Bay County, Michigan - The whole text, 1883 (part 11 of 20)

G. K. Jackson was born in Algonac, Mich., in 1840. In 1858 he commenced the lumber business with Eipley & Butterfield, where he rose to the position of general manager. He came to Bay City in 1863 and engaged in the same business. In 1881 Mr. Jackson shipped 60,000,000 feet of lumber, and in 1882 he shipped 45,000,- 000 feet, which is about the minimum and maximum of his annual operations. His business office is in the Averell Block, Center Street, and his residence No. 1103 Center Street.

Dr. C. W. Maxon was born in Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1843. With little change in his life, he graduated and began the practice of dentistry. In 1861 he enlisted in the Thirty-third New Y^ork Infantry Volunteers. In 1862 he was discharged, but again enlisted in the Twenty- sixth New York Independent Battery Volunteers, wiiere he served three years. In 1835 he received his discharge and returned to his dental practice in Wyoming County. He came to Bay City in 1866 and established the practice of his profession. Dr. Maxon is a prominent member of several orders, both professional and civil, in the city, and has an extensive practice. Dental rooms Nos. 10 and 12 Opera House Block.

Alexander McGillis was born in Canada, October 15, 1852, and remained there up to 1868. During that time he attended school and worked on the farm. He then came to Bay City and engaged with S. H. Webster to work in his saw mill; was there one and a half seasons. He then worked for Chapin & Barber two years in their salt block. He then worked two years again for S. H. Webster; then for the Keystone Company, of West Bay City, up to 1877. In 1879 he engaged with Folsom & Arnold to take charge of their salt blocks and the manufacture of their salt, which position liQ still holds. He has been very successful in all his undertakings. He was married November 25, 1873, to Miss Ellen Sullivan, of Bay City, and has two children.

John J. Mason, Jr., was born in Zilwaukee, Saginaw Co., Mich., September 17, 1856. At the age of one year, with his parents, moved to East Saginaw; was there until he was twenty years old. During that time he attended school and worked with his father at the salt well business, sinking and repairing salt wells. In 1876 he entered into co-partnership with his brother Zach, under the firm name of Mason Bros., contractors in sinking and repairing salt wells. The firm is doing a large business in their line, and have been successful. J. J. Mason has finished a beautiful residence on the corner of Fourth and Lincoln Streets. He was married Decern - ber 12, 1878, to Miss Ella Dickie, of Bay City, and has one child.

foniia and remained there eight years and nine months, working in the mines. He visited British Cohmibia, and while there worked a year in the mines and the rest of the time was in the mihc business. He then returned to Canada and in 1872 came to Bay City and bought the Union City House on Water Street, between Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets, where he has been doing business until the present time with good suc^.ess. Has a large business, is a good landlord, and has many friends. He was married November 11, 1874, to Miss Obeline LaLoude, of Canada, and has two children.

Edward M. Weatten was born in Utica, N. Y., March 29, 1843. He graduated from high school in 1861, and w^as married to Jennie White, May 19, 1868. He removed to Bay City, Mich., June 1871, and entered the F. & P. M. K. E. Co's freght department at Bay City as clerk, but was soon jifterward promoted to cashier. He held this position until September, 1882, then accepted the position of freight agent of the same company at Bay City, which position he still holds.

E. J. Hooper, son of the late Dr. Joseph Hooper, was born in London, England, February 19, 1854. At the age of live years, with his parents, he moved to New Market, Canada; was there up to 1861. He then moved to Cleveland, 0., and was there five years. While there he attended school. They then moved to Corunna, Mich., and were there up to 1867. He then moved to Bay City, where he engaged with Frank Crandall, and was two years in his store. He was live years with Parker & Lloyd in their furniture store, and four years with Clark and Cobb. Li 1882 he opened a furniture store for himself on Harrison Street, in the Kennedy Block, South Bay City, where he is having a good trade. His father, Joseph Hooper, was a minister of the gospel, and died very suddenly. He preached one Sabbath morning and attended Sabbath-school, and died that night and entered into his rest.

Edward L. Martin was born in York County, Pa.*, May 11, 1846, and remained there up to 1866. During that time he attended school and worked on his father's farm. He then went to Greenville, Ohio; then purchased a farm and farmed three years in Darke County, Ohio. In 1869 he moved to Saginaw City and was there one year, working in Brayman's salt block. In 1870 he moved to West Bay City and worked for H. W. Sage & Co. three years in their salt w^orks. In 1873 he moved to South Bay City and engaged with John McGraw & Co., and has worked there ever since. Is still engaged with the present firm, Birdsall Si Barker. He has been successful since coming to Bay City - owns 165 acres in Bay County, and has a good fishery near the Oak Grove on the Bay Shore. He owns two dwelhngs in the city. He was married May 14, 1878, to Miss Anna Stephan, of Clifton, Canada, and has two children. Eesidence, 1519 Polk Street, South Bay City.

Harvey P. Watkins was born in Lima, N. Y., December 28, 1842. In 1843 he moved with his parents to Grand Blanc, Mich.; remained there six years and moved to Flint, Genesee Co.; remained there until 1862, during which time he learned the carpenter and joiners' trade. He came to Bay City and entered into a co-partnership with his brother, George AVatkins. In 1871 he opened a livery stable on Saginaw Street, where he remained for five years, then selling out he went West, where he remained for a time, visiting California, Oregon, and other states. In 1876 he returned to Bay City, and took a contract to build three miles of railroad from Tawas to the rivers. After finishing his contract he returned to Bay City and entered into a co-partnership with J. W. Shearer. The firm still continue the business. They have a large factory on Eleventh Street, and employ a number of men.

education he was employed by C. E. Hawley & Co., dry goods merchants, as errand boy. After three years in their employ he assumed a more responsible position with Walther Bros., boot and shoe merchants, and in 1876 purchased an interest in the business. After three years of business, he sold out and returned to C. E. Hawley & Co. as salesman, and in 1883 purchased a stock of groceries and the business of F. Heinze, corner of Eighth and Grant Streets. He was married in 1880 to Louisa E. Klump, of Canada. Mr. Heumann's father was the first chief of pohce in Bay City, and held the office four years. He was shipwrecked and lost while on his way to the old country.

Benno a. Katthain was born in Schlessin, Prussia, March 27, 1834. In 1860 he moved to Saginaw City and engaged in the band. 1861 he entered the Fourteenth Michigan Infantry as musician. After serving three years and six months, was honorably discharged, and enhsted in 1865 in Hancock Veteran Corps; served one year, received his discharge at Washington and returned to Saginaw City. In 1868 he came to Bay City and engaged in the music business, which he still continues at his residence, corner Sixth and Jefferson Streets. Mr. Katthain received 160 acres of land, near the St. Louis Eailroad, for his services during the war. He was also a member of the Knight Templar Band.

Dr. Henry B. Landon was born in Monroe County, Mich. March 31, 1840. In 1857 he entered the University of Michigan and graduated in 1861. He then enhsted in the Seventh Michigan Infantry, and was appointed adjutant; was wounded in the battle of Fair Oaks in 1862, and returned home. In 1863 he again returned to the army as assistant surgeon; resigned in 1864 and returned home. In 1861, Dr. Landon received the degrees of Bachelor of x\rts. In 1865 he received degree of Doctor of Medicine and Master of Arts. In 1865 he came to Bay City and commenced the practice of medicine, and w^as appointed division surgeon of the Michigan Central Eailroad. His office and residence are at 707 North Monroe.

Andrew Vanden Brooks was born in Holland, September 18, 1829, remaining there until he was twenty-four years old, part of the time engaged in the hme and mason business. In 1854 he came to America, and settled in Detroit. In 1855 he came to Bay City and built the first hme kiln in the city, on Water Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets. In 1863 he transferred his business to Twenty-third Street, which he still continues. ' Mr. Vanden Brooks is part owner of the Bank Block, on Center Street, and owns a beautiful dwelhng on the corner of Twenty-third and Wilson Streets, where he resides. He was married July 4, 1869, to Nettie Vanhemel, of Bay City, and has four children.

Hubbard H. Church was born in Eichford, Vt., April 4, 1831, and remained with his parents until 1853, when he moved to Burlington and learned the ship-carpenter's trade. In 1856 he moved to Michigan City, Ind.; in 1858 to Cleveland, remaining there until 1871, when he came to Bay City and engaged in ship building. He built the Bay City Dry Dock in 1876, which he operated a short time, and sold out to Judge Campbell. He is at present engai^ed in rebuilding the tug "Witch of the West" for Capt. William Gordon.

Walter P. Moore w^as born on Prince Edward Island, September 7, 1858. He remained in the place of his birth fourteen years, when he came direct to Bay City, then just acquiring considerable reputation as a lumbering center. After receiving a fair education he learned the carpenter trade with his father. He afterward worked for some time wdth Gregory & Holland, carpenters, after w^hich he went into business for himself as contractor and builder, in which he has made a success. Mr. Moore resides

Simon P. Plumsteel was born in Williamsburg, Canada, April 25, 1822, remaining there twenty years, during which time he learned the boot and shoe trade. He moved to Port Dalhousie and engaged in the boot and shoe busines. He moved to Glencoe Station, on the Great Western Eailroad, remaining a short time. In 1860 he moved to Detroit, and opened a boot and shoe store which he run for one year and w^as burned out. He afterwards moved to Pontiac, then to Clarkston, in both of which places he was in the boot and shoe business. While at Clarkston, his place was twice robbed, Mr. Plumsteel losing |615. Next he visited the oil country of Pennsylvania, then Williamstown, Mich. In 1870 he came to Bay City and engaged in the boot and shoe business, which he still continues. He was married in 1844 to Eachael J. McCracken, of Canada.

