Bay County, Michigan - Chapter 16, 1905 (part 5 of 12)

Few men are better equipped in every way for their life work than is Joseph E. Kohn. In 1883 he graduated at the great technical college at Prague, in both mechanical and chemical engineering, retiring from that noted school with knowledge which enabled him to enter successfully into the sugar manufacturing l)usi- ness in Bohemia. After several years practice he was accepted as chemical assistant to Charles Steilen, the great inventor connected with the largest sugar manufacturing plant in Eur(.ipe. which is situated in Ahiraxia. After seven years of experience there. ]\Ir. Kohn came to America, being sent to Omaha, to erect a sugar-house, by one of the largest European manufacturing concerns, but the enterprise failed on account of lack of funds of the Omaha people. Therefore Mr. Kohn accepted a position with the Kitby Manufacturing Company, at Cleveland, Ohio. There he designed and constructed the sugar-houses of Bay City and Alma, Michigan, with their complicated machinery. During the subsecjuent four years he traveled all over the United States and designed, during this period, sugar-houses, or technical parts, in Michigan, Louisiana, California and New York. In 1899 he came to Bay City as designer and constructor and in 1901 he erected the Michigan Chemical Company's plant, after his own designs and with the utilization of the most modern and approved methods of construction. Since then he has also erected a large molasses distillery for the General Distilling Company of Toronto, Canada, and has been interested in other enterprises.

]\Ir. Kohn was awarded his professional title of Doctor when he was graduated as a master in chemistry. Personally, he is a man of commanding presence, and a most conspicuous figure on horseback, his training in this line having been obtained during his one year of \-oInnteer service in the best cavalry regiment in the Austrian Army. He belongs to numerous artistic and literary organizations, speaks almost all European languages and possesses a notable collection of diplomas awarded him by many learned societies.

HESTER A. KERN, a general merchant and well-known representative citizen of Auburn, Williams township, Bay County, Michigan, was born October 4, 1870, in Williams township, and is a son of Anthony and Amelia (W^olfe) Kern.

Anthony Kern came to Bay County in 1869 from Roseville, \\'ayne County, IMichigan, where he had been a carpenter and farmer. He bought a farm of 160 acres of wild land in Williams township. Bay County, which he cleared and improved and has since sold. He has been prominently identified with the township's development. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He filled the office of justice of the peace for 16 years. He was one of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On May i, 1866, he was married at Roseville, Michigan, to Amelia Wolfe, who died May 25,.

1893, ^"d ^^''^s 1'^''^ ^'^ ''^s*^ '" '^'^^ cemetery at Bay City. She was an admirable wife and mother and was esteemed by all who knew her. Four children were born to them, namely : Eva. E., wdio is the wife of T. C. Phillips, of South Bay City; Flora E., who is the wife of W. E. Cole, of Saginaw; Chester A., of this sketch; and Burton B., of West Bay City.

Our subject was educated in the schools of Williams township and Bay City. After completing his education, he accepted a clerical position with R. E. Swart, of Auburn, and in 1896 he bought Mr. Swart out and has been conducting a first-class general store here ever since. He owns the whole business and has a handsome private residence and also owns a grain elevator, which he built in 1900. It is the only elevator in Williams township and has a capacity of 10,000 bushels.

who is a daughter of JMartin and Jennie (Rogers) Sauer, and they have had two children, viz: Harold, who died at the age of lo months ; and Marion, a bright little girl of three years.

In politics, Mr. Kern is a Republican. He is a leading member of the School Board. Like his father, he is a member of the IMethodist Episcopal Church, and is also one of the trustees. His fraternal associations include the Gleaners ; Auburn Lodge, No. 758, Independent Order of Foresters ; and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a lodge of the last named organization ha\'ing been lately installed at Auburn.

VA'ID \MLCOX. a successful farmer and stock-raiser residing in section 21, Monitor township, Bay County, Alichigan, where he has a valuable farm of 200 acres, was born in Exeter, England, in 1848, and is a son of Samuel Isaac and Elizabeth (Davey) Wilcox. Mr. Wilcox comes of Scotch and English stock. His ancestors were people of education and refinement. Samuel Isaac Wilcox, father of our subject, left England for Canada in 1849, locating in the Province of Ontario. He was there located among uneducated people, and served as their letter writer and reader. He is now deceased, and is survived by his widow, aged 85 years, who resides on the old homestead. Their union was blessed by the following offspring: Samuel J., who lives on the old home farm in Canada; David; George W., of Chicago ; Joseph, a banker of Ontario ; Frances, a wheatbuyer of Brandon, Manitoba ; Septimus, of Ontario ; Antonius Pius, of Ontario ; and Cranmer R., who is employed as foreman by Gasser & Company, of Duluth, Minnesota. David Wilci^x attended the common schools of his vicinity in Ontario until he was iG years of age and then took up the work of earning means for his support and advancement. He was engaged in cutting walnut timber in L'^pper Canada until 1865, then removed to Marine City, Michigan, and soon after located in Bay City. Here he was employed by Smith Brothers on their lumber property along the Rifle River, for three summers booming the logs cut during the winters. He then returned to Canada and remained with his parents for four years, at the end of which time he again came to Bay City, being then 23 years old. He served as foreman and superintendent for Whitman & Company, jobbers for Burrows & Rust, until 1876, and then was marshal of the village of Banks for three years. He next worked for the Keystone Lumber Company as head woodsman, later as superintendent of booms, continuing with that company for 12 years. In 1883 he purchased a farm of 160 acres in section 21, Monitor township. later adding to it a tract of 20 acres and another of 40 acres. He has disposed of 20 acres and still retains 200 acres, all under a high state of cultivation. While working as boom superintendent he had all this land cleared on contract, and has since developed it along his ideas of what a good stock and dairy farm should be. He breeds horses and cattle in his own stud, and keeps 15 horses and 27 cows. He erected a comfortable home, a large barn and a silo, 17 by 32 feet, and has all the conveniences of a modern farmer. He is a man of industrious habits, frugal and enterprising, and the success he has achieved is due solely to his indixidual efforts.

In 1876, Mr. Wilcox was united in marriage with Mary Kerr, a daughter of John Kerr, a large contractor of Buffalo. New York, and they are parents of five children, as follows : Gilbert C. ; James W. ; Samuel T. ; Ten- nette W., who attends the Bay City High School ; and Harrison Alger, who is named after President Harrison and Governor Alger. All of the children are living at home. Politically, Air. Wilcox has always been an enthusiastic supporter of Republican principles. He served as supervisor and treasurer of Whitney township, Arenac County, and three terms as school director of Monitor township, Bay County. Fraternally, he is a Mason. Having come to this county at an early date, he well rememljers many of the old landmarks and has witnessed a wonderful change in conditions. He has a recollection of the erection of the first brick building in Bay City, the Shearer House, in 1865, and the construction of the wooden bridge across the Saginaw River.

g^-«|ERRY PHELPS, deceased, who for ^M many years engaged successfully in the hotel business at many points, was engaged at the time of his death in farming in section 1 1 of Monitor township. Bay County, Michigan, where he owned a valuable farm of 130 acres. He was a man of high business principles, dealing openly and with fairness in all his transactions, and he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his fellowcitizens to a marked degree. He was born in Wayne County, New York, October 16, 1843, and was a son of Joel and Sally (Brock) Phelps, both natives of New York State.

At an early age, Perry Phelps accompanied his parents to Michigan and completed his educational training in the schools of Oakland County. He then came to Bay County, locating at South Bay City, then known as the village of Portsmouth and now a part of Bay City. When 20 years old, Mr. Phelps enlisted in Company L, Fourth Reg., ^ilichigan Vol.

Cav., and saw two years of hard service in the Civil War. He was in the battle of Salina, participated in Wilson's raid (in which the raiding detachment of Federals got behind the Rebel lines) and for a long period was unable to communicate with his young wife. He was one of the detail that captured Jefferson Davis and in effecting the capture his horse was shot from under him and the bullet pierced the calf of his leg, leaving a mark which remained throughout his life. He guarded the ambulance as a member of the detail which took President Davis to Nashville, Tennessee. He was mustered out at Nashville, in May, 1865, and immediately thereafter returned home to his wife in Bay City. He engaged in the hotel business in West Bay City, conducting the Phelps House, opposite to the Michigan Central Railroad Depot. Selling this property, he subsec|uently engaged in the liotel business successively at Alger, West Branch, Otsego Lake and Greyling. then in 1895 returned to Bay County and located upon his farm in section 1 1 of Monitor township. He purchased this property in 1885,. cleared it of its timber and completed the fine home which was in course of construction at the time the property came under his control. He built two good barns and other substantial outbuildings, converting the place into one of the best improved properties in Monitor township. He established a dairy, and supplied milk and produce to the people of the city until his death on December 2, 1903. His death was sadly mourned by his fellow-citizens as a loss to the community. The farm, which Mrs. Phelps still owns, is stocked with 25 head of cattle of standard breed and fi\e horses, and is being conducted by her only son, Edward. Mr. Phelps was a Republican in politics, and served in the City Council of Bay City, and as township treasurer while at West Branch. He was a member of Wenona

Lodge. No. 296, F. & A. JNL, of West Bay Cit}', of which he was one of the oldest members at the time of his death. He also belonged to Greyling Post, G. A. R.

At South Bay City, in July, 1863, Perry Phelps was united in marriage with Sarah Tolfree, who was born in Ithaca, New York and is a daughter of Joshua and Melisa (Brock) Tolfree, her father coming from England and her mother from Pennsylvania. Her paternal grandfather was a mechanic and built the cars used by the New York Central Railroad when the road was first opened. Mrs. Phelps is a member of the Women's Relief Corps, serving as conductress at the present time, and a member of the Eastern Star. She is a woman of lovable traits and has a host of friends in this countv.

