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Schuyler Co., NY People
Who Settled in Michigan

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Susan Austin


GEORGE L. HASTINGS -At this point is entered a brief review of the career of one of the representative business men and popular citizens of Menominee, where he is manager of the Northern Hardware & Supply Company, one of the important wholesale concerns that lend precedence to this city as a commercial center. Mr. Hastings assisted in the organization of this corporation, and it is principally owing to his able and discriminating efforts that it has become one of the extensive and substantial business houses of the Upper Peninsula, throughout which its trade extends, as it does also into the greater part of northern and central Wisconsin.
     George Lee Hastings was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, on the 8th of September, 1860, and is a son of Nelson and Nancy (White) Hastings, the former of whom was born in Vermont, in 1807, and the latter of whom was born in New York state, in 1830, both being representatives of families founded in New England in the colonial era of the nation's history. The father died in St. Lawrence county, New York, in 1872, and his widow, long surviving him, passed the closing years of her life in Michigan, and died at the home of her son, G. L., in 1900. Of the five children of this union all are now deceased except the subject of this sketch, who is the youngest of the number. Nelson Hastings was reared to manhood in the old Green Mountain state, whence he removed to New York state when a young man, becoming one of the pioneer settlers of St. Lawrence county, where he reclaimed a farm from the forest and where he continued to maintain his home until his death. In politics he was a staunch adherent of the Democratic party, and his wife held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church.
     On the old homestead farm of his parents, in St. Lawrence county, New York, George L. Hastings was reared to the age of fourteen years, and in the meanwhile he received such educational advantages as were afforded in the district schools of the locality. At the early age mentioned he severed the home ties and valiantly set forth to fight the battle of life on his own responsibility. It may well be understood that the boy was not lacking in courage and self-reliance, and also that he encountered his full quota of vicissitudes and hardships. He bravely pressed forward, however, toward the goal of a definite ambition, and he gained valuable lessons in the stern school of experience.
     He has been in the most significant sense the architect of his own fortunes and has made of success not an accident but a logical result of persistent and well directed effort. At the age of fourteen years young Hastings was found employed at farm work in Tuscola county, in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and there he continued to reside
from 1874 until 1887, in which latter year he went to the city of Saginaw, this state, where he secured employment in the extensive wholesale hardware establishment of Morley Brothers. Here he found opportunity to gain technical and business knowledge of valuable order and thus to lay a firm foundation for his future success in connection
with the same line of commercial enterprise. He continued in the employ of Morley Brothers for a period of four years, at the expiration of which, in 1891, he came to Menominee, Michigan, where he soon afterward became one of the organizers of the Menominee Hardware Company, of whose business he was manager until June, 1898, when he disposed of his interest in the same. In the following November, now firmly established in the confidence and respect of the leading business men of Menominee, he became the principal promoter of the organization of the Northern Hardware & Supply Company, in which he has since held the office of general manager. The company now
has a large and well equipped establishment, and from the same is controlled a representative and substantial trade throughout northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Mr. Hastings is known as a business man of marked discrimination and initiative power and as a citizen well worthy of the high regard in which he is held by all who know him. Close application, honorable methods and
indefatigable industry have characterized his business career, and he has reason to be gratified in the success that he has achieved through his own ability and efforts. Though never a seeker of official preferment Mr. Hastings accords an unwavering allegiance to the Republican party, and he has shown at all times the utmost civic loyalty and public spirit. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal, and his wife of the Presbyterian church in their home city, where they have a wide circle of loyal and valued friends.
     On the 31st of January, 1894, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hastings to Miss Nellie Louise Whitehorn, who was born and reared in Menominee and who is a daughter of Abraham and Anna M. (Hastings) Whitehorn. Mr. Whitehorn was born at Wellingsford, Chittenden county, Vermont, on the 12th of October, 1829, and is now one
of the venerable and honored pioneer citizens of Menominee. His father was a native of England and was three times married; of his eighteen children the only one surviving is Abraham Whitehorn, father of Mrs. Hastings. When Mr. Whitehorn was a lad of twelve
years he accompanied his parents on their removal from Vermont to Schuyler county, New York, where he was reared to maturity and whence he finally went to New York city, where he remained five years, within which he served a thorough apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, in which he became a specially skillful artisan. Upon leaving the national metropolis he came west and located in Chicago, where he remained about one year, at the expiration of which he located at Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he engaged in contracting and building and where he erected the old Vermont House, one of the
best of the early hotels of that now thriving city. In 1861 Mr.Whitehorn returned to his old home in Schuyler county, New York, and on the 13th of August, 1862, he enlisted for service in defense of the Union, becoming a member of Company H, One Hundred and Seventh New York Volunteer Infantry, and having recruited more volunteers for his regiment than did any other one man. He proceeded with his regiment to the front and it was his to endure his full quota of the hardships and sanguinary conflicts marking the progress of the war. He was the first member of his regiment to be raised from the ranks to a commissioned office, having been made second lieutenant of his company and having soon afterward been assigned command of a detachment of thirty men, whom he led forth on a successful foraging expedition. He was with Sherman in the Atlanta campaign and thence forward on the ever memorable march to the sea. In an engagement at Solomon's Grove, North Carolina, he received a severe saber wound in the head and there he was captured by the enemy, on the 15th of February, 1865, being taken to Libby prison, in the city of Richmond, Virginia, where he was held in duress until he was paroled. He participated in all of the many engagements in which his regiment was involved, including the historic and sanguinary battle of Gettysburg, and never was absent from duty during his prolonged period of service except for the time he was held as a prisoner of war. He had the privilege of participating in the Grand Review of the victorious troops in the city of Washington after the close of the war, and was mustered out at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1865. He received his honorable discharge after his return to New York state. He located in the state of New York, and continued to be engaged in contracting and building until 1870, when he came to Michigan and established his home in Menominee, where he became one of the leading contractors and builders of this section of the state. Many specimens of his skill in this line still remain in this city, and he erected the first bank building of Menominee in 1876. The interior finishing of this banking office was of beautiful black walnut and the fittings were ornate and admirably installed under his personal supervision. At the completion of the work the office was one of the finest in the Union, and for many years it continued to attract much attention. Mr. Whitehorn was one of the organizers of Lyon Post, No. 266, Grand Army of the Republic, in Menominee, and was its first commander. He has been an elder in the Presbyterian church since 1871, and in politics he has been aligned as a supporter of the cause of the Republican party from the time of its organization. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings have two children,-Dorothy Lee and George Lee, Jr.

Sawyer, Alvah L. (Alvah Littlefield), 1854-1925., A history of the northern peninsula of Michigan and its people; 1911. p. 748-749.



WILLIAM A. REA, farmer, of Dundee township, was born in Hunterdon county, N. J., December 8, 1836. When twenty-nine years old he came to Schuyler county, N. Y., and remained there three years. He afterwards resided in Jackson one year, and Lenawee six years. In 1875 he settled on his present farm. Rea postoffice, in Dundee township, was named after Mr. Rea. He married Rebecca Myers, of Hunterdon, N. J., December 11, 1858. Postoffice address: Rea, Mich.

Wing, Talcott Enoch, ed. 1819-1890, History of Monroe County, Michigan ... 1890.
p. 14.



SMITH, LE MOYNE S., REV., of Grand Haven, was born in Hector, Schuyler County, New York, February 8,  1808. His grandfather, Hon. Grover Smith, was a native of Connecticut, and removed to Hector in 1794, where, for several years, he held the
office of County Judge. He died about the year 1837. The second son, William, father of Mr. Le Moyne S. Smith, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1775. He was a man of vigorous powers, both of mind and body, very decided in his convictions, and firm in the
maintenance of his opinions. When about eighteen years of age, led by a trilling incident, he resolved never to drink distilled liquor. lie kept his resolution, and, twenty years afterwards, was a leader in the organization of the Hector Temperance Society, which is now the oldest existing temperance society in the world.
     In 1804 he married Mary Warner. They brought up a family of twelve children, of whom four sons entered the ministry. Le Moyne S. Smith was the second son and third child. His health was precarious, and he remained at home until his seventeenth year, attending school in winter, and working upon the farm, as he was able, in summer. He became very fond of reading, and eagerly perused the newspapers, and many of the books in his father's library, especially works of travel. He also read the poems of Milton, Young, and Cowper. The biography of Benjamin Franklin made him desirous of learning
the printing business, and, in 1825, he entered the office of the Geneva Gazelle. Here he found means for mental culture in the bookstore and circulating library connected
with the office. Extreme diffidence prevented his engaging in social gayeties, while his early education and surrounding circumstances combined to keep him from evil
associations. Two years of close attention to business so injured his health that he was compelled to find other employment. He taught school for some time, after which he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Enos Barnes, of Yates County. For several years he was engaged in various efforts to promote the cause of temperance. In 1831, in a powerful revival of religion in the village of Eddytown, he was converted, and felt
himself called to the work of the Christian ministry.  He at once commenced the needful studies. In Yates County Academy, and Geneva Lyceum, he prepared for an advanced standing in college. He then went to Lane Seminary; but his health failed, and he
was obliged to suspend study entirely. He went to Michigan in 1837, and devoted the summer to out-door employment. he afterwards taught, for some time, in an academy in Marshall. Meanwhile, in February, 1838, he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Marshall, and was ordained the November following. He was able to continue in the active work of the ministry only eight years. Under his labors several revivals occurred. In Grass Lake, Jackson County, the Presbyterian Church doubled its numbers in a year and a half,- between seventy and eighty having joined the several churches upon
profession of their faith. The last five years of his work, from 1842 to 1847, were spent in laying the foundations of the churches in Ionia, Portland, Lyons, and Otisco.
     His labors in preaching, and pastoral visiting over so large a field, developed a pulmonary disease, which, in the spring of 1847, brought him, apparently, to the borders of the grave. At length, however, he recovered his general health, though the condition of his lungs unfitted him for much public speaking. In 1848 he removed, with his family, to Spring Lake, Ottawa County, where he engaged in mercantile business. Here he established a Sabbath School, of which he was Superintendent for nearly twelve years. Mr. Smith was educated a Whig, but early in life became an Abolitionist, and afterwards
joined the Republican party. In 1862 he removed to Grand Haven, and established the Grand Haven Union, a Republican weekly newspaper, of which for nearly ten years he was editor and publisher. from 1863 to 1871 the founders of the city of Rochester, New York, and he held the office of Assistant Assessor, under the Inter- an extensive land-holder there, when it was under Internal Revenue law. In the autumn of 1864 he was appointed, by Governor Blair, one of the Election Commissioners to secure the votes of the army in the South.
     Mr. Smith was married, in November, 1838, in Ottawa County, to Miss T. Ann Hopkins, who died in February, 1858. They had two daughters. He was married again, in November, I859, at Lyons, Iowa, to Miss Phebe S. Parmelee, late of Lima, New York. In the spring of 1877 he was appointed Postmaster at Grand Haven, by President Hayes. This position he filled with credit to himself and general satisfaction to the public.

American biographical history of eminent and self-made men ... Michigan volume. 2 v.  Cincinnati, Western biographical publishing co., 1878.p. 111-112.



BIRD ALLEN TRACY, M. D.
Dr. Bird Allen Tracy, successfully engaged in the practice of medicine in Manchester, is a native of Schuyler county, New York, born on the 4th of January, 1866. His father, Gustavus A. Tracy, was born in the same county and he, too, was a physician by profession. Coming to Michigan in 1891 he settled in Blissfield, where he engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery. He held membership in the Methodist Episcopal
church, served as one of its officers and took a most active part in its work. His fraternal relations were with the Masons and his political allegiance was given to the republican party. He married Miss Helen M. Johnson, who was born in Schuyler county, New York, and is still living there at the age of fifty-nine years. She, too, is a devoted member of the Methodist church. Dr. Tracy, Sr., passed away in April, I892, at the age of fifty-one years.
     Bird Allen Tracy, their only child, was a public school student in New York and afterward attended Cook Academy at Havana, New York, from which he was graduated. Determining upon the practice of medicine as a life work he began reading in his father's office at Watkins Glenn, New York, and afterward spent three years at Burlington, Vermont, as a student in the medical department of the State University, while later he was graduated from the medical department of the Baltimore University in the class of 1890. He began the practice of his profession in Blissfield, Michigan, with his father, and there remained for three years, after which he went to Ida, Monroe county, Michigan, where he spent eight years. In 190o he came to Manchester, where he has made for himself a splendid reputation and gained a fine practice. His knowledge of medical principles is broad and comprehensive and he is seldom, if ever, at error in matters of judgment concerning the diagnosis of a case or the anticipation of the outcome. He
belongs to the Washtenaw County Medical Association.
     In 1888 Dr. Tracy was married to Miss Grace Cogswell, a daughter of M. H. and Mary Cogswell, but her death occurred in I896, when she was twenty-eight years of age. She left two children, Ruth and Guy. In I898 Dr. Tracy was again married, his second union being with Miss Gussie Kistler, a daughter of George and Elizabeth Kistler, the former a blacksmith by trade.
      Mrs. Tracy was born in Farmington, Iowa, in 1868, and by her marriage has become the mother of three children: Dorothy and Mildred, at home, and Allen, deceased. The Doctor and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, while his political support is given to the republican party. He manifests a public spirited interest in everything relating to the general welfare, but his time and energies are largely given in undivided manner to his professional duties. With a sense of conscientious obligation he performs his professional service and has gained the respect and trust of his professional brethren as well as of the general public.

Beakes, Samuel Willard, 1861-1927.,Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan / by Samuel W. Beakes, together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead., 1906. p. 161.



LAFAYETTE THOMPSON
Lafayette Thompson was born in Schuyler county, New York, September 3, 1824. After tile death of his father, Bradley Thompson, which occurred when Lafayette was about six years of age, the boy went to live with an older brother in Pennsylvania. Later, in 1839, he, with his mother and a brother-in-law, Mr. Henry W. Cooper, came to Michigan, arriving at Detroit by steamer from Buffalo. From Detroit they drove to Fenton, reaching this point early in June of that year. Other 1members of the Thompson family were intimately connected with the pioneer industries of this vicinity. Henry Thompson came to Fenton and erected his own home there in 1836. Earlier he and his brother built the first frame house in Grand Blanc (in 1835).
     They, with another associate, also established a good saw and grist mill at Linden. Henry died at Fenton later. The other brother, Claudius, was elected sheriff of Genesee county in 1860, and was in many ways a useful citizen in the county. He died in April, I889, at the age of seventyfive years. Lydia Thompson, a sister, was married to James Ball, a millwright, who had also built the first saw mill in Linden. While building a mill in Shiawassee county in 1836 he met there his untimely death. Owing to an insecure foothold he slipped and fell to the ground, sustaining a broken neck. His remains were the first to be buried in Linden cemetery.
     Lafayette, after his arrival, began farm work, plowing with yoke cattle, and making himself useful, receiving about ten dollars per month as wages. In 1852 he bought an unimproved piece of land on the Livingston county line, five miles west of Fenton. Here he applied himself diligently to his work, remaining on the place till 1890. Mr. Thompson knows from his own experience on this farm what it means to dig his own way. He went into debt for a part of the farm at the start, worked for the neighbors to get seed for the fields, built the needed improvements, and by dint of hard effort turned it into a first-class farm in every particular, finally selling it at a good price. After selling the farm he retired to his present home in the eastern part of Fenton. Though not a politician Mr. Thompson has decided convictions on the questions of the day, and has affiliated with the Republican party in the past. He has also been alive to his obligations to the religious
needs of himself and community, having been an active class leader in the Methodist church at Lindlen for over thirty years.
     Mr. Thompson was married one mile north of Fenton to Miss Mary Lathrop Chipman, who, with her parents, came west from Vermont and settled here in 1841. Later, in 1849, her father was attacked wit typhoid fever, and, as the doctors of that day were not so skilled in combating this disease, he succumbed to his fate. Her mother lived till 897, having reached the age of eighty-eight years. Mrs. Thompson departed this life on April 30, 1907, having been married sixty-two years. She was born on March 30, 1828, and throughout her clays was a great lover of flowers. Her home was brightened all the year round with sweet-scented, beautifully colored flowers of almost every variety. She was also a highly esteemed member of the Methodist church.
     The son, Rev. Fayette L.., is the only child now living, three others having ded. He was educated at the Northwestern University, having made up his mind early in life to become a minister of the "glad tidings." He belonged at one time to the Michigan Methodist Episcopal conference, has been noted as a popular lecturer, was for three years in Minneapolis, and is now pastor of one of the prosperous Methodist churches of St. Louis. His career affords considerable pleasure to his father, who is now living in quiet retirement at his home in Fenton.

Biographical history of Genesee County, Michigan. [8], 19-401 p. : ports. ; 28 cm.  Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen, [1908?]p. 111-112.



ELMER S. ROSE,
a prosperous and well known farmer of Solon township, Kent county, Mich., is a native of Schuyler county, N. Y., was born January 14, 1844, and is a son of Erastus W. and Susan (Simmons) Rose, who had a family of six children, of whom five are still living, viz: Albert G., of St. Louis, Mich.; Emma, wife of A. B. Fairchild, a farmer of Grass Valley, Ore.; Elmer S., the subject, Eliza married to Chauncey Heath, also of Grass Valley, Ore., and Viola, now Mrs. G. H. Carner, of Spink county, S. Dak.
      Erastus W. Rose, father of subject, was born in the state of New York in September, 1812, and was the son of a fifer who served in the war with England. He was liberally educated, but to a 'large extent through self instruction, and in his earlier manhood was a mechanic. In the fall of I856 he brought his family to Michigan, sojourned in Grand Rapids until the following spring, and then preempted 120 acres of forest land in section No. 13, Solon township. As was usual with the pioneers, he first lived in a log cabin, far away from neighbors and highways. Indians and wild animals were numerous in the neighborhood and even on the Rose premises, but churches and schools were unknown. Cedar Springs was a hamlet, Plainfield was the nearest point for trade, and Rockford was then called Lappenville. Mr. Rose, however, was a man of energy and industry, cleared up his place from the wilderness and made a comfortable home, became a man of influence and usefulness in the community, and was instrumental in establishing the first district school of his neighborhood. In politics he was a whig and probably cast his first presidential vote in 1836; but it is an assured fact that he was active in the support of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler for president and vice-president of the United States in 1840, when in the electoral college the vote stood 234 for the whig candidates, against sixty for Martin Van Buren (ex-president), the democratic candidate, this majority of 174 electoral votes having up to that time been the largest ever given. But Harrison was the hero of the battle of Tippecanoe, where the Indian chief Tecumseh was slain, and consequently popular with all voters, regardless of party predilection or affinity. In later years Mr. Rose joined the republican party-indeed, at its formation-and with this he voted until his death, in September, 1884. His wife was also a native of New York state, and died December 3, 1896, a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church, at the age of eighty-one years, three months, four days.
     Elmer S. Rose, the subject proper of this biographical notice, was a lad of twelve years
when brought by his parents to Michigan. He aided his father on the forest farm until he
had attained his majority, and then began his business life as a sawyer, shingle maker and
manufacturer of lumber, but with no cash capital. When the civil war opened, he enlisted in company D, Fifteenth Michigan volunteer infantry, under Capt. Mickley, was assigned to the army of the Cumberland, and while in the service marched through fourteen
states of the Union, being chiefly on guard duty. He was twice in hospital-once on account of vaccination-but was never under arrest, never had a furlough, and served his
country faithfully until honorably discharged at Detroit, Mich.
     On returning home, Mr. Rose resumed his former calling, and February 25, 1868, married Miss Sarah Sutphin, a native of Oakland county, Mich.,and to this union have been born two children-Edith May and Myrtle B. The elder of these sisters was educated in the public schools of Grand Rapids, received special instruction in oil painting, and for six terms was a very successful school teacher in Solon and Tyrone townships, Kent county. She still resides with her parents and is a member of Harmony chapter, No. 34. Order of the Eastern Star, at Sparta. The younger daughter is a pupil in the seventh grade of the common school.
     Mrs. Sarah Rose was born January 1, 1847, a daughter of John and Clarissa (Sumner) Sutphin, the former of whom was a native of New Jersey and the latter of Connecticut,,
but who died when Mrs. Rose was a little girl. The latter was educated in Oakland county, and for some years before her marriage taught school in Solon township, Kent county. In March, 1870, Mr. Rose purchased a tract of forty acres in section No. 22, Solon township, partly on credit. His first dwelling stood across the road from his present home, which is one of the finest in the township. Aided by his excellent wife, he improved his property and increased his acres, owning at one time fully 500, and bought and sold until he became satisfied with I6o, which constitute his present homestead, which is free of debt and highly improved. He is emphatically a self-made man in a business sense, and as such has won the decided respect of all his fellow -townsmen.
Mr. Rose is a stanch republican, cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln,
and has frequently been his party's delegate to state and county conventions. Officially he
has served as township clerk and township treasurer, and is at present a member of the
board of school directors. Fraternally he is a member of F. & A. M. lodge, No. 213, at
Cedar Springs. He is a public-spirited gentleman, and has financially aided the erection of
various churches in his neighborhood, and no family in the township is more respected than that of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Rose.

