Bay County, Michigan - Chapter 16, 1905 (part 2 of 12)

riage with Annie Joyce, a native of Ontario, Canada, and they had i6 children, lo of whom are hving, namely : Daniel, interested in the instu'ance business, who married Rosalie Foley ; and Catherine, Maud, Madge, ^lichael, Jett, John, Jr., Rhea, Beatrice and Fidelis, who are at home. Religiously, the family are members of St. James' Catholic Church. When the church and the parochial school were erected, Mr. Carroll was placed on the building committees. Fraternally, he is a member of the Elks; Knights of Columbus; K. of M.; the C. M. B. A. ; and an honorary member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

LLEX L. STEWART, one of the pioneer business men of Bay City, }ilichigan, was here engaged in the early history of the place in the boot and shoe business and afterward was engaged in the bakery business on the corner of Center and Saginaw streets. Since 1874 he has devoted his attention to fire insurance and real estate. He was born in Eaton, Madison County, New York, December i, 1826, and is a son of Lemuel and Lydia (Barstow) Stewart, and grandson of William and Polly Stewart.

William Stewart, the grandfather, w^as born in Scotland and came to America in colonial days, becoming a farmer of New York, in which State he died. He was a "minute-man" during the Revolution; he was taken prisoner by General Burgoyne and was marched to Quebec where he was held captive. His wife, Polly, was born in the North of Ireland, July I, 1748, and died June 13, 1848. aged almost 100 years. Her home at ^\'hitehall, New York, was for a time the headquarters of General Burgoyne on his march to Saratoga. They had two sons, - Lemuel and Addison.

Lemuel Stewart was born at Whitehall, New York, June 28. 1773. When a young man, he took up wild land in the then almost wilderness of Madison County, New York, and followed farming there throughout the remainder of his life. dying May 5. 1849. He was twice married, by his first marriage having nine children. He married for his second wife Lydia Barstow, who was born July 14, 1785, and died October 10, 1854. They had three children, as follows : Nancy, Prudence and Allen L. Nancy, born in 1819, and deceased November 29, 1899, was the wife of Elias Bunip^ of Flint, Michigan. Prudence, wdio is living in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of 80 years, is the wife of Addison Gage, by whom she had three children, of whom a son and daughter are living at the present time.

Allen L. Stewart, the youngest of the children born to his parents, was reared on a fann and attended district school, also attending academy at Morrisonville, the county seat, one year. He then taught school in different districts for two years, among his pupils being Governor Bliss and the latter's younger brothers and sisters. When he was a young man,, his father died, and Allen purchased the old homestead, which he conducted about threeyears. Two years after his marriage, he removed to Flint, Michigan, in 1856, and engaged as clerk in the store of Samuel Warren. In the spring of 1857 he bought out the Higgins Brothers' shoe business on Saginaw street in Flint, which he conducted until 1861, when he removed to East Saginaw, where he was soon after burned out, losing all his stock. He then returned to Flint and clerked t\\o yearsfor Baker & Ripley, shoe dealers, until 1863, when he removed to Bay City and opened a shoe store on Water street, near the corner of Sixth. The following July occurred the great fire which swept away so much of the city, but saving a large amount of liis stock, ilr. Stewart again opened a store on Water street. He sold out in 1865 and purchased a business corner on Fourth and Saginaw streets, where he established a bakery in the fall of that year. In 1866 he purchased land and built a brick block on the corner of Saginaw and Center streets, the first good business block erected on Saginaw street at that time. This Iniilding has a frontage of 20 feet, a depth of 100 feet, and is two stories high, and in it he has had his offices for many years. Here he established his bakery which he conducted until 1874, when he sold out and turned his attention to the fire insurance business, representing a State company, whose head office was at Lansing. In connection with his insurance agency, he later engaged in the real estate business, and continues to be interested in both lines at the present time. He has always been a man of the greatest activity and enterprise, and has left his imprint on the progress and development of this community. He is well informed on public events, possesses a retentive memory and easily recalls the details of early life in Bay City.

On February 22, 1854, ]Mr. Stewart was married in Madison County, New York, to Pamelia Wentz, who was born in Binghampton. New York, and was a daughter of William Wentz, whose parents came to this country from Germany. She died November 8, 1901, lea\-ing one son, Sydney Holmes Stewart, born in Bay City, Michigan, December 19, 1864, and now prospecting in Alaska, who married Carrie Nellis in 1885 and has a daughter, - Elsie, - born I\Iarch 22, 1893.

Mr. Stewart is one of the oldest ]\Iasons in Bay City, having joined the order in 1864. In 1884 he joined Blanchard Chapter, and Bay City Commandery. During 1884-85 he served as w^orshipful master of Bay City Lodge, No. 129, F. & A. M., and at the present time is treasurer of the lodge. He has filled nearly al the offices in Bay City Commandery and in 1893 was eminent commander. In 1887 he joined the Michigan Consistory, and has taken the 33rd degree, Scottish Rite, being now the head of Rose Croix Chapter, A. A. S. R. He is president of the board of directors of the Masonic Temple Association. Mr. Stewart is a member of the Universalist Church, and has served as clerk and trustee a number of years. He cast his first vote in Michigan for John C. Freemont for President, and has always been a Republican, although taking no active part in political afifairs.

S. COLE. It would not be a very difficult matter for a stranger traveling through Monitor township. Bay County, to locate the prosperous farmers, and the general air of thrift and comfort surrounding the home of George S. Cole, in section 22, would immediately attract attention. This fine farm of 80 acres is well-situated and finely improved. Mr. Cole was born in New Jersey and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Shafer) Cole.

Samuel Cole was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, of German parents, and had four brothers and one sister, mmel\' : Aaron, Michael, John, Jacob, and Catherine, all now deceased. In his younger days he worked at shoemaking in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and then bought a farm of 95 acres, in Sussex County, New Jersey, where he lived until 1867, when he sold that property and purchased a farm of 178 acres in Warren County, New Jersey, which continued to be his home to the day of his death at the age of 85 years. After becoming a resident of New Jersey, he married Sarah Shafer. who was a native of that

State. Their children were: Lavina, wife of M. Snover, a farmer of Blair township, Warren County, New Jersey; Sarah, wife of ^\'illis Ragan, of Newton, New Jersey: George S., of this sketch ; Nathan, a farmer of Aurora, Nebraska; Amanda (Castner), of Newton, New Jersey; Mary, wife of Marshall Snover, a farmer of Blair township, and Samuel, a farmer of Hardwick township. Warren County, New Jersey. Our subject's father was a stanch Democrat and held several township offices. He and his wife were members of the Dutch Reformed Church.

In 1877, George S. Cole came to ^lichigan and during one winter attended school at Oxford, Oakland County. He then spent three years in farm work before he purchased an 80-acre farm in Tuscola County. Later he gave up farming there, and in 1882 came to Bay City, where he worked two years in the "Detroit Mill," selling his farm in the meantime. For 1 1 years he filled the position of night watchman at this mill. In 1893 he bought his present farm of 80 acres and has carried on general farming ever since. He has taken a deep interest in his property and has spared neither labor nor expense in making it attractive, valuable and comfortable. In 1900 he erected his fine, modern, brick residence, which is heated by a complete hot air system and resembles a city home in its comforts and conveniences. He also erected a large barn, wagon house and all necessary outbuildings. His grounds are kept in repair and the place is one of the ideal rural homes of [Monitor township.

On April 6, 1892^ Mr. Cole was married at Bay City, to Hattie Hallam, who was born in Norfolk District, Ontario, Canada, where her parents were farmers. In 1886 she came with a sister to Bay City, where she formed the acquaintance of our subject, which resulted

Politically, Mr. Cole is and always has been identified with the Republican party. He is justly considered one of the township's representative men.

ICHARD FIELD CONOVER, a well-known resident of Bay City, Michigan, and the manager of large landed family interests, was born in South Amboy, New Jersey, and is a representati\-e of one of the old established families of that section. He is a son of Francis Stevens Conover, a captain in the United States Navy, and of Helen Field, the daughter of Hon. Richard Stockton Field, judge of the LTnited States District Court of New Jersey, and a grandson of Richard Stockton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

After graduating at Princeton College, he entered the Columbia Law School, and after graduation settled for a short time in the practice of the law at Newark, New Jersey. He then went to Texas and spent 15 years in ranching in that State. While in Texas he was married to Cornelia Fitzhugh, who is a daughter of the late William D. Fitzhugh and a granddaughter of Dr. Daniel Hughes Fitzhugh and Judge Charles Carroll. These names are very familiar ones to the citizens of Bay County, Michigan.

In 1900 Mr. Conover came to Bay City to assume the management of real estate belonging to his wife and her mother, Mrs. William D. Fitzhugh. It includes property all over Bay County, Mr. Fitzhugh's posessions at one time probably excelling those of any other landowner in this section.

most charming homes of Bay City and it is frequently the scene of deHghtful social functions. They have three children : Carroll Fitzhugh, Helen Field and Alida Van Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Conover are meml^ers of Trinity Protestant Church.

OBBINS B. TAYLOR, a prominent attorney-at-law at Bay City, Michigan, a -well-known and highly regarded citizen, was born ISIay 15, 1839, at Plattsburgh, New York, and is a son of Rev. Stephen and Electa (Newcomb) Taylor.

