Allegan County, Michigan - Chapter 5: Centers of Population, 1907 (part 6 of 14)

Bradley is the only other locality of Wayland township to be mentioned as a center. Occupying a block of land, mainly east of the railroad and extending east along the road dividing section 19, the plat of Bradley, laid out by Josiah E. Harding and Elijah Colby, was recorded November 9, 1870, having been surveyed by J. W. Hicks, It is a center of population rather than of business, although its one hundred and fifty inhabitants and the surrounding country support several stores and minor places of business. Bradley owes its origin to a postoffice that was established in the early days at the house of David Bradley in section 28. In 1854, when the plank road was completed, the postoffice was moved from the original location to be on the route of travel. Joel Brownson and others had located near the site and a hotel, a store, a sawmill and other enterprises located there.

Hon. David Stockdat^e. - To perform all of life's duties well as they presented themselves to htm, and at the same time constantly seeking to increase his knowledge and to improve his condition, seems to have been an innate characteristic of the subject of this sketch, and as a consequence he has al! through life constantly ascended in his career, ever improving his surroundings and before middle age reaching a position very high in the communitj' where so much of his life has been passed. Few men who began life's real duties at the blacksmith's forge have been possessed of sufficient intelligence and power of application to obtain a liberal education and to become so thoroughly posted along certain lines as to be able to enter upon a professional career and to succeed therein, and Hon. David Stockdale is one of these few.

Mr. Stockdale is of English birth and comes of good old British stock. His parents were William and Jane (Pridgeon) Stockdale, also of English birth, who came to America in 1854, locating in Branch county, Michigan, where the remainder of their lives were passed and where they died each at about the age of eighty years. His father was a farmer in this country and was a man of sterling character, while his mother was a true and noble woman in every sense of the term. Their son David was born in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, England, July 26, 1838. His early education was obtained at a private school at Croft, England, where he studied until he was twelve years of age. Then he was bound out as an apprentice to learn the blacksmith trade, the period of his apprenticeship being six years. Thus, when he had served his time and attained the age of eighteen years he had his trade well learned, but his other earthly possessions consisted merely of a suit of clothes. He worked as a journeyman blacksmith for four vears and came to America and Michigan in 1858, whither his parents had preceded him several years. He located at Wayland, Allegan county, where he established a blacksmith shop, conducting the same until 1864. In the following year he purchased a farm in Wayland township and operated the same for three years. While at the blacksmith's anvil he became interested in legal affairs and read law, and continued his studies in this direction throughout his farm life and after his removal to the village of Wayland, which occurred in 1868. This has been his home ever since, although he has been called upon to reside a number of years at the county seat when holding office.

Mr. Stockdale's eminent fitness for the performance of the duties of public office have led to his selection on numerous occasions to positions of trust and responsibility. He was supervisor of Wayland township for ten years and was also chairman of the county board of supervisors for one year. For twenty-four years he has been a justice of the peace and in this office he improved the ample opportunity for the study of the law. He was admitted to the bar in 1884 and has since this time been a general practitioner. During his residence in Wayland Mr. Stockdale has served almost continuously upon the village board of trustees and has been president of Wayland village for no less than nine years. In 1885 he was elected as probate judge of Allegan county and was twice re-elected, filling this responsible position for twelve continuous' years. In 1905 he was elected as a member of the Michigan state legislature and performed his duties in so satisfactory a manner that his party placed him in nomination again for a second term. During his first term at Lansing, although a new member, he was placed upon some of the more important standing and special committees and performed most capable and efficient work thereon. He served upon the committee on elections and his activity thereon resulted in the passage of the direct nominations law, commonly called the primary reform law, which was enacted by the legislature of 1905 and which had its first trial by the people of the state of Michigan in 1906. He also served upon the committee for the amendment and revision of statutes of the state of Michigan and was chairman of the committee having in charge the affairs of the Michigan state prison at Jackson, But his main committee work was done upon the direct nominations law, concerning which there was more interest manifested by the general public than any other new laws passed by the legislature of 1905.

Mr. Stockdale has been a lifelong Republican and has always taken a deep interest in the doings of his party. He has been a power in local politics, active in all party matters and served as chairman of the county Republican county committee for fifteen years. He has been delegated to represent his township, county and district at very many conventions and has missed but one state Republican convention in forty years, going nearly every time as a delegate.

Mr. Stockdale was married in 1859 to Miss Susan A. Young, who died in 1872, leaving three children: William H., who is in the employ of the Rock Island Railroad Company at Kansas City, Missouri; David A. Wayland, of Wayland ; and John B. Stockdale, who is the law partner of his father, the firm name being David Stockdale & Son. Mr. Stockdale was married a second time, in 1874, to Miss Mary E, Doxey, of Shelhvville, and one child resulted from this union, Leila M., who is the wife of Geo, E, Ryno, of Wayland,

The third son, John B. Stockdale, who is the law partner of his father, was born at Wayland November 28, 1866, and his entire Hfe has been passed in this vicinity, with the exception of the years spent in acquiring his education. He graduated in the Wayland schools at the age of seventeen years. After two years spent in teaching school he entered the probate office at Allegan as clerk and as soon as he had attained the required legal age he was made probate register under his father, who was at that time probate judge. He graduated from the Valparaiso Law School of Indiana in 1897 and from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1898. His first law practice was at Owosso, where he remained for three years and where he was also county circuit court commissioner. Returning to Wayland he entered into partnership with his father, where he has since remained. Mr. John B. Stockdale was married November 21, 1889, to Miss Elizabeth H. Crissenberry, of Greencastle, Indiana. Like his father, Mr. Stockdale has been chosen many times to fill public offices. He has been township clerk of Wayland and is also at present justice of the peace for his township, besides being circuit court commissioner for Allegan county. For several years he has also been a member of the village board of trustees. He also is active in the Republican ranks and is often chosen to represent his constituents.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the Hon. David Stockdale has led a remarkably active and useful life and that he stands high in the regard of his fellow men. From comparatively humble beginnings he has ascended the scale of life, achieving honor, a competence and rearing a family the members of which have become useful members of society. He is a man of the kind which form the bulwark of this great nation and it is evident that he has still before him many years of usefulness.

WiLLi.^M Ledr.^ Heazlit IS oiie of the oldest merchants in Wayland and he has for nearly a half-century been closely identified with the business interests of the town. He was bom in Strongviile, Cuyahoga county. Ohio, October 20, 1843, his parents being Edwin and Elizabeth Heazlit. His father was a farmer and he died when William L. was only thirteen years of age. thus throwing the lad in a great measure upon his own resources. In 1861 he came to Michigan and located in Wayland, working for several years at different occupations, and in 1864 went to Nashville. Tennessee, where he remained for six months in the employ of the government. His mother, an invalid for more than thirty years, also became a resident of Wayland, where she died at the age of fifty-seven years.

After his southern experience young Heazlit returned to Wayland and began his mercantile career. It was in 1865 that he began clerking for Mr. J. M. Berry, the pioneer merchant of Wayland, and as was the custom of the day, our subject agreed to labor three years in learning the business, receiving one hundred dollars for the first year's work, two hundred dollars for the second year, and three hundred dollars for the third year, these sums of money being in addition to his board and lodging. That he was an efficient helper is evidenced by the fact that after the expiration of the period of Ms apprenticeship he remained with Mr. Berry as long as the latter lained in business in Wayland.

and being anxious to get into business for himself, Mr. Heazlit became a member of the firm of Heazlit & Henika. In 1875 the business again changed hands and was known as Heazlit & Brisban, and in 1878 Mr. Heazlit became the sole proprietor. This year he purchased the store property on the southwest corner of Main and Superior streets and here a most flourishing business was done. In January, 1883, the store and stock were destroyed by fire, and although the loss was a severe one, Mr. Heazlit with rare courage again established himself in business. In the spring of 1884 he began the erection of a brick building on the site of the one destroyed, completing it in the autmnn of the same year. It is a handsome structure, twenty-four by eighty feet in size and built of brick and stone Here Mr. Heazlit has conducted business ever since and here is to be found a remarkably large and well selected stock of goods, ranging in wholesale value from eight thousand dollars to ten thousand dollars. It is a most popular trading place for the people of Wayland and vicinitv and the annual sales run as high as eighteen thousand dollars. These are evidences of the personal popularity of Mr. Heazlit, coupled with his honorable business methods. He understands thoroughly the needs of the people of this section and his long experience has made him a shrewd buyer and an excellent judge of all kinds of merchandise. His business has been built up by aiming to give patrons full value for their money every time, and his trade goes on increasing from year to year. Business reverses have been his, to be sure, but each time he has re-entered the battle with a determination to re-establish himself, and each time he has been eminently successful in his endeavors.