The City of Grand Rapids and Kent County, Mich.: up to date, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens. [4], [xiii]-xviii, [25]-1105 p. : ports. ; 28 cm.  [Logansport, Ind.] : A. W. Bowen, 1900. p. 981-982.



EBENEZER BOYNTON,
of Spencer township, Kent county, Mich., is a veteran of the Civil war and a well known citizen and prosperous agriculturist, having been a resident of this county for over a quarter of a century.
     A native of Schuyler county, N. Y., he was born December 12, 1842, and was the third in a family of seven children born to E. L. and Amanda M. (Miller) Boynton. Of this family there are five survivors, viz: Charles, who is a stock dealer at Elmira, N. Y.; Ebenezer; Alice, the wife of Irvin Stevens, a carpenter of Lake City, Mich.; Roy, a lumber dealer at the same place, and Ida, wife of Lacy Overpeck, a resident of. Schuyler county, N. Y., where he was a school-teacher and at present a music-instructor.
     E. L. Boynton, a native of Chenango, county, N. Y., was reared to agricultural pursuits, but later became a hotel proprietor. He passed his youthful days in New York
state and was a man of natural ability, but his education was largely self-acquired. In
1862 he removed to Millerton, Pa., and there resided until his death. In politics he was a
democrat and a strong adherent to his party principles.
     The mother was a native also of Schuyler county, N. Y., and died when Mr. Boynton,
of this sketch, was a lad of seventeen years. During the next three years, Ebenezer remained at home, his time and wages going to the family needs. He was one of the brave
New York lads who presented themselves at the call and peril of their country. Offering
his services and life, he enlisted in company B, One Hundred and Sixty-first New York volunteer infantry, at Watkins, N. Y., August 14, 1862, under Capt. Brown and Col. Harroway. The regiment was assigned to the army of the gulf, under command of Gen. B. F. Butler. Mr. Boynton joined his regiment at Baton Rouge, La., as soon as he was able
after an attack of fever. The first battle was at Stone Plains, La. Mr. Boynton gives the
following description of the battle: "The siege of the battle lasted some forty-three days,
including the action at Port Hudson. Here we first met Rebels eager for engagement, and
underwent a rain of shot and shell that was terrible, prostrating hundreds of the poor
soldiers, and mutilating their limbs and bodies.
     At the siege of Port Hudson, we were not able to change clothes once in the entire fortythree days, and had no shelter from the torrid sun and heavy rain. Next action was Cox's plantation, La., July 13, I863, which lasted from morn until dark, the regiment sustaining a heavy loss, Commander Dudley, whose brigade took a prominent part in the action, thus spoke to his men: Boys, we have had a hard time at Port Hudson; now we have come down here to reconnoiter and will have a fine time, living on the fat of the land.'" But as was able to be seen from historical accounts. the commander's prophecy did not turn out true. At this battle, Mr. Boynton, though he participated, was not in a fit condition for action of a soldier, having received a sunstroke at Port Hudson, while assisting on a battery.
     At Cox's plantation they bivouaced, stacked arms, and went on a foraging expedition; upon returning the road was full of provisions, presenting the aspect of a Broadway market, as Mr. Boynton says, but when they were preparing to enjoy an excellent meal the Rebels made such a sudden charge that they were compelled to flee, leaving everything, even clothing, behind in the enemy's hands. The gunboats, soon aware of the attack, began firing on the Confederates, allowing the Union soldiers to retreat, and thereby be safe from capture. After this attack they were forced to live on green corn for almost a week, until they procured more rations. Many other anecdotes and stories of Mr. Boynton's army career might be related, but, requiring a larger volume than this, the remaining battles must be spoken of in brief. Mr. Boynton took part in the battle of Carion Crow Bayou, La., and Sabine Cross' Roads. At the last-named battle he received a severe wound in the right shoulder from a rifle ball, causing his confinement ten weeks in the hospital. He was furloughed home at New Orleans, La., for forty days, and, returning to his regiment July 4, 1864, engaged in the two weeks' siege of Mobile and aided in the assault of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. His regiment was finally ordered to the Dry Tortugas islands, and there was mustered out of service, September 20, 1865.
     Mr. Boynton has been twice married; first at Watkins, March 9, 1862, to Miss Emily
Griswold, sister of the register of deeds of Kent county, Hon. Scott Griswold. Five
children have blessed this union, three of whom are living, viz: Lida, the wife of John
Call, a resident of Lake City, Mich.; Roy, who was educated in the city schools and is at
present on a trip to California, and Carrie, the youngest, a student in the class of 19go, in
the high school of Lake City.
     Mrs. Boynton was born in Schuyler county, N. Y., November 17, 1846, and died in Spencer township, Kent county, Mich., March 9, 1891. Mr. Boynton took for his second helpmate Miss Kate Young, to whom he was married on September I6, I891. She is a native of Kent county, born in Cannon township November 2, 1863, and a daughter of John and Dorothy (Casner) Young. Her parents came to Cannon township at an early date. Her father, John Young. was a native of New York and a carpenter by trade, and died at the age of sixty-three. Her mother was born in Canada, and was fifty-nine years of age when called away by death. Mrs. Boynton has three brothers and two sisters yet living who. are residents of Kent county. She is an active lady, possesses strong mental powers and. has proven herself a loving and helpful wife.
     It was in 1873 when Mr. Boynton purchased twenty acres of land in Spencer township, entirely unimproved, and the entire country in this vicinity was a perfect wilderness. His wife's father, J. W. Griswold, then operated a mill here. In January, I874, Mr. Boynton went into general merchandizing at Griswold and continued for twenty-four years, and did an extensive and profitable business, paying out thousands of dollars. His farm of seventy acres, though not large, is valuable and well improved. Politically Mr. Boynton is a republican and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He has served as township treasurer and director of the public schools. In his social relations he is a member of the L. C. Hart post, No. 247, G. A. R., at Harvard, and has been honored as its commander. He is also a member of the Cedar Springs lodge, No. 213, F. & A. M. Mr. Boynton has likewise been delegate from his township to county and other conventions. Mrs. Boynton is a member of St. Margaret hive, No. 462, L. O. T. M., at Harvard. Mr. Boynton enjoys the sports afforded in the woods of Michigan, and frequently takes trips into the north. He has several handsome trophies of the chase, consisting of antlers.

The City of Grand Rapids and Kent County, Mich.: up to date, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens. [4], [xiii]-xviii, [25]-1105 p. : ports. ; 28 cm.  [Logansport, Ind.] : A. W. Bowen, 1900. p. 557-558.



AARON ABER.
-Paris township, Kent county, Mich., has been the home and scene of labor of many men who have not only led lives that serve as examples for others, but have also been of important service to the commonwealth through various avenues of usefulness. Among these the name of the late Aaron Aber is certainly entitled to conspicuous mention, by reason of the fact, that, for a number of years, he was a prominent factor in the progress and development which have characterized the growth of this section of the county.
     Mr. Aber was a native of New York, was born in what is now Schuyler county, that
state, September 20, 1828, and was a son of Philip and Eleanor (Cox) Aber. He was reared and educated in the place of his nativity and there remained until I853, at which time he came to Michigan, and located in Kent county, whither many of his former neighbors and friends had preceded him. On the 9th day of May, 1859, he married, in Oakfield, Kent county, Miss Catherine E. Horton, daughter of Warren and Harriet (Darby) Horton, who was born in Orange county, N. Y., June 7, 1830. During the six years succeeding his marriage, Mr. Aber lived in Montcalm county, and in April, 1865, purchased the present farm, consisting of 160 acres in Paris township. Here he spent the remaining years of his life in the peaceful pursuit of agriculture. Mr. Aber was an advanced farmer, as the well kept appearance of his place fully attests, and took
great pride in his home, being rarely found absent there from unless urgent business called him elsewhere. Indeed, he was what may be termed a "home body," domestic in his tastes, believing in making his dwelling the most desirable spot on earth, so far as he and his family were concerned. By diligent attention to his business he prospered, and by embodying in his life the principles of the Golden Rule, won many warm friends, and stood deservedly high in the estimation of his fellow-citizens. An unswerving democrat in politics, his modesty forbade him asking honor or emoluments of office; and for partisan methods he had no sympathy and but little respect. Fraternally he belonged to the Masonic order, being for many years an active worker in lodge No. 24, at Grand Rapids. The broad principles of justice and equity exemplified in the teachings of Christ, represented his religious creed; and to deal justice tempered with mercy was his rule of conduct: throughout life. He never saw fit to identify himself with any religious
body, nevertheless was a firm believer in a broad religion, and was a friend of churches of whatsoever name or creed. His life work is his own best monument, and his death, which occurred on the 17th day of February, 1899, was an irreparable loss, not only to the immediate family but to the entire community.
     Mrs. Aber was brought by her parents to Michigan in 1849 and until her marriage lived in Oakfield, where both her father and mother are buried. Her family at this time consists of two daughters, the elder of whom is Mrs. Hattie Bostwick Bowen, and has four children, namely: Jessie, Ethel, Cora and Burr Aber Bowen.. The second daughter is the wife of Edward Reed, who operates the home farm. Mrs. Aber is a lady of intelligence and mature judgment, highly esteemed by her neighbors and always interested in every good work. She has acted well her part in life and the future awaits her with bounteous rewards.
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EDMUND AUSTIN
Edmund Austin, whose home is on section two, Quincy township, was born in Steuben (now Schuyler) county, New York, in 1844. In the same county and state was born his father, Reuben Austin, and in New York the early English ancestors of the family settled many years ago. Reuben Austin, who was a farmer all his active career, came to Michigan in 1854, and, first as a renter and then an owner, he farmed successfully in Quincy township for many years. He had married in New York and brought his wife
and two children with him to this county. His death occurred in 1864, at the age of fifty years. He was a class leader in the Methodist church, and supported the Republican' party. He married a native of Vermont, Ruth Shattuck, who died at the age of seventy-six years, in 1898. Her parents were Dr. Benjamin and Mary Shattuck, of English lineage. She was also a member of the Methodist church. Edmund Austin has one brother, Wesley J., who is a carpenter and painter in Quincy. He served three years and three months in the Civil war, being one of those who volunteered at Quincy in 1861, and was a member of Battery F, First Michigan Artillery. Mr. Austin was reared on a farm, and outside of his attendance at district school and his regular vocation of farming, he has followed the trade of carpenter to some extent and has also taught school. He married, in September, 1870, Lydia Ann Lockwood. She was born on the farm where she and her husband now make their home, in 1843, and is a daughter of Wesley Lockwood, whose recent death, March 5, 1905, took away one of Branch county's oldest and most esteemed citizens. Of English ancestry, he was born in the state of New York, October 12, 1807, and came to
Michigan in 1836. A farmer by occupation, he resided on his eighty-acre farm, on section two of Quincy township, for over sixty years. He was a class leader in the Methodist church over forty years. He married, in New York, Mary Ann Philo, who was born in New York, and her parents died in that state. Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood had six children, three of whom were born before the parents moved to Michigan. Charles, Cynthia and William Henry are deceased, the last named having served about three years and eight months in the Thirty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war. Esther E. married W. J. Austin, a brother of Edmund; Lydia Ann is Mrs. Austin; and Libbeous is a farmer and resides at Jonesville. Mr. and Mrs. Austin have two children: Henry W. is a farmer at Quincy, and Addie G. married J. B. Pessell, manager of a creamery at Butler, Indiana.
     Mr. Austin is a steward in the Methodist church in the township of Quincy, and in politics is a Republican. For eight years Mr. Austin owned a farm and resided in Wexford county, Michigan, and during seven years of this period he represented his township on the board of supervisors. At the present time he is serving in the office of justice of the peace, and also as school inspector.

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FRED J. BENTSON
Energy and well directed endeavor have been strikingly displayed in the career of the
representative farmer and successful business man whose name furnishes the caption
of this sketch. Measured by years and experience he is still young, but when considered in the light of the influence which he has exercised in the community, he is much
older than the majority of those whose births antedate his own. Fred J. Benson hails
from Schuyler county, New York, and is the son of John and Angeline Benson, the latter before her marriage a Miss Silsbee. John Benson was a farmer and spent his life in
the state of New York, dying in the year 1900 at his home in Schuyler county. He
was successful in his business affairs, accumulated a competency of this world's
goods and as a citizen was esteemed by all who knew him, having possessed in a
marked degree the sterling traits of character that beget and retain public confidence.
Mrs. Benson is still living on the old homestead near which the greater part of her life has been spent, being honored and beloved by her neighbors and friends for her many
admirable qualities of head and heart. She bore her husband six children, namely: Lee,
who farms the home place; Louise, wife of Otis Fulson, residing in Dundee, New York;
Adelia died at the age of eight; Eddie departed this life when seven years old; Fred
J., of this review, and Frank, who died in early childhood.
     Fred J. Benson was born December 18, 1867, and spent his early life on the family homestead in Schuyler county, the meanwhile acquiring a good practical education
in the common schools, which he attended at intervals during his minority. Reared to
agricultural pursuits, he demonstrated, while still a lad, not only a capacity for all kinds
of farm labor but also a willingness to put his best efforts into whatever he might be
engaged, characteristics which have distinguished his career from youth to the present time. After remaining in his native state until nearly twenty-three years of age,
Mr. Benson came to Jackson county, Michigan, reaching his destination in the fall of
1890 and locating in the township of Henrietta. On March 10, of the following year,
he was united in marriage with Miss May A. Silsbee, an adopted daughter of Calvin
and Mary Ann Silsbee, who were pioneers of Jackson county, moving here in an early
day from the state of New York, and becoming widely known as one of the leading
families in the township of Henrietta. The six months following his marriage the subject spent in New York, returning to Jackson county at the expiration of that period
and locating on a farm of one hundred and twenty acres in section 23, of the above
township, where during the ensuing eleven years he prosecuted agriculture with success and financial profit. As a farmer and stock raiser he won worthy prestige and as a public-spirited citizen, deeply interested in whatever concerned the material prosperity and moral welfare of his community, he rose to a commanding position among his fellow
men. In the year I902 Mr. Benson removed to the town of Munith and opened a meat
market, which he still manages, with a constantly increasing business, at the same time
giving personal attention to his agricultural pursuits which have also grown in magnitude and importance. In the two-fold capacity of farmer and business man his success has been marked, as is attested by the competency now in his possession, nearly every dollar of which is the result of his own industry and capable management. For some years past he has paid considerable attention to live stock, which as a source of wealth he has found much more profitable than the various grain, fruit and vegetable crop which his place so abundantly yields.
     As a breeder and raiser of fine cattle, sheep and hogs, he has a wide reputation and there is always a great demand for the horses from his place which have long been noted for their excellent qualities as roadsters. In addition to his business and farming
interests Mr. Benson is identified with the Munith Creamery Company, one of the
most important local enterprises of the town, being a large shareholder in the same and an
important factor in its management. He has been active in promoting the prosperity of
the village along business and industrial lines, stands for progress and improvement
where conducted legitimately, and all worthy enterprises have his encouragement and if
necessary his liberal financial support. Mr. Benson owns a beautiful home in Munith,
which is presided over with grace and dignity by a wife who has encouraged him in all
his business affairs and contributed not a little to his financial success and high standing in social circles. She was well raised, received a good education, and her culture
and refinement as well as her natural goodness of heart and kindness of disposition
make her a favorite with the best society people of the community. Mrs. Benson's
foster parents, the Silsbees, were among the best and most highly respected people of the
county of Jackson. As already stated, they came to Henrietta township when the country was new and did much for its material development, but they are best remembered
for their influence and laudable efforts in giving moral tone to the community. Mr.
and Mrs. Benson have been blessed with three children, the oldest of whom is Clay,
born February 24, 1892, now a student in the schools of Munith. The other two, Louise and Lee, are twins, their birth having occurred on the 2d day of October, 1895.
An intelligent and progressive man, keeping pace with the times on all that pertains to public thought, Mr. Benson takes an active interest in politics, supporting the
Republican party. He has no official aspirations, however, preferring the energetic
life he now leads to any honors his fellow citizens can bestow. In matters religious he
has decided views and strong convictions, being a devoted member of the Episcopal
church, to which his wife also belongs. Mr. Benson is a man of marked individuality
and impresses all with whom he comes in contact by his energy and great personal
force. He has already accomplished more than most men of much longer lives and from his present standing it is a matter of easy prophecy to bespeak for him a future
of continuous prosperity and honor.

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WILLIAM CULVER,
 a prominent and substantial farmer citizen of Bethany township, Gratiot county, who owns and operates a fine tract of land on Section 32, consisting of eighty acres, was born in Schuyler county, New York, May 29, 1836, son of Enos and Grace (Evans) Culver, the former of Connecticut and the latter of Massachusetts. Both of the parents died in Schuyler county, New York, leaving a family of eight children, of which William was the third member.
     William Culver was reared on his father's farm, upon which he remained until
the early seventies, when he came to Gratiot county, Michigan, with his wife and two
children. He lived about two and one-half years in St. Louis, Michigan, where he
worked at the carpenter's trade, and then purchased eighty acres on Section 32, Bethany township, upon which he settled, and where he has made his home ever since. At
the time of its purchase the land was wild, and resembled little the fine farm Mr. Culver
now owns. Mr. Culver was married April 17, 1862, in Schuyler county, New York,
to Miss Lecta Louisa Leonard, who was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1840, and to this union two children have been born: Minnie (the wife of
Frank McLean) and Newell Leonard.
     Mr. Culver has been a justice of the peace in Bethany township for twelve years,
and has always taken an active interest in all township and county affairs. Fraternally
he is a member of the Grange and for many years was associated with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, resigning his membership in that order.