Rev. Stephen Taylor was a minister in the Baptist Church. When our subject was a child ' of four years the father removed from New York to Ashtabula County, Ohio, and purchased a farm where his seven children were reared. The three survivors are our subject, a daughter in California and a son in Colorado. The parents have long since passed away. The mother came of excellent family, being a daughter of Judge Newcomb, of Plattsburgh, New York.

Robbins B. Taylor was reared on the Ohio farm and was educated in the district schools and in a local academy. In 1S66 he came to Michigan and in the following year entered upon the reading of the law in the office of Grier & INfcDonnell, pioneer attorneys, the former of whom became, at a later date, judge of the Circuit Court. In 1868, Mr. Taylor was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was admitted to the bar. He entered into practice at Bay City and also soon became interested in loans and real estate. At present his attention is entirely given, outside of an office practice, to the latter interests. Mr. Taylor's office is conveniently located at the corner of Third and Washington streets. Bay City. During his years of greatest professional activity he has been alone. At one time he was in partnership with H. H. Wheeler, who was subsequently twice elected to the State Senate. Mr. Taylor was a member of the first Board of Public Works of Bay City and served four years as its chairman. He was an early appointee on the School Board and later served two terms by election. He has always been one of the city's wide-awake, progressive citizens and he has done his full share in promoting her prosperity.

In 1868, Mr. Taylor was married to Angie L. Fling, who was born at Saranac, New York. They have one son, Clayton R., who was born at Bay City, in 1870. Fie was educated at home by private tutors until prepared for college and then went to Akron, Ohio, going from there to the Northwestern University, at Chicago, where he was graduated in law. He is now junior member of the well-known law firm of West, Eckhart & Taylor, which is located in the First National Bank Building, Chicago. In that great city of competition and opportunity, Clayton R. Taylor has met with gratifying success. In 1898 he married Alice Hatch, who was formerly a teacher in the Bay City High School and is the accomplished daughter of Judge Hatch, of Detroit, ^Michigan. They have had two children, the survivor being a little maid named Helen Louise, who is dearly beloved by her grandfather, the subject of this sketch.

Mr. and Mrs. Robbins B. Taylor have also in their kindness of heart, reared and thoroughly educated two children, both of whom are happily married and well established in life.

OBERT L. KING, attorney-at-law and justice of the peace at Bay City, ]\[ichigan, is a native of this city, born here in 1871, and is a son of Alfred M. and Frances (Thompson) King.

Alfred M. King has been a resident of Bay City since 1868. For several years he taught school and then entered upon the practice of the law, a profession which has claimed his main attention ever since. He has served as a justice of the peace and also has been circuit court commissioner. Mr. and Mrs. King still reside at Bay City, their family consisting of four sons and one daughter.

Robert L. King was reared at Bay City. After completing the common-school course here, he entered the shop of John D. MacKinnon, where he learned the machinist's trade, one which he followed until 1895. In the meantinie he completed his law reading and was admitted to the bar in 1897 ; he has devoted the greater part of his attention to this profession since that date and has met with very satisfactory success. Politically he has always been an active Democrat and has been honored by his party on many occasions. Fie was elected circuit court commissioner and served in 1898 and 1899, - a term of two years. In 1 90 1 he was elected justice of the peace and will serve for four years, having the distinction of being one of the two magistrates in the city.

Mr. King married Grace Leonard, who was a daughter of John E. Leonard, a substantial citizen of Bay City. Mrs. King died in June, 1902, leaving one son, Robert F., Jr. Mr. King is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Fraternally, he is a Royal Arch Mason, and at present is master of Portsmouth Lodge, No. 190, F. & A. M. He belongs also to the Knights of the Maccabees and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is regarded as one of the enterprising young professional men of the city, well-equipped for the future and possessing the qualifications for advancement in professional and political fields.

E. CORLISS, one of the liest-known citizens of Bay City, Michigan, who was identified with the city press for many years and now is city treasurer, was born March 11, 1859, at Albany, New York, and is a son of R. B. and Catherine W. (Ward) Corliss.

The parents of Mr. Corliss resided at Albany for many years, the father following the trade of painter there during all his active life, and his death taking place there in 1874. His widow removed to Bay City, Michigan, where she died in 1890, aged 74 years. Our subject has two sisters, viz: Mrs. F. L. Wands and Mrs. W. W. Bassett, both of Bay City.

E. E. Corliss was reared at Alliany and completed his education in the Boys' Academy of that city. He has been a resident of Bay City for more than a quarter of a century and has been a prominent figure during the greater part of this time. For many years previously and up to 1899, he had charge of the circulation department of the Bay City Times and Tribune and gained a wide acquaintance and hosts of friends in his newspaper connection. His political association has always been with the Republican party and he has been one of its most efficient workers. He served one term as supervisor of the nth District, and in 1899 was elected deputy city treasurer, serving in that oflfice continuously until April, 1903, when he was elected to his present office of city treasurer. His public service has reflected credit both upon himself and the city.

and they have two children, viz : Edna, who married George H. Floyd, of the Fletcher Hardware Company, of Detroit, and has one daughter, - ^Virginia ; and Catherine, who is a student in the Bay City High School. The .pleasant family residence is situated on North Farragut street.

Mr. Corliss has many agreeahle fraternal connections, belonging to the Masonic Blue Lodge and Council at Bay City; the Elks, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Maccabees and the Royal Arcanum.

OBERT W. ERWIN, B. S., M. D., who enjoys the distinction of being the third oldest physician in practice at Bay City, Michigan, has been identified with the interests of this city for the past 30 years. Dr. Erwin was born at Laceyville, Harrison County, Ohio, May 24, 1842, and is a son of Robert and Rebecca (Law) Erwin.

Dr. Erwin is descended on the paternal side from Scotch Presbyterian ancestors, who came to America prior to the Revolutionary War. His mother was born in Ireland of English ancestry. The family is well represented in clerical life, both in the Church of England and among the followers of John Wesley.

The enforced industry of life on a farm gave our subject energetic habits and to this exercise Dr. Erwin attributes much of his sustained vigor, and long continued capacity for hard work. His education was pursued through the winters at the district schools, but the summers found him hard at work on his father's farm. When Init 17 years old, after five months in a neighboring academy, and three months in the Hopedale (Ohio) Normal School, he was accepted as a teacher in the local He continued to teach through the winters until after the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted for service in the 170th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., in which he served until the expiration of his term of enlistment.

After his honorable discharge, he returned to his studies, entering the Ohio University, at Athens, where he took the full course and was graduated in the class of 1868, with the degree of B. S. For some time he had been reading medicine with the intention of adopting it as a profession, and, after leaving the University, immediately entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, where he was graduated in the class of 1870. In order to satisfactorily pursue his medical studies during this time, he filled the chair of geometry at Cooper Institute.

Dr. Erwin settled for practice at Athens, Ohio, where he continued for three years. In 1873 he came Westward, seeking a wider field and chose Bay City for his permanent location. Here Dr. Erwin met with great encouragement from the start and soon built up a lucrative practice. His life has been devoted to his profession and the eminence to which he has attained is the just reward of faithful effort. He has taken ach'antage of special courses and has attended noted clinics, continually supplementing his previous knowledge with all that could be secured in the leading medical organizations of the country. He is a member of the Michigan State Medical Society, American Academy of Medicine, American Medical Association and an honorary member of the Ohio State Meidical Society and is also affiliated with the medical bodies of Bay County and the Saginaw Valley. He has been zealous in his efforts to uphold the honor of the profession and raise the standard of its requirements.

January lo, 1902. Two daughters were born to them, namely: Mrs. Edwin C. Horn, of Washington, Pennsylvania ; and Roberta Julia, who lives with her father and presides over his home. The family residence is a beautiful modern one, situated on the corner of Sixth and Monroe streets; the Doctor still retains his office in the old place, on the corner of Fifth and Adams streets. He is a member and a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mrs. Erwin was a member in her lifetime.

Dr. Erwin has never taken any very active part in politics, giving all his attention to medical matters. He served as a member of the Board of Health for seven years - part of three terms. He still practices, but chiefly at his office. Personally, he is held in the highest esteem throughout Bay County. His portrait accompanies this sketch.

ALTER AIERRITT, whose excellent farm of 80 acres is situated in section 1 1 , Portsmouth township, Bay County, Michigan, was born on this farm June 10, 1864, and is a son of Nelson and Sarah Jane (Crowe) Merritt.

The Merritt family for several generations were domiciled in the Dominion of Canada, where John and Sarah (Taylor) Merritt, our subject's grandparents, were born. Although Nelson was their only son, they also had six daughters. Nelson Alerritt was born July 27, 1827, in Prince Edward District, Ontario, Canada, and grew up on his father's farm and worked in the sawmills in the lumber region until 30 years of age. Attracted by the stories of the Australian gold mines, he then shipped for that far-off land, sailing from New York. by way of Cape Horn, and safely reaching

Sydney. He remained three years in Australia and then returned to Canada wdiere he married. In 1858, shortly after his marriage, he came to Michigan. He bought 320 acres of heavily timbered land in Bay County, to which he later added 80 acres more, and remained on this farm, quiet and contented after his former life of adventure, until his death, which occurred on February 3, 1893. Mr. Merritt was a good manager and a very industrious man. His land w-as all cleared and placed under cultivation by his own work, and in the meantime he built a comfortable home and substantial buildings of all kinds necessary for the carrying on of extensive farming and stock-raising. He was a man of great intelligence and kept abreast of the times in his knowledge of current affairs and his sterling character made him the natural selection of his neighbors for various local offices. He served as justice of the peace, as township treasurer and as health officer. Politically he was a Republican. In his later years he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a man who exerted a wide influence for good in his locality and was one of the most active supporters of pviblic improvements. The mother of our subject was born in Prince Edward District, Ontario, on October 19, 1841, and is a daughter of John and Hannah (Loose) Crowe, who were natives of England, but who died in Canada. Mrs. Merritt li\-es with her son Walter on the' homestead. A family of six children were born to our suljject's parents: William N., of Portsmouth township; Sarah E. (widow of Bert Walker), who resides with our subject on the homestead; James H., deceased at the age of two years ; Walter, of this sketch ; Alice, deceased at the age of four years; and Grace, who is the wife of Fred Whipple, of Portsmouth township.

nioii schools of his township, and has devoted his whole life to farming on the So-acre tract of the homestead that he owns. He has made many imjjrovements and has a very productive and valuable property.

