srh-;;."' i., n:r;i axd *::n i x ii!~ -rs ai i,~ i_;:sa C4 249 3 3;g;?gt-:~~~ ~ir:i?:ti,.i ";;"U i ( tj ~j,i 1~ u' e$ ~. ~~: -:r? ii'" I IIkl"t55~?_:8(,11,PI:s4?:i :~*:_i ~-;ilkias4harr",-I C-:"SEsB8ar;ld n; 1E;~:i-., r. . r _$ PLI ~M,. ** I):;si -d _;1 i" ;xl, rl:a8i I 16 r k: P r r r C F " ~~ —mV i I ~~~G' 1~~~~~~~. KT I: TI NiG 0 T ~rAITS AND BIOGIAPHIGAL SIETGHES pioninent and ppoesiebtti'c II itizcoio of bjc t ountJ, (TOGETHER WITH PORTRAITS ANVD BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TILE GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN AND OP THE PRESIDENTS OP THE UNITED STATES. ALSO CONTAINING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY, FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME. CHICAGO: ClIAPMAN BROT1 HE1RS. 1884. U - -cra..n.......- I,...... E HAVE completed our labors in writing and compiling the PORTRAIT ANDBIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF HURON COUNTY, and wish, in presenting it to its patrons, to speak of the present to commemorate the past, to perpetuate the names of the pioneers, to furnish a record of their early settlement, and to relate the story of their progress. The civilization of our day, the enlightenment of the age, and this solemn duty which men ofAV te present tme owe to their anc estors, to themselves and to their posterity demand that a record of their lives and deeds should be made. In local history is found a power to instruct man by precedent, to enliven ate the mental faculties, and to waft down the river of time a safeers, vessel in which the names and actions of the people who contributed to raise this region from its primitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly the noble men who in their prime entered the wild forests of and Huron claimed the virgin soil as their heritage,.are passing to:. B; their graves. The number remaining who can relate the history of the first days of settlement is cf becoming small indeed, so that an actual necessity exists for the collection and preservation of his-:, torical matter without delay, before the settlers of the wilderness are cut down by time. Not only f: is it of the greatest importance to render history of pioneer times full and accurate, but it is also essen' tial that the history of the county, from its settlement to the present day, should be treated through its various phases, so that a record, complete and impartial, may be handed down to the future. The present the age of progress, is reviewed, standing out in bold relief over the quiet, unostentatious olden times; it is abrilliant record, which is destined to live in the future; the good works of men, their magnificent enterprises, their lives, whether commercial or military, do not sink into oblivion, but, on the contrary, grow brighter with age, and contribute to build up a record which carries with it precedents and principles that will be advanced and observed when the acts of soulless men will be forgotten, and their very names hidden in obscurity. - In the preparation of the personal sketches contained in this volume, unusual care and pains were taken to have them accurate, even in the smallest detail. Indeed, nothing was passed lightly over or treated indifferently, and we fatter ourselves that it is one of the most accurate works of its nature ever published. As one of the most interesting features of this work, we present the portraits of numerous representative citizens. It has been our aim to have the prominent men of to-day, as well as the pioneers, represented in this department; and we congratulate ourselves on the uniformly high character of the gentlemen whose portraits we present. They are in the strictest sense representative men, and are selected from all the callings and professions worthy to be represented. There are others, it is true, who claim equal prominence with those presented, but of course it was impossible for us to give portraits of all the leading men and pioneers ^ of the county. We are under great obligation to many of the noble and generous people of Huron 1 t County for kindly and material assistance in the preparation of this ALBUM. CHAPMAN BROTHERS. CHICAGO, December, i884. S ~-| — r -b fl- i-l —IJI4 N~ I (d).4 TA-A —# ---:41-A i^^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, 'A ( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- 0 0 lxll;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- 0 a~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~- p d < D M^Ir^-4 S!]"D ~~3~~8 4D891a$ika 3 a.' ) E1r I e() w~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1 "girlt\~-" —~u~ —tj~aa~~aai~~tiz16~ih~ —' 4^ * I "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ? 0 ^^ .~',~ (~i'~, r~.O....~:~. ----"=~ tl l tl. - y-'= -—. FIRST PRESIDENT. 19 MM]~.J t.no. 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 with public life. In February,1789, 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 part 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 unanimously 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 President, 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 subordinate officers and left to them the charge of matters 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 ^fr t~s,;t j t e Yo s -,'.~ f e*~ Lt Wts L11Ci, at Llt bsugStCLIUIl Ui V llgilia, LllitL ca tk ll-. -.. -.. gress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila- it was necessary. In the midst of these preparations delphia,Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties, his life was suddenly cut off. December 2, he took peaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash- a severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling ington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the in his throat, produced inflammation, and terminated Congress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of fatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh[ England were plainly apparent. The battles of Con- teenth his body was borne with military honors to its cord and Lexington had been fought. Among the final resting place, and interred in the family vault at ('a' Ig^__ --------- (e --- rQ0,/3.~: * by >>> -00<~~~~~ J OHN ADAMS, the second tions he offered on the subject became very popular..- I ^i~1,. PrePresident and the first Vice- throughout the Province, and were adopted word for: President of the United States, word by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos^w.IXU ~was born in Braintree (now ton in I768, and became one of the most courageous.@'.-g^ Quincy),Mass., and about ten and prominent advocatesof the popular cause, and [^ J miles from Boston, Oct. 19, was chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg-,~_ I1735. His great-grandfather, Henry lislature) in I770. V(') l 0i.1 AdaMS, emigrated from England | Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegates ' /A~l/ about i640d with a family of eight from Massachusetts to the first Continental Congress, &2 *t t sons, and settled at Brailtree. The 'which met in I774. Here he distinguished himself parents of John were John and by his capacity for business and for debate, and ad}aa- g Susannah (Boylston) Adams, His vocated the movement for independence against the r ^Sp- % ) ~father was a farmer of limited majority of the members. In May, I776, he moved: y % ^ means, to which he added the bus- and carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies,/ iness of shoemaking. He gave his should assume the duties of self-government. He 4.(' eldest son, John, a classical educa- was a prominent member of the committee of five I tion at Harvard College. John appointed June i, to prepare a declaration of indegraduated in I755, and at once took charge of the pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but school in Worcester, Mass. This he found but a on Adams devolved the task of battling it through "school of affliction," from which he endeavored to Congress in a three days debate. gain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the On the day after the Declaration of Independence? study of law. For this purpose he placed himself passed, while his soul was yet warm with the *0 ' under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife, k had thought seriously of the clerical profession which, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated X but seems to have been turned from this by what he by the spirit of prophecy. "Yesterday," he says, "the termed " the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun- greatest question was decided that ever was debated cils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature," in America; and greater, perhaps, never was or will of the operations of which he had been a witness in be decided among men. A resolution was passed his native town. He was well fitted for the legal without one dissenting colony, 'that these United profession, possessing a clear, sonorougs voie, fbe indeready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep- pendent states.' The day is passed. The fourth of tive powers. He gradually gained practice, and in July, 77, will be a memorable eoch in the history 1764 married Abigail Slith, a daughter of a minister, of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated and a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary i marriage, (I765), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa- festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of tion turned him from law to politics. He took initial deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty steps toward holding a town meeting, and the resolu- God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows, yj\^ ^ — ^^ — ^^Q4FF (s~~~~~~~~~~~~~~qap~~~~~~UDt.-.-s^ - ^^ ^jjj@<>r,3 It'-d -^ n' o.' I /' 2'4 JOHN ADAMS. 24(Al~~.. A., -'~>> Nk f 1,.1 I =1P -,AI tf ~"A 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 these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the 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 appointed 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 and 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 winter, and exposed him to great peril of capture by the British cruisers, who were seeking him. He left France June 17, i779. In September of the same year he was again chosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself in readiness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce with Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet might be found willing to listen to such proposels. He sailed for France in November, from there he went to Holland, where he negotiated important loans and formed important commercial treaties. Finally a treaty of peace with England was signed Jan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement, toil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed threw him into a fever. After suffering from a continued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he was advised to go to England to drink the waters of Bath. While in England, stilldrooping anddesponding, he received dispatches from his own government urging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam 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,he made 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 regarded 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 accomplishing but little, he sought permission to return to his 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 the second election of Washington as President, Adams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Washington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was elected President,though not without 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 I 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 originated the alienation between these distinguished men, and two powerful parties were thus soon organized, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies were with England and Jefferson led the other in sympathy with France. The world 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 appreciation 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 Independence, 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 their 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 bed. On being requested to name a toast for the customary celebration of the day, he exclaimed " INDEPENDENCE 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, "0 yes; it is the glorious 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, resigned his spirit into the hands of his God. The personal appearance and manners of Mr. Adams were not particularly prepossessing. His face, as his portrait 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 Jefferson. I.' (i" (11;~ I ^ I Jf. txt}) f-~~~~~~~~~ee --- ~~~~~~~~~~~ — I mmmmwm,4~~~~ l~~~~F* — I -11 rt*~t~af~ ~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~q-,0q.~A imcjT8. I r~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NQiK vI ^ -tt -— ^ - ' ni-in --- i-^v i lS T$THIRD PRESIDENrT. 27 ^ ^alYi:V*t \ —9;Y* IAIi~~~~EP~~8N ~VIVI~~V~Vr~'l?~AliICI ~ LALAA ~~~~~T~~~~ ~~~TVP~~~~~~~W.- I 5$I - ~}4 1- iHOMAS JEFFERSON was 11.Jg born April 2, 1743, at Shadwell, Albermarle county, Va. S 1 His parents were Peter and. Ax Jane (Randolph) Jefferson, of'^ v:the former a native of Wales, /x..~ ~and the latter born in Lonr,>~ ~don. To them were born six ('.t.j daughters and two sons, of whom Thomas was the elder. When 14 years of age his father died. He received a most liberal education, havT ing been kept diligently at school from the time he was five years of age. In 176o he entered William and Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat of the Colonial Court, arid it was the obode of fashion and splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17 years old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine horses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he was earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproachaable in his morals. It is strange, however, under such influences,that he was not ruined. In the second year of his college course, moved by some unexplained inward impulse, he discarded his horses, society, and even his favorite violin, to which he had previously given much time. He often devoted fifteen hours a day to hard study, allowing himself for exercise 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 philosophy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and Greek authors he read with facility. A more finished scholar 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 practice of his profession he rose rapidly and distinguished 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 which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led him into active political life. In 1769 he was chosen a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beautiful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow. Upon Mr. Jefferson's large estate at Shadwell, there was a majestic swell of land, called Monticello, which commanded a prospect of wonderful extent and beauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new home; and here he reared a mansion of modest yet elegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon, became the most distinguished resort in our land. In 1775 he was sent to the Colonial 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 chairman of the one appointed for the drawing up of a declaration of independence. This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was appointed to draw up the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested a few verbal changes before it was submitted to Congress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made in it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July 4, I776. What must have been the feelings of that -1 ) fn W w Z=L*~ IC/~ IIi I r~i)Ic Af fi~~~~~~~~~~,9~~~~~~~~~~~s~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ iitin r~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ilL~~~~~~~~~~~~uai I -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l _~~~~~j lo11I~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~C t~~iprg~ ~;~\.~..Z W i~~~~~( -?1111 — < 28 THOOMAS JEFFERSON. Z man-what the emotions that swelled his breast- sary of the Declaration of American Independence, V who was charged with the preparation of that Dec- great preparations were made in every part of the Ai laration, which, while it made known the wrongs of Union for its celebration, as the nation's jubilee, and., i America, was also to publish her to the world, free, the citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity soverign and independent. It is one of the most re- of the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer, I )markable papers ever written; and did no other effort and one of the few surviving signers of the Declaraof the mind of its author exist, that alone would be tion, to participate in their festivities. But an illsufficient to stamp his name with immortality. ness, which had been of several weeks duration, and In I779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to had been continually increasing, compelled him to Patrick Henry, as Governor of Virginia. At one time decline the invitation. the British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to On the second of July, the disease under which Monticello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five he was laboring left him, but in such a reduced V minutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef- state that his medical attendants, entertained no.: ferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses- hope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly < sion of the British troops. His wife's health, never sensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next 'I very good, was much injured by this excitement, and day, which was Monday, he asked of those around l in the summer of 1782 she died. him, the day of the month, and on being told it was Mr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783. the third of July, he expressed the earnest wish that Two years later he was appointed Minister Plenipo- he might be permitted to breathe the air of the fiftieth tentiary to France. Returning to the United States anniversary. His prayer was heard-that day, whose in September, 1789, he became Secretary of State dawn was hailed with such rapture through our land, in Washington's cabinet. This position he resigned burst upon his eyes, and then they were closed forJan. J, 1794. In I797, he was chosen Vice Presi- ever. And what a noble consummation of a noble dent, and four years later was elected President over life! To die on that day, —the birthday of a nation,- - Mr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In the day which his own name and his own act had H.' 1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity, rendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and rm and George Clinton, Vice President. festivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him, m j; The early part of Mr. Jefferson's second adminstra- as the author, under God, of their greatest blessings, J;4 tion was disturbed by an event which threatened the was all that was wanting to fill up the record his life. X: tranquility and peace of the Union; this was the conspiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election lst a the svenerale Adams, as if to bear dred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear > to the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled omp, lt te s e of hs e l. n / ambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan Cof a him company, left the scene of his earthly honors. ambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a Hand in hand they had stood forth, the champions of military expedition into the Spanish territories on our freedom; and in hand, during the dark and desper-,, ', i r.' r..i, rr.. freedom; hand in hand, during the dark and despersouthwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there ate strggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and ~. m_'... ii ate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and a new republic. This has been generally supposed animated their desponding countryme for half a 1..,,, b.,. *' ' i~ animated their desponding countrymen; for half a was a mere pretext; and although it has not been century they had labored together for tihe good of generally known what his real plans were, there is no y had they d the country; and now hand in hand they depart. doubt that they were of a far more dangerous a t dpr In their lives they had been united in the same great aracer cause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not In 1809, at the expiration of the second term for divided. 9 which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather e,\ to retire from political life. For a period of nearly ovesix feet in hei but well formed his ees above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes A:; forty years, he had been continually before the pub- is originally red, in after life became tic, and all that time had been employed in offices of wit andsilvery; his complexion was fair, his fore the greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de- ead ad a his who countenance intelligent and voted the best part of his life to the service of his thoughtfel. He possessed great fortitude of mind as country, he now felt desirous of that rest which his ougul e pos d great fortiud of mind declining years required, and upon the organization of well as personal courage; and his command of tem-the new administration, in March 18, he bid fare- per was such that his oldest and most intimate friends the new administration i, in Marc, 8ti 9, he bindre never recollected to have seen him in a passion. well forever to public life, and retired to Monticello. His manners, though dignified, were simple and un+. Mr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole affected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that.' families came in their coaches with their horses,- all found at his house a ready welcome. In conver-! fathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and sation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic; and A nurses,-and remained three and even six months. his language was remarkably pure and correct. He Life at Monticello, for years, resembled tha t at a was a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is C fashionable watering-place. discernable the care with which he formed his style ) The fourth of July, I826, being the fiftieth anniver- upon the best models of antiquity. k/X(s^-^Hiupi eii . I ctirkl si '>'3 — --.~'s -. u aow<. 0 as ) >r - em - *: vt it"'^ I;CFOURTH PRESIDENT. 31! <2".D~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (~) I - (.-.', -- -^ C At -,, f'T~ 1AMES MADISON, "Father...l.I:l-// I ' ~ of the Constitution," and fourth iE'Lt;~ -',, I ~., President of the United States, t wxt, ~was born March I6, 1757, and C](I 'E {N, ldied at his home in Virginia, June 28, I836. The name of A _._57 James Madison is inseparably conl nected with most of the important '1);f^vil events in that heroic period of our J x, t vcountry during which the foundations of this great republic were J 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, landing upon the shores of the Chesa~ 6 l! r 1__L 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 1, 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 subsequent 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 which he lived, and the society with which he associated, all combined to inspire him with a strong love of liberty, and to train him for his life-work of a statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of mind, and his frail health leading him to think that his life was not to be long, he directed especial attention to theological studies. Endowed with a mind ~, f t ir= '^^> '"'i1', Q3a peake but 15 years alter tne settle- singularly iree irom passion and prejudice, and with [1 ment of Jamestown. The father of almost unequalled powers of reasoning, he weighed I AJJi James Madison was an opulent all the arguments for and against revealed religion,.:0{ Aft Z planter, residing upon a very fine es- until his faith became so established as never to:: tate called "Montpelier," Orange Co., be shaken. Va. The mansion was situated in In the spring of 1776, when 26 years of age, he the midst of scenery highly pictur- was elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to I j esque and romantic, on the west side frame the constitution of the State. The next year of South-west Mountain, at the foot of (1777), he was a candidate for the General Assembly. Blue Ridge. It was but 25 miles from the home of He refused to treat the whisky-loving voters, and > Jefferson at Monticello. The closest personal and consequently lost his election; but those who had i political attachment existed between these illustrious witnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the, men, from their early youth until death. modest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf,: i The early education of Mr. Madison was conducted and he was appointed to the Executive Council. mostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of Both Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were 18 he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey. Governors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained @ Here he applied himself to study with the most im- member of the Council; and their appreciation of his 4:)- -n.. U ga!^-7 -i- MQJ- -, —. ---.~i: —v" n a - 32 JfAMES MADISON. I f M i z A L i~X xr.v3II o i H.E I X=3C it I ",'., 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 Congress, one of its most active and influential members. In the year I784, 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 national 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 commissioners 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. Every State but Rhode Island was represented. George Washington was chosen president of the convention; and the present Constitution of the United States was then and there formed. There was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more active in framing this immortal document than the mind and the pen of James Madison. The Constitution, adopted by a vote 8I to 79, was 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 convention 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 Representatives 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 widow of remarkable power of fascination, whom he married. She was in person and character queenly, and probably no lady has thus far occupied so prominent a position in the very peculiar society which has constituted our republican court as Mrs. Madison. Mr. Madison served as Secretaryof State under Jefferson, and at the close of his administration was chosen President. At this time the encroachments of England had brought us to the verge of war. I 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 paraded before him. With great nonchalance he selects any number whom he may please to designate as British subjects; orders them down the ship's side into his boat; and places them on the gundeck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the battles of England. This right of search and impressment, no efforts of our Government could induce the British cabinet to relinquish. On the i8th of June, 18I2, 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 Mr. Madison, on the 4th of March, 1813, was re-elected by a large majority, and entered upon his second term of office. This is not the place to describe the various adventures of this war on the land and on the water. Our infant navy then laid the foundations of its renown in grappling 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, i813, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole coast of the United States under blockade. The Emperor of Russia offered his services as me ditator. America accepted; England refused. A British force of five thousand men landed on the banks of the Patuxet River, near its entrance into Chesapeake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladensburg, 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 whole population fled from the city. The President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White House, with her carriage drawn up at the door 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 ere 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. 13, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent. On the 4th of March, I817, his second term of office expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair to his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his beautifil home at Montpelier, and there passed the remainderof his days. On June'28, 1836, then at the age of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madison died July 12, I849. i I, atf I I' \ 'X N I Ii I 61!11))I'D "I ii 'i 'A- a q YP~~~~~~A~~~~Xc ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ It -4){ W~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( ~~~~~}i~~~~) xl-u~, H t A/tt^r7 /ellc :~,t/',:): ---— '; -;......-.~....~-. --- - I;;T '~'*^ ~FIFTH PRESIDENT. 35 i-/-.. S n...~.E.NO. fif.t.h % 1 President of The United States, ancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and White 0.2" Y:, [1( I was born in Westmoreland Co., Plains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it fled 'e ~:~ ( ~Va, April 28, 1758. His early before iJersey. n four onths?..f..~, ~life was passed at the place of after the Declaration of Independence, the patriots t K ~Pro completing his Unieducti at, As anc hotreward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was pro4*- Z M >E~~William and Mary College, the Co- moted a captain of infantry; and, having recoveredg- ^ I lonial Congress assembled at Phila- from his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however, ' '~ C^'~\ gdelphia to deliberate upon the un- receded from the line of promotion, by becoming an ( { just and manifold oppressions of officer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the camGreat Britian, declared the separa- paigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandytion of the Colonies, and promul- wine, Germantown and Monmouth, he continued gated the Declaration of Indepen- aid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his dence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly position in the army, he exerted himself to collect a probable that he would have been one of the signers regiment for the Virginia line. This scheme failed? of that celebrated instrument. At this time he left owing to the exhausted condition of the State. Upon A school and enlisted among the patriots. this failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at He joined the army when everything looked hope- that period Governor, and pursued, with considerable less and gloomy. The number of deserters increased ardor, the study of common law. He did not, however, from day to day. The iadi ari e invading armies came pouring entirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag; in; and e ories no of e the tories not only favored the cause of the but on the invasions of the enemy, served as a volunmother country, but disheartened the new recruits, teer, during the two years of his legal pursuits. A who were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con- Iin 782, he was elected from King George county, s tending with an enemy whom they had been taught a member of the Leglislature of Virginia, and by that:: to deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James body he was elevated to a seat in the Executive $ Monroe, who went right onward, undismayed through Council. He was thus honored with the confidence i # difficulty and danger, the United States owe their of his fellow citizens at 23 years of age; and having! ^:; political emancipation. The young cadet joined the at this early period displayed some of that ability A. ranks, and espoused the cause of his injured country, and aptitude for legislation, which were afterwards, with a firm determination to live or die with her strife employed with unremitting energy for the public good,. Ig ^- s^_ [ n^Doewh Q^ Q - g^ - rih nad udsae houh Cucl Hwstu oordwt h cniec X)^ -AA - 1- -A ---,^QOQE.- - > 36 JAMES MONROE. ~ -S\ i l r\ >. i u he was in the succeeding year chosen a member of the Congress of the United' States. Deeply as Mr. Monroe felt the imperfections of the old Confederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution, thinkiig, with many others of the Republican party, that it gave too much power to the Central Government, and not enough to the individual States. Still he retained the esteem of his friends who were its warm supporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition secured its adoption. In I789, he became a member of the United States Senate; which office he held for four years. Every month the line of distinction between the two great parties which divided the nation, the Federal and the Republican, was growing more distinct. The two prominent ideas which now separated 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 Central 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 Constitution, 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 pure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and James Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In I-I"Ano 1 -1 1;c! -aeA t n of-t1rIn 117-hlrch;O netn Shortly after his return to this country, Mr. Monroe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the office for three years. 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 obtained from Spain. Their united efforts were successful. 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 obtain from that country some recognition of our rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those odious impressments of our seamen. But England was unrelenting. He again returned to England on the same mission, but could receiye 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. While 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 armorbearer of President Madison, and the most efficient business man in his cabinet. Upon the return of peace he resigned the Department of War, but continued in the office of Secretary of State until the expiration of Mr. Madison's adminstration. At the election hel th-1 nrpevotills allltnmn VMrr Mrnrme himcPlf 1-nr I ( y ii r=r -<3 DIJ UlIUllig Up L L1 liatJcu:LI ll.L l, will il W I s UlColllt.l El I1I5 g.% aLtll tx.........l...........i........v..V., cx a. 1'tu to eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the con- been chosen President with but little opposition, and i bination of their antagonism was needed to create the upon March 4, 1817, was inaugurated. Four years ) ight equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de- later he was elected for a second term. nounced as almost a demon. Among the important measures of his Presidency Washington was then President. England had es- were the cession of Florida to the United States; the poused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi- Missouri Compromise, and the "Monroe doctrine." ples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn This famous doctrine, since known as the " Monroe into the conflict. We were feeble and far away. doctrine," was enunciated by him in I823. At that Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality be- time the United States had recognized the independtween these contending powers. France had helped ence of the South American states, and did not wish., us in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms to have European powers longer attempting to sub-. of Europe were now combined to prevent the French due portions of the American Continent. The doctrine from escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse is as follows: "That we should consider any attempt than that which we had endured. Col. Monroe, more on the part of European powers to extend their sysmagnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at ter to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous whatever hazard, we should help our old allies in to our peace and safety," and "that we could not their extremity. It was the impulse of a generous view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing and noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres- or controlling American governments or provinces in ident's proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in any other light than as a manifestation by European ' magnanimity. powers of an unfriendly disposition toward the United 'Washington, who could appreciate such a character, States." This doctrine immediately affected'the course developed his calm, serene, almost divine greatness, of foreign governments, and has become the approved by appointing that very James Monroe, who was de- sentiment of the United States. nouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister At the end of his second term Mr. Monroe retired of that Government to the Republic of France. Mr. to his home in Virginia, where he lived until 1830, ( Monroe was welcomed-by the National Convention when he went to New York to live with his son-inin France with the most enthusiastic demonstrations. law. In that city he died,on the 4th of July, I831, * —Hemwy^-5 -. --- 0 A~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ II" i I I I 5i I! Ij 3, ~2. c&[a~n SIX TH PRESIDEN '. 39 CI =I { ~::asixth President of the United Paris, traveling leisurely, and forming acquaintance S a, on the I Ith cf July, I767. His ( i ' ~mother, a woman of exalted e5',~ worth, watched over his childhood -]-~ i A during the almost constant absence of his father. When but 'f^ \ ~ eight years of age, he stood with i his mother on an eminence, listening to the booming of the great batj tle on Bunkers Hill, and gazing on upon the smoke and flames billow) ing up from the conflagration of '^l eCharlestown. (|i When but eleven years old he took a tearful adieu of his mother, to sail with his father for Europe, through a fleet of hostile British cruisers. The bright, animated boy spent a year and a half in Paris, where his father was associated with Franklin and Lee as ' ~ *.', _ ' _1_ 1... 1 examining architectural remains, galleries of paintings, and all renowned works of art. At Paris he 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. After a short visit to England he returned to Paris; and consecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785, when he returned to America. To a brilliant young man of eighteen, who had seen much of the world, and who was familiar with the etiquette of courts, a residence with his father in London, under such circumstances, must have been extremely attractive; but with judgment very rare in one of his age, he preferred to return to America to complete his education in an American college. He wished then to study law, that with an honorable profession, he might be able to obtain an independent support. Upon leaving Harvard College, at the age of twenty, he studied law for three years. In June, I794, being then but twenty-seven years of age, he was aponinted bv WashinPtonn resident minister at the f I v =r I_, Ofr minister plenipotentiary. is inteiiigence attractea;... _. ---- -. the notice of these distinguished men, and he received Netherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reached from them flattering marks of attention. London in October, where he was immediately admitMr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this ted to the deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney, Mr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this country, in I779, ere he was again sent abroad. Again assisting them in negotiating a comercial treaty with John Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he Great Britian. After thus spending a fortnight in applied himself with great diligence, for six mnt London, he proceeded to the Hague. to study; then accompained his father to Holland, In July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal as where he entered, first a school in Amsterdam, then minister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal, the University at Leyden. About a year from this upon arriving in London, he met with despatches time, in I781, when the manly boy was but fourteen directing him to the court of Berlin, but requesting years of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min- him to remain in London until he should receive his ister to the Russian court, as his private secretary. instructions. While waiting he was married to an 'i~- In this school of incessant labor and of enobling American lady to whom he had been previously enculture he spent fourteen months, and then returned gaged-Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughter to Holland through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and of Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in London; Bremen. This long journey he took alone, in the a lady endownd with that beauty and those accom) winter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed plishment which eminently fitted her to move in the $ his studies, under a private tutor, at Hague. Thence, elevated sphere for which she was destined. ~~^)^ P^ —cnle vated sphren a- lforwic hh- wdsin. 40 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. A ( - _ __ I,1 Is F j;, - f r He reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797; where he remained until July, I799, when, having fulfilled all the purposes of his mission, he solicited his recall. Soon after his return, in I802, he was chosen to the Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then was elected Senator of the United States for six years, from the 4th of March, I804. His reputation, his ability and his experience, placed him immediately among the most prominent and influential members of that body. Especially did he sustain the Government in its measures of resistance to the encroachments of England, destroying our commerce an'd insulting our flag. There was no man in America more familiar with the arrogance of the British court upon these-points, and no one more resolved to present a firm resistance. In I809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Presidential chair, and he immediately nominated John Quincy Adams minister to St. Petersburg. Resigning his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked at Boston, in August, I809. While in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense student. 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, I817, Mr. Monroe took the Presidential chair, and immediately appointed Mr. Adams Secretary. of State. Taking leave of his numerous friends in public and private life in Europe, he sailed in June, I819, for the United States. On the I8th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his home in Quincy. During the eight years of Mr. Monroe'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 received ninety-nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four; William H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirtyseven. 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 the past 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 conscientiously devoted to the best interests of the country, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, perhaps, was there an administration more unscrupulously and outrageously assailed. Mr. Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, abstemious 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 President. The slavery question now began to assume portentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to Quincy and to his studies, which he pursued with unabated zeal. But he was not long permitted to remain in retirement. In November, I830, he was elected representative to Congress. For seventeen years, until his death, he occupied the post as representative, 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 himself 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 daring 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 assassination; but no threats could intimidate him, and his final triumph was complete. s..,J s i 1 1. rc \ r-=. rI i a,3 or f /' r 'C'S '"*":i 1 s /.1 ~is @ slPa;) 3 I?i 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 prayer 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 7,, 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 4 pause he added, "I am content." These were the @) last words of the grand "Old Man Eloquent." HN 0ua<- H 0t r15A't Ml.C Pe - -~ A-A i i C a 1 ii j i i jr i j i i i 3 1 i r i i 1 i i r:i 1: ol 0 - -0 - - 'Sat - -- *.-an~I..... i 1.... ''~,,SE VENTH PRESIDENT. 43 L 9.tt^~ t- --— '{2i. t —. a T'.U. 0 B/'. --- —Es. --— ~.I7 _^' -EIGHTH PRESIDENT. 47 'I.; ~~~~~~~~~~~~CT + ' I^ -'9S nQ^rTII V I'. K Y - ARTIN VAN BUREN, the ' A " g * eighth President of the ^^ ^^ ffj 0 United States, was born at e^ i ai'L^^I Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1782. He died at the same place, July 24, 1862. His _Xm' ~ body rests in the cemetery '-_ -/wv~ at Kinderhook. Above it is / a plain granite shaft fifteen feet high, bearing a simple inscription about half 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 Buren of romantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged in no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in political and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many signal victories, his days passed uneventful in those incidents which':give zest to biography. His an he went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his studies for the seventh year. In I803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years of age, commenced the practice of law in his native village. The great conflict between the Federal and Republican party was then at its height. Mr. Van Buren was from the beginning a politician. He had, perhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening 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 that time the Federal 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, the county seat of his county. Here he spent seven years, constantly gaining strength by contending in the courts with some of the ablest men who have adorned.is %i c: 3=: r ~I a cestors, as his iname indicates, were of Dutch origin, the bar of his State. and were among the earliest emigrants from Holland Just before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mr., to the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer, Van Buren married a lady alike distinguisled for residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel- years she sank into the grave, the victim of consumpligence and exemplary piety. tion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over He was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un- her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was usual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record ( age of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies of those years is barren in items of public interest. in his native village, and commenced the study of In T182, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to,t law. As he had not a collegiate education, seven the State Senate, and aave his strenuous support to years of study in a law-office were required of him Mr. Madison's adminstration. In I8I5, he was apbefore he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with pointed Attorney-General, and the next year moved 'i a lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he pur- to Albany, the capital of the State. sued his studies with indefatigable industry. After While he was acknowledged as one of the most $ spending six years in an office in his native village, prominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had ||@i\)p & —a )CT^Anw — 48 MA - RTIN VA iN B UR -N. t 48 MARTIN VAN BUREN. < C) -= t?...,,...,J i (I i 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 that 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 I821 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 native 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 the Senate. He had been from the beginning a determined opposer of the Administration, 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 regarded 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 the wires to put his machinery in motion; and how to organize a political army which 'would, secretly and stealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By these powers it is said that he outwitted Mr. Adams, Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results 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 frowns for none, he took his place at the head of that Senate which had refused to confirm his nomination as ambassador. His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of President Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favorite; and this, probably more than any other cause, secured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Executive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren received 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 involve this country in war with England, the agitation of the slavery question, and finally the great commercial panic which spread over the country, all were trials to his wisdom. The financial distress was attributed to the management of the Democratic party, and brought the President into such disfavor that he failed of re-election. With the exception of being nominated for the Presidency by the "Free Soil" Democrats, in I848, Mr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until his death. He had ever been a prudent mat, 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 patriotism, and the distinguished positions which he had occupied in the government of our country, secured to him not only the homage of his party, but the respect ot the whole community. It was on the 4th of March, 1841, th at Mr. Van Buren retired from the presidency. 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. Ii 10~. -4i all,, Xlrr=. 1 1 SL'o I i I 4, Ammon l ~ z~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~t~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rw~~v~uz-~y~jc yr" F%, "9` !: r,:;t ,7Z<^^^- -Ti^O 77^ ---~i^^Y~ NINTH PRESIDNT. 51 W t-i NtTi fAs ILLIAM HENRY HARRI- dent Washington. He was then but I9 years old. SON, the ninth President of From that time he passed gradually upward in rank 1%jyS ~ Vthe United States was born until he became aid to General Wayne, after whose ^ ^ at Berkeley Va., Feb., 773. death he resigned his commission. He was then apt. X... His father, Benjamin Harri- pointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. This son, was in comparatively op- Territory was then entitled to but one member in blent circumstances, and was, ulent circumstances, and was |Congress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that | | ]li one of the most distinguished position.,1' * l( men of his day. He was an In the spring of I8oo the North-western Territory <^ tJii'i '):]] intimate friend of George was divided by Congress into two portions. The a e4 1.l~l' It a Washington, was early elected eastern portion, comprising the region now embraced. s=~ Ja member of the Continental in the State of Ohio, was called " The Territory i 1~ Congress, and was conspicuous north-west of the Ohio." The western portion, which,.=x, ^sr' among the patriots of Virginia in included what is now called Indiana, Illinois and = ~S /. M! resisting the encroachmentsof the Wisconsin, was called the "Indiana Territory." WilBritish crown. In the celebrated liam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was apCongress of 1775, Benjamin Har- pointed by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana ( i e) 1/ rison and John Hancock were Territory, and immediately after, also Governor of both candidates for the office of Upper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as speaker. extensive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe. He Mr Harrison was subsequently was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was inchosen Governor of Virginia, and vested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now was twice re-elected. His son, rapidly increasing white population. The ability and William Henry, of course enjoyed fidelity with which he discharged these responsible in childhood all the advantages which wealth and duties may be inferred from the fact that he was four intellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav- times appointed to this office-first by John Adams, ing received a thorough common-school education, he twice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presientered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduated dent Madison. with honor soon after the death of his father. He Whenhe began his adminstration there were but then repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine under three white settlements in that almost boundless region, the instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of now crowded with cities and resounding with all the 1 Robert Morris, both of whom were, with his father, tumult of wealth and traffic. One of these settlements s signers of the Declaration of Independence. was on the Ohio, nearly opposite Louisville; one at Upon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not- Vincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a French withstanding the remonstrances of his friends, he settlement. abandoned his medical studies and entered the army, The vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrison ' having obtained a commission of Ensign from Presi- reigned was filled with many tribesof Indians. About — ^'nsn^-J7 ii @)~^S 6 llll —~I3^N?~~ll —^ ^nn^Bn^~-~-; —^^ ---^tbv|||. J Sui Ad IHRRv)SON: > 52 WILLSAM HENRY HARRISON. < m) - 1 X I A 1 A I: =t the year 1806, two extraordinary men, twin brothers, of the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of these was called Tecumseh, or "The Crouching Panther;" the other, Olliwacheca, or "The Prophet." Tecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man of great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomitable 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 huntinggrounds of his fathers. His brother, the Prophet, was an orator, 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 the 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 Tippecanoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter. October 28, I812, his army began its march. 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 meeting the next day, to agree upon terms of peace. But Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with the Indian character to be deceived by such protestations. Selecting a favorable spot for his night's encampment, 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 conversation 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 possible, and just then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all the desperation which superstition and passion most highly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the 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 hideous yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubting a speedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison's troops stood as immovable as the rocks around them until day dawned: they then made a simultaneous charge with the bayonet, and swept every thing before them, and completely routing the foe, I Gov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked to the utmost. The British descending from the Canadas, were of themselves a very formidable force; but with their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the forest, searching out every remote farm-house, burning, plundering, scalping, 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 conflagration 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-inchief 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; but General Harrison was found equal to the position, and nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the responsibilities. He won the love of his soldiers by always sharing with them their fatigue. His whole baggage, while 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 I8I6, 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, which arrested the attention of all the members. In I8i9, Harrison was elected to the Senate of Ohio; and in I824f 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 I836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought him forward as a candidate for the Presidency against 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 for the 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, was one of the most brilliant with which any President had ever been surrounded. Never were the prospects of an administration 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 sickness, died on the 4th of April; just one month after his inauguration as President of the United States. 1,I J ) p ( > X ) (I _V 1 i i — N "'.. ~ ~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ - - - WI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1S1a (I t a t,:~: " 1:;i~ i~ "n: ~i -L;~C r I::: r:; ~ By: 1|.,4.1- -— i n —e u ntn D. *r —t 56 JOHN TYLER. '^ (a * i - ~ I, I 1 (..) i* It X=S kA X= r.= II d rl rr )=3 party. His friends still regarded him as a true Jeffersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compliments upon him. He had now attained the age of forty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In consequence of his devotion to public business, his private 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 plantation. Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg, for the better education of his children; and he again took 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 I839. The maioritv of votes were given to Gen. Harrison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment of the South, who wished for Henry Clay. To conciliate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the convention then nominated John Tyler for Vice President. It was well known that he was not in sympathy with the Whig party in the North: but the Vice President has but very little power in the Government, his main and almost only duty being to preside over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it happened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a Democratic Vice President were chosen. In I841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice President 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 Harrison. 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 the main principles of the party which had brought him into power. He had ever been a consistent, honest man, with an unblemished record. Gen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should he retain them, and thus surround himself with counsellors 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 harmony with iimself, and which would oppose all those views which the Whigs deemed essential to the public welfare? This was his fearful dilemma. He invited the cabinet which President Harrison had selected 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 suggested, 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 was 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 measure 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 President 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 Whigs and President Tyler were at an end. Still the President attempted to conciliate. He appointed a new cabinet 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 administration passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The land was filled with murmurs and vituperation. Whigs and Democrats alike assailed him. More and more, however, he brought himself into sympathy with his old 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, I845, he retired from the harassments of office, to the regret of neither party, and probably to his own unspeakable relief. His first wife, Miss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842; and in June, 1844, 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 Forest, 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 unusual 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 Staterights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. Johh C. Calhoun had inaugurated, President Tyler renounced his allegiance to the United States, and joined the Confederates. 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. J "I 1 Vp I..; I -I cl, I lQr for~ I. I I11 I 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i ~~i~t ----"B~~ -ill~~lae 0 9 i-~ H A CI pc-, -— @ ii:>'Z —t ELE VENTH PRESIIDENIT 59 1 eJAMBE K. POLKE/ m [bT-ll[] X,' AMES K. POLK, the eleventh,^ 'P I B$ President of the United States, was born in Mecklenburg Co., J'i-E~I~ AN. C.,Nov. 2, I795. His parents were Samuel and Jane of~ 1 (Knox) Polk, the former a son e >j ) of Col. Thomas Polk, who located ai') at the above place, as one of the M ' tl b first pioneers, in I735. In the year Ioo6, with his wife and children, and soon after followed by most of the members of the Polk famly, Samuel Polk emim 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 Maury Co., they reared their log huts, [ ' and established their homes. In the hard toil of a new farm in the wil sedentary life, got a situation for him behind the counter, hoping to fit him for commercial pursuits. This was to James a bitter disappointment. 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 prosecute his studies. Soon after he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. With ardor which 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 sophomore class in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing himself to be absent from a recitation or a religious service. He graduated in i8I8, with the highest honors, being deemed the best scholar of his class, both in mathematics and the classics. He was then twentythree years of age. Mr. Polk's health was at this +:,l.,.-Ii.;nrI,.I..;- r 1-the CrCnlritV with' whichl hlie Ay,..T=~ v:~a -r derness, James K. Polk spent the lLL. Ii 11 u- ark " early years of his childhood and Xfi g' early years of his childhood and |had prosecuted his studies. After a short season of youth. His father, adding the pur relaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the youth. His father, adding the pursuit of a surveyor to thatof a farmer, office of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk!, ~.,. 1,1,-irenewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who I gradually increased in wealth until ren s acquaintance resided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few he became one of the leading men of the region. His nmiles from Nashville. They had probably been mother was a superior woman, of strong common miles from Nashville They had probably been sense and earnest piey. slightly acquainted before. r sense and earnest piety. Very early in life, James developed a taste for Mr. Polks fher a Jeffersonian Republican, reading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain and James K. Polk ever adhered to the same po a liberal education. His mother's training had made cal faith. He was a popular public speaker, and was;,/ him methodical in his habits, had taught him punct- constantly called upon to address the meetings of his > uality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty party friends. His skill as a speaker was such that C l principles of morality. His health was frail; and his hewas popularly called the Napoleon of the stump. r father, fearing that he might not be able to endure a He was a man of unblemished morals, genial and --— tf-fig -— ^-A:X-^- mG — --- ' *"n^ --— ' *' D6o JAMES K. POLK. courteous in his bearing, and with that sympathetic with an army into Texas to hold the country. He was nature in the joys and griefs of others which ever gave sent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the him troops of friends. In I823, Mr. Polk was elected western boundary of Texas. Then he was sent nearly to the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his two hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande, strong influence towards the election of his friend, where he erected batteries which commanded the Mr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States. Mexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah the western banks. Childress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was The anticipated collision soon took place, and war altogether worthy of him,-a lady of beauty and cul- was declared against Mexico by President Polk. The ture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a war was pushed forward by Mr. Polk's administration member of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first to his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that called one of "observation," then of "occupation," for fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con- then of "invasion,"was sent forward to Monterey. The tinued in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew, feeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly only that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair and awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement of Tennessee. In Congress he was a laborious alone can reveal the misery which this war caused. member, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was It was by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk's administration always in his seat, always courteous; and whenever that the war was brought on. he spoke it was always to the point, and without any 'To the victors belong the spoils." Mexico was ambitious rhetorical display. prostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands. During five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was We now consented to peace upon the condition that - Speaker of the House. Strong passions were roused, Mexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas, z and stormy scenes were witnessed; but Mr. Polk per- all of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower CalX formed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac- ifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of a tion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was Texas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This: passed by the House as he withdrew on the 4th of was an extent of territory equal to nine States of the March, I839. size of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a majestic States to be added to the Union. There were ( candidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was some Americans who thought it all right: there were elected by a large majority, and on the i4th of Octo- others who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution ber, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 184, of this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and his term of office expired, and he was again the can- more than a hundred million of dollars. Of this didate of the Democratic party, but was defeated. money fifteen millions were paid to Mexico. On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur- On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from ated President of the United States. The verdict of office, having served one term. The next day was the country in favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated f its influence upon Congress; and the last act of the as his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in the administration of President Tyler was to affix his sig- same carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same evennature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the ing, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to 3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to Tennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age. the American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas He had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits, as one of her provinces, the Mexican minister, and his health was good. With an ample fortune, Almonte, immediately demanded his passports and a choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties i left the country, declaring the act of the annexation of the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years, to be an act hostile to Mexico. of tranquility and happiness were before him. But the In his first message, President Polk urged that cholera-that fearful scourge-was then sweeping up Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re- the Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted, ceived intb the Union on the same footing with the and died on the I5th of June, I849, in the fifty-fourth other States. In the meantime, Gen. Taylor was sent year of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen. e''"^ ----s~ n ^tl - - --- H I Ado *an - _u A&X ^rT ~TWELFTH PRESIDENT. 63 ie.. X ACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth companyof infantry numbering fifty men, many of!' ' ] k 't,_President of the United States, whom were sick. C,a ~ '~: (' [ |was born on the 24th of Nov., Early in the autumn of I812, the Indians, stealthily, C1784, in Orange Co.,Va. His and in large numbers, moved upon the fort. Their ^ ~ ~father, Colonel Taylor, was approach was first indicated by the murder of two a Virginian of note, and a dis- soldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor q tinguished patriot and soldier of made every possible preparation to meet the anticii the Revolution. When Zachary pated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of i.v.. was an infant, his father with his forty painted and plumed savages came to the fort, wife and two children, emigrated waving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that Ad> A )1 (~ to Kentucky, where he settled in in the morning their chief would come to have a talk - V(]1/ - the pathless wilderness, a few with him. It Was evident that their object was merely -:= 1y l i miles from Louisville. In this front- to ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt..V ier home, away from civilization and Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept: A: I' ~ all its refinements, young Zachary them at a distance. / could enjoy but few social and educational advan- The sun went down; the savages disappeared, the tages. When six years of age he attended a common their arms. One hour before school, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy, midnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips ( rather remarkable for bluntness and decision of char- in the forest around, followed by the discharge of acter He was strong, fearless and self-reliant, and musketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick manifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight and well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that the Indians who were ravaging the frontiers. There defeat was not merely death, but in the case of capis little to be recorded of the uneventful years of his ture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tord childhood on his father's large but lonely plantation. ture. No pen can describe, no immagination can In I808, his father succeeded in obtaining for him conceive the scenes which ensued. The savages sucs the commission of lieutenant in the United States ceeded in setting fire to one of the block-houses. army; and he joined the troops which were stationed Until six o'clock in the morning, this awful conflict at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after continued. The savages then, baffled at every point, this he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt. from one of the first families of Maryland. Taylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the Immediately after the declaration of war with Eng- rank of major by brevet.:t land, in I8I2, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been Until the close of the war, Major Taylor was placed ~ promoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort in such situations that he saw but little more of active Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above service. He was sent far away into the depths of the:} Vincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder- wilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which; ness by Gen. Harrison,on his march to Tippecanoe. empties into Green Bay. Here there was but little It was one of the first points of attack by the Indians, to be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one $ led by Tecumnseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken best could, There were no books, no society, no inr|| w a "X — ----— b^ OCT ^^ --- —w-~I3- - - - wi i F a 6v4ACHAR -A7LUO ~64 ZACHAR Y TA YLOR. d).6 I4; A ( g saF 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 compel the Seminole Indians to vacate that region and retire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty, had promised they should do. The services rendered here secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated to the rank of brigadier-general by brevet; and soon after, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief command of the United States troops in Florida. After two years of such wearisome employment amidst the everglades of the peninsula, Gen. Taylor obtained, at his own request, a change of command, and was stationed over the Department of the Southwest. 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, the sobriquet of " Old Rough and Ready.' The tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista spread 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 wonderful popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, unlettered, honest soldier as their candidate for the Presidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the announcement, and for a time would not listen to it; declaringthat 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 their 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 remarked, " 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 triumphantly 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, expeditions 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 9th of July, I850. His last words 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, unpretending man, he had been steadily growing in the affections of the people; and the Nation bitterly lamented 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 enlarged and refreshed by reading, or much converse with the world. Rigidity of ideas was the consequence. 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 simplicity was child-like, and with innumerable prejudices, 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 outside 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 Dilworth'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, laborsaving contempt for learning of every kind." I II i 9 - - - - - --- ---- -- - - ---- - -- - - -- - - - '. - - - I -JL-l N L(., — 0*3 Of -I 9 olnu u N .* ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~A <: —^%^^b *-^^^<^~ P THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT. 67 e Y IMILLARI FILLAMIIEE t E )"i ' t eeth of na, la. His i X 4 i ~~the 7th of January, I8oo. His books. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate; father was a farmer, and ow- and the selections which he made were continually ing to misfortune, in humble cir- more elevating and instructive. He read history, /. cumstances. Of his mother, the biography, oratory; and thus gradually there was en- =:::% Q Vdaughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, kindled in his heart a desire to be something more a of Pittsfield, Mass., it has been than a mere worker with his hands; and he was be- = %/ Smg~ said that she possessed an intellect coming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed, v of very high order, united with much educated man. a SI tDEI to ^w^ 3 ^->" 3- i <- "ta I t'a ~f /., AMES BUCHANAN, the fif-,,/ ijj..teenth President of the United TStatcs, was born in a small '"qb ' —{l/ frontier town, at the foot of the eastern ridge of the Alleghanies, in Franklin Co., Penn., on porters of his administration. Upon this question he unite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repubwas brought into direct collision with Henry Clay. lic. He therefore did nothing. He also, with voice and vote, advocated expunging The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administration from the journal of the Senate the vote of censure nominated Abraham Lincoln as their standard bearer against Gen. Jackson for removing the deposits. in the next Presidential canvass. The pro-slavery Earnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the party declared, that if he were elected, and the conDistrict of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the trol of the Government were thus taken from their circulation of anti-slavery documents by the United hands, they would secede from the Union, taking States mails. with them, as they retired, the National Capitol at As to petitions on the subject of slavery, he advo- Washington, and the lion's share of the territory of cated that they should be respectfully received; and the United States. that the reply should be returned, that Congress had Mr. Buchanan's sympathy with the pro-slavery: no power to legislate upon the subject. " Congress," party was such, that he had been willing to offerthem said he, "might as well undertake to interfere with far more than they had ventured to claim. All the slavery under a foreign government as in any of the South had professed to ask of the North was nonStates where it now exists." intervention upon the subject of slavery. Mr. BuUpon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency, Mr. chanan had been ready to offer them the active coBuchanan became Secretary of State, and as, such, operation of the Government to defend and extend took his share of the responsibility in the conduct of the institution. the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing As the storm increased in violence, the slaveholders the Nueces by the American troops into the disputed claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan avowterritory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross ing that Congress had no power to prevent it, one of. =a the Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration the most pitiable exhibitions of governmental imof war. No candid man can read with pleasure the becility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He v = account of the course our Government pursued in that declared that Congress had no power to enforce its = movement, laws in any State which had withdrawn, or which "' Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with was attempting to withdraw from the Union. This Ko the party devoted to the perpetuation and extension was not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with of slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind his hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed, "The to bear against the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his Union must and shall be preserved!" cordial approval to the compromise measures of 1850, South Carolina seceded in December, i86o; nearly which included the fugitive-slave law. Mr. Pierce, three months before the inauguration of President upon his election to the Presidency, honored Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair. Buchanan with the mission to England. The rebel flag was raised in Charleston; Fort Sumpter In the year 1856, a national Democratic conven- was besieged; our forts, navy-yards and arsenals tion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The were seized; our depots ofrmilitary stores were plunpolitical conflict was one of the most severe in which dered; and our custom-houses and post-offices were our country has ever engaged. All the friends of appropriated by the rebels. slavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re- The energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our striction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre- Executive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked mont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re- on in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away, ceived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received and close the administration, so terrible in its weak174, and was elected. The popular vote stood ness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver1,340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On ance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the March 4th, I857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated. scepter. Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four The administration of President Buchanan was years were wanting to fill up his threescore years and certainly the most calamitous our country has exten. His own friends, those with whom he had been perienced. His best friends cannot recall it with allied in political principles and action -for years, were pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame,; seeking the destruction of the Government, that they that in that dreadful conflict which rolled its billows v) might rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a of flame and blood over our whole land, no word came nation whose corner-stone should be human slavery. from his lips to indicate his wish that our country's s In this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be- banner should triumph over the flag of the rebellion. wildered. He could not, with his long-avowed prin- He died at his Wheatland retreat, June i, I868. MP^p^:^s. ---' —.^^[)|l0lUt~" 84 ANDRE W JOHNSON. I (8 1 i I S = ) ity, and proved himself the warm friend of the working classes. In I857, Mr. Johnson was elected United States Senator. Years before, in I845, he had warmly advocated the annexation of Texas, stating however, as his reason, that he thought this annexation would probably 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 I850, he also supported the compromise 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 free 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 Savior was the son of a carpenter." In the Charleston-Baltimore convention of I860, he was the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the Presidency. In I86I, when the purpose of the Southern Democracy became apparent, he took a decided stand in favor of the Union, and held that " slavery must be held subordinate to the Union at whatever cost." He returned 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, I862, appointed him Military Governor of the State, and he established the most stringent military rule. His numerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In I864, he was elected Vice-President of the United States, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April I5, 1865, became President. In a speechtwo days later he said, "The American people must be taught, if they 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 inconsistency 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 characterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly defied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In the beginning of i868, on account of "high crimes and misdemeanors," the principal of which was the removal of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Tenure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were preferred 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 necessary to his condemnation, he was pronounced acquitted, notwithstanding the great majority against him. The change of one vote from the not guilty side would have sustained the impeachment. The President, for the remainder of his term, was but little regarded. He continued, though impotently, his conflict with Congress. His own party did not think it expedient to renominate him for the Presidency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unparalleled 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 immortalize 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 I875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting struggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Tennessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Congress, and took his seat in that body, at the special session convened by President Grant, on the 5th of March. On the 27th of July, I875, 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 reaching the residence of his child the following day, was stricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious. He rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at 2 A.M., July 3I, aged sixty-seven years. His funeral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August, with every demonstration of respect. I, I I " t1<;. W.T Jy i I rnl,, > t^ t I I Un f l f l. I - /I^^-a^' ?II-'/ t-.......G- IH P s —....r. ~~~> EB~IGH.tEENTH PRESIDENT. LII --- —- -- __ ___ ~~/a~B~cS —53 I - Q ~~~~tj~~~"~i~~"-/1 - Ci LYSSES S. GRANT, the p.......:.... I eighteenth President of the X United States, was born on the 29th of April, 1822, of ^/ G~ ^Christian parents, in a humble home, at Point Pleasant, on the banks of the Ohio. Shortly after SI' X his father moved to Georgetown, Brown Co., O. In this remote frontier hamlet, Ulysses received a common-school education. At the age of seventeen, in the year I839, he entered the Military Academy at West Point. Here he was regarded as a solid, 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 infantry to one of the distant military posts in the Missouri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary From Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry, to 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 Rey, he was promoted to a first lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Chapultepec. At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant returned 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 immigrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt. Grant resigned his commission and returned to the States; and having married, entered upon the cultivation of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but little skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not remunerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into the leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga ' ' -....... — --,- lena, 111. This was in the year I860. As the tidings C solitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating. E solitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating of the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears Hi~ ~ Indians.*~~ ~of Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said,The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was Capt Grant in his -room, he said-. The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was "Uncle Sam has educated me for the army; though sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first ncle amhas educated me for the army; though sent with s aregment to Co. There wass fir I have served him through one war, I do not feel that battle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here I have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready to discharge for the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at y pat I a ll rey o scr m,., i -o,,.,,,.,.,,,,, my obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my sword Resaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battele..r TVT 4 * * —..I.-,3... *i, and see Uncle Sam through this war too." of Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that and see Uncle Sam through this war too." A^ ],~,.,1~ r ~.., ~...i * He went into the streets, raised a company of vol1i he performed a signal service of daring and skillful s, r a c ny itf i-..1~~.r~.T~.i~m. i unteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield, horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its amhorsema nshi.. H. b e hd e e the capital of the State, where their services were i munition. A messenger must be sent for more, along edto Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by -. a route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut. the zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt. Grant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians, Grant gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the >) grasped the mane of his horse, and hanging upon one volunteer organization that was being formed in the. side of the animal, ran the gauntlet in entire safety. State in behalf of the Government. On the 15th of yj\S~i^ ---^ -^'7_ 88g ULYSSES S. GRA NT. (: - _ ')? June, I86I, Capt. Grant received a commission as Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of 3 Colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol- the army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National: unteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who troops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal i had served for 15 years in the regular army, were such capital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de- i 5 that he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- stroy the rebel armies which would be promptly asGeneral and was placed in command at Cairo. The sembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole rebels raised their banner at Paducah, near the mouth continent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these of the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap- majestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field. peared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The Steamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains rebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and were burdened with closely packed thousands. His stripes were unfurled in its stead. plans were comprehensive and involved a series of He entered the service with great determination campaigns, which were executed with remarkable enand immediately began active duty. This was the be- ergy and ability, and were consummated at the surginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond render of Lee, April 9, x865 -he was ever pushing the enemy with great vigor and The war was ended. The Union was saved. The effectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur- almost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen. prised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry Grant to be the most prominent instrument in its salwon another victory. Then came the brilliant fight vatioi. The eminent services he had thus rendered at Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the the country brought him conspicuously forward as the Republican candidate for the Presidential chair. victory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was Republican candidate for the Presidential chair. immediately made a Major-General, and the military Atthe Republican Convention held at Chicago,. districtof Tennessee wasassignedto him. May 21, i868, he was unanimously nominated for the. district of Tennessee was assigned to him. Lik al gra ca. Grn kne wl ho T Presidency, and at the autumn election received a rs Like all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well how -0 ~, /. Ad * i*. i maioritrof the popular vote, and 214 out of 294 29 = to secure the results of victory. He immediately majoity of the popular vote, and 24 t of 294 electoral votes.. pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then came the eectoralvotes thJ *u * *u*The National Convention of the Republican party S4/ terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an which met at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, I872, siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an.. unconditional surrender of the city with over thirty. r r..., ~. by a unanimous vote. The selection was emphatithousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can- b a u. non.. cally indorsed by the people five months later, 292 non. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most ~~~~~.,r~~~~~~,, electoral votes being cast for him. severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, o e e.~ -... / ~. ^~., Soon after the close of his second term, Gen. Grant and opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf.. G astarted upon his famous trip around the world. He Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with ^ Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with visited almost every country of the civilized world,, Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro- and was everywhere received with such ovations and was everywher reeceived with such ovations ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from his horse, and received severe injuries, from which he ofr a n t wasi~~iiiii~~~~~k las well as public and official, as were never before was laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid bestowed upon any citizen of the United States. It of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and courteous, and is not too much to say that his modest, courteous, and by a wonderful series of strategic and tactical meas- demeanor in the presence of the most disUnion army infightingcondt. T dignified demeanor in the presence of the most disures put the Union army in fighting condition. Then ures put the Union army in fighting condition. Then tinguished men in the different nations in the world, followed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout reflected honor upon the Republic which he so long Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels and so faithfully served. The country felt a great I were routed with great loss. This won for him unpride in his reception. Upon his arrival in San Fran- i bounded praise in the North. On the 4th of FebruCisco, Sept. 20, i879h tie city authorities gave him a a;,, ary, I864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant- cisco, Sept., 879, the city authorities gave him a fine reception. After lingering in the Golden State X / general, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant. for a while, he began his tbur through the States,. /@)f He repaired to Washington to receive his credentials which extended North and South, everywhere mark- ) which extended North and South, everywhere mark- ii and enter upon the duties of his new office. ed by great acclamation and splendid ovations. < )'~.and enter pnt-uties o — h- noffice I ,iti: I:::::: ~::~:~i~, ~~:~ 3:i';~; L: ' 't;':'.i'i.-::-:; "j:C '-.:.i:.ssj8q ii*:-~::: ~ -;-:~:~ —':~li~r:::::;:,~::4:-;!;-;;:; .,s~;~;~~~ -ap: ";; %~I;.~:I: c~ s ;t: ~-~~r I.~9&ae$t9J~.is:~t:; LBPti81Pk~raCRs3ptX;"'';:' ~~.c`:':':" Ui ~Is ~.:' "I;rfi::p;~ ~ ~ - jlsT;.''~7t ~:~ ::::: Il:~lj::\~r: i;~:.;~,, s iiC-Caan-~::: _-:, W|^e@ ))^ ^ - —; n^ n n^ —i NI1 l TEERNTIH PRESIDLI'A. 9.;' ^ iT?^ UTHERFORD B. HAYES, born. He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia - |the| nineteenth President of Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emithe United States was born in grated thither from Connecticut, they having been most three months after the Her ancestry on the male side are traced back to Udeath of his father Rutherford 635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders nHayes. His ancestryesiden t of Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers ' 1%^~ i ~;k ~7/ the paternal and maternal sides, in the Revolutionary War. was of the most honorable char- The father of President Hayes was an industrious, / acter. It can be traced., frugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me. as far back as 1280, when Hayes and chanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock.. Rutherford were two Scottish chief- in r dor almost anything else that he choose to tains, fighting side by side with undertake. He was a member of the Church, active ^ Baliol, William Wallace and Robert in all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con~ '.'' Bruce. Both families belonged to the ducted his business on Christian principles. After nobility, owned extensive estates, the closeNorwich. Both of he wa fr g randfathereasons inexplicable,/P UTHE.P' aan ~PORD HA 92 2RUTHERFORD B. HAYSS. \ ( I I ( i I+ sL 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 inquiring 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 boy's big head, and the mother's assiduous care of him, 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 need not laugh," said Mrs. Hayes. ' You wait 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 I825, his older brother was drowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his mother. The boy was seven years old before he went 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 dispo5. sition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings = of others, which are marked traits of his character. t 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 preparation commenced with a tutor at home; but he was afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He entered Kenyon College in Ig38, 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 Sparrbw, Esq., in Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in Columbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter the Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he remained two years. In I 845, after graduating 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 remained three years, acquiring but a limited practice, and apparently unambitious of distinction in his profession. In I849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his ambition found a new stimulus. For several years, however, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at? this period, had a powerful influence upon his subsej quent life. One of these was his marrage with Miss Lucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of; Chilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cincinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its ' members such men as Chief 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 did more than she to reflect honor upon American womanhood. The Literary Club brought Mr.* Hayes into constant association with young men of high character and noble aims, and lured him to display the qualities so long hidden by his bashfulness and modesty. In i856 he was nominated to the office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to accept the nomination. Two years later, the office of city solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council elected him for the unexpired term. In I861, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at 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 up arms for the defense of his country. His military record was bright and illustrious. In October, i86i, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and in August, I862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio regiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades and go among strangers. Subsequently, however, he was made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle of South Mountain he received a wound, and while faint and bleeding displayed courage and 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, and for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, he was promoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted Major-General, "for gallant and distinguished services during the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia." In the course of his arduous services, four horses were shot from under him, and he was wounded four times. In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from the Second Ohio District, which had long been Democratic. 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 1866. In I867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio, over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a popular Democrat. In 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton. He was elected Governor for the third term in I875. In 1876 he was the standard bearer of the Republican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a hard long contest was chosen President, and was in augurated Monday, March 5, I875. He served his full term, not, however, with satisfaction to his party, but his administration was an average one. 15'. I~ ~ '11, ( /~ (\ ( p S< i,,a, I -,I Pe I,, W ammmumompow tlt A-," Kq-,* w, I L. - _:,Nll " I ir // H e))-cusg u.11 art H —T> He^Bz Br -- V — f^:: TWEIVTIETR PRESIDENT. 95 e4-. _ _.. >)...... i)r $h7 A1j ma Amft - "' 1ThTrTYt IX -i '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I Al VMN V AXt Al A A BV\I Ti V/~ Tt l' K V1., -'T!AMES A. GARFIELD, twen_ 7 Al [tt tieth President of the United i't@Ig I ^; States, was born Nov. I9, ~,: r, a I:83 I, in the woods of Orange, [:". Cuyahoga Co., O His parents were Abram and Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, both of New lr tty A England ancestry and from famit lies well known in the early his7d w w tory of that section of our country, but had moved to the Western Reserve,'in Ohio, early in its settlement. The house in which James A. was born was not unlike the houses of poor Ohio farmers of that day. It was about 20 X 30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces between the logs filled with clay. His father was a hard working farmer, and he soon had his fields cleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built. The household comprised the father and mother and their four children-Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and James. In May, 1823, the father, from a cold contracted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At this time James was about eighteen months old, and Thomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can tell how much James was indebted to his brother's toil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years succeeding his father's death, but undoubtedly very much. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sisters live in Solon, 0., 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 carpenter work, chopped wood, or did anything that would bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed mother in her 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 struggling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they ever forget him. When in the highest seats of honor, the humblest friend 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 want and the sweetness of bread earned by the sweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, plain, modest gentleman. The highest ambition of young Garfield until he was about sixteen years old was to be a captain of a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard a vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. She finally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the understanding, however, that he should try to obtain 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 with success, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos Letcher, on the Ohio & Pennsylvania Canal. Heremained at this work but a short time when he went home, and attended the seminary at Chester for 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 I850, of which church he was then a member. He became janitor and bell-ringer in order to help pay his way. He then became both teacher and pupil. He soon "exhausted Hiram " and needed more; hence, in the fall of I854, he entered Williams College, from which he graduated in I856, taking one of the highest honors of his class. He afterwards returned 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 member, 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 his religion: I;I P"t.-fl I X / q 11% q;~ Of 'i 4%.I., II ~~a~~i;V.' gz 1< N;i~ L~~~~1,- 0q "V;N0 Iiltk rl 96 JAMES A. GARFIELD. > "President Garfield was more than a man of his brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he won strong moral and religious convictions. His whole the stars of the Major-General. history, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to Without an effort on his part Gen. Garfield was man and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and elected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the. faith and spiritual commission were controlling springs Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio of his being, and to a more than usual degree. In had been represented in Congress for sixty years my judgment there is no more interesting feature of mainly by two men-Elisha Whittlesey and Joshua his character than.his loyal allegiance to the body of R. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he Christians in which he was trained, and the fervent resigned his place in the army. At the time he ensympathy which he ever showed in their Christian tered Congress he was the youngest member in that communion. Not many of the few 'wise and mighty body. There he remained by successive reand noble who are called' show a similar loyalty to elections until he was elected President in I880. the less stately and cultured Christian communions Of his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says: " Since in which they have been reared. Too often itis true the year I864 you cannot think of a question which that as they step upward in social and political sig- has been debated in Congress, or discussed before a nificance they step upward from one degree to tribunel of the American people, in regard to. which another in some of the many types of fashionable you will not find, if you wish instruction, the arguChristianity. President Garfield adhered to the ment on one side stated, in almost every instance church of his mother, the church in which he was better than by anybody else, in some speech made in trained, and in which he served as a pillar and an the House of Representatives or on the hustings by evangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec- Mr. Garfield." tarian charity for all 'who love our Lord in sincerity."' Upon Jan. I4, i880, Gen. Garfield was elected to Mr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss the U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the Lucretia Rudolph, Nov. ii, I858, who proved herself same year, was nominated as the candidate of his worthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and party for President at the great Chicago Convention. l mourned. To them were born seven children, five of He was elected in the following November, and on = whom are still living, four boys and one girl. March 4, I88I, was inaugurated. Probably no ad1= Mr. Garfield made his first political speeches in i856, ministration ever opened its existence under brighter g in Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three auspices than that of President Garfield, and every &; years later he began to speak at county mass-meet- day it grew in favor with the people, and by the first m ' rlgs, and became the favorite speaker wherever he of July he had completed all the initiatory and prewas. During this year he was elected to the Ohio liminary work of his administration and was preparSenate. He also began to study law at Cleveland, ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams and in I86I was admitted to the bar. The great College. While on his way and at the depot, in com- ( Rebellion broke out in the early part of this year, pany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind and Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had him, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back. talked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re- The President tottered and fell, and as he did so the ceived his commission as Lieut.-Colonel of the Forty- assassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug. left coat sleeve of his victim, but inflicting no farther 14, I86I. He was immediately put into active ser- injury. It has been very truthfully said that this was vice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in action, "the shot that was heard round the world " Never was placed in command of four regiments of infantry before in the history of the Nation had anything ocand eight companies of cavalry, charged with the curred which so nearly froze the blood of the people work of driving out of his native State the officer for the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit- j (Humphrey Marshall) reputed to be the ablest of ten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and those, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given was at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty to the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed- days, all during the hot months of July and August, ily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres- he lingered and suffered. He, however, remained ident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him master of himself till the last, and by his magnificent Brigadier-General, Jan. Io, 1862; and as " he had bearing was teaching the country and the world the been the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years noblest of human lessons-how to live grandly in the before, so now he was the youngest General in the very clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass- l army." He was withi Gen. Buell's army at Shiloh, ingly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept. in its operations around Corinth and its march through I9, I883, at Elberon, N. J., on the.very bankof the. f Alabama. He was then detailed as a member of the ocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The (: General Court-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John world wept at his death, as it never had done on the c Porter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose- death of any other man who had ever lived upon it. crans, and was assigned to the "Chief of Staff." The murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe- ) ' The military history of Gen, Garfield closed with cuted, in one year after he committed the foul deed. ""X~n'> ----Q"nCN't<>' s -Ea ~ I,- I 'A TWEzNTY-FIRST PRESIDENT. 99 > And9 ~,~: '~ HESTER A. ARTHUR, Herndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at twenty-first President of the sea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in S United States, was born in recognition of the bravery he displayed on that occaFranklinCounty, Vermont, on sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur's (A o/ 'l ~thefifthof October, 1830, and is nomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two of A ~~' ~I~ l^the oldest of a family of two children. =:=^ i sons and five daughters. His Gen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity. %*i?>|yg Ax gM —^ -^op- i nnw — I00 CHESTER A. AR THUR. _. --,^ —,, - - -. - I~~~~~~~~~~~ rZir re.f followed their example. Before that the Sixth Avenue Company ran a few special cars for colored persons 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.the war he was Judge-Advocate of the Second Brigade of the State of New York, and Governor Morgan, of that State, appointed him Engineerin-Chief of his staff. In i86i, he was made Inspector General, and soon afterward became Quartermaster-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 Attorney of New York, was added to the firm. The legal practice of this well-known firm. was very large and lucrative, 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. 2 1 1872, to succeed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July, 20, 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 June, i880. This was perhaps the greatest political convention that ever assembled on the continent. It was composed of the leading politicians of the Republican party, all able men, -and each stood firm and fought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their respective candidates that were before the convention for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield received 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 was Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated March 4, I881, as President and Vice-President. A 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, when the hearts of all civilized na tions were throbbing in unison, longing for the recovery of the noble, the good President. The remarkable patience that he manifested during those hours and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suffering man has often been called upon to endure, was seemingly more than human. It was certainly Godlike. 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 auspiciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested in deed or look of this man, even though the most honored position in the world was at any moment likely to fall to him. At last God in his mercy relieved President Garfield from further suffering, and the 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 assume the responsibilities of the high office, and he took the oath in New York, Sept. 20, i88i. 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 select 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 has happily surprised the Nation, acting so justly, so wisely, so well, that but few have criticised his administration. -Should he continue during the remainder of his term to pursue the wise policy he has followed thus far, we believe President Arthur's administration will go down in history as one of the wisest and most satisfactory our country has ever enjoyed. His highest ambition seems to be to do his duty to the whole Nation, even to the sacrifice of his warmest personal friends. 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F, * ) ______ aid i *~~~*.-I' i.I:^\ r: ---s Il~~~l~~nil<^A^ ---s^^ -— ~~~~~i -.^ ^/^ i:.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ au- p,~ wPad ' -;t< --- n rr B —u,' GRGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 105 ',:7'^06 r CTYO II IIGAN. 1. I &ai I~~ ~A N.^'j~ TEPHEN T. MASON, the tJY C~ (BI$@iA~ first Governorof Michigan, was a son of Gen. John T. Mason, '', Xj3 _ /] of Kentucky, but was born in l,.S e fVirginia, in 1812. At the age Q 1QO of 19 he was appointed SecreN"_ ~tary of Michigan Territory, and jl till served in that capacity during the IYJHo administration of Gov..George B. y(~ Porter. Upon the death of Gov. ( Porter, which occurred on the 6th of J July, I834, Mr. Mason became Acting Governor. In October, I835, he |( was elected Governor under the State f^^ organization, and immediately entered 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 disputed southern boundary of the State. Michigan claimed for her southern boundary aline running 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, the parties to which were the original 13 States, and the territory northwest of the Ohio; and, by the succession of parties under statutory amendments to the ordinance and laws of Congress-the United States on the one part, and each Territory northwest of the Ohio, as far as affected by their provisions, on the other. Michigan, therefore, claimed it under the prior 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 regulate the boundary. It was also claimed that the Constitution of the State of Ohio having described a different line, and Congress having admitted the State under that Constitution, without mentioning the subject of the line in dispute, Congress had thereby given its consent to the line as laid down by the Constitution of Ohio. This claim was urged by Ohio at some periods of the controversy, but at others she appeared to regard the question unsettled, by the fact that she insisted upon Congress taking action in regard to the boundary. Accordingly, we find that, in I812, 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 i818. In 1826, 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; but, in the hurry of business, no action was taken by Congress, and the question remained open till Michigan organized her State government. 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 northern line of Ohio, west of Lake Erie. The line claimed by Michigan was known as the " Fulton line," and that claimed by Ohio was known as the " Harris line," * i i, r..4 l;k 0r A,. all v SI I 1 /p) I rcr~ x I ^\g^N- — ^W- -^_________ -- - KF~Q C4 io 06 STEPHEN T. MASON., from the names of the surveyors. The territory was of their number, he found it convenient to content valuable for its rich agricultural lands; but the chief himself for a time with " watching over the border." value consisted in the fact that the harbor on the Several days were passed in this exhilarating employMaumee River, where now stands the flourishing city ment, and just as Governor Lucas had made up his of Toledo, was included within its limits The town mind to do something rash, two commissioners aroriginally bore the name of Swan Creek, afterwards rived from Washington on a mission of peace. They Port Lawrence, then Vestula, and then Toledo. remonstrated with Gov. Lucus, and reminded him of In February, 1835, the Legislature of Ohio passed the consequences to himself and his State if he peran act extending the jurisdiction of the State over sisted in his attempt to gain possession of tle disputed the territory in question; erected townships and territory by force. After several conferences with directed them to hold elections in April following. It both governors, the commissioners submitted proposialso directed Governor Lucus to appoint three com- tions for their consideration. missioners to survey and re-mark the Harris line; and Governor Lucas at once accepted the propositions, named the first of April as the day to commence the and disbanded his forces. Governor Mason, on the survey. Acting Governor Mason, however, anticipated other hand, refused to accede to the arrangement, and this action on the part of the Ohio Legislature, sent declined to compromise the rights of his people by a a special message to the Legislative Council, appris- surrender of possession and jurisdiction. When Goving it of Governor Lucas' message, and advised imme- ernor Lucus disbanded his forces, however, Governor diate action by that body to anticipate and counteract Mason partially followed suit, but still held himself the proceedings of Ohio. Accordingly, on the i2th in readiness to meet any emergency that might arise. of February, the council passed an act making it a Governor Lucus now supposed that his way was ~ criminal offence, punishable by a heavy fine, or im- clear, and that he could re-mark the Harris line with- r prisonment, for any one to attempt to exercise any out being molested, and ordered the commissioners i official functions, or accept any office within the juris- to proceed with their work. diction of Michigan, under or by virture of any au- In the meantime, Governor Mason kept a watchthority not derived from the Territory, or the United ful eye upon the proceedings. General Brown sent States. On the gth of March, Governor Mason wrote scouts through the woods to watch their movements, General Brown, then in command of the Michigan and report when operations were commenced. When militia, directing him to hold himself in readiness to the surveying party got within the county of Lenameet the enemy in the field in case any attempt was wee, the under-sheriff of that county, armed with a made on the part of Ohio to carry out the provisions warrant, and accompanied by a posse, suddenly made -of that act of the Legislature. On the 3ist of March, his appearance, and succeeded in arresting a portion Governor Lucus, with his commissioners, arrived at of the party. The rest, including the commissioners, Perrysburgh, on their way to commence re-surveying took to their heels, and were soon beyond the disthe Harris line. He was accompanied by General puted territory. They reached Perrysburgh the folBell and staff, of the Ohio Militia, who proceeded to lowing day in a highly demoralized condition, and muster a volunteer force of about 600 men. This reported they had been attacked by an overwhelmwas soon accomplished, and the force fully armed and ing force of Michigan malitia, under command of equipped. The force then went into camp at Fort 'General Brown. Miami, to await the Governor's orders. This summary breaking up of the surveying party In the meantime, Governor Mason, with General produced the most tremendous excitement throughout Brown and staff, had raised a force 800 to I200 Ohio. Governor Lucas called an extra session of the strong, and were in possession of Toledo. General Legislature. But little remains to be said in reference Brown's Staff consisted of Captain Henry Smith, of to the " war." The question continued for some time: Monroe, Inspector; Major J. J. Ullman, of Con- to agitate the minds of the opposing parties; and the stantine, Quartermaster; William E. Broadman, of action of Congress was impatiently awaited. Michigan Detroit, and Alpheus Felch, of Monroe, Aids-de- was admitted into the Union on the condition that ' camp. When Governor Lucas observed the deter- she give to Ohio the disputed territory, and accept mined bearing of the Michigan braves, and took note in return the Northern Peninsula, which she did. I) IS U '* I -a^>j ~ SECOND GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN. 109 > G1 Kri 1UP8 — 4fILIAM 5OODBIIDGBE. 'a ILLIAM WOODBRIDGE, peom McFingal, which, during a dark period of the; second Governor of Michigan, Revolution, wrought such a magic change upon the' x %1^\ was born at Norwich, Conn., spirits of the colonists. He was happy in his domes^'^g ^ Aug. 20, 178o, and died at ticrelationsuntilthe deathofMrs.W., Feb. 2 9,86o. Detroit Oct. 20, i86. He Our written biographies necessarily speak more ~,~ was of a family of three brothers fully of men, because of their active participation in and two sisters. His father, public affairs, but human actions are stamped upon j Dudley Woodbridge, removed to the page of time and when the scroll shall be unrolled Marietta Ohio, about 17go90. The the influence of good women upon the history of the '! life of Wm. Woodbridge, by Chas. world will be read side by side with the deeds of men. i Lauman, from which this sketch How much success and renown in life many men owe r: is largely compiled, mentions noth- to their wives is probably little known. Mrs. W. enin cne n IWing whiscel educ a d joyed the best means of early education that the 3,- |Xhzll lading concerning his early education | beyond the fact thaat it w -|s such as country afforded, and her intellectual genius enabled ^^^t beyond the fact that it was such as was afforded by the average school her to improve her advantages. During her life, side i m was afforded by the average school i of the tme, e y eare t t by side with the highest type of domestic and social ( of the time, except a year with the l French colonists at Gallipolis, graces, she manifested a keen intellectuality that;] Q \> French colonists at Gallipolis,. W e i wr h a ir kw o formed the crown of a faultless character. She was where he acquired a knowledge of the F h an. It soud a natural poet, and wrote quite a large number of fine i the French language. It shouldc be boe n mind however, tt verses, some of which are preserved in a printed be borne in mind, however, that hoe ecatn at that te as memorial essay written upon the occasion of her an indispensable featr e in the death. In this essay, it is said of her "to contribute an indispensable feature in the training ofthe young. To this and even in matters of minor importance, to elevate the andi to a few studies wl mased, reputation and add to the well being of her husband >and to a few studies well mastered, k itluiy. -,,-..,. 1.1, 1.~in the various stations he was called upon to fill, gave is due that strong mental discipline which has served in the various stations he was called upon to fill, gave her the highest satisfaction" She was an invalid as a basis for many of the grand intellects that have r i r ri r i i during the latter portion of her life, but was patient adorned and helped to make our National history. a-,.,1.. memora esv wand cheerful to the end. Mr. Woodbridge studied law at Marietta, having as a fellow student an intimate personal friend, a In Mr was chosen a representative to the Gne A mo, ad.. * en was hosena r epresta t ie d to the young man subsequently distinguished, but known young man subsequently distinguished, but known General Assembly of Ohio, and in 1809 was elected to at that time simply as Lewis Cass. He graduated at the Senate, continuing a member by re-election until his removal from the State. He also held by ap-I? the law school in Connecticut, after a course there of his removal from the State. He also held, by apnearly three years, and began to practice at Marietta pointmet, during the time the office of Prosecuting g in I806. In June, 806, he married, at Hartford, Con- Attorney for his county. He took a leading part in nlecticut, Juleanna, daughter of John Trumbell, a the Legislature, and in I812 drew up a declaration and $ distinguished author and judge; and author of the resolutions, which passed the two houses unaminously V;-.,s m u S "B , I T i WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE. and attracted great attention, endorsing, in strongest the Territory, and was engaged also in the practice of and most emphatic terms, the war measures of Presi- his profession, having the best law library in the Terdent Madison. During the period from I804 to I814 ritory. In 1828, upon the recommendation of the, the two law students, Woodbridge and Cass, had be- Governor, Judges and others, he was appointed by the * come widely separated. The latter was Governor of President, J. Q. Adams, to succeed Hon. James Withthe Territory of Michigan under the historic "Governor erell, who had resigned as a Judge of what is convenand Judges" plan, with the indispensable requisite of a tionally called the "Supreme Court" of the Territory. Secretary of the Territorry. This latter position was, This court was apparently a continuation of the Terriin I814, without solicitation on his part, tendered to torial Court, under the "first grade" or "Governor and Mr. W. He accepted the position with some hesita- Judges" system. Although it was supreme in its jution, and entered upon its duties as soon as he could dicial functions within the Territory, its powers and make the necessary arrangements for leaving Ohio. duties were of a very general character. The office of Secretary involved also the duties of In I832, the term of his appointment as Judge excollectorof customs at the port of Detroit, and during piring, President Jackson appointed a successor, it is the frequent absences of the Governor, the dischargeof supposed on political grounds, much to the disappoint- | of his duties, also including those of Superintendent ment of the public and the bar of the Territory. The of Indian Affairs. Mr. W. officiated as Governor for partisan feeling of the time extended into the Terriabout two years out of the eight years that he held the tory, and its people began to think of assuming the office of Secretary. Under the administration of"Gov- dignity of a State government. Party lines becomernor and Judges," which the people of the Territory ing very sharply drawn, he identified himself with preferred for economical reasons, to continue some time the Whigs and was elected a member of the Convenafter their numbers entitled them to a mure popular tion of 1835, which formed the first State Constitution. representative system, they were allowed no delegate In I837 he was elected a member of the State Senate. in Congress. Mr. W., as a sort of informal agent of This sketch has purposely dealt somewhat in detail the people, by correspondence and also by a visit to with what may be called Judge W's. earlier career, the National capital, so clearly set forth the demand because it is closely identified with the early his- ~.; for representation by a delegate, that an act was tory of the State, and the development of its politi= passedin Congress in 1819 authorizing one tobechosen. cal system. Since the organization of the State Gov- Under this act Mr. W. was elected by the concurrence ernment the histnrv of Michigrnn is mrre familiar. anrd:t 'O'. of all parties. His first action inCongress was to secure the passage 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 the Miami River to Detroit, thus opening a means of land transit between Ohio and Michigan. 