Mr. Heazlit was married May 2, 1872, to Miss Ella E. Lewis, daughter of George F. and Eliza Lewis, and two children were the residt of this union : Ray L. is a successful cotton broker at Mobile, Alabama, and the daughter, Dora E., holds a responsible position as bookkeeper in the same southern city. The latter is a graduate of the Wayland high school and of the Kalamazoo Seminary. Mrs. Heazlit. who has been a faithful helpmeet for her hu.'iband, is a member of the Congregational church and of the Ladies' Aid Society in connection therewith. Fraternally Mr. Heazlit is a member of the local Masonic bodies and of the A. O. U. W.

Although he is essentially a very busy man, nevertheless he has found time to perform his duties of a public nature and has served upon the village council and as village treasurer. He has always wisely considered his interests as identical with those of the whole village of Wayland and in consequence he has always labored for the advancement of the place in every way. He is public spirited and has ever been a friend of the public schools and other institutions of learning, while to those who have been unfortunate in life he is alwaj-s ready to extend a helping hand.

Dr. Edward <!). H.anlon. - In the medical profession in Michigan today we find a number of young physicians who have not only been highly successful in the practice of their particular profession, but who have also become interested in various outside enterprises which are of benefit to the communities in which they reside and the duties of which bring to them needed change an<l relaxation from their regular arduous duties. Such an example we find in Dr. Edward O. Hanlon. a leading physician of Wayland, whose career thus far in life has been a most successful one.

Dr. Hanloii is a native of Middleville, Barry county, Michigan, where he was bom November 21, 1869. His father, Dr. Amos Hanlon, has been a general practitioner of medicine in Middleville for the past thirty-five years and where he is still located, his life being a busy one, filled with the cares of his practice, his duties as a member of the Board of Pension Examiners for Barry county and in the operation of a farm at Middleville.

The son, Edward C, obtained his early education in the public school of Middleville and graduated in the high school there. His spare time was spent in the drug store of his father, with whom he also began the study of medicine. With the practical and useful knowledge thus obtained it was natural that he should wish to continue his studies and accordingly he entered the Hahnemann Medical College at Chicago, where he took a most thorough course, graduating with honors in the class of 1893. Although always closely associated with his father all his life, he resolved to establish himself independently and accordingly soon after his graduation he came to Wayland and opened an office. That his choice was a wise one has since been demonstrated, for success has been his from the start. He is a general practitioner of the healing art and his ministrations cover a very wide territory hereabouts. He is also well known beyond the immediate confines of his home and is a member of a number of medical societies, inchiding the State Medical Society and the Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo District Medical Society. He owns a small farm upon and within the borders of the village of Wayland and a portion of this is already platted into town lots. His residence, in fact, stands upon a portion of this farm, although close to town and upon Main street. Dr. Hanlon has been president of the Wayland State Bank ever since its reorganization as a state institution, and he is interested in other local enterprises. Politically he is a Republican and alive to the best interests of his party, being active in conventions and other political gatherings. His interest in educational affairs has led to his selection as a member of the village school board, a position which he still holds. Like other intelligent men he knows that our public schools are the Nation's bulwark and he believes in a liberal support of the same.

Dr. Hanlon was tmited in marriage October 10. 1894, with Miss Louise Hudson, the step -daughter of Mr. E. W. Pickett, and their wedded life has been a particularly happy one. They have three interesting children - Russell, Harold and Margaret. Fraternally Dr. Hanlon is affiliated with the Masons, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Knights of the Maccabees. He is prominent in business circles, is devoted to his profession and is ever working for the best interests of Wayland. Although not a lifelong resident here, he believes in the future of the town and is highly pleased with his own prospects.

DeWitt Clinton Shattuck. - -One of the oldest merchants in Allegan county is DeWitt Clinton Shattuck, who. although long past the allotted years of three score and ten, is still to be found managing his large mercantile establishment at Wayland, where he has been located in the same line for over a (juarter of a century. During the seventy-odd years of his life Mr. Shattqck has had varied experiences and has been engaged in many different enterprises, in nearly all of which he has succeeded.

Mr. Shattiick's ancestors came from Wales about the middle of the eighteenth century, when two brothers, John and David Sliattuck, came from that country to America and settled in the state of New York. John had no children and the Shattucks in this country are all descended from the other brother, David. This David Shattuck secured a tract of land on Ashford Mountain, which later passed into the hands of his son, David, the paternal grandfather of our subject. Our subject's father, Steven Shattuck, was bom on Ashford Mountain, although this tract of land was afterward sold and another large tract bought by the family near Albany, including an island in the Hudson river. During the War of the Revolution this land near Albany was sold and payment for the same made in Continental currency, which was then good, although afterward the government repudiated the currency and thus the family lost a large amount of money. In this connection it is interesting to note that after Steven Shattuck's death our subject, DeWitt C, found among his eifects an eight-dollar bill of the Continental currency, probably a portion of the money paid for the old family estate, and the finder, considering the bill absolutely worthless, excepting as a curiosity, gave it to a minister of the gospel in the Empire state, who expressed a desire to have it. A few years ago Mr. Shattuck discovered that this bill, as a relic, had a very large monetary value and that he might have obtained a very large sum for it. After the sale of the Albany tract the family removed to Oswego, New York, and from this time there can be traced two distinct lines of the family. The old country practice of leaving the bulk of the family property to the eldest son prevailed and thus one branch of the family rolled in wealth while the other line were in only moderate circumstances. To this latter branch belonged the subject of this review, hence he has been compelled to make his own way in life, achieving, however, a great measure of success.

DeWitt C. Shattuck was born in Oswego, New York, Aiigiist 8, 1829. and liis early life was passed there. At the age of eighteen years he accompanied his brother, Seth, to Michigan, and soon after their arrival they established a general store at Kalamazoo. In his younger years DeWitt had learned the shoemaker's trade, and at the age of fourteen years he had been bound out to work for a storekeeper in the east, so that he was very well versed in these lines, with a particular aptitude for the mercantile line. Seth in a few years was obliged to retire from the business and for a number of recent years he has lived at Cadillac, this state. DeWitt returned to New York and for the next two years conducted a general store at Martville, tliat state. Then he returned to Kalamazoo and in a few years purchased a farm in Barry county, where he remained for eighteen years, during which time he cleared one himdred and forty-five acres of new land. While a resident of Barry county that great conflict, the Civil war, began. Being of a patriotic nature he enlisted in the First Michigan Cavalry. Although enhsting as a saddler, he was soon detailed as assistant surgeon and this was his work during nearly the whole of his period of service, which was two years. During the first month of his enlistment he had the small-pox and upon recovering his surgeon recommended him for hospital duty. He was surgeon of the small-pox ward at Remount Camp, Pleasant Valley, Virginia, and here he had charge of forty small-pox patients. In 1865 he was sent to Salt Lake City, Utah, for hospital service and was there at the close of the war. After the war he returned to his Barry county farm, where he remained until 1876. Then he purchased a farm in Wayland township and remained thereon until 1882, when he established a general store in the village of Wayland, continuing' in this line ever since and conducting business at the same location.

In the fire of 1892, which burned a number of stores in Wayland, his store and stock of goods were destroyed, entailing a loss of seven thousand dollars. The insurance rate was almost prohibitive and he was without any protection of this character. With commendable courage and enterprise Mr. Shattuck at once rebuilt a store upon the old site. The building is as nearly fireproof as it is possible to make one, it having two double walls of cement blocks, with a three-inch air space between. The structure is admirably adapted to the purposes for which it is used and it contains a remarkably well assorted stock of general merchandise which will inventory ten thousand dollars or more. Here can be found anything usually carried in a store of this character and a fine trade is enjoyed, the sales .reaching twenty-five thousand dollars per year.

Mr. Shattuck was married at Kalamazoo in 1865 to Miss Maria Antoinette Wilcox and their wedded life of nearly forty-five years was a particularly happy one, terminating in 1901 by her death. Although eight children were born to them, only two reached mature vears ; Florence is the wife of Charles M. Slas, of Wayland; Hugh, the son, is associated with his father in business. Hugh is married to Alice E. Crittenden and they have two children^Vere G. and Jerome C.

During his long residence in Wayland Mr. Shattuck has always assisted in the building up of the town and he possesses the confidence of the citizens as well as of the residents of a wide territory. He is a pioneer in mercantile circles, but keeps ever abreast with modern ways. Upon numerous occasions he has been solicited to fill offices of a piiblic character, but has persistently refused, feeling that his own business should receive all of his time and attention.