In 1892, Mr. Merritt was married to ISIary J. Potter, who was born October 3, 1865, in Tuscola County, Michigan, and is a daughter of Robert and Mary J. Potter. They have three children : Raymond N., Robert G. and ]\Iyrtle S. :\Ir. Merritt, like his father, has always been identiiied with the Republican party, but he has never consented to hold office, giving his whole attention to his farm and family. He is an attendant on the services of the ^[ethodist Episcopal Church, to which he gives liberal support.

ON. GRIFFITH H. FRANCIS, a sa B- »j a jurist of high standing in Bay City, g^J Michigan, is judge of the Probate Court of Bay County. He was born September 25, 1844, in South Trenton, Oneida County, New York, and is a son of Rowland and Ruth (Jones) Francis, natives of Wales, who severally came to the United States when of mature age, and were united in marriage in New York State. Rowland Francis was a farmer by occupation.

The parents of the subject of this sketch liad eight children, of whom he was the eldest. Of the seven sons and one daugliter resulting from their union, all are living except one son, who died in infancy. Their ages range from 48 to 60 years.

Griffith H. Francis received his early mental training in the district school, which he attended three months each winter. Although he left home at the age of 11 years, and was engaged in various occupations, he w-as ambitious to learn and never neglected an opportunity to improve his mind. The first graded school which he attended wasat Morrisonville, New York, after he was 19 years old. He attended Cazenovia Seminary about two years and in 1867 went to Ripon, Wisconsin, and entered Ripon College. After four years at Ripon, during which time he also engaged in teaching, being principal of one of the schools there, he returned to Cazenovia and took up the course wdiere he had left off and graduated in 1872. Shortly after his graduation from Cazenovia, he came to Michigan and entered the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from w-hich he graduated in 1874. Following his graduation, he spent some time in teaching graded schools. On relinquishing this work, he began the practice of the law at Saline, Michigan.

In 1876, Judge Francis came to Bay County, taking up his residence in West Bay City, where he still makes his home. A year after his arrival, he was elected justice of the peace. He also served on the School Board and held other offices of minor note. He wasone of the attorneys wdio drafted the charter of West Bay City in 1877. For seven yearshe was city attorney of West Bay City. In 1882 he transferred his office to Bay City, where he continued in active practice. For one term he served as county commissioner of schools, and also completed an unexpired term as Circuit Court commissioner.

The subject of this sketch w'as elected judge of the Probate Court in 1900, and assumed the duties of that office in 1901. He was re-elected in the fall of 1904 by a very large majority, - showing the people's appreciation of the manner in which his office w'as conducted. He is a stanch Republican in politics, and has served as chairman and secretary of the Republican County Committee; for several years he

Judge Francis was married in Brighton, Michigan. May 23, 1878, to Harriet A. Hyne, a daughter of Karl T. Hyne. a native of Germany. Four children were born to this union, namely : Luella, a graduate of the West Bay City High School, who is at home; Mabel, a graduate of the same institution ; Helen, w"ho graduated at the Bay City High School, and is now a student at Alma College ; and Karl Rowland, who is named after both of his grandfathers.

Judge Francis is a member of the ]\Iasonic order, and of the Foresters and Maccabees. In the Royal Arcanum he has served as grand regent, and is now past grand of the State organization.

OHX G. ARNOLD is a well-known baker of Bay City, Michigan, where he was born in 1862. He is a son of Fred and Louise (]\Iiller) Arnold. His father was born in Bavaria, Germany, in November, 1832. His mother was also a native of Germany, and was a schoolmate of her husband.

Fred Arnold crossed the ocean in 1854 in the vessel "Whitney," and came to Bay City in July of that year. For the first two years he worked in the old McEwan mill. In those early days no fresh meat was to be obtained. Pork and beans were the most common articles of food. Beer there was none. Whiskey was sold at a shilling per gallon. The first beer seen by Mr. Arnold was like thick milk. In 1856, in an old blacksmith shop on Water street, then the main street of the city, Mr. Arnold opened a bakery, on the site of the present Watson Block. It was known as the "Old Bakerv." There he remained for two years, dealing mostly with the Indians. In 1857 he purchased from James Fraser for $300 the site of the present Arnold bakery, then occupied by a frame structure. The building was twice burned, and its owner has passed through three fires. In the present substantial brick block, on Fifth and Saginaw streets, he conducted a first-class bakery, which is now operated by his son John G.

Fred Arnold rememliers making trips to Saginaw to buy flour. There he purchased for $8.00 per barrel the same grade of flour sold by Putnam, in Bay City, for $17.00. He turned his well-established bakery over to his sons, Godfrey and John G., about 1874, and retired from active business, to look after his property interests, being well-provided with this world's goods. During his long residence here, he has made several trips to his nati\-e land, for pleasure and recreation. He crossed the Atlantic in 1857. 18S2 and 1890, being accompanied on the last trip by his wife. In all, he has made eight vo}-ages to Europe, besides visiting scenes of local interest.

Fred Arnold was married to Louise Miller in Bay City and their union resulted in eight children, as follows : Godfrey, who married Setchen Fichtel, and lives at Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan ; Fred, Jr., a Lutheran minister, who married Carrie Peterman, and resides at Silver Creek, New York ; John G. ; Sophia, wife of H. Tresselt, who operates a flour mill at Fort \\' ayne, Indiana : Louise, wife of Al. Schiermer, who is in the jewelry business at Saginaw; Tillie, deceased, who was the wife of F. Burton: Clara, wife of Theodore Seymeyer, wholesale dealer in boots and shoes at Fort Wayne, Indiana; and JNIartha, wife of George \\'atrous, who is employed in the Commercial Bank in Bay City.

The subject of this sketch received his mental training in the Bay City pubhc schools. At the age of 15 years he began to learn the bakery business with his father, and has been connected with it in various ways ever since. When iiis father retired aljiiut 1874. the firm became Arnold Brothers. They dissolved partnership in 1880, from which period Mr. Arnold has conducted the concern alone. He is an energetic, up-to-date business man, and is thoroughly posted in his trade.

Mr. Arnold is a member of the Mutual Building & Loan Association and of the Royal Guards. He and his wife are memliers of the Lutheran Church.

oris VAXDERBILT, who for the past 24 years has resided on his farm of 120 acres, situated in section 36, township 14, range 5, in Portsmouth township, Bay County, Michigan, was lx)rn November 7, 1834, in the province of Antwerp, Belgium, and is a son of Frank and Catherine ( Moerdenoiid ) \'anderbilt.

The parents of Mr. Vanderbilt spent their lives in Belgium, where they were most worthy farming people of the middle class. They reared a family of nine children. Three daughters and two sons came to America. The only survivors of the family are our subject and his sister, Mrs. Marie Antoinette Johnson, who resides with him.

life, filled with adventure and hard work, and through his own efforts has brought about the peace, plenty and comfort which he is able to enjoy as the evening of life draws on. He was reared on his good father's farm until he was chosen as trainer of the horses for the use of the royal family of Belgium, and he served in this position for two years, frequently meeting some of his royal patrons. He then entered the army, according to the law, and served five years in the artillery. This service brought him little capital and by the time it had closed, it was late to learn a trade. Conditions did not seem to offer him any inducement to remain in his native land, so that, as soon as he could make his arrangements, he sailed for America and landed finally at Detroit.

Mr. Vanderbilt found himself hampered by his want of knowledge of the English language. Belgian, German and French he could easily speak, but the English language, as he had never mingled with English-speaking people, was very difiicult to learn. After seeking an opening at Detroit for several months, he came to Bay City where he had learned that work was plentiful. Here he found his good manners and excellent clothing were against him in applying for a laborer's position, but he finally secured work at ditching and thereby earned his first $40 in .\merica. Some months later he went into a lumber camp in the woods and there he found plenty of work and good wages and attracted to him any number of good friends among the hard-working crews, many of whom, like himself, had come from other lands. Mr. Vanderbilt followed raf tingon the river, and was paid well for his dangerous work as a lumber jack, and thus obtained the capital which enabled him to retire from that Inisiness. He began work at $12 a month, and when he quit he was getting $150 a month from the firm of Dexter & Bellow.

After lo years of this hard work, Mr. Vanderbilt came to Bay City and built a hotel, the Vanderbilt House, which he operated three years and then built a second house which he -conducted for eight years. This second hotel he traded for his present farm of 120 acres, 30 of which had been cleared. All the subsequent clearing he did himself and made all the excellent improvements. He has conducted his farm mainly as a dairy farm and lias met with excellent results.