William E. Teall w^as born in Mount Morris, Livingston Co., N. Y., June 19, 1848. In 1868 he learned the tailor business at Warsaw, N. Y. In 1871 he came to Bay City and engaged in the merchant tailor business, w4iich he still continues. Mi^ Teall has been very successful since coming to Bay City, and has accumulated considerable wealth. He has three fine cottages in the city; also a fine residence on the corner of Fourth and Hampton Streets, where he lives. He has a wdfe and four children.

Isaac A. Smith was born in Niagara County, N. Y., September 27, 1831. In 1851 he came to Bay City, remaining two years. In 1853 he went to California, remaining six years, returned to York State. In 1863 he returned to Bay City, and in company with his brother, engaged in lumbering for Smith & Westover, until 1872, when his brother was drowned at Tonawanda, N. Y. Mr. Smith remained in the business until 1874, when he retired. Since 1874 he h:is been engaged m different o33upi.tions. He was married January 11, 1877, to Anna Wright, of Tawas, Mich. His residence is on Monroe Street, between Seventh and Eighth Streets.

Calvin A. Hewett was born in Eomeo, Mich., March 27, 1837. In 1840 he moved with his parents to Bell Arbour, town of Almont, remaining there until he was twenty-one, during which time he learned the mason trade. In 1863 he moved to South Bay City, and engaged in the mason and plastering business. In 1879 and 1880 he was elected supervisor of the Sixth Ward. In 1881 he was the proprietor and publisher of the JVational Globe, a Greenback paper, Mr. Hewett being one of the leading men of the Greenback party in this city. He is at present engaged at his trade. He was married in 1860, to Mary S. Churchill, of Almont, Mich., and has three children. His residence is on corner Thirtieth and Broadway Streets.

A. B. Verity was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., in 1840. In 1843 he moved with his parents to Fulton County, Ohio, where he remained until sixteen years old, when he went to Adrian, Mich. While there he learned the machinists' trade, and remained there five years, when he removed successively to Morenci, Hillsdale, Mich., and Peoria, 111., where he engaged as engineer of the Holly Water Works. From there he went to Lockport, N. Y., to work in the company's shops, and thence to Dunkirk, N. Y., to assist in erecting Holly engines there. From there he was sent to Mansfield, Ohio, to assist in putting in engines there, following which he came to Saginaw City, and erected the Holly machinery there. In 1872 he came to Bay City, where he has since resided.

GusTAv HiNE was born in Germany, February 8, 1842. He came with his parents to New^ York in 1855; remained there three years, and then came to the Saginaw Valley and located in Saginaw County on a farm, where he spent seven years. In

1865 he came to Bay City and established a meat market. Mr. Hine has erected a handsome brick block on Washington Street where he is engaged in the wholesaling and retaiUng of meats. He holds the office of alderman of the Third Ward, and is a stockholder in the Bay City National Bank. He was married to Louisa Voight, of Owosso, Mich., and resides on Washington Avenue. '

Fred W. Barklay was born in Albion, Calhoun Co., Mich., October 19, 1841. In 1849 he came with his parents to Bay City. In 1860 he engaged in sailing, on the Saginaw Kiver. In 1863 he entered the United States Navy as seaman, remaining until the close of the war, when he came to Bay City and engaged in the tug business, which he still continues. He was married in 1870 to Mary J. Plumsteel, of Clarkston, Mich., and has one child. His residence is on corner Third and Sherman Streets.

Mitchell Phaneuf w^as born in the Province of Quebec, January 14, 1850. In 1865 he moved to Glen Falls, N. Y., and was there working in the lumber woods two years. In 1867 he moved to Wisconsin, worked in the lumber w^oods two years, and was one year in the hotel business at Green Bay. In 1878 he came to Bay City and was engaged in the lumber woods until 1882, when he leased the Park City Hotel, on the corner of First and Adams Streets. He has enlarged the hotel and fitted it up in first-class style; it is convenient to the D. & B. C. R. R., and in a good location. Mr. Phaneuf was married in 1880.

E. E. Briggs w^as born in the town of Perry, N. Y., August 16, 1840. In 1858 he moved to Keene, N. H. In 1863 he graduated at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He then moved to Manchester, N. H., and engaged in the manufacture of. chemicals and dyes, remaining there six months, when he moved to Wayne County, Mich., and engaged in farming. In 1870 he came to Bay City and engaged as book-keeper for Whipple, Parmilee & Co., remaining there until 1876, when the firm failed. He then engaged with Minor & Morgan Company, of Cleveland, as agent, wiiich position he still retains. He was married October 8, 1873, to Ella J. Minor, of Bay City, and has two children.

A. G. Sinclair was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1831. He came to Bay City in 1855, and assumed a responsible situation with 0, A. Ballon & Co., at Kawkawlin. In 1865 he built a salt block at Banks, West Bay City, and run it one year. He superintended the construction of the Bay City and East Saginaw Railroad (afterward the F. & P. M.,) after which he returned to Kawkawhn and remained until 1869. He assumed the foremanship of Eddy, Avery & Co's mill, in that year, and still retains the position. He was married in 1860 to Mary E. Barney, of Bay City, and has two children. Mrs. Sinclair was the first girl baby born in Bay City.

Capt. Gregory Francis is a native of Switzerland, and was born March 12, 1827. In 1832 he, with his parents, settled in Ohio, and remained there two years, when he moved to .Detroit, Mich. In 1834 he moved to St. Clair County, and engaged in the vessel business. In 1878 he came to Bay City and has since resided here, being at present engaged in the vessel business. In 1881 Mr. Francis purchased the Ballou farm, at Kawkawlin, of 247 acres, leaving his sons to superintend it. Mr. Francis contemplates erecting a fine residence on the corner of Tenth and Van Buren Streets. He has a wife and twelve children.

Leonidas M. Miller was born in Crawford County, Penn., October 28, 1844. In 1849 he moved wdth his parents to Oakland County, Mich. In 1850 he came to Bay City and con^menced the study of book-keeping, and in 1868 entered the firm of Albert Miller & Co., as book-keeper, which position he held for eleven years. In 1879 he entered into a co-partnership with his brother in the phovie tograpli business, and in 1882 ijurcliased his brother's interest and became sole proprietor. His rooms are located on Center Street, near Water Street, in the old Shearer Block.

William J. Mason was born in East Saginaw, January 2, 1860. In 1871 he moved with his parents to Petroleum, Canada; remained there one year and returned ta Eist Siginiw. He engaged as clerk in a grocery store one year; then with his father in sinking and repairing wehs, and remained with him until he was nineteen. He then engaged with his brothers J. J., and Z. T. Mason, in the same business, and remained with them four years. He is at present engaged with Murphy Sc I)otx^ He was married to Maggie McMillan, of West Bay City. His residence is on Middle Ground, near Murphy Sc. Dorr's mill.

Daniel J. Kennedy was bom in Prince Edward Island, August 15, 184:G. At an early age he went to Chicago and sailed for five years on the lakes. He came to tlie Saginaw VaHey in 1869, and settled in Bay City in 1871. He built the Astor House in South Bay City and run the hotel for several years. Later he leased the house and is at present engaged in the real estate business. Mr. Kennedy represents the Seventh Ward as alderman. He has under contract the construction of the County Stone Road, east of the city.

Wells x^ldrich was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., September 28, 18BL In 1811 he moved with his parents to Ovid, Clinton Co., Mich., and engaged in farming. He was deputy sheriff of Chnton County for twelve years. In 1872 he moved to Saginaw, and held the office of deputy sheriff for two years. In 1871 he came to Bay City and engaged in the manufacture of pumps and cisterns, which he still continues. He was married March II, 1858, to Sarah A. Ives, of Victor, Chnton Co., Mich. Mr. Aldrich's father was one of the old pioneers of Chnton County.

Harry Laraway was born in Albany, X. Y., July 29, 1815. In 1861 he came to Bay City, remaining a short time. He went to Detroit and then to East Saginaw, where he was engaged as station master for five years, for the F. & P. M. R. R., and later with the Merchant Union Company as messenger. He then returned to Bay City and engciged with Benjamin Shephard in the grocery business. He is at present engaged with Meeker & Adams. Mr. Laraway is interested in the Bay City Brick X- Tile Company. He was married August 8, 1867, to Anna Wilson, of Bay City, and has three children.

William Keen was born in England, May 7, 18B0; remained there until 1850, during which time he learned the tailoring business. Moved to Brooklyn, N. Y.; remained there a short time, and removed to Port Burweh, Canada, and engaged in the merchant-tailor business. In 1865 he came to Bay City, and engaged in the same business, which he still continues. He was married January I, 1851, to Mary Ann Salt, of England, and has six children. In, September, 1881, his son Robert was drowned off a tug, and his body was never recovered. Residence, corner Ninth and Monroe Streets.

John Savage was born in Washington Co., Virginia, January 29, 1832. He moved with his parents to Philadelphia, and remained until 1870, when he came to Bay City, where he stiU remains, hving a retired hfe. He was married June 8, 1855, to Isabella S. Fitzhugh, and has three children. Residence, Jackson Street, between Fourth and Fifth Streets.

Henry ScmNOEHETTE was born in Germany, August 2, 1840. He came to Detroit, Mich., in 1857, and to Bay City in 1862. When the war broke out he enhsted in the Twenty-fourth Michigan Infantry. He was engaged in the battle of Getty sburgh, where he was wounded in the left hip. After remaining in hospital for eight months, he was mustered out of the service on account of his wound. In 1865 he returned to Bay City, where he has since engaged in the hotel business. Is now proprietor of the National Hotel, corner Fourth and Saginaw Streets.

C. W. Parish was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., in 1841. He came to Bay City in 1867, and engaged in the lumber business. He was also in the grocery business, but sold out in 1876, and devoted himself exclusively to his lumbering interests. He has shipped about 12,000,000 feet of lumber during the season of 1883, and win average that amount annually. His office is in the Union Block, foot of Center Street.