Ei.i F. Clark. - The life history of Mr. Eli F. Clark, one of the leading citizens of Wayland. is in its way a history of the development of the great middle west of our country from pioneer conditions to its present high status of intelligence and prosperity. Originally of English ancestry, the Clarks were among the sturdy frontiersmen who pushed their way from the older eastern states into the mysteries of the forests lying west of them, and in doing so aided materially in the development of Ohio, Michigan and other neighboring states. Our subject's paternal grandfather was Jason Qark, a native of Connecticut, who was one of the very first settlers of Geauga county, Ohio, which was at that time a part of the great Western Reserve. He acquired several farms in Geauga and Lake counties, Ohio, and was also the owner of Clark's Mountain, where our subject's father, Jaimison Clark, was born, and which has retained the Qark name to this day. The date of Jaimison Clark's birth was July 3, 1818, and he passed the early part of his life in Ohio, where he owned a farm in Lake county which had formerly been the property of his father, Jason Clark. Here he was married to Louisa Brewer, a native of England, who came to this country with her parents when about twenty-two years of age. From this union there were four children, who grew to maturity; Eli Foster Clark, the subject of this review; Charles E., who entered the Civil war and died in 1866 from the effects of army life when only twenty-two years old; Ellen, who was the first primary school teacher in Wayland and who thus taught for many years until her health failed, she passing away in 1878; Elva. the youngest, who has also been a school teacher for years in this locality.

In 1854 Jaimison Clark sold his farm in Ohio and started for Michigan with his family, traveling, as was the necessity in those days, by wagon. When near BHssfield, Lenawee county, Michigan, his wagon broke down, and as it was late in the season and work presented itself, he decided to stay there during the winter. In the following spring several families who had been their neighbors in Ohio, the Aliens and the I'anners, passed through Blissfield on their way to seek homes in Illinois, and they persuaded the Clarks to accompany them there. This they did, locating at Marengo, about seventy-five miles northwest of Chicago. After three years' residence here Jaimison Clark, tired of the prairie and believing that the Michigan pine air would be good for him. he disposed of his Dhnois interests and started for Michigan, finally locating at Wayland. where he and his family made a pernianent home. The old neighbors who had traveled with them to Illinois also came to Michigan and settled near Wayland. Jaimison Clark was not a man of robust health, but in spite of this he was a hard worker and accomplished a great deal in life. When the Mormons were at Kirtland, Ohio, he was active in maintaining order during the troubles incidental to their presence there and helped to save much property. In this connection it is interesting to note that the old Mormon temple still stands at Kirtland, it now being used as a town polling place. Jaimison Clark's death occurred August 18. 1869. while his widow survived imtil October 10, 189T. Roth were people of force and character and Mrs. Clark was a member of the Congregational church.

Eli Foster Clark was born in the old Mormon town of Kirtland. Lake county, Ohio, July 5. 1841, and he accompanied his parents to Illinois and on their return to Michigan. Although nearly all his life on the farm, more or less, his principal avocation has been in connection with the lumbering and timber interests. In 1864 he spent six months at Nashville, Tennessee, as an employe of the government, but aside from this his life has been mainly spent in the vicinity of \\'ayland. In his early manhood he worked at any respectable employment that offered itself, attending school when possible in the winter time. In 1867 he engaged in the mercantile business at Wayland in company with F. B. Henika and continued in this line for twelve years. Then he turned his attention more to timber and did an extensive business in this line for years. He purchased the interest of Mr. Gamwel! in the bending works of Hick & Gamwell and an extensive business was done. A large sawmill was built. Over two million feet of pine was cut here and when this variety of timber wag gone attention was paid to other varieties. The bending works turned out vast quantities of wagon material and the Battle Creek threshing machine factories were also supplied with the frames for their machines. Hemlock and. other timbers were shipped in from the northern coimties and were manufactured into useful material. All this has given Mr. Clark a most valuable experience and he is today acknowledged one of the leading timber authorities of this part of the state. In 1899 Mr. Clark sold out his lumber manufacturing interests, since which time he has devoted his attention to farming and fruit growing, in which he first became interested some fifteen years ago. Mr. Clark has a most productive farm two and one-half miles southeast of Wayland, which is devoted to peach and plum growing, and in which his son, Charles Arthur Clark, is also interested. This farm lies high on a hill, natural peach ground, and has produced as high as three thousand bushels of fine peaches in a single season. Mr. Roland Morrill, the Benton Harbor fruit expert, pronounces the Clark farm as making as good a showing as any fruit farm in Michigan. Another farm of sixty-five acres close to Wayland is devoted largely to onions, and here is a marvellous production. The average yield is three hundred and fifty bushels per acre, while from one acre there were secured eight hundred bushels.

Mr. Clark was married December 23, 1868, to Miss Mary Jane McMartin, daughter of Daniel and Jane A. (Powers) McMartin, who were pioneer residents of Gun Plains township, Allegan county. Mr. McMartin was a native of New York state, while Mrs. McMartin was born in Vermont, coming with her family to Michigan in 1833. Mr. and Mrs. McMartin were among the very first to locate in this part of the state and she was one of the first school teachers in Allegan county. Mrs. Clark's father, Daniel McMartin, was always an ardent Republican and he was frequently elected to public office, being justice of the peace for Allegan county and also serving his district in the state legislature in 1862. The McMartins were Scotch Presbyterians and they were always active in church work. One sister, of Mrs. McMartin married Rev. George M. Smith, a missionary to the Indians, who devoted his life to this work. He was at Black Lake until the Hollanders came and then accompanied his Indian friends to Northport and spent the remainder of his life among them. A sister of Mrs, Clark's married William E. Hoyt and resided at Wayland until his death, since which time she has lived at Bearden, Arkansas. Mrs. Clark's parents removed to Kalamazoo in 1865, where the remainder of their lives were passed.

Mr. and Mrs. Clark have two sons, Charles A. and Glenn E., both of whom are associated with their father in the conduct of his farms. Charles A. married Miss Lizzie Avery.

Mr. Eli F. Clark is a staunch Republican, a political faith of which Mrs. Clark is also a firm adherent. She is active in social and society work and is a member of the Ladies' Library Association of Wayland. She first came to Wayland as a school teacher, at a time when her husband's father was director of the district, and thus began an acquaintance which finally ripened into love and a lifelong union. She has taught music for twentyfive years and being possessed of considerable literary ability and being interested deeply in this portion of the state has assisted in writing a local history which possesses much of interest.

Mr, Qark has always been an ardent sportsman. A part of the present farm was once a runway for deer, and many times has Mr. Clark watched there for the" coming of these timid animals. He is a member of the Gun Lake Hunting Club and his outings are enjoyed at Gun Lake, where he has fished every year but one for the past forty-nine years. This estimable couple have performed much of life's arduous labors, but they still have a keen zest for the best iu life and their comfortable Iiome is the center for much enjoyable hospitality.

Dr. J. E. Brv.son. - The history of the medical profession in Wayiand contains the names of a number of good physicians and it is interesting to note the advancement the profession has made here as well as elsewhere and to compare the pioneer experiences with the present day conditions. It is related by the older residents that when the first physician located here. Dr. Remington, the inhabitants were so notoriously healthy that the gentleman could not secure enough patients to make a living, so he put in his spare time working in Hoyt's shingle mill. But later years, with its increase in population and the demand for capable men, have brought intelligent and able members of the medical profession who have established' themselves here, winning the confidence of the public and building up for themselves lucrative practice.

One of these is the subject of this review. Dr. J. E. Brysoti, who has a high standing in the profession in this vicinity. Dr. Bryson was born October 15, i86i, at Hillsborough, Highland county, Ohio. When only five years of age he removed with his parents to a farm near Greenfield, Ohio, and here his father died four years later. At twelve years of age he accompanied the family to Antwerp. Ohio, where he grew to young manhood, and in 1880 he went with his mother to Washington Court House, Ohio. Here he worked at the carpenter trade for three years. Relieving that the west held forth better inducements for getting on in the world, he went in the fall of 1883 to Pilot. Nebraska, where he took up one hundred an<l sixty acres of government land. At Broken Bow, Nebraska, July 15, 1885, he was united in marriage with Miss Blanche E. Benton, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and from that time until 1890 they resided upon their Nebraska homestead, where their two children were born. Then removing with his family to Indianapolis, Indiana, Dr. Bryson became interested in the healing art and decided to take up the study of medicine. Accordingly he began a course at the Physio- Medical College of Indiana, located at Indianapolis, and attended lectures for three years, when he graduated in the class of 1895. Following his graduation in March, he in May of the same year removed to Bradley, Michigan, and began the practice of his profession. After six years' residence at Bradley he came, in June of 1901. to Wayiand, which has since been his home. Here Dr. Brv.son has been eminently successful. lie is devoted wholly to his practice, is a close student and keeps ever abreast with the great advancement in the medical world. Thus, with his great natural ability it is no wonder that his services are in demand not only in Wavland alone, but for many miles around. He is probably the only practicing physician in Allegan county who is a graduate of the Physio-Medical College of Indianapolis, an institution which has turned out some excellent practitioners.