In 1864, ]\Ir. Vanderbilt was married to Theresa Schmidt, who was born in Belgium and died in 1877 at Bay City, survived by five children : Joseph, proprietor of the Center Road Hotel, of Hampton ; Frank, also a hotelkeeper; Louis, who lives with his father; Charles, proprietor of the Savoy Hotel, of Bay City; and Felix, of Idaho. Mr. Vanderbilt married, as his second wife, Sophia Wentz, who was born in Belgium and died in 1881, leaving one child, - Felix.

]\Ir. Vanderbilt takes an interest in local politics but votes independently, supporting the man he thinks will best execute the laws and carry out the will of the people.

ULIUS SCHULZ, florist, with greenhouses at Xo. 19 19 Columbus avenue. Bay City, Michigan, is one of the successful business men of this city. He was born in Pommern, Germany, May 31, 1S58. and is a son of Charles and Carolina ^^'ilhelmina Schulz.

The father of our subject was a florist in Germany and later became a gamekeeper on a large estate. He immigrated to America some years after his son and joined him at Bay City. For five years he had charge of Eickemeyer's cemetery. His death took place Januar}^ 4, 1904; his wife had died in 1893.

Julius Schulz learned the florist's trade in Germany, serving an apprenticeship of two years in Berlin. In 1881 he came to America and located at ^Milwaukee, \\'isconsin, where he followed market gardening until 1883, when he came to Bay City. For a time he was in the employ of the John C. Irvine Greenhouse Company of Bay City, but in 1889 he opened up his own place of business on Columbus avenue. He began with two small greenhouses 25 by 50 feet in dimensions, but these were accidentally burned in 1891 and the loss was total, as he had no insurance. ]\Ir. Schulz was in no way discouraged by this calamity, although it absorbed all his capital. He went right to work and before the close of the year was again ready for business in more conveniently constructed quarters. In 1S92 he made many improvements and now has five modern built greenhouses, with steam heat and all appliances for the growing and preserving of everything in his line, including a cold storage plant. Mr. Schulz has indeed made the desert blossom, for when he came to his present location nothing could be seen but the native woods. It is very wonderful to mark the changes brought about in so short a time and they tell, better than words, of the energy and enterprise of ^Ir. Schulz. He has many business and personal friends who rejoice to see his prosperity, knowing, as they do, the honest industry which has brought it about.

At Bay City, in 1886, Mr. Schulz was married to Augusta Kanath, -who was born in West Prussia, Germany, and they have a family of five children, all of whom are at home, namely : Emil, who is his father's capable and intelligent assistant; Walter, Minnie, Arthur and Laura. The family belong to the German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church on Lincoln avenue and lOlh street, with which ^Ir. Schulz united in 1883 and to which he

Mr. Schulz has never identified himself with any political party, seeking rather the election of men of good reputation, who can be trusted to enforce the laws. He has been in a marked degree public-spirited and assisted materially in the construction of the street railway and other impro\-ements on Columbus a\enue, .\lthough he came to America a man grown, without any knowledge of the English language, he set himself the task of learning it and succeeded without having had a single lesson. This is but an example of the persevering patience and firm determination that have also been brought to bear in the building up of his business.

A. COLLINS, one of the prominent and representative men of Bay City, Michigan, a leading member of the Bay County bar and a public official now serving his second term as Circuit Court commissioner, was born in Saginaw County, Michigan, February 19, 1879. He is a son of John J. and Mary (Scott) Collins, pioneers of Bay County,

Capt, John Collins, the paternal grandfather, who, with his wife, still resides in Bay City, was born in Liverpool, England. He came to Bay City in 1851 and spent the whole of his active life as a sailor, commanding vessels on the Great Lakes for many years. Our subject's father has also been a sailor for many years, having but lately retired from maritime life. He is well and favorably known all over Bay County and now resides at Chicago, aged about 50 years. The mother of our subject died in 1898, aged 42 years. She was of Dutch descent, her family coming originally from Holland, to which countrv the old aristocracv of the State of New York refers with pardonable pride. The family consisted of four children, viz: W. A., Helen, John J., Jr., and Walter Scott. All were born in Bay City, Michigan, and all, with the exception of our subject, reside in New York.

Our subject was four years of age when his parents settled at Bay City, and his education was obtained in the common and high schools of his native place. After graduating from the High School in 1896, he began to teach school, a profession he followed in various parts of the county for some six years, during this time studying law to such good purpose that in 1901 he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the practice of the profession. Although he has been eminently successful, he is better known to the people of Bay County as a political factor. A stanch Republican and fine orator, he has taken a very active part in political campaigning for the past six years. In 1899 he was appointed a member of the Bay County Board of School Examiners for a term of two years and was reappointed in 1901. In 1902 he was elected Circuit Court commissioner and in 1904 was reelected and is serving in this position at present.

In 1898 ]\Ir. Collins was united in marriage with Louise Abeare, who is a daughter of Julius Abeare, now of Bay County. Mrs. Collins was born at Marine City, St. Clair County, Michigan. They have two sons, bright, interesting children : Earl Chester, a manly little fellow of five years; and Y'lrgW Leo, aged one year.

Mr, Collins is clerk and corporal of Company B, 3rd Infantry, Michigan National Guard. He belongs to a number of fraternal and social organizations, including the Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen of America, Independent Order of Foresters, Union Life Guards, National League of Veterans and

Mr. Collins has forged his own way to the front rank of an unusually gifted body of young professional men and political workers, and he has won for himself a position of enviable prominence and future promise.

ON. JAMES BIRNEY. This distinguished son of a distinguished father became identified with the Saginaw Valley in 1856, coming as the successor of his father, who had made large investments here in Lower Saginaw (now Bay City). A graduate of the Ohio University at Miami, in 1836. James Birney became a member of the faculty, teaching Greek and Latin, prior to attending the law lectures of Judge Storm and of Professor Hitchcock, of Yale College, at New Haven, Connecticut. While in New Haven he married Amanda Moulton, a stepdaughter of Nathaniel Bacon of that city. After his graduation he practiced law at Cincinnati until business interests led him to make a visit to Lower Saginaw as above mentioned. In the summer of 1857 he removed his family to Bay County and from that time on became closely identified with the interests of this section of Michigan.

Judge Birney purchased his father's large interests in the town of Lower Saginaw and also made several independent purchases from the government. His first important public service here was to procure the passage of the bill changing the name of Lower Saginaw to Bay City. In 1858 he was elected to the State Senate on the Republican ticket, being nominated more as a compliment than otherwise. The district extended to the Straits of Mackinac and all that portion of Saginaw County embraced within the present limits of Bay County, had been regarded as strongly Democratic. Judge Birney received in this stronghold of Democracy every vote in the county except five, which were given the regular Democratic nominee, and a few scattering. The volume of session laws for 1859 contains some 50 acts presented by Judge Birney for his district; what is remarkable, every one he presented was adopted.

One of the above measures had an important bearing upon the interests and development of the Saginaw Valley and the lOth District. This was the act securing a bounty for the manufacture of salt. The bill proposed the payment of five cents a bushel, but Judge Birney presented it in such a way that it was considered in a more favorable light and a bounty of 10 cents was granted.

In i860. Judge Birney was nominated by the Republican State Convention for the office of Lieutenant-Governor and was elected by a majority of 20.000. It was during his term in this office that he was appointed to a vacancy on the circuit bench, and he filled this position for the next four years, his jurisdiction embracing Saginaw, Gratiot, Isabella, Midland, Iosco and Bay counties. After the expiration of his term, he was unanimously renominated by the Republican Judicial Convention, but the district had become so largely Democratic that he was defeated. He then resumed the practice of the law and took part in nearly all the important litigation of that time. In 1871 he established the Bay City Chronicle, which was issued as a daily in 1873 and its publication was continued until after his departure for The Hague, in 1876, when it was merged into the Bay City Tribune.

Rev. H. J. H. Schutjes

commissisoner for Michigan, to celebrate the looth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 1876. He failed to serve in this capacity as he had been appointed by the President, on December 17, 1875, ^^ United States jMinister to the Netherlands and he departed for The Hague in 1876. This honor was greeted with satisfaction by his fellow-citizens who appreciated how valuable his services had been to Michigan. He did much for his locality and State, one act being the securing of the first railroad in Bay City.

Judge Birney had five children : James G., Arthur Moulton, Sophia Hull (Blackwell), Alice (Mrs. Frank Blackwell) and one child that died in infancy.

ISS MARGARET L. McGUIRE, a well-known and much respected lady of Bay City, Michigan, is a native of Canada, born at Leeds in the Province of Quebec. Her father, Michael AIcGuire, died when she was 1 1 years old ; she had previously, at the age of four, lost her mother.

In 1856, Miss McGuire entered the service of Rev. H. J. H. Schutjes, whose pastorate at that time covered the entire Saginaw Valley. She was an orphan when Father Schutjes took her into his household, and she continued in the capacity of his housekeeper for 41 years, faithful to every obligation imposed by that relationship. When she first came to what is now Bay City, the spot was thickly covered with timber, and what is now Center street was a mass of dense brush. She has seen the Catholic Church in the Saginaw Valley grow from its infancy. During her long period of service with Father Schutjes, he was always kind and considerate, and when he crossed the ocean to Europe after spending seven vears as secretary to the Bishop of Detroit, subsequent to his departure from Bay City, she accompanied him. A few words concerning this most worthy clerg}'man would seem not irrelevent in this connection.