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WILLIAM S. CULVER.
The thriving and attractive village of Brooklyn numbers the subject of this sketch
among its representative business men, and his popularity indicates the confidence and
esteem in which he is held in his native county. He conducts a very successful general merchandise business and is also the owner of the Exchange Bank, one of the solid financial institutions of the county.
     Mr. Culver is a native son of Jackson county, having been born on the parental
homestead, in that part of Napoleon township which was later segregated there from
and designated as Norvell township, and the date of his birth was February I 5, 1840.
He is a son of Cyrus and Polly (Sherman) Culver, being the eldest of their three children, all of whom are living. Cyrus Culver was born in Chester, Massachusetts, on the 19th of March, 1812, and his death occurred on his farm in Jackson county, on the 30th
of March, 1856. His wife was born in Schuyler county, New York, on the 3rd of
July, 1817, and she was summoned into eternal rest on the 5th of July, 1853. Martin Culver, the grandfather of the subject, was born in Massachusetts. whence he removed with his family to the state of New York, where he continued to reside until 1838, when he came to Jackson county, Michigan and settled on a tract of wild land in what is now Norvell township, becoming one of the honored and influential pioneers of the county. He was accompanied by his three sons, and one of them, Marvin, located on an adjoining farm, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was the father of Mrs. Dorr Lawrence, who now resides in Chelsea, this county. Grandfather Culver died in 1855 at the age of seventytwo years. Cyrus Culver became the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres, was a man of progressive ideas, was upright and honorable in all the relations of life and was one of the representative citizens of this section of the county. He was a Democrat in his political proclivities and his wife was a consistent member of the Methodist church.
     The maternal ancestry of the subject is of distinguished order, and the family has
had many eminent representatives in America. The lineage is traced back to Henry
Sherman, who died in Dedham, Essex county, England, in 1589, while his wife, Agnes,
died in 1580, their children being five in number, of whom the eldest was Henry,
who married Susan Hills, who bore him ten children, his death occurring in 1610.
Edmund, the fourth child of Henry and Susan Sherman, was born in 1575, and in
1610 he married Judith Angin, five children being the issue of this union. He figures as
the first representative of the family in America, whither he immigrated about 1633, settling in Watertown (now Cambridge), Massachusetts, while later he resided for a time in Weathersfield, Connecticut, whence he finally removed to New Haven, that state, where both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Their son Samuel was born in 1618, and in1640 he married Sarah Mitchell, who bore him nine children, his death occurring on the 15th of April, 1700. He was a representative citizen of the Nutmeg state, and
his remains were interred in the old Stratford cemetery, in what is now Bridgeport.
Benjamin Sherman, the eighth child of Samuel and Sarah Sherman, is the next in
order of the direct line to the subject of this review. He was born in 1661, and married
Rebecca Phippeny, of Boston, Massachusetts, who bore him nine sons and five daughters. Enos, the fifth son, was born in January, 1697, and married Abigail Walker, one child being the issue of the union, Josiah, who was born in 1729 and died in 1815. He
married Miriam Gregory and they became the parents of six children, of whom the
second was Walker, who was born on the 4th of January, 176I, and who died on the 31st of August, 1851. He married Anna Bennett and they had two children, of whom the elder was Lemuel, the grandfather of Mr. Culver. Lemuel Sherman was born on the 1st of Novemnber, 1790, and his death occurred December 20, 1826. He married Lydia Beardslee, who was born January 21, 1787, and who died July 15, 1844. Of their five children, Polly, the mother of the subject, was the eldest (the dates of her birth and death have already been entered). Hon, Roger Sherman, who was born at Newton, Massachusetts, on the 9th of April, 1721, died in New Haven, Connecticut, July 23, 1793, having been one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was a descendant of John Sherman, the sixth child of Henry Sherman, mentioned in this connection
Hon. Charles T., General William T. and Hon. John Sherman were descended from
Samuel Sherman, of the second generation in America, through the latter's fifth son,
Deacon John Sherman, who was born in 1650.
     William Sherman Culver, to whom this review is dedicated, received his early education in the common schools of Jackson county, while he continued to assist in the
work of the homestead farm until the death of his father, being fourteen years of age at
the time. he then, on the 1st of March, 1854, secured a clerkship in the general
store of A.. P. Bates, in Brooklyn, retaining this position one year, at the expiration
of which he entered the employ of the firm of Cook, Austin & Sherman, the last mentioned being an uncle of his and the general manager of the business, which was likewise conducted in the village of Brooklyn. He remained with this concern for a period
of nine years, at the expiration of which, in 1864, he engaged in business on his own
account, entering into partnership with Henry C. Clark, now a resident of Ionia
county, and conducting a general mercantile business in Brooklyn, under the firm name
of Culver & Clark. This association continued for twelve years and Mr. Culver then
purchased his partner's interest, and continued the business under the title of Culver's Cash Store. In 1897 he effected the organization of a stock company, which
was incorporated under the title of the W. S. Culver Company, three of his clerks becoming members of the company, and under this name the business has since been successfully carried on, the trade being of a representative character and being derived
from the wide radius of country tributary to, the village. In 1866 Mr. Culver located
his store in its present commodious quarters, and in 1884 he erected in the village the
handsome and substantial brick block, on the site of the old store, which bears his name,
the same being one of the best in the town.
     The mercantile establishment is well equipped and in the same is carried a large and
select stock of groceries, dry goods, boots and shoes, etc., while it is recognized as
the leading enterprise of the sort in the town. In 1893 Mr. Culver purchased the fixtures
and good will of the Farmers' Bank, of Colonel King, and forthwith established the
Exchange Bank, as a private institution. Through his well directed management and
executive ability the bank has gained high prestige, and its resources are such that it
is one of the stable financial institutions of the county and one which commands an excellent patronage. Mr. Culver publishes quarterly statements of the condition of his
banking business, and this procedure is unique in the connection, as is evident when
we note the fact that it is the only private bank in the Union to follow this plan, which
is that of the national and state banks. The bank has been successful from its initiation
and is on a most sound and prosperous footing.
     Mr. Culver is progressive and public spirited and his influence and aid are ever extended in support of measures and undertakings for the general good of the community and the advancement of the interests of his home town. In politics he pays
allegiance to the Democratic party, and while not a seeker of public office he has
rendered effective service in various offices of trust and responsibility, having been for
six years incumbent of the office of township treasurer, four years township clerk,
and three years township supervisor. His religious faith is that of the Protestant
Episcopal church, of which both he and his wife are communicants, taking a deep interest in the various departments of church work, and fraternally he is identified with
the Masonic order, in which he has passed the commandery degrees, and also to the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Culver has one of the most attractive
homes in Brooklyn, the same being a commodious modern residence, on Chicago
street.
     On the 2d of January, 1862, Mr. Culver was united in marriage to Miss Betty
Clark, who was born in Columbia township, this county, being a daughter of Archibald
Clark, one of the honored pioneers of Jackson county, where he took up his residence
in the 'thirties, coming here from Erie county, New York, and here passing the remainder of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Culver became the parents of two children, namely: Lizzie, who became the wife of Bert Amsden, and who died in March, 1892, leaving three children, and Louise, who is the wife of William Parker, a member of the W. S. Culver Company.

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ISAAC LYONS
Isaac Lyons, Jr., was born in Ithaca, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1816. In May, 1836, he married Caroline Livingston, a daughter of John and Lena (Cole) Livingston, of Hector,
in the adjoining county of Schuyler. John Livingston was a native of Pennsylvania, and Lena Cole of New Jersey. He died in Schuyler County, and his wife is still living
there, with a son, at the great age of ninety-three years. Isaac was a blacksmith by trade, and after his marriage came to Michigan with his parents, and built the second
blacksmith-shop in Flint, where he worked for a couple of years before settling on his land, which was the east half of the southeast quarter of section 5, in Clayton. From that
time on he has continued to reside on the place, working a good share of the time at his trade, having succeeded in getting most of his land cleared by exchanging shop-work
for chopping with his neighbors, and has increased the size of his farm by purchasing the west half of the quarter-section. A strong Democrat in his political belief, he has
never missed but one election since he became a voter, and, being in sympathy with the political majority in his town, has often been elected to office. He has held the offices of
highway commissioner, drain commissioner, and town treasurer. He was elected a justice of the peace at the first town-meeting held in Clayton, and is still holding that office, having served continuously for upwards of thirtyseven years. His family consists of five sons,-John, born Jan. 19, 1839; Smith, born Aug. 18, 1841; Isaac, Jr., born Oct. 10, 1846; Andrew J., born July 12, 1849; and Charles L., born Sept. 1, 1853. John died March 27, 1849, and Andrew J., Aug. 18, 1850. The others are living in Clayton.

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ORSON K. WHITLOCK. In time of war a valiant soldier in defense of his country, and after the restoration of peace, when the vast armies of the republic melted again into the masses of the people and took their places in the productive industries of the land a hardy and determined pioneer, waging against the hostile forces of nature the same quest he had
helped to wage against the armed resistance to the established government, Orson K. Whitlock, an industrious and progressive farmer of Richland township, this county, met the requirements of his utmost duty in each domain of activity and won the approval of his associates in both. He was a native of Wayne county, N. Y., born on January 13, 1837, and the son of Samuel and Mary (Kelsey) Whitlock, also born in the Empire state. They moved to Michigan in I839 and settled in Richland township, Kalamazoo county, on what is now known as the Bear farm, and which at that time was all wild land. On that place in 1846 the mother died and then the family was broken up and scattered. The father married a second wife in I869 and moved to Iowa, where some years afterward he died. Five of his sons grew to manhood in this county and four of them were in the Union army during the Civil war, all in Michigan regiments. Orson was reared in this county, Cooper township, and soon after the death of his mother was bound out to service to Lewis Crane, with whom he lived until he came of age. Then he began working for himself by the month, and continued to do this until soon after the beginning of the war, when he enlisted in the Nineteenth Michigan Infantry, Company F. His regiment was one of the fighting ones in the momentous conflict and he saw active service almost all of the time while he was in the army. At the close of the long and trying struggle he returned to his Michigan home broken in health and largely incapacitated for active work. But he resolutely resumed his farming operations and continued them until his death, on February 2, 1886, giving close attention and the best energies at his command to his work and making them tell to his advantage. His farm was well tilled and in improvement was kept in good condition and steady progress. On October 19, 1870, he was married to Miss Nancy Hitchcock, a native of Schuyler county, N. Y., who came to Michigan in early life with one of her uncles.
     They had one child, their son James B. Whitlock, who was born on May 11, 1877. His life from the age of nine to that of nineteen was passed in the state of New York, and there he obtained his education and training for life's duties. Since the death of his father he has managed the home farm, and it can be truthfully said, to his credit, that he has kept pace with the march of improvement in his vocation and continued on the place the, spirit of vigorous husbandry and advancement which his father inaugurated. On December I2, I900, he united in marriage with Miss Electra Crane, a sister of Jay Crane, of Cooper township, a sketch of whom will be found on another page. Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock have one child, their daughter Helen M. The elder Whitlock was a Republican in politics, as is his son, and belonged to the order of Odd Fellows. The family is one of the oldest, best known and most generally respected in the township, and is well and favorably known in other parts of the county and the neighboring country.
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WILLIS G. DOLLAWAY
Willis G. Dollaway, whom it is no invidious comparison to designate as one of the foremost farmers of Lowell township, and no empty tribute to pronounce one of its leading citizens, is now the owner of 140 acres of well-cultivated and valuable land, located in Section 8, where he has modern improvements and all the conveniences of Twentieth-century country life. When he embarked upon his career as a farmer several decades ago, Mr. Dollaway swung away from his first and earliest interests, for he began life as a worker in the mercantile world and was identified with commercial affairs during a long period. He was born in the State of New York, Oct. 29, 1863, son of Andrew and Arvilla (Mathews) Dollaway, natives of Schuyler county, New York, the latter of whom died when her son was three years old. Andrew Dollaway was a well-known horseman,
as well as a canal boatman, and in his latter years came to Michigan, where he died. There were two sons in the family-Frank, who was a resident of Grand Rapids and died Jan. 11, 1918, and Willis G. Willis G. Dollaway was educated in the public schools of Grand Rapids and when still a lad began to contribute to his own support, securing a position as cashboy in the mercantile establishment of Jacob Barth. He remained with that store for a period of seventeen years, steadily working his way to better positions, and when he left that store was connected for one year with the firm of Herpolsheimer. At that time he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, his first purchase being a tract of forty acres, located in Lowell township, which now forms a part of his home farm. From time to time he has added to his acreage, improvements and equipment, and his property is now one of the valuable ones of the community and reflects the enterprise and business ability of its owner. His 140 acres are under a state of cultivation and, being operated under modern methods, are yielding excellent returns. For some years Mr. Dollaway specialized in breeding race-horse stock, but has now disposed of all
his running horses and devotes his time entirely to general farming.
     While he is not a seeker for political honors or public position, he takes a keen interest in affairs which affect the welfare of his community, and willingly extends his co-operation and assistance to any movements which promise to be beneficial in the way of securing progress. His fraternal connections are with the Knights of the Maccabees and the Loyal Order of Moose. Mr. Dollaway was married Oct. 3, 1885, to Frances, daughter of Joseph and Adelia (De Gau) Denney, of Lowell township and of French descent. Mr. Denney, a native of Montreal, Canada, and a stone mason by trade, was for several years a resident of New York, from which state he came to Lowell township, Kent county, in 1864, purchasing forty acres of land which was still covered with the virgin timber. There he spent the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits, and at his death was the owner of 157 acres of well-improved land. He was a Democrat in politics, and both he and Mrs. Denney, who is also deceased, were faithful members of the Catholic church at Lowell. Their children were as follows: Adelia, widow of the late Francis Hughes, of Providence, R. I.; Joseph, a farmer of Lowell township; Henry, deceased; Hattie married U. S. Berry, who for forty-two years has been connected with the post office at Grand Rapids; Adolph, a resident of Montana; Edward, deceased; Josephine, wife of Newton Henry, of Chicago; Lewis, of Cascade, Mich.; Jennie married George Coffey, of Grand Rapids; Frederick, of Chicago; Frances, wife of Mr. Dollaway; Sarraphan, deceased; Emma, single and a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Archie, of Phillips, S. D. Mr. and Mrs. Dollaway have had the following children: Roy, of Lowell township, who has one son, Clarence; Clarence and Harold, who are deceased; Floyd, with the 30th Engineers' Medical department in France; Lulah, deceased; Cecil, who resides with her parents; Edward, deceased; and Leona and Glenn, who live at home.
Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan : historical account of their progress from first settlement to the present time / Ernest B. Fisher, editor.
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H. R. THOMPSON
H R. Thompson was born Sept. 30, 1838, in the district now known as Schuyler county, N. Y., and is the eldest son of William and Samantha (Harmon) Thompson. Having received a liberal education in the district school, he learned the trade of gun-smith. In September, 1858, lie came to Jackson, commenced working at his trade there, and continued it until 1871,-the period of his election to the office of City Treasurer. He married Mary A. Purdy, of Elkhart county, Ind., in 1859, and they are the parents of 2 children, viz., Willie, born May 6, i860, and Annie L., born Oct. 19, 1867. Early in 1874 he moved to Leoni, and purchased 137 acres of the old C. H. Smith farm, where he now resides. His father died Aug. 29, 1876, and his mother Dec. 15, 1880, aged 62 years. Erastus Thurston was born in Erie county, N. Y., April 12, 1833. His parents were Thomas and Electa (Wilcox) Thurston, natives of Vermont and New York respectively, and of English origin. Mr. T. was educated in the common schools and brought up to farming pursuits; remained with his parents until their removal to Michigan the spring of 1850, when they located on the home now occupied by Mr. T. He was married October, 1853, to Cornelia H. Slosson, born in Tompkins county, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1835; their children are-Loine, born April 30, 1855, now Mrs. Hiram Eddy, of Leoni; Carmi J., Dec. 2, 1858, died Aug. 28, 1863; Willie G., Nov. 12, 1863; Marion Thurston Hilton, March 15, 1860. Mr. T. resided in Waterloo tp. some eight years; in 1863 removed to the old homestead in Leoni, where he has since remained. His ancestors are celebrated for their longevity, his grandfather having died in 1850, at the patriarchal age of 97 years, 8 months and 17 davs; his father, Thomas Thurston, March, 1872, aged 86. In this connection a few words regarding Miss Samantha Thurston, the oldest sister of the subject of this sketch.
After her mother's death she assumed all the responsibilities of a mother, and conducted the affairs of the old homestead with an earnestness and well-directed zeal, which claimed the unqualified approbation and admiration of her relatives and neighbors.
Thomas 0. Thurston was born May 23, 1853, in this tp., second son of V. D. and Almira (Allen) Thurston; received an elementary education in the schools of the district, and subsequently attended the Union school at Jackson. In 1876 he visited Kansas, and returning in the course of a year, purchased his present home; is also the owner of lands in Waterloo tp. He married Miss Nellie A. Slosson Nov. 25, 1879, born in Clinton county, N. Y., in 1857; they have 1child-Bertha A., born Nov. 26, 1880. V: D. Thurston was born Aug. 13, 1818, in Erie county, N. Y., son of Thomas and Electa (Wilcox) Thurston; was educated in the schools of the district, labored on the farm, served three years of mercantile life, and returning to the old homestead remained there until the immigration of the family westward in September, 1850. He married Almira Allen in 1850, who was born in Vermont, and was the mother of 3 children, viz.:-Herbert D., born April 7, 1851; Thomas, May 25, 1853; Jabez A., Feb. 3, 1858.
     The year of his arrival in this county he located on a farm of 500 acres in this tp. In 1852 his present dwelling was completed, and since that period he has continued to reside there. Mrs. Thurston died May 25, 1864. Her sons were educated in the schools of Jackson and Grass Lake. In 1867 Mr. T. married Harriet Peckham, a native of Monroe county, N. Y. In political matters he is not ambitious, yet the people of the tp. conferred upon him important offices.

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D. W. SMITH
D. W. Smith was born December, 1833, in Jefferson county, N. Y., son of David Willard and Hannah W. (Adams) Smith. After receiving a fair common-school education, he went to learn the machinist's trade, and ultimately got a position in the Utica & Syracuse R. R. shops. In 1850 he entered the service of the W. & R. railroad; was engaged as engineer in the construction of that road; ran the first engine into Watertown, and piloted the first engine into Cape Vincent. In 1852 he married Miss Eliza A. Beltzinger, of Schuyler county, N. Y., and they became the parents of 6 children, viz.: H. W., born, 1854; D. W., 1856; Charles E., 1858, died July 3, 1874; Geo. W., 1860; Fred E., 1862, and Lottie E., 1867. In 1856 he purchased a farm at Ypsilanti; sold out and took a position on the M. C. R. R.; was foreman of saw-mill at Saginaw city; removed to Jackson il 1869, and entered the J., L. & S. R. R. Co's. service as engineer; subsequently took charge of the locomotive and car depots of F. W., J. & S. R. R., and ultimately purchased farm of 100 acres in Leoni tp. in 1879, where he now resides. The experiences of Mr. Smith are varied and happy, and for a man now in his 48th year his prospects are bright indeed.

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W. B. SHERMAN
W. B. Sherman, one of the most influential, enterprising and public spirited citizens of Brooklyn village, is a native of Fairfield county, Conn., and was born in the town of Huntington, Dec. 6, 1823. His father, Lemuel Sherman, was a farmer by occupation,
and moved from Huntington to Schuyler county, N. Y., when Mr. B. was a boy, and it was there, in the town of Veteran, that he received his schooling, and at intervals worked in their neighborhood at odd jobs, driving an ox team and running the tan-bark mill at the village tannery; in 1845 he came West and made his halt in Columbia, then Napoleon tp., where he taught school a few years; worked on a farm for a time, and then commenced his thus far very successful business career, by entering the store of Harmon & Cook, at that time the principal mercantile house in Jackson county, as salesman, until 1854, when he purchased Mr. Harmon's interest in the business, and the firm name was changed to Cook & Sherman. This latter arrangement continued for two years, and the partnership dissolved. Mr. Sherman then spent two years with Mosher & Chapman, merchants in Jackson. In 1858 lie returned to Brooklyn and the firm of Cook, Austin & Sherman was formed, consisting of George P. 'Cook, S. L. Austin and W. B. Sherman, and under the above title conducted a general mercantile business until 1863. The years 1864-'5 Mr. Sherman spent in the war with the army of the Potomac in the quartermaster's and pay departments, under Gens. Hooker, Mead and Grant, and since that time has been a general merchant, grain and wool dealer of Brooklyn. Mr. Sherman is a popular man in his community, open-hearted and free-handed, and does business on a broad and liberal basis. He is the present President of the Village Council.

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OSCAR F. RUMSEY
Oscar F. Rumsey, manager of J. H. Smith & Co., saddlery, hardware and horse-furnishing goods, 102 Canal street, was born in Watkins Glen, N. Y., July 16, 1846. His parents were William H. and Fanny (Owen) Rumsey, the former a native of Schuyler county and a farmer, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and educated at the People's College, Havana, and the Academy at Watkins Glen. When 18 years of age he went to Colorado, and for two and a half years had charge of a station, and the putting up of hay, for the Smoky Hill stage route from Topeka, Kan., to Denver, Col. He afterward went to Topeka, and attended a three month's course in the Commercial College of that city. He then went to Chicago, and was employed as entry clerk in the P., F. W. & C. depot, and four months later went to Muskegon, Mich., where he erected a steam shingle-mill. Three years later a fire destroyed the mill, caused by explosion of the boiler. Mr. Rumsey was standing near it at that time, and was blown some 20 feet but suffered no serious damage. He had previously 80 acres of timbered land, which he still owns. He was engaged as bookkeeper of a grocery and dry-goods firm until 1873, when he came to Grand Rapids, and accepted same position with J. H. Smith & Co. In 1877 he took full charge of the business, which position he has since filled. The firm do the largest business of the kind in the city, and their sales will average $45,000 annually. Mr. Rumsey was married Nov. 22, 1870, to Alice A. Russell, a native of Steuben Co., N. Y., and a resident of Muskegon Co., Mich. They have three children-Pearl F., Earle W. and Ray. Mr. Rumsey is Democratic in politics.

