Bay County, Michigan - Chapter 16, 1905 (part 9 of 12)

In 1897 the Michigan Sugar Company was incorporated at Bay City, with Thomas Cranage, president ; Nathan B. Bradley, vice-president; Henry S. Raymond, secretary; and E. T. Carrington. treasurer. In June, 1903, this organization was consolidated with the Bay City Sugar Company, and the new concern was called the Bay City-Michigan Sugar Company. The new officers consisted of : ^^'. L. Churchill, president, treasurer and general manager; and Eugene Fifield, secretary. On December 2, 1898, the Bay City Sugar Company had been incorporated, the officers being : ^^^ L. Churchill, president and manager; Benjamin Boutell, \-ice-president ; Baptist Benton, treasurer ; and Lorenzo S. Boutell, secretary. On Februan,^ 7, 1 901, Mr. Churchill became secretary upon the resignation of Mr. Boutell and continued until May 28. 1901, when these officers were elected : \\'. L. Churchill, president and treasurer; Benjamin Boutell. vice-president; and Eugene Fifield, secretary. The officers of this company remained the same until the consolidation above-mentioned.

The company with which Mr. Fifield is so prominently identified has become one of the largest employers, operators and producers of any in this section. It has sliced more beets than an}' otlier company. One year this company sHced 63,000 tons of beets and made nearly 15,000,000 pounds of sugar. What this means to this section, where tlie money is distributed for the beets and the operation of the plant, may easily be estimated. It is interesting to note the prosperity this industry has i^rought into the agricultural districts. It costs a farmer from $30 to $35 an acre to raise beets, for which he gets from $50 to $75 an acre.

In addition to his duties with the above company, Mr. Fifield is interested in the Tawas Sugar Company, of which he is secretary and a director. In 1886 he was elected director of the Michigan State Agricultural Society and has been a director ever since, and for the past eight years he has been general superintendent. When he became superintendent, the association was $25,600 in debt and his ailministration has been marked by the payment of all debts, with a balance in the treasury of $20,000.

In 1875 Mr. Fifield was married to Hattie B. Hammond, who is a daughter of Joel Hammond, of Oakland County. One beautiful daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fifield, a child who became the idol of her parents and one beloved by all who knew her. Her death occurred February 2;^. 1893, when but 13 years of age. Mrs. Fifield is a member of the Baptist Church. They occupy a beautiful residence on Fifth avenue, Bay City,

In political sympathy Mr. Fifield is a Republican, but his business interests have always I)een of so much importance that he has had no time to give to politics. For many years he has been one of the leading members of the Masonic fraternity in Michigan. He is a 33d degree Mason and has taken all the York Rite degrees, receiving this highest honor at Buffalo in 1896. He belongs to Bay City Lodge, Xo. 129, F. & A. M., and Blanchard Chapter, Xo. 59. R. A. M. : is past eminent commander of

Bay City Commandery, Xo. 26, K. T. ; is past thrice potent grand master of McCormick Grand Lodge of Perfection ; is high priest of Bay City Council, Princes of Jerusalem; is past most wise and perfect master of Saginaw Valley Chapter, Rose Croix ; is a member of the Michigan Sovereign Consistory of Detroit; and of Moslem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is president of the Bay City Masonic Temple Association, has been on the finance committee for years and is a trustee, and has long been identified with the Bay County Masonic Mutual Benefit ?fssociation.

ILLIS D. FOX, one of the wellknown business men of West Bay City, retail dealer in lumber, shingles, lath and interior finishings, was born at Genesee, Michigan, July 21, 1857, and is a son of Jackson and Melissa (Bush) Fox.

The Fox family is an old settled one in the "Empire" State, the grandfather of our subject, Daniel D. Fox having been born at Sodus, Wayne County, X"ew York. About 1831 he moved with his family to Michigan.

Jackson Fox, father of Willis D., was lx)rn at Sodus, February 23, 1833, and died in Michigan, September 18, 1898, aged 65 years. He was nine years old when his parents came to Genesse County Michigan, where he continued to live all his life. He carried on general farming and stock-raising and was a man of considerable local prominence. He was a strong supporter of the principles of the Republican party and held many township ofifices, and was elected treasurer and highway commissioner on a numlier of occasions. He married Melissa A. Bush, who is a daughter of Henry Bush, of Canandaigua, X^ew York. She still resides on

Jackson Fox and wife had 10 children, viz : Willis D., of this sketch; Addie, widow of Daniel D. Tompkins, a resident of Ouincy, Michigan; Lewis H., a resident of Richfield, Michigan; Elma E., wife of Edward C. Moss, of Genesee, Michigan; Charles M., of Flint, Michigan ; Arthur, of Genesee, Michigan ; Frank J., of Flint, Michigan; Myrtle, of Chicago ; and Irving J. and Clare, both of Flint, Michigan.

