Bay County, Michigan - The whole text, 1883 (part 9 of 20)

J. N. McDonald, of the firm of McDonald & Shearer, proprietors of the Bay City Flouring Mills, is of Scotch descent, and a native of Canada. He came to Bay City in 1867 and built a flouring mill on the corner of First and Water Streets, with a capacity of fifty barrels of flour a day. In December, 1870, the mill was destroyed by fire and immediately rebuilt. In 1871 he took Geo. C. Fray into partnership, and the firm was McDonald & Fray for several years, when Mr. Fray was succeeded by Mr. George H. Shearer. The present capacity of the mill is 150 barrels of flour a day. Mr. McDonald was one of the organizers of the Agricultural Works, and has in various ways contributed to the business prosperity. He is a trustee of the Presbyterian Church and one of its leading supporters; also a member of the Board of Education. He is in every sense a representative man, and one whose integrity of character and liberal spirit of enterprise reflects credit upon the city.

George H. Shearer, of the firm of McDonald & Shearer, has been connected with the business interests of Bay City for twenty years. Mr. Shearer is of Scotch descent and a native of Albany, New York State. About the year 1845 he went to Detroit, and in company with his brother James Shearer, was extensively engaged in building from 1850 tiU 1863, when he came to Bay City to take charge of the Eaymond Mill, purchased by James Shearer & Co. in 1863. He remained in charge of the mill, as one of the firm, until it was sold to the railroad company. In 1876 he became a member of the present firm of McDonald & Shearer, proprietors of the Bay City Flouring Mills. Mr. Shearer has been a member of the School Board for ten years, and two years a member of the Common Council. He has been one of the leading Odd Fellows in the state for many years, and|has been a member of the Order since 1847, and has occupied the highest offices in. the Order, including grand patriarch and grand representative. It is in mechanics, however, that Mr. Shearer excels, and during the past twenty years has invented some valuable improvements in saw mill machinery. He invented improvements in gang saws, lath mill and log turner. His patents date from 1867 to 1874. He is a man of sturdy integrity and one of the most active and useful men in the city.

H. A. Chamberlin, lumber inspector and dealer, is a native of Vermont, but at an early day immigrated to Michigan, and settled in St. Clair County. In 1857 he came to Bay City, or Lower Saginaw as it was then called, to take charge of the lumber operations of the firm of Frost & Bradley, at this point. A short time after he went into business for himself as lumber inspector, and has continued in that business ever since. He is the oldest lumber inspector now in business in the city. When Mr. Chamberlin came here, the entire township of Hampton contained a population of not more than 600 people, and the city of the present time had not taken shape even in the dreams of those who were here. He was one of the first trustees of the village of Lower Saginaw, and has held the office of alderman since the incorporation of the city. He has been prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity from the first organization here, and is at present past commander of the Commandery.

Thomas Munn is a native of Philadelphia, and remained there until ten or twelve years of age, when his parents removed to Canada. After remaining there a short time he came to the States and worked at the millwrights trade. He went to Wisconsin and built several mills, and then went to Port Huron, Mich. January 13, 1852, he was married to Miss Sarah E. Willegar, of Port Huron About 1862 he came to Bay City, where he has since resided. He came here to build the Ballau Mill at Kawkawlin, and afterwards continued at his trade until about 1868, when he bought an interest in the Valley Iron Works. In 1871 those works passed into the possession of Smalley Bros. & Co., and soon after Mr. Munn started a machine shop at the corner of Washington and Eleventh Streets, which he still continues to operate. Mr. Munn has invented several valuable improvements in saw mill machinery, among which are Munn's patent edger, slitting machine and stock gang. These machines are in general use. He was the first to invent the present improved gang. He manufactures these machines and his works employ an average of twenty men. He is very active in public matters and has been a leading member of the Greenback party since 1876. In temperance matters he is very active and takes a prominent part. He has been president, of the Eeform Club for some time. He is a gentleman of marked ability and devotes himself with great energy and earnestness to any cause that enlists his co-operation. He has four children, three boys and one girl.

Dr. E. H. Gates is a native of New York State. Choosing the practice of medicine for his life profession, he set about making thorough preparation for its exacting duties and responsibilities. To this end he entered Victoria College, at Toronto, Canada, where he graduated in 1848. Immediately after graduating he entered upon active practice at Hamilton. In 1866 he settled in Bay City, and has occupied a leading place in the medical profession here since that time. Dr. Gates is a gentleman of scholarly tastes and habits, and during all of the thirty-four years that he has been in active practice has devoted his best energies and talents to his profession. He has a large ]3ractice and his record is that of a skillful and successful physician. He has never held any public office excepting that of county physician. His family consists of a wife and three children.

W. H. Miller, one of the leading merchants of the Sagmaw Valley, has heen a resident of Bay City since the Spring of 1867, when he came here from New Bnmswick, N. J. He has heen continuously in the hardware husiness since coming here. For a time he was in company with Mr. C. E. Jennison, one of the pioneer merchants of the county. In 1871 he estahhshed himself in his present quarters, adjoining the Cami^hell House, on Water Street, the building being erected expressly for his business. He occupies the entire block, two stores, three stories high, besides the basement. In addition to this room he has a large brick warehouse on Saginaw Street, which he built to accommodate the increasing demands of his business in 1880. Mr. Miller is a model type of the enterprising and successful business man. He has not only been successful in his particular pursuit, but has contributed to the general growth and prosperity of the city. Besides his handsome family residence, on the corner of Seventh and Van Buren Streets, which he built in 1870, he has built six tenement houses, and an elegant brick business block, on the corner of Fifth and Saginaw Streets. He does a very large wholesale business in addition to his retail trade. It is such men that build up our Western cities, and give health and stability to general trade.

Charles A. Eddy, of the firm of Eddy Bros. & Co., was born in Bradley, Me., March 15, 1849, and remained there until 1864, when he came to Saginaw City; after remaining here a short time he moved to East Saginaw. In 1873 he went into parfcnership with W. A. Avery, of East Saginaw, the firm being engaged in running logs from the Cass and Tittabawassee Eiver booms. The firm did a large business until 1881. In 1882 Mr. Eddy came to Bay City, and became an active partner in the firm of Eddy Bros. & Co., in which he is now a partner. He has a beautiful residence at No. 823 North Farragut Street, a view of which appears in this work. He has a wife and three children.

George P. Cobb, a prominent member of the Bay City bar, was born April 13, 1841, in Livingston County, N. Y., and shortly afterwards removed to Rochester, N. Y., which was his home until March, 1855. He then removed to Macon, Lenawee Co., Mich. In 1860 he removed to Ann Arbor, Mich. He attended the seminary at Ypsilanti, and the high school at Ann Arbor and taught school in Ann Arborand vicinity. Earlyin 1865he enhsted in Fifth Regiment Michigan Cavalry, then a part of the famous Custer Brigade, and served one year, being discharged at Salt Lake City in 1866. He graduated from the Law^ School of the University of Michigan in 1868, and in April of the same year was admitted to the bar at Ann Arbor. In September, 1868, he came to Bay City, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. He became a member of the firm of Grrier, McDonell & Cobb in 1870, and so continued until the election of T. C. Grier to a judgeship in 1871, when the business of tlie firm was continued by McDonell & Cobb until 1874, At present, he is a member of the firm of McMath & Cobb. He was a member of the Legislature of 1881, and served on the committees on ways and means and insurance; also on the special committees appointed to investigate the management of the State Reformatory at Ionia, and the committee on congressional appointment. He was married November 1, 1871, to Miss Laura A. Munger, daughter of A. S. Munger, of Bay City.

, John Oliver. Everybody in the Bay City region knows "Uncle" John Oliver, proprietor of the Turkish bath rooms. He was born in Scotland, September, 1807, and came to America in 1830. He was married AprH 28, 1831, at Geneva, N. Y., to Miss Ann Goodwin, of Kent County, England, who came to this country in 1830. Mr. Oliver pursued farming in New York State until 1843, when he removed to Michigan, and settled in St. Joseph County, but his health faihng, he gave up farming and took charge of the

Tawas lighthouse, remaining in that position four years. He afterwards went to Kansas, and, returning in 1875, settled in Bay City. Having been greatly benefitted by Turkish l)atlis during his sickness, he was induced to establish them in Bay City, which he did in October, 1875, and was the first to introduce them in the state of Michigan. He has suffered considerably from fire, but has been quite liberally patronized, and is now in prosperous circumstances. "Uncle" John is a veritable Scotchman, a most excellent citizen, and a man of great personal popularity. They have eight children, all of whom are married.

Luther Westover was born in Berkshire County, Mass., April 24, 1817. His parents, Luther and Catharine (Herling) Westover, were of English and Irish descent. His education was obtained in the common school and at Westfield Academy ; when he was twenty years old he left school. He remained at home eight years, working on the farm and helping in the support of his widowed mother after the death of his father, which occurred in 1841. In 1845 he went to Canada, and bought a cargo of lumber, which he shipped to Connecticut. This venture proved profitable, and he returned to Canada and commenced the manufacture of lumber. He was engaged in this business until 1874, first alone, and afterwards successively in the firms of Westover & Ramsal, Westover, Ramsal & Co., Smith, Westover & Co., and afterwards Smith & Westover. In 1865 this last named firm bought large tracts of pine land in Bay and Iosco Counties, Mich., and moved to Bay City, where the business was conducted with marked success until 1874. In 1867 Mr. Westover organized and estahhshed the Exchange Bank, at that time one of the most sound and best conducted banks in the Saginaw Valley.