Two daughters have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Bryson: Gladys, the eldest, is a graduate of the Wayiand high school, and Goldie, the younger, is now a student therein. Dr. Bryson has for a number of years been affiliated with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Arthur H. Clark. - The luinbering business has been an important industry in the state of Michigan for many years, and, although the operations are not of such magnitude as in former years, nevertheless it is of great importance stUl, and engaged in this line of trade we find some of the leading men of the state. Mr. Arthur H. Clark was brought up in this line and his many >"ears' experience has given him a most valuable knowledge of all branches of the work. Mr. Clark was born in Castile, New York, July 20, 1855, and he was a resident of the Empire state until lie had reached the age of eleven years, since which time his home has been in Michigan.

His father was Henry E. Clark and his mother's maiden name was Nancy M. Smith. Henry B. Clark was a pioneer lumberman in Wyoming county, New York, where he was engaged in this line for a number of years, owning the first planing mill in the town of Castile. Seeing the possibilities in Michigan timber he came to the Wolverine state in 1866 and spent the remainder of his life here, where he was always more or less interested iii the line of lumber manufacturing. The senior Mr. Clark was also a noted apiarist and all his life he gave a great deal of attention to bee culture. At one time he owned nearly eight hundred colonies of bees, which were stationed in different parts of Allegan and Barry counties, and his annual output of honey reached several tons. His interest in bees and his connection with the manufacture of lumber led him to invent and manufacture improved bee hives and sectional honey compartments, and it is said that his sectional hives were the first to be produced in the United States. The Clarks came to Wayland in 1878, where they built saw and planing mills and ttirned out vast quantities of bee supplies. Here also Henry B. Clark passed the remainder of his life, passing away in 189S at the age of seventy-two years.

Brought up as he had been in the lumbering business and having been for so many years associate<I with his father in the latter 's various enterprises, it was but natural that the son should continue in the same lines. In his young manhood he had learned the trade of wagon maker and this he followed during the early part of his career. In 1882-83 ^^ ''^*^1 charge of a stave mill in Saginaw county, btit later he returned lo Wayland and again engaged in business with his father. The manufacturing end of the business was kept up and much done in the bee line while the planing mill turned out large quantities of work for interior finishing an<l some other specialties. In 1892 a retail lumber yard was started in connection with the other business and of late years this has been an important adjunct. As is generally the case with saw and planing mills, Mr. Clark suffered serious losses by fire and has been three times burned out. his total losses in this line being not less than ten thousand dollars. Each timt^ however, he has with indomitable courage and energy rebuilt his mills and now he has arranged his buildings at some distance from each other, so tliat in case of fire there is a chance to save some of the propertv. Mr. Clark is thoroughlyversed in lumber, is a good business man and his enterprises have been of inestimable value to Wayland and vicinity.

He was married in his twentieth year, in November, 1874. to Miss Elizabeth Carpenter, of Illinois, and although they have no children of their own, still their home has been brightened by the presence of two adopted children. Anna Plant made her home with them from the time she was four years old until her marriage, while Edward Terry, a son of Mrs. Clark's niece, was born in the Clark home and still lives there, he now being a bright lad of eight years. Although essentially a very busy man. still Mr. Clark finds time for pleasure and recreation. He is an enthusiastic hunter and each autumn or winter sees liim in northern Michigan, spending a few weeks in hunting. He is generally successful in his pursuit of game and exhibits some fine trophies of the chase. He also has a cottage at Gun Lake and spends much time during the summers. He is also an autoist, owning a fine machine, and he finds good roads and plenty of sport in this line at the lake. Fraternally he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. and the K. O. T. M.. both of the local lodges being fine social organizations. He has f)assed all of the chairs in the Odd Fellows' Lodge and been a representative to the Grand Lodge, and has also been commander of the Maccabee lodge for three or four years. He is also an attendant of the Congregational church and gives support to this society. Mr. Clark is an all round genial man whom it is a pleasure to meet. Although deeply interested in his flourishing business he keenly enjoys the social side of life and enters into innocent enjoyment with all the zest of a boy. He is an important factor in the life of Wayland and his home is a most popular one,

Is.\AC Newton Hovt. - Wayland and vicinity have contained many men who had much to do with the lumber interests of ^Michigan, but none of them, perhaps, has to his record more of accomplishment in this direction than the gentleman whose name heads this review, Mr. Isaac N. Hoyt. He was connected with this line of business for more than forty years and his operations in pine and other timber have been extensive.

Mr, Hoyt was born in Lafayette, Onondaga county. New York, October I. 1834. he being one of a faimly of eleven children. His father died when he was only seven years old and in consequence he went to live with other relatives, where he remained until he reached the age of sixteen years. Then, desiring to earn his own hving and become more independent, he went to Lockport. New York, and engaged in the line which was to occupy so much of his after life. He found employment in a shingle mill at Lockport and here he remained for three years, obtaining meanwhile a good practical knowledge of the business. Then, attracted by the emigration westward, he went to Kalamazoo, ATichigan, where he went to work in a machine shop. He had been there but a short time when Detroit parties with a new machine for shingle making came to the shop wdiere he was engaged to purchase an engine to furnish power for a shingle mill they intended to establish in Allegan coimty. Meeting young Hoyt and learning of his previous experience in the shingle manufacturing line, thev engaged him to labor in their new mill. This was first established near Shelbyville, but there being a scarcity of desirable timber there, it was later removed to Wayland. Mr, Hoyt accompanying it. In the spring of t8,=;5 he was induced to go to Michigan City, Indiana, where were located his brothers. Edwin and William. There he remained until the spring of 18^7, working in the car shops. But his memories of Wayland and the advantages it offered were so strong that he resolved to return here and he induced his two brothers to accompany him. At Wayland they established a shingle mill and our subject continued in this line until soon after the outbreak of the war of the rebellion. Then he enlisted, in August, 1862, in the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, and served until the close of the war, in June, 1865.

Returning to Wayland he engaged in business with Marvin Burnett and they operated a shingle mill at Dorr for three years. Then he returned to Wayland and engaged in the lumber business, which he followed until his retirement in 1893. The lumber business now conducted by A. H. Clark at Wayland is the one established by him and which he conducted for so many years.

Mr. Hoyt's marriage occurred November 21, 1858, when he was united with Miss Ellen Truman. She was born October 17, 1836, in Burton, Geauga county, Ohio, where her girlhood years were spent with her parents. She came to Wayland in 1857 and the following year her acquaintance with Mr. Hoyt having ripened into love, she was united in marriage with him. This union has resulted in the birth of three children, as follows: Lillian E. is the wife of H. F. Buskirk; Elmer T. died in infancy; Fanny, the youngest, resides at home with her parents.

Although seventy-two years of age, Mr. Hoyt still enjoys the outdoor sports, and he has for many years been an annual hunter in the Upper Peninsula and many trophies testify to his skill in the hunting line. In the heated season his cottage at Gun Lake also affords him much enjoyment and he is an ardent disciple of Isaak Walton. His has been an active hfe, and now that he is retired from business he keenly enjoys these innocent diversions. He has been a Mason for the past thirty-eight years, and bears the distinction of being the oldest member of this fraternity raised to the third degree in the Wayland lodge. He is deeply interested in Masonic matters and has upon several different occasions sat in the Michigan Grand Lodge. As is consistent with his army record he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and is a past commander of Sterling Post 174, His has heen a long and honorable career, and now he is enjoying a well deserved respite from the active duties of business.

WiLLTAM Stockdale, One of Wayland's sterling citizens, has to his credit a service of no less than forty-seven years at the blacksmith's anvil in this place, he having retired from this avocation only a year ago. It has been a long period of honest toil, and during his long residence here he has won the entire confidence and esteem of the entire citizenship. Mr. Stockdale is English by birth and ancestry, he first seeing the light of day in Lincolnshire, that country, November 23, 1842. His parents were William and Jane (Pridgeon) Stockdale, who spent their early married life in Lincolnshire, coming to America in 1854, when our subject was only a lad. They located in Branch county on a farm, where the remainder of their lives was passed, each being close to eighty years of age at the time of their deaths. William Stockdale's brother, David Stockdale, had learned the blacksmith trade in England and followed his trade for a number of years after coming to this country. He established a shop at Wayland and here, at the age of seventeen years, William began to learn the trade with his father in Branch county, and in 1859 joined his brother at Wayland. In 1862 he opened a shop of his own, which he personally conducted for forty- three years, this, with the two years' service with David and two years with his father, making him forty-seven years at the anvil. He has been considered as an expert in his line, and commanded a trade from a very wide territory, in wagon ironing, horseshoeing and general blacks mithing.