IRGIL L. TUPPER, A. M., M. D., one of the leading surgeons of Bay County, Michigan, standing at the head of his profession in this section of the St;ite, was born in Pennsylvania March 14, 1869, and is a son of Benjamin and Selena (Bonnell) Tupper.

Dr. Tupper comes of a medical family, both grandfather and great-grandfather having been eminent in the profession of medicine, which his father also studied for some years. The last named became interested in the oil business and is now a resident of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, a man of prominence there. Both parents of Dr. Tupper were born in New York. They reared four children, one son, - Virgil L., - and three daughters, viz: Florence, who is the wife of William Connor, of Plainville, New Jersey ; Laura O., a highly educated young lady, a graduate of the University of Michigan, who resides with her parents at Pittsburg; and Leah U., who is deceased.

In childhood, \"irgil L. Tupper became a member of the household of his uncle, Dr. Horace Tupper, in order to enjoy better educational opportunities than could be afforded him by his father, while the latter was engaged in his business in widely separated oil fields. Through his boyhood he attended the schools of Bay City and then spent some time at the old Washington and Jefferson College, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, after which he returned to Michigan and completed his literary course at Ann Arbor. Turning his attention to the science of medicine, he entered that grand old institution, the Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, where he was most creditably graduated with the class of 1896. In a competitive examination he won the coveted position of interne in the college hospital, and, after completing his term here, he entered St. Mary's Hospital, in the same city. He closed his work in Philadelphia by taking special surgical work in the clinic of the noted Dr. Baer. Aiming still higher. Dr. Tupper then entered the medical school of Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, where he took a special course, under the best conditions which the resources of that magnificent institution command, in gynecology, surgery, children's diseases and medicine.

In March, 1898, Dr. Tupper settled at Bay City, vvdiere he was shortly afterward prostrated with a serious attack of typhoid fever, superinduced, perhaps, by the close confinement of his hospital work, his enthusiasm possibly making him ignore precautions he would never permit his patients to forget. After three months of illness he recuperated and for years has been a type of manly strength and endurance. He is recognized as the leading surgeon of this section of the State and on many cases his dictum has been regarded as a court of last resort. Where his skill cannot help, hope is vain. Dr. Tupper controls the practice of his late venerated uncle. Dr. Horace Tupper, and has a larger personal practice than he can give attention to. For the past four years he has been most conveniently located on the southwest corner of Sixth and Adams streets in Bay City.

In 1 90 1, Dr. Tupper was united in marriage with Mary Cranage, a member of a representative family of Bay County, and a daughter of Thomas Cranage of Bay City. They have one son who bears the name of Thomas, in honor of his grandfather.

Dr. Tupper is a prominent member of the American I\Iedical Association, and of the Michigan State Medical Society, and in 1903 served a.s president of the Bay County Medical Society. Aside from professional connections, he has many social associations and belongs to the Bay City Club and to the Elks.

OHN WALSH. This gentleman, who served for one term, with marked efficiency and great acceptability, as mayor of West Bay City, is one of the oldest residents of this vicinity, having located in Bay City in 1866. He is actively engaged in the coal mining industry, and holds the position of president of the United City Coal Company, the headquarters of which are in West Bay City.

Mr. Walsh was born in Haldimand District, Ontario, in 1S46. There he was reared and schooled, and there he remained until his removal to Bay City, Michigan, as previously mentioned. His residence in Bay City covered a period of 17 years, during a great portion of which he was engaged in the retail grocery trade on Center avenue. After disposing of that business to Messrs. Chatfield and Speer,

Upon his removal to West Bay City, in 1S83, the subject of this sketch established a wholesale grocery house, in partnership with Luther B. Edinborough. Mr. Edinborough was some time afterward appointed postmaster of West Bay City and Mr. Walsh purchased the former's interest in the concern, and conducted its constantly increasing business for two years, without a partner. In 1896 James R. Tanner was admitted to partnership, and two years afterward, Harry J. Daily became associated with ^Messrs Walsh and Tanner.

In 1 90 1, Mr. Walsh withdrew entirely from the concern, having disposed of his interest to Messrs. Tanner and Daily. Since the subject of this sketch established the business, its volume had grown from $90,000 to more than $500,000 per year.

The United City Coal Company, of which Air. Walsh is president, was organized in August, 1903. The other officials are: David Jones, vice-president; and W. W. Chapman, secretary and treasurer. The property of the company consists of a tract of 75 acres, a part of which is situated within the corporate limits of the city. One shaft, employing about 40 men, is now in successful operation. To the direction of the affairs of this enterprise, Mr. Walsh now gives his principal attention.

LTntil within the past two years, the subject of this sketch was quite active in Republican politics, and has been conspicuous in his advocacy of the consolidation of the "Bay Cities." Shortly after his retirement from the wholesale grocery business, he was elected mayor of West Bay City. He assumed the mayoralty when the public treasury was empty. The city had a bonded indebtedness of $400,000 and a floating debt of $74,500. By a strictly business admin- istration, which curtailed improvements and reduced expenditures, the new incumbent and the Council placed the city on a sound financial basis, and re-established its credit within six months. Their system of retrenchment reduced the floating debt to about $40,000, settled the interest account and liquidated most of the claims against the city, outside of the bonded indebtedness.

Mr. Walsh has three sons, all residents of West Bay City, namely: Harry J., a retail grocer ; Arthur G., a produce commission dealer; and Frank A., who has the State agency for the "Seal of Minnesota" flour, with headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio.

\PT. JOHN O. WOOLSON, one of the most prominent citizens of Bay City, Michigan, and president of the Bradley Transportation Company, was born in Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont, April 15. 1826. His career is an impressive illustration of what may be accomplished by natural ability, supplemented by ambition, energy and perseverance. Beginning as a humble sailor boy, his own exertions have won for him a degree of success which renders his life an encouraging example to every aspiring youth. Captain Woolson is a son of Asa and Mary (White) Woolson, whose ancestors were English and among the earliest -settlers of New Hampshire.

Asa Woolson was born April 4, 1796, at Langdon, New Hampshire, and died June 5, 1827. He learned the trade of a clothier in a woolen mill. He started a woolen mill at Tunljridge when a young man, and was operating it at the time of his death. He was a sturdy, ambitious man, of rugged honesty. He jiiarried Marv White.

Captain Woolson's grandfather, Asa Woolson, was born at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, February 4, 1767, and died at Grafton, Vermont, September 22, 1826. He married Ann Sargent, who was born in Templeton, Massachusetts, November 3, 1771, and died at Springfield, Vermont, November 29, 1857.

Captain Woolson's great-grandfather, Asa Woolson, was born at Weston, Massachusetts, August 2, 1727, and died at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, April 18, 1789. His wife was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, July 3, 1736.

Captain Woolson's great-great-grandfather, Joseph Woolson, came from England when 17 years of age, and settled in \\'eston. There he built a block-house in which a garrison was manitained for a number of years, as a defense against the Indians. Four generations of the family were born in this block-house.

Captain Woolson, our subject's father, died when his son, John O., was one year old, and his widow then moved to St. Lawrence County, New York, where she married Henry William Bard. When the subject of this sketch was six years old, the family moved to Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. His opportunities for mental improvement were quite limited, and at an early age he became self-supporting. When but a lad he commenced following the water, where he worked his way up until he became a sailing master, and for years commanded sailing and steam vessels on the Great Lakes.

In 1864, Captain \\'oolson came to Bay City. Michigan, and formed a partnership with Nathan B. Bradley in the steam-tug business. In addition to this, he became interested in a grocery, his store being located in Water street. In 1875 ^""^ severed his connection with Mr. Bradley and bought other \-essel property, still continuing in the retail grocery trade. He also made a specialty of supplying vessels with necessaries. In 1 88 1 he abandoned the grocery

In 1887, Captain Woolson buiU the schooner, "IMary Woolson," now owned by the Bradley Transportation Company, which also owns the steamer "C. H. Bradley" and the schooner "Brightie." This company was incorporated in 1 89 1, with Captain Woolson as president; F. W. Bradley, vice-president; and C. H. Bradley, secretary.

The subject of this sketch was one of the original stockholders of the First National Bank, of Bay City, and became a stockholder in the Bay City National Bank, when it succeeded the first-named institution.

Captain Woolson's first wife was Lovisa E. Davis, of Painesville, Ohio. One son was born to them named Francis, who married Malvina Wilson, and died in 1878, leaving a widow and two children, - Maude, since deceased ; and Minnie, who is the wife of Z. A. Carr, of Park Rapids, Minnesota.

On July 13, 1854, Captain W^oolson married Betsey M. Ingraham, a daughter of Joseph Ingraham. Two children were born to them, namely: Fred H., of Bay City; and Mary, wife of F. S. Tear, of Painesville, Ohio.

Captain Woolson has been active in the vessel business for a longer period than any other resident of Bay City. His prominence has been gained by slow degrees, and is the direct result of the sterling traits of character which have made him everywhere respected. His irreproachable record is based upon self-reliance, unswerving integrity and untiring persistence, and reflects great credit upon the community with which he has been identified for 40 years.

fine residence at No. 302 Garfield avenue, then known as the Bowery. The streets were still ungraded, when he set out the splendid maple shade trees which surround and adorn this beautiful home.

The subject of this sketch has always been a Republican, although never a politician, and has served as supervisor of the Fourth Ward. Fraternally, he is a member of Bay City Lodge No. 129, F. & A. M. His portrait accompanies this sketch, being presented on a foregoing page.