Willis D. Fox was educated in the schools of Genesee County and remained on the home farm until he was 25 years of age. In 1882 he came to West Bay City and entered the employ of the lumber firm of Switzer & Eastwood, with which he remained about five years and then took charge of the retail department of the West Bay City Manufacturing Company, for some II years. On February i, 1899, Mr. Fox embarked in business for himself and has continued to meet with satisfactory success. In 1 89 1 he bought his present desirable location on the comer of Michigan and Williams streets. His energy and enterprise have enabled him to build up a fine trade.

Mr. Fox married Ida A. Le Baron, who was a daughter of Erastus Le Baron, of Fenton township, Genesee County, Michigan. Mrs. Fox died February 22, 1901, leaving four children motherless: Caroline M., Erma A., Lewis Curtis and Erastus J. She was an attendant of the Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Fox is identified with the Republican party, and he has been chosen twice as alderman from the Sixth Ward. His disinterested interest in public affairs has made him a very valuable city father. Fraternally he is a member of Wenona Lodge, No. 296, F. & A. M., of which he is past master and present secretary ;

Blanchard Chapter, No. 59, R. A. M., of which he is past high priest ; and Bay City Commandery. No. 26, K. T. He belongs also to the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a man who stands very high in public esteem and well represents the honorable type of business men of West Bay City.

RED E. SHEARER, one of the leading business men of Bay City, general insurance agent and dealer in rubber stamps, steel dies and stencils, was born in this city, December 16, 1874, and is a son of John W. and Marie E. ( Earned ) Shearer.

The Shearer family originated in Scotland, where for 14 generations they occupied and cultivated the same estates. Lhitil within the past two generations, the family has always been an agricultural one.

George Shearer, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Scotland in 1817 and married Agnes Buchanan, who was born in 1820. He accumulated an ample fortune, but, being a man of sympathetic nature, he was led to endorse paper for friends and thereby suffered great losses which were increased by a disastrous fire that swept away the old home. This led the family to remove to America. They settled at Albany, New York, where John W. Shearer was born August 19, 1833.

In 1850 John W. Shearer went to Detroit where he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade with his brother, James Shearer, and in 1856 he went South and spent four years in various car shops, filling the position of master mechanic. In i860 he returned to Detroit and formed a partnership with his brother, James Shearer, and they continued in business until the Civil War broke out. John W. Shearer enlisted in the Second Regiment, Michigan Vol. Inf., as a private and was honorably discliarged at Yorktown with the rank of lieutenant. In 1865 lie came to Bay City and took the contract to install machinery in D. G. Arnold's sash and blind factory, subsequently engaging with his brother, James Shearer, in mill construction. His last business partnership was with H. W'atkins. On June 30, 1866, he married Mary E. Earned, who was born in Ohio, and they had tln-ee children. John W. Shearer died May 15, 1903.

Fred E. Shearer was educated in the Bay City public schools and began his business career in the employ of E. B. Foss & Company, tallying, a few months later accei^ting the same position on the river for different parties, and during his third and last season working for George Jackson. When cold weather interrupted lumber transportation, he took advantage of the opportunity to acquire a good knowledge of business in Devlin's Business College, in Bay City, and on October ^4, 1902, he entered the Bay City Bank as collector, from whicii position he was later advanced to be bookkeeper. In 1901 Mr. Shearer bought the G. \V. McCormick insurance agency and has continued in this business ever since, representing the leading insurance companies of the world: Travelers" Life, Accident & Liability; American Central ; Home Fire & Marine ; Royal Exchange Assurance, of London ; Liverpool & London & Globe ; London .Assurance ; Federal; Granite State; Mercantile I'ire & Marine. Indianapolis; and British-.\merican .Assurance, of Toronto; and also represents the American Surety Company of New York ; the Maryland Casualty Company of Baltimore and the New Jersey Plate Glass Insurance Company.