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PROF. JOHN N. FOSTER,
superintendent of schools at Ludington, is the man to whom the city is indebted for much of the excellence of its public schools. Prof. Foster was born in Schuyler County, N. Y., July 29, 1844. When sixteen years of age he came to Webster, Mich., and two years later, in 1862, enlisted in the Union army as a member of the Twenty-Sixth Michigan Infantry, and remained in the service until the close of the war in 1865. After coming out of the service, he taught school at Danville and Berrien Springs. At the latter place he remained four years. From 1872 to 1874, he was assistant superintendent of the Reform School at Lansing, and came to Ludington in 1875, to accept his present position. When he entered upon his duties here, the number of pupils belonging to the schools numbered 400. The present year the report shows the number to have been increased to 932. He was the first to introduce the system of graded schools, and has made many other valuable
improvements in the system of public instruction. Prof. Foster is a thorough scholar, and combines to a high degree the qualities of a good instructor, and a thorough disciplinarian, while his practical views have been of great service to the board of education. Under his management, the schools of Ludington have taken high rank, and
the people of the city appreciate the value of his services.

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ISRAEL CATLIN
was one of the early comers to this region. He
was born in Schuyler County, N. Y., in 1814. His chosen trade
was that of carpenter, which he followed for several years, during
which time he went to sea as ship's carpenter, and was absent
about two years. In 1844 he came to Lower Saginaw, and was engaged by Fraser & Barney in building and superintending the running of a mill at Kawkawlin. His first meal in the region was obtained at the house of Harvey Williams, at the mouth of the Kawkawlin River. He remained at Kawkawlin about two years, and
then came to Lower Saginaw, and in company with the late James
Fraser built a steam saw mill, which he operated a few years, when
he sold out. He afterwards formed a copartnership with Mr.
Arnold, of West Bay City, and they carried on an extensive business
in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds. His health failed,
and for several years he has been unable to do any business. Mr.
Catlin has filled an honored place in the community where he has
lived so many years. He was postmaster of Hampton from 1850
to 1853, and was one of the first aldermen under the village charter.
He has held various positions of trust, and was one of the founders,
and has always been one of the leading members, of Trinity Church.
Mr. Catlin still resides in Bay City, a much respected citizen.

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GEORGE W. TEACHOUT
cast his lot with the early settlers of Michigan in the spring of 1852, locating on eighty acres of land in Rome Township, which he has since occupied, and to which he has added until he now has a fine estate, including 200 acres of land with substantial buildings, a choice assortment of live stock, and all the other appurtenances of the modern country home. In addition to general farming he makes a specialty of blooded sheep, which are the source of a handsome income annually. He has been quite prominent in local affairs, serving as Constable, Highway and Drain Commissioner, Deputy Sheriff and Justice of the Peace. To the latter office he was elected in the spring of 1866, and has held it by successive elections since that time. He represented his township in the County Board of Supervisors, and has been a member of the Republican party since its organization.
     Our subject, like many of the early settlers of the northwestern part of this county, is a native of Ontario County, N. Y., and was born Feb. 1, 1827. His father, Jacob Teachout, Jr., was the son of Jacob, Sr., whose father, a native of Holland, emigrated to America in early manhood, after his marriage, and died in New York State at the age of eighty-four years; his wife lived to be ninety-two years old. He was a shoemaker by trade, which he
followed the greater part of his life. Jacob Teachout, Jr., was born in Schuyler County, N. Y., in 1784, and started out in life for himself when a lad fifteen years of age. He continued on the farm in Ontario County until 1864, in the meantime having purchased land for himself. At this date he disposed of his property in the Empire State, and coming to Michigan, made his home with his son, in Hillsdale County, where his death took place in 1876, at the age of ninety-two years. His wife was Miss Rachel, daughter of Elijah Curtis, of New York State, who died in Ontario County when about sixty-five years of age. His wife subsequently came to Michigan, and died at the home of her son, in Genesee County, aged eighty-eight years.
     The mother of our subject was also born in Schuyler County, N. Y., in 1794, and died there when sixty-nine years old. Jacob Teachout, Jr., was Republican in politics during the later years of his life. In early manhood he had voted the Democratic ticket, but subsequently changed his views. Both parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and reared their thirteen children in a careful and conscientious manner.
     George W. Teachout, with the exception of three years spent with his brother-in-law, at Port Gibson was a member of the parental household until twenty-one years of age. In September, 1848, he was married to Miss Harriet W., daughter of William Teachout, of New York State, who was the son of John Teachout, a native of New York State, who came to Michigan during its pioneer days, and died in Cambridge Township, this county, at the house of his son William, when seventy years of age. His wife had died in New York State while a young woman, and before the removal to the West. William Teachout came to Michigan in 1853, and purchased a farm in Cambridge Township, this county.        His wife, the mother of Mrs. Teachout, was Rachel, daughter of Peter Wells, of New York, and died in Cambridge Township, this county, when fifty-eight years of age. John Teachout had served as a soldier in the War of 1812, and after being transformed from a soldier to a civilian, followed agricultural pursuits. Mrs. Harriet W. Teachout was born in Ontario County, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1830, and after. Marriage she and our subject commenced life together on a small farm in their native county, where they continued until 1852. Mr. T. then sold out, and coming to this county, purchased eighty acres of land in Rome Township, which is now included in his present homestead, and to which he added until the farm comprises 200 acres. With the exception of one and one-half years, during which he was operating a grist and woolen mill in Adrian, lie has been continuously engaged in farming.
     The four children of Mr. and Mrs. Teachout are recorded as follows: Benjamin F. was born Jan. 17, 1849, in Ontario County, N. Y., and was consequently but a little over three years of age when his parents came to this county. Here he grew to manhood, and married Miss Adel, daughter of John Sickles, of New York State, and who is now proprietor of the Gibson House in Adrian; they have one child, a daughter, Florence W., eleven-years of age. Benjamin is a fine musician, and has engagements all over the county. Helen E. and Ellen A. (twins) were born Sept. 30, 185-'; Helen is the wife of F. A. Desermis, of French descent who conducts a hotel at Onstead, and has an interest in farm property in Rome; they have one child, Beulah A., five years of age. Ellen A. married John Sickles, Jr., who is in the hotel business at Adrian, and they have one child, Jennie F., now fourteen years of age. William A. was born Aug. 27, 1855, and married Miss Mary, daughter of Henry Christman, of Rome; they have two children, a daughter and a son, named respectively Zeda and Clare; this son is conducting a hotel at Rome Center.
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DANIEL COLE TUNISON
The name of this gentleman is widely and favorably known throughout Fairfield Township, of which he has been a resident for twentyfour years. Upon first coming to this county he purchased 120 acres of land on section 1.0, now included in his present farm, which he brought to a good state of cultivation. There were no improvements upon it at the time of his purchase, and its present condition bears a fine contrast to that in which he found it. There is now a handsome and convenient set of farm buildings, with all the other appurtenances of the modern country home and to the original tract Mr. Tunison has added sixty acres, making in all a fine body of land 180 acres in extent, and highly productive. He has served life-long apprenticeship at farming, and has a thorough understanding of its various details. This added to his naturally fine tastes, with his prudence and economy, has served him well ill building is one of the finest homesteads in Lenawee County. Our subject was born April 17, 1828, and is the son of Thomas and Anna Cole) Tunison, who were natives respectively of New Jersey and New York.
     John P. Tunison, the paternal grandfather of our subject, a native of New Jersey, was born in May, 1762, and married Miss Elizabeth Miller, a native of New Jersey, about 179)4. He served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The maternal grandparents, Daniel and Sarah (Hopkins) Cole, were natives of Putnam County, N. Y., where the former was born Dec. 23, 1779, and tie latter, Sept. 10, 1781. The father of our subject was the second in a family of eight children, all of whom lived to mature years. He was born August 10 1797, and Anna, his wife, was born July 10, 1803. After their marriage, March 2, 1820, they located in Seneca County, N. Y., whence they removed to Schuyler County, and from there, in the fall of 1849, to Lucas County, Ohio. Mr. Tunison was a shoemaker by trade, which occupation he followed for a period of seventeen years, and being fond of agricultural pursuits, also engaged in farming considerably. In the spring of 1864 Mr. Thomas Tunison left the Buckeye State, and coming to Southern Michigan, located on section 10 in Fairfield Township, where he and his estimable wife spent the remainder of their lives. They lived to a ripe old age, celebrating their golden and pearl wedding's and died within a few months of each other, the mother passing away on the 26th of March, 1886, and the father joining his devoted companion in the better land September 30 of the same year, after having lived together sixty-six years.
     The children of Thomas and Anna (Cole) Tunison are recorded as follows: Elizabeth became the wife of Caleb Crissey, and died in Lucas county, Ohio, March 17, 1862; Sarah, Mrs. William Conklin, resides ii Syracuse, N. Y.; Ezra C. married Miss Harriett Knox, of Schuyler County, N. Y., and died in Morenci, this State, July 23, 1886; Daniel C. of our sketch, wais the fourth child; Susan S. is the wife of W. H. Williams, a well-to-do farmer of Lucas County, Ohio; John P. first married Miss Helen Ten Brook, who died while on a visit to Lucas County, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1882; he afterward married Mrs. Elvina Brown, and now resides in Wood County, Ohio. Daniel C. Tunison was fairly educated in the common schools, remaining in his native county until the removal of the family to Ohio. He accompanied them there and in their subsequent removal to this State, and continued a member of the parental household until twenty-nine years of age, when he was married and located on his own farm in Lucas County, Ohio, where he continued until coming to this State in the spring of 1864.
     Mr. Tunison was married in Fairfield Township, this county, Jan. 21, 1858, to Miss Lucy E., daughter of Edward and Betsy (Pitts) Hodge, the former a native of Grafton County, V. T., and the latter of Onondaga: County, N...The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Tunison were Thomas and Lucy (Webber) Hodge, who were of New England birth and parentage, and her maternal grandparents were Levi and Hannah (Wilbur) Pitts. Thomas Hodge served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was the father of thirteen children, of whom Edward was the seventh in order of birth. Edward and his wife, Betsy, after their marriage settled in Seneca County, N. Y., and thence, in 1836, migrated to this county. Mr. Hodge took up 160 acres of land in Dover Township, where he remained about ten years, then removed to Fairfield Township, finally taking up his abode with his son-in-law, our subject, at whose home he and his excellent wife spent their last days. He died Feb. 13, 1862, while his wife survived him seven years, her death taking place Dec. 31. 1869. Mr. Hodge was greatly interested in religious matters, and had been a minister of the Baptist Church in Seneca County, N. Y., by which denomination he was sent to the West as a missionary. He was the father of three children: The eldest daughter, Nancy J., is the widow of E. A. Spooner, and resides in Brown County, Kan.; Adelphi K. married Luther L. Todd and died in Atchison, Kan., Nov. 22, 1882; Lucy E., Mrs. Tunison, was born in Seneca County, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1836.
     Mr. and Mrs. Tunison, upon coming to this county, located at once in Fairfield Township, of which they have since been residents. Each year has seen something added to the value and beauty of the homestead, and their union has been blessed by the birth of five children - Lura C., Mary E., Anna C., Ella H. and Olive A. Lura is the wife of J. W. Mitchell, of Brown County, Kan.; they have one child, D. C. Mrs. Mitchell is a well educated and accomplished young lady, and prior to her marriage was engaged as teacher in the schools of Fairfield Township. Anna is a music teacher of no ordinary merit. Mary, Ella and Olive are at home with their parents.
     Mr. Tunison, politically, is a straight Republican, and has served his township as Clerk and Treasurer, besides being prominent in local affairs. Mrs. Tunison and her three eldest daughters are members of the Regular Baptist Church.

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JOHN CAIN (Patience Sprague)
JOHN CAIN is one of the leading farmers of Fairfield Township, who has won prosperity solely by the exercise of an indomitable energy and perseverance. He was born
April 2, 1819, in Genesee County, N. Y., and is the son of Patrick and Mary Cain. Our subject was a lad of more than usual luck and energy, and at the early age of eighteen spiritedly determined to go out into the world to see life for himself, and seek his fortune in the great West. Accordingly he turned toward the Territory of Michigan, though
he had only money enough to pay his fare half of the way. He was obliged to perform the rest of his journey on foot, working his way along, and a whole year was thus consumed in this eventful journey. At length, weary and footsore, with his pack on his back, he entered the town of Adrian, which must have been a small, struggling village with but
few inhabitants, presenting a very different appearance from the thriving city of to-day of over 8,000 inhabitants, with its large business blocks, numerous manufacturing interests, institutions of learning, and the multitudinous things that go to make up a prosperous and busy city. The night of his arrival in that town he spent in French's tavern, and after paying his bill in the morning he had but fifteen cents left. With this small sum in his
pocket, he sturdily trudged on to Rollin, a distance of eighteen miles, and was obliged to go without his dinner as lie had not money enough to pay for it. That night lie staid at the house of Orson Green. He soon procured work in Rollin, and at the end of the year he had enough money saved to enable him to take up a tract of eighty acres of good land. But he continued to work out three years longer, and then settled on his own land in the midst of a dense forest, which then covered so large a portion of the county.
     Then commenced for Mr. Cain those years of unremitting toil which only the early settlers of a country can know, who have forests to fell, stumps to uproot, and sometimes swamps to drain, before the soil is even fit for the plow, and lie must be possessed of splendid courage, great power of endurance, and must not be lacking in patience, who
would accomplish this herculean task. Our subject lacked none of these essentials of success. He afterward traded the land he had taken up for another eighty acres on section 16 of the same township. After living in Rollin ten years, he exchanged his land there, twenty acres of which lie had cleared, for eighty acres on section 19 of Fairfield township, which forms a part of his present farm. This he cleared with his own hands, and prepared it for culture. He has since added fifty acres and now owns a fine farm of 130 acres, 100 of which is highly improved, and on which he has erected a fine lot of buildings, which are convenient and commodious. He may well think with pride of the success he has achieved since starting out a mere boy to make his own way in the world, his only capital consisting of a stout heart, strong hands and a steady brain. His success in life shows what courage, perseverance, and honest purpose will accomplish, and his is an example worthy to be followed by the youth of the present generation.
     Mr. Cain has been married three times, his first marriage taking place in Rollin Township, with Sophia Marlott, in November, 1842. She was born in 1823, in Seneca County, N. Y., and was the daughter of John Marlott. She bore Mr. Cain two children, one of whom died in infancy; Charles, the surviving child, was born in Fairfield Township, and still resides here, where he has married Margaret Stuck, and has one son, John. Mrs. Cain died in Fairfield Township, about 1857, aged thirty-four years. Mr. Cain's second marriage occurred in 1858, in Fairfield Township, with Miss Ann Scoville who bore him one child, who died in infancy; the mother died in 1859. Mr. Cain was again married in Fairfield Township, to Miss Patience Sprague, June 17, 1860. She was born in Schuyler County, N. Y., July 4, 1844, and is the daughter of Amasa and Mary Sprague. She came to Jackson County, Mich., in 1847, and in 1860 came to Lenawee County, where she was married to our subject.
     Mr. Cain takes an active interest in all that pertains to the advancement of the town, and in his administration of several minor offices to which he has been elected by his fellow-townsmen, lie has done all in his power to further the cause of good government, and to insure the prosperity of the town.

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CROWELL EDDY,
a wealthy and prominent farmer of Franklin Township, is the owner of 200 acres of finely improved land, which he has acquired by the exercise of his own industry and perseverance. He commenced in life for himself comparatively without means, and became a resident of this county in 1845, soon afterward in making his first purchase of eighty acres of land on section 12 to which he afterward added as his
means permitted. The family residence is a substantial stone building, and considered one of the best of its kind in this part of the State. It consists of two stories and a basement, finely arranged, combining both beauty and convenience. The barns and out-buildings are neat and substantial, and the farm stock and machinery are in keeping with the general air of thrift and prosperity which is apparent upon all sides. No man perhaps in Lenawee County is better entitled to representation in a work of this kind than the subject of this
sketch.
     Mr. Eddy has made a science of farming and stock-raising, dealing largely in Durham cattle and Merino sheep, and has obtained an enviable reputation in this section of country on account of his skill and, knowledge in this department of agriculture. He migrated from far New England to establish his permanent home, having been born in Morristown, N. J., April 1, 1811. His father, John Eddy, Esq., also a native of New Jersey, was of New England parentage and English descent. He married a lady of his own State, Miss Catherine Crain, who was of Scotch descent, and they resided near Morristown, N. J., until after the birth of six children, when they removed to Schuyler County, N. Y. The father took up a tract of land in Reading, Township during its early settlement, and
opened up a fine farm of 150 acres, which in due time became very valuable.
     John Eddy was a thorough and skillful agriculturist, and availed himself of the progressive methods by which only success could be obtained. He was widely and favorably known throughout Schuyler County as one of its most prominent and well to-do citizens He took a lively interest in the welfare of his community, and was among the first to encourage tile various enterprises tending to the development, of the new country. He retained possession of his first purchase until his decease, which occurred when he was fifty-eight years of age.
     After their removal to New York, five more children were added to the household circle, which now included seven sons and four daughters. All of them with one exception are now living, and the brother deceased have attained the advanced age of
seventy-eight years; the eldest surviving is eightyfour years of age, and the youngest is sixty. The wife and mother survived her husband a number of years, and died at the homestead in Schuyler County when eighty years of age. She was a good mother in every sense that the word implies, and a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church.
John Eddy, politically, was an old-line Whig, and maintained his principles with all the earnestness of his decided and energetic nature.
     Our subject remained under the parental roof until about twenty-one years of age, and then served in apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade in his native county. Upon leaving New York he migrated to Erie County, Ohio, and for nine years following pursued his trade in Milan Township. Meantime he was married, June S3, 1836, to Miss
Mary A. Spears, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer who had emigrated from Penfield, N. Y., to Ohio in the pioneer days. Mr. and Mrs. Spears were most excellent people and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all who knew them. They were of New England birth and parentage, and were residents of Erie County probably thirty years, where they labored to build up a good home, and spent their last days in peace and comfort, departing this life at an advanced age.
     The wife of our subject was born in Monroe county, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1817, and spent her childhood and youth under the home roof, receiving a common-school education, and being trained in those employments which have so much to do with the happiness of a home. Of her union with our subject there were born ten children, of whom two deceased. Charles died at the age of twenty, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., while on his way
home from the army; at the outbreak of the war enlisted in the 18th Michigan Infantry, and at Athens, Ga., was captured by the rebels, who held him some time in confinement. The other child died March 6, 1857, at the age of eight years. Five of the eight living children are married and settled in comfortable homes of their own, and four of
the sons-Henry H., George W., Horace G. and James C.-are in business at Vinton, Iowa, conducting a large dry-goods house; John J. is farming near Akron, Col.; Edwin A. is a successful farmer in Manchester Township, Washtenaw County -the two daughters, Libbie S. and Catherine, continue at home with their father. Mrs. Eddy departed this life at her home in Franklin Township, March, 1885, when sixty-eight years of age. She was a lady held in high esteem by the people her neighborhood, energetic, intelligent and of
kindly disposition, and a devoted member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Eddy, religiously, is a Universalist. Politically, he affiliates with the Republican party, and has served his township as Road Commissioner and Treasurer for some years,
and also as Justice of the Peace.