Andrew F. Van Hemel was born in Belgium, May 16, 1842. In 1854 he moved with his parents to Detroit, Mich., then came to Bay City, then cahed Lower Saginaw. His father purchased a farm, and engaged in clearing it. It is now covered with dwellings, and a part of Bay City. In 1857 he engaged in the fish and boating business, which lie continues until the present day. He was married to Margaret Welch, of Detroit, and has four children. Residence, corner of Seventeenth and Jackson Streets.

Richard G. Carney, son of the late Thomas Carney, was born in Simcoe County, Ontario, in 1857, and came with his parents to Bay City in 1858. He has conducted, in company with his father, a sash and bhnd manufacturing business on Water Street. In 1876 the Carney Mih was sold, and Mr. Carney was shortly afterward engaged as mail messenger on the Michigan Central Railroad, which position lie still holds. He was married in 1882, and resides on Madison Avenue, No. 313.

Peter A. Ralston was born in Richmond, Va., December 27, 1850. In 187S he passed through the yellow fever scourge, which swept over Memphis, Tenn., and in the Fall of the same year was elected honorary member of the Howard Association, and received a gold medal for services rendered during the plague. He was one of the original members of the famous Chickasaw Guards, of Memphis, Tenn., and was elected lieutenant at their organization. He came to Bay City in 1877, and is at present book-keeper and cashier for Seligman & Rossman, clothing merchants. He was married in 1879, to Anna Ritten, of Saginaw, and has one son.

Donald B. McRae was born in Prescott, Canada, November 10, 1841. He remained there until 1871, during which time he had learned the mihwright trade. He then came to Bay City, and was engaged with the late John McEwan three years. In 1874 he engaged with Pitts & Cranage, as a saw-filer, which position he held a number of years, and at present holds the responsible position of foreman for the same firm. He was married in 1865, and has six children.

Dr. August Nabert was born in Brunswick, Germany, January 10, 1828. He graduated at the Brunswick Medical College and was three years on a South Sea whaling vessel as physician. In 1851 he came to America, settled in the Saginaw Valley, and commenced the practice of medicine. It was the year of the great cholera epidemic. Mr. Nabert was stricken with the fatal disease, and died September 4, 1852, leaving a wife and five children to mourn his loss. Mrs. Nabert and family reside on Adams Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets.

Daniel Minahan was born in Guelph, Canada, April 22, 1844. In 1871 he came to Bay City, and purchased a hotel on the West Side. He engaged in the hotel business there for a number of years, and in 1876 purchased and finished the Grand Central Hotel in Bay City, situated on the corner of Third and Saginaw Streets. This hotel he managed for two years, when he sold out, and engaged in the lumber trade. In 1882 he purchased the White House Hotel in South Bay City, of which he is now proprietor. Mr. Minahan

J. C. PusEY was born in New Albany, Ind., September 25, 1848. Seven years later, with his parents, he removed to Mitchell, Ind., and three years later to the state of Illinois, where he received his education. In 1867 he came to Bay City, and engaged in the fruit and confectionery business, which he continues at present. Mr. Pusey has accumulated considerable property, and is regarded as a prosperous man. In 1879 he was married to Anna Leonard, of Bay City, and has five children.

Albert W. Watrous was born at Ashtabula, Ohio, January 22, 1842. At sixteen years of age he entered college at St. Catharines, Canada. In 1861 he enhsted in the Federal army, where he was promoted to a captaincy. After five years' service he came to Bay City and engaged in the manufacture of salt. He afterward run a saw mill for about ten years, which he sold, and in 1878 he removed to St. Louis, Mich, and engaged in lumbering. He is still carrying on that business. Mr. Watrous was married in 1867 to Sarah F. Stockley, of Ohio, and has two children.

Alonzo Anscomb was born in Wayne County, Mich., February 20, 1837, and came to Bay City in 1866. In 1879 he built the Anscomb House, corner of Washington and Third Streets, of which he has until recently been owner and proprietor. At present resides at 50 Washington Street, corner of Eighth.

Patrick Kilduff was a native of Ireland. In 1851 he emigrated to St, Catharines, Ontario, where he engaged with his father in building stone roads. In 1861 came to Bay City, where he engaged in the grocery business with Edward O'Connor, on Water Street. He was also contractor for the construction* of state roads. At one time Mr. Kilduff was quite an extensive vessel owner, and held the office of deputy sheriff a number of years. He was married June 1, 1863, to Susan O'Connor, and had five children. He was a confirmed invalid for two years before his death. His widow still lives in the old homestead, corner of Saginaw and Eighth Streets.

William Eoss was born in Eosshire, Scotland, January 10, 1838. He came to Canada at an early age, and remained imtil 1861, when he came to Michigan, and located in Bay City. He engaged in the real estate business, and in 1873 assumed the business of a lumberman, which he still continues. He was married in 1868 to Abbie Case, of Cleveland, Ohio. His residence is on Washington Street.

Samuel D. Hess w^as born in Hamilton, Canada, October 19, 1829. He came to Bay City in 1B67. Was employed as assistant foreman of the Au Gres boom in 1869; was foreman for James Shearer for three years, and foreman in the employ of M. Dunbar on the construction of the Midland Plank Eoad. He was afterward in the employ of the Northwestern Gas and Water Pipe Company for six years. In 1878 he was elected street. commissioner of Bay City for two years, and re-elected in 1881 for the same term. He was married in 1819 to Catharine Meyers, of Hamilton, and has twelve children.

Jacob Knoblauch was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in February, 1831. He came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1852, and to Bay City in 1856. He engaged in the carpenter business, which he afterwards discarded for the liquor business. He has held the offices of county clerk, supervisor, and city treasurer for a number of years, at different times, during his residence here. He was married in 1853, and has eight children.

Leonard Jewell was born in Eome, Oneida Co., N. Y., February 25, 1815, and came to Bay City in the Fall of 1844. He enhsted in the Fourteenth Michigan Infantry, Company A, at the breaking out of the w^ar, and was mustered out of service in North

Carolina. He returned to Bay City, and engaged in the business of looking up pine lands. Mr. Jewell is authority on pine property, and is posted thoroughly in the lumber interests of the Saginaw Valley.

John Hollywood was born in Port Burwell, Ontario, April 11, 1842. In 1861 he commenced the life of a sailor, which he followed for seven years. In 1869 he came to Bay City, and engaged in the lighter business, in company with W. H. Sharpe. Mr. Holleywood also purchased an interest in the tug "Cheney," a new towing craft, and the sole interest in the barge "Taylor," which runs in the lumber trade. He was married in December, 1876, to Kate McDermott, of his native town, and has two sons. He resides at 241 Jackson Street.

Henry B. Vosburg was born in Genesee County, Mich., August 8, 1843. In 1850 he came to Bay City with his parents. His father was a millwright, and built a miU at Kawkawlin for James Fraser, also one for Mr. Pitts, on the ground now occupied by the Pitts k Cranage Mill. Henry B. Vosburg engaged in sailing at an early age, which he still continues. In 1882 he had charge of the Davis fleet at Alpena. He was married July 5, 1870, to Libbie Corn well, of Cleveland.

John Manon was born in the County of Durham, England, December 14, 1860. In 1867 he came with his parents to America and settled in Bay City. At an early age he commenced the study of book-keeping. In 1874 he engaged w^th A. B. Griswold, remaining there until 1878, Avhen he engaged with James Eoberts, as book-keeper, which position he still retains. Eesidence, 319 Sheridan Street, near Fifteenth.

Samuel J. Lewis Avas born in Oswego, N. Y., in 1835. He has been an inspector of lumber since 1853. Was at Oscoda, Mich., four years with Loud, Gay & Co., and at Otter Lake, Lapeer Co., for some years with C. B. Benson. He came to Bay City in 1880, and established a lumber yard on the F. & P. M. E. E. docks. His annual shipments average 8,000,000 feet. They have also a large planing mill in connection with the yards, and employ about thirty-five men.

William Galarno was born in Detroit, Mich., on June 14, 1854. He came to Bay City with his parents in 1856, where he has since resided. In 1879 he engaged in the grocery business on the corner of Johnson Street and Woodside Avenue. In 1879 he w^as married to Helen McBride, of Goderich, Ontario, by wdiom he has two children. In 1882 he was elected supervisor of the First Ward.

George H. Munro was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1833. He moved to Canada in 1849, then came to Detroit, and engaged in sail-making, and in 1865 came to Bay City, where he engaged in the same business. Mr. Munro runs a sail loft on Water Street, near Third Street, where he handles all sorts of fishing tackle and vessel cordage. He built the brick store which he now occupies. His father, at the age of seventy-two years, is still living in Bay City, hale and hearty.

Eobbrt J. Campbell is by birth a New Yorker. Was born in Marilla, Erie Co., in the Empire State, April 22, 1832. He came to Bay City October 12, 1862, where he has since played a prominent part in the municipal and county government. He was supervisor for nine years, city alderman two years, and is at present chief engineer of the fire department.

- John Mansfield was born in Gaylord, Wayne Co., N. Y., September 20, 1829. He came to Michigan in 1836, and located at Port Huron. He purchased a farm in the vicinity of that city, and commenced lumbering in connection with agriculture. Has lumbered for thirty-five years. He was married in 1858 to Emiline M Smith, and has five children. In 1982 he purchased a residence in

Edward Vosbubg was born in Bay City, July 8, 1860. At an early age he engaged in sailing. In 1878 he was master of the steamer "North Star," owned by his brother Loren. He has also sailed other tugs and steamers on the Saginaw Eiver and Bay. He was married August 16, 1878, to Emily H. Hartwell, of Bay City.

WiLLiAivi Fox was born in Wayne County, Mich. When he was fourteen years of age he removed to Chatham, Canada. He came to Bay City in 1861, and in 1871 engaged in the manufacture of brick in Monitor Township. He has been under-sheriff of Bay County, and is at present deputy sheriff.