Politically Mr. Shearer is active in Republican politics. He is a very prominent member of numerous fraternal orders, belonging to Bay City Lodge, No. 129, F. & A. M. ; Blanchard Chapter, No. 59, R. A. M. ; Bay City Council, No. 53, R. & S. M. : and all the Scottish Rite bodies in Bay City and the Michigan Sovereign Consistory, S. P. R. S., and Moslem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Detroit. He is also a member of Lodge No. 88, B. P. O. E. ; of the Knights of the Loyal Guard : and of the Bay City Club. He is an attendant of the Presbyterian Church.

RAKIE J. ORR, city attorney of Bay City and prosecuting attorney of Bay County, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was born in i860 at Saginaw, Michigan. His parents, Alexander and Lovina (Goheen) Orr, who are both living, are highly respected residents of Saginaw. Ale.xander Orr is of Scotch-Irish descent, his father having come to America during' the early part of the 19th century and engaged in contracting and building and also in dealing in real estate. He was killed in 1837 while engaged in the construction of the first church erected in the then village of Chicago. Alexander Orr was torn in New York City about 67 years ago and there learned the trade of a cooper. However, he worked at this business very little and after removing to Saginaw in 1857 he accepted a position as shipping clerk in a large hardware company of that city and remained in the employ of the concern in that capacity for many years. Later he engaged in contracting and building in a small way and has continued to make his home in Saginaw. His wife, Lovina Goheen, was of Dutch parentage and is a native of Pennsylvania. They have nine sons and a daughter Hving. Our subject's brother William formerly resided in Bay City.

Brakie J. Orr, the subject of this sketch, attended the Saginaw High School and for a time took up the study of medicine, which was afterwards discontinued. He learned the stonecutter's trade and for 17 years worked at it, in the meantime taking up the study of the law in Bay City with such good success that he was admitted to the bar in 1894. He has been engaged in the constant practice of his profession ever since. Almost immediately after his admission to the bar, he was elected to the office of justice of the peace and a little more than two years later resigned from this office to accept that of assistant prosecuting attorney under Mr. Gilbert. After serving in that capacity during 1897 and 1898, he was appointed city attorney and he has but lately been chosen by the voters of Bay County to look after their interests as prosecuting attorney of the county.

Mr. Orr was joined in marriage to Eupheniia A. Calvin, of Bay City, and their pleasant home on Garfield avenue is made more cheerful by the presence of a happy family of children. The eldest son, Herbert S., who is at present in the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, was born at Saginaw. The other children, - Queenie, Sadie, James, Norman, Ruth, Frederick M. (or "Teddie" as he has been lovingly termed) and Hilda, - are all natives of Bay City and live at home. Mr. Orr was brought up in a Methodist home and still favors that denomination. In politics he is a Republican. He is prominent in fraternal orders, being a member of Joppa Lodge, No. 315, F. & A. M. ; Columbia Camp, No. 1328, M. W. of A. ; Bay Lodge, No. 104, 1. O. O. F. ; Kanonda Encampment, No. 36, I. O. O. F. :

Grace Lodge, No. 8, Rebekah Degree of the I. O. O. F., of which Mrs. Orr is also a member ; and he is the present deputy grand master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan, I. O. O. F.

EORGE A. HERBOLSHIMER, one of the well-known general farmers of Frankenlust township, resides on a farm of 80 acres in section 10, township 13. range 4. and was born in this section, in the old home in which his brother now lives, November 18, 1856. He is a son of John George and Mary (Hacht) Herbolshimer.

The father of our subject was one of the old pioneer settlers in Frankenlust township. He came here from Germany in 1S52 and lived here until his death in 1872, at the age of 52 years. During his 20 years' residence in section 10 he cleared up a farm of 53 acres and made it a valuable property with many improvements. Tlie first h.ome. a log cabin 20 by 26 feet in dimensions, was the birthplace of our subject and remained the family shelter until he was 12 years old. Mr. Herbolshimer was a Democrat in his political faith. He was a member of the German Lutheran Church and helped to build the first church structure of this denomination in Frankenlust township. In 1854 he married Mary Hacht, who was born in Germany in 1827, and who still survives, residing at Pontiac. Michigan. Their children were: George A., of this sketch; John, who lives on the homestead farm ; Barbara, who resides with our subject: Mary (Mrs. Herman Timm), of Bay City: and Maggie (Mrs. Warren Curley), of Bay City.