In 1873 this was sold to the State Bank of Bay City, of which Mr. Westover was a director. In 1869 and 1870 he was in the Legislature, and served on the committees of organization of towns, counties and fisheries. He took also an active part in procuring the stock and securing the location of the Jackson & Lansing Railroad, and was a director of the same for three years.

Mr. Westover has been more or less identified with all the public enterprises of the city - railroads, churches, and charities have found him willing and desirous to contribute his time and money in their aid. He is numbered among the wealthy men of Bay City, and is a 'genial, social gentleman, kind of heart and easy of access. He is a man who has worked out his own destiny, and from obscure youth has triumphed over every adversity. In 1861 he married Mrs. Amanda Schuyler, widow of the late Calvin Schuyler, of Norfolk County, Canada.

C. A. Jay, proprietor of the Campbell House, is a native of England, and was born in 1830. In 1833 his parents emigrated to Canada, where he remained until the Winter of 1863, when he came to Bay City. He rented the old Union House, which stood upon the present site of the Campbell House, and kept it for about a year and a half. He then sold out and kept boarding house for a time, and was also in the grocery business. In the Fall of 1866 he went into the Wolverton House, and kept it in company with Harvey J. Clark for three years, when he took the Campbell House. After a short time he sold out, but soon returned and kept the house until 1875, when he again left it. In 1878 he once more took possession, and still continues its proprietor. He was married in Canada, March 26, 1855, to Miss Sarah A. Jones. They have five children, one of whom is the wife of Mr. F. A. Schheper, a druggist of Bay City. Mr. Jay is a veteran landlord, and a very successful one.

E. M. Fowler is a native of New York State. In 1862 he came to Bay City from Detroit, and became actively and extensively identified with Bay City interests. His first operations'were in the manufacture of salt. Shortly after coming here he built a salt block on the present site of Dolseu, Chapin & Go's saw mill. In 1866 Mr. Fowler engaged in the lumber business, and is now one of the most extensive operators in the valley. Aside from his individual operations, he is a member of the firms of Fowler & Chapman, S. Chapman & Co., and also one of the Bay City Lumber Co., organized in 18821 Mr. Fowler has been probably tne most extensive dealer in scjuare timber in the West, and is interested in pine lands in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He has been active in promoting public interests, especially in the organization of the public library. During the past year he has removed his family residence to Detroit, but his business headquarters are still at Bay City.

H. C. MooRE is a native of Manchester, N. H., and is one of the pioneer business men of Bay City, having located here in 1854. He went to St. Clair from his native place in 1850, and remained there until he came to Bay City in 1854. He was senior member of the firm of Moore, Vose & Co. They built a mill at Bangor in 1854. and in 1855 were succeeded by Moore, Smith & Co. In 1879 Mr. Moore sold his mill interests, and in 1880 the stock company of Moore, Whipple & Co. was incorporated, for the purpose of doing a general lumbering business. Mr. Moore has been closely identified with the development of Bay City. He was president of the Bridge Company one year, and for several years a director of the First National Bank. Mrs. Moore is a daughter of Col. Henry Eaymond, one of the early settlers of the Saginaw Valley.

Ryerse & McCabe, wholesale commission merchants. Bay City, are among the enterprising business men of the valley. The firm began business in May, 1881, and have already become firmly established, and are doing a very prosperous business. The firm is composed of Orren S. Ryerse and James McCabe, both thorough businessmen. Mr. Ryerse is a native of Canada, and came to Bay City in 1876, and was employed as salesman until the Spring of 1881. Mr. McCabe is a native of New York State. He served a short time in the army, and was in the express business for fifteen years. In 1880 he settled permanently in Bay City. The firm occupy a building on Water Street, built expressly for their use.

0. F. Forsyth, of the hardware firm of Forsyth & Pierson, is one of the veteran hardware merchants of Michigan. He is a native of New York State. From 1854 to 1874 he was in the hardware trade at Flint, Mich. In 1874 he settled in Bay City, and in 1876 the present firm of Forsyth & Pierson bought out the hardware firm of Bailey & Orton, the purchase including the large brick block in which their store is located. This block was built by Bailey & Orton in 1869, and is located on Water Street. There is also a warehouse and dock belonging to the property. Mr. Forsyth has ibeen a successful business man, and ranks high in all circles.

Capt. Charles M. Averell, of Bay City, was born in Philadelphia. His father was a sailor, and Charles inherited his fondness for the water. When but eight or nine years of age he commenced sailing with his father, and followed the ocean for several years. At length his father removed to Buffalo to sail upon the lakes, and he purchased an interest in a vessel called the ''Aurora Borealis," and sailed in her as master for a time. His first visit to the Saginaw River was in 1851 or '52. He continued sailing the lakes, and about 1857 he removed his family to Bay City. A few years later he gave up sailing and ran a tug on the river for a short time. Then he engaged in the stave business, and afterwards built a lime kiln, which he operated for about two years and then leased it, and still continues to do so. Since that time he has dealt more or less in real estate. He was assignee of the Pipe Works, and also of the Lake Huron & Southwestern Railway Co., and is frequently called upon to settle private estates. Being a gentleman of sound judgment and unquestioned integrity, his services in matters of this kind are especially valuable. He also owns a vessel that trades on the lakes. In 1855 he married Miss Agnes Humphrey, daughter of Judge Humphrey, of Barry County. The Averell Block on Center Street was built by him, and he has v^arious other real estate interests in the city. He is a leading member of the First Baptist Church, and placed the bell of their new church in position under circumstances that constituted quite an episode in the history of the society, as given in the history of that organization.

C. H. Weeks, well known in connection with the commerce of the lakes, has been a resident of Bay City since 1870, at which time he came here from Detroit, and established a general freight and vessel agency. In this business he has been very successful, and now owns three vessels, the "John Sherman," "S. Burchard," and "Star of Hope." His business is mainly in shipping salt and forest products eastward, and coal and stone westward. Mr. Weeks' office is on Center Street, and is one of the most elegantly appointed business offices in the state.

E. H. Bassett, of the dry goods firm of Bassett, Seed & Co., has been indentitied with the business interests of Bay City for more than a score of years. He is a native of New York State, and settled in Bay City in the Fall of 1862. The place was then comparatively new, and the few stores here were along Water Street. For a good many years Mr. Bassett was a member of the firm of Munger & Co , dealers in general merchandise, who did an extensive business on Water Street. In 1874 Munger & Co. sold out to Messrs. Cooke & Co. In 1877 Mr. Bassett entered business with the present firm, of which he is the senior member. Their store is at 406 Center Street, and is one of the finest dry goods stores in the city.

S. Drake, of the grocery firm of S. Drake & Co., is one of the early settlers of Bay County. He first came to Lower Saginaw about 1851, and built a mill, in company with his brother, Mr. John Drake. He is a native of Scotland and emigrated to Canada in 1834. He remained there until he came to Bay City in 1851. It was soon after Mr. Drake came here that there was so much sickness and death, and Mr. Drake selected a spot for a burial place, which has since been used as a cemetery, on the West Side. His health failing, he was obliged to seek a different climate, and he returned to Canada, where he remained until 1864, when he again came to Bay City and went into the grocery business. After remaining in this business a short time he retired from it and went on Ins farm, near the city. In the Fall of 1882 he again went into the grocery business on Center Street, the firm being S. Drake & Co. Mr. Drake is one of the reliable men of the city.

Ernst Frank is one of the pioneers of Bay City. He is a native of Geimany and emigrated to the Saginaw Valley in 1851. For a year he was on a farm and then went to manufacturing and dealing in optical and mathematical instruments. In this business he went to New York, Louisville, and Milwaukee, remaining in the latter place from 1854 to 1863. In 1863 he came to Bay City and opened a tobac'.'O and cigar store and daguerreotype gallery, just north of the Globe Hotel. In 1865 he removed to his present store at 818 North Water Street. For some years he has done an extensive business in tobacco, cigars, wines, liquors, etc., and is also agent for ocean steamship lines and foreign passage, and fire insurance. Mr. Frank was treasurer of the village in 1865, and of the city for four successive years, and has held various other local offices. His family consists of a wife and seven children. His family residence is 500 Grant Street.

E. Y. Williams, lumber inspector and dealer, came to Bay City from Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1863. Bay City was then a village with but few attractions. Mr. Williams had recently returned from the army, having been in the -service about a year. Upon coming here he went into business as himber dealer and inspector, and has continued in it ever since. He was inspector-general of Imnber for three years during the time the inspection law was in force. His office is in the Opera House Block.

Geobge Young, a prominent capitalist of Bay City, is a native of Scotland, and emigrated to this country in 1840. In 1870 he came to Bay City from Albany, N. Y. He has never been engaged in active business since coming here, but has employed his capital in various ways. He is a large stockholder in the Bay City Bank and has been vice-president for several years. He has four sons in active business - George H. Young, cashier of the Bay City Bank, Charles and Walter D. Young, brewers, and WiUiam, superintendent of Mr. William Petei's mill.