ON. THEODORE F. SHEPARD, an honored resident of Bay City, who is judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit of Michigan, Bay County, - is one of the most prominent and successful members of the State bar.

Judge Shepard was born in Livingston County, New York, June 14, 1844. He is a son of Howell Shepard, a native of Yates County, New York, who was for some time a thriving farmer in that vicinity, and was subsequently engaged in mercantile pursuits in Alleghany County, where he died in i860. In politics, the father was in early times a Whig, but was identified with the organization of the Republican party. The mother of Judge Shepard was Sarah Rathbun, a native of New York State.

The subject of this sketch attended the public schools of New York and afterward pursued a course of study in Alfred University, Alleghany County, graduating in 1865. Soon after his graduation, he began the study of the law in Cuba, New York, in the office of Hon. Marshall B. Champlin, a distinguished lawyer, who was Attorney General of the State for six years. After a preliminary course of reading. Judge Shepard continued his studies in the Albany

Law Scliool, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He then spent another year in the office of Mr. Champhn. At the end of this period he came to Michigan and commenced practice in West Bay City, having formed a partnership with Hon. C. P. Black. He soon attained marked success in his profession and also became prominent in pubhc affairs.

In 1872 Judge Shepard was elected prosecuting attorney, and conducted the affairs of that office in such a vigorous and impartial manner as to strike terror to the minds of evildoers. During his term of office, law-breaking was reduced to a minimum, and many of the resorts of criminals were closed. As a consequence of the reputation he thus acquired, many criminal cases were subsequently ]^laced in his hands, and for years thereafter he had the leading business in the city in that class of litigation.

Previous to his entrance upon a higher sphere of effort, Judge Shepard served as city attorney of West Bay City for several terms. He was a member of the Board of Education for 12 years, acting as its chairman during the entire period. For 10 years he was also president of the Water Commission.

In 1890, President Harrison appointed Judge Shepard, United States district attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, a position which he filled with notable efficiency for four years.

Judge Shepard was married in Cuba, New York, in January, 1868, to Mary M. Randolph, a daughter of S. S. Randolph, a native of the "Empire" State. Three children resulted from this union, namely: Howell C, now about 30 years of age; Lottie E., who died when six years of age; and Mamie E., who died in 1900, in her 28th year.

The subject of this sketch has always been an ardent champion of the principles of the Republican party. He was chairman of the Republican Congressional District Committee for several years. He has been a member of the Republican State Central Committee, and has rendered most eft'ective service on the stump in various campaigns. He was a delegate to the national convention at Cincinnati, which nominated President Hayes, and has held a seat in almost every Republican State convention for 25 years. The offices which he has filled with conspicuous ability have been in connection with educational matters and the profession of the law.

LOYD HAMILTON RANDALL, B. S., M. D., physician and surgeon at West Bay City, Michigan, a thoroughly equipped member of his profession, has been established in this city since 1904. Dr. Randall was born in West Bay City, September 5, 1875, a member of one of the old and honored families of this section, being the son of Dr. Isaac E. Randall, one of the oldest practitioners in Bay County.

After completing the public-school course and graduating from the Bay City High School in 1893, he entered the University of INIichigan at Ann Arbor, where he took the combined courses of literature and medicine. In the former he was graduated in 1897, with the degree of B. S., and two years later was graduated in medicine, receiving his degree of M. D. He then accepted the position of medical house officer at the Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained 18 months, and then took charge of the Wabash Railroad PIospital, at Moberly, Missouri, for six months. While this experience was of inestimable value to the young physician and surgeon, he decided upon a visit to the great medical centers of

Europe before entering on private practice. For one year he engaged in post-graduate Avork at Vienna, Austria, and in 1902, was fortunate enough to obtain an appointment on the staff of Dr. von MikuHcz, the great authority on surgery, at the Royal University of Breslau, who has a world-wide reputation. The vahie of this appointment to the young surgeon could not be overestimated.

In the fall of 1903, after a year's service on the hospital staff, Dr. Randall left Breslau and turned his face in the direction of his native land, stopping for a few months, however, to take some post-graduate work at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital at Dublin, Ireland. Upon his return to West Bay City, he opened an office and has met with a very cordial reception. His thorough medical and surgical preparation, combined with natural ability and professional enthusiasm, have gained him the confidence of the public who appreciate what is required in the successful practitioner of the present day. Dr. Randall has a wealth of experience to draw upon and he has also the zeal, watchfulness, knowledge and skill which mark the accepted professional man of the 20th century.

R. LEWIS, M. D., one of the best known professional men of Bay County, was the founder of the Lewis Hospital, of Bay City, and is also president of the Lewis College for Nurses, which is an auxiliary to the hospital.

Dr. Lewis was born at Seneca Falls, New York, January 4, 1855, ^""^ received his early -educational training in Seneca Falls Academy. At the age of 19 years he took up the study of the sciences and later the study of medicine and surgery, graduating from Jefferson Medical College in 1878. He has always been a close student and upon graduation had the honor of first prize. He has had more than 1 5 years experience in hospital work in some of the largest hospitals in this country, and has pursued post-graduate work in New York City, assisting the professors in clinics. He practiced in New York State for some years and in Illinois for one year. He holds certificates from each of these States and also from Michigan, whither he moved from Illinois, locating at Bay City. In 1900, he established at No. 1 203 Broadway, Bay City, the Lewis Hospital, an institution modern in all its appointments, where all classes of patients are well cared for, except those with contageous diseases, who are not received. He established the Lewis College for Nurses as an auxiliary lo the hospital, and this also takes high rank among institutions of the kind. Its trustees are: Mrs. M. S. Knaggs, president ; Miss Helen MacGregor, 1st vice-president; Mrs. Annie E. Coffin, 2nd vice-president; Mrs. Eva Asman, secretary; Mrs. M. K. Lewis, treasurer. The students are given thorough training in practical hospital work before graduation, as well as a complete course of study.

Dr. Lewis is a student of his profession and a scientist, devoting nearly all his time to study that is not taken up by his business affairs. He has written several works in the past, and there is now in the hands of the publishers a work on anatomy and physiology which will cover over 500 pages. He maintains an office in Suite 6, of the Bank Block, at No. 302 Center avenue. In 1879 Dr. Lewis joined the Masonic order and is a member of Auburn Lodge, No. 431. F. & A. M. He became a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in i88s, became a Royal Arch Mason in 1886 and took the Scottish Rite degrees in 1903. He joined the Knights of Pythias in 1886 and became past chancellor in 1903. He joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1899 and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in 1901. He also belongs to the ]\Iodern Woodmen of America and the Tribe of Ben Hnr lodges.

OSEPH POOUETTE. a prosperous farmer, whose property is located in section 28, Kawkawlin township. Bay County, ]\Iichigan, was born in Ottawa, Canada, in 1853. When he was an infant, his father died. His mother still lives in Ottawa, and is past 85 years of age.

The subject of this sketch had no opportunity to attend school. He received his first lessons from a fellow workman named John Gallan, who taught him how to write his name. He worked seven years in lumber camps in Canada, and several years for David Moore, who was in the lumber business in Ottawa. When about 28 years old, he came to Michigan and located at Bay City. He worked in the northern woods in winter, and in sawmills in the summer. He also worked for the gas company in Bay City. By thrift, enterprise and hard work, he has accumulated a nice property, and is now able to live in comfort.

yiv. Poquette bought his present farm of 40 acres in 1888. At that time it was wild land, covered with timber, and he did not have the money to pay for the papers. In 1900 he put up a substantial barn, and in 1904 he built a fine dwelling, valued at $1,800. He is engaged in general farming and stockraising.

Canada. Mrs. Poquette was born at Ottawa, Canada. Her father died when she was an infant. Her mother died in 1881, leaving 10 children, of whom Mrs. Poquette was the eighth in order of birth. Mr. and Mrs. Poquette adopted, at the age of three weeks, a babe,, named Annie, who died in 1893, ^t the age of eight years and eight months. In 1902 they adopted two girls, - Delena and Mamie. The former was born March 7, 1886, and the latter April 12, 1888.

OHN C. HEWITT, president of the Bay City Gas Company, and Junior member of the law firm of Cooley & Hewitt, of Bay City, is a man in theprime of life, and was born April 6, 1862, in township, Lapeer County, Michigan, and is a son of Calvin A. and IMary S. (Churchill) Hewitt.

The Hewitt family is an old and honored one of New England and many of its representatives are not unknown to fame. They were early residents of Rutledge Centre, Vermont" the founders coming thither from the North of Ireland were probably of Scotch e.xtraction. Amos S. Hewitt, the paternal grandfather, was born at Rutledge Centre, Vermont, and was a pioneer in Michigan.

Calvin A. Hewitt, father of our subject, was born in Lapeer County, Michigan, March 18, 1835, and died at Bay City aged 69 years. A practical stone mason by trade, he was one of the early building contractors of the city. He came here in 1863 and continued his contracting business until his decease, building the Concordia Block and manv of the best resi- deuces. Until the organization of the Greenback party, he was an active Repubhcan, but in the new organization he saw the solving of manv problems which stood in the way of the country's prosperity. He took a lively interest in the promulgation of its doctrines and faithfully supported its candidates. The only political office he ever accepted for himself, was that of supervisor, which he filled for one term, but he was a loyal supporter of the claims of his friends. He was one of the early members of tlie Odd Fellow organization at Portsmouth. His wife was a consistent member of the Baptist Church and he was an attendant and a liberal supporter. The three of his children who reached maturity are: Frank A., of Bay City; John C, of this sketch; and Ernest C, also of Bay City.