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 hence no review of Judge W's career as Governor and Senator will be attempted. He was elected Governor in 1839, under a popular impression that the affairs of the State had not been prudently administered by the Democrats. He served as Governor but little more than a year, when he was elected to the Senate of the United- States. His term in the Senate practically closed his political life, although he was strongly urged by many prominent men for the Whig nomination for Vice President in I8A8. j for the improvement of La Plaisance Bay. The ex- r. 2 o pedition for the exploration of the country around after his appointment as Judge in 828 Lake Superior and in the valley of the Upper Mis- ernor W. took up his residence on a tract of land A sissippi, projected by Governor Cass, was set on foot which he owned in the township of Spring Wells a by means of representations made to the head of the short distance below what was then the corporate limdepartment by Mr.. While in tCongress he sren its of Detroit, where he resided during the remainder...odepartmentb r Wiei ogesh e of his life. Both in his public papers and private uously maintained the right of Michigan to the strip of his life. Bothin hG s puW. shos hse and p vate of territory now forming the northern boundary of communications Governor W shows himself a masOhio, which formed the subject of such grave dispute ter of language; he is fruitful in simile and illustrabetween Ohio and Michigan at the time of the ad- tion, logical in arrangement, happy in the choice and. 'mission of the latter into the Union. He served treatment of topics, and terse and vigorous in expres- ( but one term as delegate to Congress, de- sion. Judge W. was a Congregationalist. His opinions dining further service on account of personal and on all subjects were decided; he was earnest and family considerations. Mr. W. continued to discharge energetic, courteous and dignfied and at tmes exrf'f........ -~ /.,, ^ ^hibited a vein of fine humor that was the more atthe duties of Secretary of the Territory up to the time tractive because not too often allowed to come to the its Government passed into the "second grade." surface. His letters and addresses show a deep and In 1824, he was appointed one of a board of earnest affection not only for his ancestral home, but commissioners for adjusting private land claims in the home of his adoption and for friends and family..-,..,-:~ < I 6 0.4 At GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 13 13. w ~>/{md-* k s'1 6A an _ T I 1 l JOHN S. BARRY B| I,. i. I. I 10J./ OHN STEWARD BARRY, X?~,~~ rGovernor of Michigan from Jan. 3, I842, to Jan. 5, I846, and from Jan. 7, 1850, to Jan., I852, was born at Amherst, N. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His parents, John and Ellen (Steward) Barry, early removed to Rocking* ham, Vt., where he remained until he became of age, working on his stantine and continued his mercantile pursuits. He became Justice of the Peace at White Pigeon, Mich., in 1831, and held the office until the year I835. Mr. Barry's first public office was that of a member of the first constitutional convention, which assembled and framed the constitution upon which Michigan was admitted into the Union. He took an important and prominent part in the proceedings of that body, and showed himself to be a man of far more than ordinary ability. TT f -N/TII:^1;-:_- tkn l — -1; -,+'Af: + h1, TT,;, rn M=~m A i 0~ 7,:6, 10 T 's ~:[,! g!W Iatner's tarm, and pursuing his upoJ lViiucnligan uDuing aumiclluU InLU tn unioun,? studies at the same time. He mar- Mr. Barry was chosen State Senator, and so favorably ried Mary Kidder, of Grafton, Vt., were his associates impressed with his abilities at the and in 1824 went to Georgia, Vt., first session of the Legislature that they looked to him where he had charge of an academy as a party leader, and that he should head the State for two years, meanwhile studying ticket at the following election. Accordingly he reV for two years, meanwhile studying... a r ceived the nomination for Governor at the hands law. He afterward practiced law in r 1 -law. He afterward practiced law.. of his party assembled in convention. He was that State. While he was in Georgia he was for some.. that State.Whilehewas in Georgia he was for so elected, and so popular was his administration that, in time a member of the Governor's staff, with the title 8. Dr n th y. > *.. 1842, he was again elected. During these years ) of Governor's Aid, and at a somewhat earlier period. g in ir Michigan was embarrassed by great financial diffiwas Captainof a company of State militia. In i83I was Captainof a company of State militia. In 1831 culties, and it was through his wisdom and sound judg-. he removed to Michigan, and settled at White Pigeon, ment that the State was finally placed upon a solid / where he engaged in mercantile business with I. W. financial bais. Willard. During the first year of Gov. Barry's first term, the k? Four years after, 1834, Mr. Barry removed to Con- University at Ann Arbor was opened for the reception ~,'~ iaN;S>An".... 7.; \ ~~+@- -~~~~~-U U. 1 i7,: I.........) I1111JOHN STE WA II4 I JOHN STE TVA A*)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RD BARRY. _ ---,^ V y X ~ IS f:).-:.. I O of students. The Michigan Central and Michigan Southern railroads were being rapidly constructed, and general progress was everywhere noticeable. In I842, the number of pupils reported as attending the public schools was nearly fifty-eight thousand. In I843, 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 I844, the taxable property of the State was found to be over twenty-eight millions of dollars, the tak being at the rate of two mills on the dollar. The expenses of the State were only seventy thousand dollars, while the 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 the 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 second term expired, the population of the State was more than three hundred thousand. The constitution of the State forbade more than two consecutive terms, but he was called upon to fill the position again in I85o-the only instance of the kind in the history of the State. He was a member of the Territorial Legislature, of the Constitutional Convention, and afterward of the State House of Representatives. During Mr. Barry's third term as Governor the Normal School was established at Ypsilanti, which was endowed with lands and placed in charge of a board of education consisting of six persons. A new constitution 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 the burning of the depot at Detroit, in 1850. At a setting of the grand jury of Wayne County, April 24, I85I, 37 men of the 50 under arrest for this crime were indicted. May 20, following, the accused parties appeared at the Circuit Court of Wayne, of which Warner Wing was resident judge. The Railroad Company employed ten eminent lawyers, including David Stuart, John Van Arman, James A. Van Dyke, Jacob M. Howard, Alex. D. Fraser, Daniel Goodwin and William Gray. The defendants were represented by six members of the State bar, led by William H. Seward, of New York. The trial occupied four months, during which time the plaintiffs examined 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 that his clients were the victims of purchased treachery, rather than so many sacrifices to justice. The verdict of " guilty " was rendered at 9 o'clock P. M., Sept. 25, I85 I. On the 26th the prisoners were put forward to receive sentence, when many of them protested their entire innocence, after which the presiding judge condemned 2 of the number to the following terms of imprisonment, with hard labor, within the State's prison, situate in their county: Ammi Filley, ten years; Orlando L. Williams, ten years; Aaron Mount, eight years; Andrew J. Freeland, eight years; Eben Farnham, eight years; William Corvin, eight years; Richard Price, eight years; Evan Price, eight years; Lyman Champlin, five years; Willard W. Champlin, five years; Erastus Champlin, five years; Erastus Smith, five years. In 1840, Gov. Barry became deeply interested in the cultivation of the 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, whether of a public or a private nature, and he is acknowledged by all to have been one of the most efficient and popular Governors the Slate has ever had. Gov. Barry was a man of incorruptible integrity. His opinions, which he reached by the most thorough investigation, he held tenaciously. His strong convictions 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 he was not remarkable. Solidity, rather than brilliancy, characterized his oratory, which is described as argumentative and instructive, but cold, hard, and entirely wanting in rhetorical ornament. He was never eloquent, seldom humorous or sarcastic, and in manner rather awkward. Although 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 intrigue as a means of gaining position. He was a true statesman, and gained public esteem by his solid worth. His political connections were always with the Democratic party, and his opinions were usually extreme. Mr. Barry retired to private life after the beginning of the ascendency of the Republican party, and carried on his mercantile business at Constantine. He died Jan. 14, I870, his wife's death having occurred a year previous, March 30, 869. They left no children. l. It I0 ~A; I!(? ~tA i I 1 I 'I i,_ {;>. ~e.) P Iv i.., =Y? -^JC;~~ ffi^^_ --- ^ —i -_at lo —s-r- Ac t A ~~~l-~__i 1 4_51 ;.~:..;-:~: ~~~i:~;; n,:l;a:s::i:' i t ~ j;W ~iti~ I I:.i~i..::-~j~; f-r: iv an:; Eb` ~--,i:.~ .:":h~ i:~;DBRPti: !r,:Is -.% ai; :::.~t:4-~.F::!~I i:: ii: ~~::!-;i -;;::;-~~,;;~:i::10''i: — -~ ---i r~?:;;; i: ~-?.~,:~i ~.iV,-i~ ~3 *' "c:::~T:,:sl~:~ -~"` ~;:-:-:: r:-::; i~H-.-~:::-:-::::::: i;:-~- LBi A c ts R. - _ ' -y' A idto,>.L e, ~ ~GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.: \ J-# ~ ~ ~(-4e~)~(~] E~~)~:~$$~-::: Al.,A..4 -%.eA - _ LPHEUS FELCH, the third Sargent S. Prentiss, at Vicksburg, Miss., but on his Governor of Michigan, was arrival at Cincinnati, Mr. Felch was attacked by tember 28, 8o6. His grand- permit of his traveling, found that the danger of the:%^^1 g ^^l father, Abijah Felch, was a sol- disease was too great to permit a journey down the,~^~~~ 2j dier in th'e Revolution; and river. He therefore determined to come to MichifX| when a young man, having with gan. He first began to practice in this State at Mon. 4` I^^ 'Jtween the Great and Little Ossipee to Ann Arbor. He was elected to the State Legislaj <( \___ a. y*t C I t^^^ ^^ a^ Ys^ Yt~, e r \. K K V 'T ILLIAM L. GREENLY, A ^ f i 7-mAS M Governor of Michigan for the A ~l?; f~]L~ year I847, was born at Hamil-, ton, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept. i8, 8 I3. He graduatedat Un-^^^!v Mion College, Schenectady, in [[ -17 I83I, studied law and was admitted to the bar in I834. In { 81836. having removed to Michigan, he settled in Adrian, where Q! he has since resided. The year following his arrival in Michigan he was elected State Senator and served in that capacity until I839. In 1845 he was elected Lieut. Governor and became acting Governor I j by the resignation of Gov. Felch, who was elected to the United States Senate. The war with Mexico was brought 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. That many went there and fought well are points conceded; but their names and nativity are hidden away in United States archives and where it is almost impossible 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 number. In May, I846,the Governor of Michigan was notified by the War Department of the United States to enroll a regiment of volunteers, to be held in readiness for service whenever demanded. At his summons 13 independent volunteer companies, i of infantry and two of cavalry, at once fell into line. Of the infantry four companies were from Detroit, bearing the honored names of Montgomery, Lafayette, Scott and Brady upon their banners. Of the remainder 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 service. In addition to them ten companies, making the First Regiment of Michigan Volunteers, springing from various parts of the State, but embodying to a great degree the material of which the first volunteers was formed, were not called for until October following. This regiment was soon in readiness and proceeded by orders from Government to the seat of war, J=3 23 ~ } i,.t.^y p Kti 9 3 li I- -iarso;~I 't:,,~~~~~ 4~ (; ~ i^~~-,z ' fl~ i?; / *^ ' - * _ _ _ _ (19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'sr ' ' * -~~~~~~~~ 7 f * *. o f ^ '. s a~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ r,. v *.. 1*.^. I.?p fI tt <"F~ t ^3r% \l C m i_:>:~~ ~~~~~~~~~~s~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ r',-~i,2 - I fl —^. 'r""-. —....v. GO VERNORS. 125?1_1 EPw1rn jODITU) |I^S HE HON. EPAPHRODI- shone forth so prominently in his acts as Governor.,ii ) r TTUS RANSOM, the Seventh He held the office of Regent of the Michigan Univer- (;?B | I W| /Governor of Michigan, was a sity several times, and ever advocated a liberal policy 4 N4 e^ ^J ^ native of Massachusetts. In in its management. * 1 CD~that State he reeived a col- Subsequently he was appointed receiver of the X~I; ha Stt h rcie a c. ~land office in one of the districts in Kansas, by Pres- " legiate education, studied law, ident Buchanan, to which State he had removed, and: and was admitted to the bar. where he died before the expiration of his term of office., 3 Removing to Michigan about | We sum up the events and affairs of the State un7) ^ d^ the time of its admission to the der Gov. Ransom's administration as follows: The ' J 'l7^~ Union, he took up his residence Asylum for the Insane was establised, as also the )\ |H at Kalamazoo. Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Both of Mr. Ransom served with marked these institutes were liberally endowed with lands, ablt for. a* n e of and each of them placed in charge of a loard of five ability for a number of years in the trustees. The appropriation in 849 for the deaf and State Legislature, and in I837 he was appointed As- dumb and blind amounted to $8I,500. On the first sociate Justice of the Supreme Court. In I843 he of March, I848, the first telegraph line was comwas promoted to Chief Justice, which office he re- pleted from New York to Detroit, and the first distained until I845, when he resigned. patch transmitted on that day. The following figures Shortly afterwards he became deeply interested in show the progress in agriculture: The land reported the building of plank roads in the western portion of as under cultivation in 1848 was I,437,460 acres; of the State, and in this business lost the greater portion wheat there were produced 4,749,300 bushels; other of the property which he had accumulated by years grains, 8,197,767 bushels; wool, 1,645,756 pounds;. of toil and industry. maple sugar, 1,774,369 pounds; horses, 52,305; cat-) Mr. Ransom became Governor of the State of tle, 210,268; swine, 152,54I; sheep, 610,534; while 4 Michigan in the fall of I847, and served during one the flour mills numbered 228, and the lumber mills term, performing the duties of the office in a truly amounted to 730. 1847, an act was passed removing statesmanlike manner. He subsequently became the Legislature from Detroit to Lansing, and tempo) President of the Michigan Agricultural Society, in rary buildings for the use of the Legislature wereimwhich position he displayed the same ability that mediately erected, at a cost of $12,450. -— ^.~~~~~~~A'HH~in^A X — f t ) t ~~~ir~~~~~~ ~111 T T^~~~~~~~~~~0 0 =l:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -bPb He 1 ~~~ A I ( A I t.., r GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. I 129 (~ --------------------------------------------------------.. _ - ROBTl M _OBERT McCLELLAND, a? | lGovernor of Michigan from Jan. I, 1852, toMarch 8,1853, was born at Greencastle, Frankm S g~ 2 lin Co., Penn., Aug. i, I807. ~~4 - 3Among his ancestors were several 'If'Q7 ~officers of rank in the Revolution) ary war, and some of his family connections were distinguished in the $ war of I812, and that with Mexico. His father was an eminent physician and surgeon who studied under Dr. Benj. Rush, of Philadelphia, and, —Lj1= — lr,,,,,,-~l _! the Territory of Michigan, where, after a severe examination, he became a member of the bar of Michigan, and engaged in practice with bright prospect of success. In I835, 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 appointed the first Bank Commissioner of the State, by Gov. Mason, and received an offer of the Attorney Generalship, but declined both of these offices in order to attend to his professional duties. In I838, Mr. McClelland was elected to the State Legislature, in which he soon became distinguished as me _ea ot severa _mprtn comtes Speaker ICO x "v practLccu nis pruiobssbiu successunly as tne nea ot several important committees, Speaker ' until six months before his death, at pro tempore, and as an active, zealous and efficient I the age of 84 years. Although Mr. member. In 1840, Gen. Harrison, as a candidate for McClelland's family had been in good circum- the Presidency, swept the country with an overwhelmstances, when he was I7 years old he was thrown ing majority, and at the same time the State of Michiupon his own resources. After taking the usual pre- gan was carried by the Whigs under the popular cry liminary studies, and teaching school to obtain the of " Woodbridge and reform " against the Democratic means, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle, party. At this time Mr. McClelland stood among the Penn., from which he graduated among the first in acknowledged leaders of the latter organization; was h his class, in I829. He then resumed teaching, and elected a member of the State House of Representaj having completed the course of study for the legal tives, and with others adopted a plan to regain a lost profession, was admitted to the bar at Chambersburg, authority and prestige. i Penn., in i831. Soon afterward he removed to the This party soon came again into power in the State, city of Pittsburgh, where he practiced for almost a and having been returned to the State Legislature Mr. year. McClelland's leadership was acknowledged by his > In 1833, Mr. McClelland removed to Monroe, in election as Speaker of the House of Representatives -— c t ji |( C' g-' ~ 30. I ROBERT McC C. - I LELLAND. ~ ~'~. I A5 1' X 3=3 i ) d s., in I843. Down to this time Michigan had constituted one congressional district. The late Hon. Jacob M. Howard had been elected against Hon. Alpheus Felch by a strong majority; but, in 1843, so thoroughly had the Democratic party recovered from its defeat of I840 that Mr. McClelland, as a candidate for Congress, carried Detroit district by a majority of about 2,500. Mro McClelland soon took a prominent position in Congress among the veterans of that body. During his first term he was placed on Committee on Commerce, 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 Congressi At the opening of this session he had acquired a National reputation, and so favorably was he known as a parlimentarian that his name was mentioned for Speaker of the House of Representativeso 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 esteem in which they held his services and of their personal regard for him, presented him with a cane which he retains as a souvenir of the donors, and of his labors in Congress. In i847, Mr. McClelland was re-elected to Congress, and at the opening of the 3oth Congress became a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations. While acting in this capacity, what was known as the " French Spoliation Bill" came under his special 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 proper manner. This he regarded as the citizens'constitutional right which should not be impaired by any doctrines of temporary expediency. He also voted for the adoption of Mr. Giddings's bill for the abolishing of slavery in the District of Columbia. Mr. McClelland was one of the few Democrats associated with David Wilmot, of Pennsylvania, in bringing forward the celebrated "Wilmot Proviso," with a view to prevent further extension of slavery in new territory which might be acquired by the United States. He and Mr. Wilmot were together at the time in Washington, and on intimate and confidential terms. Mr. McClelland was in several National conventions and ink the Baltimore convention, which nominated Gen. Cass for President, in i848, doing valiant service that year for the election 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 I member and was regarded therein as among the ablest q and most experienced leaders. His clear judgment and wise moderation were conspicuous, both in the committee room and on the floor, in debate. In I850, he was President of the Democratic Stat convention which adopted resolutions in support of Henry Clays famous compromise measures, of which Mr. McClelland was a strong advocate. He was a member of the Democratic National convention in i852, and in that year, in company with Geno Cass and Governor Felch, he made a thorough canvass of the State. He continued earnestly to advocate the Clay compromise measures, and took an active part in the canvass which resulted in the election of Gen. Pierce to the Presidency. In i85 1, the new State constitution took effect and it was necessary that a Governor should be elected for one year in order to prevent an interregnum, and to bring the State Government into operation under 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, I853. His administration was regarded as wise, prudent and conciliatory, 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, 853; 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 thecabinet by President Pierce, in March, I85 3, 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 the expenditures. He adopted a course with the Indians which relieved them from the impositions and annoyances of the traders, and produced 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 I867, Michigan again called a convention to revise the State constitution, Mr. McClelland was a member and here again his long experience made him conspicuous as a prudent adviser, a sagacious parliamentary leader. As a lawyer he was terse and pointed in argument, clear, candid and impressive 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 I870 he made the tour of Europe, which, through his extensive personal acquaintance with European diplomates, 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 whom now survive. i k Ii I f I CI,) I PI I k4jpalug I~ I I f ^/ GO VERNORS OF s MICHIGAN. 33 6, J i _ r< i NDREW PARSONS, Gover- and accompanied their father and others to New,;-.' t~# l ^ t nor of Michigan from March England about I630. Samuel Parsons, born at Salis1y, 185 3 to Jan. 3, [ r 855, was bury, Mass., in'I707, graduated at Harvard College in born in the town of Hoosick, I730, ordained at Rye, N. H., Nov. 3, 1736, married _ County of Rensselaer, and Mary Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones, of Boston, ~ ~'7 State of New York, on the 22d Oct. 9, I739, died Jan. 4, 1789, at the age of 82, in day of July, 1817, and died June the 53rd year f his ministry. The grandfather of Mary FY 1 A 6, 6855, at the early age of 38 Jones was Capt. John Adams, of Boston, grandson,^ [tsa,",;years. He was the son of John of Henry, of Braintree, who was among the first set- c=!:,/j A d Parsons, born at Newburyport, tiers of Massachusetts, and from whom a numerous M ass., Oct. 2, 1782, and who was the race of the name are descended, including two PresisonofAndrew Parsons, a Revolutionary dents of the United States. The Parsons have be11 7^(g Isoldier, who was the son of Phineas come very numerous and are found. throughout New - Parsons, the son of Samuel Parsons, England, and many of the descedants are scattered a sna in a descendantparts of the United States, and especially in a~..desnnt. o the Middle and Western States. Governor Andrew in Ireland in 1290. Of this name and family, some one hundred and Parsons came to Michigan in I835, at the age of 17 thirty years ago, Bishop Gilson remarked in his edi- years, and spent the first summer at Lower Ann 0 tion of Camden's Britannia: "The honorable family Arbor, where for a few months he taught school which j of Parsons have been advanced to the dignity of he was compelled to abandon from ill health. Viscounts and more lately Earls of Ross." He was one of the large number of men of sterling The following are descendants of these families: worth, who came from the East to Michigan when it Sir John Parsons, born I48I, was Mayor of Hereford; was an infant State, or, even prior to its assuming Robert Parsons, born in 1546, lived near Bridgewater, the dignity of a State, and who, by their wisdom, England. He was educated at Ballial College, Ox- enterprise and energy, have developed its wonderful < ford, and was a noted writer and defender of the natural resources, until to-day it ranks with the proudT Romish faith. He established an English College at est States of the Union. These brave men came to I Rome and another at Valladolia. Frances Parsons, Michigan with nothing to aid them in the conquest born in I556, was Vicar of Rothwell, in Notingham; of the wilderness save courageous hearts and,^trong, Bartholomew Parsons, born in I6I8, was another and willirg hands. They gloriously conquered, hownotedmemberof the family. In 634, Thomas Parsons ever, and to them is due all honor for the labors was knighted by Charles i. Joseph and Benjamin, so nobly performed, for the solid and sure foundation brothers, were born in Great Torrington, England, which they laid of a great Commonwealth. Vsut — " anay" e watam 134 AANDREW PARSONS. In the fall of i835, he explored the Grand River by threats, and in a short letter to the people, after ' Valley in a frail canoe, the whole length of the river, giving overwhelming reasons that no sensible man i from Jackson to Lake Michigan, and spent the following could dispute, showing the circumstances were not winter as clerk in a store at Prairie Creek, in Ionia, "extraordinary," he refused to call the extra session. County, and in the spring went to Marshall, where he This brought down the wrath of various parties upon resided with his brother, the Hon. Luke H. Parsons, his head, but they were soon forced to acknowledge also now deceased, until fall, when he went to Shia- the wisdom and the justice of his course. One of wasse County, then with Clinton County, and an almost his greatest enemies said, after a long acquaintance: unbroken wilderness and constituting one organized "though not always coinciding with his views I never township. In 1837 this territory was organized into doubted his honesty of purpose. He at all times a county and, at the age of only 19 years, he (An- sought to perform his duties in strict accordance, - drew) was elected County Clerk. In I840, he was with the dictates of his conscience, and the behests elected Register of Deeds, re-elected in 1842, and of his oath." The following eulogium from a politcalopalso in I844. In I846, he was elected to the State ponent is just in its conception and creditable to its Senate, was appointed Prosecuting Attorney in 1848, author: "Gov. Parsons was a politician of the Demand elected Regent of the University in I85, and ocratic school, a man of pure moral character, fixed Lieutenant Governor, and became acting Governor, and exemplary habits, and entirely blameless in every in 1853, elected again to the Legislature in 1854, and, public and private relation of life. As a politician he b = overcome by debilitated health, hard labor and the was candid, frank and free from bitterness, as an ex- = ZA responsibilities of his office and cares of his business, ecutive officer firm, constant \and reliable." The =r retired to his farm, where he died soon after. highest commendations we can pay the deceased is a He was a fluent and persuasive speaker and well to give his just record,-that of being an honest man. b calculated to make friends of his acquantances. He In the spring of 1854, during the administration of was always true to his trust, and the whole world Governor Parsons, the Republican party, at least ( could not persuade nor drive him to do what he con- as a State organization, was first formed in the United ceived to be wrong. When Governor, a most power- States " under the oaks" at Jackson, by anti-slavery ful railroad influence was brought to bear upon him, men of both the old parties. Great excitement preto induce him to call an extra session of the Legisla- vailed at this time, occasioned by the settling of ture. Meetings were held in all parts of the State Kansas, and the issue thereby brought up, whether for that purpose. In some sections the resolutions slavery should exist there. For the purposeof permit- ~ were of a laudatory nature, intending to make him do ting slavery there, the " Missouri compromise " (which i their bidding by resort to friendly and flattering words. limited slavery to the south of 360 30) was reIn other places the resolutions were of a demanding repealed, under the leadership of Stephen A, Douglas. nature, while in others they were threatening beyond This was repealed by a bill admitting Kansas and measure. Fearing that all these influences might Nebraska into the Union, as Territories, and those who fail to induce him to call the extra session, a large were opposed to this repeal measure were in short A, sum of money was sent him, and liberal offers ten- called " anti-Nebraska" men. The epithets, " Nedered him if he would gratify the railroad interest of braska" and " anti-Nebraska," were temporally em- i the State and call the extra session, but, immovable, ployed to designate the slavery and anti-slavery, he returned the money and refused to receive parties, pending the desolution of the old Democratic any favors, whether from any party who would at- and Whig parties and the organization of the new tempt to corrupt him by laudations, liberal offers, or Democratic and Republican parties of the present. gx^^^ — ^g —^^aiiaDoca —ra-t- d-ebicanpati of thpre I I - -- ------ -A - AM-Ilf", I qI'i` " Iil -1 p61 GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN. I37 iI I | KINSLEY S. BINGHAM. g. ~ ~ 3 h~Fhih3I~)(Ft ~ /3 ~ LY3Cii ~~ ~~~~~1~ |/~~~ L)~~LY;#1 Lmmmmmmm.V~S~~~a r~~~~~C C~~ ----~ ---~ AJdjB --- — _ s~ i~~~~taa4. x\//,-ss h FM-i,i~^ - r INSLEY S. BINGHAM, ' i! l Governor of Michigan from I 855 to I859, and United ' 2 J y States Senator, was born in Camillus, Onondaga County, N. Y., Dec. i6, I8o8. His father was a farmer, and his own ~<1 early life was consequently devoted to agricultural pursuits, but l notwithstanding the disadvantages related to the acquisition of knowledge in the life of a farmer he managed to secure a good academic education in his native State and studied law in the office of Gen. James R. Lawrence, now of 31E Syracuse, N. Y. In the spring of o I833, he married an estimable lady who had recently arrived from Scotland, and obeying the impulse of a naturally enterprising disposition, he emigrated to Michigan and purchased a new farm in company I with his brother-in-law, Mr. Robert Worden, in Green Oak, Livingston County. Here, on the border of civilization, buried in the primeval forest, our late student commenced the arduous task of preparing a future home, clearing and fencing, putting 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 Postmaster under the Territorial government, and was the first Probate Judge in the county. In the year 1836, when Michigan Lecame 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 I846 he was elected on the Democratic ticket, Representative to Congress, and was the only practical farmer in that body. He was never forgetful of the interest of agriculture, and was in particular opposed to the introduction of "Wood's Patent Cast Iron Plow " which he completely prevented. He was reelected to Congress in I848, 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 I854, at the first organization of the Republican party, in consequence 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 Congress and took an active part in the stormy campaign in the election of Abraham Lincoln. He wit I lmd (j 11 An p s Ih:3 '> I I n zi~i la.rii"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ m~~rt~~~n~~3~~~ I-~~~ c~~lr`Lr' ~~48>7-c111 Wv"~f)) h4~ — Ycil 1 aJ 1 r<~ a > YX7 138 KINSLEY S. BINGHAM. I nessed the commencement of the civil war while a of Agriculture, which was created for that purpose. member of the United States Senate. After a corn- In its essential features, of combining study and paratively short life of remarkable promise and pub- labor, and of uniting general and professional studies lic activity he was attacked with appoplexy and died in its course, the college has remained virtually unsuddenly at his residence, in Green Oak, Oct. 5, I86. changed from the first. It has a steady growth in The most noticable event in Governor. Bingham's number of students, in means of illustration and first term was the completion of the ship canal, at the efficiency of instruction. Falls of St. Mary. In I852, Angust 26, an act of The Agricultural College is three miles east of Congress was approved, granting to the State of Mich- 'Lansing, comprising several fine buildings; and there igan seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of land are also very beautiful, substantial residences for the for the purpose of constructing a ship canal between professors. There are also an extensive, well-filled Lakes Huron and Superior. In I853, the Legislature green-house, a very large and well-equipped chemical accepted the grant, and provided for the appointment laboratory, one of the most scientific apiaries in the of commissioners to select the donated lands, and to United States, a general museum, a meseum of mearrange for building the canal. A company of enter- chanical inventions, another of vegetable products, prising men was formed, and a contract was entered extensive barns, piggeries, etc., etc., in fine trim for into by which it was arranged that the canal should thepurposes designed. The farm consists of 676 be finished in two years, and the work was pushed acres, of which about 300 are under cultivation in a rapidly forward. Every article of consumption, ma- systematic rqtation of crops. chinery, working implements and materials, timber Adrian College was established by the Wesleyan for the gates, stones for the locks, as well as men and Methodists in 1859, now under the control of the supplies, had to be transported to the site of the canal Methodist Church. The grounds contain about 20 from Detroit, Cleveland, and other lake ports. The acres. There are four buildings, capable of accomrapids which had to be surmounted have a fall of modating about 225 students. Attendance in 1875 seventeen feet and are about one mile long. The was 179; total number of graduates for previous year, length of the canal is less'than one mile, its width one 121; ten professors and teachers are employed. Exhundred feet, depth twelve feet and it has two locks clusive of the endowment fund ($80,ooo), the assets of solid masonary. In May, 855, the work was corn- of the institution, including grounds, buildings, furni- -,:a pleted, accepted by the commissioners, and formally ture, apparatus, musical instruments, outlying lands,, delivered to the State authorities. etc., amount to more than $I37,000. = The disbursements on account of the construction Hillsdale College was established in i855 by the of the canal and selecting the lands amounted to one Free Baptists. The Michigan Central College, at ( million of dollars; while the lands which were as- Spring Arbor, was incorporated in 1845. It was kept signed to the company, and selected through the in operation until it was merged into the present agency at the Sault, as well as certain lands in the Hillsdale College. The site comprises 25 acres, Upper and Lower Peninsulas, filled to an acre the beautifully situated on an eminence in the western Government grant. The opening of the canal was part of the city of Hillsdale. The large and imposan important event in the history of the improvement ing building first erected was nearly destroyed by fire of the State. It was a valuable link in the chain of in 1874, and in its place five buildings of a more lake commerce, and particularly important to the modern style have been erected. They are of brick, interests of the Upper Peninsula. three stories with basement, arranged on three sides There were several educational, charitable and re- of a quadrangle. The size is, respectively, 8o'by 8o, formatory institutions inaugurated and opened during 48 by 7 2, 48 by 72, 80 by 60, 52 by 72, and they conGov. Bingham's administrations. The Michigan Ag- tain one-half more room than the original building. ricultural College owes its establishment to a provision The State.Reform School. This was established of the State Constitution of 1850. Article I3 says, at Lansing in I85 5,in the northeastern portion of the "The Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, pro- city, as the House of Correction for Juvenile Ofvide for the establishment of an agricultural school." fenders, having about it many of the features of a For the purpose of carying into practice this provision, prison. In I85 9 the name was changed to the State legislation was commenced in 1855, and the act re- Reform School. The government and dicipline, have ( quired that the school should be within ten miles of undergone many and radical changes, until all the Lansing, and that not more than $15 an acre should prison features have been removed except those that be paid for the farm and college grounds. The col- remain in the walls of the original structure, and I lege was opened to students in May, 1857, the first of which remain only as monuments of instructive hisexisting argricultural colleges in the United States. tory. No bolts, bars or guards are employed. The Until the spring of i86i, it was under the control inmates are necessarily kept under the surveillance of of the State Board of Education; since that time it officers, but the attempts at escape are much fewer has been under the management of the State Board than under the more rigid regime of former days., I I d-ed A d L^,^^-^ GO VERNVORS OF MICHIGAN. r41 ev; Iaklq R IURZ No ~.. C i' m aL M I s& = l OSES WISNER, Governor of vA.,"lN ^K Michigan from 1859 to i86I, ~,;1 ~I" ^ ~ was born in Springport, Cayuga Co., N Y., June 3, 1815.. His early education was only what could be obtained at a ',' common school. Agricultural labor and frugality of his parents gave 1 ~.! {him a physical constitution of unus( ual strength and endurance, which - was ever preserved by temperate habits. In 1837 he emigrated to MichiI(f gan and purchased a farm in Lapeer j 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 being 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 I84I he was admitted to the bar and established himself in his new vocation at the village of Lapeer. While there he was apppointed by Gov. Woodbridge Prosecuting Attorney for that county, in which capacity he acquitted himself well and gave promise of that eminence he afterward attained in the profession.. He remained at Lapeer but a short time, removing to Pontiac, where he became a member of a firm and entered fully upon the practice. In politics he was like his talented brother, a Whig of the Henry Clay stamp, but with a decided antislaverybias. His practice becoming extensive, he took little part in politics until after.the election of Mr. Pierce to the Presidency in I852, when he took an active part against slavery. As a lawyer he was a man of great ability, but relied less upon mere book learning than upon 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 memory which bore upon the case. He was no friend of trickery or artifice in conducting a case As an advocate he had few equals. When fully aroused by the merits of his subject his eloquence was at once graceful and powerfiul. His fancies supplied the most original, the most pointed illustrations, and his logic became a battling giant under whose heavy blows the adversary shrank and withered. Nature had bestowed upon him rare qualities, and his powers as a popular orator were of a high order. On the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of I854, repealing the Missouri compromise and opening the Territories to slavery, he was among the foremost in Michigan to denounce the shamful scheme. He actively participated in organizing and consolidating the elements opposed to it in that State, and was a member of the popular gathering at Jackson, in July, 1854, which was the first formal Republican Convention held in the United States. At this meeting'the name "Republican " was adopted as a designation of the new party consisting of Anti-slavery, Whigs, Liberty men, Free Soil Democrats and all others opposed to the extension of slavery and favorable to its expulsion from the Territories and the District of Columbia. At this convention Mr. W. was urged to accept the nomination for Attorney General of the ( -i i LC 1% 0 (~%, 1 a I II tI n PI";~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,Zrl ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - i,;~~~~~~~~~.., aa au~~-~ IIgz Ie~:-.iI~~~~~~~~~~X01:m~.V Ad - " ---^^nna^ - 6-s --- 142 MOSES WISNER. State, but declined. An entire State ticket was nom- Camp Wallace. He had at the breaking out of the inated and at the annual election in November was war turned his attention to military studies and beelected by an average majority of nearly Io,ooo. came proficient in the ordinary rules and discipline. I Mr. W. was enthusiastic in the cause and brought to His entire attention was now devoted to his duties. its support all his personal influence and talents. In His treatment of his men was kind, though his disci- Y his views he was bold and radical. He believed from pline was rigid. He possessed in an eminent degree the beginning that the political power of the slave- the spirit of command, and had he lived he would holders would have to be overthrown before quiet no doubt have distinguished himself as a good could be secured to the country. In the Presidential officer. He was impatient of delay and chafed at canvass of 1856 he supported the Fremont, or Re- being kept in Kentucky where there was so little publican, ticket. At the session of the Legislature of prospect of getting at the enemy. But life in camp, i857 he was. a candidate for United States Senator, so different from the one he had been leading, and and as such received a very handsome support. his incessant labors, coupled with that impatience In I858, he was nominated for Governor of the which was so natural and so general among the volState by the Republican convention that met at De- unteers in the early part of the war, soon made their troit, and at the subsequent November election was influence felt upon his health. He was seized with chosen by a very large majority. Before the day of typhoid fever and removed to a private house near the election he had addressed the people of almost Lexington. Every care which medical skill or the every county and his majority was greater even than hand of friendship could bestow was rendered him. that of his popular predecessor, Hon. K. S. Bingham. In the delirious wanderings of his mind he was disHe served as Governor two years, from Jan. i, I859, ciplining his men and urging them to be prepared for: to Jan. i, I86I. His first message to 'the Legislature an encounter with the enemy, enlarging upon the jus- e was an able and statesman-like production, and was tice of their cause and the necessity of their crush- j = read with usual favor. It showed that he was awake ing the Rebellion. But the source of his most poig- i to all the interests of the State and set forth an en- nant griet was the prospect of not being able to come. lightened State policy, that had its view of the rapid to a hand-to-hand encounter with the "chivalry." settlement of our uncultivated lands and the devel- He was proud of his regiment, and felt that if it could l opment of our immense agricultural and mineral re- find the enemy it would cover itself with glory,-a sources. It was a document that reflected the highest distinction it afterward obtained, but not until Col. W. credit upon the author. was no more. The malady baffled all medical treatHis term having expired Jan. I, 86, e returned ment, and on the th day of Jan., 63, he returned to his home in Pontiac, and to the practice of his his last. His remains were removed to Michigan and profession. There were those in the State who interred in the cemetery at Pontiac, where they rest i counselled the sending of delegates to the peace con- by the side of the brave Gen. Richardson, who reference at Washington, but Mr. W. was opposed to all ceived his mortal wound at the battle of Antietam. such temporizing expedients. His counsel was to Col. W. was no adventurer, although he was doubtless ] send no delegate, but to prepare to fight. |ambitious of military renown and would have striven for it with characteristic energy. He went to the war After Congress had met and passed the necessary t d a u e ii 0 -,... to defend and uphold the principles he had so much legislation he resolved to take part in the war. In at heart. Few men were more familiar than he with the spring and summer of i862 he set to work to... the sparing and summer of a 862 he set to work to the causes and the underlying principles that led to (;8 raise a regiment of infantry, chiefly in Oakland _ -. ~t raise a regiment of in try,. chiefly in Oakand the contest. He left a wife, who was a daughter of County, where he resided. His regiment, the 22d, Michigan, was armed and equipped and ready to Gen. C. C. Hascall, of Flint, and four children to march in September, a regiment whose solid quali- mourn his loss. Toward them he ever showed the ties were afterwards proven on many a bloody field. tenderest regard. Next to his duty their love and Col. W's. commission bore the date of Sept. 8, 1862. welfare engrossed his thoughts. He was kind, genBefore parting with his family he made his will. His erous and brave, and like thousands of others he, regiment was sent to Kentucky and quartered at sleeps the sleep of the martyr for his country, -i1... I ".::7t 44~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~ f: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5I w::::;1::i-;r~~~~~~~~a~~~~~eaaa~~~~~~~P Jazz,: GO VERIVORS OF Af CHIG,4AIV. 145 llr~TI- V4-141V 1 L ITTIM r~~~~~~~~~rl~~~~~~~~~Irf 1 r I ~~~~~:"i;Y~J?~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~EM -" ~~c*- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~.,ca~~~~o~! 3 ajr/f USTIN BLAIR, Governor.lws l SAG / of Michigan from Jan. 2, i~r j86I, to Jan. 4, I865, and ' C X X kown as the War Governor, is ~ and illustration of the benifix i.~? cent influence of republican inA stitutions, having inherited neith-1f^7, er fortune nor fame. He was born (. in a log cabin at Caroline, Tomp7 kins Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, I8i8. His ancestors came from Scot( ) and in the time of George I, and for many generations followed the j pursuit of agriculture. His father, t George Blair, settled in Tompkins County in I809, and felled the trees and erected the first cabin in the county. The last 60 of the fourscore years of his life were spent on that spot. He married Rhoda Beackman, who now sleeps with him in the soil of the old homestead. The first 17 years of Mr. Blair's life were spent there, rendering his father what aid he could upon the farm. He then spent ayear and a half in Cazenovia Seminary preparing 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 irn the class of 1839. Upon leaving college Mr. Blair read law two years in the office of Sweet & Davis, Oswego, N. Y., and was admitted to practice in I841, and the same year moved to Michigan, locat I ing in Jackson. During a temporary residence in Eaton Rapids, in I842, 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 I844. 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 general statutes; also made an able support in favor of abolishing the color distinction in relation to the elective franchise, and at the same session was active in securing the abolition of capital punishment. In I848 Mr. Blair refused longer to affiliate with the Whig 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 I854, by the coalition of the Whig and Free-soil elements, Mr. Blair was in full sympathy with the movement, and acted as a member of the Committee on Platform. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Jackson County in I852; was chosen State Senator two years later, taking his seat with the incoming Republican administration of I855, and holding the position of parliamentary leader in the Senate. He t was a delegate to the National Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln in I860. Mr. Blair ~ was elected Governor of Michigan in I860, and re- l elected in I862, faithfully and honorably discharging 0 the arduous duties of the office during that most mo- (. -7, i L I,h 1 1 Ii 'kI-, - - - WE r7l) 0 g oing IS-4 -407.1,11 ,146 A UCSTiN SLAIR.. aidIH T410 T-F A.P 1 E3 l,^ C=X?= x:=~ P. t\ gs / i mentous andtstormy period of the Nation's life. Gov. Blair 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 characterized his gubernatorial career. Never perhaps in the history of a nation has a brighter example been laid down, or a greater sacrifice been made, than that which distinguished Michigan during the civil war. All, from the " War Governor," down to the poorest citizen of the State, were animated with a patriotic ardor at once magnificiently sublime and wisely directed. Very early in I86I the coming struggle cast its shadow over the Nation. Governor Blair, in his message to the Legislature in January of that year, dwelt very forcibly upon the 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 are citizens of the State of Michigan, and as such deeply devoted to her interests 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, where 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 Government, we are deeply interested. The people of Michigan are loyal to that Government-faithful to its constitution 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 renounce the equally glorious 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 paragraph being: "I recommend you at an early day to make mani I 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, iI men during the war. Money, men, clothing and food were freely and abundantly supplied by 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 Peninsula 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 Fortyfirst and Forty-second Congress, from the Third District 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 Congress, Mr. Blair has been busily occupied with his extensive 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 law partner of A. J. Gould; Charles A., a law partner with hir father, and Fred. J. and Austin T. Blair, at home. Governor Blair's religion is of the broad type, and centers in the "Golden Rule." In i883, Gov. Blair was nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court of the State by the Republican party, but was defeated. IT, 4 - IArt Xt _S' L#.. -: I. f i. flp~,IiA ri, * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~d -i~~~~~~~~~~~r,'' — P. " _:I_ —; 25 -i~=; " eeasaereqeiu6i,"::jas i I':J~~ t ,L+'"E'-1Mr-X;J;;;~i~r;B~.c '' -:~;:77;i":8 -— ~' '~ — I I -Ps" —~"-~-~in'JE';;P:7~; r\;-''BBLBP: ;b::; i:~~.:::.i-; w ~s;;M ~:Ti': -r.. I ~; "'.,5 ~ r a! m~i a'; ;:~l:al~::i::r::::: -~sI: nr-,: L5q: `":ir*ti;.l ii: j f sli~ ji --- ------,i~_?P;;&I;~TGIBr;)taf:j;'ii ~~r a~. ~~ " it CO VERNORS 0P MICHIGAN. R49 a^,.^?f,^r ^ "i i^ e m)l. ENRY HOWLAND CRAPO, Governor of Michigan from |WI i| Y'I865 to I869, was born May 24, I804, at Dartmouth, Bris- tol Co., Mass., and died at 0\^(c 2 Flint, Mich., July 22, I869. ' a/ rk He was the eldest son of Jesse { Z)] and Phoebe (Howland) Crapo. )i,\ His father was of French descent 'and was very poor, sustaining his ^ family by the cultivation of a farm in Dartmouth township, which yielded (j nothing beyond a mere livelihood. His early life was consequently one of toil and devoid of advantages for intellectual culture, but his desire for an education seemed to know no bounds. The incessant toil for a mere subsistence upon a compara 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 Dartmouth to New Bedford for that purpose alone, and after referring to the books at the library and satisfying himself thoroughly as to its definition, would walk back, a distance of about seven miles, the same night. This was no unusual circumstance. Under such difficulties and in this manner he compiled quite an extensive dictionary in manuscript which is believed to be still in existence. Ever in pursuit of knowledge, he obtained possession of a book upon surveying, and applying himself diligently to its study became familiar with this art, which he soon had an opportunity to practice. The services of a land surveyor were wanted, and he was called upon, but had no compass and no money with which to purchase one. A compass, however, he mnuct and wonlld hive and orvinc tin q k1,.-*-.>i,oh =3 3: S^r p tively sterile farm, had no charm for him; and, longing l e, 1 IIU tV Ua to 11l SiU A?6 r, r i -11. i-,,,,/ near at hand, upon the forge, with such tools as he for greater usefulness and better things, he looked for. ~:> thpm itr. an educati. i-rcould find in the shop, while the smith was at dinner, them in an education. His struggles to. secure this "I ~ A '.;. '^ j i i i *,,, he constructed the compass and commenced life as a i end necessitated sacrifices and hardships that would.have discouraged any but the most courageous aad surveyor. Still continuing his studies, he fitted himapersve disuraged an buecate most sourgeou and self for teaching, and took charge of the village school erserin. He b e an ard s a at Dartmouth. When, in the course of time and unworker from his boyhood, though the means of carry- dr, ing on his studies were exceedingly limited. He ing on his studies were ex ee g. H opened, he passed a successful exam ination for its sorely felt the need of a dictionary; and, neither having opened he passed a successful examination for its money wherewith to purchase it, nor being able to principalship and received the appointment To do j procure one in his neighborhood, he set out to compile this was no small task. The law required a rigid one for himself. In order to acquire a knowledge of examination in various subjects, which necessitated the English language, he copied into a book every days and nights of study. One evening, after conword whose meaning he did not comprehend, and cluding his day's labor of teaching, he traveled on foot upon meeting the same word again in the newspapers to New Bedford, some seven or eight miles, called and books, which came into his hands, from the upon the preceptor of Friend's Academy and passed tV,&e ---Ssg-Uiv ~jf 15g0 HENRY HO WLAND CRAPO. asevere examination. Receiving a certificate that gaged largely in the manufacture and sale of lumber he was qualified, he walked back to his home the at Flint, Fentonville, Holly and Detroit, becoming same night, highly elated in being possessed of the one of the largest and most successful business men acquirements and requirements of a master of the of the State. He was mainly instrumental in the < high school. construction of the Flint & Holly R. R., and was In 1832, at the age of 28 years, he left his native President of that corporation until its consolidation town and went to reside at New Bedford, where he with the Flint & Pere Marquette R. R. Company. followed the occupation of land surveyor, and oc- He was elected Mayor of that city after he had been casionally acted as an auctioneer. Soon after becom- a resident of the place only five or six years. In ing a citizen of this place, he was elected Town Clerk, I862 he was elected State Senator. In the fall of Treasurer, and Collector of taxes, which office he held I864 he received the nomination on the Republican until the municipal g9vernment was changed,-about ticket for Governor of the State, and was elected by a fifteen years,-when, upon the inauguration of the city large majority. He was re-elected in I866, holding government, he was elected Treasurer and Collector the office two terms, and retiring in January, I869, of taxes, a position which he held two or three years. having given the greatest satisfaction to all parties. He was also Justice of the Peace for many years. While serving his last term he was attacked with a He was elected Alderman of New Bedford; was disease which terminated his life within one year Chairman of Council Committee on Education, and afterwards. During much of this time he was an inas such prepared a report upon which was based the tense sufferer, yet often while in great pain gave his order for the establishment of the free Public Library attention to public matters. A few weeks previous of New Bedford. On its organization, Mr. Crapo was to his death a successful surgical operation was perchosen a member of the Board of Trustees. This formed which seemed rapidly to restore him, but he ) was the first free public library in Massachusetts, if overestimated his strength, and by too much exertion not in the world. The Boston Free Library was es- in business matters and State affairs suffered arelapse tablished, however, soon afterwards. While a resident from which there was no rebound, and he died July < in New Bedford, he was much interested in horticul- 33, i869. ture, and to obtain the land necessary for carrying out In the early part of his life, Gov. Crapo affiliated - ~: his ideas he drained and reclaimed several acres of with the Whig party in politics, but became an active 3 rocky and swampy land adjoining his garden. Here member of theRepublican party afterits organization. he started a nursery, which he filled with almost every e was a member of the Christian (sometimes called ^ description of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, the Disciples') Church, and took great interest in its "y flowers, etc. In this he was very successful and took welfare and prosperity. great pride. He was a regular contributorto the New Mr. C. married, June 9, 825, Mary A. Slocum, I England Horticultural Journal, a position he filled of Dartmouth. His marriage took place soon after as long as he lived in Massachusetts. As an indicaas long as he lived in Massachusetts. As an indica- he had attained his majority, and before his struggles tion of the wide reputation he acquired in that field with fortune had been rewarded with a great measof labor, it may be mentioned that after his death an u o ucess. But his wife was a woman of great ure of success. But his wife was a woman of great affecting eulogy to his memory was pronounced by the strength of character and possessed of courage, hopePresident of the National Horticultural Society at its fulness and devotion, qualities which sustained and meeting in Philadelphia, in I869. During his resi- encouraged her husband in the various pursuits of I encouraged her husband in the various pursuits of X 'dence in New Bedford, Mr. Crapo wass early years. For several years after his marriage in the whaling business. A fine barquebuilt at Dart- he was engaged in teaching school, his wife living mouth, of which he was part owner, was named te with her parents at the time, at whose home his two "H. H. Crapo" in compliment to him. "H. H. Crap" n compliment to him older children were born. While thus situated he Mr. C. also took part in the State Militia, and for was accustomed to walk home on Saturday to see several years held a commission as Colonel of one of his family, returning on Sunday in order to be ready the regiments. He was President of the Bristol forschool Monday morning. As the walk for a good County Mutual Fre Insurance Co., and Secretary of part of the time was 20 miles each way, it is evident the Bedford Commercial Insurance Company i New that at that period of his life no common obstacles Bedford; and while an officer of the municipal gov- deterred him from performing what he regarded ernmenthecompiled and published, between the years a a duty His wife was none the less consci1836 and I845, five numbers of the New Bedford entious in her sphere, and with added responsibilities Directory, the first work of the kind ever published and increasing requirements she labored faithfully. | there. in the performance of all her duties. They had Mr. C. removed to Michigan in I85 6, having been ten children, one son and nine daughters. His son, induced to do so by investments made principally in Hon. Wm. W. Crapo, of New Bedford, is now an pine lands, first in 1837 and subsequently in I856. honored Representative to Congress from the First ()j He took up his residence in the city of Flint, and en- Congressional District of Massachusetts. |52~gJJ)^))^~^ --- —-.A)jDl^^ ---ar: — _ I i:;O_:;ss Adl 4.5Z :":'~ ~GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. I53 AO A A <^BT$X S ENRY P. BALDWIN, Gov- a large business, he has ever taken a deep interest in X 1~ 111 [ ernor of Michigan from Jan. all things affecting the prosperity of the city and 4 I869, to Jan. I, I873, is a State of his adoption. He was for several years a c RL^^X" @lineal descendant of Nathan- Director and President of the Detroit Young Men's ielBaldwin, a Puritan, of Buck- Society, an institution with a large library designed inghamshire, England, who set- for the benefit of young men and citizens generally. tled at Milford, Conn., in I639. An Episcopalian in religious belief, he has been -)l0VQl His father was 'John Baldwin, prominent in home matters connected with that dea graduate of Dartmouth Col- nomination. The large and flourishing parish of St. lege. He died at North Provi- John, Detroit, originated with Governor Baldwin, who, dence, R. I., in 1826. His gave the lot on which the parish edifice stands, and: 'Ace ( paternal grandfather was Rev. also contributed the larger share of the cost of their:i I, Moses Baldwin, a graduate of erection. Governor B. was one of the foremost in X Princeton College, in I757, and the the establishment of St. Luke's Hospital, and has = I first who received collegiate hon- always been a liberal contributor to moral and relig- ' ors at that ancient and honored institution. He died ious enterprises whether connected with his own at Parma, Mass., in I813, where for more than 50 Church or not. There have been, in fact, but fewv years he had been pastor of the Presbyterian Church.,public and social improvements of Detroit during the On his mother's side Governor B. is descended from past 40 years with which Governor B.'s name is not Robert Williams, also a Puritan, who settled in Rox- in some way connected. He was a director in the bury, Mass., about I638. His mother was a daughter Michigan State Bank until the expiration of its charof Rev. Nehemiah Williams, a graduate of Harvard ter, and has been President of the Second National College, who died at Brimfield, Mass., in 1796, where Bank since its organization. for 21 years he was pastor of the Congregationalist In I86, Mr. Baldwin was elected to the State Church. The subject of this sketch was born at Senate, of Michigan; during the years of I86I-'2 he Coventry, R. I., Feb. 22, 1814. He received a New was made Chairman of the Finance Committee, a England common-school education until the age of member of Committee on Banks and Incorporations, 12 years, when, both his parents having died, he be- Chairman of the Select Joint Committee of the two came a clerk in a mercantile establishment. He re- Houses for the investigation of the Treasury Departmained there, employing his leisure hours in study, ment and the official acts of the Treasurer, and of 1 until 20 years of age. the letting of the contract for the improvement of At this early.period Mr. B. engaged in business on Sault St. Marie Ship Canal. He was first elected? his own account. He made a visit to the West, in Governor in I868 and was re-elected in I870, serving % I837, which resulted in his removal to Detroit in the from I869 to 1872 inclusive. It is no undeserved ' * -... eulogy to say that Governor B.'s happy faculty of es- c ~ spring of i838. Here he established a mercantile matingthenecessarymeanstoanend-theknowing timating the necessary means to an end —the knowing house which has been successfully conducted until of how much effort or attention to bestow upon the ~, the present time. Although he successfully conducted thing in hand, has been the secret of the uniform I.A>- a^^$(~.S 7154 HENRY P. BALD WIN. 1() 54 \1~ I (= () success that has attended his efforts in all relations of life. The same industry and accuracy that distinguished him prior to this term as Governor was manifest in his career as the chief magistrate of the State, and while his influence appears in all things with which he has had to do, it is more noticeable in the most prominent position to which he was called. With rare exceptions the important commendations of Governor B. received the sanction of the Legislature. During his administration marked improvements were made in the charitable, penal and reformatory institutions of the State. The State Public'School for dependent children was founded and a permanent 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 message of 1873. The new State Capitol also owes its origen to him. The appropriation for its erection 'vas made upon his recommendation, and the contract for the entire work let under this administration. Governor B. 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 permit a more equitable compensation to State officers and judges. The law of I869, and prior also, permitting municipalities to vote aid toward the construc' tion of railroads was, in I870, declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Many of the municipalities 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 people a constitutional amendment, authorizing the payment of such bonds as were already in the hands of bonafide 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 repudiation of either legal or moral obligations." A special session was called in March, 1872, principally for the division of the State into congressional districts. A number of other important suggestions were made, however, and as an evidence of the Governor's laborious and thoughtful care for the financial condition of the State, a series of tables was prepared and submitted by him showing, in detail, estimates of receipts, expenditures and appropriations for the years I872 to I878, inclusive. Memorable of Governor B.'s administration were the devastating fires which swept over many portions of the Northwest in the fall of I871. A large part of the city of Chicago having been reduced to ashes, Governor B. promptly issued a proclamation calling upon the people of Michigan for liberal aid in behalf of the afflicted city. 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 suffering 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 grateful acknowldgment, 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 passenger on the Steamer Arill, which was captured and bonded in the Carribean Sea, in December, I862, by Capt. Semmes, and wroteta full and interesting account 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 lucid statement, strong, and clear practical sense, which have been marked features of all preceding documents from the same source. Governor B. retired to private life after four years of unusually successful administration amid plaudits that are universal throughout the State. For many years eminent and capable men have filled the executive chair of this State, but in painstaking vigilance, in stern good sense, in genuine public spirit, in thorough integrity and in practical capacity, Henry P. Baldwin has shown himself to be the peer of any or all of them. The State has been unusually prosperous during his two terms, and the State administration has fully kept pace with the needs of the times. The retiring Governor has fully earned the public gratitude and confidence which he to-day possesses to such remarkable degree." I ~)! F. ( g eo, Of n.h.~V ' r ~ ~ & ( ~ 3 h ~ D N W gz~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - 6<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~r H 0 0 0 I i e Nt —........;|IU Uli^;>' -""-"**"^*(..... —^^~^'~V^ I GO VLY,'RNORS O~F MICCHIGAN. I57 - ---- 'Y l/~ | ~,J Governor of Michigan from 1 873 to I877, was born in '~~ ~J~~ Medina, Orleans Co., N. Y., (July 24, I832 His father, John Bagley, was a native of New er Hampshire, his mother, Mary M. /i, WZ Bagley, of Connecticut. He at}I i. l tended the district school of Lock* * I[ r Pport, N.Y., until he was eight years old, at which time his father moved to Constantine, Mich., and he attended the common schools of that village. His early experience was like that of many country boys whose M parents removed from Eastern States to the newer portion of the West. His father being in very poor circumstances, 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 Constantine as clerk. His father then removed to Owosso, Mich., and he again [ engaged as clerk in a store. From early youth 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 I847, he removed to Detroit, where he secured employment in a tobacco manufactory and remained in this position for about five years. In 85 3, he began business for himself in the manufacturing of tobacco. His establishment has become one of the largest of the kind in the West. Mr. B. has also been greatly interested in other manufacturing enterprises, as well as in mining, banking and insurance corporations. He was President of the Detroit Safe Company for several years. He was one of the organizers of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company of Detroit, and was its President from I867 to I872. He was a director of the American National Bank for many years, and a stockholder and director in various other corporations. Mr. B. was a member of the Board of Education two years, and of the Detroit Common Council the same length of time. In I865 he was appointed by Governor Crapo one of the first commissioners of the Metropolitian police force of the city of Detroit, serving six years. In November, 1872, he was elected Governor of Michigan, and two years later was reelected to the same office, retiring in January, i877. He was an active worker in the Republican party, and for many years was Chairman of the Republican State Central committee. Governor Bagley was quite liberal in his 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 it may 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 denomination. He was married at Dubuque, Iowa, Jan. i6, I855, to Frances E. Newberry, daughter of Rev. Samuel Newberry, a pioneer missionary of Michigan, who took an active part in the early educationalmatters of the State and in the establishment of its excellent system of education, It was principally "sl I~ A, * sf' 4: A.. r " - k ':, I _4,V i I~~ii~ cL,1"1:- r i rlu~~~i;1an ~~id~rlaa c I IIlk 158 JOHN J. BAGLEY. '- ~-= ' _* i Hi ** I X^ 7 I *vSfS r.= *K~ through his exertions that the State University was founded. Mr. B.'s family consists of seven children. As Governor his administration was characterized by several important features, chief among which were his efforts to improve and make popular the educational agencies of the State by increasing the faculty of the University for more thorough instruction in technical studies,by strengthening the hold of the Agricultural College upon the public good will and making the general change 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 establishing of the system of dealing with juvenile offenders through couhty agents, which has proved of great good in turning the young back from crime and placing the State in the attitude of a moral agent; in securing for the militia the first time in the history of Michigan a systematized organization upon a serviceable 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 commission in the inland waters of the State, were passed, both of which have proved 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 administration. 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 represents his employer, and as the Executive of the State he was her "attorney in fact." And his intelligent, thoughtful care will long continue the pride of the people he so much loved. He was ambitiousambitious for place and power, as every noble mind isambitious, because these give opportunity. However strong the mind and powerful the will, if there be no ambition, life is a failure. 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 to labor for them, Self entered not into the calculation. His whole life was a battle for others; and he entered the conflict eagerly and hopefully. His State papers were models of compact, business-like statements, bold, original, and 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. Literally, to him it was "more blessed to give than to receive." His greatest enjoyment was in witnessing the comfort and happiness of others. Not a tithe of his charities were known to his most intimate friends, or even to his family. Many a needy one has been the recipient of aid at an opportune moment, who never knew the hand that gave. At one time a friend had witnessed his ready response to some charitable request, and said to him: "Governor, you give away a large sum of money; about how 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 hope I shall give more next year than I have this." This expressed his idea of charity, that the giving should at all tiries be free and spontaneous. During his leasure hours from early life, and especially during the last few years, he devoted much time to becoming acquainted with the best authors. Biography was his delight; the last he read was the "Life and Work of John Adams," in ten volumes. In all questions of business or public affairs he seemed to have the 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 the book contained. Rarely do we see a business man so familiar with the best English authors. He was a generous and intelligent patron of the arts, and his 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 the youngest on his lap, told some Christmas story, closing the entertainment with "The Night Before Christmas," or Dickens's "Christmas Carol." i 'T:kP t\ (bN I I I K1r;~,'-4 11-1 0 " a ~ ~ ~~~~~~~iua~~~~~-~ a a I~ PP-' 1ACAA~~~~~~~~~:.~~~~ ~~. 9~7 ~~e(Z ~ ~ttnttvt GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. I6I — I --------------------------- ----— L-x p~^H"RE WLg'ggS^-M _ _f_-difcL^l~e^Q^ If^ ^ a~^j-z;Tv~ _a 5y Be HARLES M. CROSWELL, Governor of Michigan from Jan. 3, I877 to Jan. i, I88r, was born at Newburg, Orange 5;-^2k ~County, N. Y., Oct. 31, I825. -H i '~ He is the only son of John and Sallie (Hicks) Croswell. His N 'X1 J father, who was of Scotch-Irish extraction, was a paper-maker, and carried on business in New a tII York City. His ancestors on his mother's side were of Knicker1 bocker descent. The Croswell family may be found connected with prominent events, in New York '? and Connecticut, in the early existence of the Republic. Harry Cros~ well, during the administration of 1 o President Jefferson, published a paper called the Balance, and was ^4 prosecuted for libeling the President under the obnoxious Sedition Law. He was defended by the celebrated I Alexander Hamilton, and the decision of the case establised the important ruling that the truth might be shown in cases of libel. Another member of the family was Edwin Croswell, the famous editor of the Albany Argus; also, Rev. William Croswell, noted as a divine and poet. When Charles M. Croswell was seven years of age, his father was accidentally drowned in the Hudson River, at Newburg; and, within three months preceding that event, his mother and only sister had died,thus leaving him the sole surviving member of the family, without 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 sixteen years of age, he commenced to learn the carpenter's trade, and worked at it very diligently for four years, maintaining himself, and devoting his spare time to reading and the acquirement of knowledge. In 1846, he began the study of law, and was appointed Deputy Clerk of Lenawee County. The duties of this office he performed four years, when he was elected Register of Deeds, and was re-elected in I852. In I854, 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 Jackson in that year, which put in the field the first Republican State ticket in Michigan. In 1855, he formed a law partnership with the present Chief-Justice Cooley, which continued until the removal of Judge Cooley to Ann Arbor. In 1862, Mr. Croswell was appointed 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 I864, and again in i866, during each term filling the positions above mentioned. Among various reports made by him, 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 Amendment to the Federal Constitution, for the abolishment of slavery, it being the first amendment to the instrument ratified by Michigan. In i863, from his seat in the State Senate, he delivered an elaborate speech in favor of the Proclama Is 4* _1 IZ:ZXt I I -1 i. i t)p 11t T 2v\i gjg r t i~I 'r!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)Ses 4i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~a:~ ~ 162 CHARLES M. CROS WELL. I I tion of Emancipation issued by President Lincoln, and of his general policy in the prosecution of the war. This, at the request of his Republican associates, was afterwards published. In I867, he was f 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 popular vote, it was always conceded that the constitution they proposed had been prepared with great care and skill. In I868, Mr. Croswell was chosen an Elector on the Republican Presidential ticket; in 1872, was elected a Representative to the 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 fairness of his rulings were freely and formally 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 supervision of the charitable and penal institutions of Michigan; in which position, his propositions for the amelioration of the condition of the unfortunate, and the reformation of the criminal classes, signalize the benevolence of his nature, and the practical character of his mind. In I876, the general voice of the Republicans of the State indicted Mr. Croswell as their choicd for Governor; and, at the State Convention of the party in August of the same year, he was put in nomination by acclamation, without the formality of a ballot. At the election in November following, he was chosen to the high position for which 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 heart that have ever > distinguished him, both as a citizen and statesman. I --- ---- Governor Groswell has always prepared his ad- i dresses with care; and, as his diction is terse, clear, and strong, without excess of ornament, and his delivery 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 matters, and was for years a member and Secretary of the 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 successful and useful. In February, I852, he was married to a daughter of Morton Eddy, Lucy M..Eddy, a lady of many amiable and sunny qualities. She! suddenly died, March I9, I868, leaving two daughters and a son. Governor Croswell is not a member of any religious body, but generally attends the Presbyterian 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 prudence and sound judgment eminently fit him. Governor Croswell is truly popular, not only with those of like political faith with himself, but with those who differ from 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 appropriations; laws enacted to provide more effectually for the punishment of corruption and bribrery in elections; the State House of Correction at lonia 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- Q side at the dedication of this building. The great riot: at Jackson occured during his administration, and it 4 was only by his promptness that great distruction of both life and property was prevented at that time. 1^ 4 - -,^ ).-; 4X, A i: ' rli~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \ I.,.1, I i I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e 'L ~!~e ~ r;~ej~ ~: Slu Al '5 Lay, gm -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~S'".~~~~3 4! Al~" or. -4 Byg — 7:t G u 1 i- ' —; '! * -> X, i> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ s. _.' DAVID H. JEROME, Gover- older brothers, Timothy and George, and when 13 nor of from Jan. I, 188i, to years of age David received his mother's permission to;r:it, -, | (. N. I, IJan. I, I883, was born at De- attend schoolat the St. Clair Academy. While attendaL'"")' itroit Mich., Nov. 17, 1829. ing there he lived with Marcus H. Miles, now dei V^^ 3 ') His parents emigrated to ceased, doing chores for his board, and the following His parents emigrated to -^ DMichigan from rumansburg, | winter performed the same service for James Ogden, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in i828, Tompks Co.,, in 88 moved into the village of St. Clair, for the purpose of locating at Detroit. His father m:: (lo g at D. Hs f r continuing her son in school. While attending said died March 30, I83, leaving academy one of his associate students was Sena-. nine children. He had been tor Thomas W. Palmer, of Detroit, a rival candidate i:~ X(.als twice married, and four of the before the gubernatorial convention in I880. He m children living at the time of his completed his education in the fall of his I6th year, " death were grown up sons, the off- and the following winter assisted his brother Timothy I spring of his first union. Of the in hauling logs in the pine woods. The next summer X five children by his second marriage, David H. was he rafted logs down the St. Clair River to Algonac. the youngest. Shortly after Mr. Jerome's death, his In I847,M. H. Miles being Clerk in St. Clair Coun1 widow moved back to New York and settled in ty, and Volney A. Ripley Register of Deeds, David Onondaga County near Syracuse, where they remained H. Jerome was appointed Deputy to each, remaining Onondaga County near Syracuse, where they remained until the fall of 1834, the four sons by the first wife as such during 848-'49, and receiving much praise continuing their residence in Michigan. In the fall from his employers and the people in general for the X of 1834, Mrs. Jerome came once more to Michigan, ability displayed in the discharge of his duties. He d locating on a farm in St. Clair County. Here the locating on a farm in St. Clair County. Here the spent his summer vacation at clerical work on board Governor formed those habits of industry and ster- the lake vessels. ling integrity that have been so characteristic of the In I849-'5o, he abandoned office work, and for the man in the active duties of life. He was sent to the proper development of his physical system spent A district school, and in the acquisition of the funda- several months hauling logs. In the spring of 850 mental branches of learning he displayed a precocity his brother" Tiff" and himself chartered the steamer "Chautauqua," and "Young Dave" became her masand an application which won for him the admiration te. A porton of the season the boat was enaged:i! of r an * pc ter. A portion of the season the boat was engaged, 1 of his teachers, and always placed him at the head in the passenger and freight traffic between Port in the passenger and freight traffic between Port (ib / of his classes. In the meantime he did chores on Huron and Detroit, but during the latter part was S the farm, and was always ready with a cheerful heart used as a tow boat. At that time there was a serious and willing hand to assist his widowed mother. The obstruction to navigation, known as the "St. Clair t heavy labor of the farm was carried on by his two Flats," between Lakes Huron and Erie, over which WA 'X'n A mops-(;11"IT 71: 7 - > 7;......................... ". 4. [x66 DAVID H. rlv _ I r -aaa I r 1 JEROME.. -—,-=, = = 4I lki fp f vessels could carry only about Io,ooo bushels of grain. ) Mr. Jerome conceived the idea of towing vessels $ from one lake to the other, 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,ooo or 80,000 bushels of grain. During the season, the two brothers succeeded in fnaking a neat little sum of money by the sumX mer's work, but subsequently lost it all on a contract to raise the "Gen. Scott," a vessel 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 I85 i, he was clerk and acting master of the steamers "Franklin Moore" and "Ruby," plying between Detroit and Port Huron and Goderich. The following year he was clerk of the propeller "Prince) ton," running between Detroit and Buffalo., In January, I853, Mr. Jerome went to California, S by way of the Isthmus, and enjoyed extraordinary t success in selling goods in a new place of his selec-: tion, among the mountains near Marysville. He ret 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 the water supply began to fail with the dry season, sold out his interest. He left in the fall of I853, 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 hisabsence his brother "Tiff" had located at Saginaw, and in I854 Mr. Jerome joined him in his lumber operations in the valley. In 1855 the brothers bought Black[ mer & Eaton's hardware and general supply stores, at Saginaw, and David H. assumed the management of the business. From I855 to I873 he was also extensively 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 Repubiican party was born at Jackson, Mich., David H. Jerome was, though not a delegate to the convention, one of its "charter members.' In I862, he was commissioned 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 brilliant 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 opponent. The contest was very exciting, and resulted in the triumphant election of Mr. Jerome. He was twice renominated and elected both times by increased majorities, defeating George Lord, of Bay City, and Dr. Cheseman, of Gratiot County. On taking his seat in the Senate, he was appointed Chairman of the Committee on State Affairs, and was active 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 I865 was appointed a member of the State Military Board, and served as its President for eight consecutive years. In I873, 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 member of the Board of Indian Commissioners. In 1876 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 the Blue Hills, in Idaho, a distance of 600 miles up the Columbia River. At the Republican State Convention, convened at Jackson in August, i880, 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 Frederick TM. Holloway, of Hillsdale County, who was supported 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 occupy the highest position within their gift. I~~ I 4%4 I i t ~ ~ 3a~~~i~~ i at D4.I. 7n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.;!~~? ~~~`, 0 ql~~~, U P ) 4000~~~NNMNW — I, ~,~- R I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T^~~~ ~GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN 169~ I) 'C -; ~I'|OSIAH W. BEGOLE, the ^ ll | present (I883), Governor of i r i:; W Michigan was born in Livingi. v,~ ~ston, County, N. Y., Jan. 20,....... g i 8I5. His ancestors were of /~, ^?'? French descent, and settled at an early period in the State of Di 17 Maryland. Hisgrandfather, Capt. Bolles, of that State, was an officer in the American army during the war of the Revolution. About the beginning of the present century both his grandparents, having become dissatisfied with the insti-, tution of slavery, although slaveQ hrtarc themClvCes. emigcrated to 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 hands in building some of the 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 he selected it as his home. In'the spring of 1839 he married Miss Harriet A. Miles. The marriage proved a most fortunate one, and to the faithful wife of his youth, who lives to enjoy with him the comforts of an honestly earned competence, Mr. Begole ascribes largely his success in life. Immediately after his marriage he commenced work on an unimproved farm, where, by his perseverance and energy, he soon established a good home, I/ A, o c:;>7 ( yI 'jk'~UUs LAJ fand at the end of eighteen years was the owner of a Livingston County, N. Y., then well improved farm of five hundred acres. a new country, taking with them a numbe of their former slae. wh Mr. Begole being an anti-slavery man, became a number of their former slaves, who volunteered to ac n t. member of the Republican party at its organization. wwp at7$.r ai ofcc. * t He served his townsmen in various offices, and was It His father was an officer in the ri. fte was an offcein 1856, elected County Treasurer, which office he American army, and served during. | y the war of I8I2. held for eight years. the war of 1812.e ebellion he did not Mr. B. received his early education in a log school- At the breaking out of the Rebellion he did not house, and subsequently attended the Temple Hill carry a musket to the front, but his many friends will Academy, at Geneseo, N. Y. Being the eldest of a bear witness that he took an active part in recruiting ca nd furnishing supplies for the army, and in looking a j family of ten children, whose parents were in moder- and furnishing supplies for the army, and in looking ate though comfortable circumstances, he was early after the interests of soldiers' families at home. The k taught habits of industry, and when 21 years of age, death of his eldest son near Atlanta, Ga., by a Confed) being ambitious to better his condition in life, he re- rate bullet, in 1864, was the greatest sorrow of his life. i) ~ solved to seek his fortune in the far West, as it was When a few years later he was a member in Congress V-:^ — - tN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nsaall -Age -ma~n I70 JOSIAH W. BEGOLE.,.~~~ I-w F Gov. 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 I870, Gov. Begole was nominated by acclamation for the office of State Senator, and elected by a large majority. In that body he served on the Committees of Finance and Railroads, and was Chairman of the Committee on the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind. He took a liberal and publicspirited view of the importance of a new capitol building worthy of the State, and was an active member of the Committee that drafted the bill for the same. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention held at Philadelphia in 1872, 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 candidate for the nomination of member to the 43d Congress, in which he was successful, after competing for the nomination with several of the most worthy, able and experienced men in the Sixth Congressional District, 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 I7 farmers in that Congress, he took an active part in the Committee of Agriculture, and was appointed by that committee to draft the most important 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 Democratic parties, and was elected by a vote of 154,269, the Republican candidate, Hon. David H. Jerome, receiving I49,697 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 popular. The very best indications of what a man is, is what his own townsmen think of him. We give the following extract from the Flint Globe, the leading Re, publican paper in Gov. Begole's own county, and it, too, written during the heat of a political campaign, which certainly is a flattering testimonial of his sterling 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 purpose nobody who knows him entertains a doubt. He is incapable of bearing malice, even against his bitterest political enemies. He has a warm, 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 significant 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 Democrats and Greenbackers, even if it is marshaled by so good a man as Mr. Begole." This sketch would be imperfect without referring to the actiorn of Mr. B. at the time of the great calamity that in I88I 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 quarreling over the distribution of funds, Mr. Begole wrote to an agent in the "lburnt 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. rlii IX N,1 i F _4 s J 1. ||^^^ -~aa~ ---^^ —^<>nil^BD^7"e' —y~s^$(~-I i 80 HURON COUNTY. I. %LTIO Aqr%-, f In 1854, two years subsequent to the death of his father, Mr. Jenks came to St. Clair, Mich., where he remained eight months, removing thence to Lexington, Sanilac County. He assumed the proprietorship and management of the hotel then known as the " Lexington Exchange," which he conducted five years. Subsequently he was interested in the construction of the " Cadillac House,' of which he was the manager five years. During that period he invested heavily in lumbering, in which he foresaw large developments. He purchased a saw-mill and 500 acres of timber land, five miles north of Lexington, and entered vigorously into the manufacture of lumber products. In I864, associated with J. L. Woods and George W. Pack, under the style of Pack, Jenks & Co., he purchased a saw-mill located at Allen's Creek, two and a half miles south of the present village of Sand Beach. The structure was built on the site of the first saw-mill that was erected on the east shore of "the thumb" on Lake Huron. It was operated by water. Its successor was of enlarged size and was run by steam power. The new management gave the mill a thorough remodeling and refitting, putting in all modern appliances and improvements. The firm became the owners of 15,000 acres of valuable pine lands, adjacent to the mill in Huron County, from which, during the ii years that followed, they produced 50,000,000 feet of pine lumber. They owned also a steam barge and scow, which they operated to their full capacity in the transportation of their lumber to Cleveland, Ohio. Their business required also the employment of other vessels on the lakes, their own facilities being inadequate. The firm was dissolved Jan. i, I876. Mr. Jenks continued to press his own local business interests, and became the proprietor by purchase of a third interest in the lands owned by Carrington, Pack & Co, of Sand Beach, and within the same year -1876 —became the owner of the entire interest. It included I8,ooo acres of land and the Dow House (then the Sand Beach House) at Sand Beach, besides an old store building, erected by the former proprietors in 1864. The hotel property has been greatly improved and is now under the management of Samuel East..On the dissolution of the firm with which he was \~^i^~ ---^^ — ^^(juj^ originally connected, Jan. I, 1876, Mr. Jenks divided his estate and business equally with his son, George W. Jenks, and formed a new company, which included two nephews-James M. and Bela W. Jenks (see sketches)-and put in active operation an extensive business at Sand Beach. They i built a large flouring mill, initiated extensive salt works, and established mercantile relations on a large scale. In 1880 the flouring mill was destroyed by fire with a loss of $7,ooo above insurance. The establishment was rebuilt without delay, and is one of the finest mills in the State, having also a large elevator. The producing capacity of the mill is 230 barrels of flour daily. It contains eleven sets of rollers, and is equipped with patent purifiers of the best manufacture, smutters and other modern improvements of the most approved character. The brands of flour manufactured by Messrs. Jenks & Co. are well and widely known and deservedly popular, including the "Lilly," "Silver Sheaf," "Jcnks' Fancy Patent," "Hungarian Process," and others. Their salt works were originally constructed with immense pans, in which the work of evaporation was ' carried on by means of fire; but in 1883 the entire = salt block was reconstructed and extensive improvements made. The evaporating is now done by steam, and the rate of production averages I50 barrels of salt each day. In the winter of I883-4 the firm erected a large building for the purpose of manufacturing the finer grades of dairy salt, which they prepare for market in packages of all sizes to meet the demands of the trade,-in sacks containing two, three, five, ten, twenty-eight, fifty-six and two hundred and forty pounds. i i r i I ~8~v NEJ I The general mercantile operations of Messrs. Jenks & Co. were transacted in the building where originally established until I882, in which year they erected a large brick block, 50 x 102 feet in dimensions, two stories in height, with a fine basement. The first story is divided into two departments, in order to carry on the business with system, one division being devoted to th' sale of dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes, notions, etc., and the second department stocked with fancy and staple groceries, crockery, and other lines of merchandise suited to the local trade and common to such establishments. n-ll-i -- - -..... cifHURON CO UNH T Y. / 181 I A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tj t c~Sir 4 — \ QT 'he old store building is used as a hardware store, where an assortment of hardware is constantly on hand, including iron, steel, shelf-ware, stoves, building materials and farming irmplements, besides comprising all the merchandise indispensable to a regular ship-chandler's business. The pier of Jenks & Co. in the "Harbor of Refuge" at Sand Beach, is one of the finest docks &1 the lake, and was begun in I873. At the outset of its construction, the Government contractor supplied some assistance, and the owners have added to it yearly*until it is in its present very complete condition. The real-estate operations of the firm include the sale of I3,ooo acres to actual settlers, and in the transaction of this branch of their business they have conducted it with reference to the permanent improvement of the county, and have divested themselves wholly of the odium of the speculative fiaternity, that has materially retarded the progress of this portion of Michigan. They still own several thousand acres of land, and are the proprietors of one of the finest sample farms in Michigan. It is located south of the village of Sand Beach on Allen's Creek, and contains 400 acres. The agricultural operations, as carried on, demonstrate the adaptation of the soil and climate to the profitable prosecution of farming as a business pursuit. The live-stock operations of the owners are of a stamp which promise great future advantages to that interest in Huron County.' Short-horned cattle are a specialty, the herds containing about 15 registered thoroughbreds and a large number of fine grades. About ioo head of cattle are kept in stock. The gentlemen composing the firm of J. Jenks & Co. are men of persistent energy, and are thoroughly alive to the fact that only in the principle of "living and letting live" can any business enterprise have a permanent basis, and they have won ageneral feeling of confidence by their public spirit and disinterested furtherance of the general interests of the community of which they are members. Their investments have been of immense advantage to the citizens of Huron County in developing its resources in every direction, and in affording avenues of employment to large numbers of the class whose efforts are the bulwarks of all national and sectional prosperity. Mr. Jenks, of this sketch, has been married twice. I The first marriage occurred in I837, at Crown Point, N. Y., when Miss Relief Huestis became his wife. She was born Sept. 4, i 8, in Coventry, Vermont, and was the daughter of Daniel Huestis. She died Jan. i8, 1873, at Sand Beach, and left a son and daughter, both of whom still survive her. George WV, in business with his father, was born May 9, 1838, at Crown Point, N. Y. Mary E., wife of Charles S. Nims, was born at Crown Point, Sept. 25, i846. Mr. Nims is also interested in the business of the firm. The marriage of Mr. Jenks to Mrs. Amanda Jenks, widow of his brother, Benjamin L. Jenks, occurred at St. Clair, in 1874. The issue of the first marriage of Mrs. Jenks comprised five children, born as follows: James M., July 14, I850; Robert H., July 26, 1854; Jeremiah W., Sept. 2, 1856: Hester P.. Dec. 12, 1858; and Martin L., July 15, I86i. The eldest was born at Crown Point, is a resident of Sand Beach, and is a member of the firm of J. Jenks & Co. Robert H. was born at Crown Point, N. Y., and is in the lumber business at Cleveland, Ohio. Jeremiah W. and Hester P. were born in St. Clair, Mich., and are both at present in Germany completing their education. The youngest, Martin L., is in the employment of the frm as shipping clerk, at Sand Beach. The residence of Mr. Jenks is situated on the northwest corner of Huron and State Streets, and is a fine brick structure, erected on an acre of ground purchased by the proprietor in I877, and which has been converted into an imposing lawn. Mr. Jenks has been active in the social,.political and religious affairs of the place where he resides since the commencement of his career as a business man and citizen of the county. He became an adherent of the principles of Christianity in early life and connected himself with the Baptist Church at Crown Point, N. Y. He established similar relations with that denomination at Sand Beach, and has been active in its interests. In the fall of 1874 he was nominated by the Republicans of the 22d District at the Senatorial Convention, and elected Senator by a large majority. He served his constituency in a manner that reflected the utmost credit upon his character and proved the wisdom of their choice. He was Chairman of the Committee on the State Public School, and was a member of the Committee on Banks. In 1876 he was alternate PresidentiallElector. IrN ' Iii 43,, X yo}:. Ip~ 7j>. r4. ^" OF 't ': S. 4t t. ~^-;s8/V d.f j, 1% ON k( > I ~~~~"" 'i~~~~~ z 1<,~;~.!,~,~-,,, — i -— 0 - ~ 0 0;I * a-d 0n nin r > -V 4 i 82 HURON CO UN7 Y. (i I/ - i) y~ I 14 AR It is with pleasure we present the portrait of Mr. Jenks in this work. In his likeness many will recognize one of the pioneers of the county, and onewhose interest has been in common with her citizens. They will also recognize in his genial, open and frank countenance the personification of pluck and determination, and. of a man whose accomplishments have been the outcome of honest, straight-forward, energetic action. s ilbert, farer, resident on ection Iarles Gilbert, farmer, resident on section ~p^ 8, Meade Township, has lived in the State i| of Michigan from boyhood, and in Huron County since he settled in the township of Meade, in the fall of I859. He was born in Norway, Oct. II, 1837. His parents, William and ' Catherine (Anderson) Gilbert, were also natives of Norway, where they married and settled and lived until the death of Mr. G., the father. ' After that = event the mother came with her children to the h',.......... -....]A The spirit in which Mr. Gilbert adopted this country as his own, with all that citizenship involved, was conclusively proven by his enrollment in the service of the Union during the civil war. He enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in the 23d Mich. Inf., and was in active service until the close of the conflict. He obtained an honorable discharge, June 28, i865, at Detroit. Among the engagements in which he was an active participant were Perryville, Ky.. London, Campbell Station, and at the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., and he went with Sherman toward the sea as far as Atlanta. He was also involved in numerous minor skirmishes. On receiving his discharge he returned to his farm in Huron County. The marriage of Mr. Gilbert to Anne C. Petersen occurred in Meade Township, Oct. 24, i86i. Nine children have been born to them,-Charles A., George J., Mary R., Emma M., Anne M., Bertie A., Emma A., Henry C. and William. Emma M. died July 22, 1877. Mrs. Gilbert was born March rl, 1833, in Norway. She is the daughter of Christopher and Caroline Petersen and accompanied her parents to America in the fall of r855. T,~ (. k NW --- A= I= **( United States and settled at -ontiac, Oakland Co.,Mich., in 1853, where she died in November, 1854. Mr. Gilbert was 15 years old 'when the family lo- | cated at Pontiac. He is the sixth of seven children '1tohn M. Cary, Clerk of Huron County, and born to his parents, and secured a fair education in a resident of Bad Axe, was born Aug. 28, his native country. He remained in Pontiac about I842, on Mt Desert Islad, Maie. His 18 months and proceeded thence to Port Huron. He father, Rev. Calvin L. Cary, was a minister of resided there until the date of his coming to Meade the Baptist Church and was in active labor il Township. He bought 80 acres of Government land, the interests of that denomination about 50 for which he paid $40. The tract was in a wholly years. He died in Bradford, Penobscot Co., Me., in -' wild state and he settled in the "brush," built a log I883, at the age of 87 years. The mother, Ursula f house and began the work of clearing and improving (Forbes) Cary, died in Bradford, in 1873. his place. He has prospered in his efforts and has Mr. Cary went to Bangor, Me., when he was exhibited his inherited traits of energy and thrift to about i8 years old, and learned the drug business, good purpose. He is now the owner of I20 acres of which was his chief interest for 15 years. In the fall land and has placed the major portion under excel- of i874 he came to Saginaw, Mich., and engaged lent cultivation. with the lumber firm of. Whitney, Rennick & GulliMr. Gilbert is a Republican of the efficient type. ver. In the spring of i875, he came to Bad Axe to He has held the office of Supervisor of Meade Town- assume the management of their saw-mill, which he ship four consecutive years, and has officiated as conducted I8 months. At the expiration of that Justice of the Peace the same length of time. He time he opened a drug store at Bad Axe, which was Treasurer from 1871 to I877 and has discharged he continued to operate until the spring of i881, the duties of the different school offices. when he sold out in order to be at liberty to devote ---— ^-a^WM^-^t^P ---: —^^~/i*~C I ~ e — I r~~ et n ---6^n n n - -- a; BHURON COUNTY. I83 %g T ISY' 'ii 1. himself to the duties of his official charge. In the fall of I88o, he was nominated and elected on the Republican ticket, by a majority of about 600 votes. He received a re-election in the fall of 1882, securing the position by a majority of 153 votes. Mr. Cary is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is the owner of a residence and three-fourths of an acre of land, besides a store building occupied by John Ballentine. His first residence at Bad Axe was one of the finest abodes in that village, but it was destroyed by the fire of i88r, with all its contents. The loss was about $3,500 above insurance. He was married in Bradford, Me., May ii, 1872, to Alvina Scribner, who was born May I6, I844, in Charleston, Me., and is the daughter of Mark and Dolly Scribner. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Cary are three in number. Lulu was born in Charleston, Me., Oct. it, 1873. Charles C. was Iborn in Bad Axe, Feb. 29, 1876. An infant yet unnamed was born in the latter place March ii, 1884.!/S ' [illiam T. Bope, attorney, member of the law firm of Chipiman & Bope, at Bad Axe, Ejml:~ and Prosecuting Attorney of Huron j^ County, was born Jan. 8, I853, in Lapeer City, Mich. He is the son of Philemon and Ellen (Sloss) Bope. His mother died in March, 1862, when he was but nine years old, and in April, i865, he was fully orphaned by the demise of his father. When he was three years old he went to Orland, Steuben Co., Ind., with his maternal uncle, Thomas B. Sloss, with whom he remained four years. He returned to his parents in i860, continued in their care until the period of his orphanage, when he again became the charge of his uncle, who discharged the duty of parent toward himi. He attended the graded school at Orland, finished the complete course of study and was graduated. In 1873, he became a student of law in the office of McBride & Morland, attorneys at Waterloo, Ind., and read for his profession under their guidance two years. In the fall of I875, he entered the Law l)epartment of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated in 1876. He initiated his practice by establishing an office at But I ler, Ind., in partnership with John W. Baxter, a relation which existed two years. On its termination Mr. Bope went to North Manchester, Ind., where he practiced one year. He came to Bad Axe in January, 1879, and established his business in company with George W. Carpenter, with whom he was associated one year, after which he conducted his affairs alone until the formation of the present business connection, which occurred in the spring of 1883. The firm are deservedly prosperous and popular, from qualifications, integrity and devotion to the interests of their clients. They have been connected with some of the most prominent cases in this portion of Michigan, both civil and criminal. They conducted the defense in the case of the People vs. Buckley: assault and battery, with intent to kill,securing the acquittal of Buckley. Another noted case which they argued was the suit in chancery of McGaw vs. McGaw, for the purpose of setting aside a U. S. patent. Messrs. Bope & Chipman defended the case successfully. Mr. Bope is a member of the Odd Fellows Order, and also belongs to the Knights of Maccabees. He owns his office and residence and two 4o-acre lots in the southern portion of the village, which is platted and some lots sold. He also owns about 400 acres of land in different parts of the county. The )business firm of which he is a member are also engaged to a considerable extent in traffic in real estate. Mr. Bope was married June 15, 1882, in Butler, Ind., to Binnie Plowe, daughter of John and Elizabeth Plowe. She was born in February, r857, in.Wolcottville, Lagrange Co., Ind. Her parents reside in Butler, DeKalb Co., Ind. As one of the leading citizens of the county, we present Mr. Bope's portrait in this volume. I S:/? I I I;r 11 eI I i; I I ':,d c~ I A am11homas Scott, farmer, resident on section 23, 1 Verona Township, was born in Scotland.} ~ June 9, i833. He is the son of John and Jane (Dalglish) Scott, and he remained in his native land until the spring of 1857, when he emigrated to the Dominion of Canada. He ~ had learned the business of a stone mason in Scotland, and during the building of the Grand Trunk in1a --- o-i~~t1 & -, O ->- — rxn n^ B n8-=184 WHURON COUNTY. Railroad he worked on it one year. In September, property for 80 acres of land under partial improve-, 1859, he came to Verona and bought 280 acres of ments in Meade Township. This has been his,; land. In the spring following, he went to Tennessee homestead since he became its proprietor, and 60 i i and engaged in the construction of the Nashville & acres are under the best improvements., Northwestern Railroad. The same fall he came He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. While back to Verona. He at once entered upon the im- a resident of Ontario he belonged to the class known provement of his farm and now has o00 acres under as "Reformers." cultivation. He was married Aug. i, i866, in Canada, to Mary He has suffered the experience common to the A., daughter of Richard and Ann (Quest) Dibb. citizens of this portion of Michigan in both the fires Five children have been born of this union, as folof 1871 and I881, in each of which he lost all com- lows: Wallace E., Feb. 15, 1867; Minnie L., May lost his house and barn full of farm products, together following); Bertram R., June 26, 1876 (died March with farm implements, fences, etc. The same loss, 31, i88I); Herry L., July I, 1880. Mrs. Allen was but of increased value, resulted from the last fire, born Nov. I8, 1846, in Ontario, and died in Middlewhen nearly $6,000 in property vanished "in the sex Co., Ont., July i, 880. flames. He has rebuilt his house and barn, and is gradually recovering his former status. He has been i Supervisor of Verona about 12 years. i-;:( j Mr. Scott was married in Canada in I867 to Agnes, daughter of Robert and Helen (Beattie) Shannon. ^, She was born in Westminster, Canada, and has be-i, r.; Ad 'f-~~~~..J~.j^ homas Cole, farmer, section 8, Huron Town- _ D come the mother of six children, born in Verona ship as born Jan. I, 848, on the Isle of D,~. )..^ ship, was born Jan. i, i848, on the Isle of i 7 Township, as follows: John, Robert, William,Thomas, i t s f Ch s. Man, Eng. He is the son of Charles and r Ella and Walter. Margaret (Gale) Cole, and the latter is living r N9~ ~~~~~~" \fY a in Huron Township, Erie Co., Ohio, with one xif" I I of her twin sons. She also is a native of the 4 ).- —.*-* --- Isle of Man, and was born Nov. i8, I814. The I eorge R. Allen, farmer, section 5, Meade Township, was born Dec. 27, I841, in l2 'W~:ieorng,, im e R.Alle, re r, Ts o ctron, T1e,, father was born April 12, I815, and died Dec. i8, 187 1, in Huron, Erie Co., Ohio. He was a hatter by trade, but passed the later years of his life in farming. Roth narents were of Danish descent_ nand anrrived rr py iviLluICebCA uo., win. 1s1 aCll U rpare nt, -_o --- — nn _ and Lucinda (Russell) Allen, were born re- on the shores of the United States June 5, I852. 3 spectively in Canada and Vermont. After They proceeded to Concord Township, Lake Co., their marriage they settled in Quebec, after- Ohio, and later to Oxford, Erie Co., Ohio, where the wards removing to Middlesex County, where Mr. A. son who is the subject of this sketch grew to mandied. Mrs. Allen lives in Huron County, whither hood. He was about four years of age when his she removed in I88r. Their family included two parents came to America. He remained on his sons and six daughters. father's farm until a little less than three years I Mr. Gerge R. Allen is the second son and sixth previous to his removal to Michigan. At that time ' child in the above family. He acquired such educa- he went to Margaretta Township in Erie County, tion as the Dominion offered; and remained at hone and rented a farm on which he resided until the fall J assisting on the home farm until he was 25 years of of I879. He took possession of a farm of 60 acres, ' age. He was variously engaged in his native prov- in Huron Township on the i8th of November, on a ince until the summer of i882, when he came to which he now resides. In the spring of 1883, i;- Huron County and bought 80 acres of land in he bought 40 acres more. At the time of the fire of $ Chandler Township. He afterwards exchanged this I88i he had cleared ten acres, and had a good gans -~~~~~~ /X^(^~i^~A -Witei f s~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / E~~~~~~~~~~-rl HURON COUNTY. 187 (S~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~8 I - 4. 1I * X, i. )) *^ house and barn, both of which were burned with all their contents and wearing apparel, save one trunk, containing business papers and valuables. Mr. Cole is a Republican in political faith. He has been School Assessor five years, and in i88r was School Superintendent. He was married May 26, 1870, to Laura B. Strong. All the children, seven in number, that have been born of this union, are living. Jesse L. was born April 21,.187; Belle M., July o1, 1872; Archie A., Oct. io, i874; Cedelia M., Feb. 24, [875; John E., Oct. 11, 1877; Elva R., June 25, 1879; Edna G., May 24, t88r. The parents of Mrs. Cole, Andrew and Cedelia (Parrish) Strong, are deceased. The mother was born in I829 and died in Placerville, Cal., in i856. The father was born in t824, and his death occurred Dec. 4, 1870, in Lenawee Co., Mich. Mrs. Cole was born April 22, 1848, in Wisconsin. She and her hus)and belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. ohn Ballentine, merchant at Bad Axe, was born Aug. 8, 1841, in New Brunswick. His parents, William and Ruth (McAllen) Ballentine, were members of the agricultural class in that province until the son was 15 years old, when they removed to Dereham Township, Oxford Co., Ont., after which he discontinued his operations as a farm assistant, to which occupation he had been reared. He spent four years in the saw-mill business in Oxford County, and in 186o came to Port Huron. He was similarly occupied there until 1863, and went to Forester, Sanilac County. He passed two years in a saw-mill there, going thence to Rock Falls in Huron County, where he engaged as a sawyer. He remained there r8 months, and at the end of that time he opened a general store at Verona Mills, which he conducted with success until the fire of 1871, in which he lost his store,-building and contents,-suffering a loss of $6,000, about one-half of which was covered by insurance. His next business venture was in lumbering, and he built a saw-mill at Verona, which he continued to manage about seven years, when he added a flouring mill. His affairs continued prosperous until the fire of i88r, when the insatiate demon of flame swept away all his accumulations and entailed a loss of about $50,000 above all insurance. The fire of i87 i destroyed his property and involved his affairs to such a degree that, on making his settlements and placing himself square with the world, he had just 50 cents in money and what he wore upon his person when the disaster overtook him! House and furniture were gone, and his wife had only the clothing she wore. He managed to keep afloat, and in January, 1883, he came to Bad Axe and established his present mercantile business, in which he has met with satisfactory success. He has built the finest house at Bad Axe, on one of the most desirable locations, having adjacent grounds containing two acres. He owns a lot near his present place of business, where he proposes to build a business block of brick during the coming year, for which project his preparations are considerably advanced. He owns also two business lots on a prominent street and 248 acres of finle farming land in t.he vicinity of Bad Axe. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity. His marriage to Mary M. Grice took place at Rock Falls, Huron County, April 6, i865. She is the daughter of James G. and Jane (Mason) Grice, and was born June 19, I843, in Manchester, England. (See sketch of J. G. Grice.) James R. and Benjamin I., the only children born to Mr. and Mrs. Ballentine, are deceased. We take pleasure in presenting the portrait of Mr. Ballentine in this work as a type of the representative and progressive citizens of the county, and of a man who has exhibited singular courage and business talent in rising to competency after suffering so great misfortune by fire. 1(i C4`~ /" F II I l obert Wallace, member of the business firm A known as the "Lake Huron Stone Come 'Ad, pany," and resident at Grindstone City, "' which takes its name from the enterprise designated, was born Feb. 22, I836, in Coun- f ty Armagh, Ireland. He came to the American continent when he was I5 years old, and engaged in farming in Lanark Co., Ont. In i854 he came to Huron Co., Mich., and became an assistant in the rn" arma^^e: I~~~~~~~~~~1I '188 HURON. COUNTY. business of which he is now one-fourth owner. He death of his parents, he emigrated to this continent, * operated as a laborer until 1864, when he succeeded landing at the port ofNew ork. e proceeded to to the position of manager of the quarries, and in Toronto, Ont., and settlqd at Scarborough, i6 miles * i868 he acceded to his proprietary interest. The from that city, where he rented a farm and was a rescompany own 400 acres of land on the shore of ident eight years. In the fall of 1877 he canle to } Lake Huron in Port Austin Township, where their Michigan and bought an unimproved piece of quarries are situated, and their business requires an land in Rubicon Township. It contained 80 acres, average working force of about 70 men. The stone and had been " lumbered over "by its former owners, is manufactured chiefly into grindstones, a con- Messrs. Stafford, Haywood & Jeness. The entire siderable proportion being converted into scythe- tract is in a fine condition for the purpose of agriculstones and building stone, for all of which purposes ture, and is supplied with a good frame house and it is of fine quality. Buildings of suitable character barn. for the manufacture of their products are located in Mr. Clark is a Republican in political views, and the immediate vicinity of the quarries, and they ship has served eight years as Justice of the Peace and to all portions of the United States and Canada, and four years as Notary Public. He is a Presbyterian a considerable trade with foreign countries has been in religious connection. established. The firm employ several traveling sales- He was married in the autumn of 1840 to Ann M. men. Mr. W. also owns a quarter interest in a Simmons. Following is the record of the children quarry in Marietta, Ohio, where stone is obtained for born of their union: Mary Ann, May 3, 1841; both wet and dry grinding,-also large quantities of Rosina Elizabeth was born March 27, 1842, and building and dimension stone. Besides, Mr. Wal- died June 15, 1842; Charles William was born Sept.. lace owns 400 acres of farmilg land, with 80 acres 24, 1844, and died March 12, 1882, his death result-. r under cultivation. ing from a fall in Stafford's salt works at Port Hope; = ig He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and also to Rosina E. (second) was born April 17, 1846; Jane e = the Protestant Association. During four years of was born April 4,. 848, and died April 2, i851; 2= the administration of President Grant, he officiated Arthur was born April 30, I850; Esther Jane, May as Postmaster of Grindstone City. Io, 1852; Robert, Sept. 3, 1854; John Crossley, ) He was married June 30, i859, at Port Austin, to June i, 1857, in Toronto, Ont.; James A., April 23, Margaret, daughter of Patrick and Margaret Deegan. 