J. W. KnactGS is the senior member of the insurance firm of Knaggs, Clark & Plum. Mr. Knaggs is a native of Monroe County, Mich., and settled in Bay City in 1865. Soon after the breaking out of the war in 1861, he enlisted at Monroe as a private in Company A, Fourth Michigan Infantry. At the battle of Malvern Hill, July, 1862, he lost an arm, and after lying for seven days upon the field, was taken prisoner by confederate soldiers. After being confined for a time in Libby Prison he was exchanged and taken to Bellevue Hospital, New York, where he remained six months. In 1863 he received his discharge and returned home. Upon coming to Bay City in 1865, he engaged in the insurance business, the firm being Knaggs & Denison, and subsequently, Knaggs, Whittemore & Denison, Knaggs, Whittemore & Shannon, Knaggs & Shannon, Knaggs & Clark, and since May, 1881, Knaggs, Clark & Plum. This is one of the most extensive insurance firms in the city.

Charles F. Orton, lumber inspector and dealer, is a native of New York State. In 1864 he came to Bay City from Pennsylvania, and operated the property at Salzburg for Geo. H. Bozette in 1865, which was merged into the Huron Salt & Lumber Company in the Fall of that year, continuing there until 1867. At that time he began the business which he still continues. He was engaged in lumbering before coming West, having commenced at an early age with his grandfather, w^ho was an extensive lumberman, in Pennsylvania. Mr. Orton introduced the first telephone exchange, and also in connection with his brother, the first electric light used in the Saginaw Valley, both of which facts are mentioned in detail upon another page. He is an active and enterprising business man.

J. B. McKay is a native of London, Canada, and came to Bay City in 1865 to get out square timber. It was in the Spring of that year that Bay City was incorporated, and the field was a very attractive one to anyone interested in pine timber or lumber. Mr. McKay engaged in buying and selling pine lands, standing timber and logs, and has continued that business very successfully ever since. His 'office is on Water Street, at the foot of Fourth Street.

Allen G. Plum, of the insurance firm of Knaggs, Clark & Plum,; is a native of Honesdale, Ponn. At an early age he removed, with his parents to Fhnt, Mich., where for some time previous he was engaged in banking and insurance. In 1876 he came to West Bay City and was employed as book-keeper for Messrs. Sage & Co. In the Spring of 1881 he became a member of the present firm of Knaggs, Clark & Plum.

Samuel Kaichen, alderman from the Fourth Ward of Bay City, is a native of Germany, and emigrated to this country in 1852. In 1868 he came to Bay City from Detroit, and went into the liquor and tobacco business in the Campbell House Block. In 1878 he removed to his present location, 912 W^ater Street. In the Spring of 1873 Mr. Kaichen w^as elected alderman from the Fourth Ward, and has held the office continuously since that time.

S. Littauer is a native of Germany. In 1854 he emigrated to Canada, and in 1865 he came to Bay City from Montreal, and opened a tobacco and hquor store on Water Street. He now occupies a large store at the corner of Fourth and Water Streets, and does a successful business.

Frederick K. Gustin, son of Henry A. Gustin, came to Bay City in 1865, from Vienna, Canada. He graduated at the University of Michigan in 1876. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and began the practice of law in 1880. In the Fall of 1882 he was a candidate for prosecuting attorney on the Republican ticket, but was defeated with the whole ticket. Mr. Gustin is a gentleman of fine natural abilities as a lawyer, and thorough culture. He is already acquiring a good practice and a most excellent reputation.

C. L. Collins is a member of the law firm of Holmes & Collins, and a prominent member of the Bay County bar. He is a native of Ohio. He was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law at Knoxville, Iowa, in the Spring of 1869. In 1875 he located in Bay City.

R. B. Taylor is a native of New York State. In 1865 he came to Bay City from Ashtabula County, Ohio. In 1868 he graduated at the University of Michigan, and soon after entered upon the practice of law in Bay City. His office is at the corner of Washington and Third Streets. Mr. Taylor is a lawyer of excellent ability and large practice. In addition to his law practice he deals very extensively in real estate. He is at present chairman of the Board of Public Works.

Edward W. Porter, of the law firm of Lindner & Porter, is a native of Oakland County, Mich. In 1875 he graduated at Hillsdale College, and the following year graduated from the law department of Michigan University. In the Spring of 1878 he settled in Bay City and entered upon the practice of law. In October, 1878, he became associated with Mr. Lindner, the firm being Lindner & Porter. Mr. Porter is a gentleman of cultitre, and ranks well as a lawyer.

John E. Simonson, city attorney, is the senior member of the law firm of Simonson & Gillett, and is a prominent member of the Bay County bar. He graduated at the University of Michigan in the class of 1877, and in 1878 came to Bay City from Detroit, January 1, 1879, the present firm was established. Mr. Simonson has held the office of city attorney since 1880. He is recognized as a young lawyer of marked ability.

H. M. Gillett is a member of the law firm of Simonson & Gillett. He came to Bay City from Genesee County, N. Y., in 1876. He had graduated at Cornell University in 1874. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar, and has been in practice since that time.

Grow Bros. Such is the name of one of the most extensive mercantile houses, and one of the largest clothing establishments in Bay City. The members of the firm are E. Palmer and DeWitt Grow. They were born in Pontiac, and followed farming until about fifteen years of age, attending district schools during the intervals of work. They concluded their educational careers with a course at commercial college; Palmer at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and DeWitt at Detroit. In 1867 E. Palmer Grow entered the employ of J. Seligman, at Pontiac, as book-keeper, and continued with that gentleman for nearly five years. He was afterwards book-keeper for Gustin, Merrill & Co., of Bay City. DeWitt was also in the employ of Mr. Seligman as book-keeper at East Saginaw. In July, 1872, the two brothers purchased Mr. Seligman' s Bay City clothing store and embarked upcn a business career which has been and still continues singularly successful. They removed from Water Street to their present location in the Munger Block in December, 1880. Their present apartments consist of two floors, 40x80 feet in extent.

Tbey are also members of the lumber firm of B. D. Lynes & Co., wbicli commenced operations in 1877, and is doing a very successful lumbering aiid logging business. Tbe firm owns about 1,800 acres of pine land, and tbe same quantity of farming land on the Tobacco River. Both these gentlemen are an excellent type of tlie enterprising and successful business men of this Western land.

L. E. NoYEs, dealer in lumber and logs, is a native of the State of New Hampshire. For several years he was engaged in business at Sparta, Wis., and in 1869 settled in Bay City, then a flourishing place of a little less than 7,000 inhabitants. Since coming here he has been engaged in the himber trade, buying logs and having them manufactured, and handling lumber. He ships both by rail and water, and sends large quantities as far east as the state of Maine, and handles yearly over 10,000,000 feet of lumber. Mr. Noyes' family consists of a wife and two children, a son who is with him in the office, and a daughter who is the wife of John L. Stoddard, a prominent lawyer of Bay City.

John L. Stoddard is a native of Cayuga County, New York; he studied law with Roscoe Conkling at Rochester, N. Y., and was admitted to the bar at Rochester in 1871. In February of 1872 Mr. Stoddard settled in Bay City, and for a time w^as associated in practice with Judge Holmes, who settled here about the same time. Mr. Stoddard has acquired an extensive practice and has a good reputation as a lawyer. His office is in the Shearer Block, corner of Center and Water Streets.

EmL Anneke was born December 13, 1823, in the city of Dortmund, Prussia. At the age of ten years he entered the gymnasium at Dortmund, (gymnasia in Germany are preparatory schools for the imivfrsities), and passed his exapiination of maturity for the university nine years after. He was then admitted to the University of Berlin, where he studied higher mathematics, natural sciences, and law. After completing his studies he traveled for his general information through Saxony, Bohemia, Austria, and other parts of the continent. In 1848 he took part in the revolutionary movements that swept over a large portion of Europe, and, when those struggles had been subdued, and all efforts for the estabhshment of a German repubhc had proved unsuccessful, Mr. Anneke, with hundreds of other liberal young men, left his native country and came to the United States. He arrived in the city of New York in December, 1849. He taught school for nine months in Pennsylvania, and then became a member of the editorial staff of the New York Staats Zeitung. He was next corresponding clerk in a large mercantile establishment in New York until 1855, when he assumed the editorial management of a German paper at Detroit, Mich. In the following year he accepted a position as clerk in the office of the auditor-general, at Lansing. His services were so acceptable in this capacity that in 1862 he was nominated by the Republican party for auditor- general of the state. He was elected by a large majority, and acquitted himself so faithfully that he was re-elected in 1864. At the expiration of his second term he was admitted to the bar, and commenced the practice of law at Grand Rapids. During the Summer of that year he was appointed receiver of public moneys in the Grand Traverse District. This position he held until he removed to East Saginaw. He remained in East Saginaw until 1874, when he went to Bay City, where ho still resides.

He has been engaged in the practice of law and real estate business. He has occupied many important positions, and ranks high as a business man and a citizen.