Ji-ihn C. Hewitt was reared at Bay City and was given a good common-school education. As soon as his books were put aside, he entered the employ of the Nafio)ial Globe, of this city, as bookkeeper. In his spare moments he learned to set type, under the instruction of an old-time printer, Garry C. Laing, and when his duties on the newspaper ended, he went to Vassar and became a compositor on a journal there, but six months at the business satisfied his ambitions in that direction.

In 1 88 1 he returned to Bay City and became "bookkeeper for the firm of Rust Brothers & Company and remained here until 1885. In this year he was made deputy comptroller of Bav City and he continuefl in the office until September, 1888. For some months he was employed as bookkeeper by Greene & Stevens and then entered into partnership w^ith James A. Greene, in a sawmill enterprise, under the firm name of James A. Greene & Company, in which he continued to be interested until November, 1890, when he returned to the comptroller's office, and continued to serve under

Capt. \\'illiam Keith until 1892. 3,Ir. Hewitt then formed a new business connection, entering into a copartnership with James B. Barber and Alexander Logan, under the firm name of the Bay City Excelsior Company. I\Ir. Hewitt was only actively connected with this business for one vear although it continued for some five vears. In the meantime he had become an expert accountant for Bay County, in the litigation growing out of the action commenced by the Auditor General of ^Michigan against William \'. Prybeski, county treasurer, the suit being to recover taxes due the State. Mr. Hewitt was thus employed until the contest was over, his expert work being highly commended on all sides.

Mr. Hewitt continued to work as a general accountant until August, 1895, when he was admitted to the bar, having been engaged in the quiet study of the law since 1885, under the direction of competent attorneys. He was assisted by these well-known attorneys : Alfred P. Lvon, John Simonson, John C. \\'eadock and Ubald R. Loranger. Upon his admission to the bar, he entered the law office of Edgar A. Cooley as the latter's assistant and remained in that position until April, 1889. Since that time he has been associated with Mr. Cooley as partner.

In 1895, Mr. Hewitt was appointed local attorney for the Detroit & ^lackinac Railway; he continued with this corporation through 1896 and during the same period was local attorney for the Michigan Central Railroad Company and has continued his railroad connection since entering into partnership with Mr. Cooley. He has been interested in various business enterprises, and in 1899 he was appointed attorney and was elected president of the Bay City Gas Light Company. Subsequently a reorganization of this company took place, but Mr. Hewitt continued as president and attorney of the Bay City Gas Company, under its newcharter. He has been actively interested in all lines of public improvement here and is counted one of the city's representative men.

Mr. Hewitt married Hattie JM. Howard, of Midland, Michigan, and they have two children : Fred F. and Mary Naomi. Both he and his wife attend the First Presbyterian Church.

While nominally a Democrat, Mr. Hewitt is in no way a politician in the usually accepted sense. He has served as a member of the Board of Supervisors of Bay County and of the Board of Public Works, of Bay City, being president of the latter board for a period of two years. Fraternally he is a Mason, being a member of Portsmouth Lodge, No. 190, F. & A. M., and Blanchard Chapter, R. A. M., both of Bay City. He belongs also to the Elks, to the Modern Woodmen of America and to the Bay City Club.

OHN P. SNYDER, M. D., the pioneer physician of Williams township. Bay County, Michigan, and one of the busiest professional men in this section, was born in the Dominion of Canada, at Burgessville Ontario, in January, 1846. He is a son of Philip and Catherine (McLees) Snyder.

The father of Dr. Snyder came to Michigan in 1862 and bought 120 acres of land in Attica township, Lapeer County, on which he lived until his death in July, 1902. A brother, also deceased, was a merchant at Geneva, New York. Of the family of 13 children born to Pliilip and Catherine (McLees) Snyder, two sons and five daughters survive. Our subject's brother, Lewis, still resides on the old homestead.

he accompanied his father to Michigan, after which he spent two terms in the public schools at Attica, which completed his literary education. He then entered upon the study of medicine with Dr. J. W. Bryant, in Lapeer County, with whom he continued until the death of the latter, two years later, when he went to Cleveland and studied for a year and a half in the Cleveland Hospital College.

In 1870, Dr. Snyder settled down to practice in \\'illiams township. Bay County. In 1896 he went to Cliicago and was graduated from the National Medical College, where he later took a post-graduate course. When lie first came to Williams township, he found that he would have to face many hardships, mainly on account of the unsettled condition of the country. Although his calls came from all directions, at that time there were only three passable roads, running north, between Midland and Bay City. He can remember when he could count 27 lumber, square timber, hoop and railroad camps, and five saloons within two and a half miles of Auburn. His practice at present is a very large one. requiring him to keep four horses and he covers a territory about 25 miles in extent, north and south. He has always kept abreast of the times in his profession, and is a member of the Homeopathic State Medical Society, and a subscriber to all current medical literature.

In May. 1868, Dr. Snyder was married to Annetta Blodgett, who is a daughter of Charles and Laura (Groves) Blodgett. They have had these children : Charles, deceased at the age of five years ; G. Roy, of Willard, Beaver township : Helen, who is the wife of W. G. Hardy, of Hasseltine, Washington: and Earl J., a drug clerk at Sandwood, Michigan.

school director and township clerk (holding the former office for 12 years and the latter for nine) and to promote the various movements in the township looking to the public welfare. He is a charter member of the Independent Order of Foresters lodge of Williams township and belongs to the I. O. O. F. lodge at Kawkawlin.

SCAR F. MEISELBACH, chairman of the Bay City Sanitary Milk Company, Ltd., and the owner of a fine dairy and fruit farm of 12J-2 acres, situated in section 2, t(jwnship 13. range 5, in Portsmouth township, is one of the county's prominent and progressive citizens. He was bom at Bay City in 1865, and is a son of Henry and Sarah (Derlich) Meiselbach, who were born in Saxony, Germany, and came to .Vmerica with their respective parents.

Henry Meiselbach was killed in a railroad wreck in South Bay City in 1871, at the age of 36 3-ears. His trade was that of millwright. His widow lives in Bay City. Their five children were: Oscar F., of this sketch; Charles, of Bay City; Albert and Tlieodore (twins), the former of Bay City and the latter deceased ; and Henrietta, born after her father's death, who resides with her mother.

The death of his father when he was only seven years old placed many responsibilities on the shoulders of Oscar F. Meiselbach at an early age and at the age of 13 years he became a wage earner. His first work was at the saltwells where he continued several years. He then learned the cooper's trade, at which he worked until he located on his present farm in Portsmouth township. For 1 1 years he operated a first-class dairy in connection with the growing of choice fruit, but since the organization of the Bay City Sanitary Milk Company,

Ltd., in May, 1902, his whole time has been given to this industry, aside from that required for his official duties as justice of the peace, to which office he was elected in the spring of 1904.

On January 12, 1887, Mr. Meiselbach was united in marriage with Sophia Wispintner, who was born in Portsmouth township, Bay County, January 12, 1866, and is a daughter of Jacob and Henrietta Wispintner. TwO' bright, intelligent children have been born to our subject and wife, both sons, - Oswald, born November 13, 1889; and Walter, born August 17, 1896. The family enjoy the comforts of a very fine home. Other improvements here include good barns and hay and cattle sheds ; in fact all the accessories and conveniences needed in the successful carrying on of a dairy business are to be found on the place.

Politically, Mr. Meiselbach has always been a stanch Republican and has filled local offices at various times as his personal business affairs permitted. He has been connected \\ith the school board of District No. 3 for the past nine years, and is serving at present in his third term.

OHN WILSON, Jr., is a prosperous farmer of Mount Forest township, Bay County, Michigan, where he has li\-ed for many years. He was born in tlie Province of Ontario, Canada, in 1840, and is a son of John and Polly (Brooks) Wilson.

John Wilson, the father, was born in South Carolina and was a soldier in the War of 1812. At an early date he moved to Ontario, Canada, where he was married, and there followed farming until his death. His wife, Polly Brooks, was born in Quebec, Canada. They became parents of 12 children, of whom our

William G. Roecker

John ^^'ilson, Jr., was born on the home farm in Canada and received his education in the public schools of his home district. Oil July 18, 1859, he came to the United States, locating at old Brockway, then known as Hardscrabble, Michigan. There he followed farming for a time, then purchased a farm of 80 acres at Fremont, Michigan, where he was a pioneer and lived for a period of 31 years. He disposed of this farm to his son James on September 18, 1892, and moved to his present farm, located in section 26, Mount Forest township. Bay County, which he had purchased the previous year. At that time there was not another settler in the neighborhood, and the country was undeveloped. He removed the stumps from the land and with them erected fences; he built a good dwelling, barns and other outbuildings, and made his farm a very valuable property. He originally had 120 acres in the tract, but has disposed of 40 acres. He is a man of high character and enjoys the friendship of many acquaintances.

In 1861, Mr. Wilson was united in marriage with Isabelle Rolls, who was born in Scotland and is a daughter of William and Isabelle (Hayes) Rolls, both of whom were born and died in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was 12 years of age when w'ith her only brother she accompanied an uncle and aunt to Canada. She lived there four years, then came to Michigan alone. Her brother, James Rolls, was one of the pioneers of Freemont, Michigan, locating there just two years later than our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson became parents of 14 children, as follows: James, born December 2. 1862; Ambrose, born February 4, 1865; Caroline, born May 27, 1867, deceased; Mary Ann, born November 7, i86g; Oscar, born October 12, 1872; Emma, born

January 5, 1874; Clarence, born November 4, 1877; one who died in infancy; Jennie, born February 22, 1880; Polly, born July 11, 1882; Ernest, born June 11, 1884; Ethel, born May 18, 1886; Agnes, horn March 10, 1889; and Gladys, born March 19, 1S91. Religiously, the family are members of the Christian church. Mr. Wilson is a Republican in politics, and has been a member of the Knights of the ^Maccabees since July, 1890.