When our subject took charge of his present home farm, it was partially cleared, but the stumps remained and it took a long period of hard work to put the land under cultivation.

He also owns 90 acres in section 6 and formerly owned another farm of 80 acres in section 8, all in township 13. range 4, which he gave to his son John. He carries on a general line of farming and has always been noted lor the excellence of his methods and the satisfying character of their results. The place where Mr. Herholshimer and family live is one of the most attracti\-e rural homes in the township. The residence is large, convenient and comfortable, and the two substantial barns indicate the abundance of his crops. A prolific orchard also contributes to the family comfort and adds to the yearly income.

In 1880 Mr. Herholshimer was married to Maggie Weiss, who was born in Frankenlust township, November 16, 1856, and is a daughter of George and Christina (Feinauer) Weiss, natives of Germany. They have six children : John Gottlieb, John George. Christian, Andrew, Anna and Mary.

In politics our subject is a strong Democrat. He is a stockholder in the German-American Sugar Company whose factory is located at Salzburg, and was one of the first to invest in this stock. He is one of the leading members of St. John's German Lutheran Church at Amelith, Frankenlust township.

OHN P>. MORITZ. secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Bay City Brewing Company, was born at Port W'ashington. Wisconsin. May 26, 1855. h^s been a resident of Bay City since the early part of 1884.

Mr. Moritz was educated in the schools of Port Washington and Milwaukee. At the age of 16 years he accompanied his parents to Germany, and during the subsequent three years visited nil the leading breweries of Europe in order to acquaint himself with all the methods and details of manufacture. Mr. Moritz was 19 years old when he returned to Milwaukee, and he then entered the employ of the Philip Best Brewing Company as a brewer. Two years later he became foreman of the Ozaukee County Malting Company and remained with that organization for 31 months. His next business connection, prior to coming to Bay City, January i, 1884, was with the Hansen Hop & Malt Company as superintendent of the malt house and as traveling salesman.

The Bay City Brewing Company is one of the old business concerns of this place, the present name having been adopted in 1884. It was established originally by Van Meter & Company, -who came to Bay City from Albany, New York. The product they manufactured was known as "Present Use" ale. About 1873 Charles E. Young interested himself with them and the business was carried on, first under his name, and later, as Charles E. Young & Company. At this period the brewery l^egan the manufacture of lager beer in a small way, and the business was conducted on these lines until 1884. when it was reorganized and incorporated under the present firm style of Bay City Brewing Company. The officers at organization were : Charles E. Young, president ; John E. Moritz, vice-president; Walter Young, secletary and president; and Louis Moritz, superintendent. Both Mr. Young and Louis Moritz die,i in 1902. The present officers of the company are: W. D. Young, president; W. A. Young, vice-president ; and John B. Moritz, secretary, treasurer and general manager.

In 1902 a brick brew house was erected, fcr.r stories high, 170 by 55 feet in ground dimensions, but by 1905 the growth of the business had been such as to necessitate the building of a bottle house 108 by 86 feet, two stories high, which is also constructed of brick. The

Air. Moritz was married to Marie Gavord, of Bay City, and they have two sons, - Adolph and Louis. Mr. Moritz is an enterprising and public spirited man. He has a wide acquaintance through the State and is personally very popular in Bay City. He is a member of Lodge No. 88, B. P. O. E., and other social organizations.

ENRY TURNER, postmaster at Laredo, and one of the leading general merchants of W'illiams township, and also the owner of a fine farm of 40 acres in section 16, was born in Pennsylvania. February 22, i860, and is a son of John and Mary (Higgins) Turner.

The father of Mr. Turner was born in the State of New York, but later moved to Ohio, where he bought a farm and operated it until he came to Michigan, about the time of the opening of the Civil War. He was a loyal supporter of the government and enlisted in its service, and for two years was a member of a Alichigan regiment. In 1865 he located in Midland County, but subsequently went prospecting in British Columbia, wdience came the news of his death. He was then 55 years old.