Edward E. Anneke, son of E. Anneke, is one of the promising young members of the Bay County bar. He graduated at the University of Michigan in the class of 1882, and at once entered upon

Seligman & RossMAN. Tliis is one of the leading clothing firms of the Saginaw Valley, and is composed of Joseph Seligman and Frank Rossman, both business men of long experience. This firm began business in Bay City, March 1, 1881. They occupy two floors at 1004 Water Street, and carry an immense stock of clothing, cloths and gentlemen's furnishing goods. Joseph Seligman is a resident of East Saginaw, although the most of his time is spent in Bay City. He was extensively engaged in business in Memphis, Tenn., for twenty-two years prior to 1876. At that time he came to Saginaw, and was in business there six years. He has been dealmg in horses for many years, and still continues that branch of his business. Frank Rossman came to Bay City at the time the firm began business in the Spring of 1881, from Pontiac, Mich. He is a native of Michigan, his parents being among the early settlers of Oakland. He has been in the clothing business at Pontiac sixteen years, and is still a member of the firm of Rossman & Fox at that place. The firm of Seligman & Rossman do a very extensive wholesale and retail business, and their store is a creditable institution to the city.

C. L. KiTTREDGE, One of the most prominent boot and shoe dealers in Bay City, is a native of Vermont. In 1873 he came to Bay City from Boston, and opened a boot and shoe store on Water Street, In 1879, seeing that business was reaching eastward on Center Street, he removed in 1879 to his present location at the corner of Center and Saginaw Streets, one of the most central points in the city. Mr. Kittredge is a natural merchant, and takes a leading place among the business men of Bay City.

Freeman D. Adams, of the grocery firm of Meeker & Adams, is a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y., and at an early age removed with his parents to Michigan. In the Summer of 1871 he came to Bay City and opened a grocery commission store in company with Hanford E. Meeker, the firm being Meeker & Adams. The following Spring the firm changed to a retail business, in which they still continue, doing a very large trade. Mr. Ada^is is second sergeant in the State Militia, and also holds the office of police commissioner. He is an enterprising and successful business man.

Hanford E. Meeker, senior member of the grocery firm of Meeker & Adams, is a native of Erie Co., Ohio, and has been a resident of Bay City since 1871. In 1856 he went West, and at the breaking out of the war was attending a commercial college at Indianapolis. In 1862 he raised part of a company at Auburn, Ind., entered the service as a private, and was promoted to first lieutenant of Company A, One Hundredth Indiana Volunteers. He remained in the service until the close of the war, when he was mustered out and came to Michigan. In 1871 he came to Bay City and established the firm of Meeker & Adams, and the following year became a permanent resident of the city. The firm do a very extensive business, and Mr. Meeker is recognized as one of the leading business men of Bay City.

Stuart B. Shannon, undertaker, 211 Fifth Street, is a native of the state of New Jersey. In 1866 he settled in Bay City, and has been a leading business man of the place ever since. In ] 867 he started in the furniture and undertaking business on Saginaw Street, just back of the Eraser House. In 1880 he went out of the furniture business, and since that time has devoted himself exclusively to undertaking, and is doing a very extensive business. Mr. Shannon made a fine military record during the war. He enlisted in 1861 in the Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, as second lieutenant, and for some time was in charge of two sections of artillery. He came out of the service near the close of the war, having made a brilliant record as an officer and a soldier.

I. A. Shannon, wagon and carriage manufacturer, is one of the pioneers in his Hne, in the city. He is a native of New Jersey, and after remaining for a time in Oakland Co., Mich., came to Bay City in 1862. Soon after coming here he began manufacturing wagons and carriages, and estabhshed a large and successful busmess. He now has two good shops on Saginaw Street, one for wood and iron work, which he built in 1872, and the other for show-room and finishing, in 1877. Mr. Shannon is well known in this section, and is now doing an excellent business. For several years after setthng in Bay City lie kept a careful diary of the principal public events, and in the preparation of this work his records have contributed considerable valuable information.

Ira a. Lount was born in Lapeer, Mich., in 1842, and moved with his family to Canada when two years of age. In 1802 he went into the army, enhsting at Lockport in the Twenty-fifth New York Battery. The battery was assigned to the Department of the Gulf of Mexico, where Mr. Lount was selected by Gen. Banks as sergeant of ordnance, serving in that capacity two years, when he was selected as head clerk for Gen. Sherman, and served in that capaclount block.

ity a little over one year. At the close of the war he came to Detroit, where he secured a situation as book-keej^er in a wholesale clothing house, remaining there tw^o years, when he went to Davenport, Iowa. He soon thereafter engaged with a Chicago wholesale woolen goods house as traveling agent, and remained with them eight years. In 1875 he built a shingle mill and box factory at State Eoad Crossing, Bay County, which he operated about three years, when he sold the property. In 1878 he went into the furniture business in Bay City, on Third Street, and erected there, in 1881, a handsome brick block, which is one of the largest in the city, and a view of which is given in this work. He manufactures all of his new stock, keeps a large force of men constantly emj)loyed, and has the largest establishment of the kind in the State.

William N. Teall, merchant tailor, on Harrison Street, South Bay City, is a native of New York State, and came to Bay City from Jackson, Mich., in 1874. When he first came here he started in business on Harrison Street, and has remained in the same location ever since. Mr. Teall was a lieutenant in the army, and his son Henry Teall was also in the service. He has a family consisting of a wife and seven children. One son, William E. Teall, is doing a prosperous merchant tailoring business on Water Street.

Martin Stewart is a native of Canada, and settled in Bay City in 1868. Since that time he has been identified in various ways with the mterests of the place. In the Fall of 1882 he formed a co-partnership with E. L. Martin j and they bought out I. E. Newcomer, who was in the grocery business on Water Street, and about

J. L. Trombley, of the grocery firm of Hawkins & Trombley, South Bay City, is one of the early comers to this region. His father, Daniel Trombley, came here in 1858 from Romeo, N. Y., and remained here until his death in 1877. J. L. Trombley has been engaged in various interests in the city. In 1878 he went into - the grocery business on Washington Street, and the following year went in partnership with J. E. Hawkins, and since that time they have done business at their present place, 1101 Harrison Street.

Louis Goeschel is a native of Germany, and emigrated to America in 1854. In 1868 he settled in Bay City, and soon after went into the grocery business and still continues in that business. At first the firm was Meisel k Goeschel, and later, Goeschel & Hodgkihs, and is the oldest grocery house in the city. Mr. Goeschel is a very active business man and has been very successful. He is a prominent Mason, and has done a good deal toward organizing the Knights Templai' Band, and has been the manager since its organization ; it is one of the best In the State.

W. E. Vaughan, M. D., is a native of New Y^ork State. He served for six years in the army, having enlisted as a volunteer early in the war, and in 1862 was transferred to the regular army. He received his medical education at the medical department of the Georgetown University, Disfc. of Columbia, and at the University of Michigan. In 1868 he settled in Kawkawlin, and continued in practice there until 1877, when he removed to Bay City, where he occupies a leading position in the medical profession.

C. E. Pierce is a son of Capt. B. F. Pierce, one of the pioneers of Bay County. He was born here, and educated for the bar. In 1882 he graduated at the Michigan University, and began the practice of law in Bay City, in the Spring of 1882. The following Fall he was elected Circuit Court Commissioner, which office he now holds. His law office is in the Watson Block on Water Street.

Charles E. Rhodes, jeweler. Bay City, came here in 1865 from Genesee County, Mich., and for seven years was in the employ of Mr. E. Wood, the pioneer jeweler of the place. Previous to coming here Mr. Rhodes had been a soldier in the Union Army, and served through the war, from 1861 to the close of the Rebellion, making an excellent record. In 1880 he started in business for himself and is doing a prosperous business.

I. F. Plumsteel, boot and shoe manufacturer, is a native of Canada. He first moved to Oakland County, and about 1870 came to Bay City. He started out in life to take care of himself at whatever offered the best inducement, and was at one time cabin boy on the boat called the " Susan Ward." Afterwards he formed a co-partnership with a man to open a boot and shoe shop, and the first night the partner stole what little they had and decamped. Among his early experiences was an attempt to go from Bay City to Texas on a capital of 10 cents. He got as far as Logansport, Ind., when he turned around and worked his way back as best he could. About 1874 he began business for himself in the basement of the Wolverton House, and from that time to the present has prospered. He now gives employment to twelve men, manufacturing boots and shoes. In 1882 he built the Plumsteel Block, a handsome two-story brick building adjoining his store on Water Street.

Charles Babo, a well known and reliable citizen of Bay City, has been connected with its interests for a score of years. He is a native of Germany, and settled in Bay City in 1863, while it was yet a village. He went into the mercantile business, and for some time the firm has been Charles Babo & Sons, with a grocery store in this city and another in West Bay City. Mr. Babo has always maintained an excellent reputation in the community. In the Fall of 1880 he was elected county treasurer, and devoted his tim« to

Edward O'Connor was bom in Ireland, and came to this country when a child, with his parents. After arriving at an age when he could do for himself, he followed saiHng on the lakes for several years. In 1862 he settled in Bay City, and the follovving year opened a grocery store on Water Street. In 1869 he built the elegant brick residence which he now occupies. This was the first brick house built on Center Street, and it is an ornament to that now beautiful street. In 1872 he sold out his business and went to the Pacific Co.T;St for his health, and remained there four or five years, when he returned, and in 1877 built his present store on Center Street and again engaged in business. Mr. O'Connor is one of the successful business men of the city. His family consists of a wife and three children.