His good judgment and eminent fitness for positions of trust and responsibility have led to his selection on many occasions to serve his townsmen in a public capacity, and he has always performed his duties in this direction to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. He has been township treasurer of Wayland township, and since the incorporation of the village of Wayland has lieen a member of the village board of trustees several terms, besides serving as village president for four terms. He was an ardent Democrat until the Cleveland presidential administration, and since that time has been independent in his views, voting for the men whom he considers best qualified to fill the offices in question. As is so natural with many blacksmiths, he has always been a lover of good horses, and for thirty years he has been a breeder of good roadsters as well as of Percherons. He has owned as many as thirteen horses at one time, among them some fast ones, and he has been chosen many times to act as judge of horses at fairs and horse shows.

He was married July 22, 1862, to Elizabeth Murphy, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Osterhaut) Murphy, the former being a carpenter, and the family residing in Kalamazoo. Mr. and Mrs. Stockdale are the parents of six children, all of whom are living, as follows: James Henry is a blacksmith at Three Rivers, Michigan : Charles lives in Grand Rapids, where he is in the employ of the street railway company ; Alta married J. B. Foster and their home is in Huron, South Dakota, where Mr. Foster is state veterinarian: Jennie is the wife of Rev. J. T. Walker, pastor of the Congregational church at Dowagiac, Michigan; Kate is now the wife of John Williamson, a contractor at Grand Rapids ; Nellie May is a successful saleslady at Grand Rapids. Alta and Jennie were formerly considered among the best school teachers of Allegan county, and they followed this profession for several years each.

Fraternally Mr. Stockdale is a Mason, being affiliated with the lodges at Wayland. In addition to his love for fine horse flesh, be is somewhat of a sportsman and enjoys nothing better than the annual hunting trips into the northern part of the state, where he has good success in capturing big game.

E. H. Ryno, M. D. - In the career of Dr. E. H. Ryno, of Wayland, we find a man who, after a quarter of a century spent in the successful practice of medicine, abandons his profession and, turning his attention in entirely different channels, achieves another notable success in the growing of fruit. Then, not content with merely producing the fruit, which ofttimes cannot be marketed at the proper times, or its real value being depreciated because of a temporary drop in the price, he turned his attention to this phase of the question and solved it by building a canning factory on his farm, where the fruit could be prepared for consumption which might not come for manv months ahead. Thus he annihilated the constant bugbear of the fruit grower, and so far as he was concerned provided for. the care of his crop and guaranteed the income therefrom to be somewhere near its true value.

Dr. R)'no was born in Seneca county, Ohio, October 23, 1848, and that was his home until he had reached the age of fifteen years. Then he came with his parents to Kent county, Michigan, and was on the home farm and also a student in the Grand Rapids high school imtil 1870. In the autumn of that year he began the study of medicine with Dr. Hanlon, at Middleville, Barry county, whicii he continued for several years. This was followed by a course at the Hahnemann Medical College, at Chicago, in 1874. In 1875 he located at Wayland, but in 1879 returned to Chicago, and graduated with the class of 1880. He continued most successfully in practice in Wayland until 1894, when he removed to his farm in Wayland township and devoted his attention to fruit growing, a line which he has followed ever since, and in which he has been engaged since 1883. Now he gives but little attention to medicine, and only responds when there is an urgent and special call for his services.

While still practicing his profession. Dr. Ryno purchased his farm a mile and a half oat of Wayiand and devoted some attention to fruh. He accomplished much in this direction before and since he removed to the farm. He set out his fruit orchard in 1883, and his one hundred and fifty acres is mainly devoted to fruit, including grapes and berries. About ninety acres are planted to good varieties of upland fruit, and he is one of the pioneers in successful peach growing .in this immediate vicinity. Since his first crop in 1895 he has missed but two crops, something remarkable in this somewhat uncertain line. He has given the fruit question no little study and discovered many things of value and importance. He soon learned that in the marketing of the crop it must be handled carefully, swiftly, and placed upon the market in prime condition to bring the topnotch prices, and that frequently it was impossible to so market the fruit that it would bring anywhere near its real value. It was hard enough to raise the fruit, and it seemed to be still harder to market it properly. Then it was that Dr. Ryno's plan was formulated to erect a canning factory, and if the product could not be properly sold in its natural state, then it could be canned and await consumption. Accordingly he built and equipped a first class canning factory upon his own farm in 1901, and the very first year's trial proved its value, canning in that year seven thousand bushels, in 1902 he canned eight thousand bushels of his own growing, and in 1905 forty-two hundred bushels were cared for here, besides twenly-five hundred bushels which were placed on the market. The facilities of the factory were ample enough to care for his entire crop if required. The decision is simple - if the prices do not suit, then turn the product info the factory. Dr. Ryno's factory is devoted exclusively to his own crop. In addition to peaches, about twelve hundred bushels of plums are also raised on this farm. Dr. Ryno does a little in the way of general farming, and he has some excellent live stock, taking particular pride in his flock of Shropshire sheep. His farm is well cared for and the buildings are good ones. In addition to the large canning factory, which, during the canning season employs over one hundred hands, he has a large warehouse for the storing of the fruit and the canned goods. Dr. Ryno was married in his twentyeighth year, in 1876, to Miss Sarah J. Beamer, of Barry county. Their union has been blessed with the birth of three children, as follows : George E., the eldest, who married a daughter of Judge Stockdale, and is now conducting his father's farm ; Ear! Roscoe Ryno, who is a stockbroker and special promoter in Detroit, where he is also secretary and treasurer of the St. Claire Automarine Company, and who married Miss Dedie Brydle, of Detroit; and Ethel, who lives at home and who is pursuing her studies in the public schools.

In politics Dr. Ryno is a Republican. Never an aspirant for office himself, still he has been active in politics and has been instrumental many times in securing offices for his friends. He has done much for the development of the fruit industry in Wayland and vicinity, winning success for himself and also disseminating his acquired knowledge in this line for thi benefit of others.

V.'iLENTiNE S. Fish, who in company with his son conducts a livery business in Wayland, is a native of the Green Mountain state, he having been born at Warren, Vermont, March ii, 1842. His early life was passe3 upon a farm there until 1869, when, believing that the west offered better advantages for a young man, he came to Michigan, locating first at Granf Rapids, where he engaged in the wholesale meat business, having one of the largest establishments of its kind in the city and transacting a very large volume of business. In 18S1 he sold his interests in Grand Rapids and came to Aliegan county, buying the D. Parsons farm, one mile west of Wayland. He kept adding to this farm by the purchase of more land until he had three hundred and sixty acres. He transformed this property into one of the finest stock farms in western Michigan, making valuable improvements during each year of his ownership. A handsome residence was erected, the same being thoroughly modern in all of its appointments, while the other new structures he built included a fine basement bam sixty by sixty-two feet in size and with an addition twenty by forty feet. This barn was a model in its way, the interior being admirably adapted to the purposes for which it was used. Mr. Fish had some advanced views in regard to cattle breeding and these he put into successful operation. He made a specialty of Aberdeen Angus cattle, and in a very few years he had a magnificent herd of these valuable animals. He was t!ie first one in this part of Allegan county to breed the Aberdeen Angus, and his experience was watched with interest. His herd constantly contained from seventyfive to ninety head of this breed, and they were the choicest of their kind. He obtained a wide reputation as a breeder of the Aberdeen Angus, and as he advertised extensively and judiciously, he obtained fancy prices for his best animals. He did much to improve the standard of cattle in this section and demonstrated the fact that there is money in breeding good stock - particularly the Angus cattle. In addition to his breeding Mr. Fish also did a large business in the feeding of cattle for the market. In June, 1905. he sold his valuable property to Mr. Frank Coocb.'of Illinois, and sold his stock at auction, then removing to the village of Wayland, where he afterward purchased the Hvery stable and stock which has since been conducted under the firm name of Fish & Son.

Mr. Fish was niarried at Grand Rapids in 1878 to Miss Grace L. Stearns of that city, and this union resulted in the birth of one son, Jay H., who is a partner with his father in the livery business. They have a wellequipped livery and transact a large business. Mrs. Fish died August ii, 1902.

Mr. Fish is a Republican politically, although never a seeker after office. Like many other residents of Allegan county, he is an enthusiastic hunter, hugely enjoying his regular trips to the northern part of the state, where he meets with good success in capturing big game.

Frank Cooch. - Although a resident of Michigan and Wayland but a short time, Mr. Cooch has already demonstrated the fact that he is an active and progressive man of advanced ideas, who will make a valued addition to the citizenship of this specially favored region.

