na- 
 tional Convention which met in October, 188o, 
 at Richmond. N'a,, as a delegate. His co/.y home 
 
 at Xo. 117, Garfield Street, is presided over by a 
 lady whose amiable ciiaracter, intelligent mind 
 and housewifely skill are duly appreciated bj- her 
 many friends. An interesting family comprised of 
 two sons and one daughter, bearing the names of 
 Edgar Heman, Frank Leroy and Esther Maria, 
 completes the home circle. 
 
 VYi AMES T. McCONNEL. Few if any men in 
 Jackson County are better acquainted with 
 its history than is he whose name heads tliis 
 J sketch, and who has been a life-long resident 
 of Blaekmau Townsiiip. His parents were pioneers 
 of this county, and his own early life was passed 
 amid scenes of a much more primitive nature tiian 
 those which now meet his vision as he gazes abroad 
 over his own fine farm and the surrounding country. 
 
 In Lycoming County. Pa., John McConnel, tlie 
 father of our subject was born, and in the Green 
 Mountain State Celicia Turner, who became his 
 wife, first opened her e\^es to the light. The mar- 
 riage of the two took place in Niagara Count}', 
 N. Y., whence in the spring of 1831 Mr. McConnel 
 came to Jackson County, taking up a tract of land 
 in what is now Blackman Township. There he re- 
 sided, with the exception of the first winter after 
 his arrival, until his death, and his wife also died 
 here. They reared a family of five children, of 
 whom our subject is the eldest. 
 
 In Blackman Township, February 7, 1832, James 
 T. McConnel was born, and on the parental home- 
 stead he grew to man's estate, taking advantage of 
 all opportunities afforded him for acquiring an 
 education and obtaining a ])ractical knowledge of 
 the pursuit in which he has been engaged since 
 youth. He owns one hundred and thirty acres of 
 land, which forms a valuable estate and a pleasant 
 home, and upon which he has pursued a successful 
 career, accumulating abundant means during the 
 passing j'cars. 
 
 The lad)' who presides over the home of Mr. 
 McConnel was in her maidenhood Miss Amanda 
 Phillips. She was born in Monroe County, N. Y., 
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 anil woiiiaiily ;;i':iees. Slio Ijccmmio the wife of .Mil- 
 tan Shearer of Hanover Tovvnslii|), this coiinl}-, by 
 whom she hail one eliild, Kdwina. who is now the 
 wife of Charles W. Stevens, of J.,ansing. Some 
 time suljseqnent to the death of Mr. Shearer, his 
 widow was united in marriage with the gentleman 
 of whom we write. The union has been blessed by 
 the birth of a daughter, Hattie, who is t!ie wife of 
 Shelby L. Alden, of Lansing. 
 
 Mr. INIcConnel has been Highway Commissioner, 
 and has held some of the school oftices in the town- 
 ship, serving acceptably in whatever position he 
 has been called to fdl. He voles with the Repub- 
 lican parly, with whose principles his judgment 
 concurs. He belongs to the First Baptist Church 
 of Jackson, and as a man of upright character, ac- 
 tive intelligence and energy in business, he receives 
 a high measure of respect from his fellow-citizens. 
 
 ^^KRRY P. PALMER. This young gentle- 
 man is exhibiting his enterprise ami bu.«i- 
 ness ability in the livery Ijusiness in Grass 
 Lake, where lie bought out the establish- 
 ment of L. Strong in the latter part of October, 
 188^*. He gives his attention wholly to his busi- 
 ness, in which he is succeeding and increasing his 
 connection. His character is reputable, his man- 
 ner pleasing, and he is quite popular among his as- 
 sociates. In politics he is strictly indeijendent, 
 casting his liallot for the candidate whom he thinks 
 best qualified for pulilic responsibility. 
 
 iMr. I'ahner was born in Lyndon, Washtenaw 
 County, June 22. 18fi2. being the seventh in a fam- 
 ily of eight children. His parents \\'illiam and 
 Charlotte (Goodbody) Palmer, removed to Water- 
 loo when he w.as a year old, and there he grew to 
 manhood on the farm, receiving a common-school 
 education and jiraclical home training. He re- 
 mnined with his father until May. 1888, when he 
 left the farm and went to Jackson, connecting him- 
 self in the harness business with D. A. Yocum, with 
 whom he remained until ()ctol)er 22, when he em- 
 barked in his present enteri)rise. 
 
 An inqwrtant event in the life of Mr. Palmer, 
 
 occurred .Max 7. ls,s."i, wiien he was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Anna E. Stephens of Lima, Wiish- 
 tenaw County. The bride was born there, .Januar\- 
 22, ISCG, being the youngest of the five children 
 comprising the family of I'ziel and Pluebe C. 
 (Whitaker) Stephens, early settlers in Michigan, 
 whence they came from New York. Mrs. Palmer 
 possesses many qualities which render her compan- 
 ionship agreeable, and win her the res|)ect of her 
 associates. 
 
 ^^EORGE .S. WEINHOLD. The olfice of 
 l[ =, County Treasurer h.as l>«en efficiently filled 
 ^^^4 by Mr. Weinhold since the beginning of 
 1889, lie having been elected thereto in the fall 
 1888 as the candidate of llie Republican party. To 
 this party he has for many years given his allegiance. 
 He was for a period of thirteen years the Treasurer 
 of Waterloo Township, in which he also served a 
 year as Clerk. He has just passed the sixty-eighth 
 year of his age, having been born October 4, 1831, 
 and is a Pennsylvanian by birth, his early home 
 having been in Cocalleco Township. Lancaster 
 County. 
 
 The Weinhold family is of German origin and 
 was first represented in America during the Colon- 
 ial days. The father of our subject was George 
 Weinhold, a native of the same township as his son 
 and the son of Philip Weinhold, who was also born 
 there. Grandfather Weinhold was a lifelong farmer 
 of Lancaster County, Pa., his property lying near 
 East Cocalleco, where he spent his entire life. 
 George Weinhold, .Sr., likewise remained a resident 
 of his nativ'e county, from his birth to his death. 
 He also followed agricultural pursuits and died in 
 1887 at the ripe old age of eighty-nine years. He 
 belonged to the Whig party until its abandonment 
 and then identified himself with the Rejjublicans. 
 
 The mother of .Mr. Weinhold bore the maiden 
 n.'ime of Mary Solenberger. She was a native of 
 the same township as her husband and was the 
 daughter of John Solenberger, who was likewise 
 born there where he spent his entire life. Mrs. 
 Mary Weinhold de|)arted this life at the old home- 
 stead in Pennsylvania in 1.S81. To her and her 
 
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 husband there was born a family of nine chihlren, 
 seven of whom are living. John died at the age 
 of thirteen 3'ears; Mary is also deceased. The sur- 
 vivors are all married and making their homes, ex- 
 cept our subject, in Lancaster Count}', Pa. 
 
 The subject of this notice spent his early 3'cars 
 in a comparatively uneventful manner, amid the 
 quiet scenes of countr}' life, attending the district 
 school, mostly during the winter seasons, and in 
 the summer assisting his father on the farm. He 
 remained under the parental roof until twent3--threc 
 years of age, then starting out on his own account, 
 farmed on rentied land two years. At the expira- 
 tion of this time he purchased land in his native 
 township and remained a resident there until 1865. 
 Then selling out he came to Michigan and there- 
 after for a period of si.'i years operated on rented 
 land in Waterloo Township. His nest venture was 
 the purchase of a house and lot and later he be- 
 came the owner of additional land in Waterloo 
 Township, where he resided until December, 1888. 
 Having now been elected to his present office, he 
 removed to tlie city of Jackson in order to enter 
 upon its duties. 
 
 Mr. Weinhold was married, in Lancaster Count}', 
 Pa , October 9, 1854, to Miss Lucetta Lutz. This 
 lady was a native of that county and the daughter 
 of Joseph and Mar\- (Whalen) Lutz, both likewise 
 natives of the Keystone State. The seven children 
 born of this union are recorded as follows: The 
 eldest, Katie A., became the wife of Andrew Reith- 
 miller and they live in Waterloo, this county; Mary 
 is the wife of Emanuel Waltz, of Leoni Township; 
 George married Miss Laura Kantz and they live in 
 Waterloo Township; Lizzie married Lewis Reith- 
 miller and they are residents of Waterloo Town- 
 sliip; Sarah, Mrs. Marvin Hoyt, lives in Waterloo 
 Township; Joseph and Penrose are unmarried and 
 remain with their parents. 
 
 As the friend of progress and the projects set on 
 foot for the benefit of tiie jieople, soci.ally, mor- 
 ally and financially, Mr. Weinhold has been for 
 years active in local affairs and taken an especial 
 interest in education. He served many j'ears as a 
 member of that School Board of his district, and 
 during the time was especially efficient in promot- 
 ing the enteri)rises connected therewith tending to 
 
 the general adva;'.cement of the rising generation. 
 .\s far back as the records go, the Weinhold family 
 have been members of the German Luther.an 
 Church. Mr. Weinhold for many j'ears in his na- 
 tive State officiated as Deacon and has held the 
 same office since coming to Michigan. He has made 
 for himself a good record as a man and a member 
 of the community, and has been no unimportant 
 factor in promoting its best interests. 
 
 NDREW H. MEAD is of Irish parentage 
 and a son of Andrew and Hannah (Ilag- 
 gerty) Mead, who some j'ears after their 
 marriage emigrated to America, first lo- 
 cating in New York City, and thence removing to 
 Washtenaw. County, Mich., in 1843 and spending 
 the remainder of their lives there. They had a 
 large family of children, of whom our subject was 
 the third in order of birth. 
 
 The gentleman whose name introduces this 
 sketch was born in New York Cit}', January 
 10, 1834, and remained with his father until he was 
 about twenty- one years old, acquiring a good edu- 
 cation and developing a sturdy and sterling man- 
 hood. Leaving the parental roof-tree he went to 
 California and was engaged in the mines from 1854 
 to 1866, during seven j'ears of that time being em- 
 ployed as a foreman, ever enjoying the confidence 
 and esteem of those with whom he associated. On 
 his retui n from the Golden State in 1866, Mr. ^lead 
 purchased a farm on section 2, Blacknian Town- 
 ship, this count}', where he has since resided, car- 
 rying on agricultural pursuits. His estate comprises 
 ninety acres, on which an excellent set of farm 
 buildings has been erected, and where every detail 
 of farm labor is carefull}' managed, the result be- 
 ing prosperity and order. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Mead took place in San 
 Francisco, the lady in whom he found a worthy 
 companion being Miss Margaret Lynch, a native of 
 the Emerald Isle. The happy union has resulted 
 in the birth of twelve children, of whom the follow- 
 ing now survive: Andrew, Josie H., Annie. Will- 
 iam, Francis, Katie, Charles and Maggie. The 
 
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PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPIIICAL ALBUM. 
 
 771 
 
 deceased eliililicn who (liiil in iuraacy were iiiuiied 
 Mollie, John, James and Mamie. 
 
 Mr. Mead is not an ofliee-seeicor biilaives Ills at- 
 tention wholly to liis personal atfairs. aUhoiiu;ii 
 identified with the Democratic party and ever ready 
 to cast his vote for its candidates. lie manifests 
 an interosl in edncational atfairs and has done his 
 share in support of tlic educ;ational interests. Among 
 the residents of the vicinity ho is regarded with the 
 respect to whicii his life and works entitle him. 
 He and his family ar'; .all consistent nieniljcrs of the 
 Catholic Church. 
 
 ^^, HARLES RKINHOLDT WENDT, M. 1). 
 ||l Tliis gentleman, whose portrait is presented 
 
 ^^f.' on the opposite page of the Ai.isl'm, and who 
 became jjroficicnt in the science of medicine in 
 (iernian^v, his native land, has been a resident of 
 Jackson since .Sei)tcmber, 1880. Here he has estab- 
 lished a fine and profitable practice, to which he 
 li.ns devoted his attention conscientiously' and un- 
 tiringly. From 1H81 to 1880 he was Physician of 
 Jackson County. In 1888 he received a cable- 
 gram fr<iui his old home across the water, notify- 
 ing him ot the serious illness of his mother. He at 
 once made hurried preparations and sailed for Ger- 
 many. His mother grew better, and the Doctor 
 then proceeded to take a pleasure trip through the 
 Old World, and visited various points of interest, 
 occupying three months in pleasant .•mil instructive 
 travel. 
 
 Dr. Wcndt is a son of Charles and .\dol|)hinc 
 (Naumann) Wendt, his father having been an ho- 
 Id-keeper, who died when the son was but four 
 years old. He was born in .Saxony Germany, De- 
 cember 30, 1848. He entered the common school 
 at the age of si.v ^years. attending until he was 
 twelve, when he entered St. Thomas College, Leip- 
 sic, in which he prosecuted his studies until he li;id 
 attained his twentieth year. He then entered l!ie 
 Leipsic University, where he diligently pursued 
 his studies for live years, during a portion of that 
 time serving as a volunteer on the medical stalt' in 
 the tierman army. From 1K71 to 1873 he prac- 
 
 ticed in the hospitals and was assistant in the clinic 
 of the diseases of children untler Prof. Liviiis Fuerst, 
 after whicli he p.assed his examination and received 
 his diploma, in February, 1873. 
 
 Two weeks later Dr. Wendt sailed for the United 
 .States, landing in New York City, March '.I, and 
 going at once to Chicago and thence to Galien, 
 Berrien County. Mich., where he practiced his 
 profession for a period of five years. He became a 
 member of the Medical Society' in that county in 
 1875. He next went to Lansing, where he I'c- 
 raained about seventeen months, after which he 
 removed to Jackson, where he has since res'ded, 
 and where he soon had a rapidly-growing prac- 
 tice. He is a member of the State ^ledical Societ}' 
 and has a high lepulation among professioiinl 
 brethren for his excellent understanding of the 
 science of therapeutics, his keenness of judgment 
 regarding symptoms and methods of treatment, 
 and well merits the success which has crowned his 
 efforts. 
 
 From 1884 to 1880, Dr. Wendt served as Cor- 
 oner of Jackson Countv. He belongs to and is ex- 
 amining physician of the following organizations: 
 The German Workingmen's Relief Society, No. 2; 
 the Improved Order of Redmen; the Ancient Or- 
 der of United Workmen, and the Select Knights 
 of the same; the Michigan Landwehr; the Jackson 
 Turnverein, for the (levelo|)ment of the muscles 
 of the upper extremities; and the Harmonic Societj'. 
 The private life of the Doctor is an upright one 
 and he has a social nature, as is evinced by his 
 membership in the numerous societies mentioned. 
 He is [lopular in society, and the fact that he is 
 still unmarried is a matter of regret to llK)se who 
 understand how agreealile a coni()anion he might 
 be to a l;idy who merited an 1 recei\ed his rcijard- 
 
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 S HARLES J. ROGER.S. Probably few men 
 II _ within the bounds of this county, know 
 ^^^^J more of its history and growth than the 
 subject of this sketch, who was born in Sandstone 
 Township. August 2(). 1840. He was reared on a 
 farm, and has been accustomed to farm labc^rs of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 various kinds since he was seven years old, when he 
 began driving oxen and performing other dnties 
 suitalile to liis strength. Daring tlie winter he at- 
 tended school, acquiring a good Ivnowlcdge of tlie 
 ordinary brandies of education, to wliicli lie has 
 added tlie usual information regarding general top- 
 ics and current events, that a man of intelligence 
 will actiuire. 
 
 Mr. Rogers remained an inmate of the pnrental 
 household until he was twenty-five years old, when 
 he bonglit eighty acres of land in .Sandstone Town- 
 ship, which lie operated for two years. On December 
 2o, 18Ga. he was united in marriage with Miss Carrie 
 B., tliird child of F. H. Rogers. Her father was a 
 native of Connecticut, was a car|)enter and joiner, 
 and worked at his trade and contracted in his na- 
 tive State. In 1856 he came to this county, and 
 bought a farm in Sandstone Townshi[), upon which 
 he resided during the rcnainder of his life. He 
 still followed his trade, contracting and building as 
 long as his health would permit. His death occur- 
 red November 3, 1884. He was a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. His wiie, Angeline 
 K. Benedict, was also born in Connecticut, being a 
 daughter of Abel and Welthy (Wheeler) Bene- 
 dict, a farmer there. She resides on the homestead 
 in this county, at the age of seventy-seven jears. 
 Her daughters, Emma and Hester A., are now de- 
 ceased, and Mrs. Martha M. Pierce lives in Sand- 
 stone Township. 
 
 Mrs. Rogers was born in Stonington, New Lon- 
 don Count>', Conn., on New Year's Day, 1847, and 
 reared in lier native place until ten years old. She 
 then came to this State with her parents, where she 
 continued her education, and grew to womanhood. 
 After her marringe her husband carried on a farm 
 in Sandstone until the spring of 1868, when he le- 
 nioved to the location they now occupy. The pre- 
 vious fall Mr. Rogers had purchased eighty acres 
 of land on section 4, Spring Arbor Township, the 
 tract having been but slightly improved. It is. lo- 
 cated three miles from Parma, and nine from iTack- 
 son, and since its purchase by Mr. Rogers, has been 
 gradually developed and marked v/ith flue improve- 
 ments. There is an excellent dwelling house, barn, 
 and other outbuildiugs, a wimbnill and tank, and 
 forty-five acres have been added to the original 
 
 purchase. Mr. Rogers is engaged in general farm- 
 ing, and in the raising of a variety of stock. He 
 has about one hundred head of full-blooded sheep 
 of the Merino breed ; full-blooded Short-horn cat- 
 tle, and Chester and Suffolk hogs, and his horses 
 are of the Pilot Chief and Goodrich stock. He 
 keeps two teams constantly employed in the work 
 of the estate. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Rogers two children liave been 
 born, named respectively: Nellie E., and Warren 
 II. Mr. Rogers belongs to the Patrons of Indus- 
 try, and is Vice-President of the society with which 
 he is identified. He also holds membership in the 
 Ancient Order of I'nited Workmen of Parma. In 
 politics he is a Republican. He does not aspire 
 to office, finding sufficient occupation and entertain- 
 ment in his individual affairs, his family circle, and 
 the society of his friends. He and his worthy wife 
 are given their due meed of respect by those to 
 whom they' are known, aiul their lives do credit to 
 the ancestral lines from which they sprung. 
 
 The father of our subject was David II. Rogers, 
 who was born in Connecticut in 1807, his par- 
 ents bearing the names of Cliarles L. and Abigal 
 (Adams) Rogers, being natives of the same State. 
 David Rogers was reared in his native State, and 
 there learned and worked at the trade of a cirpen- 
 ter and joiner. In 183.5 he came to Michigan, 
 buying Government land in this county, in Spring- 
 port Townshii). He then secured one hundred and 
 sixty acres of raw lano in Sandstone Township, 
 upon which he built a log house and made his home. 
 He was occupied to some extent in building barns 
 and other edilices, but devoted his attention princi- 
 pally to grain and stock-raising, becoming in time 
 the owner of nearly six hundred acres of land, and 
 cariying on an extensive business. He belonged 
 to the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and in politics 
 was a Republican. His I'eath occurred in Felirnary, 
 1882. 
 
 The wife of David H. Rogers was born in Con- 
 necticut, and bore the maiden name of Mary A. 
 Chapman. Her parents were Jesse and Belinda 
 (Comstock) Chapman, the former a Connecticut 
 farmer, who settled in this county in an early d.ay, 
 entering land in Concord, where he had a nice farm 
 of two hundred and fifty acres. Finally he removed 
 
PORTRAIT AND lilOGRAPIIlCAL ALBUM. 
 
 to l'arm:i. wlieit" he st:iilcMl in llie livery Ijusiness. 
 coiiliimiiin; in that eiiiuloyiiKDL until his death. To 
 Mr. and Mrs. D.ivid Rogers, seven cliildrcn were 
 Ijorn. the subject of tills IiioLfra|)hic!iI notice beina; 
 the second in order of birth. The others are: Caro- 
 line A. .widow i>r George R. Hunt, Clinton Counl\ ; 
 AVilliani W.. of Spring Arbor Township; Orlando 
 A., of Sandstone Townsliii); Mary Ann E.. now 
 Mrs. C. R. Townsend, of Parma; Abbie !>.. Mrs. 
 I,. A. Chaniberlin, of Sandstone Townslii|); and 
 Jesse I)., who lives on the old homestead. William 
 W. enlisted in 1862, in the Twentieth Michigan In- 
 fantry, and had served seven months, when his 
 health became so reduced that he was obliged to en- 
 ter the hospital, and was discharged for physical dis- 
 .ability. Orlando A. enlisted in 18G-J, in the Twenty- 
 seventh Michigan Shari)-shooters, and served until 
 the close of the war. The mother of this family 
 died March 9, 1875. Mr. Rogers began plowing 
 December 5, 188'J, and h.as continued to plow off 
 and on during the entire winter, and up to the pre- 
 sent writing, April 15, 1800, and during the entire 
 time has jjlowed up living angle worms, thisshow- 
 insj the extreme mildness of t'.e season. 
 
 OlIiN .1. B.VLDWIN. Among the younger 
 members of the fai-niing community' of Wa- 
 terloo Township, none have made a better 
 start in life than the subject of this notice. 
 He is but little past his majorit}', having been born 
 November 25, 18G7, and is a native of this town- 
 ship, where up to the present iime he has spent his 
 entire life. We lind him pleasantly located on 
 scciioii 1(1, where he settled in December, 1889, 
 and where he has one hundred acres of choice 
 l.iiiil. which under his careful management is des- 
 tined to become even more valuable than now. It 
 already yields to the proprietor a hai>dsom<' income. 
 The subject of this notice is the representative of 
 an excellent family, being the son of John A. and 
 Mary (Leech) Baldwin, further mention of whom 
 will be found in the biography of J. T. Baldwin, 
 on another page in this volume. John .1. is the 
 elder of the two children born to his parents, and 
 
 he spent his boyhood and youth in a manner com- 
 mon to farmer's sons, attending the district school, 
 and making himself useful about the homestead. 
 He worked with his father until his marriage, this 
 event occurring November 14, 1889. The bride 
 w.as Miss Nellie G. Tayloi', who was born in Grass 
 Lake Township, February 7, 1872. Her parents, 
 John W. and Sarah A. (Seaver) Taylor, were na- 
 tives of New York State, and early pioneers of this 
 county. The young people have begun the journey 
 of life under the most favorable auspices, and the 
 good wishes of hosts of friends. Mr. I'.aldwin, po- 
 litically, is a sound Repul)lican. and belongs to the 
 Patrons of Husbandry. 
 
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 RANK SHEPHERD KNOWLES. This 
 young gentleman is now manifesting his 
 efHciency .as mailing clerk in the Jackson 
 Post-oflice. He is one of tho^e young men who 
 from early years displ.ay an enterprise and tad 
 that bring them to a position of prominence in 
 business circles, together with the social quajilies 
 that give them popularity, and whose intelliifence 
 makes them useful mendiers of the communit}-. In 
 political circles Mr. Knowles has already .assumed 
 some prominence, having often been chosen dele- 
 gate to County. Congressional and Judicial Con- 
 ventions. He was appointed Vice-President of the 
 Young Men's Club of the Fourth Ward and partic- 
 ularly among the young voters of the Kepidilicnn 
 part}' is quite pojiular. 
 
 Mr. Knowles was born in Niagar.i County N.V 
 March 15. 1802. and is the eldest of three brothers 
 now living. His father, IJobert 1). Knowles a 
 prominent attorney of Jackson, was also born in 
 Niagara County, N. V., where he grew to manhood, 
 studied law and was admitted to the bai-. He mar- 
 ried Miss Julia A. Foster, of .Monroe Counlv. 
 N. Y. In 1863 he came to Michigan, locating in 
 Grass Lake, this county. Two yc-ars later he was 
 elected County Clerk, removing to Jackson in order 
 that he might more fully and easily discharge the 
 duties of his oflice, and here he still lives. 
 
 I'lie subject of this biograi)hical notice w.as but a 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 yeai- old when lie was brought to Michigan by his 
 parents, and he obtained his education in the pub- 
 lic schools of Jackson. At the age of seventeen, 
 having completed his studies, he entered the Post- 
 ofBce, W. L. Seaton being then Postmaster. He 
 remained in the oflHcc in a clerical capacity three 
 years, when the head of the office v.as changed and 
 Maj. W. W. Van Antwerp took charge. After the 
 death of the latter gentleman the office was held by 
 W. M. Bennett, and young Knowles continued to 
 serve as an assistant four months longer. He then 
 became foreman of the Standard Manufacturing 
 Company, a position that he held some months, 
 after which he was employed b.y E. J. Weeks & Co., 
 dealers in drugs and medicines. With this firm he 
 remained until restored to the Post-office. Decem- 
 ber 24, 1889. 
 
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 ^|OHN R. MABKE, Superintendent of the 
 County' House and Farm of this count}', lo- 
 cated in Blackman Township, enjoys the re- 
 spect and confidence of those with whom he 
 has to deal, and possesses fine social qualities, being 
 intelligent and well informed, a pleasant talker, and 
 gentlemanlj' in his address. In April, 188G, he was 
 appointed keeper of the County Farm and has since 
 held the position, having entire charge of the farm 
 and buildings, which are among the finest in the 
 State. The average number of inmates in the 
 institution is thirty and they are the objects of un- 
 tiring care from Mr. and Mrs. Mabee, whose sym- 
 pathy in their lack of home ar.d friends leads them 
 to do all in their power for the comfort and con- 
 solation of those for whom the count}' furnishes 
 shelter and sustenance. The house is kept in the 
 most neat and oi derly manner, the cleanliness of the 
 rooms is iioticealile, and the outward surroundings 
 .'ue quite in kee|)ing with the interior. 
 
 The parents of the subject of this sketch came 
 from Niagara County. N. Y., in 1864, settling in 
 Rives Township, this county. The father, John 
 Mabee, was born in Niagara (Jounty, N. Y. in 1812, 
 and the mother, Desire V. Slayton. in the same 
 county in 1815. The former dei)arted this life July 
 
 19, 1887, and his widow still survives. Their fam- 
 ily comprises eleven sons and daughters, of whom 
 our subject is the fifth in order of birth. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write was born in 
 Royalton, Niagara County, N.Y., February 3, 1841, 
 and there grew to manhood, being the recipient of 
 good educational advantages and an excellent home 
 training. When the firing upon Ft. Sumter aroused 
 the indignation of the lovers of the Union and 
 caused an uprising of the people in defence of the 
 Government, he determined to take up arms in his 
 country's behalf and in May, 1861, he first joined 
 the New York State reilitia, but afterwards was 
 transferred to Company B, Twenty-eighth New 
 York Infantry, serving in the ranks two years. At 
 the expiration of his term of enlistment be returned 
 to the parental home and after a short visit there 
 turned his steps westward, locating at Cairo, III., 
 and entering the employ of the Government, where 
 he remained three or four months. He was then 
 employed in different places and at various occu- 
 l>ations until 1864, when he joined his father in 
 Michigan. 
 
 On arriving in this county, Mr. Mabee worked 
 on his father's farm for about two years, when, tak- 
 ing to himself a wife, he bought a farm in Rives 
 Township, upon which he established his home. 
 Two years later he sold and journeyed toward the 
 West, finally settling in Abilene, Kan., where he was 
 employed by the Union Pacific Railroad for about 
 two years. He then returned to the region of the 
 Great Lakes and spent three years on his father's 
 farm in this county, after which he continued his 
 agricultural occupation in Leoni Township during 
 a period of about seven years. We next find him 
 in Jackson, for a time a member of the police force 
 and in the commission business, and then the ap- 
 pointee to the position which he is now holding and 
 to which he brought such fine qualifications. 
 
 While in the army Mr. Mabee was detailed on 
 the signal corps and served as a member of the 
 same during the greater part of the tiuie of his en- 
 listment. He belongs to the Patrons of Husbandry, 
 the Masonic fraternity and the Grand Army of the 
 Republic. He is a strong Republican, taking an 
 an active interest in thesuccfss of the party and in 
 all political matters. He has held the offices of Over- 
 
POIITIIAIT AND BIOGUAPIUCAL ALIJUAI. 
 
 seer of Iliiiliways and Dniin C'oniinissiuiior. Botli 
 liiniself and wife are active iiienilicis of llie First 
 Wesleyan Meliiodi.sl {'Inutii of Leoiii wherein lie lias 
 served as Class-Leader and Sn|icrintendciil of the 
 Sunday'-iScliool. 
 
 The estimable lad\ whose Christian character and 
 mental culture [trove so serviceable to humanity in 
 the [losition in which she abl}' assists her husband, 
 bore the maiden name of Kmma lUuiyan. an'l is a 
 native of Livingston C(junty, N. Y. The rites of 
 marriage between her and our subject were cele- 
 brated September 17, 1KG6, and to thera has come 
 one son, William R. 
 
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 \l'OIlX G. MAITK. The tini' farm owned by 
 the above-named gentleman and the |)ros- 
 perous circumstances of his family are a 
 ) standing monument to his thrifty and ener- 
 getic life, since he began his career in America as 
 a 5'oung man without means or inlluenre. He owns 
 and occui)ios two hundred and ninetj-five acres on 
 sections 14 and 1,5, Grass Lake Township, his fine 
 residence, barns, and other necessary outbuildings 
 being situated on section lo. The estate is in a 
 high state of cultivation and its management re- 
 flects credit upon its owner and manager. Not 
 only is Mr. Maute one who ranks high in his occu- 
 pation, liut his character and manner of life give 
 him a high slan(iing in the community. 
 
 The subject of this brief sketch was born in 
 Wurtemberg, (iermany, December 23, 1831, being 
 the third of six children born to John and Ann M. 
 (Conzelman) ALaute. His [jarents were natives of 
 the Fatherland, in which they lived and died. 
 They belonged to the Lutheran Church and the 
 father's occupation was that of a farmer. Young 
 Maute was reared and i-ilucntcd in the land of his 
 nativity, which he left at the age of twenty 3ears 
 to establish himself in the New World. His first 
 home in America was in Hay City, Mich., where he 
 spent but a few months, going thence to Huron 
 County, where for three years he worked on a farm. 
 
 The next removal fif Mr. Maute was to Lodi, 
 Washtenaw County, where for two years he con- 
 
 tinued his farm labors, working by the month. In 
 IHfiO, he came to this county and purchased one 
 hundred and ei;;htv acres of land on the section 
 where lu' now lives, and since that time he has 
 continued his residence here, adding to his landed 
 estate and thoroughly improving his property. 
 Me has hehl some minor township and school 
 ofliccs. faithfully^ discharging their duties and serv- 
 ing his fellow citizens to the best of liis ability. 
 In politics he is a Democrat. lioth he and his 
 wife arc members of the Lutheran Church. 
 
 An important step in the life of Mr. Maute was 
 taken .September 18, ISGO.when he became the hus- 
 band of Miss Mary Koch, of Lodi, Washtenaw 
 County. That estimable lady was born in Wur- 
 temberg, Germany, September 4, 1840, and was just 
 budding into womanhood when she accompanied 
 her jiarents to America. She is the fifth in a fam- 
 ily of six children liorn to Jacob ami P'redericka 
 (Horney) Koch. They came to the LTniteil Stales 
 in 1857, and settled in Washtenaw County, but 
 subsequently removed to Grass Lake Township, 
 this county, where both died. Two of their sons 
 belonged to Company H, Tenth iUchigan Cavalry, 
 were cai)tured at Straw berry Plains and died in 
 the Andersonville Piison. 
 
 The ha|)py union of yiv. and ^Mrs. .Maute has 
 been blessed by the birth of seven childi'cu. named 
 res|)ectiv(ly — Fredericka. Martha A., (icorge, Will- 
 iam, Louisa, .Sarah and Jacob. Fredericka is now 
 the wife of Henry Tisch, a farmer in Waterloo 
 Townshii). this county. Martha if the wife of John 
 IJitzer, a farmer in Tuscola County, >Hch. 
 
 SAAC CLAWSOX. He with whose name wc in- 
 troduce this liiographical outline is one of 
 
 , those men who invariably attract attention in a 
 crowd, being of commanding presence and fine 
 physique, and bearing in his countenance the full 
 insignia of "a gentleman to the manor born." 
 Among the people of Parma Township he stands 
 )>romincntly as one of its nujst valued citizens. 
 Kindly and hosiiitalile in his ways, he has proven n 
 good neighbor, a useful menber of society, and is 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 one of its most successful agriculturists, prosecu- 
 ting his calling at a snug homestead on section 6. 
 He was born IMay 12, IS.'iO, in Tompkins Count}', 
 N. Y., and came to Michigan in 1852. 
 
 Mr. Clawson has spent nearly liis entire life in 
 the peaceful pursuits of farming and cari)enter 
 work, and acquired his education in the common 
 sciiuol. H'" commenced working when a mere boy, i 
 and remained under the parental roof until a youth 
 of seventeen years. The following year he com- 
 menced learning the carpenter's trade, wliich he 
 has pursued in connection with farming the most 
 of the time since, and of late years has operated 
 largely as a contractor and builder. He was first 
 married, in January, 18.50, to Miss Sarah King, a 
 native of his own State, and who bore him one 
 child, a son — Emmet — wiio died when nine years 
 old. The young wife onlj' survived her marriage 
 until December, of that same year. On the 2.5th of 
 September, 1852, Mr. Clawson was a second time 
 married to Miss Mary Ludlow. This lady was born 
 September 5, 1833, in Tompkins County, N. Y., 
 and is the daughter of West H. and Eleanor 
 (Steele) Ludlow, the former of whom was born in 
 New York State, and the latter in Cumberl.and 
 County, Pa. Her maternal grandfather served in 
 the War of 1812. 
 
 Of this second marriage there was born to our 
 subject a large family of children, of whom the 
 following survive: Monroe, a resident of Burt 
 County, Neb.; AVest IL. living in Albion, this 
 .State; Ralph, in Parma Township, tijjs county; 
 David, in Kent County; Eleanor, the wife of Wil- 
 lis Glading, of Parma Townshi|); (iarrett, in Eaton 
 County; Emily, the wife of Samuel Hamlin, also of 
 Eaton County; Jay, in Parma Townshij), this 
 county; Lora, Mark and Chester M. residing with 
 theii' father. The deceased are William E. and 
 Cora. Mr. Clawson came to Jackson County in 
 1852, and followed his tiade in Springport Town 
 ship for two years, then removing to Eaton Countj', 
 be worked at carpentering in connection wit'.i 
 farming a number of yenrs, after which he returned 
 to this county and seltleil on a farm on section 16, 
 that which is now owned by William Gibbs. He 
 only lived there, however, a short time. He took 
 possession of his present i)lace in the spring of 
 
 1882, This comprises one hundred. and thirty-two 
 and one-half acres of land, under thorough culti- 
 vation, and provided with substantial farm build- 
 ings. 
 
 Mr. Clawson. politicallj', is a straight Republie:tn, 
 but has ver}' little to do with polities, devoting his 
 entire attention to his farming interests. He and 
 his amiable wife are still in the prime of life, with 
 the capacity of enjoying the fruits of their. early 
 toils and sacrifices, as their pioneer experience was 
 similar to that of the people around them. (Jenial 
 and hospitalile, they are favorites in the social cir- 
 cle, and well spoken of by their neighbors. The 
 father of our subject was Peter Clawson, a native 
 of New York, and the mother bore the maiden 
 name of Eleanor VanVleet. The elder Clawson 
 was likewise a farmer and carpenter combined, and 
 with his excellent wife is now deceased. The father 
 of Mrs. Clawson was among the early settlers of 
 this county, and became widely [and favorably 
 known ihronghout Parma Township, where he lived 
 until his death ui 1870. 
 
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 ^^EORGE WERNER. This young gentle. 
 ml ,_- man is an excellent representative of the 
 ^^gs! younger element of the business men in 
 Jackson, where he is carrying on the carriage busi- 
 ness. He is a self-made man as far as his financial 
 prosperity is concerned, is very pojjular among 
 his compeers, and is one of the most interesting 
 conversationalists, having a natural gift in present- 
 ing topics to the listener in an easy and entertain- 
 ing manner. 
 
 Henry Werner, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Hanover, Germany, came to America in 
 1812, and settled in Canada, whence he removed 
 to New York. In that State he was united in 
 marriage with Miss Annie Zinkn, a native of the Em- 
 pire State, who bore him five sons and one daugh- 
 ter. In 1855 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Werner removed 
 to Ann Arbor. ;\Iich.. where the death of the 
 father took place in 1869. He and his worthy wife 
 were of the Lutheran faith. 
 
 The natal day of George Werner was August 2, 
 
I'Oiri'ltAIT AND lUOCUAI'lIICAL ALIiUM. 
 
 18(12. his liiilli|>l:i<.'i' Ann Ailior. .Mkrli.. in wiiirli 
 cily Ir' ;ilU'n<k'il tin' puhiio schools nntil Ihi- age of 
 sixt.i'o:i ji'.-irs. whoii he lpi'y:;iii ItMininL; the trade of 
 c;inia:fe-ni;iking. He cnme to Jackson in 1879. 
 locating at the ol<l I'nion Hotel, since bnrnt. and 
 skating rinks being thei. in vogue, he used his 
 ca|)ital in opening oni' in the old rooms of Com- 
 pany O, IMichigan National (I naril, on I'enrl Street. 
 After operating the rink one swison. hi' went into 
 the business which he* has since followeil. and in 
 wliich he has shown himself a thorough and reli- 
 able workman. Our subject was married June 26, 
 1881). to IJelle Iluson. who was born in Lockport. 
 N. Y., a daughter of Harry and Sarah Ilnsou. bo(h 
 of that State. 
 
 Mr. Werner is a member of the Knights (). T. M. i 
 In 1882 he joined Company- 1). .AHchigan National 
 (luards, serving a year as a private. He was then j 
 promoted to the ranK of Corporal, in 1 H85 was 
 made Fourth Sergeant, in 1 8.s(;. Second Lieutenant, 
 in 1887. Fir.st Lieulenant. and on September 10, 
 188it, was elected Captain of tlie Company. Since 
 that time Mr. Werner lias done more tlian any 
 other man in .lackson to ()romote the interests of 
 the militia. In [lolitics he i.s an ardent Democrat, 
 and is at present representing the Fifth Ward in 
 the City Council, having been elected to that body 
 in April, 1881), by a majority of one hundroci and 
 lifli'-si.x. 
 
 EROME CAHEY, Alderman of the First 
 Ward of Jackson, is serving his second term ! 
 as a member of the City Couni;il, in which 
 !^^ capacity he has given general satisfaction, 
 and has acted on various committees with eminent 
 ability. lie is at present Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee on Ordinances and Claims, and endeavors in 
 every w^ay to aid in the im|)rovement of tlie citj-. 
 t.f which he has been a resident many years. 
 
 Michigan was the birth[)lace of Mr. Carev, and 
 ill the town of Moscow, Hillsd;de County, he first 
 saw the light, June 14, 1854. The Carey family 
 are identified with the pioneer history of the Uav 
 .State, whither Iliey removed from New York as 
 early as 1S2«, [ire-emptiug a claim of (iovernnient 
 
 l.ir.d, and evolving out of lln^ unbroken soil a com- 
 fortable homestead. The father of our subject. 
 Thomas F. by name, was born in 1814, in Genesee 
 County, X. Y., and remained there nntil fourteen 
 years old. when he accompanied his [jarents on 
 their removal to .Michigan. He assisted in the 
 usual l:d)ors inciilent to farm life, and amid frontier 
 scenes grew to a stalwart manhood. When ready 
 to found a home of his (jwn, he was married to 
 Miss Sarah, daughter of Jacob Lair, and a native 
 of the Empire State, having been born in Oswego 
 County in 1826. 
 
 After their marriage Thomas Carej' and his wife 
 located in Hillsdale County. Mich., where their 
 family wae increased by the birth of four children, 
 three sons and one ilaughter. Of these our subject 
 was the eldest son a?id second child; all are j'et 
 living. The boyhood of our subject was passed on 
 his father's farm, assisting in the duties and labors 
 there in the summer season, while the winter w.as 
 passed in a rude schoolhouse at the head of Devd's 
 Lake. There his regular schooling was completed. 
 
 .4t the age of twenty years .Mr. Carey felt pre- 
 pared to start out in life for himself, and accord- 
 ingly began to farm on his own account. He also 
 operated a stationary engine in .lackson, and for a 
 time wab engaged in teaming. He graduallv, bv 
 the exercise of frngalily and iiidustr3', accumulaterl 
 a corapotence. being now in receipt of a comforta- 
 ble income, and owns properly in Jackson which he 
 rents. He is numbered among the most inlhiential 
 citizens of .lackson, and uniformly sup|)orls the 
 Democratic parly, the principles of which he thinks 
 are most suited to the needs of the country. He 
 is ever ready to aid any worthy cause liy financial 
 assistance so far as he is able. 
 
 I'robably the most important event in the life of 
 our subject was his marriage, which was celebrated 
 at the bride's home in .lackson. November 13. 
 1877. Mrs. Carey bore tlie niaiilen name of Eliza- 
 beth Classic, and she was the daughter of \'incent 
 and Mary H. (Bower) Classic, botii natives of Ger- 
 many. There likewise their daughter Elizabeth 
 was born, and at the age of two years accompanied 
 her parents to America, locating immediately in 
 Jliehigan. One daughter was born to .Mr. and .Mrs. 
 Carey, named Anna I{.. but sli(> wa.s taken from 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGliAPIIICAL ALBUM. 
 
 the loving parents when a cliihl of five .years. Ilcr 
 death, while in the budding of childhood, left a 
 vacant chair at the table, an unoccupied place by 
 the fireside, and a depth of grief in the parent's 
 hearts which time alone can heal. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Carej^ are people of refined tastes and cultured 
 minds, and receive a most hearty welcome in the 
 best circles of society. 
 
 I 
 
 -;^i/ LONZO D. AUSTIN, engineer on the 
 l@/4!(| Micliignn Central Railroad and a man 
 111 prominent and (lopular In railroad circles, 
 although not yet having reached the twen- 
 tj--ninth year of his age, has made such good nse 
 of his time and opportunities, that he lias not only 
 become skilled in the dntics of his profession, but 
 is already- on the highway to a competence. He 
 has one of the most attractive homes in the city of 
 Jackson, a neat and tasteful residence, located in 
 the midst of beautiful grounds, and which both 
 vvit.hin and without gives ample evidence of the 
 relincd tastes and well- directed means of the pro- 
 prietor. The fact that Mr. Austin is well-spoken 
 of by those who know him best is suflicicnt indica- 
 tion of his character and his standing. 
 
 Mr. Austin, a native of Indiana, was born in the 
 town of Angola, Steuben County, December, 1, 
 ISfil. His father. Henry F. Austin, was born in 
 Lenawee County, this .State, in IS.36, and spent his 
 last years in Angola, Ind., dying in 1S83. Tiie 
 mother, Mrs. Priscilla (Dunham) Austin, who is 
 still living, is a native of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 
 and the daughter of Alonzo Dunham, who still 
 lives in Angola. Ind. The parental family con- 
 sisted of three children, of whom only the two sons 
 are living. 
 
 The subject of this notice spent tiie first seven- 
 teen years of his life In his native town, where he 
 acquired a common-school education, anil made his 
 borne with his parents. He then entered the em- 
 ploy of the Michigan Contr.il Raili'oad Compixn}- as 
 a watchman around the depot at Jackson, and b}' 
 faithfulness to his duties gained the confidence of 
 his employers, and in due time was [jlaced as fire- 
 
 n,aii on a switch engine. Here he attended to his 
 business with the same care as before and was next 
 promoted to the post of fireman on a road engine. 
 In 188."5 he took another step upward, becoming 
 engineer of a road locomotive, which position he 
 still holds, his run being from J.ackson to Michi- 
 gan City, with his home in the former. 
 
 Mr. Austin was married March, 1, 1882, in Jack- 
 son, to Miss Minerva Smith, daugliter of Moses 
 and Jemima (Wise) Smith* who were natives of 
 Ohio. The father is deceased. The mother makes 
 her home with her daughter, Mrs. Austin. Mrs. 
 Austin was born March 18, 1863, in Portage 
 County, Ohio, and by her union with our subject 
 lias become the mother of four children: Ruth E.; 
 Ethel, who died in 1887 when twenty-two months 
 old; Lewis Dunham; and an infant unnamed. 
 Their pleasant and cheerful home is the resort of 
 many friends and acquaintances, comprising some 
 of the best citizens of Jackson, where they are held 
 in the highest respect. Mr. Austin, politically 
 supports the principles of the Democratic party, 
 and socially belongs to the Brotherhood of Loco- 
 motive Engineers. 
 
 siai'i* 
 
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 i ILBORN A. TAYLOR. Tlic Taylor fam- 
 
 lll vi ''y '* familiarly known in Grass Lake 
 
 III 11 
 
 TovvnshiiJ as being among its earliest set- 
 tlors, and the subject of this notice was 
 born on the old homestead in this township, March 
 •23, 1842. Of his parents. William B. and Mary 
 (Ladu) Taylor, a biographical s-ketch appears else- 
 where in this volume. lie was reared and educa- 
 ted amid the influences of a good home, where he 
 remained until reaching his majority. Then start- 
 ing out for himself he went to Ingham County, 
 where he engaged in milling, at Willlamstown, three 
 years. Then returning home he remained four 
 years. After his marriage he purchased lanrl near 
 Mason. Ingham County, where he made his home 
 until 1880. Then selling out he once more re- 
 turned to the old homestead, of which he took 
 charge and farmed there six years. 
 
 At the expiration of this time Mr. Taylor pur- 
 
OLIVER CHAPEL 
 
PORTRAIT AND HrOGRAPIimAL ALHUAl. 
 
 rKi 
 
 I'liased one ImmhTfl anil tliirlv acres of Iniul. coin- 
 l)ri!<inn; liis present farm and lying on section 17. 
 lie receive'l a little assistance from his father. Iml 
 has main!}- worked his own way. and has become 
 quite successful. He is consideraljl3' interested in 
 slock-raisinjr, keei)ing j^ood grades of horses and 
 cattle. In politics, like his fatlxT and grandfather, 
 he is a f:>ilhful adherent of the Democratic parly. 
 lie has held some of the school offices in his dis- 
 trict, belongs to the Patrons of Husbandry and is 
 a meni'er, in good standing, of E.vcelsior Lodge 
 No. IG. .v. F. A' A. M. 
 
 Mr. Taylor was joined in marriage with Miss 
 Catherine K. Kerber, October 'j:), 1871. at the 
 bride's home in Waterloo, this county. Mrs. Tay- 
 lor was born in the city of Detroit, December 2o, 
 lH4o. and is the daughter of Andrew and Margaret 
 Kerber, who were natives' of (iermany. anc' who 
 upon emigrating to America settled in Ohio. Later 
 tiipy cnme to Micl)igan and spent their last ilays 
 ill Waterloo. Seven children have been born of- 
 ihis union, viz.: Nina iM., William A.. Lilly A., 
 Nettie E., Fred E.. IJeiijamin F. and Jessie G, 
 They are all living and remain under the parental 
 rnof. Mr. Taylor is a thorough fanner and lias 
 made for himself the record of an honcsl man and 
 a good citizen. 
 
 HS. KEZIAU .1. (II A I'LL, one of the 
 oldest settlers of Michigan living in this 
 LI' county, has from her early childhood 
 borne a part in the pioneer work of woman. 
 Ill llie home of her jiarents, as the helpmate of in- 
 dustrious manhood, and in rearing her children she 
 has ever been faithful in the discharge of the 
 duties devolving upon her and labored unl irinuly 
 at what her hands found to do. 
 
 The natal day of Mrs. Chapel was June 13, U.17, 
 and her birthplace Roj'altou, Niagara Count3-, 
 N. Y. She is the ninth child in a family of eleven 
 sons and daughters boin to Mr. and Mrs. James 
 Welsh, whose history will be found in tl e sketch 
 of George W. Welsh, on another page .if this vol- 
 ume. When she was ( ighl y<ars old she accompa- 
 
 nied her parents and the other members of the 
 family to this State, where Indians and wild ani- 
 mals abounded, and settlers were sparsely distrib- 
 uted over the Teirilory. The journey hither was 
 made on the Ivie Canal to liiiffalo. across the lake 
 to Detroit, and by means of an ox-team to Ann 
 Arboi', near which a location was made. The 
 dwelling of the family w;is a double log house, and 
 all their surroundings for a time were of a very 
 primitive nature. The honul\- .•uls of carding, 
 spinning, weaving, and .all household duties were 
 thoroughly acquired by oi.r subject and she and 
 her associates wore homespun clothing. In IS.S;') 
 the family removed to Grass Lake, this county, 
 but two years later changed their location to 
 Michigan Center. 
 
 On August 10. 1h;j7, Miss Welsh was united in 
 marriage to .Afr. A. Downer, a native of Connec- 
 ticut, and a son of Simon and Zclplia Downer. 
 With his |)aients he came to this Slate, living at 
 Plymouth until 183'), when he became a residi'nl 
 of Concord Township, this county. lie worked 
 for Mr. (iriswoM until his -marrLage, when he 
 bought one hundred and si.\ty acres of land, upon 
 which the young couple began their wedcied life. 
 The farm was improved and made productive, anil 
 was their happy hon'c until death removed the 
 husband and father in 1845. Three children had 
 been born to them — Simon .\. gave his life to his 
 country, enlisting in August. l)S(jl, as a member 
 of Company L Fourth Michigan Cavalry. lie 
 was sent into Tennessee, and had taken [lart in a 
 coujile of skirmishes when he was attacked b\ l\- 
 phoid fever, which proved fatal. His mortal 
 remains were sent home and i)e[i_)sited in the Chapel 
 Cemetery; Martin L.. the second son. now lives at 
 Detroit; he has licen baggage man for the Michi- 
 gan Central Railro.ad for twenty-seven years; Arde- 
 lia B.. the only daughter, married Royal Chapel. 
 a baggage man on the same road, and lives at 
 Kalamazoo. 
 
 After the death of her lirst husband, the lad\ of 
 whom we write made her home with her sister, Mrs. 
 J. C. Griswold. in the same township, until her 
 union with Oliver Chapel, the event taking place 
 January 3. 18oS. Mr. Chapel was born in Salem. 
 Conn.. August 10. 1818, his father being Caleb 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Chapel, whose hislor3' will be found in the biog- 
 iai)hy of Samuel Chapel on another page in this 
 Alium. The familj' canio to lliis part of the West 
 in 183-2, and J'oung Chapel remained with his 
 father until liis marriage, November T, 1841, to i 
 INIiss Laura J. Chapman, who was born in Connee- 
 ticnt, and who departed this life Julj- 4. 1856. 
 After his marriage Mr. Chapel located on section 
 5. S))ring Arbor Township, on a tract of land that 
 he had purchased from the Government somejears 
 before. His wedded life was begun in a log 
 house, according to the custom in earlier times, and 
 as rapidly as possible tlie work of developing tiie 
 farm went on. 
 
 Ulr. Chapel was a most successful farmer, '.aising 
 a variety of grain and stock, and being able to 
 place excellent improvements upon his estate in 
 the course of a few years. The commodious and 
 well-built frame house now or-cupied by his widow 
 was erected in 1859. and at that time was the 
 largest dwelling in the township. All necessary 
 conveniences in the way of barns and other out- 
 buildings, together, with a windmill and tank, 
 have been placed upon the estate, and all indicate 
 the prosperity and good management of the former 
 owner, as well as that of those who have had its 
 care in more recent years. The estate of ^Ir. 
 Cliapel comprised two hundred and thirty-eight 
 acres, seventy-eight having been sold since his 
 death. 
 
 On April 8, 1881), the silver cord was loosened 
 and Mr. Chapel bade farewell to earthly scenes. 
 For five years prior to his decease he had been 
 very feeble from a shock of paralysis. As long as 
 his bodily strength would permit he had taken an 
 active interest in the movements for the good of 
 the community, wherii he had long held a promi- 
 nent place in the esteem of his fellow men, and as 
 an influential and upright citizen. During the 
 war he was Supervisor and Muster Officer, his 
 duties keeping him occupied almost day and night, 
 and in tlie care of the poor and tlie widows he was 
 ever found sympathetic and anxious to relieve 
 their distress as far as possible. Iii politics, he 
 was a strong Republican, and to a belief in the 
 principles of that party the survivors of his farail}' 
 stanchly adhere. He was an Elder in the Presby- 
 
 terian Church at Pai'ma, to which his widow be- 
 longs, and to the support of which she contributes 
 liberally. 
 
 Since the death of Mr. Chapel, his widow and 
 her sons have succcssftdly carried on the farm, 
 and as far as may be fllleil the place once occupied 
 by him whose loss they mourn, and to the record 
 of wlio.*e well-spent life they can refer with pleas- 
 ure. The marriage of ^Nlr. Chapel and the subject 
 of this sketch was blessed by the birth of two sons 
 — Jackson (). owns thirty acres of land adjoining 
 the home farm, but resides on the latter with his 
 mother; he married Miss Edith A. Allen, of 
 Parma, and they have two children — R. D. aud 
 Hazel. George W. W. married Mrs. Ada (Pow- 
 ers) Woodard, of Parma, a union that has been 
 blessed by the birth of one daughter. Vera. Mrs. 
 Chapel is fortunate in being able to look back over 
 many years of usefulness, and in having manj^ 
 friends who thoroughly appreciate her work among 
 the pioneers, and the duties which she has so faith- 
 fully discharged in later years, when less arduous 
 toil gave greater leisure for lighter duties and for 
 the enjoyment of the com|)anionship of family and 
 friends. 
 
 In connection with this sketch we present on 
 another page a lithographic portrait of the late 
 Mr. Chapel, whose memory is cherished not alone 
 by his family, but by the many to whom his 
 generosity and kindness of heart had endeared 
 him. 
 
 ■^f] AMES C. DEYO. The rejiutation of this 
 gentleman as a breeder of. and dealer in 
 Pne horses, is probably excelled by no man 
 in this part of the West. His stud com- 
 prises four of the finest stallions in the country, 
 these being of ILambletonian, Wilkes and Daniel 
 Lambert strains, and his brood mares, comprising 
 some of the finest blood in the country, are of Tre- 
 mont Reed Wilkes, Jaj^ Bird, Sentinel Wilkes, Ira 
 AVilkes, Volraar and many others. Mr. Deyo is one 
 of the finest judges of hor.se flesh in the country, 
 and has been equally successftd as a buyer .as well 
 as a breedei-, making annual shipments to New York 
 
PORTKAIT AND KIOGUAPllICAL ALBUM. 
 
 7S3 
 
 City for tlif |»nst tliirly years, takiii,i;_lu lliat poiiil 
 many of tlit" (inesi carriage am) driving horses that 
 ever stepped u|)oii the soil of tiie Kinpire State. 
 
 .V native of Orange C'ontity. N. V..Mr. Deyo 
 was born Septemlier 20. lf<22. lie comes iionestly 
 by his love of the equine race, having inherited 
 this quality from his honored fathei-, whom he began 
 to assist as s<.K)n as large enough, aliout his slal)U'S 
 and also .Troiind the hotel, AVIk'u a lad of thir- 
 teen years he, by waiting upon guests and other 
 extra duties, had saved enough money to buy a 
 pony, paying for it ^87. He carefully. trained the 
 animal, and .a year later sold it for $200, This 
 transaetion was the initiation of the long and suc- 
 cessful career which iie has followed. In 1858 
 y(jung Deyt) came to Michigan, bringing with him 
 to Kalamazoo tvvcnt3' head of high-grade horses, 
 eighteen of the number being handsome, dark dap- 
 ple grays, and two pair of them sired by the famous 
 horse. Henry Clay. 
 
 l\Ir. Deyo now engaged in the liver\' business, 
 and as a dealer in horses, remaining !it Kalamazoo 
 lOitil 1 SCO. That year he came to this county and 
 ))urchased what was known as the Judge Cha|)man 
 farm, which is now included in the city limits, and 
 mostly (Kcupied by buildings. He now commenced 
 tlie breeding of fine horses, and ten years later sold 
 that farm for *30,000, to H. H. Smith & Co., and 
 purchased the (Junnison Farm, two miles southeast 
 of the city. There he put ni) large and expensive 
 buildings, but on Black Friday, 1875, his entire 
 proi)ert\' wa.s swept away. Thn.s stripped of his 
 l)ossessions Mr. Deyo removed to the city of .lack- 
 son and began life anew. A man of his push and 
 enterprise, however, was bound to succeed, and two 
 jears later he was enabled to purchase the place 
 where he novv resides, on Francis Street, tinning 
 over as part payment a paid-up life insurance pol- 
 icy of ij2,20O. He then proceedcil with his chosen 
 woric, the breeding of fine lujrses, which he will 
 doubtless puisue all the years of his active life. 
 
 Mr. Deyo has been twice married, the first time 
 in IS 1.5, to Miss Theresa Rosecrantz. This lady 
 w\as born in I'jster County, N. Y.. and is the daugh- 
 ter of Henry and Kuseb.ia (Jackson) Rosecrantz. 
 Of this union there were born five children, viz.: 
 Charles II.. Theodore F.. Ceorge C. ; Katie T.. the 
 
 wife of James Fnrney; and Lulu, who married 
 Charles H. Shaw. , Mrs. Theresa A. Deyo departed 
 this life injKalamazoo. in 18;jl», andlMr. Deyo was 
 then married to Miss Debbie A. Kelley. a native of 
 Ca.<tile. N, V, 
 
 The father of our subject was Kzekiel Deyo, who, 
 it is believed. \\.as born in New Paullz, N. \ . He 
 leai-ned shoemaking in his youth, which he followed 
 in the winter seasons, and the balance of the year 
 engaged in farming. In". 1825 he removed from 
 Orange to Cayuga County, N. V., and for two 
 yoars^lived on a rented farm near Scipio. Wo next 
 And him in Vates County, and for some years he 
 operated a rented farm near Penn Van. Thence he 
 removed to the village of Hologna, where 'Jie kept 
 a iiublic house for some years, and it being a'stage 
 station he conducted quite a thriving business. In 
 I86;5 he came to Michigan to visit his son. and died 
 at the home of the latter the following year. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
 of Jane Peck. She accompanied lier hush.and to 
 Michigan, and after his death returned to New 
 York State, and died at the home of her daughter 
 in Hellona, Yates County. September 18, 1876. 
 The parental family consisted of six'children. only 
 two of whom survive,' namely : James C. and his 
 sister Sarah; the latter the widow of Henry Van- 
 vurst, anil a resident of Hellona. 
 