A. N. RouECH is one of the veteran hotel men of Bay City. He is a native of France, and emigrated to America in 1832. In 1862 he came to Bay City from New York State for the purpose of superintending the building and operation of a kettle salt block on the West Side. In 1863 he left the salt works and became jDroprietor of the Globe Hotel. In 1863 he left the salt works, and became proprietor of what he named the Globe Hotel, Bay City, which he greatly enlarged and improved, and kept as a hotel seven years. In 1868 he built the brick block e50xlOO on the corner of Water and Fifth Sreets, and for some time prior to 1871 kept a billiard haU in the second story. In 1871 he kept on the West Side, what is now called the Wells House, but what he named the Rouech House. About 1876 he opened the Bay City Coffee and Lunch Room and Billiard Parlor, in the same block on Fifth Street, which he still keeps. This is the finest lunch room in the city and does a large business. At first he kept a bar and sold liquors, but for several years has conducted a strictly temperance place. He has a wife and eleven children living. One son, Chester, died in Colorado, in 1881.

James Roberts, one of the leading business men of Bay City, is a native of Scotland and came to this country in 1861. About 1868 Mr. Roberts began to visit Bay City as an agent of Blodgett's propeller and barge line. In 1878 he located here permanently and bought out Mr. Henry Griswold, who had^a small dock property and kept a wood yard. Mr. Roberts extended his dock frontage by other purchases until now he has a river front of 500 feet, lyingsouth from Fifth Street. He has the agency of the river line of steamers, the East Shore Line, and is manager of the Saginaw Transportation Company. In addition to wood and coal, he deals extensively in hay, cement and barrel hoops. He has the latter manufactured, and furnishes them to salt manufacturers, and to the Eastern trade. Since coming here Mr. Roberts has built up a very extensive business, and is regarded as one of the solid men of the city.

W. W. Richardson, lumber dealer, is a native of Canada, and has been in the lumber business about twenty-five years. For some time he was in business in Cleveland, Ohio, and purchased extensively in the Saginaw Valley. About 1863 he came to Bay City to buy and inspect lumber, and since that time has been operating in this vicinity.^ In the Spring of 1882 he removed his family to Bay City, and is now permanently located here. He ships by water, and deals extensively in cedar ties, poles and posts, in addition to lumber and shingles, principally from Tawas.

Walter W. Page, of the well known firm of Maltby, Page & Co., wholesale grocers, is a native of Westport, N. Y., and came to Bay City in the Summer of 1880, and became a member of the present firm in October. The firm before that time was Maltby, Brotherton & Waterman. The business was estabhshed in 1870 by Carter & Maltby, and has grown as the city has developed, until now their trade is very large and the business prosperous. Mr. Page is a young man of excellent business qualifications, and is one of the most active business men in the city.

William E. Tapert, proprietor of Central Meat Market, is one of the men who, by hard industry, has worked his way up from a small beginning to a position of independence. He is a native of Germany, and emigrated to America in 1851. For several years » he was a resident of Detroit, and March 13, 1866, was married to Miss Catharine Schoeller, of that city. In 1868 they came to Bay City, and soon afterwards opened a meat market in the Simon Block, on Center Street. In 1877 they removed to their present quarters in the Baumgarten Block. They have worked hard, and practiced good economy during these years, the result of which is, that they have amassed a good amount of property, and Mr. Tapert stands well in the business community. They have two children - both boys.

Denis A. Rivet was born near Montreal, Canada, and came to Bay City in 1856, when about sixteen years of age. After reaching this place he went at work in a saw mill and remained there two weeks. He then went to work at his trade, blacksmithing, and continued in that business eighteen years. His brother Charles was in company with him. In 1875 they started a hvery stable on Water Street, which Mr. Rivet still owns. In the Spring of 1880 he rented the liofcel building at the corner of Water and Sixth Streets, which he still keeps. Mr. Rivet has taken an active part in many public matters. He was one of the founders of the St. Joseph and Lafayette societies, the latter of which was organized in his little blacksmith shop, on Saginaw Street, the fire upon the forge furnishing the only light and warmth the place afforded. He has sold the blacksmith shop and devotes his time to the hotel and livery business. He has a wife and seven children.

Simon Zirwes is an old stand-by of Bay City. He is a native of Germany, and emigrated to America in 1846. Ten years later he came to Bay City from Buffalo, and has lived here ever since. He learned the trade of shoe making and worked at it until 1865, and since that time has been in the hotel business. His present hotel, the Zirwes House, on Saginaw Street, he bought in 1867. The buildings have been almost entirely built since he purchased the property. Mr. Zirwes is one of the charter members of the Arbeiter Society, and its present treasurer.

C. C. WmTNEY is one of the live business men of Bay City. He is a native of Adrian, Mich. For six years he was extensively engaged in business at Alpena, and still has large real estate interests at that place, the management of which occupies a portion of his time. In the Summer of 1874 he came to Bay City and went into the drug business in the Watson Block, and subsequently removed his store to the Eraser House Block. In the Spring of 1881 he sold his business to Schlieper & Co. , In the Fall of 1880 he went into company with C. H. Pomeroy, and under the firm name of Pomeroy & Whitney they went into the manufacture of crackers, biscuits, etc., together with the wholesale confectionery business.

William Moran is one of the pioneer lumbermen of Bay County. He is a native of Canada, and came to Bay City in 1856. At an early day he worked on the river or in the woods, then was foreman in the woods, and later took contracts and carried on a jobbing business. For the last year or two he has been running the Pinconning boom. His residence is in South Bay City. His experience of nearly thirty years has made him familiar with the lumbering operations of the Valley and with the growth of Bay City.

G. E. Van Syckle is one of the most successful merchants of Bay City. He is a native of New Jersey. His parents removed to Oakland County, Mich., when he was quite young. In 1874 he came to Bay City and engaged in the music and sewing machine business under the firm name of Wheat & Co. This firm continued until 1878, when Mr. Van Syckle took the entire business, and since that time has been alone in business. In 1881 he bought out Frank Crandell and moved into the store room he now occupies, at 208 Center Street. His stock, which is one of the finest in the city, comprises books, stationery, musical instruments and sewing machines. Mr. Van Syckle is -very popular with the public and^ does a very prosperous business.

Ansel W. Watrous is a native of Pennsylvania, aud learned the cabinet trade when a young man. About 1853 he went to the state of Mississippi, where he remained working at his trade until the breaking out of the war, when he came North and settled in Bay City. For a time he worked at his trade. In 1868, he associated himself with the late W. H. Southworth, and they built a planing mill on Water Street. They operated the mill until Mr. Southworth's death, in 1869. Mr. Watrous continued the business with other partners for about two years, and since that time has been making and repairing furniture. From 1874 to 1878 he was in the general furniture business. He was married at Deep Kiver, Conn., October 13, 1850, to Miss Mary A. Southworth, daughter of Mr. C. G. Southworth. Their present residence is in South Bay City.

W. L. EooT, banker, is a native of Ohio. In 1869 he came to Bay City from Ashtabula County, Ohio, and was engaged in selling fruit trees for five years. In 1874 he opened a small brokers' office on Water Street. By careful management of his business it prospered so well that he finally did a regular private banking business, which he still continues. Mr. Boot is a careful and reliable business man, and is in prosperous circumstances.

Capt. William Keith is a native of Grosse Isle, Mich., and has been best known in connection with the business of the lakes, having sailed a vessel for twenty years. In 1870 he came* to Bay City from Detroit, and has been a resident of the city since that time. He does quite an extensive business in marine insurance, vessel agency and salt commission. The captain is a genial gentleman, and still figures largely in the commerce of the lakes.

Dr. J. A. Waterhouse is a native of Warren County, Penn. He studied medicine at Portage City, Wis., and graduated at the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, in 1879. Soon after graduation he came to Bay City and founded the Bay City Hospital, one of the most important institutions in the Saginaw Valley. Dr. Waterhouse first started in the Smith & Hart Block, on Water Street, where he occupied four rooms. It was generally predicted that his enterprise would prove a failure, but he was sanguine in his expectations, and subsequent experience has shown that he was not mistaken. The four rooms became much too small for the increasing business, and he moved to his present location, at the corner of Third and Saginaw Streets, where thirty rooms are occupied, and even now the necessity for more room is daily being manifest. Last year 4,000 patients were treated, and that number will be considerably increased the present year. A branch hospital has been started at Stevens Point, Wis., which is in successful operation. Dr. J. A. Waterhouse is assisted by his brother. Dr. H. M. Waterhouse, who is a skillful surgeon. These gentlemen belong to the Eclectic school of practice, and have been very successful in their treatment of all diseases brought to their charge. Their institution has been built up under adverse circumstances, but it has outHved them all, and is now one of the prosperous and important enterprises of the valley.

J. C. Nottingham, M. D., is a native of Marion, Ind. He is a graduate of Bennett CoUege, Chicago, and began practice at Marion in 1871. In the Spring of 1882 he settled in Bay City and succeeded

Dr. Walsh, who removed to Detroit. Dr. Nottingham's practice is homeopathic, and he is regarded as a very skillful physician. He has elegant office rooms at 213 Fifth Street, and residence 418 Washington Street.