Frederick E. Brown was born in Boston, Mass., October 21, 1850. At an early age he moved to Syracuse, N. Y., and in 1869 came to Bay City. He was at one time in the employ of J. F. Willey in the hvery and bus business, and construction of railroads. In 1878 he entered the express office as assistant agent, which position he still retains.

Frederick G. Arnold was born in Bavaria, Germany, December 7, 1884. He came to Bay City July 5, 1854, and worked two years in a saw mill for Wilham and John McEwan. In 1856 he established a bakery, which he still continues. He owns a large brick block on the corner of Fifth and Saginaw Streets, where he does business, and is considered one of the substantial citizens. Mr. Arnold has one son in the ministry and others associated with him in business.

Capt. John Stewart was born in Detroit, Mich., in 1850, and came to Bay City in 1865. He afterwards went to Cahfornia, and was three years sailing on the Pacific Ocean. In 1881 he returned to Bay City; was captain of the steamer "Dove," and is at jDresent captain of the new passenger steamer "Arundel," of the Alpena Line. The captain is a staunch sailor, and a genial, courteous gentleman.

Stewart A. Huff was born in ShannonvilJe, Canada, November 1, 1853. In 1862 he came to Bay City, and in 1871 engaged in the dairy business in company with his father, Adam Huff. The firm purchased in 1883 a large farm on the west side of the river, of 280 acres, on which they will keep 100 cows, and conduct the largest dairy in the Saginaw Valley. Mr. Huff was married in 1879, to Kittie Horten, of Boston, and has a family of three children.

William D. Love was born in Hamilton, Ontario, December 25, 1853. Soon after his parents moved to Seaforth, Ontario, remaiuiug there until 1864; then moving to Bay City, where he attended school for some years. In 1874 he engaged with Cooke & Co., as foreman of the carpet department, which position he still retains.

W. S. Clements was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in September, 1840. He came to Bay City in 1863. Mr. Clements is engaged in the lumber business, inspecting and shipping. He is shipping about 10,000,000 feet annually.

W. French Morgan was born in Kentucky, November 11, 1851. In 1861 he came to Bay City. In 1875 he commenced the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1878, and at present is engaged in the practice of law. His office is in the Eddy Block, room 4. He is a single man, and resides with his mother.

John Gregory was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, April 19, 1834. In 1868 he came to Bay City and engaged in the carpenter and joiners' trade, and real estate business. Mr. Gregory is at present engaged in building a residence on Fifth Street. He was married in 1855, to Eebecca Suiter, of St. Catharines, Ontario.

h. G. VosBURGH was born in FJint, Genesee Co., in 1849. He came to Bay City Avith his parents in the same year. He has been sailing as captain on the river and lakes for the past seventeen years. During the past two years he has had charge of the Blanchard and Teller hnes of boats, which position he still retains. He was married in July, 1867.

Andrew Walton was born at Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y., January 11, 1826. Shortly after his birth his parents removed to Ohio. Mr. Walton traces his ancestors from the war of the Eevolution. His grandfather was one of Gen. Washington's command which wintered at Valley Forge, and also had the honor of being on guard at the tent of the '^Father of his country." His father was a soldier in the war of 1812 and is still living in Ohio, drawing a government pension. Mr. Walton received an academic education. While in Ohio he was engaged in lumbering, buying and selhng for Eastern parties. He came to Bay City in 1863 and continued the lumber business. He is a member of the Board of Education and was chairman of that body for one year. He has held the office of water works commissioner every year since 1872, and was a member of the House of Eepresentatives in the State Legislature in 1874-75. He was also a member in 1878-79. At that time he introduced a bill that was passed, to prohibit animals from running at large in cities of 6,000 inhabitants. He was one of the original proprietors of the State Bank of Bay City, and one of the directors of that institution until its consohdation with the Second National Bank, and is at present one of the directors of the latter.

George Ford was born in Berwickshire, Scotland, August 27, 1833. He came to New York City in 1853; he was in Lockport, N. Y., for some time, then went to Canada and was for ffve years in the manufacture of machinery. He then returned to Lockport and in 1857 went to Chicago. In 1862 he moved to Detroit and was for nine years engaged in the manufacture of machinery. He then came to Bay City in 1871 and estabHshed a novelty works in company with P. L. Kogers & D. W. Case; the works were burned down in 1876. Soon after, he built his present shop on Water Street, foot of Second Street, where he is doing a general manufacturing of boilers and jobbing business, employing twenty men when running full-handed. He was married March 27, 1862, to Miss Isabella Orr, of Chatham, Ontario, who died April 25, 1883, leaving ffve children.

Andrew CunxNing, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, was born in 1842. He spent several years in the cattle business there. In 1868 he came to Grand Eapids, Mich., where he took a contract with the G. E. & I. E. E. to build five miles of their road. In 1871 he came to Bay City, where he was engaged by Capt. Averell for one year. He then took Stephen A. Beers as partner in the manufacture of hme. He afterwards bought out Mr. Beers's share and took W. H. Burton, which partnership continued three years. Since that time he and his son have carried on the business under the firm of Andrew Cunning & Co. They manufacture quick lime, and deal in building stone, calcined plaster, water hme, plastering hair, and hard coal. Their office is on North Water Street, near the railroad bridge. They have also a dock at Twenty-fourth Street, where they intend building a kiln. Mr. Cunning was married to Ehza Earns, also of Glasgow, and has two children, Alexander and Eliza.

0. A. Marsac, a son of Joseph F. Marsac, one of the oldest pioneers of Bay County, was born in Bay City, April 2, 1852. After receiving a liberal education he entered the employ of Delavan & McClennan as book-keeper. He has also held the office of supervisor for the Seventh Ward two years. Since the election of his brother as sheriff he has been associated with him as undersheriff. A portrait of his father appears in this work.

lumber business five years. In 1863 be came to Bay City, wbere be bas followed tbe same business. In 1883 be operated lumber camps on tbe Upper Peninsula. He was married in 1856 to Mary J. Bayles, of Bridgeport, N. Y., and bas two sons, wbo are associated in business witb tbeir fatber.

Edwakd B. Nugent was born in Oakland County, Midi., April 2, 1842. In 1856 be came to Bay City and engaged in tbe lumber business for Moultbrop & Yawkey, remaining tbere until 1861, wben be enlisted in tbe Tbird Micbigan Cavalry and was promoted to major. He was wounded and returned bome, wbere be remained a sbort time, and again joined bis company and remained until 1866, wben be received bis discbarge and returned to Bay City and engaged in buying and selling lumber. He still continues in tbat business. He was married in 1865 to Ebza C. Scott, of Mempbis, Tenn., and bas one cbild. Eesidence, 610 Jefferson Street.

Charles W. Dease was born in Norfolk, Canada, in 1841. He came to Micbigan in 1861 and settled in Port Huron. He enlisted in tbe Tentb Micbigan Infantry, Company D, during tbe war and served one year. He was mustered out of service on account of sunstroke wbicb be received. He came to Bay City in 1862 and engaged in tbe lumber business. He is operating five camps and doing an extensive business. He was married in 1863 to Mary J. Scott, of Sanilac County, Micb., wbo bas since died, leaving five cbildren.

J. R. Leadbetter was born in tbe state of Maine, Marcb 22, 1846. At fifteen years of age be came to East Saginaw and entered tbe lumber traffic. In 1881 be came to Bay City, and in company witb D. F. Rose, opened an office for tlie inspection and commission lumber business. Tbe firm bandle about 45,000,000 feet of lumber annually. Mr. Leadbetter was married to Miss E. 0. Pbibps, of East Saginaw, in 1869. and bas one son. His office is in tbe Watson Block, on Water Street.

Thomas J. McClennon was born in tbe state of New^ York, May 15, 1846. In 1865 be came to Bay City and engaged in tbe mill business. In 1877 be adopted tbe business of speculating in lumber and jobbing in lumber camps, at wbicb be is still engaged. In tbe Winter of 1883 be operated camps on tbe Pine and Cedar Rivers, and will get out about 6,000,000 feet of logs. Mr. McClennon was married in 1871 to Mary L. Marsac, daugbter of tbe late Capt. Marsac, of Soutb Bay City, and sister to tbe present sberiff of Bay County.

William Gordon was born in London, Canada, July 13, 1847. He came to Bay City in 1863 and worked witb bis fatber, contracting tbe loading of vessels. In 1876 be engaged in tbe tug and vessel business, wbicb be still continues. He was married in 1872 to May J. Wilson, of Bay City.

Edward J. Lynn was born in Canada, November 2, 1836. He came to Micbigan, and located at Port Huron in 1856. He afterwards moved to Au Sable, tben to East Tawas, at botb of wbicb places be was engaged in the lumbering business. He came to Bay City in 1880, and in 1883 was dealing in pine lands. Mr. Lynn was married in 1859 to Julia Natty.

Grannis Moulthrop was born in Connecticut in 1822. He came to Bay City at an early age, and in 1858 was married to Miss Mary E. Clay. He engaged in tbe lumber business witb bis brother, Clark Moultbrop, and built tbe old Moultbrop Mills in tbe First Ward, of West Bay City. Mr. Moultbrop died Marcb 7, 1872, leaving many friends to mourn bis loss. He was a kind and loving husband, and a very benevolent friend 4o tbe poor.

W. H. LouKs was born in Norfolk County, Ontario, in 1829. In 1863 be engaged in tbe lumber business. He came to Micbigan in 1873, and commenced lumbering at Otsego Lake, wbere be is still located. He was married in 1851 to Agnes Grey, of New

York, and has five cbildren. One of Mr. Louk's daugliters is tbe wife of Dr. Gilbert, of Bay City. Mr. Louks has one of tbe finest stock farms in the country, situated at Lapeer, Mich.

William H. Nellis was born in Acton, Canada, December 2, 1837, wbere be was for some time in business as a tanner and currier. In 1867 be came to Bay City and engaged in tbe boot and shoe business, which he still continues. He has a branch business at Alpena. He was married in 1863 to Miss Whitney, of Canada, and has two children. His residence is on the corner of Third and Grant Streets.