 *ALLACF M. MKRRILL. The subject of 
 rjl this notice has the honor of being the son 
 W^ of one of the earliest pioneers of Michi- 
 gan — James .Merrills — who spelled his name with 
 an -'s," a native of Claremont. N. II., and who was 
 born Septemlier l.j. 180.'5. The paternal grand- 
 father was Levi Merrills, likewise a native of the 
 (i ran ite State. The great-grandfather, Isaac Mer- 
 rills, was also a native of New England, and a 
 farmer by occupation, although he was very prom- 
 in.nt in public affairs, and served as a member of 
 the Slate Legislature for a period of twenty-one 
 years. 
 
 The Merrills family was lirst represented in 
 America \)y three brothers, who crossed the Atlan- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 tic (iuiino: the Colonial days, and settled in Boston. 
 One of their iiiiniciliale rlescendnnls, Levi, the 
 grandfalher of our subject, ofcupied himself as a 
 faiiner, spending his early years in >;ew Mamp- 
 sliiro. Ho finally removed to Middletown. Rut- 
 land t'oiinty, Vt., and dying there, was buried in 
 tlie ehurcliyard of the town of Wells. His wife, 
 Ilannali Grover, was born at Haverhill. Essex 
 County, Mass., and l)y her marriage witli Levi 
 Men-ills, became the mother of six sons and five 
 daughters. One of the daugiiters died in infaiK'3-, 
 and one of the sons died at the ago of fourteen 
 vears. All the others lived to mature years. 
 
 ■lames Merrills, the father of our subject, was 
 about fourteen years old when his |)arents removed 
 to Vermont. The family was in limited circum- 
 stances, and .lames, wlicn a lad of six years, had 
 been l)Ound out in New Hampshire to a man by the 
 name of Waldo. He was compelled to work hard, 
 and was given no school advantages. When twelve 
 years old he returned to his parents, and lie after- 
 wards worked b}' the month and assisted in the 
 support of the family. He resided in Middlelown 
 until 1833, and then started for Michigan Territory, 
 (quipped with 8140 in casli, but ids possessions in 
 all equaled ??400. lie was accompanined by his 
 wife and two children, and journeyed by tlie Cham- 
 plain vjd Erie Canals to Buffalo, thence via the 
 lake to Detroit. Leaving his family in Buffalo, he 
 started on foot from Detroit for the interictr, Ann 
 Arlior being his objective point. He made only a 
 shoi't stop there, however, when he came to this 
 County at a time when the present flourishing city 
 of Jackson consisted of a few log and frame build- 
 ings. 
 
 Entering forty acres of Government land adjoin- 
 .ing the city, James Merrills was soon joined by his 
 family. The county was thinly settled, wiiile deer, 
 bears, wolves and Indians were plentiful. No rail- 
 roads appeared in this region for many years after- 
 ward, and Ann Arbor for the same length of time, 
 was the nearest milling point and depot for supplies. 
 Mr. Merrills made some improvements on his land, 
 and finall3' sold itat an advanced price. About 1835 
 he removed to Ingham County, pui chasing a tract 
 of land ncnr Charlotte, where he resided about two 
 years. Then returning to Jackson, he purchased a 
 
 home in the city. He was unfortunate in some of 
 his trades, and lost nearly all he possessed, but be- 
 ing a hard worker, and having an ellicient and 
 sensilile wife, he was soon on his feet again. 
 
 About 1843 James Merrills purchased land near 
 Jackson, but which is now included in the city 
 limits on the northwest, and there he put up the log 
 house within which liis sou, Wallace BI., the subject 
 of this sketcli, was born. From that time on he 
 wn>< prosperous, and in the course of two or three 
 years the log house was abandoned for a moilern 
 brick residence, within which the family resided 
 for a. period of twenty-six years. Then selling out 
 once more, I\Ir. JMerrills purchased another farm 
 near Blackman, wliere he resided eleven years. 
 Thence he again removed to Jackson, and there 
 spent t!ie remainder of hisd.ays in retirement, pass- 
 ing av;ay ftlarcli 9, 1888, at the ripe old age of 
 eigiity-four jcars. He lived to see the counti3' trans- 
 formed from a wilderness into cultivated farms and 
 flourishing towns, watching with a warm interest 
 the growtii of Jackson, from a bamlet to a city of 
 twentj'-five thousand souls. In the meantime he 
 performed no unimportant |)art in effecting this 
 great change. He assisted in the erection of the 
 State Pri.son at Jackson, a primitive affair, the en- 
 closure to which was constructed of tamarack poles 
 set endwise in the ground closely together, and 
 effecting a solid wall difficult to scale. In all the 
 enterprises calculated for the general good of the 
 communitv, he took an active interest, tendering a 
 substantial support whenever able. 
 
 The father of our subject was twice married. 
 His first wife died shortly after coming to Michi- 
 gan, and Mr. Merrills in due time returned to New 
 York .St.ate, and was wedded to Miss Elizabeth 
 Stillwell, who became the mother of Wallace M. 
 This lady was born at Johnstown, Fulton County. 
 N. y., April 16, 1821, and was the daugiiter of 
 Enoch and Susan (Peterson) Stillwell, who spent 
 tlieir last 3'ears in Johnstown, N. Y. Siie became 
 the motlier of two children — Wallace M. and Still- 
 well G., the latter of whom is a resident of Collins- 
 ville. III. M>-s. Elizabeth Stillwell died at the 
 home farm in Blackman Township, July 21, 1881. 
 
 Tlie subject of this notice attained to manhood 
 in Blackman Township, this county, and acquired a 
 
PORTRAIT A^'I) mOOHAPinCAl, ALBUM. 
 
 /S.-) 
 
 pnu-tical ('(liicaliun in llic city scliuols. WIkii liis 
 education was eoinplclcd, he wont to work on a 
 farm and lived with liis parent;*, until tlicv no more 
 needed liis filial otiiccs. The hdinestead in Pilacknian 
 Townsiiip fell to him. as his share of the e.--tate. and 
 of this he still has possession. In 1883, coming to 
 Jackson, he purehased a residence on Maple Ave- 
 nue, and resided tiiere until the early part of 18'J0, 
 when lie sold and purchased property on East Main 
 Street, where he now lives. lie was married .Sep- 
 tember i:}. 187(), to Miss Julia A., daugliter of 
 David W. and Elizabeth (Dunlap) "Snow. The 
 parents of Mrs. .Merrill were natives respectively 
 of Vermont and New York State, and came to 
 Michigan during llie pioneer d;iys, locating in Sand- 
 stone Township, where their daughter, Julia A., was 
 born. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill arc the parents of 
 three children — Gilbert P>., Albertis and Willie E. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth (Stillwell) Merrills, besides being 
 a lady of many womanly virtues, possessed more 
 than ordinary executive ability, was a close calcu- 
 lator, financially, aud of great assistance to her 
 huscand, not only in accumulating, but in taking 
 care of his property. Stillwell G. Mf^-rill, the 
 brother of our subject, was studiously inclined, 
 and obtained a lirst-class education, adopted the 
 medical profession, and was graduated from the St. 
 Louis Homwopathic Medical College, in the class 
 of 18GG. He is now one of the most successful 
 practitioners of Collinsville, 111., and in addition to 
 the duties of his profession, is engaged with two 
 others in the manufacture of proprietary medi- 
 cines. 
 
 The maternal grandfather of t>ur subject was 
 born and reared in Newton, N. II., and married 
 Miss Hannah Grover, who was a native of Haver- 
 liill, Mass.. where she was reared l(j womanhood. 
 Soon after their marriage tliev removed to Orange. 
 (Jrafton County, N. II., where they resided twelve 
 years. Next they removeil to Jliddleton, Rutland 
 County. \l.. where they spent their last days, 
 (irandfalher Enoch Stillwell. on the maternal side, 
 was bc>rn in Monmouth County. N. J., May Hi, 
 1781. 
 
 The paternal great grandfather of our subject 
 was Isaac Meirills, and he was born and reared in 
 Amesbury, Essex Countj-, Mass. He was a man of 
 
 w 
 
 more lliau ordinary ability, and a tiusled public 
 servant, spending twenty -two yeais of his life in 
 the Slate Legislature. He reared seven sf)ns aud 
 gave to each of them a farm. He spent his hist 
 days in the old (iranite .State. 
 
 -■§&•■:;■•*••' 
 
 OSHIA G. CLARKE, who ilied at his 
 home on section 19, Columbia Township. 
 March 20, 1887, was an old settler t)f the 
 county. He came here in 1837. while still a 
 young man, and for more than half a century was 
 active in his personal affairs and in those of the 
 locality in which he became a leading citizen. The 
 most of that time was spent on his farm, his busi- 
 ness career being a successful one, and his [)roi)erty 
 managed in a manner befitting a man of practical 
 and progressive ideas. (Generous to a fault, inter- 
 ested in everj' measure which would increase the 
 prosperity and advance the civilization of the 
 inhabitants of his State and countr}-, Mr. Clarke 
 made many friends and wielded a strong influence 
 for good. He was an earnest advocate of temper- 
 ance, voting and working for the cause in every 
 waj\ He was born in Columbia Township, Erie 
 Count5\ N. Y., in 1821, and was consequently 
 sixty-seven years of age when he entered into rest. 
 He was one of the younger members of a large 
 family, most of whom lived to be quite old. 
 
 The gentleman above named was a son of the 
 Hon. Archibald Clarke, who was a native of Mary- 
 land and the son of SoiUhern parents. While y<'t 
 a young man, Archibald Clarke went to Lima, N.V., 
 and after his marriage to Miss Chloe Thayer, of 
 that city, settled in Erie County, twenty miles east 
 of Hutfalo. His wife was a native of Boston. Mass.. 
 her i)arenls also having been born in the old Bay 
 State, and was reared to womanhood in Lima, 
 N. Y., whence her parents removed when she was 
 twelve years old. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke were early 
 settlers of their county, where they sojn became 
 well and favorably known, Mr. Clarke becoming 
 prominent in business and political circles. Ik- 
 was a man of the highest character, and of great 
 
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 ppi-sonal popuhiiity, which led to his being honorod 
 with impoitant offices of public trust. In 1808 
 and 1809 he was Surrogate of Niagara County, and 
 from 1809 to 1811 he represented the same county 
 in the Assembly. From 1813 to 1816 he was State 
 Senator from the Western District, which com- 
 prised fifteen counties; and in 1817 represented 
 nine counties in the Congress of the United States. 
 In the meantime he had settled in Erie County, 
 of vvhich he subsequently became Clerk, and was 
 also appoinlLMl Judge of that county, holding the 
 latter office at the time of his death. That sad 
 event ociurred in 1822, while he was still in the 
 prime of life, being but forty-tiiree years of age, 
 and seemingly having man3' years of usefulness 
 yet before him. He took an active part in the 
 AVar of 1812, though only as a local officer. His 
 widow survived until about the year 18.52, making 
 her home with her daughter at Grand Island, N.Y. 
 She was seventy-seven years old when called from 
 time to eternity. 
 
 •T. G. Clarke, who proved himself so worthy a 
 son of a noble and honored father, was twice mar- 
 ried. His first companion was Miss Nancy W. 
 DeLamater, of Columbia Township, this county, 
 who died a year after her marriage, being but 
 twenty years old. In the same township Mr. 
 Clarke vvas a second time married, the lady to 
 whom he then gave his name being Miss Hannah 
 B. DeLamater, a sister of his first wife. She was 
 born in Cohocton County, N. Y., January 7, 1830, 
 and was still a child wlien her parents, Anson and 
 Nancy (Wetherby) DeLamater, removed to Miehi- 
 o-an. This was in 183.5, when the country in this 
 section was still wild and sparsely settled, and Mr. 
 DeLamatei- obtained Government land in what is 
 now Columbia Township, this county. Here he 
 and his wife si)ent the remainder of their lives, he- 
 coming the owners of a fine farm of two hundred 
 acres on section 19, and being actively engaged in 
 the projects and duties becoming good citizenship 
 and their positions at the head of a family. The 
 death of Mr. DeLamater occurred in. 18(13, at the 
 aoe of sixty-seven years, he having survived his 
 wife about a twelvemonth, and her death having 
 taken place at the age of sixty-two years. Mrs. 
 DeLamater was well known throughout the county. 
 
 having been a physician with a large general prac- 
 tice. She was called on at all times and under all 
 circumstances, and during the period when convers- 
 ance from point to point was made with ox teams. 
 Her death occuried while at her post of dutj', she 
 being on a visit to a patient when called hence. 
 She and her husband were members of the Univcr- 
 salist Church, and helped organize ;i societj- of 
 that faith in this county. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Clarke now owns an excellent 
 estate, comprising one hundred and twenty acres 
 on section 19. Columbia Township, which was left 
 her at the death of her father. She is a member 
 of the Universalist Church, to which her deceased 
 husband and sister also belonged. She still retains 
 the sweet temper that has made her so much be- 
 loved all her life, is intelligent, well informed and 
 capable. She is the mother of one child, Anson D., 
 now living in Grand Rapids. He was well edu- 
 cated at Jackson, and is regarded as one of the 
 worthy citizens of the county-. He married Jliss 
 Emma L. Bartlett. of Brooklyn, and is the father 
 of four children — Saiali E,, A. Wight, Mary Jane 
 and Nanie D. ;^the tvvo eldest make their home 
 with their grandmother, the wife of our subject. 
 
 S I»,1LLI AM II. WALKER. A long residence 
 \rJI/ in a community, gives to an individual a 
 W^ standing which can scarcelj* be acquired 
 otherwise, especially if he has made for himself a 
 good record as a citizen and a business man. The 
 opposite of "the rolling stone which gathers no 
 moss," he, if ordinaril}' intelligent, has identified 
 himself closely with the interests of the peojile 
 around him, from which arises a mutual benefit. 
 These thoughts are involuntarily suggested in re- 
 viewing the career of Mr. Walker, who was one of 
 the first settlers of this county, and who for more 
 than forty years operated as a successful merchant 
 at Grass Lake. He has thus become widely and 
 favorabl}^ known to the people of this region, and 
 the fact that he is uniformly well-spoken of, is suffi- 
 cient indication of his true cliaracter. A stranger 
 upon meeting him recognizes him at once as a man 
 
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 of moi-G than ordinary intelliirencc, llioroughly well 
 infoniied, and possessing those genial and oom|ian- 
 ionalile (|ualities wliieh arc almost invaiiably a free 
 passport to the esteem and eontidcnee of mankind. 
 
 Although having readied the sixty-sixth year of 
 his age, Jlr. Walker is a well-preserved man. phy- 
 sically and mentally, having apparentlj' lost noth- 
 ing of the vigor of his younger years. Of a 
 thoughtful turn of mind, he at an early age became 
 identiUed with the Methodist F4)iscopal Church of 
 which he has remained not only a consistent mem- 
 ber, but a regular contributor, giving freely of his 
 means and substance, and no less so of his inllucnce 
 in endeavoring to build \\[) the Master's cause, and 
 thus promote the well-being of society. For ni;uiy 
 years he has enjoyed the conipanionshir) of a most 
 estimable wife, who has been a true helpmate, mor- 
 ally and financially, and to whose [nudence and 
 wisdom a large share of the success and popularity 
 of her husband is due. 
 
 A native of the town of Karre. Vt.. Mr. Walker 
 was born November 19, 18'23. and is the son of 
 Daniel and Maria (Abbott) Walker, who were na- 
 tives respectively, of Vermont and Massachusetts. 
 Daniel Walker was born at Grafton, \t., August 
 22, 1786. and early in life became a resident of 
 Barre, where he sojourned until 1825. Then leav- 
 ing New England with his family, he emigrated to 
 Penn.sylvauia, locating at Beaver Dam. Three 
 years later he sought the farther West, coming to 
 this State, and after a brief time spent in Ann 
 Arbor, took up a tract of Government land, em- 
 bracing a part of the present site of Grass Lake, 
 comprising two hundred and fifty acres of which 
 he remained in possession until his death, which 
 occurred on the 10th of Rlarch, 1839, at Grass 
 Lake, Mich. His wife w.as Miss Maria Abbott, 
 with whom he was united in mariiage on the 22d 
 of September, 181L For six years after coming to 
 Michigan, he engaged in the manufacture of brick, 
 being the pioneer in this business in .lacks-/n 
 County, erecting the first kiln witliin its limits. In 
 the meantime he also proceeded vvith the cultiva- 
 tion and improvement of his land, constructing a 
 good homestead and reaping from the soil a com- 
 fortable income. During his ten years' residence at 
 that point, he witnessed the gradual settling up of 
 
 the country around him. noting with warm interest 
 one imi)rovement after another, and frequently con- 
 trasting the past with the present, often reverting 
 to the time when in coming to the AVolverine State, 
 hetravele I by the Erie Canal to Detroit, and thence 
 to the present site of (irass Lake, in a wagon drawn 
 by oxen. 
 
 In addition to redeeming a portion of the soil of 
 Jackson County from its primitive state, a task in- 
 volving years of labor, Daniel Walker also made 
 for himself the record of a useful man in his com- 
 munity. He was one of the first movers in the es- 
 tablishment of the town of Grass Lake, assisting 
 witli his own hands in Laying its lines and determin- 
 ing its boundaries. He it was who first established 
 a posl-ollice at this point, and he was the first Post- 
 master appointed, which position he held until his 
 death. With a fondness for books, he had im- 
 jjroved his early educational advantages, and was 
 one with whom an hour might always bs spent in a 
 pleasant and profital)le manner. During his early 
 life he followed the profession of a teacher for a 
 period of twenty -one years. In religious belief he 
 was a thorough I'niversalist. and was for many^ 
 years a minister in that church. Politically, he was 
 a stanch Democrat, upholding the princii)les of his 
 party wilh all the natural strength of his character. 
 Thrown u])on his own resources when a mere youth, 
 he accumulated a good property solely by his own 
 exertions, and was ever willing to lend a helping 
 hand to him who tried to help himself. Few men 
 enjoyed in a larger degree the confidence of his fel- 
 low-citizens, who usually kept him in some oflice 
 of trust and responsibility. 
 
 The paternal grandparents of our subject were 
 Enos and Eunice (Millard) Walker, natives of 
 Massac;liusotts. En )s was a Colonel in the Revo- 
 lutionary War. and was a man of note in his day. 
 The Walkers as far back as known, were members 
 of the I'niversalist Church, and our subject was the 
 first one among them to leave that church. The 
 family traced their ancestry to England, and the 
 first representatives crossed the Atlantic probably 
 in Colonial days, settling in T.imiton, Mass. They 
 became the inogcnitors of a race possessing marked 
 chai'acteristics which made of them almost uni- 
 formly, honest men and good citizens. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ^Irs. Maria (Ali'iotl) Walker, the iiiotlicr of our 
 subject, and a lady of many estimable qualities, 
 was. like her busbau'l, cut down in the prime of 
 life, surviving him onlj^ four years, dying at the 
 homestead near Grass Lake, April 20, 184G, at the 
 age of forty-nine. 'J'o her and her husband tliere 
 was born a family of eleven children, three of 
 whom are living, and located in Grass Lake and 
 Jackson County, 111. William IT., the subject of 
 this notice, and the sixth child of his parents, left 
 his native township with his parents when he was 
 three years old, going first to Beaver Dam, Pa. 
 Later he accompanied them to the West, being then 
 seven yeans of age. He was principally educated 
 in the schools of Grass Lake, and was trained to 
 those habits of industry and sentiments of honor 
 which have followed him throughout life. When 
 of suitable age, he assisted his father at the brick 
 kiln, .ind later carried on business for himself in 
 this line. He finalli' became interested in mercan- 
 tile pursuits, to which he seemed admirably adapted, 
 becoming a leading merchant of Grass Lake and 
 vieinit}', and l)uilding up a reputation for honest}' 
 and probity, which have placed him in an enviable 
 position among his fellow-citizens." 
 
 In his church Mr. Walker has always stood as one 
 of the chief pillars, holding the office of Class- Leader 
 and interesting himself in all the matters projcc'ted 
 for its advancement and prosperity. He is an ar- 
 dent admirer of the principles of Masonry, and 
 many years ago identified himself with Lodge No. 
 11(1, at Grass Lake, and he also belongs to Chapter 
 No. 98. He cast his first Presidential vote for 
 James K. Polk, and is a Re|niblican -dyed in the 
 wool," active during the times of general elections, 
 and casting the weight of his influence in favor of the 
 [jrincijiles which he believed are those oulj- which 
 will |)reserve tiie Union and advance the prosperity 
 of the American people. He keeps himself thoi'- 
 oughly posted upon leading events, both political 
 and religious, and is a man of decided views, ad- 
 hering to his convictions with the natural strength 
 of his character. 
 
 A little over forty-four years ago, on the 7th of 
 January, 1846, occurred the marriage of William 
 H. Walker with Miss lUary J. Burtch,at the bride's 
 home near Gi'ass Lake Village. The occasion was 
 
 I 
 
 one of great interest, as being the celebration of 
 one of the first weddings in this vicinity, and the 
 young couple received the congratulations of many 
 warm friends. Jlrs. Walker was born in Saratoga 
 County, N. Y., February' 22, 1828, and is a daugh- 
 ter of William and Angeline (Hall) Burtch, who 
 were likewise natives of the Empire State. Mr. 
 Burtch came to this eonnt\- as early as 1836, and 
 settling near the infant town of Gi'ass Lake, occu- 
 pied himself as a farmer, and here with his estimable 
 wife spent his last days. They were the parents of 
 eleven children. 
 
 The union of Mr. and Mrs. Walker resulted in 
 the birth of two children only, a daughter and son : 
 Auror:i M., the wife of Henry Vinkle, of Oakes, 
 Dak., and Daniel P.., who is engaged in the drug 
 business at lyrass Lake with his father. The fam- 
 ily residence is pleasantly situated in the western 
 pari of town, and it is needless to state that under 
 its hospital)le roof have been entertained from time 
 to time many prominent and illustrious characters. 
 It has long been a familiar landmark in a commu- 
 nity' who have for its occupants only thekindlj' re- 
 spect and consideration which they have justly 
 earned by worthy and well-spent lives. 
 
 -— , -#3.€fe- <^ 
 
 UGO C. LOESER. This gentleman is an e.x- 
 (cllent representative of the German ele- 
 ment in Jackson, a member of numerous 
 societies, and also a member of i;he City 
 Council. He was born in Detroit, Mich., October 
 20, 1859, and attended the German American Sem- 
 inary until fourteen years of age, pursuing a busi- 
 ness course also in Mayhew's Business College. 
 After leaving school he spent one year clerking in 
 a grocery store, and then worked in the wire busi- 
 ness until nineteen years old. On December 27, 
 1876, he arrived in Jackson, where he learned the 
 brewing business with C. Ilaehnle &. Co., with 
 whom he remained until 1884. when he opened a 
 saloon at No. 210 East Main Street, where he is 
 still engaged in business. 
 
 Mr. Loeser is an ardent Republican, and by that 
 [larty he w.as nominated as Alderman from the .Scv- 
 
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 eiiLli Ward, :iiiil his election liy :i majority ut one 
 Imndred and eight in a ward whieh usually goes 
 Democratic, is a sufHcient evidence of his popular- 
 ity. Ho is a member of the Committee on Ways 
 ami .Means. Me belongs to the Ancient Order of 
 Schiller Lodge, of which he is Past M.-ister AVork- 
 inan; to the Sunlight Legion, .Select Knights of the 
 A. O. U. W.; to the Red Men, of which he is Past 
 Sachem; to the Order of the Red Cros's; to the 
 (Jerman Working Men's Relief Society, of which he 
 is ex-President; to the Harmony Singing Society ; to 
 the Turnverein, of which he is ex-President; and is 
 an honoiary memlier of the Landwehr, and of 
 C!ompany 1), Michigan .National (Juards. lie is 
 also a meiiiher of the .lackson Rei)ublican Club. 
 
 On December 'J, l.S8(). the interesting ceremony 
 was celebrated which transformed Mrs. Kmma 
 Frank, of Detroit, into Mrs. Hugo C. Loeser. The 
 happy union has been blessed by the birth of two 
 sons, one of whom was removed from his loving 
 parents by the grim monster. Death. 
 
 Ip^EN. WILLIAM HERBERT WITHING- 
 TON. New England has contriljuted to the 
 settlement of the Great West a large por- 
 tion of its lione and sinew, its intellect and its 
 genius. The evidences of this are nowhere more ap- 
 parent thin on the soil of the Wolverine State, and 
 to speak more directly, witjiin the limits of Jackson 
 County -ui'I also the city of .lackson. While in 
 (ten. Withinglon is discovered the typical Amer- 
 ican citizen, his career presents a history of more 
 than or<linary interest. Desceiideil from sturdy 
 New England stock, he was born in Dorchester, 
 Mass., February 1, IS.So, and is the son of the Rev. 
 ^^'illiam \Vitliington, who is still living at the ad- 
 vanced age of ninety-oni,' years. The latter, an 
 Episcopal clergyman, traces his ancestry to Eng- 
 land, lliey having crossed the Atlantic during the 
 Colonial days. Not only were they possessed of 
 Puritan virtues, but by correct lives and tempei'ate 
 habits, attained to years more than ordinarily 
 allotted to man. A sister of the father of our sub- 
 j«ct is also living, being now ninety-seven years 
 
 old. while a brother, Dr. Leonard Witliington, of 
 Newbury port, Mass., died in IBS.'), at the age of 
 ninety-six. At the time of his death Dr. Witliing- 
 ton was the oldest Congregational clergyman then 
 living, and also the oldest living graduate of Yale 
 College. He was the author of several succe.ssful 
 .md able works on theology, and is acknowledged 
 as a mm of more than ordinary mental attaine- 
 uients, which were only equalei! by his high 
 character. The Rev. William Witliington is a 
 close student and an extensive reader — his range of 
 stud}' and research seeming to cover almost the 
 whole field of human knowledge. A mathemati- 
 cian and a linguist, few men of his time equal him 
 in the number of languages mastered, and he con- 
 tinues his readings in Greek and Hebrew in prefer- 
 ence to English. 
 
 ■ It was in this atmosphere o!' culture and learning 
 that the early daj-s of Gen. Witliington were spent. 
 In consev]uence of the retiring and unworldly 
 character of his father, he early assumed the res- 
 ponsibilities connected with the domestic affairs of 
 the home, and thus learned early the habit of self- 
 reliance. He studied first in the schools of Boston, 
 and completed his education in Phillip's Academy, 
 at Aiidover. Upon leaving school he became 
 salesman for a leather store in Boston, and later a 
 book-keeper for the North Wayne Scythe Com- 
 pany, who when he was only nineteen vears old 
 entrusted him with important missions to adjoining 
 cities and other points at which they had a lai'ge 
 patronage. 
 
 \\liile thus occupied young Withinglon made 
 acquaintance with the large agricultural implement 
 manufacturing concern of Pinney iV Lanison, who 
 had n contracl for prison labor at .lackson. this 
 State. The death <;f the junior partner resulted in 
 an invilUion from Mr. Pinney to Mr. Witliington 
 to repair to Jackson and endeavor to straighten 
 out the business of the (inn at that point, which 
 was in a chaotic state. Although the business was 
 entirely new to the young book-keeiier from the 
 East anil the task bcfori' him colossal, he set about 
 it with the energy which had charai'terized his 
 ancestors in their various undertakings, ami after 
 untiring labor, mentally and |>liysically, botli night 
 and day, and having under him a large number of 
 
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 employes, salesmen and workmen, he came out 
 with flying colors, and thus no doubt hiid the 
 fciuiidatioDS for the successful career which lias 
 followed. 
 
 The duties of Mr. Withington did not cease 
 when this was accomplished. Under the stress of 
 the financial panic of 1857, Mr. Pinney committed 
 suici<le, and the burden which he was unable to 
 bear had to l)e taken up by another, and that was 
 our subject. Money at that time was safe nowhere, 
 as the Western banks were at their most dangerous 
 an<l worse-suspected point, and what was $1,000 one 
 day might be only a 1/undle of rags the next. The 
 executor found his task too heavy and resigned. 
 An administrator from the East was appointed, but 
 was unfamiliar with the details of the business. A 
 j'car after the death of Mi. Pinney the business 
 was offered for sale, and was jironiptly purchased 
 bj' the newly-oiganized firm of S[)rague, Withing- 
 ton & Co.. who have continued it to the jjresent 
 time, and taken a high place in the manufacturing 
 world. Their products are not only sold in every 
 State between Boston and San Francisco, but 
 throughout P^urope, in Australia and South Amer- 
 ica. Some changes have been made in the firm, its 
 st\lc at the present time being the Withington & 
 Couley Manufacturing Com pan v. of which the 
 Ceneral is Vice-President and Man.ager. * 
 
 The shop and warehouses now cover eighty-three 
 thousand eight hundred and fifty- five square feet. 
 In the forging shops there is a capacity of seven- 
 teen trip hammers, two hoe rolls and a proportion- 
 at(! equipment throughout. Their goods have 
 received the highest approval in the most critical 
 markets, and they need no further commendation 
 than the fact that their customers of twenty' 3'ears 
 ago are largely their customers of to-day. Two 
 years after Mr. Withington had embarked upon 
 tliis difficult enterprise, the long threatened war 
 cloud burst, and notwithstanding the magnitude of 
 liis private interests — interests which most needed 
 his own personal su[)ervision — he was among the 
 first to offer his services, and his life, if need be, to 
 his country's cause. He was quite well versed in 
 military tactics, having had some experience in 
 Boston as a member of the Independent Cadets, 
 which became quite distinguished in the Bay State; 
 
 an.l after his arrival in Jackson he aided in the 
 organization of the Jackson Greys, of which he 
 became Captain, and which was looked upon with 
 great pride by the city and its enviroriS. 
 
 Upon the first call for troops the Greys tendered 
 their services to Gov. Blair, being the first com- 
 pany in patriotic Michigan to '-rally round the 
 flag," this being done April 29, 1861, with God- 
 speeds, songs of patriotic love and an escort of 
 honor. "Companj' B," which comprised a part of 
 the First Michigan Infantry, was the first to reach 
 Washington, and was greeted by President Lin- 
 coln and an immense concourse of people, and re- 
 (teived the welcome of the President amid cheers of 
 loyal thousands. It was assigned to the Army of 
 the Potomac, and in conjunction with "Ellsworth's 
 Zouaves, captured Alexandria, Va., as one of its 
 first engagements. The record of this regiment is 
 too well known to need repetition here, and the 
 Captain of Company B, who was ever at the head 
 of his command, was more than once reported as 
 among the killed or missing. Fortune, however, 
 seemed to favor the gallant young officer, although 
 he was captured and held a prisoner until January 
 30, 18G2, when he was exchanged. I'pon his re- 
 turn to Jackson he was welcomed by the Governor 
 and a large delegation of citizens and driven to his 
 home, preceded by the Union band and followed 
 by the "Jackson Gre3's" and a large number of 
 citizens. \>y invitation of the public he addressed 
 them later, describing his experiences as a soldier 
 with a directness and manly modesty which carried 
 the discourse directly to the hearts of his hearers. 
 So great was the interest manifested and so manj- 
 were there who were unable to obtain admission, 
 that at urgent solicitation the Captain repeated the 
 narrative the following evening. It was also given 
 pulilication in several of the leading journals. 
 
 Capt. Withington now finding that the regiments 
 from his State were full and his services not ])ar- 
 ticulavly needed, and also that one of his partners, 
 Maj. Hopkins, was in the service, resumed his con- 
 nection with his business interests. It was not 
 destined, however, that his career should thus end. 
 Upon the next call for adrlitional troops he at 
 once responded, and was appointed to the command 
 of the Twentieth .Michigan Infantry. Soon after- 
 
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 ward !ie was transferred to tlie Seventeenth In- 
 fantry. Tliis re<>inient, led hy its gallant leader, 
 did splendid service on more than one bloody battle- 
 field of tiie war. Upon its arrival in Washington 
 it was atlaelied to the First Brigade of the First 
 Division of the Ninth Corp.s, and sent inimediatelj' 
 into the JIaryland campaign under MeClellan. In 
 the battles which soon followed Col. Withington 
 distinguished himself, and in his report to (^en. 
 MeClellan says of his men: ■• This regiment, which 
 had been organized scarcely a month, charged the 
 enemy's ranks iii a inauucr worthy' of veteran 
 troops." 
 
 After the battle of South .Moiiutaiii. above re- 
 ferred to. came Antielam, where the Colonel and 
 his roginient won additional laurels. The " Stoise- 
 wall ■' regiment follower! the fortunes of the Xiulh 
 Corjis, and was coniinanded by Col. Withington 
 until March 21, 1 8G.'5, when he resigned his com- 
 mission and retired. On the 13tli of ALarcli, 1865, 
 he was m^ide Ihevct Uiigadier (icncral for '•con- 
 spicuous gallantry" at the battle of South Moun- 
 tain. He was then but thirty years of :ige, and one 
 of the youngest men iu the Union Army on whom 
 so high an honor was conferrcil. 
 
 Upon his return to -lackson (Jen. Withington 
 turned ids attention once more to his business, 
 making no effort to advance himself in any line of 
 jjublic service. His talents, however, were too 
 v.'ell recognized, and the need of efficient jjublic 
 servants was too great to permit him to remain in 
 obscurity. He was brought forward by thcliepub- 
 lic.'ui ptirty as their candidate for the Legislature 
 from the .lackson district, and served in 1873-74. 
 While in the Legislature he i)crformed a service 
 which gave him the unofficial title of •■ Father of 
 the .Michigan State troops." Up to this time no 
 sufficient provision li.ad been made by the Legisla- I 
 ture for an organization of State militia — the bills 
 which liad been introchiced having no successful 
 issue Gen. Withington accordingly framed a bill, 
 whicti upon being introduced met with the usual 
 opposition, but such w.as his energy and persever- 
 ance that he finally secured its passage with only 
 fifteen votes against it. The present effective 
 militia system of Michigan is still maintained bv 
 the provisions of that law. it provided foi' the 
 
 organization of two regiments, and in .luly, 1871, 
 Gov. Bagley tendered tiie Colonelcy of the First 
 Regiment to (Jen. Withington. The offer took 
 him by snrpri.se and his first impulse was to de- 
 cline, but he was induced to consider the matter 
 and give the full benefit of his experience to the 
 State. In 1871), when the State troops were or- 
 ganized into a brigade, he was made Brigadier- 
 General thereof — a post which he held until 
 resigning in 188:i. In a general order issued at 
 the time, the Comniar.der-in-Chief, .lohn Robertson, 
 l)aid a line tribute to the skill ami elliciency which 
 had marked the cmirse of Gen. Withington from 
 the beginning of his military service to the close. 
 He had given nine years to the State besides his 
 •service in the regular army, and the reasons which 
 he brought forward for his withdrawal were reco"- 
 nized as valid, while at the same time his resigna- 
 tion was accepted with sincere regret. 
 
 As a commander, (ien. Withington won the per- 
 sonal regard of his subordinates, whose honorable 
 ambition he stinudated by full sympathy with their 
 interests, and the desire upon his part that they 
 should conduct Ihemselves before their country, 
 not only like soldiers, but men in the broadest 
 sense of the term. They were made to feel that he 
 relied upon them for the preservation of oood 
 orde.- and military discipline, and he relieved as 
 much as fossible the monotony of camp life. The 
 camp of instructior w.as located near JCalamazoo 
 against the judgment of the Commander-in-chief 
 but he yet trusted that the refining influences of 
 that beautiful town would overcome an3- other 
 evil iuHuenees vMhich might exist. In a general 
 order issued at the time he closes wiUi the senti- 
 ment. '"Let every soldier feel that the honor of the 
 State tioops is iu his keeping." 
 
 For two vears Gen. Withington served as a 
 Trustee of the State Insane As3lum at Kalamazoo 
 and later became President of the Union Bank at 
 .Tackson. He was also President of the .lackson 
 Board of Trade, and a member of the Executive 
 Comu.iltee of the Citizens' Association, likewise 
 for years one of the Directors of the Grand River 
 Valley Railroad Company. For six 3ears he was 
 President of the Young Men's Association, in 
 whose organization he was largely instrumental, it 
 
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 having for its object the improvement of the 
 young men of Jackson. When it and the scliool 
 library were merged into tlie iniblic library, he 
 became President of the Library Board. 
 
 As a member of the Jackson Episcopal Church, 
 Gen. Withington has been active in religious work, 
 holding various offices of trust and responsibility. 
 lie was chosen a delegate to the Triennial General 
 Convention of the church in the United Stales, 
 held in Chicago in 1886, and re-elected for the 
 Convention held in New York, in 1889. A mem- 
 ber of the Grand Army of the Republic; a Mason; 
 a member, stockholder and Director in the Iowa 
 Farming Tool Company-, of Ft. Madison, Iowa; 
 President of the Webster Wagon Company, of 
 Moundsville, W. Va., and otherwise interested in 
 public enterprises, he has shown a usefulness be- 
 yond the power of most men. He has been urged 
 repeatcdl3- to allow his name to be used in connec- 
 tion with the Republican nomination for Governor 
 or Congress, but has never given his consent. 
 While a consistent Republican, he has never been a 
 partisan. A well-educated man and finely cultured, 
 he is an extensive reader and a fine conversation- 
 alist. As a public speaker, he is concise and forci- 
 ble. He feels a warm interest in the success and 
 maintenance of the Grand Armj- of the Re))ublie, 
 and in his various public addresses to his old com- 
 rades has constantly urged them to keep steadily 
 in view the good of their country, irrespective of 
 personal ends and aims. 
 
 It is in his home, however, that the social side of 
 Gen. Withington's nature is illustrated in its 
 sirongest and most beautiful light. The compan- 
 ion of his early manhood and his later years was in 
 her girlhood Miss Julia C, daughter of the Hun. 
 .Iosei)h E. Beebe, of Michigan, and they were 
 wedded in 1859. This happj- and congenial union 
 resulted in the birth of six children, of whom onlj- 
 tliree are living— Kate W., Philip H. and Win- 
 throi). The homestead is one of the most beauti- 
 ful in the State, and under that inviting roof is 
 dispensed a generous hospitality. Mrs. Withington 
 is a cultured and accomplished lady — in all respects 
 the suitaljle helpmate of her talented husband. 
 The best possible estimate of a man's character is 
 fouml in his domestic life, and of Gen. Withington 
 
 wiio has been so true and loyal in all the other 
 
 relations of life, it may truly be said that his 
 highest loyalty and deepest affections have been 
 given to those who have gathered around his 
 hearthstone. Although a born soldier, he has 
 made a model citizen, and as a business man has 
 likewise been a success. 
 
 In demeanor Gen. Withington is remarkabl3' 
 modest and retiring, but there is quite a force and 
 resolution in his bearing that demonstrates, even 
 to a stranger, the character of the man. His 
 worldly possessions, which are all tliat is required 
 for happiness, comfort and luxury, are the result 
 of his own industry and good management. He 
 has been liberal in his benefactions, always ready 
 to extend a helping hand to those who will try to 
 help themselves. 
 
 We are pleased to direct the reader's attention to 
 a steel portrait of Gen. Withington on another 
 page. The history of Michigan presents among 
 the large number of her talented and gifted sons a 
 character no* more admirable than that of Gen. 
 Withington, whose name will be held ;n remem- 
 brance long after ho has departed hence. 
 
 ICHOLAS J. BENTLEY. although not a 
 continuous resident of Michigan since 1833, 
 when he first entered the State, has lived 
 within its borders many years, and considered it 
 his home. He is now engaged in farming on sec- 
 tion 10, Blaclvinan Township, where he owns one 
 hundred and thirt^'-flve aures of improved land, 
 under an excellent state of cultivation. He is the 
 fifth of seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Eld- 
 ridge Bentle^'. both of whom were natives of the 
 eastern part of New York. His mother was in her 
 girlhood ]\riss Alice Cady, and of her care and 
 training our subject was bereft when he was seven 
 years old. The father survived his wife some 
 j time, dying in Batavia, Genesee Count}', N. Y. 
 I The birth of Nicholas J. Bentle}- occurred July 
 I 14. 1819, in Lima, Livingston County, N. Y., .and 
 i liis ycar.s to ti;e age of fourteen were spent in that 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAIMIICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 and Genesee Counties. Fie then came to Mieliigan 
 willi the hite Ceoige \Y. Wooihvorlh, wlioso cattle 
 he drove tlironiih Canada, nieotin^^ the family of his 
 employer at Detroit, and coming fioiu that city 
 with lliem. Until his inarriage young- IJentley 
 made the honsc of Mr. Woodworlh iiis home, al- 
 Ihongh he was absent from it much. Notlivvilh- 
 staiiding the greater part of the lime has heen 
 si)ent l)y Mr. Uenllcy in agricultural ))iirsuits, he 
 has done something at other employments. Froiri 
 1851 to 1856 he was engaged in mining in Califor- 
 nia, and he has also spent several months smilarlv 
 employed at Pike's Peak. During two winters he 
 was engaged on the Mississippi Hiver. and for 
 about four years he lived in Pennsylvania, although 
 there he was engaged in farming. 
 
 In Mason. Ingham County, Mich., April 16, 
 1863, Mr. Bcntley was united in niarri.age with 
 Miss Mary Ann Ayres, and after their marri.age the 
 couple settled in Leslie, Ingham Couiity, where 
 Mr. Bentley owned a farm. There they lived until 
 the spring of 1866, when they took u|) their abode 
 where thej' are now living. They are the parents 
 of six children, two of whom died when quite 
 young. The living are: Alice M., wife of Albert 
 Ford; George A., Homer E. and Willard C. Mrs. 
 Bentley is an educateil and well-read woman, and 
 prior to her marriage was engaged in teaching in 
 Ingham County, having formerly taught both in 
 Albany and Greene Counties, N. Y. Not only has 
 she a cultrired mind, but she is also endowed with a 
 lovely character, and possesses much housewifely 
 skill. .She is a member in good standing of the 
 Methodist Church. 
 
 The late Moseman AjTes, the father of Mrs. 
 Bentley, was born in Ulster County, X. V.. and 
 was one of the men who labored in the early de- 
 velopment of Kastcrn New York. His occupation 
 was that of a farmer. He belonged to the Masonic 
 fraternity at the time of the disappearance of 
 Morgan. His death occurred in Albany Count}', 
 N. Y., whi're his only child by the third marriage — 
 Mrs. Bentley — had opened her eyes to the light 
 January 27, 18:34. His widow, formerly Miss Mary 
 Terhnsh, was also a native of that county, and 
 after his death, she. in the fall of 1858, came to 
 Michig.'in in coini)any with her dangliter. She set- 
 
 tlcil In Mason. Ingham County, where she resided 
 until her daughter's marriage, when she made her 
 home with Mr. and Mrs. Bentley, dying at their 
 residence .June 2;», 1868, being then about eighty 
 years ol<l. 
 
 Mr. Bentley belongs to the Republican i)arty, 
 and is alw.ays present on election day to deposit his 
 ballot in behalf of his favorite candidate, and the 
 principles in which he so thoroughly believes. A 
 good farmer, a reliable citizen, and a man whose 
 priv ite worth can only be estimated by those most 
 intimate with his life and character, Mr. Bentley has 
 tlu? respect of his fellows as man and citizen. 
 
 
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 , LI VP:R HAMPTON. Although this honored 
 pioneer of .Jackson County passed to his long 
 f' home thirty jears ago, February 21, 1860, 
 such was the record which he made for himself that 
 his name is still held clt^arly in remembrance by 
 most of the older residents. He wps born in Bucks 
 County, Pa., September 28, 1807, and w.is the son 
 of Oliver and Hannah (Ely) Hampton, who were 
 likewise natives of the Keystone State. He was 
 reared to manhood in Piiicks County, receiving a 
 fair education and becoming familiar with farn) 
 life as prosecuted among the hills of his n.ative 
 State. His father died when he w.as nineteen years 
 old, and then, leaving the farm, he engaged as 
 a clerk in the mercantile .business at New Hope, 
 Bucks County, and in due time went into business 
 for himself at Liimberville. 
 
 In 1838. however, two or three years later, Mr. 
 Hampton not being satisfied with his condition or 
 his prospects in Pennsylvania, decided ui>on com- 
 ing to this county. The newly-admitted State was 
 in its infancy, but held out rare promises to those 
 who were willing to brave the dilliculties of fron- 
 tier life. A'isiting for a time in Ohio. Mr. Hamp- 
 ton with his young wife finally reached his 
 destination, and iiurchased eighty acres of land in 
 Parma Township. Following the maxim that "'a 
 rolling stone gathers no moss." he staid steadily b}- 
 his lirst purchase, building u|) a good homestead, 
 u|)on which his widow now resides. Their first 
 
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 dwelling was a log cabin, 18x-JU feet in dimen- 
 sions, to wliic'h was attacliod a small shanty for a 
 kitchen. The^' occupied this for about twenty 
 j-ears, when they were enabled to put up a more 
 modern residence, wliose con) forts Mr. Hampton 
 enjoyed onlj' about two years before his death. 
 
 Upon coming to tliis county Mr. Ilumpton with 
 liis courageous wife settled practically in the woods, 
 from which not a stick of timber had been cleared. 
 Their neighbors were few and far between, and the 
 facilities for milling and marketing were far in- 
 ferior to those of the present day. The labor of 
 clearing the land, preparing the soil for cultivation, 
 building fences and erecting the various structures 
 needed for the shelter of stock and the stor- 
 age of grain, involved no small amount of time 
 and labor. A few years of unflagging industry, 
 however, worked a remarkable transformation and 
 illusti-ated in a fine degree the results of energy 
 and perseverance. Mr. Hampton in his political 
 views, after tlie organization of the Republican 
 part\\ was one of its strongest adherents. He 
 served as .Justice of the Peace, .and occupied other 
 positions of trust and responsibility, acquitting 
 himself in all things as a man of the strictest hon- 
 esty and integrity. His early i-eligious training- 
 had been in the Sociot}' of Friends, and he clung 
 to their belief until death overtook him. He was 
 widely and favorably known throughout this part 
 of the county. His two brothers and three sisters 
 are all deceased, they having been named respect- 
 ively: Charles B.. .lames, Hannah, Elizabeth and 
 Martha. 
 
 The subject of this notice vvas joined in wedlock 
 with Miss Racliel B. Good, .September 10, 1833. 
 This lady like himself was a native of Bucks 
 County, Pa., and was born February 9, 1809. Her 
 parents were Edward and JNlartlia (White) Good, 
 the former a native of lincks County, Pa., and tiie 
 latter of New Jersey. The paternal grandfather 
 was a native of England, and he mariied a lady 
 who was born in Wales: both were (^»uakers in 
 religious belief. Miss Rachel Good was reared to 
 womanhood in her native county, and was the eld- 
 est of eight children born to her parents, all of 
 whom, with the exception of a son, George B., are 
 still living — IMyra is a resident of Indian.apolis, 
 
 Ind.; .Jane is tiie wife of Elias Swan, of White 
 Pigeon, this State; ReJiecca married ]>avi(l Scho- 
 field, and they live in Indianapolis; Hannah, IMrs. 
 Lorenzo Moore, is a resident of Black Hawk 
 County. Iowa; Martha is the wife of Frederick 
 Slack, of Sandwich, III.; JIar}', ]\Irs. .Jacob Mc- 
 Murtrie, lives near Cadillac, this State. 
 
 Mrs. Hampton received her early education in 
 the early schools of her n.ative county. Her pav- 
 ents spent their last 3-ears in Three Rivers, Mich., 
 the father dying at the age of seventy-one, and the 
 mother when eighty-four years old. Mrs. Hamp- 
 ton is the oldest living pioneer of her neighbor- 
 hood, and enjoys the esteem and confidence of a 
 large circle of friends. She was ever the able and 
 efficient partner and helpmate of her -husband, 
 laboring faithfully by his side, and encouraging 
 him in all his worthy undertakings. She li.as just 
 passed the eighty-first year of her age, and it is 
 hoped that slie m.ay yet sojourn many more years 
 among the people who have ever looked upon her 
 with sentiments of the kindest regard and affection. 
 
 OELSON B. SAXTON, M. D.. i)roprietor of 
 'j the Champion drug store, is not only the 
 ^_ : leading druggist of the place, but one of 
 
 the most learned and experienced medical practi- 
 tioners of the community. Like man}' of the promi- 
 nent men in this county, he is a native of New 
 York State, and was born in Tompkins County, 
 April 13, 1832. He was there reared and educated 
 under the advantages of a good schooling, and in 
 1848, when a youth of sixteen years, accompanied 
 his father to Michigan. The latter secured a farm, 
 and young Sa.xton remained upon it with his par- 
 I nts for three years. Then, going to Hillsdale, 
 he engaged as a clerk in a shoe store for six 
 months, after which lie began the study of medi- 
 cine, under the instruction of Dr. E. D. Comb. 
 
 Later, Dr. Sa.xton attended the High School, at 
 Hillsdale, and in connection with his other studies, 
 read medicine, and was thus occu|)ied two years. 
 He remained practically with Dr. Comb until 185,5, 
 when he entered the medical department of the 
 
PORTRAIT AND JilUGUArHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 r!)7 
 
 Micliigiin Stale I'niversit^', at Ann Arlior. for 
 which lie was well fitteci by a course of careful 
 preparation, and able to fully digest the lectures. 
 He was jjraduated in March, IK.')?, witii the honors 
 of his class, anil commenced tiie practice of his 
 profession in Hillsdale, where he remained the fol- 
 lowing? summer, lie then removed to Breedsville, 
 Van liuren County, where he sojourned until May, 
 ISGO, and on the lOtli of th:it month came to Con- 
 cord, and putting up his shingle, at once entered 
 upon a fine [iractice. 
 
 In 18'jl Dr. Saxton established his drug store, 
 and in connection with tiiis. followed his i)ractice 
 until 187"i. Then, on account of failing health, he 
 sold out and went to California, locating at Santa 
 Barbara, where he fullowed his profession, and 
 .after two years established a drug store there He 
 was sui'cessful in his undertaking, aiul became the 
 owner of valuable real estate on the I'acilic Slope, 
 where he remained until 1S7S. Then, returning 
 to Concord, Dr. .Sa.xtou visited among his friends 
 tw()nu)nths. after which he went back to California, 
 and locating in Los Angeles, purchased a ding 
 store and a practice, and ilid liusiness there until 
 1882. In the meantime he was made Superintend- 
 ent and Associate Surgeon of the French & Co. 
 hospital at that point. In 1882 he disjiosed of his 
 propert3' in Los Angeles, ami returning to Con- 
 cord, i^nrchased a stock of drugs and established 
 himself at his present location, forming a partner- 
 ship under the firm raine of N. B. Saxton & Co. 
 The Doctor, however, is i)rincipal partner, and in 
 aildition to drugs and medicines, carries a fine line 
 of fancj' groceiies and jewelry. He is the patentee 
 of the Chami)ion remedies — Rheumatic Cure, Cham- 
 pion Ointment and other fine prepai-ations. He has 
 a contrivance for manufacturing the gas which 
 lights his store, and as a chiiinist and |iliarmaci?t 
 occupies a ()Osition in the front rank. 
 
 Dr. Saxton was first married in Concord, Feb- 
 ruary '.), 18C;5, to Miss Alma M. .Sju-att. Mrs. 
 Saxton was born in Concord and received an ex- 
 cellent education. graduating in music at Albion Col- 
 lege, and following this profession .as a teacher until 
 her marriage; she died in 1869, leaving one child, a 
 s(ui, Kinest IL, who is in the store with his father. 
 The Dnctiir, in l'S72. contr.'ictcil a second m;nriaii:e 
 
 • with Miss Nellie M., the daughter of Benjamin 
 Stookey, who was a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. 
 Stookey was an early settler of Pulaski Township, 
 this county, where he becauu^ an extensive land- 
 owner and a prominent metnbei of the community. 
 He and his esliinalile wife are now deceased. Dr. 
 
 ' Saxton votes the straight Republican ticket and is 
 a member in good standing of the ]\rasoinc frater- 
 nity in Concord. 
 
 The father of our subject was Josepli Saxton, 
 who was born near Saratoga Sjjrings, X. Y., and 
 was the son of Benjamin .Saxton, who descended 
 from Scotch ancestry, and for manj' years was 
 a farmer in New York State. Joseph Saxton 
 learned tailoring in his youth, and in his earl^- man- 
 hood followed his trade near Burdcttc, Tompkins 
 County, N. Y.. at the head of Seneca Lake. He 
 came to JHchigan in 1848 and located near Read- 
 ing, Hillsdale County, living there on a farm six 
 years. He then puichased one hundred and sixty 
 acres on the old Territorial road near Paw Paw, 
 which he inniroved and operated until retiring from 
 active labor. He spent his lastdays in thevillageof 
 Paw Paw. and for many years before his death was 
 a Deacon in the Ba|)tist Church. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
 name of ilargaret Gillespie. She was born in 
 Tompkins County. N. Y., and vvas the daughter of 
 Heinian Gillespie, who. with one of his sons, served 
 in the War of 1812. in which the son was wounded 
 and died soon afterward. Grandfather Gillespie 
 settled on a farm afterward in Tompkins County, 
 N. Y., where he spent his last days. Mrs. Mar- 
 garet (Gillespie) .Saxton departed this life in Paw 
 Paw, in 188.5. The parental household incluiled 
 ten children, viz: Adelia, who died when fifty-five 
 years old; Mar^', Mrs. Thomas, of Concord; Eliza- 
 beth, ]Mrs. (^uick, of Paw Paw; Harriet, Mrs. Gil- 
 lespie, of Jackson; Adeline, Mrs. Brown, of Spring 
 .\rbor: Nellie M.. Mrs. Kidder, of Reading, this 
 State; Nelson B., our subject; Herman and liyron 
 (twins), the former living in Boise City, Idaho, 
 and the latter near Paw Paw, this State; and 
 Fraidvie, who died when twenty-four years old. 
 Herman, during the first year of the Civd War, en- 
 listed in a Michigan regiment and was made First 
 Sergeant. He served until the close, was wounded 
 
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 three liiiH's, :iiid Uj ihis day ctn-rics one ball. He 
 was taken prisonei and confined for a time in llie 
 dreaded Libby Prison. Ills twin brotiier, Byrou, 
 served at the same time in the same regiment and 
 was twice wounded. 
 
 P.ENNIS DUNN, Clerk of Sandstone Town- 
 i shij), owns and occupies a snug farm of one 
 hundred acres on section 19. He is a native 
 of this [county,' having been born April 12, 18.54, 
 his home being on a farm, and his early education 
 having been obtained in the district schools. He 
 spent two years in attendance at the Parma school 
 and is one of the fir^t class graduated from that 
 institution under Prof. D. E. Haskins, now County 
 Superintendent of Schools, tlie class numbering 
 eight. 
 
 Young Dunn next attended the Normal school 
 at Ypsilanti tiiree terms., taking the full English 
 course and being graduated in June, 1876. He 
 taught his first school in the winter of 1873-'74, 
 and after completing his normal course he taught 
 about six school yeais. He was Principal of 
 tlie Allen High School in Hillsdale County, for 
 one year, and held a similar position at Springport 
 two years. He also taught at Jefferson, in this 
 county, prior to his experience at Allen, and he 
 liad also spent considerable time as an instructor in 
 (tistiict schools. The balance of his life has been 
 devoted to farming, except when called upon to 
 serve in a [lublic ca|)acity. He was elected Town- 
 ship Clerk in 1S87, and has twice been re-elected, 
 a fact which testifies to his fitness for the place and 
 the satisfactory manner in which he is performing 
 his duties. The estate that he ov\ rs and occupies 
 is well cultivated and bears such improvements as 
 ma}' be reasonably exi)ected of a man of enter|)r;se 
 and good taste. 
 
 The marriage of Dennis Dunn and iMiss Mary I. 
 Dean was celebrated at the home of the bride 
 March 20, 1878. ]Mrs. Dunn was born in this 
 county, September o, 1859, has been well educated, 
 and carefully trained in useful haliits and accom- 
 plishments liy esliniable parents. Iler grand[)arents. 
 
 Nathan and Tryphcna (Smith) Dean, came to this 
 county early in the '30s, and were among the first 
 settlers of Sandstone Township. Grandfather 
 Dean purchased land of the Government several 
 miles from any other white settler, and for many 
 years was most thoroughly identified with the best 
 interests of the county. He was one of the most 
 lil)eral donors to schools and churches in this part 
 of the State, and not one was built between Albion 
 and Eaton Rapids during his residence here, to 
 which he did not contribute. He made a large 
 donation to the brick Methodist Episcopal Church 
 at Parma. He lived to be more than four-score 
 years of age, breathing his last in 1882. Grandma 
 Dean now lives with her son, George N., at Dean's 
 Corners, and although now eighty-seven years old 
 she is still hale and hearty. She is one of the 
 most historical characters in this part of the State. 
 AVilliam Dean, a son of Nathan and Tryphena 
 Dean, was born in the Empire State and came to 
 this count}' with his parents when quite young. 
 His training was tlierefore practically received in 
 this county, and he experienced some of the usual 
 hardships incident to life on the frontier. He was 
 educated in the public schools of this county and 
 in Albion College. He is well-known throughout 
 the western part of the county and although now 
 past sixty years old is still quite active in church 
 and other affairs. He is now serving as Justice of 
 the Peace in Parma, to which i)lace he removed in 
 1881. In politics he is a Prohibitionist and in re- 
 ligion a believer in the doctrines of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. He has been twice married, the 
 mothci- of Mrs. Dunn having borne the maiden 
 name of Isabelle Chapel and having departed tiiis 
 life in October, 1867. Two only of the eight clill- 
 dren of Mr. Dean by the first wife are yet living, 
 Fred G. being a resident of Parma Township. 
 
 Mr. Dunn belongs to the Ancient Order of I'nited 
 Workmen at Parma and is now serving as Recorder 
 in the Lodge. He is a believer in the principles of 
 the Uepulilican party, which he therefore conscien- 
 tiously supports. Both himself and wife take an 
 active interest in the work carried on li\' tlieir 
 church, and in every dejjartment of life endeavor 
 to act well their part, .as becomes persons of intel- 
 ligence, good princijjles and fine family lineage. 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 «(M 
 
 Tbe siibjet't of lliis skclcli is a son of I'lioiiias 
 find Maioaret (C'osman) Diiiiii. hotli of wiioiii were 
 born in New Voik. and iiis i)arental ancestors were 
 probably Scolcli or Irisii. Tlioinas Dunn emigrated 
 to this county late in the '30s, it is believed, as lie 
 w.as among the early settlers of Parma Township. 
 He bought land that was comparatively wild, hav- 
 ing had but very little done to it in the way of 
 improvement. He was mainl}^ self-educated and 
 self-made, having hail but meager educational ad- 
 vantages in his youth and no one to give him a 
 financial start in life. He endeavored by reading 
 to keep well-informeil, and his perseverance and 
 industry enabled him to acquire an estate of two 
 hnmlred acres of valuable land and to rear his 
 family to intelligent and useful manhood and 
 womanhood. In politics he was a Democrat. His 
 death occurred in September, 1862, and was 
 deeply mourned by his many acquaintances. His 
 widow survixod until Feliruary 24, 18G7. They 
 were the parents of nine children, two of whom — 
 Lucy A. and Clark, are deceased. The survivors 
 are: Pluebe. wife of 1'.. B. Calkins, of Parma; Jacob 
 C, of Parma Towiishi]); Sarah E., wife of A. E. 
 Pickett, of the same townshi|); .lolin W., of Tomp- 
 kins Township; Orville. <>i Albion; Harvey, of 
 Eckford Township, Calhoun County; and the sub- 
 ject of this noti(;e. 
 