William McCool, of the firm of McCool & Co., is a native of Canada, and when a boy went to Chicago, where he remained several years. After returning to Canada and remaining a short time, he came to Bay City in 1867, and made a permanent location. In 1872 he bought out the harness shop of Hemstreet & Wanless, and succeeded them in business, the firm being McCool & Co. The shop at that time was on Center Street, where Van Syckle's book store now is. Subsequently they removed the shop to its present location just east of Saginaw Street. They do a very extensive business and keep a large number of men employed manufacturing. Mr. McCool is an energetic and enterprising business man, and has been very successful.

Ed. Wood is the |)ioneer jeweler of Bay City. He is a native of England and came to this country in 1846. He learned his trade at Horicon, Wis., and in 1862 came to Bay City from Racine, Wi£,. He first opened a store in a small frame building on Walter Street, where the Muuger Block now stands. There was one jewelry store here when he came, but it w^as not of long duration. In 1879 he moved into the elegant quarters which he now occupies in the Eraser House Block, on Center Street. He held the office of city treasurer one term, and is now alderman from the Fourth Ward. He has held the office of alderman from the same ward for five years prior to the present term. He has always done a prosperous business, and has an excellent reputation as a citizen and business man.

William A. Susand was born in the county of Waterloo, Ont. Came to Michigan in 1860, living for a while at Port Huron. Afterwards hved in Port Sarnia, Ont., and Detroit, Mich. Was on a steamer on the Mississippi River for eighteen months, after leaving which he kept a restaurant at Yazoo, Miss. Came to Bay City in 1868, and was in the barber shop business until 1877, when he bought some land in the eastern suburbs of Bay City and is now a successful market gardener. He married Victoria Ward, of Lynchburgh, Va., in 1866. They have one child living.

Alfred P. Lyon, of the law firm of Shepard, Lyon & Clark, is a native of Milford, Mich. He graduated at the law department of the Michigan University in 1872, and began the practice of law in Bay City the same year. In 1875 he became associated with T. F. Shepard, the firm being Shepard & Lyon. This firm was succeeded, January 1, 1880, by the present firm. Mr. Lyon held the office of prosecuting attorney of the county from January, 1879, to January, 1883.

John Rogers is a native of Canada, and came to Bay City in 1878 to take the position of cutter in Mr. I. F. Plumsteel's boot and shoe manufactory. Mr. Rogers still continues in that position, and by his skill contributes very largely to the success of Mr. Plumsteel's business. In his line of work he is regarded as one of the very best. F. L. Wands is a native of Albany, N. Y., and came to Bay City in 1876. Soon after setthng here he opened an insurance office, having been in that business in Albany since 1864. He has done a very satisfactory business since locating here, and represents a choice list of companies, among which are the Commerce Insurance Co., Albany; Fireman's Fund, California; Union, Philadelphia; Equitable Life Insurance Co., New York; Grand Rapids Insurance Co., Grand Rapids and Cooper Insurance Co., Dayton, Ohio.

CD. Vail is the senior member of the well known firm of Vail & Eddy, dealers in furs, hats, gents' furnishing goods, etc.. Eraser House Block, corner Center and Water Streets. The other member of the firm is Mr. John F. Eddy, of the lumber firm of Eddy, Avery & Eddy. Mr. Vail is a native of New Yoik State, and came to Bay City in the Spring of 1869. For a time he was in the employ of F. H. Blaekman & Co. In 1874 the present firm went into business, the name of the firm at that time being Eddy & Co. The style of the firm was changed the first of January, 1882. Mr. Vail was married October 27, 1875, to Miss Ehzabeth McKay, daughter of Mr. Alexander McKay, one of the pioneers of Bay City. The firm of Vail & Eddy have one of the finest stores in the city and do an extensive and prosperous business.

E. ScHEURMANN, wliolesale and retail dealer in boots and shoes, at 802 Water Street, is one of the pioneer business men of Bay City. He is a native of Germany, and came to this country in 1853. After remaining a year in New York City, he came West to Detroit, and thence to Saginaw^ In 1857 he came to Bay City, or Lower Saginaw as it was then called. In 1866 he opened a boot and shoe store on a small scale on Water Street. In 1870 he removed to his present location, where he occupies two large floors and does a very extensive business. The lower floor is occupied with the retail department and the second floor is devoted to the wholesale trade. Mr. Scheurmann has worked his way up from the foot of the ladder, having no capital when he came here. He has always pursued an honorable course, and occupies a leading position among the business men of the city.

Abraham Hyman, proprietor of the Buffalo Clothing House, at 910 Water Street, is a native of New York City. In 1866 he came to Bay City from Buffalo, N. Y., and engaged in the clothing business near his present location. Mr. Hyman does an excellent business, and is an influential member of the community. He was instrumental in securing the organization of the Jewish Eeforrn Church, and is one of its most active and liberal supporters. Mr. Hyman also owns extensive real estate interests in the city.

F. A. ScHLiEPER, of the firm of F. A. Schlieper & Co., druggists, 402 Center Street, succeeded C. C. Whitney & Co., in May, 1881. Mr. Schlieper came to Bay City from Vassar, Tuscola, Co., in 1876, and in the Spring of 1881 went into business as above stated. His family consists of a wife and one child. Mrs. Schlieper is a daughter of Mr. Jay, proprietor of the Campbell House.

C. Young & Co., proprietors of the Bay City Brewery, succeeded the firm of Van Meter & Co., in 1875. The present firm is composed of Charles and Walter D. Y^oung, sons of Mr. George Young, of Bay City. In 1875 Charles bought a half interest in the brewing business of Van Meter & Co., and in 1878 Walter D. Young bought the remaining interest, and the firm became C. Young & Co. The brewery is located on South Water Street, and manufactures 15,000 barrels of beer a year.

C. M. Curry came to Bay City to remain permanently, in 1870, from Pontiac. He had been at this point to remain a few months at a time since 1863. For the past eleven years he has been engaged in the sewing machine business, having the agency of the Domestic machine. He occupies part of the store room at 813 Water Street. He has been in the business so long and is so well and favorably known that he has an excellent business.

Nelson Nelles, lumber and log inspector, and dealer, Bay City, is a native of Canada, and for some years was prominently identified with lumbering interests at Vienna. In 1870 he came to Bay City from Ohio, and in 1871 engaged in business as lumber and log inspector and dealer. Mr. Nelles is a thorough going business man, and is successful in his undertakings. His office is in the Bank Block.

1876, whea he came to Bay City, and entered the employ of F. H. Blaekman, as cutter. In 1881 he bought out Mr. Blaekman, and is now doing an excellent business. His store, at 105 Center Street, is one of the choicest business locations in the city.

William Parker has been identified with the business interests of Bay City ever since it has been a city. He came here in 1865 from East Saginaw, and went into the furniture business, and for many years carried on a very extensive establishment. For the last four years he has almost exclusively engaged in upholstering, and does some of the best work done in the city. Mr. Parker was active in the organization of the Congregational Church of Bay City, and is still one of its most active members.

J. N. Sirmyer is a native of Germany, and settled in Bay City in 1850. About 1865 the firm of James Eice & Co. went into the clothing business on Water Street, and Mr. Sirmyer went into their employ as salesman. In 1873 he formed a co-partnership with the late Guardis D. Edwards, under the firm name of Sirmyer & Edwards. This firm succeeded Eice & Co. In January, 1874, Mr. Edwards died, but the style of the firm has remained the same, Mr. Sirmyer having charge t)f the business. The present location of their store is 806 Water Street. They do a very extensive business in clothing and merchant tailoring, especially the latter. Mr. Sirmyer is a popular merchant and an excellent business man.

P. McDonald, proprietor of the Astor House, South Bay City, is a native of New York State, and has been a resident of Michigan for about twenty years. In the Fall of 1877 he came to Bay City from Chicago, and went into the Carrol House on Harrison Street, and remained there a year. In 1878 he rented the Astor House building and furnished it new throughout. Mr. McDonald is a popular landlord, and a genial and enterprising gentleman.

F. X. Campau is the leading merchant at South Bay City. He is a native of Ecorse, Wayne Co., Mich. For about two years he was in the mercantile business there, and in the Spring of 1874 settled in Bay City, and opened a general dry goods store on Harrison Street, South Bay City. He is an enterprising business man, * and is one of the successful merchants of the city.

William Sullivan is a native of Oswego, N. Y., and came to Bay City in 1868. For some time he was connected with the gas works in the city, and in 1877 engaged in the business of plumbing and gas-fitting. He has two large rooms on Fifth Street, and carries a large stock of fixtures of all kinds. Mr. Sullivan is a practical plumber and an energetic business man, and has worked up a large and prosperous business, the largest in that line in the city.

W. D. Sherman, liveryman, corner of Saginaw and Sixth Streets, is a native of Bay City, and son of the late W. L. Sherman, one of the early lawyers of the place. Mr. Sherman is a young man about twenty-two years of age. In September, 1882, he purchased the F. E. Tyler hvery stock. He does a large business, and has the finest barn in the city.

Matt Warren is a native of Ottawa, Canada, and settled in Bay City in 1871. In 1876 he went into the tobacco and liquor business at South Bay City. His place of business is on Harrison Street in the Crampton building. He is a reliable business man and has been successful.