Mr. Cooch is a native of Butler county, Ohio, where he was born May 22, 1851. His early life was passed in that region, and at the age of nineteen he accompanied his mother to Douglas county, Illinois, and took charge of a two hundred and forty acre farm, upon which many improvements were required. He established an extensive and thorough drainage system there, laying thirty-inch tile for mains eight feet below the surface, and connecting this with smaller laterals which spread all over the large farm. The crops raised here were corn, oats and broom corn, and the farm was made a most productive one. He resided for ten years on this place and twenty years on another, and then decided to try Michigan, concerning which he had heard so much and with which he was favorably impressed as an agricultural region. He spent some time in traveling over this state, inspecting various pieces of property and finally decided that the vicinity of Wayland held just what he desired for a stock farm. Accordingly, in June, 1905, he purchased the stock farm of one hundred and sixty-seven acres and the Fish farm of three hundred and sixty acres, the latter lying partially within the corporate limits of the village of Wayland. Both are handsome pieces of property, equipped with excellent buildings, including large and modern houses and barns. He removed here the first of February, 1906, and took possession of his newly purchased property, and at once began the improvements which he considered necessary to make the property a model place for the breeding and raising of thoroughbred live stock. Already he is carrying out his ideas of drainage, learned in Illinois, and has laid two hundred and eight rods of twelve and fourteen inch tile as mains on the stock farm and contemplates still more work of this kind. His specialties in the line of live stock are Aberdeen Angus cattle, Shropshire sheep and Poland China swine, and already he has established a herd of twenty thoroughbred Angus cows, selecting none but the best of stock. His cattle are all registered animals, and Mr. Cooch intends to hold his standard in this direction at a very high mark. The same idea will also prevail with his sheep and swine and all stock on these farms will be the very best of its kind to be obtained or bred.

Mr. Cooch was married November 28, 1880, to Miss Joanna Hancock, of Douglas county, Illinois, and they have an interesting family of four sons and one daughter, as follows; Harry and Bertie live upon the Fish farm, while Fred, Charlie and Verona live at home with their parents.

Mr, Cooch is a Democrat in politics, although he is no politician and merely takes an ordinary interest in affairs of this sort. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masons and the Modern Woodmen of America. lie is fond of outdoor life and in the way of amusement likes nothing better than hunting and fishing.

Mr. Cooch's past experience has taught him that there is a large and profitable business to be done in his chosen line, particularly with tlie right management and the right kind of a base for operations, coupled with well selected lines of stock. He has made a thorough study of the question in all its bearings, and it would seem that he cannot fail of success. The people of Wayland and vicinity gladly welcome him and the members of his family to their midst and wish for him unlimited success.

Alanson a. Tanner has led a remarkably active and useful life and has done even more than his share of labor in the settlement and development of a new country, and now he is spending his declining days in retirement from the active duties of hfe, although still taking a keen interest in the affairs of the day and in all that goes to make toward better citizenship.

He was born in Chester, Geauga county, Ohio, December 28, 1831. The family had come from Chester, Massachusetts, to Ohio in 1812, the memorable year that saw our second conflict with Great Britain, and they, with other settlers from Massachusetts, named their new home after the Massachusetts Chester. In making the arduous journey into the middle west they traveled after the primitive manner of the times, taking several weeks for the journey, and they passed through Buffalo, New York, just after that city had been burned. Alanson Tanner grew to manhood upon the new farm in Ohio, and in these early years imbibed a thorough knowledge of and a liking for agriculture. In 1855 he became imbued with the western fever, which seems ever present in the veins of Yoimg America, and started for Illinois. No doubt this desire to go to Illinois was increased by the fact that he had married and that his wife's parents had already gone into the west. His marriage to Laura Eurlingame occurred January 3, 1855, and her father, Harding Burlingame, was then living in Illinois. While passing through southern Michigan on their western journey they encountered Eli F. Clark, a former Ohio neighbor, at BHssfield. Mr, Clark had met with misfortune in a swamp, his wagon breaking down, and he remained at BHssfield during the winter, although he afterward journeyed to Illinoi,'5, as is related elsewhere in this volume. Arriving in Illinois, young Tanner obtained work from an uncle, and the newiy married couple remained there for two years. Harding Burlingame was a noted hunter and he was anxious to get into a coimtry where there was more game than in Illinois, so accordingly he and his daughter and her husband, with several other old-time friends, came to Michigan. Mr. Burlingame located in Hopkins township, Allegan county, where he passed the remainder of his life, dying here at the age of seventy years. Alanson Tanner also located in Hopkins township upon a tract of new land which was a veritable wilderness. This was in the month of April, 1856, and he chopped off twentyfour of the eighty acres. Owing to the panic of 1857 he lost his farm and was obliged to sell it, receiving only about seventy-five dollars in cash for it with all its improvements. Then he moved into Dorr township and purchased another tract. It was swamp land, but very rich, and, he began improving the same, frequently working for Mr. Chambers at Wayland, and for Mr. Sanders, the only men here at that time who were able to pay for labor. His first house, in which he lived for eleven years, was a log stnictiire oniy sixteen feet square. After he had this forty acres in good shape in 1871 he erected a good house, which compared favorably with any in the section. He added more land as he could until he had two hundred and sixty acres, the most of which was wild land when purchased. Since that time he has been the owner of more than one thousand acres and has improved all of it more or less. In addition to clearing his own land, he worked for fifteen years in the timber woods, the most of the time by the day. He finally sold all of his land excepting the old home place and in 1894 removed to Wayland, where he has since led a retired life. The old homestead was finally sold and he purchased village property in Wayland, owning at one time six full blocks, although one-half of this has since been disposed of. His real estate holdings also now include three farms with improvements in the township of Dorr. In his land investments Mr. Tanner has used rare good judgment and has selected none but fertile land. He has followed mixed farming for many years and has made a specialty of raising swine and sheep, besides doing considerable in the dairy line.

His five children are as follows : James H. Tanner died September 23, 1905, aged forty-eight years. He was a farmer of Leighton, north of Wayland, and was the owner of a fine farm. Frances is the wife of Frank Wilcox, of Hopkins township. Viola is the wife of William Wright of Wayland. Herman Tanner is a member of the city police force of Relvidere, Illinois. Ahce married Leon Kinyon, and their home is in Dorr township.

Mrs. Tanner, who had for so many years been the valued and beloved helpmeet of her husband, passed away March 16, 1896. Mr. Tanner's second marriage occurred December 28, 1901. when he espoused Mrs. Betsy Sadler, widow of John H. Sadler, late of the township of Dorr, Her maiden name was Betsy Bisard and she was born in Medina county, Ohio, coming to Michigan and Dorr township. Allegan county, when thirteen years old with her parents, David and Rebecca (Hughes) Bisard. They located upon a new farm, which they improved and here, at the age of twenty-two, Betsy Bisard was married to John H. Sadler. Her parents afterward removed to Kent county, where they died.

Alanson A. Tanner cast his first presidential vote for John C. Fremont and he has ever since been a staunch Republican. He was ever active in township affairs and aided very materially in making this section what it is. He has other interests besides his landed property and is a stockholder in the Wayland Bank. As a farmer he held the respect of his fellow townsmen and as a citizen of Wayland he is looked upon as a staunch and solid resident, of good judgment and possessing many warm friends.

George H, Jackson is a native of Thimbleby, Lincolnshire, England, where he was born November 26. 1839. His father. Charles Jackson, was born in Anwick, Lincolnshire, England. April 22. 1800, while his mother, Ann Maltby, was bom in Sausthorpe. in the same county. October 2Q, 1814. They were married in 1835 and lived upon a farm in Thimbleby until coming to America in June of 1845. They spent five years in the state of New York and then came to Michigan, Allegan county, settling in the township of Wayland. A Xew York neighbor, Mr. Nathan Green, had come to Michigan a few years previously, and through his representations and inducements Charles Jackson and family came here in October, 1850. Mr. Jackson purchased forty acres of Mr. Green at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, and this place was his home until his death in 1883. This old homestead is still in possession of the family, now being owned by one of the sons, James F. His widow, Ann (Maltby) Jackson, survived him several years, she passing away here at the age of seventy-eight years. They were the parents of ten children, six sons and four daughters, all of whom are still living and residents of this vicinitv. They are as follows : Harriet, now Mrs. George Beattie. of Orangeville, Barry county; Mary L., now Mrs. James Williamson, also of Barry county; George H., the subject of this review : Sarah, now Mrs. Charles Winks, of Lowell, Michigan ; Robert C. and Joseph, of Wayland township; Andrew, of Wayland township; Emma, one of the leading teachers of Allegan and Barry counties and now teaching near Middleville ; she makes her home with her brother, George Jackson ; John E. and James F. were both born in and are residents of Wayland township. It is a notable fact that there is just twenty years to a day between the ages of the eldest and the youngest members of this large family. The youngest is now fifty years old. Charles and Ann Jackson brought their family up in industry and taught them the value of honest dealing, frugality and labor. The children have carried these ideas all through life and the result is that now they are all in comfortable circumstances and with good homes and families of their own.