1859; Alfred was born March 7, i86i, and died She was born Nov. 14, 1844, at Toronto, Canada. May io, following; Alice A. was born May 29, I862, Of their union ten children have been born, as fol- in Bosanquet, Ont. The first eight children were lows: William H., John E., Leonidas R., Margaret born in London, Eng., and two died there. The two J., Ann I., Samuel J., Eliza M., Ellinor E. and next named were born in Scarborough, Ont., and Frank. One died in infancy. one died at that place. Mrs. Clark is the daughter of James and Mary Ann (Allen) Simmons, and was, born Nov. 2, 1825, in London, Eng. She is the youngest of five children. Her parents both died in that city, in 1862 She is a Baptist in religious belief...... Clark, famrscio ubc The fire of 187 1 was a terrible experience to the '..h1arles Clark, farmer, section 8, Rubicon parents and four of the children who were at home. T " Township, was born March 2, i 824, in the From their house they watched the progress of the city of London, Eng. His parents, Charles r and Mary An a d C, p d teihurrying monster as long as they dared, but when a i and Mary Ann (Hadfield) Clark, passed their S; a. 7I~..r, p d, -longer delay would cut them off from a place of entire lives in England. The former was born entire lives in ngland. he former was born safety, they left their dwelling and went to a field, in i8oo and died in 1854; the mother was n and died n 854; the mother was filled with burning stumps, where they found a place C born in I81o, and died also in 1854. of possible refuge, and encamped. All through the Mr. Clark is their only child, and grew to man- lon hours of the most dreadful night of their lives hood in his native country. Three years after the they stood constantly alert to keep the fire from HURONV their garments, and expecting death from the suffocating smoke which blinded and choked them; and C in this instance, the fire running in the turf ceased I its encroachments within a few feet of the place J where the family were stationed. The smoke caused dreadful suffering in their 'eyes. In the morning they went to Port Hope, the journey thither being full of a new danger, from the trees falling on all sides, uprooted by the wind, which in every section of the territory devastated by the fire raged with relentless fury in its track. At Port Hope the sufferers received the aid of which they were so sorely in need. In the fire of 188, Mr. Clark lost all his crops that were not gathered, including corn, peas, etc., besides fences, four valuable sheep, etc. COUNT'Y.9 89 - _ — - = ^ = ^ (8 ailliam G. Cleary, farmer and mechanic, ~I1X section 34, Gore Township, was born Jan. r, rI86, at Eastport, Maine, His parents,!di^ John and Ann E. (Turner) Cleary, are both \, P deceased. The former was go years old at the time of his death; the age of the latter at the date of her decease was 72 years. Mr. Cleary went to Brooklyn when he was i6 years of age and was apprenticed for seven years to learn the business of ship carpenter. He served five years. His master was Captain John Perry, better known as "Commodore Perry," who afterward commanded the United States squadron in the expedition to Japan. As his apprenticeship was far advanced he was relieved in order to join the marine service, which he did and sailed on board the frigate "Grampus," on which he was first carpenter. The cruise extended through the waters of the South Atlantic, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, and along the coasts bordering on those bodies of water. Mr. Cleary was in the marine service eight years, his draft being for seven years, and a year longer being required to reach home. He landed at Boston, and went thence.to New York. He came with little delay to Port Huron, where he found employment as a carpenter on the Huron House. He remained in that city three years, going thence to New Orleans. He spent three winters in the Crescent City, working at his trade, returning to Port Huron for the intervening summer seasons. In 1842 he went to Buffalo, whence, after he had labored there sonme time, he went to Canada and worked at Sarnia. He went thence to Cherry Creek, Sanilac County,'where he built a steam saw-mill for Messrs. Crowel & Gilbert. He spent a winter there, and in the spring following went to Elm Creek, where he took a job to convert a saw-mill, which was operated by water, into a steam saw-mill, in the interests of a man named Nathan Chase. The work occupied about six months, and he went from there to Port Sanilac to build a steam saw-mill for Anthony Oldfield. He engaged afterwards in constructing scowus and sail boats for the coast service, and also in building a lumber vessel for Charles Benton. He operated at that point about six years, then went to Forester to engage as foreman in the saw-mill of Smith & Kelley, and passed four years in their saw and grist mills and work-shop. Leaving'their service, he established himself in building fishing boats at Big Creek, in which he continued several years. He worked a year at his trade at Cheboygan, on the Straits of Mackinac, whence in August, i869, he came to Port Hope and entered a claim of 120 acres of unimproved land, on which he settled. He entered vigorously into the work of clearing and otherwise improving his property, meanwhile building a shop for the construction of boats. He was in prosperous circumstances when the fire of 187 1 occurred. In that terrible conflagration he lost his house, barns, fences, shops and tools, the value of the latter alone being $r,ooo. The aggregate loss was estimated at $2,500. In the fire of i88i he lost fences and hay-stacks, but no buildings. Mr. Cleary was married March 29, 1845, to Jane Hunter, and of their union Ii children have been born, three of whom are deceased. Four sons and four daughters are living. Mary A., Martha J. and Elizabeth are deceased. William S., James, Margaret, Sarah J., George, Henry, Ellen M. and Ann Eliza are the names of those living. Mrs. Cleary was born Jan. i r, 1825, in Beckwith, Carlton Township, Perth Co., Ont. She is the daughter of James and Mary (Willis) Hunter. Her father is about 80 years of age = A, ". = I i! 1E1 i (p) 4*11-,. l I 1 ~, 1.1aa -~:i S I* I., I go90 HURON C and is living in Gore Township. Her mother died in August, 1879, at Port Sanilac, and was 74 years of age. Mr. Cleary is a Democrat, and has held the several school offices. He and his wife are communicants in the Episcopal Church. VOUNTY. T (4 I r.4 ) ~Ip ) *A ddison Broomhower, farmer, section 34, Sheridan Township, was born Iec. 16, 3. ' i844, in Ashtabula Co., Ohio. His parents, Andrew and Mary (Bayley) Broomhower, ' were natives of New York and Pennsylvania, respectively. Mr. Broomhower remained in his native State until the summer of I869, when he came to Michigan. He at once bought I60 acres of wild land in Sheridan Township, where he has since resided with the exception of i8 months immediately following the fire of 187 I, which he passed in Ohio. His farm comprises about 60 acres cleared, improved * and cultivated land. He belongs to the Democratic element in politics, and has held nearly every local office in his township. He was married in Ohio Dec. 20, 1864, to Alma A. Stewart. They have had seven children,-Charlie, Mary, Alma, Xenophon, Alfred A., John and Jane. John died when he was between two and three years of age. Mrs. Broomhower was born April 14, i846, in Ohio, and is the daughter of Alfred and Alma Stewart. children born to his parents. When he was 19 years of age he became a sailor, and he spent i seasons on the lakes in various capacities. He was first and second mate on several of the largest and best propellers on the lakes. He came to Huron County in the fall of 1 875, where he bought 320 acres of land in Sheridan Township. He still retains the ownership of 200 acres, and this tract embraces 60 acres of cleared and cultivated land with good and suitable farm buildings He is a Democrat in political principle and has been Treasurer of the township two terms. Mr. O'henley was married June 29, i880, in Canada, to Mary McI)onald. They have three children -Catherine, Alexander and Margaret. Mrs. O'henley was born in Canada, Oct. 8, 1858, of Scotch parentage.:enry Getty, general superintendent of the salt works of the New River Salt Block l||it Company, was born in the State of New York, March 20, 1835, and is the son of Robert and Harriet Getty. His father was a native of the Empire State, but lived most of his life in the Dominion. He was residing temporarily in New York when the birth of his son Henry occurred, and, the mother dying soon afterward, the family returned to Canada, where the father died in 1853. Mr. Getty was " bound out" to a cousin when he was six years old, to be brought up a farmer. But he baffled the original intention of everybody concerned, by running away. He came to Lexington, Mich., and engaged as a lumberman and spent a winter in that employ. He returned to Canada in the spring, where he remained until he was 23 years old. In i858, he came back to the Huron coast, and from that date until 1872 he was occupied as a lumbernan winters and as a saw-mill assistant summers. On the establishment of the salt block in i872, he assumed his present position, in which he has since continued. Its capacity is a "three-pan" block, only one being in operative order. It has two wells, one 1,040 feet in depth, the other I,003 feet, neither of which is pumped to its full capacity, both being 4 I "~lngus O'henley, farmer, section 6, Sheridan Township, was born June 13, 1849, in Scotland, and was in extreme infancy when his parents emigrated to Canada from Scotland, as they came to the American continent within the first year of his life. He is the son of Donald and Christena O'henley. They came to Huron County in the spring of i876. Mr. O'henley is the eldest son and one of ten — ^-^p (^ ml i II e gA f I of i.~j A\a~~-O~L-Oo I ~i~-~~- -;:g.,1~~ I '' .ife/^v-;' a m — T im^U — ^al^^@v6^ HURON COUNTY. 193 capable of yielding 200 barrels daily. The owners Township, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, to Maria A. Tres-, are waiting a greater degree of activity in the salt cott. She was born in Ohio, and is the daughter of V 1 business to run their works to their full extent. The Hunting Trescott. The family of Mr. Ludington f proprietors are W. H. Cooper and W. Creevy, of Port comprises four children-Almond A., Albert L., ' Austin, and Orange Nobles, of Erie, Pa. Daniel H. and Willie T. Mr. Getty was married Sept. 28, 1856, to Elizabeth Mr. Ludington and his -wife reached Sand Beach Pulling. Following is the record of their children: May 13, I850. The location was in its primeval, Hattie F., born July 24, 1858, was married Jan. 6, natural condition, heavy timber standing as nature i88r, to Eugene Everingham. Bertha M.,born July had arranged it. He immediately entered upon the I6, i861, was married July 25, 1878, to Milo Kelley. manufacture of shingles, employing a considerable Jennie, born Sept. 12, 1862, married Alexander Mc force of assistants. He carried on a successful and Fadden, Feb. 28, i88i. William H. was born Apiil extensive business, shipping his shingles to Cleve- c: 29, 1864; George, born Aug. 26, 1865, died Oct. 24, land, Ohio. In addition to his lumberingoperations 1872; Frankie was born June 13, i870; Alice was he conducted a general store. In I857 he built a born Sept. 23, 1872. Mrs. Getty was born June 22, saw-mill at Center Harbor, designated by the name 1836, in Patworth, Sussex Co., Eng., and is the of the place, which he retained and managed until daughter of Richard and Fanny Gertrude (Holden) Oct. 4, 1864, the date of its sale. The property Pulling. Her father was born Jan. II, 1791, in included r,Ioo acres of fine pine lands, and three Brighton, Eng., and died April 19, 1874. Her mother miles of railroad track, laid to the pine woods from was born Aug. 23, I806, and died May 14, I850. the saw-mill. In December, 1864, he came to. Mr. Getty owns a farm of 40 acres, which he pur- Verona Mills and built a saw-mill. His first work ' chased in 1872, in a wholly wild and unimproved was to get out the lumber for his own house and r =: state. It is nearly all fitted for tillage. It is situated that of his brother-in-law, John Kneal. They were E= in Dwight Township. the first frame buildings in the township. In the ' Ad He is a Republican and has discharged the duties spring following he removed his family hither, mak- =A V of several school offices. ing the transfer on sleighs and arriving March 24th. t He owned about 1,200 acres of pine land, and emfv'i!I~~~~~~~.ployed about 60 men and io teams in the manufac3.:.~...~ _7, ture of lumber and shingles, drawing his products in winter to Sand Beach for shipment to market. He has manufactured some of the best lumber in:. ---.1~ngo, _~ -mine. ete Michigan, in the course of his experience as a lumlN M/"eremiah Ludington, Jr., a pioneer settler erof HeuIn Countyo, residen at Verona Mills e ber producer. In I869 he cut 400,000 feet of lumof Huron County, resident at Veron Mills, ber, and o00 planks averaging from 36 to 49 inches was born May 5, 1828, in Middlebury, Ad- in < C. His rn Jere, and in width. Two of these are yet on exhibtion at the dison Co., Vt. His parents, Jeremiah and lumber-yard of Woods, Perry & Co., No. 5 Carter Laura (Corbit) Ludington, were natives respect- Street, Cleveland, Ohio. Each is I6 feet long, one l1tively of Vermont and Connecticut. His father being 46 inches in width, and the other four feet and was born June 7, i8oo, his mother in i8o4. They was mborn June 7, I800, his mother in 1804. They one inch wide. But on the day of this writing, full were married in Vermont and became the parents of accounts of the terrible fire at Cleveland, in which four children, three of whom are living,-William, a Messrs. Woods, Perry & Co. suffered to the extent farmer in Kent County, Mich., Philo B., a sailor and of $40,000, reach the public. The dispatches give * farmer, living at Presque Isle; and Mr. LudingtonX details of the destruction of the office of the firm on t who is the second in order of birth. The family who is the second in orderof birth. The fam Carter Street, where these planks have been objects ': removed to Cleveland Township, Cuyahoga Co.,of curiosity for 15 years. Ohio, in I831, where the father engaged in farming Mr. Ludington passed his first ordeal of flame and,- Mr. Ludington was bred to the vocation of farmer disaster June 24 and 25, 864, at Sand Beach, when < and followed that calling in the Buckeye State until his loss, in railroad track, logs, telegraph poles and (i 850. He was married June 5, I849, in Euclid farm buildings, was $io,ooo. His next was on Feb 4|||\~))I| ---fy. —^-A lfltjNtl:.^^^ — ^ ' Z 0~~Iax~~a_" '94 -- -HURON I94 HURON *Zs A%* f Is ft~ Z=~ 22, I868, when he lost $20,000. The property burned included a steam saw and grist mill, grain, flour, lumber and other miscellaneous property, wholly uninsured. He rebuilt the saw-mill, at a cost of $12,000, which he operated successfully until the general conflagration of 1871, when the loss of property in this one instance was appalling. On the night of Oct. 9, the saw-mill, lumber valued at $7,000, an inestimable quantity of standing pine timber, 26 valuable buildings (including six residences) and other property vanished in flame and smoke. The value of property that could be estimated reached a figure of about $35,000, all without insurance. He sold soon afterward a considerable amount of property to Ballentine & Puddick, including two and a half million feet of pine lumber. He then devoted his energies to agriculture and commercial affairs. He erected a store for the purpose of founding a mercantile enterprise, continuing its management from 1875 to 1879, when he gave it to his son Daniel. In the year last named he built a large hotel, 32 X 52 feet in extent, with addition 32 x 42 feet in dimensions, and having a large hall on the second floor. The wing is two stories in height, the main building being a half story higher. He rented the hotel until May 4, 1882, when he took personal charge of its affairs. In the fire of i88i Mr. Ludington was again a heavy loser, saving no personal effects excepting one trunk with its contents, a sewing-machine and the hotel property. He lost two fine barns, valued at $4,000. He owns 65 acres of land connected with the hotel in Verona, and also about 600 acres variously located in the county. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Ludington is inseparably associated with the municipal history of the part of Huron County where he has lived for more than 34 years, and which he has been largely instrumental in opening to business and progress. He has been active in local official life, having served several years as Treasurer of his township, besides in most other offices in town and county. In the fall of 1874 he was nominated on the Republican ticket to represent his district in the Legislature of Michigan, scoring a.triumph of 239 votes majority. He served an additional term, to which he was-elected in the fall of 1879, his majority being ablout the same as at his first election, He served successful business man, and has risen from his several severe misfortunes with courage and energy unabated; and the record of his brave struggles will form one of the most prominent and striking chaprseo in the eventful history of Huron County. In presenting the portrait of Mr. Ludington in this work, the publishers are pleased to know they not only give the likeness of one of the county's pioneer f settlers, but a man who has identified himself with Gi the interest of the county and her citizens since i850. The early settlers and a large majority of the ~F present population of the county will recognize in V the likeness of Mr. Ludington those features that indicate success, and that accomplish puposes only il through the channels of honest, energetic endeavor. COUNT Y. three years as State Swamp Land Road Commissioner, during which time the Huron City & Bad Axe State road was built, under his supervision., He gave his taxes to the enterprise, consisting of 75 days' labor. He built his grist-mill in i866, and - within that year contributed $2,000 to the road building. His aggregate of highway contribution reaches $6,000, and the county is indebted to him principally for the fine roads in this vicinity. In i866 he employed a gang of men with teams, constructing roads, paying the entire expense. The career of Mr. Ludington in Huron County has been deeply marked by the terrible vicissitudes C through which it has passed. He has been a verv y I AOI ames Hall,resident at Grindstone City, has r $ operated since I870 as a turner in the grindstone mills. He was born Feb. 24, 852, in Northumberland Co., Ont., and is the son of Alexander and Catherine (McCauley) Hall. The family removed in I862 to Mahoning Co., Ohio, where Mr. Hall became a miner at the age of r years, working in the coal mines. He i was employed in that capacity until he was I6 years old, when he came to Sanilac County and spent two ' winters in the lumber woods of Austin Township. In the summer of i868 he was employed in the saw-mill of Charles Durand, located one mile south of Sand / Beach. Through the following summer he fished at E n<-9- n —d 4; IQ,- <-~ H HURON COUNTY. 195S ' Forestville, and came first to Grindstone City in the The three last were born in Canada. Phebe died summer of 1870. He entered the employ of the when she was about six months old. Mr. and Mrs. ~ Huron Stone Company and spent two months strip- Haley are communicants in the Church of England. 4 ping stone, after which he became a turner, and has pursued that vocation since. In 1878 he bought i6o acres of land on section 27, -|din Port Austin Township. It was covered with the forest, and he has cleared and improved one-half the I, tract. He is preparing to devote his attention ex- | aphael Labelle, farmer, residing on section elusively to breeding fine grades of cattle, and has 25, Meade Township, was born July 31, x now a herd which contains some excellent specimens I0- T ina C in Can1ada He- is the nsn of Mar of the Short-horn and Holstein breeds. He also owns I6o acres of land, with 30 acres improved, in Austin Township, Sanilac County. Mr. Hall was married Nov. 28, 1878, to Bridget, daughter of Thomas and Catherine McCoy. They have two children,-Catherine and Mary A. Mrs. Hall was born Feb. 25, 1852, in Ottawa Co., Ont. Mr. Hall has held the office of Road Commissioner, of Port Austin Township, in which capacity he excelled. i cellin and Theresa (Filion) Labelle. His parents were both natives of Montreal, were married and settled in Canada, whence they came in I871 to Hume Township, Huron County, where the mother died. The father is yet a resident of Huron County. They had ten children. Mr. Labelle is the eldest child of his parents. He lived in Canada until I870, the year in which he came to Huron County. He entered a claim of I60 acres of land in Meade Township, of which he held possession for three years. At the expiration of that time he sold his claim to his brother. As he was a single man he was not compelled to remain a resident on his land, and he was employed, during his f 3=3 0~ 11 — -v2 spare time for five years, in a saw-mill. In I872 he v bought 80 acres of land on section 25, in Meade ]A |liver Haley, farmer, section 14, Colfax Township, where he established his homestead. He - Township, came to Huron County in the has improved 50 acres. 1, spring of i866. He lived about six months Mr. Labelle is a Republican in political sentiment at Sand Beach, and in the spring of 1867 " took and action, and he has held various township offices up" a claim of i60 acres of land on sections of importance and trust. 14 and 23, in Colfax Township. He has made He was married Dec. 25, 1874, at Port Austin, to a later purchase of 40 acres, increasing his estate to Agatha Geoffroy. She was born Oct. 25, i856, at 200 acres in the aggregate, which embraces 60 acres Bayfield, Ontario, Can. Her parents were natives of under good cultivation. Mr. Haley has held various the Province of Quebec, and of French origin. official positions in school and township affairs. He is a Republican in his political sentiments. Mr. Haley was born April 29, i8i8, in Ireland, where he married and settled. About I854 he emigrated to Canada, whence he came to Michigan., F His parents, Luke and Phebe Haley, were also na- il illiam Thompson, farmer, section 20,Ver- ) tives of Ireland, and passed their entire lives in the ona Township, ws born June 4, 1835, in 4 land of their birth. |, Ontario Co., Can. He is the son of WilOliver Haley was married in gs County, Ire- liam and Ann (St. John) Thompson. The land, to Mary Culbert. Their seven surviving chil- ' demise of his father occurred in Canada Oct. i) dren were born in the following order: Margaret, 26, 1862; his mother is still living in the Do-? Oliver, James, Ellen, Henry, George and William. minion. His father was an experienced and skillfnl -— a A i ill-hA — (,a 96 ir.m,-t....co - -_. 1 96 HURON COUNTY. AOf I i,. l d'X I I i 2a= -, S '", Jq"L agriculturist and gave his son a thorough training in the vocation to which his life had thus far been devoted. When he attained his majority, he received 20 acres of land from his father, on which he lived and labored until his removal to Michigan. He came to Verona Township in March, 1864, and secured a claim of I60 acres under the Homestead Law. He now owns 320 acres, which comprises go acres under cultivation. In the fire of I88r he lost his house, fences and several tons of hay. He is holding the office of Justice of the Peace. Mr. Thompson was married in Brock Township, Ontario Co., Can., Feb. I4, I856, to Margaret Bryen, daughter of William and Margaret (Low) Bryen, a native of Ireland. They have had 13 children, nine of whom are living. They are named John, Michael, Margaret, William, Sarah, Georgiana, George, Emma, and Cecelia. Their mother died Jan. ii, i88i, and Mr. Thompson was again married Dec. 2, 1883, to Mrs. Mary Scott, widow of Thomas Scott, and a native of Canada. By her first husband her children were, William H., born Nov. 6, 1869; Benjamin B., May I9, i872; and George A., Sept. i, I884. R{ atthew C. McDonnell, M. D., physician and surgeon at Bad Axe, was born June J 12, 850, in Lockport, Niagara Co., N. Y. He is the son of Kirvan and Mary (Guinnon) McDonnell. His father is a farmer by calling, and in i856 removed to Dexter, Washtenaw Co., Mich. The son was bred to the same vocation, and before the age of i6 had obtained a good common-school education. He then began teaching, continuing in that vocation four winters. In I876 he went to Toledo, to operate as a salesman for Newhansel Bros., dry-goods merchants, where he was employed three and a half years. His next service was in the dry-goods house of Fred Eaton in the same city, with whom he was in business eight months. He terminated his mercantile career to enter upon his preparations for his profession, and in September commenced a course of study in the Medical Department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he completed the prescribed curriculum of medical study, and was graduated with the centennial class of 1876. He first established himself in business at Carleton, Monroe Co., Mich., where he pursued his profession six months, going thence to Weston, Lenawee County. He continued in business there until Aug. I, 1883, when he came to Bad Axe and has succeeded in establishing what promises to be a substantial and popular practice. In addition to his regular business, he owns a half interest in a drug store, in company with L. C. Carpenter, his brother-in-law. Mr. McDonnell was married Aug. 23, i88i, in Adrian, Mich., to Mary A. Carpenter. She was born in Fairfield, Lenawee County, April 2, 1862, and is the daughter of Reuben T. and Rosanna (Upton) Carpenter. Dr. and Mrs. McDonnell rejoice in the possession of a son and a daughter, twins, born May I3, I883. They are named Matthew Leslie and Mary Edessa. 'B ~1illiam J. Williamson, farmer, section 29, Grant Township, was born Aug. 5, I840, ' V?.. in Hancock Co., Ohio. He is the son of ' Levi and Mary (Biblar) Williamson. His \ father was born in Virginia and is of mixed English and Scotch descent. His mother was born in Ohio, of Dutch parentage. After marriage, the parents settled in Hancock Co., Ohio, where the mother died, about the year I849. His father afterwards married Agnes Cellars, a native of Ohio, and the family subsequently removed to Allen Co., Ind. In the fall of I863 they came to Huron County, where the father located on 80 acres of land on which he had made a claim in the spring of the same year. It is situated on section 29, Grant Township, and he has since resided on the same place. Eight children were born of the two marriages. (See sketch of Dr. Levi Williamson.) Mr. Williamson is the second son by the first marriage. He passed his life in the manner common to farmers' sons until he reached manhood. When that period arrived, the country was in the throes of civil war, and as the conflict grew more and more intense and its momentous nature became more and more!l I I I C - i ': 1) 'I,I I t blZl i I CI;; 3 ~r na --- '- - - - I ~b~ i 3pr, -.(~:3 r t~~~ -cC)-u.W rr11 HURON COUNTY. 197 apparent, Mr. Williamson became interested in its Port Austin and operated one season as a lumberissue, and the first event of his life of conspicuous man. In i866 he came to Grindstone City and en- | importance was his enlistment in the Union service, gaged as a quarryman in the quarry now owned by f; Aug. I3, I862. He enrolled in the iooth Ind. Inf., Worthington & Sons. From that date he continued i and was in the military service of the United States in the same occupation until I882, with the excep- I until Jan. 6, 1863, when he was discharged at Mem- tion of two seasons, when he was engaged in farmphis, Tenn., on account of disability. He returned ing and threshing. to Allen Co., Ind., with health much impaired, and In 1882 he took possession of his farm, which he in the spring of I863 he came to Huron County and bought in I869. It then contained 40 acres, but he entered a claim of I60 acres of land in Grant Town- has sold a portion and now owns 26 acres, nearly ship. He remained in Huron County during the all of which is now under cultivation. In i882 he summer, returning to Indiana in the fall, where he made a contract with Worthington & Sons to manuagain enlisted, in the I42d Ind. Vol. Inf., and re- facture salt in their mills. He employs a force of i r L. *:.1 ~:.: 1 - A,. r, 1 A 1 I A 0, I - mainec in the service until te termination ot the war. On receiving his discharge, he returned to Huron County and entered upon the work of improving his farm, which was in a wholly wild state. His place now includes oo00 acres, with go acres under good improvement. He sold 60 acres of his original acreage. Mr. Williamsdh is a Democrat in political sentiment. He has officiated as Township Clerk, School Assessor and in other positions, in the spring of I884 (current year) was elected Treasurer of Grant Township. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann (Harrison) Williamson was born June 25, I854, in Canada. Her parents, Edward and Elizabeth (Petch) Harrison, were natives of England. They emigrated from that country to the Dominion of Canada in I845, where they re men, ana the works nave a Xcapacity or producing I20 barrels a day. The salt is delivered on the dock. Mr. Reed owns a fine residence and surroundings and a business building at Port Austin, where his son-in-law, John E. King, is engaged in mercantile affairs. He was married Feb. 4, I863, in Guelph, Halton Co., Ont., to Mary, daughter of William and Eliza Hyde. She was born July i8, I844, in Canada. Four children have been born'to Mr. and Mrs. Reed: Eliza J., James A., Thomas E. and Annie M. Mr. Reed is a member of the Knights of Maccabees. == 3 ), sided until their removal to Huron County, in May, I867, since which date they have resided with their daughter. Mrs. Williamson has one sister, Mrs.enry al, proprietor of the Lake View Jane (Harrison) Gage. Four children have been House at Huon City, was born in th town born to Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, namely: Charles of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Eng., Dec. 13 E., Gertrude M., George 0. and Lydia M. George, and is the son of Thomas and Mary E died in infancy. Mr. Williamson is the resident hs a owner of 160 acres of land in Grant Township, 45 (Stowe) Neal. Th were natives of England acres of which are under cultivation. and emigrated to America with four children,three sons and one daughter,-in I837. They lived By ll*-~^-o~(DZI~>o-i~in the city of Detroit until I842, the father being am d frmeran at o r at employed as a gardener. Eventually he removed to X tS^gt fflf1ames Reed, farmer and salt contractor at rindstone City, was born Nov. 14, 1840, Moore Township, Ontario, and there bought a farm t l"in the township of Narsagawaya, Halton of I00 acres, which he cleared and improved. He lz in the township of Narsagawaya, Halton Co., Ont. He is the son of William and Mary was born in October, I80o, and died on his farm in E. (Green) Reed, and was reared on a farm. I875. The mother still resides there. He was engaged in that business in Ontario Mr. Neal entered the lake sailing service in 1842, jN until October, I865, when he came to Huron and from 1844 to i880, with the exception of two ( City. After a stay there of several days he went to summers which he spent in lumbering, operated in c,~~~~~~ ingii~tl Aa. I98 HURON COUNTY. that capacity. He began as a cabin boy and held well-informed man, social and genial, and his house every intermediate position until he became master is well adapted to the amount and character of the t of a vessel. He made a success of his business patronage he receives. until i860, when his vessel was lost. He owned Mr. Neal is a Republican. He was elected to ( the schooner Harwich, which was in the transporta- serve a term of four years as Justice of the Peace, tion service as a lumber, coal and stone vessel. In but after serving two years, resigned. After the fire July, I860, she was driven in a heavy gale upon a he was appointed Township Clerk to fill the unexreef of rocks on Middle Island, in Lake Erie, becom- pired term of the regularly elected official whom the ing a total wreck with no insurance. From 1867 to fire had compelled to leave the place. He was the date of his changing his vocation in life, he appointed Postmaster in 1879, and resigned the sailed as steward of the " Huron City," a steamer position in 1883. plying principally between Huron City and San- The marriage of Mr. Neal to Mary A. Proctor took dusky. She was owned partly by Langdon Hub- place Jan. 9, 1849. Their children were born as bard. Between the years i860 and 1867 he was the follows: Eily, Sept. 3, I850, died April 5, i856; proprietor of two tugs, operating on the St. Clair and Elizabeth, Aug. 21, 1852; Henry A., Oct. 27, 1854; Detroit Rivers. Mary M., Nov. IO, I856; Thomas, Sept. 27, I858; In 1878 he became the owner of a farm, which he Emma C., July 5. i860; Minnie, Sept. I8, 1826 sold to build the hotel he is now managing. He (died in May, I863); Lilly C., Oct. 28, 1865; Min purchased the hotel lot at Huron City in 1880, re- nie (2d), Feb. 19, I867; William C., June 27, I869; ( built and refurnished the house. It was put in Alvin Frank, Nov. 30, I872. Mrs. Neal's parents, complete repair, the painters finishing their labors William and Elizabeth (Simpson)'Proctor, are de= Saturday, Jan. 22, 1881. Five days later it burned ceased. Her father was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., = to the ground. It was insured for Sr,6oo in the i784, and died in January, 1847, in Moore Town- m =r County Mutual Insurance Company. Mr. Neal ship, Ont. The mother was born Dec. 4, I796, and A h immediately proceeded to replace the structure on died June 4, I876, in Detroit. Mrs. Neal was born = the same site, and took possession Saturday, Sept. 3, Feb. 27, 1833, in Lincolnshire, Eng..1881. On the following Monday, Sept. 5, i88I, the day of the great forest fires, the second house was totally destroyed. It was insured in the same corn- _ m_ ____ >__ pany which was made bankrupt by the fire, but its affairs are now in the hands of a receiver, and the |g matter of liability is in process of litigation. illiam Thompson, farmer, section 5, HuDuring the fire of I88r, a small shanty 20 feet ron Township, was born Feb. 4, 1834, at from the burning buildings, containing a barrel of Wintertown, England. In May, i850, he kerosene oil, was unharmed. The entire contents of f emigrated to Darlington, Ont., with his parthe hotel, with most of the wearing apparel of the J ents, John and Mary (Hogg) Thompson. family, were destroyed. They were obliged to take ' They died in the Dominion, each aged 66 years, refuge at the lake, as the wind was blowing a tornado a period of several years intervening between their and the air seemingly filled with fire. deaths. After the second fire Mr. Neal removed to Detroit, The parents belonged to the agricultural class in where he rented a residence for his family and went England, and the son was bred to the calling purto Minnesota to look for an opening; but, after sued by his progenitors for a long time. He was V spending six months to no purpose, he concluded to sixteen years old when he came to America, and return to Huron City and make another test of fate remained at home until his majority. After passing on the site where his property had twice disappeared that period he was occupied in farm labor two years, in the flames. It is a two-story structure, with I6 and in i856 rented a farm. He managed his dorooms, is creditably finished and furnished, and' mestic affairs himself, in connection with his agriculaffords comfortable entertainment. Mr. Neal is a tural pursuits, about a year, and concluded that the A *, a"~)^ ix — -A:NV — HURONV COUNTY. 199 condition of things generally would be improved by 1852 he went to California and remained in the a division of labors. Golden State until 1856, when he returned to ShiaHis marriage to Elizabeth Thompson occurred wassee County, without having made a marked sucApril 26, 1857. Their children were born in the fol- cess of his trip. In September, x86i, he enlisted in lowing order: Anna, March i8, 1858; Alfred, July the Eighth Mich. Vol. Inf. He was in the service f 29, i860; John S., June 22, I862; Rebecca, July 3, until October, 1862, when he received his discharge 1864; Minnie, Aug. 20, r866; William, June 30, on account of disability. i868; Dora J., Nov. i, I870; Elizabeth, Feb. 22, In September, 1873, he came to Huron County 1873; Cora I., Sept. 25, I875; Charles W., Feb. i, and made a claim of I60 acres in Colfax Township, 1878; Richard D., Dec. 7, i880; Arthur, Feb. 4, under the regulations of the Homestead Law, on i884. Mrs. Thompson is the daughter of Joseph which he has since resided and placed 40 acres under and Rebecca (Scovill) Thompson. Her mother died cultivation. Mr. Williams is a Republican in politiwhen she was in childhood; the death of her father cal belief, and has held the office of Justice of the occurred in 1859. Peace. Mr. Thompson removed his family and interests His marriage to Rachel Wolfen occurred Dec. 29, to Huron City, two years after marriage, where he 1849. They have had seven children-Emily J., entered the employ of Langdon Hubbard as a lum- Martin P., Durin J., Sarah A., Dan. S. and Dorman berman, and operated in his interests ten years. In R. Eva M. died when I8 months old. Mrs. Wil1867 he bought the farm on which he now lives, liams was born in the State of New York. She and erected a dwelling and occupied the place between her husband are members of the Methodist Church. two and three years. He removed thence to Bloom-. field Township and passed six years in clearing a,: farm for Langdon Hubbard. That labor accom-@ /4' plished, he again took possession of his farm.: He is a Republican in political affiliation, and has b, 3= been School Director eight years, Supervisor three dwin G. Johnson, farmer, section 29, Gore Xdwin G1. Johnson, farmer, section 29, Gore J years, and Treasurer two terms, besides officiating Townsip, was borin Verseveral other local positions. The family attend the non,. Y. His father, ardner S.JohnMethodist Church. son, was born Sept. 12, I802, in the State of New York. The latter was a farmer and a manufacturer of brick until about the year -S | Iv~~: f-~1847. He came to Michigan and kept a hotel at Detroit three years. In I836 the family came to St. } 4->oo Clair County and went thence to Royal Oak, OakS!W 1 ~ urin H. T. Williams, farmer, section 21, land County, where he died, Nov. 28, i853. His wife, __11 Colfax Township, has been all his life a Fanny (Cook) Johnson, was born April 25, 1807, in resident of Michigan, having been born the Empire State. She died in Denver, Col., March Feb. 2, 831, in Wayne County. His parents, 12, 1883. Benjamin and Mary (Tuttle) Williams, were Mr. Johnson was about i8 years old when his natives respectively of Ohio and New York. father died, and he remained at home maintaining They married and settled in Michigan, where they the family eight years after that event. His first passed all the years of their married life. The latter business, venture was farming and dealing in stock. died April 22, I868, and the former July 15, I871, He came to Gore Township for the purpose of mak R in Shiawassee County. ing a permanent location May 23, I864. He bought $ J Mr. Williams of this sketch is the youngest of their a farm containing 52 acres, to which he afterward gq four children. He passed the first 20 years of his life added 80 acres, and has since sold 40 acres. The at home, obtaining his education at the common original purchase of 52 acres was for another man, L schools and in working on the family homestead. In who desired to establish a salt block, but failed after 2flN"X~u4l 200 — HURON ---______ CO__ __TY.__ K, V w. 20 HURONA COUNTY. V- I - i "Z.. b a expending $500, and Mr. Johnson was obliged to take the farm. It had a log house, which was built to accommodate fishermen. Mr. Johnson is a Democrat in political views and connection. He has been Supervisor five terms, and has been elected Justice of the Peace twice, but has qualified but once. His first marriage took place Nov. I3, r86i, to Evelyn A. Davis. Fannie E., born Feb. 23, I864, and Gardner E., born May 24, I868, are the names of the two childnen by this marriage. Mrs. J. was born Aug. 25, I846, at Royal Oak, Oakland Co., Mich.,'and died March 14, I878. She was the daughter of Alexander and Mary (Stone) Davis. Her mother died Feb. 7, i868, in Gore Township. Her father is living in the township of Bloomfield. Mr. Johnson was a second time married Dec. 31, 1878, to Elizabeth Richardson. Three children have been born of this union: Caroline M., Sept. 30, I879: Charlotte E., May 2, i88i; George Byron, Jan. I9, I883. Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of George H and Harriet (Cary) Richardson. She was born June 5,1859, at St. Mary's, Canada. Her father was born July I5, i8I8, and died July io, I883. Her mother is living in Gore Township. I20 acres of partly improved land, the latter portion now embracing about 87 acres. He is in sympathy with the Republican element in politics, and has held various local official positions. His mariage to Rebecca Kirkpatrick occurred Oct. 20, i866, at Huron City, Huron County. Four children have been born to them, namely: Alonzo, Clara A., Emma and Debbie. The eldest child died when four years old. oseph Jeroux, farmer, section 17, Meade, Township, was born Oct. 25, i821, in the Dominion of Canada, and is of French par- entage. He grew to manhood in Canada, and in the spring of I859 he came to Huron County to better his fortunes and give his children better opportunities than he was able to do in Ontario. He bought 80 acres of land on which he has since resided, and has improved about 65 acres. He was married in Canada to Zooy Delchou, a native of the Dominion. Following are the names of their children: Benjamin, Sarah, Julia, George, James, Mary, Josephine, Nora and Rosanna. All are LLLr nor Ir-ntl TjIWI1 qCbi Aifvvn zA vxrxrnz (:= It 1^ ir )*::z I =c $) (,;lk'a i ~1il [, lVl ].,^A V [p j Lliid. oLIV ll. o eC uILU w1IIdI I1uc wao3 ohn H. Provorse, farmer, section i8, Lin- about 22 years old. coin Township, has been a resident of Huron County since he was 12 years old. His parents, John A. and Melinda (McDonald) - g' $_. Provorse, were natives respectively of New York State and Canada, and in I855 they removed with their family to Huron County. They - had eight children., lewis Cass Carpenter, druggist and grocer, Mr. Provorse, who is.the eldest son living, was l senior member of the firm of L. C. Carpenborn Aug. 6, 1843, in Canada. He was educated in| 't ter & Co., was born May 9, 1848, in Lenthe public schools of the Dominion and in the awee Co., Mich. His parents, Reuben T. and common schools of Michigan, and when he was 15 Rosanna (Upton) Carpenter, belonged to the Y years old he engaged in boat building, in which he agricultural element of Lenawee County, where 1 was occupied six years. He has engaged since that they reside still on their homestead of o00 acres. time chiefly in lumbering and farming. He has Mr. Carpenter is the eldest of three children born been the proprietor of three several farms within the to his parents. He remained on the home farm township of Lincoln. In the fall of i883 he bought until he was 25 years old, when he went to Hicks^the property where he is now operating, including ville, Defiance Co., Ohio, and established himself in g t i ffgun N^A -^Y ; jZE 16 Ittza: ; i;S;2;::S:f %i t3r I: "'2: "U : B:~2 : ~~i~ P P F:::U "~~~":- -1 ~ t;~l~ c:i.i 9;s' tjf^ --- BO^^ ---/> ^^~~ -— o ionI uiovou -f-. 204 BURON COUNTY. A. ---: = i business, was taken ill and died there, May 8, i880. life common to pioneers' sons, receiving but limited Their family numbered nine children, namely: Dor- education from books or schools, but acquiring a cas (deceased), Abigail, Amos, Delphine, Joseph,hardy, common-sense and practical understanding of Hannah, John D., Robert (deceased) and Eliza. the duties involved in living. He became the conMr. Parent is the oldest of the sons in the above troller of his own time and choice of effort at the age family. When he was about seven years old they of 17 years, when he left home and engaged as a went to Vermont, returning three years later to Can- farm laborer by the month. He operated in this ada. When he was 20 years of age he began to method about two years, when he enlarged his scope learn the besiness of a carpenter and joiner, and he somewhat, and transacted business as a contractor pursued that business, in connection with farmingin in clearing land and in other avenues incident to the his native province, until he removed to Huron improvement of territory in its original state, which County in the spring i88o. He had purchased 80 includes the several departments of lumbering. He x acres of land in Lincoln Township in I879, on became a land-holder at 19 years of age, by the purwhich he has already cleared and improved 27 acres. chase, from his father, of 80 acres lying on the In political connection and views Mr. Parent is in southern half of the northeast quarter of section 36, sympathy with the Prohibition party. in Verona Township. Later, he became the proprieHis marriage to Marietta, adopted daughter of tor by purchase of the entire half of the section. Robert and Emma Phippen, took place March 6, He continued to operate as stated, until he was 23 1870, in Middlesex Co., Ont.' They have four chil- years old, when he took possession of his farm and dren,-Edith A., Albert E., Minnie R. and Ida M. applied his time and efforts to its improvement, Mr. Parent was born in London, Ont., Feb. 21, which he pursued until he had placed 50 acres 1852. Mrs. Parent is a member of the American under cultivation. The work of clearing has been " g Protestant Association. followed until the present time; the place, now in- -=:~Et~^~~~~~~ ~ cluding 90 acres, is in first-class condition, and: 3^~~~~~f~~~~~~ ~~wholly available for agricultural purposes. j, Q@ _,^ |-h)LA^^^^5r ^In May, I875, Mr. Philp rented his farm and ' opened an establishment for the transaction of a '!~fv/(~~ |i~ ~general mercantile business at Bad Axe. The, obert Philp, general merchant and real- "enterprise prospered and promised indefinite sucbert P ilp, ge l m t ad rl- cess and continuance until the disastrous fall of S estate broker, at Bad Axe, has been a resi-, 1. dwen the visitation County sincflame for858, a second time de wit its eveo C nt. hi.story and p rog paralyzed the energies of the citizens of Huron identified with its eventful history and progentified.. t. County, and involved its business in almost utter ruin. ress from its pioneer days, in which he has... ress from its pioneer days, in which he has The historic Sept. 5th saw the almost entire extinction! been an actor of more than ordinaryinfluence, beenanactor.of mrthnodayof his commercial affairs, his building and stock being from the interest he has taken in developing the rom the interest he has taken n developing the consumed, at a loss of about $Io,ooo, and with praccounty and furthering its business interests. tically no insurance. His active energies and inMr. Philp was born in Port Hope, March 4, 847. dustrious habits suffered no diminution, and he was He is the son of Thomas and Ann (Moon) one of the leaders in the work of restoration of the Philp, and his father pursued the vocation of a far- business resources of Huron County located at Bad mer in the Dominion, as well as after the removal of Axe. He was the first to begin to build, which he the family to Huron County in 858. They were did on the 6th day of September, and in 60 days his t the first settlers in what is now Verona Township. business was in running order-building completed The senior Philp purchased the entire acreage of a stocked, and trade in full operation. He has and stocked,.and trade in full operation. He has section 36, except the southeast quarter, besides 80 been rewarded with the results of unremitting indus-, acres in the township of Bingham. The homestead try, judicious management and thrifty habits. His was located on the southwest quarter. The son, business has increased and its scope extended until who is the subject of this sketch, passed six years he now carries a stock representing a value of from after his removal to Huron County in the manner of five to seven thousand dollars, and including lines of, -f the second son. He was rmarried May 8, I873, to father died in i867, in Worth Township. The ||~^ —^ —, ji'. (|;au ~f.)- F. —~, --- 206 I ~HURON CO UNTY. mother is of Irish parentage and lives in Sanilac Mr. Geltz is a Democrat, and has served four ) County. terms as Supervisor. Mr. Melligan became his own master at the age of He was married Sept. 14, I873, to Henrietta: ~ I6 years, and wrought out his own fortune. He Schultz. Six children have been born to them,- -! also inherited a part of the care of his parents, and Minnie, Peter, Ida, Emma, Charles and Otto. Mr.:. discharged that duty creditably. When he was 26 and Mrs. Geltz are members of the Lutheran Church. years old he became by purchase the proprietor of Ioo acres of land in the township of Rubicon. The place was in a wholly wild state, and he has 23 pushed his energies and efforts until he now owns 225 acres, of which Ioo acres is in a finely improved and cultivated condition. Since 1871, Mr. Melligan has been in the employment of W. R. Stafford, inhbe farmer secton 7 uron the management of his farm. 1 Township, was born July 19, 1835, in He is a Democrat in his political views, and is )' Prussia. His parents, Joseph and Lucinda serving his second term as Supervisor of Rubicon Schubel, are both deceased. The mother Township. died in Prussia, in I85i, after an illness of He was married July 3, 1873, to Martha Fry. three years. Her death occurred inthe same They have two children,-J. Willie, born Oct. 1o, year in which her two sons-Charles and Fred-emi1.) 1876, and Clarence M., born July 25, I88o. Both grated to the United States. The father and a sister; children were born at Port Hope. Mrs. Melligan is followed to the States the next year, and the family > the daughter of William and Catherine (McKaigar) settled in Lexington, Mich.. Fry. Her mother died in I856, and was 30 years Meanwhile, the son, who is the subject of this i x+ old at the time of her death. Her father was married sketch, had settled in Huron County, and the father a= again, and resides at East Saginaw. resided with him. The latter was residing here dur-: 3te,- ing the fire of 187, and suffered so much from the = heat and smoke that he went to Lansing to remain / j~ii~Z~~~~~~~~~~ lfor a time with his son Fred, who had settled in that 4 =-__; -~~ city, and he died very suddenly a few weeks after |/0~~~~!e~f ~~~~effecting the change. '.harles Geltz, farmer, section 30, Gore -Illfi[ Township, was born Dec. I, I88;o. in Mr. Schubel was bred to the calling of a farmer. His father's family came to Lexington, where the male members found ready employment as woodsmen. Mr. Schubel worked for Langdon Hubbard at >X)Y Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ont., and is the son that point for three years in the saw-mill and lumber -i u" e~~'-~:~^ HURON C( pond at Huron City. He left four children-John, Fred, George and Rosa. X Mr. Schubel is a member of the Lutheran Church. T His wife is a Catholic. 0 UNTY. 207 ' z f 2.I -M ~[oger Paterson, farmer, section i, Grant Township, was born in February, I826, in -W' Scotland, and he is the son of Alexander. and Mary Paterson, both of whom were natives of Scotland. They lived in that country until the death of the father, in 1827; in 1842 the mother came to Canada with her children. She resided there during the remainder of her life, her death occurring Oct. ii, I865. Mr. Paterson has been a farmer all his life, with the exception of seven seasons, which he passed as a sailor on the lakes, and "lumbered " in the woods in winter. Mr. Paterson put in about 30 years of lumbering after he left the lakes. He was 14 years of age when he accompanied his mother to Canada. He resided there until the spring of I879, when he came to Tuscola Co., Mich., and during the following summer he came'to Huron County. He bought I60 acres of land, which is still in his possession. About 70 acres of his estate are under improvement. Politically he is a Democrat. Mr. Paterson was married in Ontario, March Io, 1857, to Isabella Leitch. They have eight children Alexander, Mary A., Neil, Isabella, John, Catherine, Betsey and Peter. Mrs. Paterson was born Aug. I4, 1834, in Scotland. She and her husband belong to the Presbyterian Church. ship of Sand Beach. He owns and manages a sawmill at Sand Beach, is a member of a firm at Cleveland, Ohio, which was established in I88I, and includes, besides himself, his sons E. C. and C. D. Haywood, and a nephew, N. J. Haywood. He is one of the representative farmers of Huron County, and is the owner of several thousand acres of pine lands at different points therein. His residence at Cleveland is 594 East Madison Avenue. Mr. Haywood was bred to the vocation of farming. In July, I845, he went to Bath, in Grafton Co., N. H., where he embarked in a mercantile enterprise, continuing its successful management about o1 years. He enlarged his business connection later, by engaging in the manufacture and sale of lumber, and still later became interested in a local enterprise for the manufacture of potato starch. In 1854 he formed a partnership with W. R. Stafford and opened an extensive mercantile establishment at Lexington, Sanilac Co., Mich., in connection with heavy lumbering operations. Demaline Leuty, now a banker at Cleveland, Ohio, became a clerk with them, and in 1857 was admitted to a partnership. The Hon. B. W. Jenness, U. S. Senator from New Hampshire (now deceased), was also a factor in the firm. Senator Jenness closed his connection with the business in I875. In October of the same year, Mr. Haywood removed to Lexington and the firm built a saw-mill at Port Hope, where they produced lumber, shingles and lath. The Lexington enterprise was closed in 1877 by a division of the property, and the partnership was wholly severed in I878, having been continued after the adjustment referred to through the connection with the lumber yard at Sand Beach, of which enterprise Mr. Haywood became the owner by purchase in the year named. He is a fourth owner in the Bay City & Cleveland Transportation Company, whose facilities for conveying lumber (in which it is chiefly engaged) include two barges and a steam tug. The agricultural interests of Mr. Haywood are of a type which make them important. His farm of 360 acres, situated half a mile south of Sand Beach Harbor, is under fine cultivation, and is justly rated as one of the most valuable in Huron County. It is under the management of James Kearnes. Mr. Haywood also owns a farm of 200 acres located near the village of Port Hope, which includes 150 acres under a high order of cultivation. He is the pro Ii 'IC/ ) ix t p,[lark Haywood, one of the prominent and $ i1%, leading lumber producers of Huron Coun-? ty, resident at Port Hope, has been identified with the developmeat of the business interests of this section of Michigan since 1857. He is engaged in the production of 4 lumber and shingles at Haywood Vale, in the town*r —,; [ an.4 -— ^ ^ you ~;unn i->^ -— 4 - M.? 208 HURON COUNTY. ^ prietor of a tract of 1,200 acres in the western part then to Bad Axe. He at once proceeded to the j of Sand Beach Township, of which o00 acres is im- establishment of his commercial interests, and he k proved and cultivated, and is a piece of real estate built the structure in which he has since transacted in no sense less valuable than those before men- business. On opening his trade he associated with tioned. He employs a working force of ten men himself his son, Hiram H. Odell, and son-in-law, C. throughout the year, a number which is materially T. Collins. The firm has since been engaged in the increased during the agricultural season. prosecution of a profitable and increasing business. Mr. Haywood has been for many years connected Their stock includes dry goods, groceries, boots, with the Masonic fraternity. While in business at shoes, crockery, glassware, flour, feed and Yankee Lexington, he served several years as Postmaster notions. during the administration of James Buchanan. Mr. Odell was married in London, Ont., July 25, Mr. Haywood was born Nov. 20, I815, in Spring- I863, to Lydia A. Woodman. Mrs. Odell was born in field, Vt. He is the son of Nathaniel and Mary Buckston, Maine. Four of eight children born of | (Durant) Haywood, and in I822 removed with his her marriage are living. Hiram H. was born near parents to Haverhill Township, Grafton Co., N. H., London, Middlesex Co., Ont., March 9, 854. Wilwhere his father bought a farm. Mr. Haywood's liam R. was born Aug. 2I, i856, and is a farmer in marriage to Ellen M. Clark occurred in February, Canada. Abigail was born Aug. 26, 1847, and is the I845, at Landaff, N. H. She was born Sept. 20, wife of Charles 1. Collins. Aphia E. was born Aug. 1820, at Landaff, and is the daughter of Daniel 28, 85I, and is Mrs. James Sadler, of West Williams, )and Mary (Merrill) Clark. Following is the record On. Mrs. Odell died at West Williams, March 31, of seven children, of whom Mr. and Mrs. Haywood 1874.. il 11 _ 1. _ ' r~ _ _ ~i A _,1 TT. i 1 II I o / \. = Io s~ N 5 I' ) became the parents. Ineir names are Arthur t., deceased; Mary C., deceased; Alice M., widow of F. J. Haines, an attorney of Cleveland, Ohio, and she resides with her father; Eben C., Mattie, Ella M. and Charles D. The last named was born in Michigan, and all the others in Bath, N. H. -^ ^^ harles Odell, of the mercantile firm of Odell & Co. at Bad Axe, was born Feb. 23, 1822, near the United States boundary in the Province of Quebec, and is the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Van Vliet) Odell. He learned the trade of shoe-making, and in 1839 he went to London, Ont. After pursuing his trade there a short time he bought 25 acres of land, and conducted farming in connection with the business of his shop about Io years. He went thence to West Williams, Ont., and became the proprietor and manager of a farm of 50 acres, on which he resided until I862; he then sold out his agricultural interests and opened a store for the sale of general merchandise in West Williams. He continued to conduct his mercantile affairs there until November, 88 I, coming ames P. Grice, of the firm of Grice & Sons, proprietors of the Verona Mills, and residing at Verona Mills, was born July I I2, I852, near Hartford, Conn., and is the son of James G. and Jane (Mason) Grice. (See sketch of J. G. Grice.) His parents removed to Forester, Sanilac Co., Mich., in 1856. His father is an engineer and machinist, and was in charge of the steam mill of Adams, Kelley & Co. at Forester about eight years. In I864 he came to Rock Falls, Huron Co., Mich., where he operated as engineer for Pack, Jenks & Co. The senior, Grice in 1870, leased a site for a shingle mill at Sand Beach and erected a structure for the purpose named. Mr. Grice, of this sketch, had become a practical engineer, and took charge of the engine in the mill, retaining its management until the fire af I87, and then came to Verona Mills and put in order a mill for the use of Messrs. Ballentine, Puddock & Co., which M. Grice and son purchased in I883. In 1877 Mr. Grice was appointed an assistant at the Government works at Sand Beach, where he.1f "~ I;.'Irz~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amoco~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~II t (17~~i0 9 ll:,~~~~l u P -) - 11!I I g ~~ A~fw * \y~k-;;y*S — n u XSH ns )n^ — — n HURON COUNTY. 209 was in charge of the diving outfit. He remained Mr. Pangborn was married Jan. 12, 1880, at Sand f. in the position five years. At the end of that Beach, to Ellen, Daughter of William and Susannah fi time he formed an association with his brother, W. (Conboy) Taylor, a native of Canada. Two children' M. Grice, at Lexington, and established a general have bee. born of this union,-Alton C., Jan. 8, repair shop, which they conducted one wear. In 1883, and Morton C., Dec. 29, I883. Mr. Pangborn (5 January, 1884, he bought the quarter interest of his was Treasurer of his township in I881-2. brother, Joseph 0. Grice, in the flouring mill with which he is now connected. The mill has been recently built, and operations were commenced — |Vv,.thereon in the fall of i883. The mill is completely equipped with all modern fixtures, has two run of lo> ' stones and a producing capacity of 300 bushels in 24 aniel Sinclair, farmer, section i, Grant Ahours. I t! Township, was born July 22, 1843, in The marriage of Mr. Grice to Jennie Moore occur- 3 Ontario. His parents, Donald and Rachel red Sept. 27, 1882, in Sand Beach. She was born (Lyman) Sinclair, were natives respectively Oct. 19, 1864, in Pickering Co., Can., and is the of Scotland and Canada. They were married daughter of Edwin and Lois (Sparks) Moore. Jennie in the Dominion, settled there in I841, and are M., born in Lexington, June 20, 1883, is the only still the residents of that country. child of Mr. and Mrs. Grice. Mr. Sinclair has spent seven years of his life as a sailor on the lakes. In I868 he first came to Huron County. He bought 80 acres of land in Grant ohn C. Pangborn, farmer, section 20, Ver-,S ona Township, was born Nov. I8, 1851, at 1"'~ | a place in Canada situated northeast of ' Xr] Toronto. His parents, John and Barbara (Shier) Pangborn, came to Verona Township in 1862 and bought i60 acres of land on section 35. On this they resided until they had cleared and Township in 1878, and made a homestead claim of 80 acres additional. Of this about 88 acres are now under cultivation. Mr. Sinclair began his business life wholly emptyhanded. His energy and industry has placed him in fair rank with the agriculturists of Huron County. The first marriage of Mr. Sinclair, to Ellen Kanard, took place at Carson City. Ellen was the name of the only child born to them. The mother was a native of Canada, and died May 29, 1878. Mr. Sinclair was a second time married Dec. i;, C= = * T-, (,1.~ otherwise improved 80 acres, when they sold the 8o, tor. Their only child Danie e. Thi188o, to Rosanna Keeler. Their only child, Daniel, place. They are both living at the home of their Mrs. Sinclair is a native was born June 27, I884. Mrs. Sllclair is a native of Canada, and is a member of the Baptist Church Mr. Pangborn bought a farm in I879, which included 40 acres of land. The home farm now contains 120 acres, with 70 acres under cultivation Mr. Pangborn cleared 68 acres himself. He also built.... his barn and a part of his residence. In I88i he lost his barn, all the year's crop of grain and hay, togetherell, A with his fences and much miscellaneous property, iliam Mc el, farmer such as the progress of years accumulates in the Colfax Township, was born June 22, 1832,, possession of every farmer. He rebuilt his barn, and at est oint N Y His parents John Y in the fall of the experiencee- at West Point, N.Y. His parents, John in the fall of 1883 repeated privately the experience and Ann (Simonton) McDowell, were natives - of two years before, losing his barn, grain, hay, im- n of Belfast, Ireland, and came to the Domin- plements and all his farm fixtures, except a wagon ion of Canada at an early date in their lives. j and a set of harness. The loss in both fires was After their marriage they settled in the State of New rl"^ about $3,00o, with no insurance. |York, and later on went to Ohio. They finall re---— ^b^ D nl^BB^ ^ --- -- 2To HURON COUNTY. rk p ~~~~~~~i turned to Canada, whence they made another transfer He afterwards became a baker, and while following in I862 to Bay City, Mich., where the senior Mc- that business he supplied the garrison stationed at Dowell put in operation the first foundry established Port Huron. He also engaged in mercantile busiin that city. The parents both died there. ness and lumbering, and later in hotel-keeping. He Mr. McDowell is the eldest of six children. He was the founder of Lake Port in St. Clair County, acquired a good education and was under the pa- and at the date of his starting the settlement there rental roof until he was 23 years of age. He was was engaged in lumbering for Major Hanna, of Port instructed in the business of a foundryman by his Huron. He sold his interests there at the time of father, and at 14 began to work at molding, which he the oil excitement of that region, taking advantage followed nearly 1 years. He came from Canada to of the boom created. Mr. Facer, of this sketch, sold Bay City in I867, where he passed two years operat- 15 acres of land for $,500, for which he had paid ing as a molder. In I869, he returned to Canada but $12o. The father died at a point in St. Clair and engaged in farming, in which he was occupied County three miles below Port Huron, in the fall of until 1878. In that year he came to Huron County 863, and was 84 years old. The mother died at and bought 720 acres of land in the township of Birchville (Lakeport) in St. Clair County, in the fall Colfax. He still retains the ownership of 520 acres of i865, aged 73 years. of land, which comprises 145 acres improved and On reaching the period of his legal freedom, Mr. cultivated. He is a Democrat in political connec- Facer obtained the appointment of light-house keeper tion and has served in several official positions in on Presque Isle, in Lake Erie, and discharged the Colfax. duties of the position three years. He next engaged His marriage to Barbara McNaughton occurred as a ship and house carpenter at Detroit and Imlay 3 May 27, 1856. She was born in Chippewa, Ont., City, in company with Joseph P. Arnold, a skilled d and is of Scotch descent. Nine children have been mechanic, and after working with him two seasons E born of this marriage, seven of whom survive. Their he devoted his time exclusively to building, which m =' births occurred in the following order: John W., he pursued for 6 years.= Anna, Mary; William H., Samuel, Bella M., George In the fall of I86i he came to Sand Beach. He N. Emma is deceased, and another child died in operated as a builder through two summers and infancy. The mother is a member of the Presbyte- engaged in lumbering winters, for Pack & Carrington. rian Church. In I863 he came to Port Hope and entered the employ of W. R. Stafford, where he was occupied two years. At the end of that time he engaged in lumbering for Howe & Clark, of New River. He spent three years in their service, after which he went A I{ w>~~ ^^i~~~~?@n.to Huron City and passed nearly three years in the enery E. Facer, farmeruon section 8, 21 and employ of L. Hubbard, working as a builder sum8it H5, Rubicon Township, was born June 15, mers, and in lumbering winters, engaging during the 1 D 830, in Port Huron, Mich. His parents, seasons of spring in driving logs on the river. Lewis and Susan B. (Baker) Facer, were among He afterward came to Port Hope, where he has the earliest settlers in the State. His paternal since resided. The outlook for the future of that grandfather was a well-knowh fur trader among place seemed promising, and he invested $4,000 in the Indians, as agent for the Hudson's Bay Company. property there, buying nearly one entire block with His father was born in Zanesville, Ohio, in its earliest expectation that the Harbor of Refuge would be pioneer days, and was employed by the United States established there; but, like other bright outlooks of Government to carry the mail between the place of modern times, that failed to "materialize," and his birth and Chillicothe, Ohio, when the portion of property depreciated accordingly. the Buckeye State where they were located was In 870 he bought 80 acres of land, of Stafford, frontier ground and the Indians troublesome. The Hayward & Jeness, and has improved about one-half mail carrier was often captured, but, on being recog- of the property. nized as the son of an Indian trader, was released. Mr. Facer was first married April 19, I853, to tg^~"M. — ac r was irt~st marri-d pi, I //B --- ^ ^atz ^%^^^^^- Iy -^^^A: t: ev.'.;./O~~~~~~cs.Saz~~~~~~ &I, — > HURON COUNTY. 2 13 — ~~~~~~ —~~ 'A* Marietta Bryce, who was born July ii, i833, and was the daughter of Thomas and Mary A. (Hodgman) Bryce. Her father died about the year 1847, and her mother's death occurred in I883, when she was 74 years of age. Mrs. F. died in March, I863, and Mr. Facer was again married in I865,to Ann Jane, daughter of David and Susanna (Taylor) McClure. Her parents are natives of Scotland, and are now living, in Worth Township, Sanilac Co., Mich. Mr. Facer has had six children by each wife: nine are living, named Thomas B., Omar D., Winfield S., Nettie, Eva, Eber B., Frederick, Carrie and Harry. In his views of national questions Mr. F. adopts Republican principles. Both himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. atson Robinson, farmer, section i8, Sigel Township, is a leading citizen of Huron County. He was born Jan. 27, 1813, in i' 2 Yorkshire, Eng., and is the eldest son of ten children born to his parents, Thomas and Mary (Willin) Robinson. They were natives of England and emigrated in I819 to Canada, settling in the county of Peterboro, where they lived during the remainder of their lives. Their children were named Isabella, Watson, Thomas, John, Margaret, Mary and George W. Mr. Robinson was six years of age when his parents emigrated to Canada, and he remained with his father, aiding in the farm labors, until he reached his majority. His father gave him Ioo acres of unimproved land in the Dominion, and he took possession of the place and was occupied in its improvement until I849, when he bought a farm in Oxford Co., Ont., on which he lived 2 years. He came to Michigan in the winter of I86r and became the proprietor of 80 acres of land in Sigel Township, Huron County, under the provisions of the Homestead Law. He is now the owner of 370 acres of land, in the townships of Sigel and Verona, and has improved 40 acres. In the fire of i88i, all his buildings and crops, besides a considerable quantity of other property, were destroyed. His loss was about $5,000oo. He found himself, on the morning (e following the destruction of his accumulations,; without a hat, covering for his feet, and practically < destitute of clothing of any character. But he was enabled to replace his house the following fall, and is t in a fair way to retrieve all his losses. He was married in November, I833, in Peterboro Co., Ont., to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary Livick. Ten children have been born to them, in the following order: Mary, Thomas, John, Jane, Margaret, Willin, James, Elizabeth, Jane (second) and James (second). Mary is deceased, also Jane (first), Willin, James (first) and Elizabeth. The (7 four last named died within the same month, of f malignant sore throat. The mother died in Gratiot Co., Mich. Mr. Robinson was a second time married in the winter of i866, in Sigel Township, to Charlotte Harper. They have had four children,-Watson, Jr., George W., Josephine and Maria. The third child died in infancy. Mrs. Robinson was born in Oxford Co., Ont., Sept. r3, I844, and is the daughter of, Robert and Ann (Tribe) Harper, who were natives " of Norfolkshire, Eng. X= Mr. Robinson is independent in political belief and a= action. In August, I878, he received the nomina- = tion for the Legislature from Huron County on the 9 Democratic ticket, but withdrew his name previous to the election on account of his views-on financial questions. He has served three times as Supervisor, three times as Township Treasurer and has been twice elected Justice of the Peace. As the subject of the foregoing sketch is a prominent and representative citizen of Huron County, on account of his intellectual abilities and integrity of character, the publishers take great pleasure in.placing his portrait in the collection given in this ALBUM. i k,.AF J ohn R. Bodey, section 29, Grant Township, ' is one of its earliest settlers. He came here in the fall of I863 and entered a claim of 80 acres, of which he took possession. He erected a shanty and set about clearing his land, meanwhile working as a farm laborer until October, 1864, when he entered the it n - - 4 auK~ ^/<@)^^- — yw^-^^nn~fiD^^^-:a(~^-AI"4-^vl-| 2I4 HURON COUNI Y. I _ l 2 *=s I ~ \)' army of the Union, and served about nine months. The war having come to an end, he returned to Huron County to his farm, where his family had remained during his absence. He has continued the work of improvement on his farm and has extended his acreage until he is the owner of 120 acres with about 60 acres under improvement. Mr. Bodey is a Democrat in political opinion. He was born April 26, I83I, in Putnam Co., Ohio, and is the son of Henry and Susan (Comer) Bodey, both of whom were born in Virginia. They settled in the Buckeye State after their marriage, where the mother died. The father removed after that event to Randolph Co., Ind., where his life terminated some years after. Their family numbered II children. Mr. Bodey is the fourth son and fifth child. He lived in his native State until he was 19 years of age, when he went to Allen Co., Ind., and resided there until his settlement in Huron County. He was married Dec. 2, 1855, in Allen County, to Lydia A. Baxter. Six children have been born of this union-Samuel F., Mary L., Lydia J., Sybil 0., Joseph D. and Oliver A. Sybil was the first white child born in Grant Township. Her birth occurred Jan. 24, I864. Mary died when she was two years of age. Mrs. Bodey is a member of the Advent Church. She was born on Long Island, N. Y., May I, I836. Her parents, Thomas and Lavinia (Younglove) Baxter, were natives of the State of New York. oseph Hubbard, farmer and butcher, resident on section 33, Gore Townseip, was born Dec. 20, 1843, in Lincolnshire, Eng. His parents, Joseph and Susanna Hubbard, were both of English birth, his father having been born in England about I817, and died when his son was a child. The imother was born in April, 1823, and is still living, in Lincolnshire. Mr. Hubbard left Liverpool for the United States Feb. 28, I866, landed at the port of New York, and reached Port Hope March I7th. He engaged in farming and lumbering and passed two winters in the vocation last named, in which he lost $1,700. Mr. Hubbard endorses the views of the National Greenback party, and has discharged the duties of the position of Town Clerk several terms. He was first married in October, I866, to Susanna Hubbard. One child was born of this marriage, which lived about a month. The mother died in December, I873, in Ontario. She was the daughter of John and Mary Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard was a second time married April 12, 1875, to Hannah, daughter of Robert and Mary (Gambel) Campbell. Her mother died in Scotland. The demise of her father took place in Gore Township. Five children have been born of the last marriage: Harry, Joseph, Robert J., William and Mary. ( J~ "ohn A. Morgan, merchant atjBad Axe, was born Feb. 23, I819, in Wales. He is the, son of William and Mary (Lewis) Morgan, and was country bred until he was about 15 years of age, when he 'went to the town of F MerthyrTydvil, and obtained employment as r a tailor, to which profession he had been trained before leaving the country. He was married in his. native land, Dec. 4, I843, to Rachel Griffith, a ( native of Wales. Mrs. Morgan was born June z7, 18 i. She became the mother of a daughter,Sarah A.,-now the wife of John Williams, and living in New Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The mother died in Wales, Nov. 26, I844. Mr. Morgan came to the United States in i848. e He settled in Pittsburg, Pa., where he followed his, trade until i851, coming thence to Detroit. He } remained in the City of the Straits until I864, / earning a wide and well deserved celebrity as a superior maker of coats. Many of the prominent men of Michigan were among his patrous. In 1864, he opened a tailoring and clothing establishment at Wyandotte, Wayne Co., Mich., where he r operated until 1877, the year of his removal to Bad Axe. He at once erected the. building in which: he now transacts his business, and established his trade. He is operating with satisfactory results. Mr. Morgan was a second time married in Pitts- C burg, Pa., Jan. I8, I849, to Sarah Davis. She was born March 26, I823, in Wales, and is the daughter (I l 4 1 I W;Z ". I1 1 y II k v ( " \ a X. 42 aa3 " l p l-; HURON i of Thomas and Rachel Davis. Her mother died in i Wales, in 1827, and she came with her father to;' America in I830. They settled in Ebensburg, f Cambria Co., Pa. Only three of eight children!, born of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan are living, namely: Mary, Ruth and William T. The latter is the Deputy Register of Deeds of Huron County. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church.. ~D COUNTY. 215:.. At~~E~ | tto W. Storbeck, farmer, section 6, Lincoln ', Township, was born in New York, Dec. 7,.. I855. His parents, William and Teny \ (Witmire) Storbeck, are natives of Germany. 6 About the year I854 they came to America and resided a few years in the state of New York, afterwards removing to this country, and are still living in Huron Township. Mr. Storbeck is the eldest of a family of six children. He was under the parental roof until he reached the age of 24 years, when he set out in the world on his own responsibility. In the summer of 1876 he bought I20 acres of land in Lincoln Township. He has disposed of one-half of his original purchase, and of the remainder, one-third is already under cultivation. In the fire of I88, he lost all he bad accumulated except the bare acres of his farm. His house, barn, the wheat just cut from 10 acres, and still in the shock, four acres of peas and all incidental crop sand belongings were destroyed. But he is slowly retrieving his loss, and will soon be in possession again of something like his former property. He is a Republican in political faith. his son was about five years of age. The mother's name previous to her marriage was Lucretia Jeffers. In i869, the family came to Port Hope, Huron Co., where Mr. Haywood was employed a short time in a saw-mill. He went thence to Lexington, where he operated I8 months as a clerk in the postoffice, after which he engaged as a salesman with Messrs. Johnson & Brown, merchants. He next entered the employment of R. B. Hubbard & Co. at Huron City, where he remained four years. His next employ was with Thompson & Hubbard. In the fall of I879, he engaged with Langdon Hubbard as book-keeper and officiated in that capacity two years. He came to Bad Axe Jan. I, t882, as Deputy Treasurer under James Adams, and in I884 was elected Treasurer. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and belongs to Stafford Chapter of Port Hope, No. 66, and to Lodge No. 138. He has officiated several years as Justice of the Peace, two years as Clerk of Huron Township, and in 1878-9 was Postmaster of Huron City. Il l~enjamin McKillen, blacksmith, resident Adl l at Verona Mills, was born May i8, i851, in the Province of Quebec, Can. He is the son of David and Elizabeth (Abbott) McKillen, and was born and reared on a farm. He obtained a very thorough business education at the Canadian Business College located at Hamilton, Ont., where he was graduated. He left home to make his own way in the world when he was 19 years old, and was variously employed until I876, when he commenced to acquire the knowledge necessary to the prosecution of the business he has since pursued. He passed three years in the village of Bobcaygeon, Ont., learning his trade. Before his apprenticeship was ended he became a partner in the business with his brother, and at the expiration of the time they sold out. Mr. McKillen came to Verona, April i, I880, and established his residence and business. He is conducting the most important blacksmith shop in Verona, and combines all the varieties of business common to his profession. He was married in Fenelon Falls, Can., Oct. I6, C! I ir 23= X. __, ^ Y-* v f ra Haywood, Deputy Treasurer of Huron County, was born at Haverhill, Grafton Pi C O Co., N. H., Nov. 22, I855. His father, Alvah Haywood, was a farmer in the Granite State and also a railroad contractor. He was '\ t one of the builders of the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad, and died in Haverhill, when \~>$^^- --- ^^ — ^A<^Iar(^ %'1i~1 Iaa 2I6 _HURON COUNTY. 1876, to Mary E., daughter of John and Jane assisted in the duties of the offices two years. In ^? (Thomas) Metcalfe. She was born June 24, i858, the fall election o0 i1868, he was elected to the offices P:: in Mariposa Township, Victoria Co., Can. They of which he had been deputy, and continued to dis-, have had four children; Lillian M., who was born charge the obligations of the positions eight years,!, Feb. 11, I878; Elizabeth J., June 22, 1879; James being three times re-elected. In 1873 he came to E., Aug. 14, I88i, Violet E., April II, I883. Bad Axe and removed his family hither in I874. He Mr. McKillen owns his shop and residence; and went thence in I877 to Port Austin, where he opened employs an assistant in his business. an abstract office. He had previously opened a set of those important papers, and he devoted himself with energy to their completion. With the duties belonging to the office he combined the sale of books and stationery. In December, 1883, he established I:i5 a permanent business at Bad Axe. ~ "*o icadSit relett boe an delr From the spring of I88I to that of 1882 Mr. Smith *M-lUI: ichard Smith, real-estate broker and dealer a inh boSmian. stationaery. aloke abractr, was a partner in the Huron County News, in connecin books and st y,. also abstr, tion with which he conducted a stationery business. located at Bad Axe, was born Aug. 23, located at Bad Axe, was born Aug. 23~ He disposed of both by sale in the year last named,. I 840, in Roxburghshire, Scotland. He is the n of Per ad Margaret ( erfor) and devoted his attention to his real-estate and abson of Peter and Margaret (Rutherford) mith, ad oaind a gd e tin in his stract business. He has been Supervisor of Port jJ,) Smith, and obtained a good education in his.. [^..\ - 1, Austin Township two years, and Clerk of the same. native country. He taught school there a short time, i i r r s-nd Wb^ln Jh WnQ T1 vp rz nre 1n1 h r mP r Pptp- several years. He owns his place of business and i?^ ^^^^ ^l^^ t'\- 4 Ir \ W A a comrade in the war, he came to Port Austin, Huron l ames Armstrong, farmer, section T, otiax r County, with whom: he purchased 120 acres of land, Township, is a native born citizen of Michon which they spent the winter. In the spring of igan. He is the son of James B. and i866 Mr. Smith went to the village of Port Austin, Harriet M. (Hartshorn) Armstrong, and was and worked two monthsas acarpenter. Heentered born April I7, I849, in Port Huron. The the employment of Charles B. Cottrell, County Sur- parents were born respectively in Vermont and veyor and Deputy Register of Deeds, and engaged New York. Soon after their marriage they settled in the duties of both positions, assisting both in sur- in Michigan. The father died April 23, 1874,in,a veying and in the registration duties. In the fall of Huron County. The mother survives. Their family Y i? 1866 he was elected County Surveyor, and was the consisted of four sons and two daughters. incumbent of the office two years. In January, 1867, Mr. Armstrong is the second of the sons. He (i) he was appointed Deputy County Register and obtained a common-school education, and at i8 County Clerk, by the recently elected official, and years of age he became a lumberman and spent the < -,_,,-'"m- o-^;-sn"~D- n^Dn^^-^^^ —a~4(K .k?',\ f"", - I HURON ( I& winter months of six years in that occupation. In i868, he bought 80 acres of land in Colfax Township, for which he paid at the rate of $1.25 per acre. In the fall of I87 he settled on the place which has since been his home. His farm contains 55 acres of cleared and cultivated land. He is a Republican in political views, and has:served his township as Treasurer and in other school and local offices. He was married in Huron Co., Mich., May 2I, 1871, to Roxana C. Spencer. Her parents, William and Betsey (Wilson) Spencer, were natives of Canada. They were pioneer settlers of Sanilac County, and the mother died there. The father removed later to Huron County and went thence to Dakota. Mrs. Armstrong was born Dec. 23, 1846, in Sanilac Co., Mich. The children which constitute the issue of her marriage to Mr. Armstrong were born as follows: George W., William I., Hubert R. and Cora M. -. —. --- -iSlliB —. --- [ eorge Pangman, farmer, resident on section 24, Verona Township, is the son of F' X Sterling and Jane (Mills) Pangman, and was born Nov. 2, 1844, in Ontario Co., Can. He began to apply himself to the carpenter's trade when he was I6 years old, and followed it for several years. In I866 he came to the township of Verona and bought 80 acres of land. He increased his estate by the purchase of 20 acres additional in 187, and has cleared and improved about 60 acres. Mr. Pangman was married March 27, I870, at Verona Mills, to Ellen Pangburn. She was born in York Co., Can., May Io, 1846, and is the daughter of John and Barbara (Shier) Pangburn. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Pangman on the homestead farm. Lena May was born July 14, 1872, and died Sept. 5, 1874; Carrie L. was born Aug. 15, I875; and Silas E. was born Jan. 22, 1877. Since coming to Huron County, Mr. Pangman has worked at his trade to the extent of erecting his farm buildings, and in the summer of 1883 he assisted in constructing the Verona grist-mills. He passed through and suffered loss in both the fires that have COUNTY. 217 swept over Huron County. The family resided at Verona Mills in I871, in a rented house, which was burned and their furniture with it, at a loss of about $500. The loss in I88I was about $2,000, the fire destroying a fine house, barn, farming implements, fences, and the' accumulations of years, besides the crop of that year, including 200 bushels of wheat, oats, peas, etc., much of which had been placed in the barn a week previous. He had an insurance of $1,300, but never recovered it. t — -. d 10- U U- -4 tza.N~~~~~~~XXBI gn rt S %$* —z4 917Ill4lle Jki lilliam E. Small, jeweler and dealer in stationery and musical instruments at Bad Axe, was born March 8, I857, in Mt. Vernon, N. Y. He is the son of Edward J. and Sarah L. (Bloomer) Small. His father died when he was four years old; his mother is a resident of the city of New York. Mr. Small was adopted when he was eight years old, by Josiah W. Begole, of Flint, present Governor of the State of Michigan, by whom he was brought up, and with whom he resided until he was of age. He entered a printing office in Flint when he was 16 years old, where he was occupied I8 months, and from that time until I877 he operated as assistant inspector in the lumber yard of Begole, Fox & Co. at Flint. He then decided on fitting himself for the business which he is now prosecuting, and entered the jewelry house of W. W. True, of Flint, where he acquired the desired knowledge and training and remained until i88r. In that year he established his business at Bad Axe, opening a jewelry store in June at a stand opposite the Court-House. That was the year of disaster to Huron County, and his business shared the common fate of extinction by fire. His store and contents were destroyed, entailing a loss of $200 above insurance, his furniture and domestic fixtures being also burned. He immediately opened his business where he is at present located, and where he is winning success in his transactions. He owns his store and residence and the grounds therewith. Mr. Small was married Sept. 3, 1879, in Flint, ^ I I 3 It%, I 5_,.4 a ----l — BDt^ -W — I j j 2I8 HURON COUNTY. Mich., to Jennie R. True. She was born Jan. i, schools of Canada, and remained in the Dominion I860, in Flint, and is the daughter of William W. and until i86I, when he located in Hume Township, t Rowena (Blair) True. Two children have been born Huron County. He resided there about Io years. i. of this union: Rowena H., in Flint, April 21, I882, In i869 he homesteaded I60 acres in Meade Townand Gertrude L., at Bad Axe, Dec. 3, 1883. ship, which has since been his place of residence. He has added to his acreage by later purchases, until he owns I60 acres in Meade Township, 80 -~~-~.c:~~<:~~iill~i^ acres in Hume Township and 80 acres in the township of Lincoln. He has placed about 40 acres under improvement. eman W. ickinso, er, se n, In political belief and action Mr. Filion is a de-,_ eman W. Dickinson, farmer, section i,. Hurn Township was born Oct. 4, i8i at | cided Prohibitionist. In 1876 he was appointed Al Mephis h Macomb Co n Micht He is the Postmaster at Filion, and in 1878 established a mer- t Memphis, Macomb Co., Mich. He is the A I== son of Dr. Heman W. and Permelia (Wilcox) Dickinson. (See sketch of Dr. H. W. Dickinson. Mr. Dickinson has resided on the farm of which he is now the manager since he was two years of age. He received such education as the schools of the township afforded, and was trained to agricultural duties. He was married Dec. 29, 1875, to Nancy Mercer. Their children were born in the following order: Heman W., Dec. 21, I876; Freddie, Aug. 13, 1878; T Y1 1 0 Tn a - _ _ 1,-_ _ _ A _. __. _ 1_, cantile business, in wnicn ne nas met wltn reasonable success. He is the present Treasurer of Lincoln Township. (Filion is situated on the boundary line between Meade and Lincoln Townships.) He has been Clerk of the last named several years, and is a member of the order known as the A. B. A. He belongs to the Protestant Methodist Church. Hai dau was mot i87 of z dau livii livii A., at I rry A., July 9, 162. Ivlrs. icKinson is r ne ghter of Henry and Margaret Ann Carroll, and eorge H. Walker, member of the banking born March. 6, I855, in St. Mary's, Ont. Her house of Walker & Seeley, at Bad Axe, ( ther was born May 15, 1835, and died May 8, was born May 30, 1852, in Ontario, Do3, in Forester, Sanilac Co., Mich. She is one minion of Canada. He is the son of William a family of six children-four sons and two. and Janett (Ramage) Walker, both natives of ghters-of whom she is the eldest. All are Scotland. His father was a woolen manufacng. turer in Canada, and has now retired from business. Ir. Dickinson had four sisters, two of whom are Mr. Walker attended Rockwood Academy for a numng. One resides in Kansas and another, Sarah ber of years, after which he learned the trade of a has been engaged six years in teaching, chiefly harness-maker. He came to Caro, Tuscola Co., in Huron City. 1873, where he established himself and continued the management of his business at that place about eight years. He bought real estate, and platted and o-w-,,,mlr Nvc-f — sold it while there. He also handled wagons and carriages in connection with his business. In the esire Filion, Postmaster, merchant, and banking business of John F. Seeley, for the purpose farmer on section 24, Meade Township, of obtaining a practical knowledge of the business. residing at Filion, was born in St. Therese, Jan. 4, 1883, he opened a banking house under the Province of Quebec, Sept. 15, 1844. His firm name of Walker & Seeley, of which he is now in parents, Moses and Angeline (Desjardines) charge. The firm has erected a fine brick building, Filion, were born in Canada, of French ancestry. trimmed with Ohio stone, two stories in height above Filion obtained a good education at the public basement, with two vaults, one in basement and one bm...tsasement n one ?HU; — RiOnV CO UNTo Y. 21B9 -HURON COUNTY, 2I9 Jon first floor: size of building, 60 x 25 feet. They He then purchased his partner's interest, and a year have the latest improved Detroit burglar-proof safe, later became the owner of Ioo acres fin Verona with time lock. The house transacts a general real — Township, where he has since resided. He has 90 estate and loaning business. Mr. Walker owns wild acres cleared, with good dwelling and barns, orchard and improved land in different parts of the county. and a creditable supply of farm fixtures generally. He was married July 7, i880, in Caro, to Ada L., He owns one thoroughbred Durham and several daughter of Augustus and Mary E. Howell. She graded cattle, and is breeding Poland-China swine. was born May 7, 1858, in Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mr. Hunt was elected to his first term as Supervisor Mich. Mr. Walker is a member of the fraternity of of Verona Township in I883, and was re-elected the Odd Fellows. following spring. Mr. Hunt was married in Oxford, Oakland Co., Mich., Sept. 24, 1879, to Laura, daughter of Lud ^_..-.-[;_-,..wick S. and Hannah (Gibson) Noble. She was born in Oxford, June 24, I857. In the winter of I883-4, Mr. Hunt taught school at Verona Mills. lohn Hunt, Supervisor of Verona Township and farmer on section 24, was born a Jan. 27, 1852, near St. Paul, Minn. His | parents, William and Fannie (Stewart) Hunt,?( removed with their family to Oakwood, Oakland Co., Mich., when he was in early infancy. |l _ ohn W. Chappel, farmer, section 6, H His father was a blacksmith and opened a shop there Meade Township, was born Nov. 20, 1842 for the prosecution of his business. His mother died in Cornwall Co., England, His parents, = there Jan. 27, I854, her death occurring on her son's John and Ann (Penberthy) Chappel, were also 3 second birthday. Soon after the event he was placed natives of England and emigrated to the Uni- = in the care of the family of a man named Ralph ted States, locating in the State of Wisconsin Hunt, where he was cared for one year. His next when it was in its pioneer days. The father's health guardian was a man named Hasner. After a stay failed about nine years after they had made a settlewith him of two years Mr. Hasner died and he was ment, and they returned to England, where they readopted, not long after, by J. W. Phillips, a promi- sided a few years, and the father went to Brazil, nent farmer of Oxford, Oakland County, with whom where he died three years afterward. he remained until he was 14 years old. The father Mr. Chappel accompanied his parents on their reof Mr. Hunt died at Hunter s Creek Station, Lapeer turn to their native country. He came back to Co., Mich. America in I860, and at once proceeded to the copHe obtained a good common-school education and per regions of the Northen Peninsula of Michigan, followed farming until he was 21 years old. He then where he was interested in the development of the began to operate as a carpenter, and he alternated Cliff Mine. In 1863 he went to Virginia City, Nev., that occupation with teaching district schools, win- where he remained three years, working in the silver ters. In 1879-80 he engaged in teaching at Bad mines. In i866, he went to California and spent Axe. He became a land owner in Sigel Township, seven months in the Golden State, returning thence < Huron County, in 1878, by purchasing i6o acres on to Virginia City, and six months later went to Monsections 5 and 6, in company with Ezra Gardner, of tana. He went thence to England, where he reOxford, Oakland County. Their farming operations mained i months, and meanwhile was married. He were considerably advanced when the fire of i88i returned with his wife to the United States and went destroyed their new house, the barn, containing 250 to Pennsylvania, where his family had their resibushels of wheat, quantities of oats, peas and hay'; dence a few years. He went again to California and also their fences and cattle. Mr. Hunt's loss was stayed a year, returning thence to Pennsylvania. Soon swelled to about $i,ooo by the loss of his furniture. after he returned to his "first love," the copper mines Alg i - y ^^iiint,^aX(odJ^ Ay 220 HURON COUNTY. of the Upper Peninsula. It proved a disastrous In the spring of 1858 Mr. Martin removed his venture, as in May, i88, he was seriously injured by family and interests to Huron County, and on the s the premature discharge of a blast, losing his right seventh of May he took possession of a claim of 80 eye and being severely burned and mangled. On acres of land under the provisions of the Graduarecovery he came to Meade Township and bought tion Act. The tract was located on the south half 80 acres of land, under partial improvements. His of the southwest quarter of section 25. This was farm now includes 72 acres of land in an advanced and is the homestead, and is now included in a fine state of cultivation. farm of 320 acres, 220 of which are under the best In political faith, Mr. Chappel coincides with the of improvements. The place is:now managed by his principles of the Republican party. ' son William. George is a farmer on section 3, BingHis marriage to Nancy Cogar took place June 2, ham Township. John resides on the same section. ^ 868. They have had nine children, three of whom Jane is the wife of John Burk, of Sigel Township. died in infancy. Those who survive are named Harriet married Michael Brethor. These children John, William C., Edward, Annie, Viola and James have received 80 acres of land each from their H. Mrs. Chappel was born in England, Feb. 5, father. Sarah is the wife of Archie McKichan, a I847. farmer of Dakota, where Henry Martin is also a Mr. Chappel is a member of the Order of Red farmer. Rebecca married Rudolph Redmond, a Men, and belongs to the Knights of the Mystic farmer in Sigel Township. In June, 1882, Mr. MarChain. tin removed to Verona Mills and bought 27 acres of Q 1 1 S C! )~ 33 | =3 i)e eorge Martin, Jr., farmer on section 25, Verona Township, resident at Verona 'Mills, was born June 27, I831, in Yorkshire, Eng., which was also the native country of his parents, George and Mary (Shepherd) Martin. They emigrated to the Dominion of Canada in the spring of 1832, the father buying a farm lying northeast of the present location of the city of Toronto. He now resides with his son in Verona Mills, and is 85 years old. The mother died Dec. 24, 1883, in Verona Township, aged 8i years and one month. Mr. Martin passed the years of his minority on his father's farm, and was taught the details of the land, 25 acres of which are within the village limits. He has the place in fine order, and has erected a nice house. He belongs to the fraternity of Masons. Mr. Martin is the second settlerin Verona Township, and his son John is the first white person born 1 there. The township was unorganized, and Mr. o Martin has been the incumbent of most of the local offices. In the early days, each individual held several positions at the same time, the situation being exactly the reverse of the State at large, as stated by a prominent official-that there are not offices enough to go around. There were not enough settlers to distribute among the offices. ) f I business which has been the occupation of his life. He was married in Ontario, Aug. 24, 1853, to Re- | oseph Newcomb, farmer, section 34, Meade becca Pangman, daughter of Sterling and Jane (Mills) 1 Township, is the son of Joseph and Mary Pangman, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Martin (Gordon) Newcomb The former was a was born Sept. 27, 1834, in Canada. Of this union native of New Brunswick; the latter of La II children have been born, as follows: Jane, May | Prairie Co., Province of Quebec. They set31, 1851; Harriet, April 9, 1853; George, Nov. 4, tied after marriage in Ontario, and the senior 854; William, Oct. 2, 1856; John, Nov. 3, I858; Newcomb enlisted in November, I864, in the I5th Sarie, Jan. 2, i86; Henry, Feb. 22, 1862; Rebecca, Mich. Inf. He died in the hospital at Louisville, Aug. 28, I867; Lizzie, Sept. 24, I869; Thomas, Ky., July 15, i865. His widow remained in Canada < Sept. 8, 1871; Freddie, May 30, 1875. until 1875, when she removed to Ottawa Co., Ohio, g<~))^<|^ ---^3-,^(ICT -— s-ili 3Nti- -' /^r8 IB~~HURON COUNT'Y. 223 whence, after a residence of five years, in the fall of 30,o00 acres of land, which are in the market. He i880, she came to Meade Township, in Huron owns a lumber yard at Bad Axe, and a considerable County, to make her permanent home. She is the acreage in the vicinity of that village. On his fine mother of ten children, namely: Sarah, Samuel, farm at Huron City, which includes 350 acres of imJoseph, Annie, Mary, Hannah, George, Nathaniel, proved land, he is extensively engaged in breeding Q Albert and Elizabeth. fine cattle and horses, and in the prosecution of agMr. Newcomb, second son and and third child, riculture of a first-class type. He has a herd of 450 was born Jan. i6, 1854, in Canada. His early occu- head, which includes thoroughbreds and graded pation was farming, and in the fall of I875 he came cattle, and he rears about Ioo head yearly. His to Huron County, where he was employed alternately blooded stock in Durham and his dairy herd includes in the lumber woods and in farming six years. In 40 cows, whose milk is devoted chiefly to cheesethe summer of 1879 he bought 320 acres of land, of making. He owns go head of horses, some of which which he has cleared and improved 40 acres. are of well-known and established pedigree, both on A In political adherence Mr. Newcomb is a Republi- the track and for draught purposes,-Black Hawks, can, and is present School Assessor. Long Manes and Normal-Percherons. His yearly He was married April 2, 1884, at Port Huron, to wheat product ranges from five to seven thousand Maggie King, who is a native of Canada. bushels, and he grows heavy crops of other farm produce. He has made a signal success of potatoes, and has raised crops of peach-blows averaging 430 ----- -—,- _.. —.- bushels to the acre. He keeps a flock of 200 sheep. Mr. Hubbard has experienced, in all their fullness,, ~==z~~~~ A.u~. ~1the vicissitudes which have made the lives of the: ~4 A i 1' angdon Hubbard, resident at Huron City, settlers of Huron and Sanilac Counties eventful. He: |an1 d one of the mlost prominent ylumbermen a and his business associates lost heavily in the fires of 5 lee 1 ' iand dealers in real estate in Huron County, i87 and I88I, the aggregate covering about $250,has been a resident of Michigan since 1839. ooo, including two saw-mills, each having a produc- \A i,~\ T 4 * - * * *.r *. la - ing capacity of 40,000 feet of lumber daily; two In that year he identified himself with the bus-., '[......... - stores, with stocks of goods; two large barns with V mess interests of this portion of the Peninsular [,,. -. ^., ^, grain and other contents; farming implements and State, locating at Lexington, in Sanilac County, where. i........ *. an inestimable amount of timber in the woods; a he engaged in lumbering and in commercial affairs.., were. no'. pi. a.. t.oit t ship- residence which cost $8,000oo; and a dock at Huron There were no piers at that point to facilitate ship-... X,here were no pers a th t p oin t to facilitate p- City, half a mile in length, valued at $Io,ooo, which ping, and he caused the construction of the upper ping,.an, he ca.c oft pr burned to the water's edge. This latter, Mr. Hubpier at Lexington, the first structure of the kind of!' *;........... bard has rebuilt. any importance between Port Huron and Saginaw. bd has rebuilt., ifz -.. n ~., i 1At the timne of his coming, to Sanilac County Ad He was materially aided by the good will of Capt... ~' ^. —,-.-,-,,, '. ~~ i everything was in its most primitive condition. He E. B. Ward, of Detroit, the well-known proprietor of.. I.,.... - -,,.. hired a man to bring him from Port Huron to Lexa tine of boats on the lake, who presented him with M, i r r,-.^. /- ~ington, aodistance of 22 miles, paying him 50 cents $5oo and a free pass on any of his boats for five,. T o i $5... a fr p o a of fo fi for the service. He obtained his business interests years. On commencing his business he was associ-. year. On comme g hs b s was associ- with the Hubbards by purchasing the claim of G. S. ated with Watson Hubbard, a brother, and R. B. ae wtTTat.s.Hbadaroen.. B. Lester, then associated with them. Among other? Hubbard, a cousin, the united interests of the trio... continui, n.aout3ya.heye crredt on thetir general projects in which he has been interested for continuing about 30 years. They earnried on their.r g, _ 3, Ye ~ Y o e. *the benefit of the public was the construction of i6 a operations at Lexington about eight years, owning at miles of the State road from Huron City to Verona. the same tisa me an extensive lumber yard at Sandusky, Mr Hubbard was born in Bloomfield Township Ohio About 1870 he and his brother sold their as- Hartford Co., Conn., Sept. 2, I816, and is the son of.5 sociated interests to R. B. Hubbard, since which Joab and Ruth (Brown) Hubbard. He grew to date Mr. Hubbard of this sketch has conducted his manhood and was educated in his native State.. affairs alone. He is the. sole proprietor of about He was married in April, 1862, to Amanda J. I~~~~tj~~~~lf~~~~~ ~~~L~~~~"S~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~J~~~-iaa~~~~~~~aa~~~~~-hl~~~~~ ~~~~3(i~~~~~~i ~ ~ ~ r:~~~ 224 HURO2V CO UN T Y. ((5) i ^ iS J i _ _ _. _ _ _~~- - - i daughter of George S. Lester. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard are: Frank W., born April i6, 1863; Annabel M., Nov. 23, I864; and Richard Langdon, Jan. 25, i865. To meet the evident expectations of the citizens of Huron County and the business public elsewhere, the publishers take pleasure in placing Mr. Hubbard's portrait in this ALBUM, in proximity to this biographical outline. j gW ugust Holstein, operative miller in the employment of W. R. Stafford at Port Hope, was born Aug. 22, I847, in Danzig, i Prussia. His parents, Ferdinand John and q Maria (Dombrowska) Holstein, were also natives of Prussia. Their family included two sons and two daughters, all of whom are living. The parents came to the United States in 1864 and settled on a farm in Rubicon Township, where they are still residents. Mr. Holstein was reared to manhood in the province of his birth, and came to America in I864. He was married in August, 1879, to Agnes Moor, daughter of W. J. and Elizabeth (Smith) Moor. Her mother died in 1876, in Port Hope, where her father is still living. Two children have been born, as follows, at Port Hope: Ida May, Feb. 22, 1882, and Irene Florence, July 20, I884. In political preference, Mr. Holstein is an Anti he enlisted in the 33d N. Y. Vol. Inf., and served as a soldier two years. He was in the Army of the Potomac and participated in the second fight at Bull Run. He passed through the entire Peninsular Campaign, and was with McClellan in the famous seven days' retreat. He was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, May 4, I863, a minie ball passing through his thigh. He was captured by the rebels, but was paroled, as his time of enlistment had expired. He was in captivity ten days. After obtaining his discharge he returned to the State of New York, and in June, 1871, he came to Huron County to establish a permanent home. He entered a claim of 80 acres, and bought 80 acres additional. Of this tract he retains I35 acres, and has about 40 acres under cultivation. He is independent in his political views, but inclines to Democratic principles. He has held the position of Justice of the Peace and other local offices. He was married May i8, I864, in Seneca Co., N. Y., to Teressa E. Randolph. James E. and Elizabeth M. are the names of their children. Mrs. Proudfoot was born Sept. 9, I844. in Seneca Co., N. Y. Her parents, Edward S. and Elizabeth (Bachman) Randolph, are natives of the Empire State and reside in the city of New York. I V:11/ "r 6" " vl,Ils I i E=;rH ( Monopolist. 3-j+y~>- IP>' Y lumber, lath, shingles, etc., as well as mer- I, |! chant and miller, at Bad Axe, was born Dec. ~A.'x- v |< 8, I853, in Erie Co., N. Y., near the city of ~1 tilliam Proudfoot, farmer, section 20, Grant Buffalo. He is the son of Francis B. and Township, was born Feb. I9, 1837, in Martha (Bunnell) Scott. He was born on a farm, (? *New York. He is the son of James and but his education was considered and he receiveda a it'. Margaret (Wessel) Proudfoot, who were born good business training at Bryant & Stratton's Busi~ ~k{ respectively in Scotland and New York. ness College at Buffalo, whither his family removed ~ They were residents of the latter State after when he was i8 years of age. His father was a their marriage, as long as they lived. painter by vocation, having an extensive business Mr. Proudfoot was a cooper by trade, which he in sign-painting, shading and decorating. Mr. Scott 5 learned in early life and followed until I86i, when entered the shop with his father and remained there --— a-' physician and surgeon at Bad Axe, was t?*'~ born Nov. I, 1855, in Wellington Co., Ont., and is the son of John and Miami (Bradt) K' 't Gale. He obtained an excellent elementary education in the public schools in his native province, where he attended until he was I2 years old, at which age he was sent to the Collegiate Institute at Elora, and completed five years of study there. He engaged in teaching three years. During the time he was at the Collegiate Institute and teaching, he was studying medicine at intervals with Dr. James Wallace, of Alma, Ont., and in I878 he matriculated in the Medical Department of McGill University, at Montreal, Quebec, where he was )graduated in I882, with the degree of M. D. C. M. " He came to Bad Axe May i, of the same year, and COUNTY. 225 opened his office. He has succeeded in rendering his practice popular, and is already engaged in a prosperous and substantial business. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belings to Blue Lodge, No. 365, located at Bad Axe. Dr. Gale was married May 31, I883, in Colfax Township, Huron County, to Anna, daughter of William H. and Barbara (McNaughton) McDowell. She was born July 15, I860, in Kent Co., Ont. — ~~e)-~-9~-~-~9t y^ Qimon Filion, farmer, section 30, Lincoln I ' Township, is the son of Moses and Ange-] p line (Desjardines) Filion. The parents were born in Canada and were of French descent. Their children were I4 in number, eight of whom are still living. Mr. Filion is the ninth child and the seventh son. He was born near the city of Montreal, May 28, = I85i. He was nine years of age when his parents C' transferred their family and interests to Huron = County. He now owns 120 acres of land in the ' townships of Lincoln and Meade, and has 25 acres under improvement. Mr. Filion is a decided Republican and has held various local official positions in township offices. He was married Jan. 27, I877, at Grindstone City, Huron County, to Marceline Labelle. Two children -Rosanna A. and [Arthur T.-have been born to them. Mrs. Filion was born in Canada, April 30, 1859. She is of French extraction. i I (/ vr ohn S. Deady, druggist at Bad Axe, was born May 3I, i850, in Hamilton, Ont. He is the son of William and Hannah (Secord) Deady, who removed from Ontario with their family to Rochester, N. Y., in I855. His father is a member of the flouring firm of Wilson & Co., of that city. Mr. Deady grew to manhood in the beautiful c;ty of the Genesee Valley, and when 20 years of age he went to Hamilton, Ont., to fill a ^ wII,i~; -~ ialp '~:k\J1 *r; iiF, c) Q i an1-;,II 226 HURON COUNTY. position as assistant book-keeper in a boot and shoe summer worked as a builder at Port Austin, on the, establishment. Two years later he became a sales- construction of a house for William Clark, editor of:, man in the grocery of William H. Deady, his brother, the Huron News. His next employment was with % who is located in the same city, where he operated Messrs. Dale, Stead & Co., contractors for the Harbor ~S between three and four years. At the end of that of Refuge, and he managed a lumber camp at White I time he went to Goderich and engaged as accountant Rock, in their interests, superintending the preparawith Secord, Cousins & Co., lumbermen, remaining tion of the lumber. He was thus occupied two years with them about five years. On leaving their ser- at White Rock and Sand Beach. He framed the first vice he went into a drug store in the same place, for piece of timber used in the construction of the breakthe purpose of learning the business. A year later water, and aided in sinking the first crib, on the 25th he returned to Rochester. In the spring of i882 he of June, I874. came to Bad Axe, where his brother was engaged in He bought his farm the previous year, and on the the drug business, and engaged in his employment. completion of his engagement above referred to he May i, i883, he became' proprietor of the business took possession of his property, on which he has since by purchase, and in June following he removed to resided. He is a Republican, and is present School his present location on Sand Beach Street. He Director (I884). carries a well-assorted line of druggists' sundries, Mr. Esler was married March 30, 1876, to Sarah consisting of drugs, paints, oils, varnishes, patent Johnson. No children have been born to them, but rmedicines, liquors, etc., and is engaged in the trans- they have an adopted son, William, who was born (' action of a prosperous business. Feb. 5, I878. The child is legally adopted. Mrs. Esler is the daughter of William and Elizabeth ti[-. * /'_._-. —'~,T \.T.1-..l,- T g',) fat,-a... n.f [M/['Ir antr Mrq r=cr Y — A J~P, 4)t A1 i ilexander L. Esler, farmer, sections 12 and 13, Huron Township and assistant keeper i'of the light-house at Point aux Barques, has operated in that capacity six years, his service beginning in September, 1878. His watch is from midnight until sunrise. He is also engaged in farming, and is the proprietor of 333 acres Ir1 -- A - rFv IcXM, I, l,h n,~-o i -mr rn/^rrn - ' nlhp A^nrpr KODIISoUInI JUllnllUll. I lC ldutJl.l ul j.T. C1i a T1u. Esler died on the same day. Her mother is living in the township of Stanly, Huron Co., Ont. Mr. Esler suffered heavily in the fire of I88I. He lost his stable, 30,000 feet of lumber, and the shingles designed for his barn. All the fences on the place were burned, and his house with entire contents, beds, bedding and clothing, the family saving only such apparel as they were wearing. Five hogs were also burned. The loss was estimated at $2,000. I r ia LIlu, 50 ClUIs uV WlllII;1 ilC iItilupjuvu. I 11Ii piat..I has a good dwelling and other suitable farm buildings. | 9 Mr. Esler was born Feb. 14, 1842, in County An( trim, Ireland, and is the son of Alexander and Ellen ' (Lang) Esler. His father was born on the " Green l| aniel H. Ludington, merchant at Verona Isle" in I798, and died March 28, 1882. The Mills, was born Sept. 29, I856, in the mother was born in I807, and is still living, in County township of Sand Beach, Huron County. Antrim. Mr. Esler came from his native land to He is the son of Jeremiah and Maria A. Canada in 1867, and was employed as a carpenter in (Trescott) Ludington. His father has been i the Dominion four years. In I87 i he came to North an extensive lumberman and business man f< Branch, Lapeer Co., Mich., and spent eight months of this part of Huron County for the past 34 years. I, in the capacity of a "scaler" of lumber. In the (See sketch of Jeremiah Ludington.) In 1875 he, month of June, 1872, he came to Huron City and took charge of the mercantile interests of his father, worked for Langdon Hubbard as a carpenter until also acting as book-keeper. In the fall of i877 he January following. He passed the remainder of the opened business in the same branch at his present $ winter as a lumberman, and during the succeeding location, where he operated successfully until the a c e< &(^^nnl HURON COUNTY. 227 ~-~~~~ F~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~n I I 11 R, ) year of general ruin-I88i-when he experienced the common fate. His business suffered almost utter loss, $5,000oo being swept away with but little relief from insurance. In the year following he rebuilt his store, erecting a structure 24 x 40 feet, one and a half stories in height, his residence being praced beside the building in which he has since transacted business. He carries a general stock of merchandise suited to the local demand. In addition to his commercial interests he traffics to some extent in real estate. He is serving his third term as Township Clerk. In 1872 he was appointed Postmaster and is still the incumbent of the position. Mr.' Ludington is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married in Sigel Township, Huron County, Sept. i6, I877, to Abertle Redmon, a native of Germany, daughter of John and Philipena Redmon. Three children have been born of their marriageMilton J., Ina E. and Ruby May. ~ g/lohn W. Murphy, farmer, section 35, Grant Township, was born in Cumberland Co., 1.,' Eng., July 28, I832. His parents, James 1r and Hannah (Walker) Murphy, were natives respectively of Ireland and England. After their marriage they settled in the latter country, whence they emigrated to Canada in I854, and settled in Middlesex County. The father died there, Nov. I3, 1864. The mother removed thence to Tuscola County, where she died, July 31, I873. The senior Murphy was a school-teacher by profession, and followed that business 25 years in England and five years after his removal to Canada. Their children were Mary A., Ruth, John W., William, Christopher, Francis and Edward. Two died in infancy. Mr. Murphy obtained a fair education in his native country, where he was also engaged in farming until he reached manhood. He was 21 years of age when he came to Canada, in I853,'and had a cash capital of 25 cents when he reached London, Ont. He found employment without delay, and hired out as a farm laborer at $Io a month. He contributed the first $25 which he earned to the benefit of his parents. After laboring about 20 months, he rented a farm of Ioo acres, which he managed several years. After this he rented another farm of similar dimensions He continued in the management of these two farms 13 years. In the winter of I869 he located in Sanilac Co., Mich., buying 280 acres of land in the township of Greenleaf. He entered vigorously into the work of clearing and improving, and in the nine years of his proprietorship of the place cleared 95 acres, and erected two good barns, with other suitable and necessary farm buildings. He remained in Greenleaf Township until the fall of t877. In the spring following he came to Grant Township and settled on I60 acres of land which he had purchased during the year previous. He has added to it by later purchase until his estate includes 360 acres, with 150 acres in a fine state of cultivation, three excellent barns, a substantial dwelling, a fine herd of cattle containing 50 head, eight horses and other stock. He is a leading agriculturist of the county and a prominent citizen in his township. His political views are with the Republican element. In the spring of I879 he was elected Supervisor of his township and held the position four years. Mr. Murphy was married Jan. 28, I856, in London, Ont., to Elizabeth Hedley. Their children are William, Mary A., James, Thomas and David. James died before he was two years old. Mrs. Murphy was born in England, and is the daughter of William and Mary (Boyd) Hedley. Her parents were natives of England, where they died. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy were brought up in the Church of England, and are supporters of the same at present. J oseph Broomfield, farmer, section I9, Sigel Township, was born Sept. 3, 1838, in England. He is the son of Charles and Hannah (Kent) Broomfield, natives of England, who spent their entire lives in that country. Their family included the following children: Charles, John, Ann, Joseph, William and John (2d). Four of then reached mature life. The father of Mr. Broomfield was a baker and grocer, and he was his shop assistant until the age I a 2=E= I I 1\ 1! I I f.N I W, __ ____ _ _ ~ ~?:( o228 HURON COUNTY. e,. - NiAO of I3 years. He then left home and was employed in the business of a bakery about six years. In the spring of I857 he emigrated from his native land to Canada, and passed the first six months of his residence upon the American continent as a farm assistant. He then proceeded to a point near London, Ont., and went to work in a grist-mill in the employment of an uncle, where he was occupied nearly two years. At the end of that time he again engaged in farming, which he continued until his removal to Huron County, which took place in the fall of 1865. He took possession of 80 acres of land, in Sigel Township, which he had pre-empted in 1859. He built a log house and entered vigorously upon the work of placing his farm in the best possible condition. He was making rapid strides towards prosperity and the accomplishment of his purpose, and in the spring of 1870 he erected a good Lho _ r -.; - n - - ii - Bloomfield in Huron County was named in his honor, a clerical error causing the change in orthography. Mr. Broomfield was married July 12, 1859, in Canada, to Catherine, daughter of Porter and Ann (Dove) McKichan. Her parents were natives of Scotland and removed to Canada from that country in I847. Their children were ten in number, and were named Catherine, Jane, Mary, Sarah, Duncan, Alexander, Archibald, Peter, John and Hugh. Mrs. Broomfield was born in Scotland, June 15, 1842. Seven children have been born of her marriage, recorded as follows: Sarah A., born June 24, i86o, is the wife of George Whilliam; Charles A. was born March i, 1863; May J., March 9, i865; Archibald, March 15, I867; Hannah, May ro, i869; Fanny, May 4, i871; Alice, Feb. 6, I874. Mr. and Mrs. Broomfield are members of the 'r...* 1_ n _ _ - --. I: UDatil 3O05o ItCt in uIIIlleSIUI1oS, ailU is anlairs rresDyternan Lnurcn. were moving forward with satisfactory results, when the fire of the following year swept away the accumu~ lation of his years of effort. His loss was estimated at $i,600. As soon as possible he built a -, X log house, and in the spring of 1872 he rebuilt hisorman J. Scott, general merchant and: " barn, which is 34x5o, a larger and more valuable dealer in farm produce at Verona Mills, structure than the first. He redoubled his ener- was born Dec. 24, I854 in London, Ont. / His parents, Alexander and Annie (Grant) getic efforts to place himself in comfort, and had | is parents, Alexander and Annie (Grant) about 50 acres cleared and improved and in a prom- s re e Dominion of v Scott, removed in i856 from the Dominion of ising state, when the second great fire swept over C a t T, H n..~~.. -~~~~~... (,'- Canada to Bingham Township, Huron County. this part of Michigan and again destroyed the p* o* M a ad an His father purchased 320 acres of land on sections accumulated results of his unremitting toil. Again.ccumulated results of.is unremitting toil. Again I I} II 2, I3 and 14. He has sold all the tract except his buildings were all destroyed, his barn and con- I and He has sold all the tract except tents e ing. at least $r,7oo. His aggregate 40 acres, situated on the northeast corner of sectents being worth at least $1,700. His aggregate. loss was about $3,000. H T is o r reg th tion 14. He was a heavy loser by the fire of i88i, loss was about $3,oo000. He is slowly retrieving his in which he suffered the destruction of property losses and replacing his buildings with others of a r t still better grade than those burned. His new barn amounting to $6,000 is 40x6o feet in dimensions. Mr. Scott received 40 acres of land from his is 40 X 60 feet in dimensions. In political connection Mr. Broomfield is a Repub- father on attaining hs majority, to whichhe added lican. He has officiated six years as Township i60 acres more, and still retains the ownership of lican. He has officiated six years as Township Clerk, as Supervisor four years, and he has been the entre tract whch ncludes 4 provements and cultivation. Justice of the Peace most of the time since he has provement and cultivation. resided in the township. He has discharged the Ins p _, > i * ~.'~~~~ KT;~~~ i mercantile enterprise at Verona Mills. 'He built F duties of all the school offices, and is acting Notary Public the store he now occupies and took possession June: He is one of the leading and prominent citizens 5, 883 The building is32x40 feet in dimenf of Huron County, well and widely known as a nman sions, is stocked with lines of merchandise suited to A of honor and integrity, and as a firm friend of the the local demand, and the proprietor is engaged in A substantial development of the county, and as a pro- a satisfactory business. He handles dry goods, clothmoter of the general prosperity. The town of ing, boots, shoes, stoves, plows, castings and extras Ki, Be.,~~~~~~~~~f~ HURON (, _ for agricultural machinery, and he buys and ships all varieties of farm produce. < He was a heavy loser in the fire of I881, which i{ consumed his dwelling, farm implements, grain and v all his farm produce,-amounting to about $2,000. f Mr. Scott was married April 23, i879, to Ann J. Sageman. She was born June 2, i860, at Malden, Can., and is the daughter of Charles and Harriet (Philp) Sageman. Alexander C., born Feb., I6, I880, and James, born June 4, I88i, the two eldest children of Mr. and Mrs. Scott, were born in Bingham Township. Elizabeth A., youngest child, was born Aug. o1, 1883, at Verona Mills. The parents are members of the Presbyterian Church. 70 >- U.- - ~- -I 29 —& 70 UNTTY. 229 - ~~~~~(C)2 m iram L. Chipman, attorney, doing business?A and residing at Bad Axe, was born March 5 I842, in Owosso, Shiawassee Co., Mich. He is the oldest living child born in that city. His father, Isaac M. Chipman, is a builder and architect, and was born June i6, i8I8, in Bologne, N. Y. He is still prosecuting his business at Owosso. The mother, Permelia (Whitlock) Chipman, was born May 23, I819, in Vergennes, Vt. Three of their five children are living. Mr. Chipman is the eldest child, and was a student in the schools of his native city until he was 19 years of age. A few weeks after his birthday, the culmination of Southern folly and madness took practical shape in the assault on Fort Sumter, which was promptly followed by President Lincoln's calls for loyal support from the nation. To Mr. Chipman belongs the honor of first enrolling from Shiawassee County, his name being placed on the muster roll May 2, i86i. He enlisted in Co. H, Fifth. Mich. Vol. Inf., Capt. Quackenboss. The regiment was assigned to the Department of the Peninsula, in the corps of Geo. B. McClellan, General commanding. The command was engaged in some of the severest of the battles of the Peninsula, among which were Fair Oaks, where Captain Quackenboss was killed, Charles City Cross Roads, Yorktown and various skirmishes. Mr. Chipman was discharged in September, 1862, as First Sergeant. He returned to Owosso, and entered the law office of Amos Gould, with whom he remained about six years, being admitted to the Shiawassee County Bar in I865. In I868, he opened an independent office, and in 1869 he was elected Justice of the Peace, which position he filled four years. During that time he was associated with L. H. Smith, firm style, "Chipman & Smith." He was also elected Circuit Court Commissioner of Shiawassee County and served one term. He came to Bad Axe Aug. 2, 1875, and established himself as an attorney. Jan. I, I883, he formed an association with William T. Bope, the firm adopting the style of " Chipman & Bope," and they are engaged in the prosecution of a successful practice. Mr. Chipman was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the County and served during the years 1881-2. He belongs to the Order of Masonry and to the Grand Army of the Republic, Post No. 70. He owns a considerable amount of village property, including his residence and six lots, 80 acres of land on section 25,Colfax Township, and about i60 acres of land at various points in the county. Mr. Chipman was married June 26, i868, in Owosso, to Henrietta E. Gale. She was born May I2, 1850, in Elbridge, N. Y., and is the daughter of Platt and Eliza Gale. Following is the record of the four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Chipman: Winnifred was born Dec. i6, I869, in Owosso. Irma was born in the same place Nov. 3, 1872, and died Dec. 24, following her birth. Gale was born in Byron village, Shiawassee County, Sept. 28, I874. Miner was born in Bad Axe, Dec. 28, I882. ji. iichard Parr, farmer, section 23, Grant _:- Township, was born in Ireland in Decem~-6 m ber, 1832. His parents, Jacob and Ann E. Parr, were natives of Ireland and emigrated thence to the Dominion of Canada about the year 1832. The mother died there, and later the father came to Huron County to reside with his son, where he died March io, I883. Mr. Parr was an infant of three months when his parents removed to Canada. and he grew up in the Dominion. At the age of i6 years he was appren g S A? I =3 =.. I ) i k e~c') /&) < ) 0) c^, ~ ~ ~ - 4$:I~ 9V fM'u:n Zy- e 230 HURON COUNTY.. ticed to learn the cooper's trade and followed that as valued at $200 per acre. It has good frame builda business I2 years. ings, hot-house and other necessary buildings, beIn the spring of 188o he bought 16o acres of land siaes four acres of well assorted fruit-trees. in Grant Township. Of this 70 acres are under improvement. Mr. Parr is a Republican in political sentiment. -._ —.oHe was married Jan. 27, 1858, to Ann Wilson. Their surviving children are Ann E., Johnathan, Richard, Jr., Jacob C., Lucinda, George A., Emma H n W. Dickin, psicin,T TA. '. r.., lGr. Heman W. Dicekinson, physician and and Hattie H. A pair of twins died in infancy. Mrs surgeon at Port Hope, was born Dec. 2 ~~' _,.surgeon at Port Hope, was born Dec. 2, Parr was born in Ireland, and was brought in her r, a s Harbr, J rs ii 1813, at Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson Co., infancy by her parents to Canada, in 1841. The H i s t s o m family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.. e son, b o wo Eunice (Gates) Dickinson, both of whom died when he was in childhood, the former in 1818, the latter in I822. He was bonud to a man v^_^^^ l^_,a^ " -.named Roswell Lane when he was seven years old, to be brought up on a farm in Oswegoville, Oswego Co., N. Y. When he was 15 years of age he ran away. He obtained employment as a raftsman on Oneida Lake and worked four weeks, rafting logs onl.. ^iKf flustin E. Case, book-keeper and stock-keeper. * * ustin E. Case, book-keer ad sr Oneida Lake to Syracuse, for which he received $60.. in the store of Langdon Hubbard at Huron the st ofLagdon Hubbard at Huron He went next to Oneida village and engaged as a City, Mich., was born Oct. 5, 1857, in Warren farm laborer with a man named Nathan B. Ney, with; r jg Township, Macomb Co., Mich. He is the son whom he remained two years. In 1835 he came to = of E. and Chloe (Barton) Case, and his father Ypsilanti, Mich., where he again engaged as a farm resides in Warren Township, Macomb County, on assistant. He made his first acquaintance with )the old homestead. Mrs. C. died Jan. i, i881, and Michigan Nov. 15, I835. He remained seven years was 60 years of age at the time of her death. Mr. in Ypsilanti, and came thence to Tecumseh, Mich., E. Case was born April i, 181, in Batavia, N. Y., where he worked about three years in a tannery. and Mrs. E's birth occurred Jan., r, 1821, in the His next removal was to Memphis, Macomb Co., State of Vermont. A brother and a sister of Mr. Mich., where he worked for a time on a farm and Case are living in Macomb County, and another sister afterward spent three summers running an engine at resides in Tuscola Co., Mich. St. Clair. He came thence to Forester, in Sanilac Mr. Case was educated in the common schools of County, where he operated two years as an engineer, his native county, and in the union school of Utica, after which he came to Huron City, and worked as a where he was graduated when he was 17 years of lumberman for Peter F. Brakeman two winters. He age. He taught school at Huron City four years next entered the employment of Smith, Dwight& Co., and at Grindstone City nearly five years. He came of Detroit, operating as a lumberman in their interest from the latter place to the position he now holds, in at Port Austin, where he remained two years. Going which he has operated two years. He achieved suc- thence to Port Hope, he lumbered two winters for cess in his teaching, and is now Director of the W. R. Stafford, and on the termination of that enSchools of Huron City. He is a Democrat in politi- gagement took possession of the farm where his son j cal sentiment. resides. His farm on section 9, Bloomfield Township, con- Dr. Dickinson enlisted Oct. 9, I862, in the 23d tains 80 acres, with 25 acres improved. The place Mich Vol. Inf., Co. F, Capt. H. S. Raymond. He has a good log house and barn, is well fenced, and was in active service about 18 months subsequent to valued at $1,300. In Sterling Township, Macomb being "mustered in," participating in the siege County, he owns a garden containing ten acres, and Knoxville and the battle aat Campbell Station. a"^^i^_ -^y.