Rev. H. J. H. Schutjes, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was a Hollander, born March 6, 1826, and died in Holland, March 18, 1897, at the age of 71 years. He was the youngest of a family of seven sons, one of whom was a priest in Holland. The five other sons occupied positions of public trust in Europe. He received a good education, completing his studies at Louvain University, Belgium, and was conversant with the German, Dutch, Belgian, French, Latin and English languages. He came to Michigan with 25 other young priests, and had but 25 cents in his pockets upon his arrival. He was ordained to the priesthood under Bishop LeFevre of Detroit, ^Michigan, and then began his connection with the development of the Catholic Church in this section. His income at the outset was very meagre, and all the meat used in his household in those pioneer days was of his own killing. During 1850 and 1851 the Catholics of Lower Saginaw (now Bay City) built of native timber, which they procured from the woods, an edifice on Washington street below Second, known as St. Joseph's Church, and Father Schutjes arrived in 1852 to assume charge. He had great difficulties with which to contend, as the church was not only in its infancy, but no place was provided for the pastoral residence. He chiefly resided at the old Wolverton House, and the remainder of the time was the guest of some friend. Included in his charge was all of the Saginaw Valley, and this necessitated frequent trips, which were hazardous and full of hardships, as there were no roads at that time. He was relieved of a part of his charge in 1863. when pastors were secured for Saginaw and East Saginaw. His parishioners inchided Hollanders, Germans, French and those speaking English, which made it necessary for him to speak several languages. A new church was erected in 1868 on the site of the present St. James' Church by the English-speaking portion of the parish and was dedicated under the patronage of St. James the Apostle. In 1873. Father Schutjes was called to Detroit to assist the Bishop, and Rev. Thomas Rafter, the present incumbent, became his successor. During Father Schutjes' pastorate, the church had a wonderful growth in memlaership and influence, and in the power to accomplish beneficent and charitable acts. The St. James" Parochial School was begun by him and completed by Father Rafter, and was then taken charge of by the Sisters of Charity, from Cincinnati, in September, 1873.

Upon the death of Father Schutjes, Miss McGuire returned to Bay City to make her home with her brother-in-law, Henry Peters, a widower, for whom she kept house until his death in 1901. She now resides in this old home at No. 915 Columbia a\-enue, and also owns other property in Bay City.

ILLIAM H. FRIDAY, a prosperous farmer of Gibson township, Bay County, ^Michigan, resides in section 28 and has a fine farm of 80 acres. He was born in Oakland County, Michigan, in 1875. and is a son of Isaac and Julia (Baldwin) Friday. His grandfather Friday lived to reach the age of 96 years and was a life-long resident of New York State.

Michigan, where he located at an early date. He was married there to Julia Baldwin, who also was born in Albany, New York, and died in 1893, aged 59 years. ]Mr. Friday died one year later at the age of yi years.

William H. Friday received his educational training at Clarkson, ^Michigan, and worked on his father's farm of 113 acres in Springfield township, Oakland County. His first business venture on his own account was in 1896, when he purchased his present farm of 80 acres in section 28, Gibson township, Bay County. It was all wild land at the time and a considerable distance from any road, and in building his house it was necessary to carry the lumber on his back. Before the doors were hung or the windows in, he moved into the house with his wife, and there followed the same difficulties and hardships in this undeveloped community as were experienced in early pioneer days in what are now thickly settled sections of the county. He has cleared the land and placed it in a high state of cultivation, and nmv has one of the most valuable farms in the township.

In 1893, -^^1'- Friday was married to Lillian Richmond, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary ( Howell) Richmond, and a granddaughter of \\"illiam Richmond, a native of New York who at an early age settled in Gro\'eland township, Oakland County, Michigan, where he died at the age of "/Z years. Benjamin Richmond was born on the old homestead in Groveland township, which continued to be his home up to the time of his death at the age of 65 years. His wife died in 1878. aged 35 years.

William H. Friday and his wife are parents of three children, as follows : Elmer, born in 1894; Julia, born in 1896; and Richmond, born in 1903. Fraternally our subject is a member of the Knights of the ^Maccabees and the Grange. He is a stanch Republican in politics.

\RL KRABBE, one of the prominent farmers and stock-raisers of Merritt township, Bay County, Michigan, who owns a well-inipro\'ed and productive farm of 160 acres in section 31, was "born in the city of Stralsund, Pommern, Germany, September 25, 1859, and is a son of Carl and Carohne (Piretz) Krabbe.

The parents of Mr. Krabbe were farming people in Germany and they passed their lives in their native land. Of their nine children, seven reached maturity, as follows : Axel, who lives on the old homestead in Germany ; Emma, (Mrs. Lange), of Germany; August, who came to Bay County in the spring of 1883 and died July 26, 1903; Minnie (Mrs. Ebelt), of Germany ; Alvina. who died in Germany ; Carl, this sketch ; and Otto, of Germany.

Our subject remained with his parents and assisted in working the home farm until 1891, when he came to America, reaching Bay City on June nth, where he joined his brother August who had been here for eight years. j\Ir. Krabbe came with the intention of investing in land and soon became satisfied with the appearance and location of his present property, which he purchased. The tract consisted of 160 acres, 40 of which had been improved. Mr. Krabbe has cleared and put the remainder under a fine -state of cultivation, has built a comfortable home and has made many excellent improvements. At first he made hay his leading crop, then raised grain, but latterly has given more attention to the raising of fine stock. His herd of Holstein cattle can scarcely be excelled in the county. His large supply of milk is sold to the cheese factory at Buena Vista.

Mr. Krabbe was married in Bay County in May, 1892, to Ella Janiche, wlio was born in Berlin, Germany, June 11, 1874, and is a of Emil and Anna (Smith) Janiche. natives of Germany, who came here when Mrs.

Politically, Mr. Krabbe has become identified with the Republican party, but he takes no active interest in politics, devoting his time closely to his agricultural interests. He is a member and liberal supporter of the German Lutheran Church in ]\Ierritt township.

On. James Gillespie Birney

ON. JAMES GILLESPIE BIRNEY. In recalling this distinguished citizen of the United States, whose brilliant gifts and solid services to his country deserve preservation in every public record, the citizens of Bay County, Michigan, remember with pride that for over a decade he made his home here.

James Gillespie Birney was born February 4, 1792, at Danville, Kentucky, an only son of James and Anna (Reed) Birney. His descent was pure Protestant Scotch-Irish. The paternal grandfather owned the old family homestead near Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland, and is represented as a man in prosperous cn"- cumstances, a vestryman in the Church of England and a local magistrate. His life was closed in his own country. On the maternal side, the grandfather was John Reed, who was born in Londonderry, Ireland, a man of wealth and political influence. His connection with some of the political movements of the dangerous times in which he lived caused him to leave his own land and seek a home in America, and as early as 1779 he had established himself in Kentucky. In the same year he built a fort within two miles of Danville and a mansion which has stood the assaults of Time until within a recent period. From his marriage with Lettice Wilcox came some of Kcntuckv's greatest statesmen : Thomas Buchanan Read, Judges John and Thomas Green, Rev. Lewis W. Green, D. D., Dr. WilHs G. Craig and Gen. Humphrey Marshall.

In spite of the wealth and social standing of his father, James Birney, the father of our distinguished subject, tired of home surroundings and ancestral customs, and when only i6 years of age escaped from Ireland and resolved to build up his own fortunes in the great country across the ocean. He reached Philadelphia in 1783. In 1788 he opened a store at Danville, Kentucky, in which he prospered and later became identified with almost all the channels of trade, politics, religion and social life in the State and became justly reputed the wealthiest as well as one of the most influential men in Kentucky. His many interests brought him into close contact with the leading men of his day and it was in his own home or in companionship with his grandfather Reed that James G. Birney learned the theories of government, which books could never have taught him, and while still a youth had formulated his own views.

Thus the youth grew up unusually intelligent and possessing the poise of a man before he had reached maturity. His character was that of a youth frank, self-respecting and selfreliant, with that touch of Southern chivalry which so marked his generation and which is so sadly wanting in the present. After thorough preparation, James G. Birney entered the sophomore class in Princeton College, in April, 1808. and was graduated September 26, 1810, having shown unusual proficiency in moral and political philosophy, general literature and the classics, in fact, in just those branches which he needed in his future career. While there he had listened to the teachings of the president of the college, the eminent Dr. Stanhope Smith, who taught his pupils that slavery was a moral wrong and a political evil. The subject was one of importance over the whole Union and was the subject of much debate and discussion at the college. Pennsylvania had already passed an emancipation act, which was followed by the same legislation in New York in 1801, and in New Jersey in 1804. In all the college discussions James G. Birney took part, never defending slavery, although both his father and grandfather W'Cre slave-owners and he had been brought up in its shadow and under its influence. Immediately after securing his diploma, he returned to Kentucky, and he subsequently entered upon the study of the law with United States District Attorney Alexander J. Dallas,. in Philadelphia, with whom he continued for three years. He passed his examination and was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia, and in May, 1814, he returned to Danville and entered upon the practice of the law-. In the fall elections he was made a member of the Town Council and was instrumental in founding the Danville Academy. In 1816 he was elected a member of the Lower House of the Kentucky General Assembly, and it was during thisperiod that he first took the stand in opposition to slavery, which made his subsequent career so interesting and important.

Mr. Birney now began to think of a wider sphere for his professional and political ambitions, and circumstances pointed to Alabama as a fruitful field and thither he removed in- 1818.