George H. Jackson worked out for others until he was nineteen years old, his wages going to his father. When twelve x'ears old he received but four dollars per month, and each year thereafter received an additional dollar per month until he was drawing the munificent salary of thirteen dollars per month, the highest he ever received. During this time he managed to acquire some education by going to school winters while working for his board. At twentx- he, by saving every cent, had acquired about two hundred dollars, and his first thought was to invest it in land. His first purchase was one hundred and sixty acres, which he secured for eight dollars per acre. It was covered with fine oak and hickory timber, which he burned to get rid of. The first year he broke the forty acres and sowed it to wheat. This crop he hauled by oxen thirty miles to Kalamazoo to market, receiving eighty-five cents per bushel. It took three days to make the round trip. The following year he hauled in the same manner to Grand Rapids, twentyfive miles away, and received from one dollar and fiftv cents to two dollars and fifty cents per bushel. Later he received as high as three dollars Der bushel for wheat. When onh- sixteen years old his brother Robert had begim working with him, and this was continued for two years. Then Robert secured an adjoining eighty acres for himself and they cleared this together. Robert enlisted in the army in 1864, serving in the Sixth Michigan Cavalry until the close of the war.

George H. Jackson is now the owner of four hundred and eighty acres of land, three hundred and twenty acres of which are under cultivation. He has paid as high as twelve dollars and fifty cents per acre for wild land, and from twenty acres he has sold oak tirhber alone to the amount of one thousand seven hundred dollars. His fine farm is devoted to mixed farming.

although he has also clone considerable in fruit. Much of his income has been derived from live stock, particuiarly cattle, sheep and hogs. His present house was built in 1876 and is a commanding structure, showing well for a long distance. His other buildings are also substantial structures and equal to the demands of the farm. September 7, 1875, he was married to Mary E. Davis, the daughter of Samuel Davis, a pioneer of Barry county. She died February 7, 1900, since which time Mr. Jackson's sister has acted a.s his efficient housekeeper. One son, Glenn W., was born unto Mr. and Mrs. Jackson. He is now about sixteen years of age and is a student in the Wayland high school. Mr. Jackson is a Republican in politics, and he has filled numerous minor offices. His religious affiliations are with the Methodist Episcopal church and he is an attendant at the Jackson church near by. In Sunday school work he has always been very active, believing that branch of religious work is most important. Two Sunday schools in this vicinity are benefited by his good labors therein, while he is also always actively alive to all that is important in the line of other church and society work. He is also a member of the Grange at Bowen's Mills. Mr. Jackson is the possessor of a remarkably fine collection of Indian relics, the most of which have been picked up on his own farm and in this immediate vicinity. He is an experienced practical farmer, and success has come to him through his own endeavors and with the co-operation of his brothers and sisters. He believes that he chose wisely in the selection of his home and that no better place exists for pleasant living than in Allegan county and Wayland township, and he is always alive to those things which will tend to the betterment of the condition of his fellow beings.

Joseph Jackson. - The Jackson family has done a wonderful work of improvement in Wayland and adjoining townships, wresting the laud from its natural forest condition and transforming it from a wild section into the fertile and productive farms abounding here. A member of this family who deserves fitting mention in a work of this character is Mr. Joseph Jackson, one of the prosperous and intelligent agriculturists of Wayland township, where he has lived for the past forty years. Mr. Jackson is of English ancestry, his parents, Charles and Ann (Maltby) Jackson, being natives of Lincolnshire, England, where they were married in 1836. Several of their children were born in England, and in June of 1845 they emigrated to America, where our subject was born at Wheatland, Monroe county. New York, October 17, 1845. ''"his place, which is twenty miles east of Rochester, was the home of Joseph until he was five years of age. In company with his brother Robert he first began operations for himself in Allegan county. They each purchased eighty acres of new land adjoining each other and worked together, clearing the most of their farms the first year. As fast as they cleared their land they put it into wheat. They had bought their land on contract at twelve dollars and fifty cents per acre, and they remained in partnership until they had the property paid for. Thus again was it demonstrated that in unity there is strength, for each working alone would have been much longer in clearing up the indebtedness. As the years rolled by Mr. Jackson made additional purchases of land, the most of it new and uncleared. A tract of one hundred and sixty acres was added to the old Hill farm in Wayland township and another eighty acres close by.

while he also purchased forty acres in Yankee Springs township, Barry county. During his forty years' residence here he has wrested over two hundred acres from the forest and made of it productive land. His first residence was a small frame structure, which supplied a home until comparatively recently. In 1905 he built his present handsome home, which is a sightly brick structure, equipped with all of the modern improvements and conveniences. It is as fully up to date as a city residence, containing, as it does, bath rooms supplied with hot and cold water. A windmill pumps the water to an elevated tank, from whence it flows to all parts of the house and grounds, while water is also thus supplied to stock tanks in the yards. The idea strictlv followed out was to make the home one with all modern improvements, and this has been admirably accomplished. The improvements cost close to eiqht thousand dollars, and the whole forms a home of which any man might well feel proud. Here Mr. Jackson has lived for the past forty years, and here he is well content to pass the remainder of his days.

Mr. Jackson's first marriage was consummated in 1870, when he was united with Miss Sophia Riggs, She died in 1875. having borne no children. In December, 1881, Mr. Jackson was married to Sarah A. Davis. who is a sister to the wife of his brother, George Jackson. Unto them have been born two^hildren, both of whom are at home with their parents. The eldest is a son, William H.. and the other is a daughter, Edith May, who is a student in the Wayland high school.

Politically Mr. Jackson is a staunch Republican, and he has served his township three terms as highway commissioner. His has been a busy and industrious life and he has performed his full duty as a citizen and as a man of family. Success has been his because of his application and natural foresight and he has accumulated a fine property, which he and the members of his familv will enjoy for manv years to come. It is men such as he who form the bulwark of this strong nation and make us the most powerful people upon the face of the globe.

John Edmund Jackson is the ninth child in order of birth of Charles and Ann (Maltby) Jackson, those sturdy pioneers of English birth who came from England in 1845 and then a few years later made their way into the new country of Michigan. The parents were inost worthy people and they reared a large family of ten children, in the meantime enduring. all of the hardships of pioneer life and the arduous labors incident to life in a sparsely settled section. The subject of this review Avas the first of their children born in Michigan, and this has ever since been his home. The date of his birth was December 18. 1853, and the place Wayland township. His early life was like that of all boys of the day and it contained few idle moments. At the age of seventeen his father, in the parlance of the day, "gave him his time," or, in other words, allowed him to work for himself and spend his wages as he saw fit. To the generation of the present day it seems almost incredible that parents used to enforce the law which gave to them the labors of their children until they reached the age of tweiity-one years, but such was invariably the custom of the day, and any child who was excepted from this regulation was considered very leniently dealt with. But John did not waste the opportunity thus afforded him of getting on in the world for himself. He laeing still a minor, his brother Robert pur- chased for him of O. N. Giddings, of Kalamazoo, a tract of new land containing eighty acres. The farm cost one thousand one hundred dollars, and the terms of the contract required that he should pay one hundred dollars cash and make a regular payment each year until the entire sum and interest had been paid. In about 1878 he purchased the eighty-acre tract across from his home place. As seems to have been the practice with the sons of the Jackson family, John assisted in the clearing of the farms already acquired by his brothers and they in turn helped him in improving his own farm. The brothers appeared to have had a tacit agreement to work together for a period of twelve years, at the end of which time it was thought that each would be comfortably provided for. But as was natural, the younger members of the family did not accomplish this result until several years after the older ones were well on the road to prosperity. Thus it was not until 1883 that he was enabled to build his house and become settled in a home of his own. When he was twenty-one years old he had about onethird of his land cleared and in condition for the successful raising of crops, and each year thereafter saw additional land cleared and the productiveness of the place increased. For several years his sister Emma kept house for him, and in this connection it is but justice to state that the success of the brothers of this family is due as much to the co-operation of their sister as to their own efforts, for she was ever ready to aid them with the performance of the duties which always are required of the woman upon the farm.

His marriage to Mrs, Eunice A. (Swift) McCracken was consummated in 1887. He cultivates about eighty acres, raising some grain and devoting a great deal of his attention to cattle, sheep, hogs, etc. He is a believer in well-bred stock and has fine Shropshire sheep and Short-horn cattle. He milks twelve cows, so this dairying feature is an important source of income. During the earlier years of his farming he raised large quantities of grain, which was sold, but later yeare of experience have taught him the value of giving back to the land all that it produces, hence his turning to the raising of live stock instead. Mr. Jackson is a firm beiiever in the fact that a man must go into debt in order to win the greatest success, and he attributes a large measure of his well doing to his condition of indebtedness for many years, when he felt compelled to work hard to get even with the world. At the present time he is free from incumbrance and his whole property shows thrift and care.