Columbus V. Tyler was born in Auburn, N. Y., in 1825. In 1836 he removed with his parents to Genesee Co., Mich. He received a common school education and in 1846 commenced tbe study of medicine under tbe instruction of Hon. N. B. Eldridge, of Dryden, Lapeer Co. In 1850 he located in Flushing, near Flint, where he practiced medicine nineteen years. He was deputy United States marshal in 1860, in taking the census of Genesee County, and was postmaster four years at Flushing. He has since devoted himself successfully to the practice of his profession. He has been a member of the Genesee County Medical Society, member of the Board of Censors, member of the State Medical Society, member of the American Medical Association and president of tbe Bay County Medical Society, and member of the State Board of Health. In 1876 he was elected state senator, and re-elected in 1878.

Fred H. Holly was born at Seneca Falls, N. Y., June 28, 1850. Twelve years afterwards he removed with his parents to Lockport, in the same state ; remained here four years. He learned the trade of machinist with Downs & Co. He afterward returned to Seneca Falls and worked for some time with Downs & Co., after which he came to Michigan. In the Wolverine State he became a full fledged farmer, but did not remain long. He afterwards removed successively to La Crosse, Wis., Burlington, la., and Saginaw City. In Burlington, where he remained four years, he was engineer of the fire department for three years, and at Saginaw City, be was engaged in putting in the water works machinery. In 1872 be came to Bay City, and in company with A. B. Verity, made the trial test of the Holly water works here. He has since been employed as second engineer in the water works building. Mr. Holly is a nephew of Holly, the Eastern inventor, and senior partner in the Holly Manufacturing Company. He was married in 1871 to Stella Courtwright, of Owego, N. Y., who died in 1881. He afterwards married Miss H. M. Carpenter, of Woodland, Mich. He bas four children. Residence, opposite tbe water works building.

Duane L. Zack w^as born in Medina, N. Y., December 4, 1848. In 1850, with bis parents, moved to Genesee County, N. Y. ; remained there until he was twelve years old. He then moved to Medina, N. Y^., remained there five years, during w^hich time his father died. He then, with his mother, moved to Flint. In 1868 he purchased a farm in Genesee County; remained there until he came to Bay City. He was two years engaged at John McGraw's planing mill, and is at present engaged as foreman for F. E. Bradley & Co. He was married to Ella S. Kimball, of Genesee County.

Capt. Jerry F. Green w^as born in Olean Co., Pa., August 30, 1822. He afterwards lived in Fairport, 0., and Cleveland, 0. Commenced sailing at the age of ten years on tbe schooner "Essex," under bis brother's command. In 1839 he sailed up the Saginaw Eiver, before Bay City was in existence. Tbe old light house was built during the same year. He came to Bay City in ] 868 and engaged in the tug and vessel business. He was married in 1844 to Emiline Singer, of Fairport, 0., and has three children. In 1837, during the Canadian rebellion, tbe schooner "Harlem" drifted out into Lake Erie, opposite Fairport, 0., and froze in tbe ice. A re- ward being offered, Captain Green, accompanied by his brother, boarded the craft, hved there during the Winter and in the Spring returned her to the owners.

Sidney Phelps is a native of New York; born in Camden, Oneida Co., in 1858. He resided in that place until the Spring of 1880, when he came to West Bay City and assumed the position of book-keeper for Phelps & Co. He has since occupied similar positions with Eyerse & McCabe, Bay City, also with a lumbering firm at Eoscommon. On December 20, 1882, he returned to his former home, where he was married to Carrie W. Sutorius, of Utica, N. Y., returning to Bay City in the same month. Mr. Phelps resides on the corner of Seventh and Adams Streets.

WiLLL\M P. Catlin was born in New York State, March 8, 1852. At sixteen years of age he came to Bay City and commenced work for Catlin & Arnold, on the West Side. He remained there seven years, and afterwards learned the trade of a machinist with Smalley Bros., and still remains in their employ. He was married in 1877 to Nettie Watt, of Saginaw City, and has one daughter. His residence is on the corner of Ninth and Adams Streets.

Samuel D. Lynes was born in the state of Ohio, iii 1835, and came to Bay City in 1851. Shortly afterwards he returned to Ohio where he remained until 1868, when he again came to Bay City and engaged in the lumber business. Mr. Lynes is an extensive contractor. He has operated this season a large camp in Gladwin County, where he will put in about 8,000,000 feet of pine. He was married in 1869 to Miss Caroline Milligan, of Bay City, and resides at No. 1822 Woodside Avenue.

S. A. Van Dusen was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., October 29, 1838. After receiving his education in York State, he came to East Saginaw in 1861, and engaged in the hotel business. He came to Bay City in 1868, and became proprietor of Bay City's lirst-class hotel, the Fraser House. With an interval of six years he continued to run the house until in 1882, when he retired from the hotel business. He was married in 1870 to Nancy Mead, of New York, and has two children. His residence is corner of Center and Grant Streets.

Thomas M. Tibbals was born in Oakland Co., Mich., August 2, 1829; remaining there until 1868, engaged in different occupations. He then came to Bay City and engaged in the painting and paperhanging business, which he still continues. He was married to Caroline M. Chapman, of Oakland Co., Mich., and has one child. Eesidence, corner Eleventh and Farragut Streets.

Francis G. Oatman was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., September 30, 1846. At ten years of age he accompanied his parents to Medina Co., 0. In 1862 he came to Bay City on the old steamer "Huron." He has since been in the carpenter and joiner business and has accumulated considerable property. He was married in 1874 to Artelle E. Eogers, of Utica, N. Y.

DAvm J. West is a native of Scotland. He was born November 25, 1832, and came with his parents to Quebec, Canada, where he remained one year ; then removing to Petersburg, also in the Do minion. He came to Bay City in 1864, and engaged in the millwright business. He was with James Shearer & Co. four years. Was also superintendent of the Huron Works for four years. These works (the property of H. Clarke & Co.,) were burned down and Mr. West is at present employed at Davidson's ship yard. West Bay City.

Egbekt G. Sovereign was bom in Simcoe, Ontario, May 24, 1841. In 1867 he came to Bay City and engaged in the lumber business, which he has carried on successfully ever since. He is lumbering this Winter on the Au Gres Eiver. He is married and resides on Fifth Street, between Van Buren and Grant Streets.

in that part of the state until 1852, when he came to Bay City. Captain Burrington has sailed on the great lakes for the past nineteen years, a portion of which time he has been captain of the steamer "Union." He was married April 8, 1855, to Miss Eogers, of Bay City, and. has three children. His residence is at 1610 Sheridan Street.

Lemon L. Culver was born in Simcoe, Norfolk Co., Ontario, November 11, 1831, remaining there until 1857, during which time he was engaged in different kinds of business. He then went to Buffalo and engaged in the lumber business. In 1866 he came to Bay City, and engaged in the lumber business, which he still continues.

Capt. John WooLSONwas born in Orange County, Vt., in April, 1826. In 1834 he moved with his parents to Lake County, Ohio. He was in the vessel trade until 1862, when he came to Bay City, and engaged in the same business, which he still continues. He has also carried on the grocery business. Was married m 1853, and has two children. His residence is on Fourteenth and Bowery Streets.

Arthur S. Pierson was born in East Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y., May 17, 1835. He came to Michigan at an early age, and settled in Flint, Genesee Co. In 1852 he went to California, and engaged in mining, and was afterwards in the livery business in that state. He came to Bay City in 1870, and engaged with Newton & Beach in the hardware business, the firm name being Newton, Pierson & Beach. Five years later he sold his interest to C. E. Jennison, and is at present in company with 0. F. Forsyth, in the same business, on the corner of Fourth and Water Streets. The firm purchased the block formerly occupied by Bailey & Orton, and still occupy the same location.

Edward Decorte w^as born in Belgium in 1840. At the age of twenty years he was drafted into the Belgium army, where he served five years with the First Lancers. After being discharged he came to America, and settled in Bay City in 186?. He has since been city contractor, builder of sidewalks, etc. He was married in 1872, to Mary Haggerty, of Bay City, and resides at No. 901 Campbell Street.

George Keppel was born in Eockville, Conn., May 18, 1844, remaining there thirty-three years ; was engaged in the wool sorting and dye business. In 1861, while mixing colors, his hand was caught in the gearing, and amputated above the wrist. In 1876 he came to Bay City, and engaged in the manufacture of tinware, which he still continues. Mr. Keppel employs upwards of six men, and keeps five wagons on the road. He was married September 18, 1873, to Miss F. E. Perkins, of New^ York State, and has one child.

Oliver Touty was born in Franklin County, N. Y., in 1828. In 1877 he came to Bay City, and engaged in the manufacture of potash, which he still continues. His factory is on Eleventh Street. Mr. Touty since coming to Bay City has been very successful, and has an extensive business.

Willl\m M. Brock was born in Ontario, June 22, 1850. At eighteen years of age he engaged in farming, and dabbled in the oil business at Petrolia, Ontario. In 1868 he came to Bay City, and engaged in boring salt wells. Mr. Brock is one of the most successful well borers in the valley. He was married in 1873, to Mary A. Cornell, of Bay City, and has two children.

Adam Huff was born in St. Catharines, Canada, March 5, 1824. Shortly afterward his people removed to Sanilac County, Mich. He came to Bay City in 1863, and engaged in the milk business, at which he still continues. Mr. Huff does an extensive business, and has a dairy farm near the city limits, with 100 cows. He was mar-

James McKeen was born in Chatham, Canada, October 9, 1844. He came to Bay City in 1865, and adopted the lumbering business. In 1883 was operating on the Kifie River, where he has charge of Folsom & Arnold's interests. Mr. McKeen was married October 8, 1872, to Helen Hoyt, of New York.