William Crampton was one of the early comers to South Bay City. He is a native of Canada, and settled here in 1862. At that time the place was new and presented a strange contrast compared with Bay City at the present time. He has been engaged in lumbering ever since he located here, but has contributed to the growth of the place with commendable enterprise. He has built ten buildings, five of which he still owns. In 1877 he removed to his farm near the city limits, wheie he still resides. He also owns a piece of real estate within the city Hmits on the Bnllock Koad, which he cleared several years after he^came here. For about a year he was in the mercantile business, but his principal business has always been lumbering.

Louis Bertch is a native of Germany, and emigrated to this country in 1850. In 1868 he came to Bay City, and opened a meat market on Water Street. Prospering in his business, he subsequently removed to his present location on Center Street, where he does a very large and prosperous business.

H. Carrier, druggist, 916 Water Street, Bay City, is a native of Quebec, and settled in Bay City in the Spring of 1881. In April of that year he opened his present store, and is doing a good business. Mr. Carrier has had an experience of nearly twenty years in the drug business.

J. M. Harder, of the firm of J. M. Harder & Co., jewelers, 916 Water Street, is a nafcive of New York State, and first came to Bay City in 1866. In 1875 he went away and remained until the Spring of 1882, when he returned and opened a jewelry store at the above mentioned place.

Thomas Kenney was born in Limerick, Ireland. His parents emigrated to the United States about the year 1850. He lived for a number of years in Detroit, and then came to Bay City, where he followed the trade of a butcher, working for the firm of Kaiser & Weidmann. For the past twelve years he has been in business for hims3lf as a drover, purchasing cattle in the counties adjoining or near Bay City, for which he finds a ready market in Bay City. He is married and has a family of three children.

Henry Denkhaus, dealer in liquors and cigars, is a native of Germany, and came to this country in 1865. After stopping for a time in Detroit, he came to Bay City in 1866. In 1875 he went into business, and is now located at 110 Third Street. Mr. Denkhaus is a good citizen, and does a prosperous business.

Joe Mills, liveryman, is a native of Detroit. In 1871 he settled in Bay City, and was in the hotel business for several years. In 1880 he bought the livery stable of John Hanlan, on Saginaw Street, between Sixth and Center Streets. Mr. Mills keeps a good stable and is doing a prosperous business.

S. Grabowsky, jeweler, corner of Center and Saginaw Streets, is a native of Prussia, and came to this country in 1862. In 1871 he came to Bay City from Detroit, and started in business in the store now occupied by Leavens Bros. In 1877 he removed to his present location. He does a good business and is a reliable citizen. Mr. Grabowsky is a prominent member of several of the societies of the city.

George E. Aiken, dealer in boots and shoes, at 1000 Water Street, is a native of Michigan, and removed from Union City to Bay City in 1877, and succeeded W. H. NelHs, who estabhshed the store in 1867. Mr. Aiken served three years in the war as sergeant of Battery D, 1st Michigan Light Artillery and was fortunate enough to escape hospitals and prisons. He is a good business man, and his store has an extensive patronage. In the Spring of 1883 he was elected Alderman of the Third Ward.

. Clark & Cobb, furniture dealers, began business in 1878, starting a new store throughout. L. L. Clark and H. E. Cobb compose the firm, and are young men of enterprise and ability, and are succeeding in rapidly building up a prosperous business. Mr. Clark is a native of Kalamazoo, and Mr. Cobb of Kochester, N. Y. Both gentlemen came to Bay City just previous to starting in business in 1878.

L. H. Griffin, proprietor of the Bay City Steam Laundry, corner of Fifth and Saginaw Streets, is a native of Canada, and came to the States when a young man. He was in the army from 1861 to 1866, sergeant of Company C, First Michigan Cavalry. In

1878 he came to Bay City from East Saginaw and started his present business. He has the only steam laundry in the city and does a very extensive business.

H. BiRNEY, proprietor of the Bay City omnibus and hack line, is a native of Ingham Co., Mich. He was in the livery business for several years at Eaton Eapids, and in 1876 came to Bay City and bought out Green & Dingman, who had a small omnibus barn on Saginaw, corner of Third Street. In July, 1882, Mr. Birney was burned out, and he then purchased the ground where his barn is now located, and built a brick building 75x100 feet in size. This barn in all its appointments is probably the finest building of the kind in the state. He keeps about thirty horses and does a very large business. Mr. Birney is a genial gentleman and a shrewd business man.

H. M. Stark, proprietor of Stark's livery stable on Fourth Street, came to Bay City from Clinton County, in 1861. For a number of years he was engaged at various things, some of the time in the city, and for a time upon a farm. In the Spring of 1882 he bought the livery business of Peter La France, on Fourth Street, and is now doing a good business.

Thomas McGuire, proprietor of the "Alhambra" saloon, in Miller's Block, on Fifth Street, is a native of Ireland. He lived for several years in Scotland, and came to this country in 1887, and settled in Bay City. He first went into business in 1872, at the foot of Third Street, and in the Spring of 1882 moved into the elegant and spacious quarters which he now occupies.

Mason & Beach, druggists, Munger Block, succeeded Mason & McNeil, August, 1879. They succeeded Dr. Wheat in February, 1874. The present firm is composed of John K. Mason and Lyman F. Beach, both energetic young men of excellent business qualifications. Mr. Mason came to Bay City from Jackson, Mich., in February, 1874, and engaged in business with McNeil, as above stated. Mr. Beach came here in 1871 from Battle Creek, and was engaged with the firm of J. F. Street & Co. for some time. He graduated in pharmacy at the Michigan University in 1876, and in 1879 became a member of the present firm, which is one of the leading drug firms in the city.

Henry Boutyette is one of the old residents of Bay City. His father, Eigest Boutyette, is a native of Canada, and came here in 1854. He is now seventy-six years of age, and lives on his farm in Hampton Township. Henry was born in Detroit, and came here with his parents in 1854. For several years he followed milling and farming, and still owns a good farm in Hampton Township. In the Spring of 1882 he went into the grocery business at 214 Third Street, and does an excellent business.

D. St. Denis, dealer in liquors and cigars, 203 Third Street, is a native of Canada, and has been a resident of Bay City since 1868. In 1880 he went into business at Essexville, but the following Summer removed to Bay City, and was located at the corner of Jefl'erson and Wood side Streets until the Fall of 1882, when he removed to his preseirt place.

W. H. Lynch, dealer in picture frames, mouldings, etc., 709 Washington Street, is a native of Hudson, N. Y. In 1867 he settled in Bay City. In 1876 he started in business in a small frame building on Washington Street, near the new McEwan Block. In August, 1882, he moved into his present elegant quarters. Mr. Lynch was in the service during the war from 1861 to the close of the war. Thirteen months of the time he spent in prison, making the acquaintance of Andersonville and Belle Isle. His position in the army was that of drummer.

John Young is a native of Dublin, Ireland, and came to this country in 1850. In 1874 he came to Bay City from Detroit, and in 1878 went into business for himself, doing plumbing and gas- fitting. His place of business is on Washington Street, under the postoffice. He is a pioneer at the trade, having worked at it since he was ten years of age.

John F. Doughebty was born in Bay City, in 1852. His father, Henry L. Dougherty, settled here in 1838. John F. Dougherty is a young man of industrious habits and was for a time in the livery business at South Bay City. For the past two years he has been engaged looking up pine lands.

Oscar F. Kellogg is an old resident of Bay City, having settled here in 1856. He is a native of Buffalo, N. Y. In 1861 he enlisted in the army as a member of the Thirty- Eighth Ohio Volunteers, and remained in the service until the close of the war. For some time after coming to Bay City he worked in the mills, but for the past five years has been engaged at the trade of cabinet making.

M. T. Miller, proprietor of the Commercial House, corner Saginaw and Fourth Streets, is a native of Canada. In 1878 he came to Bay City, and has been in business here since that time. In addition to the Commercial House, he has a saloon and restaurant on Water Street, corner of Eighth Street. He has also been engaged for a short time in fche livery business.

J. B. Hartranft is a native of Pennsylvania, and came from there to southern Michigan in 1859. In 1867 he came to Bay City and settled permanently. In 1879 he opened a store with a stock of toys, picture frames, mouldings, etc., and does an excellent business. Mrs. Hartranft is one of the pioneer milliners of the place. She first started in business in a small way on the West Side, in 1865, but soon after moved to Bay City. She is still engaged in business on Water Street, at No. 814, and has a fine store.

W. V. Prybeski & Co. have a meat market on Twelfth Street, at the head of Washington Street. Mr. Prybeski is a native of Poland, and came to this country in 1873, and settled in Detroit, In 1877 became to Bay City, and opened a meat market. Andrew Mendriski is a member of the firm of W. V. Prybeski & Co., and is also a native of Poland. These two gentlemen came to this country together, and have remained together to the present time. They do a large business, and stand well as a business firm.

L. H. Stanton & Co. are proprietors of one of the finest meat markets in Bay City. Their place of business is on Water Street, next to the Campbell House. Mr. Stanton is a native of Maryland. In 1867 he came to Bay City from Detroit, and in 1873 went into the grocery business on the corner of Center and Adams Streets. In 1875 he went into the meat business. Since the Fall of 1880 the firm has been L. H. Stanton & Co. They do a very fine business. Anthony Wald, the partner of Mr. Sfcanton, is a native of Germany. In 1872 he came to America, and was in business at Saginaw for about a year, when he came to Bay City and was in business with his brother, the firm being Wald Bros. They continued together in the meat business until the Fall of 1880, when Mr. Wald went into business with Mr. Stanton, the firm being as above stated.