-^fl"nn"nn^^-^-^^ — _) Ex I /z -;/:/2 7'43 ` I / HUROnA COUNTY. 233 K the spring of I864 he was detailed as Hospital Stew- which time he spent in school. He then obtained a ard at Knoxville, and acted as Assistant Surgeon, in situation as salesman in a store, where he remained ^ which capacity he was serving at the time of his dis- about I8 months. charge in November, I865. He had acquired some In I849, being then 21 years of age, Mr. Stafford knowledge of medicine previous to his coming t3 the came to Michigan. His first marriage, to Sarah coast of the Huron Peninsula; and as he often had Ann Leuty, occurred at Lexington, Mich., Dec. 19, occasion to witness the necessity for medical advice, 1852. Four children were born of this union, viz.: which frequently arose from the condition of things, William Arthur, at Lexington, Mich., Aug. 6, i855; he fell into the habit of giving counsel and making he died June 26, 1859, at the same place; Edwin simple prescriptions, and he continued the practice Haywood, at Port Hope, Mich., March I3, I859, who until his enlistment in the army. On receiving his died Sept. 28, 1865, at Lexington; Mary Ellen, at } discharge, here turned to Huron County, and not long Lexington, July 26, i861; and Sarah Elizabeth, at y;after entered the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cin- Lexington, July 30, 1864. Mrs. Stafford died Sept. cinnati, Ohio, where he was graduated in i866, and 29, I864, at Bath, N. H. She was born at Mayfield, has since continued to practice his profession. Ohio, Oct. 4, I834, and was the daughter of Isaac He was married the first time to Permelia Wilcox, and Mary Leuty, both of whom are now living at Port at Ypsilanti, in I837. She died June 14, 1866, after Hope, aged respectively 70 and 72 years. Mr. Stafhaving become the mother of the following children: ford was united in marriage to Mary Demaline Leuty, Ellen, Herman W., Eunice (deceased), Emma L. the sister of his first wife, July io, i865, at Port (died when she was eight years old), Sarah and an Hope, Mich. She was born at Mayfield, Ohio,Oct. infant that died three days after birth. Dr. Dickin- 30, i842. Frances Alice, only child of this marriage, 3 son was again married April 14, 1878, to Ella B. was born Jan. 30, i867, at Lexington, Mich. a Dixon. She was born in 1832. When, in I849, Mr. Stafford first came to Michigan = Dr. Dickinson came to Huron City (then Willow he settled in Lexington, Sanilac County, and entered ' A Creek) in i85i. At that date no improvements had the employ of Woods & Sanburn, general merchants. = been made in that portion of Huron County. The Three years later he established himself in mercantile v:. only thoroughfare was the beach of the lake, and business in the same place. Meanwhile the lumber even the routes outlined by " blazed" trees were resources of this part of Michigan attracted his atten- ( wanting, the degree of progress being too small for tion, and from the advance in the pine lands of New even that primitive method of indicating routes of Hampshire he argued correctly that the same result travel. At the time he came to Forester in Sanilac would follow in Michigan. He succeeded in interCounty, no improvements had been made north of esting Josiah F. Wilson and William Southard, Eastthat point. ern captalists, in the enterprise, and secured several He is a Prohibitionist, and has held the positions thousand dollars, which he invested in pine lands in X of Supervisor, Justice of the Peace and County Clerk. Huron County. \~~i~~~~~~.~~In 1852 Mr. Stafford formed a partnership with ^ -~t -^==3> ~ 4 ~Qlr: ~>~-o~MH>- ^-K~> Fourth Mich. Vol. Cav., but was seized with illness A X ~wt — before the regiment left the State, and was dis1 ewis C. Truax, hardware merchant at Bad charged. Ten months later he re-enlisted in the f, 1 Axe, was born Feb. 20, i853, in Brandon Fourth Mich. Vol. Inf., and remained in the military Township, Oakland Co., Mich., and is the service of the United States until the close of the; e ' son of Isaac and Anne (Hummer) Truax. He war. fh s spent the years of his minority on his father's In the fall of i868, Mr. Hartsell came to Huron fr farm, and, on reaching the period of his legal County, and entered a claim of i60 acres of land in freedom he went to Ortonville, a village within the Grant Township, where he settled, and has since t U~> e ( *- ^ yR-lltl3R<>- N - 4@ 0/ - ___ —i^z-na — iK — 236 HURON COUNZ Y. resided. He now owns I20 acres of land, and is I869, at Morristown, N. Y. They have five children;, cultivating 70 acres. -Arthur, Samuel, Mary, Bertha and Viola. Mrs. ' He is a Republican in political belief, and has held Church was born in the State of New York, April 2,, the office of Constable. He has served nine years as 1847, and is the daughter of Lowell Wright. Mr.,5 School District Treasurer. Church is a member of the Protestant Association; The first marriage of Mr. Hartsell, to Mary Teller, he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal occurred in July, 1862, in Lapeer Co., Mich. One of Church. their children died in infancy; two survive-Charles E. and Melissa C. The mother was the daughter of William and Martha Teller, and died May I2, I872. -^:i?^ "-'Mr. Hartsell was again married Oct. 5, I879, to Louisa Woolhouse. Eva J. and William, two of oseph Farr, farmer, section 28, Meade their children, are living. Ethel M. died at the age Township, was born in York County, Ont., of five months. Mrs. Hartsell was born in Canada, Nov. I7, t832. He is of English descent, and is the daughter of William and Mary A. Wool- Nov. 17, i832. He is of English descent,,~~ ~~ ~ ~~house. o r~, ^his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Dawson) house. (1' 'N. If,\," ~v ~o razil R. Church, blacksmith and farmer, |Eli resident on section 20, Lincoln Township, ~J~ was born in Canada, May 5, i845, and is p the son of Oliver and Rhoda (Smith) Church. His parents were natives of the State of Vermont, and after their marriage they became residents of Canada, where they lived during the remainder of their lives. Their family included 13 children. Mr. Church is the eighth son and the youngest of the children of his father's household. He acquired J rarr, naving been Dor in n nglanu, ana emigrated thence to Canada, where they passed the remainder of their lives. After he had passed the period of ealy youth, Mr. Farr became a carpenter, and continued the pursuit of that as a calling for 15 years. In the spring of I876 he came to Huron County and bought I20 acres of land in Meade Township. To this he added 40 acres by later purchase, and now has about 75 acres which are cleared and cultivated. Mr. Farr adopts the principles of the Republican party, and has been Township Clerk three years. His marriage to Mary Conet occurred in Canada, Feb. 3, I857. Of nine children born of their union, but three survive-William J., John H. and Bertha a common-school education, and at the age of I9 J. The others died in infancy. years he was apprenticed to learn his trade. He served three years, and followed the business of I blacksmithing three years in succession, when he- | - became interested in the manufacture of brick, inl which he operated for a similar length of time. He next engaged in farming, and spent three years in homas Martin, merchant, at Verona Mills, the management of his father's farm. and farmer on section 25, Verona TownAfter that he was variously engaged, until his re- l ship, was born March 27, I84I, in Canada. moval to Huron County in May, 1879, when he ( He is the son of George and Mary (Shepard)! bought 80 acres of wild land in the township where Martin. Previous to his removal to Verona he has since resided. He has improved and culti- Township in i866, he was variously employed r vated about 35 acres. in the Dominion. Among his occupations were i A Mr. Church is a Republican in political connection, lumbering, and at one time he had the management,. and has held various township offices. In the spring of several threshing-machines. of 1884 (current year), he was elected Supervisor of On coming to Michigan he bought 8o acres of Lincoln Township. land, and now owns 320 acres, with 260 acres under His marriage to Amelia Wright occurred Nov. 4, cultivation, all of which he cleared himself, with the t, --- —^- fl^DO ^ ^9 )~:aa~? —1A _I_____~C___I___I______._ _,111_1. 111 1 1 1 _ ai/rz/-t~~~~~-z~1 HURON COUNTY. 239 ^ exception of about 60 acres. He owns also 60o curred Aug. 29, 1875, in Lake Township, Huron acres in Hand Co., Dak. He owned a store and County. Her first husband, William Jewell, died by hotel at Verona Mills, which were burned in the drowning at Huron City, in I871. She is the daugh- > ruinous fire of I87 I, involving a loss of $5,000, with ter of Simon and Catharine Persons. One childan insurance of $400. The fire of I88I destroyed Almira-was born July I2, I877, to Mr. and Mrs. his fences and some other property, but no buildings. Parker. He is a Republican in political sentiment Mr. Martin is an agriculturist of more than ordi- and action. nary standing. His farming operations are conducted with skillful and careful judgment, and he is of inestimable worth to the county in his efforts to raise the standard of stock. He owns one Durham tmu t" thoroughbred, and a number of fine grades. He owns his residence and half an acre of land at Verona Mills, and is engaged in a prosperous trade in mer- ark Carrington, whose name is inseparchandise and farm produce., able from the history of the development He was married in the township of Uxbridge, of the earliest lumber interests of the Ontario Co., Can., May 23, 1864, to Elizabeth || Huron peninsula, is a member of the busiBrethour. Of this union six children have been ness house ofT. Winsor & Co., merchants and born, four of whom are living: Phebe A., John T., salt producers at Port Austin. He has been a George D. and Burtle A. Mrs. Martin was born resident of this section of Michigan since I830, when, Jan. i8, 1842, in Ontario County, Can., and is the his father, Joel Carrington, removed from St. Clair to, daughter of James and Phebe A. Brethour,Sanilac County.:2^~~~~:~~~~~:~ ~The latter was of English parentage and a native, of Connecticut. He settled later in the State of = *-~ L-$ — - | - -New York, whence he removed to Ohio in the win':~>^~~~~~~~~ ~ter of I816-7. They passed through Rochester, N...)S~ ^p-^v>~~ Y., at a period when the buildings of the now peer- d.^ ^ illiam H. Parker, farmer, section 7, Lin- less city of the Genesee Valley consisted of only two i coln Township, was born Aug. 24, i85I, log structures of the humblest kind, one of them e. E in Lexington, Mich., and has lived all his being utilized as a hotel. The transit was made, J life, with the exception of one summer in with an ox team and sled; the mother, being over9 Hi Oakland County, in the two counties which come by fatigue from the long journey, died on the constitute the bulk of the "little peninsula" of way. The family located 16 miles south of CleveK Michigan. land, on a farm in the township of Hinckley, removHis parents, Thomas and Rosanna (Surbroox) ing thence in May, 1830, by the steamer "Superior" Parker, were born respectively in England and Ger- or "Lake Superior" to St. Clair Co., Mich., landing many. On coming to Michigan they first settled in there June I, where they resided but a short time. Macomb County, removing later to Lexington, Sani- The elder Carrington leased a water-power saw-mill lac County, where the mother died. The father is on Black River, belonging to Thomas H. Knapp, of living in Sanilac County. Their family numbered Detroit, and conducted it two years. He then came seven children. to Birchville and leased a saw-mill, which he conAt the age of 15 years Mr. Parker entered the tinued to manage the same length of time, removing employment of Woods & Co., lumbermen in Huron thence to Lexington, where he bought 200 acres of; County, for whom he worked seven years. In 1873 Government land, opened a farm and made shingles he bought 8o acres of land where he has since oper- and fished until 840. In that year he went to one > ated as a farmer. He cleared and otherwise im- of the Fox Islands, belonging to the Manitou group, proved about 25 acres. where he spent a year fishing. He went next to His marriage to Mrs. Sarah (Persons) Jewell oc- Bailey's Harbor, where he was occupied some time ^^~))^^. ---'A^^a nn — ^^j 240 HURON COUNTY. in farming and getting out cedar posts and timber, burned to the ground. The structure was immediwhich he shipped to Chicago. In I863 he moved to ately rebuilt. They have two wells and manufacSand Beach, where he died in I865. He was three ture i50 barrels per day, employing about 20 men.; times married, Mr. Carrington of this sketch being They also own a saw-mill and manufacture lumber, the only child of the first marriage. shingles and staves, and construct their own barrels. The latter was born July ii, 18r5, in the village Mr. Carrington owns about i,ooo acres of land in of Geneseo, Genesee Co., N. Y., and accompanied Huron County. He was Postmaster at Lexington his parents in their various removals until his mar- two years and at Sand Beach 12 years. riage, which took place in 1838, being a resident of He was married Oct. 15, I838, in Burchville, to Lexington, where he was engaged in the business of Rhoda A. Butler, who was born in South Rutland, coopering. In 1850 he commenced locating pine Jefferson Co, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1822, and is the lands in the interest of non-residents, which branch daughter of Abijah and Clara Butler. Their eight of business he continued until I854, when he began children were born at Lexington. Erwin E. lives at S to operate in the same direction in his own behalf, Port Austin; Julius M. is the secretary and treasurer and selected 1,2oo acres of valuable territory. As- of the People's Gas Company at Cleveland, Ohio; sociated with T. K. Adams and Geo. S. Lester, he Mariam A. is the wife of John T. Bostwick, a druggist built a steam saw-mill at Bay City, disposing of his of Alpena; Nettie is the wife of W. V. Penoyar, claims there in the same fall. In 1855, in company who is extensively engaged in lumbering at Au with J. L. Woods, he built a mill in the township Sable; Evelyn A. was married to P. H. Ketcham, of of Sanilac in the county of the same name; here Saginaw City, in I872, and died the following year, they held about I,600 acres of pine land, on which Oct. 20; Ida A. is the wife Thomas Winsor; = they cut' timber until i860. In that year they Gertrude A. lives at home, and Roscoe is a memg removed the mill to Sand Beach, and lumbered until ber of the firm.,: I87o0Ji ing more than 5,000 acres in that portion The portrait of Mr. Carrington is given on a pre-: of Huron Couny. In I860 Geo. W. Pack was ad- ceding page in this volume as that of a representa-. mitted to membership in the firm at Sand Beach, tive citizen of Huron County, and as such will which was called "Carrington, Pack & Co." They doubtless be regarded by the people generally, and established an extensive mercantile enterprise, which the likeness welcomed in the collection selected for they conducted in connection with their operations this ALBUM. in other avenues, and they built a dock, which was burned in the fire of I871. Their loss in that conflagration was about $i60,000, including mill, timber, shingles, pier, etc. In the previous year, 1870, the firm bought a saw-mill and pine lands of Learned & ', ~:: Ayres, of Port Crescent, Huron County, the consid- gohn Maywood, editor and proprietor of the eration being $55,ooo. Previous to this they bought Huron Tribune, published at Bad Axe, was 25,000 acres of pine land situated on the Pinnepog I born Dec. 13, 1846, in Perth, Canada. He River as a field of operation. i is the son of Charles and Jane (Pinkborn) Feb. Io, 1874, Mr. Carrington sold his claim to; Maywood, and was brought up on a farm. the remaining members of the firm and removed to When he was 19 years old.he came to Tawas, Port Austin the following year, where he opened a Mich., where he found employment in a saw-mill. store for traffic in general merchandise. He associ- During the winter following, taught school. He had ated his son-in-law, Thomas Winsor, with himself; become well-known through his efficiency and zeal-. and has since continued the prosecution of the en- ous labors in religious matters, and in the summer of - terprise with satisfactory results. In 1879-80 they 1870 he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Metherected steam salt works on an extensive scale, odist Episcopal Church at Alpena and performed the at an expenditure of $14,000. It was in a state of labors of the position several months. He then completion and ready for operations, when it was joined the Methodist Conference, and remained in > W~~~~~~~~~~~~~~abgdtfrhePo:scee~~:n" d rmeedn a~v >X- - -— y "XI ^ T- -— ~^>we)%<) '~~^K HURON COUNTY. 241 the ministry four years. In 1872 he located at ness and employs several assistants. Besides the Albion, Mich., and entered the college in that city, manufacture of wagons and carriages, he does a? continuing to study there until he completed the large amount of repairing. He owns his shop and junior year. He then resumed his ministerial con- one-fourth of an acre with it, at the corner of Heis-? nections, and in September, 1879, was assigned to terman and Woodworth Streets, together with a nice Port Austin, where he officiated two years. In June, residence on a half acre of ground, and eight acres i88r, in company with his brother, George A. May- of land in the northwest part of the village. wood, he came to Bad Axe and purchased the Trib- Mr. Rapson was married in Brant Co., Ont., Jan. une. It was founded in I876 by Bell Irwin, under 2, 1872, to Martha N. Griggs, who was born in the style of the Bad Axe Back- Woodsman. After- Canada, Feb. 6, 1852, and is the daughter of Charles ward the present style was substituted. In Decem- and Martha N. Griggs. Six children have been ber, 1883, he purchased the interest of his brother, born to them, two of whom are deceased. Charles and has since conducted the journal alone. The Richard, eldest son, is the second child, born Feb. paper is printed on the only steam-power press in 6, I875, at Bad Axe, and the eldest living child who the county. The entire establishment, with its fix- was born there. Lucy T., eldest child of the family, tures, was destroyed Sept. 4, i88i, by fire, but the was born in Oxford Co., Ont., March 26, 1873; patrons of the paper did not lose an issue, as in Arthur R., Oct. 17, 1876, at Bad Axe; Russell A., three weeks the office was in complete running order. July i6, 1878, at Bad Axe; Ellen and Clara, both In 1882, the Huron County Gazette was purchased deceased, were the youngest. by the brothers Maywood, and the two journals were consolidated. A prosperous jobbing department is:\.. - *. - - o - -r a - *. -.; connected with the office. Mr. Maywood is a memberof the Masonic fraternity, and is Justice of the Peace. He owns the premises where he conducts his business. i4 Q 1arry D. Ferris is the keeper of the United States Life-Saving Station at Point aux I Ad 7Barques. The post was established in 1876, and is situated on the point of the Huron Peninsula. TJie first keeper, Capt. William i: l= X: Jt r E i, 3V ' ~A',~-..'&eI Crouch, remained in charge from its founding 0I g~ euben Rapson, wagon and carriage maker until the spring of 1877, and was succeeded by Capt. I 1:and general blacksmith at Bad Axe, was Charles McDonald. In the fall of r878 Capt. J. G. 'X born March I, 1850, in Blenheim Town- Kiah assumed control and continued to manage T 4\' ship, Oxford Co., Ont. His parents, Thomas the affairs.of the station until June, 1880. On the and Charlotte (Tribe) Rapson, were natives of 23d of April, during his administration, a crew of six England, whence they emigrated to the Do- men lost their lives while attempting the rescue 'of minion of Canada and later in life settled in Oxford the " J. H. McGruder." Their boat capsized in the County. Mr. Rapson was reared on a farm to the breakers and the crew perished from cold, Captain age of i8 years, and then was apprenticed to acquire Kiah being the only one saved. Under his managea knowledge of the business which he has followed ment it is claimed that 40 persons were rescued from all his life. He operated some years as a journey- the propeller "Bertschey." Captain Gill succeeded. man in his native province, and in the fall of I874 to the position and remained 15 months, vacating he came to Bad Axe. (His father had removed to the post in the month of October. Captain Morgan Huron County and was then located on a farm succeeded Captain Gill, and he was succeeded, after two miles and a half north of the village.) Im- conducting the affairs of the station two years, by ^ mediately on his'arrival, Mr. Rapson established the present keeper. X his business, which hethas conducted with success The conductors of the life-saving stations are sub from the beginning. He has a good place of busi- jected to careful examination and must be qualified ve{4- a"XuuoI 242 HURON COUNTY. in common educational branches. The duties of the and continued the prosecution of his business two patrolmen of the various districts are uniform and years. He next became an employee in a nail factory identical. Two men are always on the patrol from there, where he operated Io years. each station, one moving to the right and one to the While he resided at Keeseville, he was married to left, proceeding to the extremity of their routes. Mary McAuliffe, a native of New York. The wedEach man carries a lime detector on his shoulder ding occurred June 20, 1867. Hattie E., born Sept. ~r like a soldier's haversack. The instrument has a 20, I868, and Catherine, born Aug. I6, I874, are the dial of paper similar to that of a watch, which is names of the children of Mr. and Mrs. McAvoy. pierced by a key at the end of his beat, and also a They removed to Tawas City, Mich., in August, signal light to show that aid is at hand. The sta- I879, coming thence to Bad Axe, in June, 1880. Mr. tion is equipped with a life and surf boat, and a McAvoy opened his shop where he has since been mortar and cannon. The latter are for the purpose successfully engaged in all the avenues common to } of firing ropes over the wrecks when needed, or in his trade. The family are members of the Roman V saving life. The life-boat is so constructed that it Catholic Church. z (* I (i =1 I 1~.~:F,) ) 0 r z e K will bail and adjust itself if capsized and filled with water. The force includes eight men. The most perilous time of the year is in the month of November, because of the cold, the gales not being the chief danger. Mr. Ferris was born Aug. I, I855, at Lockport, N. Y., and is the son of Rensselaer and Maria C. (Wheeler) Ferris, both of whom are living at Lockport. He began life as a sailor in 18-, in which he continued until I874, when he went to Alpena and engaged in fishing. He went thence in I878 to District No. 9, on Thunder Bay Island, and entered the life-saving service. His next transfer was to Sand Beach, and spent nearly two seasons, coming thence in September, 1883, to District No. Io, LifeSaving Service, at Point aux Barques, Mr. Ferris was married Dec. i8, 1883, to Mary elix Filion, farmer on section 25, Meade Township, was born Nov. 20, I841, in ' Canada. His parents, Moses and Angeline (Desjardines) Filion, were also natives of ' the Dominion In 1859, Mr. Filion came to Huron County on a prospecting tour, accompanied by his father. They purchased land in the township of Caseville, but were prevented from locating on account of the ague, and in the fall he returned to Canada. In the spring of I860 he again came to Huron County, and settled in Hume Township. In 1862, he enlisted in the 23d Mich. Vol. Inf., and -.. -.:I A. I- - _ - - r Ad -- -- Frank, daughter of William and Catherine (Doerr) servea unti tne ena o0 the war. Frank. The parents reside in Ubly, Huron County. On receiving his discharge he returned to the Frank. The paens esdei b. township of Hume. He continued to remain there 'ME.^ > |until the fall of I869, when he again returned to! %^-~d He | K^^~g- gCanada, residing there until 1875. In the fall of that i year he came to Huron County once more, residing a year at Port Austin. In the year I876, he came to Meade Township and purchased the estate where he arl.es1 McAvoy, blacksmith at Bad Axe, has since lived. It contains 80 acres of land and was born in April, i848, in Glengarry, was in a wholly unimproved condition. He has | Ont. He is the son of John and Elizabeth cleared about 20 acres. (Ryan) McAvoy. He was reared on a farm In politics Mr. Filion is identified with the Prohi- Y and when he was 14 years of age he entered bition party. He was Superintendent of Schools in | upon his apprenticeship to prepare for his the township of Lincoln five successive years, and, business. He served three years, and on completing Supervisor for five pears. In the spring of 1884 he his term of indenture he went to Keeseville, Essex was elected Supervisor of Meade Township. He is Co., N. Y., where he was variously employed three also Health Officer, and has officiated seven years as f: years. He then established himself independently, School Director. -^A tj3ti nj<^A-^ -- ^ F i/j f v-' M^ / ^. HURON COUNTY. 245, (i3RO '"-""1''245 k;, In+ His marriage to Aurora Parent occurred Oct. 21, i869, in Canada. Four children have been born of their union-Alma A., Homer A. Charles A. and Ella R. Mrs. Filion was born April 3, 1846, in Canada. The parents are members of Protestant Methodist Church., C. Ogilvie, M. D., one of the prominent! Aml business men of Huron County, is a resit'. dent at Port Hope, in Rubicon Township. - He is the oldest medical practitioner at Port Hope, and in his professional- relations with the inhabitants of Huron County has a wide and substantial popularity. He is engaged in a general mercantile business, which includes the sale of drugs, and is the only dealer in that variety of merchandise from Sand Beach to Port Austin. His business operations embrace an extensive manufacture of salt, in which traffic he has about $15,ooo invested. He is also engaged in lumbering and has a saw-mill. He owns about 800 acres of land, with Ioo acres in good agricultural condition. Dr. Ogilvie was born at Campbellford, Northumberland Co., Ont., Canada, Oct. i, I849. He is the son of William and Martha (Heansy) Ogilvie, both of whom are deceased. They were each about 55 years of age at the time of their demise, and in their deaths were divided but ten days. The father was an energetic. enternrising business man. and reared of business which he is prosecuting. He built a dock for the convenience and furtherance of his business plans, which was destroyed in the fire of I88I, together with a large quantity of logs, lumber and wood, representing a loss in the aggregate of $8,000. He was seriously affected by the loss and the interruption of his business plans, but as his latent "grit" equalized his lack of means, he pushed the work of reconstruction and soon replaced the dock and completed the erection of his salt-block. Dr. Ogilvie has made a success of all his business enterprises, and from the small beginning of $200, which was his entire capital on coming to Port Huron, he has acquired the substantial reward of welldirected, persistent effort. In political views Dr. Ogilvie is a Republican, and exhibits the same energy in the advocacy of those principles as he does in his business and professional pursuits, and has been Supervisor of Rubicon Township during the last three years, during two of which he officiated as Chairman of the Board. He is a Presbyterian in religious sentiment and connection. On the preceding page is presented a lithographic portrait of Dr. Ogilvie, which doubtless will be welcomed by all his acquaintances. X homas Morrow, proprietor and manager of the Central House at Bad Axe, has been a ~|5 resident of Huron County since 1854, a period when there was probably not 50 acres of ' cleared land in the county. His father was a lumberman, and the family located at Port Austin in May of the year named. The settlement was designated Bird's Creek, and comprised a small saw-mill, operated by water power, and a few shanties of limited dimensions. At that time no wheat had been grown in Huron County. His father engaged in lumbering for Smith & Dwight, and two years after coming hither he bought 40 acres of land near Port Austin. With his sons he turned his attention vigorously to the work of clearing, and later increased his acreage by additional purchase, which they also placed in finely improved and cultivated condition. The senior Morrow died on the homestead, in August, I874. c I ' W C, a: Xs ant..A. c1 i.s:.Fe. f -J --- — 0 ----— D - -- D -—. Ad i his son in the methods which controlled his own act< ive career. T he latter received his elementary education at the public schools of the Dominion, and afterwards pursued a more extended course of study, first at the University of Victoria College and afterwards at Upper Canada College. He matriculated in I866, in the Medical Depart3 ment of the University of Toronto, and after four i years' attendance on lectures graduated with honors. in 1870. He came to Port*Hope in the fall of the same year, and at once established himself as a medicai practitioner and heads his profession, beinig the [ oldest physician by priority of location at Port Hope. > In 880 he became interested in the other branches ---- - ^ B ^s a ar.t" ~ ^ w I ` I W. >C;7 ~ 0a ).; Ool 246 HURON COUNTY. f Mr. Morrow began business life on his own ac- Councilmen of Sebewaing village since its incorpora-: count when he was I6 years of age. Later he became tion., foreman in the woods, and in 1875 he took charge of He was married May 20, i858, at Lockport, N. Y., the county poor-farm, which he continued to manage to Catherine Staeker, and they have had five chilseven years. dren-Charles, Henry, Herman, Emma and Louisa, k In the spring of 1883 he entered upon the con- Henry died eight months old. Mrs. Vahle was struction of the Central Hotel, pushing the work to born March o1, 1836, in Germany, and came to such good purpose that in September following it America in 1853. was in operation. The buildingis three stories high, 36 x 62 feet in dimensions, with a wing 20 x 30 feet. It affords accommodations for 50 guests, has good sam- *f i5- - ple rooms, a good livery and free conveyance to and from trains. Mr. Morrow was born Dec. 22, 1844, near Chat--.. -w illiam Dufty, farmer, section 32, Lake ham, Ont., and is the son of Thohlas and Mary A. i iiam D rerseio 32 (ake., -.. -1.l Township and present Supervisor (I884), (Doak) Morrow. He was married Nov. 23, I870, in, i i. d. Huron City, to Eliza J., daughter of John and Cath- w as born July t, 847n Lono, Ont.,_-~ X. -~. d,~,~. In I848 his parents came to Michigan and erine Kerr, a native of Canada. Their five children i i et c o u ra ~.. ~ ~.. is-,,-^fQ) first located in St. Clair County, afterwards were born in this county, namely: John, Nov. o,.n, er (~ 1871; Charles J.. March I, 1874; William, Auo. removing to what is now Grindstone City, where i 871; Charles J., March i i, i874; William, Aug.; Ic, 10876; Mary C., Feb. 7, 1879; Thomas, May 27, the father quarried and made the first grindstone.. *I88I. Later they removed to Caseville, where the family still reside. =S Mr. Morrow owns, besides his hotel property, 280 st resde acres of land, with 8o acres cleared. Mr. Dufty commenced to earn his own livelihood, 47 acres of land, with 80 acres cleared...;; af. when he was 13 years of age, working some years as: he could find employ. When he was 18 years old, ( he became head sawyer for Crawford & Co. at Case/ --- — ^b-.{. 3.. — ~ —.... ville, continuing in their employ some years, alternating the seasons in superintendence of the lumber tcamps. enry Vahle, blacksmith and carriage-maker, He came to Lake Township in 1865, and puri,3' Sebewaing, was born July 7, I836, in Prus- chased I6o acres of timbered land on section 32. | sia, of which country his parents, Franz and Some years later he bought 80 acres situated on sec- i Annie Vahle, were natives and where they tion 33, which was the original purchase of his father lpassed their entire lives. They died in i860. in the earliest history of the township. He made Of their family of i6 children, five attained to some indispensable improvements on the place and!! k adult age,-Getta, Elizabeth, Frederick, Henry and in 1868 took possession with his family and estab-i Caspar. lished a permanent home. The farm now includes I At the age of 15 years Mr. Vahle was apprenticed 65 acres of cleared and improved land, which is to acquire a knowledge of the business in which he amply fitted with creditable farm fixtures. has since been engaged, and in which he served three Mr. Dufty is a Republican in political opinion. He years. He came to the United States in i856 and has held the position of Supervisor two years and is passed seven years working as a blacksmith in the serving his third term in that capacity (I884). HeQ) State of New York. He came to Vassar, Mich., in has also officiated as Justice of the Peace and Treas- i ':X I863, and in February, I866, he opened his present urer of the township and has held the minor locale business relations at Sebewaing. He is prosecuting offices. his affairs with success, has a fine carriage repository His marriage to Mary A. Smith took place at Bay-4 AI and also manages a trade in coal. In political port, Aug. 8, 1867, and they are the parents of four(.) affinity he is a Republican and has been one of the children — atie, William, Thomas and Maud. Mrs.. (h,'\e~us~s.0n, Y _fi@ '/.....HURON ( k Dufty was born Dec. 9, 1851, in England, and is the; daughter of Thomas and Dorothy (Elliott) Smith.:'' The family emigrated to the United States in 1857, f settling first in Pennsylvania, whence they came to ' IT4tron Cno'intv_ nnd nnw rCilep in C(,cPvlllP Trwn COUNTY. 247 == ^ = ===========^================ ^,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.../ ship. ___ --- —,^-... - _. — _-_ I~~~~~~~~~~~~~( U,I r=r W.,orace G. Snover, of the firm of Winsor & ' Snover, attorneys, bankers and real-estate brokers at Port Austin, was born Sept. 21, 1847, at Romeo, Macomb Co., Mich. His parents, Edward S. and Ann (Cook) Snover, are natives of New Jersey. They were married in Hope, Warren Co., N. J., and became the parents of eight children, seven of whom are yet living. Charlotte E. is the wife of Franklin Scott and resides near Romeo; Josephine C. married J. E. Selden, one of the proprietors of the woolen mills at Vassar, Mich.; Cassius C. is a surveyor and civil engineer, and resides in Dakota; Mr. Snover of this sketch is the next (fourth) in order of birth; Alice M. (deceased) was the wife of George Parmelee, a farmer of Macomb County; Harriet S. married Hartman Cornell, a farmer near Romeo; Edward J. is a civil engineer and resides at Romeo; Emma E. is the wife of Charles Tackles, Assistant Cashier in the First National Bank at Romeo. The parents _:111...'_ II.1...._ 1~1 _ ~ p ~ - 1 tin to engage in the management of the High School as Principal, in which position he officiated two years. In August, 1876, he purchased the interest of Robert W. Irwin in the law and real-estate business of Winsor & Irwin, the new firm taking its present style. It is one of the leading law associations in this part of Michigan, and, besides its extensive legal relations, it is engaged in the transaction of a real-estate business of large dimensions. They own 20,000 acres of land, and besides the prosecution of their own affairs in real estate they act as agents for other parties. They represent the insurance companies known as the Fire, London & Liverpool and Globe, the Home of New York and the Union of San Francisco. Mr. Snover is a Republican. In the fall of i88o he was the candidate of that ticket for Judge of Probate, and was elected to the position by a majority of over 6oo votes. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. His marriage to Nellie E. Williams took place at Port'Austin, Aug. 27, 1879. Edward S., only child, was born at Port Austin, May 25, i880o. Mrs. Snover was born at Port Austin and is the daughter of Ortice B. and Maria A. (Hanford) Williams. (See sketch of 0. B. Williams.) IS. f,i I 3=3 3==I V, *'o I.O-_Ccon_>tS_ ~~- 16~'Iev I ^^^^-O; X -, ^^ ^ a W The subject of this sketch was born Jan. 6, I838, Hir' *-^ ~ |in Huntington, Vt., attended the common school until I4 years of age, then attended Oberlin (Ohio) College three years, and finally a course of law at, homas Weir, farmer, section 34, Sand Harvard University in 1862, graduating in 1864. Beach Township, was born in Canada, He was admitted to the Bar in Boston, in 1863, the Sept. I, 1849, where he lived until he was year before he graduated. He at once came to SanI6 years of age, when he came to Huron ilac County and formed a partnership at Lexington County and for eight years was employed by with Watson Beach, which continued i8 years. DurJ. Jenks, in the woods during the winter and ing this time Mr. B. took charge of the law business. in the mills during the warmer portion of the year. while Mr. Nims edited the Jeffersonian. While reAfter a residence of three years in Iosco Co., Mich., siding at Lexington Mr. N. was elected two terms as he bought the quarter section where he now resides. County Superintendent of Schools, and was Circuit He has since disposed of 50 acres, and 50 acres of Court Commissioner several terms. He also held the remainder are cleared and in a good state of cul- minor offices in the gift of his townsmen. tivation. In the fall of I882 he came to Huron County and With reference to national issues, Mr. W. is a Re- and formed a partnership with J. and G. W. Jenks, publican. the firm name being J. & G. W. Jenks & Co. He is He is the fourth son in a family of seven children also the manager of a farm of 400 acres south of the of Robert and Eliza (Hall) Weir, natives of Ireland, Sand Beach village, and Secretary and Treasurer of who emigrated to Canada, where they resided until the Huron Dairy Salt Company. In reference to their death. He was married, in White Rock Town- political affairs Mr. Nims acts with the Republican S ship, Dec. 29, I873, to Hannah, daughter of Francis party, and in regard to religious views he, as well as ( and Ellen (McCann) Landra, who were natives re- his wife, is a member of the Congregational Church. g<~)$^^^h i wife, is a mbotCngnahc 4Z a4 ILA Z ~ violn, 0 0~ ~~,UiRW~ lllr~ I -~~ L~C? I I I I 1, d':: : URONA COUNTY.257 >.m._r^ ~ \~ ~.i --- —--..::.. k,! i a to Mr. Nims was married in the township of Sand Bank (Rock Falls), Nov. 22, I865, to Mary E., daughter of Jeremiah and Relief (Heustis) Jenks. (See sketch of J. Jenks.) Mrs. N. was born at Crown Point, Essex Co., N. Y., Sept. 25, 1846. The children in tie family of Mr. and Mrs. N. are, Charles H., Mary E. J. (died when one year of age), Wolton E. and Marion R. Mr. Nim's brother, Hannibal H., was a member of the Ioth Mich. Inf., Second Lieutenant of Co. K, and afterward transferred to Co. C, and promoted as Captain. He was killed in the battle of Jonesboro, Ga. ^[j4 i C harles G. Learned, one of the most extensive agriculturists of the Huron peninsula, resident at Port Austin, was born Dec. 13, I816, at West Troy, Albany Co., N. Y. His father, Edward Learned, was a native of Roxbury, Mass., and married Betsey Crawford. She was born in Ireland and died in Pittsfield, Mass. The senior Learned was a practical business man and operated many years in the State of New York as a contractor on the public works, building canals, aqueducts, water works and railroads, and died in Albany Co., N. Y. Mr. Learned commenced his career as a business man in I835. Two years before attaining his majority, he took a contract in his father's name to build one mile of aqueduct on the water-works of the city of New York, at Dobbs' Ferry. When he arrived at the period of his legal freedom he had made his first $0o,ooo. He was one of the builders of the Erie Canal, and constructed two tunnels on the Boston water-works; also five miles of the aqueduct connected therewith. After taking the contract for the latter, his father became interested in its fulfillment. He was also engaged as a contractor in the construction of the dry dock and buildings at Brooklyn, for which he quarried the necessary building material in Maine. He was interested in the building of the Harlem Railroad near Croton Falls, N. Y., and in other similar enterprises until I859. In addition to his operations as a contractor, he was I also interested for a period of five years in farming and lumbering at West Troy, where he owned lumber yards; he also controlled a saw-mill in Rensselaer Co., N. Y. His first knowledge of the pine tracts of the Huron peninsula was obtained in 1857, during a trip to Port Austin to buy lumber of Smith & Dwight, of Detroit, who were conducting their manufactures at this point. The outlook impressed him as promising, and in company with his brother-in-law, Frederick S. Ayres, of West Troy, he purchased several thousand acres of pine land. Later, he sold a fourth interest to Ebenezer Wiswall. A mill had already been erected on the tract purchased, and they entered largely into the manufacture of lumber, with yards for wholesale and retail traffic at Sandusky, Ohio. As the county developed, the firm extended their business relations, sunk the first salt well in this county and engaged in mercantile enterprises. In 1871 Mr. Learned sold his interest in the affairs of the concern to E. R. Ayres. He is still the proprietor of a large acreage. His farming lands are of a fine quality, and he has about 2,000 acres in tillage, on which he raises the usual variety of crops. He employs three general managers on his farms and about 20 men. His dairy herd includes 30 cows of established merit, including Jerseys, Short-horns, Holsteins and Ayrshires. He has a thoroughbred Jersey bull, registered "Exquisite," which he purchased in Pittsfield, Mass. A fine grade of butter from his dairy is shipped to Detroit and Philadelphia. The village property of Mr. Learned at Port Austin includes an elegant residence with grounds attached, containing three acres and worth $12,000. The barns adjacent are of a fine type, and are situated on an additional three acres. Six tenant houses and a number of lots also belong to Mr. Learned. He is the owner of 2,000 acres of land in Tuscola County, located in the neighborhood of the HalfWay House, between Sebewaing and Bay City, where they keep a quantity of cattle. The marriage of Mr. Learned occurred in Lewisboro, Westchester Co., N. Y., Sept. 23, 1838, to Maria Raymond. Only one of their four children survive. (See sketch of J. R. Learned) Following are the names of three younger children, who are deceased: Sarah, Asa and Mary Jane. Mr. Learned has had a business career of great E,' it ~: I I ~l* '^ X,. E. *. i..1,S,, ".... *I i? C k'ety ide {e,) Ct i f 1 so6? r h ~isrh'i7 /i ~jaa r%16 't ~"..:~:' 'r"Tk" ~ ~iirl 258 HURON CO UNTY. extent, making his name prominent in several loca- Macomb County. She is the daughter of John B. T: tions, and he belongs to one of the most substantial and Addie (Pelkier) Revor, and was born July 15, families of Eastern New York. While engaged in I846. Mr. and Mrs. T. are the parents of the fol- > the lumbering business at West Troy, he resided at lowing children: Joseph G., born April i6, i868; Poestenkill, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. At the same Rosanna, Feb. 20, 1870; David, April 8, I871; time President James A. Garfield was a student at Martha, Feb. 23, i873: Laura, Nov. 19, 1877; NelWilliams College, and taught writing at Poestenkill. bert, March 8, T878; Bartholomew, Feb. 8, i88o. He was an inmate of the family of Mr. Learned One child, Joseph G., died in infancy. during the term of his teaching and made his home with them in the interims of the college terms. His wife, Maria Learned, who during her life had by her _^ is A A prominent and consistent Christian character, ex- a --- ample and deeds of charity, endeared herself to the people in this community, died Jan 1o, i88i. IOn a preceding page a fine lithograph portrait lexander Snowden, farmer section 9, adorns the collection selected for this ALBUM. Sand Beach Township, is a son of Stewart im I< l:-::l =t I I t/S o -J/ ohn B. Thomas, farmer, section I8, Sand Beach Township, is a son of Moses and. Clarissa (Winecup) Thomas, natives of Macomb County, this State, where they still reside. John B. is the eldest of a family of 5 children, and was born in that county, Sept. 22, I844. The thunders of war in April, i861, aroused his patriotic spirit, and he immediately enlisted in the 22d Mich. Vol. Inf.; but after about six months he was discharged on account of disability, at Lexington, Ky. On recovery, however, in 1863, he re-enlisted in Battery M, First Regt. Light Artillery, and served till the close of the war. In i866 he went to Bay City, Mich., where he " 'and Mary A. (Taylor) Snowden, natives of Ireland, who emigrated to Canada in I84I, where Mr. S. died; his widow survives. The subject of this record was born in Ireland, March 28, 1838; was three years old when he came with his parents to Canada; remained a citizen of the Dominion until the spring of I879, when he sold his farm there and came to Huron County, purchasing i85 acres of land in Sand Beach and Sherman Townships. Of this tract he now has 115 acres in good cultivation, and his farm is a specially valuable one. In political matters Mr. S. counts himself in the Republican party, and both himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Snowden was married in Canada, Dec. 21, 1869, to Adaline Hodgson, whose father was a native of England, and mother, of the State of New York. She was born in Canada, July 22, I850. The four children of Mr. and Mrs. Snowden are Gertrude L. a r a -i * * 1, A.I A - I {MA r kept a boarding-house about seven years, when he M., aran lv. A., AlDert A. ana G. Addison. returned to Mt. Clemens and engaged in the manufacture of root beer for two years; but, not meeting with satisfactory success, he discontinued the busi- |Aiid <. ness. In the fall of 1877 he came to Huron County and purchased i6 acres of wild land where he now resides. To this tract he has since added 40 ewis A. Gayeau, farmer, section 34, Lake acres, and he has 40 acres cleared and in a state Township, was born Dec. 27, 1838, in Kent of productive cultivation. Co., Ont. His father, Lewis Gayeau, a In regard to national issues, Mr. T. counts him- farmer by occupation, born in Windsor, Ont., A self among the Republicans. was of French descent, his ancestors being In Mt. Clemens, Mich., Nov. 27, 1866, Mr. among the earliest settlers of Ontario. Te,Thomas married Miss Theresa Revor, a native of senior Lewis died in Kent County, in January, 1863, A. i\^Vs- r^y:-_ ~,<;' before him. His father, Edward Holmes, Fa= b hi. Hi r Edied in September, I882, in Winsor Township, and =,' was killed in the war of I8I2, when the subject "' ws k d in te wr of 8 w t was 88 years of age at the time of her death. t of this sketch was a baby. In 1824 the family of In addition to his land in Winsor, Mr. oles his mother removed to Niagara Co., N. Y., and set- has 160 acres in Brookfield Township, section i, tied at Royalton Center. with o acres cleared. Since he was 12 years old Mr. Holmes has managed his own affairs, as his mother died soon after her removal to Royalton Center. He went, after the lw event of her death, to Lockport in that county, where he obtained employment on the canal. The now - populous city had but two houses when he first made b Lyer, r, e n the acquaintance of the site where it now stands. In aob Layer frr, section 25er Sand j Beach Township, is a son of Frederick and i 1830 he bought a residence and lived there untilMargaret Layer, natives of Germany; was i868. He operated on the Erie Canal nearly 40 born in that country, Jan. I, i834; at the age years, and became the owner of two boats, one of of 20 emigrated to America, soon locating in which was practically in charge of his daughter, Sanilac Co., Mich., and four years afterward Mercy, and she was skilled in the matter of manage- he sold his land there and came to this county, ment, and was accustomed, in the absence of a purchasing 80 acres of land where he now resides. ( steersman, to put on a coat and perform th y I the duty I thfall of 1862 he enlisted in the Sixth Michiherself. He owred several farms in Niagara County gan Cavalry, and served three years without being o. at one time. sick and without missing a day's duty. Thus he has *2P In i868 he came to Winsor Township and bought demonstrated the purity of his patriotism. After t 1,ooo acres of timbered land, on which he has devo- the war he returned to this county, and the next ) ted much time to lumbering. He has cleared a summer went to Cleveland, Ohio, and was overseer considerable proportion of his land, and has several in a lumber yard about two years. He then went to I Q 6^?7/4^PW ^^gJt/ s; HURON COUNTY. 263 f Alpena, Mich., and assisted in building a saw-mill. engagement with him, he came to Huron County to A year and a half afterward he returned to Sand make himself useful in the lumber woods. He Beach Township, where he has since remained, now arrived at Huron City June 19, 1851, and remained having about 50 acres of his land in good tillable in the service of Mr. Brakeman two years, when his '. condition. employer sold his property to Messrs. Dowling & kPolitically, Mr. Layer takes Republican views of Forbes, and he continued in his former capacity in national issues, and in religion he and his wife are their interests more than a year. In 1853 he had members of the Lutheran Church. bought o09 acres of the Government, and in i855 he Mr. L. was married in Cleveland, Ohio, May io, bought the farm he now owns containing 240 acres i866, to Barbara Kaufman, a native of Germany. of land. It was in its original state, covered with Their five children are: Mary, Frederick, Catharine, forest, and Mr. Shaw removed the lumber in his own Barbara and Annie. interest. Mr. S. received his appointment as keeper of the licrht-hnouse in i86i. during the administration of ar ^^ndrew Shaw, farmer, sections 2 and 3, Jyf Huron Township, and light-house keeper at Point aux Barques, was born Aug. I8, 1824, in the capital city of Ireland, Dublin. He is the son of John and Ann D. (Erasmison) Shaw, and both parents died in Ireland. The death of his mother occurred before he came to the United States. His father died at the age of 80 years. Mr. Shaw left his native country to comne to the United States when he was 24 years of age, in 1848. He first engaged as a farm assistant, in Orange Co., N. Y. Four months later he went to Paterson, N. J., where he was occupied about one year in the boiler shops of that city. His next employment was Abraham Lincoln, and has since continued the incumbent of the position. (A full account of the establishment, construction and management of the light-house may be found in the historical part of this volume.) Mr. Shaw was first married May 22, 1854, to Mary Meadon, who died June 7, i866, leaving four children: Mary J., born Feb. i, I859; Emma, April 13, I86I; George A., March 6, 1864; and Ann, June i 6, i866. The last child was born the day before the death of her mother. Two children had preceded her in their flight from earth: John A., born Feb. 20, i855, and died Feb. 7, [859; and Jane, born March 5, I858, died March 2ISt of the same year. Mr. Shaw was a second time married Oct. 28, I870, to Rachel Clark. Five children have been born of this union, as follows: Andrew B., Feb. 14, 1872; Maggie M., Dec. i6, I874; Carrie M., Dec. i, 1876; Elizahi-th Tl'ir Cr T9ITn- Arthur K. Fph T TArT Mrcs Ii on the depot of the New York & Erie Railroad at LCLL1, I'in) LEn, Pe Co., - ) a~F~~~~~~~~~ ~S. was born May I3, I842, in Caledon, Peel Co., the foot of Duane Street. The following year he Ot i went to Canada with the expectation of buying cheap. i land, on the representation of a friend who informed he e h eh e l political views and sentiments. He has i t him of the possibility of the thing, but the plan.offices of Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk proved a mistake; no such lands were obtainable; many years, also the positions of School Officer and work was scarce, and that year he considers as totally., as i lost, as he made no progress. He started to try his a ~~~~~i g h wayof the fourCmisoe atho the u same time. chances in Illinois, and reaching Chicago found the daily tide of emigration through that city 300 strong; He is the oldest living settler in Huron Township. and, disheartened by the cheap-labor outlook, he re- No roads had been built at any point in the county, turned to Detroit. On arriving at that city he went and the harbors on the lake side were in the condito the Land Office and purchased 40 acres of land tion over which the stars of heaven had shone and situated in St. Clair County, Emmet Township. the breezes of summer and the wild winds of winter y Coming to Port Huron, he encountered P. F. Brake- had played in mildness or howled in fury for man, who was looking for laborers; and, making an ages. When settlers began to.come in and human< -— @"-A<'^(.Ctiri> 264 HURON CO UArT Y. wants and needs became the grand concern, human and regained their home. The whole settlement had ' device developed and in the same way the solution turned out to join in the search, and parties had *of the problem of ways and means was reached. gone in every direction. The fires in the mill were, Emigration and transportation hither were accom- rekindled to blow the whistle and recall the searchers. In the fire of i87I, Mr. Shaw's loss was small, his plished by the water route, and as there were no the ire of 8 Mr h los wa ma h fences only being burned. In that of i88i, he lost ' docks or harbor conveniences of any description, fences onl being burned In that of r88i, he lost debarkation was consummated as it could be done thre frame barns a of sheds, most effectively and speedily. Ox teams were fences and other farm belongings, 75 tons of hay, about 400 bushels of grain, all his agricultural Imbrought on boats and the animals pushed overboard.. t u.....i..1i * * *. ip lements, including mowing-machine, wagons, and to swim ashore, which they would do instinctively. i, e boil, egins and o r parap alia r all of the best and most improved kind. His insur{ The boilers, engines and other paraphernalia ft ork and building and equipping saw-mills were conveyed e ws t hither by vessels, the boilers floated ashore and the the adjstment and payment were made without The fixturses landed by means of lighers, delay. He received $r,6oo, which afforded material F other fixtures landed by means of lighters....other f s l e by mn.. s aid in replacing his barns, etc. His house escaped One incident in his life will give a complete repro- the flames duction of the tout ensemble of affairs. On the The first light-house was built at Point aux BarFourth of July, 1856, he was sowing turnip seed on0 was a a is far, which was abuo his rsi-. ques, about 847. It was constructed under a conhis farm, which was about one mile from his resi- f,..~...,*i: r1 n.e. 1.i, Lract, aa was DU"ll UI stone coUIIcLo on Lne UeacI X=L dence at that time. A heavy thunder shower came up, and as he had been having the ague, his wife, fearing the consequences of his receiving a wetting, set out to carry a coat to him. It was nearly dark, and the route was traceable only by the " blazed trees along the line. Mrs. Shaw had traversed a part of the distance when she made a mistake in the direction and lost her way. Soon after she left home, Mr. Shaw returned there and found that she had set out to meet him. As he had not seen her, there was but one conclusion. Supper was ready, but appetite had fled, and a picture of a forlorn woman wandering in the trackless woods was constantly before his mental vision, and continually int-pnsifiel to hit iclnderstnlndinl hv the thonllht that the LtICL, i:tl Wia: ULLLL U! &LU1l1 CULtlC.Lt:U Ull Llt: UCointnll of Lake Huron. The walls cracked, and the evident insecurity of the structure alarmed the keeper of the light, and he notified the Department at Washington of his apprehension. Mr. Shaw was then a Magistrate, and on being solicited, gave the Government authorities formal notice of the condition of tlhe building, and an inspector was sent on, who at once condemned the structure. The present light-house was begun and completed in I857. It is built of Milwaukee brick chiefly, much of the material in the former building being utilized in the construction; and the stone trimmings are from the quarry near Grindstone City. The old light was kept burning most of the time with the ex-................................ -......... ception of a few months, when a temporary scaftold, solitary figure, vainly struggling to restore herself to e g s was erected to support the light while the finishing A. her friends, was that of his wife, and his children's structure. The strokes were being added to the new structure. The?;' mother. He retraced his steps, while word went lens used at present was made in Paris, and cost quickly through the settlement that Mrs. Shaw was,.A~ ~ ~~~ ^" ~.. about $10oooo. lost in the woods. On reaching a certain point Mr. T f p The first keeper of the light at Point aux Barques Shaw became impressed with the belief that it was drowned, and his wife kept the light for so was drowned, and his wife kept the light for some there she had wandered from the path, and he time after. A man named Sweet succeeded her, plunged into the forest, shouting with all his might. who was in turn followed by Chauncey Sheldon He In half an hour she answered him, and in a few m- administation of President served through the administration of President utes she was in his arms. But the only improve- a Pierce, and on the accession of James Buchanan, j ment in her condition was that she was no longer Mr. Dodge was appointed. Jacob M Grat was his alone; her husband was lost with her. They took successor, and on his vacating the position its duties ' what they believed to be the route to the water's were taken in charge by the present incumbent, who h edge, and they estimated correctly. On reaching has kept the light since. 2 the beach they turned their steps toward the wharf, The publishers of the HURON COUNTY ALBUM, * If.))^~^ ---^g m oA^|]!i.aDtl<>^ -s"; — tv~.-' HURON C( - take pleasure in presenting, on a preceding page, a ' fine lithographic portrait of Mr. Shaw, whose features * as there delineated will doubtless be of interest to " all the citizens of the vicinity. 9% OUNTY. 265 OUNTY. 265 — ~E - - -- - -.harles A. Schmidt, harness-maker at - ]t~ Sebewaing, was born March 5, 1843, in ~ t Germany, and is the son of Gotleib and Charlotte Schmidt. In 1868 he emigrated to the United States and first made his way to the city of Albany. Six months later he proceeded to Newark, N. J., where he was a laborer two years. He went thence to Chicago, and in 1871 came to Sebewaing. He established his business of harness-making in a building which he erected for the purpose, and where he has since pursued his vocation. He is a member of the Arbeiters' Association.: Mr. Schmidt was married Nov. 14, 1875, at Seb' ewaing, to Gertrude Greenbeck, and they have been the parents of five children —Emma, Gustav, Fred,? Carl, and another child who died in infancy. Mrs. " Schmidt was born Sept. 7, I852, at Sebewaing, where! her father, John Greenbeck, was among the first of the pioneer settlers in Sebewaing. They are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Schmidt is a Democrat in political views. St1,homas Richards, farmer, section 31, Sand 9!i!^ Beach Township, is a son of Charles and:' He AAmy (Parker) Richards, the former a nal) tive of Maine and the latter of Canada. They N were married in the Dominion, and resided there until the fall of I865, when they came to this county and settled in Sand Beach Township. l)uring the memorable fires of 187 they lost all i their buildings and crops; but saddest of all, while; returning from a visit to a sick neighbor, Mrs. R. was caught in a fire and burned to death! When r found in the road her clothes had been burned en tirely from her body. In i880 Mr. R. removed to Grindstone City, where he now resides. He had I6 children. The eldest of these, the subject of this sketch, was born in Canada, Sept. 12, 1846; in 1865 he came to this county, where he has a fine farm of 35 acres in cultivation, of the 40 acres which he owns. During the fires of 187 I he lost all his buildings and crops, the loss aggregating about $500. In respect to general political issues Mr. R. is a Republican. In White Rock Township, this county, April 8, 1869, Mr' Richards married Miss Laney Cosal, who was born in Germany May 30, 1852. They have seven children, namely: George, James, Elizabeth, Mary, John, Charles and Drnest. ~i }! J obert Munford, merchant at White Rock H - is a son of William and Elizabeth (Arm-!,; I 'X' strong) Munford, natives respectively of ^~ (^"C> HURON COUNTY. 271 X I it 14 0 I! He then returned to Huron County, assisting his 11 parents on the farm. t He was married May 24, I879, to Annie Kuhl. t Her parents were among the earliest settlers of the! township of Fairhaven, where she was born, in October, I86I. They still reside on' section 27. Mr. and Mrs. Henne have had four children-Henry A. and Frederick W. are living; Theodore and an infant child are deceased. Soon after the death of his father, Mr. Henne esa tablished his home on a portion of the family homer stead, and now holds an undivided share in I20 acres of land. In political connection he is a Republican, and has been Clerk of his township three years. He is the present Supervisor (I884). The family belong to the Evangelical Association. ra Gager, farmer, residing on section I8, i; t Sand Beach Township, is a son of Noah i^ o WWJJf 1 -6 at. mined to make it a pleasant and productive abiding place for himself and family. How well his efforts have proven successful and his aim accomplished, his farm, with about Ioo acres improved, will testify. Mr. Gager was first united in marriage to Miss Diadamia Mann, a native of Canada, of American ancestry, April I7, i848. She was the mother, by Mr. Gager, of nine children, namely: Rachel, Franklin, Oliver, Susanna, Matilda, Francis, Caleb, Henrietta and Nellie. The wife and mother departed this life October, 1879, in Sand Beach Township, mourned by all who knew her. Mr. Gager was a second time married, Aug. 24, 1884, to Mrs. Mary Peugh, widow of Joseph Peugh. In the fire of 1871, which will never be forgotten by the residents of Huron County, Mr. Gager lost all his personal property, crops, etc. His house took fire several times, but by tremendous exertion was saved from the destroying element. Hoping he might be enabled to save his furniture, he removed it from the house and it was entirely consumed. His estimated loss was $I,ooo. In the second great fire in this county, I88i, Mr. Gager again lost his fences, but managed to save his buildings. He had a son living one and one-half c,'j A) I. (W I 3=.^Z9,- 4 *272 HURON COUNTY. i, f of his township and other minor offices. He built the school-house in fractional District No. i, Sigel, Township. Politically he is a Republican. Of his township and other minor offices. He built "f290ASacn- 'O '5~i:~';~~~~ 4Yah 4 -..-e-. o —. ---. in general very materially. He soon acquired sufficient capital to engage in buying produce and prolexander Pike, merchant at Ubly, was born visions in Detroit and other places, all of which he lexander Pike, merchaKnt uat iUbly, was born shipped by water to the towns on the shores of Lakes A Dec. 3, 834, Kent County, Province of Huron, Superior and Michigan. He continued this Ontario. He is a descendant of a military business three years, at a rate of profit which in orace. His grandfather, Jonathan Pike, came that time netted $7,000. He passed the winters in over from England as a commissioned officer the improvement of his education at commercial under General Wolf, and obtained a grant of school. Crown lands for honorable service, in Ontario, on He went to Minnesota, landing at St. Paul, and a Pike's River, so named after himself, where Robert went from there to Northfield, where he invested,= Pike was born, and also a brother and two sisters. is l first in a dry-goods and Yankee notion A One of the sisters married Col. Surplace, and the store. Not liking the business, he sold out to Eckles, x other married a loyalist Kentuckian, by the name ee & Hunt. He re-invested his capital in a McFee & Hunt. He re-invested his capital in a of J. B. Williams. The brother held a Captain's hardware store, which he continued to prosecute six commission in the regular army of England, and so years. also their father, Robert Pike, was a commissioned Finding that his health was being underined by Finding that his health was being undermined by officer in England's army, the latter, the father of Al- too close attention to business and the extremely exander, the subject of this sketch. After serving his cold climate, he disposed of his interest at Northfield country honorably, at the age of 53 years, he mar- and bid a farewell to his many friends, among whom ried Magdaline Peltier, and immediately after settled was a Mr. Haywood, afterward cashier of the Northin Ontario, on the bank of the river Thames, ad nd murdered by the Youngers and became a farmer, in which occupation he was engaged James brothers. r. Pike went thence to Knoxville, < until his death, at the ripe age of 92 years. East Tennessee, for his health, when he became inThe mother died at 52 years, beloved by all her terested in speculations andcontinued his operations children. She possessed a great degree of energy and there until the secession of the South, when he reperseverance, and was extremely religious, turned to Chatham, Ont., where he embarked in a Mr. Pike obtained a good elementary education in mercantile enterprise, which he managed until I872. the public schools of the Dominion, and when he His health again failed, and he disposed of his merwas I5 years of age he set out to seek his fortune in cantile house to Sterline Bros., and remained idle h "the States." He landed at Detroit, and after re- some time. maining there a month seeking employment, and not In 1873, his health having partially recovered, he finding it as readily as his boyish years anticipated, again embarked in business. Owning a small steam and his store of cash reduced to 25 cents, he had barge, he bought lumber and cord-wood, and carried some misgivings as to the propriety of his remaining the same to Detroit, and disposed of his cargoes,3 in the States, and was about retracing his steps to there. The business not proving a paying one, he i the Dominion, when, as he was walking on Wood- disposed of it, and in 1874 came back to the land of bridge Street east, he saw a notice reading " Men the free and settled in Detroit, and engaged again,~). --- e a," e rr^ —_^Jatgtgg 276 HURON' CO UNT Y. in business in a small way, his capital having been since occupied, and where he has 50 acres in good reduced by sickness and misfortune. Courage never arable condition. lacking, he managed his business in Detroit until Mr. Rees was married in Wales, to Miss Mary. I878, when he went to Algonac, St. Clair Co., Mich., Lewis, a native also of that country, and was born where he established mercantile relations, and oper- Jan. 24, T840. Their seven children were born as ated successfully until July, 1882, the date of the follows: Edward, March 15, I862; Mary, March 6, removal of his commercial interests to Ubly. He I864; Thomas, June 13, I867; Lewis,April 4, i87; has since continued to transact business at that point, Sarah, June 2, 1875; Annie, Sept. 3, i88o. with satisfactory results. He owns a store 22 X 50 feet in dimensions, with an addition of 18 x 22 feet, and carries a stock which averages $7,000 or $8,o000oo. in value, and his yearly trade about $i8,ooo; and he " ---- l - - also has a small elevator, and buys grain and produce. His goods include all articles requisite to the demands of a country patronage. ajor Cowper, proprietor of the HalfMr. Pike is a Republican in politics, and a Univer- | Way House," and Postmaster at Sigel, salist in religious belief. He was married Nov. 23, section 19, Sand Beach Township, is a 1870, in Chatham, Ont., to Miss Emily M. Peck, and son of Charles and Elizabeth (Holton) '' they have been the parents of three children, born Cowper. His parents were of English nativity,; to'them in the following order: Albert N., Laurence and i 8 emigated to America, settling in and in 1858 emigrated to America, settling in c Carl and Maud F. The third child is deceased. Carl and Maud F. The third child is deceased. Sherman Township, this county. April 29, 1865, his Mrs. Pike was born in Raleigh, Kent Co., Ont., Sept... =r,o ei *.1..1 i. rT3 XT.~ T^-I~mother died, and Dec. 23, I872, his father also I ro, 1848. She is the daughter of R. N. and Philliss passed from earth. passed from earth. y =r (Dauphen) Peck, natives of Ontario and respectivelyr o, e s t o t, w r=: Their only child, the subject of this record, was;, of English and French nationality. They are farm-, born in England, Aug. 15, i845, came to America in '. ers, and reside in Raleigh, aged 74 and 63 years,, n i o r, ^~~ X9,~~~~~,,.,,,b?0, I859, and lived at home until February, 1864, when and had i children. Mrs. Pike was educated at the. he enlisted for the cause of the American GovernUrsuline Convent, called " the Pines," at Chatham,... ment, in the I6th Mich. Vol. Inf., and served until Ont., and is a strict Catholic in religious sentiment. H r,,'..,.~. in ~ the close of the war. At Hatcher's Run, Va., he and belief. She possesses in a remarkable degree he c g.oo sense and quick wi. ~ was disabled,and he now receives a pension. good sense and quick wit. After the war he remained at his father's house On a preceding page will be found an excellent until the fall of I879, engaged in farm work. He lithographic likeness of Mr. Pike, which the pub- tn e t S e r as t r o then came to Sand Beach, purchased ten acres of } lishers are proud to add to the collection of portraits land where he now lives, on section I9, and erected in this ALBUM. li thogap hiclikenesM. P, wh the hotel of which he is now proprietor and manager. it is located on the State road, six miles southwest of Sand Beach village. In connection with his hotel __..... _:~__~.~.. he hasalso a grocery, in which line he has a satisfactory trade; and ever since I877 he has also been engaged in fire insurance. The latter business he ( illiam Rees, farmer, section io, Sand first entered mainly on account of his physical disV ~~: Beach Township, is a son of Thomas and ability for attending thoroughly to the heavy duties ' i '_~ Mary Rees, who were natives of Wales, of the farm. He was appointed Postmaster in the X and was born in the same county, June spring of I881. S? 5, i836, where he lived until 1877; he then Nov. o1, I868, in Sand Beach, is the date of Mr. came to Canada, and a short time afterward, in Cowper's marriage to Miss Rachel, daughter of Ira 1878, came to this county and purchased 12o acres and Diadema (Mann) Gager, who was born in Canada, of land in Sand Beach Township, which he has Oct. 19, 1851. To them have been born the folag ^)^ ^ -?^ -.AiDntl" -^ ^- I4 (~ Si HURON COUNTY. ^177 /, 2ZZ, I i I' ~i 9 lowing nine children: Elizabeth D., Oct. ii, I869; S Ira A., Jan. r6, 1871; Charles E., Nov. 25, 1872; A Amanda A., April 28, 1875; George F., March 4, 1877; Major W., March i6, I879; Albert M., Jan. 28, i88i; Richard, Feb. I3, I883 (died Feb. 26, ) 1883); Bertha M., July 8, 1884. Mr. Cowper is a Republican in his political views, and has held the offices of Highway Commissioner two terms, School Director two terms, Township Superintendent of the Poor, School Inspector and Constable. t l m onas R. Learned, residing at Port Austin, 'ij4|JI was born Sept. i6, 1839, at Watervliet, N. I Y. He is the son of Charles G. and ') 7c Maria (Raymond) Learned. (See sketch of 9 X & C. G. Learned.) He received a good elementary education i in his native State, and was a student about R two and a half years at Hiram College, under James: A. Garfield, entering upon his studies there in I857. His parents had removed to West Troy, N. Y.,, whither he went on leaving Hiram, and there he formed an association with John I. Winnie, for the purpose of prosecuting the lumber business, which relation continued to exist four years. In 1864 Mr. Learned came to Huron County, in company with Elben R. Ayres (see sketch of F. S. Ayres). They had purchased a saw-mill and a considerable acreage of pine lands of D. Whitney, Jr., of Detroit, situated at what is now Port Crescent. The location was named Port Crescent by Mr. Learned, on account of the shape of the bay shore at that point, which was that of the young moon. He was the first Postmaster appointed there. Messrs. Learned & Ayres established extensive business connections at Port Crescent. where they manufactured lumber of all varieties, shingles and lath, and conducted a mercantile enterprise on a,large scale. In '870 they disposed of their interests to Carrington, Pack & Co., and removed to Port Austin, where they became factors in the firm of F. S. & J. S.,Ayres, under the atyle of Ayres, Learned & Co., and t prosecuted a lumber business, the manufacture of salt, and engaged in general merchandise. In October, 1874, Mr. Learned sold his claim to E. R. Ayres, and has since been vigorously engaged in the pursuit of agriculture, associated with his father. Their stock is of the best character, and their herds include generally about 150 head of fine grades and throughbreds. The butter produced in their dairy is of a superior quality, and is in demand in the markets where known. They own 7,000 acres of land in Huron, Tuscola and Bay Counties, and cultivate 2,000 acres, whereon they raise large crops of the cereals common to Michigan. They ship their wheat product, and feed most of the remainder of their farm produce. They also own land in Dakota. Mr. Learned is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and is one of the seven founders of Cass Lodge, No. 219, at Port Austin. His marriage to Louise M. Letcher occurred Oct. i8, 1864, at West Unity, Ohio. Their three children were born as follows: William L., July i6, 1866, in Bryan, Williams Co., Ohio; Edward R., Nov. i9, I868; Harry M., April 29, 1878. The two younger were born at Port Austin. Mrs. Learned was born at West Unity, Ohio, and is the daughter of Hon. William and Matilda Letcher. She graduated at Oberlin College, class of 1862.:.,harles L. Hall, attorney and insurance agent at Sand Beach, was born Oct. 8, 1 i850, in Paterson, N. J. He is the son hof Philetus D. and Mary (Wannamaker) Hall. When he was six years of age his parents removed to Rome, Lenawee Co., Mich., where his father bought a farm, his health having failed from close application to office work. Both parents were natives of Warwick Township, Orange Co., N. Y. They had eight children, seven of whom are now living. After a brief residence in Rome, the family removed to Adrian, where the father died Dec. ii, 1864. They went after that event to Orange Co., N. Y. Mr. Hall is the second of the children born to I i IIp xiio kfI 11 I!:.f o f -N 2278 HURON C f. — I ^O^Ti-D-^ — -e OUNTY:A._ ntm r' his parents and was 15 years old when his mother returned to New York. He was a student at school until he was I8 years old, when he became a teacher in the Seward Institute and in a district school in Florida, N. Y. He continued his labors in that avenue about two years and pursued his studies preparatory to entering college. He changed his plans and read law for some time, when he came to Adrian, Mich., and was admitted to the Bar of Michigan in that city in April, 1872. He began practice on the first of May following, at Morenci, Lenawee County, where he continued to transact the business of his profession until Jan. i, 1875. In the fall of I874 he was elected Circuit Court Commissioner and removed to Adrian. He was reelected in 1878 and continued in the discharge of the duties of the position until December 31, I880. In February, I88, he came to Huron County, as a member of the law firm of Hall, Welch & Hall, establishing triune offices at Bad Axe, Port Austin and Sand Beach, with himself in charge of the latto The association existed until October, I882, since which date Mr. Hall has managed the business of his office singly, and is engaged in a prosperous and satisfactory legal practice, and secures a large degree of patronage as an insurance agent. He represents the Continental of New York, the Pennsylvania Fire of Pennsylvania, and the Germania and Underwriters of New York, Mr. Hall is a member of the Masonic ceration being caused by his refusal to take the oath of allegiance to a foreign power. After securing his release he returned to France, where he married and where his son was born. Soon after his birth the family removed to Luxemburg, where the father lived on a pension paid him by the French government until the death of Napoleon, and at the same time worked at the hatter's trade. He died March 5, i879, aged 96 years and retaining his physical powers to a remarkable degree. His teeth were perfectly sound and firm at the time of his death. The mother, Catherine (Scheltor) Spoutz, was a native of France and is deceased. Mr. Spoutz obtained an excellent education in the schools of Germany. He was married in the city of Luxemburg to Mary Hahn. She was born Feb. i, 1828, of French parents. Her father was a well-todo merchant and his daughter was carefully educated in both French and German. Mr. and Mrs. Spoutz have been the parents of eight children, two of whom -Matthew and Nicolas-are deceased. Conrad, Clementon, Charles, Otto, Mary and Phebe are living. After his marriage Mr. Spoutz was a merchant in his native country three years, and at the end of that time he emigrated with his family to America, locating in Buffalo, N. Y., where he carried on the hat and cap business. He then went to Detroit and became salesman in the hat store of Buhl & Co. While I 1 i 1 1i ) h X. z K1 I, s, fraternity and is the Senior Warden of Huron Lodge, in that city it was visited by the scourge of cholera, No. 36. and both Mr. Spoutz and his wife suffered from an His marriage to Ella S. Greeley occurred Oct. 24, attack of the disease. On recovery they proceeded i872, at Morenci, and of the union three children to London, Ont., where Mr. Spoutz engaged in the have been born as follows: Carrie L., May 31, I875; hat, cap and fur trade, which he conducted two Nellie H., Feb. 5, 1878; Charles G., Dec. 8, i880. years. In i858, he went to Detroit and purchased at Mrs. Hall was born in the township of Seneca, Len- the land office in that city 120 acres of land, of which: awee County, June 6, 1850, and is the daughter of he at once took possession, and where he and his Noah and Maria (Gould) Greeley. family endured all the hardships common to the early history of this portion of Huron County. He had to carry on his back all supplies from Forestville, I8 miles away. The high price of all provisions added t farmer, section.6 P greatly to the privation of his circumstances. He has ^( atI atthew Spoutz, farmer, section 36, Paris 80 acres of finely improved farming land, with ex- ' l Township, was born Feb. 21, 1828, in cellent buildings. The character of his pluck and i h~ ~Jl~k~-." France. His father, Otto Spoutz, was a nKFrance. o His father, Otto Spoutz, was a |energy is plainly evident from the fact that in the fire 4 fnative of France and was a commissioned of i88 i-three years ago-he lost his barns, with go 90 officer under Napoleon, with whom he served bushels of grain, and his residence with all its con15 years. At Moscow he was captured by the tents. His affairs are once more in prosperous con- ( Russians and was in prison seven years, his incar- dition and his supply of farm fixtures creditable. d,!W) _ )^^ -- -c^^tn a -o - -^^'x. A ,6r I4 T2 HURON COUNTY. 28I ^ _ --- -= = = 1 1 I I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He has been true to the obligations of his citizenship and espoused the cause of the Union when in danger of disintegration from rebel foes. He enlisted March 5, i864, in the 22d Mich. Vol. Inf., in Co. K, Mech. and Eng. His command was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Spoutz was in the battle at Nashville, and in the ascent of Lookout Mountain his horse fell, crushing his knee. He received honorable discharge July 5, 1865, at the close of the war. He has been Highway Commissioner nine years and held other minor official positions. In political tendency he is in sympathy with the Democratic party. ~ 7.ames H. Hall, attorney and banker at Port ' 1 Austin, was born March 7, I846, in Orange 1,e' Co., N. Y., and is the eldest son of Philetus I D. and Mary (Wannamaker) Hall. His father - was born Feb. 22, 1824, in Orange County, was a blacksmith by trade, officiated some years as superintendent of the freight depot of the Erie Railroad Company at Paterson, N. J., and died Dec. I, [864, in Adrian, Mich. His mother was a native of Orange Co., N. Y., and died June 30, 1877, in Florida, in that county. Mr. Hall is of mixed Holland and English descent, his mother's progenitors being natives of Holland and those of his father from England. His paternal great-grandfather was a musician on the American side in the war of the Revolution. The father of Mr. Hall removed his family to Paterson, N. J., soon after the birth of his son, and at the age of nine again removed to Lenawee Co., Mich., and engaged in farming, that his boys might be brought up on a farm. The subject of this sketch enjoyed the advantage of the best private public schools of Paterson, N. J., and enjoyed the benefits of the excellent school system of Michigan after coming to the State, working on the farm of his father when not at school. Soon after the death of his father his mother removed her family to Florida, N. Y., where he obtained a position in a large grocery store at Newburg on the Hudson, that he might live with his mother. In the fall he obtained a position as clerk in a country store with that well known merchant grown gray in the business, W. L. Vail, of Florida, N. Y., with whom he remained until he sold out, and with his successors for several years; and while thus engaged devoted his leisure moments and evenings to study. In 1870, by the aid of friendly capital, he commenced business for himself in the shape of a firstclass grocery and provision store, which was continued until the winter of I872, when he had an opportunity to sell out to good advantage, did so and in i872 came to Michigan and engaged in the study of law at Morenci, Lenawee Co., Mich., being meanwhile engaged in insurance business. In the fall of I872 he entered the Law Department of the University of Michigan, where he completed a full course of legal study, together with some other studies; and was graduated in March, 1874. He came to Port Austin in April of the same year and formed a partnership with George S. Engle, which relation existed about two years. He afterwards conducted the affairs of his office singly until March, i88i, when he formed a partnership with his brother, Charles L. Hall, and John F. Welch, triple branch offices being established at Bad Axe and Sand Beach, the latter under the personal supervision respectively of C. L. Hall and Mr. Welch. This arrangement continued one year. Mr. Hall instituted his banking business, Jan. i, 1883, under the style of "The Port Austin Bank." Its relations are those common to similar establishments, and he also transacts business in real estate, and represents the North American Insurance Company, the Hartford & Phoenix, of Hartford, Conn., the New York Underwriters, Germania, Traders' of Chicago, Sun Fire of London, and the Michigan Fire & Marine of Detroit. He is also agent for all principal lines of foreign steamers. Mr. Hall was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Huron County in i874 and discharged the duties of the office two years. He has been also Circuit Court Commissioner. His marriage to Jessie Emery took place at Port Austin, Aug. 27, 1879. Three children have been born of this union, as follows: Ernest G., May 23, I88o; Harry Leroy, Jan. 24, I882; Clarence Jay, Nov. 23, I883. Mrs. Hall was born Dec. o1, I857, in Oxford, Lapeer Co., Mich., and is the daughter of *I q, Ok'` f.. > H (, rz i iX (t g h I 4q4f, 4, Z " -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=~ a. i,,,~~~1:1 HA ~~~~~~~~,/ x —.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:r 282 HURON COUNTY., Andrew and Lucy A. (McClellan) Emery. Her on the banks of the Cass River, where he was enfather is a native of Vermont, has pursued the career gaged several winters. In the winter of I87o, he of a farmer, and is now living in retirement at Case- shipped on the " Illinois," a barge running on Lakes ville, Huron Co., Mich. Her mother was born in Huron and Erie, which was wrecked on Lake Huron Michigan, and died March I6, 1864, in the 28th year the some year, and the winter following the disaster k of her life. he passed in Chicago with his uncle. The lithographic likeness of Mr. Hall, on a pre- Meanwhile he acquired a knowledge of engineerceding page, is given in this volume as that of a ing, and obtained employment in that occupation at representative and prominent business man of Huron various places. Among other engagements which County. All who know him will recognize in his he filled, he passed five years in the service of Mr. features an indication of his high character. Crawford, of Caseville. In 1877, he purchased 40 acres of land in Oliver Township, Huron County, on which he at once i _~ A_? ^ ^ ___~. ~ settled, and improved 30 acres. In the spring of X= C=C IK amuel D. Grumney, proprietor and manager of the Soule saw, shingle and gristk't mill, at Soule village, was born Oct. I5, I850, at Madison, Conn. His parents, Samuel H. and Elizabeth P. (Doud) Grumney, were natives of Guilford, Conn., and were of established Yankee descent, having had ancestors of early New England origin. The father died at Gillford,'Tuscola Co., Mich., where the mother still resides. Mr. Grumney is the seventh in order of birth of a family of 13 children. He was very young when his parents transferred their family and interests to Chester in his native State. He had a natural predilection for a seafaring life, inherited from his father; and when he was 15 years old, in company with a comrade, he took the route the boy literature of the period points out as the certain thoroughfare to distinction, in trying parents' hearts without winning 1884, he exchanged the place for 77 ' acres of land on section 24, Chandler Township, where he established himself in the various operations in milling before mentioned; and he has since continued the management of the three with their varied and extending connections. Mr. Grumney is a decided Republican, and while a citizen of Oliver Township, served in the capacities of Supervisor and Treasurer, discharging the duties of each position two years. He was School Director during the entire period of his residence there, and held other official positions. He was married Jan. i, 1871, in Tuscola Co., Mich., to Lillian R. Shaver. They have been the parents of eight children, two of whom are deceased, Samuel H. and William L. The living are Francis C., George N., Edwin A., Samuel L., Frederick S. and Myrtle E. Mrs. Grumney was born in Madison, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Nov. i6, I855. She was six years of age when her mother died, and her father removed to Tuscola County, Mich., in I865. I anything to compensate for all it involves, and ran away to sea. He went to New London, where he shipped on a fishing schooner, the "Telegraph," p bound for Newfoundland, and made a cruise in the capacity of cook. One year of this sufficed, and he. 11 sought the home nest, as a safe refuge from tempta- | eorge R. Wright, farmer, section 25,.Sand tion and a place where forgiveness was certain and | Beach Township, is a son of Thomas and fame as sure as possible, and was received back to Elizabeth (Tichnor) Wright, father a nathe fold of the household. Within the same year, tive of New Jersey, and mother of New York; the family came to Watrousville, Tuscola Co., Mich. State. They were married in that State, and The next year Mr. Grumney became a cook on the Mr. W. still lives there. Mrs. W. died April ( brig "Isabella," and served for some time in that 20, 1878. capacity, and finally returned to the lumber woods The subject of this sketch was born in Schuyler/; -— ^^nn^Dni^^',~ --— ~ o. NYHUROV COUNT.Y. 283 Co., N. Y., May 28, 854, remained at home until opened his office at Sand Beach, where he has since A. of age, receiving a common-school education and been vigorously engaged in the prosecution of his s4 } laboring upon his father's farm, and for the several business, and has steadily advanced in popularity,: years following he was engaged in the sale of agri- and position as a lawyer and advocate. Among cultural implements, in the State of New York. In other prominent cases in which he has won reputathe spring of 1882, he came to Michigan and bought tion, was that of William Baker, whom he success80 acres of partly improved land in Sand Beach fully defended in a charge of murder, securing Township, where he has since resided. Sixty acres acquittal on the second trial. (The first resulted in of his land is cleared, and in good arable condition. conviction and sentence for life.) As to politics, Mr. Wright is identified wth the Mr. Bacon is acting for the Hartford (Conn.) In-! Democratic party. surance Company, the Michigan Fire & Marine He was married in St. Clair, St. Clair Co., Mich., Company, etc.. Sept. 28, i882, to Miss Agnes, daughter of John and He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Rachel (Jackson) Buchanan. She was born in Ash- Mr. Bacon has been Village Attorney two years, land Co., Ohio, April 20, i856. They have one and is now officiating as Circuit Court Commissioner, child, Herbert C., born Aug. 7, I883. and as Justice of the Peace. He erected his resi dence in I88r, and owns two lots connected therewith, besides one lot in the south part of the village. His marriage to Clarence Bailey occurred at St. Clair City, May 3, i88i. One daughter, Ruth, was born May 30, 1882, in St. Clair. Mrs. Bacon was born Aug. 15, I860, in St. Clair, and is the daughter of Charles F. and Lucy (Williams) Bailey. -i ~ llbridge F. Bacon, attorney and insurance __, Id agent at Sand Beach, was born May 3, ~ 850, in Superior Township, WVashtenaw - - Co., Mich., and he is the son of James and fi 1=. J=~1:-.Ala Z=x rhr Z4111 I Caroline E. (Farrand) Bacon. He attended —; --./ the common schools until he was 13 years old, when he entered the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, and was graduated there in June, 1872. The |illiam Engel, merchant and miller at year following his withdrawal from school, he oper- Parisville, as born April 8, I847, in Prusated as civil engineer in Wisconsin, in the employ of | sia. His father, William Engel, Sr., was the Green Bay & Winona Railroad Company. He also a native of Germany, and was a Captain went thence to Petersburg, Monroe Co., Mich., where of a vessel 30 years of his life. He owned he taught school one year. In April, [874, he came two vessels, which he sold and settled at Brom- ' to Port Austin, Huron County, and entered upon the berg, in the Province of Posen, Germany, where he study of law in the office of Richard Winsor, mean- was afterward engaged in the business of hotel-keepwhile continuing to operate as Surveyor of Huron ing until his death, about the year 1864, when he County. He discharged the duties of the position was 56 years of age. two terms in succession,-from 1874 to I878. Mr. Engel was thoroughly educated in his native In July I876, he was admitted to practice in the land, and when he was 17 years of age he became a State Courts of Michigan at Bad Axe, Judge Harris, book-keeper in the mercantile establishment of his of Port Huron, presiding. He opened an office at uncle, where he was employed four years. On the Caseville, Huron County, where he transacted busi- termination of his term of service he came, in 1870, h ness one year, coming thence to Port Austin, where to the United States, locating at first in Detroit, he operated one year in company with George S. where he established himself in the grocery business, Engle. and prosecuted that enterprise five years. ') In 1878 he went to Detroit, and passed a year in In the fall of 1875 he came to Parisville and purthe law office of John Atkinson. In June, I879, he chased a building for mercantile purposes, of James ~~\-~~A ------ mM| a! Sarah (Shepard) Webb, of English nativ~~ i W ity, who emigrated to Canada in 1842, and lived there the remainder of their lives, Mr.., W. dying July 25, I870, and Mrs. W., Oct. 3, I867. In the above family were four children, of whom William E., the subject of this notice, is the: youngest. He also was born in England; July 23, 1830, and attended the common schools of his native 2 country until the emigration of the family to this country in 1842. He remained with his father until his death, as an assistant on the farm, wvhich then ~ came into his possession, and which he occupied, until the spring of 1882, when he sold it and came a ____ --- _______ _ a< M _ r i. '1",r $~-i rr r,8 dodn 7v &u92ji jjj) --- u'Sn-^tUNi CUT 2<8 -7 —t t ~~HURONv COUNTY. 287 II fV d S was discharged July 26, i865, at Harwood General Hospital, Washington, D. C. He was a carpenter by trade, and on returning to his home resumed that occupation in connection with farming, and pursued his twofold vocation until his removal to Michigan. In the spring of 1867 he came to Huron County and purchased 80 acres of land in this township, to which he has added by more recent purchase until he owns double that amount in different parts of the county. He has since improved nearly the entire amount of the first "80" of which he became the proprietor. He is independent in political principle, and is present Jugtice of the Peace. He has officiated as Township Treasurer. His marriage to Mrs. Leon (Cooley) Coulter occurred at Caro, Tuscola Co., Mich., March i, I878. She is the daughter of Smith and Celia R. (Pierson) Cooley. Her father was born in Massachusetts, and was a student of Oberlin College, Ohio. Her mother was born in the State of New York, and is the great-great-granddaughter of Mr. Pierson, the first President of Yale College. She is living at Caro. The father died at Caro, from the results of an injury caused by beiig thrown from a buggy. Mrs. Cross was born at Dansville, Livingston Co., N. Y., July 2I, 1846, and was educated at Rochester, in her native State. She is a teacher by inheritance and practice, coming from a line of educators whose connection with the educational interests of this country dates back to its pioneer period. She has taught 26 terms of school. She has two children by her first husband: David, born Feb. 2, i868, and Helen, Nov. 12, I869. She is a Presbyterian in her religious creed. Mr. Cross is a memberof the Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Cross have had two children: George L., born Jan. I4, 1879, and Adelbert R., born July 31, I88r. reaching its termination was obliged to cut his way through the unbroken forest. He was accompanied by his wife and five children. His farm included 320 acres, and he cleared a small space as soon as possible, on which he erected a log shanty. He afterward gave two of his sons 80 acres each, and sold 80; and of the 80 acres which has since remained in his possession, he has 5o acres under cultivation. The log shanty was long ago replaced by a modern dwelling, and the place is fitted with other suitable farm buildings. Mr. Hellems is a Republican of decided views, and has been prominent in the management of the local township affairs. He has officiated 12 years as Notary Public, has been Supervisor five terms, Justice of the Peace two terms, School Director three terms, and has held other minor official positions. In i876 he was elected Master of the Dwight Grange, No. 602, and in the year following was reelected. Mr. Hellems was born Sept. 27, I8II, in Welland Co., Ont. He obtained such education as the public schools of the section and period offered, and vhen he was I3 years of age was "bound out" to learn the trade of builder, being apprenticed to serve his time until he was 21 years old. He remained under the bond four years, and then left his employer on account of ill treatment. On becoming his own master, he engaged as a carpenter in his own behalf, and passed I3 years in the business. He then bought a farm, and in connection with his agricultural projects established a turning-shop, which he continued to operate until he resolved in i856 t6 come to Michigan, to seek a field for the improvement of his fortunes. He is the youngest son of Matthias and Dorothy (Baker) Hellemls, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Germany. After the marriage of his parents, they located in the Keystone State, and about the year T8o6 they removed to Canada, where they made a permanent settlement and passed the remainder of their lives. They had eight children. Mr. Hellems was first married in Welland Co., Ont., March 3, I833, to Harriet F. Clark. She bore him six children,-Joel M., Robert E. (deceased), Henry B., Jonathan B., Isaac B. and John 'T. (deceased). Their mother was born in the State of New York, and was the daughter of Major Joel B. Clark, of New England origin and a prominent actor Y il = r =1 c, 3. enry Hellems, farmer on section 17, and a 4. &j Ad blacksmith by vocation, is the first settler in the present township of Dwight, of which he became a resident in the fall of I856. He purchased his claim, and in order to reach his land, traversed an old lumber route from Port Austin, a distance of two and a half miles, and on --- ~Y -@-A ~ AUlli 288 HU.RON COUNTY. in the war of 1812. She died Sept. 2, 1848, in receiving his credentials, Dr. Hitchcock opened an g Norfolk Co., Ont. Mr. Hellems was a second time office at Howell, where he practiced his profession;i married, in Canada, to Abigail Anger, and of this six years, coming thence in March, 1884, to Sand g<. marriage one child was born, Dorothy E. The mar- Beach, and has already established a fine and lucrariage of Mr. Hellems to Susan Cook took place Nov. tive practice. 20, I856. The names of their five children are Dr. Hitchcock is a member of the Masonic fraJosiah C., Charles W. (deceased), George W., Allan ternity. He is a Quaker by birth and descent, and G. and Mary J. (deceased). Mrs. Hellems is a na- adheres to the general tenets of the Society of tive of Canada. Friends. While in Howell he officiated four years in A lithographic portrait of Mr. Hellems is given on the village and township as Health Officer. In 1878 a preceding page, to accompany the above brief ac- he represented his class at its Alumni meeting, and count of his life. In the minds of his friends, his wasthe Vice-President. features, as thus presented, will be associated with a His first marriage occurred June 14, 1865, at life of pioneer toil, and also with a life of success, Lowville, Lewis Co., N. Y., to Alvina F. Putnam, such as is attained by steady industry and strict a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y. Two children were integrity. born of this union, in Howell, Mich.: Horace H., Aug. 25, I876; and Thomas F., May 28, i88o. Dr. Hitchcock was a second time married in Milford, (). -^*-A- D | ~~~Oakland Co., Mich., July i, 1883, to Cordelia F., _. o_~ A.~.e~_~_ Allison, who was born in Brighton, Livingston Co., Mich. ~ /~~. lc,;333 porace R. Hitchcock, M. D., physician and surgeon, practicing at Sand Beach, was born March 9, 1845, in Martinsburg Township, Lewis Co., N. Y. His father, Henry Hitchcock, was born in I804, in Lewis County. His mother, Clarissa M. (Hubbard) Hitchcock, was born in Port Leyden Township, Lewis Co., N. Y.,in I819, and is now living at Lowville, Lewis Co., N.Y. Dr. Hitchcock is the second of four children born to his parents. He came to Hillsdale, Mich., in i865, and engaged as a clerk in a general mercantile establishment. After a short time he entered into a partnership for the prosecution of a mercantile enterprise with Messrs. Ashbaughs, under the firm ctvile nf Achhnlanh &r Hlitrhcnckr Twn vpear therep Dr. Hitchcock enlisted in the United States service Jan. 28, I865. He enrolled at Lowville, in Co. H, First Regiment Frontier Cavalry, under Capt. H. E. Turner. The command was sent to Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson Co., N. Y., where it was placed on patrol duty to guard the frontier coasts of Lake Ontario and the River St. Lawrence. He was discharged as Corporal, at Sackett's Harbor, July 7, i865. eorge Anderson, farmer, section 14, Caseville, was born April 2, I839, in Berwicks "hire Snctlnnc. and is the son of George after they dissolved partnership by mutual consent, and Jane (Young) Anderson. His father was a ' and in the fall of i872 he entered the office of W. ^ millwright and engineer by vocation, but he R. Ditmars, M. D., at North Adams, Hillsdale County, adandoned his trades on account of failing where he read medicine for i8 months. He then health, and removed to a farm; but the change came to Howell, Mich., in 1873, where he was em- availed nothing, and he died not long after. The ployed as a clerk for three years. Meanwhile he funeral ceremonies were the first event in the life of studied medicine, as opportunity presented itself. In Mr. Anderson, which impressed him, as he was but a the fall of i874, he entered the Medical Department child. The family removed to America in 1852, / of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where accompanied by an older brother and his wife. They he was graduated in the spring of I878. He makes landed in Montreal and located on a farm in Beau-:T a specialty of diseases of the eye and ear. After harnais Co., Can., which was situated near the village. i~ ----r7~HURON COUNTY. 289 r B'HfURON COUNTY.289 f ~.c-,Ii IT',j of St. Louis de Gonzague. After a residence there of seven years, the place was sold to the oldest brother, and the four younger brothers came to Halton Co., Ont., where they prospected for a location and remained two years, operating as farm assistants. At the end of that time they decided on settling in Michigan and came accordingly to Huron County in i860, each one locating a tract of Government land in Caseville Township, where they have since resided. Only the land sharks had been here previously, and the county was wholly unimproved; there were no roads, and only a lumber route a part of the distance to the location where Mr. Anderson settled. He has Ioo acres of land, all "stumped" and fenced, with a frame house, barn, sheds and wagon house, all of excellent quality. Mr. Anderson is a Republican in political opinion. In the spring of I863 he was elected Treasurer, and held the position I8 years. In I864 he was elected Supervisor. His marriage to Jane Brown occurred Sept. 3c, I868, and they have three children, Isabella J., Jane A. and Jessie B. Mrs. Anderson was born in Canada March 14, 1836, and is the daughter of Robert and Isabella (Young) Brown. Her parents are bothScotch. The father died in the fall of I863; the mother resides at St. Louis de Gonzague, on the Canadian homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Presbyterian Church, and are among the leading people of Caseville. County and purchased 400 acres in Sand Beach and Rubicon Townships, 160 of which is under cultivation and in a good farming condition. Mr. G. was a soldier in the Mexican War, under Gen. Wool, and served a year. In the spring of 1884 he was elected Drain Commissioner. In politics he is independent, and in religion he and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church. For his wife, he married Miss Eve Tuenger, in January, I853, in St. Clair Co., Ill. She is a native of Germany. Of the 13 children born in the family of Mr. and Mrs. G., ten survive and three died in infancy. The living are, Edward, Julius, Anna, Eve, Wilhelmina, John N., Philip H., Mary, Albert W. and Joseph. ohn F. Welch, Probate Register of Huron County, was born Feb. 14, I845, in Massillon, Ohio. He is the son of Samuel W. and Eunice C. (Ford) Welch. The family removed in 1848 to Palmyra Lenawee Co., Mich., where the father died, in 1872. The mother resides at present in Douglas, Allegan Co., Mich. Mr. Welch was reared on a farm until the year preceding his majority. He received a good commonschool education, and taught school about five years in Lenawee County. In October, 1870, he entered the Law Department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated in the spring of 1872. Soon after that event, he established his office at Morenci, in Lenawee County, where he continued the practice of his profession until February, I88I, the date of his removal to Bad Axe. On coming hither, Mr. Welch associated his business with that of J. H. Hall, of Port Austin, and C. S. Hall, of Sand Beach, being established at the several places. This relation existed until the fall of 1882, since which date Mr. Welch has transacted his business singly. He is now acting Probate Register, and attending to the duties of his legal connections. He belongs to the Masonic Order and to the Kniglts of Maccabees. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Graded Schools at Bad Axe. His wife, (i ') ' iv Z=llC.C=~ us ']Ef OD. - ijtohn Gerstenschlaeger, farmer, sec. 5, Sand | WIc a Beach Tp., son of Melchior and Ann M. GerJ.. stenschlager, natives of Germany, where -lj Mrs. G. died. Mr.G. emigrated to America in 843, and settled in Illinois, where he died. \ John also was born in Germany, Aug. 17, 1827; received his education in the schools of his native country, and came with his father to America in 1843. About I850 he bought a farm in St. Clair Co., Ills., which he carried on three years, then sold it and bought a 2oo-acre farm in Perry Co., Ills.; this he managed until 1879, then sold it; came to Huron H^1,\,.ia ~i ~ -— j);f-A~-";na^o I:an ~i 290. HU RON COUNTY. Mrs. Ida E. (Swindell) Welch, was born Nov. 17, providing for his own maintenance, he contributed I855, in Morenci. She is the daughter of Charles largely to the support of his parents. He entered 1 and Elizabeth E. Swindell, and belongs to one of the employment of Woods & Co., lumbermen at Port the earliest pioneer families of Adrian. She was Crescent, and was occupied in their interest eight married to Mr. Welch Jan. 9, 1878, and. is the years. mother of two children,-Osa F., born Jan. i8, I88o, He purchased 125 acres of land, lying chiefly in in Morenci, and John F., born Feb. 3, I883, in Bad Hume Township, on which he settled in I88o, and Axe. now has 35 acres under improvement. Mr. Empkie *~. -~~ i{~s a Democrat in rnclitical connectionsc I )I h 0r 2 z ) 35 Zt 1' S idney A. Smith, farmer, section 24, Fairhaven Township, was born Feb. I8, i843, I['S in Orion Township, Oakland Co., Mich. His parents were natives of England, and about May, 1836, emigrated to the United States. They had eight children, of whom Mr. Smith is fourth in order of birth. He was carefully trained in the old-country thrift and economy, and at the age of 17 years he secured 80 acres of land in Huron County by purchase. In I86i he made his first location on i60 acres, and in I862, associated with his brother, he secured a further claim of I60 acres. He is present proprietor of 280 acres, and has cleared about 40 acres. His parents died in Oakland County, the father June 12, i865, the latter May 12, 1883. Mr. Smith managed the home farm in Oakland County about six years, the place including 80 acres. In I869 he came to Huron County, where he has since resided. In political faith he is a Democrat, and has held His marriage to Mary Etzler occurred at Port Crescent, Huron Township, Dec. 3I, i879. Their children are four in number. Emma and Annie are twins. The third child is named Frederick, and an infant. Mrs. Empkie was born July 3, 1859, at Port Austin, this county, and is the daughter of August and Theresa (Richert) Etzler. ) irlliailliam Kellogg, merchant in Sebewaing ~. 1 Township, was born Jan. 16, I830, in J c-' 'Steuben Co., N. Y., and is the son of Nathan and Fanny (Price) Kellogg, the. former a native of Connecticut, the latter of New York. 'After their marriage in the Empire State, they removed to Pennsylvania, and came thence to Washtenaw Co., Mich. The father went to California in 1852, where he died not long after. The mother lives in Lima. Washtenaw Co.. Mich. the position of Treasurer, Supervisor and Clerk, and Susan, Joseph and Jonathan (twis), Wiam M Susan, Joseph and Jonathan (twins), William, Minother minor offices of his township. He is an active nie, Harriet, Daniel, Charlotte and George, and a P member of the Baptist Church. child who died in infancy, comprise the ten children:born to them. A Mr. Kellogg was three years of age when his.- > '.'"-~.- - parents came to Michigan. He was engaged in farming in Washtenaw County until i86I, when he Y-. ~ 7became a resident of Huron County, settling in Seb|rederick Empkie, farmer, section 6, ewaing. Two years after that event, he entered the &(c ~Ill Dwight Township, was born Feb. 26, 185o, employment of John Mullerweiss, and operated'in C I in Prussia. His parents, Charles and his interests I2 years. Sophia Empkie, were also natives of that na- In I876 he opened a general store in Sebewaing,! U, tionality, and emigrated with their family to and has since been engaged in the transaction of a (:, the United States in 1858. prosperous business. ~ At the age of 15 years, Mr. Empkie entered upon He was married Feb. 22, 1870, in Sebewaing, to (-j his single-handed strife with the world, and, besides Delphine Benjamin. Their children are two in num- I U~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ e 422 7 s kI-^^N -— ^~ --- cOi 'A>^ R~HUROA C ber,-William and Mary. Mrs. Kellogg was born in Pennsylvania, and is the daughter of Daniel S. Ben-; jamin. Mr. Kellogg is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is a Republican in political faith and connection, has been Treasurer of the township and village of Sebewaing, serving two years in each capacity, and is also Village Councilman. 7 UNTY. 293 " I E 1A?ll~.~rancis Nash, farmer, section 12, Colfax,7 I Township, has resided in Michigan since t. m,; 1862. In that year he removed from the Dominion of Canada and located in Worth. Township, Sanilac County. After a residence there of two years, he came to Huron County, and in January, 1865, he obtained a farm of 120 acres of Government land, under the regulations of the Homestead Act, in Colfax Township. He has disposed of 40 acres, and of the remainder he has placed 60 acres under cultivation of the best style, his farm ranking among the finest in the county. At the time he located in Huron County, the section where he settled was attached to Hume Township, and at as early a date as possible Mr. Nash moved vigorously in the matter of separating the townships. He built the first school-house in Colfax, and has been constantly interested and active in school matters. He has officiated two terms as Justice of the Peace, and held most of the local offices. He is a Republican of the stalwart kind. Mr. Nash wis born July 12, I830, in England, and was but three years old when his parents emigrated to Canada. He is the youngest of eight children, and grew to manhood in Ontario. School privileges were limited, and he obtained a fair education by his own application. He was apprenticed at the age of 15 years to learn the trade of carpenter and joiner, spending seven years to satisfy his indentures. He followed his trade until i868. His parents, James and Elizabeth (Hill) Nash, were natives of England, and emigrated to Canada in 1833. The mother died there in I836, and the father in I844. Mr. Nash was married in Ontario Co., Ont., Oct. I 26, I851, to Elvira S. Bennett. Following are the names and dates of birth of 12 children, of whom Mr. and Mrs. Nash have been the parents: Abraham R. R. was born Sept. 23, I852; John F. A., July 28, I855; Alma E., Aug. i, I857; Norman J. B., Dec. I7, 85'9; Robert W. C., Feb. 14, 1862; Abigail E., March 23, I864; Elvira E., Oct. 24, I866; Nina E., April 30, 869; Francis A., March 30, 87 I; Essa M., May 5, I873; and Hugh C., May 7, I876. One child died in infancy. Mrs. Nash was born in Vermont, and is the daughter of Richmond and Abigail (Hinkston) Bennett. They were natives respectively of Connecticut and Vermont. They settled after their marriage in the latter State, afterwards removing to Canada, where the father died, in 1853, and the mother in May, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Nash are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Nash is a fine sample of what a man may accomplish, even without capital, when he has the auxiliaries of energy and perseverance and judgment to guide them; and as a representative citizen of that class, we present his portrait in this volume, on a preceding page. H;R enry F. Pangborn, farmer, resident on sec-, tion 23, Verona Township, was born Dec. 2, I 842, in Canada, and is the son of Thomas and Eliza Pangborn. He was reared to manhood in the manner common to the training of farmers' sons in the Dominion, and came to the township where he has since resided, in 1867. He had become comfortably located and fairly started in business life when the first season of loss and disaster overtook Sanilac County. In the fire of 87 I, Mr. Pangborn lost his house and other property, reaching an aggregate of several hundred dollars. In the fall of the same year he bought the farm on which he has since resided. It contains 80 acres, with 60 acres under cultivation. In the fire of I88r he experienced a loss of $2,000, his house, barn, grain hay, fences, orchards and stock being destroyed. There was no insurance on the property. Mr. Pangborn has made the improvements on his place him-, '!r, v t IC S^: 1=3,.4 Y,g,_, r'*e,. 9Po (''i I' t ( V r'J.'o'Lw MW, 6 I I -% \l-41.(I qqn qq.-V, w 294 HURON COUNTY.. 2) __I_ - - S i OF b X. I, i,fiN.8 1,. v ) 4 self, and is fast replacing substitutes for all the farm fixtures which perished in the flames. He was married Oct. 19, I868, in Verona Township, to Mrs. Martha (Noonan) Currie, widow of Alexander Currie. She was born June I7, 1842, in Canada, 21 miles from the city of Ottawa, whither her parents removed from Ireland in 1840. They removed in I858 to Verona Township, and bought I60 acres on section 15. Her father, John Noonan, died there in I875. Her mother, Mary (McLaughlin) Noonan, is living with Henry Pangborn, her son-inlaw, in Verona Township. Mrs. Pangborn has three sisters and one brother-James Noonan, a farmer, located near Bad Axe; Ellen, wife of John Scott, of Verona Township; Mary A. (Mrs. Henry Pangborn); Kate, wife of Byron Davis, a painter at Bad Axe. Mrs. Pangborn became the wife of Alexander Currie in Paris Township, Huron Co., July Jo, I860. He was a native of Canada, and was drowned in I866, in the Mississippi River, where he was plying his vocation of sailor. Mary E. and Electa A. Currie are the names of the children born of the first marriage of Mrs. Pangborn. I ses and trunks. Besides his operations as a harnessmaker, and in the repair department of his shop, he trafficks in hides, wool and fur. He is the owner of some real estate at Sand Beach. The marriage of Mr. Binkle to Lena Whipler occurred at Listowell, Can., Feb. 13, i879. One child, the eldest son, was born in White Rock. Two others were born in Sand Beach. Their births occurred as follows: Henry, Feb. 7, 1880; Annie, March 30, I882; William 0., June 29, 1884. Mrs. Binkle was born in Canada, Jan. 19, I86I, and is the daughter of John and Margaret Whipler. fl J audelin Tschirhart, farmer and stockman on section 19, Sherman Township, is a native of Alsace. (At the date of his birth that province belonged to France, but the Franco-German war caused its cession to Germany.) He was born in May, I834, near the River Rhine. His father, Anthony Tschirhart, was a native of Germany, a prominent agriculturist and a 1 _ I ~ 1_ _ 1 _ 1. 1 1 ov.1_ I k. f It, i I 1: S ) 0 i i Z _ - A_ - ~ ---~ —~-r- -__ -,_ --- — ~ lanaholder in Alsace, wnere ne aiec in 1I72, at tne /A'^~~~~~~~~~ ^age of 65 years. Margaret Tschirhart, the mother, was a native of the same province, of mixed French | hilip Binkle, harness-maker at Sand Beach, and German ancestry. She died in her native prov1, was born April 21, I858, in Canada. His ince, in 1877, at the age of 58 years. Both parents | IL father, Christian Binkle, was born in Ger- descended from the better classes, and traced their n![ many, and is now a farmer in the Dominion; line of progenitors from a very early period. the mother, Eve Binkle, is also living. Mr. Mr. Tschirhart was reared to manhood under the Binkle learned his trade at Listowell, Ont., be- care of his parents. He obtained an excellent eduginning his apprenticeship when he was 14 years of cation in the provincial schools where he was born, age. He served three years, and worked during the and at the age of 17 years he engaged in the busiyear succeeding at carriage trimming. He has fol- ness of wagon-making, which he followed three years. lowed his trade ever since. At the age of 20 years he set out for America. He He came to Michigan in 1876, and after spending located at first in Huron Co., Ont., where he engaged three months at Jeddo, St. Clair County, he came to two years in lumbering. In the spring of 1857 he Adams' Corners, Huron County, and was in the em- came to Michigan and settled in Sherman Township, ploy of A. H. Adams two years. He went thence to where he was the first pioneer on the western part. White Rock, and managed the business of harness- He was preceded by four permanent settlers in the A making one year in his own interest. township. He obtained a claim to 60 acres of Gov- A: In May, r880, he established his shop at Sand ernment land by purchase, where he has since been ( Beach, where he has prosecuted his business with occupied in clearing, improving and cultivating, and success. His shop contains a good assortment of extending his landed interests, until he is a leading (. articles common to such business, together with vali- landholder and agriculturist of Huron County. He ~V~ i.t~~6 74u~i~aa~,~,~F~-h~?~4~J~lrid~i;:i~ '~~";.,r ZoHURON COUNTY. 295 J owns 580 acres, with 200 acres under the best im- came to the county of Huron and entered the emprovements. He has three large stock and grain ploy of F. Crawford. ^ barns, and a residence exceeded in quality by only le was married in 1862, in Kingston Church, Eng.,., + two others in the township. He makes a specialty to Jane Biffen, and they are the parents of three ) of Durham cattle. children, born as follows: Edith J., Sept. 9, I863; 2 Mr. Tschirhart is a staunch Democrat, and has Mary E., April 27, 1865; Hubert J., Dec. 12, I863. been active and prominent in the local affairs of the The mother was born June 9, 1834, in Kingston, township in whose organization he was one of the Eng., and is the daughter of John and Charlotte prime movers. He is present Supervisor (1884), and (Warren) Biffen. Her parents have been dead many held the position o1 years in succession. He has years. served four years as Treasurer, and has held most of the minor offices. He was married Jan. I, i856, in Stanley, Huron ('n. nt- tor Tnenhilne Weingardrner. Nine children have been born to them, one of whom is deceased. The names of those who survive are named Jacob, Theresa, Joseph, Anna, August, Josephine, Caroline and Rosa. Louisa died when she was seven years old. The parents of Mrs. Tschirhart, Joseph and Magdalena (Nelser) Weingardner, were natives of Alsace, of mixed French and German descent. Her father was a weaver by occupation, and remained with his family in his native province until 1855, when he came to Huron Co., Ont., accompanied by his children, his wife having died in France. He is still living in Ontario.' The family are Roman Catholics. a,_~_ 7r?,r —^^._ l<,+^. homas Philp, retired farmer, resident on I section I, Bingham Township, was born in ~;r Cornwall County, Eng., March 25, i8o8. f% He began his contest with the world at the age of i6 years, when he engaged as a laborer in a grist-mill, and acquired a thorough knowledge of every detail of the occupation of a miller. In 1831 he came to the Dominion of Canada and operated as a miller at Coburg about 25 years. In November, 1857, he removed to Michigan and located 320 acres of land under the Graduation Act on section 36, Verona Township, where he was the first permanent settler. (The village of Sand Beach was in its first days.) The land he had purchased was two miles from the main thoroughfares, and Mr. Philp built the road from his premises to the routes of communication with the world at large. Forest-.......... ville was the nearest point of supplies, where all provisions were secured. Mr. Philp cleared and:! S lA! illiam C. M. Van Tromp, general mana- otherwise improved 70 acres of his farm, and in 1875 ^ ger of the Bay Port farm of F. Crawford, bought 40 acres in Bingham Township, to which he.~ ^ 9resident at Caseville, was born May 9, has retired. He still owns 220 acres of land at different 8W 835, at Taunton, Somersetshire, Eng., and points in Huron County, and has given his children is the son of William and Elizabeth (Warren) different amounts from his original acreage. Van Tromp. The former died in August, i88i, He was one of the prime movers in the organizaand was nearly 8i years of age. He was a farmer tion of the township of Verona, and was its first all his life. The mother resides at the old home in Supervisor. He has held the position of Treasurer Taunton. and other minor offices. He was formerly a Republi-. Mr. Van Tromp came to the Dominion of Canada can, but at present sustains the principles of the:? in February, 1879, locating on a farm in Chatham Prohibition element.. Township, Kent County: he afterwards managed a He was married Jan. 30, 1849, in Hope Townfarm for Messrs. Walker & Sons; the place contained ship, Durham Co., Ont., to Ann Moon. Twelve i 1,oo acres, with 800 acres improved. He continued children have been born to them, as follows: Loveda,. to operate there two years, and March 14, 1884, Elizabeth A., Anna M., Thomas J. and Rebecca J. 6'*~)^^. ).... ---. 296 HURON CO UNTY. (twins), Robert, Mary, James and William (twins), returned to Boston and remained there two years. Isaac and Martha (twins). The last named child is In 1866 he went to Lynn, Mass., where he was ocIdeceased; Martha is the only one now unmaried. cupied until he determined to settle permanently in ', Mrs. Philp was born Feb. 2, t819, in Cornwall, Eng, Michigan. In i868 he came to this township and and is the daughter of John and Ann (Cullies) Moon, secured his homestead of i60 acres of unimproved also natives of Cornwall. She was 12 years of age land. He has improved 60 acres. Mr. Bellis a Rewhen her parents emigrated to Canada. The family publican in political opinion and connection. are attached to the English Church, in which they He was married April 4, I852, at Annapolis, Nova were reared. Scotia, to Catherine Carmichael. One child, James E., is living; May E. is deceased. Mrs. Bell is the daughter or Uri A. Carmichael, and was born in 4i -v~Z^2^-tLo^^^..^>^^^ |~); _CY:: - U)rAnnapolis, N. S., March 13, I83I. Her father was a: Lieutenant in the "Scotch Grays" at the battle of.!WTO~rlno lxTlfrf hoI,re~;ho cn th 1a AU L1Ul-.11 eorge S. Bell, farmer, section 26, Hume Township, was born June 20, 1821, in the north of Ireland. His parents came to d America when he was nine years of age. He was under the paternal roof until he was 22 years old, when he became a sailor on the Atlantic Ocean. He shipped as a deck hand, afterwards becoming mate, and was on the sea in those capacities eight years, making frequent trips to foreign countries. He was in the British service and sailed on the Thistle and on the brig Themis. On leaving his seafaring life, he bought a farm in the vicinity of Millbridge, Maine, where he was occupied some years in lumbering and milling. He was there resident when the Southern rebellion broke out, when he entered the marine service once more, in which he continued until the Alabama commenced her career, when he again abandoned a sea VdaLCrIlU, wilCrC 11n. Wias sIIUL 111 Ligi te i;U SnollUUlder. He suffered all the rest of his life from the effects of his wounds, which caused his death in I840. He was a native of Edinburg, Scotland. His daughter was nine years of age when he died, and she afterwards resided with her mother until her marriage. His death occurred at Annapolis, N. S. Mr. and Mrs. Bell belong to the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Bell had traveled in the United States for eight years, and was a visitor and spectator of the Rebellion for 13 months berore the close of the war. Her last visit was to Chestnut Hill Hospital, where she found her husband, who had been wounded and was in a very poor condition. She remained with him eight weeks, waiting for a discharge, but he never received it. She took him to their home in Boston, where she nursed and supported him for three yeras. faring life. He next engaged in mercantile business in Boston, in which he was engaged until the fall of ' 1862. Under a call from President Lincoln for men, A he enlisted in the 66th Mass. Reg. Vol. Inf., enroll- acob Beck, farmer, section 17, Sebewaing ing in Co. A., Capt. F. Thayer, of Boston. The reg- Township, was born Feb. 8, I836, in Scio iment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. | Township, Washtenaw Co., Mich. He is He was in active service in the battles of the Wil- X the son of Gottfried and Mary Beck, natives derness, Mine Run, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Al- respectively of Germany and Maryland. His len's Mills, North Anna, Petersburg, and shortly after parents settled after their marriage in Washtethe last named contest he was severely injured by naw County and later removed to the township of being thrown from a horse while crossing the Rap- Sebewaing, Huron Co., where they still reside. pahannock River. He went to the hospital only after Mr. Beck passed the first I5 years of his life in f receiving three distinct orders from his Colonel, and his native township, attending school and assisting was not again able to take active part in military on his father's farm. In 1860 he returned to Wash) service, receiving final discharge on account of disa- tenaw County, where he remained about two years. $ bility, in August, 1864. On receiving his release he On his return to the township of Sebewaing, he lofi ^~^ j^_ — 77-c arn bn Ii' r., // HURON COUNTY. 