 ,„^^OSr- 5»-f>4j"|»^« '-- 
 
 RANK W1LL.S0N. A prominent place 
 among the stock-men of Jackson County, is 
 occupied by this gentleman whose portrait is 
 presented on the opposite ['age and whose fine farm 
 on section 1 4,Blackman Township, is devoted chiefly 
 to the raising of line slieei), swine and cattle. 
 The farm comprises ninetj--five acres, under excel- 
 lent im|)rovement, the barn being particularly fine, ! 
 and everything about the estate indicating the char- 
 acter of the owner to be one of "push" and intelli- 
 gent energy. The [larents of our subject were Levi 
 and Mary (Morris) Willson, natives of Canada, the 
 former born in Ontario County, and the latter in 
 Grimsby County. The fatlicr improved a farm of i 
 
 two hundied acres, in Halton County, Province of 
 Ontario and lived u|)on it a number of years. He 
 took an active and i)romiiient part in the political 
 alTairs of that county and held tlie government ap- 
 pointment of Slieriff for sixteen years, and until his 
 resignation. In 1873, he removed with his family 
 to Jackson, Mich., where both he and his wife sub- 
 sequently died. Both were born in the year 1801 
 and thev died within a twelvemonth of each other. 
 Their family consisted of nine children, of whom 
 the subject of this sketch was the sixth in order of 
 birth. 
 
 Frank Willson, was born in H.al ton County, Can- 
 ada, October 21, 1849, was reared to manhood on 
 his father's farm and lived there until he was 
 twentj-four years old. He then came to Michigan, 
 and locating in Jackson, engaged in the stock busi- 
 ness, spending the years from 1873 to 187o thus 
 employed. He rented a farm in Sijring Arbor 
 Township, two years, and then chiinging his loca- 
 tion to Blackman Township, occupied rented land 
 for six years, removing from it to the farm upon 
 which he now lives, and which lie at that time pur- 
 chased. He makes a specialty of Cotswold and 
 Oxford Down sheej), Suffolk and Essex hogs, and 
 Short-horn cattle. 
 
 In Summit Townshi|). this county, March 8, 1877, 
 Mr. Willson was united in marriage with Mi.ss Iila 
 R. Goldsmith. The l)ride is a native of the town- 
 ship ill which her marri.age took place, having 
 opened her eyes to the light August 6, 18.5;'). and 
 was carefully reared by worthy parents, who in- 
 stilled into her mind correct principles, and gave 
 her the best educational privileges possible. .She 
 is therefore well fitted for the duties of wife and 
 mother and the social deinands of life. .She has 
 borne her husliand two children, one of whom died 
 in infancy, while Walter G. lives to gladden his 
 parents' hearts. 
 
 The father of Mrs. Willson was Charles Y.(iold- 
 smilh. who was born the 3rd of November 1817, in 
 Albany County, N. Y. Her mother was .Minerva 
 Peterson, a native of Re.xford, .Saratoga County. 
 N.Y. who w.as boin August 1, 1827. and a resident of 
 ^Michigan from an early d.ay, her parents having 
 been pioneers of Jackson County. The marriage 
 of this worthj- couple occurred in Summit Town- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ship October 4. 184(i.and in the same township Mr. 
 Golilsmith clo.sed his eyes in death October 6, 1864. 
 liis widow surviving until September 12,1887. They 
 had four children, of wliom Mrs. Willson is the 
 j^oungest. 
 
 Mr. Willson lias been Clerk of Elackman Town- 
 ship, for two years, and has filled other minor ollices. 
 He belongs to the Democratic iiarty and takrs quite 
 an active part in i)olitieal affairs. He is a member 
 of tlie Masonic fraternity, the Ancient Order of 
 United Workmen, and the Patrons of Industry. 
 He belongs to the National Swine Breeders' Associ- 
 ation, the Wool Breeders and Growers' Association, 
 and the Short-horn Breeders' Association. In the 
 wintei- of i88!)-y0, he was chosen Vice-President of 
 the Southern Michigan Short-iiorn Breeders' Asso- 
 ciation. His reputation is that of an honorable 
 man and worthy citizen, as well as an agriculturist 
 and stock-man of progressive ideas and industrious 
 habits. 
 
 ^f SA WYiMAN. No more honorable citizen 
 can be found than the above-named gentle- 
 man, who enjoys the esteem and confidence 
 of all who know him, and whose word is consid- 
 ered as good as his bond at any time. He is a pio- 
 neer in Michigan, to which he came with a young 
 bride in the fall of 1844. They were without 
 means, but with an undaunted spirit began the 
 battle of life together,and side by side, in their own 
 sphere of labor, struggled on in their endeavor to 
 gain a comfortalde home and rear their children 
 in such a manner as to prepare them for useful 
 and honorable lives. Their present home is on 
 section IG, Sandstone Township, where they have 
 a valuable farm with the conveniences of the mod- 
 ern farmer. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this sketch is the second son born to Ste])hen and 
 Nancy (Taft) Wyman, of New York State. His 
 birth took place on the 28th of February, 1814. in 
 Yates County, and there he remained until fifteen 
 years old, attending the scluiols of the section and 
 acquiring such an education as could be had at 
 that <l:iy. His parents removed to Orleans County 
 
 while he was in his teens, and there he grew to 
 manhood. He has been a farmer nearly all his life, 
 although he worked around sawmills more or less 
 in his earlier years, and for a time drove cattle for 
 his uncle, Lawrence William L. Hubbard, from 
 Middlesex, N. Y., to Philadelphia, then the princi- 
 pal stock market. He also, in connection with 
 farming, followed a threshing machine for several 
 years. Mr. Wyman was married on the 12th of 
 September, 1884, and the same fall located in Len- 
 awee County, this State, where he remained several 
 years. Karly in the '50s he removed to this 
 count}', buying eighty acres of land, all timber, 
 with a few acres cleared, but not a furrow turned 
 upon the place. Moving into a shanty, 12x15 
 feet, made of logs, with a flat-board roof, and so low 
 that j\Ir. Wyman could not enter the door without 
 stooping, he began his pioneer work in this count}'. 
 In the inconvenient cabin the family lived about 
 four years, being then able to build a better dwell- 
 ing, which they have since enlarged, and fin.ally 
 made into the present commodious structure. Per- 
 severance and zeal conquered the wildness of na- 
 ture, and where the heavy timber once stood 
 highly cultivated fields are now to be seen, while 
 the country in which their farm stands has changed 
 from the almost unbroken and sparsely settled wil- 
 derness, to a prosperous and highl}' developed sec- 
 tion, whose fertility is scarcely excelled. 
 
 The noble woman, to whose efforts and compan- 
 ionship Mr. Wyman owes so much, bore the maiden 
 name of Lovina Coy. She was born in ( )rleans 
 County, N. Y.. September 29, 1821, to Cyrus and 
 Hannah (Van Winkle) Coy. Her father was a na- 
 tive of the Empiie State and a son of David C03', 
 a Revolutionary soldier; while her mother was 
 born in New York City. To M--. and Mrs. Wy- 
 man four children have been born, two of whom, 
 Josiah and Francis, are now deceased. Charles 
 G., the first-born, and Rosette H., wife of Orlando 
 Rogers, of Sandstone Township, are still living. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wyman are excellent representa- 
 tives of the public-spirited and energetic pioneers 
 to whom those of the present generation owe so 
 mucii of the comfort and so man}' of the advan- 
 tages that surround them. They have bonic their 
 share in the good works of the community, caking 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 803 
 
 an active part in the socii-ty of tlicir lu'lglilmr- 
 lioofi.and aic now enjoying the more reposeful life 
 that their years of lahor deserve, and the respect 
 and fricndsiiip of many friends. Mrs. Wynian is 
 a memlier of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Mr. 
 Wynian has served on the School Board, and there, 
 as elsewhere, his honesty and integrity have been 
 unciucslioncil. In politics he is a Re|)ublir-an. 
 
 ^N HARLKS CAS.SKDY. Among the l.trge 
 number of skillful and successful farmers 
 
 i^' who have brought this county to its pres- 
 ent position in point of wealth and standing. Mr. 
 Cassedy is mentioned as one occupying a place in 
 the front rank. His broad acres indicate the care- 
 ful and jiulicious method which has been exercised 
 in their cultivation, while the farm buildings, with 
 their location and surroundings |)resent one of tlie 
 finest pictures in the landscape of this region. TIk! 
 residence is a handsome and imposing stniclurc, 
 standing in the midst of tasteful grounds, and there 
 is an abundanci' of shade trees, together with the 
 barns, sheds ami machinery requisite for the suc- 
 cessful prosecution of agriculture. The man who 
 has tlius Iraiisfurmed a porlion of the wilderness 
 into a valuable and attractive farm has been no un- 
 important factiir in promoting the material welfare 
 of his county. 
 
 A native of Morris, Morris County, N. J., the 
 subject of this notice w.as born .May 8, 1832, and is 
 the son of Conrad and .lane ( Freeling) Cassedy, the 
 former of whom was a native of Ireland and born 
 in 18(M). Conrad Cassedy cmigiated to America 
 ii] isi!) and settled in Madison. N..J., where he 
 fiillowed f.'irming until 183i). Then turning his face 
 toward the far West, lie came to Washteii.aw County, 
 this State, and took up eighty acres of Government 
 land, near which suljseqnently grew up the town of 
 Sylvan, lie was prospered in his labois as a tiller 
 of the soil ami added to his possessions until he was 
 the owner of one hundred and fortj' acres. He 
 brought this to a good state of cultivation, erected 
 thereon suitable buildings and constructed a com- 
 fortable homestead where he six'iit the remainder 
 
 of his days. He departed Ihis life September 18. 
 185G. He was a self-made man in the broadest 
 sense of the term, having come to this country 
 without means and ni.aile his waj' to a good posi- 
 tion socially' and financially among his fellow-men. 
 In politics he was a stanch Democrat and his course 
 in life was such as to gain him the kindly regard of 
 all of those with whom he had dealings. 
 
 The mother of our subject was born in Morris 
 County, N. J., about 1800, and died in 1812 in 
 Washtenaw County, this State. The parents were 
 married in Chatham, N. J., and there were born to 
 them a family of six childrien. viz: William, Mary, 
 Catherine, John, Charles and Sarah. Charles, our 
 subject, w.as seven years old when the family came 
 to Michigan and still remembers many of the inci- 
 dents of the journey — which was made by canal 
 and lake and thence overland by teams. He re- 
 ceived such education as the pioneer schools af- 
 forded. He gained a good insight in the art and 
 and science of farming at an early period of his 
 life and was content to f(jllow this thereafter. The 
 result shows the wisdom of his choice. 
 
 In 1862, Jlr. Jassedy purchased eighty acres of 
 the farm which he now owns and occupies, this ly- 
 ing on section 3."). He commenced its cultivation 
 and iinprovemenl in a manner corresponding to his 
 means and gained a little headway each year .adding 
 to his landed possessions, which now aggregate two 
 hundred acres, a part of it lying on section 2G. He 
 had no assistance whatever when starting out for 
 himself and has accumulated his property b^- his 
 own exertions. In addition to general farming he 
 is considerably interested in live slock, making 
 a specialty of good horses, sheep, etc. Like his 
 honored father, he is politically a pronounced 
 Democrat. He has held some of the school .ind 
 townshi|) oflices and has been Secretaiy of the 
 Kastern Jackson Farmers' Mutual Insurance Com- 
 pany since its organization in 1880. 
 
 Remaining a bachelor until twenty-nine years of 
 age Jlr. Cassedy was then married December 10. 
 1861. to Miss Henrietta Kaulkuer. This lady was 
 liorn in Orange County, N. V.. May 1. 1831. and is 
 the daughter of Col. James and Martha (McBride) 
 Faulkner, who were also natives of Orange County, 
 N. V. They emigrated to Michigan in 18;)3 dur- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ing its territorial days and the fattier tooli Lip six 
 iHindred acres of GoveriiPJeiit land in (irass Lake 
 Township, embracing lliat on wliicli Mr. Cassedy 
 now lives. 
 
 Mr. FanlUner was a man of more tliaii ordinary 
 aljility and learned snrveying early in life, which 
 ])rofession he followed in his native connly, laying- 
 out many of its lines and boundaries. He did gal- 
 lant service as a Colonel in the War of 1812. and for 
 several years w.as at the head of the New York State 
 Militia. In [jolitics he attiliated with the Demo 
 crat pp.rty and represented his native county in the 
 New York Legislature one term. As a business 
 man he was careful and conscientious in bis deal- 
 ings and one who enjoyed in a marked degree the 
 confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens. After 
 a long and well spent life, he departed hence at his 
 home in Grass Lake Township, April 2 1. 186'J, 
 when eighty-nine years old. Col. Faulkner built 
 the first frame house in Grass Lake Township and 
 cut the first stick of timber on his land. The wife 
 and mother had preceded her husband to the silent 
 land many years, her death taking ))lace about 
 Christmas time, 1845, when she was probably fifty- 
 six years old. There had been born to them eleven 
 children, eight daughters and three sons, nine of 
 whom are living and mostly residents of this State. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Cassedy there have been born 
 two daughters, one of whom, Virginia, died when 
 seven years old. Anna is living at home. 
 
 ' representative of tl 
 W^ raisers of Parma To 
 
 Fk-ILLIAM H. GODFREY. An excellent 
 
 le farmers and stock- 
 ^y^ raisers of Parma Township will be found 
 in the person of our subject, who resides on section 
 10, having a fine estate of two hundred and ninety- 
 six broad acres, upon which a splendid residence 
 and an adequate line of farm buildings may be 
 setn. He is successfully carrying on his enterprises, 
 winning a competence from his labors in the county 
 where he has lived almost from infancy and where 
 he has witnessed and participated in many pioneer 
 struggles. 
 
 Jlr. Godfrey is a native of Genesee County, N. Y., 
 
 his natal day being February 23, 1841. His pa- 
 ternal ancestors are supposed to be Scotch, one of 
 ihem having been a sea captain, who settled in 
 Nova Scotia at an early period of its historj', but 
 did not remain there permanently. His paternal 
 grandfather was a soldier in the War of 1812, the 
 family being residents of A'ermont. His parents, 
 John K. and Susan (Randall) Godfrej', were na- 
 tives, respectively, of Orange and Genesee Count3-, 
 N. Y., the former removing with his parents from 
 his native place to (reuesee County, when he was 
 a lad of ten years. In the last named county he 
 grew to maturity and married. In 1844 he re- 
 moved with his family to Michigan, and in com- 
 pany with his brother, George P., bought three 
 hundred and twenty acres of land on section 10, 
 Parma Township, this county. He afterward pnr- 
 cliased his brother's interest and settled in a log 
 house, which was the family dwelling until 185St 
 when a more modern and snstantial residence was 
 built. 
 
 Like all who settled in Jackson County- during 
 the earlier years of its history, John Godfrey en- 
 dured trials and hardships, liut having a sound 
 constitution and a stiong body he did not suffer 
 physically as a consequence of his ex))osures. He 
 held several minor ottices, serving as Treasurer of 
 Parma Township for a number of years. He was 
 public spirited and benevolent, of most excellent 
 character and highly esteemed by his fellow i)io- 
 neers. In politics be was first a Whig, and later a 
 Republican. In religion he was of the Old School 
 Baptist Church. His death occurred September 8, 
 1884, after a residence of forty j'ears in this county. 
 His wife passed away December 12, 1871. Their 
 family comprised eight children, the subject of this 
 sketch being the first-born; the second son, Jasper, 
 lives in the town of Parma; Margaret J. is the wife 
 of O. S. Dean, cf Sandstone Township; Blelinda 
 became the wife of Lewis Brown, of Parma; Emma 
 is deceased ; Colonel F. lives in Marengo Township; 
 Kate is the wife of Homer Ives, of Livingston 
 County; Cassius is deceased. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this sketch was l)ronght when a child by his par- 
 ents to this county, and was reared to maniiood 
 amid the scenes of early settlement, assisting in the 
 
poirriJAiT AM) luoniiArinrAi, ai.rim. 
 
 fiOo 
 
 (luvi'l(i|)iiu'iit of tlii' I'miiii, wliii-li Ik'imiiiu u \ aliiiiliii' 
 estate before llie dontli of his father. He was etlii- 
 caled in the carh' district sciiools, and after he was 
 twelve years of a<;e attended school only one siiin- 
 nior term, hut every winter until he was eighteen, 
 when he was during' one term a student in AHiion 
 ('(illege. He lias kept himself well informed concern- 
 ing the prineijial events of the world's history, and 
 is intelligent and well-read. On the 5th of August. 
 IsC'i, having recently attained his niajority. he en- 
 listed in the I'nion Army, becoming a private in 
 Comijany !•".. Twentieth AHchigan Infantry, the 
 i-egiment iH'ing a part of the Ninth Army Corps. 
 He particijialcd in the battle of Horse Shoe Bend, 
 and various engagements of importance in South- 
 ern States. At thcsiege of \'icl<sl)urg he was in the 
 supporting column. At the close of the lirst year 
 of his enlistment he was transferred to the First 
 Ualtalion of the Second Michigan, an invalid 
 cor|)s, in which he served until the term of his en- 
 listment had expired, being honorably discharged 
 .hdy ;3. 1865. 
 
 At the conclusion of his army life, Mr. Godfrey 
 returned to this State, exchanging the musket which 
 he had so faithfully and gallantl}- carried, for the 
 peaceful implements of agriculture and thus began 
 a successful career as a private citizen. On No- 
 vember 21, 18(16. \n: was united in marriage with 
 Miss Sarah Anderson, a native of Kalamazoo 
 County, who was born April 27, 1843. She is the 
 daughter of Lucius C. and Abigail (Uailey) An- 
 derson, who finally settled on section 1, of this 
 township, where the father breathed his last .Sep- 
 tember 26, 1874. He was a carpenter by trade and 
 among other prominent buildings in the erection 
 of which he was employed, not the least was the 
 State Arsenal at Dearborn, llis fanuly included 
 eight children, five of whom are yet living. They 
 are named respectively: Mary, wife of George 
 Davis, of Tompkins Township; Mrs, Godfrey ; Car- 
 rie; Cynthia, now Mrs. Ludlow, whose home is near 
 New Era, Oceana County, and Lucius T., of Parma 
 Township. The deceased members of the family 
 were Paul C, Emma E. and Lucia. 
 
 The estimable wife of our subject is the mother 
 of eight children, the following still surviving: 
 Lucius H., who lives in Denver, Colo.; Susie A., 
 
 llerlierl II., C:a ne. Mabel K and .iohu K. The 
 deceased children were E. .lennie and an infant son. 
 Mr. (iodfrey belongs to the I'ost of the (i. A. R., 
 at Parma, in which he holds the otflce of Chaplain. 
 In politics he is a stanch Hei)ublican. He is a 
 Trustee of tiic Methodist Episcopal Church at 
 North Parma, his wife being also a member of the 
 same denonunation. IJoth are held in high esteem 
 by their acquaintances, and their upright charac- 
 ters, industrious habits anil intelligence, deservedly 
 pl.ace ihein among the best class of citizens of 
 Jackson ('ount\-. 
 
 ifsss^ 
 
 |MASA M. PARDEE. This name repre- 
 <S^'/Ui sents that of one of the oldest settlers of 
 this county, he having made his advent 
 j^ here in the spring of 1832, when a bo^' 
 
 five 3'ears of age. The offspring of a highly re- 
 spectable famil}', he developed into a worthy man- 
 hood, and is numbered among the representative 
 citizens of Spring Arbor Township, owning a fine 
 farm, two hundi'ed and six acres in extent, on sec- 
 tion 28. Intelligent, well informed, and a valued 
 member of the community-, he Is looked upon as 
 one of those who have been largely instrumental in 
 advancing the interests of their township, and raising 
 it to its present high position as the abode of a 
 people educated and well-to-do. There are few 
 ?nore attractive homes within its limits than that of 
 Mr. Pardee and his estimable wife, wdiose mutual 
 labors have beauiitied it, and whose hospitality has 
 made it a most pleasant resort for a host of friends 
 and ac<iuaintances. 
 
 The offspring of an excellent old family, the sub- 
 ject of this notice is the son of Thomas J. Pardee, 
 who was born in Connecticut in 1800. The pater- 
 nal grandfather, Eiitnezer Pardee, likewise a native 
 of Connecticut, emigrated to Niagara County, 
 N. Y., at an early d.ay, and settled near the town 
 of Royalton, where he conducted a farm until 
 1832. He then set out with his family for Michi- 
 gan Territory, and taking up a tract of land in 
 Spring Arbor Township, there lived and labored 
 until departing hence. Thomas .!., t!ie father of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 our subject, first set foot upon the soil of Miclii- 
 gan in 1831 , ooniing hither witli his father in search 
 of a suitable location, and bought Government 
 land. They made their wa}' hj' boat from Buffalo 
 to Detroit, and then traveled on foot to tins county. 
 Each selected land in Spring Arbor Township, then 
 traveled on foot to the Lind (JHice at White Pig- 
 eon, following blazed trees and Indian trails, build- 
 ing their camp fire at night, and slee[)ing with oul^' 
 such protection as nature an<1 a blanket, perhaps, 
 which they carried willi them, afforded. After se- 
 curing the necessary papers they returned home to 
 Niagara County, N. Y., and the following year 
 came back with the family. 
 
 The father of our subject w.as successful in his 
 Labors as a tiller of the soil, and in due time became 
 the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of land 
 on section 27. When he came here the Indians 
 were numerous, but peaceal)le, and being treated 
 well by the white man, they not only returned his 
 hospitality and kindness, but were greatly attached 
 to him. lie built a log shanty, in which he lived 
 the first year, and the year following he put u|) a 
 substantial log house. After the organization of 
 the Republican party he Ijecame its stanch sup- 
 portet. and at one time was the Assessor of Spring 
 Arbor Township. A member of the Methodist 
 lipiscopal Cliurch, he also officiated as CLass-Leader, 
 and was a man generally held in respect. He de- 
 parted this life in the fall of 1879, when ne.irly 
 seventy years old. 
 
 Mrs. Elenore (Angell) Pardee, the mother of our 
 subject, was born in Bridgewater, Rutland County, 
 Vt., August 2, 1804. Grandfather Hezekiah An- 
 gell, was a native of Connecticut, and an early 
 settler of Vermont, from which he emigrated later 
 to Hartford, N. Y., where he spent his last da3s. 
 In his youth he learned the trade of a carpenter and 
 joiner, but in later years he followed farming. The 
 parents of our subject were married in Nmgara 
 County, N. Y., where the mother was reared to an 
 attractive womanhood. She is still living, and 
 makes her home with her children in this couniy. 
 She like her husband united with the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church many years ago, and still re- 
 mains a faithful and consistent member. The pi- 
 rental household included five children : Chelonida, i 
 
 Mrs. Martin, lives in Carona, Shiawassa County, 
 this State; Amasa M., our subject, was the second 
 born; Iluldah M. is the wife of G. Parmeter, a 
 farmer of Spring Arbor Township; Amaziah B. 
 lives in Ionia County, this Slate; James D. is a 
 resident of Montcalm Comity. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born in Koyallon, 
 Niagara County, X. Y., December 3. 182G,and was 
 five years old when coming with his family to 
 Michigan. He commenced going to school when a 
 boy of four. Although so young he recollects 
 many of the incidents connected with the jouiney 
 hither, and how they landed at Toledo on account 
 of the cholera prevailing at Detroit. His father 
 purchased an ox-team, which brought them to this 
 county, they crossing the Maumee River on the 
 way. lie attended school while they lived in the 
 rude log house, at a time when their nearest neigh- 
 bor w.as five miles away, with the exception of the 
 Pottawatomie Indians, who were frequent visitors 
 to their domicile. The fsther trader! with them, and 
 frequently went to slee|) with six or eight lirawny 
 savages Ij'ing around the fire I'olled up in their 
 blankets, but the mother slept with one eye open, 
 and |)etitioned Heaven to protect her loved ones. 
 Amasa learned to talk considerably in the Indian 
 language, but has now forgotten the most of it. 
 
 Mr. Pardee was put to work on the farm at an 
 early age. driving an ox-team and assising to clear 
 the land. After leaving the district school he at- 
 tended Albion College two years, and was subse- 
 quently a student in the Michigan Cent'al College 
 at Spring Arbor, a Free- Will Baptist institution, 
 wiiich was afterward removed to Hillsdale. From 
 the age of nineteen years until twenty-two he 
 taught school, being one of the first pedagogues in 
 the county. 
 
 Mr. Pardee was married, Februar)- 9, IHjJO, at 
 the bride's home in Concord Township, to Miss 
 Julia, daughter of Peter L'.iDue. Her father was a 
 native of France, and when a cliihl came to Amer- 
 ica with his parents, they settling in Albany, N. Y. 
 He learned carriage-making, and followed it until 
 his death in 1829. In religion he was a Lutheran. 
 The maiden name of his wife was Miss Sally Whit- 
 man. She was born in Connecticut, and was the 
 daughter of Josiah Whitman, also a native of that 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 807 
 
 Stale. Aflpr the dcalli of her lirsl liiishatul Mis. 
 LaDiie reared her children, and was then inanied 
 to David I'armeter. Tliey eame to .Miehi<raii in 
 1837, setth'ng in Concord Tovvnjliip. wheie Mv. 
 Parmeter followed blaek^niithing, .and died. The 
 mother, a second time a widow, spent her last days 
 with her son-in-law. Mr. I'ardee. dying at the age 
 of sixty-six years. 
 
 To the parents of Mrs. I'ardee there were horn 
 four children. The eldest, Albert, was graduated 
 from the law department of I'nion College, at 
 .Schenectady. .\. V.. and after practicing for awhile 
 in Detroit removed to .St. Louis, Mo., where he 
 followed his profession for a period of thirty yeai'S 
 He possessed considerable literary talent, and was 
 the editor of varitnis papers during the war. Later 
 lie located in Telluride, Colo., and arose to Ihv. olHce 
 of Judge. Ill 1888 he came to Michigan on a 
 visit, and died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Dud- 
 ley, in Branch County. I\Iary died in California 
 about 1887. Eliza is the Mrs. Dudley, of Branch 
 Count}', heretofore spoken of, her home being in 
 Butler Townslii|). Julia. Mrs. Pardee, completes 
 the list. 
 
 Mrs. Julia Pardee wsis born March 4, 1829, in 
 Albany, N. V., and came to this county with her 
 mother and stepfather, residing with them until she 
 was fourteen years old. TIkmi returning Erist she 
 attencied the L'tica Female. Seminary and Ipswich 
 Academy, Mass. After remaining a while with her 
 brother in New York City, she came back to Michi- 
 gan, and was married late in that same 3'ear. 
 
 .Mr. Pardee, in 18L5. purch.ased his present farm 
 of three hundred and twenty acres, upon whi(di 
 there were no ini|)rovements. lie located upon it 
 in 1850, and since then has given to it his undi- 
 vided attention. He sold off a portion of it in the 
 meantime, and has now two hundred and six acres, 
 all under a state of cultivation, enclosed with good 
 fences, and su|)plied with neat and substantial 
 buildings. 'I'lie land is reniarkalily fertile, and there 
 is upon the farm one of the finest springs in the 
 township. .Mr. Pardee keeps good grades of cattle 
 and swine. He planted an orchard, vvhicli is now 
 ill fine bearing condition, and there are upon the 
 pl.ace two dwellings. The family residence is es- 
 (lecially arranged for the convenience of its in- 
 
 mates, and with its surroundings forms a very 
 attractive home. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Pardee an- the parents of three 
 children, the eldest of whom, a daughter — .Mice — 
 became the wife of St. Clair Bean, a farmer of 
 Spring .Vrlior Township; Helen A. is the wife of 
 John Knapp, a resident of Minneapolis. Minn.; 
 Fenton J. resides on the home farm. The children 
 have been given the best advantages afforded in 
 their community, and are more than onlinarily 
 bright and intelligent. The family occupies no 
 seeoiulary position among the first-class citizens of 
 Spring Arbor Township. 
 
 •^i^-is*^ 
 
 <^«.if-»«^f<f^ 
 
 PANIi<:L B. HIBB.VBD, President of the 
 , Edison Light Company of J.ackson, is one of 
 the most prominent and popular men of 
 .lackson. He has been identided with her leading 
 interests for lo, these many years, while his enter- 
 prise and energy have aided largely in her advance- 
 ment and prosperity. He landed in Michigan M.ay 
 10, 18;U), and came to Jackson June 1, following. 
 At that time the chief public school building in this 
 now nourishing city, was a small frame house on the 
 present site of the Central High School building — 
 the site being then a hill of respectable dimensions, 
 which hfis since been graded down. The first 
 structure, "20x30 feet in dimensions, supported 
 upon its top the only bell in town. The latter con- 
 tained at that time more Indians than white people, 
 Jlichigan being then a 'I'errilory. 
 
 There w.as veiy little style in conneetion with 
 the arrival of young Hibbard in the infant city of 
 Jackson, .as he came comparatively alone and 
 friendless, without mone}-, equipped with only his 
 resolute will and persevering dispDsition. He 
 drove a stage for a year, both west and east of 
 J.ackson. receiving for his .services ^11 |)er month. 
 I.,ater he entered the employ of Paul B. Ring, assist- 
 ing to run the hotel bar, and his employer later 
 having th? mail contract lo Adrian, young Hibbard 
 engaged with him to take charge of this at >?:i') 
 per month. Ilis fortunes now began lo mend per- 
 ceptibb", ami by the exercise of close economy he 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 was in lime enabled to purchase the stage route and 
 start a small livery business in connection there- 
 with. He comlucted this until the completion of 
 the railroad, in 1857, and in the meantime also en- 
 gaged in buying and selling real estate. During 
 that time he bought land, which is now worth *400 
 l)er foot, at §200 for sixty-six feel front. He has 
 never ceased his real-estate operations since that 
 time, and in consequence he is the owner of some 
 of the most valuable property in the city of Jack- 
 son, including not only ground Iml many impor- 
 tant buildings — the Union Block, the Commercial 
 Hotel, near the Michigan Central Railroad dei)ot, 
 the Hibbard Opera House, the Michigan Agricul- 
 tural Works Block on Cortland Street, a,large jiart 
 of the Jackson Carriage Works on Washington 
 Street, and he is also a leading stockholder in the 
 Kleclric Light plant, which he organized, besides 
 thirty to forty tenement houses, the ILayinarket 
 and a large number of business houses fronting on 
 Cortland Street. LTnder his supervision and with 
 his capital there is now being erected the Hibbard 
 House, and a number of other buildings in the 
 city. 'I'o these Mr. Hibbard gives his general 
 oversight, but the Light Company receives his 
 especial care and attention. This vvas instituted in 
 1885, and was the first of the kind in the city. The 
 plant comprises four incandescent and two are 
 dynamos, together with all the necessary equip- 
 ments and machinery essential to its success. ]Mr. 
 Hibbard likewise is the owner of farming lands in 
 different parts of this and other States. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Phelps, 
 Ontario County, N. Y., August 13, 1818, and 
 there spent his boyhood until coming to Michigan. 
 His father, William Hibbard, a native of Hartford. 
 Conn., was of English ancestry, and in early man- 
 hood married Miss Elizabeth Schurtes. Tiny 
 spent their last days in Rochester, N. Y. The par- 
 ental famih' consisted of three children, all of 
 whom are deceased except our subject. 
 
 Mr. Hibbard was a youth of seventeen years 
 when coming to Jackson, without other resources 
 than his ov.-n industry and determination to become 
 a man among men. In the course of five \'ears 
 such good heailway had he mad(i that ho felt justi- 
 lied in establishing a home of his own, and acconl 
 
 ingly took unto himself a wife and helpmate, being 
 married March 14. 1840, to Miss Esther Darrah. 
 Mrs. Hibbard was born in County Antrim, Ire- 
 land, in 181!), and was brought to America by her 
 parents when a child of two years. They settled 
 in New Jersc}', and spent their last days in Jackson. 
 Mich. Their family consisted of seven children, 
 three of whom are living and located in Jackson. 
 Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hib- 
 bard. all of whom are still spared to them — Mary 
 Jane, the eldest, is the wife of E. R. Smith, of 
 Jackson : Elizabeth is the widow of William .S. 
 Burrcll, and lives with her father; William R. and 
 Daniel 1>., .)r., remain under the parental roof. 
 The Hibbard residence, one of the most attractive 
 in the city, is surrounded by handsome grounds, 
 and both in its interior arrangement and its ex- 
 terior is ill keeping with the standing and means of 
 the proprietor. It is hardly necessary to say that 
 the family occupies a high social position and are 
 widely and favorably throughout the county. 
 
 ,^\ HANCEY D. RAYMOND. Among the 
 11^!^ residents in the agricultural districts of 
 '^^f' .Sandstone Township, perha[)S none have 
 shown greater energy- in the affairs of life and have 
 attained a higher reputation for intelligence, up- 
 right conduct and a knowledgecf business, than the 
 young gentleman w hose name initiates this sketch. 
 He is the oldest son of Benjamin and Alzina 
 ( Morse) Raymond, who were married in this county 
 and began their wedded life in Sandstone Town- 
 ship, where our subject was born, January 11, 1854. 
 His parents subsequently removed to Blackman 
 Township, where the father died March 1. 1887. 
 Of the children born to Mr. .and Mrs. Benjamin 
 Raymond, Chancey and Nehemiali are all who grew 
 to maturity. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write was reared on 
 his father's farm and made his home on the estate 
 until his marriage. After acquiring a common- 
 school education he attended the High School in 
 Jackson, from which he was graduated, afterward 
 spinding a short time in the State rniversity at 
 
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 JLXL^ ^ <^ 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL!, ALIJUM. 
 
 f-ll 
 
 Ann Arbor, hcconiintj well verseil in llio liijilur 
 Knglisli branclu'S, as well :vs in those laiiijlit in llic 
 lower grades of our schools. This knowledge has 
 l)een turned to good account hj' him during sev- 
 eral terms in which he taught in Sandslunc and 
 Tompkins 'I'ownsliips, successfully conduetiiig the 
 schools.'and meriting the aijproval of the i)alrons 
 b}' his skill in imparling knowledge and his tact in 
 Government. 
 
 ^Ir. Raymond has always been engaged to some 
 extent in farm labors, the knowledge of wiiieh he 
 acquired in his boyhood, and to which lie has de- 
 voted the most of his attention since reaching years 
 of maturity. The farm which he now owns com- 
 prises two hundred acres located on sections 12, 1 
 and 2, the resi<lence being on the section first 
 named, and forms an estate of considerable value, 
 being productive, thoroughly cultivated, and furn- 
 ished with excellent improvements, including a full 
 line of frame buildings, well-kept fences, numerous 
 trees, etc. Within the tasty dwelling unbounded 
 liospitality reigns and many a wayfarer has found 
 cordial welcome there, while to a large circle of 
 friends and acquaintances its doors are ever open. 
 
 In Hanover, December 4, 1875, the rites of wed- 
 lock were celebrated between Mr. Raymond and 
 Miss Adell Wing, who was born in IJlacknian 
 Township, this count}', December 5, 1857, and is a 
 daughter of Calvin and Clarinda (Reed) Wing 
 (see sketch of Calvin Wing rei)resented elsewhere 
 in tliis book). Jlrs. Raymond was the recii)ient of 
 excellent advantages in her girlhood, and has a 
 thoroughly cultured mind and lovely character, 
 while her ability as a. housekeeper is rarely 
 equalled, and her retined and pleasing manners 
 make her presence desired at every social gather- 
 ing. She has borne iier husl)and one child, Alljert 
 1<\, a bright and jiromising latl. who was born 
 March 9, 1878. 
 
 Mr. Raymond is a Democrat and has taken a 
 somewhat active [tart in tiie political affairs of the 
 the vicinity. He is dee|>ly interested in the cause 
 of educaliiin, and his mental attainments and piac- 
 tical experience in the school-room, especially lit 
 him for positions u|)on the Sehool Hoard. He has 
 served as School Ins[)ector. School Su|)erinlendent 
 and Treasurer. In the s[)ring of 1888 he was 
 
 elected Justice of the Peace and still holds that of- 
 fice. He is a member of the Patrons of Industry. 
 He was for several months engaged in the sale of 
 agricultuial implements. 
 
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 iil'KlS (;. WOOD. Passenger Conductor on 
 the Michigan Central Railroad, with head- 
 quarters in Jackson City, is one of the most 
 trusted employes of this great corporation. 
 He is a veteran railroader, and with his natural 
 liking of the business, has brought to it an adapt- 
 ability which has m.ade him more than ordinarily 
 'skillful and trustworth}'. He has served a full 
 apprenticeship, covering a lapse of many years 
 and has been singularly fortunate in escaping the 
 disasters which at some time or other fall to the 
 common lot of railroad men. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born March 7, 
 1828. in Broome County, N. Y . .and was next to 
 the 3'oungest of nine children, the offspring of 
 Christopher S. and Margaret (Post) Wood, who 
 were born and reared in Schoharie County. N. Y.. 
 and were of Holland-Dutch ancestry. Christopher 
 Wood was a well-educated man and for a number 
 of years followed the profession of a teacher. He 
 died, when middle aged, in New York State. Mrs. 
 Wood subsequently came to Berrien County, this 
 State, and m.ade her home with her daughter, Mrs. 
 Thomas Marrs, at Berrien Center, where she died. 
 Besides our subject, there are only two daughters 
 living. Ohe brother was killed on a faim. being 
 gored to death by an infuriated bull. 
 
 Mr. Wood spent his youthful years in Biug- 
 hampton, N. Y., living on a farm and attending 
 the district school. Upon approaching manhood 
 he learned the tailor's trade, which he followed a 
 number of years. In 185G we lind him at Joliet. 
 111., where he entered the employ of the Chicago 
 & Alton Railroad Company, with whom he re- 
 mained four years. In the meantime he was pro- 
 moted to the position of freight conductor. Upon 
 leaving this road, he went to St. Louis, and for a 
 year thereafter was in the employ of the Ohio it 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Mississippi Railroad, then coming to this State he 
 engaged with the Michigan Central, as a brakeman 
 and after a few years by gradual promotion, arose 
 to his present position. He has been conductor of 
 i\\e passenger train for the past eighteen years, and 
 in the employ of the Michigan Central for a period 
 of thirty years. His run now extends from Jack- 
 son to Niles via Kalamazoo. 
 
 Mr. Wood was married October 5, 1850, to Miss 
 Adeline, daughter of the Rev. James Niver, a min- 
 ister of the Metiiodist Episcopal Church, and a na- 
 tive of Owego, Tioga County, N. Y. Of this 
 union there have been born five children, three 
 sons and two daughters: the eldest daughter, Car- 
 rie A., is the wife of William Rutson: Clarence is 
 a resident of Michigan City ; James C. is in the 
 West, and is an engineer on the Michigan Central 
 Railroad; Ida is the wife of Cory Concannon. of 
 Hannibal, Mo., who is also a railroad engineer. 
 
 Mr. Wood cast his first Presidential vote for 
 Winfield Scott and is an ardent supporter of the 
 principles of the Republican party. He has a neat 
 home at No. 109 Elm Avenue, and enjoys the 
 friendship and association of a host of i)cople in 
 the city. 
 
 We invite the attention of our many readers to 
 an elegant portrait of Mr. Wood on another page 
 of this work. 
 
 ^, UDGE MELVILLE McGEE. None of the 
 prominent residents of Jackson are unfamilar 
 with the name whicli stanils at the head of 
 ■f^fj tills biographical outline and the main points 
 in whose liistory are as follows;a native of the 
 town of Bolton, Warren County, N. Y., he was 
 liorn Januarv 24, 1828, and is the son of Thomas 
 JIcGee who was born in Coleraine, Franklin County, 
 Mass., January G, 1790. The paternal grandfather, 
 David McGee. likewise a native of Coleraine, was 
 born February, 14, 1760. 
 
 The paternal great-grandfather of our suliject 
 was a native of Scotland and. crossing tlie Atlantic 
 in the Colonial times, located in Massachusetts and 
 is believed to have spent his laslila^s in Coleraine- 
 
 Grandfather McGee learned the trades of a tanner 
 and shoemaker which he followed at Coleraine for 
 a time and then emigrated to Warren County, N. 
 Y., settling near the present site of Bolton, where 
 he purchased a tract of land and erecting a tannery, 
 operated this and followed slioemaking until about 
 1835. He then came to Michigan and spent his 
 last years with lis children in Concord Township. 
 He served in the Revolutionary War and was pres- 
 ent at the time of Burgoyne's capture. The maiden 
 name of liis wife was Mary Kendall; she was born 
 in Westminster, Mass., September 11, 1768, and 
 died in Concord, Mich., March 19, 1853. 
 
 The father of our subject was a young man when 
 his i^arents removed to New York State and tiicre 
 he also learned tanning and shoemaking, which he 
 followed in connection with farming until 1832. 
 Then acconi|)anied l)y his wife and nine children he 
 started for Michigan Territory. The journey was 
 made via the Champlain and Erie Canals to Lake 
 Erie, thence to Detroit and from there overland 
 with a team to this county. While on the canal 
 boat which started out from Whitehall, the boat 
 sprung a leak and sunk in the North River, sub- 
 merging the household goods which were afterward 
 recovered and they laid by in Troy, N. Y'., to dry 
 them. The feather beds were unboxed and laid 
 loose upon the wagons. When approaching Ypsi- 
 lanti the\- applied at a log house for accomodations 
 and were told that they could stay if the3' would 
 make their own beds. Upon going to the wagon 
 for this necessary article it was missing and Mr. 
 Doty the teamster, a bold, resolute man, instituted 
 a search. After retr.acing his steps a short distance 
 he met a man on horseback with the bed in front 
 of him. The thief when questioned declared that 
 he found the bed. His horse had a peculiar hoof 
 and Mr. Doty by examining the ground found 
 that the animal had been driven uj) behind the 
 wagon and that his rider had u'.idoubtedl3' stolen 
 the bed. He declared hii2 a thief and at once pro- 
 ceeded to administer justice by giving him a sound 
 ■•thrashing" on the spot. 
 
 The McGee family traveled three days In mak- 
 I ing the journey from Detroit to this county, a trip 
 ! which can now be performed in two hours. The 
 1 father purchased a tract of wild land in what was 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 813 
 
 known as the Oak Oponinu's anfl which was hjcaUd 
 about one mile and a lialf nortlnvest from the pres- 
 ent site of Concord, on section 22, at the; tinier the 
 family- settled there, tliere being only two families 
 in the township. He put up a lo^- caljin. covereil 
 with sliingles rived by hand and built a chimney of 
 stone on the outside. Tliey hud no stoves in those 
 days and the mother cooked by tlie fireplace. 
 The women of the family spun and wove wool and 
 flax and thus supplied the household with clothiuu; 
 and other neccessary articles. No railroads were 
 built in this region for a uiuiiber of years and De- 
 tioit was the nearest depot for supplies. The jour- 
 ney to this place was made laboriously- with an ox- 
 team. Wolves often annoyed the settlers, while 
 deer, wild turkeys and other game were plentiful. 
 The deer frequently ravaged the wheat and corn 
 fields and Indians were frequent callers. With the 
 exception of four 3'cars spent in Jackson the father 
 of our subject was a resident of Concord Township 
 until his death, which took place .July G, 18G9. 
 
 Mrs. Polly (Stowe) McGee, the mother of our 
 subject, was born September 2, 1791, in (Jranville, 
 Washington County. N. Y. Her father, Timothy 
 Stowe, was an early settler of (iranvillc and spent 
 his last years in that State. Mrs. .McGec departed 
 this life at the homestead in Concord Township 
 October 15,' 18G.i. Tlie ten children of the ]);u('m- 
 tal family were named respectivel}-, Sarah .1.. Tim- 
 othy S., Mary, Heniy, Charles, Thomas Jr., Ldward, 
 Melville, Evelina and Frederick. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was four years old 
 when he came to this county with his parents and 
 he still remembers many of the incidents of the joui-- 
 nev and of the pioneer life which succeeded. He 
 pursued his tirst lessons iu the primitive schools 
 wiiich were conducted in a log schooldiouse and as 
 soon as large enough to .assist his father on ids farm, 
 he became thus employed. Later his education 
 was atlvanceit by attendance at Spring Arbor Col- 
 lege one term and when twenty years old lie com- 
 menced teaching. Li the spring of 1851 he 
 repaired to .lackson and commented the reading of 
 law with (iov. Austin Blair. He w.as admitted to 
 the practice in the fall of 1853, commencing his 
 maiden efforts in tiie city of Detroit and remained 
 there about a year. Then on account of failing 
 
 health, he returned to Jackson, where he opened an 
 office and where he has since practiced con- 
 tinuously with the i;xcc[)tion of attending to oHicial 
 duties. From IH60 to 187(i Inclusive he was 
 Judge of the Probate Court, holding the oltice 
 twelve years, and prior to this served .-is City At- 
 torney of Jackson for one year. He cast his first 
 Presidential vote for John P. Hale, and has always 
 been a stanch supi)orter of the Repid)lican party. 
 Tiiomas McGee, the father of our subject was for 
 years a stockholder in the '-Underground Railroad" 
 and his house was one of the stations where tlie fug- 
 itive slaves stopped .■md were thence carried on 
 their way to Canada to the next station the same 
 being here in .lackson. The Judge remembers that 
 one of his older brothers staited from '..their home 
 in Concord one evening with six strong stalwart 
 negroes, whose .aggregate value in the South would 
 have been worth ten or eleven thousand dollars. 
 He likewise was at one time Judge of the Probate 
 Court for .lackson County, serving fouryears, and 
 for many years w.as an Elder in the Presbyterian 
 Church. 
 
 iSIi-. McGee on the 8th of November. 185.">, was 
 united in wedlock with Miss Charlotte A. King. 
 Si.x children were born to them, one of whom, a 
 son, Charles K.. is at present the assistant teacher 
 of clieniistiy in the State University' of Ann 
 Arbor. Edward is a student in the Theokigical 
 Seminary- at Chicago 111; William F.. is one of the 
 proprietors of the Electrotype Foundry iu Jackson; 
 George F. is taking a course in civil engineering at 
 Ann Arbor; .Vlbeit M. is a clerk in the Peoples 
 Bank; Harrv S. is at homo. 
 
 
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 felLLARD HENRY REED. As deservinjr 
 
 of mention among the intlueutial and 
 ^^ prominent farmers of Jackson County, w-e 
 place the name of this gentleman, w-ho owns and 
 manages a fine farm of three hundred ami forty 
 acres on section 21, Henrietta Township. He de- 
 v<ites considerable time to the raising of stock, in 
 which, as well as in general agricultural pursuits. 
 
814 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 lie has met, with success. He belongs 1.0 the organi- 
 zation of the Patrons of Indastry. and is identified 
 with t!ie Democratic party, whose interests lie is 
 ever anxious to maintain, believing its principles 
 to be most best suited to the needs of our Govern- 
 ment. 
 
 Many years ago. John F. Reed, the grandfather 
 of our subject, left his home in the Green Moun- 
 tain .State, and settled in New York, being a pio- 
 neer of Ontario County. He served in the War of 
 1812, and lived to the advanced age of ninet}'- 
 lluee years, wliich was the age of his father before 
 him when removed from earth. Among his chil- 
 dren was Willard Reed, the father of our subject, 
 and he was born in Ontario County, N. Y., Feb- 
 ruary 4, 1801. He sojourned many years in Gene- 
 see County, the same State, and there accumulated 
 a comfortable fortune, as a result of his frugality 
 and energy. Ho traded his property in that county 
 for a three hundred and forty-acre farm in Jackson 
 County, now owned b}' our subject. 
 
 In Ontario County, his native jdiice. Willard 
 Reed was married to Rebecca O. Halliday, born in 
 the Empire Slate. The following is the record of 
 their five children: Eliza, the widow of Hiram 
 Austin, of Jackson; Esther, wife of Benjamin F. 
 Gibbons, of Jackson Countj^; Mary J., who mar- 
 ried Robert Ridge, of Henrietta Township; Jlatilda, 
 and .lohn T., deceased. After the death of his first 
 wife Willard Reed was united in marriage with 
 Sarah P. Odion. a native of New York State. She 
 ilied in the fall of 1847 when forty-two years of 
 age. She bore her husband two children — Benja- 
 min v.. who died when a child of seven and our 
 subject. 
 
 Genesee County, N. Y.. was the birthplace of 
 our subject, and the date of his birth October 17, 
 1838. His educational faedities were limited to 
 Ihe district schools of his vicinit3', which were con- 
 ducted on a primitive plan by a teacher often 
 scarcely less ignorant chan the pu|)ils themselves. 
 AVhen reaching years of maturity Mr. Reed was 
 united in marri.age with Augusta A. Wheeler, who 
 bore him one child, Augusta A., wife of Richard 
 B. Pixie}', of this townshii)' Mrs. Reed died April 
 2, 1860. 
 
 Mr. Reed contracted a second marriage with 
 
 Louisa M. McCabe, daughter of Peter M. and Lucy 
 (Silsby) McCabe. of this township. Four children 
 have been born to our subject and his estimable 
 wife, namely: one who died in infancy; Luc}' L., 
 and Sarah A., (twins), and Williard M. These 
 young people are refined and intelligent and great 
 favorites among their associates. Their parents 
 have endeavored to give them such practical cilu- 
 cations as will prepare them for important stations 
 in life, and their social standing in their commu- 
 nity is of the best. 
 
 
 \Ji-^ ON. HENRY H. BINGHAM, ex-Warden of 
 the Michigan State Penitentiary, is now re ■ 
 ^^^^ tired from the active duties of life and liv- 
 .^) ing amid the environments of a pleasant 
 home in Jackson, enjoying the companionship 
 of hosts of friends. His residence in this county 
 comprises the long period of flfty-two years, he 
 having first pitched his tent in this region on the 
 8tli of May, 1838. A man enterprising and puhlic- 
 spirited, he at once entered into everything which 
 promised good for the people around him. He was 
 the first Clerk of the Pioneer Association, later 
 Secretary and subsequently Prefident, for a num- 
 ber of 3ears. 
 
 A native of Camillus, Onondaga County, N. Y., 
 Mr. Bingham was born January 7, 1814, and re- 
 mained a resident of his native State until reaching 
 manhood. In ]836 he carne to look over the Ter- 
 ritory of Michigan and two yeai's later took up his 
 abode at Leoni, this county, as a merchant and 
 with a stock of goods established the second store 
 in that village. In 1842, he removed to Grass Lake 
 and was in business there several years. In the 
 meantime, in 1839, he purchased a tract of land in 
 the northern part of Leoni Township, upon which 
 some small improvements had been made and there- 
 after for several years he engaged extensively in 
 farming. Some years later he purch.ased a farm in 
 Henrlettaand Bl.ackiuan Townships, a part of which 
 he still owns. 
 
 Early in 1852 Mr. Bingham removed to Jackson 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 815 
 
 lis u.'-si.-laiiL kutper of the State Prison ami operated 
 in that capacity wilii sliort intermissions until Jan- 
 naiy, 1855. He tiien became Clerk of tlie institu- 
 tion and finally was advanced to the post of Warden 
 which he held for live years. Subsequently he was 
 engaged in the real-estate business and also dealt in 
 produce while at the same time managing the oper- 
 ations of a farm. 
 
 Mr. Bingham came to the Slate as a Democrat, 
 then became imbued with Free Soil principles and 
 finallj' in 1855, identified himself with the Ke|)ubli- 
 cau party. After having held various township 
 ollices he. in 1818, was elected a niendjer of the 
 State Legislature on the Democratic ticket, this 
 being about the time the p;irty tactics were cs.scn- 
 tially altered. After joining the Republicans he 
 became (piitc prominent in political affairs and is 
 still one of tlie wbeelhorses of the i)arty in this sec- 
 tion, taking much satisfaction in the fact that his 
 liome is only a few rods from the old oaks under 
 which on .Tu!y (!, in the fall of 1854, was organized 
 the Republican parly. On this historic spot a pole 
 now stands, being buried in the roots of the trees 
 under which stood Zachariah (handler, .lacol) M. 
 Howard, Kinsley S. Bingham, Austin lUair, David S. 
 Walbridge and other great reformers who here set 
 the ball rolling which culminated in a revolution 
 of the politics of the State and Nation. 
 
 Ill making the journey West in 18;U;, .Mr. Bing- 
 ham started via the Erie Canal and at Buffalo 
 boarded the steamer ■'.Michigan" wliichaweek later 
 laniled him at Detroit. Thence became on foot to 
 Green Oak, Livingston County, stopping at the 
 house of his brother, K. S. liingham. n ho at dif- 
 ferent times was Representative, Governor and 
 I'nited States Senator. During the time of his con- 
 nection with the i)enitenliary, Mr. Bingham insti- 
 tuted large improvements therein and later under 
 his management it was for the first and only time 
 self-supporting, a fact of whicli Mr. Bingham is 
 justly proud. 
 
 Miss Amelia AVells became the wile of Mr. Bing- 
 ham October 19, 1843, the wedding being celebrated 
 at the b'ide's home in Oaklanil County. Dr. Wells, 
 the father of Jlrs. Bingham was a native of ^'er- 
 niont and at an early i\:^y hicateil at Geneseo, 
 Liviniistnn County. N. V., and came to Michigan 
 
 in 1836, being one of its pioneer citizens and pliysi- 
 cians. He and his estimable wife spent their last 
 days in Howell, this State, with their son. Dr. 
 William S. Wells. There were born of the union 
 of Mr. Bi.igham and his wife six children, namely: 
 Frances C , who died an infant; Henry S. of De- 
 troit; Albert W., a resident of Washington, D. C; 
 Florence, Mrs. E. A. Sumner, of Detroit; John C. 
 who died aged two years and three months, and 
 Mar>' W. The i)arents of our subject were natives 
 of Bennington, \t., (the father named Calvin Bing- 
 ham) who came West and after a residence of many 
 years died in Mareelhis, Onondaga County. N. Y. 
 The subject of this sketch and his estimable wife 
 are people highly respected in their community and 
 are carrying with them the best wishes of many 
 kind hearts who hav<! gathered around them. 
 
 ^ic^ 
 
 ETEH BIRR LOOMIS, Jk. This young 
 
 1) gentleman already' occupies a prominent 
 
 7^ position among the business men of Jack- 
 
 __ son, being a member of the banking firm 
 of V. B. Loomis ife Co. Tlie son of a man who has 
 been pioniinently connected with the financial in- 
 terests of this city since 1813, he has inherited 
 many of the traits of character and |)owersof mind 
 which have given his progenitor such inlluence, 
 and gives promise of making the name of Ltomis 
 still more wiilely known and honored. 
 
 A brief outline of the carter of P. B. Loomis, 
 Sr., will not be amiss, as it furnishes a clew to the 
 son's choice of a career. The senior Mr. Loomis 
 was born April 14, 1820, a few months before the 
 removal of his parents from Amsterdam, N. Y., to 
 Rochester, then a village of motlerate pretensions. 
 His educational advantages were quite gocxl. in- 
 cluding excellent instruction in mathematics, nat- 
 ural science, Latin and French. -Vt the age of 
 sixteen years he began the dry -goods business but 
 soon abandoned it on account of his dislike to the 
 credit system. He then accepted a (josition in a 
 Government surveying party, with which he went 
 as far Southwest as Little Rock, Ark. Being re- 
 called to Rochester he again turned his attention lo 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 mercantile pursuits, at the age of eighteen opening 
 a store, which lie eonductecl for four years, in that 
 place. lie afterwards removed to Jackson, Mich., 
 whore for a time lie was engaged in the same 
 business. I.,ater he became the solo i)roprietor 
 of the Kennedy mill, several years later was one 
 of the banking firm of Loomis & Whitwell, which 
 subsequently became P. B. Loomis & Co. 
 
 When the citizens of Jackson determined to 
 to take steps toward the construction of the Ft. 
 Wayne Railroad, Mr. Loomis was made a member 
 of their committee, ere long becoming its Presi- 
 dent and carrying to a successful termination 
 the scheme which was placed in liis hands. He 
 was a director in the Jackson, Lansing and Sagi- 
 naw Railroad, and a member of the Finance Com- 
 mittee of the Grand River Valley Companj'. In 
 politics he was independent during his earlier life, 
 becoming a Republican on the organization of that 
 party, since which time he has been an influential 
 member of its ranks. Never an office seeker, he 
 has yet iM'en the popular candidate on various oc- 
 casions, and yielding to the plainly expressed will 
 of the community, has served in the City Council 
 several times, was Mayor a year and spent two 
 years in the State Legislature. He has also been a 
 member of the School Board and was at one time 
 Chief of the Fire Department. The private char- 
 acter of Mr. Loomis is irreproachable, and his 
 business affairs are conducted according to the 
 most honorable methods. It is pleasing to note 
 that they have been crowned with financial success. 
 He first married Miss Harriet Kennedy, who died 
 soon after their silver wedding, April 18, 1873. 
 Mr. Loomis subsequently married Miss Emma Gil- 
 bert. 
 
 The gentleman who is the subject of this bio- 
 graphical sketch was born in Jackson, December 9, 
 1858, being the second son of Peter B. and Harriet 
 Loomis. He entered the city schools, completing 
 the course of study therein, and after his gr.adua- 
 tion entering the State University at Ann Arbor, 
 from which he was graduated in 1880. Two years 
 after finishing his course of study there, he formed 
 a co-partnership witli his father in tlie banking 
 business, to which since graduation he has devoted 
 his entire time. The auspices under which he be- 
 
 gan his business career were favorable, and his own 
 tact and good judgment are an added impetus to 
 the affairs of the institution. 
 
 In December, 1882, Mr. Loomis was united in 
 marriage with Miss Kate W., daughter of E. A. 
 and Fauna A. Webster. Her father was a promi- 
 nent citizen of Jackson, whose career is outlined 
 on another page of this volume. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Loomis have no children, but find abundant inter- 
 ests to occupy their time and furnish use for their 
 talents. Mr. Loomis was elected Alderman from 
 the 7th Ward and was President of the Council in 
 1883. 
 