Mathieu Manoni is a native of France, and settled in Bay City in 1872, soon after coming to thig country. For a time he worked in the mills, going into the woods during the Winter. In 1876 he started a small confectionery and fruit stand, in a frame shanty on the corner of Third and Saginaw Streets. In this business he gradually added to his little capital until he had saved a sufficient sum to warrant more extensive operations. He purchased the corner lot, 50x100 feet, and in the Summer put up a handsome brick building 50x60 feet in size, the whole of which he occupies with his confectionery and fruit store, and restaurant. Mr. Manoni is an enterprising business man, and has every reason to feel proud of his successful career.

in 1868. Until 1872 he worked in the mills, and at that time he went into business at the corner of Water and Twenty-third Streets. In 1878 he removed to his present location. He was also in the livery business about three years. Mr. Obey does a good business and stands well as a citizen.

Peter La France is a native of Montreal, and settled in Bay City in 1872. In 1879 he went into the livery business on Saginaw Street. In the Fall of 1881 he sold his business to Mr. Arnold, and put a new stock in the building on Third Street, formerly occupied by Mr. Bennett as a livery stable. Mr. La France is a young man of good business habits, and has been successful in his business.

J. G. Buchanan, ex-proprietor of the Moulton House, is a native of Canada, and came to Bay City in 1869. For some time he kept a boarding house at Essexville, and has always been engaged in lumbering and logging. The past season he put in about 6,000,000 logs. He has kept the Moulton House since 1881, until the present season.

Thomas Luxton, pro]3rietor of the Forest City House, is a native of England. In 1847, when fifteen years of age, he went to Canada, and remained there until 1863., when he came to Bay City. For several years he was engaged in the harness business, but went out of that in 1875, and in February, 1882, went into the Forest City House, and is doing a prosperous business.

Thomas K. Harding is the oldest printer in Bay City. He is a native of Saint Catharines, Canada, and came to Bay City in the Summer of 1867. For some time he was foreman of the Journal office, under Mr. John Culbert. In 1873 he was one of the company that started the Bay City Tribune. Afterwards he sold out, but remained in charge of the printing office for three years. Subsequently he owned a job printing office which he run in connection with the Ziumherman s Gazette for about two years. Mr. Harding has had more to do with the press and printing in Bay City than any other man in the city, and is a veteran printer, though yet comparatively a young man.

KiLDUFF & Wright, proprietors of the "Tropical," and dealers in wines, liquors, etc., started in business as a firm in December, 1882. Their place on Saginaw Street is one of the finest in the city. James Kilduff is a native of Canada, and came to Bay City in 1862. For some time he was engaged in a grocery store, and in December, 1882, started in business as above stated. Charles B. Wright is a native of Erie, Pa., and came to Bay City in 1869. Most of the time since coming here, ^ntil going into business last December, he was engaged with his broJier, E. J. Wright, in the lumber business.

W. B. Catlin, of the firm of EusseU & Catlin, gunsmiths, is a native of Watkins, N. Y., and came to Bay City in 1872. He is a machinist by trade, and for nine years was in the employ of Smalley Bros. & Co., at the Valley Iron Works. In December, 1880, he formed a partnership with Mr. L. E. EusseU, and purchased the gunsmith business of Mr. Bascom, on Water Street. Mr. Catlin is an excellent citizen and is doing a prosperous business.

Frank Potter, dealer in wines, liquors and tobacco, 108 Third Street, is a native of Geneva, 0., and came to Bay City in 1870. For ten years he was in the employ of Samuel Kaichen, as salesman. In May, 1882, he engaged in business for himself, and is doing a prosperous business.

W. H. Peck is a native of New York City, and came to Bay City in 1862. He was then a young man and for some time was clerk in a grocery store. His first business venture was in a fruit and confectionery store on Water Street. Succeeding in that, he bought a livery stable on Fourth Street. In May he started the Pacific BiUiard Parlor on Third Street, and in the Fall of 1882 bought out A. L. Arnold's livery stock and business. Early the present year he moved into the new brick stable built for him by A. Hyman, at the corner of Fifth and Saginaw, and in May following sold out to E. E. Burroughs. Mr. Peck is a stirring business man, and has always been successful in bis operations.

L. W. Tobias is a native of Michigan, and came to Bay City in 1870 from the south part of the state. He began business in draying and continued from 1874 until the Fall of 1882, when, in company with Mr. M. T. Miller, he bought a liveiy stable on Saginaw Street. A short time afterwards he purchased Mr. Miller's interest and continued the business alone until he sold out in Spring of 1883. He has several drays and a saloon and biUiard hall at 208 Third Street.

Emeky & Gael And

This firm manufacture and deal in saw mill machinery, are exclusive agents for Ewart's detachable chain, and are sole manufacturers of the Emery & Garland patent lumber trimmer. This firm started in 1874. For two years they did business through the Industrial Works, and in 1876 established themselves in their present quarters, on Water Street, opposite the Eraser House. Both gentlemen are vigorous business men and practical machinists, and apply themselves unremittingly to their business. They furnish plans and specifications for mills, and some idea of the extent of their operations may be gained from the fact that they ship machinery to every state in the Union. The firm also have an office in MinneapoHs, in charge of Mr. J. G. Emery, Jr., who is also one of the firm, and is a son of Mr. J. G. Emery, of Bay City. The Minneapolis business, already large, is rapidly increasing.

J. G. Emeky is a native of Maine. As early as 1856 he went to Green Bay, Wis., where he remained imtil 1864, when he came to Bay City. For a time he was superintendent of the Sage Mill and afterwards had an interest in the business of John McGraw & Co. Still later he was superintendent of the Industrial Works, being at the same time a stockholder in the corporation. Then in 1874 the partnership of Emery & Garland was formed, as above stated.

M. Garland is a native of Jefferson County, N. Y. In 1870 he came to Bay City from Eau Claire, Wis., and for about four years was manufacturing chains, and putting in sawdust feeders and carriers, the firm being Garland, Ingraham & Co. In 1874 he became a member of the above named firm, and is also president of the Standard Machinery Co.

Both these gentlemen are fine specimens of the representative business men of the country, and the leading position occupied by their firm has been attained by the exercise of sterling business qualities and vigorous enterprise.

The building occupied by this company is located at the corner of Water and Twenty- Sixth Streets, and was originally used as a pin factory. In September, 1882, Messrs. M. Garland, J. D. Jackson and A. D. Catlin organized the Standard Machinery Company, and purchased this property, which was then owned by the Bay City Iron Works. Additions have been made to the building and the works are in successful operation. They employ about seventeen men, and manufacture saw mill machinery, sawdust feeders and salt well fixtures.

J. D. Jackson, vice-president of the company, is a native of Canada, and in 1862 settled in Bay City. For a short time he was employed in a saw mill as engineer, and then worked at the machinist trade. For several years he was foreman of Smalley Bros. & Co's machine shop, and in the Fall of 1882 became a member

A. D. Catlin, secretary and treasurer of the company, is a native of New York State, and settled in Bay City in 1870. From 1871 to 1873 he was a member of the firm of Smalley Bros. & Catlin. Eetiring from that firm he went to Seneca Falls, N. Y., and was with the Silsby Manufacturing Company until 1879. He then returned to Bay City, and was with the firm of Smalley Bros. & Co. until the I'all of 1882, when the Standard Machinery Company was organized. January 9th, 1888, he sold his entire interest to M. Garland and Lane Lyle; Mr. Lyle becoming vice-president. Mr. Cathn has an excellent reputation as a reliable gentleman, and one who in every way deserves to succeed.

C. C. Mengel, Jr., & Bro

proprietors of the box factory at the foot of Fremont Avenue, on Water Street, are operating one of the important industries of Bay City. Their factory was originally a planing mill, and w^as built by Southworth & Watrous in 1868. It was afterguards sold to A. C. Braddock & Sons, who ran it as a planing miU about four years, and then converted it into an oar factory. In 1878, the firm of C. C. Mengel, Jr., & Bro. rented the property for a box factory. They do a large business, employing upwards of thirty men. Mr. C. C. Mengel, Jr., came here in 1878, and managed the business until 1880, when he returned to Louisville, Ky., where he has a similar business. At that time Mr. C. E. Mengel came here from Louisville, and has since been in charge of the business. Mr. C. C. Mengel, Sen., has been a resident of Bay City since 1881. He is a native of Germany, but for several years was a successful manufacturer of tobacco in Louisville. He is a genial gentleman and is now enjoying the fruits of a successful business career.

manufacturers of wooden ware, at South Bay City, have the largest works of the kind in this country. The original buildings were erected about 1868 by the firm of Braddock & Co., for a planing mill, and operated by them two or three years. The property then passed into the possession of Braddock, Hood & Co., and they began the manufacture of pails. Afterwards it was operated by the Portsmouth & Bay City Wooden Ware Company, and in 1875 the present firm purchased the property. The works have been almost entirely rebuilt, and now run twelve lathes, having the largest capacity of any wooden ware manufactory in the United States, giving employment to nearly 200 hands. In 1881 a stock company was organized with a capital stock of $125,000. The officers of the company are as follows: - A. E. Bousfield, president and treasurer; E. E. Bousfield, vice-president and secretary.