ILLIAM G. ROECKER, one of the prosperous farmers of Bay County, Michigan, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, owns a farm of 60 acres of valuable land in section 19, township 14, range 6, in Hampton township. He was born in Winenden, Wurtemberg, Germany, December 28, 1830, and is a son of Godlob Roecker.

The father of our subject died in his native land in 1856, aged 65 years, and the mother, when her son William G., was quite young. The family consisted of three sons and two daughters, but our subject is the only one now living. The father, whose business it was to prepare cloth to be handled by tailors, had his own shop. He served in the war against France in 18 14, and lived and died a loyal adherent of the German crown.

William G. Roecker came to America, with a sister, in 1852. From the age of 14 years he had worked as a turner and he found employment in Philadelphia, where he lived for three years and then came to Michigan. He reached Bay City, or Lower Saginaw as the place was then known, in 1855 and was soon employed on the docks and in sawmills. In 1858 he purchased his first land - 40 acres of his present farm - to which he later added 10 acres more and still later another tract of lo acres. He now owns a first-class, productive little farm on which he has made many substantial improvements. When he came to this tract the first time, the timber was so dense and the underbrush so heavy that he and his companion, Joseph Shinier, had to cut a road in order to reach the place. He has lived to see wonderful changes and has done his part in advancing the development of his locality.

In 1855, Mr. Roecker was married to Rosanna Kurz, who was born in Winenden, Wurtemberg, Germany, and died on the home farm, in Hampton township, in 1899, aged 'jz 3'ears They had four children : Carrie, who died aged 15 years; a babe which died in infancy; and Mary and William, both of whom live at home.

Mr. Roecker has always been a Democrat and has held township offce, serving many years on the School Board and for seven years was township treasurer. He is well-known as one of Hampton township's honest and upright men and good and representative citizens.

A\'. KXAGGS, senior member of the firm of Knaggs & Plum, general insurance agents at Bay City, Michigan, has resided here since 1865, and is the oldest insurance man in the city. Mr. Knaggs v.-as born in Monroe County, ^Michigan, August 28, 1840, and is a son of Johnson and Sarah Louisa (Woods) Knaggs.

There is probably no family which has, been more closely identified with the early history of Michigan and also of Ohio, than that to which our subject bel(jngs. The remarkable records of the family have been preserved, more or less intact, from 1760. A history of this numerous and notable family was issued by R. B. Ross, and from this reliable authority we are permitted to make selections and to place Ijefore the readers of this work records of the men and women of a past generation, whose strong characters and gentle virtues, whose noble lives and self-sacrificing deeds have caused their names to still be remembered when others of their day have been forgotten.

"The record of the Knaggs family of Ohio and Michigan is a part of the history of the Northwest. Springing from English and Dutch forebears, its descendants represent the best traits of both races, and as patroits in war and good citizens in peace, they are the peers of any contemporary family in the States."

In 1760 George Knaggs, son of an English father and a W'elsh mother, probably a sea-faring man and possibly an English officer, married Rachel Sly, a lady born in the Mohawk Valley, New York, then apparently living in Philadelphia. From there they removed to the Mauniee Valley in Ohio, and settled near the site of Fort Miami, which is about nine miles from the new Court House at Toledo. At this time trading with the Indians was the only gainful occupation in that locality, and in this commerce he and his wife engaged. In 1768 he visited Detroit and was one of a syndicate of four, who purchased a lot of land on ^^-llat is now Jefferson avenue, but there is no evidence that he remained in Detroit, and every indication that he returned to the Maumee Valley. He prospered financially and between 1763 and 1784 he and his wife had eight children born to them. The records tell that this lady was accomplished far beyond her sex in that day and even understood Latin. As she was a devout Catholic, it is possible that her education was acc|uired in some cloister school.

Until the destruction of their trading post, in the battle of Fallen Timbers, on August 20, 1794, the Knaggs family seem to have gained a footing in the Maumee \\alley, but the venge- ful savages had been so aroused that it became evident that no business could be again done for a long period in the valley, and the old pioneer turned to Detroit, whither his son George had already gone. The elder Knaggs did not profit by the change, his failure to again resume his old relations with the Indians being probably due to his age, as he was then past 60. His health gave way as his energies werq lessened, and, although the date of his death is in doubt, it probably was early in 1797 as in that year his will was probated. In 1800 his wife Rachel preferred her claim before the United States Land Board as owner of 275 "arpents," which claim was allowed. Our subject has still in his possession a parchment bearing the signatures of James Madison, President, and James Monroe, Secretary of State, under date of May 30, 181 1, granting to her 259 acres on the north side of the Raisin River. This is probably a patent of the same property as 275 arpents are about equal to 259 acres.

This remarkable lady had many cruel hardships to bear and some harrowing experiences. After the battle of the Raisin, on January 22, 1813, in which General Proctor defeated the American force under General Winchester and permitted the Indians to massacre the Kentucky and other troops whom he had taken prisoners, she was brave enough to shelter an escaping soldier under a hogshead. General Proctor learned of this act of h\imanity and ordered her to leave Frenchtown. It was a bitter cold day and she was 80 years of age. The British general knew that she was the mother of sons who were enemies of his cause and vented his unmanly spite against them on her defenceless head. He commanded her to leave for Detroit.

The historian Lossing speaks thus of this historic incident, this blot upon General Proctor's fame : "Thinly clad, having been robbed by the Indians, she proceeded to Detroit in an open traineau. where she found several friends and relatives. When asked how it happened that she did not freeze, she replied, 'my spunk kept me warm.' "

Mrs. Knaggs subsequently returned to her home in Frenchtown and later moved to her farm on the Raisin, seven miles above ^Monroe. For several years she kept a store at Green Bay, Wisconsin, to which she paid periodical visits. She dealt in furs principally and also largely in bear oil. It is certain that she died in 181 5 as her will was admitted to probate on July ist of that year. Her death occurred in all probability at Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Maj. James Knaggs, the sixth child of George and Rachel Knaggs, was born at Roche de Boeuf, a small hamlet on the Maumee River, some three miles above the site of Fort Miami. No record of his birth or baptism has been discovered, but it is known that it must have been in 1780. From childhood until early manhood he was surrounded by war's alarms and witnessed many scenes not fitted for youthful eyes. W'arfare was continual, Indian massacres numerous, until peace was declared between Great Britain and the United States and the evacuation of Detroit in 1796. Reared upon this theater of blood and carnage, it is not remarkable that he should have developed the courage and acuteness, which made him a trusted scout and spy at the early age of 14 yeras.

This position he filled with General Wayne's army at the battle of Fallen Timbers. In 1805 he \\-as appointed by Governor Hull, ensign in the Second Michigan Regiment of militia. In that year he acquired a farm on the Raisin, about a mile above Frenchtown, and married Jemima Griffith. Like his mother, his wife was of Dutch descent and was born also in the Mohawk Valley in New York She bore one child, in 1806, but flied shortly after.

of Major Knaggs that a description of it has been carefully preserved. He was a Hercules, six feet in height, weighing i8o pounds, lithe and active as the wild creatures of the woods with whom he had become well acquainted; his hair was brown, and his dark blue eyes were full of intelligence and showed mental force. His teeth were all double and he never lost one, as they remained perfect to the day of his death. He possessed many of the traits of the Indian, was a swift and untiring runner, a champion wrestler, and excelled every Indian in his knowledge of woodcraft. In war he was crafty, acute, courageous and resourceful and in civil life he was a man of untiring energy and industry. Like many men of his rearing, remarkable as it may appear, he was kind and courteous in manner, frank and outspoken in intercourse with others, and possessed a vast fund of anecdote which he gave in his own inimitable, humorous way.

In politics, Major Knaggs was a Democrat, and at all times an outspoken patriot. In religion he was a Presbyterian. In 1806 he left his farm and operated a ferry on the Huron River, on the road to Detroit, about 12 miles north of Monroe. He also kept an inn near his ferry, which was in charge of his second wife, Pelagia ("Polly") Roberts, who was a daughter of Anthony and Theresa (Drouillard) Roberts. She was a woman of undaunted courage, which found many opportunities for exhibition in her dealings with the Indians.

Major Knaggs' experiences read like the chapters in Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales," or in the later work "The Crossing," in fact he might have been the real hero of the fanciful adventures of this romance. At one time he was captured by the Indians, who to revenge the death of several of their tribe, whom he had killed in self-denfense. condemned him to be burned at the stake. They bound him to the trunk of a tree and piled resinous wood around him, when one of the old squaws drew near and looked at him earnestly with a pitying expression. She was the mother of a young brave he had slain not long before. When the Indian drew near with his blazing torch to light the fire, the old squaw pushed him aside and held up a belt of wampum in her hand, put it around the victim's neck and with a caress said : "You are my son." This, according to Indian custom and ethics, was equivalent to an adoption and always saved a victim's life.