From 181 8 to 1823 the biographer finds- Mr. Birney practicing his profession, overseeing an immense plantation and entering with vigor into politics. The latter interests brought about financial losses of a serious character. His frequent absences from home had caused the unprofitable cultivation of his crops, mainly his cotton, and in 1823, in debt, he left his plantation and removed his family to Hunts- ville, the county-seat of Madison County, and one year later he was elected mayor of Huntsville. He continued his professional duties, attaining to a distinction unusual, considering his eminent competitors, and his political prominence continued to increase. More and more his leanings were in the direction of antislavery legislation, and early in 1826 he began to take an interest in the American Colonization Society, which he regarded "as a scheme of benevolence to the whole colored population, and as a germ of effort capable of expansion adequate to the largest necessities in the extermination of slavery." In December, 1826, he appeared before the Legislature with the rough draft of a bill "to prohibit the importation of slaves into this State for sale or hire," which did not please some of the large planters.

It is not the object of this sketch of this distinguished man to follow in detail his political career, which included his removal to Ohio in 1835 and the genesis of the Republican party, under other names, his nomination on November 13, 1839, as presidential candidate for the new organization, and a recapitulation of the great political movements of the next decade in which his was so important a figure. His work for the emancipation of the slaves is national history. Probably few men suffered more in the cause than did James G. Birney, - the loss of the esteem of kindred and friends which was replaced by contumely and insult, the loss of his property, the interruption of his professional career which had oft'ered the most brilliant future, and the constant detraction of those who had every reason to believe in the purity of his motives.

When his father died in 1839, leaving him a large estate ami many slaves, he immediately emancipated his negroes. In 1840 he was invited to England as one of the vice-presidents of the World's Convention, and in May of that

Aljout this time he became one of the three proprietors of Lower Saginaw (now Bay City), Michigan, and, in order to look after his interests here and also to find retirement after so many years of strenuous struggle, he decided to remove to this place. He arrived at Saginaw in the fall of 1841 and remained there through the winter. At this time all the business interests of the valley were at so low an ebb that ^^'ebster House, one of the largest hotels in Michigan at that time, outside of Detroit, built in 1837, was no longer required to accommodate the traveling public and had been standing unoccupied for some time. Mr. Birney and his family secured it as a private dwelling, and it continued to be their home during the year's residence in Saginaw, before their removal to Lower Saginaw.

In association with Dr. Daniel Hughes Futzhugh and James Eraser, Mr. Birney had previously purchased the stock of the Saginaw Bay Company, which company owned the John Riley Reserve and had laid out the town of Lower Saginaw. They became the successors of that company and the title was conveyed to Mr. Birney. He acted as trustee until a division of the property was made among the stockholders.

A memorable occasion during the residence of Mr. Birney at Saginaw was that of July 4, 1 842, when he was invited to address a number of his fellow-citizens who were dining with him at Jewett's Hotel. The late Norman Little and Judge Albert Miller were appointed a committee to wait on Mr. Birney and extend the invitation to honor the party with an address in honor of the day. His reply was characteristic. He said that he could not do nor sav anvthing to honor the anniversary of

American independence and freedom, for that day would not have arrived until the release from bondage of the three or four million individuals, who w-ere held to service by their oppressors, had taken place. He consented to attend and speak on his own theme and the eloquent address on the subject of "Emancipation" was subsequently made use of as a public document.

In the spring of 1842, Mr. Birney removed to Lower Saginaw. His residence here was the block -house at the corner of Fourth avenue and Water street, built by the Saginaw Bay Company. Aside from looking after the interests of the Saginaw Bay Company as trustee, he engaged extensively in agricultural pursuits, particularly in stock-raising. He brought a fine herd of blooded cattle from Ohio and the results are shown in the fine cattle which abound through the Saginaw Bay district.

After coming to Michigan, Mr. Birney was again called into active public life by his nomination in 1843 again to the presidency. At the election in 1844, he received 62.300 votes. In 1845 he was nominated for Governor of Michigan and at the election polled 3,023 votes for this high office. This closed his public political career, although his interest in the anti-slavery struggle was not abated. Disease was creeping on and after his health failed he did not mingle often with his fellow-citizens in Bay County, but he had been very benevolent and publicspirited and he was always remembered with kind feelings by his old neighbors. In order to consult medical specialists and also to give his youngest son collegiate advantages, he went East and settled at Eagleswood, near Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He died there from the effects of paralysis brought on through a fall from a horse, after five or six years of invalidism, on November 23, 1857, at the age of 65 years. Fie did not live long enough to realize his earlier hopes of the growth and importance of Lower Saginaw, nor to see the day which he would have considered the true birthday of American Independence.

Mr. Birney was married on February i, 1816, to Agatha McDowell, who was a daughter of United States Judge William McDowell and a niece of Governor Madison of Kentucky and of Bishop Madison of Virginia. She died in 1838, survived by one daughter, - Mrs. Florence B. Jennison, of Bay City, Michigan, - and five sons, - James, ^^'illiam. Dion, David and George. In 1841 his second union took place, also a congenial one, to Elizabeth Fitzhugh, a sister of Mrs. Gerritt Smith ; by this union there was one son, - Fitzhugh. Mr. Birney was a man of the highest Christian character and no even incomplete biography can be prepared without special reference being made to his unaffected piety. The Holy Bible was his constant companion and his mind was stored with its precious truths. \\'hile a resident of Lower Saginaw, it was Mr. Birney's custom to conduct religious services in the little school house.

In spite of the great eminence he had reached in the political world, Mr. Birney was noted for his quiet unostentation. He possessed the refined manner which comes from mingling with superior society, from his extensive reading and travel, and he was conspicuous even in the heat of debate for a consideration for the feelings of others and a remarkable absence of selfish self-seeking. Like other reformers and public benefactors, Mr. Birney did not escape detraction from high places, but, in the light thrown by the progress of events in these subsequent years, when the people of the North and the South have learned to dispassionatelv study historv, the name of James G. Birney has gained added and enduring luster.

LOF L. JOHNSON, a farmer and merchant of Garfield township. Bay County, Michigan, owns a well-improved farm of 40 acres in section i, operates a general store in which the Garfield Post Office is located, and is one of the leading men of his section. Mr. Johnson was born in 1864 in Sweden, and is a son of Jonas Peter and Lena Johnson.

The father died in Sweden, in 1875, aged 51 years, leaving his widow with eight children. Two of the sons, Alfred and Michael, had established themselves at Bay City, and in 1878 Alfred returned to Sweden and brought his mother and the rest of the family to Bay City. The mother did not long survive the change, dying in the fall of 1878, aged 52 years. The children all survive and are all located in Bay County, Michigan, within 20 miles of each other. They are : August, a farmer of Eraser township ; Alfred, a farmer of Eraser township ; Charles, a farmer of Garfield township; Michael, a farmer of Garfield township; Annie, wife of Joseph McCaskee, of Bay City ; John, a farmer of Garfield township ; Frank, a farmer of Eraser township ; and Eolf L., of this sketch.

Two years after coming to Bay County, the subject of this sketch bought his farm of 40 acres in section i, where he has carried on agricultural operations ever since. In 1898 he opened a general store on his property, in which the post office is kept, his wife being postmistress. .

In 1890, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage with Clara McCabe, who was then a resident of Bay City. They have three interesting little children: Alma, born in April, 1899; Dewey, born in May, 1901 ; and Rudolph, born in November, 1902.

been called upon to serve in a number of important official positions. He was justice of the peace for one term ; was supervisor for five years ; township treasurer for one year and has been a school director for 10 years. These offices have come to him practically unsought, for he is a man of excellent character, highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens. Both he and his wife belong to the ]\Iethodist Episcopal Church.

EZEKIAH M. GILLETT. senior member of the law firm of Gillett & Clark, and vice-president of the Bay County Savings Bank, was born in Genesee County, New York, and is a son of Samuel and Susan (Board) Gillett.

The parents of Mr. Gillett were both born and reared at Chester, Orange County, New York, where they were subsequently married. Later they became residents of Genesee County, where they engaged in farming. The father died in October, 1903, aged 80 years. The mother still resides at Le Roy, New York.

Mr. Gillett secured his primary education at Le Roy Academy, in his native county, and then entered Cornell University, Ithaca. New York, where he was graduated in 1874 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Two years later he came to Bay City and entered upon the study of the law, with the firm of Hatch & Cooley. He was admitted to the bar of Michigan in 1877 and shortly afterward entered into partnership with J. E. Simonson, the firm of SimonsonS: Gillett being established on January I, 1879. Later, E. S. Clark was admitted to partnership and the firm style was Simonson, Gillett & Clark until September, 1904, when the present firm succeeded. This law partnership, dating from the time when ^Ir. Gillett became interested therein, is the oldest in Bay City and Bay County. Mr. Gillett has devoted particular attention to corporation and real estate law practice and for a considerable period has been counsel for many of the manufacturing corporations of the city, including the North American Chemical Company and the Bay City-Michigan Sugar Company. Since its organization, he has been on the board of directors of the Bay County Savings Bank, of which he also is vice-president.