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HIRAM ANDREWS
an intelligent and highly respected citizen, carries on one of the best kept farms in Orion Township. He is and has been all his life a hard worker and now in his later years he is still robust and vigorous. He was born in Rutland County, Vt., October 6, 1819. His father, Eber Andrews, a New Hampshire man, settled in Vermont when quite young and went thence to Steuben County, N. Y., where he died about 1825.  His wife, Abbie Bryant, of New Hampshire, was a devout and earnest member of the Baptist Church, and the mother of six children, two of whom are still living. She died in 1847 in New York.
     The subject of this sketch was but six years old when he was bereaved by the death of his father, and was at the time bound out to a neighbor. His mother, however, remarried when he was twelve years old and then took him home. He received his education in the log schoolhouses, and when eighteen years old began to teach, carrying on this business for five years in the winters and farming in the summers. In 1842, being then twenty-three years old, he married Catherine Haines of New York.
     The Western fever struck our young man in 1845. He then removed to Dodge County, Wis., and entered Government land in heavy timber, building a log house and clearing up his farm. He also built a sawmill, which he operated for twentytwo years. His closest and most numerous neighbors in those days were Indians, deer and wolves. He bought many a ham of venison from the red men. He sold his farm in 1867 and worked at lumbering for some eighteen months and then went into Southern Iowa to spend the winter of 1868.
     In the spring of 1869 this gentleman removed to Oakland County, Mich., and purchased a farm on sections 22 and 23 of Orion Township, this county, where he now resides. His first wife died in 1854, leaving six children, namely, Mary M., Joseph D. (deceased), Orlando J., Hinman F., Hiram, Jr., and Emma (deceased). His second marriage took place in 1855. He was then united with Susan Wright, of Wisconsin, who died in 1863, leaving two children- Ella and Sarah. The present Mrs. Andrews bore the maiden name of Julia C. Crawford; she was born in Orange County, N. Y., February 22, 1823. Her parents, John B. and Elizabeth (Thompson) Crawford, removed to Southwestern New York about 1833. Mr. Crawford died in Schuyler County, N. Y., in 1861, having lost his wife in 1858. They were Presbyterians of Scotch descent and his father was one of the Revolutionary heroes.
     In his early days Mr. Andrews was a Whig, and afterward became a Republican, casting his first vote for William Henry Harrison. He has held various township offices and is identified with the Grange. He helped to organize the township of Rubicon, Dodge County, Wis., and was made its first School Commissioner. He afterward filled the offices of Justice of the Peace and Assessor for several years. He began life with nothing but his sturdy resolution, good health and strong muscles.
     At eighteen years of age he hardly had a suit of clothes, and at twenty-five he had accumulated $530 and moved West. He now possesses two hundred and twenty-five acres of land in a fine, well cultivated farm. His specialty is raising grain. He built his fine, large house in 1878.

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(Della E. Wheeler, Mr. Fred Hammond)
JOHN FREEMAN
The most successful farmers are those who were inured to its labors from boyhood, and of this class the subject of this sketch is an admirable example. Born in Yates County, N. Y., July 2, 1833, he was reared upon one of the most pleasant farms
of the Empire State, situated in Milo Township, near the city of Penn Yan. His education was acquired in the common school, and he was trained to those habits of industry and economy which insured his success in life. He is now one of the most prominent and highly respected residents of Flowerfield, a man looked up to by his fellow-citizens, and one whose personal and business life has been eminently worthy of record.
     John Freeman, the father of our subject, was a native of New Jersey, and was born Feb. 24, 1788. He was a farmer by occupation, and departed this life at the homestead in Milo Township, Yates Co., N. Y., in February, 1869, at the age of eightyone years. The mother, Mrs. Lydia (Briggs) Freeman, was born May 30, 1804, in Yates County, within whose limits she spent her entire life. She too passed away at the old homestead, before the decease of her husband, her death taking place about 1858. The household circle included ten children, five sons and five daughters, eight of whom are now living. Benjamin F., the eldest, married Miss Esther McIntyre, and is farming in Barrington Township, N. Y.; Oliver married Miss Sarah Clark, and is living in Clinton County, this
State, engaged in farming; Elizabeth became the wife of Augustus Bain, and died in Yates County, N. Y., in May, 1887; Marietta married Stephen J. Raymond, and they live on a farm in Yates County;
     John, our subject, was the fifth child. Our subject continued a resident of his native
county until reaching man's estate, and was married in Milo Township, March 20, 1860, to Miss Adelia Wheeler. This lady is a native of the same county as her husband, and was born Sept. 20, 1839. Her parents, George C. and Polly (Shaver) Wheeler, were natives of Easton, that State. The former, born Jan. 15, 1804, died June 19, 1885; the latter, born Dec. 21, 1807, resides in Yates County, N. Y. Of this union there were born three children: Edson W., the eldest, was born April 19, 1863, in Milo Township, N. Y.; he is now a resident of Dubuque, Iowa, and in the employ of the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railroad. Ella D., the second child, was born in Flowerfield Township, this county, April 20, 1868, and married William H. Weinberg, Nov. 8, 1888. Della E. was born
April 20, 1868, and is now the wife of Mr. Fred Hammond, a well-to-do farmer of Schuyler County, N. Y.; Mr. Hammond is a native of New York State. Ella D. and Della E. were twins.
     Mr. Freeman came to the State of Michigan in the winter of 1863, settling in Decatur, occupying himself thereafter for a period of one year in the lumber business. Later we find him otherwise engaged as an employee of the Michigan Central Railroad Company. After three years of this service he came to this county, settling on his present farm of 170 acres on section 24, Flowerfield Township. Upon this he has effected good
improvements, and has a ready market for his produce at Three Rivers. He has been fortunate in his farming operations, having accumulated a good property and gathered around himself and his family all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of
life. A member of the Republican party since its organization, Mr. Freeman cast his first Presidential vote for John C. Fremont, and has remained faithful to his first principles for a period of over thirty years. Soon after coming here he was elected Highway Commissioner for a term of three years, and re-elected, serving from 1868 to 1875, with
credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. Later he was made Township Treasurer, holding this office six years, and was subsequently elected a Justice of the Peace, being the incumbent of this office sixteen years. In the spring of 1887 he was elected Township Supervisor, and re-elected in the spring of 1888. In addition to his farming operations he has been largely engaged in the buying and shipping of grain. Mrs. Freeman is a lady greatly respected in her community, and a member in good standing of the Baptist Church.
     The wife of our subject was the youngest of seven children, and her father spent his last years in the Empire State. The mother is still living at the old homestead in Milo, being cared for by her daughter Janet. One brother, Aaron, died in infancy; Catherine E. became the wife of William P. Capell, a native of Yates County, N. Y., and died in Milo in 1882; Angeline married John E. Harris, and died in the year 1874; Carlton is carrying
on a grain business at Wall Lake, Iowa; he married Miss Caroline Trowbridge, who died in Decatur, Mich. His second wife was Miss Cora Bugbee, a native of this State. Minerva married Archibald Thayer, of Milo, N. Y., and resides in that place.

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M. H. SMITH
is a farmer in Flushing Township, Genesee County, where he has a tract comprising seventy acres of good and arable land. He is a native of Tompkins County, N. Y., and was born December 20, 1833. He is a son of Caleb and Wilempe (Hamilton)
Smith, natives of New Jersey. The father was a day laborer. From New Jersey they removed to Tompkins County, thence to Schuyler County, N. Y., where the head of the family died. They had seven children, of whom five are now living, and who are by name-William, Marcus, Cornelia, Mary J. and Elijah. The father was a Whig in his
political principles, and a believer in tie creed as held by the Presbyterian Church.
     Our subject was educated in Lansing Township, Tompkins County, N. Y., and was reared a farmer boy. When twelve years of age lie went to live with his uncle, Joshua Jennings, and remained with him for four years. He then went to Schuyler County, where he was engaged in working by the month, and continued to be thus employed for
some years. When twenty-six years old he was married to Miss Eliza Bailey, a native of New York.
     After our subject's marriage he was engaged in working a farm on shares, and later they purchased a place in Schuyler County, N. Y., and devoted themselves to farming there for six years. He then came to Michigan in 1864 and purchased the place where he now lives, and which comprises eighty acres of land. It was at the time chopped over
and bore a small frame house. He has since cleared off the place and put it in a perfect productive state. He has moreover built a fine house and two good barns. He here devotes himself to general farming. He has a fine orchard and also a good deal of stock.
     Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of ten children, whose names are: Eddy, Clara, Myrtie, Lilly, Jenny, Frank and Fred, who are twins, Maude, Willie and Clyde. Mr. Smith is a Democrat in politics, and one of the staunchest upholders of his party. He has held the position of School Director and Pathmaster. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are numbered among the most prominent people of the township.
     The original of our sketch has educated his children, giving them tie best of advantages, and two of them have been engaged in teaching. He has a beautiful home and fine surroundings.
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(Sarah Washburn)
WILLIAM LEWIS The secrets of brewing malt liquors have been brought to this
country from Germany and England. Probably the largest interests in this country are
now owned by the latter nationality, hence it is not surprising that our subject should be tile proprietor of the large brewery located on the Thread River, in Flint, and that he is an Englishman, a native of Harwell village, Berkshire. He was born May 8, 1829, and is a son of William and Hannah (Dines) Lewis, the former a brewer in our subject's native place.
     Our subject's father accumulated a comfortable fortune before his decease, which occurred in 1836, when forty-four years of age. He of whom we write was the youngest of seven children who were born to his parents. Four of these, three boys and one girl, came to America, but with the exception of our subject all are deceased. Two of the children still live in England. William attended school in his native land but knew nothing of the free school system as we have it here. When seventeen years of age he came to America alone, leaving London, February 21, 1846, and coming on the
sailing vessel "St. James," the voyage occupying thirty-eight days. After landing in New York City he proceeded to Monroe County and was engaged in various occupations until the fall of 1846, when he came to Waterford Township, Oakland County.
     While in Rochester, Mich. our subject was engaged in the brewing and distilling business. In 1851 he made a trip to Flint to see his sister, and in the spring of that year returned to England and after a visit to his home and having enjoyed the sights of the World's Exposition in London, he returned to America. He was in Rochester, Mich.
until 1852, when lie came to Flint and was engaged in trade here for four years, serving as foreman of the brickmaking business in use in the mute institute. He then went into partnership with Samuel Elston, manufacturing brick, and two years later he began to manufacture barrels, then resumed his early trade, which was that of brewing. In 1880
he purchased the brewery from Burroughs; it was founded in 1851 by Beasley. Since Mr. Lewis has had charge of it he has greatly improved it. It now occupies one and a half acres of land on the Thread River, and on the corner of Saginaw and Fifteenth Streets.
     The original of our sketch was married September 20, 1855, in Flint to Miss
Lucina Buchanan, a daughter of George Buchanan, a native of Bath, N. Y. The Buchanan family traces its ancestry back to England and its representatives in this country have been well-known patriots. The father of Mrs. Lewis was a cooper in Danville, N. Y. He
came to Genesee County in 1845 and located in Flint, where he was engaged in the manufacture of barrels. His wife was in her maidenhood Miss Sarah Washburn and a native of Reading, Schuyler County, N. Y., and a daughter of Nathan Washburn, a native of Tolland, Vt. He served in the War of 1812 and his father was a Revolutionary soldier. Mrs. Lewis' mother died while an inmate of her daughter's family, June 22, 1890, at the age of seventy-eight years. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are the parents of three children-George M., who is an engineer at Alpena; Isabelle, the wife of Clark B. Dibble; and Julia W., who died at the age of twenty-one years, her decease taking place February 23, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have a very pleasant home at No. 1436, Church Street. Mrs. Lewis is a member of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. Her parents were among the first organizers of the Bath Methodist Church. Our subject is a firm believer in the efficacy of the Democratic party.

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MILTON F. JORDAN
     Milton Fillmore Jordan was born on the 13th day of November, 1850, on the south half of Section Nineteen, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, in that portion of the frame house which stood on the west side of the line between the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, of Section Nineteen, the frame house being one and one-half stories high, and some seven or eight feet of it extending over the east side of the line.
     He attended his first school when past seven years of age, in the old brick school house at Middleville, Michigan, in the summer of 1858, his teachers being Adelia Stone and Francis Brannan. In 1859 he attended the school on Powers Plains, Irving Township, taught by Hannah McNair now Mrs. Nathan Barlow, and who is still living, afterwards attending school there and at Middleville and Irving Station till 1867. He later studied in the Grand Rapids High School, and afterwards at the Ann Arbor, Michigan, High School. Then he entered the Law Department of the University of Michigan, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the year 1876. A portion of the time, previous to his graduation, lie spent working his father's farm on shares, running a threshing machine, and teaching school, to assist in qualifying for his profession, spending many months of the time each year in the law office of Wright & Ellis at Middleville, Michigan, each member of this firm being among the ablest lawyers of Western Michigan, A. H. Ellis later becoming one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Kansas. Mr. Jordan
also spent nearly one year in the law offices of Thompson, Reeves & Pratt, Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr. Jordan immediately after his graduation in 1876 purchased with Will M. Watkins the "Middleville Republican," which they published for two years. In 1878 he sold his interest in the paper and accepted the nomination for County Clerk. Being defeated, he began the practice of law at Middleville, Michigan, where he has practiced since 1879. He has held the office of Township Clerk of Irving Township) one year, and Justice of the Peace of Thornapple Township from 1880 to 1884.
     In 1884 Mr. Jordan was appointed Postmaster at Middleville, Michigan, by Cleveland's Postmaster General, and held the office four years. He was nominated twice for Prosecuting Attorney of Barry County, and each time defeated. He was nominated for
Representative in the State legislature in 1884 and defeated, but was elected State Senator of the Fifteenth district in 1894. He was nominated for Lieutenant Governor on the ticket with S. 0. Fisher in 1896, but withdrew from the nomination and the Democratic party later and has since affiliated with the Republicans. He has held the office of President of Middleville for two terms, and was for fifteen years Village Attorney, and for nine years
member and Secretary of the School Board at Middleville.
     He has one daughter, Bertha M., wife of Harry McQueen of Detroit, Michigan, and one grandson, the infant son of said daughter.
     Mr. Jordan's parents were pioneers of Barry County. His father, Jacob Jordan, was born April 23, 1808, at Cherry Valley, Otsego County, N. Y., of Scotch-Irish paternity and Dutch maternity. He removed with his father, William Jordan, to Tyrone Township, now Schuyler County, N. Y., near Dundee, about 1816.
     On February 6th, 1834, he was married to Mary Coldren, mother of Milton F., at West Bloomfield, by Elder David Millard. There were three other sons, Lewis H., Wellington H. and Myron N. Mary Jordan, mother of Milton F., died in August, 1882, and the
father died in March, 1895. They are both buried in the South Irving cemetery. They were of the pioneers. They came to the farm in Irving in 1848, and no better or more honorable and respected pioneers ever came to Michigan.
     Mrs. Hannah Williams, wife of Daniel Williams, who first settled upon Section 19, Irving Township, in 1837, and Mrs. Cornelia S. Hills, whose husband, Luther S. Hills, first settled and established Irving Station, were sisters of Mary Coldren Jordan.
Milton F. Jordan is now, October 5th, 1912, practicing law at Middleville, Michigan.

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WILLIAM H. KIMBALL
William H. Kimball was born in Schuyler county, New York, on the 1st of December, 1842, and is a son of John Kimball, who was born and reared in that state, where he continued to reside until 1859, when he removed with his family to Michigan and settled in Jackson county, where he purchased a tract of land and developed a productive farm.
     He was one of the sterling citizens of that section of the state and ever commanded the unqualified esteem of his fellow men. He lived to attain the patriarchal age of ninety-one years and virtually his entire active career was one of close identification with agricultural pursuits. He was a son of William Kimball, who was born in Maryland, and whose father was a native of Holland, a country from whence he emigrated to America in the Colonial days. Mrs. Elizabeth (Horton) Kimball, mother of him whose name initiates this article, was likewise born and reared in the old Empire state of the Union, as was also her father, Thomas Horton, a scion of stanch English stock. The lineage of the Horton family is authentically traced back to the sixteenth century. Mrs. Elizabeth (Horton) Kimball passed the closing years of her life in Jackson county, Michigan, and was eighty-three years of age when she was summoned to eternal rest. Of the seven children five attained to maturity and four are living at the present time.
     William H. Kimball, the sixth in order of birth of the seven children of John and Elizabeth (Horton) Kimball, is indebted to the common schools of his native state for his early educational discipline and was sixteen years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Michigan, in 1859. He assisted in the work of the home farm in Jackson county until he was prompted by patriotism and loyalty to respond to the call of higher duty, when the integrity of the nation was thrown into jeopardy through armed rebellion. He was among the first to tender his services in defense of the Union. In September, 1861, he enlisted as a member of Company H, First Michigan Engineers, in which command he served for three years, during the major portion of which time he held the office of corporal. He took part in many of the important engagements marking the progress of the great conflict between the North and South, and it should be noted that he participated in the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the siege of Corinth and the battle of
Stone River. He was never absent from his regiment during the entire period of his service as a valiant and faithful soldier of the republic, and he received his honorable discharge at Atlanta in October, 1864, at the expiration of his term of enlistment.
     Upon the termination of his military career Mr. Kimball returned to Jackson county, where he continued to be actively associated with the great basic industry of agriculture until 1873, when he came to northern Michigan and established his home in the village of Ludington, where he has thus resided for nearly two score of years, within which he has
witnessed the development of this section into one of the most prosperous and attractive in the state. For many years he gave his attention to lumber inspecting, and in this line he had much to do with the exploiting of the magnificent timber resources which so long gave Michigan prestige and industrial prosperity. Mr. Kimball has been loyal and progressive as a citizen and his sterling characteristics and unmistakable ability have marked him as specially eligible for offices of public trust and responsibility. In 1894 he was elected sheriff of Mason county, and after giving a most admirable administration during his first term of two years he was elected his own successor, in 1896, thus serving four consecutive years in this exacting office. He was supervisor for the Second ward of Ludington three years and is now serving his third consecutive term in the office of city treasurer of Ludington. Strongly fortified in his political convictions and opinions, Mr. Kimball is uncompromising in his allegiance to the cause of the Republican party, and during the long years of his residence in Mason county he has shown a specially
vital interest in public affairs and has given his influence and co-operation in the forwarding of enterprises and measures that have tended to advance the general welfare of the community. Mr. Kimball is an appreciative and valued member of Pap Williams Post, No. 15, Grand Army of the Republic, is affiliated with Pere Marquette Lodge, No. 299, Free & Accepted Masons, and is a member of the Congregational church.
In the year 1873 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Kimball to Miss Laura Inez Fellows, a school teacher, and who was born and reared in Jackson county, this state, a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Kimball have two sons, Dr. Horton Fellows and Dr. John A. E., both of whom are skilled members of the dental profession and both of whom are engaged in successful practice
in the state of Idaho.
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JAMES F. ROBBINS
 One of the most conspicuous figures among the agriculturists of Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, is the gentleman above named. For the past fifteen years lie has made a specialty of raising Plymouth Rock chickens and Bronze turkeys, for which he receives the largest prices paid. He is also a breeder of Poland-China hogs, Short-horn cattle and fine wool sheep. As is usually the case with one who makes a specialty he is something of an enthusiast regarding the fowls and stock which are his favorites, and has many statistics to give showing their superiority over other breeds.
     The paternal grandfather of our subject was Ephraim Robbins, a native of Vermont and for many years a farmer in New York. In 1840 he removed to Richland County, Ohio, where he resided during the remainder of his life. His wife was formerly Miss Prudence Benson and their family included five sons and three daughters. Mr. Robbins was of English ancestry and fought against the mother country in 1812, His religion was that of a Baptist. In his family was a son George W., who was born in Schuyler County, N. Y., July 7, 1816, and accompanied his parents to Ohio. He was a carpenter by trade and he operated a sawmill for many years. In March, 1866, he came to this State and made his home on section 19, Yankee Springs Township, where he has improved two
hundred and five acres of land. He has been an active and prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and has an excellent reputation.
     The wife of George W. Robbins was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., December 25, 1819, and bore the maiden name of Olive J. Doolittle. Her parents were James and Catherine (Hultz) Doolittle. She has reared a family of three children, the second of whom is the subject of this biographical notice. The eldest is Kate and the youngest Almeda A. The latter has been a teacher for several years and is doing conscientious and faithful work in the common schools.
     Our subject was born in Plymouth, Richland County, Ohio, September 26, 1846. His boyhood's home was a farm and he has the associations that belong to the work of a farm and sawmill. He received a good education, studying in both the common and high schools, and at the early age of fifteen began to earn wages, the money, however,
being given to his parents until he was nineteen years old. He has taught six terms of school, one in Ohio and the others in the district where he now resides. Since he accompanied his parents to this State lie has been actively engaged in farming and
he may well be regarded as a representative of the class as found in Barry County.
The marriage of Mr. Robbins and Miss Eleanor Angel was solemnized at the bride's home March 4, 1873. Mrs. Robbins was born in Allegan County, this State, of which her parents, Abel and Mary (Pease) Angel were pioneers, they having come thither from New York. The happy union has been blest by the birth of two children- Ross and Ruth -in whose ability and attainments their parents take great delight. The son has won two
medals in National temperance contests and the daughter has received one medal.
Mr. Robbins has served as Township Superintendent of Schools. He has been a church member since he was eleven years old and both he and his wife are active in the work carried on by the Methodist Episcopal Society. It is to such as they, intelligent, capable and kindly, that the growing reputation of the members of our rural communities is to be credited. In politics he is a stanch Prohibitionist.