 ^ I^ILLIAM W. MOORE is distinguished as 
 \aj/i being one of the finest mechanics in the 
 W^ countrj'. B3' industry and good business 
 management he has accumulated a competence, and 
 has built up one of the most attractive and desir- 
 able homes in the city of Jackson, pleasantly lo- 
 cated at No. 414 West Main Street. Our subject 
 was born October 24, 1824, in Seneca Falls, Seneca 
 County, N. Y. His father's name was Daniel 
 Moore, and it is thought he was pIso a native of 
 New York, being the son of one of four brothers 
 who emigrated to this country from 'Scotland, his 
 father settling in New York, while the others lo- 
 cated in Pennsylvania. 
 
 The father of our subject grew to man's estate 
 in New York, and in early manhood learned the 
 trade of a blacksmith. He bought a large farm one 
 mile from Seneca Falls, and while carrying on his 
 trade superintended its cultivation. He resided 
 there until 1836. when he decided to try life in the 
 Territory of Michigan. He built a large w.agon, 
 and made llio journey overland, bringing his fam- 
 ily with him. He located in Ash Township, Mon- 
 roe County, and bought thiee hundred and twenty 
 acres of timber land, and leased a tract near by on 
 which was a hewn-log house, and a few .acres of the 
 land was cleared. From that time until his ))rema- 
 ture death, in 1840, he devoted his time to farm- 
 ing. The maiden name of his wife was Margaret 
 Walters. She was born in Pennsylvania of Gorman 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGkaPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 ancestry, her father, John Walters, being a pioneer 
 of Mercer County, in tli.il .State. .She resided in 
 Michigan some years after lier husband's death, and 
 llien went to New York, and lied at tlie home of 
 her son Samuel at Klmira. Ilci- body wns lirought 
 back to .Alichig.nn to lie by the side of her husband's, 
 in the cemetery in Ash Tovvuship. They were the 
 p.irents of six children, as follows: .Josei)h, .Samuel, 
 ticorge, Mary A., William W. and l>ewis. 
 
 Tlic subject of this sketch w.as in the twelfth 
 year of his age when liis parents abandoned their 
 ulil home in New York, and sought a new one in 
 the wilds of Michigan, and he well remembers the 
 incidents of the journey, and of the pioneer life in 
 which he was reared. Toledo at that time was but 
 a little hamlet, and there being no bridge across 
 the ^lauraee River, they were obliged to ford the 
 stream, and before the}' arrived at their destination 
 the}' ha<l to overcome other obstacles, and to travel 
 over roads almost impassable at times, and rough 
 at best. Deer, bears and wolves abounded in Mon- 
 roe County, and the surrounding countiy was ver}- 
 wild. Our subject attended the pioneer schools 
 tint were taught in primitive log houses, with none 
 of the conveniences that make modern school 
 rooms so comfortable. As soon as large enough 
 he was required to learn the trade of a macliinist, 
 he having inherited a natural uiechanieal talent, 
 which has made him one of the first men of his 
 calling. He staid a year in Flat Rock lenrning his 
 trade, and then we find him i)lying it at Ann Arbor. 
 After staying there a year he came to J.ackson, and 
 in 1856 was employed by tlie State to make floors, 
 locks, etc., for the State prison, he being thus en- 
 gaged four years. At the expiration of that time 
 he entered the service of the Austin, Tomliiison it 
 Webster Manufacturing Company, .as foreman. He 
 acted in that capacity untd 1871, when he went to 
 Leavenworth, Kan., to put up the niachiner}' for 
 the Kansas W.agon Factory, and he rem:uned in 
 that city one year. 
 
 Returning to Jackson Mr. Moore resumed his 
 (losition as foreman, resigning it in 1884, to eslid)- 
 lish himself in business in Flat Rock. Wayne 
 County, as a wagon manufacturer. He managed 
 his factory there four jears with good results, and 
 then sold out, and once more took up his resitiencc 
 
 in Jackson. In 1862 he had purchased property 
 in tlie forks between Wddwood Avenue and Main 
 Street, and occupied the house that then stood at 
 No. 11 I Main .Street, where he and his amiable wife 
 enjoy all the comforts of life. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Moore with Miss Mary 
 Klliott was solemnized June 15, 1852, and of their 
 pleasant wedded life two sons have been born, as 
 follows: M. Jay, born October 29, 1851, married 
 Miss Belle Gravit,and thej' have one child, adaugh- 
 ter, Kdna; Willie IL, born June 26, 1860, died 
 June 27, 1870. The wife of our subject was born 
 February 10, 1833, in Allegan}^ County. N. Y., 
 to Thomas and Huld.ih (Price) Elliott, natives of 
 Pennsylvania. Her father was born in Philadel- 
 phia, and was of English descent. He went to Al- 
 legany County, N. Y., to live during some period 
 of his life, and rem.iiueil there until 1838, when he 
 came to Michigan and settled in Jackson County, 
 locating among the early settlers of Napoleon. He 
 I ought a tract of wild laud, improved a good farm, 
 and endeil his (lays thereon. There were no rail- 
 roads near, and Detroit was the principal market 
 and depot for suijplies. Mrs. Moore's mother died 
 at her home in Napoleon, and now lies in her l.ast 
 sleep by the side of her husband in the village 
 cemetery. 
 
 Mr. Moore is genial and warm-hearted, a man of 
 excellent principle, and of unexceptional habits, 
 his character being above reproach in every re- 
 spect. He has always been an earnest and true 
 advocate of temperance, in early life identifying 
 himself with the Sons of Temperance, becoming 
 one of the most consistent members of the order. 
 
 HARLES A. DAVIS. The subject of this 
 notice is classed among the leading citizens 
 of Parma Township. His home surround- 
 ings on section 17, are indicative of the enterprise 
 and enei'g}- characteristic of the man and denoting 
 in a markerl degree his perseverance and industry-. 
 He is a native of this county and was born in Parma 
 Townshi|). May 31, 1810. His immediate progen- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 itors were Benjamin S. and Caroline (Hustis) Davis, 
 tlie latter of whom died in 1861. 
 
 Benjamin S. Davis emigrated to tliis county 
 carl\' in the '30s and entered a tract of Govern- 
 ment land about two miles south of tlie present 
 town of Parma which was then in its iiifancj'. 
 After residing tliere a few j'ears he traded tlie 
 property for a farm of eighty acres on section 20, 
 Parma Townsliip and settled in the woods where 
 with the help of his hoys he constructed a good 
 homestead from his primitive surroundings. He 
 had learned shoeinaking in his early manhood and 
 followed this considerablyjin connection with farm- 
 ing, the greater part of his life. He is a sound 
 Democrat in politics, still living and making his 
 residence in the town of Albion, being now eighty 
 years of age. The wife and mother died in the 
 fall of 18C1. Of the children born to them the 
 following survive: George R., a resident of Tomp- 
 kins Townshii); Charles A., our subject; INIary A., 
 Mrs. John Nicholson of Parma Township; and 
 Romonda. of Albion. Benjamin Davis itlcntified 
 himself with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows and has always remained a firm supporter of 
 its principles. No man is held in higher respect 
 and lie is one of the old landmarks uf the county 
 who has maintained his position through many 
 toils and hardships and is occupying an honored 
 [)lace among the county's early [lioneers. 
 
 The subject of this notice spent his early life in 
 the manner common to the sons of iiioneer farmers, 
 being required to make hini,self useful at an early 
 age and acquired the habits of industry and econ- 
 omj' which have been the secret of his success. His 
 education was conducted in the common schools, 
 which he attended mostly during the winter seasfui, 
 after which he entered Albion College, wliich he 
 attended several terms. His time was thus spent 
 on the farm and in school until the outbreak of the 
 Civil War, when he was a young man of twenty- 
 years. He was one of tl.e first to proffer his servi- 
 ces in defense of the Union, enlisting .Tune 1, 1861, 
 in Compau}' I. Sixth Michigan Infantr}', but was 
 not mustered in until the 20th of August following. 
 In time he became one of the thirteen non-commis- 
 sioned ofliuers of the regiment which went to Vt. 
 Wayne, then to Detroit and subscquenlly to a 
 
 school of instruction, and he was the only one of 
 the thirteen who was discharged from the regiment 
 at the close of the war. 
 
 The regiment of which Mr. Davis was a member 
 proceeded to Baltimore, Md.. and was engaged 
 mostly in guard (iuty until the following spring. 
 They were then sent to Eastern Virginia to prepare 
 for the New Orleans Exposition under the com- 
 mand of (4en. Butler. Soon afterward they cap- 
 tured the forts below the city, this regiment being 
 the first which landed there. Next it was the lot 
 of Mr. Davis to be sent to V^icksburg to work on 
 the celebrated ditch after which he returned to 
 Baton Rouge. La., and participated in the battle 
 there. At this place he was wounded in the left 
 side bj' a musket ball which he still carries and on 
 account of which he receives a pension of $20 per 
 month from the Government. 
 
 Mr. Davis was in every battle and skirmish in 
 which his regiment participated during the war and 
 went with the expedition to Western Louisiana, at 
 which time the gunboat. "Cotton,'' was destroyed. 
 Later he vyas wounded in Arkansas near the Missis- 
 sippi River, by a shell from a rebel battery, this 
 striking him across the forehead. He experienced 
 the other vicissitudes of life in the .irniy ami at the 
 close of the war was given an lion irable discharge, 
 August 20, 1865. He had been for some time 
 prior to this acting (Quartermaster of the regiment. 
 He had enlisted as a private and went up from 
 Corporal to Duty Sergeant, then to I'irst Sergeant 
 and finally to a First Lieutenant, with which rank 
 he was mustered out. 
 
 Upon leaving the army iMr. Davis returned to 
 his old haunts in this county of which he has since 
 been a resident and engaged in farming pursuits. 
 For several years he worked his father's farm on 
 shares and finally iiurchased forty acres adjoining, 
 to which he has added gradually until he is now 
 the owner of one hundred and forty acres. He 
 took unto himself a wife and heljimate, December 
 30, 1866, Miss Olive A. Shafer. a native of New 
 York State. Mrs. Davis w.as born November 
 18, 1846. Her parents are natives of New 
 York, and are still living. This lady became 
 the mother of seven children and departed this 
 life at her home in I'ainia 'l'()WiKshi|i. October 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 821 
 
 (), 1888. She w.is evtr the cliceifiil helpmate of 
 her hushand and performed her full share in the 
 building up of llie homestead an<l the aecunudntion 
 of their property. Two of their children died in 
 infaney. Tlu' survivors are Henry \V., Linda L., 
 Ruth R.. Mary .1. and Carrie O. 
 
 Mr. Davis votes «itli tiie Republican party, Imt 
 b.as kept hims(;lf aloof from the responsibilities of 
 office with the exception of serving on the School 
 Hoard of his district. He was once elected Justice 
 of the Peace but failed to qualify. His fellow- 
 citizens recognizing his honesty and ability, have 
 frequently solicited him to acce|)t public positions, 
 but he invariably declines. As an ex-soldier he be- 
 longs to the (Jrand Army of the Republic and 
 among his most comforting recollections is the fact 
 that he assisted in the preservation of the Union. 
 
 ^ +^^if^;^:^^.^^^ 
 
 APT. JAMES S. DeLAXD. It is at all times 
 a pleasure to the biogra()her to record, for 
 
 m .._ 
 
 '^^7 the perusal of coming generations, the li ves of 
 those men whom a grateful Nation delights to honor, 
 and who have not only offered themselves willing sac- 
 rifices at the altar of freedom, and for the preser- 
 vation of the Union, but have also developed their 
 own fortunes in perfect harmony with the growth 
 and development of the State. The DeLand fam- 
 ily are prominent in the history of Jackson Coiint}', 
 where they were pioneer settlers and valued citi 
 zens. At the [)resent day. no resident of his town 
 is more highly esteemed tlian the subject of this 
 sketch, and his upright life and successful career 
 arc rellecting addeil lustre upon the honored name 
 he wears. 
 
 The Captain was the fourth child in the familv, 
 and was l)orn in the city of .lat'kson, Xoveniber 10, 
 1835. He spent the first twelve years of his life 
 in his native city, and then his father purchased a 
 farm two and one half miles north, to which the 
 family removed, and where thej- lived three years. 
 In 18o0 the}' returned to Jackson, and James S. 
 entered the otiice of the CiUzcn, where he learned 
 the '-art preservative " under the oversight of his 
 brother, Charles \'. The latter is represented else- 
 
 where in this volume, together with a sketch of the 
 parental history, anil is honored for his services 
 during the Civil War. Like all the descendants of 
 this worthy family, he was foremost in every en- 
 gagement, and was to his heart's C(>re a patriotic 
 citizen of the United States. 
 
 Our subject continued with his brother until 
 I860, when he sojourned for a year in Minnesota. 
 Returning to the Wolverine State, he, in company 
 with M. V. Benlley, became part owner of the Cit- 
 izen in 18G2, remaining with it until the fall of 
 1863. In the meantime he had watched the prog- 
 ress of the Civil War, and there seeming little 
 prosi)ect of its early close he determined to have a 
 hand in the presevation of the Union. Selling out 
 his interest in the Cilizcn, he laid down the stick to 
 take up the sword, enlisting as a private December 
 29,1863, in Company F. First .Michigan Sharpshoot- 
 ers. He was soon [)romoted to Corporal, later to 
 Sergeant, then to Sergeant-Major. and on the 25th 
 of June, 1864, w<as given the commission of First 
 Lieutenant of Company K. On the 20th of Sep- 
 tember following, he was still further promoted to 
 the Captaincy of the company; in that capacity he 
 did gallant service until the close of the war. and 
 was brevetted a Major of the United States Volun- 
 teers 1)V the President. 
 
 Ca[)t. DeLand took part in all the engagements 
 in Grant's camiiaign in which that notp'l re<rimcnl 
 participated, and was twice wounded, first in front 
 of Petersburg, in the left arm, and on the 2d of 
 April. 1865, received a shot at the capture of Peters- 
 burg, in the loft shoulder, crippling him for life. 
 Soon after the latter occurrence the war 'jlosed, and 
 receiving his honorable discharge, with his reni- 
 nient.Capt. DeLand returned to the peaceful pursuits 
 of civil life. He had faithfully and nobl}- served his 
 native country, and although he did not escape un- 
 scathed from the lire of the enemy, yet his life was 
 spared when thousands fell dead by his side. As 
 one of the most valiant and courageous soldiers 
 who enlisted from Jackson County, his name will 
 be lovingly cherished long after he shall have 
 p.assed hence. 
 
 After the war had closed C.apl. DeLand located 
 in East Saginaw, anil embarked in the grocerv 
 trade, but liixc incsl newspaper inc;>, the ohi calling 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 possessed a fascination which he was unable to re- 
 sist, and returning to Jackson at the end of a year 
 lie reentered the CiUzen office in the employ of 
 Hon. James O'Donnell, and was an attache of the 
 office for the following ten years. 
 
 In the meantime Capt. DeLand had been ap- 
 pointed Mail Agent between Jackson and Bay City, 
 and served in tliis capacity for about nineteen 
 years. In 1876, in company with John W. Fitz- 
 gerald, he started a campaign paper known as the 
 Sahmla/ji Evening Timeti, which they conducted 
 until December, that year. Subsequently Capt. 
 DeLand was variously occupied until the fall of 
 1880, when he traded his property in Jackson for 
 the farm which he now owns, and has since been 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has one hun- 
 dred ;ind ninety acres of land, improved with sub- 
 stantial modern buildings, and all the other 
 apinirtenances of the model country estate. It is 
 hardly necessary to say that in politics he is a sound 
 Republican. He has never sought office, prefer- 
 ring to give his time and attention to his business 
 interests and his family. 
 
 Capt. DeLand was first married in Niles, this 
 State, December 23, 1858, to Miss Alice McCann. 
 This lady was a native of Lodi, W.ishtenaw Count}-, 
 and departed this life at her home in Jackson, No- 
 vember 25, 1862. She h.ad become the mother of 
 one child, who died in infancy. The Captain con- 
 tracted a second marriage, July 30, 1867, at Ypsi- 
 lanti, with Miss Mary E. Parker. The present wife 
 of our subject was born in Farmingtou. Oakland 
 County, March 24, 1836, and is the daughter of 
 Jeliial and Hannah (Daily) Parker, both of whom 
 were natives of Canaudaigua, N. Y. They came to 
 Oakland County, this State, in their youth, and tliere 
 Mr. Parker died about 1855. Mrs. Parker, after tiie 
 death of her liusband, removed to Ypsilanti, and 
 subsequently to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed- 
 ward Rockwell, in Jackson, where she spent her last 
 days, dying in 1885. Mrs. D(Land was tiie eldest 
 of the seven children born to lier parents, four of 
 whom are living and located mostly in Michigan, 
 ^^o the Captain and his estimable lady there have 
 been born three children — Parker R.. Gertrude and 
 Jessie, (ajit. DeLand stands high in Masonic cir- 
 cles, having attained to the Hoyal Arch and 
 
 Knights Templar degrees, and is a member of the 
 Council. He and his wife are widelj- and fa- 
 voral)ly known througliout the county, and num- 
 ber their friends among its most cultured and in- 
 fluential people. Mrs. DeLand is in all respects 
 tiie suitable partner of her husband, and as a 
 daughter of one of the first families, received tlie 
 careful training and thorough education which has 
 fitted her for her position as the wife of a leading 
 citizen. 
 
 A. lithographic portrait of Capt. DeLand will be 
 found elsewhere in this work. 
 
 iiICHARD TOWNLEY. In traveling about 
 this county, seeing its beautiful and highly 
 V developed farm lands, its flourishing towns, 
 its facilities for travel and communication 
 and the evidences of advanced civilization which 
 meet tlie view on every hand, one can scarcel}' 
 realize the appearance which it bore to the jnoneor 
 settlers and the constant struggle by which they 
 combated and conquered nature and adverse sur- 
 roundings. Among the prosperous citizens of the 
 county, there yet remain some who realized that 
 which seems so dreamlike to the men of the present 
 day who have been reared amid more attractive 
 surroundings. Such an one is the gentleman above 
 named, who coming to this county in his boyhood, 
 labored with his father and brothers to develo|) the 
 land upon which they had located and assist in the 
 progress of civilization. 
 
 Nicholas Townley the father of our subject was 
 born on the banks of the Susquehanna River, in 
 Pennsylvania, in December, 1790, and with his par- 
 ents, Richard and S.allie (Lewis) Townley, removed 
 to New York. There his father died January 1, 
 1840, and liis mother in 182-t. Miss Hannah Ackley 
 who was l)orn in Connecticut about 1795, accom- 
 panied her [larents to the Empire State, where she 
 grew to womanhood, and in 1814, was united in 
 marriage witii Nicholas Townle}'. This worthy 
 couple continued to make their home in New York 
 until after the birth of seven children, the husband 
 and father being occupied in farming, milling and 
 
PORTRAIT AND UIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 823 
 
 the liarness business. Tn June, 183-1, lie came to 
 Michigan, and sclectinjj land in Tompkins Town- 
 ship, this count\-, purchased two hundred andforly 
 acres on sections 111 and 30. He soon icturned to 
 his family, but in September of the sameryear, ac- 
 companied bj' his son Edward, came back to his 
 new estate, their journe}' being made through Oliio 
 with a team of horses and a w.igon. 
 
 '['lie fatlier and son built a log hou.se, 30x30 feel, 
 divided iiilo three rooms, and after its completion 
 the son w.as left in charge while the father returned 
 East. Putting both harnesses on one horse and a 
 saddle on the other he rode eastward until detained 
 by snow in Canada. lie then made a "jumper"' — 
 a sled with runners and shafts matleof two poles — 
 and in this rode to Rociiester, N. Y., where the 
 snow disappeared and he again mounted his horse, 
 finishing his journey as he hr.d begun it. He reached 
 his family on P^ebruary r>, l.'j3.5, and on April S. 
 again started westward with the same team and an- 
 other wagon, bringing his son Richard. The jour- 
 ney was made via the Pennsylvania and Ohio, and 
 on the last day of April the coujile arrived on the 
 homestead. In June folioniiig llic wife and mother 
 with the oilier members of the family circle, in 
 charge of tlie son Anson, made their journey via 
 the canal to lUiffalo. llience by lake to Detroit. 
 There the parly was met with teams and liroiight 
 to the new home which was the first house built in 
 the township by an actual settler. In June. 1836, 
 a daughter. Ellen L., was born, who was the second 
 white child born in the township. 
 
 At that time marketing was done at Ann Aibor 
 where they paid *10 per barrel for salt and -ij30 
 per barrel for [lork. Mr. Townley having no means 
 beyond wiiat had been used in piocuring his land 
 and settling his family upon it. made it necessary 
 for Ihc entire household to labor industriousi}', and 
 the money with which they purcha.sed provisions 
 was made b}- breaking prairie, or what was then 
 called oak openings, for other settlers. That w-ork : 
 was chietly done m SpringportTowr.ship and near 
 Onondag;!. Ingham County, and foritthey received 
 *3 per acre. The family experienced all the i)riva- 
 tions incident to pioneer life, but were rewarded by 
 added comforts as years pa.ssed and by the hearty 
 respect of those .amid wlxini tticm labnrcd. The fa- 
 
 ther died April 17. 1859, at the age of sixty-nine 
 years, and the mother survived until M.arch. 1870. 
 
 Both Mr. and .Mrs. Nicholas Townley were mem- 
 bers of the Presbyterian Church and their dying 
 hours were cheered by the blessed hope of future 
 happiness. Mr. Townley had been an earnest 
 worker in tiie church and had held the olfices of 
 De.icon, Elder and Trustee. He was the first .Su- 
 pervisor of Tompkins Township, and also held the 
 office of County Coinmissionor three years. He was 
 appointed by the Government as a Commissioner 
 on the I'nited .States road known as the old Clinton 
 Road. 
 
 Richard Townley, whose name introduces tiiis 
 sketch, was born in Ithiea, Tompkins County. N'.Y.. 
 September 2(). 1821, being the third son and fourth 
 ciiild of his parents. The surroundings of his boy- 
 iiood and youth and his manner oflife are shown in 
 the above family history. In Concord Township.this 
 county, November 10. 1843. he was united in mar- 
 riage witli Miss Louisa, daughter of .Sanuiel and 
 p]|izal)clii (Fowler) VanF'osscn, a native of Livinir- 
 ston County. N. V., with whom he lived happily 
 iinlil August 5. 1875, when she departed this life. 
 Slie wasa member of the Presltyterian Church. The 
 union was blessed by the birth of six children— 
 \ictor v.. Marcia I. (dece.ased), Jeanette E., Will- 
 iam I.. ;\I<>ritgomery C, and Bertha L. 
 
 yiv. Townley contracted a second matrimonial 
 alliance on February 27, 1877. His bride was Miss 
 Jane JI. Pcrrine. She w.as born in Seneca County, 
 N. Y.. and came to this State with her parents, 
 DMiiiel r. and Plucbe (Howell) Perrine, in 1853. 
 Here the father died Eebruary 2, 1885; the mother 
 is still living on the homestead in Rives Township. 
 Mrs. Jane Townley has borne her husb.and one child. 
 Grace P. 
 
 riie estate of lvicliar<l Townley comprises four 
 hundred .acres of fine land on which he has erected 
 a commodious and substantial frame house, a large 
 barn and made other good improvements. The estate 
 is judiciously managed and the household economv 
 is in the hands of a woman compete it to make home 
 what it should be, a place of comfort and happiness. 
 Mr.", Townley was originally a AN'hig. later a Re- 
 pid)licans but is jiow indepondeiit in politics, lb' 
 was clecloil Supi'rvisor of ■{'■iinirkii's Township in 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 the spring of 1867 and served eleven consecutive 
 terms. In 1878 he was elected County Treasurer, 
 served two 3'ears, and was again elected in 1882, 
 and again served tiiat length of time. In the fall 
 of 1871 he became President of tht Farmers Mutual 
 Fire Insurance Company which [josition he resigned 
 in 1880, but being again elected in 1 882. is yet 
 holding the office. He belongs to the Patrons of 
 Industry and he and his wife are memijcrs of the 
 Presbyterian Church. 
 
 UN F. DARLING is distinguished 
 one the oldest native-born citizens 
 jjf of Jackson now residing within its limits, 
 ^^^f' his present fine residence being situated at 
 No. 1238, Ganson Street, near his birthplace. He 
 has been an important factor in promoting the 
 growth of Southern Michigan, as well as having 
 built about one hundred houses at Bay View, 
 Northern Michigan. He was the pioneer, having 
 built the first house on the camp ground at Bay 
 View, as one of the leading contractors and 
 builders in this part of the State. He is an hon- 
 ored veteran of the late war, in which he won a 
 record of which he and his may well be proud. 
 Enlisting in the prime and glory of a vigorous 
 manhood, he soon showed by his bravery, coolness 
 in tiie heat of battle, self-reliance and efficiency, 
 that he had in him the making of a true, patriotic 
 soldier, whose highest interests were those of his 
 country, and the fame of his regiment, the Eighth 
 Michigan, was due in no small degree to his gal- 
 lant conduct, which gained him prooiotion after 
 promotion till he attained the rank of First Lieu- 
 tenant. 
 
 The blood of a worthy New England ancestry 
 courses through the veins of our subject. His pa- 
 ternal forefathers were of the good old Scotch 
 stock that settled in the North of Ireland, and fin- 
 ally two brothers of the family, from one of whom 
 our subject is descended, emigrated to this country 
 in Colonial times and settled in Massachusetts, 
 w!iere they followed agriculture. .Tosei)h Darling, 
 the ne.xt in line of descent, the grandfather of our 
 
 subject, was born, reared and married in Massa- 
 chusetts, and subsequently removed with his fam- 
 ily to New York .State in 180-1, and was one of 
 the first settlers of the town of Middlesex. He de- 
 veloped a good farm from the wilderness, and after 
 living there about forty years, came to Jackson 
 County, having entered land from the Govern- 
 ment, which is now included within the limits of 
 the city of Jackson, and upon which he resided 
 until his death. He was a soldier in the Revolu- 
 tionary War. He and his wife, Huldah, repose 
 side by side in the East Maine Cemetery. Mrs. 
 Huldah Darling was for man}- years a successful 
 practicing physician in the county. 
 
 His son Pascal, the f.'^ither of our subject, was 
 born in Massachusetts, but was reared in New 
 York. He was a contractor, and in early manhood 
 took a contract with his brother, Columbus, to 
 construct a part of the Erie Canal, extending east- 
 ward from Orangeport. At that time he boarded 
 at the hotel \ie\A by Col. Maynard, a man well- 
 known in those parts, and he eventually married 
 the Colonel's daughter, Xabby. He resided in 
 New York until 1834. and then, imbued with the 
 pioneer spii it that had animated his ancestry, he 
 set out on the then long and tedious jouinej' to 
 the almost unknown wilds of the Territory of 
 Michigan, performing the trip with an ox-team, 
 and accompanied by his wife and five children, 
 taking a part of their household goods with them. 
 They at last arrived at the present site of Jackson, 
 which they found to consist of a few log houses, 
 the surrounding country being in a wild, scarcely 
 settled condition, most of the land being for sale 
 at $1.25 an acre. The father entered eighty acres 
 of land now lying between East Avenue and the 
 State land, bounded on the south by Cannon 
 Street. Mr. Darling erected a log house on his 
 land, the same in which his son, Benjamin, of 
 whom we write, was born, and then, there being 
 no railways in Michigan at the time, he engaged in 
 teaming with an ox-team between .lackson and 
 Detroit, which was then the nearest depot for 
 supplies, and from there he brought all the flour 
 used in Jackson. He was thus engaged for two 
 years, but in 1836, with his brother, Columbus, re- 
 sumed his former calling as a contractor, assisting 
 
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 in buildiiii;' tlio State loatls cxtciuiiiiy; fioiii .lack- 
 son to Eaton Rapids. Later, he went to tlie latter 
 town and took a conlisct to build a dam across 
 the Grand River, and also to erect mills in the 
 same place. He was actively enjjaged in his busi- 
 ness thereuntil death cut short his useful and hon- 
 orable career in January'. 1845. He was the father 
 of eleven children, three of whom are now living, 
 as follows: Christopher C, who resides in .lack- 
 son; Ann .1., wife of William II. Monroe, a resi- 
 dent of .lackson; and our subject. Their mother 
 married a second time and resided near Jackson 
 until her death, in the month of Marcli, 1883. 
 
 Her father. Col. Maynard, was born in Massa- 
 chusetts, of an old English family, he being a de- 
 scendant of one of two brotliers who came to 
 America in early Colonial times. He was an officer 
 in the War of 1812, and commanded his regiment 
 at the battle of Black Rock. He settled in Orange- 
 port about 1810. and built an hotel there, which he 
 managed some j'ears, besides overseeing the im- 
 provement and cultivation of his farm. In 1840 
 he sold his possessions there and removed to 
 Chautauqua County, and there bougiil a farm and 
 spent the remainder of his life in tliat jiart of New 
 York. 
 
 Benjamin Darling, tiie subject of this biief biog- 
 raphy, was born in this city, on East Ganson Street, 
 .hil^' 22, 18;!(), being the second male child born in 
 the place. He was three years old when the family 
 removed to Eaton Rapids, and he was fourteen when 
 he returned to .Jackson, and completed his education 
 in Ihe cily scliools. At the age of fifteen the 
 stout, manl^' lad, self-reliant l)eyon(l lis years, be- 
 gan to learn the trade of a car|)enter, tlius earlv 
 laying llie foundations of iiis present business, 
 and before he had attained lo his inajorily he had 
 thoroughly mastered every detail of his calling 
 and had established himself as a contractor. He 
 was so engaged in .lackson until 18.'J8, and then 
 took up his residence in .Mason, the county seat 
 of Ingham County, and continued in the same 
 business there till the breaking out of the war. 
 Settling up his affairs as soon as possible, in June, 
 1861, he liastened to enroll his name among those 
 of the brave defenders of our country who went 
 forth to Southern battle-lields from the State of 
 
 I Michigai). lie was niustcnMl in ;i> n privalc in 
 Company K, Eighth Michigan Infantry, but by 
 cons|)icuous merit he was promoted from the ranks 
 through tiie various gr.ides of odicers till the in- 
 signia of a First Lieutenant glistened on his shoulder 
 straps, and in a year and a half after entering tiie 
 army he was in command of his conipan3'. He bore 
 a conspicuous part in eighteen hard-fought battles 
 and in many minor eng.agements. Among the 
 most important battles we may mention: Wil- 
 mington Island, Ft. Pulaski, .James Island, Second 
 Bull Run. South Mountain, Antietain, Vlcksburg, 
 Black River, Jackson (Miss.), Bull's Gap, Louden, 
 
 j Campbell's Station, siege of Knoxville, Strawberrv 
 Plains and the battles of the Wilderness. In .lune. 
 1864, our gallant Lieutenant was obliged to resign 
 his commission on account of ill health, the hard- 
 ships and [irivations of a life on the battle-field for 
 three ^ears impairing even his naturally strong 
 constitution. He returned to Mason, and ,as soon 
 as he was sutlieienlly recuperated lo do so, he re- 
 sumed ills businesss in that city. In 1S66 he re- 
 turneil to Jackson, and was actively engaged in 
 business here until 1S77, wlien he went to Bay 
 View, a summer resort on Lake Michigan, and 
 
 I was engaged as a contractor and builder tlieie and 
 in Petoskey and Boise Blanc, until 1888, spending 
 iiis winters in Jackson, where his famih" ni.ade 
 their home. He returns in the spring of 18!)0 to 
 complete his buildings in Boi.se Blanc. Bv his 
 energy and consummate business tact he has 
 amassed a handsome competence, and has one of 
 the most substantial ami attractive homes in the 
 part of the city in wliich lie resides. To the lady 
 who presiiles over it so gracefully-, he was united 
 
 I in marriage, .January 23, 1859. Two children have 
 been born to them, of whom Katie is the only one 
 now living. Their daughter, Lizzie, who was born 
 April 14. 18(1.'), died at the age of four years. Mrs. 
 Darling, whose maiden name wa" Sarah C. Rhodes, 
 was born in Ogdensburg, X. V.. a daiiijlilcr of 
 Philip and Arsula Rhodes. 
 
 As most of his hus}- and honorable life has been 
 p.assed in this city of his birth, our subject is 
 widely and favorably known, and one does not 
 need to dwell upon his merits as a man of veradty, 
 
 I unostentatious charily, liberal spirit and true piel}'. 
 
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 and whose citizenship to-day, as in years past, is 
 an Imnor to the community. He and liis estim- 
 able wife are devoted members of tiie Free- Will 
 Bafrtist Church, and the cause of religion and 
 morality tinils in them warm supporters. Mr. 
 Darling is iirontinentl^- identified with the I'nion 
 \'eterans. and in politics he is a standi Republican. 
 
 e FIJI'S SMITH. M. D., of .lackson, is one of 
 the most skillful and experienced of the 
 ' leading physicians of the county, and enjoys 
 a large practice; educated in the schools of Michi- 
 gan, he does credit to the State,. and is an honor to 
 his profession. A native of New York, he was born 
 in the village of Schoharie, Schoharie County, April 
 30, 1836. His father, Cyrus Fenton Smith, w.as a 
 native of Tolland County, Conn., a son of one Cal- 
 vin Smith. The grandfather of our subject was 
 reared to agriculture in his native State, Connecti- 
 (nit, and followed farming there until IH-fl, when he 
 came to Michigan, and located in Macomb County, 
 where he improved a farm, which remained his 
 home until death. The maiden name of his first 
 wife, grandmother of our subject, was Philena Fen- 
 ton, and she was a life-long resident of Connecti- 
 cut. She was a daughter of Calvin and Philena 
 Fenton. The father of our subject removed from 
 his native State to New York, and for a time kept 
 an hotel in Carlisle, and later in Sharon, going 
 from the latter place to Niagara Falls, where he 
 formed a partnership with HoUis White, and man- 
 aged the Eagle Hotel until 1848. In that year he 
 came to Jackson, and after remaining here a short 
 time, went to Niles, and ran an hotel tiiere until 
 1852. Returning to Jackson, he kept an hotel in 
 this city until his death in 185'>. The maiden name 
 of his wife was Martha Pelton. She was liorn in 
 Ulica, N. Y., and died at Niagara Falls in 1«47. 
 
 Dr. Smith was in his thirteenth year when he 
 came to Michigan with his father, and his educa- 
 tion was completed in this State, he being given 
 the best educational advantages it afforded. He 
 was at one time a student in the University at 
 White Pigeon, and later attended a select school in 
 
 Niles, and he was thus well-grounded for his chosen 
 profession, and in 1853 he entered the ^ledieal De- 
 partment of the State University at Ann Arbor, 
 where he pursued a thorough course of medicine, 
 and was graduated in 18r)7, having attained a good 
 rank in his class for scholarship. In May of the 
 year 1855, he established himself in Muskegon to 
 begin the practice of medicine, before his gradua- 
 tion. In October of that year he returned to Jack- 
 son on account of his father's death, and there 
 being a fine opening afforded for him here, he re- 
 mained here to exercise his |)rofession with Dr. Ed- 
 ward Lewis, and with the exceiition of his service 
 in the arnn', he has l)een here continuously ever 
 since. 
 
 Upon tlie breaking out of the reljellion, the doc- 
 tor was among the first to respond to his country's 
 call, and patriotically offered his services as sur- 
 geon, of which the authorities gladly availed them- 
 selves, and he was appointed assistant surgeon of 
 the First Michigan Infantry, which was enlisted for 
 three months. At the expiration of the term of 
 enlistment in August, he was discharged with his 
 regiment. But September 9 of that year found him 
 again in the service, as on that date he was appointed 
 assistant surgeon of the Ninth Michigan regiment. 
 Skilled physicians, with tact and cool nerve were 
 in great demand, and he was soon promotcrd to be 
 surgeon of the Twentj'-sixth Michigan, Init he later 
 returned to the Ninth. His term of service expired 
 October 30, 1864. lie was always with the regi- 
 ments at the front, ever at his post, and was pre- 
 sent at many important engagements. The first 
 engagement he witnessed, was the first battle of 
 Bull Run. He was afterward at Murfreesboro, 
 where six companies of his regiment were captured 
 b^ Gen. Forrest's troops, and our subject was one 
 of the captives. To the credit of Gen. Forrest, his 
 soldiers and the citizens of Murfreesboro, be it said 
 the prisoners were treated kindly, the citizens even 
 taking the wounded to their homes, and caring for 
 them. After ten days of captivity, the Doctor was 
 allowed to depart, and he joined that portion of 
 the regiment th,at had not been in the battle, but 
 were stationed at Tullahoma, thence going to Bowl- 
 ing Green, and remaining there until fall. The 
 regiment then returned to Nashville, where its re- 
 
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 maining members, having been exchanged, joined 
 them. The regiiiiciit was then assigned to Gen. 
 Thomas' ho,i<iqiiarters. :incl svihsequenlly took part 
 in the battle of .Stone River. Chickamaiiga. and in 
 the one .it Mission Ridge, and on tlic llh of May, 
 1864. started with Sherman on liis Atlanta cam- 
 paign, and took part in llie many liattles lietween 
 Chattanooga and Atlanta, and in the siege and 
 capture of the latter city. 
 
 After his experience of life on Soiitiiern liatlle- 
 fields. the Doctor returned to this cit^-, and has been 
 in practice here continuously since, acquiring not 
 only an extensive practice, hut a high reputation 
 for medical knowledge and skill. A fine sense of 
 honor and a character unblemished, have placed 
 the Doctor high in the social scale, and during the 
 many years that he has pursued his calling in this 
 city and the surrounding (•ounlr^'.hc has won many 
 warm friends liotli in his professional and in his so- 
 cial life. He is a valued member of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, a charter memlier of the Ed 
 Pomcroy Post, No. 40; and he is identified with 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, as a mem- 
 ber of Jackson Lodge, No. 1. 
 
 In 1864 an important event occurred in the life 
 of Dr. Smith, in his marriage with !Miss Sarah 
 Frances Camp, who is to him a devoted wife, and 
 has materially contributed to his success in life as 
 onl^' such a woman can, making his home pleasant 
 and attractive, and dispensing its generous hospital- 
 ity witii free grace. 
 
 NDREW WINCHES, Postmaster and No- 
 tary Public at Spring Arbor, is likewise a 
 1 '' dealer in general nicrclKUulise, and as a man 
 and a citizen. Iia3 hosts of friends in this 
 part of the county. He served four years in the 
 Union Army during the late Civil War and has 
 made for himself a good record among his fellow- 
 men. He was born near the town of Elst. in the 
 Kingdom of Holland, December !t. 1.S3!). and came 
 to America with his jiarents wlien a lacl of six 
 years, sailing from Amsterdam on the •'Isabella.'' 
 which, sixty-four days afterward anchored them 
 
 safely in New York harbor. Thence they went to 
 Black River, Ottawa County, Mich., and two years 
 later removed to Kalamazoo, this State. 
 
 In the above-named city young Winches en- 
 joycil the advantages of the common-school until 
 eleven years of age, when he went to live with Dr. 
 Babcock, at Galesburg, Mich., where he attended 
 school until sixteen years old. Subsequently he 
 ivorked on a farm until 18.^9, then went to Chilli- 
 cothe, Peoria County, III., and ni that vicinity 
 worked on a farm one summer. His next move 
 was to go down the Father of Waters to Mississippi 
 where he became overseer on a large plantation at 
 *75 per month and remained until the fall of 1861. 
 
 It will not br' surprising to learn that about tl)is 
 time that region had become too warm for a Union 
 man and so Mi'. Winches sought the safer ground 
 of Illinois, and in December following, enlisted in 
 Company M, Eleventh Illinois Cavalr3-, which w.as 
 familiarl3- known as the Bob Ingersoll Regiment. 
 Being mustered in at Peoria he went South with 
 his comrades and took part in some of 'he most 
 important battles of the war, namely: Pittsburg 
 Landing, C<irintli. luka, the siege of s'icksbnrg. 
 Memphis, Gallatin, Jackson, Tenu., Champion 
 Hills and manj' other exciting engagements. He 
 w.as also on several extensive raids, was subjected 
 to many hardships and privations and experienced 
 nianj' hairbreadth escapes. No soldier of the army 
 was more faithful or courageous and perhaps none 
 more fortunate, as he escaped eaptura and wounds 
 after serving nearly four years, and received his 
 honorable discharge at Camp Butler as an Orderly 
 Sergeant. Sei)tember 30, 1865. 
 
 That same fall Mr. Winches returned to the vi- 
 cinity of Galesburg, Mich., and purchased eighty 
 acres of land but spent the winter at New Orleans. 
 La., hanilling (iovernment horses and mules. In 
 the spring he returned and began cultivating an<l 
 improving his farm, being thus occupied Jive years. 
 Then renting it, he established an upholstering and 
 furniture business in Battle Creek, this State, where 
 he carried on a successful business untilselling out. 
 He then purchased one hundreil and twent\-seven 
 acres of land near Battle Creek and was engaged in 
 its cultivation until 1883. .Selling out once more 
 we next lind him in Spring Arbor, purcliasing the 
 
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 stock of goods and tlie busiiii^ss conducted bj^ 
 George Rogers mid lie is now running a large store, 
 besides dealing in agricultural implements. He is 
 tlie ovvner of considerable property at Spring Arbor 
 .111(1 is loolicd upon .is one of its most reliable citi- 
 zens. 
 
 Mr. Winches was married in Augusta, Mich., in 
 1867. to Miss Sarah M. Dean. Mrs. Winches was 
 born June 13, 1848, in Kalamazoo County, this 
 State, and is a daughter of .losiali A. Dean, a na- 
 tive of Genesee County, N. Y., and who was born 
 in 1818. When a lad of eleven years Mv. Dean 
 came with his mother and family to IMichigan as 
 early as 18-29, and located in Climax, Kalamazoo 
 County, they being the first settlers in tliat region. 
 Tliey took up a tract of Government land, and Jo- 
 siali remained with his rjother until reaching man- 
 liood. Hetiien eng.iged in buying and selling lands 
 and in the real estate and livestock business. He 
 is a great lover of the equine race and makes a 
 specialty of full blooded and standard- 1 ired horses, 
 in which he has gained an enviable reputation. He 
 is one of the substantial men of Climax, and in 
 politics a sound Republican. 
 
 Mrs. Winches' mother bore the maiden name of 
 Eveline A. Sullivan. She was born in New York 
 State in 1821. and w.is a daughter of Jesse Sullivan, 
 a New Englandcr and a mason by tr.ade. He served 
 in the War of 1812, and his father was a soldier 
 in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Eveline Dean 
 died during the residence of the family in Water- 
 ford, Ind., in I860. She was a lady highly respected 
 and a consistent member of the Methodist p]pis- 
 copal Church. Mr. Dean was her second husband, 
 she having been first married to a Mr. F. Newman. 
 Of the first union there were born two children; 
 Franklin M., October l.i, 1837. He was graduated 
 at Ann Arbor, was principal of the High school of 
 Cayuga, Canada West, for several years and died 
 in 1882 at Three Rivers, Mich.; and Lucy A., born 
 March 3, 1841, who now is a resident of Battle 
 Creek, and the wife of John rittuian. Mrs. Winches 
 was the only child of her mother's second marriage. 
 She s|)ent her early years in Augusta, and then re- 
 moving to Watcrford, Ind., where her mother died 
 after which slie came back to Michigan and lived 
 at Augusta with her f.ather. She enjo^^ed excellent | 
 
 advantages, acquiring a good education, and re- 
 mained with her father until her niarri.ige. 
 
 Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Winches, the eldest of whom, a daughter, Grace, 
 was graduated from Spring Arbor Seminary in 
 1888, and later attended the Normal school at 
 Yijsilanti; some of the time since she has been en- 
 gaged in teaching. Belle is a student of Spring 
 Arbor Seminary and a member of the class of 
 1890. The other two, Homer A. and Myrtle M., aged 
 respectiveU^ six and four \'ears, are at home. Mr. 
 Winches, politically, is a sound Republican and one 
 of the Trustees of the Spring Arbor Seminary. He 
 Is a member of the Free Methodist Cliurcli and has 
 been Township Treasurer one year. 
 
 The father of our subject is Jacob Winches, 
 likewise a native of Holland, and born near the 
 town of Ardenham. May 12. 180,5. The grandfa- 
 ther, also named Jacob, was horn in the above- 
 named town where he spent his entire life. The 
 son, Jacob was a miller by trade and served in the 
 Regular Army four years during the Belgian War, 
 receiving a medal of honor from King William for 
 his bravery as a soldier. Later he eng.iged in to- 
 bacco-raising on a small farm in his native place. 
 Ill 1846 he emigrated to America and located in 
 Holland City, Ottawa Count\-, N. Y., where he 
 bought eighty acres of Government land. He 
 cleared this from the timber, but the family was 
 visited with sickness and in 1848 he sold out and 
 coming to Michigan settled in Kalamazoo and en- 
 gaged in milling, operating the Walbridge mills 
 for several years. In 1852 he removed to Gtiles- 
 burg, Mich., where he purchased a farm and re- 
 sides there still. He is a member of the Congrega- 
 tional Church. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Henrietta Rice, 
 likewise a native of Holland and born in the town 
 of Duesburg. She accompanied her faniilv to 
 America and died at Galesburg, Mich., in 1852. 
 The household circle included nine children, the 
 eldest of whom, a son, John, went to Texas and is 
 engaged in the stock business near Brazoria City; 
 Andrew, our subject, was the second born; Mar- 
 linius is a general merchant in Oregon; Hannah, 
 (Mrs. Billington) is a resident of Scotts; Aderica, 
 (Mrs. Edmonds), lives near Rochester, N. Y. The 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPEUCAL ALBUM. 
 
 829 
 
 rest of llic cliililion nre deceased. John Winches 
 (iiirii)j^ tlie Civil ^^'a^ seived three years in liie 
 Second Colorado Cavalry, after which he went to 
 Mexico and joined the ."Mexican Army during the 
 attempted estalilisl.mcnl (if an Kn)|iire and was pro- 
 moted to the rank of a Lieutenant. He was a 
 witness of man^' of the thrilling scenes of that 
 period and was present <at the execution of the Em- 
 peror AL'ixiniilian. lie is now at Brazoria City. 
 
 bl'LBKRT HALSTKl). Among tlic snug 
 homesteads of Spring Arbor Tovrnsliip,that 
 .-^ which belongs to Mr. Ilalsted is worthy' of 
 l^) special mention. It comprises eighty acres 
 of choice land on section 3;), while Mr. Halsted has 
 fifty acres on section o, Hanover Township, adjoin- 
 ing. The liand of thrift and induslry is apparent 
 in all its appointments. The cultured tastes of the 
 proprietor and his estimable wife are amply indi- 
 daled wiliiin and without the dwelling, while their 
 hospitality is proverbial. 
 
 A native of Wilson Township, Niagara County, 
 N. Y.. Mr. Ilalsted was born .September 21, 1828, 
 and there lived until eight years old. His mother 
 was a weaver and by her industrious labors added 
 to the family income. She understood the business 
 tlioroMghl3- and turned out beautiful work of the 
 finest thread, which her son Hulburt assisted her in 
 selling. In the fall of 18.T(; the family, accompan- 
 ied by the maternal grandfatiier, came to this 
 county, this being the second trip hither made by 
 the grandfather. Settling in Liberty Township. 
 (Jrandfather Hess took up a lr;ict of land and IIiil- 
 bcrl lived with him one year, and at the second 
 marriage of his mother he returned to her and re- 
 mained with her thereafter until sixteen years old. 
 Young Ilalsted now struck out for himself 
 equipped with a limited education and no capital. 
 He worked on a farm at >fH) per nionlh and was 
 occupied in different [ihices for probably ten years. 
 I'rior to this his uncle. Rodolphus Ihss, had served 
 in the .Mexican War and died in that far off country. 
 His father received a land warrant which he gave 
 to his youngest son, Ileman Hess. wlm. however. 
 
 did not locate his land and our subject at the age 
 of twenty purchased it for the sum of ^175. lie 
 paid iJlOd and jjave his note for the balance. Then 
 going into Katon County, he secured one hundred 
 and sixty acres of wild land on section 5, in Calmo 
 Township,to which he traveled on foot. Mr. Ilalsted 
 was obliged to go to lona for his papers, a journey 
 whicli he also made on fool when the houses on the 
 way were fourteen miles apart. This business ac- 
 complished, he returned to Liberty Township wiiere 
 he remained a year, and then sold eight^^ acres of 
 his land there to his uncle for §170. The next 
 year he traded eighty acres to another uncle and 
 gave $400 to boot. He rented to other parties the 
 log house upon his new purcliase and worked out 
 by the month, and this, together with some fortu- 
 nate horse trades whicli he made, enabled him to 
 pay oflf the mortgage. 
 
 At the age of twenty-six Mr. Halsted began 
 working his land and boarded with a neighbor for 
 three j'ears. He labored to such good advantage 
 that at the expiration of this time he sold it for 
 *1400. Then in 185C he drove a team to Mercer 
 County', HI., and for two seasons worked on a farm 
 by the month. He returned in the fall of 1858 
 and purchased one hundred acres of land in .Sum- 
 mit Township, upon which lie located and com- 
 menced its improvement. He had paid for it §12 
 and at the end of three years sold it for §20 an acre. 
 
 Having now laid the foundation for a home and 
 a competence, Mr. Ilalsted was married Febnnirv 
 HJ, 1862, to Mrs. Jeanette (Lee) McMichaels, the 
 wedding taking place in Horton. and the Rev. ."\Ir. 
 Chapin ollieiiting. This l.ady was the daughter 
 of Daniel (). Lee. who was born in Roxbury, N. Y., 
 October 27. IKOO, and died October IG, 184i). The 
 maternal grandfather was a farmer in Delaware 
 County. N. Y.. whence he removctl to Royalton, 
 and died at the advanced age of eighty-Gve years. 
 He served as a soldier in the War of 1812. 
 
 Daniel O. Lee also followed farming in Roxl ury 
 and Royalton. but in in I 8 Ki emigrated to Michigan 
 and secured a tract of land in Summit Township. 
 this county, where he followed farming successfully 
 until his death. His wife, who bore the maiden 
 name of .Sally Haner. was born in Greene County, 
 N. Y.. September C. 1801. She spent her last days 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 with Mr. Halsted and died January 21, 1868, from 
 injuries received by a runaway team, she being 
 tlirown from the buggy and suffering a brolien limb. 
 She lived about tliree months after the accident. 
 She was a lady of many estimable qualities and a 
 consistent member of tl\e Christian Clnircli, as was 
 also her husband. 
 
 To the parents of Mrs. Ilalsted tiiere was born a 
 family of eleven children: Abram is living in Sum- 
 mit Towushi(), this county, Daniel H. is a resident 
 of Oregon; John H. died on the plains while going 
 to California; Maria died in IMichigan; Antoinette, 
 Mrs. Perry, is a resident of Jackson; Elias died 
 young; Jeanette, Mrs. Halsted, was the next in 
 order of birth; Franklin is in Ohio; Harriet, Mrs. 
 Austin, is a resident of Gratiot County; Isaac and 
 Ira are deceased. The wife of our subject was born 
 in Royaltou, Niagara County, N. Y., November 15, 
 1834, and coming with her parents to Michigan at 
 an early age was reared in Summit Township. 
 There she was first married May 15, 1850, to Allen 
 McMichael who died in 1860. Of this union there 
 were born two cliildren: Sylvester, October 15, 
 1851, who died May 18. 1875; and Eliza M.. at 
 present living in Dowagiac. The latter was born 
 in 1852 and became the wife of William Vrooman. 
 a prominent hardware merchant. They have two 
 children — Bert and Bessie. 
 
 In 1863 Mr. Halsted purchased his present farm, 
 which is finely located one mile from Horton and 
 is under a bigh state of cultivation with nil modern 
 improvements, including a tasteful residence, three 
 barns, windmill and tanks, a goodly supply of 
 machinery and live stock. Mr. Ilalsted keeps good 
 grades of cattle and swine, feeding to them a large 
 portion of the products of the farm. He is the fa- 
 ther of one child, a son, Charles N., who completed 
 his studies in Coleman Business College at Newark, 
 and is now a night guard in the State Prison at 
 Jackson. Mr. Ilalsted votes the straight Repuli- 
 licaii ticket, but Mrs. Halsted, who keeps herself 
 well posted upon political affairs, sides with the 
 Democratic party. She is a member of the Methodist 
 E|)iscopal Church at Horton, which they both at- 
 tend and give to it a liberal support. Both are 
 strong temperance advocates. 
 
 The father of our subject was David \V. Halsttd, 
 
 a native of Niagara County, N. Y., and born in 
 1808. The paternal grandfather, Benjamin Halsted, 
 was one of the early settlers of Niagara County 
 and was married in 1800. His wife. Anna, was born 
 June M, 1774, and they, in 1809, settled on Eight- 
 een Mile Creek where the town of Olcott now 
 stands. The nearest store at that time was at Niag- 
 ara, Canada, where they obtained their provisions 
 until after the outbreak of the War of 1812. Then 
 they went to Rochester by boat, and in order to 
 have their milling done hired a team to draw it to 
 and from the boat. In those days they lived on mush 
 and Johnny cake, for which the corn was pounded 
 with a stone in a hollow made in a stump, until the 
 erection of the Van Horn Mill on the creek. While 
 grandfather Halsted was in the army during the War 
 of 1812, his wife with her children sought refuge in 
 the woods after their house was burned down by 
 the British soldiers. 
 
 Finally, wiien quite well advanced in life, Grand- 
 father Halsted came to Michigan and purchased a 
 tract of Government land near the present site of 
 Ypsilanti. There he spent his last days and died 
 in the faith of the Baptist Church to which his wife 
 also belonged. She had joined this church about 
 1820. She survived her husband a number of years 
 and spent her last days at the old homestead, dying 
 March 19, 1876, at the advanced age of ninety-one 
 years. She was a woman of more than ordinary 
 intelligence, an extensive reader, and kept herself 
 thoroughly posted upon the leading events of the 
 day. There have been born to her and her hus- 
 band, eleven children. 
 
 David W. Halsted was reared to farming pur- 
 suits, and at an early age was for a time a member 
 of the State Militia. He died in 1831, when only 
 twenty-three years old. The Halsted I'amily is of 
 Holland ancestry. The mother of our subject, wlio 
 bore the maiden name of Maria Hess, was born in 
 Niagara County, N. Y., and was the daughter of 
 John Hess, a native of Germanj', who was brought 
 by his parents to America when five years old. Thoy 
 settled in Niagara County, N. Y., where his father 
 died when about one hundred years old. The 
 latter was a man of fine physique, large and well- 
 built and followed the occupation of a farmer. 
 
 Grandfather Hess became well-to-do in New 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 h;!1 
 
 York Suio, but sold all his property in 1835, and 
 cominjf lo Mirhigan 'Jonilory sclllt'd on a tiacl of 
 land in Liberty Township. Here he also prospered 
 and (inally retiring from active lalior spent liis last 
 years with his daiigliter. dying at the advanced age 
 fif eiglily-six years, lie likewise was a Baptist in 
 religious belief. The mother in due lime after be- 
 coming a widow was married to Samuel O. Clark. 
 a wealthy farmer of Somerset Township. Hillsdale 
 Connty. who was also deceased. Mrs. (,'laik Is now 
 living with her daughter, near Lansing, and has 
 attained the ri|>c old age of eighty years; she like- 
 wise belongs to the Baptist Church. 
 
 The mother of our siilijecl by her (irsl marriage 
 had two children only — llulbert and Hannah, IMrs. 
 J^anphere, who is now deceased. Of the second 
 marriage nine children wyre born, live of whom 
 lived to mature years; Henry is a resident of Elk- 
 hart, Ind.; .lames lives near Lansing, this State; 
 Lorinfla died in Capae, Mich. ; Josiali lives in Jack- 
 son; Lncinda, Airs. Hamilton, resides near Lansing. 
 Henry, the eldest son. served as a drummer and 
 lifer in a Alichigan regiment during the late war 
 and before its close was placed in charge of a hos- 
 pital ward in South Carolina. He served his full 
 term and lived to return home without being seri- 
 ously injmeil by the hardships and [jrivations of a 
 soldier's life. 
 
 [^, ARRY A. LADD. Although yet a young 
 
 man, this gentleman is shrewd and indus- 
 
 ~}i^ trious, an(1 makes a success of his chosen 
 
 \^i calling, that of a farmer and stock-raiser. 
 He is the owner of four hundred and eighty acres 
 of land in Norvell Township, and operates six bun- 
 dled and twenty acres, his homestead, which is lo- 
 cated on section 21, being well supplied with faim 1 
 buildings, and finely stocked. He has some very 
 fine high grade and registered animals of various 
 breeds, and raises quite a nundter of Hrst-chass ani- 
 mals. 
 
 The family of which Mr. Ladd is a descendant 1 
 in the i)alcrnal liin'. is of the old New England \ 
 stock, well-known for their good character ai.d | 
 
 notcil for their bodily strength anil long lives. His 
 gi-a ml father, John I^add, a native of Winilham 
 County, Conn., removed with his wife to Oswego, 
 N. Y.. when their son George, who was born in 
 Windham County. Conn. .Eebruary 21, 1814, was but 
 a small child. A few years later they changed their 
 residence to Oneida County, where they died full 
 of 3'ears, and highly respected. George Ladd grew 
 to manhood on his father's farm in the county last 
 mentioned, wherein he became of age. anrj was 
 married in 1 8 bj lo Lucrelia Burleigh. The bride 
 was born in that countj' in 1820, to Luke ami Lu- 
 ci-elia Burleigh, natives of Now Hampshire, and of 
 old and well-known New England families. Mr. 
 Burleigh was twice married, losing his first wife in 
 New Hami)shire, and marrying the second time in 
 New York, where he continued to reside, engaged in 
 farming. He and his wife, Lucretia, were promi- 
 nent members of the community in which they re- 
 sided. 
 
 The wife of George Ladd was well reared and 
 well educated, becoming a teacher in the public 
 schools, and carrying on ped.agogical labors several 
 years both before and after her marriage. Although 
 almost three-score and ten years old, having been 
 born April 3, 1820, she is one of the smart women 
 of this county, where she makes her home with her 
 children. George Ladd died at his home in Nor- 
 vell Township, May 23, 1887, leaving a large proi)- 
 erty which had been .accuranlated by his successful 
 labors as a farmer and stock-raiser. He first came 
 to Michigan when the State was new, and made 
 several trips after horses, which he took East 
 overland, driving and leading them, and walking, 
 all the w.ay back to New York. There he would 
 sell the animals at a profit, in this way making 
 money with which, in 184G, he |)urchased a large 
 tract of land in Norvell Townshi|), which he after- 
 ward operated and made his home. He was re- 
 mark'ible for his strength of bod}' and mind, and 
 for the abounding energy of his nature. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this sketch, was born on his father's homestead on 
 section 28, Norvell Township, January 20, 185!l. 
 He grew to manhood with good .advantages, receiv- 
 ing his early instruction in the district schools of 
 the county, and continuing his studies at Yi)silanti. 
 