299 cated on Ioo acres of land deeded to him by his sist of three brothers, of English extraction, who father. He now owns 80 acres and has cleared and emigrated to America before the Revolution. One improved 45 acres. In the fall of 1882 he erected brother settled in Maine, another in Connecticut, and a handsome and convenient farm-house. His place the remaining brother in New Jersey. is in excellent condition, and he is considered one of The subject of the present sketch is a descendant the leading agriculturists and a most reliable citizen of the Ayres who located in the State of Connecticut. of his township. He has a fine vineyard of 5,ooo He became assistant manager of his father's business grape-vines, of which he is justly proud. His crop when he was 17 years old, owing to the protracted in i882, from 3,000 vines, was 40,000 lbs. of grapes. ill-health and advanced age of the latter, and at 21 His marriage to Elizabeth Lahr occurred in Sagi- entered into the manufacture of boots and shoes, naw Co., Mich., April 12, 1869. They have four which branch of business his father had relinquished. children: Wilhelmine M., Ernst V., Matilda M. In I840 he transferred his affairs to West Troy, where and Elizabeth F. he was similarly interested, and conducted a wholeMrs. Beck is the daughter of Valentine and sale and retail business until 1858, when he came Magdelena (Knorr) Lahr, natives of Germany. The West to recuperate his broken health. father was born Oct. 25, I8I8, the mother July 24, In 1859 Mr. Ayres embarked in a lumbering and 1815. They emigrated to the United States in 1837, mercantile enterprise, with Charles G. Learned and and were married in New York in I842. The same Ebon Wiswall, at Port Austin, removing his family year of their marriage they returned to the old here in I86I. At that time the firm owned o0,000 country, remaining there till April 24, I850, when acres of land in Huron County, which a little later they again came to the United States, locating in they doubled in extent. It was nearly all pine land, ': Monroe County, Michigan, where their daughter, and they pushed the manufactureof lumber products =, Mrs. Beck, was born March 29, 1851, Mr. Lahr of general varieties with vigorous energy. Their sawdied Oct. 17, I883. The mother is still residing in mill, which was purchased of Smith, Dwight & Co., a: Monroe County. of Detroit, and constructed by them, was built in.? Mr. Beck is independent in political opinion and i85o, and at that time was one of the largest and action, and has held the offices of Treasurer and best in the State of Michigan. They manufactured Highway Commissioner. He and his wife are mem- an aggregate of 75,000,000 feet of lumber, a large bers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. quantity of lath and shingles, and. afterward added _raavc'a'avaYa'a y2bI;r, k the manufacture of staves and other material for barrels. In the winter of i862-3, they sunk the first salt well outside of the Saginaw Valley, and at first evaporated by means of kettles, producing Ioo barrels I X;-:'~ '~2 r~' i rAdaily. They have since substituted a pan block, and ti X Xrederick S. Ayres, of the firm of Ayres &.. -.' r * lliJ rederieck S.P Ayres, of the firm of Ayres & by means of its improved facilities manufacture I60 Co., at Port Austin, has been one of the CNe pomatnPt Austine, a b ee.ron Cofnt barrels a day. When their business was in its comIis /A prominent business men of Huron County.... K I~'d. poiebuisme fHunCny parativeincipiency they employed an average of o00 r since I859, when he came here and entered J since 859, when he cae here and entered.men, but their extending relations now require the vigorously into the work of developing the a coi y-;~~~~~~~ ~ - ' assistance of a considerably larger number. Their resources of the county. He was born Oct. 22,. d. v. ^ T- * /. ^ ^ ^ average annual sales amounted to about $Ioo,ooo. 814, in New Canaan, Fairfield Co., Conn. His, a,a 14r, i N, FIn 1871 the firm relations underwent several d) 1 father was a native of the same county and was a c g r i n i r 1,,~~~~. - /.,~changes, Mr. E. Wiswall selling his claim to Mr. in New Canaan in which business he was engaged Ayres of this sketch, who admitted his son James S. f i New Canaan, in wvhich lusiness he was engaged into the partnership, and Mr. Learned transferred his / during the entire active period of his life. His wife, claims to his son Jonas R. In I874 the latter in turn mother of Mr. Ayres, of this sketch, was Rebecca sold to E. R. Ayrss, son of the senior of the firm, t (Seymour) Ayres. which has since been known as " Ayres & Co." The (v-X The progenitors of F. S. Ayres in this country con- business transactions of the partnership included the t ea"X-^y ^A 0niiDn^5^- I — ^^((~>nw 3oo HURON COUNTY. _ manufacture of salt, mercantile relations and traffic of 1855-6, he engaged in teaching school in Leeds; in real estate. They own a farm in Port Austin, Co., Ont., returning in the spring to the farm where: comprising i,ooo acres, a large farm in Dwight Town- he assisted in the farm labors until September of the ship, and 20 acres platted in the village. same year. He then went to Haldimand Co., Ont., The residence of Mr. Ayres at Port Austin is on and again became a teacher. He continued there Lake Street, and is situated in the midst of finely laid in that vocation until May, 1858, and again returned out and attractive grounds. to the farm. In September following, he went again His marriage to Nancy Raymond occurred in to Haldimand County, and taught school until the Lewisboro (then South Salem), N. Y. Four children spring of 1859. He then engaged as a salesman in were born to them, two at New. Canaan, Conn.: a store at Selkirk, in the same county. He remained James S. (see sketch); Sarah E., wife 6f Charles L. in that capacity until February, i866. His salary Mather, manufacturer of lime and cement at West for the first six months was $2o and board for that Troy, N. Y.; Ebon R., resident at Sandusky, Ohio; entire period. In connection with his labors as clerk, i and Caroline M., wife of Frederick St. John Lock- he officiated as book-keeper. At the time named, wood, President of the Fairfield Co. (Conn.) Bank. associated with a fellow clerk, he purchased the The two last named were born in West Troy, N. Y. stock of their employer and managed the business A fine lithographic likeness of Mr. Ayres is given about one year, when Mr. Holmes sold out. He in this ALBUM just preceding the above biographical spent the winter of 1866-7 at the Commercial Coloutline. lege at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The following summer he passed with little profit in the Madock mineral regions of Canada, and in the winter of 1867-8 he:__' - _ _, ~'-~ a -dagain engaged in teaching in Haldimand County. In HiEza~~~ |<*-~~ < 1May, i868, he came to Ora Labor (now Bay Port), Huron County, where he conducted a limited mer-.~~=:= lrc. Holes geea ecatad cantile enterprise in the interests of J. W. Snell. In = 3Aldrich Holmes, general merchant and l ldric Holmes, general merant an October of the same year he. embarked in trade / 1 dealer in grain at Caseville, is one of the with H. C. Marvin, at Unionville, Tuscola Co., l~ (D,,- leading and prominent business men of Mich., buying a half interest in a trade already esX Huron County. He was born July 19, 1836, tablished. in Leeds Co., Ont., and is the son of Richard His marriage to Susie A. Holmes took place in and Mary A. (Aldrich) Holmes. His father is February, I869, and five children, the youngest of yet a resident of Leeds County, and was born April whom died in infancy, have been born to them as 27, 1787, in Columbia Co., N. Y. His powers of follows: R. Will, at Unionville, Dec. 8, I869; S. mind are as complete as in his prime, and on the Estella, March 25, I872 Bertha A., July 2, I874; seventh day of July, 1884, he wrote the date of his M Maude, July 6, 1876. The three last named < birth and his birthplace in a fair, legible hand, to were b-rn at Caseville Mrs. Holmes is the daughwhich he affixed his name. His son, the subject of ter of William and Mary (Hoover) Holmes, and was this sketch, visited him in the summer of i884, and born April 30,839, i Haldimand Co., Ont., where found him in the field, hoeing corn! The mother, her father has lived for half a century. Her mother, who was a distant relative of Dr. Ben. Franklin, who was a native of Pennsylvania, died April 4, was born July I, 1797, and died March 13, I87.0, on 186, at her residence. She was born Nov. i, 1803. the homestead where the father is still living, and of Her father was born in March, I81o, and is a money which he has been a resident 58 years, or since 1826. lender and a man of wealth. Her parents had one They were the parents of 12 children, all of whom son and four daughters. save the youngest, who died in his forty-fitst year, Mr. Holmes continued in business at Unionville | X are living and in good health. The eldest will be 70 with Mr. Marvin until January, 1871, when he sold ( years old on the first day of January, I885. to his partner and removed in April following to Mr. J. Aldrich Holmes, was reared on his father's Caseville. He rented a small store building in the en ^ farm, and obtained a good education. In the winter lower part of the village, where he transacted mer^g^ ))^^ ^- —. ~'- ~'4 ~ ~ i~ r'^ -,: u~~~ ffHURON cantile business until September, I872. In the summer of that year he purchased a lot and erected a f suitable and convenient building, which he has since occupied. He is a Notary Public, and does the business common to the office. His lines of mer2 chandise is suitable for the accommodation of his local patronage and include the articles common to a general mercantile establishment. His building, which is 40 x 84 feet in size, is one of the largest in the county used for like purposes. Mr. Holmes owns some wild lands and a small improved farm. COUNTY. 30 -__. 3o - I_. 9il), I!L0ohn Schreiber, farmer, section 21, Sand - Beach Township, is a son of Christopher /1?*Schreiber, who lived and died in Germany. John emigrated to America in 1852 and lived " one year in Buffalo, N. Y. He next bought a farm in Macomb Co., Mich., and lived there till 1879, then sold out and purchased 40 acres where he now resides. He has the whole tract cleared and in a good condition of high cultivation. On governmental policy Mr. S. takes Republican views, and both himself and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. Oct. 3, 1852, he married Miss Catherine Mollar, who was born in Germany, March 14, I83o. They have nine children, namely: Minnie, John, Lizzie, Emma, Melie, Ernest, Jennie, Charles and Mary. Mr. Simmie was 17 years of age at that time, and soon began to learn the miller's trade in Huron County, which vocation he followed as a business four years, when he engaged in railroading on the " Great Western " of Canada. He continued in that occupation several years, but in I876 came to Huron County, Mich. He entered the employ of Langdon Hubbard, in whose interests he has since been employed, working winters in the lumber woods and spending the summer seasons in work on the farm of Mr. Hubbard, of whose agricultural interests he is the manager. Mr. Simmie was married in October, I876, to Jeannette Howrocks. Of four children born of this union, two are living. James was born in Sigel Township, Nov. 22, I877, and died Aug. 9, I879; John was born Feb. 13, i879, and died Aug. 12, 1879; Catherine was born Aug. 23, i880; Isabella, born July 22, 1884. Mrs. Simmie was born in I853. She is the daughter of John and Bella (Taylor) Howrocks. The former is deceased. The latter resides in Dakota with her sons. Mr. Simmie is a Republican, and is at present (I884) Township Clerk. He has held other local offices, and he and his wife are Preslyterians. { | I llan McGregor, farmer, section 8, Bloom- 5g II field Township, was born Jan. 8, I848, in 7,.~ Glengarry Co., Ont., and isof Highland7e *, Scotch descent. His parents, John and Cath-:' erine (McDonald) McGregor, reside in the village of Wyebridge, Simcoe Co., Ont., having sold their farm and retired to pass their declining years free from care. The son was reared to manhood on a farm. He spent the winters of his life, after reaching his majority in lumbering, and working summers on a farm. He came to Michigan in 1876, and in the fall of I877 bought the farm on which he now resides. He was in the employ of Langdon Hubbard for four years as a foreman, and took possession of his farm in February, I881. Mr. McGregor suffered heavily in the fire of i88r, losing his barn, frame house, crops and furniture, also pigs and hens, saving only his cattle and one. -' f Is V (> go --- —- iIfflhiIIlIlii~p. 44 I.. " ohn M. Simmie, farmer, section 31, Bloomfield Township, was born Aug. I, 1849, in Perth, Scotland, of which county his parents, James and Catherine (McIntosh) Simmie, were also natives. The former died ~ 'there in i865, at the age of 39 years. The s latter resides in Canada, and is 65 years old. She was left a widow with five sons, with whom she ' emigrated to Canada in i866. They settled in the i county of Huron in the Province of Ontario. <^A-ji, Do? Ads-m n g ~~~~~~~~au~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1 I! ~~11'70111 u u i- ). ~~~~~ ~~ — 481- ~~~ ~-X 302 HURON horse. His family took shelter in a shanty, after seeing the destruction of their property, where they resided six weeks, and until a new house was in readiness for their occupancy. His crop of fall wheat was in the ground, which was a piece of good pasture. Mr. McGregor is a Democrat in political connection, and at preseAt (1884) is Treasurer of his Township. He was married, March 27, 1866, to Ann J. Tripp. Their children were born as follows: Duncan John, April 3, i867; Catherine Mary, May 27, I869 (she COUNTY............ x~~C died April 29, 1879, while on a visit to Canada, with her mother); Jane, April I 2, I873; Alexander, May 12, 1875; William Allen, May 7, 1879. All the children were born in Canada. Mrs. McGregor is the daughter of Hiram and Catherine Emma (Harrington) Tripp, and was born Oct. 8, i850, in Canada. Her parents are of Dutch and English descent. They reside on a farm in Maskoka, Ont. Mr. Anderson was married Sept. 27, I867, to Mary A., daughter of Irvin and Margaret McPherson. Her father was born in Glenelg, Furnesshire, Scotland, in 1794. He emigrated to America in 1802 with his grandmother, mother and four brothers. His grandfather was a soldier in the British army during the Revolutionary War, and was in prison eight years in North Carolina. The father was a soldier in the British forces during the War of I8I2. The mother of Mrs. Anderson was born in I802 and died in Canada in I841. Her father died at St. Urbain, Can., about I870. She was born at that place May 12, I834, and is one of a family of ii children. (She had a twin brother.) Wm. McPherson was born March 17, I824; Donald, Feb. 7, 1826; Kenneth, March 28, I828; Angus, March 3, 1830; John, Feb. 14, 1832; Murdoch (twin brother of Mrs. Anderson), May 12, 1834. His birth occurred the day after that of his sister; Christina, July 24, I836; Isabella, Oct. 3, 1838; Margaret M. Jan. 3, I841 (died Dec. 2I, i868). Mr. Anderson was drafted Sept. 27, I864, and was assigned to Co. F, I5th Mich. Vol. Inf., Capt. W. W. Hubbell, General Oliver, Brigade Commander, of Second Division and i5th Army Corps, of the Cumberland. He was discharged in May, I865. The regiment was in the corns of General Sherman at T"" tt ",I Cc \ section ICase- A Goldsboro, N. C., and Mr. Anderson saw plenty of ^) if F,! I illiam Anderson, farmer, section i I, Case-.... lliam Aenderson farmer, 2r i8 o skirmish warfare. His brother, John, was drawn in ville Township, was born Feb. 23 34 the next draft and they met on the field, when Mr. S in Berwickshire, Scotland. His parents, w v in Beorwickshire Scotnd. Hispnt, a Anderson learned of the death of his mother, whom A2> George and Jane (Young) Anderson, are J both deceased. His father died in Scot- he left in health. Mr. Anderson is a Republican, and with his wife ' land, about the age of 59 years.. land, about the age of l years. is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which I Mr. Anderson emigrated with his mother, four they were reared brothers and a sister-in-law, in i852, to America, landing at Montreal. They purchased a farm in Beauharnois Co., Province of Quebec, where they,ts-psi. lived eight years. In I860, three brothers, Anderson, came to Huron County and purchased wild land Add in Caseville Township. There were then no im-, i r,..., I,, r ^IB^Slflois Berger, marketman and butcher, Sebeprovements of any description there, and but a few s B traces of the dishonest lumbering which had been waing, was born March 3, 1838 in Switzerland, the native country and life-long resicarried on previously. They guided their locationntry and life-long reiby Government lines, there being no roads. Wild i dence of his parents, John and Barbara; game, especially deer, was abundant. The claim Berger. He came to the United States in / secured by Mr. Anderson included i60 acres, of I865, proceeding, directly after landing, to Sebe-, which he has cleared 40 acres and placed it under waing. Three months later he went to Lapeer f good cultivation. County and engaged in butchering, continuing in _ - >' ))^^n --- " -^ — -.^nCaa^ -~ ^ --— ^^~^|||~" rI-4i lii;~~;~c:::: HI> URON COOUVN Y. 305\ that occupation there two years. In I868 he es- the progress of civilization and development in they tablished his business at Sebewaing, and has since hands of persistent energy, and it is now one of the! as~ A contiuued its successful prosecution. Mr. Berger is best improved sections of the county. The settle-i in harmony with the principles of Republicanism in ment which gathered about the nucleus established T | political opinion. He is a member of the Concordia by Mr. Soule naturally took his name. For threen Singing Society. years a private mail was sustained, which finally His marriage to Mary Schaade took place March merged into a regular Government route through the 28, I86i, in his native land. She was born there efforts of Mr. Soule, and was established in I884. April 30, I825. He owns 300 acres of excellent farming land in the vicinity of Soule, which is rapidly growing and fvj~~~~~~~~~ ~promises to be one of the leading inland villages of the county. In I880 Mr. Soule became a member of the firms _oy~^____^^w,~,of Williamson, Eakins & Co., successors to Woods & hares Soule, of the firm of Eakins & Co., in the manufacture of salt and lumber. In June, harls l h fir o Ein i1883, Mr. Williamson withdrew from the firm and it Soule, manufacturers of salt and lumber, Sole, mauacuer fsatanbecame Eakins & Soule. Their annual transactions and general merchants, at Port Crescent, was general merchanRtsatnor Crs ct, wis. reach an aggregate of $Ioo,ooo, the salt block yieldborn Nov. 23, I824, in Rutland Co., Vt. His bor No. 3, 184 in Rula Co.,.ing about 150 barrels daily and their lumber product ) < father, Gardner Soule, was a native of the I {., reaching about 30,000 feet per diem.:, Green Mountain State, where he was a farmer, Green Mountain, whe he ws a In political connection Mr. Soule is a Republican A te many years; and was a descendant from mixed Eng- e many ye; ad ws a dt fm m d - of decided type. He is a Justice of the Peace at this. lish and German ancestors. He married and late in.. t writing (I884). Mr. Soule is the present Postmaster-:.... life removed to Wyoming Co., N. Y., where his.. a: lf remved- tWymn. NVwhrhi at Port Crescent, having been appointed in i880 by" wife died, in May, I879, aged 78 years. His death ^ President Hayes. He had previously been Post-. 7~t occurred in April, 1880, when he was 85 years old. occurred,, w n he ws 85 y s. master in the township of Soule. At the election ofi', He had been blind two years before his death. h w l o __-,,, ~~~~~. —, Nov. 4, 1884, he was elected Probate Judge for" [ * Mr. Soule, of this sketch, was ii years old when uron '\~.} ~~,of ~., -....Huron County. ( his parents transferred their family and interests to, n n ' r T r Tr - He was married in April, I845, in Wyoming Co., the State of New York. He was carefully educated r. e N. Y., to Clarissa T. Rowley. The following children and became a teacher, but the vocation was detria b.ecm atc, b t have been born to them: Julia E., Lotta E., Albert, mental to his health and he exchanged the calling.. Lorena A., Edward C., James T. and George., Mrs. for the lumber business, in which he engaged in con-. with active..opera s. a bSoule was born in April, 1825, in Bennington, WyoJ nection with active operations as a builder, in which. S vis fNewEngland parentage. X,...ming Co., N. Y. She is of New England parentage b ranch he carried on extensive relations in Cattarau-;:,~ ~, - ~., The portrait of Mr. Soule adorns the gallery of this gus County, the dwellings and business structures. w ose... ALBUM, being given just preceding the above bio whose erection he superintended making in the [...graphical sketch. aggregate a number sufficient for a city. His lumber business increased until it assumed extensive proportions. Eventually he sold all his business in the. State of New York and came to Huron County, where he established a saw and grist mill and a mercantile. enterprise in the township of Chandler (then Lake), ottfried Beck, Jr., farmer, section I6, which he was instrumental in having set off and | Sebewaing Township, was born in Scio, "^: named in honor of the late distinguished Senator Washtenaw Co., Mich., April 22, 1839, from Michigan. and is the son of Gottfried and Mary (Schill ~ The public spirit and enterprise of Mr. Soule ing) Beck. (See sketch of Gottfried Beck) attracted settlers, and the place which at the date of He was but nine years of age when he came) his location was in primeval wildness soon displayed with his parents to the township of Sebewain Jbwh'n ia t t ipSA 306 HURON CO UNTY. ( where educational facilities were very limited on charged the duties of the office of Treasurer of Port account of the unsettled condition of the country. Austin Township 12 years. He remained with his parents until he was 24 years He was married in Newtonville, Albany Co., N. Y.,, of age, when, associated with two brothers, he en- Nov. 20, 1867, to Mary J. Hermans. She was born gaged in the management of a farm in Sebewaing Sept. 25, 1838, and is the daughter of Abram and k Township, which he operated six years. Mary Hermans. One child has been born of their; In 1869 he located on 80 acres of land given him union, Herman, whose birth occurred Aug. 15, i868. by his father, and he has now 60 acres of cleared and improved land. In politics he is a Democrat and he has been Treasurer one term. He was married Nov. 30, 1871, in Sebewaing Township, to Helena P. Schilling, daughter of Fred- 1 erick and Catherine Schilling. She was born Sept.ani McGregor, farmer section 9, Bloom-i 28, 1850, in Scio, Washtenaw Co., Mich., and is field Township, was born Nov. 20, 1835, in the mother of two children: Edmond H. and Clar- Glengarry Co., Ont. His parents, John issa hM. and Catherine (McDonald) McGregor, are both living in the village of Wyebridge, Simcoe Co., Ont. The father was born at Glenlion iin the Highlands of Scotland, and will be 83 ~(;p )2iVVV~~~~iYVV.~~~~~C |years of age Dec. 25, 1884. The mother is 75 years old, and is a native of Ontario. ^^~i Wa h fkGr I Mr. McGregor was reared to the vocation of far- $> =:= A eorge H. Van Woert, book-keeper for mer by his father, and when he reached his majority = a) Thomas Winsor & Co., Port Austin, was engaged in lumbering in Simcoe Co., Ont., where he,. =s: bor Oct. 2, I831, in Albany Co., N.., passed the winter seasons of four years in the various - ', - and is the son of Tunis and Orletta (Smith) avenues pertaining to that branch of business, and; Van Woert. His father was a native of New at the same time he engaged in mercantile business!! A t York State, and lived the life of a farmer, at Wyebridge, in which he was occupied ten years. dying at the age of 80 years, in Saratoga Co., N. Y., At the end of that time his business was destroyed where he passed the last 30 years of his life. The by fire, and unfortunately without insurance. mother was a native of Connecticut, and died in Sar- He came to Michigan, and, meeting Mr. L. Hubatoga County, when she was 81 years old. bard at Port Huron, he engaged with him in the Mr: Van Woeit was brought up to the age of i8 capacity of foreman on his farm. He bought the years on his father's farm. He had obtained a good property of which he has since been the owner in common-school education, and at the age named he I877. It was in a wholly wild condition and he has began his career as an accountant. He followed expended his labors and energies upon it until he book-keeping as an occupation successively in the has placed 45 acres in a good agricultural condition, ' cities of Troy, Albany and New York, and came to with a frame house and barn upon it. Port Austin in I862, where he entered the employ of Mr. McGregor is a Democrat, and has been SuperAyres, Learned & Wiswell, operating in their interests visor of his township one year. He has a thorough 17 years as book-keeper and also as inspector of knowledge of horses. lumber. In I879 he entered upon the duties of his His marriage to Isabella Kennedy occurred Feb. present position, in the mercantile establishment of 21, 1860. Their children have been born as follows:, Thomas Winsor & Co. Katie M., April 22, 1862; Finlay, May i1, 1864; Mr. Van Woert owns 120 acres of land situated Margaretta A., April 7, 1867; Jeannette M., April J six miles south of Port Austin in Dwight Township, 24, I870; Lillian E., April 29, I872; Bella May, all of which is under cultivation. He also owns a July 4, 1876. fine village property where he resides. He is a Mrs. McGregor was born Dec. 2, 1835, in Ontario, (S member of the Masonic fraternity, and has dis- which is also the birth-place of her parents, Hugh v,.-m - ember oftiheMasn-icfatrntand h d ---^^g| .HURON and Jeannette (McIntosh) Kennedy. They are of Scotch descent and are about 82 years of age.. Their family comprised nine children. She and her husband are members of the Methodist Episcopal f of ah __. COUNTY. 307 1 i@)..~~~~I! tnurcn. ames F. Weatherhead, farmer,. section I2, Dwight Township, has been a resident of Huron County since the fall of I859, when -he pre-empted a claim of 80 acres of land, where he has since held proprietorship, and still owns one-half of his original acreage, nearly all of which is under the plow. He has held various school and township offices. His parents, James and Sarah (Hunter) Weatherhead, were also born in Scotland, where they were married and resided until 1842, the year in which they emigrated to the Dominion of Canada, where they resided until death. The son was 14 years of age when he accompanied his parents to the American Continent. His marriage to Ann Moore occurred March 2'7 Ti8c, in Canada. and joiner until his removal to Huron County. He adopts the tenets of the Democratic party. He was the principal factor in the organization of the township, and was permitted, on account of his priority of settlement, to dictate its name, which he called "Brookfield," in memory of his native place in the Empire State. He was the first Clerk of the new township. His first marriage occurred Oct. 2, 1854, in Almont, Lapeer Co., Mich., when Lovina Moe became his wife. She died in Brookfield Township, in the spring of I88o. Three of seven children of which she was the mother are deceased-Iacelona L., and Ann and Amy (twins). The latter died in infancy. Those living are: Liona R., Derillo A., Albert H. and Ada V. In the fall of I880 Mr. Burton was again married, in Barry County, to Mrs. Ann (Scott) Burton. She was born in New York, and by her former marriage had three children, Ermina, Ina and Clara. One child, Chauncey, has been born of the second marriage. Mrs. Burton belongs to the United Brethren Church. Mr. Burton is a member of the " Ages to Come " Society. X: f;:+ /... UP*~ I,.x lyI I He m1 >, ~ where she was born, July 22, 1832. They have had 3__ nine children-John J., George F.,Robert, Smith A., William, Joseph, Agnes, Mary E. and Margaret E. [ unting Trescott, of Sand Beach, has been a residentof the place since June 13, 1856. He was born Aug. 20, 1802, in Hardt/^~~~~- I $ wick, Caledonia Co., Vt. His parents removed n undrew H. Burton, farmer, section 25, Brook- pursued his vocation as carpenter, the son, field Township, was born June I, 1831, in acquiring a thorough knowledge of the same business, Madison County, N. Y. He entered his operating as his father's assistant. I a homestead claim of i6o acres Nov. 25, I865, Mr. Trescott came to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1821, I and was the first settler in the township. His and remained there some time, devoting ten years to father, Maj. Ross Burton, was a resident in the calling of a teamster. On coming toSand Beach, the State of New York until i858, when he removed he was employed by Jeremiah Ludington to assist in to Michigan, and is now a resident of Barry County, the construction of a saw-mill at Center Harbor, } and is about 80 years old. below Sand Beach. He has continued to work at?~ Mr. Burton made his first acquaintance with the his trade most of the time since, the exception being State of Michigan when he was 20 years of age. He devoted to draying He is the owner of five village ' remained two years, and traveled back to his native lots at Sand Beach; and has served actively in the State on foot. In I858 he came to Kent County, local affairs of the village, having held the office of; and operated as a farmer, and also as a carpenter Justice of the Peace and School Inspector, and has Co>~-" — N_ — s^^^ e3 --- c~s:-^^nn^:OR^ AS -- -— s^(@- A t8 fHURONV COUNVTY. ( k I: _ - ----- -------:- - 3lso officiated a number of years as member of the Wchool Board. 4 Mr. Trescott was married in Brooklyn, Cuyahoga So., Ohio, Dec. 30, I830, to Cynthia A. Brainerd. (Nine children were born of their marriage, eight of whom survive. Alfonzo A. is a farmer in the township of White Rock, Huron County; Maria A. married Jeremiah Ludington, Jr., and resides at Verona Mills; Melissa B. is deceased; Martha E. is the wife of Samuel Fuller, of Sand Beach; Minerva married ohn J. Kneale, an engineer at Alpena; Alva J. is a (i~arpenter in the Breakwater in the harbor at Sand "each; Loren J. keeps the light-house at Sand each; Lydia A. married Samuel H. Pangborn, a furniture dealer, of Alpena; Harriet S. is the wife of Geo. W. Gordon, of Alpena. Mrs. Trescott was born March 15, i8II, in East Adams, Connecticut, and is the daughter of Jabin and Lydia (Lamb) Brainerd. )Mr. and Mrs. Trescott reside with their daughter, Mrs. Samuel Fuller. Mr. Trescott was elected Supervisor of Sand Beach Township in the spring of 1859. He has also held ==the offices of Justice of the Peace and Coroner, and 'was appointed acting Sheriff, and during the war was =rDeputy Provost Marshal of Sand Beach, Sigel, SVerona, Huron, Bingham and Paris Townships. I) I Mr. Jenks at Sand Beach. The building is 30 X70 feet on the ground, and the assortment of articles includes all varieties of merchandise common to similar establishments. Mr. Crawford is a Republican, and cast his first Presidential vote for James A. Garfield., Nearly the entire course of his life has been spent under Republican administration. rancis Etzler, farmer, section 28, Hume Township, was born Nov. 19, 1837, in Prussia. His parents, Antoine and Joanna (Houckey) Etzler, were natives of Germany, where they belonged to the agricultural class. They came to the United States in 1853, and after a brief stay in Buffalo, N. Y., they moved to Geauga Co., Ohio, and some three years later to Port Austin, Huron Co., Mich. Their mother died there Oct. 3, I857, and the father and three sons determined to found a home in the (then) unbroken wilderness of Hume Township. They secured a half section of land situated on sections 28 and 29, which was afterward divided among the three sons. Mr. Etzler, of this sketch, is the proprietor of IIo acres of the original tract. He suffered comparatively heavy losses in the fire of I87I, when two barns, with their contents, and the major portion of a fine orchard were destroyed. The latter has been replaced. Mr. Etzler has cleared and otherwise improved 80 acres, which is his homestead and where he has a new residence and good farm buildings. Politically Mr. Etzler is a Republican. He was first married April 24, 1863, in Dwight Township, to Hannah Kaase. She died Aug. I3, 1878, and left seven living children: Johanna, Franklin, Albert, Conrad, Anthony, Lucinda and Matilda. Robert died three years before his mother. Her death was caused by abscess of the liver, from which she suffered five years. Mr. Etzler was a second time married, Oct. 22, 1879, at East Saginaw, to Mrs. Mary (Myers) Zellnar, widow of Powell Zellnar. Six children were born of her first marriage. Mary E., Margaret, Paulina, Sophia, Barbara and Powell. The latter is deceased. One child, Min f "! I i, --- — ~~>f. (gs2~w.<^-.~ ----- U '1 tharles Crawford, manager of the hardware tF g PI business of his father, F. Crawford, at Caseville, was born July 31, 1859, at Cleveland, Ohio. His parents came to Caseville, in this county, when he was in his early years, and he received his elementary education at the public schools of Huron County. Later he went to Ann Arbor, where he spent three years, after which he took a course of commercial study in Tthe business college at Poughkeepsie, where he was graduated in the fall of 1878. On his return to Caseville he engaged in the business of a butcher, which he pursued several years. In I883, he took charge of the hardware interests of his father. The rela" tions of the establishment are the most extensive in > Huron County, with the single exception of that of BX~))^^^ ---^s^ —~c^n c,1-5 1. f1 (V Li,{ a * l ~ -J-4 tPu I I~~~~~~~~~.1 llt iS^^i^^ ----^venii, — _ S n unn^^ — HURON COUNTY. 311 > ~ie, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Etzler. The M. E. Church. Mrs. Bacon was graduated at other was born in Switzerland, Dec. 13, I840. She Albion College and was a successful teacher for ame to the United States when she was 23 years of some years. Maud, the second child, was graduated e age, with a brother and sister, and located in Dwight in the department of music in the same college. l'ownship, where she remained until her marriage. William M. and Thomas C. are students at Albion, where the two youngest children, Joseph W. and I -. 3-= —JI^ Day H., are taking preparatory courses of study. Mr. Snell removed his family to Saginaw, Mich., in i866. After a brief residence there, he came 1 _ p - _, f r an.e i to Huron County and purchased several hundred '1~ -on. Joseph W. Snell, farmer and dealer in acres of timbered land making his loc yJ { real estate, resident at Albion, Calhoun Co., acres of tmbered land mak hs location at B t^Mich., whose business interests are situated| Port. Soon after he opened a mercantile enterprise, largely in Huron County, was born June 2, which he has since conducted, in conjunction with 1826, in Lycoming Co., Pa. His parents, farming and lumbering. Together with his wife, William and Emily (Molineaux) Snell, were Mr. Snell owns about 2,000 acres of land within natives of England. His father devoted his life to Huron County. agricultural pursuits, emigrating early to the State of He is an active and proient member ofthe New York, where he died in 1839. The mother Republican element in politics, and has been Super)died in the same State in 1828. visor of his township several years. In I868 he was Mr. Snell is the youngest of six children, and was elected to represent the people of Huron County in Abut two years old when his mother died. At the the Legislature of Michigan, and served during the =age of eight years he went to live with an uncle, two sessons of hs term In he was again put >Jesse P. Haines, of Niagara Co., N. Y., under in nomination for the same office, but owing to local =whose supervision he remained until he attained his divisions was deeated by a small majority. Mrs..=... Snell is a prominent and zealous member of the ==. majority. Mr. Haines was a surveyor by profession e is a rom t a zealous member of the sand a prominent member of the Society of Friends. Methodist Episcopal Church. In character he was one of the finest examples of all that the principles of his creed tend to develop. Always just and wise, pre-eminently solicitous for the -- welfare of the community of which he was a member, he exerted an influence that survives him even Sif,;v now in the character of those with whom he was f m enry Pangborn, farmer and breeder of intimately connected. 1, stock, section 22, Verona Township, was Soon after attaining his majority, Mr. Snell went | born Sept. 13, 1837, in Brock Township, to Haldimand Co., Ont., and became interested in Ontario Co., Can. He is the son of John and lumbering. He operated there i6 years, and during ' Barbara (Shier) Pangborn, and his father was a the time was married (May 17, 1857) to Fidelia lumberman and farmer in the Dominion, in the Holmes. She was born in May, 1827, in Haldimand first of which occupations he assisted until he was County, and is the daughter of William Holmes, a I8 years old, when he began to work chiefly on the wealthy farmer and lumberman of that county who farm. The family came to Verona Township in has retired from active business. Her mother, 862, when the father bought I60 acres of land on Mary (Hoover) Holmes, was of German extraction section 25, in the southeastern part of the township. and born in Pennsylvania. She died about 1869. In I863, Mr. Pangborn bought his farm of 200 Mrs. Snell obtained a good common-school educa- acres, where he has since pursued agriculture of a tion and engaged some years in teaching. The high character, and has II5 acres under cultivation. family of Mr. and Mrs. Snell includes six children. He also deals in cattle. He was a heavy loser by Jessie H. is the wife of the Rev. Lyman Bacon, a both the fires which have devastated Huron County. graduate of Albion College and a minister of the In the first he was compelled to witness the destructr a~~~ g" "'. i^ * --- n nn aan4m-o x ~ HURON CO UNTY. t -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -._- _ a ce1* - - - _ /. w 312, I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - (i tion of his barn, which was filled with farm products, ' his granary, farm implements, fences, etc., entailing a loss of $2,000. In I88I he lost fences and five head of cattle. His house became the refuge for ) several families who lost everything, and he gave them shelter from one to three months, as the emergency demanded. Mr. Pangborn has been an active and useful member of society, and of the community to which he belongs. He has been Supervisor five years, and j has discharged the duties of the school offices a number of years. He has been deeply interested in the official duties of the several positions he has held. The parents of Mr. Pangborn are residing with his brother John in this township. His marriage occurred Jan. 22, I866, in Verona Township, to Mary A. Noonan, daughter of John and Mary (McLaughlin) Noonan. She was born Sept. 4, 1848, in Canada, 21 miles south of the city of Ottawa. The father of Mrs. Pangborn died Oct. I ii, I877, in Verona Township, aged 59 years. Her s mother was born in August, I8I7, and is still living, i with her daughter. The latter is the mother of seven children: John A. V., Mary A., Albina G., Nellie M.,. Samuel H., Matilda B. and Bertha M. It is with a considerable degree of satisfaction that the publishers of this work are permitted to place the portrait of Mr. Pangborn among its pages. Truly, the citizens of the county will recognize in the likeness one whose interest is in common with their own, and a representative citizen of the county. I = which he conducted seven years. Closing out his interest there, he came to Michigan, in May, I88i, and soon after established the business he has since conducted. He carries a stock worth $3,500, and transacts an annual business which in the aggregate amounts to about $6,ooo. His mercantile affairs have been prosperous, and from the first have been increasing. He is a Republican in political persuasion. His marriage to Isabella M. Paine took place March 20, 1873. She was born in St. John's County, Quebec, and is the daughter of John and Ann K. (Milner) Paine. Her parents were of English and Scotch nationality, respectively, and early in life settled in the Province of Quebec. Her father died May 27, I87I; the demise of her mother occurred March I9, of the same year. The one was 78 years of age, the other 69 years old. The family went, in 1870, to Ontario, where her mother died, and where she was married two years later. "'?_tephen A. Mosher, general merchant and Jj S| dealer in agricultural implements at Soule ~Jkl% village, was born June 25, 1832, in Os-,iL< wego, N. Y. In his paternal line of descent he is of traceable English lineage, his ancestral progenitors having come to New England from Manchester, England. Mr. Mosher, senior, came to Livingston Co., Mich., in I853, and later in life to Huron County, arriving at the residence of his son in November, I882, where he died three weeks after, aged 70 years. The mother, Eliza J. (Brock) Mosher, was a native of New York, of New England parentage and English descent. She was the daughter of John D. and Anna Brock, the former belonging to the same line of descent with General Brock, commander of the loyalists in Mackenzie's War. She died in Shiawassee Co., Mich., in I857. The parents came in 1840 to Erie Co., Ohio, where the family located on a farm. The son assisted in the agricultural operations until he was 14 years of afge, when he went to work on the Wabash Canal, remaining in that avenue of employ two years. He next went to Rochester, N. Y., where he became an Mi- yron W. Boyd, merchant at Soule, was l Jfl born March i, i847, in Leeds Co., Ont. His parents, Robert and Sarah (Brow) Boyd, were natives respectively of Ontario and the State of Vermont. They are now living in retirement in Forest, Ont. The father has been a leading agriculturist of Lambton Co., Ont. i Mr. Boyd was reared to manhood on his father's farm, and remained under the parental roof until he was 26 years of age. In I874 he engaged in a general mercantile business at Jura, Lambton Co., Ont., ala^~ -"^e -^- nB It I, L,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~F- I, a0t u" -IM?. Ji|^ t ' — — ^~ ---T 0>.- -HUROA7 CO -UNT TY. — 1^5~ ~~~~ ZIHURON COUNATY. 313 So -.' I~~~~~~~~~~~~ s~ auctioneer and passed two years in that occupation, coming in I852 to Hillsdale Co., Mich. He engaged as salesman in a store at Jonesville, where he continued to operate one year. His health becoming seriously impaired, he returned to his parent's home in Livingston County, where he passed two years in his recovery.. His first occupation on convalescence was in the capacity of farm assistant and afterwards as a mill hand. Mr. Mosher belongs in the vanguard of the patriots who responded to the first cry of the Nation for succor against rebellious insurgents, as he enlisted in the Ninth Reg. Mich. Inf, Co. I. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland under the command of Generals Sherman and Grant. He was under fire in the battles of Mill Springs, Fort Donelson, Murfreesboro, Lebanon and Chattanooga. He was captured (July 12, i862) at the battle of Murfursboro. He was in the hands of the rebels for three days and contrived to make his escape through strategy, though at great risk. He was accompanied by a comrade and they made a successful effort to regain their liberty, joining the Union army at Nashville after six weeks slow, perilous and tedious travel through the "bush," which had to be done by night. They subsisted on berries and the hoe-cake of the negro cabins they passed on their way toward the north star. They traversed about Ioo miles and were almost naked when they found themselves in safe quarters. Mr. Mosher was honorably discharged Oct. 15, 1863. He suffered no injury save from the exhaustion consequent upon his great fatigue, and probably experienced no greater hardships than fell to the fate of most of the soldiers of the gallant Ninth Michigan, celebrated in the annals of the war for its fighting qualities. (A fact not commonly recorded in the history of the Ninth is, that the closing volley at the rebels just previous to the surrender of General Johnston was fired by a detachment from the "Ninth.") After being released from the military service of the United States, his family removed to Genesee Co., Mich. In December, I87'4, they came to Huron County and located at Bad Axe, removing a year later to Oliver Township, where Mr. Mosher entered a claim of 120 acres of land on sections i and I2, where he resided a few years, and on which he made many improvements. In I880 he exchanged his farm for two acres in the village plat of Soule, containing a building where he established the business interests named. He was appointed Postmaster at. Soule in I880, and is also Justice of the Peace. In political connection he is an adherent of the National Greenback party. He was one of the principal agents in the organization of the township of Oliver, and was the first Justice after it became an independent municipality. He was a member of the Board which arranged its local affairs and afterward held successively most of the localpositions. He was married Oct. 25, 1856, at Howell, Livingston Co., Mich., to Mary A. Garlock. Two children born to them are deceased-Julia L. and Martha J. Mary C., Francis D., Richard L., William H. and Susan A. are living. Mrs. Mosher was born Sept. 15, 1838, in Wayne Co., N. Y. Her parents removed to Livingston Co., Mich., when she was five years old and she continued to reside there and in Genesee County until her marriage. Her father, Rev. Richard Garlock, became a minister when 18 years of age and died June 22, I876, in Genesee County, dying, as nearly as could be determined,by the hand of violence. He was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was 64 years of age at the time of his demise. Her mother, Martha (Curtis) Garlock, was also a native of Wayne Co., N. Y., and died in Genesee Co., Mich., in 1854, aged 42 years. I' (,+ i ( 3: 3: 3: 3:4 )n IN 3 3 S[ V' It 6e) oah B. Sweet, furniture dealer at Bad Axe, was born in London, Can., June 12, 1849, j 0 R and is the son of Sheldon and Martha (Berch) Sweet, natives of Vermont. Mr. Sweet is the third child in line of birth of a family of seven children. He was reared to his present occupation of cabinet-maker. He came to the United States in 1869 and settled in St. Clair Co., Mich., remaining there 15 years, when he removed his family and interests to^Bad Axe, Huron Co., Mich. He purchased the furniture store of F. H. Krause, which he is carrying on with good success. He has a large stock of furniture and also a good supply of undertakers' goods. ~ --- —-.^^_ rr~~~~~~~i~~~~'i~~~~~~li 6? ~~~ ~ 0u ~ 314 H'URON CO UNTY. Mr. Sweet was married April 25, 1870, to Eliza ford, Ireland. His parents, Dr. W. W. and Ellen > Holt, daughter of John and Eliza (Sparrow) Holt. (Heath) Cooper, are also natives of Ireland, and his 1 She was born April I, i852, near Toronto, Can. father was a prominent physician there. He died in l They have three children born of their union: Irwin Ireland, in 1878. The mother and two sisters now I E., Lilla and Myrta. Mr. Sweet is a "Liberal" in reside in Sandusky, Ohio. religious views. Mr. Cooper came to the United States when he was 19 years of age. He was in the city of New York five months and came thence to Sandusky, Ohio, where he remained three months, or until the fall of I857, when he came to Huron City, Huron illiam H. Cooper, Sr., of the mercantile County. firm of Cooper & Creevy at Port Austin, He was married in Huron City, July I6, I864, to. Chs bn p nt in the b ht harlotte E. Peer. Their three children were born has been prominent in the business history f and the development of the resources of Hu- as follows: William H., Jr., May 5, i865; Euphemiaj d MESAand the development of the resources of HuCounty for the past 1 2 years. He has been a A., Jan. 30, I867, at Grindstone City; Charles Ar-. Cy for t e p 0 yrs en a thur, March 20, I869. Mrs. Cooper is the daughter resident of the county since the fall of I857, th, e o H C a of Capt. Aaron G. and Euphemia (Westbrook) Peer, when he came to Huron City and entered the eamof Grindstone City. (See sketch of Capt. A. G. ployment of R. B. Hubbard & Co. as book-keeper. o..n t, w Peer.) She was born on St. Clair River, on the 28th He operated in that capacity until 1865, when he f F b 8 6 A; day of February, 1846. went to Grindstone City, and in company with Wil-... Xam Creev and George Whit, of. S, Mr. Cooper is a member of the Masonic fraternity.. h liam Creevy and George Whitney, of Sandusky, Ohio, == bought the grindstone quarrv now owned bvy Worth- r? -Do - 1 -- J - - - ----- ington & Sons, to whom the property was sold in | Es i1 870. o. Within that year, the present firm of Cooper & | Creevy was formed, and their mercantile business established at Port Austin. They carry a stock of | I ames McAllister, farmer, section, Binghaii general merchandise adapted to the requirements of Township, was born June 17, I831, in their patrons and representing about $7,000. They | Glasgow, Scotland. His parents, James handle dry goods, groceries, mill products and hard- and Jane (Paul) McAllister, emigrated from ware, and require two assistants. Scotland to Peel Co., Ont., in 1842, where he The firm is engaged in the transaction of business was bred to the occupation in which he has in several other avenues, among which is the manu- passed his life. He remained on the home farm facture of lumber in Lincoln Township, in Huron until he was 27 years old, coming to Michigan in7 County, where they have timber lands. They ship i859. He became proprietor by purchase of 40Co their lumber to Sandusky, Ohio. The lumber firm acres of Government land, on which he was actively includes Orange Noble, of Erie, Pa., and their landed engaged for several years in lumbering. He still repossessions in Huron County embrace about 7,000oo tains ownership of his original acreage, and has imacres. The same association are also the proprietors proved 140 acres. He suffered materially in the of the interest known as the New River Company, in fires of 187 i and i881. Huron Township. They have two salt wells and Mr. McA!lister is a Republican in political faith. manufacture salt by the pan method, having facilities He has officiated as Supervisor and Treasurer of hi for the production of about I50 barrels daily. They township, and is the present Justice of the Peace employ 25 assistants and ship their salt to Detroit, (I884), which office he has held many years. Toledo and St. Louis. Their works include a saw- He was married Dec. 25, 1862, in Verona Townmill and they make the barrels used in their busi- ship, Huron County, to Margaret Scott. The follow-^ ness. ing children constitute the issue of this union: James,( Mr. Cooper was born Jan. 8, 1838, in County Wex- Jane, John, William, Robert, Flosso M. and Jessie A< & Mr. Cooper was born Jan. 8, ~838, in CountyAWex L_~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <::: w - # I '0 tir~fHURON COUNTY. 317 * (twins), Walter, Grace and Margaret. The last States, being frequently a member of the families of, named child is not living. Mrs. McAllister was born her uncles in Vermont., in Peebleshire, Scotland, Sept. 27, 1841. Hermother After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair came to j:~ died when she was small, and when she was I9 years Forester, Sanilac Co., Mich., where they remained, of age she came to Ontario with her father, where about two years, encountering all the worst experi- g they remained only a brief time, coming thence to ences of a new and wholly unsettled section. They Verona, where her father still resides. went thence in 1854 to Port Austin, where they remained a short time, coming afterwards to Hurne Township, where Mr. Sinclair purchased a farm on section 12. He is now residing on another farm, -2gW5~-^A^iYV1~53~-c^where he lived until 1883, the date of removal to their present home. Mr. Sinclair is the manager of |320 acres of land, which is under good improve54 m e ents. '~,},'homas Sinclair, stock farmer, on section I i, Huhomas STinclair, stock farmer, on section IT I He is a Republican and the oldest, by priority of tiff yg Hume Township, is a native of the Shet}9JL/- Hume Township, is a native of the Shet- official date, Justice of the Peace in the county, tIj)c 4land Islands on the coast of Scotland, and land Ibslnds on the coast of Scotlan, land having held the office continually since he- removed.was born June 20, I828. His father, John; was born June 20, 1828. His father,John to the county, and is still the incumbent. Sinclair, was of Scotch origin and a sailor b y, an i s the incumbent. Sinclair, was of Scotch origin and a sailor by The reader will be pleased to find a portrait of vocation from his youth until 1869, when he Mr. Sinclair in this volume, and the publishers abandoned the water and now resides at Port accordingly take pleasure in presenting it. It is /, Huron, aged 80 years. He married Agnes Sinclair, preceding the commencement of.s s,given on the page preceding the commencement of A and became a resident of Port Huron about 1854. this sketch. ' The mother was also of Scotch extraction, and died at Port Huron, Dec. 7, r880, aged 74 years. The i elder Sinclair was keeper of the light-house at Port.G ^ ) Huron during i years previous to the spring of V eT i 88I, when he yielded the position. Mr. Sinclair is the oldest of nine children born to.i f his parents, and emigrated with them to the United ii|-orace Smith, senior member of the firm States when he was 12 years old. The family first of Smith & Webb, proprietors of the busisettled in Lockport, N. Y., going thence to Buffalo, 4 ness known as the "Model Lime Kiln,' and two years after to the Province of Ontario. In located near the dock at Sand Beach, was born 1 I852 they came to Port Huron. He was an inmate in Durham Co., Ont., Feb. 28, 1834. He is of his father's home until his marriage to Mary the son of Isaac and Vesta (Moulton) Smith. Soule, in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., which event His father was a native of Vermont, in April, 1879, occurred June 10, I853. Four children have been in Lexington, Sanilac Co., Mich. The mother was born to them: Frank T., the eldest, was married born in Lower Canada, where she died in 1859. June 8, I88i, and resides at Port Austin, where he Their family included six children. is a dealer in real estate. Emma A., Clara M. and Mr. Smith is the second in order of birth of the James E. are the names of the others. Clara is the children of his father's family. He was reared to wife of W. C. Williamson. (See sketch.) Mrs. manhood in his native province, where he engaged Sinclair is the daughter of Gardner and Abigail some time in agriculture, and owned Ioo acres of (Curtis) Soule, whose ancestral line is traceable to land in Clark Township, Durham Co., Ont. In the s the Mayflower and the Colonial period in the events spring of r865 he came to Lexington, where he was 4 of which the Soule family was conspicuous. She a farmer until his removal to Sand Beach, in April, was born April io, 1823, in Rutland Co., Vt., and i88i. He formed a partnership with Robert Webb, went with her parents to Genesee Co., N. Y., when of Port Hope, for the purpose of manufacturing lime, Fshe was io years of age, but she was reared in both and built the lime kiln. Their works have a proF9- u-:U)"Tu 38 HURON COUNTY. ducing capacity of Ioo barrels of lime every 24 possession of that which is now his homestead, and 3 hours, and their patronage compels them to operate which he purchased before selling his property on day and night. They burn the Rock Bottom, Kelley section I5. Island stone, from Ohio, and employ seven men. A Mr. Linsen is a Republican in political faith. cooper shop for the manufacture of barrels is at- He has officiated five years as Supervisor, and as tached to the establishment. They ship their lime Justice of the Peace four years. chiefly up the lake's. He was married in 1854 to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Smith was married in Lockport, Niagara Co., George and Elizabeth Stein. She was born March N. Y., to Sarah Newton, Sept. 2.7, I854, who was 29, 1829, in Saxony, Germany. Her mother died born Nov. 22, 1838, andthey have been the parents in 1877; her father lives on a farm located four of seven children. The two oldest were born in miles from St. Clair. Ontario, the others at Lexington. George H. was born May i, i860, and is in the employ of his father. Albert was born Oct. 7, 1861, and died July 27, |-.._-s..^l- - 1864; Herbert, June 13, i865; Ida, Sept. 12, I867; Ambrose, April 24, 1870, died Oct. 23, 1870; Alwyn, Aug. 4, I873; Frederick, Oct. I8, I88o. osiah Black, M. D., practicing physician at jg~1' Sebewaing, was born Jan. 8, 1854, in Can~jA e ' ada. His father, James Black, was a na- (. tive of Scotland and emigrated to Ontario,.,~_.. -|.~ 4|~- where he married Maria. Ainslie. They are 4^^~~~~~~~~~~~~[. ^^and have been residents of the Dominion since ' ___ their marriage. They became the parents of = <) ~i"~ *......... six sons and two daughters.. 41' cohn Linsen, farmer, section 3, Winsor s - Twn Lishen, farsbrn Feb., 3., insor Wr Dr. Black obtained his elementary education in =..,,~ g Township, was born Feb. 8, I824, in Wvur- '. ~ t~ 1ttemberg, Germany, and is the son of Mat- the common schools, which he attended until the age; thew and M.ary (Houck) Linsen. His par- of 5 years. At i8 he entered a dry-goods store in. ents have been dead since about I850. the employment of his brother as a salesman, and ( 1 In 1852 Mr. Linsen emigrated from his na- followed the mercantile business for about five tive country to the United States and settled years, when he resolved to carry into execution a in St. Clair Co., Mich. He was a tanner by trade, newly-formed project of studying medicine. He and obtained employment in that line of business, proceeded to Detroit, where he attended the Detroit in which he continued two years. In 1854 he con- Medical College two terms. He went thence to the menced with a farm, which he purchased, containing Michigan College of Medicine, Detroit, where, after. 60 acres. After retaining possession of it eight two terms of study, he was graduated, in the spring c~ years, he sold it in 1862, with the intention of em- of I88i. He first entered upon the practice of his barking in the tanning business, which project he profession at Lapeer, where he continued two years. carried into effect at Marine City, St. Clair County, He opened an office at Sebewaing in July, I882, and becoming associated with Moretz Menjel, with whom has since been engaged in a satisfactory and increashe continued to operate two and a half years, after ing business. For all the success and progress Dr. which he became proprietor, by purchase, and Black has won, he is indebted solely to his own enafterwad he formed a partnership with James ergy and persevering efforts. He began his conflict Hoebel. Six months after the establishment of the with fortune with empty hands, and is under no oblinew firm, their tannery burned and he came to the gations save those which belong to his own manGerman Colony at Ora Labor. He built a tannery, hood and which he has fully honored in his plans ' and in three years had lost his entire property. He and their accomplishment. In political opinions and b next secured a claim of I60 acres of land on section connections heis independent. He is'a member of i5, in Winsor Township, on which he operated six the Masonic fraternity, of the Knights of Maccabees years. He sold the place in April, i875, and took and of Leamington Lodge, No. I40, I 0.. F.. -— ^A nnunn.^9- -- @ ^x^i~~~ iHURON CO UNTY. 319 < (Ontario.) In connection with his professional prac- Township, living by hunting, fishing and trapping, tice, Dr. Black is conducting a drug store. and at the same time was engaged in traffic in fi:,:~ He was married in Canada, to Isabell Duncan, shingles. He opened the first clearing in the townand they have two children,-Elmer L. and Beatrice ship and built the first house. The exact date of his I i I., born respectively Aug. 6, i878, and Jan. 28, i880. coming to Huron County is lost, through the fact ' Robert and Mary (Glennee) Duncan, the parents of that he had no family ties at the time. He built a Mrs. Black, are natives of Scotland. hotel at the mouth of the Pinnebog River, which was probably the first structure for the purpose in Huron County. He married Mary Shilling, of Sebewaing Township, in this county. Her father, Frederick Shilling, is now a resident of that place. Mr. Hume A~~/dJ^~' ~ ~ ~ ~~ |became an extensive landholder in the county, his _i9p aiamuel T. Cantelon, farmer, section o0, 0 Hume Township, was born in 1842, near " Toronto, Canada. He became his own man at the early age of i6 years, and interested himself in acquiring a knowledge of the carpenter's trade, which he pursued in his native country as a vocation until 1862. In October of that year he came to the States and enlisted in the military service of the Union, enrolling in the 23d Mich. Vol. Inf., Co. F, his regiment being assigned to the command of Gen. Sherman. He fought in the Army of the Cumberland, and was actively engaged in the battle of Resaca. siege of possessions at one time including more than,000o acres of the best class of pine lands, but adverse circumstances deprived him of his property previous to his death, which occurred about March 17, I874. The name of " Hume" Township justly commemorates this early settler. His wife died May 5, 1867, at the time of the birth of Walter, the only surviving child of herself and her husband. Mr. Cantelon was married to Jessie Hume, Sept. I5, I866. She was born in Middlesex Co., Ont., and is the daughter of Thomas and Mery (Glenn) Hume. Her father is deceased. Her mother is a member of her household. Mrs. Cantelon taught school before tl1i1-i T^ i n \r crwlKtril1n^nln hitlt i; t~1i tnwzfA htn7C? \~ *s r:w Yi1 rii*.Hill h'. i ".j -- c -- -_ -!s1 - o t- -- ILMt.. WcV1 ct lly t.1 - I1 t, l lI. ~WLll/ Knoxville, Bowling Green, Andersonville, Nashville She and her husband are members of the Baptist and in many minor engagements. During the entire Church. period of three years he did not lose a day of service, and finally received an honorable discharge at Salisbury, N. C. - 0o - He returned to Port Austin, whence he enlisted, and worked as a carpenter five years. In 1870 he e_ m__ came to Hume Township, bought 37 acres of land, | ll arling Anderson, farmer, section 8,Chanand has since given his exclusive attention to his dler Township, was born in Berwickshire, agricultural pursuits. hai Scotland, April I, I830. His father, Politically he is a Republican, has held the official George Anderson, was a farmer in Scotland positions of Justice of the Peace and Highway Com- and died in his native country, in I840. missioner, and is now School Trustee. Mr. Anderson lived in Scotland until he was 22 Mrs. Cantelon, formerly Jessie Hume, is the sister years of age, when he emigrated with his mother, of the late Walter Hume, who came from Falkirk, Jane (Young) Anderson, and four brothers to CanScotland, near Glasgow. He was born June Io, ada, locating on a farm in the Province of Quebec, 18r8, and came to New Glasgow when he was 14 where they were engaged in agriculture eight years. I months old, and then moved at the age of 19 to Lobo, In i860, accompanied by three younger brothers, he. Middlesex Co., Ont., and to the States at the age of came to Michigan and secured the entire acreage of ) 20. He was the first white man who settled per- section rI and half of section 4 in Caseville Townmanently in the township, coming to this section ship, under the Graduation Act. They were the ^ long before any other white man, lived with the In- first permanent settlers in the township; and, being dians and was de facto the Daniel Boone of Hume single men, in rugged' health, and with hopeful 4~-_ — -a;iOi n-l > 320 HURON COUNTY. ~. hearts, with dispositions to make the best of circum- advanced cultivation and in a comparatively valustances, the privations of pioneers to which they able condition, 200 acres beingilmproved and arable. i were subjected made little permanent impression Mr. Martin assisted his father in the management of i beyond mere momentary perplexity. They were the the place until he was 20 years of age, when he *: first to convey household fixtures and necessaries assumed entire charge and continued its manageover the stage route hither through Caseville Town- ment on shares five years. In I881 he became its ship. Wild game abounded, and of a variety suited proprietor by purchase. Its location and general apto human needs and was depended on for a long pearance is desirable, and it is supplied with good time as a means of subsistence. The nearest mar- orchards, excellent farm buildings and fixtures genket place was at Sebewaing, whither all farm prod- erally. He was born in Scott, Ontario Co., Can., uce was conveyed. After the first year the land Oct. 2, 1856. was divided, Mr. Anderson's portion being situated Mr. Martin was married Nov. 13, I877, in Tyre,. on the northeast quarter of section 11. He im- Sanilac Co., Mich., to Anna Ried. Of this union proved a part of the place, but in I867 he removed three children have been born, on the farm, namely: to Chandler Township, and at different periods Nellie R., Oct. I, 1878; Herbert T., April, i88o; since has secured lands amounting 320 acres, on sec- Wealthy, Dec. 24, i88r. Mrs. Martin was born Oct. tions 5, 8, and 9, all being favorably situated. He 21, 1857, in Forestville, Sanilac Co., Mich., and is has made considerable improvements single-handed, the daughter of Timothy and Wealthy (Lake) Ried. having no sons old enough to render much assist- Mr. Martin is a member of the Masonic fraternity. ance. The Township of Chandler was set off in 1867, ' and in 1869 he was made Treasurer, a position he ^31-a, = held ten consecutive years. He has been Road lkp ( P Commissioner six years. In political sentiment, Mr. I Anderson is a Republican. z= ~ Anderso~n ~is a Republican., ~hristian F. Schlegelmilch, known as the f He was married Oct. 6, 1870, in Durham village, hrisian F. lege] c, k n as t in the Province of Quebec, to Janet Craik. Theyo r r of ron Conty, proprie-.J[. 38 S tor of the Port Crescent flouring mills, was have been the parents of three children, one of whom t o t have been the parents o born Feb. 20, i824, in Prussia. His father isdeceased. Dorothy J. was born Dec. 26, 1872; n e. b f ' ') ~). and mother, John and Mary M. (Brown) George D., May 12, I874. Mrs. Anderson was born o oc x., ivxct-, ~ /Schlegelmilch, were also natives of Prussia, April i, i840, in the Province of Quebec, and is the daughter of Alexander and Dorothy (Gilcrist) where his father pursued the career of a miller and the daughter of Alexander and Dorothy (Gilchrist).e u.nlcdied in i836, aged 43 years. The mother died at Craik, both of whom were born in Scotland. The yea. family are members of the Presbyterian Church. Cleveland, Ohio, in i874, aged 72 years. ~~~itciiuny~~~~~~ cue m~Mr. S. was the eldest of his parents' children, and, *'>t~S-~~~~~~~~ ^though but 12 years of age when his father died, was!.1.i~H~ ~active manager of the mill, which remained in his; mother's charge. It was afterwards sold. When he was 20 years of age he entered the regular army of i| ~ ~xlro~ ~~~~~~Germany, the I2th Cav. Reg., where he served three illiam Martin, farmer, section 25, Verona years, receiving on his discharge the complimentary Township, has been a resident of this town- commendations of the officers of his command. 1^ 7 % ship since I858, in which year his parents, He came to America in 1849, landing at Quebec. Y George and Rebecca (Pangman) Martin, re- He proceeded thence up the lakes to Buffalo and to moved hither from Canada. His father bought Cleveland, Ohio, going later to Rochester, N. Y.,; the farm on which the son has lived nearly all where he found his brother. He was informed that f, his life, as he was but two years of age when the he could obtain a position in a flouring-mill in the A % family took possession of the place. It included Province of Ontario, and accordingly he returned to S~ 320 acres of land in a wild state, but is now in the Dominion and resumed the occupation to which._.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 0 1:.. I ....> HURON COUNTY. Y.23 he had been bred, and in which he continued five the second of a family of eight children, and years. was born May 26, 1833, in Northlew, Devonshire, At the expiration of that time he came to Port England. She was 12 years of age when the family Huron, Mich., where he engaged in ship-building, a removed to Ontario, and she received a good educabranch of labor which he had before pursued with tion. She is a woman of superior character, and has -rofit. He afterwards came to Lexington, Sanilac a broad influence in the community where she reCounty, where he spent three years in the mills of sides. The family attend the Lutheran Church, Nicholas Wolfel, his son Albert, now deceased, under whose influences Mr. S. was brought up. His operating as engineer. wife was reared under the teachings of the English He came to Port Crescent in 1866, then in its Church. extreme infancy, there being but a few settlers in the vicinity, and the country being chiefly unbroken forest, with wild animals in abundance. He took a,...... - reflective view of the situation and prospects, and determined to build a grist-mill near the mouth of the Pinnebog River, which project he carried into f ames G. Grice, of the firm of Grice & Sons, execution, and is still operating a mill at the same. place. It runs by steam power, and has a capacity proprietors of the flouring-mill known as the "Verona Grist-mill, was born Sept. of 0oo barrels of flour daily. Three months after the "Verona Gristill," as born Sept the first mill was erected it was burned to the ground, 23,, in Lancashire, Eng. He is the son but he immediately rebuilt the structure. His mill of Wllam and Mary (Orandy) Grice, who were also natives of England. T is one of the best i the n county of its kind. He who were alo natives of England. At the age of I3 years, Mr. Grice was apprenticed,r owns four improved village lots, and 280 acres of...farm In to learn the business of an engineer and mechanic, farming land in Hume and Meade Townships. In Us. at which he served three years. By I828 he fulfilled =r 1883 he sustained a loss of $3,000 through the de- h.tre his term of indenture, and he was then employed as a t struction by fire of a barn and its contents; in I88I, he also suffered loss. blacksmith by the Liverpool & Manchester Railhe also suffered loss.... ~~~..I~~~.i~ Croad Company, in whose service he continued Mr. Schlegelmilch is a Democrat, and has held Mr. Schlegelmilch is a Democrat, and has held several years. His next business was as engineer various official positions, In the spring of 1884, he in a iron mine for a short time, when he resumed was elected Justice of the Peace; has also served his former occupation. two years as Highway Commissioner. two years as Highway ComEl mtissioner. t p He was married in Ulverstone, Lancashire, Eng., His marriage to Elizabeth Dilling took place Feb. Dec. 25, I839, to Jane, daughter of William and 27, I850, in Bowmanville, Darlington Township, Jane Mason. She was born Feb. 20, i818, in Durham Co., Ont. Four children were born to them, Wigton, Cumberland, Eng. Seven of eight children as follows: Albert, Jan. 7, i851; Julius, Nov. 2, born to Mr. and Mrs. Grice are living: William M. 1 853; Mary M., Aug. 26, I860; Frederick W., Oct. is aresident of Lexington, Sanilac County; Mary is 26, 1862. Theeldest daughter wasmarried Aug. 5, the wife of John Ballentine, of Bad Axe; Joseph is 188I, to Joseph West, book-keeper for Bennett Has- the foreman of the Government Works at Sand kell, of Port Crescent. Frederick is a teacher of Beach; Jane is the wife of J. G. Puddock, foreman ability and reputation. Albert was married Jan. 19,of the Huron Dairy Salt Company; Benjamin is a 873, to Nickolena Nelson, and died Nov. 6, I88r, member of the firm of Grice & Sons, as is the next in Meade Township, leaving five children. son, James P. (see sketch); Richard is engaged as a Mrs. Schlegelmilch is the daughter of Andrew and clerk with J. Ballentine at Bad Axe. Charles, the Ann (Westlake) Dilling. Her parents were of Eng- youngest child, was killed near the present site of lish origin and members of the agricultural class, Weckersville, Montana, on the night of Dec. 3, i88I. who emigrated to Ontario in 1843. The father died He was in the employ of a lumber firm at that point, in Bowmnanville in i880, aged 82 years. The mother nand, during a terrific rain-storm, sought shelter, with ( died in September, 1862, aged 55 years. Mrs. S. is seven others, in a cabin roofed with sods, which Septmbe, 55.-sna 324 HURON COUNTY. -.;A:i VA I I -14 *A; x41 ],I I I 3 A r I I becoming weighted with the descending water, fell and crushed him. He was the only one killed in the party. Mr. Grice came to the United States in 1850 and went to Windsor, Conn., Aug. 8. He worked at his trade there five years, and came thence to Forester, Sanilac Co., Mich., to take a position as engineer in a saw-mill. He built a shingle-mill at Sand Beach, which he managed about five years. After residing there 13 years, he moved to Verona, in 1882, and built the flour mill which they are at present running. Mr. G. also owns a quarter section of land a third of a mile northwest of Sand Beach; and also a fine residence, with I2 acres, in connection with his mill at Verona. For two years he was interested, in company with his son, J. P., in a salt block at Port Hope. A lithographic portrait of Mr. Grice adorns the pages of this ALBUM, being given near the beginning of this sketch. S-E. Johnson, foreman in the lumber yard of J i F. Crawford at Caseville, was born Dec. 30,;.Fsm I847, in Lorain Co., Ohio, and is the son t of Thomas and Nancy (Lang) Johnson. The parents are still residents in that county. At the age of 15 years Mr. Johnson enlisted in the Union service of the United States. He enrolled in Company H, 43d Ohio Volunteer Veterans. The regiment was assigned to the command of Gen. H. A. Hubert, I6th Army Corps, and Fourth Division, under Gen. Dodge. In the spring of I864 he was transferred to the First Division, I7th Army Corps, under Gen. F. P. Blair; Gen. Morrow, Division Commander. The Second Brigade was commanded by Gen. John W. Sprague, of Huron Co., Ohio. Mr. Johnson served in the ranks until the fall of, Atlanta, when he was detailed as an Orderly on the staff of Gen. Sprague, and continued to perform the duties of the position until he received his discharge. He did not miss an engagement while he was in,the service, and was in the hospital but about four hours, while suffering from the effects of heat. May I, 1864, his regiment joined Sherman's army at Chattanooga. I The first battle in which he was under fire was at Decatur, Ala. At the fight at Resaca he sustained a slight wound in the flesh above the left knee joint. The blood filled his shoe, but he did not fall out. He participated in the succeeding battles of Dallas, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain and Peach-Tree Creek, where he aided in removing E.F. Noyes, then Colonel of the 39th Ohio, from the field. Col. Noyes lost his life as a result of his wound, but he gained the stars of a General. Mr. Johnson was also in action at Atlanta when Gen. Hood was in command of the rebel troops. On receivinghis discharge he returned to Lorain Co., Ohio. He was married Feb. i8, 1867, to Clara Case, and they are the parents of six children: Nellie, born Aug. I5, 1869; Ellen A., Jan. 2, 1872; Thomas, Feb. 21, 1875; Leonard, June 24, i877; Nancy, Jan. i, i880; Frank, June 17, 1884. Mrs. Johnson was born Sept. 24, 1847, in Racine Co., Wis., and is the daughter of Seymour and Roxana (Moon) Case. Her parents reside in Crawford Co., Mich., where her father is in the lumber business. Mr. Johnsot removed his family in I869 from Lorain Co., Ohio, to Saginaw City, where he operated five years as an engineer, in the employ of G. F. Williams & Bros. He was engaged in a blast furnace in Ohio. In March, i874, he removed from Saginaw to Caseville, and entered the employ where he has since been engaged, and is now operating as a scaler and shipper of lumber and salt. He is a Democrat, and has served two years as DeputySheriff. He is now (1884) filling his fourth term as Township Clerk. I,E3 3=. <', I j: TI lki 17" om"~ ames Curran, foreman of the salt blocks of F. Crawford, at Caseville, was born Dec. i, 1845, at Kingston, Can., and is the son of John and Matilda Curran. His father was born in I806, and was a sailor and pilot on the St. Lawrence River. His mother was born ~; about the same year and is the second wife. Both parents are yet living, in Oswego, N. Y. Mr. Curran is the oldest child of the second family of his father. He engaged in the service of ann<9 — d — I ~~- ~~~3~-~~P ---Pre,~~~~sr —?~'*Tle - rirT D/71) A7 /) TT A rT' Tr LZIL 1 UAUV L CCL --- —------------------- -- I k; I, 1s the Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River when he was 13 years of age, and followed that calling until manhood. After leaving the life of a waterman, he engaged in a brewery at Kingston, Canada, with G. W. Creighton, and acted as foreman of the establishment about four years. He came thence to Saginaw, Mich., where he learned the salt business, and two years later came to Caseville, reaching that place in July, I871, and immediately entered upon the discharge of the duties of his present position. He is the manager of three salt blocks belonging to Mr. Crawford. The daily product is 300 barrels every 24 hours, and two sets of hands are employed. Five wells are connected with the works, three of which are at present in operation. The wells are 1,765 feet in depth. All the barrels utilized in the salt business at Caseville are manufactured in connection with other branches of the business. Mr. Curran owns 200 acres of land on section 7, and has improved 80 acres. The place is supplied with an excellent residence, and three good barns. Mr. Curran was married in April, i870, to Agnes Morrison, and they have been the parents of seven children, born as follows: Agnes M., July 29, 871; Sylvester, Feb. 17, 1873; Birt, Oct. 5, 1875; Rubena, March 22, I877 (died i5th of April, I879); James W., May 17, 1879; Jeannette, March 22, i881; Arthur, June XI, [883. Mrs. Curran is the daughter of Robert and Harriet Morrison, both of Caseville. Mr. Curran is a member of the Republican element in politics. f 1-=1 r-= //U.VI. 325 enter the ministry, and his early education was planned accordingly. But he felt little inclination for the vocation, and ceased his studies after he had accomplished a considerable portion of the preparatory education. When he was ~4 years of age, accorpanied by his eldest 'brother, he emigrated to Canada and made a location in Elgin Co., Ont., where he purchased 200 acres of land, and devoted his time and abilities to dealing in stock. After five years of effort in that avenue of business, he sold the place with the purpose of returning to Scotland, but before his plans were perfected, he entered a matrimonial scheme which nullified all other projects. The friends of the lady being located in Michigan, he turned his thoughts in the direction of the Peninsular State, whither he came in 1859. He located where he has since resided and operated as an agriculturist, securing a claim of 120 acres of land. He set forth to make his way thither from Forestville, Sanilac County, by a route indicated only by "blazed" trees, and 12 miles in extent. He was the first permanent settler in this part of the township, a fact which demonstrates the character of his resolute energy to fulfill a purpose, as many others had made previous attempts only to return altogether to their old homes, or to make another attempt to locate in a region that promised less of privation and hardship. Mr. McMillan is now the proprietor of 480 acres of land, including more than 300 acres under excellent cultivation. The improvements have all been made under his personal supervision, and are of the best type. He has given much attention to raising stock, and has made a specialty of Durham cattle. He is a Republican in political connection, and has always been active in local and general politics. He has held the office of Supervisor about 20 years, beginning with the third term after the organization of the township, and holding the position until he declined a further re-election. He was married April 4,.1859, in Elgin Co., Ont., to Mary Shaw, and they have had nine childrenArchibald, Alexander, Charles, Campbell, John, Daniel, Dugald, Ann and Catherine. The last born is deceased. Mrs. McMillan was born in August, I837, in Scotland. She is the daughter of Charles and Douglass (Bruce) Shaw, and in 1855 accompanied her parents to Ontario, where her father died, in i859. Her f ( ) Alko 3= C;X t I:1l.harles McMillan, farmer, section 29, Paris ~J!-ai Township, was born in June, 1827, in Kentyre, Scotland. His father, Alexander ' ~ l' McMillan, was a farmer in his native land, \l \ [ and held the office of Poormaster many years. He died in Scotland in 1848, aged about 65 years. Ann (Shaw) McMillan, the mother, was of? unmixed Scottish origin, and died in Ontario in 1863. 5 She was 73 years of age at the time of her decease. Mr. McMillan received a good education in his native country. His father designed that he should ||.N:4 ^i - - ^^. ( ) e ~ # > )pH 326 HURON COUNTY. mother was an inmate of her home in Paris Town- His marriage to Louisa Beck, widow of Gotlieb ship until the terrible period of flame and fire in Auch, occurred Nov. 9, 1874. at Sebewaing, and 1871, when the house and all its contents were de- they have four children,-William F., John J., stroyed. Mr. McMillan was absent, and his family, Ferdinand H. and Martha M. S. Mrs. Schmitt is consisting of his mother-in-law, five little children, the daughter of Gotfried and Mary Beck. Her first L and his wife with an infant ten hours old, passed husband died at Sebewaing. She had one child, alive through that terrible period. No pen can ade- Theodore T., by her first marriage. She was born quately describe the situation. Mrs. Shaw was so March 14, 1849, in Washtenaw Co., Mich. Mr. badly burned that she died in consequence. Mrs. and Mrs. Schmitt are members of the Lutheran McMillan, with her baby and five other children, Church. crept into a root house, where they passed the most desolate hours of their lives, the night of the 9th of October, 1871, all being nearly exhausted from the e n C- - heat and smoke. The heroic endurance of the young mother shows how strong and lasting is the element,. of true courage in her line of ancestral descent on ichael Hauselmann, farmer, section 32, her mother's side, where the name of Douglass Bruce Sherman Township, was born in Wurtemperpetuated those of the royal champion of Scotland, | jj burg,June 9, 836. His father,Geo. M. and of his friend to whom the illustrious Robert com- Hauselmann was a native of Germany, of mitted his heart, and whom he enjoined to carry it ntge, where he was a frme German parentage, where he was a farmer. for burial to the Holy Land. The legend relates I. K v I The family came to this country in I852 and. that the faithful Douglass, true to his commission, i r di. /.,,..?-r> i * n- *, r i * settled in Norfolk Co., Ont., where the father died, = fought his way toward Palestine, flinging before him io te m t of te Saraces te h t of B July 24, 1852, aged 6r years. The mother, Barbara (i into the midst of the Saracens, the heart of Bruce, xy' i ~...ruc, tiIHauselmann, was also a native of Wurtemburg, the I m and fighting up to it until he accomplished his pur- s, a i, te;3M; pose. | i residence of the family until their removal to On- f ^ pose.,,,.,Cc,. ~ 1^'H l.1^1-n~~)~,.~ ^^, ( n IIo ) _ CI- F- Et ---- I. tLirl, Waill., allU. ailLt l 11Cr lIUSU_)tllU UCdt11 CIllUVCU. with her son to Huron County, and is still an inmate of his home. She is 82 years of age. Their family included five children, three of whom are living. Mr. Hauselmann was 16 years of age when his i Frederick Schmitt, farmer, section 7, Seb- parents left their native country, and he remained in t^ Ar ewaing Township, was born Aug. 30, I847, Canada after the death of his father seven years. I'|- in Germany. Leonhard and Margaret He obtained a good education in Germany, and the (Herbert) Schmitt, his parents, were natives care of his mother and a younger brother devolved ' of Germany, and emigrated in I850 to the upon him when the natural protector of the family. United States. They settled at Bay City, where had been removed. the father died. The mother died at Sebewaing. Mr. Hauselmann is one of the earliest settlers of John, Margaret, George, Frederick and Katherina Sherman Township, where he located before its are the names of their children. organization. He became the proprietor of 60 acres Mr. Schmitt came to this country with his parents, of land in Sherman Township, in 1859, of which he and has been a resident of Sebewaing since i851. took possession immediately after his marriage. He After the death of his father, his mother married was a member of the town board of organization, ) John Gruenbeck, and on the death of the latter he and the privilege of naming the township was acbecame the possessor of 80 acres of land, situated corded to him. He had a high regard and opinion of on section 17, to which lie has added by purchase General Sherman and his character, and selected his until he owns I54 acres. Of this he has i io acres name to be perpetuated on the Huron peninsula, f under improvement. He is a Republican in politi- more especially in honor of Sherman's achievements \cal sentiment., in that year,-1862. Mr. Hauselmann served as the, g^^^i'. — 2- (A"nn%(inN< -p7 ~HURON first Supervisor of the township, and held the posit tion 13 consecutive years. He has been Township Clerk six years, and has held the incumbency of ' Justice of the Peace 23 years. He is also County Superintendent of the Poor, and is serving his ninth '.r.- i- thn-t ~ffir. T-Te W n T emrorrat- andn ic rcnn COUNTY. 329 9 it, (, sidered a straightforward and reliable citizen. He now owns 140 acres of valuable land, a large proportion of which is improved and fitted with creditable farm fixtures. His marriage occurred Oct. 25, I859, to Margaret Kaufman. No children have been born to them, but they have adopted a son and a daughterHenry and Anna. Mrs. Hauselmann is the daughter of Michael and Barbara (Etzel) Kaufman, natives of Germany. They emigrated to Ontario in i855, and six years later came thence to Michigan, where they died, aged 58 and 56 years respectively. The daughter was born Aug. 12, I84I, in Wurtemburg, and was educated in the public schools of her native country. The family are members of the Lutheran Church. His residence has been there ever since, and his present home is with his daughter Helena. He was married in I832, in Washtenaw County, to Catherine Miller, and they. had io children,-Catherine, Mary, John, Christine, Lydia, Louisa, Gottfried, Ernst, Caroline and Helena. Mr. Schilling is a Democrat. He was the first Supervisor of Sebewaing Township, and held the position altogether 14 years. He has also officiated several years as Notary Public, and a short time as Justice of the Peace. He is a member of the Lutheran Church. F. Leipprandt, farmer, section I3, Case1ville Township, is also a merchant, and the Postmaster of Hayes postoffice, I which is located on his farm. He was born May 5, I835, in Wurteinburg, Germany, and is the son of John F. and Dora (Hennes) I i ( ^ IkA I-1 f m/a ~ 2_ — ', — ^ -g ~ eipprandt. His tather was born about the year t. c=E v~~~~1~I800, and died in his native land, in 1878. His ', mother is still living on the homestead in the " Faderfri edrick Schilling, one of theTearliest of land," with another son. She was born Jan. i6, ( the pioneer settlers of the township of I8io. Sebewaing, was born Feb. 7, i808, in The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm in Germany. His parents, Peter and Julia A. his native country, and came to the United States Schilling, came to the United States in I817, when he was 17 years of age. He proceeded to and located at Baltimore, Md. They were Cincinnati, Ohio, where he obtained employment in wholly ignorant of the English language and of the a furniture factory, and continued in that situation ways and customs, and the entire family, consisting three years. He went thence to New Bremen, Ohio, of the parents and two children, Frederick and where he was engaged as a millwright, his trades of: Catherine, were sold into slavery in Maryland, wheelwrignt and cabinet-maker, which he had where they were held for a time and were finally learned of his father, rendering it easy for him to transferred to Williamsport, Pa. Their bondage secure employment. He afterwards bought a flourcontinued about i8 months, and they escaped from ing mill at La Crescent, Houston Co., Minn., which Pennsylvania to Livingston Co., N. Y., making their he managed two years. While there he was conway thither by stealth, begging their food and pass- verted to Christianity, and after two years he sold I ing three days of the time without anything to 'eat.his mill and became a circuit-rider of the Methodist They remained in the Empire State about Ii years, Episcopal Church. In the fall of 1870 he came to when they came to Washtenaw County, Mici., Caseville and bought the farm on which he has since where the parents passed the remainder of their resided.! lives. He was married Aug. 6, I856, to Engel M. D. A(() Mr. Schilling came to Huron County in I857, and Hoffschmidt, and they are the parents of six chilt located 400 acres of land in Sebewaing Township. dren, born as follows: J. William, Sept. It, 1857; f, - a ni loi~~ > m u"''"u 330 HURON COUNTY. A Edwin C., Sept 14, 1859; Charles W., Nov. i, i86i; ful occupation, and after giving it a year's trial he Lydia C. F., April 2, 1864; Violet D., Feb. 3, 1879. ran away to sea, and shipped as a seaman in the s4 Their mother was born Dec. 25, 1837, in Hanover, merchant service, operated by Harvey & Deans, of Germany. Her father, Henry Hoffschmidt, died in the city of Cork, Ireland, with whom he bound himWisconsin; her mother is living in Plymouth, Wis. self for a term. After a service of i8 months, he Mr. Leipprandt is a Republican in political affilia- severed the obligations, because he received no tion. He has served as Justice of the Peace ever recompense, and came to St. John's, N. B., where he since he has been a resident of Caseville; has been became a seaman on an American vessel, and he Clerk two terms and filled a vacancy one term as Su- spent some years in cruising on the principal oceans. pervisor. Leaving the service of the sea, he engaged in that of He is one of the substantial and reliable citizens the lakes, where he operated until his death, Nov. of Huron County. His farn includes 140 acres of 24, 1869, on Georgian Bay. He was second mate land under cultivation, and his residence is one of of the "Aerthusa," and, while reefing sail during one the finest in the Huron peninsula. It is fitted with of the severest storms on record, was swept oversteam-heating apparatus, bath-room, with hot and board. The correspondence of his captain with his cold water, and various other modern appliances. widow, spoke of the dead sailor in the most cornThe farm has four excellent frame barns. On the mendatory terms. He was an efficient seaman, place is a valuable brick yard, with all necessary fix- strictly temperate and correct in all his habits. He tures, the machine run by steam. The producing won the respectful consideration of all who knew capacity is Io,ooo brick daily. One foot below the him at home or pursuing his vocation, was well edu- I stratum of clay he is working, lies a bed of material cated, and well qualified for any calling in life. ~ equal to that used in the celebrated Milwaukee He was married Oct. 24, I850, to Mary Duggan, a..:= brick. The proprietor has been engaged in a mer- native of the city of Cork. She is the daughter of s ' cantile enterprise on his farm since i874, transacting James and Mary (Beteman) Duggan, both of Irish '; C= his business in that avenue in a store in front of his nationality. Her father was a salesman in one of: house. He keeps the assortment of articles suited the chief stationery shops in that city, and died at %/ to his patronage, and expects in the immediate fu- 29 years of age, leaving two daughters. The mother ture to transfer his mercantile affairs to Berne, three died in Cork, in i866. and a half miles distant, and located on the railroad Mrs. Harvey is the elder of her parents' children, at a point south of Caseville. He was educated at and was reared to womanhood and educated in her the College of Leichtenstern, Wurtemburg, Germany. native city. A few years after her marriage she reThe publishers are happy to place in this volume a moved with her husband to the United States, and portrait of the above-mentioned worthy gentleman. remained a year in the city of New York. They It is given on a preceding page near this sketch. returned thence to Cork, where they had a residence three years. At the end of that time they came (| again to the United States and took up a claim of * '' =: o. -' —. --. |i60 acres of land in Chandler Township. Subsequently Mr. Harvey became the proprietor of 120 Jh~SW.~~~asl~ ra21. i ~acres additional. The entire acreage is still retained ames Harvey, deceased, a former resident in the family, and I20 acres have been cleared, on section 23, Chandler Township, was constituting one of the best farms in the township. born Dec. 6, 1829, in Kings County, Ire- Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey hold 80 acres land. His parents, Joseph and Catherine each; the widow retains possession of 120 acres. -< ~l'~;i-'. \ ',,T '..'. 'i, ~.T, Mrs. Harvey was educated in the parish schools (Fisher) Harvey, were o Iih n. of Irishf St. f ary's, Shandon Church, situated on the father dying when the son was but six years River Lee. Both herself and husband were reared old, left the latter wholly in the charge of his in the English Church. At the time they fixed their mother until the age of 14 years, when he was ap- home in Huron County, the vicinity in which they prenticed to a blacksmith. He found it a distaste- located was in a wholly unimproved state, and they % -— c^iingnn,^^-,> --- —~ |@ HURON COUNTY. 331 experienced all the variety and privations of pioneer increased by the quality of the buildings he has i life, which, however inconvenient, seldom appeared erected.,? to discourage or weaken the purpose which instigat- Politically, Mr. Hedley is a Democrat. He has i ed first settlers in their efforts to accomplish their officiated as Township Clerk 13 years. T designs. He was first married in I844, to Jane Hogg, a, native of Northumberland, born in 1818. She died ~,,,:.A.^... ~:,:.. ^in the township of Chandler, March 28, I874, of cancer of the breast. Five children survive her,John, Ellen, Elizabeth, Mary and Henry. Mr. Hed0.illiam Heley, a resident on seley was a second time married, Feb. i, 1879, at illiam Hedley, a resident on section 5, section..'Caseville, to Mrs. Sarah (Martin) Davison. She was X 1 11Es| | LChandler Township, is one of the leading at / agriculturists of the Huron peninsula. He X. f has lived in Chandler Township since 1866, daughter of Moses and Catherine (Luno) Martin, hs ivd in C e T i sine natives respectively of England and Germany. Her ^V when he became a land-holder by the purwhen he became a land-holder by the pur- father died in Ontario, at the age of 87 years. Her, chase of I2o acres, to which he afterwards mother is still living, and is very aged. added 40, and has cleared and placed under the The marriage of Mrs. edley to Willia Davison The marriage of Mrs. Hedley to William Davison best improvements Ioo00 acres. At the time of his bes a. At te te of hs took place in her native county. Four children were making a location, settlers were widely separated, born of this union,-ydia, Mary Hannah and Edand he has brought the most satisfactory results. Al are rr. r. D w f ward. All are married. Mr. Davison was of Yankee > from the " uncut forest and the unbroken soil." from the "uncut forest and the unbroken soil." |birth and origin, and died in 1878, in the State of /n He was born Dec. 28, 1823, in Northumberland, New York. A Eng., and his parents were both natives of the same. = J _-f I county, ot unmixed English origin. His lather, George Hedley, was a farmer, and lived and died in his native county, his decease occurring in I856. His mother, Elizabeth (Morton) Hedley, died in the same place, in 1879, aged 78 years. Their family included five sons and three daughters; Mr. Hedley was the third in order of birth of the children born to his parents, under whose care he remained during his minority. On reaching the age of 21 years, he engaged in the butchering business, in which he was occupied until 1854, the year in which he emigrated to the United States. He had a wife and four children, and the family first settled in Connecticut, where the husband and father spent three years as a common laborer, or farm assistant. He removed his interests thence to Kent Co., Ont., where he purchased a farm, of which he retained the proprietorship four years. His next remove was to East Saginaw, Mich., where he entered into a contract as packer for a salt company, in whose interests he was occupied eight years. He came to Huron County in i866, ana secured the 120 acres of the farm he now owns, and to which, by a later purchase, he added 40 acres. The appearance and value of his property is substantially |'W 1 ichard Gwinn, farmer, section 12, Case-;t1i- ville Township, was born in Ireland in ti <'" October, i820. His parents, James and! Sarah (Short) Gwinn, emigrated to Canada when the son was about a year old, locating in New Glasgow, where the mother died, in 1838, aged 56 years. The father died in Brant Co., Ont., in 186o, and was aged 64 years. Mr. Gwinn' was married July 7, 1849, to Mary A. Saunders, and they are the parents of five sons and a daughter-John, Maria, William, Richard, Joseph A. and Samuel J. The mother was born Feb. 24, 1823, in Ballafin, County Queens, Ireland, and is the child of Allen and Maria (Luttrell) Saunders. Her mother died in Kilmanagh, County Kildare, on the Dublin Road, in Ireland. Her father died in Canada. After his marriage, Mr. Gwinn remained a resident on his father's farm until the next fall, when he removed to Arthur Township, Wellington Co., Ont., and bought a farm, on which he expended his efforts and energies nine years. In 1859 he sold the place, i r;X Op.% r(o) ~1~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ a l 4 '.1 - 8- "~ i~ii~:;[Iaa1~I qlj-3oIQ ~..332. HURO.. COUNTY.. < I at;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *10 AN jei - \ A) f A^.,.. r= A.,"_ Ie_ I_ which he had put in excellent condition, and came to East Saginaw. In the fall of I860 he settled on the farm he now occupies and owns, and of which he secured 80 acres by pre-emption. He paid for it under the provisions of the Graduation Act. In political principles Mr. Gwinn is a Republican. S lexander B. Arthur, proprietor of the Arthur House at Pinnebog village, was ^ born Oct. I3, i854, in Hamilton Co., Ont. %jH In addition to his business as a landlord, he is also managing the sale of agricultural implements at the same place. His father, George Arthur, was a native of Ireland and a farmer. He emigrated to Ontario in early life, where he is still a resident. He married Margaret Brown, who was born in Durham Co., Ont., and brought by her parents to Hamilton County when 17 years old. In 1877 she came to Huron County to reside with her son, and is 56 years of age. Mr. Arthur is the eldest of i i children. He received a careful education, and at the age of i6 years began teaching, in Peterborough Co., Ont. After operating in that capacity one year in the province, he came to Grindstone City and engaged in the service of the Lake Huron Stone Company, in whose interests he operated nearly one year. He next engaged in teaching in Sanilac County, and after a short time was interrupted in the prosecution of his business by the destruction of the school buildings by fire, and he returned to the province of Ontario and rented a farm for a time. In I874 he secured a homestead claim, which he purchased afterwards, and later sold it, to good advantage, for the purpose of returning to Michigan. In 1877 he bought I60 acres of land in Greenleaf Township, Sanilac County, in the midst of a wholly unsettled and unbroken country, miles in extent. He opened a clearing, built a house and entered vigorously upon the improvement of his property, also trafficking in wild lands in the vicinity, until I88I, when adversity compelled him to dispose of his entire interest. He sold out and came to Grindstone City, where he obtained an interest in a meat market. He also I purchased several houses and lots and is still proprietor of all the property. The meat market is now leased (i884). In 1883 Mr. Arthur became associated with E. A. Lincoln, of Sand Beach, in traffic in stock and in the business pertaining to the vocation of drovers. In his travels through this section, he perceived the feasibility of erecting a hotel at this point, and was advised by his partner to reduce the plan to practice. He made arrangements accordingly, purchasing land and material and proceeding to the erection of the required building. He formed a partnership with Mr. Benjamin Shires, and they bought and refitted the old Duran store building. He afterwards changed his associate in business, forming a partnership with his brother-in-law, Magnus McLean. In the sale of agricultural implements he is associated with a brother, E. G. Arthur, and they are prosecutting a successful business in that line. Mr. Arthur is liberal in his religious views, and is a Republican in political sentiment. He declines all official preferment. X l l-[obert M. Wagstaff, Custodian of the. ' t.Harbor of Refuge, Sand Beach, received,I~-i-n ~the appointment to the position in 1882, t from Robert T. Lincoln, Secretary of War, on \ the recommendation of F. U. Farquhar, Maior of Engineers, U. S. Army. Mr. Wagstaff was born Sept. Io, I835, in Buffalo, N. Y., and is the son of Robert and (Catherine Walker) Wagstaff. His father was born in i808, at Palmyra, N. Y., and was a sailor most of his life. His connection with the marine service of the United States has given his name an historical interest, and it is prominent in the records of the country. He became a lake pilot at an early age, and in 1832 was one of the five whose name was mentioned in the Chicago Inter-Ocean, of December, I883, as knowing the route from Buffalo to Chicago. In that year, during the progress of the Black Hawk war, Captain Wagstaff piloted the United States squadron from Buffalo to Chicago, which conveyed supplies to the army of General Scott. He was on `ai J~% 1,41 A *:1 I (r: _.j,.. t, F8,. (,t i1:,/ d.... JIm,, e T -h — iJ Slow - -1 - I - -,A - 5555555555555555555555555555 B~ l~ ~PA ~al ~aj 1-1I k-, HUROIV COUN TY. 335 A1. ----jj --- —- IM C I I r 41. c I A-~ 'K,, 4 board the schooner "United States." In 1836 he was made commander of the Julia Palmer," the first full-rigged ship on the lakes. She was lost in 1874 on Lake Superior. At the time of his death, which took place in December, 1864, he was Harbor Master at Washington, D. C. He was Harbor Master at Tampico during the war with Mexico, and was the first Harbor Pilot of the Harbor of San Francisco, Cal., receiving his appointment from the Governor. Mr. Wagstaff was at school some years in Detroit, and at the age of 17'years he went to New York and shipped on a vessel bound for California, where he remained on the Pacific coast four years. He also went to Australia, China, and the waters of the North and South Pacific Oceans. He was absent from 1853 to i857, and made the passage around the globe. In i857 he shipped on the ship " Ellen Foster," bound from San Francisco to China, returning thence to Boston with a cargo of sugar and manilla. In 1858 he sailed on the " C. J. Kershaw," the first vessel which sailed frot the fresh water lakes to Liverpool and return. He came back as her first mate. He went again to Liverpool in 1859, and, altogether, has made nine trips across the Qcean to Liverpool. When the war of the Rebellion broke out he was appointed master's mate on the schooner "Sydney C. Jones," in the fleet under Commodore Porter, and was in action at the capture of New Orleans. He went afterwards to Vicksburg and thence to the James River, where he wIs in the service at the time of the retreat of McClellan. He went thence to Baltimore, and on to Alexandria, where the schooner was stationed as guard-ship. While there he was promoted as Acting Ensign and ordered to report on board the steamship " Florida," under orders to join the Wilmington blockading squadron, where he assisted in the capture of the rebel schooner "Hattie." He took command as prize master and took her to the Port of New York. On his return, he was transferred to the gunboat " Morse," stationed at Yorktown, Va., where he participated in a severe engagement at White House, on the Pamunkey River, where the rebels made an attack on Sheridan's baggage trains. He was again transferred to the gunboat "Tulip" on the Potomac River, and three days later she exploded, while on her way to Washington for repairs. Her crew consisted of 69 men, of whom Mr. Wagstaff and two others alone escaped. He was in the water nearly two hours, sustaining himself with a stick under each arm. He was picked up by an army transport and was disabled about a month. In the fall of 1864 he was transferred to the United States store-ship "Guard," which was attached to the European squadron and spent two years in foreign waters, where he visited the ports of Lisbon, Portugal, Carthagena and Gibraltar, Spain; Spezzia, Italy, and Mahon on the island of Majorca, whence he returned to the United States, when he was honorably discharged from the Government service, Sept. i i, I867, at New York. He then became connected with the lake service, and for eight years was pilot on the revenue cutter, " W. P. Fessenden." He was a sailor on the lakes until October, I882, when he acceded to his present position. Mr. Wagstaff was married in Boston, June I9, I865, to Kate B. Nial. She is the daughter of Hugh and Ellen (Corbet) Nial. She was born Nov. i6, 1839, in Canada. Their children are-Robert D., who was born Sept. 5, 1867, at Buffalo; Francis was born in Detroit March 14, 1870, and died in Detroit Nov. 3, 1873; Charles B. was born in Detroit, Nov. 4, I874. Mr.. Wagstaff belongs to the Order of Masonry and to the A. O. U. W. 2= r:=. f, II I 1 t a Pi^' (s _-~~~-~~ ( ( o )~~d~-~ip~~ I; I rj j % illiam McCoy, proprietor of the Port Cres- cent House was born Jan. 20, I847 in J Of) Ottawa Co., Ont. tis parents, Thomas and ^ Catherine (Cane) McCoy, are natives of - Ireland, whence they emigrated to the Do-, minion of Canada, where they are important and influential members of the agricultural community. Mr. McCoy was reared after the method common to the education and training of farmers' sons, and was instructed in all the branches of farming. He came to Michigan when he was 17 years of age, and began his struggle for independent maintenance in the lumber regions of the Pinnebog River in Huron County, entering the employ of Leonard & Ayres. He went l hence, in r868, to Grindstone City, where heoperated as a turner in the manufacturing estab-,, tU *n ' 2~~~ i~l --- - ~;4 6< 336 HURON COUNTY. i lishment of Wallace & Co., engaged there in the country,and proceeded to Marine City, St. Clair f grindstone business. He was skillful and effective County, where he worked as a farm laborer one year in his work, and his task was of a character that by the month; at the end of that time he bought 40 i. commanded most remunerative wages. He operated acres of land, on which he resided and labored two there I years, during the last of which he officiated years, sold out and went to Lexington, Sanilac Co., as foreman for Hubbard & Peer. Mich, where he conducted a rented farm one year. Meanwhile he had become the proprietorof a farm In 1858 he went to Booneville, Mo., where he rented in Port Austin Township, and after managing his a farm, on which he labored two years. In September, agricultural interests there two years, he came in the i86I, he enlisted in the Union service, enrolling in spring of I882 to Port Crescent, and took possession Co. A, Fifth Mo. Cav., State Militia. He was a parof the hotel he is now (i884) conducting. He owns ticipant irnthe battle of Booneville, and his regiment the property and still retains the ownership of 120 had many engagements with bushwhackers. The acres of land in Port Austin Township, a portion of command did not leave the State. He was dis- ' which is improved. In political opinion Mr. Mc- charged in March, 1863. Coy affiliates with the Democrats, and he has held In May, 1863, he removed hither and bought 80 the minor local offices of his township. acres on each of the sections named. He is a deHe was married Dec. 17, 1871, in Buckingham, cided Republican in political sentiment, and has Ottawa Co., Quebec, to Bridget A. Carr. Mary G., served four terms as Highway Commissioner, four born Dec. 17, 1872, and Thomas E., born Oct. 30, years as Township Treasurer, School Director ten 1875, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. McCoy. years, and has this present year acted as Census Their mother was the daughter of Edward and Mary Enumerator in the Township of Winsor. "I x=a Carr, natives of Ireland, who emigrated to Canada, where the father is still living. The mother is dead, and Mrs. McCoy was born at Elmer, Ottawa Co., Quebec, Sept. 10, i849. She was well educated, and was a teacher in the common schools for seven years. She died at St. Mary's Hospital, Detroit, March 4, I870, of a tumor. Mr. McCoy was again married June 20, 1882, in Pontiac, Ont., to Mary He was married in April, 1852, to Wilhelmine Dannenburg, and they have been the parents of o1 children,-William, Lena, Frederick, Margaret (deceased), Mary, Herman, Ernstina, Matilda, Augusta and Martha. Donnelly. She was born April 22, 1859, in Pontiac, and is the daughter of Patrick and Bridget (Heapley).s Donnelly. The parents are natives of Ireland, and " "acob T. Rorick, editor and proprietor of are resident at Pontiac. They had 12 children. The the Bad Axe Democrat, published at family are Romar. Catholics. Bad Axe, Mich., was born in the State of K^ Mr. McCoy's portrait, on a preceding page, will no New Jersey Feb, 853; he is a son of Mark doubt be welcomed in this volume by all his friends, and Ann E. (Moore) Rorick, the former of and the public generally. German-English extraction, the latter of Irish descent, and both natives of New Jersey, where they am-. —,'~.-~I~ _'.,-:L.,,._s *- - -- lived and died. The subject of this sketch attended school the first & $, ' a ^^*~~I~'i1 I5 years of his life; he was then engaged in working (, S illiam Kappen, farmer, sections 29 and 32, on a farm by the month for a period of seven years, Winsor Township, was born May 31, I827, after which he engaged in teaching school, some 14, i* in Prussia, and is the son of Frederick terms, in the country; he then became Principal of; g, W2 and Mary (Ode) Kappen. His father died the Schools at Canandaigua, Mich., for three terms, j in Prussia, in 1846. His mother came with then acted as Principal of the Schools at Fayette, him to America in 1854, and died in i868. Ohio. He emigrated to Michigan in the year i867, Mr. Kappen landed in New York, on reaching this having been engaged for a short time previously as jjj^\))in-^ -PPC~ | ll~ ^born Jan. I2, 1859, in Springwells, Wayne Co., Mich. i[ — |' -^"^^' His parents, Anthony and Anna (Skriba) Leszczynski,? were natives of Poland. The father was born there ^l2~~~~ |I~i~~ iJune I7, 1829. He was astone mason by trade, and ames Ross, farmer, section 17, Bingham came to the United States in i85o. For i2 years | 11 Township, was born April 19, 1822, in preceding his death, he was a merchant in WyanBanffshire, Scotland. His parents lived dotte, Wayne Cou'nty. He died from suffocation, _ and died in their native country. Mr. Ross Aug. 26, 1876, while asleep in the rooms above his A became a laborer when he was a boy of I2 store, which was broken into and fired by burglars! years. The first event of his life of any im- about three o'clock in the morning.. The mother is < portance was his marriage, in Scotlond, to Mary still living. She was born July 28, i830, and has c Corley, of the same nationality. She was born in been the mother of seven children, five of whom are April, 1822, in Aberdeenshire, and has been the living. mother of 12 children, born in the following order: Mr. L., of this sketch, is the fourth child of his 4;) a —. a-s _-^i' I ~l TTFT~~~t) AT.)TT' ITLL/IL-'LVL-L/CtVL 1 343:.g uJ.LIV LIJ (i /V I X. 343 individual cherished only the intent to preserve himself from injury, without inflicting harm or loss on the other, a conversation followed which resulted in =V),1 _; t^ A; of r;Xnl;...1<;lq 1<;s x. I IT N&F2 -41 l i;. m: FiN@ Is I t s I y~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:/,~~ All iTa~ra~a Te t- — au c~,- -~a- Dpi,tli^TT ----5tf~^-^t?;4 HURON COUNTY. 35 I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - way adapted to the purpose to which it is devoted, and the fixtures are of the most approved modern device. The manufactures include all varieties of machine and foundry work, brass castings, gas-pipe and fittings, steam-cocks, gauges, valves, injectors, lubricators,. etc. The business is prosperous, and promises satisfactory future developments. Mr. Dow's marriage to Amelia A. Hewitt took place at Rock Falls, Nov. 13, I872. Nellie D., onlyl child, was born in Rock Falls, Jan. io, 1873. Mrs. Dow is the daughter of George G. and Angelina (Jenks) Hewitt. Mr. Dow is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Lexington Commandery, and belongs to the Knights of Honor. ohn F. Ziegler, farmer, section r6, Sebewaing Township, was born March 3, 1834, in Germany. He is the youngest son of his parents, Frederick and Christiana (Krauss) Ziegler, also natives of Germany, who emigrated to the United States in I834. They settled primarily in New York, and later came to Huron County. They became residents of the township of Sebewaing, where the father died, Sept. 15, 1878. The mother still resides there, and is 70 years of age. Mr. Ziegler was a babe of six months old when his parents emigrated to America. He spent his youth and early manhood at home on his father's farm until he was 24 years of age. In 1858 he took possession of a farm given him by his father, which included 80 acres of timbered land. He has put the place in good condition, has cleared 50 acres and erected good farm buildings. Mr. Ziegler is a Republican in his faith and connection. He has been Constable of Dwight Township one year, Treasurer seven years, and Supervisor the same length of time. He was first married, in Sebewaing Township, to Catherine Layer, and of 12 children of which she became the mother, seven survive: Joseph J., Anna C., Rosanna C., Mary, Louisa, Christiana and John D. Fredrika, John E., Daniel F. and Frederick arq deceased. Their mother died Sept. 8, 1878. Mr. Ziegler was a second time married Oct. 23, 1879, to Sophia, daughter of Frederick and Frederika (Erwin) Grettenberger, and widow of Frederick Brendle, who died May.7, 1869, in the Township of Sebewaing. Mrs. Ziegler is,of German parentage, and her parents spent their entire lives in their native land. The children born of her first marriage are: Louisa, Frederick, Dorothy, Catherine (deceased) Hermione (deceased), Otto and Eugene. She was born Aug. 12, i835, in Germany, and was I8 years of age when she came to the United States. She remained the first few months in the city of New York, and came thence to Detroit, Mich., where she remained three years, coming to Sebewaing in I857. ewis W. Coon, farmer, section 4, Bloom-. field Township, was born July 7, I844, near Cleveland, Ohio. His father, Henry H., was born in the State of New York in I820, and married Sally P. Kidney. He died in 1852. The mother was born Jan. 4, 1822, in Ohio, and is at present residing in Wakeman, Huron Co., Ohio. The son was brought up on a farm, and learned the trade of a cooper, at which he worked chiefly about four years. At the end of that time, associated with a younger brother, he engaged in the management of the family homestead. This arrangement was prosecuted nine years, when he left his brother on the place and came to Michigan. He reached Bloomfield Township Oct. 20, 1879. He was pleased with the agricultural promise of Huron County, and removed his family hither a month later. In July, i88o, he bought the farm of which he took possession on the arrival of his family. There were two and a half acres cleared. on which had been erected a log house, having one window. The farm includes 44 acres, and of this 25 acres are cleared. Mr. Coon is a Republican, and has served as Treasurer and Clerk of the township one year respectively. He was married April 4, 1867, to Mary J. Adams, and of their union nine children have been born: Alice A., April 28, i868 (she was married Sept. 10, I882); Mabel E., June 7, I869; Alfred B., Jan. 2, r,6 ), iin U~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~p ai~~~~~~~~~~~~' ~~~~i ~~~~~~~E~"";!,l 1l \,r a 4 /^~ IFHUROA COUNTY. 357, i874; Florence M., March 14, 1875; Charles A., to Michigan in the winter of I856-7, and, locating 0 Feb. 28, 1878; Leon L. was born May 29, 1879; temporarily at Detroit, looked around for a perma- 4 '; Alta A., Jan. 8, I881; Herbert L., Feb. 9, 1883; nent home on what he believed to be the best por-; Maud, July 31, 1884. tion of Michigan, prospectively, —the Huron peninOne child-Leon L.-is deceased. The loss and sula, and located 160 acres of land at Light-house terror of Sept. 5, i88i, through the fire, are indescrib- Bay. He erected a hewn-log house on a clearing he able, but the destruction of property fades into in- had made, and was proceeding with all possible significance in view of the fact that it severed the vigor and anxiety to develop his home. He operafamilycircle. Mr. Coon had the child in his arms, ted meanwhile in Detroit during the building seaand, becoming blind with the dense smoke, became sons. He removed his family to the farm at Lightseparated from his family. The child smothered in houfse Bay, and on the r3th of April, i860, accom- } the father's arms. panied by his son John, was going from Huron City: Mrs. Coon was born June i, 1846, in Keene, N. to his place with a small sail flat-boat, loaded with H., and is the daughter of Benjamin W. and Mary bundles of fruit trees for his contemplated orchard, (Livingston) Adams. She became an orphan at the and farming implements, when father and son were age of six years, her father's death occurring at that drifted into the lake and drowned, and the household time. Her mother died when she was i8 months left without reliance save the eldest son, then a few old. days short of his majority. [~~~~~~~) Si~~~~Mr. Winsor s grandfather, Richard Winsor, was a _p q u a |ill ^-A - native of Devonshire, Eng. He was an architect,, Af~N/~~ IS ^~~~and had charge of the building operations of the /r; *Er~~~~~~~ar~ ^Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, and con- r: Aidx.on Richar Winor seio member.o the structed buildings under his orders at various points v At> ~.-~) on. Richard Winsor, senior member of the.. a and in several countries. He was married in Eng- s. e 1.(/;' Sabanking, law and insurance firm of Winsor........... 2>9]1 b anking, law and Insurance firm of Winsor land, and had three children, viz.: Elizabeth mar-.f: A~" & Snover, at Port Austin, was born April red William Hall, a man wh ursued the occupa-. 25, 1839, in Middlesex Co., Ont. He is ofursued the 2 183, n M l, O. Htion of teaching, accumulated a competency, and in English extraction in the line of paternal de- r lie ( ~4 i later hife operated as a financier; Ann married ~ scent, and on the maternal side is of mixed. /., t,d on the maternal side is of mixed William Weston, a tanner located at Hall's Mills, Irish lineage. ' /,.near London, Ont., and afterwards at Simcoe, where Richard Winsor, his father, was born in London, both died Mr Winsor's father was the youngest Eng. He was a builder by profession, and after child.. He removed when quite a young man to coming to Ontario he operated extensively as a con-t. w d nt e tract or. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ d1. *..-London, Ont., where he lived until 18i6. Except tractor. Among the buildings he erected is the City r a period when a young man, he lived in the for a period' when a young man, he lived in theP-b a Hall, of London, Ont., the public market buildings, United States, and a portion of that tie in what is A the gas works, and other structures of prominence n thecity of Detroit. and stability. He married Elizabeth Longworth, a., i g:.; r rl. M^T i T, i, Capt. John Longworth, his maternal grandsire, native of County Westmeath, Ireland, anda they be- Ai i was born April 7, 1790o, in County Westmeath, Irecame the parents o nine cildren, seven of whom land, and in early manhood entered the British sersurvive. Mr. Winsor, of this sketch, is the eldest; vice and participated in the Peninsular War, under Elizabeth is the wife of Hon. R. W. Irwin, of White the Duke of Wellingo. The Government of Great!p~~~~~~~, TT.- ^i *,r the Duke of Wellington. The Government of Great Kock, Huron County; Esther is married to William Rock, Huron C; E er is marrid to W a Britain bestowed upon him testimonials of appreciaMcKenzie, an engineer and machinist at Port AusI McKenzie, an engineer and machinist at Port Aus- tion of his gallant conduct in action, in the form of A, tin; Jane resides at that place also; Thomas is the orate the batts medals, bearing designs to commemorate the battles _ 4 managing member of the business firm of T. Winsor in which he had distinguished himself. One of these ( p- ^ r T). A, / ini\ T.I-T -,in which he had distinguished himself. Oneof these { & Co., of Port Austin (see sketch); Philip and bears in its clasps the inscribed names of Albuhera, i Henry are employes in the mercantile establishment Busaco and Talavera; the other, that of Waterloo. of the firm last named. These medals, with other relics, are in the possession Their father came from the Dominion of Canada of Mr. Winsor. After the surrender of Napoleon, -— DB'(h r -lK -- - t e aa 358 HURON ( Captain Iongworth returned to Ireland and operated as a civil engineer in the service of the Government until the spring of i830, when he resigned his position and emigrated to Canada. He arrived at Quebec in May and entered the service of the Canada company as a civil engineer, establishing himself at Goderich, Ont. There he built the harbor, the first construction of that character on Lake Huron. He afterwards constructed many other public works in the interest of the company, and resided at Goderich nearly 53 years. On the 2oth of October, 1882, he was removed to the home of his grandson, Mr. Winsor, at Port Austin, on account of his declining health. He died Jan. 17, 1883, nearly 94 years of age. C7OUNTY. N~ Niell, and resides near her daughter, Mrs. James Jenks, at Sand Beach. Captain Niell was a sailor, and, in company with Hon. Malcolm Cameron, of Ontario, owned a line of transportation vessels on the lakes. He came to Port Huron, and was interested in the same business on Lake Huron. He was thrown from a horse at Port Austin in 1881, where he was engaged in mercantile business, receiving injuries to the spine which resulted in his death a few days later. Mr. Winsor was a resident of Ontario until he was I7 years of age. He was a pupil five years in the first graded school instituted at London, under the present free-school system of Canada, established by the appropriation of Glebe, or Clergy Reserve Land, funds. This school had six departments, and afforded the best facilities for securing liberal elementary education, including modern languages and classics. AS r, AA7. -s came w ttn n-s r t at_- o-_, [4 4 — 1li It: In ic Q' i t 4 t, I,I I.. II,, The facts above stated are taken from the Annual Register of the Dominion of Canada for I883, which makes permanent record of his long and useful ca reer.IVI. wisor came witinis lamer to oaniiac vouny, Captain Longworth first married Elizabeth Bruce, and at the time of the death of the latter was the whose lineage in the paternal line is recorded from sole stay of his widowed mother and seven younger the days of the royal Robert, of Scotland, a period children of more than 500 years. They had six children. In I859 the house at Light-house Bay was destroy-: Elizabeth was the eldest and married Richard Win- ed by fire, with all its valuable contents, including; = sor. It is presumed that Thomas, the second son, furniture, a fine library and all the belongings of a is deceased, as he was a sailor and went to Australia, family of culture and refinement. He was at work K since which time no definite intelligence has been at Huron City, and at the same time picking up, as ) obtained of him. William remained in Ireland to he could, some knowledge of law. He set out from complete his education, came afterward to America the ruined home with his three small brothers, and went to New Orleans, where he became a Thomas, Philip and Henry, at times one on his lawyer in the State Courts of touisiana. He went back and the other two under his arms, and made thence to Texas, where he resided about 30 years, his way to Huron City. He bought a piece of land, and was Judge of one of the Circuit Courts during and at intervals cleared and improved the place, kept the period of reconstruction, and became peculiar the family together, attended to the education of t Hi and erratic from these troubles. He resides near his brothers and sisters, and exercised the care they Denver, Col., and is an accountant in a mining com- needed until they were old enough to care for thempany. He was an officer of American Customs at selves. His brother William (third son) was drowned London, Ont., three years. Jane is a member of at Fort Gratiot. He was in poor health, and was the family of Mr. Winsor. Esther married Daniel taking a trip on a vessel laden with stone, which H. Lazars, a member of an old Scotch family of fouled on the dock of the Grand Trunk Railroad position, the first Judge of the County of Perth, Ont., Company, and sunk. William Winsor and a comand resident at Stratford. He is still the incumbent rade with him were drowned. of the position. John is deceased. The mother He prosecuted his law studies under John Divine, died soon after reaching this country. of Lexington, and was admitted to practice in the t Captain Longworth married Ellen Maxwell. They State Courts of Michigan at that place, passing his ^ had two children: Susan, wife of Hon. John Rob- examination in open court in 1867, Judge Dewey / son, now Secretary of the Treasury of British Colum- presiding. Previous to that he had maintained an 'i' bia, who was for a number of years a leader of the office several years at Hurdn City, and had pracReform party there. Frances married Capt. Thomas ticed in the Circuit Courts. tuu.X~~~~u~o li~ i:~i~..;:~ y~ —'.,n..... ^J1> / fHURON COUNTY. 