Mr. Gillett was first married to Helen M. Leconey, of New York City, in 1880. Mrs. Gillett died in 1885, being survived by one son, John. John Gillett recently accepted a position in the engineering department of a large manufacturing company of Cleveland, Ohio, after a year spent in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

i\lr. Gillett Vv'as again married, in 1887, to Minnie E. Orton, who was born and reared in Bay County and is the only daughter of the late Charles F. Orton, an early resident, who was extensively engaged in the lumber business. Mr. Orton died at Duluth, Minnesota, February 14, 1898. He was a native of Steuben County, New York, where he was born in 1S39. ]\Irs, Gillett inherited from her father great musical talent. The latter was organist at Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church for a long period. Mrs. Gillett is known to the musical world through a number of choice musical compositions. One son and two daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gillett, viz : Gladys, Eleanor and Robert, who are students in the Bay City High School.

Mr. Gillett is a Mason, a member of Bay City Commandery, No. 26, Knights Templar. He also retains his college fraternity membership with the Theta Delta Chi society. For a number of years he has been a vestryman of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church.

EV. FRANCIS GRES, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Bay City, Michigan, was born December 4, 1853, in the south of France. During his almost 50 years as student and faithful laborer in the spiritual field, he has won the approbation of the church and the love of his people on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Father Gres in boyhood attended the schools of Rodez, his native village, but his theological education was pursued in Brittany, where he was graduated in 1877 and in the same year was ordained to the priesthood, taking his vows in 1878 in the Society of the Holy Ghost. His scholarship and zeal made him eligible to a responsible position and he Vi-as sent to be a professor in the Seminary College at St. Pierre, in the island of Martinique, West Indies, which city only a few years ago was destroyed by the terrible eruption of Mount Pelee. After six years of educational work here. Father Gres returned to France and ser\-ed eight years as a missionary priest.

In 1892, Father Gres came to America and located at Detroit, Michigan, where he was assigiied as assistant pastor of St. Joachim's Church, and remained in this connection until June, 1894, when he came to Bay City as assistant to Father J. Roth and later to Father F. J. M. Michael Dangelzer. In 1900 he was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's parish and is now rounding out his nth year in Bay City. Father Gres has taught himself the English language. His pastorate has been marked with large accessions to the church, with a great increase in the church school and with added enthusiasm among the people. A new church will soon be erected, the financial affairs of the parish being in a most prosperous condition.

Hon. Chester L. Collins

ated in 1892. He then joined the Society of the Holy Ghost in the same year. In 1897 he was -ordained at Baltimore, Maryland, by His Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, as subdeacon and as deacon. In February, 1898. he was ordained to the priesthood under Archbishop Ryan, at Philadelphia.

Father Coignard taught theology at several points for two years and then was sent as priest to Chippewa Falls, A\'isconsin. In 1900 he came to Bay City as assistant to Father Gres, when the latter assumed full charge of this parish. Both these reverend gentlemen are learned, pious men, whose churchly zeal is only -equaled by their manly, consecrated, unselfish, Christian individual lives.

The academy in connection with St. Joseph's Church is managed by the Dominican Sisters, a body of holy women whose reputation for piety and scholarship extends over the world. Nearly all grades are accommodated here, and careful and thorough instruction is afforded in all ordinary branches, in the classics and in music. Accommodations are pro- A'ided in the class room for 350 day pupils.

ON. CHESTER L. COLLINS, one of the leading members of the Bay County bar, and president of the Michigan State Bar Association, recently elected judge of the i8th Judicial Circuit of Michigan, has been an honored resident of the Third Ward of Bay City since the fall of 1875. He was born at Newcastle, Coshocton County, Ohio, June 13, 1847, ^"^ is a son of Adgate W. and Susan (Olive) Collins. His father's parents removed to Ohio from Massachusetts, where the ancestors, coming from Ireland, had settled prior to the Revolution. His mother's parents were descended from

Adgate W. Collins was born in 1821 in Richland County, Ohio, and his wife in the same year, in Muskingum County, Ohio. Tliey removed from the latter county to Knoxville, Iowa, in May, 1852, where Mr. Collins has continued to reside, interested in farming, merchandising and banking. Both parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Chester L. Collins was educated in the common schools of Knoxville, Iowa, and in June, 1868, was graduated at the Iowa Wesleyan University. He then studied law in the office of the well-known legal firm of Stone & Ayers. The senior member of this firm. Hon. William M. Stone, was one of Iowa's War Governors. He was admitted to practice in the "Hawkeye" State in 1869. Prior to entering college, he had assisted on his father's farm and had clerked in the latter's store. In May, 1864, he entered the army, enlisting in Company A, 47th Reg., Iowa \''ol. Inf., and served as its sergeant until the company was mustered out of the service, on September 28, 1864.

From the date of his admission to the bar in Knoxville, he continued to practice his profession there until 1875, engaging in much important litigation, having many cases in the Circuit and District courts and the Iowa Supreme Court. This condition continued after he cnme to Bay City in October, 1875, Judge Collins having a record from that until the present time in all the courts of the State of Michigan, in the Supreme courts of Florida and Louisiana, in the United States Circuit courts, the United States Courts of yVppeal and the United States Supreme Court.

and is now its president. For several years he was chairman of the committee on legislation and law reform and was largely instrumental in initiating and carrying on the movements, which finally resulted in the Revised Supreme Court Rules of Michigan for 1897.

He has been closely identified with all the public-spirited enterprises which have resulted so favorably for Bay City. When the Bay County Bridge Commission was organized, he was one of its first members, his co-workers being Joseph Turner of Bay City and the late John Welch and Ephraim Kelton. During the administration of this commission, the Third street bridge was built, that of 23rd street was rebuilt, and the South Center (now Cass avenue) one was taken from 23rd street and reconstructed at that point. For a term of five years he was a member of the Bay City Police Commission and has served for more than 20 years as a member of the board of trustees of the Bay City Public Library. When the bankruptcy law went into effect. Hon. Henry D. Swan, judge of the United States District Court, appointed Judge Collins referee in bankruptcy for the Northern Division of the Eastern District of ^lichigan, being the sole referee of that division, and he served as such until April, 1904, when he resigned the office

On May 12, 1874. Judge Collins was married to Sarah Miller, who is a daughter of Judge Albert Miller of Bay City, one of the best known pioneers of the Saginaw Valley, and they have two daughters : Emily and Susan Mary.

Judge Collins' political affiliations have always been with the Republican party. His first presidential vote was cast for Ulysses S. Grant, in 1868. On February 10. 1905, he received the Republican nomination for the office of judge of the i8th Judicial Circuit of Michigan, comprising the county of Bay. His election followed in April. Since 1870 he has been in fraternal connection with the Masonic bodies, and he retains his college membershipwith the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. His interest in the Grand Army of the Republic has always been sincere and he has twice served as commander of U. S. Grant Post, No. 67. A portrait of Judge Collins accompanies this sketch.

ON. BIRDSEY KNIGHT, one of the leading men of Bay County, who owns and operates a fine farm of 240 acres and resides in section 17, township 14, range 6, in Hampton township, wasborn in Avon township, Oakland County, Michigan, July 18, 1851, and is a son of Hon. Nathan and Harriet (Stephens) Knight and grandson of Elienezer Knight, a native of Maine.

Hon. Nathan Knight was born at Otisville, near Portland, ]Maine, July 14, 181 7, and accompanied his parents to Oakland County, ^lichigan, in 1826. He completed his education at Austinburg Institute, Ohio, where hetaught school prior to coming to Bay City, in 1854. Securing a farm in Hampton township, he lived on it two years and then was a resident of Bay City until i860, when he returned to the farm, which continued to be his homethrough life. For four years he was engaged in the practice of tl:e law at Bay City in partnership with William Sherman, this being thecnly law firm at that time in the city. Nathan Knight was a very superior man, both in education, mental attainments and in the sterlingqualities needed in the early days of any community. He was sent to the Legislature and worked for his section with success and filled almost all the offices which demanded a man of al)ility and tact. His death took place in Bav

County, December 28, 1886. The mother of our subject was born in Vermont and died in Bay County, jNIichigan, February 14, 1892, aged 64 years, six months and six days. Our subject is the only survivor of their three children, one of whom died young and the other at the age of 16 years.

Our subject is the only survivor of this old pioneer family. He can recall the time when no road had been surveyed between his farm and Essexville. The present smiling fields of grain and rich meadow lands were nothing but wild, unbroken prairie, with here and there an oasis of timber.

His father, Nathan Knight, secured 160 acres from the government and that was the nucleus of the present large farm which is located in sections 17, 20 and 8. The first winter passed on the farm was one of many privations, chief among these bein?- a lack of that humble vegetable, the potato, which, perhaps, is only truly appreciated when it is impossible to obtain. The grandfather sent a supply from Detroit by the first boat in the spring, that then being the only means of transportation. Our suljject's father had brought several head of stock with him and entered into stock-raising with his brother-in-law, John V. Stephens, now of \'ermontville, Eaton County. Enough hay was harvested the first season to winter the stock, but, unfortunately, 33 stacks of hay were burned by a prairie fire and two- year-old steers "were sold for $10, while 300 head of sheep were given away to save them from starvation. He had already suffered from thieves and wolves and did not resume sheep growing.

In addition to being one of the leading agriculturists of Bay County, our sul)ject has. like his father, been closely identified wiith public affairs. A stanch Democrat, he has been the choice of his party for almost every office in its gift, being elected on many occasions and on others running ahead of his ticket when defeated. He served for 18 consecutive terms as supervisor for Hampton township, an office his father had filled for 16 terms previously. For two years, Mr. Knight held the office of superintendent of the poor, and in 1891 he was sent as Representative to the State Legislature and again in 1893, serving on very important committees during both terms. He was mainly instrumental in securing the State system of road-building. His career at Lansing was in every way honorable and his service was such as to preserve the esteem in which he was held by his constituents and to invite the regard of the public, outside his own district.