John Cokyell was born in New Market, Canada. October 28, 1843. He came to Bay City in 1863, and engaged in the location and boring of salt wells. He has sunk seventy-five wells in the Saginaw Valley. He was married in June, 18G4, to Lizzie Cornell, of Bay City, and has two children. He resides on the corner of McCormick and Twenty -third Streets.

John E. Weber was born in New York State, April 18, 1831. In 1838 he moved to Bufi"alo, N. Y., and remained there two years. In 1840 he moved to Evans Township, and remained until 18e57, during which time he learned the carpenter and mill business. He then moved to Algonac, Mich., w4iere he remained five years. In 1861 he came to Bay City, and engaged with Miller k Eddy in the manufacture of salt, and is at present engaged with Murphy k Dorr. His residence is 601 Eraser Street.

J J. Leser is* a native of Michigan. He was born in Washtenaw County in 1847, and crime to Bay City in 18e57. Eor four years he was with E. Eickemeyer, with whom he learned the carpenter trade. He afterward was employed in that capacity by A. Lamont, with whom he remained three years. In 1872 he commenced business for himself as contractor and builder, since when he has constructed some of the finest residences in Bay City. Mr. Leser has a wife and four children.

Charles W. Cate was born in Monroe County, N. Y., November 4^1837. Twenty years later he went to Rochester, N. Y., and assumed the position of book-keeper for the Flower City Bank. In 1858 he engaged in the nursery business, which he carried on for six years. He then removed to Milford, Mich., and resumed the same business. In 1867 he came to Bay City, after selling out his Milford business, and engaged with Supe & Rhademaker as bookkeeper. He was shortly afterward put on the Michigan Central Railroad as cdiiductor, which position he still retains. In 1875 he was married to Mary J. Condon, of Bay City, and has a family of three children. His residence is No. 1018 Monroe Street.

Nathaniel N. Murphy was born in Dexter, Jefferson Co., N. Y., October 14, 1841. He enlisted in the Tenth New York Artillery, under Col. A. F. Piper, August 5, 1862. Was company clerk one year, and afterward private clerk for Gen. Hartsuff. He was appointed first corporal in Company I, and 'was clerk for the provost marshal in Petersburg, Ya., under Major Campbell. He was discharged in 1865, and returned to Dexter, N. Y. He was five years in the Ontario woolen mills manufacturing blankets. He then moved to Tolland County, Conn., where he superintended the Rusket Company's works for tw^o years. He returned to New York, ancl shortly after came to Bay City in 1877. He was appointed on the police force, and in 1881 was appointed chief of the department. He still retains that office.

John S. Petherick w^as born in England, June 11, 1837, and remained there until 1855, during which time he learned the boot and shoe trade. He came to Canada, and remained until 1865, when he came to Bay City, and engaged at his trade. In 1871 he opened a store, which he run until 1876, when he was elected constable of the Third Ward, which office he held for two years. In 1878 he was elected justice of the peace, which office he still retains. He was married December 31, 1862, to Ahce E. Zeram, of Canada, and has six children.

1847. In 1852 he came to Michigan, and settled in Detroit, where he remained for seven years. He then accompanied his parents to Fenton, Genesee Co., where he clerked in a hardware store. He went to East Tawas, later, and worked in a machine shop. In 1876 he came to Bay City, and was with Forsythe & Pierson for several years, as manager of their agricultural department. In 1880 he assumed the position of state agent of the Osborn mowers, reapers, and self-binders. Mr. Adams is one of the first men who set up a mower and reaper in Bay and Saginaw Counties. He was married in 1869 to Clara Smith, of Fenton, Mich.

Joseph Gordon was born in England in 1810. He went to Canada in 1846, and in 1857 engaged in sailing. He has been captain of steamers and sailing vessels. He came to Bay City in

1863, and has since been engaged in vessel transportation. He is connected with W. R. Burt, of East Saginaw. His office is in the AVatson Block, on Water Street. His residence is on corner Fifth and Farragut Streets.

James S. Hogle was born in the state of Ohio, May 18, 1850. He came to Michigan in 1864 wdtli his parents, and settled in the town of Portsmouth, Bay County. In 1866 his father engaged in the dairy business and run the first milk wagon in Bay City. In 1872 he purchased the Tuscola Plank Road, and in 1876 paid the debt of Nature, leaving James S. to conduct the business interests of the family. He, in 1882, engaged in the grocery business on Center Street, where he is still located. He was married in 1872 to Lillie Gordon, of New Albany, Ind. Residence, corner Grant and Sixth Streets.

Hyacinthe Raby was born in Montreal, Canada, January 9, 1839. He came to Bay City in 1863 and w^orked as a carpenter and joiner. He was with William Peter as mill-wright for fourteen years. He kept a hotel in Bangor, West Bay City, one year, and in 1882 became proprietor of the Grand Central Hotel, Third Street, Bay City. He also owns the Oak Grove Hoiise, at a Summer resort northeast of the city, and is now (1883) proprietor of the Wolverton House. He has a wdfe and five children.

WiLLL\M E. Carney was born in Canada, April 4, 1845, and came to Bay City in 1849. In 1862 he engaged with Thomas Watkins in lumber inspecting, and continued in the business until

1864, when he went to Detroit and enlisted in the Fifteenth Michigan Infantry. He was promoted to corporal and received his discharge, November 16, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark. He returned to Bay City and again engaged in the lumber business, which he still continues. He was married in 1868 to Laura Merritt, of Ingham County, and has two children. His residence is on Adams Street, between Sixth and Seventh Streets.

Alfred Keith was born in Canada, March 13, 1829. In 1838 he moved to Illinois, and in 1865 came to Bay City. He was for some time employed as engineer on river boats, and has been ^n the M. C. R. R. as engineer for a number of years. He run an engine on the J. & L. R, R. for tw^o years, and in 1870 was employed in the same capacity on the F. & P. M. R. R., wiiere he has remained ever since. During all these years of service on the road he has never met wdtli an accident of any nature, and has never been called to account for neglect of duty. He was married January 7, 1853, and has three children. His two sons are also engineers on the same road with their father. Mr. Keith has a beautiful residence at 921 Van Buren Street.

Nelson R. Gilbert, M. D., was born in the township of Norwich, Oxford Co., Canada, in 1842. He was educated at IngersoU Grammar School. He articled himself as a student with Winford York, M. D., in 1867. He graduated and received the degree of M. D. in Cleveland Homoeopathic College in the Spring of 1871. He practiced medicine in Lynedock for two years, and moved to Otsego Lake, Mich., in 1875. He was appointed United States Examining Surgeon in 1874, and while at Otsego he filled several township and county offices, including a four year term as county treasurer. He came to Bay City in the Spring of 1882, and associated himself with Dr. Harvey Gilbert, under the firm name of Gilbert & Gilbert.

John D. McKinnoxN was born in Nova Scotia, March 17, 1842. In 1858 he moved to New York and engaged in sailing for two years. In 1860 he located at Chicago, where he learned boiler making, and in 1862 he moved to Cleveland, where he helped to organize the Variety Iron Company. In 1867 he sold out and moved to Bay City and engaged in the manufacture of steam boilers, and has carried on the business ever since. He has one of the largest works in the Saginaw Valley, his main building being 50x100 feet. During his busy season he employs upwards of forty men. Mr. McKinnon was elected alderman in his ward, which office he filled for four years. He was married July 8, 1864, to Agnes Kirk, of Cleveland, and has two children. His residence is on Washington Street, between Tenth and Eleventh.

John Heike was born in Hamburg, Germany, October 15, 1840. Before he attained his majority he had learned the trade of a tailor, and in 1868 he came to Detroit, Mich. He was at different times at Kalamazoo, Chicago, Detroit and Grand Eapids, after which he came to Bay City and established himself ni the merchant tailoring business. His place of business is at 819 Water Street, and he enjoys a liberal patronage.

B. H. Martin was born in Ithaca, N. Y., March 8, 1888. In 1839 he moved with his parents to Ann Arbor, where he learned the cabinet and undertaking business. In 1875 he moved to Bay City where he established the well known undertaking establishment, on Saginaw Street, between Center and Sixth Streets. He was married September, 1862, to Miss Phillips, of Mooreville, Mich., and has one son. Eesidence, corner Seventh and Jackson Streets.

Charles Scheurmann w^as born in Germany, September 21, 1831. He came to the Saginaw Vahey in 1852, and located in Saginaw City. In 1859 he came to Bay City and engaged in the mercantile business. He has been in the commission and warehouse business for a number of years, and has also been in the lumber business. He has, in connection with his other business, an extensive wood yard. His office is on his dock, where he has been established since 1859.

Henry A. Gifford was born in Genesee County, Mich., February 19, 1856. In 1877 he came to Bay City, and engaged in the grocery and provision business at Water and Thirteenth Streets. In 1878, in company with Maltby, Brotherton & Co., he engaged in the wholesale grocery business on Water Street. Three years subsequent he again sold out, and purchased a one-half interest of 0. Carter, in a grocery store, on Campbell Street, and shortly afterward secured the other half, and run the concern alone, In 1881 he purchased of Gustin, Merrill & Co. a stock of groceries in a store at No. 600 Belinda Street, First Ward, where he is now engaged in business. In 1878 he was married to a young lady from his native county.

Henry Koch was born in Brunswick, Germany, April 12, 1826. He came to Bay City in 1854, and engaged in the coopering business. In 1858 he built the shop he occupies at present on Monroe Street, between Second and Third Streets. His residence on the corner of Madison and Second Streets, was, at the time it was built, the handsomest and most extensive dwelling in the city. Mr. Koch is the owner of several handsome dwellings in different parts of the city, and has accumulated considerable property. He is married, and has three sons.