359 Mr. Winsor has been prominent in the affairs of immediately in the practice of law. In the spring of / the Huron peninsula from the beginning of his 1871 he associated Robet W. Irwin with himself as career. His abilities, energies and persistent strug- a partner. This relatn existed until July, I876,^ gle in the accomplishment of the purposes which he when his present sfsociate, Horace G. Snover (see X formed in early life, established him firmly in the sketch), purchasecdthe interest of Judge Irwin. confidence of the settlers of Huron County; and in The firm are engaged in the transaction of the the fall of 1862, when he was but 23 years of age, most extensive law business in Northern Michigan. he was elected to the Legislature of Michigan on Their operations in insurance are also large, and they the Republican ticket. He was re-elected in 1864, represent the most reliable and solid companies of and served a second term. He was nominated England and America, including the L,ondon & Livagain in the fall of i866, but declined the position, erpool & Globe, the old " Home " of New York and from the urgency of his business relations. In the the "Union" of California. Their banking house spring of r867 he was elected and served as a mem- transacts the varieties of business common to such ber of the Constitutional Convention at Lansing. In institutions, in which they have widely extended the fall of i868 he was elected to the State Senate, relations. The building in which they now operate the District then including Sanilac, Tuscola, Lapeer was erected in I884, at a cost of over $4,000, and is and Huron Counties. He served during the ses- one of the most complete business structures in the sionsof 1869-70 and I870-1. In the fall of I880 he State. It is built of brick, is 27 x 55 feet in dimenwas again elected to the Senate of Michigan, and sions, with two stories and a basement. It stands on served in the regular and extra sessions of I881-2. solid rock, is heated by steam, and has all the most; He was one of the prime movers in securing the approved modern appliances. The vault is lined extra session for the purpose of devising ways and with steel (railroad rails) four inches in thickness,. means for the relief of the fire sufferers in his district, manufactured by the Detroit Safe Company. The = and introduced the Fire Relief Bill, which provided access thereto is by means of a steel outside door, CA for the necessities caused by the devastation. In with burglar-proof door inside, made of two-inch = the session of I882, he introduced the bill for the steel. The door joints are connected by steel bolts ' h organization of the 26th Judicial Circuit, placing the to the'railroad iron, with all fastenings inside. Within counties of Huron, Sanilac and Tuscola in one is a burglar-proof chest constructed of steel three and Judicial District. a half inches thick, with another inside. It is of Mr. Winsor has been active in the prosecution of the most substantial character known to safe-builders. all enterprises which tended to the development of The steam-works were put in by the Detroit Metal Huron County and to place it on a par with other & Plumbing Company. sections of the State in point of progress and the The firm of Winsor & Snover own several thoufacilities of civilization. He was one of the chief in- sand acres of land in Huron County. They own i60 struments in obtaining an extension of the Port Hu- acres in Meade Township, where the water-lime curron & Northwestern Railroad to Port Austin, and he, rent has been discovered, said to be the most superior with Caleb H. Gallup, moved primarily in the matter quality of water-lime rock on the continent. A Milof securing the telegraph from Port Huron to this waukee firm have sunk the shafts, and preparations point. After consultation, the two put forth every are being made to develop the quarry. exertion to secure the purpose desired, and spent Mr. Winsor is the individual proprietor of about weeks in canvassing to obtain sufficient funds to in- 2,000 acres of land. He owns one 7oo-acre farm on k duce the Western Union Company to put the wires sections o1, i and 14, in Dwight Township, with 300 through, which was done. acres under first-class cultivation, and raises grain Mr. Winsor removed to Port Austin Dec. 24, I867, and stock. He has 200 head of Cotswold sheep and ':: having a large family on his hands and a small Ioo head of cattle. X capital in hard cash. The investment of his re- His marriage to Martha Turner occurred at Lan'_. sources in that line caused him little anxiety, as the sing, in June, 1863, and Mr. and Mrs. Winsor are the il entire amount was but 25 cents. The county seat parents of four sons and a daughter, born as follows: was then established at Port Austin, and he engaged Richard, April 26, 1864; Amos F., Feb. 20, 1866; Rica dApi6,86s F-.-Feb. 2o,- i 8 6 6; HURON COUNTY. a. 360 I~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ i.r A I ic Xf Irwin, Oct. i6, I867; Bessie, March 26, 187I; Horace G., Nov. 20, 1879. The three first were born at Huron City; the others were born at Port Austin. Mrs. Winsor was born Feb. 23, 1845, in Ingham Co., Mich., and is the daughter of John and Rebecca (Haynor) Turner. Her mother was a member of the Haynor family, of Troy, N. Y., where she was born. Her family were German and of excellent position and culture, and she spoke the language of her paternal ancestors with the same facility as English. Mr. Winsor's portrait is given opposite page 357. *~ unthony Etzler, farmer, section 29, Hume Township, has been a resident of Huron * 'i County since the year I856, when his par-?;. ents came to Port Austin. He remained at that place a year, and, in company with two brothers, he came to Hume Township and located one half of section 29. in October, I857. At that date there was but one settler in the township, namely, Walter Hume. (See sketch of S. T. Cantelon.) He was a single man, as were his brothers, and they were the earliest settlers in the township succeeding Mr. Hume. There were no families, no roads nor improvements of any character, within five miles of their location. All supplies requisite to the maintenance of life were obtained at Port Austin, io miles distant. Obstacles of formidable type were the rule, not the least of which were the wolves, with which the forest was infested to a degree that interfered materially with the welfare and comfort of the pioneers; and it frequently happened that the necessaries of life could be obtained only at great hazard. Mr. Etzler had an adventure which supplied all the romance and thrilling incident requisite to a complete pioneer experience. He was returning from Port Austin with a bag of flour on his back, when he became aware that three wolves were pursuing him closely. The forest was very dense, and rapid locomotion difficult under the best circumstances; a burden increased the dangers. He finally dropped the sack of flour and made the best time possib)le. Only the urgency of the occasion, which had grown clearer with every step, saved his life, as the savage brutes were close upon his heels when he reached the safe shelter of home. Mr. Etzler was born Nov. 26, 1835, in Prussia, and came with his father's family to America when he was i8 years old. After a brief stop at Buffalo, N. Y., they went to Geauga Co., Ohio, where they resided three years previous to coming to Michigan. The section on which the farm of Mr. Etzler is situated is one of the best in the township, a state which is the palpable result of the energy and persistent effort which has been expended to place it in a condition to take fair rank with other sections in the county. He owns o16 acres, most of which is under improvements of the best type. The orchard on the place is a very fine one,'and comprises 350 trees, of the best quality and variety. Mr. Etzler is a Democrat, and has held several local offices of his township. He was married July 4, 1858, to Elizabeth Wiemer. Their children are named Anna, Mary, Emma and Helen. Mrs. Etzler was born Sept. 30, 1827, in Prussia. She came with her brother to the United States in 1855, locating in Sebewaing, where she lived until her marriage. Mr. Etzler is a Roman Catholic. illiam Wilson, farmer and stockman, resident on section 34, Paris Township, was Aborn May Io, i832, in Middlesex Co., ) Ont. His father was a native of Yorkshire, Eng. He emigrated to Canada, where he, married Jane White, a native of Scotland. They settled in Middlesex Co., Ont., where they passed the years of their lives subsequent to their marriage. He died June 8, I882, and she in July, I87 4. rhey were aged respectively 72 and 60 years. Mr. Wilson is the oldest of io children born to his, parents, and he was an inmate of their home until his marriage, Nov. 2, 1855, to Jane Bryce, in London Township, Middlesex Co., Ont. Their four children were born as follows: John G., Oct. 22, i857; Ann G., June 2, I860; Ida J., Nov. 2, 1864; Hannah G., Sept. 2, 1871. Mrs. Wilson is the daughter of Archibald and Ann (Monahan) Bryce. Her father was of Scotch birth; her mother was born in the State of New York. They settled in (K r II k I IVN - i r-, -i 4*1 ^~ Z~HURON 'S).== VA slw " I I,t= ItI 0~ 4~pr 5 structures of the kind on the line. The firm traffic in all kinds of grain and produce. They own a dock situated near their mills, built in I877 by Mr. Winsor and his brother Philip (now a salesman in the store). The land where their works are erected.comprises 40 acres nearly, and they own io acres south of the village of Port Austin. They conduct a retail and wholesale lumber yard, and operate as builders and contractors; also have a machine shop where a large amount of repairing is done. Another branch of their business is the sinking of salt wells along the shore of Lake Huron. In 1883, Roscoe E., son of Mr. Carrington, was admitted to the firm. Mr. Winsor has been and still is Postmaster of Port Austin. He was married at Port Crescent, Jan I, 1874, to Ida A. Carrington. Their children were born at Port Anstin, as follows: Eva, Jan. I, 1877; Blanche, Aug. 26, i880; William, Jan. 14, 1883. Mrs. Winsor is the daughter of Mark and Rhoda A. Carrington, and was born Aug. 3, I858, at Lexington, Sanilac Co., Mich. (See sketch of Mark Carrington.) -i~ oeter Smeader, Sr., farmer, section 6, Dwight!let_ Township, was born Feb. i8, I813, in GerJJ|j many, and is the son of Theodore arid ^ Lucy Smeader, also natives of Germany, where they passed their lives. Mr. Smeader was reared to manhood in his native land, and was a resident there until I855, the year of his emigration to the United States. He came at once to Sanilac County, and passed about I8 months at Forestville. He went thence to Port Austin, where he spent nine years in a saw-mill. At the end of that time he bought I30 acres of land and has since bought 80 acres more. He has sold 50 acres of his original purchase, and placed 65 acres under cultivation. Mr. Smeader is a Democrat in political faith. He was married the first time in Germany, Jan. i, I840, to Johanna Lelly. Eight children have been born to them, two of whom died in infancy. I i ngram Harrison, farmer and stockman, i resident on section 24, in Lake Township, was born Dec. 25, I832, in Yorkshire, Eng. His father, John Harrison, was also born in England, and in I857 transferred his family and business to Middlesex Co., Ont. His mother, Mary (Wilson) Harrison, was a native of England, and died in her native country when she was 45 years of age. Mr. Harrison was the fourth of seven children born to his parents. He obtained a fair education by his own efforts, and when he was I2 years of age began to earn his own livelihood by farm labor. When he was 22 years of age he came to this country, and settled in Livingston Co., N. Y. A year later he went to Middlesex Co., Ont., where he was a laborer until his marriage, in that county, June 29, 1859, when he became the husband of Elizabeth Edwards. The following children have been born to them: Mary (Mrs. Joseph Williams); Henry, Eliza, Alice, Robert, Edward, John, Ann, James, Francis and William. The latter died in infancy. After his marriage Mr. Harrison was a farmer in the counties of Middlesex and Lambton, in Ontario, where he remained nine years. In the fall of 1869 he came to Huron County, and purchased 240 acres of land on sections 24 and 25, Lake Township. The entire tract was in its original wild state. The farm now includes go acres of cleared and cultivated land, two acres of which is a well-assorted orchard, and the place is fitted with suitable and necessary farm buildings. Mr. Harrison is a Republican, and has discharged the duties of several local offices in the township.,. fi Iff,e, -I 4 Par:.:;; v. f: I.S.s..~ 3'" COUNTY. 371 Elizabeth, Mary, Susan, Peter, Christopher and V Nicholas. Their mother was born in Germany and died Aug. 5, I865. Mr. Smeader was a second time married in September, I866, in Dwight Township, to I Jane Harper, a native of Canada. The family are,. Roman Catholics. S~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I ~:~g,I 2 \ 'T s~? i.. '. I ^ \ ~)); —Z3G -h)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.,yp.i-,-..~~~~~~~~~~N ~~K~ >372 HURON COUNTY. He owns and operates a flouring mill at Pinnebog. Port Austin, and has taken part in several PresidenIn the collection of portraits selected for this tial campaigns, doing the variety of service popularly v ALBUM is found that of Mr. Harrison, accompanying known as "stump" speaking. He has acted as this sketch. Chairman of several Republican county convenrJth tions, and is always actively interested in the State conventions, and in all movements for the advancement of the present party element on the earth. He *^^^^^^^,^^ ^ &VVZw-7 |^w ^takes an earnest interest in school matters, and is a member of the present School Board (1884), with which he has been connected continuously for upwards of 6 years. Imes S. Ayres, of the firm of Ayres & Mr. Ayres was married at Tarrytown-on-the-Hud< ^ Co., at Port Austin, merchants, farmers, son, Oct. 20, 1869, to Annie Evans. She was born in A^ dealers in real estate, and manufacturers Mobile, Ala., in April, I841, and died Nov. 2, 1882, X, of salt, was born Aug. 30, 1838, in New Ca- at Port Austin. The five children born of this marnaan, Conn. He is a son of Frederick S. and riage are named as follows: Nancy (deceased), Eben Nancy (Raymond) Ayres, and is in company R., Jay D., James S. and Annie (deceased). Mr. with his father and brother, Eben R. Ayres, res- Ayres was a second time married Feb. 7, 1884, at ident at Sandusky. (See sketch of F. S. Ayres.) Port Austin, to a sister of his first wife, Sarah Lou ( Mr. Ayres was educated in the common schools of Evans. She was born in New York in I846. West Troy, and afterwards was instructed by a pri- Mr. Ayres owns a fine residence on Lake Street. vate tutor until about the age of 17 years, when he also an interest in the different plats of the firm in. = matriculated at Williams College, Williamstown, the village of Port Austin designated respectively as U Mass., and four years later was graduated at that ^ Mass., and four years later was graduated at that "Ayres & Co.'s," and "Ayres, Learned & Co.'s plats.': institution. He attended the Law School at Albany one year, and graduated there, and went thence to? Chicago, where he opened his office and acted as an )attorney for three years. - In i866 he came to Port Austin to manage his father's lumbering interests, which he conducted fiveI.,t years, and in 187I became a member of the firm of i r enry Libby, machinist atCaseville, and enAyers, Learned & Co., engaged in the business gineer in the employment of F. Crawford, already named, in which they have since continued | 5 is the son of Jacob H. and Elizabeth (Stass) to operate. In i874 Mr. Learned sold his claim to Libby, both natives of Germany. The mother the brother of Mr. Ayres, Eben R., a resident of died about the year I857. The father was born; Sandusky. in I796, and is still a resident of Hanover,: The building where the Messrs. Ayers conduct Germany, where Mr. Libby, the subject of this their mercantile transactions is one of the first con- sketch, was born, June 12, i832. There was a structed at Port Austin. Their stock is estimated at family of 11 children born to his parents, of whom $1o,ooo, and they employ three salesmen. The firm he is the third youngest, and the oldest one now livoffer for sale 14,000 acres of farming lands in Huron ing, and is the owner of 240 acres of land situated County, situated in the townships of Port Austin, on sections 2, 17 and Io. He was born June I2, Dwight, Lincoln, Meade, Lake, Chandler and Oli- 1832, in Hanover, Germany. In i850 he emigrated ver. They have about I,2oo acres which they culti- to the United States, and found his first employment vate in Port Austin and Dwight Townships, and with a farmer in Geauga Co., Ohio. He went thence employ by the month a small army of agricultural to Cleveland, Ohio, where he passed two years in laborers. the service of Thomas Searls, learning his trade. q Mr. Ayres is an active and aggressive Republican. He is a natural mechanic, and is an acknowledged () He was President of the Blaine and Logan Club at master of his business as an engineer and machinist. --- _ u0X^~n w- f HRUROAr COUNTY. 373 He worked two years for Mr. F. Crawford, in Cleve- sory farm buildings. Politically Mr. Frornant is in fA land, and camein I857 in his interest to Caseville, affiliation with the Democratic party.., where he has operated since, with the exception of His marriage to Elizabeth Smeader occurred at three years, when he was engaged in the manage- Port Austin, Sept. i, i860, and of their marriage iI ment of a saw-mill at Warrensville, Geauga Co., children have been born-Joseph, Charles, Mary,, Ohio. Ann, Peter, Michael, Susan, William, Maggie, RichHe has erected all the machinery in the works of ard and Elizabeth. Mrs. Fromant was born Feb. Mr. Crawford at Caseville, as follows: two engines in 26 842 in Prussia, and is the daughter of Peter Crawford's mill of Ioo-horse power; one in another and Johanna Smeader. The family are Roman saw-mill, of 35-horse power; one in the grist-mill, of Catholics in religious belief. 35-horse power; No. i in drill house, 15-horse power; No. 2, in drill house, i5-horse power; No. 3, in drill house, 15-horse power; No. 4, in drill house, 15-t horse power; No. 5, in drill house, 25-horse power; two portable engines, respectively of 7- and 20-horse power. In addition to these Mr. Libby has put in me three steam pumps, two of which are Io x 5 inches and | rchie Currie, farmer, section 20, Pars -~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ei Cute _amr sectio Mo as 1;A /N. '1r0, '1" kj one is 6 x 3 inches in size. The farm of Mr. Libby includes 125 acres of improved land, with two good frame houses and two good frame barns, with necessary out-buildings and excellent orchards. He was married in September, I857, to Maria Emshoff, and they have six children, Anna, John, Eliza, Henry, Nora and Mabel. Mrs. Libby was born in October, 1832, in Prussia, Germany. She came with her father to Cleveland, in I854, after the death of her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Libby are Lutherans in religious belief. - Township, was born in August, 1824, in - Argyleshire, Scotland. His father, Duncan Currie, was a shepherd in his native land, and * in 1846 he came to the New World, locating S in Ekford Township, Middlesex Co., Ont., and = afterward came to Michigan, where he located on the g farm on which his son is now residing, and there he a died, April 5, I871. His mother, Ann (Mitchell) 1 Currie, was born in Scotland, and died in Ekford, about I85o. Mr. Currie was reared to the calling of his father, which he followed in his boyhood, and on reaching a suitable age he became a farm laborer in his native country until he came to Ontario in I856. In 1857 he came to the then unbroken and solitary wilderness of 1T___'_ rl-~1~ -.... _I -.. Y-. I- -.L. _ _ ' 41 41 s~~ti~~~~~~~~ -rans I ownsiiIp, ani aiter prospecung in every alrec-."d^~~~ ^~~.^~. ^tion he fixed upon a claim of 24c acres of land on:1 i j~ agloire Fromant, farmer, section 20 section 17. He "bushed " his road thither for some id | il. Dwight Township, was born Oct. i, 1842, miles, and had no knowledge of the location of his jt in the city of Montreal. His parents, neighbors, himself and his brother being the only \ Charles and Genevieve Fromant, were na- settlers for miles. All supplies were brought i8 miles tives of France. over the trails of the elk and deer, which were here In I856 Mr. Fromant left Montreal to seek in great abundance and of whom Mr. Currie killed an opportunity to secure an independent livelihood. many for subsistence. He afterwards sold a part of He came to Port Austin, where he obtained a place his first purchase, and on the death of his father he as assistant in a saw-mill, in which vocation he took possession of the homestead, which embraces, passed I6 years. Seven years following he worked I60 acres of land. He had made a beautiful and a farm on shares. In April, I879, he located on valuable home for his family, having now 90 acres 80 acres of land he had purchased in I869, all of cleared and improved in the best manner. Mr. I which is now cleared and improved, and is supplied Currie is an earnest and zealous Republican, and has with a good house, barn and other suitable acces- been active in the local official affairs of his township. ~a^& \iJ$^w —U- <9xB)-4 — 374 HURON COUNTY He was married Dec. 27, I869, in Paris Township, Thus the deluge passed o'er them; to Miss Flora, daughter of Archie and Mary (Mc- Sad and awful was the scene, X % Intyre) Clark. Her father died in Elgin Co., Can., Sweeping everything before them, T March 2, i870, aged 53 years. Mrs. Clark was liv- Through the wild and living green. ing with her daughter, Mrs. McDonald, when the fire Thus it raved until the morrow, of I87 I occurred, in which Alexander McDonald, his When a calm appeared at last; wife Nancy, nee Clark, his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary E s ^,,,. ~ ~ ~~~~.,....~ /Every soul was filled with sorrow Clark, his son Archie, a boy of nine years of age, and A t of this work. The fo n pm by C s MAt the closing of the blast. his sister-in-law, Miss Jeannette Clark-five persons in all-perished in the flames! The dreadful visita- All the fields and forest timber,: tion and affliction are fully treated in another portion By their friends were searched around, * of this work. The following poem, by Cyrenius Mc- And at length in death's cold slumber,: Taggart, now deceased, a resident of the township at These poor souls' remains were found. the time of the occurrence, is incorporated in this sketch,In the woods where t hey were driven, sketch, for obvious reasons: t; Parth ILav their ohdn(~ec ron the aarIh i I It Al k E= ~-c ~n A /r~ SC,i. The McDonald Family, WHO PERISHED IN THE GREAT FIRE OF 87 I, IN HURON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. Sons of freedom, only ponder On McDonald's awful doom, And his family, five in number, In the hot and fiery gloom,Where the flames in torrents flashing, Through the fields and forest round, And the trees like thunder crashing, In great numbers on the ground. Thus the deluge, fierce in motion, With the wind did loudly roar, Like the waves upon the ocean, Dashing on the stormy shore. WT l n.-16 h,,,, ta,./ flia;r -b rN-i, l rl,^h n "rl f ^aoli r u-Ij......L,vx... v L,..%, Icl xt LJa, And their souls we hope in heaven With the God who gave them birth. All ye readers, only ponder! Can you think without regret, On the death of this small number, And among them poor Jeannette? A maiden fair in every feature, And admired by all around As a lady, and a teacher, In this moldering mass was found. Those horrid flames so fierce, and raken With the wind, with force and strife,This fair lady they have taken In her prime and bloom of life. No more she's seen among the flowers Nor in the shade of summer green; With her young friends in idle hours, This fair maid no more is seen. m ~V lldL lit4VC UCCI1 llii {11 l UU l L iAllt Cll ll b A,t In that hot and dismal place, She is gone from earth, departed; When the flames came round, unyielding, And her friends, to be no more, Such a stubborn foe to face! Left them sad and broken-hearted, To lament on Huron's shore. i Oh! methinks I see them weeping, May to her a robe be given; May to her a robe be given; Clasped into each other's arms,Clasped into each other's arms,- | Thus may her precious soul be blest, When the flames came round them sweeping, L t s i Like the stars in yonder heaven, c~ Cry aloud in wild alarms,-,, '. * ~ Cry aloud in wild alarms,- 'And be one among the rest. As they cast their eyes to heaven, Mrs. Currie was born Sept. 2, 1849, in Elgin Co., And for mercy loudly cried, Ont., where she resided until the death of her father. 1 When by flames and smoke were driven, On the occurrence of that event, she came to Paris Where they fell and shrank and died. Township, where she was married [_ s~~~~~~aoal'ar I h" nwshtgE-' .' - BUROVN COUNTY. 377 election. He is a member of the Order of Odd *.'!: ': ^Fellows. His marriage to Laura E. Tong occurred Jan. 4, ' ) J illiam T.Chappell, proprietor of the Chap- 87o, at Avon. They have two children: Mary, '1iae m T. Chappell, peroprietor of the Chap- born at Avon, and Arthur S., born in Sebewaing.!l8 pell House at Sebewaing, was born May 8, i, at A ingston Co., N. Y. Proctor T. Tong, the father of Mrs. Chappell, is a s f8aor, 8 at Avon, Livingsto n Co., NY native of England and married Mrs. Elizabeth ik^,.' His father, W. T. Chappell, Sr., was born at His father, W. T. Chappell, Sr., was born at (North) Howe. She is a native of Connecticut, and Avon, and his mother, Julia (Ransom) ChapAvon,.and his mother, Julia (Ransom) Cha- died in Utica, Mich. They had one child,-Laura., pell, was a native of Claridon, Geauga Co., pell, ws a. of Clarido, G a C, The portrait of Mr. Chappell, accompanying this / Ohio. They located after marriage at Avon, where. M. Cio.. -. prmient. magriurist an wAsone ofre sketch, gives the characteristic features of an influenMr. C. was a prominent agriculturist and was one of earliest of i I * a tt- *te tial and representative citizen of the Huron peninsula. the earliest importers of Durham cattle in the Empire State. The family are still residing there and includes six children,-W. T.., J. Frank, Charles H., Nellie V., Carrie B. and Emma...~3_. Mr. Chappell attended the common schools of his native place until he was 1i years of age, when he was sent to Temple Hill Academy at Geneseo, N. Y., I h arles E. Ball, farmer, section 6, Dwight where he was a student three years, after which he Township, was born Jan. 21, I839, in Norattended the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima a walk, Huron Co., Ohio. His parents, Sanford. similar period. In i868 he went to the Eastman and Lavina (Lock) Ball, were natives respect-. Business College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he ively of Vermont and Pennsylvania. After A: was graduated the following year. In 187 he came their marriage they settled in Ohio, where a to Bay City; from there he went to Sebewaing, and they continued to reside during the remainder of their platted 80 acres of land, andsold lots to the amount lives. She died Sept. 18, 1853; and he, April 21,; of $I8,ooo. 1859. Charles E., Lois and James constituted their ) 9 On coming hither to reside, Mr. Chappell at once family of children. took rank among the leading men in the town and Mr. Ball was educated in the common schools of county. He owns about 400 acres of land in Huron Ohio, and was at home until he was 15 years of age, and Tuscola Counties, including 250 acres under cul- when he engaged as a sailor on the lakes and contivation. One farm of i60 acres is located near Port tinued to operate in that capacity for a period of 25 Austin. He has been a mail contractor since the years. He was first employed as a steward, after4 time of his locating in Huron County, and at present wards became an ordinary seaman and was promoted a: controls 66 miles of mail route. He deals consider- to the position of mate. He passed rI years in com-; ably in real estate. He is a connoisseur in horses, mand of a schooner in the service of John F. Rust & and in early manhood indulged a taste for fine Co., of Cleveland, Ohio. In the fall of 1862 he engrades. He always kept a fine team while at school, listed in the 23d Mich. Vol. Inf., and served three and after being graduated he spent a year or two in years as private and Corporal. He was an active buying and fitting horses for the New York market. participant in all the engagements in which the regiMr. Chappell is a staunch and active Republican. ment was involved until nine months previous to hisi 'He cast his first Presidential vote for General Grant, discharge, during which time he was on detached ser> and has been an adherent of the. "grand old party" vice in Washington. ever since. Most of his life has been spent under a On being discharged, he went to Muskegon and ( Republican administration, and he expects to spend spent a summer there as an assistant in a saw.-mill, # his remaining years in the prosperity and hope in and, while employed on the lakes, passed the winter, i which the country has rejoiced for so long a period. months of four years at Algonac. \ In the fall of 1876 he was elected Sheriff of Huron In i86i, previous to his enlistment in the army, he ib County, and served two years. He declined a re- bought 43 acres of land in Dwight Township, which --- ^wq -^,nig^4c-Tsh pwhic . 378 HURON COUNTY. at the date of purchase was in its original timbered Mrs. Slack was born in Scotland, in 1852. Her condition. He made a clearing and erected a log parents, James and Mary (Barber) Ross, are farmers!1~ | house, in which he resided a year. In the winter of in this township, where the daughter was reared to mu. 1878 he made an additional purchase of 40 acres of womanhood. ( land, and settled permanently on the place. The efforts and good management of Mr. Ball on the place |,, have resulted in the improvement and cultivation of earM.....-D 60 acres. He is a Republican in political connection and a member of the Masonic fraternity. ij 1. nson H. Bowman, farmer, section 20, His marriage occurred at Croswell (then Davis- Bloomfield Township, was born Feb. 28, ville), Sept. 15, I860, to Emily, daughter of Eli and | 1844, in Dunn Township, Haldimand Co., % Julia Herrington. She was born Jan. 5, I843, in. Ont. He is the son of Joseph and Sarah M. Pennsylvania. They have an adopted child, Willie G (Furler) Bowman. His mother resides on by name. section 3, Bloomfield Township, and was born in 1826. His fatherdied during the early youth of his son, at Romeo, Macomb Co., Mich., where he is buried. He was a farmer all his active life. Mr. Bowman was brought up to the vocation of his father, and on reaching his majority he rented a.~^Cj:./~-^^~ gfarm, which he continued to manage four years, l _r 7i r radford Slack, merchant, at Ubly, was after which he operated as foreman of the place un-.B K=.x ^S born March 25, 1852, in Oxford Co., Ont. til 1873, when he came to Huron County. He x a)1. X WHe came to Bingham Township with his entered the employ of Langdon Hubbard, clearing 'd P= ^l parents, James and Abigail (Wooley) Slack, land and logging in his interest five years. In 1878, in 867. They belong to the farming com- he bought r6o acres of land in Huron Township, on g munity and are still residents of this township. section 33. Later he sold the place, all but 40 acres, ) Mr. Slack was reared to the occupation of his which he retains, with 40 acres on section 4; and father, and was under the protection and influences on this he has since lived and labored. He has of his paternal home until 20 years of age. On about 20 acres cleared, a good frame house, a barn reaching manhood, he bought 80 acres of land on and a small orchard. section i8, Bingham Township, which, like himself, His marriage to Sarah Angelina Cjosby occurred remained to be tested in use and value. He at Aug. 29, i865. Their children were born as follows: once set vigorously at work to clear and improve Palmer E., July i8, I866; Almeda J., Jan. 26, i868; t and erect a home. He proceeded with his efforts Anson H., Jan. 22, 1870; Walter A. and Robert A., Al until he had accomplished the reclamation of 50 twins, March 26, 1872; Amelia A., March 3, 1874; acres, when he sold the place, a year subsequent to Almond M., Sept. 15, 1876; Nellie A., Feb. 27, his removal to the village of Ubly. He established i880; William C., March r6, i882; Flora D., April there the business he has since conducted, which I4, I884. Robert A., one of the twins, died in July includes two branches of trade,-general merchan- following his birth. dise and a tin-shop. Mr. Slack owns four improved Mrs. Bowman was born June 23, I849, in Haldilots in the village. mand Co., Ont. Her parents, John and Mary A. - He is a Republican in political connection, and (Waters) Crosby, are living in Ontario. Their chilhas discharged the duties of the minor local offices dren are eight in number. of his township. He is and has been considerably Mr. Bowman is a Republican, and has served as interested in school matters. Treasurer of the township seven terms, as Justice of His marriage to Mary Ross occurred in 1872, in the Peace one year, and in several other positions. >a% Bingham Township, and they are the parents of four He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. children-Ettie J., Mary A., Guy and Martha. The family suffered indescribable horrors during the, _> y,* " g a n " _ r @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HURON f":=~ 4T0 -- - t, COUNTY. 379 *I __ - )( 'a.? r fire of i88i. The fifth of September found them waiting, in terrified suspense, whatever fate was in store for them. The flames were already in possession of various parts of the farm, and at noon was upon them. To save the house, Mr. Bowman drew water from the well until it was dry. On the failure of the water, the house soon caught, and was abandoned by the family, who sought safety in a summer fallow, the father removing the box of a lumber wagon, which he propped against the wheels to form a shelter. The inaction and waiting for seeming destruction was a fearful thing to endure, and Mr. Bowman at last re-adjusted his wagon, "hitched up" and started in a westerly direction, only to encounter intense heat. After traversing a distance of about two miles, they met a man who informed them of the total destruction of everything in that direction, and they retraced their route. Returning to the summer fallow, the wagon-box was again made to do duty as a protection, and they passed the night under its shelter. In the morning a man named Richard Foreman, who was sent out from Port Hope to look for possible sufferers, came to them. He had expected to find all the settlers lost in the fire of the day previous, and up to that time had discovered seven dead bodies, as follows: Mr. Leman and his son Alfred, aged 17 years; Albert Jonch and wife; Minnie Moss and her brother and sister, children who had become separated from their parents in the smoke. Mr. and Mrs. Moss were saved. The bodies were found between Port Hope and Kinch's Corners, together with a large number of dead cattle, hogs and sheep. The loss of Mr. Bowman included two cows, eight hogs, his house, barn and stable, 12,000 feet of lumber, six acres of oats and five acres of peas. I,I I w '~, ~ was seven years of age,.and he resided with them until he reached the age of 17 years. In I864 he went to Port Austin, where he was a laborer about nine years. He went thence to Tawas City and spent three years in a saw-mill. He came back to Huron County, in I874, and purchased 40 acres of land in Dwight Township, on which he settled, and to which he has added 30 acres. Of this tract about 50 acres are under cultivation. He is a Democrat in political connections. The marriage of Mr. Smeader occurred Oct. I5, I871, in Tawas City, to Olive Mutart. Of seven children born to them, five survive-Albert Ulysses, Johanna J., Frank W., Jonas P. and William E. Minnie A. and Mary are deceased. The family are Roman Catholics. Mrs. Smeader is a native of the Dominion of Canada, and was born Oct 20, I848; is the daughter of George and Mary (Sanders) Mutart, natives respectively of Prince Edward Isles and Devonshire, England. -, --- ——, --- —?. — f lHl? avid H. Pierce, general merchant at Ubly, a ~.~ was born March 17, 1849, near the town of i Pictou, Ont. His parents, Alexander and i O Lydia (Grooms) Pierce, were Canadians by birth and of New England origin, descended from Scotch and German ancestors. They belonged to the agricultural class and came to Michigan in I858, locating five miles south of Minden City in Sanilac County, where they were among the earliest pioneers. The senior Pierce was the first to take a wagon into that part of the county. He afterwards removed to Bingham Township, in Huron County, and located 120 acres of land on sections 22 and 27. Of his original tract 20 acres lie within the limits of the corporation of Ubly, and are platted. The parents are both residents of the village, and are passing their lives' sunset days in firm health and content. The son was eight years of age when he was first made acquainted with the State of Michigan. He was educated in the common schools of Huron and Sanilac Counties, and resided with his parents dur t F, ~-. ll~-2-~L- o<^3~Z~c~(((i >c)~ — ~ -. ~~ eter Smeader, Jr., farmer, resident on secA I ~ tion 6, Dwight Township, is a native of 4l? — jP Prussia, where he was born Jan. I6, 1848.::!i He is the son of Peter and Johanna Smeader,! 'JiJ whose sketch appears on another page. (See <, index). His parents came to the United States when he ^ Yi: )^^` -^index).m r It )^, < u -44- ^11 —~ [lt)E -)P8 ---3@n^ -:e 3800 HURON COUNTY.. ing his minortiy,'obtaining a thorough and practical has since resided, and of which he has improved v knowledge of farming, which he pursued nine years one-third. j after reaching his majority. Mr. Kelly is independent in political opinions. In May, i88i, he established his mercantile enter- He has served his township in the capacity of School H prise at Ubly, and in the fall of the same year suf- Director. fered the common loss of the people of the Huron He was married July 4, I872, in Detroit, to Martha peninsula. His first move after the catastrophe was Houser. They have had four children. Mary died to build a business structure and place therein a full when three months old; John, Catherine and Jenny stock of goods, preparatory to retrieving his fortunes, are still living. Mrs. Kelly is a native of Canada, and he has already reaped the reward of persistent and was born Oct. i, i858, near Bayfield, Canada. energy. His business is in the most flourishing con- She came in early life to Huron County, Mich. dition, his aggregate of annual sales amounting to $20,000. He also owns 80 acres of farm land on sections 23 and 26, chiefly under improvements. s Mr. Pierce is a Republican in political affiliation, and holds the office of Notary Public. He was married Sept. I6, I871, in Ubly village, c to Frances McGuinness. They are the parents of 7 Irank X. Vogl, farmer, section 32, Sherman five children,-Joseph H., Lydia, Alexander, Cathe- Township, was born Aug. 21, I849, in Barine and Cyrenius. Mrs. Pierce was born Feb. 15, varia. His parents emigrated to Ontario, 853, at Randolph, N. Y. Her father died in that Can., in Is56, and to Michigan in 1860. His. place, in 1868, and she removed to Huron County father was a stone mason by trade, and with her mother and grandmother. With her hus- died in Sherman Township, Feb. 5, 1879. f band, she is a member of the Methodist Episcopal His mother is living with a son in this township, and Church. is 75 years of age, I884. IS3=Ex~~~~~~~ s.Mr. Vogl was a child of six years when he was I: ~5^~~~~~~~ | r~brought to the American continent by his parents, and was ten years of age when they became residents v-;eLafie(-.`3r |Nfj^ ^i^^ -^ ^ Gof Huron County. He was an inmate of the paternal home until 187 6, when he was married, in Sanilac Township, in the county of the same name, on the 'A i 27th day of June, to Susanna M. Smith. They t" eremiah Kelly, farmer, section 32, Dwight have been the parents of five children, one of whom, Township, is the son of John and Cathe- Hubert,is not living. Those who survive are named ai ine (Coughlin) Kelly, and was born Dec. Joseph F., George C., John A. and Daniel T. The, I845, in Ireland, which was also the native family also includes an adopted daughter, Mary I. land of his parents. Mrs. Vogl was born June I4, 856, in Huron County, Mr. Kelly emigrated to the United States in Ont. Her father, Jacob Smith, was born in Germany, 1855, and passed 15 years in the cities of New York of Prussian parentage. Her mother, Christine and Brooklyn and in New Jersey, operating part of (McGinnis) Smith, is a native of Ontario. They are the time as a molder. now farmers in Bridgehampton Township, Sanilac In 1867 he came to Huron County and was en- Co., Mich., whither they removed in 1866. gaged a little less than five years in a foundry at Port In the same year of his marriage, Mr. Vogl beAustin. In the fall of 1871 he returned to Jersey came the proprietor of 140 acres of land by deed of City, whence, after two years, he went to Susque- gift from his father, of which ioo acres is still in his At hanna, Pa., where he remained between two and possession. Nearly the entire tract is under cultiva- (:d three years. He returned to Port Austin, and in the tion. The place is enhanced in value and improved " spring of i877 he purchased and took possession of in appearance by several splendid barns and an \ 120 acres of land in Dwight Township, on which he elegant residence which has just been completed, at ~7-^;-^-'nn1B 44 —^^-0 I 0C ri L I ---~ vfi A t --— Ir.IP ^^ --- —--- HURON COUNTY. 383 > a cost of $2,000. Mr. Vogel is a practical and owns, also, four lots in anotherdirection,and a house skillful farmer and stock-raiser, and is engaged, as a and lot in Grindstone City, and he manages a meat specialty, in raising Durham cattle. market'at Port Austin. Mr. Vogl is a Democrat in political views and The White Ash Grove breeding farm includes 340 z connections. He has been Justice of the Peace acres of land, all enclosed and cultivated, and it Y eight years and a member of the Township Board constitutes in every sense a model farm. Besides nine years. this, Mr. Ryan owns 560 acres in Huron and TusThe family are Roman Catholics. cola Counties. His herds and flocks comprise thoroughbreds and grades of the finest kind. He owns an average of 75 head of Durham cattle, and it. —... —.<..3-.. >| Southdown and Cotswold sheep. His horses are Hambletonians, Clydesdales and Mambrinos, and e1~~~~~~~~~~ a^^ijhis hogs are pure Berkshires. es Ryan, proprietor of the Port Austin Mr. Ryan was married in Biddulph, Huron Co., Hotel, and also of the White Ash Grove Ont., Feb. 10, 1857, to Elizabeth McCormack, and breeding farm, was born May i, 1835, in they are the parents of io children. Mary A. is County Tipperary, Ireland, and is the son of the wife of Eli Fuller, jeweller at Port Austin; John, John nd Mary Ryan. He was seven years book-keeper for his father, is Supervisor of Port Aus-; John and Mary Ryan. He was seven years 5) ' old we is *aet e.e ro th Green tin Township, and was elected Clerk of Huron old when his parents emigrated from the Green o>ld/ n s p s e e fm t G County at the recent election (1884) on the DemoIsle to Canada, where the father bought a farm, near; was grad d at Gs X-. 4. '4 e, T r ii cratic ticket; was graduated at Goldsmith's Business /~. the city of Ottawa. Not long after they removed to '.~= ( * rr ^ ^College at Detroit, Sept. I4, i883; Valentine, Jane, ms a farm in Huron County, Ont.. ' a ~:: M.1r. n ws t y taid in Julia, James W., Margaret, Susan, Ellen and Ger-. as Mr. Ryan was thoroughly trained in agricultural "=.... trude. knowledge, and when he was 17 years old became.x kolde. whe h wa 1 yer ol bcm The publishers of this work take pleasure in pre-.e the proprietor of ioo acres of land, which was in a r.n heavy timber. On senting a portrait of Mr. Ryan, accompanying this i natural state and covered with heavy timber. On biographical sketch. this he operated until he had cleared 66 acres and ( erected thereon good buildings, set out orchards and put the farm in a promising condition. He left Canada in the fall of I86I and came to.. —... --- _ — Port Austin,where he purchased the piece of ground now constituting the site of the hotel. He erected a small building for the purpose of hotel-keeping, in J 1enry C. Kennedy, farmer and breeder of which he transacted business until i868, the year of j stock, section I5, Hume Township, was the construction of the Port Austin House. The born in July, 1837, in London, Ont. His former structure is still in existence and is occupied parents, Thomas and Ellen. (Clarry) Kennedy, by a tenant. were natives of Ireland, and soon after their Mr. Ryan was the proprietor of a stage route be- marriage they came to London, where they tween Port Huron and Bay City 1 years, and from engaged in farming until the death of the father in Port Austin to Bad Axe four years. His hotel is 1845. The mother married again and removed to ample for the accommodation of his patrons, and is Hume Township, where she is still living, aged 9go supplied with all the appurtenances requisite for the years. welfare of its guests. A good livery is attached, and Mr. Kennedy was educated in the public schools, a free carriage runs to all trains and boats. He of Canada and instructed in practical farming until owns a considerable amount of village property, in- he attained the age of 21 years, when he set out in cluding a barn and granary and two lots situated life as a common laborer. In 1863 he came to opposite his stables, and a lot west of the hotel, Michigan, locating at Port Austin, where he became. containing a dwelling and a blacksmith shop. He an assistant in the saw-mill of Ayres & Co. He was ______~un>~D), ' (;S ---4 384 HURON COUNTY., \>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _ __ _ <^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ) (*: PI ( 2 2 (., kiA 8r i I in their employ four years and at the end of that time removed to Port Crescent, where he built the first public house in the place, named it the Port Crescent Hotel and was its owner 12 years. In I87 he went to Roscommon County, where he was engaged in lumbering during the winter seasons, which interest he prosecuted with excellent success. In 1874 he purchased the farm on which he is now operating, containing 240 acres of land. Of this one-half is well improved and he is a skillful and practical farmer. He took possession of his farm in I882, and has made a specialty of raising fine stock. He also owns 80 acres in Meade Township, which are unimproved. He is a Democrat in political connection and opinion, and has served as Treasurer of his township and in other local capacities. He was married at Port Austin, April 30, i866, to Mary Grannell, and they have been the parents of seven children. Thomas, Edward, Frank, James, Willis and Eva are living (I884). William was drowned when he was six years old, in the Pinnebog River, at Port Crescent. He was at play on the river side and, falling in when alone, no rescue was possible. Mrs. Kennedy is the daughter of Edward and Mary A. (Cunningham) Grannell. Her parents were natives of Ireland, where she was also born July Ii, I847, in County Wexford. They emigrated to Greenwich, Huron Co., Ont., in 1853. After the death of her father and mother, Mrs. Kennedy came to Port Austin, where she continued to live until her marriage. The family are Roman Catholics. I l i I ) i Dominion, and in 1863 came with his parents to Winsor Township. He has been a resident on the farm where he now lives since coming to the county. He was married in March, i860, in Aldborough Township, Elgin Co., Ont., to Mary Graves. Their ten children were born in the following order: The eldest born died unnamed, six weeks after birth; the second child died at birth; Robert was born Feb. 27, I863; Ulysses S., Nov. 20, i865; John D., Oct. 3, 867; Catherine M., April 9, 1870; William W., April 14, I869, and died Aug. 22, 1871; Julian, Jan. 10, I871, and died Sept. 2, 1871; Edwin E., born Nov. o1, I872; George M., Jan. 5, I876. Mrs. Grant was born Aug. 2, I844, in Canada. Her parents, John B. and Catherine (Harder) Graves, came to Winsor Township to reside, and ii September, I866, her mother returned to Ontario for a visit, and died there. The father remained in Winsor Township until 1869, when he went' to Ontario to live with his children, and died there. Mr. Grant is a decided Republican, and has served his township as Highway Commissioner, as Treasurer two terms, and also as a school officer. L. Brennan, Sand Beach, Justice of the Peace, Village and Township Clerk, and dealer in musical instruments, sewingmachines, etc., and also insurance agent, was born near Whitehall, N. Y., Dec. i, I855. His parents, Robert and Mary (Mara) Brennan, were both natives of Ireland. They removed to Massachusetts with their family when their son was in early youth. They soon after made another transfer, to Hampden Co., Can., where they remained one year, whence they came to White Rock, Huron Co., Mich., in I867. Mr. B. bought a farm of 40 acres on section 30, in Sand Beach Township, where Mr. Brennan, of this sketch, grew to manhood. The first effort of the latter to conduct an independent business, was in I875, when he opened a confectionery store, which he conducted five years. He obtained a good and available knowledge of law by unaided application, which renders him an efficient officer in the position he holds as magistrate, to I.: 0 A/' 0,"' A.. (=2 9:;3=.. SF","o'-,~ '4-I W'I: ~ -ri I K: 'i}~harles E. Grant, farmer, section 7, Winsor. Township, was born Oct. 18, i838, in Osnabruck, Ont., and is the son of Robert and Mary (Papst) Grant. His father was born in 1787, and in the fall of 1863 came to Winsor Township, and died in November, I865. The mother was born in 7 99, and died in October, I877. They had 12 children, of whom Charles E. is the ) Ith in order of birth. He received a common-school education in the -—,- a, C (: i (ce f ofA. _ fl V \ -A*i-i3 i HURON COUNTY. 385 which he was first elected in i880, and which he He was married Nov. 25, 1845, in Waterloo Co., still holds by successive re-election. After the in- Ont., to Catherine Greyerbiehl, and they are the par-: corporation of the village of Sand Beach, he was ents of 12 children, all yet living. They are named elected Clerk. In 1878 he was elected Township Mary A., Joseph, Gertrude, Rosa, Catherine, Jacob, Clerk. He was nominated by the Democratic ele- Odelia,William, John, Peter, Powell and Magdalena. ment in the fall of 1882 for County Clerk, and ran Three daughters and two sons are married. The considerably ahead of his ticket, but was defeated. family are Roman Catholics, and Mr. Maurer is a He began the prosecution of the business in which Trustee in the Church. Mrs. Maurer was born June he is now engaged in I88r. Among the sewing- 4, i826, on the River Rhine in Alsace, and came machines which he handles, are the White, Domestic, with her parents when she was seven years of age to Eldridge and Royal St. John. He deals in Clough, the Dominion of Canada. ( Warren and Crown organs, and the varieties of merchandise common to similar establishments. Mr. Brennan's father lives at Sand Beach; hismother died there May 4, I88i. "i, edP "5 i4 illiam Maurer, farmer, section 8, Paris,i, Township, is one of the leading agricultu{'~/ 'Erists of Huron County, and has been one of " its most valuable actors in its progress and v advancement since he became a resident. He was born Dec. ii, i818, in the province of Alsace, on the River Rhine. He received a good education in both the French and German languages, and at the age of 14 years learned the business of a lathe turner, which he followed until he was 21 years of age. Meanwhile he had emigrated to America and located at Rochester, N. Y., going thence, later, to Lockport. After a short residence there he proceeded to Waterloo Co., Ont., where he engaged in agriculture. In I86i he came to Michigan and secured 240 acres of wild land, on which he established his homestead. His farm now includes 320 acres of land, one-half of which is under very fine agricultural improvements. He has also given 228 acres of land to two of his sons, most of which is improved. He is one of the leading stock men in Huron County, and also is prominent in the development of the horticultural possibilities of the northern portion of the Huron peniisula, as he raises all the fruits adapted to the climate. In political belief Mr. Maurer is a Democrat, and has officiated as Supervisor of his township. ( an y illiam W. Barber, farmer, sections 3, I7 and 5, Caseville Township, is the engineer ^ in charge of the engine in the grist-mill of A F. Crawford. He was born May 9, t838, at vA Black Rock, Erie Co., N. Y., and is the son of Thomas and Lucy (Miner) Barber. Hisfather was the manager of a saw-mill at Black Rock, and died in Collinswood, Ont. His mother lives at Caseville, and is 73 years of age (I884). When Mr. Barber was I6 years of age he went with a light wagon and span of horses to Winnebago Co., Ill., to effect the arrest of a man who had robbed a jewelry store in Dunkirk, N. Y. He was captured with little trouble, which was contrary to expectation, as he was supposed to be connected with a gang of thieves. He was in the act of exchanging a watch. His preliminary trial was held at Rescue. Mr. Barber remained at that place about eight months, and while there managed a hotel. He returned thence to the city of Buffalo, and began to learn the trade of ship-builder. He abandoned the project and came to Saginaw, where he was occupied four months in a saw-mill. In October, 1857, he made his way to Caseville, then Pigeon River, where he has resided since with the exception of two years. He engaged as a sawyer for F. Crawford, and during the last nine years he has operated as the engineer of the grist-mill of Mr. Crawford. His farm contains seven acres, and is situated on the limits of Caseville. It has a house and barn, and is all devoted to fruit-raising of fine qualities. He was married Jan. 24, 1861, on North Manitou Island. to Catherine D'roy, and they have three chil i I' ' f^HURON COUNTY. 389 ^I ~_.==_=.. 3 I, '%, A Mr. Getty was raised on a farm, and after his mother's death he labored as a farm assistant. When he was I9 years of age he came to Michigan to work in the lumber woods. His first employer was W. R. Stafford, in whose lumbering interests he worked by the month, and he operated for him as foreman in a lumber camp. In January, I882, he bought his present farm, having previously owned several others. It contains I20 acres and comprises 55 acres cleared and otherwise improved. He lost about $3,600 in jobbing in the lumber woods. He erected a saw-mill in 1882. Mr. Getty is a Republican in political views and action, and has held several local township offices. His marriage to Mary J. McNellis, took place May 29, 1864. Seven children have been born to them: Mary A., March 24, 1865; the second child died soon after birth; Heman, May, 7, I869; Addie B., July I4, 1871; Olive L., Oct. 13, 1873; Eva May, May, i8, 1875; John B., July 2, 1878. Mrs. Getty was born in Kingston, Ont. She is the daughter of David and Mary (Mulligan) McNellis. Her father died in Canada, and her mother in the township of Gore, this County. Mr. and Mrs. Getty and their daughter Mary are melmbers of the Methodist Eniscooal Church. Mrs. & Co., of Huron City, and for about three years had charge of their building and mill repairing. In the fall of I860 he was elected to the office of County Clerk, being the first Clerk of the county. In the autumn of 1862 he was re-elected, and at the same time elected Register of Deeds. These offices he held four years; and during his official term, namely, in 1864, the county buildings were burned at Sand Beach, and he lost all his individual property; but he succeeded in securing all the records, papers and documents belonging to the county, except some circuit court files, and one record of mortgages. In the fall of i865, while the county offices were being rebuilt, Mr. Irwin engaged in mercantile business at Sand Beach, and enjoyed a large and successful trade until the memorable fall of I871, when his store and contents, as well as residence, were all consumed by the flaming element. His family barely escaped with their lives, in their night clothes! His loss was estimated at upward of $25,000. Going to Port Austin, he engaged in law and insurance, in partnership with Hon. Richard Winsor, under the firm name of Winsor & Irwin. At the end of five years Mr. I. sold out his interest in the lnur lrci'^cc try TT a^ Onr, xr-, r,,-An ar;.< ~-:.. i. ^ Xp A 4* al= "j,, 4 M= U~ C=~ S~L r --- -..............- I. ctlw uLttULLW33 tU I1L. V'. zilUVCLi allu aigail CteIageu 111in Getty has been a member for 22 yearsmerchandising, at Sand Beach, carrying on a success-; ~~~~~~~~~) ~~ful and prosperous trade until September, 1883, when he sold out and purchased the salt block, brick, stone, dock, dwelling-hotkse, and bought also the tzlc~~~^ —wl -Identire interest of Thompson Bros. at White Rock, at which place he was appointed Postmaster, Oct. i, >g ^ffi 1I883. In the fall of i868 he was elected Judge of.4 h obert W. Irwin, merchant and Postmaster, Probate, and re-elected until he had had the office: E White Rock, is a son of Stephen and Eliz- 12 consecutive years. 1 l ^:' abeth (Dundass) Irwin, natives of Ireland, Mr. Irwin was married Nov. 9, i86I, to Miss - who emigrated to Canada in their youth. Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (LongMrs. I. died in the summer of i88I. Mr. worth) Winsor, her father a native of England and Irwin is still living. her mother of Ireland. Her parents were married In their family were ten children, the eldest of and settled in Canada, and removed to Huron City, whom is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Mich., in 1859, where he lived until his death, which Oxford Co., Ont., Oct. 17, I83I, attended the com- occurred by drowning. (See Richard Winsor's Remon schools until i8 years of age, learned the car- port.) penter's trade, and when 21 years of age came to St. Mrs. Irwin was born in Canada July 4, 1840. The. Clair Co., Mich. There he worked at his trade children of Mr. and Mrs. I. are: Eber W., born in, until 1855, then followed photographing at different Huron Township, Sept. 3, 1863; Nana E., in Sand ) points for two years; in September, i857, he came to Beach, May 20, i865; an infant, March 7, I867, ) Huron County, and was employedby R. B. Hubbard died io days subsequently; Robert W., Jr., in Sand jjJJ^^/ ^ ----^yO — ~M J,'. the Dominion of Canada to Hume Township of John and Harriet (Woodruff) Tool. Her parents ^ when he was nine years of age, and he has are natives of Ontario, of Canadian origin, and are;, grown up with the country." farmers by occupation. Her mother died when she Dr. Spohn was born Feb. 4, I85I, in Ontario. His was 25 years old, in 1875. Her father resides in i early education was obtained in the public schools, Ontario. Mrs. Madill was born Dec. 19, 1854, in and when he was 9 years of age he became a stu- Ontario Co., Can. Four children have been born to dent in the graded school at Port Austin, which he her husband, in the following order: Lottie, Phebe, attended two years. After teaching six months, he Hattie and Ross. again attended the same school three months. He After marriage they removed to the village of passed two years in teaching, and in 1876 began the Brougham in Ontario County, where they pursued \ study of medicine with Bennett Richard, M. D., of the vocation of farming two years, at the expiration Port Austin, and continued to read for his profession of which time they left the Dominion of Canada and i. under his instructions about three years. He matric- located at Lexington, Sanilac County, where Mr. ulated at the Detroit Medical College, where he Madill became interested. in a carriage factory, and attended two terms and completed the prescribed was also in charge of the affairs of the aged grandcourse, graduating and receiving his credentials from father of his wife. He went thence to the township that institution in i88i. He at once established his of Marion in the same county and settled on 60o business at Pinnebog, where he has thus far met with acres of land which he had previously purchased. unqualified success. His business as a druggist is On this he pursued agricultural operations until the also in a satisfactory and Promising condition. fall of I88i. At that date he set out with a portable In political opinion, Dr. Spohn adopts the views of saw-mill, which he operated in various parts of San- Ad' the Republican party. He owns 50 acres of land in ilac and Huron counties until 1883, when he came? Hume Township, most of which is in an unimproved to Ubly and erected a grist-mill. The estab- ), state. lishment is devoted chiefly to local work, and is: He was married Dec. 5, I882, at Royal Oak, Oak- fitted with the machinery constructed by J. T. Noah, it aWan"> --- ^y: —.~^ (1I1% em aj *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~V —7 ~ --- — no —a fHURON C of Buffalo, N. Y., and has a producing capacity of 75 barrels daily. g lMr. Madill is a Republican, and has held the local offices of his township and school district. He is present School Director. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, and Mr. Madill is Clerk of the society. I" - nT 11 f OUNVTY. 391 ------—: --- —----— s(e I A )~i} obert Campbell, merchant at Adams' Cori ners, Sherman Township, was born Jan..j-' 24, 1828, in Glasgow, Scotland, and has A.x been a resident of the Huron peninsula since I849, when he located in Sanilac Township, in that county, where he was one of the earliest of the pioneer element. He was there occupied in the shingle trade, and afterward proceeded to Port Sanilac, where he was interested in fishing as a vocation for I2 years. In I864 he came thence to White Rock in this county, where he was again interested in hi's former occupation, traffic in shingles. After pursuing that business three years, he bought 80 acres of land in Paris Township, located on section 24. He entered into the manufacture of lumber and shingles, and not long after, he amplified his business connections by the establishment of his mercantile States in I849, and died at Carsonville, Sanilac County, in January, 1884, at the advanced age of 93 years. She was the mother of nine children,William, James, Elizabeth, Archibald, John, Colin, Robert, Agnes and Buchanan. Mr. Campbell was married in November, r860, at Port Sanilac, to Margaret McMurdock, and they have been the parents of five children, one of whom is deceased. Elizabeth, Robert, Alice and Maggie are living; James is deceased. Mrs. Campbell is the daughter of James and Margaret (Cummings) McMurdock, both of whom were of Scottish origin. They came to Michigan late in life, and died in Sherman Township. The death of Mr. McMurdock was one of the most remarkable incidents in the local history of Sherman Township. He became lost in the bush one and aiquarter miles from his home, and although search was not intermitted, eight months elapsed before his remains were discovered. Crowds of people engaged in the search, but of course their field of operation was more remote, under the reasonable supposition that he had wandered a long distance. Mrs. Campbell was born in Scotland, emigrating when she was I6 years old to Huron County. She died at her home in Paris Township, in I88o. She and her husband were members of the Congregational Church. Mr. Campbell is a Republican, and has always 4, 4.,, tTs.___ —.e the,ngm t r T been prominent in the general matters of his towninterests. He continued the management of his ship. After the fires of 87 and 88 he was made. ship. After the fires of I871 and r88I, he was made combined business operations until the completion of relief agent in this district. the Sand Beach branch of the Port Huron & Northwestern Railroad, when he transferred his interests to Adams' Corners. He bought a lot and erected a,! business building 40 x 60 feet in dimensions, in y y -7 which he placed a stock of goods embracing the lines of articles requisite to the demands of a '^. country trade, representing upwards of $5,ooo. His I 'S hristoph Hahn, merchant and farmer at aggregated annual business amounts to $24,000. The Sebewaing, was born Aug. 12, 1833, in landed possessions of Mr. Campbell embrace 200 l Germany. His parents, Christian F. and acres of improved land in Sherman and Paris Town- Barbara Hahn, resided in Germany until their 7 ships. | \ death. Mr. Hahn left his native land to beThe parents of Mr. Campbell, James and Eliza- come a citizen of the United States when about beth (Patterson) Campbell, were natives of Scotland, i8 years of age. He located primarily in the city of of unmixed Scottish descent, the former of Highland Philadelphia, where he resided two years, and while origin, the latter belonging to the class designated as there was employed as a machinist. In I855 he ) Lowlanders. The father died near Glasgow, in 1836, came to Sebewaing and entered the employment of aged 55 years. The mother came to the United John Muellerweiss, working for him on the farm and -— ^'.-,,.?^.C —',. 4 3A92 _ — H-92s —pidURON -COUcN4TY. a392 HURON COUNTY. 7 (or g;Sr )i~ f =II B in his store. He went then to Washtenaw County, where he worked two summers by the month, and returned to Sebewaing, where he became a landholder. He is now the proprietor of Ioo acres of land in this township, on section 31, and 40 acres in Tuscola County. There are Ioo acres under cultivation. In March, 1884, he bought a stock of merchandise at Sebewaing, and is engaged in a profitable business. He is a Republican in political sentiment and action. His marriage to Mary Wolf took place Jan. Ii, 1862, and they have two children,-Mary and William. Mrs. Hahn was born in Germany. The family belong to the Lutheran Church. Mr. Hahn has been School Assessor nine years. M atthew D. Wagner, of the banking firm i of Noble & Wagner, at Sand Beach, was q]l[j born Dec. 26, 1856, at Ogdensburg, N. Y. 'i\ His parents, James H. and Mary A. (Potts) Wagner, came to St. John's, Clinton Co., Mich., and after a brief residence there, settled at Vassar, Tuscola Co., Mich., where Mr. Wagner, senior, is a farmer and dealer in stock. He was born May io, I832, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. The mother was born in i835, in Prescott, Canada, near the line of the State of New York. Mr. Wagner was a lad of io years when his parents transferred their family and interests to Michigan. He was early attracted to the study of law, and when about 17 years of age he entered the office of E. H. Taylor, of Vassar, and later that of B. W. Huston, of the same place, reading for his profession under their instructions, a little less than two years. In August, I877, he came to Lexington and entered the banking house of B. R. Noble, where he remained until December, i88o, when the present banking establishment of Noble & Wagner was founded, at Sand Beach. Mr. Wagner owns a half interest in its affairs, and conducts its business relations, which includes the transactions common to general banking. The firm also engage to some extent in lending on real estate. They also manage an insurance business in the interests of the iEtna and Phoenix, of Hartford, Conn., the Liverpool & London & Globe, also the Firemen's Fund of California, one of the most substantial and reliable companies in the world. They deal extensively in real estate, improved and wild, and are the owners of about,000o acres within the county of Huron. The private property of Mr. Wagner embraces 200 acres of farming land in Custer and other townships in Sanilac County, a fine residence and several lots at Sand Beach. The bank block of Messrs. Noble & Wagner was built in the summer of 1882; it is constructed of brick, is 24 -38 feet in dimensions, and is two stories in height, the upper story being devoted to office purposes. It cost $3,100. The marriage of Mr. Wagner to Euretha A. Mitchel occurred at Vassar, Mich., Nov. 24, i88o. Their children are Harry Leigh, born Feb. I9, 1883, at Sand Beach, and David Earle, born Nov. to, 1884. Mrs. Wagner was born Dec. 3, 1855, in Ohio, and is the daughter of Festus C. and Harriet Mitchel. Mr. Wagner is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Knights of Honor. He and his wife belong to the First Presbyterian Church. v N S^ tewart Van Buskirk, senior member of the firm of Van Buskirk & Monroe, lumber j 'i - dealers at Sand Beach, was born Oct. 7, i 860, in Pine Run, Genesee Co., Mich. He is the son of Joseph and Mary (Wilbur) Van Buskirk, the former a resident of Rochester, N. Y.; the latter of Livingston County in the same State. Their family includes two children,-Stewart and Minnie F. The latter is the wife of George N. Monroe, of Sand Beach. Mr. Van Buskirk, Sr., removed his family and business interests, in I867, to Harrisville, Alcona Co., Mich., where he still resides, and is connected with the lumbering interests of the place where he is located. He is the proprietor of two saw-mills and two general mercantile establishments, and is doing an extensive business, employing an average working force of I00 men. Mr. Van Buskirk was trained to, complete understanding of his business by his father, was a clerk -1II 4 ft I i, N 4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,;~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - 1<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~9: -,->, -- HH30- Hu~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ is i i I i i i I i i;::t,' ~-I~;.le:i~ni,,,~ ~~ ~~i:s ci ~..-.;!~~ I-I.I -i-;i_ : \ ::;I x —~"" ";' ~:::;-::r: _::; c.~:ri'4::i I~ie~:~-::~r:.-: :;.::::::::.~:i:r:i;l.::i~ ~i:B, ~ ~i -r; ~'ri.~j:~j;;:8; ):~ ''r::: L. ~ai::RB;:~ r,;:s-acl L: j~- -"'...:-3;nt: 1~ Ist::~~": ""-:;-:.-1~: i~i:":::::,:; (I-,,,, m.y-5~.I i ~-c:r~ i ~ ~Ic ~r, di I Ad- - -a7-r ia. — B~rv - >HUROAI COUNTIY. 395 in his store during his minority, and had the charge the father died there June 8, i866. The mother is of one of his saw-mills through one season. His still living in Kings Township, York County, aged 62 father established a lumber-yard at Sand Beach in years. The family are members of the Baptist 4j June, I882. In July, 1883, the son and son-in-law Church. became proprietors of the yard by purchase, and built a planing-mill. It is 50 x 58 feet in size, and is fitted with a steam engine of ioo-horse power. The mill reni irce ntf Ol f thira Accee ltn hPrc;AC th1i III1IV AbY skJ Lk Actl VL t~sskU ad-X-t-sI bJ Uko~WJ LLI L owners. Mr. Van Buskirk is a member of the order known as the Knights of Columbia. ~r.. 9z~ " t.*> *^ es..'S i:* =S Is t' J dward McKay, farmer, section 24, Chani f dler Township, was born Sept. 15, 1825, in Argyle, Scotland. His father, Edward. McKay, was a native of Scotland, a farmer, and emigrated to York Co., Ont., where he died March ii, 1864, aged 86 years. His mother, Rose (McDermott) McKay, was born in Scotland, and died in 1877, in York Co., Ont. Mr. McKay -was seven years of age when his parents came to Ontario, and he continued to reside in York County until May, 1878, when he disposed of his property in the Dominion and came to Michigan. He purchased i60 acres on section 24, Chandler Township, under partial improvements. He increased his estate by an additional purchase of i60 acres, situated adjoining on section 25. He sold 80 acres later, and has 80 acres under tillage. He is a leading agriculturist. In political faith and action, Mr. McKay is a Republican. His marriage to Anna Kennedy took place March 21, i865, in Kings Township, York Co., Ont. They are the parents of seven children, born as follows: Margaret A., Feb. 13, i866; Rose, March 2, i868; Mary, March Io, 1870; Jennie, Dec. 31, I87I; Susan C., April 22, 1874; Angus E., Oct. 23, 1877; Nettre M., Oct. 27, i880. Mrs. McKay is the daughter of Angus and Margaret (Campbell) Kennedy, and was born in Caledan Township, Peel Co., Ont. She is the eldest living of a family of eight children. Her parents were in early life when they came to Ontario. They settled in York County, and eorge W. Jenks, of the firm of J. Jenks & Co., at Sand Beach, was born May 9, I838, at Crown Point, N. Y. He is the son of H Jeremiah and Relief (Huestis) Jenks. (See sketch of J. Jenks.) Mr. Jenks was 16 years old when his parents removed, in I854, from the Empire State to Michigan. They made a brief stay of eight months at St. Clair, and came thence to Lexington, Sanilac County. He became a salesman in the general store of J. L. Woods and operated in that capacity until the country called on its sons to defend her in her peril from an internal conflict. He enlisted Oct. I, I86I, as a private in Co. D, Ioth Mich. Vol. Inf., enrolling in Lexington. The company was known as the "Sanilac Pioneers" and was under the command of Capt. Israel Huckins, who still survives. The regiment was mustered in at Flint. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant at Flint, April 22, 1862. His command was sent to Hamburg Landing, on the Tennessee River, and went thence to Corinth,and was present at the evacuation of that city. It proceeded to Tuscumbia, Ala., where it was stationed at Florence, and was on duty as ferrymen. Lieutenant Jenks was in charge of a steam-boat which plied up and down the river, conveying troops and military supplies from Florence to Hamburg Landing. He received his appointment as Commander on the river from General Payne. The regiment went thence to Nashville,Tenn., where it was engaged during the siege. While there we was commissioned First iLieutenant by Governor Blair, his credentials bearing date of July 5, 1862. He resigned Feb. i, I863, at Nashville, on account of sickness, and returned to his home, where he passed many months endeavoring to recover his health. A year after his return he attempted to re-enlist, but his application was rejected because of physical disability. He received an appointment as Deputy Provost Marshal under William McConnell, of Pontiac, and retained the position until the spring of fE 0 %::z S'1 I.,Z of A" 4,;,,e, 9.fj' i IS i a:' X 1~1 o;`z~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~O K~~~~~~~~~"1~;~i C~~~~~~~~HIIH 396<@)c^ — 5H'URONArCOUNTY.i _ ---7! 396 HURON C'OUNTY. 4 - -~~~~~ ----I ( - 1% J * I864, when he resigned, and took charge of his father's saw-mill, five miles north of Lexington. In the winter following, he entered the employment of Pack, Jenks & Co., and went to Rock Falls, operating as general manager in the interests of the firm from Dec. II, I864, until Jan. I, I876, when the firm dissolved, and he received from his father one-half of his business, including all lands of Carrington, Pack & Co., and Pack, Jenks & Co. A partnership was formed, which still exists and is known as " J. Jenks & Co." The firm are engaged in a general mercantile business and in the manufacture of flour and salt, besides the transaction of an extensive business in real estate. They employ an average of 75 assistants in the various departments of their business. Mr. Jenks is Supervisor of Sand Beach Township, and has served several terms in the same position. He was elected Presidential Elector on the Republican ticket in I884. His marriage to Arabella Knapp occurred Oct. 15, I867, at Jeddo, St. Clair County. Two children have been born of this union: George J., Feb. 13, I869, and Anna Belle, Aug. 4, 1877. Mrs. Jenks was born July 19, I848, at Bath, New Hampshire, and is the tario, to Catherine Miller, and they became the parents of eight children, all of whom survive the mother but one. Their births occurred as follows: Caroline, Elizabeth, Frederick, Mary, Catherine, Minnie, Emma and Henry. The latter is deceased. Mrs. Jurges died April i8, 1884, mourned by a large circle of friends who had known her many years and tested her value as a member of society. After his marriage, Mr. Jurges located on a farm in the township of Paris, in Huron County, where he owned a farm and managed it three years. He afterward sold the property and came to Bingham Township, where he has since continued to reside without change. He bought 238 acres of land, 158 acres being situated on section io and included in his homestead, the remainder lying on section 9. He has improved r65 acres on the two places. He is one of the most skillful and capable agriculturists in the township, and has creditable and suitable farm buildings. In political faith and action he is independent. I. 4ii Iat IT), _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _4 6li t i 4 daughter of Henry and Mary Ann Knapp. Mr. Jenks is a member of the Knights of Hqnorep Frntz, farmer, section 3, Bingha and of the Royal Arcanum. He was appointed dis- Township, was born Aprrl 2, 1830, in Altributing agent at Sand Beach for the relief of the se (en belonging to France), near the sace (then belonging to France), near the sufferers from the fires of I87 and I881, and dis- e.'~......~'r River Rhine. At the age of 23 years he left charged the duties of the position with credit to his nive t e to A2erica. He lad..... ii l. his native land to come to America. He had himself and the general satisfaction of those inter- 1, ~ o~~ested.*~ ~received a good education in the French and ested. d...1 T, - *German languages previous to the death of his v The publishers are happy to place in this ALBUM G n l. o te d h of. *.......: * *.......... father, which occurred during his minority. On A a lithographic portrait of Mr. Jenks, in proximity to., * [*%,/..,,.f~~~~~~~ ireaching this county he proceeded to the city of - the foregoing sketch. Buffalo, where he made but a brief stay, going thence to Ontario, where he located in Oxford County. He — ~;-::::H e.^ ^,-_. - was engaged in agricultural pursuits there three years, and in I856 he set out for Michigan via Lake B~,?,o~~8~~~~~~~ Huron, landing at Forestville, Sanilac County. He /, 'g"~.enry Jurges, farmer, section o1, Bingham proceeded at once to the Government Land Office:" "^~ Township, was born Jan. 27, 835, in Han- at Detroit, where he learned of the promising outlook - over, Germany. His parents came to Amer- of the Huron Peninsula; and, acting under the i ica when he was 14 years old, and settled in advice of Philip Link, of Minden, he purchased 16o0 Preston, Waterloo Co., Ont. In 1854 they made acres on section 3r, Bingham Township, under the e another change, removing to Huron County, terms of the Graduation Act. He set out to make where they passed their remaining years. the acquaintance of his newly acquired possession, u gMr. Jurges was married March 17, 1857, in On- and found that it lay in the depths of the unbroken A -— a**^mw^ ->:a: —: ^7 i^ _______ ---_n ( B O~ — n- -- HURON COUNTY. 397 forest, with no roads of any description for many and he has officiated some years as Justice of the miles. But he had resolved on having a home at all Peace in his township; he is present Treasurer Ai s hazards, and he began to "lap the bush," until he (1884). He is the proprietor of 80 acres of land, $ found the location of which he was the proprietor, all of which is under cultivation, his farming operaHe was the first permanent settler in Bingham tions being managed with a skilled judgment, which Township, and carried all his provisions and sup- establishes his rank as developer of the agricultural plies on his back from Forestville, a distance of 24 resources of Huron County. He and his wife are miles, often conveying 1oo pounds of flour in one communicants in the English Church. day. He was in fine health and possessed remarkable powers of endurance. After getting fairly started, he purchased 120 acres additional, making _.g. a tract of 280 acres, all of which he has retained, and has improved I30 acres. In the fire of I88I, he lost property aggregating $6,ooo, having at the SO illiam C. Williamson, stock farmer and time the best farm buildings in the township, in- general agriculturist, on section I, Hume eluding a large frame barn and a stone residence. g Township, was born April I4, 4 in Mr. Frantz is a Democrat in political affiliation, Mer Co., His father was a physician and Mercer Co., Pa. His father was a physician and he has held various local offices in his town- | in early life. He married Selina C. Camp>ship. He was married Nov. 2, 1856, in Dereham 1 bell, and settled in Milwaukee, Wis., where he ) Township, Middlesex Co., Ont., to Almira Gardner,.,. died, in i855, aged about 45 years. His wife died. and their nine children are all living. They were /\~~~~~~~~..,,, i A in i878, in Chicago../ born in the order here named: Anthony, William, ~3 _, -,.,,. br iter:, Wi, Mr. Williamsonwas educated in the public schools =:: John, Joseph A., Sarah A., George, Lewis, Clara and. = hm^< os, J l - -, of Milwaukee until he was I years of age. His f, Ambrose. Mrs. Frantz was born Sept 24, i837, of Ambrose. Mrs. Franz wasbon 2, 8, o father died when he was seven years old, and he s Canadian parentage. The family are Roman Cathanaiane. Th f l ah' was under the guidance of his mother four years subk, olics. sequently, when he went to work on a farm, and spent three years in that variety of labor. At the iJ ^+-. —.3-"c'c.'4>'}'- ~ age of 14 years, he became a clerk in a store in Meadville, Pa., and operated in the capacity of salesIN man three years, going thence to Erie in his native ames Harvey, farmer, resident on section State, and later to Chicago, where he engaged as a 23, Chandler Township, was born in I852, clerk in an insurance office. In I867 he engaged in ' iin Liverpool, England. He is the son of the interests of Woods & Co., for whom he officiated James and Mary (Duggan) Harvey, natives of in the capacity of book-keeper and manager of their Ireldnd. (See sketch of James Harvey, Sr.) lumbering and mercantile enterprises. In I879, he When he was six months old his parents went was one of an association that built the salt-block, to the city of Cork, Ireland, and the family had now owned by Aikens & Soule. The firm was known their home in that city until I86o, when they came as Williamson, Aikens & Co. The senior member to Michigan, settling in Huron County in November sold his interest in 1883, to the present proprietors. of'that year. Mr. Harvey was then about nine years Since that time he has given his attention exclusively of age, and has since been a resident of Chandler to his agricultural affairs and the improvement of his Township. stock. He owns i 6o acres of land in Hume TownHe was married Oct. 8, 187 I, to Margery Melick, ship, nearly all of which is improved..>. and they are the parents of six children,-James, In political sentiment, Mr. Williamson is in accord * (y Obed, Martha J., Minnie, Margaret and Joseph. with the Republican party. He has officiated as Mrs. Harvey was born March 22, 1855, in the Prov- Supervisor seven years,-from 1876 to 1883, serving 2 ince of Ontario. the last two terms as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Harvey is a Republican in political sentiment, His marriage to Clara A. Sinclair occurred Aug. M~alS __ __ __ _ 398g- HUROt^ --- K — ^ otN - 8 398 HURO-,i)}: I 1J2, 877, and of their union two children, Harrie and William, have been born. Mrs. Williamson is the: daughter of Thomas and Mary (Soule) Sinclair, the t former a native of Scotland, the latter of New England parentage. (See sketch of T. Sinclair.) She was born Dec. 12, i859, at Port Austin. She was educated at the common schools of Huron County, and afterwards attended the College at Flint, Mich. ohn H. Tucker, farmer, section 22, Sand Beach Township, is a son of John and Roxy (Page) Tucker, natives of Vermont, who settled in New York State, where Mrs. T. died, May 2, 1844. Mr. T. afterwards came to Sanilac Co., Mich., and settled in Bridge/ hampton Township, where he still resides. The subject of this biographical sketch, John H. Tucker, was born in Clayton, Jefferson Co., N. Y., a Aug. 28, 1827, remained at home until he was I8 years of age, attending the common school, then resided eight years in Canada, and in 1853 he came to Port Huron, Mich., and engaged in the millwright business, which trade he had learned in Canada. In I858 he came to this county and for six years lived at Port Hope. In the fall of 864 he moved to Sand Beach Township. He owned several small tracts of land, which he disposed of, and in I880 he purchased 80 acres of land on section 22, where he? settled and has about 20 acres improved and in good: condition for crops. L, With reference to national issues, Mr. Tucker takes Republican views. He has held the offices of County Surveyor, Justice of the Peace, etc. July 3, I850, in Walpole, Canada West, Mr. Tucker married Miss Martha, daughter of William and Monica Brown, of English ancestry. She was born in Canada, March 2, 1833. Of the 13 children born in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Tucker, the fol* lowing are living: William H., born May 13, '853;? Lucinda M., Nov. I8, I854; John E., March 4, 1857; George F., June 15, I859; Ida M., Feb. 4, i866;!) Charles A., March i6, 1869; Herbert L., July 21, 1871; Francis E., Oct. i8, 1873. Four children are COUNTY. deceased: Mary I., April 30, I864, three months old; Jane, Feb. 19, 1867, at the age of five yeari; Albert and Adelbert in infancy. * 9 - ~^~ l~imon Hoffman, manager of the mercantile establishment of J. C. Liken & Co., at Bay k( a Port, was born July 7, I851, in Waterloo \ Co., Ont., in the township of the same name. He is the son of Henry and Catherine (Diebel) Hoffman, and both his parents are living near Wilverton, Perth Co., Ont. Mr. Hoffman acquired a common-school education, and when he was I2 years old obtained a situation in a store at New Dundee, and served an apprenticeship of nearly three years, for which he received $200 and his board. He continued in the same employment two years after the expiration of his indenture. Afterward he went to a place called Baden, where he was similarly employed more than a year. In March, 1869, he came to Bay Port and engaged with J. W.;Snell, in whose interests he operated six months. His next employment was as school-teacher, and he taught two terms at the same place, after which he became a salesman in the store of John Muellerweiss at Sebewaing, with whom he remained three years. At the end of that time he engaged in the management of the Sert House at Sebewaing, going thence a little more than a year later to Bay City, where he embarked in a similar enterprise and managed the Sherman House about six months. Returning to Sebewaing he was appointed to the position of Deputy Sheriff and Marshal of the village, in which he officiated until he entered upon the duties of his present position in i88o. He was married Nov. I, I873, to Eliza Sert. She died May 14, 1874, and he was again married May 4, I877, to Elizabeth Smith.. Two children have been born to them, as follows: Gertrude, June 27, i878, and Charles Henry, Jan. 23, i88r. Mrs. Hoffman is the daughter of Charles and Minnie Smith, and was born June 22, 1859, in Herkimer Co., N. Y. Her mother was born Nov. 3, 1823, and lives in Bay 1. i'~ A - - -_: - ir S^Y~)$~^| -- ^w^-^-K^O\.B- _s '~ N~ -— ^V^II — > q -- H HURON COUNTY. 399 X City. Her father died April 29, 1883, in Bay City. Mrs. Mary B. (Martin) Jenks, the widow of Jesse Both her parents were born in Germany. L. Jenks, was born Dec. 5, I817, in Jay Township, ) Mr. Hoffman is an adherent of the Republican Essex Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of Thomas *i party. He is a Notary Public, and is present Post- and Betsey (Bowman) Martin. She was married to master at Bay Port. Mr. Jenks April 5, I853. Four children were born to them, two of whom are deceased. Helen A. died at Port Huron at the age of six years. Robert M. resides at Sand Beach and is a clerk on the dock. He was born in Crown Point, Aug. I8, I859. Jennie M. was born Jan. 25, i86i, at St. Clair, Mich., and is 1 ^ ^.the wife of N. P. Arnold, Station Agent at Sand es se L. Jenks, deceased, was born April 7, Beach. (See sketch of N. P. Arnold.) William H. _812, in Newport, Sullivan Co., N. H., and was born Aug. 2, 864, at St. Clair, and died when 18,' was the son of Jeremiah W. and Hester years of ag, at Sand Beach. X (Lane) Jenks. His parents removed to Bridport, Addison Co., Vt., and went thence to Crown Point, Essex Co., N. Y. (See sketch of N J. Jenks.) Mr. Jenks was brought up to the vocation of farmer, which he pursued a short time after he ___ _. entered upon life in his own behalf, after which he o l,J4iogness Perry, farmer, section i, Caseville,. kept a hotel at Crown Point, continuing to operate in Township, was born in I817, in Aberdeen, ~ s that capacity several years. In the fall of i86o he | Scotland, and is the son of William and = < came to Michigan. He leased the Central Hotel at Ann (Duncan) Perry. His father died in his X: Port Huron, and continued its management one infancy. The demise of his mother occurred t year. He next became interested in the City Hotel i when he was three years old, and when he i/ at St. Clair, which he conducted one year. He went was four years old he came to America with his uncle, thence in June, I870, to Rock Falls, in Sand Beach Diogness Duncan. They landed at Quebec and proTownship, Huron County, where he had control of a ceeded to Guelph, that province, where Mr. Duncan stage route between Port Sanilac and Port Austin, bought a farm. Mr. Perry worked on a farm, and also and also conducted a hotel. He managed his gave his attention to stone-cutting. He worked at the various business enterprises four years. Meanwhile latter businesss until he was i8 years of age, when he he became the owner of 40 acres of land, situated proceeded to Akron, Ohio. He obtained employnorthwest of Sand Beach, whither he removed in ment on the Wabash & Ohio Canal, and operated in November, I874. His death occurred March I6, cutting stone for locks about three years. He went I875, a few months after his removal from Rock thence to Maumee, where he found employment on Falls. The farm is in a finely improved and culti- the public works. He kept his purpose of finding a vated condition, and the widow remained there resi. location for a home in view, and later went by way dent until 1879, when she became an inmate of the of Detroit to Canada, with a friend who had deterhousehold of her daughter, Mrs. N. P. Arnold, of mined to buy a farm in the Dominion and wished Sand Beach. Mr. Perry to locate near him; but the latter did not Mr. Jenks was twice married. His first wife, Mary comply with the desire. He became acquainted with an Jane was a daughter of Sylvanas and Eliza English farmer named Wm. Fletcher, at Bear Creek, Miner, and was a native of the State of New York. who hired him as a farm assistant, and he continued Three children were born of this marriage, but one in the same service nine consecutive years. He went of whom survives-Bela W. (See sketch of B. W. at the end of that time to Guelph to visit his uncle, Jenks.) Robert died at the age of three years; an with whom he stayed a year. He accepted a propoinfant died unnamed. The wife and mother died sition from his former employer, Mr. Fletcher, to in Schroon Township, Essex Co., N. Y., in 1852. again enter his service, and he worked for him two there ' him two_ 400 HURON COUNTY. < years, finally devoting his earnings to the purchase Mr. Ludington, which was covered with standing ' of a farm lying next to that of Mr. Fletcher. His timber. He has now go acres cleared and in good next imperative business was the selection of a home cultivation. His place was in most prosperous con- Ab partner, and he returned to Bear Creek, where he dition, with excellent farm buildings, and the recent (was married, in 1859, to Ann McCauley. They have harvest of crops in winter quarters, when all the had four sons and two daughters, William, Robert, accumulated farm fixtures and supplies were deJohn, Agnes, Eliza and Sherman. The parents of stroyed by the fire of i88i, entailing a loss of $3,000, Mrs. Perry, Robert and Ann McCauley, died in with no insurance. Ontario. Mr. Kappler was married Dec. 28, I876, at Port After his marriage, Mr. Perry took possession of Austin, to Mary A., daughter of Peter and Mary A. his farm; but on the breaking out of the civil war in Murray. The children of this union are as follows: the States and during its progress, the influx of ne- Charles, William, Mary E. and Thomas. groes into that part of Canada conflicted with his tastes, and he sold his farm, in I865. He came at once to Huron Co., Mich., and bought a quarter-sec- | -— 3 ^ tion of Government land in Caseville Township, where he has since operated. He has now about 70 acres of land. acres of land. X,. E ela W. Jenks of the firm ofJ. Jenks & Co., He is a Democrat in political persuasion, and has a W Jenks, of the firm of J Jenks & Co it.,.,,/.,.,.~,., ^^^Ifcat Sand Beach, was born July 18, i840, at f officiated as Constable of his township and in otherat Sand Beach, was born July, 849, at /official positions. With his wife, he belongs to the gj* Schroon Lake, Esse Co., Y., and is the Presbyterian Church. surviving child of Jesse L. and Mary Presbyterlan Chull^~rch. | Jane (Miner) Jenks. (See sketch of J. L. Jenks.) Wg When he was w I years old, his father re- r, =3 moved with his family to St. Clair, Mich., and en- Z=; Ad-.*:..i':-=4 — _-1.*- gaged there in the hotel and livery business. In 1870 they made another transfer, to Sand Beach Township, ( t^,^,o.<^ --- - -~ ~ of his body. At another time he and a companion were passing the night at the Tyson House at Manistee, when it burned. He, with a number of thers, l,!1lonzo Hunter, proprietorl and manager of were on the third floor of the building and he was 2 l1lonzo Hunter, proprietor and manager of the Huron House, Sand Beach, was born the only one who escaped uninjured. He made a J 2 i ' Nov. 3, 1845, in Ameliasburg, Prince' Ed- rope of the bed-clothes and lowered himself a part ~(!kif ward Co., Ont. His parents, David and Philward Co., Oot. His parents, David and Phil- f the distance, when he was rescued by those beean (Taft) Hunter, removed to the township low. He saved only his hat and trowsers, leaving of Sanilac in the county of the same name the rest of his clothing, including his watch and of Sanilac, in the county of the same name, in 1863, where they are still living, on a farm of o money Hs cop on leped from the window acres. The mother was born Nov. 3, I825, her son's and was crippled. birthday occurring on the same day of the month. 20 i 4I I years later. In the year following the settlement of his parents in Sanilac County, Mr. Hunter came to Rock Falls in the township of Sand Beach. He became an assistant in the saw-mill of Pack, Jenks & Co., remaining in their employ about 15 years. His next engagement was as sawyer for Woods & Co., at Port Crescent, in whose interests he operated one year. He afterward bought the Exchange Hotel at Port Sanilac, which he sold after a management of one year. He was in the employment of the United States Government through three years following, and, meanwhile, in the summer of I882, he built the hotel which he is now conducting. The structure is 28 x 60 feet in size, with two wings. Although small, the house is a good one, and is generously patronized by the traveling public. Mr. Hunter is a member of Port Hope Lodge, No. 138, Order of Masonry. His marriage occurred April 5, 1875, at Rock Falls, to Edna C. Priest. Hattie, only child, was born at Sand Beach, Dec. 13, I879. The parents of Mrs. Hunter, David N. and Harriet Priest, reside at Saind Beach. Socrates Hunter, the paternal grandsire of Mr. Alonzo Hunter, died at the age of I03 years, in New Salem, London District, Ont. During the period of his active life as a lumber I. s 3. =2!A~ oseph Deachim, farmer, section 30, Bingham Township, was born in Alsace, then - in France, Sept. 25, I835. His parents were of German-French origin. When he was i6 years old he came to America with his cousin, Joseph Frantz (see sketch). They remained together in Ontario three years, when they came to Michigan, proceeding to the land office at Detroit, where they each secured a tract of land on the strength of the representations of a citizen of Huron County. Mr. Deachim bought I60 acres on section 30, in Bingham Township. On attempting to make their way to their property they found they had every obstacle nearly that imagination could invent or fact make real to contend with. The township was actu-) ally without settlers; there were no roads for miles, and the entire country seemed one tract of swamp. They cut their route of progress to their land eight miles. All supplies were procured at Forestville, 24 miles away, and the hardships of the case were only equalled by the strength and perseverance which the, - i(,r".. 7'a — oc 402 HURON CO UNTY. hardy French peasantry brought from beyond the of Ireland and Scotland. The family reside in Verosea, and applied to the purpose of developing homes na Township, where the father is a farmer and car for themselves under a free flag and the privileges of penter. They are members of the Baptist Church.. a republic. Later, Mr. Deachim doubled his acre- Mrs. Philp is permanently lame from the effects of age, and has Ioo acres under good improvements. illness in i881. In i88I the fire consumed every dollar's worth ofr combustible property on the farm, but he has pro ceeded with his agricultural labors undaunted and is again in a prosperous condition. Mr. Deachim is independent in political opinion and action. He was married Jan. 4, 1865, in Tyre, Huron County, to Christine Schegcue. Seven children have been born to them, as follows: Joseph, William, Josephine, Mary, Hattie, Lizzie and Robert. Mrs. Deachim was born in Waterloo Co., Can., Oct. 29, i850, and is the daughter of Joseph and Agnes Deatry, natives of the north of France, and of German descent. They came to Michigan from Canada in I86I, and settled in Argyle Township, Sanilac County, where the mother died. The father still resides there, aged 70 years. The family are Roman Catholics.. - X enry Goebel, proprietor of the Goebel,'l House, Sebewaing, was born April 30,1837, in Prussia. His parents, Carl and Christine Goebel, were natives of the same country, and came thence in the summer of I856 to Sebewaing Township. His father died there, in the fall of I88i; his mother survives, and is still a resident of the place where she was among the earliest settlers. Their children are three in number,-Henry, Carl and William. -Mr. Goebel was I9 years of age when he accompanied his parents to the United States. He attended the common schools of his native country during the period prescribed by law, and assisted his father in farm labor until their removal to this coun Z= X=L *AI ');w 1=R -9t --- t~-t- `~ try. He was an inmate of the paternal home until ' he was 25 years of age, when he left home to become ( |jl|ames Philp, farmer, section 36, Verona a farm laborer by the month, spending four years in To-nship, was born in Hope Township, that variety of occupation in Bay and Washtenaw | Waterloo Co., Ont., Aug. 10, 1851. He is Counties. In 1867 he rented the Forest City House tl the son of Thomas and Ann (Moon) Phlilp, of at Bay City, associated with his brother-in-law. In 5 Bingham Township. (See sketch.) 1869 he came to Sebexyaing and assumed the man\ At the age of 21 years he became a lumber- agement of the Sett House, which he conducted man and spent some time in that employment. He three years. At the expiration of that time he afterwards bought a farm in Verona Township, which opened a saloon and was engaged in its management he sold a few years later and received 80 acres of the three years. In I872 he bought the site of the original family homestead. On this he has since oper- hotel he is now managing, on which he erected the ated and has placed the entire tract under the best Union House. The business of the hotel has been quality of improvements. He is deserving of his good uniformly successful. He is the proprietor of 80 reputation as a skillful farmer. acres of land in the township of Fair Haven, of In political faith and action Mr. Philp is a Repub- which about 7 acres are improved. He belongs to lican. He has been interested in school matters, and the Democratic element in politics, and in the spring - has officiated in the offices of his district. of I884 was elected President of the village of SebeHe was married May, I875, to Anna O'Neal. Of waing. He has been Highway Commissioner three four children born to them, Norman and Nettie are years and Township Treasurer two years. He bedeceased; Rebecca and Albert are living. Mrs. longs to the Arbeiter Association, and is a member Philp was born in Ontario, in i857, and is the daugh- of the Knights of Maccabees. ter of John and Rebecca O'Neal, natives respectively Mr. Goebel was married Jan. iI, 1862, at Bay er of Joh-@^ ^n -and —n and I i I I I i i ii i I I i 1% I'^ f ~ ~~~vvz~~~~~~~~~~~~~Z~~~~~~~j: \/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -t~~~~~~~~~~~~~tzI/..In 2Itl __~~i~_.__ Stlil^B t........ H HiURON CO UNTY. 405 > i~ '.,, v vff,( "I if City, to Mary Bauer, and they have had nine children, William, Henry, Mary, Otto and Oscar are living, and Anna M., Julius C., Emma and George are deceased. Mrs. Goebel was born Jan. 27, 1840, in Wurtemburg, Germany. Her parents, Charles and Barbara Bauer, were natives also of Germany, and emigrated thence in i858, to the United States, when Mrs. Goebel was i8 years old. ^ fWlohn J. F. Auch, physician and farmer, Sebl. - wwaing, was born Aug. 21, I8I7,in WurtemJ b_'burg,Germany, the son of Christian and N16 Margaret (Beck) Auch, also natives of Germany. They emigrated to the United States in 1836, first locating in Washtenaw Co., Mich. In I830 they came to what is now the village of Sebewaing, where the father died in I869, and the I under the directions of Dr. Kock, of Frankenmuth, Saginaw Co., Mich. Sebewaing was at that date without a physician, and he fully realized the necessity of a resident medical practitioner. He studied alone chiefly, and in his practice has met with good success. At present his business in that line is limited. He is a Republican in political faith. His marriage to Marcia D. Streiter took place April 3, I840, at Ann Arbor, Mich. The only child born of this union died in infancy. Mrs. Auch was born April 28, I8I8, in Germany. Her parents, Jacob and -- Streiter, were natives of the same county. Dr. Auch has officiated o1 years as Justice of the Peace, and many years as a school officer. With his wife, he is a member of the Lutheran Church. "i,fu, X I"" demise of the mother occurred Sept. 3, 1884. Their I4 family included eight children, John J. F., Chris- |f illiam H. Merrick, Sheriff ofHuron Coun- > tiana, Andrew, Dorothy, Godfried, Margaret, Gotlieb d ty and residing at Bad Axe, was born in = *' and Louisa. Huron Co., Ont., Feb. I9, 1842, and is the Q Dr. Auch was a student in the excellent schools son of Robert' K. and Mary (Graves) Mero) f his native country until he came to the United "Y rick. He was reared on his father's farm in () States. He assisted on his father's farm until the the Dominion to the age of 2I years, and spent age of 22 years, when he became interested in agri- the four years succeeding his majority in the States culture on his own behalf, in which pursuit he passed of Michigan and Illinois, and in 1867 he returned to i8 months. He then determined to become a min- Huron County, and worked as a carpenter and ister and began the study of theology, which he con- joiner. Two years subsequent to his return he tinued three years. engaged in the manufacture and sale of boots and In 1845 he came to Sebewaing as a missionary shoes at Port Austin, in which he was engaged about among the Indians, among whom he labored seven six years. In the fall of 1874 he was nominated on years. In 1852 he received a call to settle as Pastor the Democratic ticket for the office of Sheriff, and over the German Lutheran Church at Sebewaing, was elected by a majority of 276 over the nominee and discharged the duties of the position until I867, of the Republican party. He received a second when he resigned. He went to Unionville, Tuscola nomination in I876, and a flattering re-election by a County, where he embarked in the saw and grist will majority of I79 votes. In i880 he was again placed business, which he continued io years. In 1873 he in nomination and again elected, receiving a majorireturned to the family homestead in Sebewaing to ty of 41 votes. He was re-elected in the fall of watch over the declining years of his mother, and 1882, scoring a majority of 217 votes. He was he is still resident on the farm, which contains 80 elected Probate Judge in I884 by 6II votes over acres, with 36 acres under cultivation. He owns an the Republican nominee. He has been an efficient undivided half of the place. | officer, and his repeated elections to the same posi- ( While officiating as Pastor over the Church at tion manifest his popularity. He has been a resi-?.~ Sebewaing, he engaged in the study of medicine dent of Bad Axe since the springof 1883. He owns 406 HURON COUNvTY. 80 acres of land in Dwight Township and several charging the duties of the position of Supervisor for lots besides his residence at Bad Axe, and also a the third term. residence in Port Austin. He belongs to the Mr. Sullivan is a Roman Catholic in religious conMasonic fraternity. nection. Mr. Merrick was married July 4, I870, at Port Austin, Huron County, to Allie Hayes, a native of Rochester, N. Y. She was born Dec. 29, 1852. Their children were born as follows: Frank W., |f, - -,,rA.B. May 27, I872; A. R., Dec. 9, I874; and Gale G., Dec. 29, I879. ' The publishers of the HURON COUNTY ALBUM C? r,^. i; take special pleasure in presenting to its readers a lithographic portrait of Mr. Merrick on a preceding page, as that of a worthy and prominent citizen. His friends will doubtless be pleased to see that the characteristic features of the man are hereby more permanently preserved to future generations and to the public generally. 4g~~~~~~~@~~~~~NaD_~~~~~111 oiohn Soule, farmer, resident at Soule village, Chandler Township, was born Jan. 2, 828, in the town of Danby, Rutland Co., Vt. He is the son of Gardner and Abigail Soule, and when he was 12 years of age went to serve an apprenticeship with his grandfather, David Curtis, to acquire a knowledge of the trade of blacksmith, and continued to devote his time and attention to his occupation until he was 21 years of age, with the exception of the time passed in the common schools in the shadow of the Green Mountains. After being released from his obligations to his grandfather. he resumed blacksmithina (t w, 4 1= (X-.Z= and followed it as a business five successive years. v ~9S~ 2_3~. K.^He went then to Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., where he 1homas Sullivan, farmer, resident on sec- engaged extensively in lumbering, and built a sawtion 23, Dwight Township, was born March mill having a capacity of 39,000 feet of lumber daily. II, 1855, in Haldimand Co., Ont., and is a He continued to operate in that branch of business son of Francis and Mary (Callaghan) Sullivan. for 22 years at that place, and then sold out for the His parents were natives of Ireland, and emi- purpose of coming to Michigan. grated to the Dominion. They remained there Arriving in Huron County, he bought two acres of until the fall of I87, the date of their removal to land in the village of Soule, and 40 acres on section Huron Co., Mich. The mother died in the autumn 3, Chandler Township. The latter tract was unimof I875. proved, and Mr. Soule has cleared and put under; Mr. Sullivan is the eldest son of his parents, and cultivation o1 acres. came with them to Dwight Township. He attended He is a Republican in political views and connecthe common schools of this county and obtained a tions. fair degree of education. He was but I8 years of His first marriage occurred in the year I849, in age when he became the proprieior of 80 acres of Genesee Co., N. Y., when Mary Gilbert became his land, which was in its primeval condition at the wife. One child, Gilbert, was born to them, who is time he entered his claim, under the regulations of now residing in the State of New York. The mother the Homestead Act. He has improved the whole was born in I829, in Genesee Co., N. Y., and died property, with the exception of ten acres, which are in her native county in I85I. Mr. Soule was a still in timber. second time married, in 1854, to Hannah Merril,: He is a Democrat in political views, and has been born in Genesee Co., N. Y., and died in I875, in Catactive in the local affairs of his township. He has taraugus County. They became the parents of one served three terms as Treasurer, and is now dis- child, Jamie. Sept. 23, I877, Mr. Soule was mar. ----— b^WM^- -^~^ --- ^(^ HURON COUNTY. 407 ried again, to Mrs. Nancy Fee, who was born, bred Mr. Jenks was reared and educated at St. Clair, and married twice in Cattaraugus County. Ida M. and just before attaining his majority, in January,. and Minnie M. are the names of the children by the I871, he went to Port Crescent, Huron County, to last marriage. operate as a clerk in the employment of Woods & i Co. This relation continued until the formation of the firm of J. Jenks & Co. at Sand Beach, in I876, -— i ~ ts-^. *when he was made a member of that partnership. The departments of their business comprise heavy,.id B~~~~~~transactions in general merchandise, in the manuihael Bleicher, farmer, resident on sec- facture of salt, flour, and in real estate. ichael Bleicher, farmer, resident on secf! * ~ —tion 20, Dwight Townsip, was brn May Mr. Jenks was married July 20, I877, at Port tion 20, Dwight Township, was born May I, 18 40 in. Germany. HisparetsPau Austin, to Nellie L. Neill. One child, Max, was born I, I1840, in Germany. His parents, Paul r and Magdalena Bleicher, were also born in of this union June 3, I878, at Port Austin. Mrs. t 2 SAC X and Magdalena Bleicher, were also born in J * Man ana emig e r as r Jenks was born Aug. 2, 1855, in Goderich, Can., and Germany, and emigrated from "das Fader- 5,,land" o Michigan in 852. They settld in is the daughter of Capt. Thomas and Fanny Neill. land" to Michigan in I85 2. They settled in Mro. Cot a* ae Her father was a resident of Port Huron for some Monroe County and are now deceased. Mr. Bleicher first came to Huron County in 1858, years.. ~ ~ ~.-io^~~ *J-l.-n~ uThe fine residence of Mr. Jenks was built in I877. and until I867 resided at Port Austin, where he was ) engaged in fishing. He went in that year to Lake Superior, where he was similarly engaged ii years. N At I he end of that time he returned to Huron County and purchased his farm in Dwight Township, com`;b=30 *~~__ * r._,.,, 1 -." *e 5k~kA3;,gV Z=! prising 6o acres, on wmncn ne has expenced cms energies and managed his agricultural affairs, until he has 65 acres under excellent improvements. Mr. Bleicher is a decided Republican in political sentiment. His marriage to Johanna Baudaman occurred in April, 186I, at Port Austin. Seven children have been born to them, five of whom are now living. They are Felix, Leroy, Charles, Frank (2d) and Cora. Michael and Frank (ist) are deceased. Mrs. Bleicher is a native of Germany.;fi R ichard Martini, of the business firm of c l i John C. Liken & Co., at Sebewaing, was.P < ' born Aug. i, 1845, in Waldenburg, Saxony. His parents, Carl R. and Valentine (Thieme) Martini, were natives of Germany, and passed their entire lives in that country. They were the parents of 0o children,-Richard, Herman, Clara, Johannes, Eliza, Clemens, Robert, Julia, Lina and Valentine. Mr. Martini was a pupil in the common schools until he was nine years of age, when he was sent to a school of higher grade to complete the time prescribed by the law of his native country. At the age of 14 years he entered a grocery, where he operated chiefly for five years, studying meanwhile in the i I '.'^School of Commerce at Dresden. After serving his I i ames M. Jenks, of the firm of J. Jenks & time he was employed I5 months in another mercan"l Co., at Sand Beach, was born July 14, i850, tile establishment. His next employment was in a t at Crown Point, N. Y. He is the son of large hosiery factory, where he remained until his o `1 Benjamin L. and Amanda (Messer) Jenks, and emigration to the United States, in October, r866. when he was five years old his parents re- On landing at the port of New York, he proceeded y. '} moved from Crown Point to St. Clair, Mich. to Saginaw, but, being unable to obtain satisfactory His father died at Port Sanilac in 1869. His mother employment, he learned the business of cigar-making, is yet living, and is now the wife of Jeremiah Jenks, in which he was occupied until he came to Sebethe senior member of the firm above mentioned. waing, in June, I867. He was similarly occupied _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a 408 HURON COUNTY. there about four months, when he became a sales- at Port Austin, and they have seven children, viz.: man for John Muellerweiss, and afterwards for William, Frederick, Charles, Emma, Edward, Nellie, Muellerweiss & Liken. His engagement with them and Libbie. Mrs. Etzler was born Dec. i8, 1846, was terminated by their dissolution three years later. in Prussia, and came to Michigan from her native In I871, he entered into a silent partnership with country when she was ii years old, settling at Port Mr. Liken, which relation continued three years, and Austin. eventuated in his being received into full connection Mr. and Mrs. Etzler are respectively members of with the business relations of the firm. the Catholic and Lutheran Churches. Mr. Martini is a Republican in political principle. He has officiated ii years as Township Clerk, and I3 years as Notary Public..... His marriage to Mary C. Liken occurred at Sebe- -~ — Y Y waing, July 3I, 1876, and they are the parents of three children, born at Sebewaing, as follows: John Joh C., April 4, 1879; Henry R.,Oct., 23, i88; Claragtus Pittsley, ppritoroftheFra H., May 12, 1882. Mrs. Martini is the daughter of lin Ho use at SanBea, ws bor Se. i f^ JoIt 11. fj i n TI / i,\ ^^ hn House at Sand Beach, was born Sept. John C. and Walburga (Kunkel) Liken (see sketch), i and was born Jan. 31, 1856, in Binghamton, N... J 26, I833, in Chenango Co., N.Y. His parShe is a member of the Lutheran Church, as is also ents, Jeremiah and Roxana (White) Pittsley, ( ) her husband. l were farmers and are both deceased.,>'~~~~~~~~ ^~~~~Mr. Pittsley was reared on a farm, and his life was b.' passed in that occupation until the outbreak of the 2=3 _~~~~~-p cs,~~Southern Rebellion, in I86I, when he became a S o Rll o A n _8 w h bm: - s k' Il~3 i d he t * i5illiam Etzler, farmer, section 28, Hume Township, was born June 18, 1840, in Prussia, and is the son of Antoine and Joanna (Houckey) Etzler. He was 2 years of age when his parents and brothers came to this country. They resided a year in Buffalo, N. Y., and went thence to Geauga Co., Ohio. Three vrnlrvr Intpr fitir roimnil to n Pnrft A c-tin TIirl-u-v-o It - soldier in the Union service. The war had not been in progress very long before he became satisfied that it was a matter of no trifling moment, and that the nation was at the mercy of foes at home unless their plans were thwarted, and he enlisted July 2, i861, in Co. A, Ioth N. Y. Cav., Captain Loomis. He enrolled at Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., and his regiment was attached to the Army of the Potomac. Mr. Pittsley was in action at Bull Run (2d), at Gettysburg under Burnside, in the,.Ollf l, 1 1 r",I, l,,p, _ at i DTn y i -! " JIC1b atULI LUC1j LinHUVtiU LUVI. 1U rL auI1 WIce LUtC -O1toneClmal a1 ct at kUllUpCl, lll at DllllUy l-a-:. mother died soon after. tion under Kilpatrick. He was taken prisoner at '*,: In the late fall of I857 the father and three sons Gettysburg, Pa., and was paroled. At Westchester, i settled on 320 acres of land, situated on sections 28 Pa., his left hand was split by a saber stroke. He I and 29 in Hume Township, which they purchased was discharged at Utica, N. Y., at the close of the under the Graduation Act.. They lived together five war. In i863, while on a furlough, he came to years, and at the end of that time made a division of Sand Beach, and on being released from the service j the land, William receiving o06 acres, the farms of of the United States, he came hither and was in the his brothers lying on either side. He took posses- employment of Pack, Woods & Co. in the lumber sion of the place and entered upon the work of woods. improvement. Of the original acreage 70 acres have In I869 he built a hotel at Sand Beach, near the been placed in the best possible agricultural condi- site of the Franklin House, which was destroyed in 'p. tion, with two large barns, a granary and as fine a the great fire of 1871, with a loss of $4,000, and an, residence as there is in the township. insurance,of $500. In the spring of i872 he erected H A(?) Mr. Etzler is a Republican in political faith. the hotel which he has since managed, where he is Si He was married Sept. 16, 1863, to Sophia Empkie, doing a prosperous business. He can accommodate k.x) ^ -^^ ^ ^ m "< ^ -^,- -? ~ Hi URON C about 30 guests, and keeps a small livery. He owns 27 acres of land, lying contiguous to his hotel property, with a dwelling thereon. He is also associated with Charles Verd, in the proprietorship of a livery, ) which they established in the spring of 1884. Mr. Pittsley was married May 26, 1865, at Sand Beach, to Ellen J. Holder. Four children have been born to them: Effie, May 6, I866; and Edward, Sept. 6, 1873; these two, the eldest and youngest, are living; Verbie and Alverda are deceased. S.~ ~ t-~c~4i-~~~(OWP>)-~~= 70 UNTY. 409.. Rae, = (~! =::z,. -acob Miller, farmer, section I I, Bingham Township, was born Dec. 28, I850, in Waterloo Co., Ont. He is the son of Nicolas -~7 and Margaret (Habner) Miller, and his parents were among the earliest settlers in the township, having made a transfer of their family and interests to the county in 1856. He was a member of his father's household until his settlement in life as the head of a family. He was married June 20, I88i, in Paris Township, to Catherine Kelley. She was born Oct. i8, I855, in Strathroy, Ont., and is the daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Brennen) Kelley. Her parents are now residents on a farm in Bingham Township. In August, I878, Mr. Miller purchased 80 acres of wild land, and when he was married he fixed his residence therein. There are now 60 acres of finely improved land with farm buildings of excellent character. Mr. Miller is a Democrat in political principle, and is the present Township Treasurer. The family are Catholics. fortunes under his control, and engaged in a sawmill at Port Austin, where he operated six months. After passing about eight years in various occupations, he devoted his attention exclusively to farming, and has since pursued that avenue of business as a vocation. In i866 he entered a claim of 120 acres of Government land in section I9, but deferred taking possession of his property until two years later. Since that date he has been continuously resident and retains possession of 80 acres of his original purchase. He has cleared and improved about 45 acres. Mr. Hellems is a Republican in political connections and issues, and is of decided opinions relating to national issues where development depends on the predominancy of that element. He was married Oct. i r, i868, in a portion of Huron County now included within Chandler Township, to Hannah E. Mellck. Only one child has been born of this union, Obed H., who died when he was three years of age. Mrs. Hellems was born Jan. 25, i851, in Brant County, Ont., and is the daughter of Obed and Mary A. (O'Brien) Melick, the parents being respectively of Irish and German extraction and natives of Canada. They becane residents of Huron County in the spring of 1863, settling in what was then Lake Township. The mother died Aug. 6, 1878. They had eight children, of whom Mrs. Hellems is the youngest. eorge W. Carr, generaTmerchant at Sand!i.00 tBeach, was born Sept. i, i850, near Gene@gl'' va, Seneca Co., N. Y. He was six years old when his parents, Thomas and Mary (Christler) Carr, came to Michigan, settling near Romeo, Macomb County, where they now reside, on the farm of 80 acres on which they originally settled. Mr. Carr was reared on his father's farm to the age of 22 years, and in I872 he engaged as traveling salesman in the interests of a nursery company, for whom he operated four years continuously. He came to Sand Beach in August, 1877, and became a salesman in the mercantile establishment of J. Jenks & Co. After operating in their interests about four Nr=r Aw I IA I V' K >< y/ LA I '?onathan B. Hellems, farmer, section 19, ' Dwight Township, was born June 26, 1840, in Welland Co., Ont. He is the son of / Henry and Harriet F. (Clark) Hellems, whose Af ^ sketch may be found in another part of this volume. When he was 17 years of age, Mr., Hellems found himself with the structure of his own -— a^_ V "I u 4 -— 6 ^^nn nn^ - -- jW 410 HfURON COUNTY. < ti, i'. '" ' '"! =^ (^ iR I 'I%. - ( t 3 ~ ) br years, he embarked in business independently, and has since conducted his mercantile affairs, carrying a stock valued at an estimate of $5,000. Mr. Carr owns 40 acres of farming land on section I6, in the township of Sand Beach, a part of which is improved and cultivated. He is also the owner of his residence and place of business. His marriage to Miss E. A. Gibson occurred Jan. i, I876, at Lenox, Macomb County. Ethelyn M., only issue of this union, was born in Lenox, Jan. 8, 1877. Mrs. Carr was born Aug. 13, 1854, in Lenox, and is the daughter of Matthew B. and Ann (Beard) Gibson: Her parents were among the early pioneer settlers of Macomb County, settling therein about the year I850, when the portion where they located was innocent of even traces of civilization. Mr. Carr is a member of the Village Council, and belongs to the Knights of Honor. The family attend the Baptist Church.;hristian F. Bach, of the firm of Liken & Bach, manufacturers of staves and heading, saw and grist miller at Sebewaing, is a native of the place where he is now transacting business. He was born March i8, I854. His parents, Christian and Christiana Bach, were born in Germany and emigrated in early life to America. They made their first location in Washtenaw Co., Mich., proceeding thence, in 1853, to Sebewaing. His father died and his mother is still living. Five of their eight children survive,Reuben, Christian F., Theodore, Alfred and Elizabeth. Those deceased were named Edward, Ferdinand and Christiana. Mr. Bach attended the common schools until he was 16 years of age, when he assumed the management of his father's farm, continuing in that occupation until he was 22 years of age. In I876 he formed a partnership with John C. Liken for the purpose of prosecuting the business in which they are at present engaged. Mr. Bach is a Republican in political sentiment. He was married Oct. I, I878, in Sebewaing, to Hannah, daughter of John C. Liken. (See sketch.) They have had four children, namely: Charles, Franklin A., Emma and Heinrich. Charles is deceased. The family members of the Lutheran Church. 9 m ennett Haskell, salt and lumber manufacturer and general merchant at Port Cres~ 17 -cent, was born May 22, 1850, in Penobscot ^|(- Co., Maine. His father, N. B. Haskell, was one of a long line of descendants from a family prominent in the Pine-Tree State for many years, was a lumberman in Maine, and is now a resident of Bad Axe, Mich. He married Hannah Shorey, and both were natives of Maine, of English extraction. They removed in i858 to Steuben Co., N. Y., and seven years later came to Whitehall, Muskegon Co., Mich., where the father engaged two years in lumbering, after which, in the spring of i868, they came to Port Crescent. Mr. Haskell's father, associated with Henry C. Spaulding, of Elmira, N. Y., established an extensive lumber business. They secured a large tract of land situated on the course of the Pinnebog River, which empties into the Saganaw Bay at this point, and conducted operations largely in rafting. They controlled an extensive trade on the river, which traversed a county noted for its valuable pine, and which affords at its outlet a fine harbor. Since they came hither they have cut from one to three million feet of logs every winter, and of this large interest Mr. Haskell was general manager until i880, when he became sole proprietor. In the same year he established the salt block, which has a daily capacity of 200 barrels of salt when operated to its full extent. He is at present engaged in the erection of a store for the prosecution of his mercantile operations, built in L form, 48 x 72 feet in dimensions, designed to be one of the finest structures for the purpose intended in Huron County. He owns within the county 'about 4,000 acres of land, some of it still in fine timber, but chiefly in course of preparation for agricultural purposes. He owns all village lots in Port Crescent lying north of Pinnebog Street. Mr. Haskell is a Republican in political opinion. He was married April 9, I875, at Port Crescent, "T", 31?_L I 4Y zk c)~~~~~~~~~7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~~a~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~b.OII*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0tii "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( I — a~-~n n Crn -- -"HR CO N Y — Y. v I URON CO UN TY. 41 I /r I ----. X to Josephine Earl. She was born in 1854, at Buck- schools of the county, which he supplemented by a ville, Ont., where her parents now reside. She was solid course of study in the grammar school of; carefully educated in music, and was a teacher of the Franklinville in the same county. He began teachart for some time previous to her marriage. She is ing at the age of 20 years, opening his career in the daughter of Thomas Earl, and her parents are Michigan, and afterwards prosecuting the same businatives of Canada and of English extraction. ness in the State of New York. He then returned to Michigan and again became a teacher, and combined that vocation with surveying. -...^-T^^n..^^;..,.~~'iI r- ~In I883, associated with his father and brothers, he engaged in the management of a mill, in which yS gp~,al~~~i^ntfn ~business they continued to operate some years. ' menry B. Hellems, farmer, section i7, Dwight He is a Republican in political connection, and in Township, is the son of Henry and Harriet i880 was elected County Surveyor, serving in the F. (Clark) Hellems. (See sketch of H. position two years. Hellems.) He was born April 29, 1838, in His marriage to Maggie Taylor took place at Port Welland Co., Ont. He obtained a good cor- Austin Jan. i, I883. They are the parents of one mon-school education, and was bred to the vo- child, Daisy, born July 2, I884. Mrs. Soule is the cation of farmer, remaining on his father's farm until daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Mason) Taylor. he was 31 years of age, when he took possession of After their marriage the parents went to Ontario, 80 acres of land, which became his property by deed and afterwards came to Michigan and settled at Port of gift from his father. On this he has since resided, Austin. Their daughter was born in York village, v has cleared about 35 acres, and placed it under fair Ont., June 25, I859. She was in early childhood - cultivation. when her father removed to Port Austin, where she A ~) Mr. Hellems is a decided Republican, and has obtained a good elementary education, and after- 5 been Constable three years, School Assessor seven wards went to Le Sueur, Minn.,where she completed = " years and has held other official positions. He was her studies. She returned to Port Austin and be- V/ drafted March r8, i865, and was assigned to service came a teacher in Huron County, in which she was in the I5th Reg. Mich. Inf. He was in the military engaged six years previous to her marriage. service of the United States six months, receiving his discharge at Little Rock, Ark. On being released he returned to Dwight Township.. He was married March 20, 187 I, in Dwight Township, to Augusta A. Hoover. One child, Henry C., was born to them. Mrs. Hellems was born in Jeffer- r f i n 9 son Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of Captain John W r, frr, sion 9 Boom field Township, was born Jan. 18, i849, Hoover, an officer in the War of 1812. Township, was born Jan. lo ea ( near Dundas, London Co., Ont., and is the son of Josiah and Lydia Ann (Hitchcock) Walker. The former lives on a farm in Lapeer County. f i ) | 1)-~-o (i The latter died Aug. 5, 1865, in Lapeer County, and was 36 years of age at the time of her death. tuj^^^ 4.dw^~g ar | Mr. Walker was reared on his father's farm, and X dward C. Soule, civil engineer, resident at remained at home until he was 18 years of age, Soule village, was born Jan. 7, i855, in when he engaged as a farm assistant, working sumWyoming Co., N. Y., and is the son of mers by the month and lumbering in the woods Charles and Clarissa F. (Rowley) Soule. (See winters. His parents removed to Almont, Lapeer sketch.) He was nine years of age when his County, where he reached manhood, and where he parents removed to Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., and obtained an education in the common schools. He he acquired a substantial education in the public was qualified to teach, and he followed that vocation __ x- -- -@fa.H, 412 HURON COUNTY. for some time, teaching three terms in Lapeer Coun- in obtaining a knowledge of his trade. In the spring ty and two terms in Huron County. of i88o he came to the township of Sebewaing, reHe came first to Huron County in December, moving to the village of the same name in the spring I878, in search of a location for a permanent abode, of I884. He at once entered upon a successful and the trip resulting in the purchase of the farm of 120 steady business. He is a Democrat in political conacres, of which he has since been the owner and nection. occupant. He made the purchase of Langdon Hub- He was married Aug. I9, i88i, to Mary L. Ruchty, -vart hrl VV it hn it h\nfL " 1,11mhPrPr rr- " e nrl{ Hlro a r the nqrYnt, o f tlhrep rshiTlren-t an_ 8 Ii UlaJl, L)y W llVil IL tL Cj.LII Ul Lull.CU UvCI. II.,, was in a promising condition when the fire of I88i destroyed a new barn, quantities of fencing and a large orchard of young fruit-trees. The farm contains 40 acres of improved land, with a good frame house. Mr. Walker is an adherent of the prohibition element; he has served the township five years as Supervisor and three years as School Superinten-1 a Ul. L LY..1C L 1.4 O1b 111. VI UlZ Ul.k.11ZlUIlC,.