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 He was married in his own township to Miss Clara 
 M. Fielding, who was born in White Oak Town- 
 ship, Ingliara County, Jiil\^ 27, 1864. Her parents, 
 Joseph G. and Eunice (Latlirop) Fielding, are na- 
 tives of this State, in wliich they grew to maturity, 
 bpginning their married life on a farm in Ingham 
 County. After some years spent there, they came 
 to this count}', and are now living in Sandstone 
 Township, at the ages of fifty-four and fifty-one 
 respectively. Mrs. Fielding is a member of the 
 Baptist Church. Mrs. Clara Ladd was the fiflli of 
 ten children born to her parents, and during 
 her girlliood received careful training at their 
 hands. She acquired an excellent education and 
 many social and domestic virtues. She is the 
 motlier of four children — G. Royce, Leland B., 
 Harley F. and F. Lucile. 
 
 Mr. Ladd. of whom we write, is tlie only surviv- 
 ing child of his mother, llis only brother, Herbert, 
 died after his marriage, the sad event occurring on 
 the day he was lliirty-one years old. Our subject 
 has maniged tlie parental property, and in all his 
 labors has l)een prosperous and progresssive. lie is 
 a Republican, as was his father before him. He is 
 one of the school officers of his district and has 
 been Superintendent of tlie townslii|) schools. Mrs. 
 Ladd belongs to the Baptist Churcli. The}- are 
 among the leading young people in the society of 
 a large communitj- in the township and county, and 
 very popular among their associates. 
 
 ENRY IIAYDHIN. Tliis gentleman is one 
 of the most prominent and influential citi- 
 zens of Jackson, and is also a representative 
 ((§)) of one of the pioneer families of Jackson 
 County. Although a young man he has occupied 
 \arions positions of public responsit)ility, among 
 lliem being that of Mayor of Jackson, and holds 
 an established place among tlie firm business men 
 of the community, ndiere he has exhil)ited marked 
 ability and won an honored name. His present 
 residence is on a beautiful and fertile farm, four 
 miles from the city. The estate is embellished 
 with a large and costly dwelling, besides such out- 
 
 buildings as a well-tilled farm of the present gen- 
 eration requires. It is also stocked with fine horses, 
 of which Mr. Hayden is a most excellent judge. 
 
 'Ihe father of the gentleman of whom we write is 
 Henry A. Hayden, ex-Mayor, and a vvell-known 
 business man of the city of Jackson, to which he 
 removed from the Empire State in 183S. He was 
 born in Otsego Count}-, N. Y., March 28, 1817, to 
 Hezekiah and Hannah Hayden, who had emigrated 
 to New York from Windsor, Conn., where both 
 wei'e born. They traced their lineage to the first 
 settlers of Windsor, in the year 1634. The mother 
 of our subject was in her maidenhood Mary Eliza- 
 beth Aldrich, and her birth occurred in Genesee 
 County, N. Y. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this sketch was born January 26, 1858, and being 
 a native of Jackson, is closely identified with its 
 development from a thriving town to a busy cit_v, 
 with a large population of energetic people, with 
 manj- railroads meeting and crossing, and manufac- 
 tories of National importance. During his boy- 
 hood our subject enjoyed excellent educational 
 advantages, attending first the public schools, and 
 subsequentl}' entering De"\'eaux College, where he 
 pursued his studies one year. Returning to his 
 home lie engaged in the milling business with his 
 father, taking control of what is known as the 
 ^Ltna Mill, of Jackson. This was established over 
 fort}' years ago, and is one of the oldest mills in the 
 county. The firm of Hayden & Co., owns another 
 mill, and the two have a capacity of one thousand 
 barrels in twenty-four hours. They have a com- 
 plete roller system throughout, and the owners 
 have built up an extensive local trade, as well as a 
 flourishing one outside of the county and State. 
 Their flour ranks among the best INIichigan brands, 
 and the mills are under the personal .supervision of 
 Henry Hayden, in whose hands the business inter- 
 ests of the firm are safely and carefully carried on. 
 
 The political affiliations of ^Nlr. Hayden are with 
 the Democratic party. In 1885 he was appointed 
 on the Board of Fire Commissioners, a jiosition he 
 occupied three years. In the spring of 1887 he 
 was elected to the Mayoralty, and after having 
 served a term of one year, he was again made a 
 member of the Board of Fire Commissioners. In 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 833 
 
 1X8!) he was electoii Prc:!.iclciit of llic .lai-ksoii 
 Couiilv Agrifulliiinl Society, of wliieli lie liail 
 foiinerl}' been Treasurer. 
 
 In Miss Carrie, dauj^hter of H. A. Aliliotl, f<»rm- 
 crly of this city. Mr. Ilayilen found the womanly 
 cliaraeter, mental aequiiements and pleasing man- 
 ners which won his deep regard, and after a suc- 
 cessful wo">ing the rites of wedlock were ce!el)rated 
 between the j'oung coui^lc in ><ovember, 1877. 
 Two bright and interesting sons. Williiini A. and 
 Henry A., have come to bless the liapi>y union. 
 
 /p^EORGE X. DEAN. The State of New 
 ll g— , York parted in the early days with a large 
 ^^^ amount of her best material, much of which 
 was in due time S(!atteied throughout this county 
 in the shape of enler|)rising and intelligent 
 \oung men. Among them may be pioperly men- 
 tioned Mr. Dean, a native of St. Lawrence Count}-, 
 X. Y.. and born February 26, 1834. He is now 
 numbered among the well-to-farraers of Sandstone 
 Township, his headquarters being on section 7, 
 where he is successfully cultivating one hundred 
 and fifty acres of good land. 
 
 ]n n Hing the early antecedents of Mr. Dean, we 
 find that he is the otTspring of a good family', and 
 the son of Nathan and Triphena (Smith) Dean, 
 who were natives of Vermont, and the father now 
 deceased. His paternal grandfather, James Dean, 
 had the honor of serving in the Hevoliitionarj' 
 War, fighting in behalf of the Colonists, and spent 
 his last years in \'ermont. Nathan Dean was the 
 youngest of a family of ten children, and was born 
 August 25, 17yi). He spent his boyhood and youth 
 in the (Jreen Mountain State, and there also was 
 married. .Soon afterward he emigrated with his 
 young wife to St. Lawrence County. X. Y.. during 
 the period of its earliest settlement. Aliout that 
 time he also went over into Canada, and sojouined 
 brictly. In 183.') not being satislied with his expe- 
 riment on the soil of the Empire State, he pusheil 
 on farther westward to AHchigan Territory, .accom- 
 panied by his family, and settled on the land which 
 is now owned by his son, Ciciuge. our subject. 
 
 He secured about seven hundred acres from the 
 Government, for which lie|)aid ><l.2.') per acre, and 
 the most of which was covered with tindjer. There 
 were ver\' few white settlers in this section at that 
 lime, but Indians and wild animals were plentiful. 
 
 The first business of N.'ithan Deau upon coming 
 to the Far ^Yest, was to erect a log shanty for the 
 shelter of his family. The structure was very 
 small, barel}' sufficient to accommodate those wlio 
 must seek shelter under its roof, this being covered 
 with split poles, or shakes. The family wa.s i)eaee- 
 ablc, however, and occupied it for a number of 
 years until the}' were able to put up a block house. 
 They became widely an<l favorably known through- 
 out that region, especially for their hospitality and 
 kindness, both to their neighbors and the wayfarer 
 wdio sought shelter un<]er their roof. 
 
 To Nathan Dean and his estimable wife there 
 was born a family of five children, four of whom 
 are living, viz.: Elvira, Mrs. Pike, of Albion, this 
 State; William W., a resilient of Parma; George 
 N., our subject; Orlin S., a resident of Sandstone 
 Township; Cynthia, the eldest born, died when 
 about twenty-two years old. The father was a 
 consisle.it member of the Methodist Kpiscoi)al 
 Church, and one of its pillars, holding the oHices 
 of Cl.iss-Lcader and Steward, and giving to it such 
 support as he was able. During his later life he 
 affiliated with the Republican party. He was lib- 
 eral and public-spirited, the friend of education 
 and assisted other churches besides his own during 
 the period of their struggles to maintain an e-\ist- 
 encc. Although by no means a politician, he held 
 the various local offices, at one time seiving as Su- 
 pervisor of Sandstone Township. He left a fine 
 estate at his death, which occurred August G, 1883. 
 The mother is still living, making her home with 
 her son at the old farm, and although having ar- 
 rived at the advanced age of eighty -seven years. 
 is still hale and hearty, keenly enjoying the soci- 
 ety of her friends, and taking pleasure in rela- 
 ting to them many incidents of iiiuneer life. She 
 likewise belongs to tiie Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 and numbers her friends by the scoic among the 
 people where she has lived for so many years. 
 
 George X. Dean spent his boyhood an<l youth 
 as did most of the sons of the pioneer farniers. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 assisting in developing the new soil, attending 
 school in winter, and acquiring the habits of indus- 
 try and sentiments of honor which have made him 
 what he is to-day among his fellow-citizens. He 
 ■was first married November 5, 1856, to Miss Mary 
 J. Hubert. Of this union there were born two 
 cliiklrcn— Helen, wife of T. .1. Mack, of Albion, and 
 Hubert G.. who is farming in Parma Township. 
 Mis. Mary J. Dean departed this life at the home- 
 stead March 24, 18(57. 
 
 Mr. Dean contracted a second marriage Decem- 
 ber 31, 1867, with Miss Mary A. Barnes, who bore 
 him three children: Cecelia L., Jesse B. and Frank 
 Smith. Mr. Dean's real estate consists of one hun- 
 dred and fifty acres of land, the most of which is 
 in a productive conditinn.this constituting a portion 
 of tlie original homestead of his father. He has 
 added greatly to its value since assuming- its man- 
 agement, and has been uniformly successful in his 
 labors. Politically Mr. Dean was formerly a Re- 
 publican, Init at present is a stanch Prohibitionist, 
 and both he and his estimable wife are members in 
 good standing of the Metiiodist p4)iscopal Church, 
 at Parma. In this, as did his fatlier, INIr. Dean of- 
 ficiates as Class-Leader and Trustee, and gives to 
 his church a liberal support. Although frequently 
 solicited to assume the duties and resiionsibilities 
 of the local offices, he invariably declines. 
 
 Two brothers of Nathan Dean served as soldiers 
 in the AVar of 1812. Nathan, himself, was very 
 desirous of obtaining iionor in this respect, but 
 being too young was unable to realize his desire. 
 
 ARVEY STEVENS, .lackson County ,Micli., 
 has become the home of many citizens of 
 the Empire State, who, leaving behind them 
 the associations of a lifetime and the com- 
 forts of civilization, marched boldly through tlie 
 pathless forests, and, undaunted by the fear of 
 sav.age foes and wild animals, evolved pleasant 
 homes out of the uninviting soil. Such an one is 
 our subject, who since his first arrival here in 1839, 
 has thoroughly identified himself with the interests 
 of his township, Henrietta, and lias by careful man- 
 
 agement and frngality gained possession of a good 
 farm of two hundred acres (m section 14. 
 
 The father of our subject was John M. Stevens, 
 who was born in New York. He was by occupa- 
 tion a tiller of the soil, and a minister, and was a 
 man of influence in his community. lie was twice 
 married, his first wife l)eing Polly Nichols, who 
 was born in tlie Empii-e State. She had a family 
 of ten children. The father contracted a second 
 marriage^ choosing as his wife Miss Lucy Nichols, 
 a sister of the first wife. She left one child, our 
 subject. The father died at the age of fift3'-one 
 years and nine months, in Indiana. 
 
 He of whom we write was born October 25,1 835, 
 ncar.SaratogaSprings,N.Y. Amid the beautiful scen- 
 ery- of this now famous summer resort, he passed 
 only a brief period of his life, a^id in 1 839 accompan- 
 ied his parents to this county, settling nearWaterloo. 
 In a log schoolhouse there Mr. Stevens received 
 such meager educational advantages as he was 
 piivileged to enjoy, and there grew to a vigorous 
 and robust manhood. He was in the haliit of walk- 
 ing to school two miles from liis home, the inter- 
 vening country being an unsettled wilderness filled 
 with wild beasts, while Indians occasionall\- pitched 
 their tents on those '• liappy liunting grounds." 
 Deer were csi)ecially plentiful, and a herd of fifteen 
 were seen at one time by our suliject. when he was 
 a boy. 
 
 On the 30lli of September, 1880. Mr. Stevens 
 met with a deep bereavement in tlie loss of his 
 wife, Amanda Hall Stevens, who left, beside the 
 husband, nine children to mourn their loss. All of 
 them are now living, with one exception. They 
 are named respectively: Adclthia. wife of Ava 
 Suylandt, of Waterloo, this county; Adelbert, who 
 is a resident of this townsliiii; Alvira, (deceased) 
 who was the wife of ^Villialn Prescott, of this town- 
 shii); Andrew, who is under the parental roof; 
 Clara married Robert Ackerson. and he is en- 
 iia"ed in farming in this township; Charles H., 
 Lulu, Maud and Willie, wdio are at home. Mr. 
 and Sirs. Stevens were united in marriage in this 
 township, May 14. 1853, and jiassed a happy wedded 
 life of twenty-one years. She was a daughter of 
 (ieorg(' N. and Orsula Hall, now living in Henri- 
 etta Tiiwnship; religiously, her faitli was tli:it of the 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 riiiti'd Brethren Cluu-oli. and lier life was filloi) 
 "iili nets of clmritv and deeds of kindness. Wlicn 
 .sIki died tlie family were not alone in their grief, 
 for the poor, the friendless, the sorrowing and the 
 sick felt that they Imd lost one who iiad been to 
 tliem more than a friend. 
 
 Mr. Stevens combines stock-iaisiiig with general 
 fnrmiiig, and in each department has met with fair 
 pecuniar}' profits. Politically, he is an adherent to 
 the principles of the Democratic part}-. He is a 
 memlier of the Patrons of Lidnstry and has hold 
 some of the minor offices, giving universal satis- 
 faction in the discharge of the duties connected 
 therewitli. As a representative of the worth and 
 industry of the farmers of Jackson Count}', he is 
 entitled to and receives the respect of tlic entire 
 community. 
 
 r^.ROF. DAVID K. IIASKINS, Supci iiitend- 
 ]j enl of the schools of Jackson County and 
 :dso a Justice of the Peace, has his home in 
 the village of Concord, and is numbereri 
 among the i)ronnnonl educators of the county. lie 
 is in full .symi)athy with the cuisi' to which he is 
 devoting his best elTorls. and is well fitted for the 
 discharge of the dulics incumbent upon him. lie 
 stands well among the people of his community, 
 and is a favorite both in social and edncaicjual 
 circles. 
 
 Prof. Ilaskiiis w.as born in Cleveland. Ohio. De- 
 cember 8, 18-10, and lived there until the death f)f 
 his father, in 1849. He then accompanied his 
 mother and her family to the State of New York, 
 in 1850, and from there, in the spring of 18.")1. to 
 Hillsdale County, this Slate, and on account of 
 straightened circumstances was. at this early age, 
 put to work on a farm, being thus employed until 
 a youth of eighteen years. In the meantime he 
 only enjoyed the advantages of about three months' 
 schooling e.acli year, during the winter months, 
 but later attended school for one term at Cold- 
 water. He made good use of his time and his 
 books, and at tlie age nunlioncd began teach'ng 
 
 in the district schools of Calhoun anil Branch 
 Counties winters, working on the farm summers. 
 
 The further operations of young Haskins in this 
 line were interrupted by the outbreak of the Civil 
 W.ar, afid on the Cth of August. 18()2, he enlisted 
 in Company V, Eighteenth Michigan Infantry. Ik- 
 was mustered into service at Hillsdale and went 
 with his regiment to the front in Kentucky and 
 Tennessee, and in the meantime assisted in chasing 
 the rebel general. Morgan, from the soil of Ohio. 
 -After eighteen months' service, Mr. Haskins be- 
 came the private Orderly of Gen. R. S. Granger 
 and courier from his headcpiarters. carrying dis- 
 patches from Iluntsville to Decatur, Ala., Nash- 
 ville, Cliattanooga, and other places, sOnie times 
 on the railroad, at other tinjcs on horseback, and 
 frequently on foot, passing through the country 
 swarming with guerrillas, across the mountains un- 
 attended, swimming and wading rivers exposed to 
 all kinds of dangers, ond train he was on being 
 wrecked three times on one trip. In the fall of 18(U 
 the General called for voliiute(frs to go out and dis- 
 lodge the sharpshooters at. Decatur, Ala. Mr. Ilaskins 
 w;is one of the number who responded, and had the 
 f satisfaction of |)articipating, October 2L in the 
 capture of their i)rey. he being of the memorable 
 forty-five that captured one hundred and twenty- 
 seven Confederates at the point of the bavonet. 
 During tiie charge he was wounded in the ankle, 
 .mil being left out on the held, succeeded in crawl- 
 ing into camp, and in time was snflicicntly re- 
 covered so that he could ride on horseback during 
 the campaign by keeping one foot out of the stir- 
 rup. He thus remaitied in the service until the 
 close of the war. being mustered out and receiving 
 his honorable discharge at Iluntsville, Ala., Julv 
 13, 1865. 
 
 I'pon his return to Hillsdale County. .Mr. Has- 
 kins engaged in teaching and farming for prob- 
 ably two years; then, in 18()8. anxious to further 
 his education, he entered the State Normal School, 
 at Vpsilanti, and was graduated therefrom June 
 30, 1870. In due time he became Principal of 
 the Parma schools, which jiosition he occupied 
 four years. Subsequcntl}', he taught al Brooklyn 
 ' four years, at Hanover three years and at Union 
 ; City one year. In 18f<l he purchased his present 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArillCAL ALBUM. 
 
 liome, and by tlie assistance of his ( scellent wife 
 has made it verj- pleasant. In 1881 he was elected 
 a member of the County Board of Examiners, 
 and in 1882 was elected the County Secretary. In 
 1 88-t he became Superintendent of the prison school 
 at Jackson for one year. He was instrumental in 
 the organization of count}- institutes, in which he 
 has done a large amount of work in different 
 parts of the State. In 1885 he was appointed the 
 Postmaster at Concord, which ottice he held in 
 1889. He has officiated as Justice of the Peace 
 for the i)ast six j'ears and is atso a Notary Public. 
 Unlike many professional men, Mr. Ilaskins has 
 been successful in accumulatino' proiierty, having 
 over three hundred acres of improved laud in Hills- 
 dale Count}-, besides nineiecn hundred and twenty 
 acres in Taylor County, Tex. His fine home in Con- 
 cord is one of the attract! ve features of the pl.ace. I le 
 was married in Yi)silanti, August 8, 1870, to Miss 
 jNIary Van Vleet. This lady was born near Union 
 Ciiy, this State, May 20, 1844, and is the daugh- 
 ter of Reuben Van Vleet, a native of New York 
 State and one of the early pioneers of Michigan. 
 The father, Reuben \an Vleet, came to Michigan 
 Territory in 1836, and secured a tract of (iovein 
 ment land in Calhoun County, wiiere lie is sijending 
 his last da}s in fellowsliii) with tlie Baptist Church. 
 Tlie seven chiklren of the jjarental family grew 
 to years of maturity. Charles, in 1861, enlisted 
 as a Union soldier in tlie Fourth Michigan Artil- 
 lery, and after participating in the battles of Stone 
 River, Perryville, Shiloh and Pittsburg Landing, 
 was shot at Chickamauga and died from the effects 
 of the wound. Martha, Mrs. Black, is a resident of 
 Berrien County, this State; ]\Iary, IMrs. Haskins, 
 was the next in order of birth; Emeline, Mrs. 
 Gray, lives in Red Wing, Minn.; Frank is a resi- 
 dent of Chicago: George lives in Washington, and 
 Clarence in Arizona. 
 
 Mrs. Haskins attended the schoolc of Union City 
 during her younger years, and tiien entered the State 
 Normal School, at Y psilantl.f roni which she emerged 
 qualified as a teacher, and followed this profession 
 twelve years, beginning when a maiden of seven- 
 teen, and finally oflticiating as Principal. She is thus 
 a most suitable partner for the Professor. They are 
 the parents of three children — Fr^.i'.ccs ncnevieve, 
 
 Xenia B. and Zaidee May. The last died in in- 
 fancy of that dread disease scarlet fever. Prof. 
 Haskins is an active Democrat, politically, and has 
 served as a delegate to the various conventions. 
 He was for one year President of the Village Board. 
 He is largely interested in the Masonic fraternity, 
 being a member of the Royal Arch Mason Chapter 
 at Union City, has been a delegate to the Grand 
 Lodge, and is at present Secretary of his lodge in 
 Concord. He also belongs to the Council andCom- 
 mandery at Jackson, likewise to the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, at Concord, in which he is 
 Past Grand, and he is also a member of Albion 
 Cam|j. In the Ancient Order of United Workmen 
 he is Past Master Workman, and in Stoddard Post, 
 No. 239, G. A. R., is Past Commander, and was 
 Senior Aide-de-Camp on Grand Commander Gard- 
 ner's Staff, of Michigan, at the National Encamp- 
 ment at Columbus. His best efforts, however, are 
 given to the cause of e<lacation. He was instru- 
 mental in organizing the Jackson County Teachers' 
 Association, and is President of the Michigan State 
 Reading Circle. 
 
 Prof. Ilaskins is the sou of Kellogg and Mellona 
 (Lyons) Haskins, who were natives resjiectively of 
 St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and Coleraine, iMass. 
 His paternal grandfather, Samuel Haskins, was l)oni 
 in Vermont, on the banks of Lake Champlain. and 
 emigrated to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., where 
 he engaged in farming. He served in the War of 
 1812, and spent his last d.ays in Madison County, 
 N. Y. The |)atci'nal great-grandfather, Samuel 
 Haskins. .Sr., was l)orn in Massachusetts, and was of 
 English descent. He removed to Vei'nuint, where 
 he was engaged in farming, and was killed at Bos- 
 ton during the Revolutionary War. 
 
 The father of our subject occupied himself as a 
 commercial traveler, and was extensively engaged 
 in buying wheat at Cleveland. Ohio, where he be- 
 came junior member of the grain firm of Cobb, 
 BLsliop & Haskins. He died on the road, in 1849. 
 being one of tlie first victims of cholera which then 
 prevailed, and was cut down in his prime, at the 
 age of forty -one years. He was a Whig, politically, 
 and in his religious views a Methodist. Grand- 
 father David Lyons, likewise a native of Massa- 
 chusetts, diiHl at Coleraine, Mass., Scploaibcr 8, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL ALBUM. 
 
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 180:?. Tlic iikiIltiimI yiLMl-i^riUKlfiillK'r ol' Prof. 
 Ilaskiiis. Daviil Lyons, was l)orii at Hoxburv. .Mass.. 
 August 2;i, 17ii7, was a farmer near tlioic, and 
 served in tlie Revohitionar}' War as one of llic 
 Boston Tea Party; his parents came from Kngland 
 in 1700. Mrs. Mellona ( Lyons) Haskins, llie mollier 
 of our subjeet, spent her last days in I'nion City, 
 Branch County, dying -lune 1, 1885, when sev- 
 enty one years old. She was a lady of many cs- 
 tiniahle qualities and a consistent member of the 
 Ba|itist Clinrch. Tlie parent.il family consisted 
 of five children — Ansel, who died in New Orleans 
 in 18.t9; Lucius L.. Principal of a Ward .School, 
 in Cleveland, Ohio; Kellogg, who died young; 
 David Edd3-, our subject; and Mary K., who died 
 in Ciiillieothe. Oiiio. in infancy. 
 
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 ifclLLlS 11. SILKWOHTH. This gentleman 
 has for a nnnilier of years held a leading 
 y/^' position among the rising young business 
 men of (irass L.ake. Althougli in tlie near future 
 contemplating a removal to tlie .State of Washing- 
 ton, it is proper that lie sliould be duly represented 
 in this work, lie was born in the town of Olive, 
 rister County, N. V., September 22, 1851, and is 
 the son of I'riah and Margaret (X'ander Bogart) 
 Silkworlh. who were likewise natives of thatcounty,, 
 the lather born aliout 18'22. and the mother about 
 1827. 
 
 . I'riah Silkworlh was reared on a farm liutleaiued 
 carpentering when quite young and followed his 
 trade the greater part of his life. He came to 
 Michigan in 1809 and settled in Grass Lake wheie 
 he still resides. 'J'he [laternal grandlatlicr of our 
 subject, Benjamin Silkworth by name, was also a 
 native of Ulster County. N. Y. The family is of 
 old Huguenot stock and some of the earlier mem- 
 bers served in the Revolutionary War and the War 
 of 1812. Mrs. Margaret .Silkworlh is still living 
 auc] makes her home in Grass Lake. Her parents 
 were Michael and .Mary (Rogers) \'ander Bogart 
 of ancestry similar to that of the Silkworths. To 
 herself and husband there were born three chil- 
 dren: M.aiy, Willis B. and Gary. The daughter is 
 
 the wife of H. F. Ipdike, of Cirass Lake, (iary 
 die<l when about twelve years old. 
 
 The subject of tiiis sketch was reared on a farm 
 in '.lis native county and accpiired his education in 
 tlie common sclnjol. He accompanied the family 
 to this county and started out in life on his own 
 account at an early age, working at anything he 
 could (ind to do that was honorable, and for five 
 years w^as in the eniiiloy of Fargo, Lord & Co.. of 
 Grass Lake. .Vt the e.vpiration of tiiis time he en- 
 tered E.astman's Business College, at Pougiikeepsie, 
 N. Y., where he ttiok a thorough business course. 
 This ended, he returned to Michigan and for four 
 years iicid the position of clerk for Joe T. Jacobs, 
 of Ann Arljor. 
 
 We next find Mr. Silkworth engaged as a travel- 
 ing salesman for the clothing firm of Kirshkind <fc 
 Co., of New York Cit}-, and he was thus occupied 
 four years. In the meantime he had lived econo- 
 mically and acquired capital, and in 1884 he asso- 
 ciated himself in partnersiiip wilh one of ibe 
 business men of Cirass Lake and they operated 
 together for two yetus under the firm name of 
 I look way A Silkworth. At the eml of two years 
 Mr. Silkworth disposed of his interest in the busi- 
 ness :ind foi' the next two years was in business at 
 Brooklyn, this State, with a partner, the firm name 
 being .Silkworth i^' Watkins. 
 
 In 1887 Mr. Silkworth came back to Crass Lake 
 and established himself in the clothing liusiness 
 which he carried on successfully until in March. 
 18;)0. Then closing out his stock he went to Spo- 
 kane Falls. Wash., where be became interested in 
 manufacturing and at which point his interests are 
 now centered. 
 
 A thorough business man. wide awake and of the 
 strictest integrity, M. . Silkworth has been uni- 
 formly successful in his undertakings and besides 
 doing well, financially, has made man}' friends 
 wherever his lot has been east. He is self made in 
 the strictest sense of the term, having had no finan- 
 cial assistance from any source; and he is popular 
 in social circles as among business men. Tlie com- 
 munity of Cirass Lake will miss him greatly, while 
 that of Siiokanc will be so much the gainer. 
 
 In religious matters .Mr. Silkworlh is broad and 
 libcr;il in his vic-'s and he has be'-n for a uiuiiber 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 of years prominently connecttd with tlie Masonic 
 fraleruily. Ho was married July G, 1881, to Miss 
 Delia M. Parker, of Concord, this .Slate. Mrs. 
 .Silkworth was born in Jonesville, Mich., December 
 5, 1856, and is a daughter of Elislia A. and Delia 
 (Yale) Parker who wore natives of New York 
 State and who came to Miciiig^an early in the 
 '30s Mr. and Mrs. Silkworth h.ive no children. 
 
 '^'i 08EPH F. SA:MM0NS. The material inter- 
 ests of the city of Jackson have been sub- 
 stantially promoted bj- Mr. Sammons, who 
 is looked upon as one of its most liberal- 
 minded and public-spirited citizens. Tiie cit^- is 
 graced by several buildings of his erection, includ- 
 ing several stores and two residences, besides that 
 wiiich he occupies, the latter being pleasantly sit- 
 uated on South Jackson Street. The house was 
 put up after Mr. Sammons' own plan and under his 
 jicrsonal supervision, and its arrangement combines 
 b(jth beauty and utility. It is unquestionably 
 one of the most attractive and desirable dwellings 
 in the city, and with its surroundings indicates in a 
 marked manner the refined tastes and ample means 
 of the proprietor. Mr. Sammons is a man highl3- 
 esteemed in business cii'cles, and personally is "a 
 gentleman to the manor born." 
 
 A descendant of the best New England ancestry, 
 the subject ol this notice was born March 30, 1830, 
 in Orwell, Kuthind County, At., and is tiie son of 
 Cornelius Sammons, who was born December 13, 
 1801, in Ulster County, N. Y. The paternal grand- 
 father. Tenuis Sammons, likewise Mathew Sam- 
 mons, the paternal great-grandfatiier, were botii 
 natives of Ulster County, and of Holland ancestry. 
 Tlie family were among the earliest settlers of that 
 county, where they spent their entire lives in 
 farming pursuits. Tennis, after the death of his 
 first wife in 1810, removed to Ta|)pau, N. Y., 
 where he was married a second time and where he 
 spent his last years. 
 
 Cornelius Sammons was onlj' nine days old when 
 his mother died, and he was then taken into the 
 home of an vUk'V sister with whom he remained 
 
 until a youth of seventeen. He learned black- 
 smithing and later became a carpenter which trade 
 lie followed in New York State, and in 1831 was 
 employed in building locks on the Erie Canal. In 
 the f;dl of 1832 he set out with his wife and two 
 children for what was then Michigan Territory, 
 via tlie lake to Detroit and at that point employed 
 a teamster to take himself and family to Ann Ar- 
 boi, paying therefor the sum of 115. The roads 
 were almost impassable and the family, although 
 paying for transportation were obliged to walk fully 
 four miles of the wa}-. 
 
 After three days of travel our emigiants arrived 
 at Ann Arbor and took up their abode in a log 
 house in the infant village. Mr. Sammons worked 
 at his trade one year and then purchased eighty 
 acres of land in the town of Webstei-, Washtenaw 
 County, where he put up a board shantj- and com- 
 menced clearing his purchase from the timber. He 
 only sojourned there, however, about one .and one- 
 half years, then selling out purchased the south- 
 west quarter on section 19, in what is now 
 Blackman Township, this county, and settled with 
 his family in the howling wilderness, peopled 
 largely by wild animals, including bears, wolves, 
 deer and other game. He put up a log house into 
 which the family removed, with liut one-half the 
 roof on, only part of the floor laid, without chim- 
 ney or chinking, a blanket hanging over the dooi- 
 way and a place left for a window. The father was 
 obliged to return to his former place for his goods, 
 making the journey with an ox-team. While he 
 was away his family was protected by a dog, and 
 the blanket which served to keep the beais and 
 wolves out of the house. 
 
 This pioneer family, with others, endured hard- 
 ships and privations in the establishment of a home 
 in the .vilderness. But patience, perseverance and 
 unflagging industry bore their own legitimate fruits 
 and in time tiiey found themselves surrounded by 
 the comforts of life. The father siient his last 
 days in the city of Jackson —having removed from 
 the farm in .18C'.», departing this life April 1-2, 
 1875. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
 name of May L. Moe. Her birthplace was in the 
 Dominion of Canada, and she is a daughter of 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOORAPIIICAL ALRITM. 
 
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 .loseph and Sj'lvia (Cogswell) Moe, wlio tempora- 
 raiily resided in Canada until the otitbicak of the 
 Indian War, and tied thence to Veimor.t, saviiiff 
 but a small part of their household goods, the bal- 
 ance being destroyed l)y the Indians. They emi- 
 grated to Michigan during the pioneer days of this 
 county and made a settlement in the township of 
 Sandstone, where they spent their last days. Mrs. 
 Sainmons is still living, making her home at Jack- 
 son and has now arrived at the advanced age of 
 eighty-seven years. .She has been an interested 
 witness of the many lemarkable changes occurring 
 since her ariival in this section of the country, 
 during which lime it has been transformeil from a 
 wilderness to tlic lionu' of an intelligent anil pros- 
 perous people. 
 
 . The subject of tlii> notice was two and one-half 
 years old wiien he came with his parents to Miclii- 
 gan and even at that ten<ler age received impres- 
 sions which remain witii him to the jiresent time, 
 he being able to recall many of the incidents con- 
 nected witii the long journey and the pioneer life 
 which succeeded. Me attended th(^ jirimitive 
 schools of .lackson County, the (iist of which was 
 conducted in a log house with slab benclns sup- 
 |ii rtel by wooden pins and the desks made of 
 I'ough boards fastened to the wall. Notwithstand- 
 ing his surroundings, young SainuKuis was naturally 
 stuiiious. made good u.'-e of his lime and advanced 
 his education by study aronnil the evening fireside 
 and the reading of instructive books until better 
 school advantages <;ould be obtained, lieing the 
 only son of the family he at an e.irly age began to 
 assist in the la})ors of the farm and on account of 
 the ill-health of his father, as soon as old enough 
 assumed entire charge of it. lie conducted alTairs 
 "ilh remarkalily good judgment and was success- 
 ful. He remained there until 186.H and in the 
 meantime as the country became settled up, in ad- 
 dition to his farming operations, he engaged in the 
 sale of agricultural implements, introducing the 
 Excelsior reaper and mower, and other improved 
 farm maciiinery. 
 
 In IiStjK ;\Ir. Sainmons, leaving the farm, es- 
 tablished himself as a resident of Jackson and con- 
 tinuecl in the above mentioned business until 1870. ! 
 The following four years he was occupied in the ' 
 
 city a,- Jii.-ilice u) tlie I'e.iee. In lh74 he eommenced 
 the erection of a business block on Francis Street, 
 which was completed the following year and he 
 then engaged in his present business, that of fun- 
 eral director and <'mbalmer. 
 
 In the business mentioned requiring great dis- 
 cretion and good taste, Mr. Sammons is pronounced 
 by the people of Jackson a decided success. He 
 requires his employes to be prompt in the discharge 
 of their duties and keeps a fine line of vehicles and 
 horses with all the other equi[)ments pertaining 
 thereto. Ho is prominent in the Association of Fun- 
 eral Directors of the State of Michigan, of which 
 he is a charter member, has served as President, 
 Vice-President and Treasurer, and has been a dele- 
 gate to the different State and International con- 
 ventions. Carefully studying the details of the 
 business, he has at different assemblies of the Asso- 
 socialion, frequently introduced subjects or sug- 
 gestions which have been of great practical utility 
 and almost universally adoi)ted by his brethren of 
 the Association. 
 
 While a resident of IJlackman. Joseph F. Sam- 
 mons was united in marri ige at Kalamazoo, in 
 18.');'}, with .Aliss Isabella A. Smith. This lady was 
 born in that part of (ienesee County which is now 
 included in Wyoming County. N. Y., in 1833, and 
 is a daughter of David and Rachel (Parks) Smith, 
 both of whom were natives of the Empire State, 
 where Mis. Smith died in 1812 — ^Ir. Smith and 
 family came to Michigan in 1 84G and settled in 
 Kalamazoo, where he died in 1860. There have been 
 born to Mr. and .Mrs. .Sammons two children — a 
 daughter and a son — Cora E., who was born in 
 18()(), and tiled in 1802, and Arthur N., born Feb- 
 ruary 20, 18fi3. .\itlnir married Miss Mary White, 
 and is a promising young business man, associated 
 in partnership with his father. 
 
 I'olitically, Mr. Sammons is a sound Democrat. 
 For several years he held important township olfiees 
 in HIackman Township, and repres'-nted his town- 
 ship on the County Hoard of Supervisors for a 
 period of .seven y&'.rs, receiving increased majori- 
 ties at each election. He vacated the oHice of Su- 
 perTisor while Chairman of the Hoard b}' bis 
 removal to the city in 1808. In 1870 he was 
 elecleil .luslice <d' the Peace and served four years. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 His interest in odueatioiial matters lias been as nn- 
 swerving as liave been his efforts to maintain effi- 
 cient teac'licrs in tiie school district in vvhicli he 
 served as Director and Trustee. .Socially he belongs 
 to Jackson Lodge No. 17, F. & A. M. 
 
 Being fond of tiavel Mr. Sammons has visited 
 most places of interest from Dakota to Florida, 
 from the Atlantic to the I'acific, commencing with 
 the World's Fail- in New York City inl86;3. Being 
 a keen observer and possessing marked literar}' tal- 
 ent, his correspondence with different papers has 
 been read by liundreds with marked interest. These 
 giving vivid descrii)lions of places, people, habits 
 and customs have been a Source of both pleasure 
 anfl iirolit. 
 
 llOHN GREENE, one of the old settlers of 
 this county and a very practical and pro- 
 gressive farmer and stock-raiser, occu[)ies a 
 (J^// beautiful farm on section 23, Norvell Town- 
 ship. The homestead comprises one hundred and 
 ten acres of fine land and is supplied with superior 
 farm buildings; the residence is one of the finest in 
 the count\'. well located, and built in 1887, after 
 the most modern designs and adapted to the con- 
 venience of its occuijants in the best manner known 
 to ai'chitects. It is well lie.ated by a furnace and 
 altogether is one of the most beautiful country 
 homes in Southern Michigan. Besides the home- 
 stead Mr. Greene owns forty-four acres in different 
 parts of the township, most of which is improved. 
 He can proudly boast that his fortune has been 
 made b\' his own efforts, and that liis property is 
 free from incumbrance. 
 
 The subject of this notice is descended in the 
 paternal line from the old stock of Quakers that 
 came to this country from England seeking religious 
 libert3' in the early Colonial times. Going back 
 four generations we find Rufus Greene settling in 
 Rhode Island and there carrying on the business of 
 a merchant, owning vessels that sailed the seas 
 bringing to him tlie produce of various countries, 
 ami acquiring a considerable fortune. One of his 
 merchant vessels was captured during the early 
 
 French War. He died when an old man, still ad- 
 hering to the belief of the Society of Friends. He 
 was the father of fourteen children, of whom Will- 
 iam Greene was t!ie grandfather of our subject. 
 
 William Greene grew to maturity in Massachu- 
 setts, his earlj' years of manhood being sjient at the 
 trade of a weaver. After the death of his first 
 wife he removed to New York and began farming 
 in Saratoga County. There he married a second 
 time, taking as his companion Miss Betsey Brown- 
 ing, a native of Massachusetts. She had been 
 brought up in the Baptist Church of the old school 
 order, and by his marriage with her Mr. (irsene, 
 who had up to that lime retained his birthright 
 among the Quakers, was cast out of that society, 
 losing his standing as a member. William Greene 
 and his second wife had one daughter and three 
 sons born to them, one of them being David G reene. 
 whose natal day was October 16, 1800, and who 
 was the father of our subject. The parents spent 
 their entire married life in Saratoga County. Will- 
 iam Greene dying when upwards of ninety years 
 of age, while his wife Betsy was in the prime of 
 life, being but thirty-eight years old. 
 
 David Greene and his own brothers and sister 
 lived to ii good age, ail having passed middle life 
 before a death occurred in the fraternal band. lie 
 grew to maturity in his native county, when a 
 young man going to Ontario County, where he 
 married Miss Anna Bennett, a native of Framing- 
 ham, Mass., and a member of an old Massachusetts 
 family. She was yet in her girlhood when her par- 
 ents removed to Ontario Count}', N. Y., where she 
 grew to womanhood and where her wedded life 
 began. She and her husband lived upon a farm 
 there until 1833, when with their two children. 
 Mary K. and E. Melissa, they crossed the lake to 
 Detroit and thence went to Macon Township, Lena- 
 wee County. Two years previously Mr. Greene 
 had obtained some Government land in that town- 
 ship, and upon this the family located. 
 
 After making some improvements Mr. (ireene 
 changed his location, living in several different 
 parts of the county until 1855, when he located 
 in Norvell Township, this count}', where his wife 
 spent her last years, dying in 1885, at the age of 
 seventy- five years. The father is yet living, and 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGUaPIHCAL AI.HI'M. 
 
 S-Jl 
 
 although ninety yoius old, still (iisphiys his vinui 
 of mind, with a bright nicnioiv of eveivlliing he 
 has evei seen or known. He now has his second 
 sight and is able to read witliont glasses. He 
 makes his home with his son, our subject, with 
 whom the mother had lived prior to her decease. 
 He belongs to the Fi'ee Will Baptist Church, of 
 which his wife was also a memlier. After Iheir re- 
 moval to Michigan David Greene and his wife were 
 blessed with the birth of five additional children: 
 Ira, our subject, Alarv A., Kliza J. and William 
 All who no>v survive are: our subject, Mar^- A. and 
 Eliza J. The latter is unmarried and is teaching at 
 Herse}', Osceola County. 
 
 John Greene, the subject of this notice, was born 
 in Tecumseh Township, Lenawee County, March 
 18, 18.'i8. and was seventeen years old when he 
 came to this county, and after becoming of age 
 l)egan life for himself. He was married November 
 4, 1807, in Hudson, Lenawee County, to MissCelia 
 Connors, a native of Ireland, born in 184 I. She 
 was but two years old when her parents emigrated 
 to America, settling in Lenawee County, where 
 both died while she was yet a child. She grew to 
 womaidiood at the home of strangers and after her 
 marriage ably assisted her husband in his etTorts to 
 obtain and improve a good estate. While still in 
 the prime of life she wa.s stricken by a fatal illness 
 and died in Adrian, March (!, 1879. She vvas the 
 mother of one child who survives her — Maria L., 
 now attending college at Hillsdale. 
 
 In >'orveIl Township, this county", Mr. (Jreene 
 contracted, September 11, 1888, a second alliance, 
 marrying Mrs. Eva H. Kay, nee Foote. .She was 
 born in Brooklyn, this couiitj', in August, 1852, 
 being a daughter of Orlando and Sarah (Eaton) 
 Eoote, who still lives in that town. Mr. Foote was 
 born in Vermont and came to Michigan in an early 
 day. marrying in Brooklyn, where he follows the 
 tr.ade of a shoemaker. He is now sixty-one years 
 old and his wife is lifty-nine. She is a member of 
 the Episcopal Church. Their daughter Eva, the 
 eldest of three children, was reared and educated 
 in her native place and there married George Fay. 
 who was born in Norvell Townshif). There he 
 grew to manhood, after his marriage becoming an 
 attornev and being engaged in labors incident to 
 
 lliat <n-i-up:iliiiM liii- i]iii>l 1)1 llic linic until his 
 death, which occurred April ^^, IHKO. He was the 
 father of two children — Sarali A. and Bessie A., 
 who still remain wilii their mother. He was a man 
 of intelligence and his death in the prime of life 
 (uit short a creditable career. 
 
 Mr. Greene is a believer in and a snp[)orier of 
 the principles of the Republican party. While 
 moral and upright, neither he nor his wife hold to 
 any particular creed of religious belief. The 
 splendid farm which is oceui)ied by Mr. Greene 
 has been in his possession since October, 187.'i. and 
 during the years which have intervened he has 
 lironght it to its i)resent state of perfection. The 
 attractive exterior is a shadovv of the taste, com- 
 fort and hospitality which reign within, and in the 
 conipanionshi[) of the host and hostess, they who 
 cross the threshold find the reality w-hieli a passer 
 by would i)icture from the surroundings. 
 
 f^ EUBEN E. STRONG, a man whose sterling 
 sense, sound intellc-t, and good judgment 
 'li\V have made him a worth}' addition to the 
 ^^citizenship of Jackson, is successfully and 
 (jrofitably engaged in the cultivation of elerN", 
 owning and occupying a fine and highly tilled farm 
 within the city limits. He is a native of New York, 
 the town of Farmersvile, Cattarangas County, being 
 the place of his birth, and the date January 8, 184G. 
 His father, Ezra B. Strong, was born in Vermont, 
 and was a son of Brewster .Strong, a native of the 
 same State. The grandfather of our subject removed 
 to Monroe County^ N.- Y. in 1803, the removal be- 
 ing made with teams. He located in the town of 
 Greece, among its early i)ioneers. Four jears lit.r 
 he died, leaving a widow and two childreii 
 
 The grandmother of our subject married again, 
 and spent her last years in Parma. After his father's 
 death, F^zra B. Strong was bo\nid out to a retired 
 sea ca|)tain, then living on a farm in Monroe 
 County. Not liking the treatment he received 
 from the hands of the captain, at twelve years of 
 age he ran away, and became self-supi)orting. work- 
 ing for various farmers by the day or rai)ntii ]\,. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 was thus employed until he attained his majority, 
 when he mai rit'd and engaged in farming on his 
 own account. He bought a tract of timber land in 
 the town of Grei ce, and putting up a log house, re- 
 sided there till 1832. In that year he moved to Cat- 
 taraugas County, and cast in his lot with the pioneers 
 who had preceded him to that part of the eountr}-. 
 On his land he built a log house the same in which 
 our subject was born. His land was bought of 
 the Holland Purchase Company and he cleared 
 quite a tract of it and sold it at an advance, then 
 j)urchasing more land he improved a fine farm. He 
 lived on it till 1861), when he moved to Watertown, 
 Clinton County, this State and there bought a farm 
 four miles from Lansing, on the turni)ike road from 
 Detroit to Grand Rapids. On that homestead he 
 rounded out a well-spent life in 1877. His wife had 
 been dead many years, her death occuring in Farm- 
 ersville when onr subject was ten years old. Her 
 maiden name was Eleanor Lane, and she was born 
 in Cayuga Count}-, N. Y. Her father, AValter A'an 
 Cleaf Lane, was born in Germany, and coming to 
 America when a young man, served in the War of 
 1812, and was a pensioner on account of his services 
 therein. He spent his last j-ears in Cattaraugas 
 County, N. Y., dying at the venerable age of ninety- 
 four years. 
 
 Reuben E. Strong was reared and educated in his 
 native State, and though but a mere bo.y when the 
 rebellion broke out, lie was eager to go to the front 
 to help Bght his ccjuntry's battles, and in the montli 
 of May, 181)1, he left the old home and enlisted in 
 Comi)any F, Hfty-sixlh New York Infantr}-. He 
 remained with his regiment until the expiration of 
 his term of enlistment, and was then honorably dis- 
 chargetl, having served with credit, performing the 
 duties of a soldier with the etticiency and faitliful- 
 ness of a veteran. After his experience of military 
 life, our subject returned to his father, and engaged 
 in farming vvith him until I8G4. In that j'ear he 
 came to Michigan to build ui) a home for himself. 
 Purchasing a tract of timber land in Clinton County, 
 he cleared a portion of the eighty acres comprised 
 in his purchase, and lived there until 1869; he then 
 removed to Flaton County, where he purchased a 
 tract of land, and entered upon its cultivation and 
 improvement. During his residence there his health 
 
 failed, and realizing the necessity of rest, he sold 
 out his property in that part of the State, and made 
 his home in Ann Arbor, where his wife took a three 
 3'ears' course in medicine, and graduated at the 
 head of her class. In 1874 he came to Jackson, 
 and in 1881 bought a valuable farm of sixtj'-three 
 acres, now included within the city limits, and since 
 then he has devoted his time to raising celeiy, for 
 which he finds a good market, and a large sale. 
 In 1884 he purchased the attractive home that he 
 now occupies, at No. 105 Second Street. To the 
 lady who presides over his household, he was united 
 in mariiage in 1868. Her maiden name was Martha 
 Cochran. She is a successful ph^-sician, and a re- 
 view of her life appears elsewhere in this work. 
 
 Mr. Strong has in him the attributes of a good 
 citizen, his loj'altyand patriotism having been earl}' 
 displayed, when with boyish ardor he shouldered 
 his gun and marched to the defense of the stars and 
 stripes. He has a high personal standing in the 
 communit}'; his dail}- intercourse vvith his fellow- 
 men, is marked by a genial and courteous temper. 
 He is liberal in his ideas and opinions, and does not 
 wilhliold his hand in charity. 
 
 
 <=^ 
 
 ^j OSEPH T. BALD^VIN, Supervisor of Wa- 
 terloo Township, is recognized as one of the 
 leading [)ioneers of this county, although 
 still in the prime of life. He is a native of 
 Michigan and born in Sylvan, Washtenaw Count}-. 
 August 20, 1841. His parents were John A. and 
 Zilpah (Talbot) ISaldwin, the former a native of 
 New York .State and the latter of Vermont. 
 
 John Baldwin emigrated to Michigan about 
 1837 and purchased a tract of laud in Sylvan 
 Township, at a time when the country around was 
 laigely inhabited by Indians and wild animals. 
 Operating there a few years lie then changed his 
 residence to Barry County and subsequently re- 
 moved to Waterloo, this county, where he spent 
 the remainder of his days. He departed this life 
 in 1882 when seventy-two years old. He was a 
 life long farmer, industrious, enterprising and pos- 
 sessing a good faculty for business and succeeded 
 in accumulating a good |)roperty. He was a promi- 
 
POHTKAir AND RIOORAI'IIK'AL ALRl'M. 
 
 843 
 
 neiit mail in liis cijiiimunily ami liflil many ol liu! 
 miiioi- ollices. In New Y(jiU State he had identified 
 himself with tlie j"Metliodisl Ki)iscopal Ciiureh Init 
 after coming to Miehinan joined the I'niled l>ielh- 
 ren. ii'mainin;,' witli tlieni until his tieath. lie was 
 active in church matters and gave freely of his 
 means and lime to the cause of C'hrislanity. 
 
 The mother of our subject departed this life at 
 the family residence in Waterloo, this Slate, in 
 1866, sixteen years prior to the decease of her hus- 
 band. .She was a daughter of Joseph Talbot, like- 
 wise a nali\c of the (ireen Jlountain Slate, but 
 w ho emigrate<l to New York at an early day and 
 died there. To John lialdwin and his estimable 
 wife /,il|)ah. there was l)orn a family' of ten chil- 
 children, of whom seven are living: Abel, Joseph 
 T., Harriett. Hannah. Lovinia. Laura. Sally. George, 
 Daniel and Alfred. John A. Baldwin, after the 
 death of his first wife, was married to .Miss Mary 
 Dill about 1869. and to them were born three chil- 
 dren — John J., Lewis and William. The second 
 wife, like her husband, died in 1882. 
 
 Joseph T. Baldwin w.as the second child of his fa- 
 ther's first marriage and until seven years old lived 
 at the homestead where he was born in Sylvan, 
 AVashtenaw County. He accompanied his parents 
 in their subsequent removals. living in Barry 
 County, three years, and then going back to Sylvan 
 and a year later removing to Waterloo, this county. 
 Of the latter he has since been a resident. In 1861 
 he settled on section 3. Waterloo Township, and is 
 now the owner of one hundred and ninety-six acres 
 of well-developed land, the most of which is in a 
 high state of cultivation. He luas good farm build- 
 ings, all the requisite machinery for successful ag- 
 riculture and in fact is well-to-do in all respects. 
 
 Politically Mr. Baldwin has always been a stanch 
 adherent of the Republican party. His ability and 
 intelligence have always received ample recognition 
 from his fellow-townsmen who have usually kept 
 him in some office. confideiH that he will look faith- 
 fully after their interests. He is serving his fourth 
 year as Supervisor. He keeps himself thoroughlj- 
 posted u|)on the leading questions of the day and 
 has been for some time identified wiiii the Patrons 
 of Industry. 
 
 Mr. Baldwin wiien a young man uf Iwentv-two 
 
 years was married January 28. 18(;4, to Miss Ade- 
 lia Showerinan, the wedding taking place at the 
 bride's home in Waterloo Township. Mrs. Baldwin 
 was born in this township October 26. 1813. and is 
 the daughter of Peter and Sally (Croman) Shower- 
 man who were natives respectively of New Vork 
 and Pennsylvania. They came to Alichigan early 
 in the '3()s, tluring its territorial days and locating 
 in Waterloo Township, here spent the remainder of 
 their lives. Of this union there have been born 
 eight children, viz: Sarah :\I., George W., Clara 
 M., Alfred, Annie M.. Lulu M., E. (iuy and Lil- 
 lie M. 
 
 ^lEORGE -S. WHITE, conductor of the Mich- 
 (^^ igan State Prison, was born in Lodi. Wash- 
 tenaw County, February 13, 1858. His 
 parents. Calvin P. and Nelrind (Smith) W'hite, 
 were natives of Vermont, the mother being a 
 a daughter of Elisha Smith and the father a son of 
 Joel White. The ancestors were English. Calvin 
 \Vliite was a gunsmith in early life and later a 
 farmer. He removed with his family to Washtenaw 
 County, Mich., where he remained a few vears 
 when he was called back by the illness of his father 
 and obliged to take charge of his business affairs. 
 After arranging them he removed to Lawrence 
 County, N. Y., but erelong relumed to this State, 
 settling at Grass Lake, tins county, where he still 
 resides. He is now past four-score years of age. 
 He is the father of five children, four of whom are 
 living, the subject of this sketch being the eldest. 
 The gentleman who is the subject of this bio- 
 grahpical notice passed his early school days in \'er- 
 mont. At the age of fifteen years he began teaching 
 winters, working on the fa^^m summers, and con- 
 tinuing thus occupied until he reached his twenty- 
 first j'ear. He then returned to Michigan and 
 entering llie State University at Ann Arbor, pros- 
 ecuted his studies there two years, taking a 
 classical course and being enrolled in the class of 
 1863. In 1862 he enlisted as a jirivate and on the 
 organization of the company was made First .Ser- 
 geant, promoted to be Second Lieutenant, afterward 
 commissioned First Lieutenant and made Hogi- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 mental (Quartermaster. He was then commissioned 
 Japtain, but declinerl to he mustered in as sucli, 
 but leooived a commission as Brevet-Captain, lie 
 had enlisted in a company known as the Battle 
 Creek Engineers and was sent to Missouri, but that 
 department being quite full he was soon afterward 
 discharged, and returning to the university, com- 
 pleted the junior studies. 
 
 In August, 1864, Mi'. White again enlisted, be- 
 coming a member of the Fiftli Michigan Cavalry 
 and being assigned to the Army of the I'otomac. 
 
 The regiment was commanded by Russell A. 
 Alger, since (ieneral, and (iovernor of this State, 
 with Gen. Custer in command of the cavalry corps 
 and Gen. Sherman at the head uf the department. 
 Mr. White took part in the battles of Gettysburg, 
 Winchester, 15randy Station and other important 
 engagements in the Siienandoah Valley, and he also 
 jiarticipated in Grant's camiiaigii to Richmond, and 
 the closing fight of the Army of the Potomac. He 
 was mustered out July 3, 1865, having received 
 honorable mention from (xsn. Custer for meritori ■ 
 ous conduct at the battle of Winchester, and for 
 other services which are noted in the book entitled 
 "Michigan in the War." 
 
 After being mustered out of the service Mr. 
 While returned to the Michigan State Universit}', 
 from which he was graduated in the class of 'GG. 
 He then became princijial of the High School at 
 Ypsilanti and a year later accepted a similar posi- 
 tion at North ville, after which he came to Jackson 
 and became principal of the High School of this 
 city. This position lie held continuousl3- for sev- 
 enteen years, a fact which speaks well for his supe- 
 rior qualifleations as an instructor. After this long 
 poriod of pedagogical labors, he spent a ^ear in 
 Arizona as manager of a mining company. In June, 
 1888, he was appointed to the position which lie 
 now holds at the State Prison and which he has 
 ably filled from that date. 
 
 December 27, 1869, ]\Ir. White was united in 
 marriage with Mrs. A. B. Brooks, of Northville, a 
 lady eminently qualified to become the companion 
 of a gentleman of his culture and ability. She was 
 born in Ovid, N. Y., being a daughter of William 
 T. Johnston. She has home her husband one son, 
 who is j'ct at home. INIr. White belongs to Pome- 
 
 roy Post, No. IM, (i. A. R., of whicli he is Senior 
 Past Commander. For several years he held the 
 office of President of the Young Men's Library 
 Association. He is higlily respected wherever he is 
 known, not only for his cultured mind, but for his 
 upright character and social qualities. 
 
 ?^ RASTUS PECK, Judge of the Circuit Court, 
 and having his residence in the city of 
 Jackson, is a man who stands high in the 
 legal profession and among the business interests 
 of this count\'. His native place was at Benton 
 Center, Yates County, N, Y., and the date of his 
 birth December 3, 1840. He was the third of four 
 children born to David Gillain and Catherine 
 (Hughes) Peck, who were also natives of the Em- 
 pire State, the former born near Goshen, Orange 
 County, and the latter a native of Yates County. 
 The maternal grandfather, Thomas Hughes, a man 
 of consequence, was of Welsh descent, and for 
 many years served as Justice of the Peace. The 
 Peck famil}' is of English descent, and was first 
 represented in America in the seventeenth century. 
 Erastus. our sul)joct, spent his first thirteen years 
 under the home roof, attending the common 
 schools and was then sent awa}- to a hoarding school, 
 where he remained about two years. Emerging 
 from this he entered Genesee College, where he 
 took a four years' course, and from which he was 
 graduated with honors in 1860. In the meantime 
 his father's family had removed to Michigan, and 
 located in Mason, Ingham County, where Erastus 
 joined them, and commenced the study of law in 
 the oflice of Henderson & M.ason. He was admit- 
 ted to the bar in 1863, and remained in Mason un- 
 til Feln-uary, of the following year. 
 