Portrait and biographical album of Barry and Eaton counties, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county ... [and] the presidents of the United States and governors of the state. [10] p., pp. 19-828, [4] p. : plates, ports. ; 28 cm.  Chicago : Chapman bros. 1891. p. 582-584.



EX-GOVERNOR FRED M. WARNER
Various members of the Warner family have been developing Farmington township, Oakland county and southern Michigan for nearly ninety years. They have always been pushers and stayers, and their strokes for affairs of the soil, the mart and the public have been well planned, sturdy and telling. The first of the family to appear on the busy and varied scene was Seth A. L. Warner, in 1823, and he may be called a member of the second influx of settlers to the southern section of Oakland county. The first colony had located the year before, and as most of the prominent settlers had migrated from Ontario, New York, and the real leaders from Farmington as well, the original Quakertown assumed its present name Seth A. L. Warner was a good, strong and able man and was the father of a son, P. Dean Warner, who became a character of distinctive note throughout the state. In all his private dealings and affairs he evinced marked ability, independence and keen practical judgment,
rounded out by heartiness of bearing and natural generosity. This combination of qualities won him warm personal friends, as well as "esteemed contemporaries" who had the highest respect for his solid traits of character. I-s public career therefore advanced with his private affairs and overtook them in importance. In his own community
he was a justice of the peace in 1855-1863 and 1867-1875, and supervisor in 1862-1866. He first served in the house of representatives of the state legislature in 1851, when Oakland county composed a single district. In 1865 he represented the Fifth district and, in 1867, the Third district of the county in the lower house. During the latter year
he was speaker of the house and also a delegate to the constitutional convention, while in 1869 and '70 he served in the state senate. With this splendid example of manhood before him, it seemed that the only natural and logical thing for Fred M. Warner was to go right
ahead in the practical affairs of life and be a credit to those who trained him and to the community which already owed so much to his family. Although born at Hickling, Nottinghamshire, England, July 21, I865, he was brought to America by his parents when only three months old. A few months later his mother died and he was adopted by P. Dean Warner. The boy had the English traits of perseverance and common sense and the special family characteristics of bright mentality, natural comradeship and easy bearing. At the age of fourteen he had completed the high school course at Farmington and, after taking a term at the State Agricultural College, commenced to clerk in the general store at Farmington of which P. Dean Warner was proprietor. In a few years the elder man retired in favor of the younger and the coming Fred M., who continued the business on a much broader scale and developed it into one of the leading mercantile houses in southern Michigan.
     In 1889 Fred M. Warner established the first of his dozen cheese factories which brought him fortune and national standing in the industrial field' also a wide and intimate acquaintance which eventually earned him public preferment. At the present time he has factories at Farmington, Franklin, Novi and Powers Station, Oakland county and eight plants at various points in Huron, Clinton and Ingham counties. In 1905 the business was incorporated as the Fred M. Warner Cheese Company, and at the height of the output two million pounds of cheese were manufactured by his factories yearly. Of late the milk business has rather superseded the manufacture of cheese-at least, has supplanted it in importance. Farmington is the headquarters. During the busy season of ninety days the milk plant at that place handles T5,ooo pounds daily, the supply being virtually monopolized by the Detroit market. The milk is thoroughly pasteurized at the Farmington plant and is delivered chemically pure in thousands of Detroit homes within a few hours after leaving the surrounding farms. If Mr. Warner had done no more than to put such
a business on a basis which thus safeguards the public health he would be classed as a benefactor. In 1897 he became one of the organizers of the Farmington Exchange Bank, of which he is still a director and has been president for two years. It was established as Warner's Exchange Bank in association with P. D. Warner and others, and became a state institution in 1910.
     Mr. Warner's official life commenced in 1890, when he was chosen a member and president of the village board of trustees, which office he held for nine years. From I895 to 1898, inclusive, he served in the state senate as a representative from the Twelfth district. At the Republican state convention held at Grand Rapids in 900o he was nominated for secretary of state by acclamation, was elected in November and served
for the term 1901-2. He was similarly honored in 1902 and re-elected by a vote of 228,197. The period of his service as secretary of state therefore covers the years 1900-4. His executive ability and personal popularity had become so manifest that in 1904 he was nominated and elected governor of the state, the youngest incumbent to hold that office
since the adoption of the state constitution in 1850. Mr. Warner also stands unique in state politics, occupying, as he did, the gubernatorial chair for three successive terms-from January, 1905, to January, 1911, inclusive. The requirements of space make it impossible to review Mr. Warner's administrations, which legitimately belong to the history of the state, not to his personal biography. During his terms of office such
measures as the good roads movement, the primary election law, popular nomination of United States senator, two cent railroad passenger law and the uniform taxation of corporations were either inaugurated or pushed into practical operation, and largely through the Governor's initiative and advocacy.
     In 1888 Mr. Warner married Martha M. Davis, a native of Farmington and daughter of Samuel and Susan (Grofft) Davis, of an old Pennsylvania family. The children born to their union were as follows: Susan Edessa, April 18, 1891, now a student at Columbia University, New York; Howard Maltby, born January 4, 1893, and Harley Davis, born
March 4, 1894, both graduates of the Central high school, Detroit; and Helen Rhoda, born March 14, 1899, a student at home.
History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley. 2 v. (xxxvii, 906 p.) : front, ill., pl., ports., facsims. ; 28 cm.  Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co., 1912. p. 812-814.

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HON. FRED M. WARNER. Three times governor of Michigan, and four years secretary of state, Fred M. Warner's career is so well known in recent political history as to require no preface. As a business man he has been equally successful, has built a splendid industry in the village of Farmington in Oakland county, and is now vice president of the
Detroit United Bank. Oakland county has been the seat of the Warner family for nearly ninety years, and in the pioneer times as in later eras, few were able to accomplish so much in the sturdy work which promoted civilization and in those movements which brought about the existence of higher ideals of civilization.
     The first of the family to appear in southern Michigan was Seth A. L. Warner, who came in 1823 and belonged to what has been called the "second influx of settlers to the southern section of Oakland county." Seth Warner was himself a good, strong and able man, but in his son appeared a still stronger character as a citizen and business man. This
son was the late P. Dean Warner, whose name has a distinctive place in the history of Oakland county and of Michigan. With an excellent ancestry, and a rugged environment which brought forth and developed the best qualities of his nature, he became a man of note throughout the state. P. Dean Warner was born in Schuyler county, New York, August 12, 1822, and was less than three years of age when his parents, Seth P. D. Warner was married November 8, 1845, in Ann Arbor to Rhoda Elizabeth Bosford. To them were given almost sixty-six years of happy married life before his death, on August 28, 1910. The faithful wife lived to the old age of eighty-seven, passing away August ii, 1911, at Farmington.
     It was with the inspiration of such a sterling citizen as P. D. Warner before him that Fred M. Warner was stirred to reach the full bent of his powers and opportunities. Fred M. Warner was born at Hickling, Nottinghamshire, England, July 21, I865, and was brought to America by his parents when only three months old. A few months later his mother died, and he was adopted in the family of P. D. Warner. In addition to the training which he received in the Warner home, he possessed the English traits, of perseverance and common sense, and has combined great energy and enterprise with genial good fellowship. At the age of fourteen he had completed the high school course at Farmington, and after taking a term at the State Agricultural College he became clerk in the Warner store at Farmington. In a few years the older man retired in favor of the younger, and Fred M. Warner continued the business on a much broader scale and made it one of the leading mercantile houses in southern Michigan. In 1889 he established
the first of a dozen or more cheese factories, which eventually brought him fortune and national standing in that particular line of industry. Oakland county and other adjoining counties have since been well covered with the Warner factories, and in 1905 the business was incorporated as the Fred M. Warner Cheese Company, which at the height of its output manufactured two million pounds of cheese a year. In recent years the company has concentrated its energies upon the production of milk, with Farmington as headquarters for the large enterprise. Practically all the supply is marketed in Detroit. In 1897 Mr. Warner was one of the organizers of the Farmington Exchange Bank, which had originally been established as the Warner Exchange Bank, and in 1910 became a state institution. Mr. Warner has been president of the Farmington Bank for three years, and as already stated, is identified with financial affairs in Detroit. Mr. Warner's official life began in 1890, when he was chosen a member and president of the Village Board of Trustees of Farmington. That office he held for nine years. From I895 to I898 he was a member of the state senate, as representative from the Twelfth District. At the Republican state convention in Grand Rapids in I900, he was nominated for secretary of state by acclamation, was elected in November, and served during 1901-02. In 1902 came his re-election by a vote of over a quarter of a million. His service as secretary of the state of Michigan covers the years 1901-04. With his growing popularity and influence in public
affairs, and his recognized ability, he was in I904 nominated and elected governor of the state, being the youngest incumbent to hold that office from the adoption of the state constitution of 1850. Another unique distinction in state politics that belongs to Mr. Warner is that he held the chair of governor for three successive terms, from January, 1905, to January, 1911. During his terms of office such measures as the good road
movement, the primary election law, popular nomination of United States senators, two-cent railroad passenger law, and the uniform taxation corporation were either inaugurated or pushed into practical operation, and largely through the governor's initiative and advocacy. In 1888, Mr. Warner married Miss Martha M. Davis, who was born
at Farmington in Oakland county, a daughter of Samuel and Susan (Grofft) Davis, of an old Pennsylvania family. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Warner are: Susan Edessa, born April I8, I89I; Howard Maltby, born January 4, 1893; Harley Davis, born March 4, 1894; and Helen Rhoda, born March 14,  899.

Moore, Charles, 1855-1942. History of Michigan, by Charles Moore. 1915., p. 1448-1451.



ELIJAH S. CATLIN
A resident of Saginaw since 1848 and well known in lumbering circles, to which business his life was devoted, was Elijah S. Catlin. Coming here when the physical features of the country were of the wildest nature, and aptly described as only "a fit habitation for snakes and bull-frogs," he braved the hardships and privations of pioneer life and built up a successful business. It was the beginning of a period of great activity in lumbering and shipping by vessel to eastern lake ports and to Chicago and Milwaukee. Fortunes were quickly made; money was plentiful and flowed freely through the channels of a lucrative trade, and Saginaw became extensively known as a great lumber market of the West.
     Elijah S. Catlin was born in Schuyler County, New York, May 14, 1824. His parents were Leeman and Betsey Catlin, who were natives of Chemung County, New
York.
     In 1848, having availed himself of every facility for obtaining an education, mostly in the schools of his native village, he came to the West and stopped for a time at Saginaw City. This place was then only a frontier settlement of scarcely five hundred inhabitants, set in the midst of vast forests of pine and hardwoods. So wild was the country that in coming from civilization to the Saginaw River, he journeyed overland on what was known as the State Road, which was laid with logs and bark. On the east side of the river there was only the log hut of Leon Snay, a fur trader, which stood on the present site of
the Hotel Bancroft, and the saw mill and buildings of Curtis Emerson, one mile south on ground now occupied by the City Hall and the gas works.
     Soon after coming here Mr. Catlin went down the river and located at Lower Saginaw (Bay City), where he remained until 1859. He was one of the pioneers of that struggling settlement which, when he landed there, consisted of only twelve families. The place grew very rapidly with the active promotion of enterprising men, and in a few years became a thriving lumber town. Among his activities of that period Mr. Catlin aided in the organization in 1854 of Trinity Episcopal Church, which has become one of the leading Episcopal parishes in Saginaw Valley.
     The first employment of Mr. Catlin in the lumber business, in which he engaged all his life, was as bookkeeper for Moultrop Brothers, inspection and commission lumber dealers. Afterward he purchased the business and, under the firm name of Catlin & Sanborn, continued for several years and became well known on the river. Their office was at 122 North Water Street, 2d floor, a very convenient location for river business at that time. About 1865 the firm was dissolved and Mr. Catlin associated himself with Valorous A. Paine, under the firm name of Catlin & Paine. They were commission dealers in lumber, lath and shingles, and inspectors and shippers of lumber "from all points on Saginaw River for all markets; attending, also to the purchase and inspection of logs." The firm had offices in East Saginaw and Saginaw City, and the business was continued for many years. Later, Mr. Catlin took over the business and conducted it alone
until about 1890 when he retired. It is probable that of the great number of lumberman in the Saginaw Valley during that strenuous period, there was none who had not at some time traded with him.
     In 1858 Mr. Catlin was united in marriage with Miss Martha E. Wellman. Three children were born to them: Joseph E., Charles S. Catlin, and Mrs. D. B. Freeman. For a half century the family home was at 401 South Weadock Avenue. The family attended the First Baptist Church, of which Mr. Catlin was a trustee; and was ever ready to cheerfully meet all demands upon their time and means. Mr. Catlin died March 15, 1902, in the seventyseventh year of his life. Mrs. Catlin died September 3, 1918. Mr. Catlin was a man of domestic tastes, companionable, and of the strictest integrity. Many of his friendships were of long standing, in the narrowing circle of that citizenship which survived the stress and turmoil of the allotted three score years and ten.

History of Saginaw County, Michigan; historical, commercial, biographical, profusely illustrated with portraits of early pioneers, rare pictures and scenes of olden times, and portraits of representative citizens of today, Mills, James Cooke. 2 v. front., illus. (incl. ports.) 27 cm.  Saginaw, Mich.,
Seemann & Peters, 1918. p. 270-271.



FRANKLIN DEWEY TEACHOUT
was born in Manchester, Ontario County, N. Y., February 29th, 1852. His father, Alonzo Teachout, was born at the same place, May 19th, 1819. He was brought up on a new farm, and always followed agricultural pursuits. His father, Jacob Teachout 2d, who was among the first settlers of Ontario County, N. Y., was born in Schuyler County, N. Y., in 1784. He lived in Ontario until 1864, when he disposed of his property, came to Michigan, and resided in Ransom, Hillsdale County, with a son and daughter, where he died, in 1876, at the age of 92. About the year 1806, he married Miss Rachel Curtis, daughter of Elijah and Polly (Wiley) Curtis, of Eastern New York. Polly Curtis died in Genesee County, Michigan, aged 88 years, and was the daughter of Major Wiley, who served in the Revolutionary War, and passed that memorable winter with General Washington at Valley Forge. This branch of the Teachout family in the United States sprung from Jacob Teachout 1st, who came from Holland about the year 1700, and settled in Eastern New York. From the best information obtainable it is related that Jacob Teachout 1st was married when he came to this country. His wife's name was Sabra, and they raised a large family. After the death of Jacob Teachout 1st, his wife Sabra lived with her daughter, Sabra Wood, in Schuyler County, where she died. Alonzo Teachout, the father of our subject, was the third son and fourth child of a family of thirteen children raised by Jacob 2d and Rachel Teachout, above referred to. June 2d, 1840, Alonzo Teachout married Miss Anna Dewey, daughter of Edmund B. and Sarah (Cooper) Dewey, of Manchester, Ontario County, N. Y., and they had five children, as follows: Oscar L.* Sarah Anna, born in Manchester, N. Y., July
2d, 1843, married Samuel Gambee, and had one child, Xara Anna, born December 28th, 1864, who married W. A. Ballow, of Denison, Texas. They had two children, both of whom died in infancy. Mrs. Xara A. Ballow died at Denison, Texas, May 5th, 1894.
Dewey Edmund, born in Cambridge, Mich., June 20th, 1846, died in infancy at Manchester, N. Y. Curtis Marion, born in Manchester, N. Y., June 25th, 1848, and died there June 1st, 1853. Franklin Dewey, born in Manchester, N. Y., February 29th, 1852.
     Alonzo Teachout died at his home in Manchester, N. Y., April 4th, 1855.
Mrs. Anna (Dewey) Teachout was born in Manchester, N. Y., December 19th, 1822. Her father, Edmund B. Dewey, was born in Manchester, N. Y., June 2d, 1801, and was a farmer, miller and prominent citizen of his township. He won great notoriety throughout Ontario County, in 1823, when he raised a barn without the use of whiskey, absolutely refusing to allow it on the premises. October 14th, 1821, he married Miss Sarah Cooper, daughter of Jeremiah and Prudence Cooper, of Manchester, N. Y. They had twelve children, Mrs. Anna Teachout being the oldest. Mrs. Sarah (Cooper) Dewey
was a native of Massachusetts. She was born in Cheshire, June 5th, 1803, and emigrated to Ontario County, N. Y., with her parents, in 1810. Her father and mother, Jeremiah and Prudence (Hathaway) Cooper, were natives of Massachusetts, and were married in
Cheshire, October 17th, 1858, Mrs. Anna Dewey Teachout and Joseph F. Baker, of Rome, this county, were married at Clifton Springs, N. Y. One child, Cynthia Joanna, born to them January 10th, 1866, died February 17th, 1875. Joseph F. Baker died at his
home in Adrian township, December 2d, 1899. (For the record of his life, see Whitney and Bonner's Biographical Record of Lenawee County, vol. 2, page 267.)
     Franklin D. Teachout came to Michigan when he was six years old, when his mother was married to Joseph F. Baker, who was the only father he ever knew. He was brought
up a farmer, and that has always been his business. He was Deputy Sheriff under A. K. Whitmore, from 1885 to 1888. In 1888 he was candidate for Sheriff on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated. He spent five years as a commercial traveler, but was satisfied to
return to his home, and now resides on section 32, in Adrian. In the spring of 1894 he went to Chippewa County, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and purchased 160 acres of land, where he resided one season. At this time it became necessary for him to return
home to look after the farm and take care of his father and mother. April 27, 1872, he married Miss Cordelia L. Learnard, daughter of James and Elizabeth Learnard, of Franklin, and three children have been born to them, as follows: Learnard A., born in Rome, May 4th, 1873, married Miss Christine M. Anderson, of Adrian,  February 28th, 1894. They have two children, Dewey A., born in Adrian, March 5th, 1896; Harold E., born in Adrian, June 2d, 1899. Bessie M., born in Adrian, December 12th, 1875, married Erving W. Crandall, July 21st, 1899. Anna N., born in Adrian, August 1st, 1889.
     Mrs. Cordelia L. Teachout was born September 10th, 1852, in Franklin, this county. Her parents were pioneers of Cambridge and Franklin townships, coming to Michigan in 1831. James Learnard, a native of Vermont, was born October 11th, 1808, and died in
Franklin, this county, July 25th, 1868. February, 1829, he married his first wife, Phoebe H. Fountain, who was born July 6th, 1804. His second wife was Elizabeth Pawson Fisher, who was born at Denton, Yorkshire, England, June 12th, 1810. She came to Michigan in 1831 with her mother and sister. She was the mother of five children, Mrs. F. D. Teachout being the youngest. She died in Franklin, December 2d, 1858.
     *Oscar L. Teachout, son of Alonzo and Anna Dewey Teachout, was born in the town of Manchester, Ontario County, N. Y., July 22d, 1841. When the first call for troops was made in the spring of 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Regiment, New York State
Volunteers, and served for two years. He was taken prisoner and held at Richmond for some time. On the 13th day of December, 1865, he was married to Miss Mary S. Wells, daughter of John and Sophia Eckler Wells, of Manchester, Ontario County, N. Y. After
his marriage he bought the farm near Wolf Creek, now owned by C. W. Selleck. On this farm were born his three children, a son, who died when an infant; a daughter, Alice Cary, who died at the age of seven months, and his only surviving child, a daughter, Ethel
 Adelphia, born in Adrian, February 7th, 1874. In the spring of 1874 Mr. Teachout sold his farm and moved to Adrian, where he was under sheriff of the county, under Col. Eldredge. In November, 1879, he removed to Texas, where he first settled in Austin, remaining there two years. He then moved to Denison and entered the railway mail service as a postal clerk. After being in the service seven years, a new division, the eleventh, was formed, with headquarters at Fort Worth, and Mr. Teachout moved there, being made assistant superintendent. In April, 1893, he was promoted to the position of superintendent, which he held until December, 1897, when he resigned to take charge of the mail service on the roads controlled by the Gould family, namely, the Missouri Pacific, St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, Texas Pacific, International & Great Northern, St. Louis Southwestern, Denver & Rio Grande, Rio Grande Western, and Rio Grande Southern. When Mr. Teachout accepted this position, which he still holds, he removed to St. Louis, Missouri, and now resides there.