Major Knaggs served the American Army efficiently as scout and spy during the War of 181 2. He was one of the eight selected by the Americans in Detroit, after the receipt of the news of the defeat of the British at Put-in-Bay b)' Commodore Perry, to go to the victorious officer and ask him to bring his ships to Detroit. In the campaign which commenced with the retreat of Proctor from Amherstburg to Detroit, James Knaggs was always in the front as scout and spy, under the command of Col. Richard M. Johnson, afterward Vice-President of the United States. In the political campaign of 1840, when the Democrats were led by Van Buren and Colonel Johnson, for a second term,. James Knaggs and Medward Labadie, his relative and comrade, were political quantities,, were always seated on the speaker's platform and were introduced as the brave men who had carried Colonel Johnson off the field of battle at the time Tecumseh was slain. In his latter days he removed from his farm to the city of Monroe, where he lived until his death, which occurred December 23, i860, at the age of 80 years. He was married three times and our subject's father was the fourth child of the second marriage.

boy he played peacefully with the Indian children and learned to speak their language. He fairly well educated for those days and always lived and worked on the farm. He was one of the first in Monroe County to make lime and he furnished it in large quantities to the builders of Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and other cities. In his latter years he attended to his farm exclusively and accumulated a handsome competence. He was a cheerful, clean-cut gentleman, with a sunny, optimistic disposition, and was capable and clear-headed to the end of his 84th year. He was christened Johnson, but was always known as John Knaggs, being named for Col. Richard M. Johnson, the reputed slayer of Tecumseh. He married Sarah Louisa Woods, who was born in Rushford, Allegany County, New York. At the time they became acquainted, she was visiting relatives in Monroe County, Michigan. She died in 1889 and he survived but one year.

J. W. Knaggs, of Bay City, was educated in the common schools and in the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, Michigan, where he was graduated in i860. During the ensuing winter he taught school, but on the first call to arms he enlisted as a private in the Smith Guards at Monroe. They were sent to Adrian, where they became Company A, Fourth Reg., Michigan Volunteer Inf., and were sent to the front. At about five o'clock in the afternoon on the day of the battle at Malvern Hill, in July. 1S62, Mr. Knaggs was wounded in the arm, but, with others wounded, he had to bear his sufferings until the close of the battle without attention. He was then carried to the old iirick ]\Ialvern House, where his arm was amputated after dark and there he remained seven days. During this time the Union troops withdrew and the Confederate pickets were advanced until the old house was within tlieir line. ]\Ir. Knaggs and other sick and wounded soldiers, thus made prisoners, were bundled off to Libby Prison. During his month there he experienced every hardship and suffering, to which his terrible condition particularly exposed him. At last the time came when the prisoners were sent through the lines to Petersburg, comnig out at Harrison's Landing, on the James River, where they were exchanged and taken aboard transports for New York, our subject at last coming under real medical attention at Bellevue Hospital, New York. From neglect, his arm was by that time in a terrible condition, gangrene having set in. He was placed in a tent and was given the personal care of the head physician of the staff, who by unremitting labors saved his life. After his discharge, he returned to Monroe, where he became a bookkeeper in the Mc- Laren machine shops and continued there until 1865, when he established himself in Bay City.

At Bay City, Mr. Knaggs entered the employ of John Drake, the pioneer fire insurance agent of Bay City, with whom he remained one year and then entered into partnership with C. H. Dennison, an attorney, who also handled the insurance business of Henry W. Sage, the wellknown lumberman of West Bay City. He has been in business under the firm stvles of the business was consolidated with the insurance business of Daniel Shannon, the firm name becoming Knaggs, Whittemore & Shannon, and continued thus until Mr. Whittemore's death, when the firm became Knaggs & Shannon. Later this partnership was dissolved and Mr. Knaggs engaged in business alone for about two years and then the firm of Ivnaggs & Clark was established, which continued two years more. A. G. Plum then purchased an interest and the firm became Knaggs. Clark & Plum. Two years later, Mr. Clark withdrew and since that time the business has been conducted by the firm of Knaggs & Phim. They represent the following companies : American Fire, of Philadelphia; American, of New Jersey; Continental Fire, of New York; Fire Association, of Philadelphia ; Michigan Fire & ]\Iarine, of Detroit ; Milwaukee Mechanics', of Wisconsin ; North British & ]\lercantile, of England; St. Paul Fire & Marine ; \\'illiamsburg City, of New York; Westchester Fire, of New York; Lloyd's Plate Glass, of New York ; Hartford Steam Boiler; Standard Life & Accident, of Detroit ; Preferred Accident, of New York ; and National Surety Company, of New York. jNIr. Knaggs was married June 9, 1869, to INIariette Stocking, who was born December 14, 1S47, ^"d is a daughter of Dr. Charles G. Stocking, of Spring Lake, New York. Their children are; W'alter W., of Detroit; Roy S., of New York City; Camilla, wife of Dr. H. McLennan, of Petoskey, Michigan ; and ]\Iary, Avife of Allen H. Stone, of Chicago.

The Stocking ancestrj- reaches back to the early settlement of New England, even to George Stocking, who was born in Suffolk, England, in 1582 and crossed the ocean to America with his wife and four children on the ship Grif^n in 1633. He settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where, in 1635, he built a house at the corner of the present Holyoke and W^inthrop streets. He was made a freeman Alay 6, 1635. He joined the company of Rev. Thomas Hooker and traveled on foot through the wilderness to Connecticut in 1636, and was one of the original founders and a prominent proprietor of Hartford, Connecticut. In the general distribution of land, he received 20 acres and later was given other grants. After the death of his wife, Anna, whom he had married in England, an authority says he married Agnes (Shotwell) W'ebster, the widow of John Webster, governor of the colony. From the beginning he took an active part in public afifairs; was selectman in 1647; surveyor of highways in 1654 and 1662; chimney viewer in 1659. but owing to his age was excused from military duty. He died 'May 2',. 1683. aged loi years. His name is inscribed on a large monument erected in memory of Hooker's party, which still stands in the old Center Church burying-ground in Hartford, where also rests the dust of the ancestors of some of the most distinguished men and women of the present generation.

Deacon Samuel Stocking, son of George Stocking, was born in England and came to America with his father. In 1650 he removed from Hartford to Middletown, Connecticut, and became one of the founders of the town and was one of the three signers to the Indian deed of Middletown. He was the first deacon of the church organized there in 1668 and was a representative in the State Assembly in 1658-59-65-69-74-77 and 81. He died December 3, 1683, and his widow later married James Steele of Hartford. Deacon Samuel Stocking was a sergeant in King Philip's \\'ar. His Ijusiness as ship-owner and builder brought him a large fortune for that time ; his estate at his death inventoried £648, 8s., 8d. On May 2j. 1652, he married Bethia Hopkins, daughter of John and Jane Hopkins, and granddaughter of Samuel Hopkins, one of the signers of the "Mayflower" compact in 1620. The last named was a member of Capt. Miles Standish's military company in 1621 ; was sent l;y Governor Bradford with Edward Winslow (afterward Governor Winslow) on a special mission to Massasoit, the Indian chief; was a member of the Governor's Council from 1632 to 1636; and was a member of the council of war for Plymouth in 1643.

to 1770 he moved from Upper Middletown to wliat is now Portland, Connecticut. He appears to ha\-e been a man of affairs and was one of a committee appointed to build a church in 1 710. He died February 17, 1714, leaving an estate of ^359. 9s., id. His widow afterwards married Deacon Samuel Hall, and died November 16, 1787.

Capt. George Stocking, son of George Stocking, was born August 16, 1705 and resided in Middle Haddam, where he died in 1790. On March i, 1727, he married Mary (Mercy) Savage. Prior to 1740 he owned a grist-mill. In 1752 he was captain of militia. He served in the "Le.xington Alarm" in Capt. Eleazer Hubbard's company, which marched from Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Capt. Abner Stocking, son of Capt. George Stocking, was born April i, 1726, followed the sea and lived in Middle Haddam, Connecticut. On May 6, 1775, he joined Capt. Ezekiel Scott's second company which was in Brig.- Gen. Joseph Spencer's regiment. He marched to Roxbury, Massachusetts, was in the siege of Boston and fought at Bunker Hill. He was then assigned to the forces in Arnold's expedition against Quebec, and was taken prisoner by the British December 31, 1775. but was released and then honorably discharged. During the Revolution he sailed from New York in a privateer, commanding his vessel, and was one of the leaders in the Point Judith expedition. He was commanding captain of the Sixth Company of the 23d Regiment Connecticut ^Militia, Alarm List, in April, 1780. On February 8, 1749 he married Ruth Higgins.

Rev. Benjamin Stocking, son of Capt. Abner Stocking, was baptized July 15, 1770. He resided many 3'ears at Chatham, Connecticut, and was a Methodist minister. He died at Fabius, New York, September 13, 1848, aged 78 years. In August, 1789, he married Dimies

Rev. George Abner Stocking, grandfather of Mrs. Knaggs, was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, October 11, 1796. In early life he worked as a drug clerk and clock-maker, but was later ordained a minister in the Methodist Church. He was a man of vigorous intellect and was logical in the application of the doctrines he espoused. He was a man of dignified presence. Later in life he served many years as a justice of the peace at Montezuma, New York, where he died December 21, 1869. On December 26, 181 3, he married Tryphena Coe, who was born at Chatham, Connecticut, and died September 4, 1863. He married as his second wife Sarah D. Mack.

Dr. Charles Giles Stocking, father of Mrs. Knaggs, was born June 23, 1822, and died June 8, 1898. On December 25, 1844, he married Mary Woodhull. He resided at different times at Penn Yan. Seneca Falls, Montezuma and Westburg, New York. He was an eminent member of his profession, and a man of splendid address and benevolent disposition. His best strength and most intelligent efforts were always given to the poor from whom he expected no return. He found his compensation in the satisfaction of relieving human suffering and comforting the desolate.