 The young attoi'iiey soon gave evidence of ino;'e 
 than ordinary ability. From 1860 to 1864 he was 
 Clerk of the Judiciary Committee in the House of 
 Representatives, and during the legislative sessions 
 of 1861-62. In 1863 lie was assigned to the duties 
 of Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk, and was thus 
 employed during the special session of 1864. In 
 February of that jear, after the .adjournment of the 
 
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PORTRAIT AND lUOGKAPIlirAT, ALRI'M. 
 
 sr 
 
 ( it'iHT.-il Assfiiilily, lie e;iiiu; lu .lack.-i(jn. iiiiil wms 
 givfii the position of Clerk in the Provost Mnr- 
 slial's ollice, in which he continued during the 
 Civil War. and until the troops were mustered out 
 in the fall of ISGo. In the spring of 1867 liecotn- 
 ment'i'd the rciriilar practice of his profession at 
 Jackson, and was thus occupied until 18S8. In the 
 meantime he had handled some intricate cases, and 
 evinced a thorough acquaintance with the ordinary 
 questions arising in a common law practice, and as 
 a consccpu'iice, was. during the year above men- 
 tioned. unaMimously named for the Circuit Judge- 
 ship for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, assuming his 
 duties Jainiary 1, 18.S8, for the term of six years. 
 .Iurlg(? Peck was nuirricd, in 1872, to Miss Ella 
 Mund.a^-, of Jackson. Mrs. Peck was born in this 
 cit}', and here at the home of her parents was 
 reared to an intelligent and attractive womanhood. 
 She is the daughter of William Munday. a pioneer 
 and prominent lesidcnt of this county. Of this 
 union tlnMc have been born two children, a son and 
 daughter — Sarah Catherine and William Mund.ay, 
 the latter of whom died in infancT. The Judge's 
 home is pleasantly located, and it is scarcel}' neces- 
 sary to state that his friends and associates com- 
 prise its most, i)rominent and cultured people. 
 Personally, he is mild and affable, a man who 
 naturally draws around him hosts of friends. 
 
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 ,^^ AMUEL CARLISLE BATES. Perhaps no 
 
 ^^^^ rcsi(!ent in Jackson County has had a ca- 
 
 (ft/__U) rcer that atfords a more striking example 
 
 of industry, frugality, and determination 
 
 to conquer circumstances than the subject of this 
 
 sketch, who early in life began his battle with the 
 
 world, penniless and with but very little education. 
 
 liy perseverance and industrious h.abits he has 
 
 succeeded in accumulating a good property, while 
 
 his mental culture has been attained by extensive 
 
 reading and close observation. The very limited 
 
 S( hool privileges which he enjoyed have not pre- 
 
 ventei him from becoming well posted on general 
 
 to|)ics and he is much better informed than many 
 
 whose oppoi'tunilies have -been far giealer. 
 
 Ill liiL- ii-ui-iiiul iiin- .\ll. l>uU/>i> ilcM-L-iidi-'i llMlll 
 
 Samuel Bates, a Revolutionary soldier who served 
 under Gen. Stark. This ancestor is lliouglit to have 
 been born near Albany, as he removed from East- 
 ern New York to .Seneca County, taking up a tract 
 of land on Seneca River, between the villages of 
 Seneca Falls and Waterloo. Although a cooper by 
 trade, he devoted his time after taking up land to 
 the clearing of the same and the tilling of the soil, 
 residing upon it until his death. 
 
 James Bates, a son of Samuel Bates, above men- 
 tioned, was born in Albanj'. X. Y., reared to man- 
 hood in his native State and learned the trade of a 
 cooper from his- father. After his marriage he 
 lived in Genesee County about a j'car and then re- 
 turned to Waterloo, Seneca County, where he died 
 in 1829. His wife, Mary .\. Badgley, was born near 
 Trenton, X. J. The father, William Badgley was 
 born in the same .Stale and was the son of a native of 
 Germany. William Badgley married Eli/abeth 
 Frazey. like himself a native of New Jersey, but of 
 French descent. After the death of James Bates, 
 his widow became the wife of F'ranklin Mills, of 
 Seneca Falls. One year after their m.arriage Mr. 
 ^Mills enlisted in the Black Hawk War, and is sup- 
 posed to have been killed during some engagement. 
 Afterward our sultject brought his mother and 
 brother via the Erie Canal and Lake on the steamer 
 '■Commodore Perr^-," to Detroit whence they came 
 b}' team to this county'. Mrs. INIills liatl one son 
 b}' her second husband, Horace F., now living in 
 Grand Rapids, where the mother died, although she 
 spent her last years at the home of our subject. 
 
 The natal day of Samuel C. Bates was May 20, 
 1826. and his birth took place in (ienosee County, 
 N. Y. He was three years old whc.i his father 
 died, arid at an very early age he undertook his 
 own sui)port. His fust work was in a cotton 
 mill in Seneca Falls, and he was subsequently' en- 
 gaged grinding bark in a lanyard. After the removal 
 to Michigan, which look place when he was ten 
 old. he took jobs at clearing land, splitting rails, 
 and other work as oi'casion offered. Jloney was 
 scarce, and when he could not get cash he look 
 stock or pro<luce for pay. He was very industri- 
 ous and fiugal, hoarding his earnings with (he de- 
 termination to attend <il I fur a time. However, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 befure much could be accomplished in this line, 
 the news of the discovery of gold in Califoraia 
 had circulated throughout tlie country and his 
 mind was diverted from his studies. 
 
 Determining to try his forUiue in the far West, 
 young Bates, on the 17th of April, 1849, started on 
 foot for Rives Township, to collect some money 
 due him. The following day he took the cars for 
 Niles, then tiie western terminus of the railroad, 
 whence he went by stage to Michigan City, Ind., 
 continuing his journey on foot as far as Chicago, 
 where he cmbariied on a canal boat, journeying by 
 the canal to Peru and thence on tlie Illinois, Mis- 
 sissippi and Missouri rivers to Ft. Independence, 
 Mo. There he hired to a Santa Fe trader to drive 
 six yoke of oxen to Santa Fe. At that time there 
 were no while settlers on the plains between those 
 points, and buffaloes, deer, antelopes and wolves 
 were plent3-. Tlie trip was attended with consid- 
 erable hardship, and danger was imminent, not 
 only from wild animals, but from still more savage 
 red men. 
 
 After a short stay in Santa Fe, Mr. Bates went 
 to Galveston, Tex., and there joined a party made 
 up of Gov. Edwards, of Missouri, Judge Suther- 
 land, Dr. Basey, Gen. Rasty, a Hungarian refugee, 
 who was made commander of the party, and a few 
 otliers, with whom he proceeded to California. His 
 first emplo} inent after reaching the coast was as a 
 guard to protect emigrants, in the employ of Gen. 
 Twiggs. After serving in that capacity for a few 
 weeks he entered the Government employ at San 
 Diego, under Gen. Heintzleman. Twqjnonths later 
 he started for the mines, where he remained two 
 years, pursuing his search for gold. In 1851, he 
 returned to this county, then spent a few months 
 traveling in the East, after whicii lie bought a farm 
 ill Leoni Township, and began his agricultural life. 
 
 In the fall of 1852, Mr. Bates made a second 
 journey to California, on this occasion going liy the 
 w.ny of the Isllimusof Panama. Again he spent two 
 years on the Pacific Slope, occupying his time in 
 mining and lumbering, and at the expiration of 
 that period returning again to this county, where 
 he has since resided. He now owns one lumdred 
 and sixty-six acres of fine farm l.nnd in Leoni 
 Township, liearing such iini)rovenionls as are usual 
 
 on the estates of men of enterprise, and operated 
 with the zeal that has brought success. Mr. Bates 
 was a stockholder in the Michigan Union College, 
 and wlien the school [iroved a failure he bought 
 out the other stockholders, and now occupies the 
 building. 
 
 In 1861, Mr. Bates was united in marriage with 
 Miss Martha Lynch, who was born in Waterloo, 
 Seneca County, N. Y., and with whom he lived 
 happily until 1876, when she breathed her last. To 
 them were born six children — Leoni, Samuel, Will- 
 iam. Benjamin F., Sophronia and James C. The 
 first born died at the age of twenty-four 3'ears. 
 
 A lithographic portrait of Mr. Bates will be 
 found on another page. 
 
 ^^EORGE W. PIERCE, an euteiijrising young 
 if (^i? ^^''™^'" ^^ Columbia Township, occupies the 
 
 well-known old Pierce estate, consisting of 
 two hundred and seventy acres of highly-improved 
 land occupying a portion of sections 14 and 23, 
 the residence being on the latter. It has been under 
 the management of its present occupant for the past 
 two years. The land was entered from the Govern- 
 ment b}' his father, Harvey Pierce, in 1868, and re- 
 mained the home of the latter until his death some 
 time during the '70s. 
 
 The subject of this notice is the second son and 
 fourth child of a famil}' of three sons and three 
 daughters. The eldest of the famil}', William 
 Pierce, is a teacher in Northern Michigan and is 
 unmarried; Addie is the wife of William Handall, 
 a farmer of Columbia Township; Mary is the wife 
 of Brayton Wright, a farmer at Calvert, Dundy 
 County, Neb.; Frank is at present living with his 
 brother in-law, Mr. Randall, and attending the 
 Brooklyn schools from which he will graduate this 
 year; Grttty is living with her mother, Mrs. Anson 
 H. DeLamatcr whose biography may be consulted 
 for ti full history of the Pierce family. The sub- 
 ject of this sketch was born February 19, 1867, in 
 the township in which he now lives, and was reared 
 on the farm he now operates. He received careful 
 training from worthy i)arents and acquired a good 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALHLM. 
 
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 education in tiie Brooklyn schools. The business 
 of farming, into wliicli lie gained an insight in his 
 youth, has been chosen as his avocation and into its 
 piiisuits he entered with an excellent understanding 
 of its details. 
 
 In the townshiji in which he resides Mr. Pierce 
 was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Wright, 
 who was boiii in tliis township, October i'2, 18(iH, 
 being the only cliild of B. S. and Lucy (Fitcii) 
 Wright. Her parents are natives of Illinois in which 
 Slate they were married, coming at once to Michi- 
 gan about the year 1867. They have since made 
 their home on a farm in tiiis township, althougii the 
 occupation of Mr. Wright is that of a painter. They 
 are good citizens and prominent members of the 
 comnuinity. Their daughter was educated in the 
 Brooklyn schools, where she was graduated with 
 credit in liie class of 1880, while her parents lav- 
 ished upon her the utmost care. She is an intelligent 
 and thoughtful woman and a wife whose price is 
 far above rubies. She and her luuband attend the 
 rniversalist Church. Mr. Pierce is an advocate and 
 voter for the cause of Prohibition. 
 
 jt KAN S. FLEMING is a member of the firm 
 of Parker & Fleming, wholesale and retail 
 grocers, of Jackson, who have been suc- 
 cessfully carrying on their business since 
 March 15, 1886, at which time the partnership was 
 formed. For the early history of the family of 
 which he is so worthy a scion, we are indebted to 
 a record published by the Rev. Samuel Fleming, a 
 Presbyterian minister. 
 
 The progenitor of the famil}' in America, was 
 Robert Fleming, a native of Argyleshire, Scotland, 
 who came to the States about 1746, landing at 
 Philadelphia. He removed to Cecil Count}-, McL, 
 in 1760, sojourning there about ten years, and then 
 going to the neighborhood of Ilarrisburg, Pa., and 
 establishing himself on the frontier on the Susque- 
 hannah River, rhence in the year 1781, he re- 
 moved to Hanover Township, Washington County, 
 where he died at the extreme age of ninety-six 
 years. His wife dei'arted this life at the age of 
 
 ninety-four, and their mortal remains repose in the 
 Cross Creek cemetery. They were members of the 
 Presbyterian Church. The great-grandfather of 
 our subject was born in Chester County, Pa., in 
 1 7.')2. He married Mary Jackson, whose father was 
 a i)ioneer on Pine Creek, Lycoming Connt.y. In 
 17'J0, they removed to New York, settling on the 
 military tract in what is now the tovvn of Romulus, 
 Seneca County. Mr. Fleming introduced horses, 
 sheep and swine there, and with him the religious 
 history of that section commenced. He was chosen 
 the first Elder of the first Presbyterian Church or- 
 ganized in that section of country-. His death oc- 
 cun-ed December 15, 1800. 
 
 Following the above-named in the direct line of 
 descent was his son John, who w^as born at Pine 
 Creek, Lycoming Count}', February (i. 1780. He 
 was a young lad when his parents removed to New 
 York, wherein 1802 he was united in marriage with 
 .Susannali llorton. He located on a i);ul of his 
 father's farm near Romulus, residing there until 
 about 1841, when he came to Michigan, settling 
 near Albion, C;illiuun County. There his wife died 
 February 28, 1860, his own decease occurring May 
 8, 186.'5. Both were members of the Presbyterian 
 Church. Their son James opened his eyes to the 
 light in Romulus, N. Y.. May 3. 1831, and was yet 
 in his teens when they removed to Michigan. He 
 was i-eartd in Calhoun County, and learned the 
 trade of a cabinet-maker, although he did not fol- 
 low it long. In 1851 he went to California, via 
 the Isthmus, engaging in various employments, at 
 one time driving a pack train across the mountains 
 from San Francisco to the mines. After two or 
 three years spent on the Pacific Slope, he returned 
 to Ills home, subseijuently visiting the Golden State 
 twice, coming home the last time in 1865. He 
 then entered a hardware store at Albion as a clerk, 
 abandoning that occupation in 1869, to eng.age in 
 the jewelry business at Nashville, Barry County, 
 where he yet remains. The maiden name of his 
 wife was Sarah Ruah .Sonle, and she also is a native 
 of the Empire State. Their family consisted of 
 four children, namely: our subject, Lena R., Edith 
 A., and Earl B. The latter died at the age of two 
 years, and Lena when twent^-.-three years old. 
 
 The subject of this brief biograiihy was born 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 near Albion, Ctilhoiin County, November 3, 1857. 
 He was educated in the public schools of Albion 
 and Nashville, and at the age of fourteen began the 
 study of telcgrapliy. In March, 1873, wiiile he 
 still lacked some months of having completed his 
 sixteenth year, he entered the omiiloy of the Mich- 
 igan Central Railroad Company, and was promoted 
 tlirough the different grades of his work until he 
 became chief train dispatcher. He retained that 
 position until the spring of 1 886, when he resigned, 
 iiKmedialely afterward forming a |)artnership with 
 Isaac R. Parker, and engaging in the business in 
 which he is now occupied. 
 
 On September 29, 1880, the interesting ceremony 
 took |)lace which transformed Miss Lizzie H. Park 
 into Mrs. I). S. Fleming. The bride was born in 
 Niles, Berrien County, and a daughter of Johnson 
 and Jane (Bracken) Park. She is an intelligent 
 and worthy woman with many of tlie accomi>lish- 
 ments that are so needful in making a happy home. 
 The happy union has been blessed by the birth of 
 Olio child, Runh Jane. 
 
 In his political views Mr. Fleming is a Repub- 
 lican. He is a member of Michigan Lodge, No. 50, 
 F. & A. M. He belongs to the First Presbyterian 
 Church of Jackson, while his wife still retains her 
 meniberslii|) in the United Presbyterian Church at 
 Chicago, which was her former home. Mr. Flem- 
 ing, although quite a young man, displays a credit- 
 able amount of business ability and determination, 
 and is already acquiring a fine standing among the 
 dealers of the city. "While pursuing his former avo- 
 cation, he had the conlidence and esteem of his 
 emplo_yers, and was regarded by them as a trust- 
 worthy and callable j'oung man. 
 
 ORENZO BADGLEY. This gentleman is 
 ■)} one of the pioneers of Leoni Township, hav- 
 ing occupied the southwest quarter of sec- 
 tion 24, since September, 1837. He was born in 
 Seneca County, N. Y., October 12, 1812, being a 
 son of William Badgley and Elizabeth Frazy both 
 of whom were horn in New Jersey. The first of 
 the Badgley family to locate in America, came from 
 
 Germany and spent the remainder of his life in New 
 Jersey. His son William was born in that State 
 but in 1811 moved to New York, accomplishing 
 his journe}" in the winter season with a sleigh. He 
 bought a tract of timber land on the west bank of 
 Lake Caj'uga, where he cleared quite an extent of 
 territory. After living there a few years he bought 
 a partly improved tract of land near Seneca Falls, 
 on which he resitted until his death. His widow 
 survived him man}' years and coming to ISIichigan 
 with our subject, spent her last years in Leoni 
 Township, this county. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write was reared in 
 his native county, remaining there until 1837, when 
 accompanied by his mother, one brother, and three 
 sisters, he came to Jackson County, Mich. The 
 journe}' was performed via the Erie Canal and Lake 
 to Detroit, where a team was hired to bring the 
 family to this county. After seeing them com- 
 fortably lodged in a log house, Mr. Badgley re- 
 turned on foot to Detroit and there bought a yoke 
 of oxen which he attached to the wagon which he 
 had brought with him from the Empire State, and 
 b3' this means brought his household goods to his 
 new home. Upon purchasing the farm which he now 
 occupies he at once built a log house, which has 
 been replaced by a better one and accompanied by 
 various other improvements as years have gone on. 
 The estate has been brought to an excellent state of 
 productiveness through careful tillage and good 
 management, and is a pleasant and comfortable 
 home. 
 
 In January, 1851, the rites of wedlock were cel- 
 ebrated betvveen Mr. Badgley and Miss Almira 
 Burkhart, a worthy woman of intelligence and 
 Christian character. The union has been blessed b}' 
 the birth of six children now living — Frank F., 
 George G., Nettie E., Ida J., Nelson W. and Mina 
 A. Both parents are members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church at Napoleon, and are held in high 
 repute by their neighbors and fellow-citizens for 
 their upright characters and years of useful indus- 
 try. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Badgley were William and 
 Eliza (Price) Burkhart, wlio after their marriage 
 located in Caj'uga Count}', N. Y., where their 
 daughtpr Almira was born. In 1829 thev removed 
 
I'ORTUAIT AND BIOGUAPUK^AL ALBUM. 
 
 »51 
 
 t(i Ohio, taking llieir place among the eai'h' settlers 
 of Modina County, where tliey purciiascd a tract of 
 tiiiiljor land and made Iheir home until 1835. Mr. 
 Ikirkiiart was a carpenter and joiner and l)uilt his 
 own log house in that new locality. .Selling out at 
 the date last mentioned, he came to the Territory 
 of Michigan, making the removal with ox-teams 
 and entering a tract of (iovernmenl land in what is 
 now Grass Lake Townsliip, this county. There he 
 improved a farm and resided until his death in 
 1863. Joseph and iLannah I'rice, the parents of his 
 wife, were pioneers in I>eoni Township. 
 
 H. IIAl^STED, a leading business man of 
 Concord, deals in drugs, medicines, etc., ami 
 is proprietor of the Exchange I>ank. He 
 was born in Catskill, N. Y., October 19, 
 1838, and was the second in a family of three chil- 
 dren. When al)Out six years old he removed with 
 his parents to Cortland Countj*, where he remainci 
 until a lad of thirteen years. For three j'cars 
 thereafter he worked on a farm, and later, in the 
 winter, occupied himself as a school teacher. Some 
 of the time he also attended the Homer and Cort- 
 land Academies, thus obtaining a fair education. 
 
 Mr. Halsted, in 18.59, came to this Stale, where 
 he attended school again, and also followed teach- 
 ing. After the outbreak of the Civil War he 
 enlisted, April 19, 1861, in Company- F, Second 
 Michigan Infantr}-, and was mustered into service 
 at Detroit. He went to the front, ar.d participated 
 iu the first battle of Bull Kun. He was also at 
 Williamsburg, the siege of Yorktown, the battle of 
 Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, and many other impor- 
 tant engagements. He was promoted to the rank 
 of P'irst Sergeant, and upon one occasion, with 
 forty of his comrades, was captured, in November, 
 
 1863, by Gen. Longstrect. Tlie^- were sent first to 
 Atlanta and thence to Belle Isle, but in .lanuarj', 
 
 1864, were exchanged and rejoined their regiment. 
 The term of eidistment having then exi)ired, Mr. 
 Halsted received his honos'able <lischarge. 
 
 Two months after returning home, our subject 
 entered the cmi)k)\' of the Goveenment at Little 
 
 Rock, Ark., and for about four months was en- 
 gaged in carpentering. In the spring of I860 he 
 established himself in the drug business at Clio, 
 and remained there several years. Then abandon- 
 ing this he entered the employ- of his brother, who 
 was in the dry-goods business at that place, contin- 
 uing there until 1877. That year he came toCon- 
 coril and established himself in his present business, 
 which he has since conducted successfully. Iu 
 1879 he established the Exchange Bank, which is a 
 private institution, and eujo\'s a good patronage. 
 Mr. Halsted was married, iu 1866, at Pine Run, 
 this State, to Miss Maude Phillips, who was born 
 iu ihat place, and is the daughtei of the Hon. 
 Joshua Phillips, one of the pioneer merchants of 
 that section. Mrs. Ilalstcd's father was from New 
 Y'ork Slate, and after coming to Michigan entered 
 the Union army, as Captain of the Eighth Michi- 
 gan Infantry-, in which capacity he served until 
 compelled to resign on account of failing health. 
 Subsequently he died of consumption. He was at 
 one time a member of the State Legislature. Of 
 this union there has been b(jrn one child, a daugh- 
 ter, Ethel. Mr. Halsted, politically, isastauch Re- 
 publican. He is a Notary Public, a Village Trustee, 
 a member of the Ancient Order of United Work- 
 men, Acting Commander of the Post, Grand Army 
 of the Hcuublic, at Concord. 
 
 A^'ll) LAN DON. The farming interests 
 
 V)| of Parma Township are worthily repre- 
 ^ senled by this gentleman, who is one of its 
 pioneer settlers, and who is now the i)ro- 
 prietor of two hundred and fortj' acres of land, 
 pleasantl}^ located on section 11. Having devoted 
 all of his active life to .agricidture. he is em[)hat- 
 ically a practical tiller of the soil, and studies the 
 land in order to ascertain to what grains it is best 
 adapted. Not only that, but he reads a great man^' 
 papers and magazines reliiting to farm labor, and 
 thus has the advantage of the oi)inions of the most 
 successful farmers belonging to his own and other 
 States. 
 
 In C';i\ uu;i Couiil,\ . N. ^,. where he was born 
 
852 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 December 27. 1807, our subject passed t!io enrly 
 years of his life. His parents were Ezekiel and 
 Sarah (Chapin) Landon. natives of Connecticut, 
 and jiighly respected among tlie substantial farmers 
 of their community. The poor likewise found in 
 those worthy people, friends, ever read}' to assist 
 them in distress. Our subject was reared to man- 
 hood in his native State, wliere he received such an 
 education as was possible in those primitive times. 
 He was a pupil at Lima Seminary two terms, and 
 later attended for a short period the Cazenovia 
 Seminar^', thus perhaps enjoying greater facilities 
 for attaining knowledge than most of his compeers 
 were granted. 
 
 On tiie 29th of March, 1843, was solemnized the 
 marriage of David Landon and Nancj' Green. Mrs. 
 Landon was born Januaiy 1), 182.5, and was the 
 daughter of Henry and Sallie Green. To Mr. and 
 Mrs. Landon have been born five children, nameh': 
 Jane, wife of George Hoag; Eunice, who married 
 Albert M. Helraer; Ada, now Mrs. C. C. McGee; 
 David J.; and Charles C. a physician. Mr. Lan- 
 don came to Michigan in 1835, and purchased a 
 large tract of land from tlie Government, paying 
 $1.25 per acre for the same. After remaining a 
 few months in .Jackson County, he returned to the 
 Empire State and taught school. In 1843, after 
 his marriage, he came with his wife to his farm, 
 where he now lives in comfort. He and Ins wife 
 are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 and when in his prime Mr. Landon was an exhorter 
 in that denomination, having been licensed as a 
 ocal preacher in 1833. In politics he is a Prohi- 
 bitionist, and h.as served as Justice of the Peace. 
 
 \fl K. ROWE. One of the most orderly and 
 most attractive farms in Pulaski Township 
 is that occupied by the above-named gentle- 
 man, who is engaged in stock buying and 
 shipping and in general farming. His estate, which 
 comprises one hundred and twenty acres on section 
 10, has been well improved and fitted for the pur- 
 poses to which it is devoted. The stock which is 
 shi^jped from Concord by Rowe & Co., forms the 
 
 most extensive business of the kind in the south- 
 western part of the county. Not only do they 
 buy extensively-, but they also raise goodly num- 
 bers, hogs and sheep being their principal stock-in- 
 trade, although horses have a place in their sales. 
 
 Going back to the third generation preceding our 
 subject, we And in the paternal line one Joseph 
 Rowe, a native of Connecticut and a farmer there, 
 who participated in tlie French and Indian War 
 and held a Captain's commission in the Revolution. 
 He died in Washington County, N. Y. Prior to his 
 time the family had lived in England. The next 
 in the direct line of descent was James Rowe, also 
 a native of Connecticut and an early settler in 
 Onondaga County, N. Y.. where he located in 
 1806 and engaged in farming. He took part in 
 the AVar of 1812 and lived to be one hundred years 
 of age. Among the members of his family was 
 N. T., who w.is born in the Empire State in 1809. 
 reared in Onond.aga County, and engaged in farm- 
 ing there. In 1866 he came to Michigan, and was 
 with his son, our subject, until his death, in 1884. 
 His wife was Charit}' Luce, who was born in Cort- 
 land County, N. Y.. in 1815. Her father, Thomas 
 Luce, a cooper and cabinet- maker, was born in 
 Rhode Island and lived many years in the Empire 
 State. The mother of our subject died in 1869, 
 leaving two children, J. H. and Juliet, ilrs. Wis- 
 ner, of Hillsdale County. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Onondaga, 
 N. Y., March 24, 1841, and reared on a farm near 
 that town. His education was obtained in the sub- 
 scription school in the old-fashioned log school- 
 house, whose primitive description we have so 
 often read. He remained at home until August, 
 1861, when he entered the Union army as a mem- 
 ber of Company E, Forty-fourth New York In- 
 f.antry, the regiment which became known as Ells- 
 worth's Avengers. They were mustered into the 
 service at Albany and sent Soutli to become a part 
 of the Army of the Potomac. He was wounded in 
 May, 1864, in the right leg, and being sent to the 
 hospital, was laid up a 3'ear. being then discharged 
 as unfit for service. Returning then to his home, 
 he went thence to Piatt County, 111., where he 
 farmed a year, afterward returning again to his na- 
 tive State. In the spring of 1866 he came to Mich- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 igan, l)ringing his parents and buying eighty acres 
 of 1:111(1 in Pulaski Township, this county, upon 
 wliich In; locateil, selling anrl buying (liffcient 
 tracts of land and dealing somewhat in stock until 
 1880. when he took possession of tlio place wliich 
 he now occupies. 
 
 The niarri.age of IMr. Uowe look [liace in his own 
 townshi[), Fel)ruai'v 21, l.S(ii), his Inide l)cing Miss 
 Clara, daughter of Samuel Center, an old settler 
 in this townsliip. of wliich she is a native. , Mr. 
 Rowe lias served two terms as Township Treasurer, 
 has been a juryman, and a delegate to county and 
 State conv<?iitions of the Republican party, which 
 he stanchly supports. He belongs to the Inde- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows, Ancient Order 
 of United Workmen, and (hand Array of the Re- 
 public, at Concord, holding the rank of Past Com- 
 mander in the latter order. 
 
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 HARLES TEACIIOUT. The Empire State 
 has furnished Michigan some of the best 
 
 ^^^ elements which go to make up a worthy 
 citizenship, and among these may be properly' men- 
 tioned the Teachout famil}', of whom the subject 
 of this notice is a worthy representative. He was 
 born in the town of SLanchester, Ontario County, 
 N. Y.,^-"ebrnary 2, 1837, and lived there until a 
 j-outh of seventeen j'ears. He then accompanied 
 his parents to this State and attained his majority 
 in Cambridge Township. When lwent3'-two years 
 old he was married, August 7, 1859, in Rome 
 Township, Lenawee County, to Miss Harriet A. 
 Barrus. This ladj' was born on Wolf Creek, Rome 
 Township, September 7, 1840, and was the daugh- 
 ter of Delancy and Emily (Smith) Barrus, the 
 former of whom was a native of New Hampshire. 
 Mr. Barrus, when starting out in life for himself, 
 came to Michigan and was married to Miss Emily 
 Smith, a native of Manchester, N. Y. The Smith 
 familj' likewise came to Michigan at an early date, 
 settling in Rome Township, Lenawee County, where 
 their daughter developed into womanhood. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Barrus lived in Rome Township 
 for several jears wiiere the father followed farm- 
 
 ing successfnlly and died July 12, 1849. He wa? 
 cut down in his prime, being only thirty-nine j'ears 
 old. Ills wife survived him nearly forty years, her 
 de.ath taking place April 21, 1889, after she had 
 attained her three-score and ten yeais. Both were 
 active membcM'S of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. 
 'J'iiey were (icople greatly respected in their com- 
 munity for their kindness of heart and their lios- 
 pitalilo ways. Mrs. Teachout, after the deatii of 
 her faliier, when she was only len j'ears old, re- 
 niaiiud with her mother until slie was married. 
 Soon afterward our subject and his wife settled on 
 what was known as the William Teachout home- 
 stead, where they lived five j-ears. Mr. Teachout 
 then purchased eigiitj' acres of land in Rome Town- 
 ship wliicii he subsequently added to. a part of this 
 latter purchase lying in Rome and part in Adrian 
 Township, and <'om|)rising altogether one hundred 
 and seventj- acres. 
 
 Upon the homestead thus instituted Mr. Teach- 
 out lived until 1876, then selling out removed to 
 Rome Center, where he olliciated as "mine host'' of 
 an hotel three and one-half j-ears. His next re- 
 moval was to Adrian Citj- where he became jiro- 
 prietor of the Gibson House. He spent one year 
 with this, then in 1880 purchased the Exchange 
 Hotel atTecumseh, which he operated one year then 
 sold at an advance of ¥1,000. Returning then to 
 Adrian be purchased a residence and for a time 
 lived retired from active business. He was not 
 contented, however, and after a few years removed, 
 in August, 1888, to Brooklyn, taking charge of the 
 Cosmopolitan Hotel, which he had secured on a 
 trade, and in connection with which was a fine 
 livery barn, equipped with everj- convenience as 
 also was the hotel. The latter is a large, roomy, 
 brick structure, fitted up with modern conveniences. 
 including furnace heat, etc. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Teachout have become widelj- and 
 favorablj' known to the traveling public, and those 
 who sojourn under their hospitable roof are sure to 
 repeat the experiment, whenever the opportunity 
 offers. The sons of Mr. Te.achout are great horsemen 
 and owners of some of the finest diaft and road ani- 
 mals in this section. Thej-liave been very successful 
 in the breeding and training of horses, evincing 
 great skill and a thorough knowledge of the equine 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 disposition and requirements. Araong the horses 
 which have passed through tlieir hands are "Happy 
 Man," now owned by Don W. Dickinson, of De- 
 troit, and "Tipton Boy," who has made a good 
 record on the race course in Michigan. The key- 
 note of the most fluent conversation is struck 
 whenever a horse is mentioned to Mr. Teachout or 
 his sons. Of the latter there are only two, the eld- 
 est of whom, Fred D., who has attained quite a 
 reputation as a trainer, was for many years a rider 
 and driver at various public race courses. He mar- 
 ried a highly accomplished young lady, Miss Cora 
 E. Jones, of Tecumseh, and they live with the 
 parents at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Claude Ed- 
 ward, the younger son, also lives there. 
 
 In noting the early progenitors of our subject we 
 find that his grandfather, John Teachout, was born 
 in Ontario County, N. Y., where the first repre- 
 sentative of the family, of whom they have any 
 record, settled at an early day. They traced their 
 ancestry to Holland, from which three brothers 
 came over, and probably' were among the first who 
 instituted the Dutch settlement in New Yoik Stale. 
 From them descended the Teachouts of America. 
 They followed agricultur.al pursuits and were gen- 
 erally reliable citizens and well-to-do. Grandfather 
 John Teachout spent his early 3'ears in his native 
 count}' and was married to a lady whose first name 
 was Poll}', and who, like himself, was of Holland- 
 Dutch ancestr}'. They settled upon a farm wliere 
 Grandmother Teachout died when a little past 
 nii<)dle life. There had been born to them four 
 sons and three daughters. 
 
 In 18.54 Grandfather Teachout witii his children 
 came to Michigan, and some years later died at the 
 home of his son William, in Cambridge Township, 
 after having attained more than his four-score }-ears. 
 William Teachout, the father of our subject, vvas 
 the eldest of the family and was born in Manches- 
 ter, N. Y., in 1804. He started out early in life to 
 earn his own living, and finall}' assisted in the su|)- 
 port of his father as the latter giew old. He was 
 married, near Manciiester, N. Y., to Miss Rachel 
 Wells, who was also l)orn in that vicinity. After 
 his marriage William Teachout and his wife settled 
 on the old Wells estate in Ontario County, where 
 they lived until removing to their own farm near 
 
 Manchester. In 1854, after the birth of six chil- 
 dren they came to Michigan and the father pur- 
 eh.ased one hundred and sixty acres of land in 
 Cambridge Township, Lenawee County, where they 
 made their home until after the death of the wife 
 and mother, which occurred when she was about 
 fifty-five years old. 
 
 William Teachout after the death of his wife 
 sold his farm and retired to Tecumseh, where he 
 died March 22, 1868, at the age of sixty-four years. 
 He was a hard-working, honest man and one who 
 made man}' friends. His wife, Rachel, was his 
 suitable partner in all respects, being devoted to 
 her family, and a sincere Christian. They were 
 the parents of three sons and four daughters, all of 
 whom, with the exception of one who died young, 
 are living and have families of their own. 
 
 [|L ON. W. F. GOODWIN, a retired miller 
 ijf)ij and wealthy citizen of Concord, has been a 
 '%Jy resident of this county since 1845. He has 
 i(^ had important financial interests in this 
 county for many years, both In a i)rivate business 
 capacity and in affairs which relate to the good of 
 the public, and still has money invested in several 
 institutions in this and neighboring counties. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Jesse and DoUie 
 (Watkins) Goodwin, of New England. His father 
 was born in Connecticut in 1781, and being left an 
 orphan when nine years old, ho made his own way 
 by woi'king on a farm until twenty-one years old 
 when he began driving a stage between Albany 
 and Buffalo, an occupation which he continued for 
 sixteen years. He then engaged in farming in 
 Steul)e!i and Monroe Counties, N. Y., finally locat- 
 ing in Genesee County, where he spent the re- 
 mainder of his life. His wife was born in Berk- 
 shire County, Mass., and died in Monroe County, 
 N. Y., at the age of fifty-five years. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Ontario 
 County, N. Y., March 25, 1812, but was reared and 
 educated in Monroe- County, whence his father re- 
 moved when he was a child. After he had reached 
 his majority he attended a select school at Roches- 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPIIICAL AL1!UM. 
 
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 / 
 
 ter, adding to the knowledge he had previously 
 obtained in the common scliools. In 183f) he made 
 a trip to Micliigan, performing a part of iiis jour- 
 ney on foot, but relumed to tlie Empire State tlie 
 same year. He began farming, continuing tiiat oc- 
 cupation in Genesee and Blonroe Counties until 
 1842, when lie again came AVest, and locating in 
 Ann Arbor, remained there two years engaged 
 in the manufacture of machinerj-. In 1845 
 lie came to this count}- and leasing the mill pro|)- 
 erty at Concord, operated llie establisliment for 
 nearly a quarter of a cenlur}'. Four years af- 
 ter lie took possession of it, he purchased the mill 
 and two hundred acres of adjoining land and re- 
 built from the foundation, getting his water power 
 froHi the north branch of the Kalamazoo River. 
 
 Mr. Goodwin is one of those citizens of this sec- 
 tion vvho were interested in securing the Michigan 
 Central Railroad. At various times he has been in 
 the mercantile business and a partner in stores, and 
 also interested in grain and stock bu3'ing. In 1869 
 he sold his mill property and retired to his farm 
 residence that is located in the village of Concord, 
 lie now owns some six hundred and forty acres of 
 land in this county, and is a stockholder iti the 
 Concord State IJank, the Peoples' Bank of Jackson, 
 and the First National Bank of Albion. 
 
 The lirst inarri.age of the Hon. Mr. Goodwin took 
 place in Virgil, N. V., in 184G, his bride being 
 Miss Mary Granger, who shared his fortunes until 
 18G0, when she departed this life. She was born in 
 Rochester, N. Y. She was the mother of two chil- 
 dren — Agnes M., now deceased, who was the wife 
 of J. O. Thatcher, and George AV., who died at the 
 age of six years. On February 5, 18G8, Mr. Good- 
 win contracted a second matrimonial alliance, his 
 chosen companion being Miss Jennie Patten, a 
 graduate of Livingston Park Seminary. This mar- 
 riage was celebrated at Rochester, and has been 
 blessed by the birth of two children — Carroll, who 
 is still living at home, and Alay. who dicil in 1S75, 
 at the age of five years. 
 
 In ijolitics Mr. Goodwin is a stanch Rei)ublican. 
 He was sent to the State Legislature for the sessions 
 of 1857-58 and being re-elected in the latter year 
 again served two sessions. In 1880 he was elected 
 to the State Senate and served during the scssif>n 
 
 A I 1 ii :rL'^r?mli 111 1 ' 
 
 i . 1 1 !■ 1 1 1 l: 1 1 !■ a L M » 
 
 of l.^hl and 
 
 the oldest man in tlie Legislative bod3% He was a 
 member of the Constitutional Amendment Conven- 
 tion that met in i8G7. He has wielded great inllu- 
 ence in the community in which he lives and is 
 still a power in this section. 
 
 Nl^ HI LEMON E. .SPARKS, 
 I Jjj Eldred it Sparks, proprieU 
 ^ ?*•'' gan Center Flouring Mill: 
 
 of the firm of 
 
 •ietors of the Miclii- 
 
 lls, is a practical 
 
 I i first class miller and a man of business 
 ability which is exhibited as a manager, .as a sales- 
 man, and in every department to which his atten- 
 tion is called. Tlie mill of whicii he is a joint 
 owner is now furnished with all modern macliinery 
 of first-class design and construction, and with a 
 cai>acity of seventy-live barrels per day is taxed to 
 the utmost, the flour having attained a high repu- 
 tation. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Greens- 
 burg, Trumbull County, Ohio, August 7, 1844, and 
 is the eldest son of Erastus and Pluma (Moore) 
 S[)arks, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this 
 work. He was eleven years old when lie came to 
 this county with iiis parents. He had attended the 
 district schools at his native place and after coming 
 to Leoni advanced his education by attendance at 
 the IMichigan Union College, then located there, 
 but now at Adrian, Lenawee County. He was but 
 a boj' when he began to assist his father in the mill 
 and when fifteen years old had already become a 
 practical miller. 
 
 Young Sparks continued to work in a mill until 
 his eighteenth year, when in .July. 18G2, he en- 
 listed in Company F, Twentieth Michigan Infantry, 
 serving until after the close of the war. Among 
 the most important battles in which he participated 
 were those of Fredericksburg, Campbell Station 
 and Loudoun Station. Late in 18G3, while sta- 
 tioned at Annapolis. Md., he w.as taken sick and 
 confined to the hospital until his discharge. He 
 then returned to Leoni and resumed lailling there, 
 but a year later went to Sylvan Center where he 
 w.i^ ciiiiiliiv I il Ml. ilie s;inii' will k two and a half vcars. 
 
856 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 The next move of Mr. Si)ai-ks was to Leslie. 
 Ingham County, where he opeialed a mill two 
 years, in 1869 coming back to this county and 
 spending a year at Michigan Center, after which 
 he i)ureha4ed an interest in a mill at Spring Arbor. 
 That establishment was operated by him ciglit 
 years, when he sold his interest and rented the 
 Washington mill at Jackson. Six months later he 
 bought a half interest in the mill at Chelsea, Wash- 
 tenaw County, removed to that place and resided 
 there until 1887. At that date he formed a co- 
 partnership with Zenas C. Eldred, and the firm 
 bought the mill which they are now operating and 
 which they have refitted and made into a first-class 
 modern esttddislimenl. 
 
 An important step in the life of Mr. Sparks was 
 taken in June, 1867, at which time he liceame the 
 husband of Miss Delia Etta Burcl.ard, a young lady 
 of intelligence, domestic virtues, and Christian 
 character. She was born in Sylvan, Washtenaw 
 County, and is a daughter of Seaborn and Mary 
 A. (Tichcnor) Burchard. To Mr. and Mrs. Sparks 
 four children have been born —Burchard E., Maiy 
 P., Burnett D., and Erma Belle. Both parents be- 
 long to the Congregational Church. Mr. Sparks is 
 a Republicrm and of the social orders affiliates with 
 the Ancient Order of United Workmen, holding 
 membership in Chelsea Lodge. The characters of 
 himself and wife are such as to entitle thein to the 
 respect of their acquaintances and gain for them 
 manv friends throughout the communitv. 
 
 ^/OSIAH B. FROST was born in Ypsilanli, 
 Washtenaw Count}', Mich., November 21, 
 1840, in the house on the northeast corner 
 I of Huron and Catharine Streets, now, and for 
 a number of years occupied by J. M. Chidister, Es(]. 
 His father, Calvin P. Frost, who settled in "i'psi- 
 lanti in Ma}', 1835, was born in Marcellus, Onon- 
 daga County, N. Y., November 7, 1803. where his 
 father, Deacon Josiah Frost, son of Deacon John 
 Frost, settled in the spring of the year 1803, the 
 t;ame year that Calvin P. and his twin brother, Ed- 
 
 ward W., were born. Two sisters were also born 
 in Marcellus, these, with six children who came 
 with the family from Williamsburgh, Mass., and 
 two others who died prior to leaving the Williams- 
 burgh home, mai^e twelve children of Deacon Jo- 
 siah FrosL and his wife Electa (Paine) Frost, who 
 wasadaughttr of Dr. Elijah and Mary (White) 
 Paine, also of Williamsburgh, Mass., a descendant 
 of Elder John White, the progenitor in this coun- 
 try of a uumerous people, whose genealogies may 
 be traced in "Meuiorials of Elder John White." 
 
 Of this family. Deacon John Frost was a pioneer 
 and extensive farmer in Western Massachusetts; his 
 son Deacon Josiah Frost was a pioneer and exten- 
 sive farmer and drover in Western New York, own- 
 ing one of the largest farms in the county. His 
 son Calvin Paine Frost, who died in his eighty- 
 third j'ear, the last survivor of his family, a pio- 
 neer in Michigan, was engaged in mechanical pur- 
 suits. He was for many years a member of the ses- 
 sion of the Presbyierian Church in Ypsilanti, in 
 which church he had been an active member for 
 nearly half a centurj', and although his son Josiah 
 B. Frost, the subject of this sketch, is not a pioneer 
 in Jackson County, yet his long residence and in- 
 terest in pioneer and genealogical matters was the 
 occasion of his election as Secretary of the County 
 Pioneer Society. His mother, Sarah (Rice) Frost, 
 was born in East Sudbury, Mass., May 7, 1801, 
 dieil February 22, 1873. She was a daughter of 
 Ithimar Rice, a farmer and manufacturer of Sud- 
 bury, and Sarah (Dunn) Rice, daughter of John 
 and Grace (Kell}') Dunn, all early settlers of Sud- 
 bury. Ithimar Rice had no children by his first 
 marriage. There were twenty-one children by the 
 last three, making a fair New England farail}'. 
 
 Josiah B. Frost, the subject of this sketch, w.ns 
 educated in the Ypsilanti Seminary and State Nor- 
 mal School, took a special course in the Chemical 
 Laboratorj' of the Michigan University, and served 
 an apprenticeship as an apothecary, and was for a 
 number of years in the drug business in his native 
 town. He came to Jackson in 1862, and with his 
 father built a number of houses at Woodville. Af- 
 ter that contract had been filled, he built the Wood- 
 ville store, and sold groceries, j^rovisions, and min- 
 ing implements, but not liking the location, after a 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 two-\'ears' staj', sold out and clerked in the old 
 Holland & Son's di-ug-store,until he engaged in 1806 
 in the drug trade for liiniself in Y|)silanti, in which 
 year he was admitted to inendjership in the Ameri- 
 can Phnrmaceulical Association. He sold out there 
 in the fall of 18G!), and returned to Jackson, wiiere 
 he has since been engaged in mechanical engineer- 
 ing and draughting, to v/hicli occupation he had 
 been brought up. 
 
 Mr. Frost is a Repu'ilican in politics, and has 
 frequently- represented his w.ard and county, in the 
 County. District, and State conventions, and is at 
 present serving his eighth year as a member of the 
 County Board of Supervisors. lie is a niember of 
 Jackson Commander^- K. T., and T. I. M., of Jack- 
 son Council R. & S. M. He was married in Ypsi- 
 lanti, on the S.jth of Seplemljcr. 1867, to Ellen 
 Cornelia Mills, oldest d.iughter of Mr. riiilo Mills 
 ami Sarah Winchester (Justin) Mills, both deceased, 
 of Grovela Livingston County, N. Y. They 
 have three children : Eloise A., who graduated with 
 the "West Side" Jackson High School Class of '88; 
 expects to entei- the classical couise in the Stale 
 rnivcrsit3' the coming fall; Edward J., who after 
 nearly finishing tiie High School course, entered tiie 
 ineciianical engineering departnieni; of the Stale 
 Agricultural College, and temporarily left to accept 
 a i)Osilion as drauglitmau for an extensive manu- 
 facturing establishment; Charles M.. the j'oungest 
 is in the High School. 
 
 The family home is pleasantlj' located, at the 
 corner of Second and Morrell Streets, where Mr. 
 Frost built to suit himself .ind famil}' a dozen or 
 more years ago. He and his familj' are connected 
 with the Congregational Cluirch. 
 
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 ^ lfc> CHAUNCEY WICTMOHE stands pre- 
 \jiJ/' ^™i"'-*"t among the most intelligent and 
 "^^ enterprising of the wealthy farmers, stock- 
 raisers and business men of Jackson County, with 
 whose highest interests his own have been closely 
 identified for a period of thirty' years. He is a 
 practical and scientific agriculturist of surpassing 
 skill, and has carried on his farming operations 
 
 after the most approved modern methods with the 
 greatest success, as Is shown by the api)earance of 
 his line farm, comprising parts of sections 2 and 3, 
 Pulaski Townshi|). Lake View Farm, as it is ap- 
 propriately called, is beautifully located on the 
 shores of Swain Lake, and is one of the most de- 
 sirable farms in the county, as well as one of the 
 pleasantest |)laees for aMiome. The new survey 
 of the air line road runs along the west line of the 
 farm in front of his residence, and as soon as the 
 road is built, the Concord Station will be located 
 near by, and Swain Lake will undoubtedly become 
 one of the finest summer resorts in the State. In 
 1877 Mr. Welmore erected here a magnificent resi- 
 dence, something out of the common style usually 
 adopted by farmers. It is of red pressed brick, is 
 ligliled by g.as manufactured on the place, and is 
 one of the best appointed, most conveuientlj- ar- 
 ranged, finest and most Lastefnily furnished farm 
 house in the county. There are also ext(;nsive and 
 well-ordered outbuildings attached, including three 
 good sized barns. 40x(;0. 30x40, and 20x72 feet, 
 respeclivel}-. besides all the necessary conveniences, 
 sucii as windmill, tank, etc. There are beautiful 
 and well-arranged groun<ls surrounding the house, 
 and a fine orc'iard and lovel}- groves add to the 
 picturesqueness of the scene. 
 
 Mr. Wetmore represents the fifth generation in 
 this country of the descendants of one of two 
 brothers who came to America in Colonial times 
 fioni Iheir native Wales, one of them clanging his 
 name to Whitlimore to distinguish the families. 
 Elisha Wetmore, the grandfather of our subject, 
 was born in Connecticut and was an earl}- settler of 
 Oneida County, N. Y., going thither through the 
 intervening wilderness with an ox-team. That part 
 of the country in his day represented the " Great 
 West," Fort Herkimer then .'landing on the West- 
 ern frontier, there being no settlement beyond. He 
 located ill the forests among the Indians, cleared 
 the land, and became a large and well-to-do farmer, 
 and there the remainder of his life was passed. He 
 reared a fainil3' of twelve children. 
 
 His son William, father of our subject, was l)orn 
 in Oneida County in 1801. He followed farming, 
 owning one hundred and eighty acres of valuable 
 land. and was a leading man in his community. A 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 man of quiet luibils, he was at Uie same time pub- 
 lic-spirited and enterprising, lie was greatly in- 
 terested in education, and gave all liis children the 
 best school advantages. In his political afliliations 
 he was a Whig; in religion, broad and liberal- 
 minded, he was a strong Universalist. His death, 
 which occurred in 1 808, at the age of fift3'-seven 
 3'ears, was a severe blow not only to his family', but 
 to the community at large. The maiden name of 
 the mother of our subject was Sally Cossitt. >She 
 was born in Paris, N. Y., in 1804, a daughter of 
 Roswell Cossitt, who was of French descent. In 
 his j-ounger days he was a distiller, and later en- 
 gaged in farming, and spent his last d.ays in Oneida 
 County. The mother of our subject removed to 
 New Hartford after his father's death, and resided 
 there till she too, passed away, her death occurring 
 in 1888. She was in all respects a woman of fine 
 character, and, like her husband, was a tirm Uni- 
 vcrsalist. They were the parents of seven children, 
 of whom the following is recorded : W. Chauncej-, 
 our subject; Armida S., died in 1884; Henry A. 
 resides in Sheboygan, Mich.; Uphrazia H. is now 
 Mrs. Mason, of Concord; JaneE. is dead; Caroline 
 M. is Mrs. E. P. Bailey, of New Hartford, N. Y.; 
 Frances C. is dead. 
 
 W. Chauncc}' Wetmore was born in the town of 
 Paris, Oneida County, N. Y., February 11, 1824. 
 His early life was spent on his father's farm, and 
 he was given the best school advantages afforded 
 by his native counly. He was a studious lad, and 
 many a night he has poured over his boolis by the 
 light of the bright fire in the huge old fireplace in 
 his childhood home. His education was completed, 
 at least as far as attendance at schools were con- 
 cerned, at the Clinton High School. At the age 
 of seventeen he obtained a teacher's certificate 
 from tlie county, and when eighteen»years old en- 
 gaged in that profession, teaching three years in 
 the St.ate of New York. In 1845, when he was 
 twenty-one 3'ears old, he went South to Maryland, 
 and in 1846 to South Carolina, (in Senator "Bob" 
 Butler's district) to teach, and was thus engaged in 
 South Carolina till 1849, when he returned to his 
 native place, accompanied by his brother, who had 
 also been teaching in South Carolina, their long 
 journey homeward being made entirely with a horse 
 
 and buggy. In 1850, his health becoming poor, 
 he returned to Maryland, where Le remained until 
 1852. After that our subject engaged his services 
 with an agricultural implement manufacturing 
 compan}' as traveling salesman. He was thus en- 
 gaged fourteen years. While thus engaged he drove 
 all over the country', and visited Maryland, Vir- 
 ginia, Delaware, Southern Pennsylvania, Ohio, 
 Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin, and by actual 
 count he traveled a distance equal to over three 
 times around the world. He was very successful 
 in introducing the implements of the company for 
 which he traveled, and made a good deal of money 
 out of the business. He was desirous, however, 
 to settle down in life and establish a home, and 
 with that end in view, he determined to purchase 
 land in some pleasing localitj^, and not finding just 
 what he wanted in Illinois or Wisconsin, wishing 
 for a place where fruit, etc., could be raised suc- 
 cessfulU'. he turned his face toward Michigan, and 
 in January, 1860, came to this State by rail, and 
 purchased his present farm. It was but very little 
 improved, but by dint of energy and persistent 
 labor he has wrought a wondrous change, and is 
 now the possessor of one of the finest estates for 
 miles around, comprising three hundred acres of 
 the choicest and most highly cultivated land in 
 the region. Mr. Wetmore continued in his busi- 
 ness as a traveling salesman, till 1865, being thus 
 engaged principally from September until Maj', 
 while spending his summers at home attending to 
 the improvement of his farm. He has paid a great 
 deal of attention to raising clover seed and has 
 been very successful at it, raising large crops for 
 use, as well as fertilizing the soil with it. He has 
 also engaged quite extensively in raising wheat 
 and wool. He now rents his field and is giving 
 his attention to raising full-blooded .Jerseys, and 
 already has a fine little herd of six head. His 
 enterprise extends beyond his home, as is instanced 
 in his building the Concord Opera House in 1880 
 to encourage the development of the town. It is a 
 fine brick bull ling, trimmed with stone, lighted by 
 gas, with a seating capacity of six hundred, and is 
 a great addition to the attractiveness of the town. 
 In 1886 Mr. AYetmore organized the Citizens' Mu- 
 tual Fire Insurance Company, and is acting as its 
 
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 Secretary, devoting the grenler i>art of his time to 
 its management, an<l by his business tact and en- 
 ergy lias establi^hcil it on a soliil basis, and has 
 been largel}- instruraoital in making it one of the 
 most reliable companies of the kind and one of the 
 most successful. 
 
 Mr. Wetmore was united in marriage with Mi.-JS 
 Cornelia Adeline Hailey, in Paris, N.Y., August "27, 
 lKo7. Mrs. Wetmore is a lady of culture and re- 
 finement, and is devoted to her familj', her thoughts 
 being always how to enhance the comfort and hap- 
 [liness of her husband and children. She loves to 
 beautify the home, and presiiles over it with grace. 
 She is a sincere Christian, and a Presbyterian in 
 belief, and her charity and sj'mpathy for the needy 
 and atliicted are unbounded. Mrs. Wetmore was 
 born in Paris, N. Y., May o, 1835, and was edu- 
 cated at Clinton, N. Y. Her father, Paul 15ailej', 
 was born in La Conipton, H. I. Her grandfather, 
 John Hailey, was a native of the same State, and 
 settling in Oneida County in pioneer times, he en- 
 gaged in farming there, and did good service in 
 the War of 1812. Mrs. Wetmore's father was an 
 extensive farmer and stock-dealer in OneidaCounty, 
 engaging in business there until his wife died, when 
 he sold out and retired to our subject's home, of 
 which iie was an inmate until his death in 1887, 
 at the venerable age of eighly-lhree years. In his 
 younger days he was a meniber of the New York 
 State Militia. He and his wife were Presbyterians 
 in religion, and were strong in the faith. Mrs. 
 Wetmore's mother, whose maiden name was Me- 
 riiiila l'(irter, was born in Oneida County, X. Y.,of 
 which her father, Ira Porter, a native of Rhode 
 Island, was an early settler. Slie died in New 
 Hartford. N. Y. She and her husltand were the 
 parents of five children: K. P., of New Hartford, 
 N. Y. ; Cornelia A.; Ann Eliza, now Mrs. Austin, 
 of Cattaraugus Count}-, N.Y.; George P., deceased; 
 Wheaton P., of New Hartford, N. Y. 
 
 The happy wedded life of our subject and his 
 wife has been blessed to them by the birtli of si.K 
 children, namely': Jean A., Cora A., Earl P., Jessie 
 C, Lena E. and Nora B. They are well eihicated 
 and accomplished, for their jiarents have been de- 
 termined to give them every advantage, and the 
 thousands of dollars that he has S[)ent on their ed- 
 
 ucation iMr. Wetmore considers the best investment 
 that he ever made. Tiie daughters are musicians, 
 painters, and elocutionists of no mean ability, and 
 the home is replete with the little graces that add 
 such charm to domestic life. The sons are now 
 iiccupying the most responsible positions with their 
 employers. Jean was gr.-iduated from the scientiiic 
 course of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor 
 in the class of '83, and then took a post-gi'aduale 
 course in electrical engineering, from which he wa? 
 gr.aduated in 1885. He has m.ado several inven- 
 tions, and among others an electric lamp. He is 
 traveling for the O'Kenite Insulate Wire Companj', 
 of New York Cit}', is one of the stockholders of the 
 the company, and stands well with his emplo^'ers. 
 He makes his home in New York City. He is also 
 lialf owner of Ann Arbor Soap Works. Cora 
 is a graduate of the Ann Arbor High School, 
 and holds a first grade certificate as a teaclier. She 
 lives with her parents. Earl is a graduate of the 
 Universit}- of Ann Arbor, a member of the class of 
 '87, in electric engineering. He is a fine electri- 
 cian .and is now a Su])erintcndent of the Electric 
 Sprague Motor Company. Has equipped electric 
 street car lines of Richmond, \a. , Harrisburg and 
 Scranton, Pa., and St. Joseph, Mo., and is now 
 traveling in its interests in Ital}-, with head quar- 
 ters at Florence, whither he went in January, 1890. 
 Jessie is a graduate of the Concord High School, 
 and studied music and painting at Albion and in 
 Brooklyn. N. Y. She is now the wife of George 
 W. Milieu, of Ann Arbor, wliere he is engaged in 
 the manufacture of \'ictory soa|). He is a half 
 l)roprictor of the Ann Arbor Soaj) Works, and is a 
 rising j'oung man. Lena E. is attending the .State 
 Normal School at Ypsilanii, pursuing a four years' 
 course, and is a member of the class of "91. Nora 
 is a student of the Concord High School, and is 
 studying music in Albion. 
 
 Nature has gifted our subject in more than an 
 ordinary' degree, donating to him all the qualities 
 that form a complete manhood. He has a peculiar 
 talent for affairs, and no less ambition, backed by 
 force of will and tenacity of purpose. He blends 
 with these traits the itsthetic feelings of a man of 
 culture and refinement, his t.astes and likings being 
 of the hisjlier and artistic order, and his truthfid- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 iiess and liigh sense of honor ai-e apparent in all 
 that he does, scorning a mean act, with a natural 
 tendenc3- to all the better things of life. He is 
 liberal and public-spirited, the friend of education 
 and progress, and is foremost in the enterprises 
 tending to elevate the people, and to advance the 
 material welfare of the county. His home life 
 forms a picture of domestic happiness seldom wit- 
 nessed, and his surroundings reflect in a marked 
 degree the character of the man. Within his beau- 
 tiful homo are all the evidences of refined modern 
 life, music, painting, books, and all the embellish- 
 ments belonging to a home whose inmates are 
 people of cultivated tastes and amiile means. He 
 has a fine librar}-, comprising a rare collection of 
 books by the best authors, modern and ancient. 
 Mr. Wetmore is the personal friend of Alexander 
 Winchell, and is also intimate with others of Michi- 
 gan's leading men. Our subject is bro.ad and 
 exceedingly liberal in his religious views, being a 
 Universalist in his belief. He has sound, practical 
 opinions upon all subjects, and it is truly said of 
 him that a person, meeting and conversing with 
 him, is always the wiser for listening to the expres- 
 sion of his thoughts. He does not aspire to ofHce, 
 but is a strong admirer and supporter of the Re- 
 liublican party. 
 