Illustrated history and biographical record of Lenawee County, Mich. ...
Knapp, John I., 1825- 511 p. incl. front., illus., ports. 26 cm.
Adrian, Mich., The Times printing company, 1903. p. 89-92



M. NORTHUP, physician and surgeon, is a native of Schuyler County, N. Y., and was born January 29, 1836. He received his education in that State, studied medicine and graduated at the Geneva Medical College in 1859. He afterward practiced medicine in Steuben County and also in Canada. During the war he entered the army as Acting Assistant Surgeon. After the close of the war he located at Lexington, this State, and practiced medicine there about seven years. In the fall of 1871, he came to Port Huron, and since then has practiced his profession here. He has served as President of the Board of Health for six years, and as Alderman of the Fifth Ward, and is chairman of the building committee for the new hospital. Dr. Northup married Miss Annie A. Herson in 1864, from Florence, Ontario, Canada. They have two children-Lizzie H. and Charles S.

History of St. Clair County, Michigan, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources, its war record, biographical sketches, the whole preceded by a history of Michigan. vii, [17]-790 p. 10 port., map. 26 x 21 cm.  Chicago, A.T. Andreas & Co., 1883. p. 589.

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DR. MYRON NORTHUP, for over thirty years an active and prominent physician of Port Huron, was born in Schuyler county, New York, January 29, 1836. He was a son of Solomon and Sarah (Chamberlain) Northup. His parents were of English lineage and were descended from old and respected New England families. The progenitor of the Northup family in America was Stephen Northup, who was numbered
among the first settlers of Rhode Island.
     Dr. Northup was reared in Schuyler county, New York, and in the schools of the neighborhood received a good literary education, which was completed at Hobart College, Geneva, New York. In 1859 he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Syracuse University and had begun the practice of medicine in Canada when the Civil war came on. As an assistant surgeon of the Army of the Cumberland, he served in the hospital at Nashville, Tennessee. Upon his return from the war Dr. Northup married at Florence, Ontario, Miss Annie Adelaide Herson. They located at Lexington, Michigan, where for seven years he practiced his profession. In 1871 the family came to Port Huron, where
     Dr. Northup was soon numbered among the prominent and successful physicians and surgeons of the city. He was a member of the County and State Medical Societies and of the American Medical Association, and for ten years was supreme medical examiner for the Knights of the Maccabees. Dr. Northup was a Master Mason. In church faith both he and his wife were members of the Episcopal church. Dr. Northup was an ardent Democrat in his political affiliations, and in all measures of a public nature took a keen and lively interest. He was one of the first trustees of the Port Huron Hospital and Home and one of the earliest advocates of a good public library. He served as city health
officer for many years, in which capacity he did excellent work for the betterment of conditions coming within his jurisdiction. He also served as a member of the city council and in 1886 was elected mayor of Port Huron. His last official position was that of marine surgeon for the district of Huron. Dr. Northup was one of Port Huron's most esteemed citizens, and is still held in fond memory by a large number of people who were privileged to know him. He died March 15, 1904. Mrs. Northup survived her husband a little more than seven years, passing away on September 14, 1911.
Unto Dr. and Mrs. Northrup were born two children, Lizzie H., now Mrs. Lincoln Avery, of Port Huron, and Charles S. Northup, now a practicing attorney of Toledo, Ohio.
St. Clair County, Michigan, its history and its people; a narrative account of its historical progress and its principal interests, Jenks, William Lee, 1856-1936. 2 v. front., illus., pl., ports. 28 cm.  Chicago and New York,
The Lewis publishing company, 1912. p. 519-520.



JOHN H. VANORTHWICK.
The home of the subject of this biography is noticeable among the farms on section 7, in Quincy Township, for the neatness which has been exercised in its completion and the judicious management of the land, which has been brought to a fine state of cultivation. It lies on the town line road between Quincy and Cold water. It is not extensive, comprising only sixty acres, but every foot of soil has been made available, and yields perhaps as much in net proceeds as many farms of larger acreage. It was purchased by its present owner in 1863, since which time he has given to it his entire attention, with the excellent results already indicated.
     The residence of Mr. Van Orthwick in this county dates from 1853. He first opened his eyes to the light in Seneca County, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1820, and is the son of Simeon and Persina (Traverse) Van Orthwick, who were also natives of the Empire State. His paternal grandfather, Isaac Van Orthwick, came from New Jersey and settled in Seneca
County, N. Y., where he spent his last days. His son Simeon sustained the reputation of the family for agricultural pursuits, in which he engaged all his life, and died in Seneca County about 1833, when middle-aged, leaving four children, of whom John H., our subject, was the eldest. The mother was subsequently married to Thomas Johnson, and
of this union there were also born four children: Minor, Luke and Luther (twins), and a daughter. These are all deceased. Joseph R., the younger brother of our subject, and now deceased, was a resident of Hillsdale County, this State; Aaron A. resides in Butler Township, this county, and Mary Jane is still single and makes her home with her brothers.
     The subject of this sketch acquired a common school education, and lived with his parents on the farm in New York until the spring of 1844. He was then married. March 18 of that year, to Miss Susan Brickley, who was born in Schuyler County, N. Y., in 1826, and is the daughter of Jacob and Rachel Brickley, who were natives of New York,
and are now dead. The young people continued their residence in their native State nine years after their marriage and until 1853, when they came to Michigan and first settled near the city of Coldwater, where our subject purchased sixty acres of improved land, which he operated several years, then, selling out, he removed to his present farm.
     Mr. and Mrs. Van Orthwick have no children of their own, but have performed the part of parents to several others whom they reared to become good citizens. Our subject cast his first Presidential vote for Clay, and was a member of the old Whig party
until its abandonment. Since that time he has affiliated with the Republicans. He is a man of excellent business capacities, and has officiated as administrator upon several estates, besides holding other positions of trust and responsibility. Both he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Coldwater,
having been connected with this denomination for nearly half a century. Mr. Van Orthwick for many years labored faithfully as Sunday-school teacher and Superintendent, but the failure of his eyesight compelled him to resign the work in which he was so deeply interested. In his community he ranks among its representative men, being prompt to meet his obligations, upright and correct in his business transactions, and in all respects fulfilling the ideal of an honest man and a good citizen.
     Portrait and biographical album of Branch county, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States 4 p. l., pp. 19-648, [6] p. : plates, illus. ; 28 cm. Chicago Chapman brothers 1888., p. 201.



JAMES DORSEY,
a leading representative of the farming community of Batavia Township, settled here in 1887, although he has been a resident of this part of the county for the last twenty years. His property lies on sections 33 and 34, and comprises 172 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, with first-class buildings. Before coming to Batavia Township Mr. Dorsey owned and operated a coopering establishment in Bronson Township for a number of years. He established there in 1868, and for thirteen years operated with a partner, the style of the firm being Benton & Dorsey; they did business together thirteen years and shipped extensively, mostly to Evanston, Ill. Upon the withdrawal of Mr. Benton Mr. Dorsey carried on the business eight years longer, building up a large trade. Previous to this he was similarly occupied in the city of Coldwater.
     Our subject was born in Greene Township, Monroe Co., N. Y., Dec. 21, 1837, and is the only child of John and Hannah Dorsey, who were natives of County Fermanagh, Ireland. Soon after marriage the parents emigrated to America, locating in Monroe County, N. Y., where the death of the father took place when his son James was but three years of age. One year later he was completely orphaned by the death of the mother, and was subsequently taken into the home of an aunt, and reared partially by her and partially by strangers
     He learned the trade of cooper, in Penfield, N. Y., and when eighteen years old came to Michigan, locating at first in Coldwater. He started in business for himself in 1860, and in 1869 was married, in Colon, St. Joseph County, to Miss Delia Moore, who was born in Schuyler County, N. Y., in 1846. Her father, Levi Moore, a farmer by occupation, came to Michigan during its pioneer days, settling in Colon Township, where he spent the remainder of his life. Both he and his wife died at the old homestead there when well advanced in years. They had a large family of children, and Mrs. Dorsey was quite young when they came to Michigan. To our subject and his wife there have been born two children only-Ivan W. and Ina. Mr. Dorsey, formerly a Republican, politically, is now identified with the Prohibitionists. Both he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the Baptist Church, at Bronson, in which Mr. Dorsey has been Deacon and given liberally to its support.

Portrait and biographical album of Branch county, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States.
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SILVENUS WIXSON
is one of the extensive land-owners of Branch County, and as an intelligent, progressive, enterprising farmer, he has met with marked success, and is justly classed among the foremost citizens of his community. His homestead, comprising 200 acres of fertile and well-improved land, is pleasantly located on section 27, Ovid Township, bordering on Coldwater Lake, the prettiest body of water in the Northwest. He owns besides 120 acres on section 27 of the same township and 169 acres in Union Township.
     Our subject was born in Wayne, Steuben Co., N. Y., Jan. 5, 1825, on the old homestead which had been the birthplace of his father, Elijah Wixson, who was born in 1800. Solomon Wixson, the grandfather of our subject, who was of Scotch ancestry, and probably of Scotch parentage, was, it is thought, born in Massachusetts. He was reared
and married in his Eastern home, Mary Travis becoming his wife, and moved from there to what is now Steuben County, N. Y., and was one of the first settlers in Wayne Township. This was in the latter part of the eighteenth century, when a very different order of things prevailed from the present condition of the country. It was some time before the introduction of steam as a motor power in traveling and the removal to their destination was made with an ox-team, through a mostly wild and unsettled country, and the last part of the way the road was simply a trail marked by blazed trees. Albany was the principal market, although Elmira, forty miles distant, was somewhat of a market, and
for the first two years the nearest milling point. He had no wheat the first year and depended on corn for breadstuffs, and having no mill convenient, the top of a stump was burned out and used for a mortar to crush the corn. He built a log house on his land, and cleared a good farm from the wilderness, on which he made his home until his death, in
1812, and his remains are buried near the scenes of his early labors in the Wixson Cemetery on his farm. His good wife survived him some years, living with the father of our subject on the old homestead. Eleven children were born to her and her husband, as follows: Joseph settled in Canada; Joshua and John were Baptist ministers; the former
settled in Canada and the latter in Wayne, his native place. Daniel settled in his native town; James and Reuben settled near the old homestead; Solomon settled in Tyrone, Steuben County; he was a Baptist minister. Clara married Orlando Comstock, and settled near the old homestead; Polly married Henry Swarthout, and settled in Barrington, Yates
County; Betsy married Benjamin Sackett, Esq., of Barrington Township, Yates County.
     Elijah Wixson, the father of our subject, the youngest child of the family, cared for his mother after the death of his father, and inherited the old homestead, on which his entire life was passed in the peaceful pursuits to which he had been bred. He married Martha Hastings, a native of Vermont, and a daughter of Timothy Hastings, a hero of the Revolution, and an early settler of Steuben County, where he improved a farm and died. lie was but fifteen years of age when the Revolution broke out, and he seems to have possessed a full share of the patriotic spirit that animated the "boys of '76," for when he went to enlist, fearing that he was not tall enough, he stood on tiptoe to increase his height; he was accepted and served faithfully throughout the war. There were eight children born to the parents of our subject, six of whom grew to maturity, namely: Timothy, Horace, Silvenus, Sarah, Marcia and Solomon.
     Silvenus Wixson was the third child in order of birth born to his parents. He was reared on the home farm and remained under the sheltering roof of the old homestead until his marriage, when he set up a separate establishment of his own, buying land in Bradford, Steuben County, on which stood a log cabin in which he and his bride commenced housekeeping. In 1846 Mr. Wixson came to Michigan and spent a summer in St. Joseph and Branch Counties, and before he left for home invested in land in the latter county, which now forms his homestead. He returned to his native State and lived there until 1857, when he settled up his affairs there, and then came again to Branch County, and located on the land that he had purchased on his previous visit. There were twenty acres cleared and a frame house in which he and his family made their home. Years of hard work followed, in which he was actively engaged in clearing his land, and by shrewd management of his interests he has added greatly to his landed estate, until, as before noted, he is one of the largest land-owners in the community.
     Our subject was united in marriage, Nov. 7, 1844, to Miss Adeline J. Smith, who was born in Benton, Yates Co., N. Y., Oct. 16, 1823. She received a good education and commenced teaching while in her teens, and taught each year until her marriage. Her father, Salmon Smith, was born in Vermont, whence his father moved to New York, and settled in the town of Jerusalem, in Yates County. From there he moved to Allegany County, in the same State, and there his declining years were passed. The maiden name of his wife, Mrs. Wixson's grandmother, was Mary Luther. Mrs. Wixson's father
was but a boy when his parents moved to New York State, where he grew to manhood, and in the town of Benton was married to Mary Patterson. She was born in Middle Smithfield, Pa., Oct. 22, 1797. Her father, Robert Patterson, was married in South Smithfield, Pa., Jan. 15, 1788, to Mary Riggs. He removed to New York and was one of the first settlers in that part of Ontario County now known as Yates County. He improved a farm in Benton Township, one-half mile from Penn Yan, and spent the remainder of his life there. Mr. Smith, Mrs. Wixson's father, was a stonemason by trade, and followed his calling for a few years after marriage, when he decided to turn his attention to farming, and bought a tract of land in Barrington, Yates County, where he pursued agriculture for a few years. He then took up his abode in Bradford, in that part of Steuben County now called Schuyler County, where he passed away from the scenes of earth in January, 1855, and his wife some four years later followed him. The following is recorded of the six children born to our subject and his wife: Alice A. was born Nov. 27, 1845, was well educated and commenced teaching at twenty years of age; she was married in 1876, at Atlantic City, Iowa, to Jasper N. Thompson, and died at her home in Texas,  Aug. 29, 1877; Halbert Luther, born March 31, 1849, lives in Cold water;  Valmer Adelbert, born Nov. 1, 1852, lives in the town of Union, Branch County; Clarence E., born May 8, 1856, lives at home with his parents; Martha E., born Dec. 19, 1859, married
Charles O. Bingham, and lives in Ovid Township; Helen, born April 11, 1863, married Charles Conant, and lives in Ovid Township.
     Mr. Wixson is much given to reading and is well informed on all topics of general interest; he is outspoken and frank in the expression of his opinions, having the courage of his convictions. In politics, in his early years lie was a Whig, then a Republican,
but since 1876, when he voted for Peter Cooper, he has been an earnest adherent of the Greenback party.

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ALEXANDER C. McCRARY,
a farmer and capitalist of Union, is one of the most worthy and respected citizens of Branch County. Although he is among the most wealthy and influential members of the community, and his home in its surroundings and appointments is all that could be desired, Mr. McCrary is very unostentatious in his life, avoiding rather than seeking show or publicity. He is a gentleman of excellent habits, as, since his arrival in this State, in May, 1835, he has never touched intoxicating drinks, nor has he smoked a cigar or used tobacco in any form, and the influence of such an example must produce good results.
     The father of our subject was Joseph McCrary, and the grandfather was Alexander McCrary. The latter chose for his wife Eunice Armstrong, who was a native of Orange County, N. Y., while lie himself was born in Cayuga County. They died in the township of Hector, Schuyler County, in the Empire State. The maternal grandparents of our subject were Phineas and Phebe (Breese) Culver, who were born in New England and New York respectively. He died in the town of Hector, Schuyler Co., N. Y., and his wife died in Chicago. Joseph McCrary was the third child in order of birth in the parental family, and was born in Goshen. Orange Co., N. Y., Aug. 24, 1788. The mother of our
subject, whose maiden name was Abigail Culver, was the first white child born in Bath Township, Steuben Co., N. Y., where her birth took place Jan. 13, 1795. After marriage they located in Hector Township, and lived there until 1836, then emigrated to Henrietta, Jackson Co., Mich., where they resided until their death, which occurred for the
father Feb. 14, 1856, and for the mother Feb. 18, 1863. Their family numbered twelve children, as follows: Phineas C., Alexander C., John B., Elias R., Polly A., George W.. Phebe A., Andrew J., Lawrence H., James N., Harriet and Mary J. One son, Joseph, died when fifteen months old; the other children all lived to maturity.
     The subject of this notice was the second child in order of birth ill the parental family, and was born March 9, 1815, in Hector, which was then in Tompkins County, though a different division of the land has since been made. He passed the early years of his life in York State, where he was variously employed, and was early thrown upon his own resources, as his father met with a misfortune which caused the loss of most of his property. When twenty years of age, young McCrary left his native State to seek his fortune in the West. Taking his departure from Penn Yan, in the Empire State, he came to Ann Arbor, Mich., and finding employment in a hotel kept by Adelphos Gulley, he
remained there eighteen months. He then removed to Tekonsha, and engaged in farming principally on his own account, until at length he was enabled to make his first purchase of eighty acres of land.
     While devoting his leisure time to the improvement of his purchase, he continued to work for others in breaking and clearing land until his marriage.
     One of the most important events in the life of our subject took place Nov. 5, 1836, when he was united in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Harriet Eliza Dean, and theirs was the first marriage which took place in Tekonsha after the township was organized. They continued to live there until 1848, with the exception of one and onehalf years, and then removed to Lima, Washtenaw County, in February of the latter year. In the same year he removed to Sherwood Township, taking with him his family, which consisted of his wife and five children, and settled on section 7. He first purchased seventy-six acres of land, and devoted his attention to farming and stockraising, making a specialty of horses and hogs, and was thus employed until February, 1874, when he removed to his present home in Union Township. Mr. McCrary has been the owner at one time of about 1,200 acres, but he has since disposed of about 500 acres.
     The parents of Mrs. McCrary were Perly A. and Phebe (Brown) Dean, natives of Connecticut, and Norwich, Vt., respectively. They first settled in Benton, Yates Co., N. Y., where they remained until October, 1835, and then came to this county and settled in Tekonsha, where they lived until their decease, that of the mother occurring May 30, 1878, and of the father March 28,1880. Their family consisted of five children-Harriet E., Nelson N., Leonard, Chester and Jane. Mrs. McCrary is the eldest of the parental family, and was born in Benton, Yates Co., N. Y., Sept. 9, 1818. She has borne to her husband a family of eight children, who are recorded as follows: Calvin enlisted, in August, 1862, in Company M, 5th Michigan Cavalry, in which he became a non commissioned officer; he was killed May 28, 1864, at the battle of Cold Harbor, being shot through the head, and his remains were buried in the churchyard known as Salem's Church, close by the battle-field; Adelaide lives at home, and Adelphos died when ten years of age; Marion became the wife of Edward Wirt Watkins, of Sherwood Township; Leroy married Miss Alice B. Moyer, and resides in Union Township; Frank is a resident of Kansas City, Mo.; Laura A. died when a babe of fourteen months; while Clay is a resident of Sherwood Township.
     While a resident of Tekonsha, Mr. McCrary held the various local offices of the township, the duties appertaining to which he discharged faithfully and conscientiously, and he is at present one of the Directors of the Union National Bank. On political questions he sides with the Republican party and gives to it his influence and support.
     A perusal of the foregoing short sketch of the life of Mr. McCrary will be useful to the rising generation as showing what may be accomplished by well-directed efforts. While history is philosophy illustrated, biography is the lamp of experience to guide and encourage us in the paths of success, or deter us from the road to ruin. The preservation of the facts, therefore, making up the lives of
prominent men is not only a source of gratification to personal friends, but a foundation of information to all, as they serve as guide boards by the wayside, or beacon lights to the wayfarer who would achieve fortune or distinction in like walks of life. In early life Mr. McCrary enjoyed but few advantages, and had neither wealth nor position to aid him in starting in life. He was early thrown upon his own resources, and relied solely
upon his own efforts and his own conduct to win for him success. Nor has his been a success solely in the sense of amassing wealth, but in doing good to others and winning their respect and esteem. In the monetary and mercantile field he is known to be a man of undoubted integrity and substantial business ability, while in his social and public life he is capable of forming his own opinions and resolutely adhering to them. Nor should we omit to mention his devoted wife, who has nobly seconded his efforts with her womanly intuition and assistance. She is in every respect the worthy helpmate of her husband, a lady of amiable disposition, exemplary habits, and eminently qualified to adorn her position in society. As a fitting accompaniment to this sketch we take pleasure in presenting the portrait of Mr. McCrary in this connection, together with that of his estimable wife.