Our subject attended the local schools and grew up on his father's farm. He continued to pursue farming as an occupation until 1901, when he bought the village store and was appointed postmaster by the late President Mc- Kinley. He continues to operate his farm which promises to be a very valuable piece of property. Experts are testing for coal, indications of its presence having been found. Mr. Turner is one of the leading men of his locality. He carries a large stock of goods, including

Mr. Turner was married February 3, 1884, to Belle Snyder, at Flushing, Michigan. She is a daughter of John and Maria (Eaton) Snyder, of Holly, Oakland County, wdiere Mr. Snyder was a merchant and man of prominence. "Sir. Snyder died June 12, 1902, aged 82 years. His widow still lives, making her home in New Lothrop, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have one daughter, Laura, an attractive and accomplished young lady of 20 years, the sunshine of the home. Mr. Turner is one of the stanch Republicans of Williams township.

LDER WALTER SIMS. It is often said that man proposes but God disjjoses, and the truth of this has been many times e.xemplified in the life of Elder Walter Sims. Nothing was farther from the ideals of his youth or the aspirations of his early manhood than the thought of becoming a preacher. By circumstances which he could not avoid he was led into the work and, though seeking many times in the beginning to escape from the path in wdiich his footsteps were being directed, God has show-n him, by unmistakable manifestations of divine power, that only in the path of obedience is there rest and joy. Elder Sims was born at Brantford, Ontario, August 19, 1849, 'i"'^! 's a son of Edwin and Mary (Duckworth) Sims.

The father of our esteemed subject was born in 1823, at Cheltenham, England, where his father was the owner of larges estates. He was carefully reared in a home of wealth, received a college education and was trained in music for which he had great talent. He became an accomplished pipe organist and before leaving England was organist in a large cathedral. The panic of 1837 greath- depleted his father's resources and caused tlie emigration of the whole family to Canada. There Solonmn Sims^ the paternal grandfather of our subject ami head of the family, secured a large tract of land and conducted agricultural operations for his remaining years. He was a local preacher in the Methodist Church for many years and a worthy, Christian man in every walk of life.

The famil}- grew and prospered in Canada and the father of Elder Sims was appointed, shortly after his marriage, crown commissioner, an office he still holds, at the advanced age of 82 years. The mother of Elder Sims was Mary Duckworth, who was a daughter of Stephen and Alice (Baraclough) Duckworth. Stei)hen Duckworth was a merchant in England, but emigrated also to Canada and settled at Rrantford. The children born to Edwin Sims and wife were: Walter, of this sketch; Edmund and Robert (twins), the latter of whom is deceased; John J., who is engaged in evangelistic work in Ireland; Stephen H., who is a teacher in Bay county, Michigan ; Elizabeth E., the widow of Merion Whitney, of Hamilton, Ontario; Annie M., the wife of George Mitchell, of Detroit ; Mary, deceased, who was the wife of the late Herbert George, of Chicago; and Martha, who is the wife of Robert Charles, of Adrian, Michigan. The religious connections on the maternal side had been with the Protestant Episcopal Church, but they later became connected with the Wesleyan Methodist Church. The father was a Methodist in his earlier years, but later became identified with the Plymouth Brethren.

Walter Sims was reared in a home where virtue and industry were taught. His education was secured at the Collegiate Institute at Brantford, from whicli he was graduated with a life teacher's certificate of the ist class, and he immediately engaged in teaching, officiating at several places, one of these being the Burlington School near Hamilton. He then became the Hamilton correspondent and representative of the Toronto Globe. After several years of work in this capacit}' he was sent as the representative of this great journal to England, having letters of introduction to many members of Parliament. After some time spent in London, during which he fulfilled the wishes of his employers entirely to their satisfaction, he returned to Canada and was appointed cashier of the company that published the paper. This position he retained but a short time, removing in 1877 to Detroit where he became superintendent of a railroad news agency and continued connected with that work until he came to Bay City in 1880.

Although from this date Elder Sims became more prominently identified with public religious work, for many years prior to this time he had been an earnest Christian laborer, preaching at various times as opportunities offered. Matters of business importance brought him to Bay City just at a time when a somewhat noted rabid temperance agitator had secured Rouech Hall in this city, where he was nightly pouring forth torrents of vituperation against all who countenanced the liquor traffic. One evening our subject went up to the hall to hear this speaker, but for some reason the agitator did not appear and as an audience was assembled Mr. Sims consented to address them. His lecture was not what they had expected, for it was a .stirring Gospel appeal, but it was so well received that he consented to speak on the following and subsequent nights. The results of his work were astonishing and when he returned to Detroit the people were loath to let him go. Thus he was led to give up his interests in Detroit and to return to Bay

City where a field seemed ripe for his garnering. Upon his return to Bay City he founded the Christian Assembly, a sketch of which will be found in the historical part of this volume which is devoted to the churches of Bay City.