-Jt11 -evieve S., Edmund G. and Amelia A. Their mother was born in Canada. Her father, George Ruchty, is a native of Switzerland, and was born in I821. Eva Ruchty, her mother, was born in Poland, in 1841. Mr. Schluchter is a member of the Arbeiter Association. And —Ko m <;Q)>~~ I -+ dent. &p h.arles Verd, liveryman at Sand Beach, He was married Aug. 5, I872, to Susan V. Witt. rl Seven children have been born to them, as follows: was orn liver ym at S and Beach, I. Floyd, Sept. i, 1873; Kittle E., Dec. 2, i874; ~ Jennie V., June 3, 1876; Mary A., April 17, 1878; bury, Ont He Is the son of Tussant and dren were bornuin Oakland Co., Mich. eGry, O nt. H es'i s the son of Tussantand Mabel S., Oct. i8, 1879; Lydia A., April I8, I88I; E, Electa (Wait) Verd. In i85 the family came m= 3~~~~~~~~~~~~~i X to St. Clair County, where the father bought a ' Roy, Nov. 21, 1882. The three first named chilX dren were born in Oakland Co., Mich. The others farm in a portion of the county now included, within Grant Township. were born in Bloomfield Township. Mrs. Walker was born June 3, 1854, in Dryden Mr. Verd was raised on a farm and was employed v Township, Lapeer County, Mich, Her parents were in agricultural pursuits. In the fall of I86i he went Township, Lapeer County, Mich, Her parents were Calvin and Adelia (Haines) Witt. The former died to Grand Traverse Bay, remaining there about one when the daughter was eight years old, leaving her year, then going to ort Hope, Huron ounty, where fully orphaned, her mother having died when she he entered the employment of Fish & Co. In 1863 was one year and a half old. he went to the lumber woods in the interest of Stafwas one year and a half old. ford, Haywood & Janess, in whose employment he remained a number of years. He took jobs on the Pinnebog River in Huron County, in which avenue; Y --- c~T~.-_3=~- he operated two years. At the end of that time he c}\iv ~.~~~ ~ ~ y~was engaged in taking contracts from R. B. Hubbard..... MI X eW& Co., of Huron City, operating on the West Branch, ~i {! euben G. Schluchter, blacksmith at Sebe- of Willow Creek. _ @t waing, was born Feb. i8, i858, in Huron In I865 he purchased 80 acres in the township of | X ' County, Ont. His father, Jacob G. Schluch- Rubicon, which he afterward sold, buying almost 7l ter, was a German by birth and emigrated to immediately a farm in Gore Township, of which he? Canada, where he married Ellen Gray. The also disposed and bought 80 acres in Huron Townwife was born in Canada. After their mar- ship. He cleared on the three places an aggregate riage they settled in Ontario, where she died, in of oo0 acres. 869. They became the parents of to children. Mr. Verd embarked in his present business enterThe subject of this sketch is the fifth in order of prise in the spring of 1882. He keeps eight horses birth of the children of his parents, and attended and livery fixtures suited to the demand. He owns school until he was 16 years of age, when he was his place of business and his residence. He is a apprenticed to a blacksmith and served three years member of the Masonic fraternity. * o j^ —(-^^ ^ a --- — — ^ i^^/li)- ^.^.- --— cr'S a^Gu - - - >HURON COUNTY. 413 \ He was married in Rubicon Township, Jan. 8, a residence three years, he entered a claim of ' [ 1865, to Phebe, daughter of Henry and Lydia (Clark) 80 acres where he has since resided, and nearly all Hoffman. Mrs. Verd was born in Burford, Canada of whichis now cleared and improved. West, Jan. 5, I843. Six sons have been born to Mr. Wills enlisted in the military service of the ( them, as follows: Edward T., Charles, William H., United StatesdAug. 23, 1863, enrolling in Co. F, 23d d Homer T., Frank and Frederick. Mich. Vol. Inf.. The regiment was attached to the Army of the Cumberland, and Mr. Wills while in the service did picket duty, chiefly on account of im_^<^^^^ t^ ^^^paired health. He is a Republican in political "t$^l^^^ |^"-^^ ~persuasion. He was brought up in the English Af —~0~~ ~~~ ~Church, and his wife was reared in the tenets of the } Methodist Church. ohn Wills, farmer, section 9, Hume Township, was born Dec. 28, 1823, in County |i,. l Mayo, Ireland. His parents removed to Canada in 1833, where they were farmers and _ passed the remainder of their lives. They eI l lson P. Arnold, station agent for the Port have been dead about 35 years. Huron & Northwestern Railroad Company Mr. Wills remained under the roof of his parents | 5 at Sand Beach, was born Oct. 5, 1854, in until his first marriage in 1844, to Margery Wills. ~ Kent Co., Ont. His parents, Samuel E. and '. Four children were born of their union,-William, Margaret A. (Mills) Arnold, are both living in Elenor, Elizabeth (deceased) and James. Those Kent County, Ont., where the father is the pro- z=, who survive are married and settled in life. In the prietor of 200 acres of fine farming land. The pa- ~ winter of 1852-3, while Mr. and Mrs. Wills were ternal grandparents co Mr. Arnold were natives of = a making a little trip on the ice, on Lake Ontario, Mr. Pennsylvania, of German descent. They removed Wills skating and drawing his wife on a hand-sled, to Ontario before the Rebellion. His great-grandthey found themselves unexpectedly in an air-hole. father, Louis P. Arnold, was a volunteer in the ( They went under, and Mrs. Wills was drowned! Civil War in the United States, and died in Kent Help came, but too late to save her, and Mr. Wills County, Ont., aged 104 years. Louis S., his grandwas insensible and recovered only after the most father, is still living, in Ontario, and is 84 years of strenuous efforts to recall his life. He was again age. married, in I854, to Bessie Wills. She was born in Mr. Arnold was reared on his father's farm to the Ontario, of Irish parentage, and died about one year age of I5 years, when he began to learn the trade of after her marriage. Mr. Wills was married a third carpenter and joiner, in which he spent two years. time, March 9, I859, at Port Huron, to Rachel In 1872 he came to St. Clair County, Mich., and beWrisk, and of this union seven children have been came a clerk in the employ of his uncles, M. & born, one of whom is deceased. They are Elizabeth, B. Mills, lumber dealers at Marysville, with whom he Jennie, Robert J., Joseph, Maggie, Minnie (de- remained seven years, meanwhile taking a complete ceased) and James. Mrs. Wills is the eldest course of study at Bryant & Stratton's Business Coldaughter, and one of nine children that were born to lege at Cleveland, Ohio. On leaving the employ of her parents, William and Lucinda (Smith) Wrisk. his uncles he went to Port Huron and there engaged The latter were born respectively in Ireland and in a grocery in the capacity of book-keeper. His Ontario. They are now residents of Kent Co., next employ was with the Northern Transportation? Ont., the former being 80 and the latter 68 years of Company in that city, where he was a telegraph operage at the present time. Mrs. Wills was born in ator one year. In the fall of 879 he came to Sand Raleigh, Ont., Feb. I7, 1836. Beach as telegraph operator for the Western Union ~ In I859 Mr. Wills came to Huron County and Company, in whose service he remained until the located on the lake-side in Hume Township. After completion of the railroad, when he was appointed r% < - -$it u A9un_4^^$ Ali1,;wH '-' W-y- —,2 —s I ----I6Ll^ ^-;s: - -^ V HURON COUNTY. N. 414 - --- I ( 1!> J <( i \ I 1 z r 'O s I S r r! z n IN,i to the position he has since held. With the aid of one assistant, he officiates as ticket agent, telegraph operator and baggage agent, and officiates as " display-man " in the Government service, in which capacity he displays the flags in the United States Signal Service, at Sand Beach Station. Mr. Arnold was married Oct. 5, 1882, at Sand Beach, to Jennie Jenks. One child, Mary B., was born to them, Aug. 20, 1883. Mrs. Arnold is the daughter of Jesse L. and Mary Jenks (see sketch of J. L. Jenks), and was born Jan. 25, i86i, in St. Clair, Mich. oses Erb, farmer, section 26, Chandler 'S^ Township, was born Nov. i6, I848, in Al '7 Lambton Co., Ont. His father and.-' mother, Abram and Wilhelmina (Clems) Erb, were natives of Ontario, of German descent. The mother died at Ovid, Mich., in January, i88i, while visiting a daughter there, and was 68 years old. Mr. Erb was reared in Ontario to the age of his legal manhood, when he came to Michigan and entered the employ of Berkey & Gay, furniture manufacturers of Grand Rapids, in whose employment he remained eight years. After leaving their service he passed two years in another manufacturing establishment at the same place. His health failed, and he came to Huron County and became a land-holder in Chandler Township, where he has since managed his agricultural operations. The location is one of the best in the township, and of the '80 acres comprised in his farm he has improved 35 acres. Mr. Erb is a radical Republican, and has served as Supervisor of his township and in the several school offices. He was married Jan. 3, I870, at Lowell, Kent Co., Mich., to Adella Barber. They have two children,-'-Claud and Bertie. Mrs. Erb was born in Linden, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Dec. 14, I854, and is the daughter of Alfred and Evaline (Snyder) Barber. They were natives of New York, of New England origin, and English descent. The mother died at Lowell, in September, i88i. The father of Mrs. Erb is a resident there. gj Bi5enjamin Cartwright, farmer on section 30, Dwight Township, was born Aug. 20, 1813, in Cheshire, England. His parents, Hit~ Solomon and Hannah Cartwright, were both natives of England, where they passed their entire lives. Mr. Cartwright is the eldest of to children. He first came to the United States in 1842, and sought employment in New England, which he traversed for that purpose, but failed to receive anything satisfactory, and went thence to Canada, where he remained till the fall of I843, when he returned to England. In the fall of 1845 he again came to the United States. He settled at first in New Jersey, where he remained two years, going thence to New York, where he entered the employment of the late Peter Cooper. He operated in his interest two years, and in 1848 went to Mineral Point, Wis., where he engaged for a short time in the lead mines. He went afterwards to Canada, and remained there nearly six years. He became a resident of Huron County in I86i, and within the same year he bought 80 acres of land in Dwight Township, where he has since resided. He has cleared and improved 30 acres of the tract of 40 acres of which he is the owner. He was among the first settlers of this portion of Huron County, and was the owner of the first wagon brought into the township, the first fanning-mill, and the first threshing-machine. He also built the first brick chimney in Dwight Township. Mr. Cartwright is a Republican in politics. He has been Justice of the Peace and Township Treasurer. He was married Oct. 23, I841, in Manchester, England, to Hannah Hague. Five of their eight children are living,-Hannah, Abel, Lydia, Jane and Charlotte. One son, Job, enlisted in the army of the Union during the Civil War, and yielded up his life in the cause of national unity. Another son, 3=.1 (i! I I r i i I;D "~~~~, i~~!~~'i~~c~V\ O~~~)(;\~~~`Otff- n qa r: p flfl> ~~~~~~~~*- 0 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i . ---6^n tan (1a,*1,u< (J$b IHURON COUNTY. 415 Major, died in New Jersey. Walter died at St. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fra~ Thomas, Ont. ternity, and is Master of Huron Lodge (Blue), No. i.j Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright are communicants in the 361, at Sand Beach. He is President of Sand Beach. f Church of England. village and is serving his second term in that ca'2,(4J^~~~~ +*~~ ~pacity. Mr. Puddock was married May I2, I866, at Sand I0-? ^,>:^~ |~ ~Beach, to Jane Grice. The four children born of this marriage are-Alice E., May B., Jennie M. and Nellie B. Mrs. Puddock was born in England, and is the daughter of James G. and Jane (Mason) Grice. 4 ohn G. Puddock, of the Huron Dairy Salt (S sketch of J. G. Grice.) i Company, at Sand Beach, was born Oct. 20, I843, in Oxford Co., Can., and is the ' '{ son of Allen and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Puddock. His father was a farmer and died in S Canada in I85o. The mother died there in i )i;C3I ssrr:<$ s? NA Fi r I T, ) 1: 14$:A..3 ~s` 1867. Mr. Puddock passed the first 20 years of his life on a farm and in 1863 came to Michigan. In the year following, he came to Sand Beach and became foreman in the saw-mill of Pack, Jenks & Co., continuing to operate in that capacity until the re-construction of the firm in 1876. He accepted the position of foreman in the salt block and discharged the duties of the situation until Sept. I, 1883, when he purchased an interest in the business. The salt block was built by Messrs. J. Jenks & Co. in I876, it being constructed with pans. The establishment was converted into a steam block in 1883, and in the same year they established a department for the manufacture of dairy salt. The company belongs to the Michigan Salt Association. They manufacture about I50 barrels of common fine salt daily, and have facilities for converting the entire product into dairy salt. The bulk of their salt is prepared for dairy purposes, except what is demanded by the local trade in common fine salt. Their business requires an average force of 14 men and boys, and nine women. In the fall of 1871, in company with John Ballentine, he purchased a saw-mill of Jeremiah Ludington at Verona Mills, which he conducted during the winter seasons until 1876, when he sold his interest to his associate. Mr. Puddock is the owner ot a considerable amount of village property, which includes several vacant lots, four lots in the block where his residence is located and the Puddock Block, in which the postoffice is located. }i' obert A. Davidson, blacksmith, wagon and?~I - carriage manufacturer, located at Sand eiS" Beach, was born March 25, 1840, near Hamilton, Ont. His parents, James and Jane (Billingslay) Davidson, are both deceased, the death of the former occurring when the son was about 12 years of age, and that of the latter in 1869. Mr. Davidson was instructed in the details of the blacksmith business in the shop of his brother Andrew, where he was employed at an early age, and he has pursued that business since without intermission. He established a shop at Thamesford, in Ontario, and subsequently at a place then known as Auleyville. In 1869 he came to Brockway Center, St. Clair Co., Mich., where he conducted his business five years. He went thence to Emmett, in the same county, and had a shop there some years. He has been in Sand Beach since April, 1879. On his arrival here he entered the employment of James Ross, with whom he continued three years. In 1882 he began his present enterprise in his own interest, his business requiring two assistants. He does all kinds of general blacksmithing, wagon and carriage making, and all the varieties of repairing common to his business. He owns his wagon and blacksmith shops and his residence at Sand Beach. He is a member of the Knights of Honor. Mr. Davidson was married May 20, I860, at Ingersoll, Oxford Co., Ont., to Margaret L., daughter of Colon McNee. She was born in the township of Nissuria, Oxford Co., Ont., May 5, I843. Four 11 J C.)- 's'i i I I., g ff~~ i 4I6 HURON COUNTY. ~ children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Davidson, State, and resides at present in Sand Beach with her as follows: Linda, born May i8, I864; James R., son. A Aug. I8, 1869; and two others who died in infancy. ^ The parents are members of the Baptist Church. tP_ _ ~-~ --- —-- &-..;. -w0,.v/y~,...v - 3A, "I F.? ieter Murray, farmer, section 2, Bingham Township, was born in County Longford, j Ireland, in i824. His parents died in their native land previous to his emigration to the Dominion of Canada, in 1852. He located in Middlesex Co., Ont., and was a resident there until his removal to Michigan in May, 1873, when he purchased 80 acres of land, now constituting his homestead. The property was in a wholly wild and primitive condition, and one-half is now under fine and profitable cultivation, with a handsome residence and excellent accessory farm buildings. Mr. Murray is independent in political opinion and connections. He was married in i854, in Middlesex Co., Ont., to Mary Noonan, and they have been the parents of 12 children. Of these, one son and six daughters have gone to the land of silent mystery, whither the sorrowing mother journeyed to join her little ones in I869, when she was 39 years of age. Mr. Murray was again married in I871, in Ontario, to Anna McDonald. Two children born of the second marriage are deceased. Five children of the former union are living, and were born as follows: Mary A., Thomas, Peter, Michael and Catherine. Mrs. Murray was born in the State of New York, of Irish parentage. The family are Roman Catholics. Dr. Davis passed the first 20 years of his life on his father's farm, when he entered the Literary Department of Bates College, at Lewiston, Maine. He matriculated there in I869, and was graduated in I873. He engaged a short time in teaching, after which he entered the Medical Department of Bowdoin College at Brunswick, Maine, going thence, after one term of study, to the City Hospital at Boston, where he had all the advantages of the varied character of the medical and surgical practice for one year. He then became a salesman in a drug store in Detroit, where he remained until I878, meanwhile attending lectures in the Detroit Medical College where he was graduated in March, I878. Within the same month in which he received his credentials, he came to Sand Beach, and, in company with Dr. Johnson, established a joint practice, which relation existed a few months. He opened an office alone, and has conducted his business with such skill and efficiency as to establish a popular and prominent practice. He ranks among the leading physicians and surgeons of the county. During the past two years he has officiated as village and township physician. Dr. Davis has one brother, Frank by name. lfred Pagett, merchant at Ubly, Bingham. Township, was born Jan. 27, I841, in Lon1 don, England. In his early childhood he obtained such education as he could from the public schools of the city of Bristol, and at the age of 15 went to work in the coal mines of that place, where he passed nine consecutive years of his life. He came to the United States when he was 24 years of age, and, after a brief sojourn in the city of Philadelphia, he proceeded to Forestville, Sanilac County, this State, and entered the store of Alfred Gunning as salesman. He remained in his service seven years, and at the expiration of that time, in I867, he started a branch store in the interests of his employer at Tyre, Sanilac County, which he managed from the month of March in the year named until April, I870. iD II I 'a.lharles Davis, M. P., practicing physician 9 i m and surgeon at Sand Beach, was born March I8, 1850, in the township of Turner, < '. i Androscoggin Co., Maine. He is the son of: ^ ~Thomas and Rachel (Soper) Davis, and his (' ~father was a farmer. The latter was born in (: Maine, and died in the village of Turner, in June, z I868. The mother was also born in the Pine-Tree L'u-~ f, I nO t \Iti..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^@)$<'j- -- ^~ wi W A.,,<..In that year he came to Ubly and established business for himself, and has since continued its prosecution. He invested $700 in stock at the outset and proceeded with constantly extending relations and increasing business until i88r, when he suffered an entire loss of all he had accumulated. Not a vestige of his property remained on the sixth of September. But discouragement with all the rest did not settle on his banners, and he proceeded to reinstate his business. He erected a new store, put in a stock of goods and has since operated prosperously. His stock in trade represents a cash value of $r,5oo, and his annual sales aggregate $4,000. He owns four acres of land within the village limits, and he has recently erected a tasteful cottage near his place of business. Mr. Pagett is a believer in the principles of Republicanism and was seven years Postmaster at Ubly. He held the same position at Tyre and has officiated as Township Clerk of Bingham. He was married in December, I864, in the city of Bristol, Eng., to Anna Belcher. She was born Feb. 21, I841, and reared to womanhood in the same city vzrbar, hkr ern,3 ~ilarryo ron~ireAr C146 1xrna e orntnfin in his scheme of establishing the place, which he has pushed by offering substantial inducements to business men to make this a point for their operations. In the fire of i88i Mr. Pierce suffered heavily in the total loss of his perishable property, amounting to several thousands of dollars. Politically, he is an adherent of the Republican party, and has officiated in several local offices. His marriage to Lydia Grooms took place in Victoria Co., Ont., Sept. 26, I846, and of their union seven children have been born,-David H., Thomas W., Anna E., Lydia J., Clara, William J. and Sarah E. The last mentioned was the second in order of birth, was married and is now deceased. Mrs. Pierce was born Sept. 14, 1828, in Prince Edward Co., Ont., and is the daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Mackintosh) Grooms. Her parents were of Scotch origin, and died some years ago in Victoria Co., Ont. The daughter was TO years old when her mother died, and she was reared by relatives. V4 A all * B *, to.IYI ( I ~:P" —.... ~~_J L —P~ ---- ~'~ ' I WlI;re 1c 11CL. lUrllaC Ucclurr.llCU. on11C Was iat ULLon- l7 weaver previous to her marriage...= weaver previous to her marriag avid E. Dues, Captain of the Life-Saving %, I Station at Sand Beach, was born Feb. 27, i' )^1~ c l I856, in Kincardine, Bruce Co., Ont., and is the son of Peter and Mary A. (Ramage) Dues. His father is a native of Denmark, spent ~,j^ST^Si)~~~~~.many years of his life as a sailor, and is now in *1.~ lexander Pierce, farmer, residing at Ubly, charge of the light-house at Iudington, Mich. His of which he is the founder, was born March mother is a native of Canada and is of Scotch descent. '/ ^' 28, I823, in Prince Edward Co., Ont. He was The family removed about the year i860 to Dereared to manhood by his parents, William and troit, whence they proceeded to Wyandotte, Wayne Anna (Winch) Pierce, and continued an in- County. When Mr. Dues was eight years of age mate of the paternal home until he was 23 they made another remove, to Port Huron, whence, years of age, when he established himself as the head in I870, they came to Rock Falls in Huron County. of a household, by marriage. At the age of io years he began the life of a sailor Four years after that event, Mr. Pierce removed to under the instructidns of his father, who was a capVictoria Co., Ont., where he became a land-holder tain, and he has since continued on the water in and pursued agriculture as a vocation four years. some capacity. At 17 he was second mate on the He then exchanged his property for 120 acres of schooner " H. H. Brown," a merchant vesselof I,500 land in Minden, Sanilac County. On this he oper- tons burthen, and plying between Escanaba, Cleveated until he placed nearly one-half its entire acreage land and Erie. Two years later he was in command under improvement. In I869 he came to Huron of the "Industry," a vessel of the same class, running County and purchased I60 acres of land on sections on Lakes Huron and Erie. 22 and 27, of Bingham Township. In 1882 he He came to Sand Beach in I878, where he was platted the village of Ubly, and has met with success engaged in fishing three years. He received his apfv~)$^^j ---n~^-..A<^(ia.nii^^-^w^ — Ac e 44I8 HURON cOUNTY. pointment in the Life-Saving service Oct. 24, i88I, George, Margaret, Celia and John are the names of from Capt. Kiah, the Superintendent of the district. the living children of Mr. and Mrs. Campbel!; He fitted up the station, and, together with a crew of James is deceased. The mother is the daughter of Ci eight men, discharges the duties of the post. They William and Margaret (Houston) Parke, natives of have afforded assistance to and visited at least 25 Ireland, where she was also born, Dec. 25, 1840. wrecks, have saved many lives, and rescued several Her father died in 1849; the demise of her mother persons who have fallen into the lake. occurred in 1858, four years after her daughter, with Mr. Dues was married May 23, I877, at Sand her sister, had come to Ontario. The family are Beach, Mich., to Nancy, daughter of Nathan and communicants in the Episcopal Church. Diana Gager. Three children have been born to them at Sand Beach, viz.: Eva D., April 28, I878; Annie A., June 20, i88o; and Cecil C., March 23,I883. Annie was drowned in Lake Huron, May 4, 1882. Mrs. Dues was born in Canada, Nov. 20,.w 1 860. |-~ enry Neuman, Supervisor of Sebewaing |1 t. Township, and farmer on section 2I, was <^^-gz^ —,^"I..~':,', ^ S born in Prussia, Aug. 7, 1839. Gottlob and Rosana (Weisbrod) Neuman, his parents, were a',^~ '^^^^'}~ Fit | natives of Prussia and emigrated to the United C' ames Campbell, farmer, section 22, Hume States in i855, and located in Sebewaing Town- ~ ~S;. Township, was born in December, I83I, in ship. Mr. Neuman, Sr., died Aug. 22, 1883. Mrs.! 3=3 |"- County Antrim, Ireland. His parents, Neuman died July I5, 1876, in Sebewaing Township. X:j William and Jane (Kerr) Campbell, were of Mr. Henry Neuman learned the trade of a cooper Ad =:t= Irish birth and Scotch descent, belonging to in his native country, and he was occupied in that the sturdy race known in the history of the business until he came to the United States. His; world as the Scotch-Irish. They passed their entire father pre-empted 80 acres of land in Sebewaing lives in their native country, and died when the son Township, on which he assisted until he was 19 years was nine years old. of age. At that age he became a sailor on Saginaw He is the youngest of six children, and when he Bay, and passed the sailing seasons of four years in was 14 years of age he came to -America, in com- that vocation, spending the winters in the woods. pany with an elder brother. They made their first He was then employed on his father's farm until stop in the Province of Ontario, where Mr. Campbell 1863, when he was drafted into the military service operated as a common laborer i6 years. In i860, of the United States. He was assigned to the Seche came to Michigan, and settled at once where he ond Mich. Cav., and served until the close of the has since resided. He secured 80 acres of land war, when he returned to Sebewaing. under the provisions of the Graduation Act, and has In I860 he entered a claim of 40 acres of swamp been the sole force in the improvement of his land, land and brought 40 acres additional at $r.25 per all of which is cultivated, and manifests the charac- acre. He cleared I5 acres, sold out and bought 80 ter of the owner and his persistent efforts in a acres on which he settled permanently in the fall of praiseworthy direction. The place is in one of the I869. He now owns 133 acres in SebewaiV and best parts of Hume Township, has a good home Brookfield Townships, and has 45 acres in good culand a large stock and grain barn. tivation. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Republican In political belief and connection Mr. Neuman is element in politics, and is one of the Justices of his a Republican. He has held the offices of Drain and township, in which position he has been officiating Highway Commissioner and Treasurer, and in the two years. He has also held the minor local offices. spring of 1883 was elected Supervisor, receiving a reHe was married April 20, I859, in Dumfries Co., election to the latter position in 1884. Ont., to Elizabeth (Parke) Williams. Mary, Isabella, He was married Nov. 26, I868, to Mary D. Beck, it a " --— " QQ. ----- -_ HURON COUNTY. 4I 19 and they have had six children,-Louisa M., Fred- Arthur and Elmer. Her mother died July 5, I86I. erick, Adolph, Lina M., Ida S., Bruno H. and Bertha. Her father lives at Mt. Morris, Genesee Co., Mich., The first-born child died before she was two years and is an attorney. Mr. Poss is a Democrat in his old. Mrs. Neuman was born Oct. 20, 1845, at Ann political views. Arbor. Mich. Her parents, Gotfried and Mary Beck, were born respectively in Germany and Maryland, __ - k and settled in Sebewaing Township in I85I. Mr. and Mrs. Neuman are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. _ Be fK ames Ryan, proprietor of the Port Austin Hotel, and also of the White Ash Grove ir,,l^V ~=l2aX.r %~=.A ass breeding farm, was born May I, 1835, in 4.~g~~ |-4 ~1~ *^^A.^E11^sj County Tipperary, Ireland, and is the son of Ir ~,^- b~ John and Mary Ryan. He was seven years ' o-hn R. Poss, farmer, sections 2 and 5, of old when his parents emigrated from the Green hCaseville Towhship,, was born Feb. 1 7, Isle to Canada, where the father bought a farm, near 1846, in Lapeer Co., Mich. He is the son thecity of Ottawa. Not long after they removed to! of Nicholas and Adeline (White) Poss. The fam Huron ounty nt latter died in 1849, when her son was but three Mr. Ryan was thoroughly trained in agricultural, f years of age. His father died June 6, 1881, knowledge, and when he was 17 years old became p the proprietor of Ioo acres of land, which was in a aged 72 years. Mr. Poss has two sisters and a half t e brother natural state and covered with heavy timber. On brCot './this he operated until he had cleared 66 acres and i= *a3 He was reared to the age of i6 years on a farm, = * a He ws* rearied to the ag o i6 *. years' on afr, erected thereon good buildings, set out orchards and = and in i862 enlisted in the military service of the.. c. o _1. put the farm in a promising condition. =:= =3 United States. He was absent three years, and on - =t ~*.^, \~~. 'T. i i r * He left Canada in the fall of i86i and came to -uz q } his return to Lapeer County he engaged for a time his rtno aeCn hengPort Austin, where he purchased the piece of ground by the month as a farm laborer, after which he worked Port Austin,where he purchased the piece of round h~~/is..~~~~,far. r m on > rnow constituting the site of the hotel. He erected a his father's farm on shares. He made a success of i small building for the purpose of hotel-keeping, in v the plan, and at the end of a year purchased a part hih he transated b s ul, the year o /.I the TTace He co.'.' ru ironwhich he transacted business until I868, the year of of the place. He continued to buy portions of the the construction of the Port Austin House. The the construction of the Port Austin House. The homestead farm, until he became the owner of nearly uu i i,,ewhoe o i-ir.T <-o,4uut 1. i lo n former structure is still in existence and is occupied the whole of it. In August, i873, he sold out and by a tenant.. ~.~ ~~~ * ' Tby a tenant. came to Caseville, remaining two years. In i875 he came Toasvile remainin twoyears.In18Mr. Ryan was the proprietor of a stage route bereturned to Lapeer County, where he stayed a period Mr yan wa te rorietor o a ro i..r.~~ ~. i- i. <- *n i tween Port Huron and Bay City II years, and from of two years, coming back to Caseville, where he has, since resided. n aitin to his frig i - Port Austin to Bad Axe four years. His hotel is a since resided. In addition to his farming he is en- ^ - n aT * a i..-.-.. ample for the accommodation of his patrons, and is gaged in selling agricultural implements, and negotiaged in sellin ariclral ipleen, and neg supplied with all the appurtenances requisite for the ates financial paper. Since May, I876, he has manates financl p. S e M,, he hs man- welfare of its guests. A good livery is attached, and aged his house as the Poss Hotel. It is a two-story. He..,.. a free carriage runs to all trains and boats. He structure, with 23 rooms, and has in connection with it a small livery. His farm contains 63', acres, lo- owns a considerable amount of village property, init a small livery. His farm contains 63% acres, locluding a barn and granary and two lots situated cated on section 2, and one on section 5 has 68.. A' hcated o n.. scin2 andone o snecio. ^ hs 8 opposite his stables, and a lot west of the hotel, His house is located in Caseville Township. His marriage to Flora Adams took place Nov. 22, containing a dwellig and a blacksmith shop. He 1872, and they have two children,-Frank R., born owns, also, four lots in another direction, and a house March 17, 1874, and Adeline R., born Oct. 30, 1878. and lot in Grindstone City, and he manages a meat Mrs. Poss is the daughter of Daniel A. and Rachel market'at Port Austin. (Hamilton) Adams. She was born July -6, i852, in The White Ash Grove breeding farm includes 340 Lapeer Co., Mich., and had three brothers,-Edwin, acres of land, all enclosed and cultivated, and it. A..&. 4~ n~ —)'-~~~ -"i- — ~;L (l^Bh>^ 420 HURON COUNTY. constitutes in every sense a model farm. Besides send his children to his friends in Port Austin to get this, Mr. Ryan owns 560 acres in Huron and Tus- them clothed. Having to commence life anew, he cola Counties. His herds and flocks comprise went to Grindstone City and kept boarding-house for thoroughbreds and grades of the finest kind. He Worthington Brothers for two years and then moved owns an average of 75 head of Durham cattle, and back to Huron and kept hotel, and in the year 1876 Southdown and Cotswold sheep. His horses are moved to Port Hope, where he has since continued Hambletonians, Clydesdales and Mambrinos, and in the hotelbusiness. his hogs are pure Berkshires. Mr. Winterbottom was an adherent of the RepubMr. Ryan was married in Biddulph, Huron Co., lican party until I879, when he adopted the princiOnt., Feb. Io, I857, to Elizabeth McCormack, and ples of the Greenback element. He has been they are the parents of o1 children. Mary A. is Supervisor of Huron and Rubicon Townships several the wife of Eli Fuller, jeweller at Port Austin; John, terms. After the fire of i88i he was appointed book-keeper for his father, is Supervisor of Port Aus- local State Commissioner for building bridges in the tin Township, and was elected Clerk of Huron township of Bloomfield. In November, 1884, he County at the recent election (1884) on the Demo- was elected Sheriff on the Fusion ticket. cratic ticket; was graduated at Goldsmith's Business He was married in i860 to Flora McKinnon, and College at Detroit, Sept. 14, 1883; Valentine, Jane, they have had six children, born as follows: Ida, Julia, James W., Margaret, Susan, Ellen and Ger- Elizabeth (deceased), Christine, John, Jane and trude. Ella. Mrs. Winterbottom was born in July, I831, (~~~~~~~~~~~( ) __on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, and is the daughter of '~ l<~~E~>-~~i~ |Alexander and Mary (Kennedy) McKinnon. Her ~ A - ar.1 _ _ *^ - T- _ _ - T _ - _ _.. _ ___1 _ _ _ _ _ _. — i X 1 I: 2 'A 2 2 s = 3o j[ Ml obert Winterbottom, proprietor of the S]_ } hotel at Port Hope, was born May 30, 6.!-m 1828, in Lancashire, Eng. His parents, J Robert and Elizabeth (Spencer) Winterr bottom, were born and passed their entire lives in the same shire. Their family numbered 13 children, four of whom were twins and died in early life. All the others grew to maturity and married. The father died at the age of 74 years; the mother was 72 years of age when her demise occurred. The youngest in the above family, the subject of this father died in Iowa. Her mother, who came to Port Huron in i85i, died afterward in London, Canada. Mrs. Winterbottom came to Huron County in the year I855, to the village of Port Austin. — ^ -^^A.^^^-3-w -iansing E. Lincoln, farmer and stock-raiser, residing on section 30, Sand Beach Township, is a son of Milton and Lydia (Car/A _ _- __._\ IT - - * _ _ T _ _ - _ 1- _ h XT a, I sketch, came to the United States in I848, landing in penterj Llncoin, naives ui loipKn1s co., IN. New York. He first obtained employment in a ship Y. They residedin Massachusetts for a period yard and engaged in whip-sawing, where he remained and then moved to Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 14 months. At the end of that time he went to which county they resided until the time of their Brantford, Canada. He worked there three years as deaths. The family of the parents embraced eight a carpenter, and in i851 came to Port Huron. In children, namely: Catharine, Diana, Amelia, Eugene, 855 he came to Willow Creek (now Huron), where Lewis, Lorain W. and Lansing E. he engaged as a sawyer in a saw-mill, and also Lansing E. Lincoln, the youngest of his father's worked at shingle-making, continuing in that em- family, was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Nov. 23, ployment between six and seven years. i852. He received a common-school education in *; He then became interested in the hotel business his native county and assisted his father in the mainat Willow Creek, where he conducted a house for the tenance of the family until he arrived at the age of accommodation of the traveling public. During the I6 years. great fire of 1871 he lost all his property, having to At the latter period in his life, Mr. Lincoln went U 2~~~~~(~~~r~~~riN N:.. ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~yQ 4l1 cfZ-rAtt clrA- i (^^<^>^*^ ---— ^^ ---^^(ial^ ~___> ~ HURON forth to fight for the preservation of the Union. He enlisted in the 23d N. Y. Inf., for two years. While on picket duty at Bell's Cross Roads, Va., he received a bullet wound in the left arm, which he carries to the present day. Receiving his discharge, he returned home and remained for six months, when, in company with his brothers, he was appointed Sutler of the I48th N. Y. Inf., and was thus engaged until the close of the war. COUNTY. 423. -~~~~~~~~~~~~ -0 1;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i t.,._., y~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'L = =I N zt On the closing of the war, Mr. Lincoln, in company with his brothers, went to Richmond and opened a general store. He remained in the business about eight months, when he sold out to his brothers and returned to his home in New York. He then moved on the old homestead, which he had purchased from his father while in business at Richmond, and carried on the same for a year and then sold it. A year later he went to De Ruyter, Madison Co., N. Y., and formed a partnership with Henry De Lamota to carry on a tannery and boot and shoe store. The partnership continued for about a year, when it was mutually dissolved, Mr. L. taking the boot and shoe department. He continued in this business for about two years, when he removed his stock to Mason, Mich., where he followed the business for another year. At the expiration of that time, he formed a partnership with his brother under the firm name of L. E. Lincoln & Bro. This partnership continued for a year, when he sold out his interest and entered the employment of Case, Tolman & Co., of Utica, N. Y., wholesale boot and shoe house, with whom he remained one and a half years. Mr. Lincoln, at the expiration of the latter date, left New York State for Colorado, but on reaching this State determined to go into the stock business. He resided in Missouri from'i873 to I88I and then came to this county and located in" Sand Beach Township. He owns 80 acres of land in that township, all of which is under a good state of cultivation. He deals extensively in stock, shipping to Buffalo and other points weekly. Mr. Lincoln was first married in Tompkins Co., N. Y., to Miss Lucena M., daughter of William and Sarah C. (Brower) Tiffiny. She was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., and has borne to Mr. L. two children, namely, Minnie S. and Earnest. Minnie S. died when nearly 10 years old. The wife and mother departed this life in Cortland Co., N. Y, rancis Crawford. There is, perhaps, no portion of this great and enterprising nat - tion that has been more rapidly, and at the same time substantially, developed than that included within the boundaries of Michigan. The enterprise and business capacity of the people of the Eastern States has been one of the chief motive powers observed in the onward march of the people of this State. Within the borders of the State there has been no greater enterprise manifested than on the Huron Peninsula. All around the coast, towns have been started and large plans for the development of the country manifested. Men of large ideas and rare business ability and sagacity located at these different points on the shore and began their work of opening up and developing the peninsula. In this work we have very largely detailed the labor of these men and, in their different biographical sketches, given the life history of the men themselves. Among the men above referred to, and one who has perhaps done as much as any of them toward developing Huron County, is Mr. Francis Crawford. A gentleman possessing far more than the average capacity for business and with commendable enterprise, he came to Caseville, and has since been the very life and soul of the place. As early as I856, and while a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, in company with Mr. George Martin, he purchased Mr. Leonard Case's property here. This was a very large estate, consisting of some 20,000 acres of land. Two years later, I858, Mr. Crawford bought Mr. Martin's interest and moved to Caseville, where he has since resided, and has either been the prime mover of, or otherwise prominently identified with, every enterprise or movement for the benefit of the place that has been started. He owns all the salt wells and blocks now at Caseville. Besides these large interests, he also manufactures lumber, shingles, lath and salt barrels,.the latter for his own use. He also owns a grist-mill, a general supply store and a hardware store. I 1k4. c. E../ ( t-n,.WT% iz I Among those of whom we give portraits in this,,,,,:nmii^3.-4-,-EI. l... ua~~~-aa~~-a~~-a~8 ---~~~"~4~ - A g 424 HURON COUNTY.. I..4. "'4 t i I work, there is none more worthy a place among the leading men of the county than Mr. Francis Crawford, and we therefore take pleasure in presenting his portrait in connection with this sketch. acob Spriess, Postmaster at Sebewaing, was born June 25, I839, in the village of Zutzendorf, Province of Elsass, Germany. He received the quality of education common in his native land, and came to the United States in I852, locating at Pittsburg, Pa., where he was variously occupied during the two years, in which he was there resident. He went thence to Haldimand Co., Ont., and was there " bound out " for three years to acquire a knowledge of shoemaking, in the village of Cayuga. The man to whom he was apprenticed fell into financial difficulties within the second year and fled from his creditors, thereby leaving his apprentice free from his obligations. He obtained work at his trade, of which his knowledge was incomplete, and he engaged successively in several places, adding to his understanding of his business in each, until he became a fairly thorough craftsman. He was employed as a journeyman until I864, when he established business in his own behalf in Croton Mills, Norfolk Co., Ont., and prosecuted shoemaking. His success was of an indifferent order, and in I868 he came to Huron County, where he established himself once more in the shoe business. In 1872, he became agent for the Singer sewing machines, and traveled in the interests of the manufacturers. He now combines the sale of machines with his business proper of shoe-making. In the spring of i88I, he received his appointment as Postmaster from President Garfield, and is still the incumbent of the position. He was married in Rainham Township, Haldimand Co., Ont., March 28, 1864, to Catherine Starnaman, and they have had i children, six of whom are still living,-Sophia C., George G., Otto H. W., Emma M., Jacob A., Martha M. Those deceased were named, Martha A., Mary M., Jacob A. W., Ida R. and Louisa E. The three first named died within the same week of scarlet fever, in 1871, Martha and Jacob being buried in the same coffin. Mrs. Spriess is the daughter of Abraham and Anna Starnaman; the mother was of foreign birth, being a native of Elsass, Germany, and the father of Pennsylvania, U. S. The daughter was born Feb. II, 1844, in Rainham, Ont. She and her husband are zealous and prominent members of the German Lutheran Church, of which he is a Trustee. He is also a Republican of the most decided character, carrying into his politics and religion the same sturdy, inflexible traits that have enabled him to conquer all obstacles and make a success of his life's efforts. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace 14 years, has been School Director I3 years, both of which offices he still fills, Township Treasurer two years, and has served four terms as Village Trustee. He is engaged in insurance, and represents several companies. He is the manager of the office of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Sebewaing, and is the agent of the American Express Company. i~~' C3:, 64: f, rlg~ ( I' -WL ral-N I 14 " 6 "I < 0 0 I 4) L * u f,^.I I II r\^)., |-^ \) —: ---S --- —-- - L r*S U In 'h F 0 14?ZL ' d ~~~ '";,:Ah an.9,)a a n~~-1) N_. l lll ~ L...Q~ 4 t IX I AO I q q )i, HURON COUNTY. 425 ^^ -OW ---^ ~NWttO *<1 ' ^ ^ " ( INTRODUCTORY. X i HE forests of the Huron peninsula have been but recently subdued by the enterprise of a civilized race, ^ preparatory to the establishment of comfortable and 31^l --,F permanent homes for a dense population. The early surveyors A > which the Government sent out to Imake the survey of this part of the {l[l^ State reported that it was an irreclaimable waste and not fit for cultivation in any quarter, the soil being of that character which precluded the propagation of cereals. The subsequent rapidity of settle> F^ ment and enormous crops of everything in the line of cereals has demonstrated conclusively their mistake, for no acreage surpasses Northern Michigan in productiveness. Notwithstanding the oft-repeated tales of want and hardships told by their sires, men of energy, with their families and all their earthly possessions loaded upon wagons drawn by oxen, pushed their way step by step, through the unbroken forests of Huron, until they found suitable locations. With a spirit of heroism have they toiled until the forests were laid low, and their herculean labor is manifest in the broad acres of highly cultivated land, upon which stand palatial residences and outbuildings of the most expensive character. Over the grounds where the red man chased the bounding deer, and the wildcats and wolves held their nightly vigils, may be seen herds and flocks feeding and reposing in content; where useless weeds and unused timber cumbered the ground,the husbandman may now be seen gathering the golden harvests; and where the savage's miserable wigwam occasionally appeared, now stands a dwelling which by comparison is a mansion, with here and there a school-house or a church, the greatest distinctive feature of all in contrast with the aboriginal paganism. Transportation of goods by ox teams has given way to the power of steam, and a commerce has been opened up with all parts of the civilized world. Prosperity in a high degree has smiled upon her people, who, taking age into consideration, are fortunate in living in the.most healthful, beautiful and productive States in the Union. f The history of this county is possessed of no small degree of interest. While other counties were connected with the frontier by large bodies of excellent lands, this seemed for a long time shut off from the gaze of shrewd speculators by reason of its heavy growth of timber. They were destined to become the heritage of an honest, industrious people, and the income derived from the timber and products of the soil has given many of the first comers a handsome competency. 5Un j H 5 4 % R),+ - 0 Ur02~~ — #426 HUROV COUNTY. i soon there will nothing remain in these countries to _ _ o_ _ illustrate the lives of the people who once dwelt in. 3ithem. S Value of Local History. Generation after generation comes and goes like the I~~(a^~~~ s | /~leaves of autumn. Nations have been born, have HE? t d of m kind f t r had their rise and fall, and then passed away leav^ 5HE great dread of mankind from the reim t as hs bn to be frg. T ng scarcely a riffle on the great ocean of time to motest ages has been to be forgotten. The Bmean: employed to prevent this and to show that they ever existed, so imperfect and mutamean: employed to prevent this and to. perpetuate his memory has been in proportin ble has been their means to perpetuate their achieveperpetuate his memory has been in proportion to the amount of intelligence he posesed. It ments. It was left to modern ages to establish an to the amount of intelligence he possessed. It a bn c d nw b sieis t t intelligent, undecaying, immutable method of perhasibeen conceded now byrscientists that the petuating this history; immutable in that it is almost principal object of the Egyptians in building their petuatingth t i utablinthatitiao unlunited in extent, and perpetual in its action;and A pyramids was to perpetuate the name and deeds of unlmited n extent and n its action; their great leaders and rulers. The walls in the ex- this is through the act of printing. Nations may become disintegrated and pass away, monuments and tensive apartments beneath those huge stone monu-c ome disinterat, monumets ments are covered with paintings illustrating the statues may cmble nto dust but books wil live deeds both n peace and war, of her illustrious This art has been rapidly advancing from its first indeeds, both in peace and war, of her illustrious princes, and in a chronological order. These colors cepton until now it would seem that there were no are as bright, apparently, as when they were first laid longer any further ground for improvement This is pre-eminently an age of printing, an age of books. on, and the work shows great skill and artistic de- pre-einently an age of printing, an age of books. sign. The exhumations made by the archeologist of To the present generation, however, are we in Egypt from buried Memphis indicate a desire of debted for the introduction of the admirable system. i these people to perpetuate the memory othi of local history and local biography. By this system e these people to perpetuate the memory of their = achievements. The walls of these palaces found every man, though he has not achieved what the ' world calls greatness, has the means to perletuate ri buried here are decorated with historical emblems world calls g has the to peretuate representing the lives and deeds of these people In his life, his history, through the coming ages; so alike Memphis they displayed a higher art. They carved has every community. 4*.. -.... -.... W..we come now to the work before uc* To nr (r "*~i~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~ buie here9 are deortedk wi\E^1% J.th historia mlm out in marble elegant and lite-like statues ot their distinguished princes, accompanied with hieroglyphics, illustrating their deeds. The erection of those great obelisks were for the same purpose. Coming down to a later period we find the Greeks and Ro patrons, we say, that the scythe of Time cuts down all; nothing of the physical man is left; the monument which his children or friends may erect to his memory in the cemetery will crumble into dust and n ro cc awaiTr hNt h;e life hi;e rh;airPmen thp uxrr\rl mans erecting mausoleums and monuments, and carv-,., v. 1, - ing out statues to chronicle their great achievements, he has accomplished which otherwise would be orand carry them down the ages. It is evident that the gotten, is perpetuated by this book through coming mound-builders, in piling up their gross mounds of ages Shakespeare has said: earth had but this idea, to leave something to show The evil men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones. that they had lived. All these works, these representOur aim in this work has been only to preserve ations, though many of them costly in the extreme,. the good. We have sought to gather from the best give but a faint idea of the lives and character of 4 the cs sources of information obtainable, the conditions and those whose memory they were intended to perpet-.......... thosewh. m.emr. te wr ineddt ep incidents of the early pioneer life, and to present uate, and scarcely nothing of the masses of the peo- tt, w t s d........ r.... that, together with the present development of the pie that then lived. The great pyramids and some. e p s c e i M~. ~. ~. ~..... county. Many of the pioneers came into these of the obelisks remain, objects only for scientists or pin their pockets, curiosity seekers: the mausoleums, monuments and and with but the ax on their shoulder to carve out statues are crumbling into dust. The monuments, their fortunes and build up a country. With unstatues and other relics are being gradually con- daunted hearts, and a courage equal to that of the veyed to the different museums of the world, and great heroes of history, they began life. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ )3 C~j $^ ---- -- 5ae^ —r-~~-: -.un:im~uun ^a ---— i-^O ~'~W OHURON COUNTY. 427 ((i) I - * i r A \ * ^ i)ie.1_,t 9= ra3 S5X i./A ^)uB The land where the wild animals once roamed undisturbed, where the Indian later on built his wickeup, has been transformed into cultivated fields, or is occupied by business houses, dwellings, schools and churches. Here may be seen now all the elements of an advanced civilization: the husbandman at his plow; the artisan at his forge; the merchant with his stock of goods; the railroad train steaming through the country; the youth gathering into schools, and the people into their places of worship. The facts mentioned have been carefully culled from every source; neither pains nor expense has been spared in the compilation of this work, which, although not without error, is as correct as can be gathered from the pioneers themselves. Upon local history depends the perpetuation of facts heretofore unwritten, as well as the biographical sketches of every worthy pioneer in the county that could be procured. Each sketch speaks volumes; and a history of one man's life, perhaps of an entire family, is now recorded where naught can efface or destroy it. From this will all future volumes of like import take their data. Those who have volunteered the information from which this work is compiled, will live in the history of this county as long as time lasts. No manlier hands e'er drew a sword than they who faced privation and danger while engaged in the subjugation of the dense wilderness which once covered this now beautiful land, and to them is this volume dedicated. How Our Fathers Lived. HE young men and women of to-day have very little conception of the mode of life among the early settlers of Sanilac County. In but few respects are the manners of the present time similar to those of a quarter of a century ago. The clothing, the dwelling, the diet, the social customs, etc., have undergone a total revolution as though a new race had taken possession of the land. Pioneer life in Huron County finds its parallel in almost every county in the State and throughout the entire Northwest. The land was to be cleared of forests, and the skill of human art I used to transplant to the fertile region the civilization of the East. Cabins were to be erected, wells dug, and the rivers and creeks made to labor for the use of mankind. As many living citizens can well remember, the pioneers had many difficulties to contend with, not the least of which was the journey from civilization to their forest hones. The route lay through a wild and rough country; swamps and marshes were crossed with great exertion and fatigue; rivers were forded with difficulty and danger, nights were passed in the dense forests, with mother earth for a couch and the trees and foliage for a shelter; long, weary days and weeks of travel were endured, but finally their eyes were gladdened and their hearts beat faster when a vision of their future home burst upon them. The first thing upon his arrival was to set about building a cabin. While this was being done the family slept in the wagons or upon the grass, while the horses or mules, tethered to prevent escape, grazed on the grass around them. Trees of a suitable and uniform size were selected, felled and prepared for their places. The day for the raising was announced and from far and near came other pioneers to assist in the labor. The structure went up, a log at a time, those engaged in the work stopping now and then to " wet their whistles," and soon it was ready for the clapboard roof, which was held on by huge weight-poles. A door and a window were cut where the good wife directed, a chimney built, and the building was ready for its occupants. The space between the logs was filled with split sticks of wood, called " chinks," and then daubed over, both inside and out, with mortar made of clay. The floor was sometimes nothing more than earth tramped hard and smooth, but was commonly made of " puncheons," or split logs, with the split side turned upwards. The roof was made by gradually drawing in the top to the ridge-pole and on crosspieces laying the clap-boards, which, being several feet in length, instead of being nailed were held in place by weight-poles, reaching the entire length of the cabin. For a fire-place, a space was cut out of the logs on one side of the room, usually about six feet in length, and three sides were built up of logs, making an offset in the wall. This was lined with stone, if convenient; if not, then earth was used. The flue, '11 Q5 Vrll I A,I 3 I (E b g 4 2I ~ al nria f N~~~~~~~~, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~-ll ~ lg ~<^>^~ ---;ao I —s, 7- -"p> ll;~i % quvl )I i -7 - V 'V;Jfd BHURON COUNTY. 431 fe)... t 3 'I C)o I. ff~ ceded to the State under an act of Congress passed in I850o Without this aid the county, especially the interior, would not have been settled to-day. The land was so low and swampy, the forests were so heavy and thick, that it would have been impossible for settlers unaided to make an entrance. If the farmers would go more generally into dairying, it would be be much better for them, and much more lucrative. The lands are well adapted for this business. It is well watered, and the soil is fitted for grasses. In this business they would make two dollars where they make one now; and their lands would be growing richer instead of poorer. The millions upon millions of feet of lumber that have been taken from the county, and the fires, have made her mighty forests look thin; yet, although there is a large amount of timber left, the palmy days of the lumber trade are past. A new industry has come up, which promises to excel the lumber trade in its magnitude, and that is the salt manufacture, which is bringing into the county hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. With this are the grindstone manufactories, at Grindstone City, second only in magnitude. These grindstones, scythe-stones and ax-bits are known and sold throughout the country. For excellence of quality and workmanship they have no superior in the United States. Another impetus to the growth of Huron County was the introduction of railroads. These, with her superior water advantages, afford the people of the county ample means of transportation. The county has a good system of schools, and good school buildings. The teachers through the different departments are well qualified for their duties. The scholars are above the average in brightness and intelligence, and appear attentive to their studies. If they would introduce more generally into the schools, maps and charts, and have well selected libraries in them, it would be found to produce beneficial results. The citizens of Huron County never did better than when they looked after the education of their young. To this rising generation they must look to perpetuate what they have so ably commenced. The churches have not been neglected. Places of worship for the people have been generously distributed in the county. Many of the edifices, though not costly, are very neat and attractive, and show a cultivated taste by those who constructed them. The people of Huron County are above the average for new counties, in intelligence arid refinement. As a class they are industrious, sober and attentive to their own business. Very few loafers are seen about the county, and we have yet to see in the county a drunken man, or a fight. The cultivation of flowers is most general throughout the county. In all the hotels, in the dining-rooms or parlors, those sweet companions of the refined greet the eye. The climate is all that could be desired by those who prefer a northern latitude. Michigan is in about the same latitude as Southern France and Northern Italy. It is colder on account of its higher elevation, being about 800 feet above the sea. The other reason, as given by scientists, is that the climate of Michigan, like the American climate in general, has the peculiarities of inland regions, in its not being modified and controlled by the warm breath of the oceans. The Huron peninsula is remarkable for its fine autumns and its freedom from early and late frosts. Its location makes it especially adapted to fruit culture. The frosts here are not so severe as in the locality of Chicago. The moisture from the Saginaw Bay tones down the winds from the west and southwest, and the same effect is produced on the north and northwest winds by the waters of Lake Huron. With all those advantages, Huron County is a most desirable place of habitation. The early settlers planted better then they thought, perhaps, when they located here. Their struggles and privations are over, and the want for the many delicacies and refinements possessed by older countries, and which the ladies especially so much missed, is supplied. The pioneers can look back with complacency to their hardships and toils, to the days when they had to depend upon the wild game of the forests or the fish from the waters for their means of subsistence, and to the rude cabins for their protection from the cold blasts of winter. They have witnessed in one generation a wilderness transformed into civilized and populous communities. Though their shadows fall toward the east, they have many years yet to enjoy the blessings that come from their labors and reflect on the results of their grand achievements. I ( is:;E xE ni S 1Ih I Ii C>~^^|~- --- y — '- ^Il^DliSe --- ^I _ 44; )~; OWNSHIP history is a special feature of this work, and the aim has been to present separately the leading incidents of each, embracing their early settlement, growth and present condition. They are little municipalities, with their own governments, societies and local institutions. The good-natured am bition of each of the townships to excel the other tends to increase the capacity of performance and raise the standard of excellence, without producing any other than the most kindly feelings. We also give the histories of the villages and cities under the head of the townships in which they are located. By referring to the index in the back part of the book, the page upon which the sketch of any with an average of 20 bushels. The Cass and Pinnebog Rivers run through this township, the former running southwest and the latter north. This township had an abundance of very fine timber before the fires, but its forests now look like skeletons. Both the fires of I871 and i88I swept bver the entire township. About six months prior to the last fire, Mr. Layman and family came in and settled near Mr. Randall's place. When the conflagration came rushing over the township, devouring everything before it, Mr. Layman was sick with typhoid fever. His wife had a babe three months old. A daughter was absent at a neighbor's. A son, Albert, and a boy three years of age, were in the house. The mother rushed with babe and youngest son to the swamp and stayed there all night, and though badly burned were saved. In the morning she got to Mr. Randall's just as they were starting for Port Hope, and were taken along. A short distance from where their house had stood she found the burned body of her husband. and -J township, village or city begins may be readily seen. about 20 yards further on was that of her son, ~ - " * ~ - lv-^^1^ a~u~about 20 yards further on was that of her son, Albert! They have four schools in the township, located on sections 17, 27, i and 29. There are four BINGHAM 9OWNSHIP. Church societies in the township, two of which are located at Ubly, a little town on the western branch 'h HISis one f the old-settled townships,dat- of the Port Huron & Northwestern Railroad. The ig back to 856, when James R. Frank Presbyterian Church building was dedicated in I884. ingXbc t 9856, w n J. F It is a very neat edifice and cost $2,000. It was ~ ~ 18made a location here. It was organized mission. Rev. Peter A. McMartin is the present ) ~ first Supervisor. The land in this township is Pastor. Rev. John C. Anderson, of Bad Axe, holds " rolling, and the soil is rich and productive, missionary services here every two weeks for the yielding as high as 62 bushels of wheat to the acre, Episcopal society. < i~X^~^ ---^O —aJ^^^^S — ^ -^|)DN| URON COUNTY. 433 At the hamlet of Ubly, Alex. Pike, Alfred Pagett good country for grain. It is watered by the east and David H. Pierce carry on a general merchan- and west branches of Willow Creek. There are no ~ dise business. Bradford Sluck is also a dealer in swamp lands in the township, but about two-thirds of, general merchandise. Joshua B. Madill has a flour- the lands are yet uncultivated.: ing mill. There is a hotel here, and a postoffice. There is one good saw-mill in the township, owned The people of the township generally go to Ubly by John Getty, on section 8; but the principal busito do their trading. ness is farming. There are three school-houses, loThis township is pretty well cultivated; all over can cated on sections 4, 20 and 32, in which good schools be seen fine farms, with good dwelling-houses and are kept. Port Hope is the nearest port and trading farm buildings. It ranks the seventh in population, point. Wheat yields an average of 20 bushels per acre. and notwithstanding the two great calamities the This township was organized in I873. William people are advancing and are prosperous. C. Elliott was elected first Supervisor, H. B. Gillard, The boundaries of this township are: north, Ver- Clerk, and William Thompson, Treasurer. ona; east, Paris; south, Sanilac County, and on the There are two Baptist Churches, one Episcopal west, Sheridan Township. It is numbered 15 north, and one Methodist. The Methodist charge was esof range 13 east. tablished here in 1883, Rev. Thomas G. Hackle, P-atnrs,, t Mr /T C nan Mr andt Mrc: Rnlxr Mr.. / t.A)" Ir i ~ t.t n f, ''.,, SUPERVISORS. Bingham has been represented named Supervisors: Robert Scott, A. McKinzie, Robert Scott, Alex. McKinzie, Neil McKay, James McAllister, Robert Scott, Alex. McKinzie, Henry Frank, Robert Scott, Charles A. Williams, Sterling Nugent, by the following 1863-6 I867 1868 I869-70 1871 I872 I873-4 I875 I876-8 1879 i88o-I I882-4 I olrUl, WVIL IVII I.,,'J.JIIj IYL.,11 lVi13:. ILplJtCy, IV I. and Mrs. John Getty, and Katie McGregor as members. Rev. Mr. Persons holds services here. The fire of I88I swept over the entire township, causing great suffering and loss of property. SUPERVISORS. Wm. C. Elliott, John P. Stillwell, Hugh M. Walker, Daniel McGregor, Hugh M. Walker, 1873 1874-8 I879-80 I88i 1882-4. - -1. - - io BIOOIFIELD O90WNSHIP. -----— t --- — ^*>-^~)>-^^r*<~< ------- --- HIS township was organized by the Board BLOOMFIIILD 5OWNSHIP. of Supervisors at their annual meeting, in in I867. The first election was held the ~ ----:' |~ F first Monday in April, I868, at the residence I R4&~~c~~np~~} G of A. H. Burton. Elijah Thompson was honiLOOM FIELD Township was organized in ored with the first Supervisorship. This man:/. 873. It is in number 17 north, of range is also claimed to be the first settler, he having come 14 east, and has for its boundary lines, about the year i865. A X I Huron on the north, Rubicon on the east, Except the western portion, which is rolling, the Sigel on the south, and Lincoln on the west. land is generally flat; the soil, clay loam. There After the fire of 1871, which burned over are some four sections of swamp land. The timber about two-thirds of this township, Henry B. Gillard consists of pine, hemlock, and the hard-woods. Shecame into the township and made the first settle- bahyonk Creek runs through the township. Grain ment. The original timber here was pine, inter- and other products have an average yield. For all u spersed with hard-woods. The nature of the land is. kinds of fruit the township presents superior claims. flat, with a sandy loam soil. It is regarded as a There are four school-houses, which are located on HURON COUNTY. 434 I = sections i, 13, 33 and 35. The Pontiac, Oxford & Port Austin Railroad runs north and south through the township. The nearest depot is Gagetown, and the nearest port is Sebewaing. Since the com'pletion of the railroad the land has materially advanced, and the township is being rapidly settled up by a good class of farmers. The fires of I87I, and also I88i, burned only into the southeast corner. This township's northern boundary is Winsor, its eastern, Grant, the southern, Tuscola County, and the western, Sebewaing Township. It is numbered 15 north, of range ro east. There are two sawmills in the township, and one flouring-mill. The religious wants of the people are well attended to. The Methodist Church has a mission in the township. First service held in 1883. Rev. R. Saigeon is Pastor. There is also a Lutheran Church, and an Evangelical Association society. The Presbyterian Relief Synod erected a neat edifice the past season, costing $I,500. SUPERVISORS. The township has been represented by the following named Supervisors: Elijah Thompson, i868 Jacob Malter, 869-73 W. S. Willson, 1874 C. Link, 1875-7 W. S. Willson, I878 C. Link, 879 W. S. Willson, I880-4 z=s ^I 3SSC this election, Alexander Wheeler was chosen Supervisor, Abraham A. Fox, Treasurer, and Francis Crawford, Clerk. It embraced the territory now occupied by Brookfield, Chandler, Fair Haven, Grant, Oliver and Winsor. Some of the early incidents are mentioned in the history of the village of Caseville. The first funeral service was read by George Cleaver. The first sermon was delivered in the school-house at the mouth of Pigeon River by the Rev. Mr. Cross. The earlier settlers came by the way of Point aux Barques, following the Indian trail along the beach. There were about here at this period quite a number of Indians, belonging to the Chippewa tribe, who had their principal town at Shebahyonk. They were peaceful, and mixed with the settlers a great deal. For arms they carried the old flint musket and tomahawk. They hunted, fished some, and made maple sugar, using birch-bark troughs to catch and hold their sap, which they boiled down in brass kettles. These kettles had been so long in their possession that even the proverbial memory of the oldest Indian was taxed in vain when asked to give an account of how he got them or whence they came. This township is well supplied with schools. In addition to the graded school in the village, there is one on section I 2, one on section 2, and two in school district No. i. Two of the buildings are veneered with brick; the rest are frame. The township is well watered by the Pigeon River, which meanders through it, and other little streams. The soil is a dark clay loam, easily tilled when cleared, and very productive. Settlers are constantly coming in, new lands are brought under cultivation, and new buildings are put up. The old farmers are improving their homes, and gradually bettering their financial condition. The following is a list of the Supervisors from the organization of the township to the present time: I. I Y GASEVIfLLS iOWNSHIP. & 4"' Yi I r It. II I J AiSEVILLE- is in the northern tier of townships, and is numbered 17 north, of range SUPERVISORS. o east. It is bounded on the north by Sagi- 6 oAlexander Wheeler, i860-1 naw Bay, on the east by the Township of Fracis Crawford, 862-3 Chandler, on the south by Winsor Township, George Anderson, 1864 and the waters of Saginaw Bay make her western Francis Crawford, I865-7 line. The first meeting for organization and the T. B. Woodworth, 868-75 James Adams, i876-82 election of officers was held April 2, 1860, in the eorge Cleaver, 1883 George Cleaver, I883 school-house near the mouth of Pigeon River. At Gustave A. Flach, 1884 aa<^ ^|^ --- ^ y — ^s^^ ^ ^ ^ — a^^ --- ^ ^ JURON CO UNTY. 435 tin, of Cleveland. At this time the nearest postoffice was Port Austin..1 H --- —e In I858, Mr. Crawford purchased George Martin's, ~interest, and has since made Caseville his home. e Caseville. The first hotel here was opened by Robert Squiers, in I856, and was built at the head of what is now Jo'.4^^~~~ d ^known as Main Street. Mr. J. W. Kimball carried 1 HIS pretty little village is located on Sagi- the first mail into town, in 1858, bringing it from T naw Bay, at the mouth of Pigeon River. Port Austin. The first wedding celebrated in the The residences and most of the business village and the first in the township, was in 1855,. houses are built on the bluff, which is about the contracting parties being Moses C. Gregory, who 30 feet above the Bay. The Pigeon River, located here in, i853, and Sarah Dodge. They now bordered by beautiful forest and shade trees, reside on section i, where they have a fine, large meanders gracefully through the town. It is in farm, surrounded by a numerous family of worthy township I8 north, of range to east. It is 108 miles and affectionate children. north and eight miles east of Detroit, 20 miles south- The first floating craft, other than a birch-bark west of Point aux Barques, and 48 miles north of Indian canoe, that landed at Caseville, was in the Saginaw River. There is a natural harbor here, with spring of 853 It was the schooner Ohio," Capt. a depth of from lo to i feet of water. It is con- John Armour commanding, who took on a cargo of sidered the best harbor north of Sand Beach. With shingle bolts for Cleveland. a moderate expenditure of money it cohld be made one of the best harbors on the coast. There are two BUSINESS INTERESTS. docks for the accommodation of steamboats and There are now five salt wells in the village and = vessels, which come regularly, bringing goods and three salt blocks, one pan and two steam, all owned a carrying away the products of the town and surround- by Mr. Francis Crawford. In connection with these ing country. Caseville has been recently supplied great enterprises, he manufactures lumber, shingles, with another means of transportation, in the Pontiac, lath and salt barrels for his own use. He also has a Oxford & Port Austin Railroad, which was com- grist-mill, with two run of stone, a general supply menced in I88I and completed in I883. The ter- store and a hardware store, keeping in this departminus of the.road is at this place, with headquarters ment all kinds of agricultural implements. The at Pontiac. first salt well was opened in the spring of 187 1, at a T1IP fi~.rs- C~Cttflor arr R) Piih ThrU1-N rr-Q; -.rU { r e — A T4a - -W O 11 a I IJC 111itL:CLLiCr wC W LVC CUUCLn JUUgeC, Wilie anU tWO children, who came in I840, from Maine. He built a little cabin at the mnnlth of Pieronn Rivrr an.crPr Ceptn ot 950 Ieet. Later it was suniK aown 1,7o4 feet, the present depth. Recently the fifth well was r nanrrl oa e arlTh rI-f xT - r, fait Thp n... ni1 -n-,......................... L AVa~-% -Cn V; ~. V i LU I I.- UIJ U UiJtLL L t ),05. I Irk {Jliltuol J- v tion 35, and settled down in. life, devoting himself to duction from the three salt blocks is from 40,000 to hunting, fishing and farming. Mr. Dodge is dead, 5o,ooo barrels. The capacity is about 400 barrels but his widow is still living and resides in the village. daily. The saw-mill 'cuts out about 3,000,000 feet The first child born here or in the township was their annually. In former years, they manufactured from son, Reuben Dodge, Jr., who was also the first child seven to eight million feet. The timber is rafted or born in the territory now embraced by Caseville floated down the Pigeon River and brought by mail. Township. The flouring mill, erected in I870, was the first built In I852 William Rattle, representing the interests in the township. The lumber manufactured now is of Leonard Case, of Cleveland, came and put up a principally pine, with some ash, oak and elm. saw-mill. The name then given to the town was The Pigeon River salt and iron works were started Port Elizabeth, in honor of Mr. Rattle's wife. Mr. in I873 by Messrs. Edison, Sanford & Crawford. Case's interest here consisted of 20,000 acres of land. The furnace was moved from Black River, Ohio, and Mr. Rattle managed the business until i856, when has a capacity of 30 tons of pig iron daily. The the Pigeon River property passed by purchase into ore was shipped from Marquette and Escanaba. the possession of Francis Crawford and George Mar- The works were run about a year, and then the blast jgJJ'j^ --- ly-' —^^^^'^- 'I-' g^))^^^-~i~- ----— b^^j~u -— ~-vt^QQ^^^ - i ---I I -I -^^ m 436 HURON COUNTY. by: ri'-~~''' ' ~ ' - I ~Fv i \ 1z z I It r ~* went out, owing to the depression in the iron trade and the high price of fuel. In I879 the property changed hands, additional works were put in and the furnace was started again. It ran for awhile and then closed. The property a3ain changed hands, and is now owned by A. G. Stone, of Cleveland. J. A. Holmes is one of the enterprising merchants of Caseville. He has a large assortment of dry goods, groceries and general merchandise, which includes an extensive line of furniture. He cast his fortunes with the good people of Caseville in I87T. Dr. J. W. Jackson opened in the spring of I882 a very fine line of drugs, medicines, etc. He is also a practicing physician, with a good list of patrons. Dr. S. J. Henderson has also a drug store in connection with his practice. The Poss House is a fine hostelry, presided over by J. R. Poss, and was opened to the public in I877, being the second hotel started by him in the village. He is also an extensive farmer, having three large farms under cultivation. There are two other hotels in the place, besides the Poss House, namely: The Central House, kept by E. Midline, and the Gonder House, kept by Conrad Gonder. W. J. Dell keeps a general grocery store, and a meat market adjoining. There is also a market, kept by W. Loosmore. James Adams, an old resident of Caseville, showed his faith in the future of the town last spring by opening a store with a large stock of general merchandise at the head of Main Street. The ladies of the village and vicinity are supplied with those indispensable articles of millinery so necessary to their adornment, by Mrs. Alice Lloid. There is also a blacksmith and wagon shop at Caseville, owned by Neil Connelly, and a shoe shop by R. Lankin., The legal profession has in it an able represertative at this point in the person of T. B. Woodworth, the present worthy County Attorney. Hiram Kellsey is the representative of Uncle Sam in the postoffice. Mails are received daily by rail, and daily each way by stage. In January, 1874, T. B. Woodworth, Esq., started the Caseville Advertiser, a weekly paper. He published the same until 1876, when, to the regret of the citizens of the town, he sold out to the Huron County News Company, and the paper was moved to Port Austin. CHURCHES. Methodist Episcopal Church-was organized on the 26th of September, I868, under the laws of the State, by the Rev. Manasseh Hickey, Presiding Elder of the Flint District, with I2 members. The Trustees were, T. B. Woodworth, Mrs. Fisher, Edward Hardy, Francis Crawford, Horace Murdock, D. L. Lighthall and Henry Campo. The first minister sent here was Rev. Wm. Cross, in 1867. Services were held in the school-house until their church edifice was built, which was in I874. It was dedicated November 15, same year, Rev. Jocelyn Russell, of Albion College, officiating. The Pastor at this time was the Rev. &R. Woodhans. It is a large, fine frame building, of Gothic architecture, and cost $4,279. Present membership, thirty-six. The Rev. J. B. Russell is the present Pastor. In addition to this charge, Mr. Russell holds service at Wild Fowl, Maple Grove and Bay Port. There are a Sabbath-school and Bible Class connected with this society. Catholic Church.-This society has a membership of twenty-six families. There is no resident priest. The. Rev. Father N. L. Maschino, of Port Anstin, officiates, holding service here every six weeks. In March, I875, they purchased the school building which had been vacated upon the completion of the new school-house, and fitted it up for a church. It was dedicated the following June, by the Rev. Bishop Borgess, of Detroit. They are intending to build a fence around the church, put up a bell and furnish an organ, when their arrangements for the present will be completed. German Lutheran.-There is a German Lutheran society in the village, but we regret that we were unable to procure any intelligent information regarding it. I; 1~~, h Bal ( 1 I SCHOOLS. In educational matters the citizens of Caseville have been progressive. The first school opened in this place was in I859, in a frame building, and was taught by Miss Ninnie Quinn. The present school building, which is the third one built since the first settlement, is located on section 35, and, in the: enumeration of township schools, is in District "No. I I." It is a large two-story structure, with three { large, airy apartments, and cost $6,ooo. There are 200 scholars on the rolls. Mr. M. Medaugh is:Ua'0r 1hnR~!i 6"" ---- -- I(- U-Vlq7 — o!a~ ,,<3v- — }*~ ff~~HURON C '-0 NT — Y. -- 'oUNTY. - 439^C I A;; 4i* N A.: 4",~ 'sy.~ r= at the north and the remainder is flat. The soil is of a gravelly clay loam nature in the northern part; in the southern, sandy. The timber originally was hard-wood, with some pine and hemlock. Nearly the entire township was burned over in I87I, and about one-half the southwestern and northern portions in i88I. About one-third of the land is under cultivation. Bird's Creek, with its tributaries, runs through the township, which affords good drainage. The largest yield of wheat is fifty bushels; the average, twenty bushels per acre. All kinds of fruit do well here, except cherries, which one farmer says would do well were it not for the birds. There is a saw-mill in the township, which cuts lumber for home markets. There are no churches; but the township has three schools, which are located on sections 13, I7 and 25. SUPERVISORS. It has been represented by the following named Supervisors since 1864. Back of this, on account of the destruction of the records by fire, we have no definite information. Thomas Nichols, 1864-5 Henry ~Hellems, 1866 Thomas Nichols, 1867 Henry Hellems, I868-9 William Carter, 1870-5 William Stoddard, 1876 Henry Hellems, I877-8 William Stoddard, 1879 B. A. Stoddard, i880-i Thomas Sullivan, 1882-4 FAII F7AVEN 6OWNSHIP. XJlAAIR HAVEN Township was organized April 14, I863. There were 22 votes cast at this election, which elected John G. Davis for Supervisor, Wellington Bordeau for Clerk, and A. Chapman for Treasurer; Carl Heisterman, A. Chapman, Frederick Elsaesser and John Foster were chosen Justices of the Peace. The northern and western boundary of this township is Saginaw Bay, the eastern Winsor, and the southern Sebewaing Townships. It is numbered i6 north, of range 9 east. It has three organized school districts, located on sections 36, and 22, and on 36,17 and 9. This township is well timbered with ash, elm, beech,, maple, oak, hemlock and pine. The land in the western portion is undulating, and the soil is a sandy loam. In the eastern part of the township, it is clay a loam. The fires of 187 I reached the eastern portion of the township, but it escaped the destruction of i88. The Shebahyonk River, or Creek, drains Fair Haven, and affords good opportunity for drainage. Vegetables of all kinds do well, and the township boasts of having produced the largest yield of potatoes in the county, 300 bushels per acre! The Evangelical Association furnish the people a place for worship. The nearest port is Bay Port. The Saginaw, Huron & Tuscola Railroad passes through the township, with its terminus at Bay Port, on Saginaw Bay. This is a new road, built more particularly to accommodate tourists who visit the islands that lay off from Bay Port and along the coast of Fair Haven. These islands are said to be very pretty, with the additional advantage of having what tourists,. and especially sportsmen, so much desire, good hunt- I= ing and fishing. The scenery along the shore of this i township is beautiful, and is liberally shaded with == fine forest trees. There are numerous little coves which small craft that are used for fishing and light commerce put into for harborage. These boats, lying ( close to the banks and in their rocking movements keeping time with the motion of the waves, with their little masts tapering up beneath the tall old forest trees and partially hid by their boughs, presents a scenic surprise to the traveler as he passes along the road. The township is justly named Fair Haven. The town of Bay Port is located at the northern point of the township; situated well and being the terminus of the railroad, it has the possibilities of becoming an important trading place in the future. J. C. Liken & Co. have a large supply store here which they have recently established. There is also a blacksmith and a wagon shop. A post-office has been opened, with daily mails each way from Caseville and Sebewaing. The railroad now carries the mail to and from Sebewaing. SUPERVISORS. The names of the Supervisors with the terms cavvr -a —.e * - ~ r\. I-%... rix *< I (X NieFs sC1VeCU ar1C giVen UDiUW John G. Davis, I863 Carl Heisterman, 1864, n'' - P4^ E V ~~~q~~~t~~ ~ 4 - I ~ 440 HURON COUNTY. Phillip Sharpstine, 1855 Carl Heisterman, 866 J. W. Snell, i867 -Carl Heisterman, t868 Francis Thompson, i869GORE MOWNSHIP. Carl Heisterman, I870 J. W. Snell, 1871 Carl Heisterman, 1872-3 J. W. Snell, I874 J. W. Snell, 1 i'8745-i6 HIS township was organized- from Rubicon Carl Heisterman, I8775-6 in I862. The first officers elected were, J. W. Snell, i877-8 g a ne r John H. Tucker for Supervisor, George George Carpenter, I879 Allen, Clerk, and RobertHunter for Treasurer. ab J rohn Lnsen, I880|' Wm. H. Lane, Robert Hunter, John N. Smith nRobert Lambert,1 i882 | and Christian Pachert were chosen for Justices Sidney A. Smith, I882 of the Peace; Highway Commissioner, John Mills; John P. Weeks, I883 School Inspectors-Robert Hunter, F. Fuller and Wmi. Henne, 1884 George Allen. It has one school district, which was also organized in I862. /i ). I Its northern and eastern boundary is Lake Huron; on the south lies Rubicon, and on the west Huron Township. It is numbered I8 north, of range I5 L rt.x -!kI r...1 Kilmanagh. E Ij; ILMANAGH hamlet, judging from the fact S that it has taken for its site four townships, must have very ambitious aspirations. It corners on Fair Haven, Winsor, Brookfield and Sebewaing townships. Its business is repreILMAAG hl j ugn f o th fact east. The territory of Gore Township is limited, containing a small portion of the area of a full Congressional township. Its soil and its advantages are about the same as those of Rubicon. The land is somewhat rolling. Its long shore line affords superior water facilities, and makes the location of the township an attractive one. It is well settled up, with a good farming community, who are in the main thrifty and independent. The history of Rubicon is a part of the history of this township. The people's early pioneer life, their struggles and privafi,.ni tlh,;r,1aPntz fnt tr;i1mnkz ornra.- tn,.ptli5r r.= IC / sentea Dy.. naist, wno aeais in general LIU1, I.IC.11 iC.LC..11.i LIUL111ii11, VVCIC LVUIu1. < merchandise; G. Kendinger, who has a saw-mill and The citizens of this township do their trading mostly y a flouring-mill, and a lively trade. J. C. Liken & at Port Hope The suffered terribly the fires of i88i. The township was burned allover except a Co. have a branch store here. John Griel is the boot k' small area in the southeast corner. From the organ-: and shoe maker, and John Hortop does the blackand shemaeran John Hortopization to the present time this township has been smithing for the place. A post-office was established served by the following named here in 1873, with F. Thompson as Postmaster. It may seem a little peculiar in this age of change, but SUPERVISORS: nevertheless Postmaster Thompson is still at his post. John H. Tucker, 1862-4! Mails arrive semi-weekly from Sebewaing and Bad E. J. Johnson, 86 3Axe. ' "George Allen, 1866-7 i. 'J KiloaeintecneAxer; ofarcF. Fuller, 1868-70 o Kilmanagh is located in the center of a rich farm- E. J. Johnson, 1871 F. Fuller, 1872 ) ing country, and consequently has within herself the G e llen, I872 George Allen, i873, elements of prosperity. E. J. Johnson, 1874-5 I: ~ ~ ~~ - ____ ____ H_ URONJ COUnT7Y. 44t George Sutherland, 187 6-9 and farm houses. It was named after the hero of Charles Gettz, I880 Appomattox, and with such a name it cannot be ) George Sutherland, 884 otherwise than prosperous. The boundary lines are i formed on the north by Oliver, the east by Sheridan, the south by Sanilac County, and on the west by 1.. ---.~-<.-. i-.- - > ---- | Brookfield. The following-named citizens have represented this township as GI^ANrT 6OWNSHIP.: g RANT Township was organized by the J 4 Board of Supervisors in April, 1867. It is numbered 15 north, of range I I east. The first Supervisor elected was Levi Williamson. This man was the first settler, locating in I863, and is still residing in this division of the county. This township was well timbered with elm, maple, beech, pine and hemlock. The surface of the land in the northern portion is flat; in the southern, rolling. The soil is clay loom, in some parts, and in SUPERVISORS: William Teller, Joseph Bruckenbery, Edward Lumbkin, Joseph Bruckenbery, Levi Williamson, R. C. Hallock, John W. Murphy, R. C. Hallock, 1869 I870-2 I873 I874-6 1877-8 I879 I880-3 I884 FiUME lMOWNSHIP. } others, sandy, with clay as sub-soil. The northwest- tfX ern and northeastern portions were burned over in Townsip forms part of the northern C=::UME Township forms part of the northern the fire of I871; in the fire of i88i, the southeast-, n \^o~.....^^^^ 4 boundary of the Peninsula, and is num- u r ern portion. It is estimated that there is about o e a o bered i8 north, of range 12 east. It is bounded ( 6,ooo acres of swamp land, and some 14,000 acres of what is called here " wild land" in the township. on the north y Saginaw Bay, on the east by The principal crops raised are oats, wheat, corn and Dwight, south by Meade, and on the west by barley. This region is drained by the Pigeon River Lake Township. Its organization was completed in and the Shebahyonk Creek. There are two saw- I860, the election for this purpose being held at mills, a cooper and blacksmith shop, and a shoe- Walter Hume's store. Wesley Armstrong was chosen shop. The postoffice is at Canboro, and C. G. W. Supervisor, Walter Hume, Treasurer, and Archibald Parker, who also keeps a general store, officiates as Thompson, Clerk. Postmaster. There are mails each way semi-weekly Walter Hume and family, who came in I85o, are from Sebewaing and Bad Axe. The postoffice was credited with being the first settlers. established in 1870. Mr. Parker was appointed to This township was heavily timbered with pine, hemtake charge of this much coveted office; and time, lock, cedar, beech and maple. The soil is clay loam, which makes so many changes in official life, has except that bordering on the Bay. It is drained by chronicled none for him. May none be made here- the Pinnepog River, which was for many years the after. principal means of transporting logs to the saw-mills The nearest port for this township is Sebewaing, at Port Crescent. These mills have dismantled the and the nearest railroad station, Bad Axe. It is well forests, together with the fires of 1871 and i88I, so supplied with school buildings, which are located as that now timber is regarded as being rather scarce. follows: Sections 29, 7, 9, i, 28 and 25. There About three-fourths of the land is under cultivation. is a church building, occupied jointly by the Baptist The soil is good for raising all kinds of cereals, and and Methodist societies. There is some choice the location is well adapted to the cultivation of farming land in this township, and many good farms fruit. The water is good and can be easily obtained. S^~))^e- — ^Ng^ -^^~ia~aiinn^ - ~. -l< J 442 HURON COUNTVY.. The nearest port is Port CrescPort Crescent; and the nearest Port Crescent is also a noted fishing point for herrailroad station is four miles away. ring and whitefish, and a large trade is carried on in The township has been represented by the follow- this line of business. These fish are dressed, put 4 ing named gentlemen as into small barrels with layers of salt, and shipped to SUPERVISORS: the markets. Eakins & Soule do the largest busiWesley Armstrong, i860-i ness here. They have an extensive supply store, James Armstrong, 1862-5 handling about $60,ooo worth of goods annually. Charles F. Hazen, 1866 Chr FB. Johanen, I86 They are also large manufacturers of lumber and J. B. Johnson, I867 James B. Armstrong, I868 salt. Learned & Ayres first established the busiJ. B. Johnson, 1869 ness at this place. They sold out to Woods & Co., W. D. Kelley, 1870 when the firm changed to Williamson, Eakins & Co., JohNn Shine, 1871-6 and now it is Eakins & Soule. In i88o, Williamson > Wm. C. Williamson, I877-83.... W\ ohn Shinellia, I884 & Eakins commenced sinking their well to supply brine for their steam salt block. In the spring of i88i it was completed, at a depth of 1,242 feet. The block has a capacity of 150 barrels daily. Bennett Haskell is an extensive dealer in general Port Crescent. merchandise. He has also a salt block and saw-mill. (~~: '^~ ^^ ^~ ^The salt works were started in I880 and have a T the mouth of the Pinnepog River and on capacity of 200 barrels daily. The well was sunk. a bluff overlooki innaw Bay is located I,252 feet. Mr. Haskell has recently moved into his zd* Yi8' tHaa bluff overlook ing Saginaw Bay Is loated new business block, which is the finest in the village. the village of Port Crescent, containing some th villar * Pr Crset. cnaigsoe This saw-mill was the first that converted a log into:a 35~ souls. The peculiar crescent-shaped line 350 o lumber in Hume Township, and was put up by J. - = ) of the bay forms a most natural harbor. From. Kimball, now at Port Austin. this peculiarity the town receives its name. It is C. F Schlegelmilch has a very fine grist-mill, with V about the center between the east and west lines of t r two run of stone. It has the capacity of 250 bushels ) the county, in Hume Township. A daily mail runs wit2 hours' run. It was erected in 869, and is to Port Austin and Caseville. There are two piers the first mill in the county. (or " docks," as they are called here), where vessels..'.,1 — i iAnthonv & Kleba make wagons for the good peoand steamboats land and deliver their goods and receive their cargoes. Boats from Detroit and Port ple of the township, and Phillip Erneweine does the ceive their cargoes. Boats from Detroit and Port, Huron running to Bay City, and often those goi blacksmithing. There is also a store of groceries and Huron running to Bay City, and often those going fancy goods, owned by Mrs. Varty. Charles Fuerst around the lakes, stop here. which was located at Pinnebog Bridge in r86o. The telegraph wires connected here in I871. SCHOOLS. O UNT Y. 443 443 -N r This village has a good school for the education of her children, which is partially graded. S. M. Janes is Principal, and Miss Mary McKinzie, assistant. The former has sixty-five scholars, the latter fifty-five. The building is a good two-story frame structure, with two large and airy apartments. This is School District No. i. The others in the township are located as follows: District No. 2, on section 27; District No. 3, on section 24, and District No. 4; on section 29. With her large lumber manufactories, her salt industries, her fine location, and good harbor facilities, with the rich country that surrounds her, we see no reason why Port Crescent should not grow and become one of the first towns in the county. Pinnebog. 'HIS little hamlet is located on section 31 Iiljl and 32 in Hume Township, and 5 and 6 in Meade Township. The stage road leading '. to Caseville, and running east and west, divides the town, a part of which lies in Meade and a part in Hume. It has a good school, taught by John T. Hughes. There are 120 scholars on the roll, with an average attendance of 60. In the district there are I68 pupils. Richard Wagner is a dealer in general merchandise, and is also Postmaster. Mails arrive each day from Port Austin and Sebewaing. Lewis Gerard has dry goods and groceries, and McLean & Arthur, hardware and agricultural implements. Dr. William E. Spohn has settled in this town as physician and surgeon, and keeps also an assortment of drugs and medicines. Ingram Harrison established at this village one of those essential elements to the growth of a country,a flouring-mill. It has two run of stone, one for flour and one for feed. His mill has a capacity of fifty I bushels per day. He is doing well and has a home market for all the flour he can make. Benjamin Shiers did a good thing for himself as well as his neighbors when he opened a cheese factory last spring. He has been making eight cheeses a day, with an average weight of forty-eight pounds. Wagner & Bros. have a blacksmith shop. There is a good hotel here,kept by Arthur& McLean. Pinnebog is located in the midst of a good farming community and undoubtedly will grow in importance as time rolls on. A Methodist church is located about a mile from the village, in Meade Township. tU1ON (OWNSHIP. iURON Township led off in the roll of self_,l government. This act was consummated by the authority of the Legislature, April 20, 855. The meeting for the election of officers was held at the residence of Antoine Osin. The number of votes cast at this election was seventeen. Peter C. Rean, Moderator, Elias S. Sutton, Clerk; A. L. Kimball and J. S. Sales, Inspectors. The election resulted in the choice of H. B. Morrison for Supervisor. The people selected Jacob M. Groat, Herman W. Dickinson, Orange C. Cutler and David Thompson for Justices of the Peace; John W. Kimball, Jeremiah Ludington and John Gihn for Highway Commissioners; Herman W. Dickinson and H. B. Morrison for School Inspectors; Henry B. Dighton, George W. Vaughn, and George H. Mitchell, Constables; H. B. Morrison and H. W. Dickinson, Overseers of the Poor. This township at its first organization embraced the entire territory of Huron County. Its central location was at the mouth of Willow Creek. It was settled first in 1845, by Mr. Lewis, who started a saw-mill. Then came Mr. Brakeman, and Langdon Hubbard, who has done so much toward the development of this township. There are now five organized school districts. The first school meeting was held in i855, at the residence of H. Dawinly. Sections 4, 5, 8, 9 and io were then made to constitute the first school district, V'Ik t I f aa -iffh~-ei~ a ~a a job444 IHURON COUNTY. with Emma Smith as school-teacher. This lady received the first school certificate granted in the county. She is still living, and teaching at Vassar,,.. _,__._-, Michigan. The soil in this township is clay loam, with an. admixture of gravel, and is very fertile. About one- L' AIE 5OWNSHIP. fourth of the land is under cultivation. There are no swamp lands, but about three-fourths of the land__ is not yet under cultivation. It is drained by Willow Creek and New River, and the facilities for farm YA drainage are good. This region is exceedingly well HIS Township was organized in 1867 by a adapted for dairying. All kinds of fruit do well special act of the Legislature, which pros here, particularly plums. | ^ vided that the surveyed townships i6, 17, I' m-,. '.....1 1 *_ ' ' and the fractional township 18 north, all in There are now four good school-houses in the t, ~~..,,, i m, ~. *i range ii east, be detached from the township township, with good schools. The nearest railroad e, b d f t of Grant and Caseville, and organized into a depot is Port Austin; Huron City is the nearest port..,.. W I township by the name of ' Lake." John B. WoodNearly all of this township was burned over in hull. Chancy Chapman and James Harvey were 1871, and about three-fourths in 88r. The losses authorized by said act to act as inspectors of the ()of stock, cattle and timber were very severeone first meeting. Mr. Harvey not attending, Thomas ( man, Mr. Langdon Hubbard, losing about $250,000 Gill was chosen to act in his stead. Robert Gotts ' in the fire of 881. was made Clerk. John B. Woodhull was elected, C=a One by one the townships have been set off and Supervisor, Archibald Mcllhaegey, Sr., Treasurer organized, so that now, and for many years past, and Robert Gotts, Clerk. Huron has only had jurisdiction over such extent of The first school district organized was in the sum- Z=: ' territory as is usually allotted to townships. It is mer of i864, on section 24. A log school-house was ' now numbered 8 north, of range 14 east. built and a school opened the following winter, with t ) ~,,.,.,,,.,, about twenty scholars in attendance. This township has been ably represented by the. I, l-,.,lThe first settler was William Fisher, who located following named gentlemen in the county: nHe still resides here. in the township in I859. He still resides here. Robert Gotts and Hannah L. Davison were the first BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. BOARD OF SUPERVISOcouple married. They were joined in wedlock in I 866. James Upihegrove was the father of the first H. B. Morrison, i855 H.f B.- Morrison,~ 85 child born, which was in I862. Jacob M. Groat, I855 Wm. Ludington, I856 There is no postoffice in the township. The peoAlsonza Kimball, 1857-8 ple get their mail at Caseville, Port Crescent and Alsonza Kimball, 1857-8 ~ H. W. Dickinson, 859nebog. Alex. McDonald, I860-I In religious matters they are not any more fortuRichard Winsor, 1862-6 nate, having to go to Caseville, Pinnebog and the Robert Winterbottom, I867-9 township of Chandler for Divine worship. Henry Hayden, I870 The western line of Lake is about one mile and a Robert Winterbottom, I87I half from the P., O. & P. A. R. R. It is well Charles Schubel, 1872-4 drained by the Pinnepog and Pigeon Rivers. The Robert Winterbottom, I875-6 northern portion is rolling, while the southern is James McVerly, 877-9 rather flat. The soil in the southern and eastern Charles Verd, i880 portions is clay loam, while that bordering on SagiWm. Thompson, I881-3 naw Bay is sandy. Charles Schubel, I884 The fire of I871 burned over about one-third of S." X~ n'N HURON COUNTY. 445 r.: - (,1 1%1 i t I ) IN1 -;3r,aA iv this township; that of I88r, about the same. The latter was more destructive to the crops. By this fire two houses and two barns were burned. Robert Gotts tells rather an amusing yet a sad story. After the great fire had moved on from his farm and the atmosphere had somewhat cooled off, he started out to see what was left. His buildings were all safe, but his entire potato crop was roasted in the hill! He secured one meal of hot roasted potatoes from his field, and says he was gratified that this much had been left him! A very valuable sandstone quarry has been opened in the township about one mile from the shore. It is owned by Ypsilanti and Detroit men, a firm known as the "Babbitt Sandstone Company." The stone is of a bluish tint, hard, and makes a very fine building material. A dock has been made on the Bay by the company, especially for their use in shipping this stone. There is a beautiful lake, lying nearly in the center of this township. It is about two miles long and one mile wide, and is plentifully supplied with fish, pike, suckers and pickerel. Though the circle of this lake is small, it has within its inclosure several little islands. The banks are high and shaded with forest trees, making the whole scene one of picturesque beauty. There is some swamp land in the township, but the location is favorable for drainage. The principal production is wheat, oats and hay. The largest yield of wheat per acre is fifty-two bushels; potatoes, 200 bushels. The average yield of wheat has been eighteen bushels per acre. All kinds of fruit do well here, and many choice varieties are being cultivated. The nearest market is Caseville. SUPERVISORS. e / ll INCOLN Township was organized in April, 877, by order of the Board of Supervisors made in June, 1876. The meeting was held at George Collins' house. Before this time it was within the jurisdiction of Dwight. It was settled in' 865, by John H. Provorse, who still resides in the township. It is numbered 17 north, of range 13 east, and is bounded on the north by Dwight; on the east by Bloomfield; on the south by Verona, and on the west by Meade. The whole of this township was burned over in 1871; and the eastern side again in I88i. It is drained by Willow Creek, which empties into Lake Huron at Huron City. The principal crops raised are wheat and hay. This township is better adapted to stock or dairy business than to agriculture. Fruit is reported to do well. The location is healthful. The people pride themselves on having good roads. The Port Austin division of the Port Huron & Northwestern Railroad passes along the western line of the township, and has a station at Filion, where there is a postoffice. There are no villages in this township, but they have three school-houses, located on sections 26, 19 and 6, in which good schools are kept. The great fires have done much to retard the progress of this township, but the people look for a brighter future and a more general development of its resources. The township was named after the great President, Abraham Lincoln. "t --- —.* —.., LCINGOLN O iOWNSHIP. (j II~ X= V 0 (~ I I aX Lake has been represented in the county government by the following men: I S. B. Woodhull, 1867-9 James Duffty, 1870-I SUPERVISORS. (c^ George McKay, 872-7., George McKay, 87 2-7 Below are given the names of the gentlemen who Edward Heaton, 1878 have represented Lincoln Township in the local George McKay, 1879 vX,-~ ~ ~ o^~,*~,government: M. C. Smalley, i88 gvernment: Felix Filion, 1877-8i George McKay, 1881Walter Kapson, M ~ C.~ Smalley, i882 Walter Kapson, i882. ( M. C. Smalley, 1882 John Gordan, 1883 Wm. Duffty, 1883-4 Barzel R. Church, 1884 =C -sHHR~ / 446 HURON COUNTY. The water is good and can be readily obtained. d!^~~~~~~~ 41 TlThe nearest port is Port Crescent, and the nearest? g'..^s ~s$ ~~~6+8^~~ | " ^9railroad depot, Filion. The nearest trading place is Pinnebog, a part of which lies in this township. EADE TOWNSHIP. This section of the county was visited by the fires of 1871 and b88. The latter was very severe, burning a large portion of the territory, together with many.EBADE Township was organized fro f the farmers' houses and barns. Hume in 1869. The meeting was held o This township was named after Gen. Meade, the nHume in I869. The meeting was held for the eletion of officers the first Mon hero of Gettysburg. It is numbered 17 north and for the election of officers the first Mon1^ i day in April, at the school-house in District District 12 east. The following named men have served as <^93)~~~~~ /rr.1,~ a^~ t~ cSUPERVISORS: No. i. There were twenty-five votes cast Spencer A. Case was elected Supervisor, Alex. Spencer A. Case, 869-70 John Dunn, 1871i Lipcier, Clerk, and John Libby, Treasurer. Justices Spencer A. Case, I872-6 of the Peace-Peter Peterson, George Millick, George Potter, I877 Charles Gilbert, Alex. Lipicier and George Brushier. J. D. Reilly, ^ 878 This township has for its northern boundary HalvorJohnson, I879 Charles Gilbert, 1880-3 Hume, eastern, Lincoln, southern, Colfax, and west- Felix Filion, I884 ern, Chandler Townships. The first settlers were Peter Rivers and Anthony. Libby, who came in the spring of 1859, and Charles,2.,-. Gilbert, Vetle Nelson and J. Martin, who came in the ^ fall.: The township has four school districts: District OIvEI =OWNSHIP. ' No. I, on section 6, District No. 2, on section 17, District No. 3, on section 27, and District No. 4, on section II. Two of these have frame, and two log, school-houses. There is a Methodist Church on section 6, which ~ LIVER Township seceded from Lake and was built and dedicated in i88I. Rev. Mr. Deal is set up a separate government in 1877. Pastor. This society has about forty members. e This was done under the order of the Board Catholics have also a large church here, with a mem- of Supervisors made in I876. It is numbered bership of about eighty families, who are mostly French 16 north, of range i east. It is bounded on Canadians. Their church edifice was erected some the north by Chandler, on the east by Colfax, fifteen years ago. Services are held in this place on the south by Grant, and on the west by Winsor. every fourth Sunday by Rev. N. L. Maschino, of The first election was held the first Monday in April, Port Austin. I877, at a school-house on section 3. The first SuThe first child born in this township was a son of pervisor elected was F. M. Black, who was one of Mr. Charles Gilbert. the early settlers. The soil is drained by Pinnepog The land in the northern portion is rolling, and in River and its branches. the southern flat. The soil is clay loam. About This township did not suffer as much from the one-third of the land is uncultivated. It is drained fires as the others. A large body of timber, mostly (i. by the east branch of the Pinnepog River. The hard-wood, still stands waiting the ax of the lumberprincipal crops raised are wheat, oats, potatoes, corn man. The Pontiac, Oxford & Port Austin Railroad and hay. The largest yield of wheat per acre is 45 in Winsor runs along near the western line of this bushels; oats, 75; corn, 90; potatoes, 200; hay, 3 township. There is one school, which is located on tons. section 3. The Lutheran Church has services here, The township has a flouring-mill and a saw-mill. but they have no resident pastor. ---— ^-^.,-x,/N ~^ B URON COUNTY. 447 SUPERVISORS. It was erected by Rev. Joseph Gratza. There is _1__ _. —._.LT —. —'- - 4 — _t_ - _ A" ---- -- - 1 f *^ i~~ The Supervisors of this township since its organization have been as follows: F. M. Black, 1877-9 S. D. Grumney, i880-i John Oliver, 1882-4 PAIRIS 5OWNSHIP. CU I ARIS is one of the early settled townships. As long ago as i856, Casmer Smolenski p. located a farm here, and began his im-:-)3 provements, and from that time it has been settling up rapidly. The greater portion of the inhabitants of this township are Polanders, who are very thrifty. It is regarded as one of the best farming sections in the county. In the south and west portion of the township the land is hilly, while in the north and east it is flat. The soil is a clay loam. The township is well drained by the branches of Black and Cass Rivers, and by Elm Creek. The people suffered fearfully from the great fires, particularly that of I88r, which swept over nearly the whole township. They have pretty well recovered from the effects, having good homes again, and doing well. About two-thirds of the land is now under cultivation. There are two saw-mills and one flouring mill, which supply the home demands. The township is provided with fine schools, which are located respectively on sections 8, II, 2I, 26 and 31. This township was organized in I86I, when Donald Currie was chosen Supervisor, Alex. Currie, Clerk and Richard Evans, Treasurer. It is bounded on the north by Sigel, on the east by Sherman, on the south by Sanilac County, and on the west by Bingham Township. Parisville is the principal village, where there is a general store, kept by Wm. Engle, and a hotel by George Zinger. A Polish school is about to be opened at this town, which will be in charge of the Sisters of the Catholic Church. The Catholics also have a Church here, which was one of the first put up in the peninsula. A new building 45 x I20 feet is nearly finished. aiso a rresuyterian society at rarisvine. This town has a postoffice, and the Port Huron & Northwestern Railroad runs across the southeast corner of the township. SUPERVISORS. The names of the Supervisors who have served the township are given below: Donald Currie, I86I Charles McMillan, 1862-7 Donald Currie, 1868-70 Charles McMillan, 87 1-2 Stephen Willkowski, 1873 Charles McMillan, 874 Stephen Pawlowski, 1875-6 Charles McMillan, I877-8 XWm. Mauer, I879 Charles McMillan, I88o-i Paul Suida, 1882-4 PorIm FTISTIN 5OWNSHIP. HE good people of this township got together April 7, I862, and effected their organization. The polls were opened first at.. C. H. Gallup's office, but were afterwards moved to J. Heath's shingle shop. There were seventy-one votes cast, which was the largest number of all the townships at their first election. Isaac Brebner was elected the first Supervisor. Port Austin Township forms the tip of the tongue of the Lower Peninsula, and is numbered 19 north, of range 13 east. It is a fractional township, composed of 17 sections, and is bounded on three sides by the waters of Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay. It is estimated that about one-tenth of the township was burned over by the fires of 187I and i88i. The wind changed during the progress of the latter, driving the fire backward and westward, which saved the town of Port Austin, and a large portion of the township. The original timber was pine, hemlock, and the hard-woods. There is but little swamp land in the township. The lands are drained by Bird's Creek, which runs through the western side of the township I 1( Ia OT% (a) — 0 qV39~~~~~~~~X <448 HURON CO UNTY. and empties its waters into Saginaw Bay at Port beautiful grounds are not all dotted over with fine Austin. The shore line is bordered with a belt of residences. A few, with an appreciation for the r ^ sand, and rising back of this is a clay loam. The beauties of nature, have put up elegant residences # 1 surface is undulating, which, together with Bird's on these grounds. Among these are, James H. Hall, r A Creek, facilitates drainage. The production of the the banker, the Winsors, Mr. Quimby, of the D)etroit, cereals is not up to the average standard; but all Free Press, and J. W. Kimball. kinds of fruit do exceedingly well, and considerable The Government built for this port a good lightattention is given to this branch of industry. house. It is located on a reef about two miles and There are two school-houses in the township, a half north by east from the town, and about two located on section 29 and 25. miles north of Point aux Barques. The crib is octaThis is one of the oldest settled townships in the gon in shape, 80 feet in diameter, and rests on a solid a county, the first member of the white race coming foundation of rock, which lies 6 feet under water. here as early as I837. It contains two thriving It is 94 feet high, and was completed in 1878. The towns,-Port Austin and Grindstone City, and for keeperis F. E. Kimball. several years had the county seat. SE OF THE FIRST THINGS. The following named citizens have represented.s r,, ~~~.., -n, /During the early days, on steamboat nights, or the township in the Board of * when they were expecting vessels, they would build SUPERVISORS: bonfires on the shore. Afterwards, Ayres & Co. Isaac Brebner, I862 used to hang out a lamp at the top of a cedar pole. ( -l Edward Cole, I863-6 Jonathan Bird was the first settler at this place, Richard Winsor, 1867.:~ REdward Cole, 868-9 which was in i837. He was a " Patriot "in the re= wRichard Winsor, i870 form movement of that time, who fled from Canada = G. H. Gregory, 187I and sought refuge on the shores of Saginaw Bay. Robt. W. Irwin, I872-6 He built him a little cabin and remained through: "== John Butters, I877 that winter. In I838, he built a water-power saw~^,~ Richard Smith, I878 George S Kene, 1879 mill on the banks of the creek that run into the Bay, X.i Richard Smith, i880 which was afterwards called Bird's Creek. This '4 ) Edward Cole, 1881-3 was the first saw-mill started in the territory of John Ryan, 1884. Huron County. This was the beginning of the Further particulars in regard to this township will heaviest lumber business ever opened in the county. be found in the history of the village of Port Austin. In 1852, Smith, Dwight & Co. bought out Mr. Bird, and under the direction of J. W. Kimball started a — o~~4 o k - u.g \ u..- -zrs.S>W,: 450 HURON COUNTY. well prepared to supply his customers with harness EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES. and saddlery. The hardware and stove business is This village can take pride in having one of the! represented by James Baldwin and John Brett; the best schools in the county. The school-house is a jewelry by Eli Fuller. I. Razek & Co. and Stine & large two-story building, with three apartments, and l Mcllhargey have dry goods and groceries; W. E. with a seating capacity in all of 200 pupils. Cost, ) Clark, books and stationery. Mrs. George Hazen, by $4,500. The school is graded. D. H. Powers is her skill in millinery, is prepared to make the ladies principal; George A. Frazier has charge of the interof the village look more beautiful. Taylor & Dunn mediate, and Miss S. H. Clark the primary, departhave a boot and shoe store. ment. There is in attendance about 150 scholars. B. L. Tripp, A. Horn, and James Ryan have the RELIGIOUS. monopoly of the meat markets. R. H. Wilcox has aAustin gathered together bakery and a confectionerySstore. The Presbyterians of Port Austin gathered together.bakery and a confectionery and organized their society in I87I, with ten mem- A 1 James Ryan is one of the old hotel-keepers of the an Ja. bers, namely, Mr. and Mrs. John Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. town, and his place is a popular resort for travelers. F C He has also a large stock farm about two miles east Gallup, Mrs. arone a an rBrebnor and of the village, where he is breeding Mambrino, Wal- Mr Mrr. ohn Ker an W. r ere lace and Hambletonian horses, and the Berkshire ' i.. ark w e.... - -...... chosen Ruling Elders. Rev. E. P. Clark was the breed of swine. This is a very important enterprise.. as._....... first Pastor, remaining until I877. The second Past ) for the county. Landlord 0. Williams, of the Winsor f 1'/~.............~ ~ ~ tor was the Rev. John Kay, who remlaned two years. House, has his share of the public patronage and h oiet one year. always makes his guests feel at home. This building Rev.. Dwight next served the society one year. g', always makes hms guests feel at home. Thts buxldxng ~ - w r c ar.4'.. Rev. S. W. McKee was the fourth Pastor, serving;: == was formerly occupied as a court-house.. Ther are also tailrshpbotp two and a half years. At the present they are withThere are also a tailor shop, boot and shoe shop Present embership, sixty. The first ~i~_~,out a pastor. Present m embership, sixty. The first:t = and two blacksmith shops, and a restaurant.:....................an.... a rr. meetings were held in an old school-house, which *~ - Port Austin is not without a newspaper. This is...-. r Aun i..not ewiu a ni pa. T hi is they fitted up for a place of worship. A Sunday- o, the -iuron County ~ews, published by the Huron --. - r,...., '~ the uron nty Ne.ws, published by the Huron school has been connected with this Church from its County News Co. It was started in I862, the first. Coy0 eS..t....hstored?t;6te -first organization. They have a very neat little ( paper in the county. A history of it is given else- church e, costing, with other property, $3,000..':,,.,....r < church edifice, costing, with other property, $3,000. where. It was established as a Republican paper, but, ~~~~~~.,..,~,,,,Catholic Church.-When, some twenty years ago, a during the recent campaign it advocated the Prohi- r, bition ticket. few members of this great religious organization sett n i es o tis tied in Huron County, this Church, true to her hisOne of the new industries of this place, which g. t, i th. ohobentcdirThe Learneds, torical character, sent them a missionary to look after ought to be noticed, is the dairy. The Learneds, 4.,.i.-i.. A- ff * ^' their spiritual welfare. A mission was established at s with commendable enterprise, are leading off in this. direction.. They have a very neat little creaery, Port Austin, which was the first in the county. By direction. They have a very neat little creamery, a n,, thro,.past season milked 35 cows. nThis their indomitable zeal they soon had a church buildand through the past season milked 35 cows. This. and ~, /.,.. ing up which was the first at Port Austin. Their they first started for their own use and as an experi- i Their embership rapidly increasing, and the building ment. They propose now to go into this business m much more. exenivlbecoming old, it was decided to erect a larger edifice, much more extensively. r i * ^r much more e n.. v. *y to meet the wants of the congregation. This was There are many fine residences in this village, and to m t t w.. * begun in i883, and at present it is so far in the the people are of a better class. Port Austin is very begun n 1883, d at presen o far ' favorably located. With her extensive industries, coure of pletin tat te are ale o worsp beneath its roof. It is a large, Plo feet and the splendid agricultural country around, there is beneth s rof t is a la, plain edific, no reason why she should not e one of tlie foremost in length by 46 feet in width, with a seating capacity * no reason why she should not be one of the foremost o D X completed i and best built up towns in the country.of about 650 persons, and will cost when completed and best built up towns in the country. I The historian, before closing this sketch, is con- $4,500. It iscalled the Saint Michael's Catholic strained to express a regret at seeing this beautiful Church," and is in charge of Father N. L. Maschino. village marred by so many old dilapidated shanties, This congregation has a membership of about 175 broken down fences and rickety sidewalks. families, from Port Austin and adjacent settlements. S D0"'.A HURON COUNTY. 451 It is in the diocese of Bishop Borgess, of Detroit. Services are held only every other Sunday, as the priest has to attend three other missions and two |-' -- - *<'- * - stations. Most of the Catholic societies in the county are attended by the priest from Port Austin. There Grindstone City. are also with the Church four Sisters of the Domini- - can Order, who have charge of the education of her HIS enterprising and stirring little town is children. It is a large, flourishing school, of about a t located on the shore of Lake Huronand is hundred scholars. | ^fl in the township of Port Austin. The first St. John's Episcopal Church held its first services in 'g settler here was Capt. A. G. Peer, who located Port Austin Feb. 4, i88r, in the Presbyterian church, in I85. He started the first grindstone mill, with two communicants,-Mr. H. Cooper and which he ran by water power, utilizing a creek Mrs. James Ayres, since deceased. Rev. W. H. that puts in at this place. This was not only the Smythe presided as missionary. The services of this first mill here, but also in the territory now embraced Church have since been held in a hall. The society by Huron county. The Captain is still living in the has nearly completed a rectory, for the construction town, and is hale and hearty. of which it has received outside aid. They hope in The first postoffice established here was in the fall r= 1885 to complete a church building. Present number of communicants, 35; congregation, about 200. There is a Sunday-school attached, with a library of o00 volumes. Mr. Smythe holds missionary service at Port Crescent. The first meeting was held March 6, I88r, with no communicants. Messrs. Haskell, Eakins and Soule gave the land and built a neat little church at this place, costing $r,ooo. Mr. Smythe holds services here every two weeks. Besides this, he visits Meade and outlying missions. Baptist Church was organized Feb. 12, 1875, at the house of Frederick S. Ayres. Present-Mr. and Mrs. Ayres, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Learned, Thomas Neil and wife, Mrs. E. Cole, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kimball. Rev. H. C. Beals officiated as Pastor, who remained with the Church for awhile, and then it was left for several years without a minister. The new church, which is a fine Gothic structure, was completed and dedicated in June, 1884. It cost $3,000, including lot. The society has at present forty members, who are presided over by Rev. William A. Atchinson. This village shows her musical taste in the organization of a brass band. It has thirteen members, and W. H. Brown is the leader. of 1874; James Green was appointed Postmaster, and he holds the position yet. They have mails each way daily, and have also telegraphic connections. The principal business carried on in Grindstone City is the manufacturing of grindstones and salt. s Worthington & Sons started their grindstone factory in I871. A year before this they opened a general a: merchandise business. In I880, this firm started Y their salt block, and have an annual production of ' about 30,000 barrels of salt. They manufacture annually about 3,000 tons of grindstones,-some weighing as high as 7,500 pounds,-and a large quantity of scythe-stones and ax-bits. They employ on an average seventy-five men. They handle about $50,000 of merchandise annually. The Lake Huron Stave Company is another large factor in the business of this city. The members of this firm are Robert Wallace, who lives at GrindStone, Frank B. Wallace and E. L. Wallace, of Detroit, and James J. Wallace, of Chicago. This firm are also dealers in general merchandise, handling about $30,000 annually. They manufacture 3,o00 tons of grindstones, and about 3,000 gross of scythestones and ax-bits yearly. James Wallace bought ( the business from Capt. Peer. The others came into the firm and it was changed to the Lake Huron Stone Company in 1865. They ship a large quantity of stone from this place to different markets, for building purposes. The fire of I87I burned part ofthe town. In. =r / Ir\ I MASONIC. Cass Lodge, No. 219, was organized in 1866. The charter members were James McDonald, Nathan Stoddard, Benjamin W. Merrick, D. Hill, John ( Butters, A. R. Cole, William Adamson, O. B. Williams, Jonas R. Learned and G. H. Van Woert. _ —H>a g2 uU. —A 452 HURON COUNTY. 