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ALEXANDER C. McCRARY.
Alexander C. McCrary, whose life record proved that success and an honorable name can be won simultaneously, leaving his family at his death a handsome competence and an untarnished record, was a native of the Empire state, his birth having occurred on the 9th of March, 1815, in Hector, New York, which was then in Tompkins county. His grandparents were Alexander and Eunice (Armstrong) McCrary, the former a native of Cayuga county, and the latter of Orange county, New York. Their last days were. spent in Hector township, Schuyler county. Their third child was Joseph McCrary, whose birth occurred in Goshen, Orange county, October 24, 1778. Having arrived at years of maturity he married Abigail Culver, who was the first white child born in Bath township, Steuben county, New York, her natal day being January 13, 1795. She was a daughter of Phineas and Phebe (Breese) Culver, the former a native of New England, while the latter was born in the Empire state. Her father died in Hector, Schuyler county, and Mrs. Culver passed away in Chicago.
     Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCrary began their
domestic life in Hector township, Schuyler county, where they resided until
1836, when they sought a home in Michigan, locating in Henrietta, Jackson
county. There they spent their remaining days, the father passing away on
the 14th of February, 1856, while his wife died on the 15th of February,
1863. They had twelve children, Phineas C., Alexander C., John -B., Elias
R., Polly A., George W., Phebe A., Andrew J., Lawrence H., James N.,
Harriet and Mary J., while one son, Joseph, died in infancy, all the others,
however, reaching the age of maturity.
     Alexander C. McCrary spent his early youth in the state of his nativity and when but a lad began earning his living, owing to financial reverses which his father sustained. He worked at any pursuit that would yield him a sufficient financial return to provide him with the necessities of life and remained in New York until twenty years of age, when he came to the west, removing from Penn Yan, New York, to Ann Arbor. Michigan. He there secured a situation in a hotel conducted by Adelphos Gulley, in whose employ
he remained for eighteen months, after which he removed to Tekonsha, where
he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. As soon as possible he purchased land on his own account, becoming owner of a tract of eighty acres, which he bought with money saved from his wages in former years. He worked for others at times and at still other periods he gave his energies to the improvement of his own property, and thus his time was passed until his marriage, when he had a new incentive for developing his home farm. Before his settlement at Tekonsha he had wedded his wife and then went to
Lima and worked there about two years, whence returning to Tekonsha, and
began on the new farm in the forest.
     On the 5th of November, 1836, Mr. McCrary wedded Miss Harriet
Eliza Dean, theirs being the first marriage celebrated in Tekonsha after the
organization of the township. The parents of Mrs. McCrary were Perly A.
and Phebe (Brown) Dean, natives of Connecticut and Norwich, Vermont,
respectively. They first settled in Benton, Yates county, New York, where
they remained until October, 1835, and then came to this county and settled in
Tekonsha, where they lived until their decease, that of the mother occurring
May 30, 1878, and of the father March 28, 1880. Their family consisted
of five children, Harriet E., Nelson N., Leonard, Chester and Jane. Mrs.
McCrary is the eldest of the parental family, and was born in Benton,
Yates county, New York, September 9, 1818. She has borne to her husband
a family of eight children, who are recorded as follows: Calvin, enlisted in
August, 1862, in Company M, Fifth Michigan Cavalry, in which he became
a non-commissioned officer. He was killed May 28, I864, at the battle of
Cold Harbor, being shot through the head, and his remains were buried in
the churchyard known as Salemn's Church, close by the battle-field; Adelaide
lives at home, and Adelphos died when ten years of age; Marion became the wife of Edward Wirt Watkins, of Sherwood township; Leroy married Miss Alice B. Moyer, and resides in Union township: Frank is a resident of Kansas City, Missouri'; Laura A. died when a babe of fourteen months; and Clay is a resident of Union township.
     Mr. and Mrs. McCrary began their domestic life in Tekonsha township and were residents of that locality until 1848, with the exception of a year and a half. In the fall of 1848 they removed to, Lima, Washtenaw county, and later in the same year took up their abode in Sherwood township. In the meantime the family circle had been increased by the birth of five children, and the parents and children became residents of a
farm on section seven, which had first comprised seventy-six acres of land.
As the years passed and his financial resources increased, however, Mr. McCrary extended the boundaries of this property and also invested in other tracts until his landed possessions at one time aggregated twelve hundred acres. He afterward disposed of much of that but in his later years retained possession of five hundred acres of very valuable land. He was a successful agriculturist, raising good crops and at the same time having fine stock upon his place, making a specialty of the raising of horses and hogs. He continued in Sherwood township, Branch county, until February, 1874, when he removed to Union township and there resided up to the time of his death.
     While living in Tekonsha Mr. McCrary was called to various positions of trust and responsibility and was very faithful, loyal and efficient in the discharge of his official duties. After removing to Union township he became one of the directors of the Union City National Bank. His political allegiance was given to the Republican party and he was deeply interested in its success. He passed away May 11, 1898, and his loss was deeply regretted by many friends. He had become widely known in the county as one of its representative agriculturists, a man whom to know was to respect and honor. Throughout his active life he had displayed diligence and perseverance, supplemented by integrity and straightforward dealing. Many of the now successful men of the day are those whose paths are strewn with the wrecks of other men's fortunes, but Mr. McCrary was never known to take advantage of the necessities of his fellowmen in any business dealing. He was just to all and his life record largely embodied the golden rule. He
never sought public notoriety, but was content to do his duty day after day to his family, his friends and his community. His life is in many respects worthy of emulation, for it proves the value and sure rewards of character. In the cemetery at Union City there stands a magnificent monument to the memory of Mr. McCrary, with a perfect statue of marble of the worthy old gentleman, sacred to his memory and erected by his son Roy.
The form once erect in its manhood and pride,
With firm tread that appeared on the street,
Whose hardy frame time and tempest defied,
Now lies a wreck at our feet.
But death was the victor; we bow to his will
The golden bowl's broken, the brave heart is still.
He fought the fierce fight in the battle of life
With courage majestic and grand,
And many that fell by his side in the strife
He raised with a generous hand.
True love for mankind in his actions we trace;
Success crowned his efforts in every place.
His course is now run, and we lay him to rest,
With hearts full of tenderest love;
A Brother and Friend, the kindest and best,
We commend to the Father above.
We trust in His grace, but with sorrow-dimmed eye,
Hoping one day to meet him, we bid him good-bye.
May 1, 1898. His BROTHER, L. H. MCCRARY.
MRS. ALEXANDER C. McCRARY.
It is meet and fitting that due reverence and respect be paid Mrs. Alexander C. McCrary, one of the pioneer mothers of Branch county, whose engraving appears opposite her most worthy husband, Alexander C. McCrary, these beautiful steel engravings being placed in this work by their two sons, Clay and Roy, whose worthiness, business acumen and high social and business standing is so well known in northern Branch county, as well as the
sister county of Calhoun. Mrs. McCrary was in every respect the worthy helpmeet of her husband and for nearly sixty-two years shared his toils and privations, his joys and sorrows, and during the first years of their married life, while living in their humble log cabin home in the wilderness, she endured hardships and privations that would paralyze the young wives of the present generation. With her family of little children she often remained, for a week at a time, alone, and attended to her household duties as well as
the duties upon the little primitive farm, the husband being called too far to return to his home from his distant work till Saturday nights. It was no easy task to, keep house then as it is at the present time. Her furniture was all home made, and a single room served for a kitchen, dining, parlor and sleeping room. Her cooking utensils consisted of a bake kettle and an iron skillet, and all the food was cooked over the coals in the rude stone fireplace. The Indians often called at her cabin door and she traded them bread and flour for venison and other wild meat. Fear never entered the breast of this hardy and sturdy pioneer mother. At one time when a severe storm blew the roof from her cabin she lived several days with the blue sky for shelter, until her husband returned and replaced the roof. Many travelers who were seeking homes in the western country stopped at their rude, but welcome, cabin for something to eat or a night's lodging, and not one was
ever turned away empty handed from her door, and that habit of doing for others followed her through her whole life, as hundreds who have partaken of her bounty can testify. She survived her husband about two and a half years, and passed peacefully from this earth March 5, 1901, at the home of her son Clay in Union township, and the writer believes that in that better land she has joined the partner by whose side she toiled for over three score years. The following poem, written and composed by Mr. McCrary's brother, Lawrence Hubbard McCrary, is a just tribute to a devoted wife and loving mother:
TRIBUTE TO MRS. A. C. MCCRARY.
Once more o'er our faces the tear drops are stealing,
With sorrowful hearts we greet the fair dawn;
Each hour passing by our loss is revealing
A fond, loving mother and sister is gone.
As we look in the past, when cares were around us,
Her cheerful voice ever did lighten the way;
And the smile that she gave when in sadness she found us,
Drove the gloom from our hearts and turned darkness to day.
Her sympathy reached to the poor and the needy,
The naked were clothed, the hungry were fed;
And hundreds to whom she gave bounty so freely
Were praying for blessings to rest on her head.
Alas! She has left, gone, her presence endearing;
No more in this world to feel gladness or pain;
But one glorious thought our hearts is now cheering
In that bright land of sunshine we'll meet her again.
L. H. MCCRARY.

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ALANSON MATTHEWS,
a representative and leading farmer of Essex Township, Clinton County, and a gallant soldier in the War is a native of Schuyler County, N. Y., and was born March 17, 1840. He is a son of Whitman S. and Harriet (Hoyt) Matthews, both of whom are natives of New York. In 1857 with his parents our subject emigrated to Clinton County, Mich., and the family settled in Essex Township near the present home of our subject. Here both parents died, leaving a large circle of descendants to mourn their loss as they had been the parents of eleven children. At this date only one besides our subject survives, namely: Eliza, wife of W. J. Richardson of Maple Rapids.
     The subject of this sketch was reared in New York and when he reached his seventeenth year came to Michigan. He had received a common school education in New York State and has since supplemented it by a liberal course of reading. He was one of the pioneer school teachers of his township in Michigan, and although he did not teach long he looks back to that experience with pleasure. His work as a teacher was interrupted by the demand for soldiers to defend our Nation's flag, to which he made a noble response.
     Mr. Matthews enlisted August 15, 1862, in Company G, Fifth Regiment, Michigan Cavalry, which was at first sent to the defense of the city of Washington. Subsequently they joined Sheridan's forces in the Shenandoah Valley and were afterward sent into the valley of the James River. He fought in the battles of Gettysburg, Winchester and Cedar
Creek and was a part of the force which compelled the surrender of Petersburg and Richmond. Besides these more notable encounters, he was in many battles of importance and numerous skirmishes and throughout carried himself in a gallant and soldierly way. He was under Sheridan's command at Appomattox Court-house. Altogether he met the enemy in about fifty engagements, some of the most important being, Gettysburg, Boonesborough, James City, Brandy Station, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Trevilian Station, Winchester, Cedar Creek, and Appomattox Court-house. He received his honorable discharge July 3, 1865, after which he returned to Michigan. For his brave services in defense of his country he receives a pension of $8 per month.
     The marriage of Alanson Matthews and Sarah Root was celebrated July 30, 1865. This lady is a native of Madison County, N. Y., and a daughter of Justus and Mary Root. Mr. Root passed away some years ago, but Mrs. Root is still living and resides in Alabama. Five children were granted to Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, namely: Emily, Florian, Daisy, Nellie, and Leslie.
     After the war our subject located permanently on the farm where he now resides. He has cleared up the land and brought it from the condition of a wilderness to that of a highly cultivated farm. During his pioneer days he underwent great self denials and the usual hardships of a pioneer's life.
     He has always taken a great interest in school matters and is an active promoter of every movement which tends to the up building of society, especially as regards the agricultural community. His political views are in accord with the principles of the Republican party and that ticket always secures his endorsement. He owns one hundred and forty acres of land all of which he has gained through his own efforts, seconded by those of his faithful and helpful companion. They are people of culture and education and are well informed on the leading topics of the day.

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MIRON ELLIS,
deceased. This gentleman was during his life-time accounted as one of the representative citizens of Clinton County. He was well-known throughout all this region as the efficient Treasurer of the county, the duties of which office he discharged with marked ability and with credit to himself and to his constituents. He was a native of Onondaga County, N. Y., and was born March 27, 1826. His parents, Clark and Theresa Ellis, were natives of the same State, and there they reared this son until he reached his twentieth year, supplementing his public-school education with a thorough academic course. He was ever an extensive reader, and a man of wide intelligence and well-informed on matters of public interest. In his twentieth year the young man emigrated to Huron County, Ohio, and for a time taught school there, and continued this work for awhile after he came to Clinton County, which was in 1851, when he made a settlement in Greenbush Township. The place was slightly improved when he settled on it, but he has placed upon it most of the improvements which are to be found there today, and has brought it to a high state of cultivation.
Mr. Ellis united in marriage on the 7th of December, 1852, with Nancy Mathews, a lady who was born in Schuyler County, N. Y., November 9, 1829. She is a daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Mathews, both New Yorkers who came to Clinton County from Ohio, and made their home upon the farm where Mrs. Mathews now resides. This venerable lady is one of the oldest pioneers in the township, and is past the limit of four-score years.
     Mr. Ellis served as Supervisor eight years, Treasurer and School Inspector of the township, and was in every office efficient and active. He was a Republican in politics, and served two terms as County Treasurer. He left a valuable estate of two hundred acres to his wife. To Mr. and Mrs. Ellis was born one son, Frank M., who has died leaving one son, Miron. Mrs. Ellis is an active member of society, and closely identified with the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which she and her good husband were so long connected. The lady was reared to maturity in Ohio, and accompanied her husband to Greenbush Township. Mr. Ellis was a kind and affectionate husband and father, and was universally respected. He served at one time as Treasurer of the Farmers' Mutual Life Insurance Company, and was well known in every capacity for his sterling integrity and uprightness in business matters. He was at all times public-spirited, and stood well with the entire community both socially and financially.
     In his death, October 10, 1883, the county lost one of her most influential citizens, and the people of Greenbush Township felt that every one had lost a friend. Though his bodily powers failed toward the last, his mind was unclouded, his faith unquestioned, his hope bright. In such a case "tis not o difficult to die." Floral tokens of admiration and affection were various and plentiful, and the regard in which the deceased was held, was manifested by the large concourse that attended the funeral to pay their last tribute. The remains lie interred in Eureka Cemetery. He was a true man, and one whose intelligence and character gave him an influence with all who knew him. The biographer had the pleasure of interviewing his widow, a lady of culture and refinement, and highly esteemed in the social circles wherein she moves.
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5 p. ., pp. 19-1001, [5] p. : plates, ports. ; 29 cm.  Chicago : Chapman bros. 1891,  p. 274-275.



BARNEY REYNOLDS,
deceased, was for many years identified with the farming interests of Reading Township, where he owned a good farm. He was a native of Albany County, N. Y., born Oct. 15, 1804. He was reared in the place of his birth, was a farmer's son and when he became old enough gave his father assistance in clearing a farm in Albany County. He grew to be an active, stalwart and sturdy young man, and by his labors was early enabled to establish a comfortable home for himself, and married in his native county Miss Maria Dump. Their married life was of brief duration, for in a few years she died, leaving two children- Calvin and Jane. The latter is the widow Of Joseph Bedell, and lives in Coldwater; Calvin lives in New York, where he is engaged as a street car conductor.
     After the death of his wife Mr. Reynolds came to Michigan, and in 1847 bought tract of land on section 1, Reading Township, where he afterward made his home until his death. In the meantime he industriously cleared and improved a farm of eighty acres, witch, under his capable management, became one of the best tilled and neatest farms in that locality, and he erected a good set of farm buildings. Mr. Reynolds' long and useful life was suddenly brought to an end by his accidental death, Oct. 23, 1879, caused by his being thrown from a moving wagon which broke his neck and he never afterward spoke. Mr. Reynolds was highly respected in the community where he had for so many years made his home. He was a hard-working man, honest to a degree, and led an upright life.
Shortly after coming to Michigan our subject was a second time married, in Hillsdale Township, having there met Miss Samantha Searles, who became his second wife. She was born in Schuyler County, N. Y., May 26, 1835, and was a daughter of Gary and Nancy (Eddy) Searles, both natives of New York State. After marriage her parents settled in their native State, but when she was two years old they went to Wells, Bradford Co., Pa. Two years later they migrated with their family to Michigan, and settled in the woods of Hillsdale Township, Hillsdale County. Mr. Searles purchased a tract of land there and began its improvement, but shortly after died at the early age of thirtythree. He was a stanch Democrat in politics, and religiously, he and his wife were members of the
Free-Will Baptist Church. After the death of Mr. Searles his widow married William Cleavland, who was a farmer and mechanic.
     By his second marriage Mr. Reynolds had five children, two of whom are now dead, Gary and Johnnie. The record of those living is as follows: Margaret is the wife of Walter E. Way, and they live on a farm near Jonesville; Sarah is the wife of Henry L. Way, and they live on a farm near Pittsford; Nancy is the wife of George Worden, and they live in Reading.
     After the death of Mr. Reynolds, of this notice, his widow married, Dec. 7, 1879, Charles Cleavland, son of her mother's second husband. He was born in New York State, Aug. 20, 1825, and when twelve years of age went to live in Ohio. He was three times married in that State, and his two first wives died there. His third wife accompanied him to Michigan, and she died in the city of Hillsdale. By his first marriage he had one child, and by his third marriage seven children, and all his children are living. He is an industrious man, is a carriage trimmer, and is now in the employ of John Henan, of Hillsdale. In his political beliefs he is a strong Democrat.
     Mrs. Cleavland owns the eighty acres of land that formed her first husband's farm, and under her skillful management it has not in any wise deteriorated in value. She is a shrewd, capable, energetic woman, and is much respected.

Portrait and biographical album of Hillsdale county, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States.
3 p.l., 19-104, [4], 105-178, [6], 181-1004, [4] p. incl. illus., plates. ports. pl., ports. 28 cm. Chicago, Chapman brothers, 1888. p. 272-273.



ALBERT PRENTISS,
who owns and occupies one of the finest residences in the village of Allen, has also a valuable farm of 190 acres in Allen Township, where he engaged for a number of years in agricultural pursuits and also as a contractor and builder. He put up the first school-house in Allen Village, in 1869, which was followed by the erection of the Baptist Church in 1871, and the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1872. In company with Andrew Winchester, he erected the brick block on the corner of Chicago and Railroad streets in 1868. He laid out the village of Allen, and was largely instrumental in its growth and prosperity.
     In noting the career of prominent individuals it is quite natural to revert to their origin and antecedents. Watson Prentiss, the father of our subject, was a native of Chenango County, N. Y., and his mother, Susan (Price) Prentiss, also a native of the Empire State, was born in Steuben County.
     After marriage they settled in the latter county where they spent the remainder of their lives, the father dying in 1873, and the mother in 1877.
     They were the parents of eight children, five sons and three daughters, four of whom are living and residents of Steuben County. Albert, the third child, was born in Tyrone, now Schuyler County, N. Y., April 7, 1828. He continued a member of his father's household until seventeen years old, pursuing his studies in the district schools and becoming familiar with farming pursuits. In the spring of 1845 lie made his way to Southern Michigan, and for two years thereafter was a member of the family of William B. Childs, of Allen, and who is now a resident of Hillsdale. Later young Prentiss lived with the family of James M. Hanchett two years also. Not long afterward he was married,
and settled in Allen Township, of which he has since been a resident.
     The marriage of Albert Prentiss and Miss Mary E. McConnell was celebrated in Allen Township, April 15, 1849. Mrs. Prentiss was born April 20, 1831, in Chautauqua County, N. Y., and is the daughter of John and Lydia McConnell, who were natives of Philadelphia, and spent their last years in Connecticut. The only child of our subject is a son, George W., who married Miss Mary F. Brooks, and is occupied at farming in Allen Village. Mr. Prentiss, when a youth of eighteen years, in the winter of 1854, made the journey by water to California in the hope of restoring his health, and which effected the desired result. Since instituting his home in Allen Township, he has always been prominent in local affairs, representing the township in the County Board of Supervisors for a period of ten years, and for one term was Chairman of the board. To the maintenance and establishment of schools he has always given his cordial support, and has been connected with school affairs for a period of seventeen years. In the meantime also he officiated as Highway Commissioner nine years, and once was elected Justice of the Peace, but did not care enough about the office to qualify. Politically, he is a solid Republican, and his name has been prominently mentioned as a candidate for the State Legislature.

Portrait and biographical album of Hillsdale county, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States.
3 p.l., 19-104, [4], 105-178, [6], 181-1004, [4] p. incl. illus., plates. ports. pl., ports. 28 cm. Chicago, Chapman brothers, 1888. p. 689-690.
 

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