Mrs. Knaggs is worthy of this illustrious ancestry. She has long been prominent in Michigan public life. For several years she was one of the capable, competent and thoroughly interested guardians of the ^Michigan Industrial Home for Girls, at Adrian. For four years she was president of the State Equal Suffrage Association and for several years was a member of the board of directors of the Home of Industry for Discharged Prisoners, at Detroit, tier ability as a writer, her fluency as a speaker and her organizing and administrative capacity, have placed her in the fore-front of intellectual reform and philanthropic movements. She was one of the first of her sex to be honored with membership on the Bay City Board of Education. She is a lady of much charm of manner, possessing all the feminine qualities in addition to a facility for handling public matters with masculine strength of mind.

I\Ir. Knaggs is a member of H. P. Merrill Post, No. 419, G. A. R., of which he is at present commander. Since the days of Abraham Lincoln he has been identified with the Republican party. He has been active in advancing the interests of Bay City. He was one of a company of six capitalists, who started the first beet sugar factory in Bay City.

RANK GRISWOLD WALTON, justice of the peace and attorney-at-law, located at West Bay City, Michigan, was born at Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio, ^larch 5, 1857, and is a son of Dr. Andrew J. and Caroline F. (Griswold) Walton.

The \\'alton family is a very old one and has had many distinguished members. According to a history which has been carefully compiled by the brother of our subject, it originated in England where the record of its coat of arms may still be seen. In the days of William Penn five brothers of the name settled in Pennsylvania. George Walton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was a member of this family. Another noted member was Izaak Walton, whose quaint old "Compleat Angler" has been the guide and inspiration of several generations of fishermen.

time of his father. As one of the early pioneers, he subsequently came to Michigan, where he died in 1896, aged 92 years. His son. Dr. Andrew J. Walton, was born in 1829, at Saybrook, Ohio, and died May i, 1886, in Bay County, Michigan. He graduated in medicine from the Western Reserve Medical College, at Cleveland, Ohio, having prepared himself during the time he officiated as sherifif of Geauga County. In 1873 ^^^ came West and settled at Almont, Lapeer County, Michigan, where he devoted all his time to the practice of his profession until 1879, when he removed to Bay City. Shortly after locating here, he was appointed keeper of the Bay County Poor Farm, a position he held for a number of years until the death of his wife caused him to resign. During the Civil War, Dr. Walton enlisted in Colonel Berdan's famous regiment of United States Sharpshooters, and remained in the service three years, being wounded on several occasions. He was a noted shot, having the true eye and steady nerve requisite for a sharpshooter. Our subject recalls many instances of his unerring aim. He was a member of the U. S. Grant Post, No. 67, G. A. R., at Bay City, and the branch known as \\^alton's command was named in his honor. Like the majority of the intelligent and responsible men of his day, he was a Mason, .entering into fraternal relations at Chardon, Ohio. At the time of his death he was a member of Bay City Lodge, No. 129, F. & A. M., of which he was past master. He belonged also to Blanchard Chapter, R. A. ]\I., and his wife belonged to the affiliated Order of the Eastern Star.

The death of his wife was a great blow to Dr. Walton, one from which he ne\-er recovered. She was a daughter of Timothy Griswold, and was born at Middletown, Connecticut. They had two sons, - Frank Griswold and Clifford Stevens. The latter is a prominent attorney at Washington, D. C, who has gained considerable fame as a government translator. His translation from Spanish of "The Civil Law in Spain and Spanish .America" is a standard work.

Our subject attended the common schools of his native county and began to turn his attention to music while still a schoolboy. His talent was such as to make it seem expedient for him to devote his whole attention to that science and he continued its study and practice after the family removed to Almont, Michigan, where he was elected leader of the band. In 1879 he came to Bay City as first cornetist of the old Knight Templar Band, of which he continued a member until it was disbanded. After settling here, Mr. Walton was led to take up the study of the law and under the encouragement and direction of the late John W. McMath he prepared for the bar and was admitted to practice on December 12, 1893. During the years 1895 and 1896 he served as circuit court commissioner and was city comptroller of West Bay City during 1898, 1899 and 1900. In the spring of 1904 he was elected justice of the peace for a term of four years and has given efficient service in that position ever since. For a number of years he served as a member of the Board of Supervisors and has also been city assessor of West Bay City. Politically he is a stanch Republican and is prominent in all party movements.

In 1883, Mr. Walton was married to Isabella Murdock, who was born at Almont, Lapeer County, Michigan, and was a daughter of John Murdock of that place. Mrs. Walton died SeptemJjer 4, 1904, leaving three children : Nora Belle. Clifford F. and Anna V. Mrs. Walton was a beloved member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. \\'alton is also a member.

For many years our subject has l)cen connected with the leading fraternal organizations. He belongs to Wenona Lodge No. 256, F. & A. M. ; Blanchard Chapter, R. A. M.; Bay City Commandery, No. 26, K. T. ; Othello Lodge, No. 116, Knights of Pythias; Phcenix Tent, No. 8, I-Cnights of the Modern Maccabees ; Royal Arcanum ; Independent Order of Foresters and the Musicians' Union, No. 127. For more than 20 years, Mr. Walton was a successful band leader. The Third Regiment and Walton's military bands were under his leadership and he has visited many parts of the country with these well-known organizations. He has also been a teacher of instrumental music and has had pupils from all over the State.

ARRY GRISWOLD, a citizen of Bay City, Michigan, whose portrait is herewith shown, has been identified with the city's interests since the early days when her commercial importance was represented by the trading done in what was then the only business center - \\"ater street - and its magnificent proportions presented only a landscape of forest and brush. The intervening years lia\-e wrought wonders of improvement, due to the energy and capital of citizens like Mr. Griswold. He was born September 25, 1820, at Geneva, New York, and is a son of Joseph and Anna (Thomas) Griswold.

Joseph Griswold was born August 2. 1776, in Grafton County, New Hampshire, and died in 1853. His wife was also of New England birth", born at Lebanon, Connecticut, April 21, 1776, and deceased A])ril 20. 1847. They married in New Hampshire, September 15, 1797, and became the parents of seven children, viz : Nancy, born February 29, 1798; Amanda, born December 22, 1799; John, born November 22,

Mr. Griswokl was reared on his father's farm, and possibly his subsequent robust health and continued vigor may be, in a measure, attributable to this healthful early life. His education was secured in the old log school house near his father's home in Orleans County, whither the family had moved when our subject was six months old, and he retains many recollections of those early school days. The teacher "boarded round" in those days. In order that the students might enjoy the benefits of his instruction, they had to take a little physical exercise in the way of bringing in wood for the great open fireplace, which was the usual accompaniment to the puncheon floor and splitslab benches. He also attended subscription school at the little hamlet of Murray, which has now grown into the town of Kendall. After he had reached man's estate, he carried the mail between Murray and Clarendon, covering the distance of 20 miles on horseback, and he also worked with his brother William on the latter's farm. Later he was variously employed in the occupations open to young men in his locality, these being for the most part lumbering, work in saw-mills and farming, until 1846, when he removed to Lapeer County, Michigan.

Mr. Griswokl was accustomed to a heavily timbered country and when he located in Michigan the surrounding forest was quite to his liking, and he soon had four acres cleared for farming. To this he added, neighbors came shortly afterward and the little settlement grew into Barrows Corners, now the prosperous town of Metamora. Mr. Griswold embraced the opening for a store and carried on a general mercantile business until he decided to seek a wider field and moved to Lapeer, and still later to Bay City, reaching the latter place in 1865, finding business conditions promising but in the state mentioned in our opening paragraph. Here he embarked in a general mercantile business which he carried on for a number of years, in the meantime interesting himself in real estate and pushing forward public improvements. He built many of the substantial business houses here, the Union Block and the Griswold Block and many fine resider.ces. including the first brick house on Center avenue, at the corner of Farragut street, and, later, his own magnificent brick mansion at Xo. 161 1 Center avenue.

Mr. Griswold has been the financial backer of many enterprises here, and has been connected with every bank, with one exception, and his aid and ad\'ice has been noted in the greater number of the successful industries of this city. Practically retired from active participation in business, he still conducts his own afifairs and looks personally after his investments.

Mr. Griswold was married January? i, 1847, at Metamora, Lapeer County, Michigan, to Anna Eliza Perkins, who was born in 1825 in New York, and they ha-\-e two children : Albert B, and Frances Elizabeth. The former, who is a merchant in Bay City, married Rosella Chapman and they have two children : Elizabeth R. and Jennie. Frances Elizabeth is the wife of Dr. David F. Stone of Bay City, and they have two children : Anna R. and Albert F.

i\Ir. Griswold is one of the leading members of the First Baptist Church of Bay City, one of the trustees for several years and has always been one of its most liberal supporters. He was instrumental in getting several of the leading railroad lines through Bay City, and. in fact, has been identified prominently with the city's commercial, educational and social development far beyond the efforts of almost any other citizen.

Ohn A. Link

farmer of Fraukenlust township, Bay County, Michigan, who owns 100 acres in section 11, was born on his present farm February 6, 1858, and is a son of Casper and Anna Margaret (Stengel) Link.