Theodore Hine was born in Germany, August 31, 1835. At an early age he emigrated to New York City, where he remained four years. He then came to the Saginaw Valley, and settled in Bangor, now a portion of West Bay City. In 1858 he removed to the Tittabawassee Eiver, then shortly afterward to Saginaw City, where he worked as a tanner for some time. In 1869 he came to Bay City, and established a meat market on Water Street, near Fourteenth Street. In 1878 he built a brick block on the corner of Water and Fourteenth Streets, where he at present conducts a wholesale and retail meat market.

Horace B. Mix was born at Port Ann, Washington Co., N. Y., January 6, 1841. In 1861 he moved to Worcester, Mass., remaining a short time, when he enlisted in Company C, Corps of Engineers, under Capt. James McPherson. He was wounded and carried to the hospital, where he remained for one year, after which he was sent to West Point drilling cadets in field ejigineering, and bridge building, remaining until 1864, when he received his discharge, and returned to Philadelphia. In 1866 he removed to Grand Haven, then coming to Bay City, engaging in the capacity of machinist and engineer, and is at present with Murphy & Dorr. He was married October 17, 1876, to Ella Myers, of Alpena, and has three children. His residence is 201 McCormick Street.

Thomas Kelly was born in Flamborough, near Hamilton, Canada, in 1826. He came to Saginaw, Mich., in 1856, and to Bay City soon afterward. Mr. Kelly w^orked in the lumber woods in the early days, and later purchased property and commenced farming. He was one of the first to raise grain in Bay County. He is at present contractor for opening and grading streets, sewers, etc., and other city business. He was married m 1849 to Julia A. Dolan, of Canada.

Capt. Willl\m Mc Garry was born in the North of Ireland in 1838. In 1850 he came to Montreal, where he engaged in a seafaring life. After sailing on the Atlantic Ocean for sixteen years, he came to Bay City, where he remained a short time. He then went to New York, and again adopted sailing as a business pursuit. In 1870 he returned to Bay City, purchased a half interest in the scow "Carold," and has since sailed as her captain in the lumber trade. Capt. McGarry was married in New Y^ork City, to Mary Ann O'Hagan, and has six children. Eesidence, Bay City.

Benjamin W. Hubbs is a native of Canada, and was born February 1, 1853. He remained in the Dominion twenty-four years, part of the time engaged in teaching. In 1877 he came to Bay City, where he remained one year, going from here to Au Sable, where he spenfc a year or so. He then returned lo Bay City, and assumed the position of clerk in Phelps & Co's store on the West Side. In 1882, in company with his brother, he engaged in the drug business in the First Ward of Bay City proper, at 727 Camp-- bell Street. Mr. Hubbs was married July 7, 1876, to Anna L. Newcomb, of Canada, and has three children.

A. E. Buckingham was born in Honesdale, Pa., November 22, 1844. He moved to Murphysborough, 111., and remained four years. He was in the restaurant business in Kansas City for four years. He then came to Bay City in 1874, and engaged in the carpenter business. In 1876 he commenced the manufacture of windows, doors and screens, and has also a notion store in connection with his other business. Mr. Buckingham w^as married August 21, 1873, to Julia E. Hipp, of Pontiac.

William P. Lapham was born in New York State, June 8, 1829. Ill 1839 he moved to Allegany, and remained there until 1866, engaged in the lumber business. He then came to Bay City, and engaged in inspecting lumber and scaling logs. From 1879 to the Fall of 1882 he had the scaling of all the Kawkawlin Boom Company's logs. His office is in the Munger Block, room 10.

Henry Wackerly was bom in Erie County, N. Y., November 6, 1847. In 18G8 he moved to EastBaginaw, engaging in different saw mills for three years, and then returned to Erie County, and remained there mitil 1869, when he came to Bay City, and engaged in different occupations until 1871. He was in the employ of the E. & P. M. E. E. as night watchman for two years, on the police force for one year, and at present holds the position of baggage master for the F. & P. M. E. E. He was married to Sophia Brown, of Bay City, and has three children.

Warren N. Hutchinson was born near Belville, Canada, July 28, 1849. In 1857 he moved with his parents to Detroit, Mich., then to Pontiac, and engaged in farming, which he continued until 1859, when he came to Bay City. He attended school until 1866, when he engaged in lumber inspecting. In 1868 he was agent for the F. & P. M. E. E., remaining there until 1871, when he again engaged in lumber inspecting, which he still continues. He is also agent for the Leib Lubricating Company, of Buffalo, N. Y. His office is in the Union Block. Eesidence, 203 Stanton Street. He w^as married eJanuary 22, 1875, to Chloa Beedle, of Medina, Ohio, and has three children.

Zachary T. Mason was born in Detroit, Mich., July 26, 1849. In 1851 he moved with his parents to East Saginaw, remaining there until 1865, during which time he attended the East Saginaw Academy. He then spent three years in the oil regions of Canada, and returned to East Saginaw, engaging in the news business on the F. & P. M. E. E., having the exclusive sale on the road for three years. In 1876 he moved to Bay City, and engaged in sinking and repairing salt wells a short time for his father. He then entered into a co-partnership with his brother in the same business. They still continue the business under the firm name of Z. T. Mason & Bro. He was married April 5, 1871, to Alido E. Burdick, of Saginaw City, and has one child. Eesidence, 122 North Madison Street.

Baptist Burton was born in Brantford, Canada, in 1842. He came to Bay City in 1864, and engaged with Pitts & Cranage, working on logs and scahng in woods, remaining in that capacity a short time. He then was transferred to the yard, where he remained some time, and then assumed the responsible position of general superintendent for the same firm, which position he still retains. Mr. Burton was married in 1875 to Miss Alice Drake, of Bay City.

Joseph Parker was born in New Jersey in 1818. He learned the trade of a millwright in Philadelphia with his father, and came to Bay City some years ago, and built the Malone Mill in West Bay City shortly after his arrival. He was foreman in the mill for eleven years. He was afterwards with Pitts & Cranage for six years, and is at present superintendent of Carrier & Co's mill, near the mouth of the river. He was married in 1845, to Mary H. Eicka, of Philadelphia. His home is at Covington, Ky., where his family reside. He boards at the Campbell House.

Warren H. Eddy was bom in Wayne County, N. Y., July 17, 1848. In 1855 he came to Bay City and remained until 1860. He then removed to Hampton Township, Bay Co. In 1881 he returned to Bay City and established a warehouse for the sale of agricultural implements. He is at present in company with A. T. Shuler, in the same business. He was married in 1878 to Mary French, of Essexville.

Albert T. Shuler was born in Wyoming, N. Y., June 16, 1837. He came to Bay City in 1855, and worked for J. J. McCormick, m that gentleman's saw mill. In 1869 he purchased a farm in the township of Merritt, Bay Co., where he resided until 1881, when he sold a portion of his property, and removed to Bay City to enter into partnership with Warren H. Eddy, in the sale of agricultural implements. He was married in 1864 to Ellen Bird, of South Bay City.

James E. Like was born in Columbia County, N. Y., in 1828. At twenty years of age he removed to Albany, N. Y., where he obtained employment in a machine and boiler shop. In 1860 he removed to Geneva, where he engaged in the same business, and in 1867 came to Bay City. He built a machine and boiler shop on Saginaw Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets. This was shortly afterwards burned down, but was rebuilt, and is at present the property of Smalley Bros. & Co. Mr. Like is now located on Water Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets.

Edward Cusson was born in Province of Quebec, September 29, 1842. In 1861 he came to Bay City. In 1870 he engaged wi Ji Eddy, Avery & Eddy, under his brother Joseph, who in 1883 was appointed deputy salt inspector. Edward was then promoted to superintendent of the salt block, which position he still retains. He was married to Mary A. Dunham, of Detroit, and has five children .

Daniel Hughes is a native of New York State, and was born October 30, 1843. He remained in his native state nineteen years, principally sailing. In 1862 he enlisted in the New York Mounted Eifles; remained in the service two years and was discharged on account of disability. In 1864 he moved to Canada; remained there six years, and engaged in saw milling. In 1871 he came to Bay City and engaged as millwright with Eddy, Avery & Eddy. He was married to Mary Winters, of Chatham, Ontario, and has four children. He is at present engaged with Smith Bros., as foreman of their mill.

Solomon Day was born in Brant County, Canada, March 3, 1843, and worked on tho farm with his father until he was eighteen years of age. He attended the high school at Brantford five months; then attended the Victoria College at Cobourg, Ontario, He was licensed to preach by the Wesley an Methodist Church. He then came to Bay City. He was married in April, 1870, to Mary S. Eamsdell, of Bay City. He then went to Canada; remained for two years, and returned to Bay City, and was engaged in the lumber business for two years at Wild Fowl Bay, in company with John McClennan. In 1875 he engaged in the grocer trade with J. E. Carson, on the corner of Monroe and Third Streets, Bay City. In 1877 he purchased Carson's interest, and carried on the business alone for one year; then sold out; bought a farm of 240 acres in the town of Hampton, Bay Co., where he remained three years. He is at present living in the city, on Jackson Street, No. 506.

J. F. WmTTEMORE was born in Eome, N. Y., October 26, 1846, and moved with his parents to Boston, where he remained three years. He then came to Bay City in 1856. He is engaged in the vessel business, in company with Capt. Bridges. The firm is Wliittemore & Bridges, vessel agents. He was married in 1873.

John Eobertson was born in Scotland, May 16, 1814. In 1842 he removed to Petersburgh, Canada, and in 1850 came to Bay City and engaged as sawyer in Hopkins' saw mill. He was afterward with Mclntyre & McEwan, in the same capacity. In 1864 he went to New York, where he was in the government employ in the rolling mills. In 1865 he returned to Bay City and engaged in the business of buying and selling hides. Mr. Eobertson is still in good health, and conducts his ow^n business.