188I the fire was kept back by vigorous fighting. were. Hunters and fishermen from Sanilac and St. There are two docks running out into the lake Clair Counties used to make it their headquarters. nearly 3,00oo feet. They are constructed with cribs Later on, or about the year 1850, some "shinglefilled with stone, which make a very good harborage weavers," with fishermen, came in and rendezvoused for lake vessels. Upon these docks tramways are here. It was not long before the wealth which lay constructed for the conveyance of salt and stone dormant in the magnificent forests of pine, hemlock, from the factories. It might be mentioned that these; cedar, bass-wood, beech, maple, birch and ash began factories have, in addition, blacksmith and machine to attract attention. Transportation was easy and shops and a barrel factory. They all find employ- cheap by water. The land was bought from the ment for about 450 men. Government by John Hopson, W. R. Stafford, Wm. The population of this thriving village is estimated Ludington, Haywood & Jenness, saw-mills were perat 600. The stone quarries seem inexhaustible, chased and set up, and the great lumber industry which will warrant the assumption that this town is commenced in earnest. This was about the time of now only in its infancy of growth and prosperity. It the organization of the township. The felling of has established a good school for the educations of these giant trees, the perpetual buzz of the saw, and its youth. the sailing to and fro of the white-winged transportThere is a Presbyterian society in the village, but ers of commerce, soon brought in the agriclturist. no church. A church building was put up by the Of these first settlers a few yet survive. Presbyterian Relief Synod after the fire of i88r, The lake cuts off some of the area of the townwhich was afterwards blown down by a cyclone, and ship, and it has only about twenty-three square [ it has not since been re-built. miles. About seven square miles of this still reXf> it ha no sic bee rebl. main uncultivated. The remaining portion is occupied by splendid farms, the owners of which are becoming independent. The land is undulating in the northern and western portion of the township. Annrnachina the lake it hecomes more evFen. nd. 1."s J;~i RUBIGON 6OWNSHIP. A AL- ` - - "" - — "6"' "..L.~""..... - t" -I "...... '~~~~,;^ -: ~...........sloping as it does, gives a natiural drainage. There are a few small creeks which also assist in the drainage UBICN Townsp is one of te o t as.well as to supply water for stock. The soil is r^|~3~Bi UBICON -Township is one of the oldest sIB-I~UBCNT wnship is on. th oletvarying; in some parts it is a clay loam, and others A!i^ settled townships in the county, and was ~ 4-~w for mlny years before its organization a a sand loam. ~i lumbering camp. Forest Bay was, uring The people of this township suffered severely mbering camp. Fofrom the fires Of 187 aBaynd 88i, which swpt ovuringer this period, quite a town. The first meeting fro the fires of 87 and 88, which swpt over was held at this place, April 4, I85 9, to perfect nearly the entire territory. That of I881 left a little the organization of the township. Forty-eight votes strip around Port Hope, in the extreme northern porwere cast, resulting in the election of W. D. Lud- tion, and about the same in the southeast corner of ington for Supervisor, J. E. Raymond, Clerk, and the township John Hopson, Treasurer; A. L. Kimball, W. D. Rubicon is regarded as being especially adapted Ludington, Wm. Gleason and J. B. Jennings were to the cultivation of the larger and smaller fruits, elected Justices of the Peace, and W. R. Stafford, and this belief is warranted by those who have had John Hopson and Charles Murray, Highway Com- practical experience in this direction. missioners. Rubicon Township is bounded on the There are four school districts in this township, north by Gore, on the east by Lake Huron, the south with good school buildings and good teachers. Disby Sand Beach, and on the west by Bloomfield Town- trict No. I is on section 26, No. 2 on section 4, No. ship.. It is numbered 17 north, of range 15 east. 3 on section I8, and No. 4 on section 29. The cost To Wm. Ludington this township is indebted for its of school-house in No. i is $800. There are fortyname. five scholars in attendance. School building in DisIt is hard to tell who the first settler or settlers trict No. 3 cost $950. The attendance at this school ""; -- RS-b —'"- gX..:^~^ l ' In HURON COUNTY. 453 3 f 2 CA is fifty-two scholars. The school building in No. 4 cost $500, and the attendance here is twenty-seven scholars. No. 2 will be mentioned in the history of I var TTT —. IC rort nope. This township may be ranked as among the fore-.i i: most townships of the county. SUPERVISORS. The names of those who have.sors are here appended: W. D. Ludington, James E. Haywood, James Miller, W. D. Ludington, James Miller, William Seeley, James E. Haywood, John Hopson, James Miller, Edwin Hicks, W. J. Ludington, R. C. Ogilvie, Robert Winterbottom, John Melligan, served as Supervi1859-6I 1862 1863 1864-5 I866-70 187I I872 1873 1874 I875 I876-7 87 8-80 I881-2 I883-4 Mr. Hubbard became sole proprietor of this extensive business. Prior to the fire of 1871, the township of Huron a little way from the lake was almost an unbroken forest, containing as fine a body of timber as ever grew, —fine beech, maple, ash, elm and basswood. The manufacturing of this timber into lumber gave employment to many families, and was a source of great benefit to the village and the adjacent country. The fires of I88T again destroyed it, leaving but one small house standing. The business was again built up by Mr. Hubbard, and the town once more is in a prosperous condition. The losses of Mr. Hubbard by the fire of I88I alone is estimated at $250,000. About ioo head of fine cattle were burned. Mr. Hubbard handles about 30,000 in merchandise annually. In addition to this, he manufactures lumber, shingles, lath and flour. He is also an extensive farmer, cultivating some 3,000 acres of land. With this, he is breeding the Shorthorn, Durham and other blooded stock. Frank W. Hubbard is Postmaster. Daily mails each way, and telegraph communications. F. W. Hubbard is building a cheese-factory, which will be ready for next season. The village has a good hotel for the accommodation of its guests. Number of scholars in the organized districts is 243. There is a good school in the town. The Maccabees have a lodge here. There is a very neat Methodist Church building at this place, which has been built since the fire; cost, $1,300. Rev. H. G. Pearsons, from Port Hope, officiates. I V I r 7 0:; ct~= tr ~*^ S4 ~6 -41, 1.;~ -A Cs 0,i. 3 I Huron City. HIS pleasant village is located on an elevated plateau overlooking Lake Huron, and at the mouth of Willow Creek. It is the highest bluff in the county, and from it, looking down the gradual sloping fields to the lake, a most beautiful and commanding view can be taken. A long time before any permanent settlement began, the present site was occupied by I t. transient fishermen. Some time in the year 1845, Mr. Lewis built a saw-mill, which he operated awhile and sold out to Mr. Brakeman. This man sold to Port Hope. Dowling & Forbes, of Port Huron,. who afterwards te sold out to R. B. Hubbard & Co. This was really S HIS clean, attractive, well built village rests the beginning of this town. Extensive business lli on a plateau extending back from the operations were carried on by this firm until the fire shores of Lake Huron. With its conof I871, which destroyed their mills, docks, store manding view of the lake on the east, and and the entire village. This was a great loss, not the large cultivated fields to the westward, it only to them but also to the township. Their flouring I possesses a location that the traveler would go mill, saw-mill, grain, lumber, shingles, cedar posts, far to find excelled. dock, and warehouses, filled with grain, were en- The settlement of this place grew out of the lumtirely consumed by the fire. They re-built again; ber-manufacturing interests. It is laid out regularly but soon after Mr. Watson retired from the firm and into lots, which are ornamented by elegant dwellings, t -— ----@-A. '-: Hl> - i|^~>^19- — ^^sus-^T)nn Bn^^'y-eT-^^ ---IXe > 454 HURON COUNTY. be-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'" "~-. - C If -; 'Q 'IN J )~:t gi _ 2"; school-houses, churches, and shady trees. The lakeshore road, for several miles each way from the vilage, is unsurpassed by any in the county. Port Hope is located near the northern line of Rubicon Township, and is one of the oldest towns in the county. The principal industry here now is the manufacture of salt. Win. R. Stafford has a pan block, which he started in 1874, and made I6,ooo barrels the first year. The well extends to the depth of 800 feet. The strength of brine is 84. To meet the capacity of the well, Mr. Stafford has largely increased his salt block, which gives him now a capacity of 60,000 barrels annually. He consumes io,ooo cords of wood annually, for which he pays one dollar per cord. In addition to this, Mr. S. has a barrel factory, flouring-mill and saw-mill. The flouringmill has six run of stone, French buhr, with a capacity of 60 barrels daily. His saw-mill was first built in i858. At this time the shore was lined with a heavy growth of timber, and there were no roads. For some years he cut out annually about 7,000,000 feet. His mill, dock, and a large amount of lumber was burned in 87 I. Loss about $roo,ooo. Rebuilt in 1872, and was burned again in I88i, with dock, and a million feet of lumber. The firm name at first was Stafford & Jenness. In i868 it was changed to Stafford & Haywood, and Haywood retired in 1882. The salt block is carried onby an incorporated company, which is called the " Port Hope Salt Company." With this, Mr. Stafford is a large dealer in general merchandise, handling from $75,000 to $ioo,ooo annually. There is also another salt block, owned by Dr. R. C. Ogilvie. With this there is a saw-mill and barrel factory. In addition, Dr. Ogilvie has a drug-store, and is a dealer in general merchandise. He is also Postmaster of Port Hope. The salt block of Dr. Ogilvie was started during the early part of 1883. It has a capacity of 150 barrels daily. The well is a remarkably good one. W. Leuty is a dealer in general merchandise. Dr. S. Bell has established himself in the village. Mrs. J. Gettz keeps millinery and fancy goods. There is a blacksmith and wagon shop by S. E. Carr, and a boot and shoe shop, by Felix Beckwith. The town has good facilities for transportation. Two docks extend from the shore out into deep water for the accommodation of large vessels. Four regular lines of steamers stop here, connecting with Detroit and the upper lakes. For the entertainment of people visiting Port Hope, Robert Winterbottom has a commodious hotel, which is located on Main Street. SCHOOLS. Port Hope has an excellent graded school, in charge of J. J. Daily, Principal, and Mrs. M. G. Carr, assistant. There are 130 scholars in attendance. The school building is very creditable to the town. It cost $2,500oo. There is also a German school of from fifty to sixty pupils. SOCIETIES. This village is well represented by societies. They have a Masonic lodge, with a chapter,-Port Hope Lodge, No. 138, F. & A. M., and Stafford Chapter, No. 27, of R. A. M. They have a good building for the holding of their meetings, the upper part ot which is used by them, and the lower part as a public hall. Two literary societies have also been established in the village,-the." Mutual Improvement Society," and the "Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle." These are in the third year of organization. CHURCHES. Of these there are four. The Methodists were the first to hold services in this town, which was in i858, Rev. J. Tuttle presiding: meetings were then held in a boarding-house. A fine church edifice has been built, costing $4,500, and a parsonage which cost $1,500. Present membership is about seventy. Rev. H. G. Piersons is the Pastor. The German Lutheran Synod of Missouri-first organized in I870. They have a large, fine church building, which was completed in I872. Rev. W. Schwartz was the first Pastor. The present Pastor is Rev. Thomas Schoech. The Church has a parsonage. Rev. E. Delarme has charge of the German Reformed Church, which has some thirty members. They are to have a church building soon. Presbyterians.-Their first service was held at this village in x875, by Rev. John Kay. They organized in I88i, with fifteen members. This society is erecting a fine church edifice, which, when completed, for architectural beauty, will be unsurpassed f I I I Yi I A C VV.-I " 1. - .1 HURON in the county. Rev E. L. Davies is the present minister. is~- MISCELLANEOUS. i,p, I Q-f 4 l ) ClK r ' r= The first school taught in Rubicon Township was by Thomas Nichols, who afterwards became a Methodist minister. The first school taught at Port Hope was in 1859, in a little old shingle shanty, by Mrs. James E. Haywood. The first Postmaster of this township, and also village, was W. R. Stafford, who held the same for twenty-two years, an unusual thing to happen to an official. Port Hope has a daily mail service each way. The people in the contiguous portions of Bloomfield, Gore and Huron Townships, come here for their mail, and also to do their trading. SAND BEAGH OWNSHIP. @ GRAND BEACH is one of the first townships to organize in this county. The exact J date cannot be definitely ascertained, but l it was before the county was set off, and the \territory of which it was composed was then t attached to Sanilac County. It embraced the territory now occupied by Sherman and White Rock Townships, and that of which it is now composed. The opinions of the oldest settlers differ as regards the time of this organization, and they are unable to give the names of the first officers elected, or those that followed with any accuracy, the dates or terms of service. The records were destroyed by the fires. From the best information obtained, it must have been about the year I854. It was first settled by John Allen, who came in 1838. The township was then heavily timbered with pine, hemlock, cedar and ash. The townships of White Rock and Sherman have since been organized from it. The eastern portion of the township is rolling, the western flat. The soil is clay loom, and sandy, with occasional gravelly fields. It is well watered by several creeks, among which are Allen and Spring Creeks. It is a good soil for the cereals, and all the northern fruits do well. There are seven CO UNTY. 455 full school districts in the township and one fractional one, having good school buildings. Major Cooper has a hotel at Sigel postoffice, near the western line of the township, and a grocery store. He is also Postmaster. The township is bounded on the north by Rubicon, on the east by Lake Huron, the south by Sherman and White Rock, and the west by Sigel Township, and is numbered I6 north, of range 15 east. SUPERVISORS. The names of the Supervisors from I864 are given below. John Hopson and Hunting Trescott 1 ~O. Ace: her;l: In Aft rr served as supervisors betore this date. ivr. irescott thinks he served in I86o. T. W. Pack, Robert W. Irwin, G. W. Pack, Robert W. Irwin, G. W. Jenks, Robert W. Irwin, Henry Harrison, G. W. Jenks, Most of the history of comes under the next head. 1864-6 1867 i868 1869-71 1872-7 1878-8I 1882 1884 this township properly I Sand Beach. ~ *E S they passed up and down this coast, the '-'5. G early pioneers, stopping at times at different r points and then moving on, had little 5y thought that the wild-looking country upon which the site of Sand Beach is located would be converted into a city, or that from the lake in front would be constructed as fine a harbor as could be found on any inland coast. Neither did the people of a more recent period; and when other settlements along the shore were broken up and scattered, and a location finally made here, they had no idea that it would be other than a little hamlet. Nor is this to be wondered at when we remember how strange and eccentric is the birth, growth and development of towns and cities. Some locations which are regarded as exceedingly favorable for the building up of cities, will settle up rapidly for a time and then, like the Roman empire, go down; while other locations that were nol regarded worth even 9 ( I ---— I ---- --- ---- -- - -—. --- I? —p- A _ _ _ _ _ _ 456 HURON COUNTY. the establishment of a postoffice, become in one would be siezed afterit reached its destination; and generation great commercial centers. the Government inspectors would often suddenly Sand Beach has had this advantage, however, appear along the shore and scatter the "weavers" from the first, of possessing as favorable a site for a into the deep forests. And often, too, their eyes, city as could be found anywhere. The site upon would be closed to Uncle Sam's interests, and they which the town is principally built is on a plateau would pass on. with an elevation of some 40 feet above the lake, Another industry was located here which the early which affords one an extensive view of that water settlers speak of, and, though not as reputable, was and the harbor. The shore recedes, forming a cres- perhaps as profitable. This was counterfeiting. A cent line and throwing out thereby points at the man by the name of Cane came here with his outfit, north and south which partially forms a bay, and put up a log hut and started a Mexican silver dollar thus makes a natural location for a harbor. The factory. He, however, never offered his goods upon name was given to this site by fishermen who used this market. Later on he went into counterfeiting to ply their trade along this shore, on account of the bills. The good-natured settlers did not trouble him wide beach here and its freedom from the rocky or "give him away," though they knew pretty well bluffs that appear above and below; and it has since what he was doing. The dollars were first-class. been retained. Cane told a good joke on himself to one of the The first settler here was John Allen, who came in pioneers. He was preparing a pot of metal for the the spring of I838; with him came Alanson Daggett. purpose of veneering his bogus dollars, and his counThey put up a saw-mill a short distance below, at a terfeit money was so good that he had mistaken it place then called Rock Falls. Mr. Allen sold out to himself for the genuine, and, putting it into the pot,.. Mr. Robertson, who sold to Henry Whitcomb in he spoiled the whole batch! I845.. This lumber, which they manufactured, was Upon the organization of the county in I859, D put aboard of vessels that lay at anchor off the Sand Beach was made the county seat. It remained 5 c= shore. They would form cribs there of lumber and so until 864, when the court-house was burned, then float them out to the vessels and load up. If no with nearly all the records. The fire occurred June i& storm came up, they were all right; and all wrong it 25th. One term of court was held here after the it did. fire, in the Dow House, and then the county capital The first couple married on this shore were Duncan was removed to Port Austin. McCart, and Mary Jane French. Extensive prepa- The first child born about Sand Beach was a rations were made, considering the times, for this daughter to Alanson and Mrs. Daggitt. occasion, a great feast was held and a Bacchanalian In 86I Carrington & Pack established their revel followed. large steam saw-mill at Sand Beach. They cut J4 Henry Whitcomb was the first Justice ot the hre for many years, and until the timber became:~ Peace. thinned out, on an average of 30,000 feet per day. Mr. Whitcomb brought the first goods here for With this lumber business they opened a general sale. The "shingle-weavers " were quite numerous merchandise store on the corner of Huron and State in those days along this shore, and a merry time they Streets, which is now occupied by J. Jenks & Co. would often have. They got a good price for At this period the shore land was covered with as their shingles: the timber cost them nothing, as they fine a forest of pine as ever grew heavenward. aopropriated that from the Government. From the n I864, Pack, Jenks & Co. started a saw-mill > proceeds of their shingles they would send down to with a merchandise store, about two miles below, at Port Huron and purchase a barrel of flour and a Rock Falls. June i, 876,J. Jenks & Co. bought a barrel of whisky. Then they would have a "high out the firm of Pack, Jenks & Co. at Rock Falls, time" until the whisky gave out, which it always and Carrington, Pack & Co. at Sand Beach, and would do long before the flour did! established their headquarters here. From this peThe same thing might be said here of some of the riod the actual beginning of the city may be dated. saw-mills. Frequently the products of their labor The members of this extensive business house are -j ---c^!ia~tin<->A^ — 4 URON COUNTY. 457. o fl S, o s~, '0 r= Jeremiah Jenks, George W. Jenks, James M. Jenks and Bela W. Jenks. In I876 a well was put down and a pan salt block started. The well was sunk 715 feet. In 1883, a steam block was pit in. During this season the company started the drying and grinding works for making dairy salt. The capacity of the block is 150 barrels per day. The brine is 85 by the salinometer. The firm is still carryingon the hardware business at the old stand, while on the opposite corner they have established their general merchandise in a new, large two-story brick store, with basement, all of which they use in their business. In the rear-fronting the lake-they have their elegant, well appointed offices. The building is heatedby a furnace. This is by far the largest and finest business house in the county, and was completed in I882. This company was established in 1876, and incorporated in I884. Capital, $200,000, all paid in. They have in connection an elevator,-storage capacity, 25,000 bushels; a barrel factory, and roller flouring-mill. The barrel factory turns out 400 barrels daily, employing 24 men. The flouring-mill, one of the best in the country, was built in I88i, and was the first mill in the United States to roll winter wheat. It contains I6 sets of rollers, and has a capacity of 250 barrels every twenty-four hours. Sand Beach is one of the best wheat markets in the State, bringing as much as on the wagon in Detroit. The Huron Dairy Salt Company was incorporated in 1883. Capital $50o,ooo, with $30,000 paid in. George W. Jenks is President, Charles S. Nims, Secretary. The officers of J. Jenks & Co. are: Jeremiah Jenks, President; George W. Jenks, Vice-President; James M. Jenks, Manager, and Bela W. Jenks, Secretary. The company have a dock running out into the lake some 1,200 feet, with a track on it, which they built at a cost of $20,000. In connection with their other business, they keep a coaling station. They purchase from 6,poo to 8,ooo cords of wood annually. They sell in their brick store about $190,ooo worth of goods annually; in their hardware store, $30,000. The two firms employ about i25 men. J. Jenks & Co. built thirteen miles of the Port Huron & Northwestern Railroad, Sand Beach division, and donated the'depot grounds. This road was completed in i880, and the first train came into Sand Beach Sept. 23, of the same year. One of the important industries of this place is the Sand Beach Iron Works, lately opened, and owned by Winterhalter & Dow. It has the best of facilities for doing all kinds of work in iron, steel, brass and agricultural and mill supplies. They keep on hand all kinds of brass and gas fittings, piping, etc. The Sand Beach Lumber Yard, Van Buskirk & Monroe, proprietors, have a large stock of all kinds of lumber material. The Sand Beach Sash and Door Factory is another important industry in this place. John Wellock is the enterprising man who has started this business. The first and only lime kiln started in Huron County is in this village. Smith & Webb are the proprietors of this important industry. Their manufacturing capacity is ioo.barrels per day. They get their lime rock from Kelly's Island, Lake Erie. Fishing interests are represented by F. H. Davis & Co., W. B. Isabel & Co., and Levi Brown. The two former fish with tugs, the latter with sail boats. Fred Hitsch is the pioneer in Huron County in the manufacture of cigars. C. Maywood keeps lumber and shingles. Nobles & Wagner are the pioneer bankers of this city. They established themselves here in i880, and erected their fine brick bank building in 1882. They haveone of the best and probably the handsomest safes in the country; it is a perfect gem. It is made of steel, with a silver-bronze finish, nickel-plated, with gold ornaments. It was made by Macneale & Urban, of Cincinnati, for the Chicago Exposition, and took the medal. It is absolutely air-tight, with lever action for closing the door, and has the latest improved time lock. Their vault rests on a solid stone foundation, and is constructed independent of the building, with air chambers. Leszczynski Bros. are large dealers in general merchandise, which includes a large line in dry goods, with boots and shoes a speciality. They are also manufacturers of upholstered furniture. A. H. Taggart keeps drugs, medicines and jewelry, and I. D. Lane drugs, medicines and stationery. P. M. Olfield is the photographer of the town. J. L. Brennan, the accommodating Town Clerk, keeps an assortment of musical merchandise, organs, sewing-machines and holiday goods. l OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS. I) To fe) 16 z,.: C. 1 - - - m I ---4W 458 H. URON COUNTY. Mrs. S. Cross and Miss M. Decker look after the I880 and refitted. It is a good hotel and the largest interests of the ladies of this village by keeping an in the county. assortment of millinery goods, and supplying them in There are also two other hotels, the Union House the department of dress-making. and the Franklin House, kept respectively by G. W. ( G. W. Dennis keeps stationery, books, cigars and Willson and A. Prittsley. tobacco. The legal profession is well represented at Sand H. W. Warnica has a large establishment of fur- Beach by George C. Green (the oldest expounder of niture and upholstered goods, and is also under- Blackstone here), Elbridge F. Bacon, Charles L. Hall taker. and John F. Murphy. W. A. Smith keeps stoves and tinware. In medicine and surgery the people are well proH. Jacobs has a general merchandise store. vided for, having Drs. E. E. Lewis, Charles Davies, Alex. Walker has groceries and a market. P. 0. Wagener and H. R. Hitchcock. C. F. Dow has a billiard hall, with cigars and Postmaster, E. H. Swain. Daily service by rail tobacco and " soft " drinks. and by stage from Port Austin and Bad Axe. W. W. Smith, H. Gutsch and A. W. Seely areSCHOOLS. manufacturers of boots and shoes. Cunning & Sommerville and F. Pawlowski are Sand Beach takes pride in having the best graded large market dealers. school and the best school-building in the county. M. Kuchenbecker, keeps a tailoring establish- Its architectural construction is superior. It is a;.,mnent. two-story frame building, with three commodious Robert Lowery has a restaurant and barber shop. apartments. There are 250 scholars on the roll, and Bond & Pittsley keep a livery. 450 in the district, which is No. I. C. McCurdy is ~ R. A. Richardson and J. E. Lester carry on the Principal, Miss Lizzie Carmon has charge of the = X wagon-making and blacksmithing business. grammar, and Miss Christine Winterbottom the in- X A. W. Chamberlain has a store of general mer- termediate, department. Miss Georgie Bacon prechandise and millinery. sides over the primary department. W. G. Rochon paints the houses and signs for the THE PRESS. people of the village. Dpeople of the village.n The first paper published in Sand Beach, and the H. D. Coon attends to their express business. pioneer newspaper of the county, was the Huron James Montgomery supplies the town with bread from n es he frst ssue of ths hisL bkradkesarCounty News. The first issue of this journal was his bakery, and keeps a restaurant. dated March 13, I862, and 0. F. Harrington was The leading hotels of Sand Beach are. teHrthe Huron thebrave editor who prepared and cast this little House and the Dow House. The Huron House was sheet before the world. He might have said with ' built in 1881 by A. Hunter, and opened for business s.. H i h. s. t it in b. unter n oee or in Cowper, and no doubt did, as he sent his little yenin the spring of 1882. Though not overgrown in ture forth: size, it is first-class in every way. The rooms are large and well furnished in every particular. It oc-o, my little book, from this, my solitude; I cast thee on the waters; go thy wfays; cupies an eligible location on Huron Street, giving aut if, a I suppose, thy veim be good, commanding view of the lake and harbor. The table The world will find thee after many days. is furnished with all that the market affords. Mr. I w p h u i,,, -.,s ~, - It was published here until i865, when itfollowed Hunter, the landlord, is a good caterer, understand^\+ ~ ~ ~. ' ^~.'~. ~~ *the county seat to Port Austin. It was then pubing the wants of his guests, and knowing how to make. h y o A I a > '.i i.rr.,~~~ *,lished by Winsor & Gallup. About the year I87 r it them feel at home. The service is good and every-. thig eestablishment is as ",neat as a pn. passed into the hands of W. E. Clark, who is the h thing about the establishment is as ' neat as a pin.... thing. about..the. pn present publisher and editor.- f The traveler who stops here once will call again. The Dow House, kept by Samuel East, is a spa- The Huron County Tiies was established in 1880, cious house with ample accommodations, and situated and is now in its fifth volume. Joseph W. Selden is on a pleasant site. It was built by Mark Carrington the editor and proprietor. It is Republican in poliI860, as a boarding-house. It was enlarged in tics, and contains more reading matter than any hs'-^^t-,, —""Xu" ) ', A f — t.Ao -s HURON COUNTY. 459 paper published in the county, being a I6-page, fivecolumn journal. It is ably edited and newsy. A * CHURCHES.. I * f" I -t~v The Presbyterian Church was organized Nov. 27, i88, with 22 members, Rev. D. L. Davies presiding. These members were Mr. and Mrs. James Eccles and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Chamberlain, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dues, Mrs. A. R. Fifield, Mrs. Alice E. Jenks, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bacon, Mrs. Sarah Willson, Mrs. Alex. Wood, Mrs. L. E. Lincoln, Mrs. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. George Harwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Colin Campbell. The first service of this society was held October, r880, in the Baptist Church, the pastor then officiating living at Port Hope. This Church has a Sunday-school, consisting of 50 members. They have built an edifice, in which, though not completed, services are held. It will cost, when finished, $4,500. The design is very unique, and will be an ornament to the village. Afethodiit Episcopal Chutrch.-Services were first held by this denomination in the fall of 1857, at what was then called "Center Harbor," in a schoolhouse about a mile south of this village, by Rev. George Owens and Presiding Elder Hickey. Services were held there until 1871, when the fire destroyed everything. This circuit embraced Forestville, Sherman, White Rock and Sand Beach. After the fire of 187 they moved to Sand Beach and occupied a school-house on section 12. In 1878 J. Jenks gave them a lot and a building was commenced. It was completed and dedicated on the 27th of February, r88o, the services being held by Presiding Elder Elwood, and the Pastor, Rev. R. Bird. Thlere was in the first organization 19 members. Cost of their church building is $2,254. Rev. George Owens is credited with having preached the first sermon on this shore. ]he Baptist Church was organized here as early as I874, January 24, by the Rev. W. D. Potter. This took place at Rock Falls, about two miles south of Sand Beach, and with the membership of Jeremiah Jenks, John Moran, Sarah Ingles, Isabella Reynolds, James Holmes, Thos. and Eliza Reynolds, Isabella Clark, Margaret Moran, Mabel Reynolds, Peter Dues, George Mettleton, Wm. Wright, Mary and Maggie Moran, Jas. Huxtable, Hannah Mann, Levina Maule, Chas. Richards, James Moran, Caro line Richards, Adelina and Elizabeth Mitchell, Anna Moran, Michael Liztle, Jacob Fradligh and Angelina his wife, and John Huxtable. Rev. A. M. Swain was the first Pastor called who took charge of the Church. He officiated nine years. Services were held in a chapel. In the fall of 1877 the society followed the town to Sand Beach, and built their first church, at a cost of $5,000. It is very imposing, and one of the finest church buildings in the county. They have a neat parsonage, costing $500, which was built by Jeremiah Jenks and presented to the Church. Present membership, o18. They have a flourishing Sabbath-school of 55 members. This was the first Baptist Church established in the county. The Catholic Church of St. Vincent De Paul held its first service in Sand Beach Jan. i, 1882, starting in with the promises of the new year. They had a membership of fifty families. Rev. N. L. Maschino, of Port Austin, was, and is still, in charge of the mission. They began the erection of their church edifice in 1882, and completed it in July, 1884, previous to which time services were held at the residences of private families. It cost $2,000, and is a plain, neat and substantial church. Dimensions, thirty-three by sixty-five feet. Services monthly, from Port Austin. Evangelical Lutheran Zion's Church.-This society was organized here in 1872. They have a church building and a parsonage. The voting members of this Church number 30, and there are about ten families. The present Pastor is Rev. F. Duever. Presbyterian.-While writing the history of the Churches of Sand Beach, it may not be inopportune to mention the work of the Presbyterian Relief Mission. After the great fire of i881. the Presbyterian Synod of Michigan appointed Rev. E. L. Davies agent to solicit funds and superintend the building of ten churches in the burnt districts, the work being carried on under the direction of the Relief Committee of the Synod. These churches are all now completed except three, and dedicated: those at Port Hope, Sand Beach and Caseville are nearly finished. The churches completed are located as follows: Sand Beach, Port Hope, Grindstone (which has been destroyed by a cyclone), Verona, Ubly, Bad Axe, Cumber, Marlette, Caseville and Brookfield. MASONIC. Huron Lodge, No. 361, was organized under char k M d J= d A I L11 I 6) e 1110.4 j 4-717 N~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~rS3,P~ ~~, —~m~~~~-~;~~a~i~an~-sct_-~;m ~~~,'- 0 9 IV" Hu~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. 460 HURON COUNTY. ter in January, 1883, with eleven members. It now We have, in writing the history of Sand Beach, has thirty-six. They have a hall twenty-four by six- taker. the events and incidents of the early and i ty-five, which is well furnished. later life of the people about this shore in chronology INCORPORATED. ical order, following them along as they were centerSand Beach was incorporated as a village by act ing and finallyculminating at this town. Though the of the Legislature approved March 14, 1882. T1he |Harbor of Refuge and the Life-Saving Service are a first meeting was held for the election of officers April part of the institutions-and important ones, too10, following. Jeremiah Jenks was chosen President,of and Beach, we have thought it st to speak of J. L. Brennan Clerk and Eugene H. Swain Treasurer. them in a separate chapter, or under their proper Trustees-Samluel A. Fuller, Benj. M1. Grice, RobSt. heading, and with a few further thoughts we will close. W rn e W. Irwin, George W. Car,. Selden and Harvey The village of Sand Beach is the InGst important T. Perkins. Assessor, Henry Harrison; Street Com- town in Huron County. ts business features are missioner, Benj. F. Harrimore; Constable, David more extensive and promise a wider field of operaM. Priest; Charles Hubbell was appointed Marshal. tions Its popuation is from 1,I00 to I,200, and is The village territory embraces the south half of frac- constantly increasing. In addition to its many intional section r, and fractional section 12. dustries, it is flanked on three sides by a good, rich agricultural country. Its business houses are good THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. and the dwellings also, many of them exceedingly The citizens of Sand Beach have learned some The c s of Sd B h he l d se fine. There are no tumble-down rookeries or fences practical lessons from their sad experiences with fire, r to mar the beauty of her streets, nor rickety and unand have done all they could to guard in the future t -a o i strt - certain side-walks to disturb the pleasures of a promagainst this terrible enemy to life and property. To e M of who he w d S h. 6.r t h c,, /enade. Many of the old settlers who have watched this end thev have constructed a comaleto fire de-.. -.............. l: 2S ~ 3 so z ); partment, after the Holly system of water works. This system consists of a large steam engine, with pump, conveniently located for drawing water from the lake. This engine is located in the boiler and engine rooms of the North Star Rolling Mill of J. Jenks & Co., and is always ready for action. Mains have been laid in the principal streets, to which hydrants have been attached, and in such locations as are particularly exposed to danger. In connection this site grow from a wilderness into a beautiful little city are still alive to enjoy the fruits of their labors. One of the early settlers, Hunting Trescott, whom every one loves, celebrated his golden wedding Dec. 30, i880. His children and grandchildren and the citizens gatheredtogether at his house, and to his surprise presented him with a fine gold-headed cane. He is still living here, with the chosen companion of his early youth, surrounded by a score and a half of loving children and orandchildren and affectionate witn tnis system a good nose company nas Deen neighbors. formed. This system has also been utilized by the citizens in the use of the pure water for domestic pur- - ', poses, and for wetting down lawns and dusty streets. Sand Beach is located in the line of the great water SEBBWAING MOWNSHIP. thoroughfare around the lakes and all intermediate points. Several lines of beautiful steamers make regnlar trips here from Cleveland, Detroit, Port Huron and all points north. With these there are heavy barges, light boats and vessels, all having traffic here I. EBEWAING Township — first known as and all taking advantage of the fine harbor. It is a Auchville —was organized by act of the grand sight to view from the town, which rests so Legislature passed Feb. I2, I853. Prior grandly on an eminence, these giant movers of the to this it was attached, for judicial purposes, industries of the country as they majestically pass with Fair Haven and Geneva, to Tuscola through the blue waters, or turn and come into port. County, under the name of Auchville. The Maple shade-trees have been set out along all the first meeting was held at the residence of Frederick streets, which are regularly laid out. Schilling. Mr. Schilling was chosen Chairman, ss —reet, whc-hnareg uarlla^i ^ -out. HURON COUNTY. 461 3 Frederick Luckhard, Clerk, and Christian Bach and Sebewaing Township is rapidly increasing in pop- 3 John Muellerweiss, Inspectors of the Election. ulation, and in this respect is third in order. There were fifteen votes cast, resulting in the elec- SUPERVISORS. tion of Frederick Schilling for Supervisor, Frederick Belbw is given the names of the men who have { Luckhard, Clerk, and Jacob F. Ruehle, Treasurer; presented the township: Luckhard, represented the township: C. Bach, Peter Schairer, Jacob Armbuster for Jus-...ed tices of the Peace; J. F. Strieter, Gottfried Beck Frederick Ziegler, 1853 and Andrew Volz for Highway Commissioners; for Peter Schairer, 1855 School Inspector, Edmond Roeder; Constables- Frederick Schilling, 1856 John Muellerweiss, John Weidner and Frederick Peter Schairer, I857 Ziegler. Frederick Schilling, 1858-60 W~in J. Davis, 1861 This township is numbered 15 north, of range 9 rederi Silling, 862-5 east, and is situated in the southwest corner of the Peter Schairer, 1866-8 county. Fair Haven bounds it on the north, Brook- Christian Bach, I869-74 field on the east, Tuscola County on the south, with John F. Ziegler, 1875-82 Saginaw Bay on the west. There are four school Henry Neumann, 1884 districts in this township, which are located as follows: No. i, on section 8; No. 2, on section 32; No. ---- 3, on section Io; and No. 4, on section 23. The first school district has 360 scholars on the roll; the Sebewaing. second, 75; the third, Ioo; and the fourth, 60. The X. school buildings are all frame, and cost respectively EBEWAING village is located at the mouth as follows: District No', $4,ooo; No. 2, $400; No. o eeag ve i the o sh o 3, $700; and No. 4, $400. In District No. I, theref Sebewain the Township of e: ' rl' Sebewaing, on Saginaw Bay. Its early are two private schools, both of them Lutheran, with seben on Siaw Its r about 200 scholars in attendance. history is one of peculiar interest. The first ^ T about 200 scholars in attendance. \ -* The first white settler in this township was Rev. white man who settled at this place was the John J. F. Auch, who came as a missionary to the Rev. J. J. F. Auch, who came i I845. Mr. Indians in I845. He resides at Sebewaing. Auch came from the Lutheran Church Society, of The original timber in this township consisted of Ann Arbor, Mich., as a missionary to the Indians. the hard-woods, interspersed with some pine. The There was one house here then, which was built by surface of the land is flat. The soil in the central harles Rodd, a half-breed. Mr. Auch put up the part of the township is very rich; the eastern part second house, which he built of logs. swampy, and near the bay, sandy. The fire of I871 Frederick Ziegler came in I849. His brother burned in the center, on the north line, and in the John followed three months later. In i85, Frederick s wamps. All the high land is now under cultiva- |Schilling, Gottfried Beck, Christian Auch, Jacob F. tion. When the township was first settled it was Ruehle, Frederick Smith, Ustus Schmidt, with their nearly all swamp. It is drained by the Sebewaing wives and children (Schilling had eight), all from River, which flows into Saginaw Bay. The cereals A rbor, Mich., were landed by the steam-boat do well. Potatoes do splendidly, yielding as high as Julia Smith" on Lone-Tree Island, off from the 200 bushels per acre. It is an excellent township for mouth of Sebe wing River. This island has since fruit, except peaches. The cultivation of grapes is car been washed away. It was some three weeks before ried on extensively. There is one vineyard of five acres. this little colony, with their goods, were landed on The water is good. The township contains the in- e main land corporated village of Sebewaing and the little ham- This was effected by means of a little boat which let of Kilmanagh. It contains a large number of they procured from the Indians. This little band fine farms, with commodious dwellings and good did not feel particularly happy, or safe either, when AO farm buildings. Its orchards are numerous and they had got over, for they had no roof to shelter under good cultivation. their heads, and the land was very low and swampy. <^u"''Sun'(~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0 ___~r;' nn 1Iaa 9 I 'Il 111 k o A,r-= Z=S 462 HURON Often they had to wade in water three feet deep! They had arranged before their coming to have some houses put up, but this had not been done. They located their lands here and then began to lay out and build houses. At first they all had to spend their nights in a log house, and it was not a large one either. There were forty-five of them, men women and children, and they must have been, as they admit, pretty closely packed together. They got their provisions from Saginaw, which were brought in small boats. There was plenty of game here then,-elk, bear, deer, wolves on land, and pike, pickerel and sturgeon in the bay. J. Muellerweiss came in the fall of 1851. The first marriage that was celebrated here wis between John Gruenbeck and Margaret Schmidt, in the fall of 185i. The first child born was to the wife of Frederick Schmidt, who was christened Mary. The first church was built and dedicated two years later. It was built by the Lutherans. The first sermon preached was in 1849, in German, and was delivered by Rev. J. J. F. Auch. This gentleman was the established Pastor of the Lutheran Church from 1853 to I867. During the earlier period of the village's history these people got their mail from Hampton, now Bay City. The first Postmaster at Sebewaing was David Philbrick,who received his commission in I854. The mail then came from Watrousville, Tuscola County. The first school opened here was in 1854, and was taught by Mr. Auch. It was attached to the Lutheran Church, and there were about a dozen pupils. It was opened in the church building. The new church edifice of this society, which is called the " Evangelical Lutheran St. John Church," was erected in I873. Their present Pastor is the Rev. H. Ganyneiss. During the early times there was a congregation of Indians located near this point. It was in charge of the Lutheran Church: Rev. E. Raeder was the preacher. Services were held at their town, not far fropa Sebewaing, called "Shebahyonk." Nock-cheko-may was their chief. They bought some land here from the Government in I847 and settled on it. They belonged to the Chippewa and Sebewaing tribes. Of the former there were some forty in number; of the latter, about seventy-five. They sold their lands to Christian Auch, F. Schiller, and Gottfried Beck, in I856, and emigrated; some went back to Canada, and some into Saginaw County, where there was an Indian reservation. Whenever the traders would bring in whisky these Indians would manage to get hold of it, and then would follow a grand debauch. But they were always good-natured, and it is not known that any white person was ever injured by them. Sebewaing is now an industrious and thriving village, with a population of some 850 souls. It is well built up with good dwellings and substantial business houses, that of J. C. Liken & Co. being one of the best in the county. It is a two-story building, of brick, with a stone foundation, eighty by sixty feet in dimensions. Many of the first settlers are still living, enjoying the blessings that come to a ripe old age from habits of industry, economy and sobriety. They have passed through the deprivations, struggles, and oftentimes sad experiences of pioneer life, and are now reaping their just rewards. They have beheld the water settling away, the swamps disappear, and in their place rich, cultivated fields and happy, peaceful homes. Mr. Frederick Schilling relates a strange experience that befell his parents when they came to this land of freedom. They had left the old country (Wurtemberg) with a desire of being freed fiom monarchical slavery, and not expecting any other when they landed on these shores. They came to Baltimore, which was about the year 1817. After they had been there awhile, they were sold into slavery and taken up into Pennsylvania, where they remained three years before they procured their liberty. COUNTY. < I — ). - y) t t I G AT v ' INCORPORATED. The village of Sebewaing was incorporated by a special act of the Legislature, approved March 13, I879. This act provided, "That fractional section No. 7, and section No. 8 in township No. 15 north, of range No. 9 east, the same lying and being in the township of Sebewaing, County of Huron, and State v of Michigan, be and the same is hereby constituted a village corporate to be known' as the village of Sebewaing." The first election was held in accordance with this act, on Monday, April 14, i879. John J. F. Auch and John C. Liken were appointed a Board of Registration for the purpose of registering '(| graph gallery has been opened by John McEvoy. were held occasionally at different places. In I883, Joel Wallace, with his genial countenance, presides through the aid received from the Synodical Commitover a restaurant, saloon and a cigar and tobacco tee appointed by the Synod of Michigan to collect store. There are two other saloons in the town. funds for the building of churches in the burnt disWalker & Seeley are the pioneers here in the bank- trict, this society began the erection of a church and ing business. They have a fine two-story brick build- parsonage, which was completed and the former ded-. ing, into which they have recently moved. Their icated in 1883. Lateron, a part of this congregation banking rooms have been fitted up with a good deal were united with the United Presbyterians, who oc' of taste. cupy the church built by the Relief Committee; the Z= G. W. Bradley manufactures patent medicines, and other part still maintain their original organization, A=.i has also a barber shop. and are supplied from the Verona and Ubly Churches,; John Andrews supplies the people with meats. by Rev. P. A. McMartin. The United Presbyterians, = Medical science is represented by Drs. John S. were organized in I88I, with Rev. F. W. Vertican XF Deady (who also has a drug store), Hugh M. Gale presiding, who served until July, 1883. They had? ) and M. C. McDonnell. sixteen members. The present Pastor; Rev. J. P. ( The law is represented by W. T. Bope, George Gibson, took charge in January, I884. Present memMaywood, Wm. Potter, J. F. Welch, Chipman and bership, about twenty-four. The edifice is very neat Carpenter and Warner. and attractive, and is of Gothic architecture. Richard Smith does an abstract, insurance and real- The Baptist Church of Bad Axe was organized in estate business. i878, with eight members: Rev. A. Corey, Pastor. HOTELS. The first church building was erected in 1879, at a The Central House, located on Main Street and cost of $2,500. This building was destroyed by the E kept by Thomas Morrow, is a large,'fine three-story fire of i88r. Under the zealous leadership of James building. It is well appointed in every way and is McArthur, who was then Pastor, the church was reas clean, neat and tidy asza doll house. The guests built, at a cost of $3,ooo. It is a handsome structure, are carefully looked after, and there is no place in and is an ornament to the town. The present Pasthe county where the traveler will feel more at home tor is Rev. W. P. Owens. Membership, fifty-one. than with Landlord Morrow. | Mlethodist Episcopal Church.-Rev. George Walker The Irwin House is a large, commodious structure, was the first Pastor of this charge, in I878. He was three stories high, located west of the court house succeeded in 1880, by Rev. John Bettis, who held on Main Street. It is well furnished and well kept. until 1882. Rev. Piercy DeLong then took charge CHURCHES. until 1884, when the Saginaw Conference appointed The First Presbyterian Church.-In 1873 this Rev. Henry King. The Church was organized in Church was organized at Bad Axe and composed of i880. Jacob Durfey & wife, and Duncan Williams members residing in the townships of Sheridan, Ve- and wife were the first members. The society has a g i-^f- l aafinf \ /-~ w:- ~^^<^ 470 HURON COUNTY. e~,.. I... Ik AO le, * I s tN~3 3 good church building and a parsonage, and are practically out of debt. Present membership is eightynine. A "Union Sunday-school" is connected with the Church, which is doing a good work. St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church.-In the autumn of I880 this society held its full services, in a school-house, Rev. W. H. Smythe officiating. A church building was framed in Detroit in i88i and shipped to Bad Axe, via Sand Beach. It was hauled from Sand Beach to Bad Axe and completed in 1882, at a cost of $1,20o. The rectory was built in I883. At present there are forty communicants. The missipn has been much improved, and is in a growing and thrifty condition. It is under the Diocese of Michigan. An interesting Sabbath-school is one of the features of this Church. Rev. John C. Anderson is in charge of this Church. Missionary services are also held by him at Ubly, Gagetown, and in the town of Grant, with a good attendance. THE PRESS. The Huron Tribune.-A mariner might as well undertake to navigate the Atlantic without a compass as for a people to attempt in this age to build up a town without the aid of the press. They are the great exponents of thought, and the potent power that gives life and success to all business enterprises. Believing in this principle, the people of this little village have established through their patronage two good newspapers to represent their interests. The pioneer in this enterprise was the Backwoodsman, very appropriately named at the time. It was started by Bell Irwin, and cast its light before the people of Bad Axe in 1876. In i880, George A. Miller purchased it and changed the name to Huron Tribune. Originally it was Democratic in politics. When the change took place, it became Republican. In the spring of i881, John Maywood bought a half interest, and in December, 1883, bought the other half, and is now editor and proprietor. Mr. Maywood is making a success out of his enterprise. The Tribune is a newsy, interesting paper, and is doing a good deal for the development of the county and the advancement of civilization. Bad Axe Democrat.-Early in I884, E. J. Dunn, through the aid of the citizens of Bad Axe, started the above named paper. It was not a success, and was sold to J. T. Rorick, who is now editor and pro prietor. In politics, as its name indicates, it is Democratic. Mr. Rorick has rapidly increased the circulation, and is laying a permanent foundation for a successful enterprise. He is a practical newspaper man, keenly alive to the interests and wants of the people and the future importance of Bad Axe. He is in the field at a propitious season, and we expect that the incoming administration will be aided and supported in the discharge of the onerous duties of government by his able paper. EDUCATIONAL. The people of Bad Axe, looking to the proper rearing of the young, have been forward in establishing a good school. They have a fine one-story brick building with three commodious apartments. There are i60 pupils in attendance. The building, though large, is not commensurate for the growing demands of the village. A. J. Lynd is Principal, with two assistants-Miss Grace Norton and Miss Manning. SOCIETIES. There are several societies in Bad Axe. The Masonic brethren have an organization here which was started this year. They have a hall well furnished, and suitable for a large membership. The Grand Army of the Republic have a Post at this place, Wisner, No. 70. It was organized in 1882. There is also a society of Good Templars, which has been established several years. One of the best things for the county is the Huron County Agricultural and Art Society, which holds its annual fairs here. It has been established several years. Bad Axe is one of the few towns in the county that enjoys the luxury of a brass band. This was organized July I, 1884. John M. Cary is President, C. A. Johnson, Secretary and R. Haller, Drum Major. For the time they have been together, they play exceedingly well. A,. qV1 ^:ri,1 -i 8 W..s A= 1= i? Ip I Pt. COUNTY BUILDINGS. Huron County may well be proud of her public buildings, for there are few county structures in the State that can surpass them for durability of construction and elegancy of style and finish. The Court House is a large two-story building, with a basement. It is built of stone and brick, and well appointed throughout. It is heated by a furnace, with all the latest improved fixtures. This building was erected in i875, at a cost of $25,ooo, and was (In -- " I1:I HURON COUNTY. 47I ' (e), ^ )i I G A a one of the few buildings that escaped the fire of i881. The Postoffice was first opened about three miles west, on the State road. This was in I868. The mail was carried then the original way,-on the back of a horse,-and was received once a week. At this time there was no other building within three miles. Charles Brown was Postmaster, who held it until the spring of 1875, when Sep. Irwin was appointed. Robert Philp, the present Postmaster, succeeded Irwin the following fall. Daily mails are now received by rail, and twice a week from Sebewaing, by stage: daily by stage from Sand Beach. The Verona fail is one of the best jails in the State. It is three stories high, and is constructed of stone and brick and well finished. There are thirteen strong cells in it and living apartments for the keeper, which are first-class. It was completed in 875, at a cost of $I3,000. It also escaped the fire. ~, THE COUNTY POOR FARM. Soon after the county seat had been permanently located, the Board of Supervisors assembled together to make some provisions for the poor of the county. This was in the spring of i875. The Board appointed medical wants. They are made to feel at home, and to be as comfortable and happy as possible under the circumstances. The poor farm property is valued at $ro,ooo. The cost of supporting this establishment, together with some outside indigent persons, is estimated at $3,500 per year. Thomas Morrow resigned in i882, and Wm. Tehast was appointed, who held his place until last fall, when the present overseer, Wm. Story, was appointed. The people of Huron County deserve credit for attending so well to their poor. Charity and benevolence are among the noblest traits of the human character, and nothing speaks so well for communities as to have such eleemosynary institutions planted in their midst. Verona. ' HIS pretty little hamlet is located on the eastern line of the township of Verona. I t t,, '111r l K I A,.=3: e__! $!Z S a committee with authority to locate and purchase a | Quite an old village is this Verona, and 'AG site for the poor farm, which they proceeded to do. in by-gone years was of more importance than Two hundred acres of land was located about one some of the towns which now put on superior mile west of Bad Axe, for which the county paid airs. Jeremiah Ludington was the first settler $600. Thomas Morrow was appointed overseer, and here, in the spring of I865. He first opened a work was begun. The site was all wild land. The store, and afterwards put up a saw-mill and&a gristsame season and the winter following, ten acres of mill. When the town was first settled, it was all land was cleared and a barn was built. The year woods. The first school was opened in I867. The I876, Mr. Morrow cleared off fifteen acres more, school building was put up and the school started by and material was also gathered in for building a Mr. Ludington. George Martin and Thomas Philp house. The following year the house was built. It were among the early settlers. The postoffice was is a fine, large two-story house with attic, having established in r867, Jeremiah Ludington being the some twenty-five rooms, and cost between $3,500 Postmaster. He held it seven years and then was and $4,000. The rooms are comfortably furnished, succeeded by his son. well ventilated, and are heated by stoves. Another June 15, 1879, Mr. Ludington opened his large barn and two sheds were built, and more land hotel. This hotel, with another, and the whole cleared up and put under cultivation. One hun- town, were burned in I87 I. It was rebuilt and again dred and sixty acres have been improved altogether, burned in I88i. Mr. Ludington, undaunted, started which is all well fenced. The whole premises are in again and put up another hotel, which is one of in a good condition and well kept. The average the best in the county. Others rebuilt, and the town * number of poor persons here is about ten. presents a thriving appearance. The business inThe farm is well stocked with cattle, hogs and terests are represented by Grist & Son, who have a horses. The clothing provided for the occupants is flouring mill, with six run of stone. D. H. Luding(A plain and substantial, and the food good and whole- ton has a general merchandise store. Norman J. ( 7 some; and a physician is employed to look after their Scott has the same. g <~^^j^. --- ^^ — c^.|jtl^[|()<^A-^ — ^y: --- ^4,'^~^A — n' J ) Ir m I I was not suffering, had no pain, had no sense of feeling in my hands, felt tired, sleepy and benumbed. At times I could scarcely see. I remember screeching several times, not to attract attention, but thought it would help the circulation of the blood. I would pound my hands and feet on the boat whenever I was conscious. I have a faint recollection when I got on the bottom of the boat, which must have been after she crossed the reef. I remember, too, in the same dreamy way of when I reached the shore. Remember of falling down twice, and it seems as if I walked a long distance between the two falls; but I could not have done so, as I was found within thirty, feet of the boat. I must have reached the shore about 9:30 a. m., so that I was about three and a half hours in the water. I was helped to the station by Mr. Shaw, light-keeper, and Mr. McFarland. Was given restoratives,dry clothes were put on, my limbs were dressed, and I was put to bed. I slept till noon (two hours), when my wife called me, saying that Deegan and Nantau had drifted ashore, and were in the boat room. My memory from this time is clear. "I thought possibly these two men might be brought to life, and, under my instructions, had Mr. Shaw and Mr. Pethers work at Deegan for over an hour, while I worked over Nantau for the same time, but without success. I. then telegraphed to the Superintendent and the friends of the crew. The four other men were picked up between i and 2 p. m., all having come ashore within a quarter of a mile of the station. I, with the surf-boat, came ashore about one mile south of the station, the bodies drifting in the direction of the wind, and the boat more with the sea. On the 24th, Hiram Walker, of Detroit, telegraphed to ship the bodies of Petherbridge and Nantau to Detroit, which I did, together with their effects." Mr. Samuel McFarland gives a very pathetic account of this disaster: "I am a farmer, and was working on the fairri about one-fourth of a mile from where the surf-boat came ashore, when I heard gulls screeching, as I supposed, several times; but paid no attention to it. Presently my two dogs started to run for the cliff, and thinking that somebody might be calling from the shore, I went to the edge of a high cliff overlooking the lake, and saw a boat bottom up about Ioo rods from the shore, with one man on it. Not knowing that the station crew were out, I started to notify them of what I saw. Upon getting to fhe station, about nine o'clock, and learning that they were out, concluded that it was the surf-boat I had seen, and went to the light-house after Mr. Shaw to accompany me to where the boat was drifting in. When we got there the boat was ashore, and Captain Kiah was standing on the beach about thirty feet from the boat, with one hand holding on to the root of a fallen tree, and with the other steadying himself with a lath-stick, and- swaying his body to and fro, as if in the act of walking, but not moving his feet. He did not seem to realize our presence, and was so disfigured we at first failed to recognize him, his face black and swollen and a white froth issuing from his mouth and nose. We took him between us, and with great difficulty walked him to the station. Several times on the way he would murmur, 'Poor boys, they are gone!' At one time he straightened out his legs, his head dropped back, and we thought he was dying; but he soon recovered again. After reaching the station, he was given restoratives, his clothes were removed, and he was put to bed. His legs from above the knees were much swollen, bruised and black." The names of the lost crew are as follows: William I. Sayres, Robert Morrison, James Pottenger, Dennis Deegan, James Nantau and Walter Petherbridge. Nantau and Petherbridge were single men. Sayres and Morrison were widowers. Sayres left five children, the youngest at the time being eight years old. Morrison left three children, the youngest, six years old. Pottenger and Deegan each left a wife and four children, each of the youngest at the time being two months old. Their widows 'and children are still living in Huron County. No blame has ever been attached to Captain Kiah or his crew, by those who had any knowledge of the circumstances. It was ons of those incidents that are! liable to occur to the best and bravest of men. Captain Kiah was left very feeble in mind and in body; his limbs were in a critical condition. It was a question whether he would be able for duty again, and the closing incident of this sad tragedy was his resignation. Thus this station in a day, by the power of a great wave, was bereft of a crew who had within a year, by their heroic action, saved nearly a hundred lives. t) (, = 11 df Si 3=T r =t A, qF.? (4"T al PI I 14 11 I U U U lf!7 ~~~z ~~~e - "i rT~~~~-Il - .-4~~~~~~~~I e, 7-, "-,\\ ~A II-", I "', A _ ~ k~k ', - VI-N-0 I,>, DO K l! H UROAIN COUNTY. 483 In the fall of this year, Superintendent Joseph Captain Kiah is as hale and hearty a man as one Sawyer, of the Tenth District, was drowned near would meet in a days walk gives no indication that Rogers City while returning from one of the stations, wo ee n a s a; vesno caton that and the heroic Captain Kiah, late Keeper of Station was once so near death's door. No. 2 of this District, having recovered his health The stations along this coast have since bee fully, was tendered the vacant place by the Govern- much improved in their equipments. At Sand ment, which he accepted. For his bravery in the Beach station they have the English life-boat, which disaster at Point aux Barques, the Secretary of the is in its construction a self-bailer and a self-righter; Treasury, under act of Congress passed June 20, the same at Grindstone City. At Point aux Barques r874, presented him with a magnificent gold medal. they have a life surf-boat, also a self-bailer and a It is two inches in diameter and one-eighth of an self-righter. They have at this station all the modinch thick, and solid gold. On one side is repre- e appliances for life-saving at sea. The statio sented a surf-boat in a heavy sea with the surf-men ern aplete to the fullest extent. in and about her, with the inscription around the edge as follows: " Life-Saving Medal of the First Congress lately has raised the salary of the officers Class. United States of America." On the other to respectable figure; but there is yet room for side is the front of a pedestal bearing the following great improvement in providing for the surf-men. inscription: "To Jerome G. Kiah, Wreck of Life- The whole service should be put on a footing with Saving Crew of Point aux Barques, Lake Huron, the navy, the men in line of promotion, and no reApril 23, I880. Act of Jrune 20, 1874." Surmount- strictions as far as their salary is concerned. They ing the pedestal is the American eagle. To the left now g out of commission at the close of navigation, is a female figure in drapery leaning against the and come in again when it opens. In the meanpedestal. On the right is the bow of a boat with time they have t forage around for a living. The rigging, anchor, etc., and around the edge are these Government should also pension the widows of the words: "In testimony of heroic deeds in saving life men in this service who lose their lives in trying to from the perils of the sea." save the lives of others. 1! i E Vb J K X y) t-=r J= E3r 4&' -- - - ---- —. -- - I ( I A I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - I~~~~a Gr\h -S1~rl~~~ eBlL a r4 -gz < t.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I ~ raa~~~~,aoi3~";i~~~~~,z — 0 Ali - of484 HURON COUNTY. if3(,AILROADS. ^lalm&E - * 4 — - a.f _ _ "!AILROADS in Huron County, on account of her superior advantages of water navigation, were not so greatly needed; nor did the county feel the ab'. sence of these potential agencies for civilization as did the other counties during their early settlement. But they came along in good time, as they always do; and the blast from their trum',Plg pets, announcing their several arrivals, was quite musical to the ears of the people. While none of the roads 3C IN 0 at the close gauge road. of the same year. This is a narrow -7 Pontiac, Oxford & Port Austin Railroad. ~'f' ORK was commenced on this line in i88I, and completed in I883. It is a broadgauge road, and enters the county in Brookfield Township, passes through Winsor and terminates at the town of Caseville. This is an important road to Caseville and this cportion nf thi irnintir X, Ae..i-' that now enter the county are aomi- botUII1 U M VUiULY. Y a' ~o ciled here, they answer the purpose of a ready and quick means of transportation just as -| 3J ' --- - (well. Saginaw, Huron & Tuscola Railroad. HIS road started from Saginaw in 1882, and Port Austin & Northwestern Railroad. was completed as far as Sebewaing in the ^ spring of I883, a distance of thirty-seven HE echoes of the locomotives of this road miles. It runs through Tuscola County and were the first to resound through the forests along the coast of Sebewaing Township to of Huron County. This was in I88i, and I Sebewaing village. From here it leads off to the first passenger train steamed into Sand Bay Port, its present terminus, passing along near Beach on the 23d of September of the same |the shore line of Fair Haven Township. This is a year. This road starts from Port Austin,.narrow-gauge road. A branch runs out, starting seventy-one miles from Sand Beach. A branch of about a mile below Bay Port, to the stone quarries in this road, called the " Port Austin Branch," leaves Winsor Township. The present purpose of the comthe main line at Palms, in Sanilac County, and enters pany is to extend this branch to Bad Axe, and from Huron County through Bingham Township, runs there on to Sand Beach. through Bad Axe, and from there to Port Austin, This is the introduction of the railroad system into passing along the western line of Lincoln and Dwight Huron County. It will not be many years, probably, Townships. The first passenger train came into Bad before a complete net work of iron rails will be woven Axe Oct. o1, i882. It was completed to Port Austin over the entire territory. g"gR — -— C_/, —^: *et^^~S-~- --!t; — 'u —t E ims, > >>s~- - v HURON COUNTY. 485 C = I-.4ke G its apl "befor factory Port A was he in i86 proved which ooo ba feet. Tho with tx Their They r pure. of San brine s ]*,,~~xu.j S early as i838, or about two put in a steam block. They manufacture 150 barrels IB[~X:~ j~ years after this Territory per day. The brine from this well is 84U, salin7 i> went into the sisterhood of ometer. The same year they added to their business fIA f States, an attempt was made the dairy-salt factory. to get salt in the Grand River In I880 Worthington & Sons, of Grindstone City, ' '- e-l Valley; but it was a failure. established their block-pan process. They produce ~ ~/ 1 The Congress of the United 30,000 barrels annually. At Caseville there are five i= States had passed an act allow- wells and three blocks,-one pan and two steam,- a * n2 ing the State to select twelve owned by Francis Crawford. The first well was put springs, with six sections adjoin- down in I871 at a depth of 950 feet. Later it was; u ing. In I859, the salt interests put down to I,764. Recently the fifth well was put revived and the matter was down, at a depth of i850 feet. The annual productaken up anew, the Legislature at tion from these three blocks is 40,000 to 50,000 barrels. vi this time offering ten cents a barrel At Port Crescent, Eakins & Soule put down a well for all the salt that could be made in i88I, to a depth of 1,242 feet, for brine supply to in the State. As soon as salt made their pan block. Their capacity is I50 barrels daily, pearance, the Legislature repealed this act, though they do not put up quite this amount. At 'e prayers," as it might be said. The manu- this place there is another salt block, owned by Benof salt was first started in Huron County, at nett Haskell, which was opened in I880. This well ustin, in I863, using the solar system, which is down at a depth of 1,250 feet. Capacity, 200;re a failure. Ayres & Co. started their works barrels: at present not running. 4, using large iron kettles. They soon im- At New River, W. H. Cooper & Co. have a steam. on this process, and adopted the pan system, salt block, which was started in 1876. Their annual they still use. They manufacture about 40,- production is 25,000 barrels. At White Rock there irrels annually. Their well was sunk I,i98 are two mills, which were started in 1872. The presBrine, 88~, salinometer. ent proprietor is R. W. Irwin. These wells are down s. Winsor & Co. have an improved steam block, to a depth of 600 feet, with a good flow of brine wo wells, which they operate with one beam. which is 84Q, salinometer. The block is of the pan wells are down to the depth of I,i80 feet. process, with a capacity of 225 barrels daily. nake 150 barrels per day. Their brine is very The Port Hope Pan Block Salt Works are owned Salinometer, 86~. In 1876, J. Jenks & Co., by Win. R. Stafford, and was started in 1874. Since Id Beach, started a pan block, with a well for then the block has been greatly improved, and has a;upply at a depth of 715 feet. In 1883, they capacity now of 60,000 barrels. The well is down to ^i -— @-A<,^tH11X~nt3in t> -- > 486. HURON COUNTY. a depth of 800 feet. Proof of brine, 84~ standard. than anywhere else. We give one illustration, from R. C. Ogilvie has a pan block at this place, which the tables of I880: has a capacity of 150 barrels daily. The above list New York, capital invested,...........$2,385,o81. embraces all the salt establishments in this county. Amount produced, bushels,............ 8,748,203 t Michigan, capital invested,............. 2,I47,209 This industry is increasing in importance every Amount produced, bushels,... I2,425,885. year. The price of wood averages one dollar per cord. They have not, in any of the salt blocks in Huron From 75,000 to 0oo,ooo cords are used annually in County, put up any process yet for saving the "bitter" the salt manufactories. Inspectors of salt are ap- waters which are drawn off in the process of manupointed by the State, who make regular examinations, facture. From these bitter waters is obtained broThe second quality is branded as such, and is used mine, and the chlorides of magnesium and calcium, largely as a fertilizer. So thorough has the system all of considerable commercial value: also, there are become that only about two per cent of the entire prepared from these waters, carbonate and bi-carproduction is second quality. It is handled by the bonate of soda and caustic soda. The production of "Salt Association," and a great portion of it goes to salt in Michigan is about half of that of the whole Chicago. Salt can be made here in this State cheaper country. The price at present is 70 cents a barrel. iA K \.,., 1wJr 3./'4r41 wa A 4\,,,>, t JjllI ( B t w be C R- - - X ---% 7:e i:: A r i E ( ONDAY morning Sept. 5, would be unparalleled in the world's history. The 1 88. the sun rose with unp- result of the world's experience goes to prove that the usual splendor over the greatest calamities come to mankind when they are blue waters of Lake the least expected. So it was in this terrible event. Huron, casting its warm During the previous week there had come rumors. A rays upon the people of of disastrous fires in the counties south, but no thought SHuron County. The air of danger here had been entertained, particularly in was balmy, and resonant with the these counties below. Forest and fallow fires were 1 charming notes of the wild birds. burning in many of the townships of Huron County There was nothing to indicate that and the counties south during almost the entire; ', ^| ere its setting there would be any- month of August, but they were thought to be harnlless. thing other than peace, contentment As early as themiddle of August the meteorological and happiness among the people, or journal of the Port Huron Station announced the pres- - I ** p d ^that ere it took farewell of this fair ence of "dense clouds of smoke from forest fires;" l9and and passed below the western |and from this station fires in the west and southwest. horizon, a darkness would come as were plainly visible. Later on, the flames had seized intense as could be produced by the upon the "slashings" in Sanilac County. The conflaabsence of all light, and a calamity befall the people grations were spreading with such rapidity that finally which for magnitude of woe, suffering and death, the people of Sanilac, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties Puunn -. - G477l7~ IHURON became alarmed. On the second of September the fire had destroyed a great part of Carsonville, and had burned buildings and standing timber in that vicinity. COUNTY. 487 48 1 Q N I I I., C. Z: 1d.1 The first very alarming conflagration began on the last day, of August. The fire had originally started in Lapeer County, spreading northeasterly along the valley of the south branch of Cass River into Marlette, a township lying in the southwestern corner of Sanilac County. It advanced northward through Marlette as far as Moore, then changed its course in the direction of Custer and Watertown townships, passing through these to Sandusky, reaching there about two o'clock p. m. Here it destroyed a church, a school, three outbuildings and a dwelling. Traveling northeastward, it raged through the swamps west of Black River, crossed this stream, and at four o'clock burned the village of Deckerville. From here it swept through the forests and " slashings" of Marion and Bridgeport Townships. The l wind changed to the north about dark, and blew with '- such force that the flames soon went out. Before = this the fire had become general, and other towns than those mentioned had been threatened. The = fires so far had been driven by strong diverse winds that grew into gales as the flames increased. The vegetation on one side of the fire-path would be green, while on the other everything had been burned to the ground. It was on the fifth day of September, however, that the irresistible conflagration started on its principal " march to the sea." The smoldering embers of the fires of the previous Wednesday were ready C for action, waiting for a favorable wind. It came: p a vigorous southwest gale came up, and then the v fiery demon advanced upon its prey. Some days before this the fires had worked from the northern part of Tuscola County into the southern townships of Huron. By Sunday they had united and had reached the township of Colfax, and were also burning in the forests west of Bad Axe. No particular > uneasiness, however, was felt by the people of these Townships and others at this time. They had all < along through the month of August continued their fallowing, and fed their local fires, notwithstanding occasional warnings. ) We have thus traced the fire from its commence> ment to Huron County, where our history more par ticularly begins. All day, on this Sunday, the wind blew strong from the southwest, and was very hot. On the afternoon of this Sabbath day, a fire broke out on a farm a few 'miles west of the village of Bad Axe. A number of men went out and got the fire under their control, and so subdued that no further trouble was apprehended. Monday all was peaceful during the morning hours. Toward noon the wind freshened up, and reports came in that the fires had broken out in the vicinity of the Poor Farm. Assistance was sent out to protect that property. The wind continued to increase until about two o'clock, when it was blowing a gale, and volumes of smoke were seen in the west. But a few moments, and all was darkness! A cloud of smoke and flame was rolling over the country. The heat was so intense that it was almost impossible to breathe. The wind then blew a hurricane. A few seconds more and all was on fire! The very atmosphere seemed-not only seemed, but was-burned into flame. The people had not time to save anything, and the only question with them was, how to save their lives, and those of their children. The court-house was filled with men, women and children; and those who took refuge there, by heroic efforts saved the building and their own lives, by fighting the fire through the long, terrible night. The fires did not enter this village in a direct line, but circled in the air over the house-tops. Within twenty minutes after the first building caught fire the conflagration became general, and the lives of all were imperiled. In two hours all the houses in Bad Axe were destroyed except the court-house and a few buildings in the north and west portions, which were protected by green woods. About 400 people took refuge in the court-house and were saved. This village stood in a clearing which was made after its settlement, surrounded by forests and "slashings" and "windfalls " which had been accumulating there for years. Those who fled east passed through a cloud ot fire until they came to an opening. Here they dug a large trench, into which they put the women and children, and covered it over with boards and wet blankets. The men stood ground until the fire in its devouring course had passed on. For a time they thought it was impossible for any to be saved, the heat was so intense. Iu t ) I I I.. " is i;T t q (.N. I. I...; q H; II ----- nrinn. B.v- ---- - 488 HURON COUNTY. A part of Bad Axe lies in the township of Colfax. and the winds coming off the water toward the heated The fires burning in the woods on Sunday spread to and rarefied air on shore, held firmly in the west the north and northwest into the townships of Meade without any oscillations from the southwest. Hence and Chandler. The settlers were still working away the fire near the southern limits of Lake and Hume 5 with their local fires. These townships had been were held back by the moist westerly winds, which burned over by the great fires of I871, and there were strong enough to drive the fire eastward into were large accumulations from windfalls caused by the township of Dwight. Here it met the controllthis fire. There were also the " slashings," and with ing southwest wind. As the flames spread eastward their heaps of limbs and tree-tops, knots, etc., the the destroying forces were increased, and a larger result of lumber camps, they were regular tinder number of buildings were destroyed than in Dwight, I boxes ready for the flame. This condition of things where the " slashings " and windfalls were few. The can be considered that of almost every point of the fires were driven back from Hume by the north county that was reached by the fire. wind about three o'clock. It is said on good auThe beautiful little village of Verona, which lay thority that the temperature in Huron at seven in the line of the current of flame, leaving Bad Axe, o'clock in the morning was 99~ in the shade. This was swept of everything except its church, hotel and has its value as indicating the state of the atmostwo other buildings, and from there to Bad Axe but phere on the morning that the fire broke out. two houses remained. The southwest gale that blew the flames into HuTo return to the townships of Meade and Chan- ron Township was so strong that it prostrated trees dler. The conflagration began spreading in Chan- from 30 to 40 feet high and from six to eight inches dler about 12 o'clock m., on the 5th of September. in diameter, and small, young poplars were laid flat. i= The west winds forced it across into the central and The town of Port Austin was threatened until about 3 KZx northern parts of Meade Township. From here it 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when the wind changed met strong, southwest currents which swept it across to the north. It came within a mile of the village;,. the northwest corner of Lincoln and through the in- and skirted along westwardly toward Hume, when terior of Dwight into Port Austin. Another current the northerly winds turned the current back toward / took it and carried it southeast through Huron, Gore Dwight. A hay-stack caught on fire within half a and Rubicon. Here a union was formed with the mile of the village, but it was put out. conflagration spreading northeast from the head- The last wind that was blowing in Huron Townwaters of Cass River. ship at about half past one increased in force as Through the townships of Dwight and Meade it approached the center of rarefication, drove the there were during and before the fire, strong currents conflagration to the eastward, and, shaping its direcof wind from the southwest, which occasionally tion to the outline of the coast, forced it across the 1 changed to the west. This continued until the southwest corner of Huron Township, and then into: middle of the afternoon, when the wind suddenly the village of Huron City. Here it became a whirl-, veered around to the north and blew a gale. This wind of fire, sweeping through the whole length of saved the townships of Port Austin, Hume and the settlement, prostrating the forests and continuLake from any further destruction. The fires ing with fearful speed toward Port Hope. spread very rapidly, burningpdown green forests, and After leaving Huron City, the fires spread southevery barn, dwelling or granary in its path. In Meade ard, accompanied by heavy west and northwest first, on section 15, occurred the first death by fire.winds, down through Huron Township into Bloom- In passing northward the fires at first only extended field and Rubicon Townships. As the fires into the western and northwestern parts of Lincoln creased and the area of destruction grew larger, the: Township. The wind still blew from the southwest, atmospheric forces became more violent, and grea so that the fires kept running toward the northeast, clouds of flame were driven with whirlwind speed The fires broke through from Lake and Hume through the air. The fires reached Port Hope about i Townships, about on a line of the lowest range of two o'clock, running along in a current on the shore () NP sections. These townships being on Saginaw Bay, front and consuming everything. About this time — i{cia — A HURON COUNTY. 489. ). ' AX 9 > ca= S3 L-1,I I.'. ) the wind changed to the west. At this the people began to congratulate themselves upon being able to save some of their property lying back from the lake, as the west wind would hold the flames that way. They had not long to indulge in this hope, for soon there came a report that the whole country west of them was in flames. Mr. Stafford, who had large interests at the place, had his men out, and all others he could co.nmand, established a patrol and fought the fire all that day and the night following, and by great exertions the village was saved. The open fields back, or to the west, were in their favor, as they tended to check the great currents of fire. They by no means felt safe, as fire was still all around them until Wednesday night, when a heavy rain came on. The whirlwind which had been driving these fires through Huron Township and Huron City, and through the forests into Port Hope, seemed to hug the shore country, and to have ultimately broken through to the lake. The trees that had been blown down lay with their tops toward the southwest. The wind that accompanied the fire in its southward course was very strong. It would form into a whirlwind, unroof houses and barns, throw down log cabins, lift persons from the ground andhurl them through the air like sticks. At Forest Bay, in the southeast portion of Rubicon Township, it struck a counter-current, or a southeast wind, and was very eccentric in its movements. This is the home of John Hopson, one of the old and prominent men of Huron County. The wind made an attack on his barn, which had previously been unroofed, and took off an ash rafter, which was about thirty feet long and six inches square, and spiked down, and, whirling it some ten rods, drove it under a board fence with such force that Mr. Hopson failed to pull it out with a yoke of oxen. It can be seen there yet by curiosity hunters. It also took Mrs. Hopson up, who came outside, and carried her through the air some distance and then let her down with no injury, but with a good degree of fright. From here it continued on its course of destruction, spreading out through the northern part of Sigel Township and the northern and western portion of Sand Beach. At the same time the other conflagration that was following the course of Cass River through the dense forests, and, coming northerly into Huron County, was laying waste the townships of Sheridan, Binghtam, Paris, Sherman, Colfax, Verona and the southern and western portion of Sand Beach. The fires in Elmwood Township in Tuscola County began to spread, and coming northward passed through the southeastern corner of Brookfield and over all of Grant but the northwestern corner. The fires spread northeastward and eastward through Colfax and Sheridan and along the low lands north and south of Cass River. Along this river there were immense forests of green trees. There were great bodies of standing dead timber and fallen timber several feet high, caused by the fires of 1871. It all greatly augmented the conflagration. The winds were strong here, and, like those that drove the fires from the neighborhood, from the southwest. The fires reached Verona about three o'clock. They had heard from parties who had been at Bad Axe when the fire broke out there, of the great destruction going on. These persons drove through flames of fire to reach their homes, and only arrived about an hour ahead of the conflagration. It came on with the southwest gale. Before the fire reached the village there was total darkness, and immense clouds of smoke hung over the town. The northwest gale which came up lasted a few minutes, then the wind changed back to the southwest again. A few short moments and this town was in ashes, save the buildings that have been previously mentioned. The fiery wave passed along through the low lands of Verona into Bloomfield Township, and also over Sigel. They were fierce and rapid, these fires, in their war. A few moments would suffice for the destruction of a village. Forests were swept down with almost equal rapidity. The fires reached Paris betwen two and three i o'clock. The conflagration came from the west. Itappeared like a solid wall of flame from fifty to a hundred feet high, rushing on with gigantic and devouring fury, destroying everything in its course. It had been as dark as midnight from about noon. From Sigel the fire went into Sand Beach. The morning sun had shone brightly upon these people. There were no signs of the approaching wave of ' fire. Toward noon the sky became closed and over- i cast; soon after it became red. At two o'clock the O darkness was so intense that the people could not see. They lit their lamps in their houses, and their JN f i I i to y I ( 6 f,, g ~~~~~ ---~~~~ —iali.-O. I on, -- ,V c o u y., --- 490 HURON COUNTY. lanterns to go about with. A large portion of this west. In Lapeer County, at the beginning of the township escaped from the destruction of this fire, fires, its velocity was reported to have been forty- f but they all had the smoke and the heated air. In five miles an hour. The.south and southwest winds Sherman Township a wagon weighing a thousand had prevailed for several days before the fire. i pounds was taken up and hurled some fifteen rods There had been a protracted drought extending ) by the northwest wind. through the months of July and August. The seaIn this township the opposing currents met —the son had been one of unusual heat. The ground was northeast and the southwest. Their struggle for parched and baked, even into the very roots of grasses, mastery made a terrible noise, like the roaring of shrubbery and trees. In clay soils, the ground was mighty waters. The people became greatly alarmed cracked open, and deep crevices could be seen in and did not know what next would follow. The many places. The sun had been pouring down its northwest current was the strongest and drove the unabated heat all summer. Wells and cisterns S southwest wind back, turning the fire southwest were dry. In some places there was no water for across tne corner of Minden. It is reported that on miles for stock, and miles of dead timber were left the north half of section 14, and the south half of standing from previous forest fires and those of I87i; section i i, an area a mile long escaped the flames, there were "slashings" and wind-falls and limbs while northwest of this point twenty persons and and tops of trees, that had been accumulating from almost all perishable property within a square of I6 the time the earliest saw-mill had been started,-all miles was burned. Often in the midst of a general forming a material for combustion which for quality destruction, a shanty wolld be spared. Northwest and quantity has not been equalled in the history of of Parisville the currents of fire divided and the the country, or even the world. = property of some of the farmers was burned, while There is no such thing as stopping a fire that j that of others was untouched. At the Polish church has once started in such material. The people in, there were seven houses within an area of eighty rods many localities fought the fire and kept it off. This. in diameter that escaped the fire, while everything w the case in Caseville Township. They fought = outside of this area was consumed. These peculiar- it there all the afternoon and all night. Toward ities of this great conflagration occurred in every morning the moist wind came up from the Bay and township that it reached. At Minden the conflagra- they were saed. But the conditions were favorable tion was discovered in the forests about two miles or they would not have been saved. It was as imsouthwest of the village about half past three. At possible to check this fire in its currents as to stem four o'clock the wind caine like the lightning flash, Niagara River. It swept over open fields faster than and with it the fire. At this place a southwest wind a horse could run. Many were overtaken and left bore off a part of a barn-roof, carrying it some hun. burned to death on the ground. At times the wind dred rods. The other part of the same roof was blew a perfect tornado, uprooting trees, carrying caught by a northwest wind and carried about one roofs of buildings through the air, taking men and hundred and twenty rods. women up and hurling them back to the ground! The eccentricities of this great conflagration-if so People speak of seeing blue flames shoot out from they may be called-the incidents, the narrow es- burning stumps, flicker a few seconds, and then be capes, the sad, sad accounts of suffering and death, carried away by the wind. The air seemed to be would fill volumes. We can only in this work give heavily charged with gases; there were literally some of the principal features and incidents. balls of fire; this, with the intense heat and the On Wednesday night a heavy rain, brought about counter currents, may account for much of the pheby the great fires, came on: the fires were extin- nomena witnessed in this great conflagration. guished and the storms were over. The destruction to property was great, the suffer- a The causes that brought on this conflagration are ing beyond description. Whole families perished numerous. The atmospheric conditions were ex- in their houses. The bodies of the dead men were ceedingly favorable. The winds were very strong, found by the roads, where they fell in their vain atU and south of this fated territory were from the south- tempt to escape death. Thousands of people barely a ai )u n I-_ --- — air —i-HURON COUNTY. 491_ HUlRON CO UNTY. 49I (; I -. *4 V - -. saved their lives, leaving homes, buildings, all in flames, and were exposed and left in a perishing condition, without food, shelter or clothing. The charred remains of all kinds of animals, wild and tame. were found over the desolate country together, and sometimes even those of human beings! Flying sheets of flame and balls of fire were seen in every direction. These would often overtake or light upon people fleeing for life, and burn them to death. Some saved their lives by rushing into green corn-fields and burying their heads in the earth. Many found refuge in wells. One man clung to the stones in a well with his fingers and toes twentyfour hours! When the fire and smoke went away, he discovered that he was only two feet from the bottom, and the well was dry! One man, who sought the lake for safety, found behind him in the morning a big bear, which was as submissive as a kitten! Mr. Wade, in Rubicon Township, during the fire took his wife and three children into the corn-field for safety. The husband went back to try and save some of his property, but could not, so sudden did the fire come upon him. He did not get back to his family until daylight, when he found them burned to a crisp. 'By them was the carcass of a bear, which, it is presumed, came to them for protection! News came into Sand Beach village early Tuesday morning that some people out in the country had been burned. A wagon was sent out, and soon afterward it returned bearing the crisp and charred remains of Mrs. Maul and son! This sad cortege was soon followed by the Wade family, burned beyond recognition! Then came the Calkins family, the mother clasping the remains of her babe to her lifeless bosom! Some days after the fire the charred remains of a mother and her five little children were found in the forest. She-poor heart!-was in a kneeling posture, with the hands of her five children in her lap, all burned to a crisp! We could go on for days detailing incidents of this fire, and then not be half through. Space will not permit. It may already be too lengthy. The historian has aimed to give the facts in as few words as possible. It is not a pleasant subject to write about. We believe this conflagration has no parallel in the world's history. The Chicago fire of 187I is the nearest approach to it. The destruction of property there was greater, but the fire was not so extensive. The loss of life, the amount of property consumed, and the extent of territory burned over; the terrific speed with which the country was laid waste; the wail of human suffering and anguish and woe that broke over these fair shores, it would seem never could be surpassed. God grant that it may never be! and God grant that this people may hereafter have absolute immunity from fires! The number of lives lost during this conflagration in Huron County is estimated at 70; the amount of property destroyed, at $1,1o7,538. We think this is an underestimate. This history would be incomplete without the mention of the generous response of the American people from all parts of the country toward the sufferers. They were relieved as far as it was possible for them to be by human aid. Money and supplies flowed in from all over the country. State aid was given, and relief committees were organized to look after their wants. That advantage was taken of this generous response in money and supplies by some mercenary persons was not to be unexpected. Most of the people have recovered financially from this great conflagration, but it will be generations before the country will recover from its devastating effects. The land has been denuded of its most attractive ornaments. Its grand forests are gone; the trees, with their beautiful foliage, are no more. The charred remains of trees and stumps meet the eye from every direction. They rise up before you like ghosts, a sad reminder of burned kindred, of buried hopes and blasted lives. History is fond of perpetuating heroic deeds, and mankind is prone to worship at the shrine of heroes who achieved their greatness on bloody battle-fields; but the people who met and fought this great avalanche of fire and when they could no longer fight it fled with their children before its devouring flame; who, when the fire was over and they turned their faces toward their burned homes, to build up again their firesides and erect their family altars,-even if they have not won great battles, or conquered nations, are as worthy of a place in history as the heroes of Marathon, Austerlitz, Waterloo, Shiloh, Gettysburg or of the Wilderness. The great fires were the occasion for the manifesta F w () V3 lE TA) i I K;..ILI 0~~~~~~~~raa 2 gz -- l!'f ' )-A rT7", ~~~~~~~ (- -09vl~vuu1., r a ~,~ \ 492^^-^i,- -HUR - olNz 492.YHURON fC \\w i ) ) x s tion of some of the noblest, as well as some of the meanest, traits in the human character. What could be more generous and noble than the response to the call for relief that came from all parts of the world? There was no occasion to ask for anything; just as soon as the cause became known, money, provisions and clothing poured in from every city in the North, and by its abundance many were replaced in comfortable, and some even in affluent circumstances. The distribution of the supplies was confided to men of well-known business character and integrity, who had a personal knowledge of most of the cases which came under their supervision. These men devoted their own time and means freely and generously to deal out the relief, neglecting their own interests. Yet the supplies had hardly arrived on the grounds before those near made a rush for them; 'and though a sufficiency was given them to supply their immediate wants, many were disappointed and grumbled because they did not receive an abundance. The worst cases were those who suffered the least. Instead of eating the bread and accepting the relief with thankful hearts, their conduct was disgusting to many sensible persons. How different were they from the people who gave the donations! While there were many of this class, of course there were hundreds too timid to ask even for necessaries. Every class of relief was received from all parts of the world, and from every class of people. The following sums of money were sent from the respective Grand Lodges, immediately following the fires, to Arthur M. Clark, at that time Grand Lecturer of Masons, of Michigan, to be distributed among some 200 Masons, who lost their homes and were left destitute by the fire: Michigan........ $4,800 South Carolina.... $ 350 Maine........... r,1oo Texas...........,400 REPORT IN REGARD TO FIRE RELIEF. "His Excellency, DAVID H. JEROME, Governor of Michigan: "The Fire Relief Commission of Michigan appointed by you to supervise the work of relief to the sufferers by the disastrous fires in this State on the fifth of September last, in compliance with a joint request from the several committees already sngaged in the work, has the honor to submit the following report of its labors to the present date: "The work of relieving the sufferers being still in progress, and a portion of the funds entrusted to our charge for that purpose yet unexpended, the report of your Commission is necessarily incomplete. "The Commission has, from the date of its organization on the tenth of October last to the present time, held regular meetings upon every lawful day, and have devoted much time and careful thought to the discharge of the important and onerous duties assigned to it. While maintaining a watchful supervision over the contributions entrusted to it by the generous people throughout the land, and using its best judgment to secure a faithful, impartial, and judicious distribution of the same to those who were reported to it by proper authority as entitled to receive aid,-not a single individual appeal has been made (and the number of these has been very large) but has received careful consideration and investigation by the Commission, so that the relief asked for should, if practicable, be promptly given if the applicant was found entitled to it. "Immediately upon the organization of your Commission, the Detroit Relief Committee turned over to it the books and records of every kind belonging to that committee, together with a condensed report of the receipts and disbursements, and the remaining cash and merchandise in the hands of the committee, as shown by the report. "Shortly thereafter the relief committee of East Saginaw, Flint and Bay City made similar reports to your Commission, that of the first two being accompanied by the remaining funds in their hands. Bay CO UVNTY. In addition to the above there was also sent a large amount of clothing and provisions, which was distributed among these suffering Masons. The general relief, together with something of the losses, can be seen from the report of the State Fire Relief Commission, which is appended: Y 2=gb 0~0 Hill I n, I Connecticut...... r,200 Arkansas......... 900 Delaware......... 50 Alabama......... 50 Illinois......... 1,200 Missouri......... 250 California........ 1,oo Maryland........ 60 West Virginia.... Ioo Kentucky........ 100 Mississippi... 80o Kansas.......... 300 Iowa. 5 oo IOhio............ 65 Indiana......... I37 New Jersey....... 30 Pennsylvania.... 4,400 New York......... 25 Louisiana........ i,6oo Michigan K. T.,... I,oo Wisconsin...... 500 Tennessee........ 1,200 Total............. $23,877 ^V~)$^^| --- — 'KaQ r ^t| Dole~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6`j HURON COUNTY. 493 City, by mutual agreement, continued its work of re- to aid in rebuilding saw-mills, etc., destroyed; cash lief in the Bad Axe district, reporting on the same distributions by special agents directly to the sufferfrom time to time to the Commission. On the 27th ers on as liberal a scale proportioned to the size and; of January a final report was sent by the Bay City wants of each family as the Commission deemed it Committee, accompanied by a check for the remain- wise, with the means at its command, to allow. ing funds in their hands." On the progress and results obtained in the dis"Upon careful consideration of the general condi- tribution of the foregoing means of relief, the Comtion of the sufferers, and of the system adopted and mission reports as follows: in operation for their relief as shown by the reports " Provisions and groceries have been liberally supof the committees, your Commission, being pledged, plied sufficient to subsist the sufferers upon an according to arrangement at the meeting requesting average to nearly the first of January, a cash distriits appointment, to carry out all existing contracts bution being made in the latter part of November and made by the previous relief committees, resolved, as beginning of December, as a substitute from that the most judicious course under existing circum- date. Clothing and bedding have been supplied to stances, to carry out in its general features the system the sufferers in abundance, the former, as well as adopted by the Detroit Relief Ccmmittee, which ap- large quantities of the latter, being furnished through peared to have been most admirably planned, and to the generous contributions of the public in these have been carried out hitherto with great energy and articles. Many districts were supplied with more;\ success. clothing of certain kinds than was required, the "The limits of such a report' as the present will greatest demand being for warm bedding, ticking, Ah not permit the Commission to present other than a new boots and shoes, and woolen wear for winter use. H general and somewhat condelnsed review of the These the Commission purchased and distributed wherever required. m:: q work of relief. The section of country burned over wherever required. C was promptly arranged into districts of from one to "The stocks of clothing now on hand we believe:: five townships each, as was found to be most con- to be sufficient for the requirements of the sufferers.! venient; one-half of some townships being in one "Seed wheat for fall sowing was furnished by this ' district and the other half placed in another, the Commission and other committees to all who were better to accommodate the sufferers. These districts reported as entitled to it, and ready to sow. Through were placed in charge of a responsible and prom- the energy of the committees and their agents in the inent citizen residing therein, through whom, as their district, aided by the favorable season, a large area relief agent, assisted by voluntary local committees was sown in good time with the promise of a favorin the district, the general relief committees and able result. A quantity of grass seed was also furthe Commission have dispensed every every form of nished and sown. Plows, wagons, harness, and relief, except in cash, which has been distributed, other farming implements were sent forward in liberal with their assistance, by special agents. quantities as rapidly as practicable. The distribuThrough these district agencies as originally or- tion of the most expensive of these articles was inganized, with the exception of a few changes shown trusted to the judgment of the agents, to be loaned to be necessary as the work developed, relief has or donated, as they might deem advisable, it being been dispensed to the sufferers under the following i"possible to supply all who applied. By the aid, general classification: Provisions and groceries; however, of a liberal expenditure for the repair of clothing and bedding; medicines and medical aid; those only partially destroyed,.most of the sufferers seed wheat and grass; plows, wagons, harness, and are now enabled to prosecute the work on their agricultural implements and tools of all kinds; lum- lands. ber and shingles; doors, windows, nails, etc., for "The work of furnishing lumber and shingles to houses and barns; furniture, including stoves, bed- replace, after a sort, the houses and barns destroyed, steads, chairs, tables, crockery, tin and wooden ware; was entered upon immediately after the fires, but hay and other feed for such number of cattle as they so large were the quantities required beyond the were advised to retain; donations and loans in money available stocks within reach, that some time was;>:^3^'~~~~,* 1^ ~) -4 HR-NnCOaUNT'Yt 494 HURON COUNTY. 5 r~~~~~~~~~~~~I I (4J ) r z i: unavoidably consumed before all the sufferers could be furnished with sufficient shelter. In order to hasten and increase the supply, advances and donations were made to owners of saw-mills destroyed in the district, to be repaid in lumber or sawing for the benefit of the sufferers. The Detroit Relief Committee, by whom such loans and donations were chiefly made, was guided in its action by the recommendation of the district agents, that such aid would not only increase the quantity of lumber for the use of the sufferers, but by sawing logs for those who required, be of general benefit to the district. Some of these loans have already been repaid in full or in part in lumber and sawing. The sufferers are now all under shelter, and temporary shelter for the stock is also nearly furnished. " As fast as places of shelter could be got ready, and doors and windows sent forward to close them in, the Commission, who had meanwhile been forwarding stoves as fast as they could be furnished by the manufacturers, purchased and sent forward a moderate quantity of furniture, consisting of bedsteads, chairs, tables, tin and wooden ware, and crockery, useful and substantial in kind and character; and although the supply to each family was necessarily limited, the requisitions of the district agents having been filled, it is believed that sufficient has been distributed to supply the necessities of the sufferers and enable them to resume housekeeping. "The abundant rains during October, falling upon the soil burned over and enriched by the fires, produced an abundant crop of grass, which, with the continued mild weather until late in the season, proved of incalculable benefit and saved the lives of a large number of cattle. At the proper time a circular letter was sent by several agents, requesting them to notify the sufferers that hay would be furnished to each family so entitled at the rate of one ton for each head of cattle, at the maximum number of one team and one cow, three head in all; to those who possessed more without having otherwise the means to subsist them, to dispose of the surplus while in a fit condition for sale. The advice was generally followed, and one ton of hay issued. In this connection it should be understood that the amount of hay so furnished by this Commission and other committees was not considered sufficient to winter the cattle so supplied, but rather as the maxi mum quantity which the funds on hand would warrant. "The remarkably wild winter, however, while it has prevented much valuable out-door work with teams, has at the same time enabled the sufferers to practice the closest economy in feeding, so that the allowance has lasted for a longer time than was anticipated. "The Commission is of the opinion that an additional half ton per head, which it is now engaged in distributing, will, should the spring prove to be favorable in proportion as the winter has hitherto been, not only subsist the cattle until the first of April as contemplated, but, with the aid of some coarse grain to feed the teams during the seeding time, carry them through till grass. "Upon a careful review of the position of the sufferers, and of the reports from the agents in response to a request for information thereon, it was resolved early in November to substitute, instead of supplying provisions, payments in money to the sufferers, upon a scale as nearly adequate and proportionate to the size and wants of each family as practicable. The first payment was made by special agents sent for that purpose, in the latter part of November and beginning of December and January. The change from supplies to money payments appeared to give general satisfaction. In January a second payment was made for the month of February and a part of March, 25 per cent being added to the amount allowed in the previous payment. It is believed that when hay now being purchased and distributed is paid for, also outstanding contracts for lumber, freights and other expenditures, still a sufficient amount will remain on hand to make one more cash distribution, sufficient at least to subsist the sufferers until April first. "The following statement of cash receipts and disbursements under the different classifications of aid given, including those of the Detroit Relief Committee, is respectfully submitted. Proper vouchers for all disbursements will be found on file in the office of the Commission. The receipts and disbursements, in condensed form, of the East Saginaw and Bay City Relief Committees follow in the order named. A statement of the actual receipts in cash has not yet been received from the Relief Committee of Flint; their total expenditures and balance remitted to your Commission is therefore given: */ X F i / 3=3 3a.X= I'I 4 i Lab Or r < s < ) c ^ 11g - I ~~ 1-01- -33, - lll~-,-,/ 0100 W, 14r> X } — - @-'rv nynn aim HURON COUNTY. 495 RECEIPTS OF CASH. from contributions in cash and in merchandise sold By Detroit Relief Committee......... $207,274 89 for cash, which, from its nature and the circumstances By Fire Relief Commission.......... I98,284 56 of the sufferers, it was deemed more advantageous to From East Saginaw Relief Committee. I,680 I5 sell than to distribute in kind. Flint Relief Committee........... 63 44 "In addition to the above, large quantities of clothrBay City Relief Committee............. i 5 40 ing, bedding, articles for domestic use, and other Total receipts........... $407,408 44 supplies, have been received from all parts of the DISBURSEMENTS. United States and Canada, which were forwarded to Provisions and groceries.............. $52,702 50 the agents as rapidly as practicable, to be distributed Seed wheat and grass seed........... 26,517 60 to the best of their judgment. The widely varied Furniture, stoves, etc., etc.,............ 34,704 94 character and quality, and the quantity of these Agricultural implements, tools, etc,...... 10,497 25 donations, their rapid accumulation, and the necesBlankets, boots and shoes, etc.,........ 17,272 52 iLumber and shinglesdoos, etc.,. 211. A 4 02 sity of sending them forward without delay for the \ Lumber and shingles, doors, etc.,...... 2I,144 02 Hay and feed for cattle.............. 66,845 44 use of the sufferers, precluded the possibility of Hospital stores and physicians........ 2,803 9g either the Detroit Relief Committee or this ComFreights and teaming, etc.,........... 4,484 88 mission appraising them at any satisfactory valuation, Distribution agencies, office, etc.,....... 9,664 o6 and therefore no attempt to value them was made. Advances to rebuild saw-mills, etc.,..... 7,823 o00 Distributed to the sufferers......... 69,583 66 In presenting a statemen of the number of packTotal disbursements.$334,042 ages of all kinds received, we beg to add that propTotal disbursements............$334,42 40 erly prepared books were placed in the hands of the /? Balance on hand............... $73,366 04 agents on which to record the amounts distributed of....=x..~.. - ~these, as well as of all other supplies, against the = Making total estimated liabilities about.. $53,000 oo 0 i ' T.i;,, n hn- n,n r an hnnl wit, w.h;i h t name of each family receiving aid.,-1f ==r~.1V.CLV.I1 CL. UClllc, V1 lCltILI. VV~ L V Wlltlbl tU mqlzra rI n o mars rncli;cltr;lilirtn iI Of "Donations of merchandise received bv the De ~ ---1... l k11. 1.. t.. (.1 tLILIC k3 i. t.1LLUI11 ml..... about....... $20,000 oo troit Relief Committee and the Fire Relief Commis- ' Which will probably be distributed in March. sion, part being sold and credited in cash donations, i ) It will be seen, therefore, that on payment of the the remainder distributed or now in store: above liabilities, and one more cash distribution, the Clothing, bedding, and mixed merchandise, entire fund in the hands of the Commission will be packages............................ 4,480 exhausted. Hardware, tinware, crockery, packages..... 161 Grain, flour, potatoes, and seeds, bags...... 3,423 REPORT OF EAST SAGINAW RELIEF COMMITTEE. Grain,flour, potatoes, and seeds, barrels..... 22 Cash receipts....................... $5,25I 34 Furniture, stoves, and stove furniture, pieces. 678 Distribution in money and supplies..... 3,571 9 Farming implements and harness, pieces.... 428 Provisions, groceries, dried fruit, packages... 64 K Balance remitted to the Fire Relief Comn- S sa gSashes, doors, and blinds, packages......... I90 mission, as per its report............ $r,68o 15 Books, boxes............................ 1 BAY CITY RELIEF COMMITTEE. Total number of packages and pieces... 9,755 Cash receipts and donations of mdse... $23,o63 81,. ~:- / Cash distributions in money and supplies 23,058 4I.. Cash receipts and donations of nmdse. $23,063 8i "Upon the basis of the relief which has been Cash distributios in m y ad s s 2 8 already afforded by the different committees, it is Balance on hand remitted to the Fire Re- believed that the funds now on hand will be suffi-; lief Commission as per its report... $5 40 cient to subsist the sufferers until April first. It FLINT RELIEF COMMITTEE. would have been very gratifying to have been able:. Cash receipts (no report).......... to state that the sufferers would from that date be Distribution in money and supplies..... $2,457 91 able to support themselves, or that the funds so Cash remitted to the Fire Relief Commis- generously donated would prove sufficient to accomS pCash remitted to the Fire Relief Commission as per its report............ $ 6344 plish that end. K_ _. - "The fact remains, however, that much yet is re" In the foregoing are presented only the receipts quired to be done for our unfortunate fellow citizens ~.))~,-~-.A j ii.;A _- w. 496 f HURON -9 ~ 'r v f if.x - and the Commission deems it its duty to submit for consideration, without any specific recommendation as to the amount which may be required, a few of the principal wants of the people for which aid is yet necessary, and for which no means are yet provided to supply. "It will be seen that only such needs are referred to as have already either formed a part of the work of relief or have become connected therewith, as in the case of taxes, for the payment of which money donated for the subsistence of the sufferers has been in many cases used. " The following comprise the principal heads under which aid will be required after April first, to supply part of which it is essential that operations should be commenced as early as practicable: I. Provisions for teams during seeding time. 2. Seed for spring sowing. 3. Money to pay taxes. 4. Subsistence for the people until they can realize from their lands and labors. COUNTY. their bounty for the best interests of those for whose benefit it has been so freely bestowed. "All of which is respectfully submitted. H. P. BALDWIN, Chairman; A. H. DEY, D. C. WHITWOOD, GEO. C. CODD, F. W. SWIFT, C. T. GORHAM. e "DETROIT, Feb. 22, 1882." "STATISTICS OF LOSSES. "The following statistics of the losses by the fires are prepared from reports made to the Fire Relief Commission No. of townships more or less burned over.......70 " of houses destroyed....................,52 " of barns destroyed... 1..,480 "of families burned out and reported for aid. 3,231 " of persons burned out and reported for aid. I4,438 Total value of property reported destroyed.$2,346,943 Average loss of each family............. $726 40 Average loss per capita.................. I62 55 "The estimate made above of property destroyed does not include that of individuals not requiring and who did not apply for aid. 2: "Other losses occurred to a very considerable "STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES IN RELATION TO FURTHER ( amount, in school-houses, fences, bridges, culverts AID FOR THE SUFFERING.: and public edifices. For these the Commission didFEED FOR STOCK. Total number of cattle at the maximum alnot feel warranted in making appropriation from the Total n be o cattle and e cow to each.., * -.~... -11 f lowed of one team and one cow to each funds at its disposal. It will be obvious from the family, thatarereceivingoneanda half character of the work itself, and the possibility of tons of hay each in round numbers, about. 5,000 contingencies arising in the future, which may to Proportion of teams in the above requiring some extent increase or diminish the necessity for additional feed during seeding time..... 1,700 aid to the sufferers, that the Commission cannot SEED. assume the responsibility of naming a specific sum "Amount asked for per returns collected as follows: for that purpose, but instead thereof respectfully Bushels. Bushels.:B submits some statistics in connection therewith, Oats.......... 3,663 Barley.......... 6,84: which it trusts may be of service in determining the Peas.. 23,361 Potatoes........11,66 Wheat........,665 Timothy seed... 2,074 amount yet necessary, and which will be found Corn...8,332 Clover seed.. 2,166 attached to this report. In accepting the trust "The above report, from individual requests, inplaced in our hands, we have so endeavored to dis- cludes returns and estimates from all the sufferers charge the duties incumbent upon us in furnishing of every class. Deducting from this quantity the aid to our suffering fellow citizens as to enable them proportion of those whose losses were slight, and to build up their homes again, and to become self- who should be able to supply themselves (about supporting. one-fourth), and also the quantity believed, on a comX I Felch, Alpheus........... II Fillmore, Millard........... 66 I ~1 ^X Garfield, James A............ 04 Grant, Ulysses S............. 86 Greenly, William L..........I20 Grice, J. G...................322 Hall, J. H...................280 Harrison, Ingram............370 Harrison, Wm. H............ 50 Hayes, Rutherford B......... 90 Heisterman, Carl............366 Hellems, Henry............. 286 Henning, Ch2rles.............338 Hopson, John................342 Hubbard, Langdon...........222 Irwin, R. W................ 388 Jackson, Andrew............. 42 Jefferson, Thos.............. 26 Jenks, George W.............394 Jenks, Jeremiah............ I78 Jerome, David H............ 64 Johnson, Andrew,.......... 82 Learned, Charles G........ 256 Leipprandt, C. F.............328 Liken, John C...............362 Lincoln, Abraham............ 78 Ludington, Jer., Jr...........92 Madison James............... 30 Mason, Stevens T............ o4 McClelland, Robert.......... 28 McCoy, William..............334 Merrick, W. H...............404 Monroe, James............... 34 Nash, Francis................292 Ogilvie, R. C., M. D........244 Pangborn, Henry............30I Parsons, Andrew............. 32 Pengra, Olin................ 348 Pierce, Franklin.............7 70 Pike, Alexander..............274 Polk, James K............. 58 Ransom, Epaphroditus.......124 Robinson, Watson............212 Ryan, James.................382 Scott, Robert................ 352 Shaw, Andrew............... 262 Sinclair, Thomas............. 36 Soule, Charles............... 304 Stafford, Wm. R.............232 Taylor, Zachary............. 62 Thompson, Charles E........250 Tyler, John.................. 54 VanBuren, Martin........... 46 Washington, George.......... 8 Williamson, Levi, M. D.......202 Winsor, Hon. Richard........356 Wisner, Moses.............. 40 Woodbridge, William......... o8 r: 6 j ) GENERAL HISTORY 429 Port Austin 447 Sand Beach 455 Rubicon 452 Sebewaing 461 TOWNSHIP HISTORIES 432 Sand Beach 455 Verona 471 Bingham 432 Sebewaing 460 White Rock 472 Sheridan465 D Bloomfield 433 Sheran 46 POLITICAL 474 Sherman 466 Brookfield 433 Sigel 466 Election Returns 475 Caseville 434 Verona 467 Chandler 437 White Rock 472 HARBOR OF REFUGE 479 Colfax 437 Winsor 473 LIFE-SAVING SERVICE 480 Dwight 438 VILLAGES RAILROADS 484 Fair Haven 439 Gore 440 Bad Axe 467 Port Austin & NorthGrant 441 Caseville 435 western 484 Hume 44[ Grindstone City 451 Pontiac, Oxford & Port Huron 443 Huron City 453 Austin 484 / Lake 444 Kilmanagh 440 Saginaw, Huron & TusLincoln 445 Pinnebog 443cola 484 Meade 446 Port Austin 448 ALINE INTERESTS 485 Paris 447 Port Hope 453 THE GREAT FIRES 486 e~>S ve~~i. ~o _ _ _ _ _ __-__< na 4 I I~~~~~~~~~~~ c~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, v I r o: I r r I B I I HURON COUNTY, MICHIGAN RECEIVED: Full leather binding. Leather worn and abraded. Case-style binding. Sewn two on on three cords. Middle slip is broken at front joint, sewing shaken. TREATMENT: Picked to pieces. Reinforced weak signature folds. Sewed on three tapes and bound in new one-quarter leather case-style binding. MATERIALS: Talas #30 wheat paste, Ehlermann's PVA LAL 215, Swift's ZF 295 glue, Gane Bros. 5055 casing-in paste, Hays linen thread, cotton tapes, PROMATCO endsheet paper, reinforcing paper, lining paper. Machine woven headbands, Davey "Red Label" binders board, 100% rag acidfree museum mounting board, Oasis Morocco leather, pyroxylin impregnated cotton-text jfatEh and 23 K gold. / "AME CRAVN September, 1978 777777777777 -~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;,