Casper Link was born in Rostall, Baiern, Germany, September 3. 1813, and learned the carpenter's trade in young manhood. He came to Bay county in 185 1 with his wife and one child and settled down on an uncleared farm, where he put up a log cabin, 16 by 30 feet in dimensions. Here the family lived for 10 years and then a fine home and two large barns were constructed. Fortunately game was still plentiful and the larder was usually well provided with meat, but when other supplies were wanted the father had to follow a trail to the river and go in a canoe to Saginaw. Mr. Link was one of the earliest settlers of Frankenlust township, where he died in 1878. He married Anna Margaret Stengel, who was born in Baiem, December 13, 1823, and still survives, a member of her son's household, a lady full of remembrances of the early days of this section. They had six children : George, who died in childhood; Anna Barbara (Mrs. Timm), of South Bay City: Katie (Mrs. Nunke), of Bay City; John A., of this sketch; John Jacob, a Methodist minister, located at Detroit ; and Barbara (Mrs. Erhardt), of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Our subject has always lived on the old home farm which he assisted to clear. He has made of it a splendid property and carries on general farming, making a specialty of raising sugar beets, and does a large business in fruitgrowing.

On November 8, 1884. Mr. Link was married to Barbara Kreuzer, who was born in Baiern, Germany, November 10, 1862, and came to Bay County, Michigan, in 1873, with her parents, John Jacob and Anna Margaret (Enser) Kreuzer, who lived the rest of their lives in this county. Our subject and wife have seven children: Clara, Herman, Walter, John, Oscar, Elmer and Selma. Mr. Link is a supporter of the Republican party. He is one of the leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in his vicinity.

ERBERT ALFRED FADES, M. D. Although but 31 years old, the subject of this sketch, who is a resident of Bay City, has alread become noted as a surgeon, and is ranked among the "coming" men in his profession.

Dr. Fades was born in Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, in 1873. He pursued a course of study in the Sherman Academy, and subsequently studied medicine in the Baltimore Medical College. He then took up clinical work in the Maryland General Hospital, where he gained a valuable practical training. After this he completed a course in the Detroit College of Medicine, from which he was graduated with the class of 1901.

Having spent four years in collegiate study, Dr. Fades took special work under the tutorship of Dr. C. A. Ellis, of New York, which has proved of great service to him.

Soon after obtaining his diploma. Dr. Fades opened an ol¥ice in Bay City, making a specialty of surgery. He has had remarkable success in the many critical operations he has performed. In cases of appendicitis, especially, he has made his mark. He is accounted the most careful operator among the younger surgeons of the city. His general practice has been attended with most favorable results.

and refinement. The Doctor is a member of the American Medical Association, the Michigan State Medical Society and the Bay County Medical Society.

OSEPH LIJEWSKI, a well-known farmer of Monitor township, whose excellent farm is located in section 15, was born February 11, 1852, in Germany. He is a son of Anthony and Rosie Lijewski.

Anthony Lijewski was born in Germany in 1832 and there died in 1892 at the age of 60 years. He was a farmer all his life and had 90 acres of land. He and his wife had 13 children, of whom but four are now living: Vincent, Peter, Stanislaus and Joseph. Peter served in the German Army, and now runs a grist-mill in the fatherland.

In 1874 the subject of this sketch came to America and worked on a farm in Iowa. After -staying here two years, he went back to Germany and spent two years with the old folks. While there he was married. Upon his return to America, he proceeded to Wayne County, Michigan, where he was employed in firing -and engineering in a mill. In summer time he was a section hand on the railroad and, later, worked on boilers in the railroad shops. Leaving Wayne County, he came to Bay County and bought the farm on which he now lives. It was partly cleared and he finished the work, and afterward built a fine two-story l>rick house - large and very comfortable - and a barn of sufScient size to hold 100 head of cattle. He has 160 acres of land, of which 40 are in pasture and over 100 under cultivation. He follows general farming.

of John and Mary (Slazinski) Kukla. Mrs. Lijewski's father and mother had 13 children, of whom four are deceased. Of the nine children living, Annie is the wife of our subject; Joseph lives in Kawkawlin township ; Stella, wife of Julian Sochacki, lives in Kawkawlin township; and Maria, Stanislaus, Prakseda, Kostancija, Antinana and Victoria li\'e in Germany on the home farm, their father owning 27 acres of land.

The subject of this sketch and his wife have had 13 children, of whom those living are as follows : Stanislaus, who lives at home ; Annie (Mrs. Kaczmarek), of Monitor township; and Rosie, John, Joseph, Anthony, Helen, Frank and Lucy, who are at home. The others died in infancy, and are buried in Monitor township.

OHN FOWLER, one o\ the leading citizens of Linwood, Bay County, Michigan, was born in Sullivan County, New York, July 7, 1825, and is a son of Edmond and Hannah (Townsend) Fowler. *

The Townsend family as well as the Fowler family, is an old established one in the "Empire" State, but through family removals the old records have been lost and little is known of the grandfathers beyond the fact of their birth and decease in that section. Edmond Fowler and family moved to Albion, Michigan, in 1845, where he died aged 80 years and the death of his wife followed at the age of 75 years.

John Fowler was reared in an old settled section and had the advantage of good districtschool opportunities. He was of a mechanical turn of mind and learned the trade of stationary engineer, one which he has followed during the greater part of his active years. He was 20 years of age when the family moved to Michigan, and one year later he accepted work in Missouri and in Iowa, in various mills. He worked for three years in Adair County, Missouri, in one of the large sawmills there, and in 1857 returned to Albion, Michigan, and in 1869 came to Bay City, where he followed his trade for 20 years. In 1890 Mr. Fowler engaged in business in Lin wood, and in 1892 exchanged his home in Bay City for the handsome residence he now occupies. This is by far the finest dwelling in the place, being finished with hard-wood throughout and fitted with modern improvements. Since coming here, Mr. Fowler has been interested in the operation of a stave-mill.

While in Adair County, Missouri, Mr. Fowler was married to Emily Palmonia Cain, who is a daughter of John and Emily (Hill) Cain. The former was the first white settler in Adair County and participated in the Indian warfare on the border. He was a pensioner of the Black Hawk War and at the time of the great Indian uprising was one of the fighters in the block-house, at his home five miles from Kirksville. He married Emily Hill, who was born in Osage County, Missouri, and who died in Adair County, on the old homestead, at the age of 80 years. Mr. Cain lived to the age of 65 years. He owned 1,000 acres of land in Missouri and was known far and wide. Beside Mrs. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Cain reared these children : Jackson, who was a veteran of the Mexican W^ar ; Bathsheba, deceased ; George, a survivor of the Civil War, residing on the old homestead in Adair County; Mary and Ruth, both deceased, the latter dying in California; John, who died during his service in the Civil War ; and Philip, who resides in Missouri where he practices osteopathy.

Minnie, who is the wife of Warren A. Chatfield of Bay City ; Frederick, who probably lost his life in the Spanish-American War; Frank, also deceased ; and one who died when about four years old.

Politically, Mr. Fowler has always been identified with the Republican party, his association being one of principle and not for political honors. He is one of tiie representative men of Linwood and is held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens.

HARLES F. ENGELHARDT, who owns and operates a finely improved farm of 60 acres, situated in section 25, Hampton township. Bay County, Michigan, was born in Hampton township, October 16, 1859, and is a son of Michael and Katherine (Wistpinter) (Bridaur) Engelhardt.

Michael Engelhardt was born in Germany in 1827, and came to America in young manhood. He followed farming all his life. His death took place on February 14, 1890, at the age of 62 years. He did not marry until 30 years of age, and then was united to Mrs. Katherine (Wistpinter) Bridaur, who was born in Germany and who still survives, at the age of 81 years, a resident of Hampton township. The three children of her marriage with Mr. Engelhardt are: Charles F., of this sketch; Frederick, of Hampton township; and August, of Portsmouth township. She had two children born to her first marriage : Caroline ; and a daughter that died in infancy.

In 1885 our subject bought his present farm, which at that time was covered with burned stumps and heavy underbrush. He has cleared it all off and has placed it under a fine state of cultivation, has set out orchards and has as comfortable a residence and as substantial barns as any of his neighbors in his section. It has all been his own work as he has always been entirely dependent upon his own resources. On May i6, 1889, INIr. Engelhardt was married to Louisa Feinauer, who was born September 16, 1863, and is a daugliter of Michael and Barbara (Sexlinger) Feinauer, natives of Germany. Fi\-e children have been l)orn to this union, namely : Lidia Annie : Elma Katherine ; Edward Martin ; Mabel Annie and Oscar John. Mr. Engelhardt and wife belong to the German Lutheran Church. Politically he is a Republican.

OHN M. KELTON, one of the leading citizens and prominent business men of West Bay City. Michigan, president of the Lumberman's State Bank, president and treasurer of the Standard Hoop Company, and vice-president of the West Bay City Sugar Company, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Chester County, in October, 1840.

Mr. Kelton came to Michigan in February, 1867, locating at West Bay City where he has been more or less identified with the lumber interests ever since. During the Civil War he was engaged in a commission business at Philadelphia and prior to coming West had resided in his native State and New Jersey.

The Standard Hoop Company, which is the largest industry of its kind in the country, has a plant at West Bay City that covers over 10 acres and is completely equipped with modern machinery. Its product is immense, the output being from 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 hoops annually. Elm wood is used in the manufacture of these hoops and the raw material is secured all over the country. This plant has "been in successful operation since 1886 and employment is given to 60 men and boys. In that year John M. Kelton, Harrison ]\liller and E. J. Kelton formed a partnership and built a mill which w-as put into operation in July of that year. In 1896 the business was organized under the name of the Standard Hoop Company, for the manufacture of hoops and lumber, with this oflicial board : John M. Kelton, president and treasurer, and H. B. Aurand, secretary. 'Sir. Kelton devotes his personal attention to the business and it is ranked as one of the most important industries of West Bay City. His other business interests, named in a preceding paragraph, are of an equally important nature.