Six children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, as follows: Harrison E. and C. Edward are students in the high school at Wayland ; Ruth A. is the eldest daughter ; Gladys and Gains are twins ; Myrl is the youngest. Another member of the family who has always been considered by Mr. Jackson as dear as his own children is a daughter of Mrs. Jackson by her former marriage, Trnia McCracken. who is now a teacher in Wayiand township. Besides her common school education .she attended the Clarksville Academy and pursued a thorough correspondence course, and she now ranks high as one of the successful teachers of Allegan county. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson intend to give all of their children the best of educational advantages, thus equipping them in the best manner for life's duties. Like the other members of the Jackson family. Mr. Jackson is a Republican, although never a seeker after office. He keeps in touch with current events and is considered a man of rare good judgment,' a wise farmer and a man

Andrew Jackson. - In the township of Wayland we find that members of the Jackson family are owners of nearly two thousand acres of fine farming land and that all of them are respected members of society, well to do and worthy descendants of that branch of the Jackson family which came to this country from England in 1845. Elsewhere in this volume may be found more extended account of Andrew Jackson's parents, Qiarles and Ann (Maltby) Jackson, who came to Michigan and Allegan county a few years after their arrival in America and spent the remainder of their lives here. They were fine old English people, and they reared a large family of children to fill positions of honor in this section.

One of their sons, Andrew Jackson, is the subject of this review, and he was the second child born after their arrival in this country. His birthplace was Monroe county. New York, and he accompanied his parents and the other members of the family when they came to Michigan. He remained at home until he had attained his majority. He worked in company with his two brothers, Robert and Joseph, exchanging work as it became necessary, until he had paid for the farm which his father had first secured for twelve dollars and fifty cents per acre. There were eighty acres in this tract, all new land and scarcely a tree cut. It was covered with timber which today would be considered most valuable, but in those days the only thought was to clear this off and prepare the land for the raising of crops. Thus he was forced to bum timber which, if preserved, would bring much money at this time. As fast as the land could be cleared he sowed it to that great staple, wheat, and from the proceeds he succeeded in making the land his own and free from encumbrance. It was not many years before he saw his way clear to buy another eighty acres adjoining, with only a few acres cleared thereon and with this he followed the same methods as with his original place. He built a residence in 1871, and for eleven years his sister Emma officiated as housekeeper for him. his brother John also making his home here for some time. In 1880 he purchased an additional one hundred and sixty acres in the township of Leighton. on section ^$. about one and one-half miles distant, and it serves largely as pasture land, being admirably adapted for this purpose. General farming is followed, and the main products are grain, live stock and grass and hay. His home fann of one hundred and sixty acres is all under cultivation, and it has been brought to its present high state of productiveness through his own efforts. Mr, Jackson has paid considerable attention to Angus cattle and breeds from a high class Angus male, thus prodticing the best stock of its kind. Nature has done mtich for Mr, Jackson's land, it being finely located, and this, combined with his individual efforts, has resulted in a farm of unusual productiveness. His residence is a comfortable frame structure, while his barns and other buildings are roomy, well-built structures, each well adapted to its particular use. He was married October 12, 1887 to Miss Minnie C. Hersey, daughter of E. P. and Harriet M. (Morton) Hersey. who came to Allegan countv in T865 from Ohio, which state was also the birthplace of Mrs. Jackson, Mr, Hersey and Mrs. Hersey are now residents of Wayland. Although Mr. Jackson is a Republican and interested in the success of his party, he has no political aspirations, finding plenty to occupy his time and attention in the management of his large farm, and he is willing that the offices should go to those who desire them. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge at Wayland.

The Jackson farm indicates great thrift and care, the whole being well looked after and affording a most comfortable home. Almost every inch of the place is thoroughly known to Mr. Jackson, for it has taken painstaking labor to change it from a forest land into its present condition. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson stand very high in the esteem of the people of this section and their home is dear to them through many tender associations.

James F. Jackson is the youngest of the ten children of Charles and Ann (Maltby) Jackson, who, natives of Lincolnshire, England, grew up and were married there and were the parents of ten children, five of whom were born before they decided to try and better their fortunes in America. They came to this country in 1845 and spent several years in New York state before coming to Michigan, which they did in 1850. They came to Allegan county and selected the township of Wayland as their future home, establishing themselves upon a farm here, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were most worthy people and they won the high regard of the people of this vicinity. The six sons of the family were all brought up on the farm, imbibing here industrious habits and learning agriculture. It is consequently no wonder that they all decided to become farmers, and today they are residents of this immediate vicinity, each provided with a comfortable home. Their respective careers thus far in life are recorded elsewhere in this volume.

James F., the yoimgest of this family, was bcrn in Wayland January 12, 1856, upon the home farm, where be has ever since lived and which is now in his po.ssession. In fact, his present residence stands directly unon the site of the old home. When he was seventeen years old his father bought the John Hogg farm of eighty acres and paid therefor the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars, and it was understood that if James would pay this sum he could have the farm, a.s well as the old homestead. His father died February 12. 1883. and the business thus thrown upon the hands of the young man prevented the purchase of the Hogg farm. It was twelve years before he had the indebtedness cleared, but be traded one forty for forty acres lying on the opposite side of the road and also added another forty acres two miles distant, this latter piece being used as pasture. The home place has about one hundred and ten acres under cultivation. In tqoo he built his present house, a neat frame structure. He also moved the barn to its present location, so that the improvements have all been made bv him. Tt is an attractive place and a fertile farm, and it is managed with all the thrift and care for which the members of the Jackson family are noted. In connection with bis Ereneral farming Mr. Jackson has also grown peaches successfully. He still has several acres in successful bearing and has demonstrated the profitableness of fruit culture in this locality. He has recently planted another tract to peaches and will engage in fruit growing more or less in the future.

father was Professor H. N, Robinson, the author of several standard text books in mathematics, Gertrude Robinson was born in Wayland township and she was a successful teacher in Allegan and Barry counties for nearly ten years immediately preceding her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are the parents of two children, Clara G. and Clayton Paul, both of whom are in school and live at home.

In politics Mr. Jackson is an independent in opinions and voting. He is not active in political matters, but rather devotes his whole time and attention to his own private business. He is a member of the Grange and takes a deep interest in all that pertains to the welfare and advancement of agriculture.

Joseph W. Burlingame. - -The Burlingames were for many years residents of Geauga county, Ohio, where they had comfortable homes, but in the early fifties the spirit of emigration was rife in that section and they, with many others, sought to better their condition by either going farther west or coming into Michigan. Although at the present da\- it seems strange that the spirit of unrest should so possess the residents of (Jhio and eastern states, nevertheless it was this very thing that brought into our own state so many good families. They seemed in the main to be satisfied with their new Michigan homes and here they passed the remainder of their lives, while their descendants still live here and form our very best society. This was the case with the Burlingame family in Ohio, where our subject, Joseph W. Burlingame, was born in the town of Munston, Geauga county, August 20, 1832. He was the son of Harding and Lavina (Heath) Burlingame, who were also the parents of nine Other children, eight of whom have lived in Michigan. In 1856 Harding Burlingame, having lost bis first wife and married again, decided that Michigan offered better facilities for home-making, and accordingly he came here with his family, traveling after the rather primitive method of the times and arriving eventually in Allegan county, which appeared to him a most favorable place to locate. Here he selected a tract of land in the township of Hopkins, one mile east of where is now Hilliard station and three miles west of Wayland. The one hundred and sixty acres which he purchased was new land, and it required a great deal of labor to place it in condition for the raising of crops. He was assisted in the arduous work by two of his sons, Joseph W. and Phillip, the latter remaining with his father for four years after coming here. Phillip also remained in this section and is now a resident of the county, living four miles east of Wayland.

As Joseph W. grew to manhood he decided to follow agriculture as a pursuit, and he soon made purchase of land adjoining that of his father, paying for it as he could. Harding Burlingame lived to be seventy-five years old, spending the remainder of his days on the farm he had purchased here. His widow, who was his second wife, survived him several years. Joseph W. Biirlingame's first house was built of logs, and he lived therein for twenty years, when it was replaced with a frame structure. Later he sold his place and bought another farm of seventy acres in the township of Dorr, where he Jived for a number of years, finally disposing of this also in 1891 and coming to Wayland, where he purchased a seventy-acre tract lying partly in the village of Wayland. It had been formerly the property of the old lumberman, Mr. Kellogg, who had cut oS the timber and made considerable improvements. Since obtaining possession of this property Mr. Burlingame has platted a portion of it into village lots and disposed of many of them, while the remainder of the farm is leased by fields to others.

When twenty-eight years of age Mr. Burlingame took as his life partner Sarah Ward, a daughter of Richard Ward, who lived on an adjoining farm. Her family came here from Canada in an early day. Their children are six in number, as follows : Addie, now Mrs. Mack Northorpe, lives in California ; Ada, now Mrs. Frank Helmer, is a resident of Diamond Springs ; Frank is In Illinois; J. Tracy lives in Wayland, where he is an employe of the (i. R. & 1. railway company ; Asa is a painter and also a resident of Wayland ; Jennie died at the age of twenty- four.