On November 21, 1876, Mr. Knight was married to Eren A. Hilker, who was born in Oakland County, Michigan, September 21, 1857, accompanied her parents to Clinton, then to Ingham and in 1875 to Bay County. She is a daughter of Andrew C. and Harriet Hilker, natives of New York. ;\Ir. and ^Irs. Knight have two daughters, namely : Bessie I., born June 30, 1878, and Mabel G., born February 26, 1880, both young ladies being at home. This home is a commodious dwelling full of comforts, which was erected by our subject's father to take the place of the small frame edifice, which was the pioneer residence. ^Ir. Knight belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to the Maccabees.

^'LVESTER C. YOUNG, one of the prominent citizens and well-known agriculturists of Portsmouth township, Bay County, Michigan, residing on a v.ell-cultivated farm of 76 acres and having his home in section 6, township 13, range 6, was born December 31, 1849, ^t Davison in

The father of our subject was born November 1 6, 1 82 1, at Oswego, New York, and died at Corunna, Shiawassee County, Michigan, December 22, 1903. By trade he was a shoemaker and in his native State owned a store for which he made all the shoes by hand, being a very rapid and expert workman. In 1847 he to Genesee County, Michigan, where he followed his trade for 10 years and then moved to Corunna where he followed his trade and also engaged in farming. He was a man of education and intelligence and always was interested in public affairs and political movements. He was a stanch supporter of the Republican party and frequently made stump speeches during the campaigns. His father, Edwin Young, was born in Scotland and his mother, in Germany.

The mother of our subject was born December 5, 1823, in Skaneateles, New York, and died at Corunna, Michigan, August 18, 1891. She was the mother of these children : Eugene D., of Owosso, Michigan; Maria (Mrs. Nefif), of Owosso, Michigan; Pieria L., of Saginaw County, Michigan; Sylvester C, of this sketch; Dora (Mrs. Bj-erly), of Owosso, ]Michigan; Loella, deceased at the age of 18 years; Julia (Mrs. Heggerman), of Council Bluffs, California; and Glenn D., of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Sylvester C. Young was six years old when his parents moved to Corunna, Shiawassee County, where he went to school and lived until August, 1879, when he came to Bay City. Ever since he has been a resident of Bay County. Shortly after coming here, he secured a farm of 36 acres in section 6 and. later, another tract of 40 acres in section 6, Portsmouth township. But a small portion had been cleared and Mr. Young undertook quite a task when he started in to clear his property and put it under cultivation. That he has admirably succeeded, his fertile fields show as do his handsome residence in the midst of shade trees and his well-built, commodious barns. Until within the last few months, he has operated a dairy farm, keeping 20 cows, but now devotes all his land and attention, aside from that given to public duties, to general farming.

In 1878, Mr. Young was married at Bay City to Maggie Weber, who died June 20, 1899, aged 41 years. Their children were: Charles F., who is in the United States Army. Anna (Mrs. Bercot), of Portsmoulh township; William S. and Raymond, both attending school ; and Letia, who died aged one year.

Mr. Young has always taken an intelligent interest in politics, voting with the Republicans, and he has served in a number of the local offices, four years as school inspector and four years as justice of the peace. He is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church at Bay City. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and also to the Maccabees. He is a man of sterling character and is justly considered one of the representative men of Portsmouth township.

FORGE R. EON, one of the wellknown and popular citizens of Bay City, Michigan, and Circuit Court Commissioner, was born in February, 1877, in Jackson, Michigan, and is a son of Charles H. Fox.

The parents of Mr. Fox removed from Jackson to Bay City, Michigan, when our subject was six months old. His father is the junior member of the well-known cigar manufacturing firm of Bateman & Fox. which has been in existence for the past 20 years. Formerly he was chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners, a position from which he re-

Our subject was reared to advanced youth in his native city and attended school here until prepared for college and then entered Notre Dame University and one year later to Albion College, at Albion, Michigan. There he remained three years, completing the full course, and after graduation entered the law school at Ann Arbor. His graduation followed there in 1898. when he was admitted to the bar and immediately entered into practice at Bay City. He has secured his fair share of the legal practice of this section, has been retained on many important cases and has held a number of local offices. In the fall of 1902 he was elected to his present position as Circuit Court Commissioner, to which he was reelected in the fall of 1904. a very sufficient proof of his efficiency. He is admirably located in the Shearer Block, Bay City.

Mr. Fox was married at Bay City to Anna AI. Nichols, of Saginaw, Michigan, and they have one daughter, - Mary N. Politically, Mr. Fox is identified with the Republican party. He belongs to the Masons and the Elks and to a number of athletic organizations.

Since boyhood and early college days, Mr. Fox has been much interested in all kinds of athletic sports. He has not altogether given u\) his fondness for the game of baseball and, as his Bay City antagonists can testify, has by no means lost his skill. During the "nineties" he came into State prominence as a bicycle rider and was classed with the best outside of the professionals. He is very popular in the social circles of his own city and with his old college comrades with whom he continues in touch by keeping up his membership with some of his fraternities, notably the Kappa Sigma, of Ann Arbor. Mr. Fox belongs to that ever-increasing class of young men, whose education, training and natural fitness bring them early intopublic life.

ILLIAM ORRIN CLIFT, senior member of the well-known firm of W. O. Clift & Company, of Bay City, Michigan, who carry on a general insurance, real estate, loan and investment business, is one of the city's progressiveand public-spirited men. Mr. Clift was born near Syracuse, New York, March 20. 1852, and is a son of Myron and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Clift.

The Clift family originated in New England. The great-grandfather, William Clift, ^^ was born in Vermont and moved at air-earTy day to Onondaga County, New York, where his son William was born, near Skaneateles.

Myron Clift, father of our subject, was born in 1821 at Skaneateales. In 1865 he w<^nt to Illinois where he bought property and resided upon it until 1880, when he removed to- Kansas. He married Elizabeth Hutchinson, who was born near Syracuse, New York, and is a daughter of Orrin Hutchinson. They had eight children, five of whom reached maturity, namely: Martha E., who resides with her parents at Burlington, Kansas; William O., of this sketch; Lodema H., wife of Marshall Mitchell, of Ottawa, Illinois ; Leonora, wife of O. A. Smith, of Burlington, Kansas; and Emma (Mrs. Cruser), of Burlington, Kansas. The family belong to the Universalist Church.

William Orrin Clift enjoyed commonschool advantages lx)th in New York and in Illinois, and completed his education in the Columbus (Ohio) High School. Soon after this, he entered the office of Superintendent G. A. Doran, of the Ohio State Asylum for Feeble-Minded Youth, and continued to be em- ployed there about lo years. After coming to Michigan, Mr. Chft became superintendent of the Western Plaster Works, at Alabaster; one year later, in the fall of 1880, he became a resident of Bay City. He accepted a position as bookkeeper in the First National Bank and continued there until the summer of 1887, when he assisted in organizing the Commercial Bank of Bay City, of which he was cashier until 1895. For the past 10 years IMr. Clift has given all his attention to insurance, investment and loans.

The insurance agency now conducted by W. O. Clift & Company was established in 1878, when the late C. B. Cottrell embarked in the insurance business, which he conducted until 1885, being succeeded by James B. Corwin, who carried it on until his death, in April, 1895. His firm was succeeded by Bush & Clift. a partnership which continued until July, 1898, when each partner started an agency separately. Mr. Clift represents some of the oldest and most reliable insurance companies of the world, his list including the Hartford Fire Insurance of Hartford, Connecticut ; Home Insurance Company, of New York; ^Mutual Benefit Fire Insurance Company, of Newark, New Jersey; and the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company, Commercial Union Assurance Company and the Phoenix Assurance Company, of England.

Although politically a stanch Republican. Mr. Clift prefers that others should hold the public offices, as he has no political aspirations. He has long been very prominently identified with Masonic affairs and is known all over the State in fraternal circles. He is past master of Joppa Lodge, No. 315, F. & A. M., and past high priest of Blanchard Chapter, No. 50, R. A. M. ; has been thrice illustrious master of Bay City Council, No. 53, R. & S. M., for a number of years, and is eminent commander of Bay City Commandery, No. 26, K. T. ; is grand master of ceremonies of McCormick Grand Lodge of Perfection and is most eminent sovereign grand master of Bay City Council, Princes of Jerusalem ; is a member of Saginaw Valley Chapter of Rose Croix at Bay City, of the Michigan Sovereign Consistory, S. P. R. S., at Detroit, and of Saladin Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Grand Rapids. His social connection is with the Bay City Club, of which he was one of the organizers.

Mr. Clift has a very pleasant home at Bay City. He married Ella Gertrude Stocking, Kvho is a daughter of A. W. Stocking, of Painesville, Ohio, and they have two sons : Myron W.;, who is a member of the class of 1905 of the University of Michigan ]\Iedical School ; and Lyle ]\I. The family attend the Congregational Church, of which 'Sir. Clift is trustee and treasurer.

HOMAS ATWILL, deceased, was for many years a well-known resident of Bay County, Michigan, living a part of the time at Bay City and the remainder at Essexville. He was born in Ireland, March 29, 1844, and was a son of Thomas Atwill.