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 \\ ARCUS MARKHABL Dotted about over 
 the surface of Michigan, are numerous 
 !-ij sheets of water whose banks afford beauti- 
 ful locations for homes. One of these is 
 Round Lake, in this county, on the shores of which 
 lies the well cultivated farm belonging to the above- 
 named gentleman. It bears a full line of farm 
 buildino-s, all substantial and sufficiently commo- 
 dious for their purposes, and the character of the 
 owner is indicated by the neatness and order that 
 prevail throughout the estate. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write, w.as born in 
 Monroe County, N. Y., August 27, 1832. whence 
 his parents came to Michigan when he was in his 
 fourth year. Although so young the journey made 
 such an impression upon his childish mind that he 
 
 well remembers man}' of its incidents. The family- 
 traveled with au ox-team from their former home 
 in Monroe Countj-, N. Y., to Erie, Pa., the com- 
 pany consisting of fourteen people, the^' and their 
 goods being hauled in four wagons drawn by five 
 yoke of oxen, and bringing with them three cows 
 and one horse. At Erie they embarked with their 
 stock on a boat, and landing at Toledo, continued 
 their journey overland to this county. Where 
 Jackson now stands there were then but a few 
 houses, and deer, bear, wild turkej'S and other game 
 roamed at will near them. Across the Grand River 
 there was a one-pole bridge. The family settled in 
 Blackman Township, and amid the i)rimitive sur- 
 rounding of what vvas then the frontier, the subject 
 passed his b03liood and youth. There being no 
 railroads here for some years after their airival, his 
 father used to haul his wheat to Ypsilanti, and made 
 fre(iuent trips to Detroit with his team. 
 
 Young Markham attended the pioneer schools, 
 and as soon as his strength would permit, began to 
 assist his father on the farm. When he had reached 
 man's estate he began to learn the trade of a black- 
 smith, working with Albert Foster about three 
 years, and then opening a sho;) for himself. He 
 carried on the business twelve years, ten years of 
 the time being in company with his brother Will- 
 iam. At the ex|iiratiou of the period named, he 
 sold out his business, and turned his attention to 
 agricultural pursuits, buying land a half mile south 
 of Michigan Center, and fourand a half miles from 
 Jackson, bordering on the west shore of Round 
 Lake. Here he has since made his home, carefully 
 and intelligently cultivating the eighty-nine acres 
 that comprises his estate, and surrounding his fam- 
 ily with more and more of the comforts and beauty 
 of life as years have passed. 
 
 Realizing that it is not good f(U- man to live 
 alone, Mr. Markham chose for his companion in 
 life Miss Emma Price, a native of Grass Lake 
 Township, this county, and a daughter of Wilkin- 
 son and .Sallie (JIarshall) Price. To this estimable 
 woman he was married in 1860, and together the}- 
 labored over a quarter of a century, sharing each 
 other's joys and sorrows, until April 18, 1889, when 
 the wife .and mother was called hence. She left 
 three children: .ludson A., Lizzie E. and Marion 
 
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 H. In politics Mr. Markham is a sound Democrat. 
 A reliable citizen, an upright man and a kind par- 
 ent and neighbor, he is well esteemed by those to 
 wiiom he is known, and his long residence in this 
 county has given him an extended acquaintance. 
 
 Going back three generations in the paternal line 
 of Mr. !Markhani, we find the progenitors living in 
 New Hampshire, whence thej- removed to the Gen- 
 esee Valley, N. Y., at an earl}' daie in its history. 
 Oapt. John Markham was a lad of fifteen years when 
 that removal took place, and he became of age in 
 the Empire State. In Avon, Livingston Count}', 
 he married I'ully IJetz, a native of Vermont, after- 
 ward settling on a tract of timber land, bordering 
 on Iloneyoye Creek, near Rush, Monroe Count}'. 
 Theie he built a log house, in which the father of 
 our subject was born, and cleared a farm upon 
 which he resided until about 1843. He then traded 
 his farm for a section of land in Ingham County, 
 Mich., which, being wild land, he never settled 
 upon, but lived in the town of Converse, Marshall 
 County. There he bought propertj-. built himself 
 a home, and resided until his death at the age of 
 eighty-three years. His title was obtained during 
 the War of 1812. His wife survived him, dying 
 at the home of a son near South Bend, Ind. 
 
 David Markham was born June 26, 1804, in 
 Genesee County, N. Y., and reared in his native 
 County. During his youth there were no railroads 
 nor canals in that section, and Albany w;\s the 
 principal market, produce being t.iken to that i>laGe 
 with teams. He remained with his parents until 
 his marriage, when he bought seventy-five acres of 
 land on the Indian Reservation, in Batavia, Gene- 
 see County, where he lived four years. He then 
 sold, returned to Rush, and bought a farm there. 
 In 1832 he made his fiist visit to Michigan Terri- 
 tory, coming on a boat to I)elioit,by stage to Ypsi- 
 lanti, and thence starting out on foot to view the 
 country. Jackson was then a hamlet, consisting 
 of a few log cal)ins and one frame building, the ho- 
 tel being kepi in a double log house. 
 
 Mr. Markham spent a few weeks in Michigan, 
 going as far as White Pigeon on his tour of inspec- 
 lion, and then returned to his home, l>uying a tav- 
 ern stand at West Rush, where he acted as host 
 until 1836. He then came with Ids family to this 
 
 Slate and county, before his removal having i)ur- 
 chased one hundred and si.xty acres of land in Black- 
 man Township. He found Jackson l)ut little larger 
 than when he had first seen it, and the country still 
 in quite a primitive condition. .Settling upon 
 his land in June, he began its development, subse- 
 quently, entering adjoining land from the Govern- 
 ment. He improved the farm but later sold it and 
 built his present home in Jackson, where he has 
 since remained. He drew the first iron put into 
 the cells of the State Prison, receiving ^1 per hun- 
 dred pounds for hauling it. His pioneer labors are 
 well-known to the older residents of the county, 
 and many of the younger generation are familiar 
 with the name and record of Daviil Markham. 
 
 The first marriage of David Markham took 
 |)laee March 12, 1826. his bride being Miss Clarissa 
 Nobles. She was born in the Empire Slate and was 
 a daughter of Russell and Abbie (Dunham) No- 
 bles. She died in 1815. after having bor.ie her 
 husband ten children two of whom are deceasod. 
 Those living are: William. Francis, Marcus, Le- 
 vant, Norman, Milo, Ransom and Addie. The 
 widower contracted a second alliance in December, 
 184o, his companion being Miss Ann A. Burch, 
 who vvas born in Gorham, Ontario County, N. Y. 
 She is the mother of si.x children — Darwin. 
 Charles, Ellen, Ida, Wayne and Clarence. Mr. 
 Markham joined the Masonic fraterniU* in Rush, 
 \. v.. in 1826,l)ecominga member of Rush Lodge 
 No. 44. He now belongs to Jackson Lodge, No. 17, 
 and to Chapter, No. 3. 
 
 ^w/ONATHAN H. IlENDKK. the owner and 
 occupant of fort}' acres of land on section 
 5, Blaekman Township, upon wliich he li.as 
 ',|(@/ erected a good home and made other excel- 
 lent improvements, first came to this county in the 
 fall of 1836. allliough he then remained here but 
 a short time. He was born in Sudbury, Rutland 
 County, Vl., November 6, 1815, bis parents being 
 the Rev. David and Caroline (Harrington) Hendee, 
 who were also natives of the Green Mountain 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 State. After having lived in three different towns 
 in Vermont, they removed to Niagara County, 
 N. Y., in 183 1, where the father continued liis min- 
 isterial labors until 18.37. In the meantime our 
 subjcc-t had visited Michigan and returned to the 
 parental home, whence he came with his fatiier's 
 family in the spring of 1837, settling near Jackson, 
 in what is now Blackman Township. 
 
 Tiie first Baptist Church of Jackson was organ- 
 ized by the Rev. Mr. Hendee, who not long after 
 removed to Mason Count}', organizing Baptist 
 churclics in Mason, Leslie, Aurelius, Eaton Rnpids 
 and other places. He returned to this county about 
 18,50. and during the last j'ears of his life lived 
 with his children, of whom he had a family of six 
 sons and two daughters. lie died in .Somerset 
 Townslii[), Hillsdale Count}', and his wife in Black- 
 man Township, this county. 
 
 The subject of this sketch had learned the trade 
 of a carpenter in the East, but on coming to Mich- 
 igan, he followed it a short time ere connecting 
 agricultural labors therewith. He bought a tract 
 of land near Aurelius, Ingham County, upon whicii 
 he lived until 1852, when he sold out, and return- 
 ing to this county, bought the old homestead, lo- 
 cated on section 18, Blackman Township. Upon 
 it he resided several years, then selling it, removed 
 to Jackson, which was his home six 3'cars. In the 
 spring of 1875 he sold his cit}' property, and com- 
 ing again to Blackman Township, bought the farm 
 on which he has since resided, devoting his atten- 
 tion to the pursuit of agriculture. 
 
 The first marriage of Mr. Hendee took place 
 June 26, 1839, his bride being Miss Charlotte 
 Bond, who was born near Keene, N. H., to Calvin 
 and Nancy (Wood) Bond, old settlers of Blackman 
 Township, this county, where they died. Mrs. 
 Charlotte Hendee bore her husband five children, 
 namely: Martha C, wife of the Rev. Austin Par- 
 nictcr: Julia, now the widow of Albert Allen; 
 Trypiiena, wife of Jesse Parmeter; Syreno H., a 
 resident of Logansport, Ind.; and Kendrick, who 
 died when two years old. The mother of this 
 household band died in Jackson in 1872. 8he yvas 
 a member in good standing of the Baptist Church, 
 and is lovingly remembered by her household. 
 
 In J.aekson, March 13, 1873, Mr. Hendee con- 
 
 tracted a second matrimonial alliance, being then 
 united with Mrs. Elizabeth T. (Barrett) Blanchard, 
 daughter of James and Lucinda Barrett, both of 
 whom died in the Empire State. She was the 
 widow of Dr. J. A. Blanchard, whose death oc- 
 curred in Rochester, N. Y., in 1870, and by whom 
 she had one daughter, Ada E., now the wife of F. 
 H. Beagle, of Grand Rapids. 
 
 Soon after her^u'st marri.ige IMrs. Hendee studied 
 medicine, and was graduated from the Medical Col- 
 lege, at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1852, being one of the 
 first female graduates in the United States. She prac- 
 ticed in several cities, including Pittsburg, Pa., and 
 Louisville, Ky., and in company with her brother- 
 in-law. Dr. S. P. Tovvn, practiced in Jackson prior 
 to iier marriage to Mr. Hendee. 
 
 Mr. Hendee held various important offices while 
 living in Ingham County. He is a strong adher- 
 ent of the principles of Republicanism. He has 
 been the Vice President of the Jackson County 
 Pioneer Society for several years, and is one of the 
 Vice Presidents at the present time. He and his 
 wife are active members of the First Baptist 
 Church, of Jackson, and both are highly regarded 
 in the community in which they live. 
 
 ^>'^tiii!t^t5^ 
 
 ^f NDREW JACKSON VAN WORMER is a 
 a gentleman who is highly respected and 
 affectionately regarded throughout the sec- 
 tion in which he lives, and is deseiving of the 
 place which he occupies in the opinion of his fel- 
 low-men on account of his work in the develop- 
 ment of the" country, by reason of his personal 
 character and because of the great good he has ac- 
 complished for the cause of religion. He is an 
 ordained minister of the Methodist Protestant 
 Church and has officiated as minister in Concord 
 Township for several years, besides assisting other 
 brethren at various points. The church edifice is 
 located on his farm, the site having been donated 
 by him and he also contributed ¥400 to the build- 
 ing fund. 
 
 Mr. Van Wormer traces his paternal descent 
 from good old Dutch stock, his grandfather, Jerry 
 
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 863 
 
 Van WoniuT, liaviiig eniigraled from Holland, and 
 located in New York, more than a hundred years 
 ago. He followed agricultural pursuits until his 
 death, and served his ado|)ted country as a mem- 
 ber of the Colonial army during the Revolution. 
 His son .lererniaii, father of our subject, was boin 
 iu the Empire State, and was engaged in farming 
 in Allegliany County, later becoming a resident of 
 Steuben Count}'. He was also a patriot, evincing 
 his love for his country by serving in the AVar of 
 1812. In 183C he came to Michigan and located 
 in .Jackson, the following spring settling on land 
 now owned by our subject, on section 17, Concord 
 Township. He was poor when he came to this 
 State. an<l could only buy forty acres of raw land, 
 upon wiiicli he built a log shanty' as a shelter for 
 his family, but his energy and thrift were crowned 
 with success and ere long he was numbered among 
 tlie successful farmers of the county. He became 
 the owner of one hundred and six acres of land 
 and was able to surround his family with many 
 comforts. He departed this life in December, 
 18.51. He was a member of the Methodist Prot- 
 estant Church, and gave his political adherence to 
 the Democratic party. 
 
 The wife of .Jeremiah A'an Wormer was Euiiii-e 
 Mottles, a daughter of Ca[)t. William Mottles, of 
 Massachusetts, in which State she also was born. 
 William Mottles was a farmer and a Revolutionary 
 soldier, with the rank of Captain. He was of 
 French descent. The following is the record of the 
 children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Van Wor- 
 mer: Electa married a Mr. Parmeter and died in 
 Concord Township, this county; Aaron died in 
 Raleigh, Mo.; he entered a Missouri Regiment to de- 
 fend the Union. l)ut being then quite old he was 
 discharged three months after his enlistment, for 
 physical disability; he was Circuit Judge of Phelps 
 Count}', Mo., for sever.al years and also a Meth- 
 odist Protestant minister. S.alina, Mrs. Parmeter 
 lives in Spring Arbor; l-'annie, Mrs. Vinecorc. 
 lives near- Grand Island, Neb.; William died 
 during tiie »var; Jerrj' enlisted, in the spring of 
 1861, in the First Michigan Infantry, veteranized, 
 and serveil till the close of the war, soon after 
 which he dic(l; Angelino, Jlrs. Turner, is deceased; 
 Lois A., Mrs. Thompson, lives in Concord; the 
 
 last on the family roll is the subject of this sketch. 
 The mother died at his home in .F.anuary, 1878, 
 when nearly ninety years of age. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write was born in 
 Alleghany County, N. Y., January 15, 1831. and 
 was brought to Michigan when five j-ears old. He 
 was early made useful on his father's farm, in 
 driving oxen, clearing land, etc.. and under the 
 rate school system, which was then in vogue in 
 this section, his educational advantages were mea- 
 ger. He remained at home, helping his father 
 operate the farm, until the death of the latter, 
 when he took charge of the estate, buying out the 
 other heirs. Being what in western parlance is 
 called a '-rustler," he soon purchased adjoining 
 lands, increasing the acreage from one hundred and 
 six to one hundred and eighty-five. He now has 
 as nicel}' improved a farm as can be found in the 
 township, having all the necessary buildings, and 
 three miles of solid stone fence on the i)lace. He 
 is engaged in general farming and raises some fine 
 bred Ilambletonian horses and .Alerino sheep. 
 
 The intelligent, well-informed and estimable 
 lady who presides over the home of the Rev. Mr. Van 
 Wormer, and with whom he was united in niar- 
 ri.age in this township, February 13, 1853, bcire the 
 maiden name of Emily M. CJregor}'. She was 
 born in Seneca, Province of Ontario, Canada, Au- 
 gust 24, 1835, and came to Jackson when but a year 
 old. She was educated at AlbidU College, acfjuir- 
 ing a good education, and having good principles 
 instilled into her mind by her worth}- mother. 
 She has borne six children: George F., now de- 
 ceased; II. Elnora, Flora G., Ernest L.. Lillian B., 
 and Floyd A., now deceased. Elnora married Mr. 
 G. Carpenter, a farmer in Concord Township; the 
 others are at home enjoying the best of school ad- 
 vantages. The jiarenls of Mrs. Van Wormer were 
 Noah and Lucinda (Hackett) Gregory, the former 
 a native of Massachusetts and the latter of \'er- 
 mont. After having lived for a lime in Canada. 
 Mr. Gregory removed to Michigan, in 183t>, lo- 
 cating in .Jackson. His business was that of a 
 mason, and he eng.iged in contracting and build- 
 ing at Albion and various other places, among 
 others working on the Albion College buildings. 
 He died in that city in 181-1. at the ago of forty- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 one ye:ifs; his widow resided in the Siiiae place at 
 the time of her deatli, in Augnst, 1867. He was a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a 
 Class-Leader therein. The family of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Gregory comprised seven children, Mrs. Van Wor- 
 nier being the tliird born. Sarah, Mrs. Clifl, re- 
 sides in Albion; Huldah L. married a Mr. Bacon, 
 and died in Wisconsin; Stephen is a marble cutter 
 in Trinidad, Col.; Lucinda, Mrs. Rice, lives in 
 Grand Rai)ids, this State; Lizzie J. and William 
 H. are deceased. 
 
 Jn politics the Rev. Mr. Van Wormer is a Prohi- 
 bitionist. He is now serving as School Moderator, 
 liaving no aspiration for oUicial station other than 
 that upon a sciiool board. He has always been an 
 active member in the Methodist Protestant Church, 
 having studied the Scriptures closely and also read 
 theology extensively. In 1875 he began preach- 
 ing, and in 1882 he was ordained Local Elder, 
 since which time he has oHicialed in a ministerial 
 capacity at his own home, with occasional visits 
 elsewhere. He has labored hard for the success of 
 the cause, having been a leader in building the 
 church edifice and devoting half his time to church 
 work, hi the meantime he does not neglect his 
 agricultural interests, as a glance over iiis fine es- 
 tate will prove. 
 
 -4;^^ HARLES MORRILL. Of the younger 
 residents of Jackson County, few are better 
 il^ known and none more des(U'ving of consid- 
 erable mention in a volume designed to perpetuate 
 the names and memories of prominent citizens, than 
 he with whose name we initiate this sketch. So- 
 cially and politiealh', he is of note in his commu- 
 nity. He and his wife belong to the Patrons of 
 Iiulustry. 
 
 The father of our subject was Eastman 
 O. Morrill, a native of Cayuga County, N. Y., 
 and he was born April 24, 1830, and mar- 
 ried Miss Fanny Littlefield, of Leoni Town- 
 shi|), Jackson County. She was born Noveml)er 
 29, 1834, and lived under the parental roof 
 until her marriage with Eastman Moriill. Imme- 
 
 diately following that important event, they set- 
 tled in Blackman Township, where they passed the 
 remainder of their lives, and where lie died June 28, 
 1863. She was called to rest May 29, 1857. Their 
 two children were Frederick and Charles. The 
 former died when about twenty nme years of age, 
 and thus Charles is the only surviving member of 
 the famil}-. 
 
 In Blackman Township, March 6, 1857, our sub- 
 ject w.as born, and there also passed, the years of 
 cliildhood and youth in a comparatively uneventful 
 manner. He attended the common schools of his 
 district, becoming thoroughly acquainted with the 
 Three R's, as well as other auxiliary branches of 
 knowledge. At the same time he labored on the 
 farm, l)ecoming proficient in agricultural lore. 
 When prepared to establish a home of his own he 
 was united in marriage in .Sandstone Township, 
 Jackson County, February 21, 1883, tiie bride 
 being Miss Clara B., daughter of Dwight and Lucy 
 Ingraliam of Sandstone Township. Mrs. Morrill 
 was born April 22, 1863, and has borne her husband 
 one child, Lenna May. Mr. Morrill was for one 
 term Township Clerk, which position he filled sat- 
 isfactorilj'. 
 
 By persistent energy and unremitting eSforts Mr. 
 Morrill has gained financial independence and is 
 well situated in life. His endeavors have been 
 warmly seconded by the faithful assistance of his 
 wife, who is fitted by education and native refine- 
 ment to occu))}' a iiigh position, socially, and is a 
 favorite in the community. On their homestead 
 will be seen the numerous buildings, such as are 
 considered essential on a modern farm, while the 
 soil by careful cultivation is yielding a bountiful 
 supply of fruits and grains. 
 
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 fclLLIAM GUNN owns and successfully 
 
 * IfclLLIAM gun: 
 1^ luanages a farm 
 V^^ and twent}' acr 
 
 Qomprising one hundred 
 t}' acres of land in Blackman 
 Township, Jackson Count}-. His entire life has 
 been devoted to agricultural pursuits, and bj' ex- 
 perience, as well as by a careful perusal of all 
 
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 865 
 
 practicnl information bearing upon tlie subject, lie 
 has attained to a. thorough knowledge of tlie soil 
 and of the liest methods of its cultivation. 
 
 Horn of substantial English progenitors and 
 liiuisfifof Knglisli birth, our subject is the son of 
 John and Ann (Shillingford) Gunn, both likewise 
 natives of England, where, after marriage, they 
 settled in Buckingham, and emigrated thence in 
 1832 across the Atlantic to the United States. Pro- 
 ceeding directly to Washtenaw County, Mich., 
 they settled in Ann Arbor. Later the}' removed 
 to Jackson County and located in Sandstone Town- 
 ship. After living in several different places, the 
 father died in Hives Townsiiip, Jackson County, 
 in November 1860. Tiie mother |)n.ssed away in 
 Sandstone Township. 
 
 Of the eight children born to John and Ann 
 Gunn, William, our subject, was the eldest son and 
 second cliild. Me was born in r>nckinghamshire, 
 England, November 23. 1823, and when nine years 
 old accompanied his parents to America. He soon 
 liegan to work for himself, hiring out to various 
 farmers, and occupying himself at anything b_v 
 wliich ho could make an honorable living. He has 
 been self-supporting from early childhood. When 
 ready to establish home ties of his own, lie was 
 united in marriage with Miss Harriet Freeman, in 
 Ingham County, this Slate, January 3, 1817. She 
 lias borne him three cliildten, namely: Oscar E., 
 who died in infancy; Eleanor D., the wife of Edwin 
 T. Doney; and Lenora A. 
 
 Mrs. Gunn is the daughter of David and Betsey 
 (Thomas) Freeman, natives of Niagara County, 
 N.Y. After their marriage they located in Niagara 
 County fust, and in 1844 removed to Ingham 
 County, this State, settling on a farm about seven 
 miles north of Mason. There the faliierdied. The 
 mother passed to rest in Williamston, Ingham 
 County. Of their family of five children Mrs. 
 (!unn was the si'cond. .She was l)orn in Niagara 
 County. N. Y., July 30, 182G, and was eighteen 
 years old when she accom|)anied her parents to 
 Michigan. 
 
 After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. (Jnnn resided 
 four j'ears on his father's farm in Sandstone Town 
 slii|>, whence he removed to his present firm in 
 Ulackinan Townshii). He has devoted little atten- 
 
 tion to political affairs. He is a member of the 
 Patrons of Industry, while his wife, religiously, 
 holds membership with the Freewill Baptist Chiiicli 
 at .lacksoii. 
 
 ♦^^ 
 
 ^ OHN .STEVENS, who is a native of the Old 
 Granite State, came to Jackson County 
 when a j'oung man of twenty -two years, and 
 homcsteaded a tract of land comprising one 
 hundred and sixty acres, on section 1.5, in wliat is 
 now Blackmail Township. This he has further im- 
 proved by erecting such buildings as are necessary- 
 to the successful cultivation of a farm. When he 
 settled here he was a single man, but afterward re- 
 turned to his home in the East, whence he brought 
 back a bride to share his home. 
 
 The father of our subject was Moses Stevens, 
 who was born in Salisbury, N. II., where he spent 
 his life engag'^d in farming. His wife was JIar}' 
 Colby, also a native of New Ilampsiiire, who bore 
 her husband thirteen children. After living peace- 
 ful and retired lives, they passed to rest in Salisbury, 
 mourned by friends who recognized the [nirity of 
 their lives and the beauty of their characters. The 
 legac}' of a pure name was their most cherished 
 gift to their chikiren. 
 
 John Stevens, our subject, was next to the eld- 
 est in his father's famii}-. and was born in Salisbury, 
 N. H., September 1,1808. His enrl\- educational 
 facilities were vtry limited, and the greater portion 
 of his time was devoted to farm work, in which he 
 became proficient, and was enabled, when stjirting 
 out for himself, to manage iiis propert}' success- 
 fully, as the result of the practical experience of 
 earli> r years. The lady with whom Mr. .Stevens 
 was iiiiiled in marriage, March 21, 184.'), was prior 
 to that time Miss Nancy .Stevens, and was the only 
 daughter of the late David and Nancy (Call) Stev- 
 ens, of Salisl)ury, N. H. Mrs. Stevens had three 
 brothers. .She was born in Warner, N. H., June 
 18, 181 "), and there she made her home principally 
 until her inarri.age. However, she was for a time 
 employed in factories in Massachusetts. Imme- 
 diately after her union with Mr. .Stevens they pro- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ceeded to Michigan, and located in Jaclcson County, 
 which was then just beo;inning that process of 
 development the results of which are apparent on 
 every liand. 
 
 The five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stevens 
 were named respectively: Henry F., who resides 
 with his fatiier; Cliarles W., who is engaged in the 
 artificial stone business in Lansing, Mich., and who 
 married Miss Edwina McConnell, daughter of J. T. 
 MtConnell, whose sketcli appears on another page 
 of this volume; Mary J.; George W., who lives in 
 Jackson; and Albert D., who died when fourteen 
 months old. Thougii never taking an active part 
 in political affairs, Mr. Stevens votes the Republi- 
 can ticket usually, though in local elections he 
 supports the man rather than the partj-. 
 
 IhM, OSES ^y. true Uns resided almost unin- 
 terruptedly in Blackman Township, Jack- 
 son County, since his first arrival, when a 
 child of about tliree years, and has dur- 
 ing this period been an interested witness of tlie 
 progress of the township and county, being him- 
 self directly connected with man}- measures calcu- 
 lated to promote the growth of the community. He 
 cares little for tlie honors or emoluments of office, 
 and prefers the quiet of domestic life and the du- 
 ties associated with his homestead. 
 
 Of the nine children, who lived to years of ma- 
 turitj', comprised in the family of .John and Han- 
 nah (Watson) True, our subject was the fourth, 
 and was born in Merrimac County, N. H., Jan- 
 uar3- 26, 1831. His parental history is outlined in 
 the sketch of Alva S. True, which may be found 
 elsewhere in this volume. John True, resolving to 
 foMud a home in the new and growing West, took 
 ills family and with tiiem located in Jackson 
 County, Mich., where our subject received his edu- 
 cation in the common schools. He grew to a vig- 
 orous maniiood, assisting his father in the farm 
 labor. 
 
 Upon attaining to manliood Mr. True resolved 
 to seek his fortunes in California, wiiich was then 
 called the Eldorado of America. In 1852 he crossed 
 
 the plains, and commenced to mine in Yuba County, 
 Cai., remaining there two years. The [climate was 
 unhealth}', and the associations uncongenial, and 
 Mr. True, finding the desired fortune still eluding 
 his grasp, while illness andQdiscomforts were lurk- 
 ing near, decided to return to his Michigan home. 
 Here he began to'work as a tiller of the soil, and 
 has met with success in his efforts. He now owns 
 and operates a farm consisting of one hundred and 
 thirty acres of land in Blackman Township. He 
 has improved his homestead, bringing the soil to a 
 good state of cultivation, erecting necessary and 
 commodious farm buildings, enclosing and subdi- 
 viding the farm b}' substantial fences, and keeping 
 well up with the times on every subject connected 
 with farming. 
 
 Mr. True" was united in marriage, April 9, 1863, 
 in Lansing, Mich., with JMiss Adelaide, daughter of 
 Jabez and Josephine (Hudson) Wightman, who 
 came from Genesee County, N. Y., to Ingham 
 County, Mich., in 18o0, whence they later removed 
 to Shiawassee County', the same State. There the 
 father died September 11, 1889; Mrs. Wightman 
 survives. Mrs. jTrue was the fourth among their 
 six cliildren, who grew to manhood and woman- 
 hood. She was born in Mt. Morris, N. Y., June 
 20, 1842, and when about six years old accompan- 
 ied her parents to Ingham County, Mich. Three 
 children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. True, 
 namely : Henr}', who also resides in Blackman 
 Township; Ada J.,' the wife of Mr. AYalling; and 
 Leonard, who .died in 1877, when six years of age. 
 
 
 -T-liT^ 
 
 RA SNOW, late a resident of Sandstone Town- 
 ship, and one of its most highly esteemed citi- 
 zens, was born November 19, 181.5, in the .State 
 of Vermont, and departed this life at the homestead 
 in this township, April 17, 1871. He was of New 
 England ancestry-, and the son of John and Rox- 
 ana Snow, who spent their last years in New York 
 and Michigan respectively. He spent his child- 
 hood and j'outli in New York, and on the 4tli of 
 February, 1863, was united in marriage with Miss 
 Ann E. Chase. To them was born a family of 
 
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 four c'liiklrcn, llic eUIost of wliom, a daughter, 
 Mary B., is llie wife of Walter Bailey, of this 
 county; IMaltic nia'-ricd Charles Strand, of Black- 
 raan Townshii); Ira .1. married Mary E. Chai)el, 
 and lives on a farm in this township; and Horace 
 H. remains at home with his mother. On the 23d 
 of Ani;nst. 18fS2, a child about eight months old 
 was left on Mrs. Snow's doorstei). It is not yet 
 known whence she came. She is a remarkably 
 bright little girl of eight years, and the pride of the 
 family. 
 
 After their uiarriage Mr. and Airs. Snow settled 
 on a farm in Sandstone Townshii), lying on section 
 5. Mv. Snow upon first coming to .Michigan located 
 in Parma Township, this county-, whence he re- 
 moved about 1850 to a farm in this townshi[). 
 Prior to his marriage he sought the Pacilic Slojie, 
 spending some years in California. Aside from 
 this he followed farming as his life-long occupa- 
 tion. He was a liberal-minded and public-spirited 
 citizen, and in politics, a sound Republican. In his 
 family he was a kind hnsl/and and an indulgent 
 parent, and in his neighborhood enjoj'ed the es- 
 teem and confidence of all who knew him. lie 
 endured the usual hartiships incident to life on the 
 frontier, and w.as possessed of the courageous spirit 
 and unfl.agging industry which enabled him to build 
 up a good homestead and leave a competence to his 
 family. 
 
 After the death of her husliand Mrs. Snow, in 
 1880, removed to her present farm, this comprising 
 one hundred and sixty acres of improved land, 
 with good buildings. She moved from the old 
 homestead to another farm a short time after her 
 husband's decease. She is a native of Chautauqua 
 Count}', N. Y.,and was born August 30, 1838. Her 
 parents were Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Smallman) 
 Chase, who were natives of New York State, and 
 the father born in Washington County. In 184.5 
 they emigrated to Michigan, settling in Sandstone 
 Township, this county, upon land which the father 
 had traded for his farm in New Vtirk. and wliicli 
 comprised about one hundred and sixt}' acres on 
 section fi. He subsequently added to his real estate 
 until he had about two hundred and forty acres, 
 which he brought to a good state of cultivation. 
 When taking possession of his (ir.sl land only about 
 
 five acres had been tilled. He there spent the re- 
 mainder of his days, passing aw.aj' in December, 
 1862. The mother survived Ikm- husband about 
 two j'ears, her rleath taking place in December, 
 18G4. 
 
 Five children were born to Neheraiah and Eliza- 
 beth Ch.ase, four of whom are living, and of whom 
 the widow of our subject is the eldest born: IMa- 
 rietta married Henry Vervalin, of Parma Township; 
 Cornelia is the wife of John Price, of .Sandstone 
 Township; Washington lives in Montana; .lolin 
 died in Montana when about forty years old. 
 
 'i^^.- — 
 
 HARLES R. KNICKERBOCKER. An .as- 
 , sured position among the business men and 
 property owners of .Jackson is held by the 
 above-named gentleman, who is now Viqe Presi- 
 dent and General Manager of the Knickerbocker 
 Com[)any, whose business is the manufacture of 
 tlouring-mill m.achiner}'. He has been connected 
 with the business prosperity of this city since 1846, 
 when, although not j'et of age, he began a career 
 which has i)rovcd successful in establisiiing his own 
 rei)utation for ability and honorable <Iealing, and 
 in securing to him a fair share of this world's goods. 
 William Knickerbocker, the father of our sub- 
 ject, was a business man of Ontario Count}', N. Y. 
 Charles R. was born July 23, 1827, in Monroe 
 Count}', N. Y. In 183.5 the father came to J.ack- 
 son County, Mich., and located a {nece of lanil in 
 Pulaski Township, afterward removing to Gara- 
 belville, Hillsdale County, where he kept a tavern. 
 There were no railroads in that section, but his inn 
 was located on what was known as the Chicago it 
 Detroit Turnpike. He also kept a stage stand and 
 hotel combined, and was Postmaster, and was also 
 Dei)uty Sheriff for a time. After acting as "mine 
 host" three years, he settled upon a farm at Somer- 
 set, Hillsdale County, where lie carried on the pur- 
 suit of agriculture, and dealt in live stock until 
 1846. He then removed to Jackson, and for a 
 twelvemonth w;is the proprietor of what w.as known 
 as the American Hotel, afterward engaging in the 
 livery busincs:; with his son, our subject, under the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 firm name of Knickerbocker ife Son, bnt ere long 
 disposing of Ills interest in the business, to Morris 
 Knapp. A farm wiiich is now in the city limits, 
 and known as the George Taylor farm, was the 
 next home of tiic family, and after its sale Mr. 
 Knickerbocker resided in the city until his death in 
 1886. His wife, who died on the Taylor farm, in 
 1860, was Sallie, daughter of Ruben Knapp, of 
 Monroe County, N. Y. She was the mother of three 
 daughters and two sons, Mrs. Morris Knapp, and 
 our subject, being all who now survive. 
 
 The earlj- school daj'S of the gentleman who is 
 the subject of this brief sketch, were passed in the 
 town of Somerset, Hillsdale County, Mich., his at- 
 tendance at the institution of learning being dur- 
 ing the winters, while his summers were spent in 
 assisting his father on tlic farm. Removing with 
 his parents to Jackson in tiie fall of 1846, he soon 
 engaged with his fatlicr in the livery business, and 
 after his father's withdrawal from the firm, con- 
 tinued his own connection with it until 1856, when 
 he sold his interest to his partner and brother-in- 
 law, Morris Knapp. He then became a traveling 
 salesman for the firm of Waters, Lathrop & Mc- 
 Naughton, manufacturers and dealers in farm im- 
 plements, but the following year formed a co-part- 
 nership with Jerome B. Eaton, engaging in the 
 wholesale and retail grocery business, the connec- 
 tion continuing until 1866, when both partners 
 sold out. 
 
 Ml'. Knickerbocker next formed a co-partnership 
 with Allen Bennett ct W. D. Tliompson, the st3'le 
 being Bennett, Knickerbocker ifc Co., and built 
 what was then known as tlie Jackson City Mills, of 
 which he was the acting manager until 1878. In 
 1871 the mill was burned, but was rebuilt in 1872; 
 immediately after its destruction b}' fire, the com- 
 panj- bought the Albion Mills, wliich they also ope- 
 rated until 1879. In 1875-76 Mr. Knickerbocker 
 became interested in the George T. Smith patents, 
 and took the active management of tlie business, 
 beginning the manufacture of tlie George T. Smith 
 Middlings Purifier. He was made Vice-President 
 and General Manager of the compan3', and con- 
 tinued as its general manager until the summer of 
 1882. when he sold the bulk of his interest and re- 
 tired flora the management, but was retained as 
 
 President for six months. In 1883, in companj' 
 with W. D. Thompson and R. II. Emerson, he or- 
 ganized what is now known as the Knickerbocker 
 Compan}^ and was at once made its A''ice-President 
 and General Manager. The firm is doing a large 
 business, its products being considered reliable in 
 material and construction, and of practical designs, 
 and now being used all over the world. 
 
 On December 3, 1850, Mr. Knickerbocker was 
 united in marriage with Miss Susan C. Bates,of Jack- 
 sou. She was burn in Ontario County, N. Y., and 
 is a daughter of Philo Bates. The union has been 
 blessed by the birth of two children: AVilliara B. is 
 the owner of the Albion Milling proi)ertv; and Hat- 
 tie Louise is the wife of Dr. John L.,Gish, of this 
 city. Mr. Knickerbocker is a stanch Democrat, giv- 
 ing all his personal influence to the cause, as wall as 
 depositing his own ballot in its support. His resi- 
 dence is a substantial and well designed one, and 
 he also owns other valuable city property. 
 
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 ..o*o.-^JA><A^..o*o.. 
 
 ELDER THOMAS JOHNSON. Among the 
 pioneer settlers of Columbia Township may 
 , i be mentioned the subject of this notice, who 
 
 came to Michigan as ear'y as 1840, and located on 
 a small farm in Norvell Township. He lived 
 theie lu'obably two or three years, in the meantime 
 making some improvements, and then removed to 
 his present farm in Columbia Township. This 
 place at the present time bears little resemblance 
 to the spot upon which he located nearl}' fifty 
 years ago, it being then a tract of wild land u])on 
 which probably the foot of a white man had seldom 
 trod. The labors of a life-time have transformed 
 it into a comfortable homestead. It embraces one 
 hundred and sixty acres of land, and is pleasantly 
 located on section 34. 
 
 The birthplace of Mr. Johnson was in Tillstock- 
 ville, Shropshire, England, and the dale thereof 
 July, 1807. His father. William Johnson, was 
 likewise a native of that shire, and the descendant 
 of an old and well established famil}' of pure Eng- 
 lish stock. He was carefully' reared b}' excellent 
 parents, and chose farming for his life vocation. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAI'HICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 llpon reacliing man's estate lie was married, in bis 
 native place, to Miss Jane lluglies, who was of 
 l)ii'tii and ancestry similar to his own. They sel- 
 lled on a farm near tlie place of their liirlli and 
 became the parents uf live children. The mother 
 died in the prime of life, and is remembered as a 
 lad}' possessing all the Christian virtues, being de- 
 voted to her family, a faithful friend and a hos- 
 pitable neighbor. 
 
 In 18.32, a few j'ears after tiie death of his wift , 
 William Johnson carae to America, landing in 
 New York City after a long and tedious ocean voy- 
 age. He was in limited circumstances, and at once 
 sought emjiloyinent. securing work on the Hudson 
 it Albany canal. Later he went to (ieneva, N. Y.. 
 and entered the employ of a Mr. Gregory, whom 
 he had known, and whom he had worked for in 
 England. While in the emploj' of his old friend, 
 Mr. Gregory, he w.as a second time married. ' 
 Deciding then to seek the West he came to this 
 .State, locating first at Clinton, and sulisequently 
 coming to this count}' and |iurchasing land in 
 Norvell Township. Of this union there were born 
 three children, in this townshii), and after his re- 
 moval to Kent County, this State, two more child- 
 ren were added to the famll}' circle. William 
 Johnson de[)arted this life at an advanced age, at 
 his home in Kent County. His last wife survived 
 him ten years, when she also was called hence. 
 
 The subject of this notice was the second child 
 of his father's first marriage and subsequenth' 
 made his home for a time with his paternal grand- 
 mother. He received a common-sclu)ol education, 
 and when quite young he was employed at the pot- 
 tery works at Staffordshire, and was thus occupied 
 for a period of eighteen years. In the meantime he 
 was married to Miss Mary Wagg, a native of 
 Staffordshire, and whose father was also employed 
 in the pottery works, as a packer in the warehouse. 
 After the birth of four children, Mr. Johnson, not 
 satisfied with his condition or his prospects, decided 
 to seek a home in the New World in the hope of 
 bettering his financial condition. Setting out in 
 1840 with his two eldest children, leaving the 
 mother and the two j'ounger in England, he landed 
 in New York City, whence he proceeded to Buffalo, 
 where he found himself out of monej'. He had 
 
 with him a valuable book, and with this he was com- 
 pelled to part in order to secure funds for prosecut- 
 ing his journev'. He thus made his w.ay with his 
 boys to Toledo, whence he proceeded bj' rail to 
 Adrain, Mich., and leaving his baggage at the depot 
 to pay for his fare, he then started on foot with his 
 children and walked to Tecumseb. He there met 
 a kind and hos|)iiable man who extended to him 
 aid and symi)athy, keeping him and his childrin 
 (jvc'r night and providing for them a passage to 
 Napoleon, where they arrived the following day. 
 
 At this point Mr. Johnson secured cmplo^'ment 
 for a short time, and by borrowing a little monej' 
 from one .Mr. Harvey Austin, now deceased, ho. in 
 August, that same year, returned to New York 
 City to meet his wife and the other two children. 
 The reunited family, strong in a mutu.al S}'mpatli\' 
 and com|>anionslii|), now sought the West for a 
 permanent home. Locating in Na|)oleon Township 
 j\lr. Johnson and his wife sought employment, find- 
 ing not only work but friends, and from that time 
 their fortunes began to mend, so that in the course 
 of a fi^w years they bad a farm paid for. and were 
 surrounded with all the comforts of life. The 
 wife and mother atlaiue<l to the ripe old .age of 
 eighty years, and departed this life at the home- 
 stead. October 8, 1876. She was a devoted mem- 
 ber of the Baptist Church and a lad}' possessing 
 many estimable qualities, which endeared her not 
 only to her own family, but to her many fi lends. 
 
 Mr. Johnson, in 1878, contracted a second mar- 
 riage in Norvell Township, with Mrs. Harriet 
 (Smith) James. This lady was also of English 
 birth and parentage, a native of Newburg, Leices- 
 tershire, and born October 12, 1821. Her father, 
 Richard Smith, likewise of Leicestershire, was an 
 honest, hard working laborer and spent his entire 
 life in the place of his birth. He died when his 
 daughter Harriet was an infant of nine months, he 
 being then sixty-two years old. When fourteen 
 years oM Miss Harriet with her mother, Mrs. Mary 
 (Barker) Smith, and a n)arried brotliei'. set out, 
 in 183.'), for the L'nited Stales, taking i)assage at 
 Liverpool, and landing in New York Cilj' after an 
 ocean voyage of four weeks and two da^'s. 
 
 In the great metropolis the little family re- 
 mained that winter, and when the ice had gone 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 from North River they made their way to Albany 
 and thence to Michigan Territory. Locating near 
 Dundee, Monroe County, they sojourned there 
 until after tlie death of the mother. Miss Harriet, 
 then grown to wonianiiood, came to this county, 
 and in due time married Wm. James, an English- 
 man, who died in Leslie, Ingham County, without 
 children. Mrs. James lived there until her mar- 
 riage to Mr. Johnson. Of tliis union there are no 
 cliildren. William, the eldest son of the first mar- 
 riage, toolc to wife Miss Amanda Mitchell, and is 
 engaged as clerk in a dry-goods store at Jackson. 
 Thomas, a farmer, married Alice Meyers, and they 
 live near Jeffersonville; John is occupied as a car- 
 penter and gener.nl mechanic, at Jackson; James 
 married Miss Elizabctli Kelly, and resides on a 
 farm in Columbia Township. 
 
 The subject of this notice, together with his ex- 
 cellent wife, has been identified with the Baptist 
 Church for many years, and Mr. Johnson for 
 nearly forty years has filled its pulpit acceptably 
 in this county and various other places. He is 
 sincerely devoted to the Master's cause, and has 
 labored to the best of his ability for its promotion. 
 He voted for John C. Fremont at the organiza- 
 tion of tlie Republican party, and has since given 
 his political support to its principles. 
 
 IflU^ ORACE C. ANSTERBURG & BRO., pro- 
 prietors of the Concord Mills, are widely 
 and favorably known throughout this part 
 'i^ of the county as more tiian ordinarily good 
 business men and first-class citizens. Horace, tlie 
 senior member of tlie firm, was born in South Al- 
 bion, this State, April 29, 1856, and enjoyed the 
 advantages of a practical education in the common 
 school. When fourteen years old he commenced an 
 ap|)reniiceship at milling in Homer, serving five 
 years and gaining a thorongii knowledge of the busi- 
 ness, having the latter part of the time full charge 
 of his employer's mill. 
 
 At the age of nineteen Horace Ansterburg re- 
 paired to Litchfield and commenced his business 
 career by leasing the mill at tliat [ilace, which he con- 
 
 ducted successfully for three years. In 1879 he went 
 to Burlington, Branch County, where he leased an- 
 other mill, operating it the same length of time. In 
 the spring of 1882 he came to Concord and leased 
 the Concord Mills owned b3' Smalley Bros., and 
 with which he has since been connected, instituting 
 many improvements and doing a very profitable 
 business. This mill has one of the finest locations 
 for water power in the countjr and a capacity of 
 one hundred barrels per da3\ Ansterburg Bros, are 
 engaged quite extensively in buying grain and deal- 
 ing in flour. Horace owns a residence in Concord. 
 He admitted his brother to partnership in the busi- 
 ness in 1887, and b^' their energy, ability, square 
 dealing and promptness in meeting their obliga- 
 tions, they have climbed up to a position in the 
 front rank among the business men along the west- 
 ern line of the county. 
 
 Horace Ansterburg, although niiiformly so suc- 
 cessful, met with some adversity at the close of his 
 five years's apprenticeship by the failure of his em- 
 ployer which involved a loss to young Ansterburg 
 of $1 ,600 of hard-earned money. He did not allow 
 tills to discourage him, however, but got up and 
 went at it again with the results we have already 
 seen. He was married in 1879 to Jliss Mary, daugh- 
 ter of Milton and Lettie Coller. This lady was born 
 in Burlington, Mich., in 1857, of parents who were 
 natives of Ohio, and early settlers of Branch County 
 this State. Of this union there are two bright chil- 
 dren — Milton born in January, 1887, and Mary 
 Lura, in September 1888. 
 
 Charles Ansterburg, junior member of the firm 
 above mentioned, was born in South Albion, this 
 State, July 19, 1861, and remained at home wiih 
 his father until a youth of sixteen years. He then 
 began an apprenticeship at the moulders's trade in 
 the foundry and machine 'shop at Homer, becoming 
 a practical workman and following the business four 
 years. In 1884 he abacdoned it and coming to Con- 
 cord learned milling of his brother and in 1887 was 
 admitted to partnership in the business. He was 
 married in Concord, June 20, 1887 to Miss Etta, 
 daughter of Thomas and Henrietta Spencer, who 
 were natives of Spring Arbor. Mrs. Etta Anster- 
 buig was born on the 8th of February, 1868, in 
 Spring Arbor and is now the mother of one child. 
 
PORTRAIT AND lUOHRAl'lIICAL ALHLM. 
 
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 a daughter, Maiy, born August 29, 1889. Charles, 
 like his brotiier. is a Republican in iiolitics and a 
 iiipnibcr in good standing of the Mnsonif fraternity 
 at Homer. Ilor.aee is a Royal Areli Mason, lielong- 
 ing to tlie lodge in Union City. 
 
 The parents of the Ansterburg Bros, were Michael 
 and Tamela (I'ntnani) Ansterl>urg, who were na- 
 tives of Genesee County, N. Y., and the father was 
 born in 1822 and tlie tnotlier in 1 831. The mother 
 died in 1 868, and our subject was adopted bj' Hiram 
 and Mary Billings of Concord. The paternal grand- 
 father was a native of Pennsylvania whence he emi- 
 gr.atcd to New York Stale at an early day and en- 
 gaged in farming among the pioneers of Genesee 
 County. In 18;i2 he turned his eyes toward the far 
 West and coming to Michigan Territory, settled in 
 Calhoun County, where he followed farming until 
 advancing years compelled him to retire, lie spent 
 his last da3S in AUiion. The family is of German 
 descent. 
 
 Jlichael .\nsterburg was a boy of ten j'ears when 
 he came to Michigan with liis parents and at an 
 early age became an expert hunter, laying low many 
 of the deer and wolves which then infested this 
 region. When reaching man's estate, he ran a dis- 
 tillery for a time and then established himself in 
 South Albion as a blacksmith which business he 
 prosecuted for about ten 3'ears. Next he purchased 
 a farm in Clarendon Township, Calhoun County, 
 which he operated until 1880. That year he retired 
 from active labor, rented his farm and removed to 
 the village of Homer of which he is one of the old- 
 est settlers, and where he still resides. The politics 
 of his boys were doubtless shaiicd by him as he, like 
 them, is an uncompromising Rei)ublican. Dui ing the 
 Civil War he was drafted into the army three times, 
 responding each time but being rejected bj' the 
 examining surgeon. 
 
 Mrs. Pamela Ansterburg was the daughter of Mr. 
 Putnan?, a farmer of Genesee County, N. Y., who 
 came to Michigan Territory at an early date and 
 was one of the first settlers of Clarendon Township, 
 which he named. It is probable that he frequently 
 unbent from his dignity as a Deacon of the Baptist 
 Church as he was quite a noted hunter, besides be- 
 ing a leading farmer. He spent his last days in 
 Clarendon Township. His daughter. Pamela, unlike 
 
 her father, united vith the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church in which she still remains an active mem- 
 ber. Of her marriage with Michael Ansterburg there 
 were born six children, viz: Jliriam, Mrs. Snyder 
 of Homer; Adelia, Mrs. Holmes also of that place; 
 Avery; Lizzie of Homer; Horace and Charles. 
 
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 ILLIAM A. GIBSON, M. D., is in the 
 
 W strictest sense of that much abused term, 
 ,, ^ a self-made man. He worked his way 
 through a preparatory course of study, tlien through 
 a literary course, after which he was graduated 
 with honor in his profession. During a number of 
 years he has worked assiduously at his profession, 
 having been located in Jackson since 1869, and 
 having an immense practice. He belongs to the 
 Homeopathic School, and his success in the use of 
 its remedies is sufficient to instill faith in its theories 
 into the minds of the most unbelieving. He is 
 also a graduate of the Allopathic coiirse at Ann 
 Arbor, Mich. 
 
 The paternal grandparents of our subject were 
 Scotch and Irish, and Grandfather Gibson was a na- 
 tive of Scotland. He, on coming to America lived in 
 New York and Pennsylvania. Their son, Thomas, 
 father of our subject, was born on shipboard during 
 the passage to America. He vvas reared in the 
 Middle States, whence about the year 1836 he came 
 to the Territory' of Michigan, residing for a time 
 in Ypsilanti. Thence he removed to Ann Arbor, 
 in 1845 or 1846, changing his residence to Jackson, 
 where he 3"et -remains, occupying a pleasant resi- 
 dence on Greenwood Avenue. He is a mason and 
 followed that trade for some years. The maiden 
 name of his wife was Mary Piper. She was born 
 in Palmyra, N. Y., her father, John Piper, being a 
 Revolutionar}' soldier. She breathed her last in J.ack- 
 son. in May 1874. She bore five children, named 
 res|)ectively, William A., John, Thomas, Marictle, 
 and Robert A , all of whom were reared to years of 
 maturity. 
 
 Mr. Gibson, of whom we write, was born in Ypsi- 
 lanti, Washtenaw County. July 18, 1843, and was 
 but three years old when lie came to Jackson with 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 his parents. He attended the district schools, after- 
 ward advanced liis education by attending the city 
 schools, and when seventeen 3'ears old began study- 
 ing medicine. At tlie age of eighteen lie entered 
 the medical department of the State University at 
 Ann Arbor, continuing hi? studies there until 18G3, 
 when he obtained the appointment of Hospital 
 Steward and joined the Army of the Potomac, being 
 subsequently transferred to tlie hospital at Camp 
 lilair. After tlie close of the war the young Doctor 
 continued the study of medicine with Dr. Carr, but 
 in the fall of 1865 again entered tiie State Univer- 
 sity-, being graduated therefrom in the class of 
 186G. In May of that j'ear he went to Marshall, 
 where lie practiced his profession until 18G9, when 
 he returned to Jackson, which has since been his 
 liome, and where he h.as been actively engaged in 
 professional duties, winning competence and fame. 
 
 In Miss Laura S. Kirtland, daughter of Frederick 
 and Betsy S. Kirtland of Jackson, Dr. Gibson 
 found a worthy companion and with lier he was 
 united in the bonds of holy wedlock. September 27, 
 1866. The happy union has been blessed by the 
 birth of two daughters, Isabelle and Irene. Dr. 
 Gibson is a member of Michigan Lodge, No. 50, 
 F. & A. M.; of Jackson Chapter, No. 3, R. A. M. 
 In polities he is a Republican. He is President of 
 the Board of Pension Examiners, and was Pension 
 E.xaminer Surgeon prior to the establishment 
 of the Board of Examiners, about fifteen years; 
 was City Physician four years; was County Phy- 
 sician two years; and was Alderman of the 
 Fourth AVard two j-ears. The positions that be 
 has occupied are a proof of the estimate in 
 which he is held by his fellow-men and his private 
 life is one of the most kindly nature. His amiable 
 wife and accomplished daughters have assisted in 
 making liis home one of the pleasantest spots in the 
 city and in gathering around it a congenial band. 
 
 Dr. Gibson has alwaj's been a lover of fine horses 
 and without neglecting bis practice he gives reason 
 able attention to his pet enterprise — that of breed 
 ing trotting stock. His first venture in this line 
 was in 1871), when he purchased Ilamlet, one of the 
 best sons of Volunteer. The breeding interest in 
 Michigan was then in its infancy and the doctor 
 soon sold the horse ; however, the love of the trot- 
 
 ter so permeated his nature that he again bought a 
 stallion and laid the foundation of what is now a 
 large and successful business. Attracted liy the 
 progeny of Alexander's Abdallah, he determined to 
 own a horse that carried his blood, and after inves- 
 tigation decided upon Tremont, a son of Belmont. 
 Results proved the wisdom of his choice, as Tre- 
 mont proved a trotter and is today taking high 
 rank .as a sire of trotters endowed with race-horse 
 qualities. He has a record of 2:284^ and lias even 
 greater speed than this record indicates, together 
 with the tenacit}'. jjluck and courage, characteristic 
 of the family, and the power to transmit these 
 qualities to his offsp; ing. The grand voung horse 
 Junemont, whose record of 2:18f was won in a 
 fierce and prolonged contest against the famous 
 horses of his class, is a son of Tremont; Belle Rene, 
 2:26|; ;iMaymont, 2:18|, so also are Aconite, Mon- 
 tie, and a number of others who have shown 
 their ability to beat 2:30. Belle Rene, who made 
 a record of 2:26f after being used for a number 
 of years as a brood marc, is a daughter of Tremont. 
 
 In 1885 Dr. Gibson determined to bu3' a son of 
 Onward, having full faith in the future of the 
 George Wilkes tribe and a great admiration for 
 Mambrino Chief blood. His prediction concern- 
 ing the future greatness of Onward was soon real- 
 ized and the colt he selected is himself destined to 
 become famous. His choice was Oltuedo Wilkes, 
 who has won a good record, 2:26;|-, and has sired 
 foals in Kentucky (Fancy Bees, a four-3'ear old, has 
 a record of 2:27) that are winning a name among 
 horsemen. In Michigan there is a two-j'ear old 
 called Cash, which w.as bred b}' a farmer, owned by 
 a farmer, and trained by a farmer, that trotted a 
 half mile in 1:12; all this without the advantage 
 of professional training or nrich work. This in- 
 stance alone is sufficient to prove the wisdom of 
 Dr. Gibson in selecting Olmedo Wilkes as a mem- 
 ber of his breeding enterprise. 
 
 Dr. Gibson's idea in buying Olmedo Wilkes was 
 to breed him to Tremont fillies. The produce will 
 be choice and will be stout enough to insure first 
 class race horse qualities. The Doctor is too sensi- 
 ble a breeder to neglect the influence of good 
 mares and has made his selection carefull}-, p.a.ying 
 due regard both to breeding and individual merit. 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPHICAL ALRUM. 
 
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 Among those he owns are Belladonna, Belle Rene, 
 Music in the Air, Lady Wilkes, Maggie Bowers, 
 Rhea. Rulli, Reta, an<l Miss Bradlc.y. It. will not 
 be long ore Dr. Gibson can place on the market 
 animals that will prove fast performers and have 
 the stamina for grand circuits. caml)ining qn;ilitics 
 inherited from the blood of George Wilkes and 
 DoUj', reinforced by that of Almont, mingled with 
 the double Alexander's Ahdallab cross in Trcmont, 
 the two top crosses alone having the successful 
 sires united with great speed producers of the best 
 breed. 
 
 ]l.^^^ ARRY GEORGE, aged twenty-four years, 
 manager of the .lackson Daily Citizen, 
 learned the printer's trade in the Citixcii of- 
 fice. Mr. O'Donnell, the pr(i|)rietor of the 
 Citizen, represents the Tliiid District in Congress, 
 and during Mr. O'DonnuU's absence Mr. George has 
 charsje of his business. 
 
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 '%M ONROE G. CARLTON. In the bogin- 
 ning of 1888 the Grass Lake Neivs was a 
 -I* badlv printed folio, with indifferent pat 
 ronagc. In Februar3^ of that year, the 
 otliee came under the management of Mr. Carlton, 
 by whom the papar was enlarged to a six-column 
 quarto, and its subscription and advertising has 
 proportionately increased until tiic paper now ranks 
 with the best of Michigan's intciior journals. Mr. 
 Carlton is a veteran in the publishing and printing 
 bnsiness.beginning to learn tiie "art preservative of 
 arts " at the early ago of tiiirteen years, in War- 
 saw. N. v., in the otHce of the Western Ne/r Torker. 
 With him, as with tliousa'nds of others, there is 
 about this vocation an attraction hard to resist, and 
 in the case of Mr. Carlton it seems a calling to 
 which he is especially .adapted, lie for five3'ears 
 filled the |)Osition of city editor of the Jackson 
 Diiih/ Patriot, and has been prominently identified 
 with the newspaper fraternit3- of the count\' for 
 over a di-eade. 
 
 A native of LeRov. Gimksci' ('i>iMily, N. V., llic 
 
 subject of this notice was lioni .hily 2.'). l.'so:!. ami 
 is a son of Guy and Elizabeth (I'aine)Carllon, the 
 former also a native of the Empire Stale, and the 
 latter of New England extraction. The elder Mr. 
 Carlton is a farmer by occupation. About IHIl 
 the parents removed from Genesee to W^'omin"- 
 County, where the venerable head of the family 
 still resides at the advanced age of eighty-sc^vcn 
 years. The mother died many years ago. Monroe 
 G. spent his boyhood in New York, but subse- 
 quently came to Michigan, where he resided at the 
 outbreak of the War of the Rebellion. 
 
 The events preceiling the great civil conflict, 
 aroused all the patriotism of young Carlton, and he 
 resolved upon having a hand in the preservation of 
 the Union. He accordingly enlisted in Company 
 L, Third Michigan Cavalry, and was mustered into 
 service as Second Lieutenant. lie went with his 
 regiment to the front, and acquitted himself in a 
 manner which gained him the approval of his supe- 
 rior officers, and the admiration of his subordinates. 
 In due time he was promoted to a capt'iincv. Ow- 
 ing, however, to physical disability' incurreil in 
 the line of duty, he was obliged to resign his com- 
 mission in 1862, and ver^' much against his incli- 
 nations return to the pursuits of civil life. He is 
 now in the enjoyment of a moderate pension. 
 