Elder Sims was married at Guelph, Ontario, to Elizabeth Knowles, who is a daughter of Robert and Jane (Poole) Knowles. The latter \vas born at Bandon, near Cork, Ireland, her people being originally English. They went to Ireland with Cromwell, from whom they received large estates. The children born to this marriage are : Edwin Walter, who is solicitor of the Department of Labor and Commerce at Washington; Robert Henry Hewitt Poole, who is field manager for the Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company, of Indianapolis; George Reginald, of New York City, who is one of the managers for the University Society ; Herbert, who is one of the assistant managers of the Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company; and William S., of Chicago, who is manager of the claim department of the Western Electric Company.

Elder Walter Sims is a man of strong personality, possessing all the qualities of a leader. He has no creed but the Bible, believing that all denominational divisions are unscriptural. He has proven himself a man among men and Bay City honors and loves him.

Elder Sims became a national character during the campaign of the American Protective Association as a champion of the principles of separation of church and state and the American public schools. The following is from the Chicago Iiitcr-Occan of July 16, 1894: destined to play a conspicuous part in public affairs during the next few years. Even to those who differ from him, his personality must have an interest.

During his visit to Chicago two weeks ago, when he delivered an address at Central Music Hall, Professor Sims made a favorable impression. He is a man of fine appearance and of undoubted eloquence, and has a faculty of winning friends. He is never scurrilous nor bigoted, and in his lectures endeavors to make plain the elements he condemns as un-American, always carefully distinguishing between what is religious and what is political.

Professor Sims was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada in August, 1849. He was educated at the schools of his native place, graduating from the Brantford Institute. After teaching school for a few years in Hamilton, Ontario, he became connected with the Toronto Globe. In 1874 he moved to Detroit, Michigan, and later to Bay City, in the same State, where he still resides.

He was principal of the West Side Academy, Bay City, for II years, and for three years was editor and proprietor of the West Bay City Daily Post.

OBERT JNIONRO, one of the most extensive farmers and stock-raisers of Bay County, was born in the Province of Ontario, Canada, September 10, 1834. Pie is a son of Samuel and Margaret (Young) i\Ionrij, both natives of Canada.

Samuel Monro followed farming throughout life and was 55 years old at the time of his death, which resulted from an accident while taking out timber. ]\Irs. Alonro moved to Michigan with our subject and lived in this State until 1869, when she died at Unionville, aged 63 years. They had the following children: Mary, who died at the age of 10 years; William, who died in 1901. aged 80 years; Jane (McComber), who lives in Florida: Emily, who is living at Unionville at the age of 78 years; Lucinda (Fuller), deceased; George, who went to British Columbia ; Robert ; Catherine (Roe), who died in British Columbia in 1903: Sarah, who died in St. Clair County,

Robert Monro was reared on a farm and was 17 years old at the time of his father's death, thereafter conducting the home farm for his mother. They later removed to Michigan and purchased a farm of 240 acres in Tuscola County, where he still owns 80 acres. He resided there for more than 36 years, then came to Bay County, Michigan, and purchased 800 acres of valuable land in sections 25, 26 and 36, Hampton township. He sold 241 acres of improved land and moved to his present farm, where he has erected a substantial dwelling, good barns and out-buildings. He now has 820 acres and conducts a stock farm, buying, selling and shipping stock to distant points. He raises corn and about 100 tons of prairie and timothy hay each season and employs about five hands. While in Tuscola County, he was in the livery and butcher business for a period of seven years and met with deserved success at the same time conducting the affairs of his farm. He was a stanch Republican in politics for many years, but of late years has been independent. He has held numerous township offices such as highway commissioner and school trustee. Religiously, he is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

In i86g Robert Monro was united in marriage with Johanna Ellis, who was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, in 1836, and is a daughter of John Ellis, who was a custom house officer at St. Catharines until he was retired on a pension because of old age. Five children were born to bless this union, namely : Charles, who lives in Hampton township; Baney, wife of John Cline, of Hampton township; Jane, wife of Stephen Delling, of Tuscola County; William, of Unionville, who is residing on one of his father's farms; and T.ena, who married

Robert Young, had one child and died at the age of 22 years. Mrs. iMonro died January 22, 1905, and was laid to rest in the new cemetery at Bay City.