Sidney Shaw was born in Walpole, Canada, April 16, 1837, and remained there six years ; then with his parents moved to York, a small town on the Grand Eiver, where he remained nine years. He then went to Huron County, and remained there four years. He then moved to Norwich and engaged in farming. In 1869 he came to Bay City and engaged in the millwright business, which he still continues. He is at present with Murphy & Dorr. He was married September 5, 1867, to Margaret Dunbar, of Brantford, Canada, and has five children. Eesidence, Polk Street, between Twenty- second and Twenty- third Streets.

Peter Van Haaren was born in Holland, May 12, 1850. In 1853 he came with his parents to Bay City. At the age of seventeen he engaged in sailing, which he continued for five years, having sailed on oceans, lakes and rivers. He was engaged with Shearer & McDonald, and Harris & Co., as teamster. In 1880 he purchased a team and dray and engaged in. the transfer business, which he still continues.

Charles Mozelous was born in Loskporfc, N.Y., July 4, 1849, remaining there but a short time, then moving with his parents to Buffalo, N. Y. In 1861 he engaged in sailing, which he continued until 1872, when he came to Bay City and engaged in the hotel business. He is at present proprietor of the Cumberland House, No. 1206 North Water Street. He was married January 3, 1869, to Miss Ahce Flinn, of G-reen Bay, Wis., and has three children.

G. Helbig was born in Germany, September 14, 1836. He came to this country at an early age and spent some time in the Western States. In 1865 he came to Bay City and engaged in the butchering business. In 1871 he sold out his meat market and moved to Missouri, but returned the following year to Bay City, and in 1876 rented the Hampton House on Center Street. In 1878 he built the hotel called the Farmer's Home, on Center Street, where he is now doing business. He was married in 1865 to Henrietta Close, and has five children. She has lived in the city twenty six years.

George W. Murrin was born in Detroit, Mich., February 22, 1861. He graduated at the high school in that city in 1878, and in 1880 came to Bay City and engaged in the laundry business, which he still follows on Water Street. He was married in 1880 to Maud Stephens, of Canada, and resides at 1103 Third Street.

Conrad Braumoeller was born in Germany, January 18, 1828. He remained there twenty-one years, during which time he attended school, and learned the weaver trade. In 1849 he moved to Chicago and remained there engaged in different occupations until 1856, when he came to Bay City and remained a short time. He then returned to Chicago and engaged on the railroad. In 1872 he returned to Bay City and engaged with the Detroit & Bay City Kailroad as warehouse man. In 1874 he engaged with the F. & P. M. in the same capacity, and is still in their employ. He was married to Louisa Simmons, of Bay City. Eesidence, 223 South Madison Street.

JoH.v ScmNDEHETiE was bom in Germany, August 5, 1850, and came to Bay City in 1873. He was for some time proprietor of the National Hotel, corner of Fourth and Saginaw Streets. He also kept a saloon for two years on Third St^reet. In 1882 he commenced the saloon business on Water Street, between Seventh and Eighth Streets, where he now resides. In 1876 he was married to Miss Anna Gremel, of Sebewaing, Huron County, Mich.

Joseph W. Seguin was born in Montreal, Canada, August 3, 1837. He went to Grand Traverse, Mich. He was contractor, and built four miles of the F. & P. M. E. E. In 1871 he came to Bay City and engaged in the hotel business. In 1881 he bought the Lion Bottling Works, on Jackson Street, and is now engaged in that business.

Henry Williams was born in Elgin Co., Ontario, April 30, 1838. He came to Bay City in 1860. Was with H. A. Braddock & Sons for three years, and with Gates & Fay for sixteen years, as mill foreman. He was married in 1863 to Anna Frost, of Bay City, and has six children.

business in the Arnold Block, on Fifth Street. In 1876 he moved to Water Street, between Sixth and Seventh Streets. In 1882 he built the bottling works on Johnson Street, of which he is proprietor. He was married to Mary Nussett, of Bay City, and has two children. He resides at 1317 Johnson Street.

Charles A. Vosburg was born at Flushing, Genesee Co., Mich., in 1839, and came to Bay City in 1853. His father built the saw mills at Kawkawlin for James Fraser. He has been in the tug business for sixteen years, and is at present captain of the tug "George B. Dickson." His father died in 1862, and his mother is still living. Mr. Vosburg enhsted in the Tenth Michigan Cavalry, Company D, and served two years and six months. Was wounded and was six months in the hospital. He was mustered out of the service at Memphis, in 1865, and returned to Bay City.

Gabriel Widmer was born in Switzerland, November 27, 1827, remaining there until he was twenty-four, during which time he learned the tailor trade. In 1852 he emigrated to New York City, remaining there two years. In 1854 he moved to Bay Port, Huron Co., Mich., in which place he engaged in farming. In 1864 he was drafted in the United States service, remaining two years, then coming to Bay City, where he engaged in the merchant tailor business, which he still continues at his residence, on Eleventh Street. He was married in 1852 to Augusta Eauber, of Prussia, and has six children. His son, Charles Widmer, was born in Eochester, N. Y., July 17, 1856; came to Bay City in 1861, and engaged in the painting and paper-hanging business, which he still continues.

Alonzo B. Freeland was born in Malahide, Canada, July 27, 1844. He came to East Saginaw and enlisted in the Second Michigan Infantry, and was wounded at the battle of Petersburgh, for- Avhich he receives a pension. He returned to East Saginaw and engaged in running saw logs on the river. In 1874 he commenced the painting business in Bay City, and still continues in that business. Eesidence is on Broadway Street. He has a wife and two children.

Walker Carter was born in Virginia, March 1, 1830. In 1866 he came to Bay City, and has since resided here. In 1878 he was appointed by the School Board as janitor of the high school, which position he still retains. He has a residence on Hampton Street, between Sixth and Seventh Streets. He has a wife and three children.

Louis Berger was born in Haldimand Co., Canada, December 18, 1843, and remained there thirty years, during which time he was engaged at the carpenter trade twelve years, then in the insurance business. He was also valuator for the different loan companies four years. In 1878 he came to Bay City and engaged in the insurance business until 1879, when he engaged in the manufacture of awnings and window curtains, which he still continues. His office is in the Miller Block, corner of Saginaw and Fifth Streets.

James L. Eeed was born in Scotland, March 2, 1849. In 1850, with his parents, he moved to Canada, and remained there until 1871, during which time he learned the shoe maker trade. He then came to Bay City. In 1877 he engaged with Hay, Butman & Co., as second engineer, and in 1879 was promoted to chief engineer, having charge of seven engines, which position he still retains. He is a married man, and has two children.

Charles W. Webb was born in Wyoming Co., N. Y., July 6, 1835, and two years later came with his parents to Livingston Co., Mich. In 1863 he came to Bay City, and built a house in South Bay City, corner of Broadway and Fremont Avenue, where he resides. Mr. Webb is in the milk business, which he has followed since his advent in the valley. He was married in 1857 to Mary J. Marble, of Bay City, and has two children.

came to America and settled in East Saginaw, and remained there until 1865, when he came to Bay City and engaged in the manufacture of salt, which he continued until 1882. He is at present engaged as night watchman for Eddy Bros. & Co., of the First Ward. He was married to Catherine Stalbrey, of Bay City, and has seven children.

Samuel Hancock was horn in Devonshire, England, February 25, 1817, and remained there until he was thirty-one, during which time he engaged in farming. In 1850 he settled in London, Canada, and remained there thirteen years engaged in farming. In 1863 he came to Bay City and engaged in contracting in digging wells and sewers, which business he still continues. His son, John A., is engaged as fireman on the M. C. E. E., and resides with his parents. Freeman G. Casey was born in Benbrook, Canada, June 14, 1836, remaining there ten years, and then moving with his parents to Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. In 1851 he moved to Detroit, where he was engaged as clerk in a ship chandler store. He then engaged in saihng, which he followed until 1866, when he came to the Saginaw Valley and purchased a farm in the township of Hampton. He is also proprietor of the Club Eestaurant on Water Street, next to the Eraser House. He was married in August, 1880, to Deha Lavin, of Lakeport, N. Y. Eesidence, at his place of business.

James Miller was born in the town of Minto, Canada, June 7, 1853, and remained there eighteen years. He then moved to Cleveland, 0. In 1871 he came to Bay City and engaged as teamster with Gustin, Merrill & Co., and remained there three years. He then drove street c^r one year. He then engaged in the hack business, which he continued until 1882, when he opened a saloon on Water and Eighth Streets, which he still continues.

Thomas Ferris is a native of Bay City; born March 21, 1851. At the age of eighteen he learned the ship carpenter trade and engaged in the same until 1874. Then, in company with his father, he built the Mansion House, on Washington Street, and engaged in the hotel business, which he continued for two years. He then engaged in the millwright business, which he stiU continues in connection with the carpenter business. He was married in 1875, and has one child. Eesidence, corner of Ninth and Madison Streets.

Jacob Wackerly was born in Erie Co., N. Y., March 15, 1854. In 1871 he came to Bay City. In 1879 he leased the Jefferson House, on the corner of Third and Jefferson Streets, and opened up a hotel, which he still continues. He was married January 29, 1877, to Eebecca Ferze, of Genesee County, and has two children.

Solomon Wilhelm w^as born in Erie Co., N. Y., April 10, 1844. In 1865 he enhsted in the One Hundred and Twenty- seventh New York Independent Battery, Ninth Corps, Artillery, and remained until the close of the war. In 1872 he came to Bay City and engaged in the transfer business, which he has carried on ever since. His office is in the F. & P. M. freight depot. He was married January, 1864, to Miss Jane Casey, of Erie Co., N. Y., and has five children. Eesidence, corner Sixth and Johnson Streets.

Emery Carriere was born in the Province of Quebec, September 16, 1851. In 1861 he came to Bay City and learned the blacksmith trade, after wdiich he went West and remained one year. Coming back to Bay City, he opened a carriage and blacksmith shop, which he still continues at the corner of Water and Twentythird Streets. He was married in 1872. Eesidence, corner Twentyfifth and Marsac Streets, South Bay City.