 Mr. Carlton during his army experience, gained 
 a thorough knowledge of military' tactics, and has 
 never lost one iota of his patriotism since the close 
 of the war. He c.ist his first vote as a Democrat, 
 and is a believer in the principles and tenets of that 
 party. He belongs to Edward Pomeroy Post, 
 G. A. R. at Jackson, also Excelsior Lodge No. 1 !.">. 
 F. & A. jM.. at Gi-ass Lake 
 
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 EDWARD A. A 
 among the olc 
 _' will not reeal 
 
 DWARD A. WEBSTER. There are few 
 older residents of Jackson who 
 to mind, with sentiments of 
 kindly remembrance, the name with which we in- 
 troduce this sketch .is that belonging to one of its 
 most highly respected citizens. He came to Michi- 
 gan at an earl^v dale, identified himself at once with 
 the in teres (s nf u'k ■nhiiiii- 1 fniLut v'miuI •ifiiM- m wrll. 
 
874 
 
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 spent life departed hence June I, 1885 at his home 
 in Jackson. 
 
 Mr. Webster was born in Essex County, Vt., 
 July 24, 1833, to D.avid B. .and Eliza (Gass) Web- 
 ster, the f.ather of English descent and a distant 
 relative of Daniel Webster. David 15. Webster was 
 a man of standing and education and for many 
 years a i)roniincnt attorney in his native State. 
 Finally, deciding upon seek'ng Ids fortunes in the 
 West he emigrated, in 1836, to Michigan Territory 
 and settled in Kalamazoo, lie was soon rec<jgiiized 
 as a valued addition to the community, became 
 piorninent in local affairs and in due time, after 
 filling other positions of trust and responsibility, 
 was elected to the position of Judge which he held 
 for a number of years and until his death, in 18G0. 
 He was the father of two ehddren only, both sons 
 — William H. and Edward A,, our subject. 
 
 Judge David B. Webster was born in Concord, 
 N. H., where he grew to manhood and commenced 
 the study of law vvitli Judge Reed of IMontpelier, 
 Vt. Upon coming to Michigan he formed a p.artner- 
 ship with Charles E. Stewart which continued for 
 several years. Subsequently Judge Webster was 
 associated with H. Mower, a prominent .attorney 
 at Kalamazoo and they i)racticed together until 
 1844 in whiciiyear Mr. Webster was elected to the 
 Judgeship of the Prob.ate Court. At the expira- 
 tion of his terra of office he was appointed by Presi- 
 dent Taylor, Register of the Land Ottice. He was 
 a stanch Whig during the existence of the old party 
 and upon its abandonment became a strong Repub- 
 lican. A man possessing fine ahilities and sound 
 common sense, he carried with him no small influ- 
 ence and contributed his full quota to the advance- 
 ment of the material prosperit}' of this part of the 
 State. 
 
 Edward A. Webster of wiiom we write in all re- 
 spects did honor to his origin, having inherited 
 from his father the substantial traits of character 
 which made them both successful in life. He at- 
 tended the schools of Kalamazoo during his younger 
 years and then entered Albion College, where he 
 completed his education. He began his business 
 career as a clerk in the city of Detroit, remaining 
 with one firm a number of 3'ears. In 1856 he took 
 up his residence in Jackson, and from that time 
 
 until the close of his life was regarded as one of its 
 most enterprising and useful citizens. From the 
 Jackson Star we gather many details in relation to 
 his life and services. In connection with his de- 
 cease the Star says editorially. 
 
 "To those not familiar with Mr. E. A. Webster's 
 state of health for the past few months tiie intelli- 
 gence on Mondaj' morning of his death created a 
 profound shock, hut to those who have been .ic- 
 quainted with his condition and the nature of his 
 disease it was not very surin-ising though none the 
 less painful. For more than a year he had been 
 troubled with heart disease and for six months he 
 was quite an inv.alid and under the i)hysician's treat- 
 ment, but it was hoped that he might live for many 
 years, even though he should not again become 
 robust, for life seemed more attractive to him of 
 late years as prosperity had favored him and he had 
 begun the work that was to be the groat ambition 
 of his lift, the consummation of his hopes and [Jans 
 — the construction of a palatial home on his beau- 
 tiful tract of land on Wildwooil Avenue. The 
 foundation walls were completed under his super- 
 vision .and he was in the habit of daily visiting the 
 place, even during his illness he being there on 
 the da^r preceding his death." 
 
 Mr. Webster came to Jackson in 1855, locating 
 here just as the Republican party was being organ- 
 ized under the Oaks. The principles which its 
 leaders ennnciated received his cordial endorsement 
 and he became one of their most ardent supporters. 
 Prominent at that day vvas the late Senator Chan- 
 dler whose attention and admiration were attracted 
 by Mr. Webster's energy, not only in the matter of 
 politics but in whatever else he undertook and the 
 two in a short time became warm friends. This 
 friendship remained unbroken until Mr. Chandler's 
 death, in 1879. 
 
 Soon after his arrival' in Jackson Mr. Webster 
 established himself as a wagon manufacturer, in a 
 modest way, in company with his father-in-law, Mr. 
 Austin of Kalamazoo, and this was the nucleus of 
 the great industry familiarly known as under the 
 auspices of the Jackson Wagon Company. Other 
 gentlemen of enterprise and capital soon became 
 interested in it, but the business was conducted un- 
 der the firm name of Webster, Courter & Co. and 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 875 
 
 they put lip the largest manufactory of tlie kind in 
 the West, locating it on Railroad Street. The re- 
 sult, however, did not meet their anticipations and 
 in 1869 tiie business was closed up and the land and 
 buildings sold. 
 
 .Mr. Webster in the meantime had become inter- 
 ested in tlie Central Car and .Afanufacturing Com- 
 pany of which organization he had been made Pres- 
 ident at the start and this, more successful than the 
 other, was conducted for a number of years. Mr. 
 \\'ebster at the same time was interested in several 
 other enterprises among them the American Tele- 
 graph Company whicii came into being in 18G9, it 
 is believed, and of which he was also made Presi- 
 dent. With his usual energy he pushed this also and 
 in a comparatively short time poles and wires were 
 placed over a good pari of Southern Michigan and 
 Northern Indiana and Mr. Webster remained con- 
 nected with tin's until 1870, when the franchise and 
 slock was purchased by the Western I'nion Tele- 
 graph Compan\' and he disposed of his interest 
 therein. 
 
 At the same time Mr. Webster retained his inter- 
 est in the wagon manufactory. He also dealt largely 
 ill real estate and purchased of Livermore, Wood 
 ife Eaton nearly all of the ground lying between 
 Third and Pourlh Streets where he began the erec- 
 tion of dwelling houses. He also put u|) several 
 business blocks, including the Lnion Bank Build- 
 ing. Bj' 1877 the business of the wagon company 
 had assumed such proportions as to demand Mr. 
 AVebster's entire attention and he saw that it would 
 be best to abandon his other enterprises and devote 
 his energies to this. The enterprise which had be- 
 gun with the manufacture of perhaps two wagons 
 per day grew until its projector lived to see it turn- 
 ing out one hundred vehicles per day which found 
 a ready sale, not only throughout this, but adjoin- 
 ing States. 
 
 In 1878, under Mr. Webster's management a 
 branch manufactory was established at Mounds- 
 ville, W. Va., which became largely the counterpart 
 of the Jackson enterprise and likewise proved a 
 great .success; this is giving employment now to a 
 large force of workmen. Notwithstanding Mr. 
 Webster, in addition lo his jjcrsonai intcilsts, always 
 watched the growth and welfare of his adopted city 
 
 as only seconil in iinponanco to his own fortunes, 
 he never aspired to political oflire, the only one 
 which he ever held being as Chairman of the Board 
 of Public Works. During his first four year's term 
 he proved a valuable member of that body and the 
 city profited largely by his financial ability and his 
 sound judgment. The late Mayor Bunnell reap- 
 pointed him and he remained a member of the 
 Board until the time of his death. For many years 
 Mr. Webster was a Warden in St. Paul's Church 
 and the close friend of the Rector, Rev. J. T. Ma- 
 grath. 
 
 The large number of people attending the funeral 
 obsequies of Mr. Webster, which took place at his 
 residence on Wildwood Avenue, testified to the gen- 
 eral regard in which he was held. The Common 
 Council and the members of the Board of Public 
 Works were present in a body and a large delega- 
 tion of the emplo3'es of the Jackson Wagon Shops, 
 besides citizens both of Jackson and the county 
 at large. The floral offerings were such as have 
 seldom been seen upon a like occasion, being 
 brought by loving hands in large quantities and of 
 the choicest description, the designs being especially 
 elaborate and costlj'. 
 
 Tlie family of our subject comprises four children 
 — a daughter and three sons. The first mentioned. 
 Kale W., is the wife of Peter B. Loomis, -In Mr. 
 Looniis at the present time (May, 1890) is travel- 
 ing in Kuropc. The sons who have all grown to 
 man's estate will continue the business which was 
 so successfully inauguratad by their honored fa- 
 ther. 
 
 fi LLEN W. DUNN. None but an intelligent 
 class of men could have so successfully de- 
 veloped the rich agricultural resources of 
 the Wolverine State. Michigan like most 
 of the Western States has obtained her wealth from 
 the underlying soil of her fertile fields and among 
 those men who have contributed notably to the 
 success of her farming interests may be mentioned 
 the subject of this notice. We find Mr. Dunn pleas- 
 antly located in Columbia Township where he has 
 a well-developed farm, one luiudrnl and twenty 
 
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 acres in extent, whicb has become the source of a 
 handsome income. He purchased tliis land in 1883, 
 and has made many imiirovemcnts, renovating and 
 adding to tlie old buildings and erecting new ones. 
 
 Prior to his removal to this county, Mr. Dunn 
 h.ad been a resident of Somerset Township, Hills- 
 dale County, where he owned an eight3'-aere farm 
 which he traded for that which he now owns. He 
 removed with his parents to Hillsdale County when 
 a boy of eleven years, from his birthplace in Onon- 
 daga Township, Ingliam County. He first opened 
 his eyes to the light April 27. 1844, and when two 
 and one-half 3'ears old was taken by his parents to 
 Moscow Township, Hillsdale County, whence the}' 
 removed to Somerset Township when he was eleven 
 years old. His boyhood d.nys were spent partly in 
 school and partly in work upon the farm. He was 
 fond of his books and improved his leisure tunc in 
 reading and study and later for a time was engaged 
 in teaching. He finally, however, chose farming for 
 liis life vocation and in tliis has been more than 
 ordinarily successful. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is the eldest son and 
 child of Simeon Dunn who is now a resident of 
 Soiiierset TownsLip, Hillsdale County, and one of 
 its oldest and most lionored citizens. He made his 
 home with his parents until becoming of age and 
 when rgady to establish a fireside of his own, was 
 wedded to Miss Harriet M. Norton, of Somerset 
 Township. This lady was born in Eockford, AVin- 
 nebago County, 111., January 12, 1847, and is the 
 daughter of tlie Rev. Oliver W. and Henrietta (Wil- 
 cox) Norton, the former of whom was a native of 
 East Bloomfield Township, N. Y., and the latter of 
 New York City. They were married in that city 
 where Mr. Norton began his ministerial labors as a 
 missionarj". He was the son of Sereno and Harriet 
 (Moise) Norton, who had reared him under pious 
 influences. Tliej' spent the latter years of their lives 
 in New York State and died there at the advanced 
 ages respectively of eighty-seven and ninety-six 
 years. In religious belief they were strict Presby- 
 terians and in the i)ale of this church carefully 
 reared their son, giving him a good education. He 
 was duly graduated from the theological school of 
 Princeton, N. J., and at an early age evinced his 
 desire to become a laborer in the Master's vineyard. 
 
 The Rev. Oliver Norton after his marriage re- 
 moved to Angelica, N. Y., where he sojourned a 
 few years and we next find him located at Gosse 
 Isle. Thence in 1843 he removed to Roekford, 111., 
 where he began his pious labors before the erection 
 of a church edifice — in fact when the present nour- 
 ishing cit}- was a mere hamlet. He remained a res- 
 ident of Winnebago County about six years and 
 then changed the scene of his labors to Jefferson 
 County, Wis., where he sojourned probably three 
 years, still continuing in the work of the ministry 
 and depending upon the precarious funds of the 
 home mission for his pay. Mrs. Norton died in Jef- 
 ferson County, Wis., in April, 1850, when compar- 
 atively a young woman. She had been a devoted 
 wife and mother, was an active member of the Pres- 
 l)ytprian Church and the faithful and efficient help- 
 mate of her husband in all his labors, toils and sac- 
 rifices. 
 
 In June, following the de.ath of his wife, .Mr. 
 Norton wilh his little family of six children went 
 back to New York City and leaving them there 
 wilh friends, pursued the work of the ministry in 
 different parts of New York State. In January, 
 1852, he was a second time married, in Chautauqua 
 County, to Miss Sarah Swezey. This lady was Dom 
 and reared in the Empire State and came of a good 
 famil}'. Soon afterward Mr. Norton removed to 
 New Jersey and engaged in teaching and preaching 
 for nearly- three j'ears, in the vicinity of the Hudson 
 River and New York City. Upon leaving New 
 Jersey he went to Ararat, Pa., where he sojourned 
 three years and then returning to Chautauqua 
 County, N. Y., engaged in farming two 3ears. 
 
 The next removal of Mr. Norton was to Spring- 
 field, Erie County, Pa., where he preached until 
 the spring of 1863, then turning his steps westward 
 he came to Michigan and officiated as pastor of the 
 Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, two years. At 
 the expiration of this time he removed to Somer- 
 set Township, Hillsdale County, where he sojourned 
 three years and from there removed to a farm in 
 Litchfield Township, that count}'. He there spent 
 four j'ears and we next find him in Quincy, Branch 
 County, where his death took place October 7, 
 1873. when*iearly sixty-two j'ears old. he having 
 been born December 9, 1811. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 The last days of the Rev. Mr. Norton were no 
 less devoted to tlie Master's work than were those 
 of his early manhood, allhou,<!;h he liattlcd with 
 failing- health and at limes it seemed as if he must 
 retire from the ministry. His second wife, just two 
 years to a daj' after the death of Mr. Norton, met 
 with a tragic deatii while crossing the railroad 
 track at Quincy, ISIich., the wagon in which she was 
 riding being struck by a locomotive, resulting in 
 injuries to herself which soon proved fatal, and in- 
 stantly killing her son Il.arlan P., aged twenty 
 ye.ars. She was the uiolher of six children, four of 
 whom arc living and residents of Chicago. 
 
 Mrs. Dunn received careful parental training and 
 a good education in the common schools. She grew 
 up to .an attractive womanhood,morc than ordinarily 
 inlelligent.possessirigwarm affections and devotedly 
 attached to her friends. Of her union with our 
 subject there has been born only one child — Ina 
 E., who has inherited largely the talents and dis- 
 "p6sition of lier mother, and who is now pursuing 
 her studies in Hillsdale College. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Dunn are members of the First Congregational 
 Churcli of Somerset, and their home, more than or- 
 dinarily pleasant and attractive, is the frequent re- 
 sort of tlie best people of tiieir communitj-. Mr. 
 Dunn, politically, formerl3' alliliated wjih the Dem- 
 ocratic i)arl\- but his warm interest in the temperance 
 movement led him some time since to idcntif}' him- 
 self with Ihe Prohibitionists. 
 
 Simeon Dunn, the father of our subject, when 
 attaining to man's estate was married to Jliss 
 Loomy Weaver. He emigrated to Michigan, and in 
 common ivilh the pioneers about him, transformed 
 a |)(jrtion of the wilderness into a good homestead 
 and became one of the most highly respected citi- 
 zens of tills section. He was a man possessing ad- 
 mirable traits of character, was honest and upright 
 in his dealings with his fellow-men and presented 
 an example, both in his family and in his commun- 
 it}-, which was well worthy of imitation. There 
 were born to him and his excellent wife four chil- 
 dren, two of whom aio living, making their homes 
 in Michigan. 
 
 KS. 1;T11LVN r. CL()r(ilI. a?, an evi- 
 dence th.at'-the world moves," which means 
 that its people are progressing in intelli- 
 gence a:.d liberality of thought, is the fact 
 that woman is being rapidly given the opportunity' 
 to do for herself and make all the headway to which 
 she is rightful!}' entitled and to the extent which 
 her talents will .admit. Mrs. Clough is the publisher 
 and editor of the bright and newsy weekly Brook- 
 l3'n Exponent. . The paper was established in 1881 
 by her husband, Charles W. Clough, to whom she 
 was married Jul}' 21, 1876. At her husband's 
 death, SeptembeV 30, 1884, Mrs. Clough assumed 
 the management of the paper. 
 
 It is maintained that to be the successful con- 
 ductor of a newspaper or anj' other enterprise of 
 the kind, the individual must have a practical ex- 
 perience in connection therewith and also of the 
 " art preservative." It cannot be denied that Mrs. 
 Clough h.as been remarkably successful and this is 
 surprising inasmuch as she never had any practical 
 experience at the business, except such as she 
 le.arned accidental!}- during her husl)and's life- 
 time; and she presents the phenomenon of hav- 
 ing successfully conducted the Exponent and won 
 for it an increasingly popular support, whicli h.as 
 maintained it on a sound financial basis, with a 
 lilieral advertising ])atronage and a subscription 
 list of seven liundred or more. 
 
 In the meantime, in addition to her office work, 
 Mrs. Clough has given a mother's care to her little 
 family of three cluldrcn. One daughter, Adelaide 
 M., was adopted by her husb.and's sister at the 
 time of ids death. A sliglit, frail woman of youth- 
 ful appearance, she is one who would scarcely be 
 piclced out by a stranger as a successful editor, 
 conducting a })rosperous business. Tlie Exponent 
 is a (ive-coUimn quarto, and independent on all pub- 
 lic questions. It aims to give a fair resume of local 
 hai)peiungs, togetlier with general news from all 
 points of the compass. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born in Monroe- 
 villc, Ohio, and is a daughter of Daniel and Cor- 
 nelia (Hubbell) Packard. Her parents were natives 
 of Ohio; the mother is living, but the fatiier is 
 now deceased. Her sons and daughters, who form 
 a Iiright (piartet, are named respectively: Charles 
 R., Adelaide M.. I'dwanl F. aud Eleanor Maude. 
 
 
878 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ^^_, ARRY A. LADD. Although yet a young 
 man, this gentleman is shrewd and indus- 
 trious and makes a success of his chosen 
 calling — that of a farmer and stock-raiser. 
 He is the owner of four hundred and eighty acres 
 of land in Norvell Townslii(), and operates six liun- 
 dred and lwent3' acres. His homestead, which is 
 located on section 21, is well supplied with farm 
 buildings and finely stocked. He has some very 
 fine grades and registered animals of various 
 breeds, raising quite a supply of Brst-class ani- 
 mals, and is quite extensively engaged in winter 
 feeding of cattle, sheep and swine. 
 
 As the only living child he feels a sense of 
 dut3- in taking u[itlie work which the father in death 
 has laid down, and hopes to rear some of his three 
 boys as farmers to succeed him, and keep the old 
 homestead, which his fathei hewed out of the wil- 
 derness and loved so much, from passing into 
 strange lianils. His farms everywhere show marks 
 of improvement, and he is enthusiastic in the work 
 of draining sloughs and clearing and draining 
 swamps and marshes, and in his system of farming 
 his greatest aim is to improve the soil with each 
 rotation of crops by the aiiplieation of science in 
 the husbanding of nature's boundless resources of 
 fertility. 
 
 The family of which Mr. Ladd is a descendant 
 in the paternal line is of old New England stock, 
 well knosvn for their good character and noted for 
 their bodily strength and long lives. His grand- 
 father, John Ladd, a native of Windham County, 
 C<mn., married a woman of great physical power, 
 and a member of a family whose history has been 
 associated with that of the State for many years. 
 Mr. and Mrs. John Ladd removed to Oswego, 
 N. Y., when their son George, who was born in 
 Windham County, Conn., February 21, 1814, was 
 a small child. A few years later the)' changed their 
 residence to Oneida Count}-, where they. died full 
 of years and highly respected. George Ladd grew 
 to manhood on his father's farm in the county last 
 mentioned, where he became of age and was mar- 
 ried, in 1845, to Julia J. Burleigh. The bride was 
 born in that county, in 1820, to Luke and Lucretia 
 Burleigh, natives of New Hampshire and of old 
 and well-known New England families. Mr. Bur- 
 
 leigh was twice married, losing his first wife in 
 New Hampshire, and marrying the second time in 
 New York, where he continued to reside engaged in 
 farming. He and liis wife, Lucretia, were promi- 
 nent members of the community where they re- 
 sided. 
 
 The wife of George Ladd was well reared and 
 well educated, becoming a teacher in the. public 
 schools, and carrying on jjedagogical labors for 
 several years, both before and after her marriage. 
 Although almost three-score and ten j'ears old, hav- 
 ing been born April 3, 1820, she is one of the smart 
 women of this county, wliere she makes her home 
 with her only child. George Ladd died at his 
 home in Norvell Township, May 23, 1887, leaving 
 a large property which had been accumulated by 
 his successful labors as a farmer and stock- raiser. 
 He first came to Michigan in 1836, and made sev- 
 eral trips after horses, which he took East over- 
 land, driving and leading them all the way back to 
 New York. There he would sell the animals at a 
 profit, in this way making money with which he, 
 in 184C, purchased a large tract of land in Norvell 
 Township, which lie afterward operated and made 
 his home. He was remarkable for his strength of 
 body and mind, and for the abounding energy of 
 his nature. A man, who b}' his keen perceptions 
 and quick decision, made money while others hesi- 
 tated. He always bought for cash, and it was a 
 common remark of his, that he never let a cash 
 customer go bj' for any small difference in price. 
 
 All of his property not invested in real estate, 
 was kept out at interest, much of it being loaned 
 to young men just starting in business. To such 
 he would ask ten per cent interest to discourage 
 thera from investing too large amounts, but would 
 alwa3S discount three per cent when the notes were 
 paid. He was a man of strong attachments, and 
 loved his family, his friends, and home, .asking only 
 for health, with these, to fill his cup of happiness. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 this sketch, was born at his father's homestead on 
 section 28, Norvell Township, January 20, 1859. 
 He grew to manhood with good advantages, receiv- 
 ing his earl}' education in the district schools of the 
 count}-, and conlinuing his studies at Ypsilanti. 
 He was married in his own township, to Miss Clara 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 879 
 
 M. Fielding, who was boni in \Yliite Oak Town- 
 slii|), Iiigliam County, July 27, 18G4. Her parents, 
 Josepli G. and Eunice (Lallirop) Fielding, arc na- 
 tives of this State, in which tiiey grew to maturity, 
 beginning their married life on a farm in Ingham 
 Count}'. After some years spent tliere, they came 
 to this count}-, and are now living in Sandstone 
 Townsliip, at the ages of fifty-four and fifty -one 
 \'ears respectively. Mrs. Fielding is a member of 
 the Baptist Churcli. Mrs. Clara Ladd was the fifth 
 of ten children born to her |)arcnts, and during her 
 girlhood received careful training at their hands. 
 She acquired an excellent education, and many so- 
 cial and domestic virtues. She is tlie mother of 
 four children — C. Hoyce, Leland B., Harley F., 
 and F. Liicile. 
 
 ftlr. Ladd of wiiom we write, is the only surviving 
 child of his mother. His only brother Herbert, died 
 after his marriage, this sad event occurring on thfi 
 day he was thirty j-ears old. Our subject has man- 
 aged the parental property, and in all his labors lias 
 been prosperous and progressive. He is a Repub- 
 lican, as was his father before him. He is one of 
 the school ofHcers of his district, and has been .'su- 
 perintendent of the township schools. Mrs. Ladd 
 belongs to the Baptist Churcli. They are among 
 the leading young people in the society of a large 
 community in the township and count}', and very 
 popular among their associates. 
 
 \«*«K AVID T. WINTON. Tiie Hanover Times 
 which is especially devoted to the local in- 
 terests of Jackson Count}', has been for 
 years under the editoral management of 
 Mr. Winton, who is also pulilisher and proprietor — 
 a live New Englander, born in Saugatuck, Conn., 
 May '20, 1859. He spent his early years in his na- 
 tive State m attendance at the common school and 
 under the careful training of excellent parents. 
 When sufficiently advanced in his studies he en- 
 tered Norwich University at Norlhlield, Vt., where 
 he completed his education. Mr. Winton, however, 
 had already practically chosen his vocation in life, 
 as for him. like liiousands of otiiers, there was an 
 attraction about the art i)reservative which deter- 
 
 mined him to become fully acquainted with it as 
 soon as time and opportunity would permit. His 
 lirst experience in a printing ollice began when he 
 was a lad of fifteen years and he has followed it 
 with slight intermissions uptothe present time, al- 
 though latterly occupying the editorial chair and 
 conducting business on his own account. 
 
 When leaving his native State Mr. Winton 
 sought the far West, crossing the Mississippi and 
 making a tour through various States, including 
 Texas. He gained a good insight into border life, 
 meeting men from all climes and gaining a practi- 
 cal knowledge by travel which he could never have 
 obtained from books, however thorough and com- 
 plete in detail. Upon his return to Connecticut he 
 was offered and accepted the position of Railroad 
 Agent for the New York, New Haven <fe Hartford 
 Railroad Company, and being stationed at Bridge- 
 port, was thus occupied for two years. Newspaper 
 work, however seemed more in his line and more 
 suited to his inclinations, tastes and capacities, and 
 now returning to the West besought the Wolverine 
 State and locating in Hanover, this county, in due 
 time purchased the office and plant of the Times, of 
 which he has been the publisher and editor from 
 1882 to the present time, with short intermissions. 
 
 The Hanover Times is a five column quarto 
 with a bona Jide circulation of six hundred, which 
 is steadily on the increase. It -enjoys a very 
 good advertising patronage, while a job office, 
 equipped with all the appurtenances for executing 
 legal work and handbills of all kinds, adds largely 
 to the ordinary income of the establishment. The 
 Times is independent on all public questions and 
 its columns are open to arguments, discussions and 
 corrcsi)ondence from any and all who can add any- 
 thing of value or interest for the benefit of its 
 patrons. Mr. Winton comes of old Revolution- 
 ary stock, being the son of Andrew L. and Mary 
 E. (Gorham) Winton, who were also natives of 
 Connecticut, and whose progenitors were promi- 
 nent in the Colonial days. Andrew L. AVinton 
 was for many years one of the successful merchants 
 of Bridgeport, where be also carried on milling, 
 and was the owner of a large amount of real estate. 
 He is still living. The parental family consisted 
 of two children, both of whom are living. 
 
880 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 The subject of this notice was married in Han- 
 over, March 11, 1885, to Miss Hattie A., daughter 
 of Charles K. and Clarinda Densmore. The par- 
 ents of Mrs. Winton were natives of Maine, and 
 are now living. She was born February 12, 1857, 
 in Hanover, acquired a good education in the com- 
 mon school and remained a member of the 
 parental household until leaving it to- become 
 the mistress of her own home. The home of the Win- 
 tons is pleasantly located in the north part of the 
 city, and they enjoy the friendship and society of 
 its best people. Mr. Winton, while giving his best 
 efforts to his paper and the business connected 
 therewith, still maintains a warm interest in the 
 general prosperity of his adopted county, and 
 gives his uniform encouragement to the enter- 
 prises calculated to promote its welfare. He med- 
 dles very little with politics otherwise than to 
 uphold the men for office whom he considers best 
 qualified to serve the interests of the people, and 
 usually votes with tlie Republican party. 
 
 —- «i*^^ 
 
 REUEKICK J. PRICE. This well-known 
 ^1 journalist of Jackson City and prominently 
 connected with the Industrial News as 
 Manager and Secretary, is a life-long resident of 
 this county and was born in Jackson June 15, 18G6. 
 His parents were William and Mary (Brayman) 
 Price, natives of Jackson, Mich. The parental 
 family consisted of two children, Frederick and 
 Bessie, the latter dying July 29, 1888, from diph- 
 theria, at the age of five years and six months. 
 
 Educated in the Jackson schools and from boy 
 hood interested in the secret of printing, Mr. Price 
 at an early age became thoroughly posted on all the 
 minutiieof a newspaper and printing office, through 
 five year's experience as office boy, compositor and 
 foreman in the employ of a city paper. His natural 
 genius was thus supplemented b}' a practical knowl- 
 edge of the business, admirabl}' fitting him for the 
 position which he at present occupies and with 
 which he is i)roving a valued factor as being able 
 to promote its financial prosperity. He is a man 
 stndglit forward in his intercourse with business men 
 and in social circles occupies no secondary position. 
 
 The nucleus of the Industrial Neirs was a job 
 printing office established by the subject of this no- 
 tice February 12, 1887. On the 1st of August, 
 1889, the office was sold to a stock company and 
 the Industrial News was established as a semi- 
 monthly paper with officers as follows: M. G. 
 Loenneeker, President (he being a native of Ger- 
 many, a resident of Jackson City for eighteen years 
 and the present, 1890, Mayor); S. W. Phillips, Vice 
 President and Treasurer (he being a resident of 
 Jackson for eleven years and a prominent broom 
 and brush manufacturer), and Frederick J. Price, 
 Secretary and Manager. 
 
 The Neirs from its inception was a jjopular suc- 
 cess. Its first week bounded into a subscription 
 list of four hundred, and within thirty days to one 
 of eight hundred. Outside the regular list the com- 
 pany issued ten thousand extra copies,semi-monthly 
 for gratuitous circulation. The paper is devoted 
 to the welfare of Jackson County and its industries 
 and owing to its phenomenal popul.'irity and success 
 the company decided to change it into a weekl}'. 
 Its first issue under its new regime appeared Jan- 
 uary 3, 1890, with an assured circulation of twenty- 
 eight hundred and seventy. 
 
 Mr. Price was married October 9, 1888, at the 
 age of twenty-two years, to Miss Louise, eldest 
 daughter of Martin G. and Mary Loenneeker. 
 
 RANK W. McKENZIE. 
 
 The newsjjaper 
 interests of Jackson County, are worthily 
 represented by the publisher and proprietor 
 of the Concord Weekly Independent, with whose 
 name we introduce this sketch. This paper was es- 
 tablished under the name of Our Home Enterprise, 
 November 6, 1878, by William F. Bigelow, and the 
 plant was purchased by its present owner, October 
 15, 1888, the name of the paper being changed at 
 the same time. Upon its change of ownership new 
 life was given to the paper, the tone of its reading 
 matter perceptibly changed, in consequence of 
 which its circulation, within a short time, increased 
 twenty- five per cent., until now it has a subscrip- 
 tion list of seven hundred names, with a corres- 
 ponding increase in its advertising patronage. The 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 881 
 
 Independent now occupies a leading position among 
 llie loc:i! papers of Jaclisun County, and is a fine 
 illustialion of the pusii and entciiuise which cliar- 
 acterizes its editor and publisher. 
 
 The subject of this notice w.as born SeiHeniber 7, 
 1855. at Bergen, Genesee County, >,'. V., and is a 
 son of Thomas and Charlotte (Sackett) McKenzie. 
 Tlie McKenzies originated in .Scotland, while the 
 Sacketts probably came from England and crossed 
 the Atlantic during the Colonial days. Thomas 
 IMcKcnzie w.as a man of much genius, being a skilled 
 arc;^hitect, likewise a builder and contractor, and with 
 him Frank W. learned the business which he followed 
 until becoming the pro|)rietor of the Indcjiendcnt. 
 
 Politically, Mr. McKeuzie is a Republican and 
 has been somewhat prominent in local affairs, serv- 
 ing in Concord two years as a member of tiie Vil- 
 lage Council, and he is also Village Recorder. -He 
 was sent by the Republican County Convention as 
 a delegate to the last Slate Convention, and has 
 filled many positions of trust and responsibility. 
 He keeps himself posted in regard to current 
 events, being a reader and a keen observer of what 
 
 is going on around liim. lie possesses literary 
 talents far beyond the average of the newspaper 
 writer and under the nom de plume of ^-Oatk.a" has 
 become widely known .as a contributor of articles to 
 a number of periodicals and papers devoted to out- 
 door sports, among them being the American Field, 
 the American Angler, Shootinfj and Fishing, Sports 
 A/le/diind others of equal importance among the 
 lovers of the rod and gun. 
 
 The marriage of Frank VV. McKenzie and Miss 
 Kate E. Pe^tee occurred .at the home of the bride's 
 sister, in Belding, Midi., May 26, 1880. Mrs. Mc- 
 Kenzie was born August 12, 1857, and is a daugh- 
 ter of Willard N. and Libbie Pettee, who were 
 natives of New York State, and were residents of 
 Ionia and Montcalm Counties, this State, but both 
 parents have been deceased for a number of years. 
 Of this union there have been born three children 
 —Minnie E., Thom.as W. and Charlotte. The snug 
 home of the McKenzies is located in the west part 
 of the city, and Jlr. and Mrs. McKenzie occupy no 
 secondary position in the social circles of Concord 
 and vicinity. 
 
^.. 1 
 
 BIOGFJpI^P^Igflli. 
 
 Abbey, Frederick 428 
 
 Adams, H. J 396 
 
 AcLims, John 23 
 
 Adams, John Quincy 39 
 
 Adler. F.G 361 
 
 Aldrich, Peter W 225 
 
 Aldrich, Rev. Sidney 628 
 
 Alger, Russell A , 173 
 
 Anderson, 15. B., M. D 475 
 
 Anderson, C S 649 
 
 Anderson, T. T 532 
 
 Anson, Hiram -tjo 
 
 Anstcrburg. Charles 870 
 
 Ansterburg, H. C 870 
 
 Arthur, Chester A gg 
 
 Atwcll. Lewis 500 
 
 Austin, A. D 778 
 
 Avery, S. H 682 
 
 Ay res, A. G 3^7 
 
 B 
 
 Uadcr, John C 713 
 
 Hadglcy, Lorenzo 850 
 
 Bagley, J. H 157 
 
 Baldwin, Henry P ' • >S3 
 
 Baldwin, John J -. . . 773 
 
 Baldwin, J. T 842 
 
 Banister, Charles L 572 
 
 Barber, E.W 25S 
 
 Barber, Z. M 472 
 
 Barret, Daniel P 665 
 
 Barry, John S 1J3 
 
 Bates. Samuel C 847 
 
 Bean, H. F 289 
 
 Beebe, M. K 481) 
 
 Bcgole, J.W 169 
 
 Bcman,MiloC 488 
 
 Bcnn, Elijah 442 
 
 Eennclt, George S -714 
 
 Bennett, W. M 205 
 
 licnnink, M . E 283 
 
 Bcntlcy, Nicholas J . . .794 
 
 Bcltis, John H 6^3 
 
 Bibbins, James O. . 259 
 
 Billings, H. K 342 
 
 Bingham, H. H 814 
 
 Bingham. Kinsley S ■■•'37 
 
 Blackmar, William S 43*^ 
 
 Blackmarr, Dr. C. B 596 
 
 Blair, Austin 145 
 
 Blakcly, James 3! 6 
 
 Bloomfield, C. C 649 
 
 Brewer, Samuel -(92 
 
 Brooks, T. C 662 
 
 Brown, George D 675 
 
 Brown, D. B 535 
 
 Brown, J, D t^^\ 
 
 Brown, Hon. William G 620 
 
 Buchanan, James 75 
 
 Bunker, Samuel 563 
 
 Burnett, E 402 
 
 Bushnell, W. R -38 
 
 Butler. F. M 319 
 
 Buyse, Rev. Theophilus 49^ 
 
 Cady, Jonathan 530 
 
 Cady, Porter A 384 
 
 Campbell, William 604 
 
 Carey, Jerome 777 
 
 Carlton, M. G 873 
 
 Carroll. John 495 
 
 Carroll. Stephen H ■■719 
 
 Carter, John G 724 
 
 Case, Warren 370 
 
 Cash, Peter 440 
 
 Cassedy, Charles 803 
 
 Chamberlin, R. W 523 
 
 Chapel, Keziah J 781 
 
 Chapel, Samuel 571 
 
 Charles, Asa 715 
 
 Charles, Bliss 308 
 
 Christie, J. B 590 
 
 Ch urch , J . H .^. 197 
 
 Clark. JohnL ' 666 
 
 Clarke, Joshua G 785 
 
 Clark. James 528 
 
 Clawson, Isaac 77s 
 
 Clement, Hon. Joshua 434 
 
 Cleveland. S. Grovcr 103 
 
 Clough, Mis. E. T 877 
 
 Cobb, Joseph 336 
 
 Cochr.in, Edmund B 588 
 
 Cole, H. G 215 
 
 Colwell.C. B s»o 
 
 Conant, Charles R 594 
 
 Concly. Thomas J 718 
 
 Cook, C. W 752 
 
 Coon, WiUiam H 545 
 
 Cooper, Horace C 637 
 
 Corwin, John C 437 
 
 Cotton, George 4*2 
 
 Cowan, Cyrus H 480 
 
 Coykendall. J. M 356 
 
 Crafts, M. K 595 
 
 Cranib, Josiah .624 
 
 Crapo, Henry H 149 
 
 Crawford, Maiquis D 574 
 
 Crawford, N. D. .473 
 
 Crawford, S. Z 19S 
 
 Creech, D. H 546 
 
 Crego, CM 429 
 
 Crego, Daniel P 4M 
 
 Crego, Wram 677 
 
 Croswell, Charles M 161 
 
 Crouch. D. E 554 
 
 Croweli, J. R 573 
 
 Cruse, Jacob 3»3 
 
 Cuff. Thomas ..581 
 
 Cuff, Thomas F 452 
 
 Culver. Marvin. M. I> 29'> 
 
 Culver. W. S 417 
 
 Dack, Francis 685 
 
 Dann, Benjamin 400 
 
 Darling. A. H 583 
 
 Darling, B. F 824 
 
 Darling, C. C 3=4 
 
 Darling. H.W 544 
 
 Darling, John G 668 
 
 Dauby, L. A 242 
 
 Davis, Charles A 817 
 
 Davis, E. P 286 
 
 Dean. George N 835 
 
 Dean, Julius P S'3 
 
 UcLamatcr, Hon. A. H 503 
 
 DeLamater, Jackson 4,0 
 
 DeLamaicr, W ^g^j 
 
 DeLand, Cot. Charles V 219 
 
 DeLand. Capt. James S 821 
 
 Dcming, Erastus H 203 
 
 Doming, George W 303 
 
 Dennis, Elmore 6^, 
 
 DePuy.N. J., M. D ,7, 
 
 Derbyshire, Edward 305 
 
 Detwy|er,John R --^si 
 
 Deyo. J.C ygj 
 
 I^illa.F.E 6^3 
 
 Dillon, Robert T ^^g 
 
 Dorcmus, James 514 
 
 Dorcmus, Thom.is O 567 
 
 DriscoII.O. B... 3<,5 
 
 DuBois. J. M ",c^ 
 
 Dunham. Albert .' 370 
 
 Dunn, Allen W gyj 
 
 Dunn, Jacob C 552 
 
 Dunn Dennis ...798 
 
 Dwelle. Adclbert W 603 
 
 Dwellc, Franklin 56b 
 
 E 
 
 Eastman. Oliver H 383 
 
 Eddy. Henry M 383 
 
 Elliott. C. A 466 
 
 Elliott, H. B 485 
 
 Emerson, C. C .. . 331 
 
 Evans, F..M.. ^68 
 
 Ewing, James M 329 
 
 Faulkner, T. C 556 
 
 Felch. Alpheus .' 117 
 
 Field, H 681 
 
 Fielding. Joseph 930 
 
 Kificid, F. G 747 
 
 Fillmore. Millard 67 
 
 Fish, Walter 680 
 
 Fish. M. W 650 
 
 Fitch, Loren L 761 
 
 Fitzgerald. Mrs. Elixa M 4^6 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Fleming, Dean S . 849 
 
 Foote, A. N 533 
 
 Foster, F. M 476 
 
 Foster, U.T 744 
 
 Fo,vler, Lewis L 469 
 
 Fraker, George V 272 
 
 Fiansisco, H. E 619 
 
 French, C.V 465 
 
 French. R. W 298 
 
 Frost,.!. B 8^6 
 
 Frushard. Frederick 680 
 
 G 
 
 IJarfield, James A 95 
 
 Gee, Lumon -390 
 
 (-ieorge, Harry 873 
 
 George, John, Jr 644 
 
 Gibbs, Ebenezer 755 
 
 Gibbs, Kev. W. L 641 
 
 Gibson, W. A.,M. D 871 
 
 Gifford, Henry W 623 
 
 Gildersleeve, W. F 700 
 
 Godfrey, William H 804 
 
 Goodwin, Hon. \V. F 854 
 
 Graham,flN. B 5'9 
 
 Grant, William 5^4 
 
 Grant. U.S 87 
 
 Greene. John 840 
 
 Greenly. William L i2i 
 
 Greiner, Augustus 347 
 
 Griswold. Mrs. Elizabeth... 709 
 
 Grosvenor, L. D 633 
 
 Gunderman. Rev. John 741 
 
 Gunn, William 864 
 
 H 
 
 Hall, George B 577 
 
 Hall.Philo J 607 
 
 Halladay, T. U 278 
 
 Halsted, H 829 
 
 Halsted, R. H 851 
 
 Hamblin, O. E 599 
 
 Hammond, C. P 722 
 
 Hampton, Oliver 795 
 
 Hanchett, D. H 735 
 
 Hanaw, Joseph 678 
 
 Harrington, Charles 249 
 
 Harrington, C. R 462 
 
 Harrington, Porter 372 
 
 Harrington, V. M 608 
 
 Harrison, Benjamin 107 
 
 Harrison, William Henry . . 51 
 
 Hartung, John M 511 
 
 Haskin. Charles H., M. D....270 
 
 Haskins, D. E 835 
 
 Hatch, B. C, Jr 223 
 
 Hatch, H. F 241 
 
 Hatch, John.^ 277 
 
 Hayden, Henry 832 
 
 Hayes, R. B 91- 
 
 Helmer. James 612 
 
 Helmer, Edwin L 322 
 
 Hendce, J. H 86t 
 
 Hendee, S. H 207 
 
 Hess, C. M 707 
 
 Hewitt, .\lden 651 
 
 Hewitt. ]. W 527 
 
 Heydlaufl', J. Gottlieb 536 
 
 HeydlaufT, John ^74 
 
 Heyser, S 247 
 
 Hibbard. D. B 807 
 
 Hickey, George S .....318 
 
 Hickox, Rev. George H..-...401 
 
 Higgins, W, A 742 
 
 Hills, J.C 233 
 
 Hinshaw.J.P 314 
 
 Hitt, Gordon 441 
 
 Hitchcock, W. W 756 
 
 Hoag, David 226 
 
 Hoagland,'!, B ...-. 423 
 
 Hodge, M. H ..696 
 
 Hogle, G, B 627 
 
 Holden, Delos J --317 
 
 Holmes, S. W 717 
 
 Horning, J, M 638 
 
 Horr, Charles VV 562 
 
 Hounson, Isaac 371 
 
 Howe, Charles E 610 
 
 Howe, Hon. A. N 369 
 
 Howind, Charles A 216 
 
 Hubert, E. G 588 
 
 Hubert, Mrs. SallieM 585 
 
 Hunt, Charles P 748 
 
 Hunt. Horace 244 
 
 Hyde.C. B 424 
 
 Irwin, W.C. 
 Ismon. H. S 
 
 295 
 
 Jackson, Andrew 43 
 
 Jefferson, Thomas 27 
 
 Jerome, David H 165 
 
 Johns, William 248 
 
 Johnson, Andrew S3 
 
 Johnson, Carl O. . . 505 
 
 Johnson, D.S ,.. 379 
 
 Johnson, Elder Thomas 868 
 
 Jones, D.S 208 
 
 Jones, L. M., M. D 4-^7 
 
 K 
 
 Kelley, Merchant 403 
 
 Kelley, Nelson 352 
 
 Kennedy, George W 751 
 
 Kerr, Robert C -. . 758 
 
 King. Hon.N. G 389 
 
 King, Simon , Jr 309 
 
 King, T. A 631 
 
 Kingsbury, Cyrus L 404 
 
 Kingston, B.J 487 
 
 Klinesmilh, j . IJ q;;? 
 
 Knapp, Samuel O 201 
 
 Knickerbocker, C. R 867 
 
 Knowles, Frank S 773 
 
 Knowles, R. D.- 483 
 
 Krenerick, John A 763 
 
 Ladd.H. A 878 
 
 Lake, Robert 76J 
 
 Landon,' David 851 
 
 Leonard, Thomas 375 
 
 Lewis, C. H., M. D 470 
 
 Lincoln, Abraham 79 
 
 Lincoln, E. N 421 
 
 Lock wood, David H 4S6 
 
 Lceser, Hugo C 788 
 
 Loomis, P. E. .. 815 
 
 Lord, George C 613 
 
 Losey, Michael •■403 
 
 Love , W, C 407 
 
 Lovewell. Henry 582 
 
 Lowery, E. F 663 
 
 Luce, Cyrus G 177 
 
 Luttenton, R. F 724 
 
 Lyman, Granville 315 
 
 Lyons, Allen .359 
 
 M 
 
 Maboe, John R 774 
 
 Madison, James 31 
 
 Main. J. B :o6 
 
 Maikham, Marcus 860 
 
 Marsh, Amasa W 435 
 
 Mason, Stephen T 105 
 
 Mnute, John G 775 
 
 Mayer, Gottfried --536 
 
 May nard, Frani 657 
 
 Mayo, J. C . 762 
 
 McClelland, Robert 129 
 
 McConnel, J. T 766 
 
 McCurdy, John - 450 
 
 McDevitt, Frank J. ...640 
 
 McDonald, William 686 
 
 McGee, Melville 812 
 
 McKee, James '1' .238 
 
 McKcnzie, F. W 8S0 
 
 McKaughton, Hon. M. A. .,.508 
 
 Mead, A. H 768 
 
 Merrill, M. W 783 
 
 Merwin, V. V. B 338 
 
 Mills, Josiah 365 
 
 Miner, D. J 558 
 
 Moe, Charles I 551 
 
 Moe, Hiram S 695 
 
 Moeckel. Frederick C 754 
 
 Mogford, George 617 
 
 Monroe, James 35 
 
 Moore, W. W 816 
 
 Morey, A. W 490 
 
 Morrill. A. T 285 
 
 Morrill, Charles 864 
 
 Morrill, N 105 
 
 Morrison, Patton 561 
 
 Morse, O. M 644 
 
 N 
 
 Nash, Alphonso 535 
 
 Nicholson, John 573 
 
 Nielsen, Macfarlane 727 
 
 Nims, U.C 210 
 
 Norris, J.C 289 
 
 Noyes, J. H 214 
 
 O 
 
 Osier, Alex A 4(0 
 
 Palmer, C. R 459 
 
 Palmer, D, Gibbs 287 
 
 Palmer, E. N., M. D bgo 
 
 Palmer, Perry P .,767 
 
 Palmer, William H.. M. D...355 
 
 Pardee, A. M 805 
 
 Parker, Isaac R .716 
 
 Parker, William H 653 
 
 Parmeter, J. L., M. D 344 
 
 Parsons, Andrew 133 
 
 Patterson, Almon 746 
 
 Pease, Oscar F 606 
 
 Peck, Erastus 844 
 
 Perrott, William 266 
 
 Peters, Ernest 553 
 
 Peterson, Nelson I 46S 
 
 Pherdun, Erastus. 467 
 
 Pierce, Cyrus . 715 
 
 Pierce, Franklin 71 
 
 Pierce, Geoige W 848 
 
 Pierce, P. E 518 
 
 Polk,JamesK 59 
 
 Pomroy,-J. B 40 
 
 Pond, G.G ..438 
 
 Pool, John R 721 
 
 Powell, Hon. L. M 455 
 
 Price, K. J 880 
 
 Pringle, Hon- Eugene 26 
 
 ft 
 
 Q 
 
 Quick, I. C. 
 
 R 
 
 R a ndle. William. .. . --TSS 
 
 Ransom, Epaphroditus 125 
 
 Rath, Christian 478 
 
 Ray, M, L 331 
 
 Raymond, Abraham 360 
 
 Raymond, Chancey D 808 
 
 Raymond, M. H., M. D 507 
 
 Raymond, R. W 374 
 
 Reed, Ephraim 575 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Reed, W. H 813 
 
 Reynolds, A. W * 659 
 
 Reynolds, J R (09 
 
 Rhcnd. Thomas sSj 
 
 Rhine*. Jacob 237 
 
 Ric-. G. F 726 
 
 RichardTi, Evan -'^vs 
 
 Richards, H. K 304 
 
 Richards, O. P v« 
 
 Richardson. H. C 376 
 
 Richard>on, J.C 484 
 
 Riecs, Arthur E 367 
 
 Robiiison, Kdmiind 4<,;4 
 
 Robinson, J. A., D. D. S .. -.305 
 
 Rockwell. E. \V 555 
 
 Rogers, C.J .771 
 
 Rogers, Leonard .- 393 
 
 Root. Hon. Amos 731 
 
 Rowan, George 014 
 
 Rowe, J. H....! 852 
 
 Sagcndorpli, D. P 516 
 
 Sammons, J. F 838 
 
 Saxion, N. B., M. D . .*. 796 
 
 Schwab, George ..576 
 
 Seran on, Edgar. ..281 
 
 Seward, Hon J. M 261 
 
 Shaw, Philip B 2^0 
 
 Sheelcr, John O 245 
 
 Sherman, N. B., M. D .753 
 
 Shoemaker, Col. M 187 
 
 Shumway, C. F 449 
 
 Silkwonh. Willis B..../.. ..837 
 
 SiI->bce,A. H 212 
 
 Sm;. 11 -y, George 1 231 
 
 Smith, C. C 584 
 
 Smith, Charles 385 
 
 Smith, Cyrus, M. D 3aG 
 
 Smith, L. B 6S8 
 
 Smith, Peter 262 
 
 Smith, Robert E ,224 
 
 Smith, Thomas J 222 
 
 Snow, Ellis £02 
 
 Snow, Ira. 8.^ 
 
 Snyder, W. C.. M. D 313 
 
 Spr^ti. I'olty C. . 341 
 
 Sparks, Eraslus < 36 
 
 Sparks. P E 8s5 
 
 Soper, Jolin K 498 
 
 Sopcr. DavidJ 531 
 
 Stevens, Benjamin .587 
 
 Stevens, Harvey ,.. . .834 
 
 "Stevens, John ■.". 865 
 
 Steven-4, Seneca 419 
 
 Sieven<, Thniiias.... -..,.._... f>^9 
 
 Stewart. A. F... 303 
 
 Stewart, J. W .409 
 
 Siiles, Albert 362 
 
 Stiles. A. L .. 585 
 
 Stihvell. A. H ; r7J7 
 
 Stoddard. Ichabod 527 
 
 Stone, Nahiim .255 
 
 Stone. O. C 418 
 
 Stowcll, S. W 275 
 
 Slranahan. George .545 
 
 Strong. R. E 841 
 
 Sl.John.T. B 460 
 
 Sweet, Clirk 499 
 
 T 
 
 Taylor. Kdward 7^^$ 
 
 'I'aylor, James C34 
 
 Taylor. M A 778 
 
 Taylor, T. B 328 
 
 Taylor, WiMiam B..^ 672 
 
 Taylor, Zacharv 63 
 
 Teachoui, Charles 853 
 
 1 hornp^-on, I.. K 3^4 
 
 Thorn . James L 701 
 
 Thorp, Warren 765 
 
 Tinker. A. M 658 
 
 Titus, Timothy T 512 
 
 Todd, John 736 
 
 Tomlinson, J. B 237 
 
 Toole, James N . . 506 
 
 Tousey. Henry N 276 
 
 Towers, John l" 596 
 
 Towuley, Albert A 497 
 
 Townlcy, George J 710 
 
 Townlcy, Kichanl 87a 
 
 Townsend . L. C 477 
 
 Townson, Joseph •■35' 
 
 Tripp, Harrison B 397 
 
 Tripp, Marlin * 728 
 
 True, Alva S. ...227 
 
 True, Moses-VV ....-, 866 
 
 I'mmbult, David D 256 
 
 Trumbull, J G18 
 
 Turk, Benjamin •••333 
 
 Tyler, John. 55 
 
 Tyrrell, Bon. John E .250 
 
 u 
 
 Updike, Anson. 
 
 Van Buren. Martin.. 47 
 
 Vandenburgh, W, R 704 
 
 Vaughn, S. S 265 
 
 Van Valin, Isaac 757 
 
 Van Wormer. A. J 862 
 
 Vedder, Mrs. Olive 4>i 
 
 Vining.C. W 413 
 
 w 
 
 Wade, M. P 547 
 
 Walcoit. George D 294 
 
 Waldo, L.S 543 
 
 Walker, William 381 
 
 Walker, William 39' 
 
 Walker, William H 786 
 
 Waltz, John 221 
 
 Washington, George 19 
 
 Waikins, Oscar 5 648 
 
 W.-»tkins, L. U 445 
 
 Watson, A. C 243 
 
 Watts, William .410 
 
 Webb. John 284 
 
 W'^cber. John .... 667 
 
 Webster. E. A 873 
 
 Weeks, Ira B 720 
 
 Weeks, W. J.,M.r) 433 
 
 Weinhold. George S 767 
 
 Welch, James 515 
 
 Wel-ih, George W ^go 
 
 Wcndt.C. R.M.D ,771 
 
 Werner, Geoigc 776 
 
 Wesh, Jacob 676 
 
 Wetmore, W. C 857 
 
 White, Moses 689 
 
 White.G J., M.D 6^4 
 
 White, GeorgeS 843 
 
 White, Rev. E. W 393 
 
 White, Thomas | .288 
 
 Williams, George W, T 698 
 
 Willson. Frank . 801 
 
 Wilson, James A., M. D 299 
 
 Winches, Andrew 827 
 
 Winficid, John N 456 
 
 W'ing, .A,S 314 
 
 Wing, Calvin 764 
 
 Wing, George V 757 
 
 Winslow, J. W 337 
 
 Winton. U. T 879 
 
 Wisner, Moses 141 
 
 Wiihington, Cien. W H 791 
 
 Wood, Charles.. 228 
 
 Woo*. Charles B 743 
 
 Wood, George 457 
 
 Wood, H. K 701 
 
 Wood, (rn -than ^^7 
 
 Wood, R. G Si I 
 
 Woodbridge, William 109 
 
 Woods. A. F 380 
 
 Woodwc^rih. L. H 311 
 
 Worch, Rudolph ... 578 
 
 Wright. D. E 593 
 
 Wright. P R 234 
 
 Wyman, Asa Soj 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Adams, John 32 
 
 Adams, John Q 38 
 
 AU'er, R. A 172 
 
 Anthony, G. T 134 
 
 Arthur. Chester A 98 
 
 Ragley, J. J 156 
 
 Baldwin, H. P 152 
 
 Barry, John S 112 
 
 bates, S. C 846 
 
 Begole, J. W 168 
 
 Bingham, K. S 136 
 
 Blair, Austin 144 
 
 Brown, O. D. G74 
 
 Brown, J. D. . 5do 
 
 lluchanrin, James 74 
 
 Buyse, Rev. T 4Q2 
 
 Cleveland, G rover S ic2 
 
 Chamberlin, R. W 520 
 
 Chamberlin, Mrs. R. W 521 
 
 Chapel, Oliver 780 
 
 Chapel. Samuel 570 
 
 Cooper, Horace C. 636 
 
 Crapo, Henry H 148 
 
 Croswell, C. M 160 
 
 Cliff, Thomas 580 
 
 Cuff, Mrs Clarissa s^'o 
 
 Dack, Francis 684 
 
 DeLamater, A. H 502 
 
 DeLand.Col Charles V 218 
 
 DeLand, James S 8^0 
 
 Fillmore. Millard 6& 
 
 Felch. Alpheus 116 
 
 Fiteh, L L 760 
 
 French. C. V 4^4 
 
 Garfield, lames A 94 
 
 Grant. Ulysses S 86 
 
 Greenly, W. L lao 
 
 Giinderman, Rev. John . .- 740 
 
 Hamblin, O. E 598 
 
 Harrison, Benjamin 106 
 
 Harrison. William H 50 
 
 Hayes, Rutherford B 90 
 
 Hogle, G. b 626 
 
 Howe, Abfl N 36S 
 
 Jackson. Andrew 4^ 
 
 Jefferson, Thomas. 26 
 
 Jerome. D. E 164 
 
 Johnson. Andrew 82 
 
 Johnson, D. S -378 
 
 Jones, L. M 42& 
 
 Kennedy, G. W 750 
 
 King. N. G 388 
 
 Knapp, Samuel O ..soi 
 
 Knapp, Mrs. Samuel O ..... . .200 
 
 Knowles, R. D 482 
 
 Lincoln, Abraham 78 
 
 Love, W. C 406 
 
 T-uce, Cyrus G 178 
 
 Madison, James 30 
 
 Mason, Stephen T 104 
 
 Maynard, Mrs. Frank 656 
 
 McClelland, Robert 128 
 
 Moe, H. S 694 
 
 Mogford, George 616 
 
 Monroe. James '^14 
 
 MorrisDn, Patton 560 
 
 Morrison, Mrs. Patton s'^o 
 
 Parsons. Andrew 1^2 
 
 Pierce, Cyrus 712 
 
 Pierce, Franklin 70 
 
 Polk, James K 58 
 
 Powell. L. M 454 
 
 Ransom, Epaphroditus 124 
 
 Ray. M. L 330 
 
 Root, Amos .....j-^o 
 
 Shoemaker, Col- M 186 
 
 Snyder. Walter C 312 
 
 Soratt, W. H 340 
 
 Stewart, A. F 302 
 
 Stone, Nahum. 254 
 
 Stowell, S. W 274 
 
 Taylor , Zachary 62 
 
 Tomlison, J.B 236 
 
 Townson, Joseph 350 
 
 Tyler, John 54 
 
 Van Buren, Martin 46 
 
 Vaughn, S. S 264 
 
 Washington. George i9 
 
 Waikins, L. L) 444 
 
 Wendt.C. R 770 
 
 White, Rev. E. W 2g2 
 
 Wilhon, Frank 800 
 
 Wisner, Moses 140 
 
 Withington. W. H 7<^o 
 
 Wood, Jonathan 646 
 
 Wood,R. G 810 
 
 Woodbridse. WilUarr. 108 
 
 H 77 7 
 
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