BRAM SIMPKINS, deputy postmaster at Linwood, Bay County, and one of the highly respected citizens of Eraser township, was born in Bruce township, Macomb County, Michigan, in 1840, and is a son of Samuel and Hepzibah (Haines) Simpkins.

The father of Mr. Simpkins was born in 1793 in Albany County, New York, and died in Macomb County, Michigan, at the age of 62 years. The mother was born in 1808. in the Catskill Mountains, in Greene County, New York, and died at Limvood in 1886, aged yj years. Our subject was the only child of his parents.

Air. Simpkins was educated in the schools of Macomb County, to which his parents later removed, and became a practical farmer. From his 22d year to 1876, he followed farming in Shiawassee County, Michigan, and then came to Bay County, buying a farm in Kawkawlin township. This he operated until an accident made it impossible for him to continue an agricultural life. In 1886 he was appointed postmaster at Linwood by President Cleveland, and he occupied the office for three years. In 1894 he was appointed deputy postmaster and still serves in this position. Mr. Simpkins has many friends, made during his long term in office.

In 1870 Mr. Simpkins was united in marriage to Carrie A. Muck, who is a daughter of Myron F. Muck, a prominent citizen and farmer of Shiawassee County, Michigan. They have two childcen living, viz : Edward H., born in 1872. a traveling salesman in the confectionery line; and Susan, born in 1886, who lives at home. Lizzie Maj- and Willie A. are deceased. Politically, Mr. Simpkins has always been identified with the Democratic party. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow. In religious views he is independent bnt has always been a liberal supporter of all moral and educational movements.

R. OTTO B. GATES, a practitioner of (isteopathy at Bay City, was born in Barry County, Michigan, July 15, 1866, and is a son of Edwin M. and Delia Hannah ( Kellogg) Gates.

Both the Gates and Kellogg families are representati\-e American. Many members of both fill the public eye at the present time, in various fields of activity. The paternal grandfather of Dr. Gates was an early pioneer in Michigan, bringing his family from \^ermont, by way of the Erie Canal from Fort Edward to Bufifalo, up the lake to Detroit and by team to Marshall, Michigan and thence to the hamlet in Eaton County, which he named \^ermontville. He was a contractor and builder.

Edwin M. Gates accompanied the faniil}' to Michigan and remained here until he had fitted himself to be a teacher, when he went back to the East and followed teaching in Vermont until his health failed. Upon his return to Michigan he attempted farming, but that life was not to his taste, and as he had become a practical builder and contractor, under his father, he set up in the business for himself. He was one of the founders of Nashville, Barry County, where he lived until 1874, when he removed to Ionia County and engaged in lumbering until his death, March 11, 1894. During this time he also owned a farm and held the office of justice of the peace. He also was a useful member of various school boards, and he never lost his interest in educational matters. For manv years

On June 22, 1853, he married Delia Hannah Kellogg, and they had a family of five sons, three of whom grew to maturity : Archie D., of Sheridan, Michigan: Otto B., of this sketch; and Roy M., of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Archie D., the eldest, was a volunteer in Company I, 31st Michigan Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, in the Spanish-American War. At Chickamauga he fell a victim to typhoid fever and was brought home on a stretcher. He has never regained his health.

After completing the common-school course, our subject learned telegraphing and has filled every position in that branch of railroad work, from night operator to chief train despatcher, and has had under his care at one time 600 miles of railroad lines on one of the busiest W'estern roads, when he was obliged to have 25 office assistants. However successful he became in that line, his ambition was not quite satisfied, however, for he had always had a leaning toward the study of medicine. The desire became so strong at last that he gave up railroad work and entered upon the study of osteopathy, after considering the claims of all other schools. He was fortunate in securing as an instructor the founder of the system, A. T. Still, M. D., and he was graduated in the American School of Osteopathy, in June, 1903. Dr. Gates is not alone in his enthusiasm concerning this new system of healing, for many have commenced to repudiate the wholesale drugging of the old schools and to gladly seek relief through the scientific manipulations of the well-trained osteopath. After passing the examination of the State board, he began the practice of his profession in Hastings, Barry County. In September, 1904, he removed to Bay City, where he has met with a very cordial reception, and numbers among his patrons many of the best penple of the city.

Dr. Gates married Pauline Newcomer, who is a daughter of Dr. Henry Newcomer, of Toulon, Illinois, and they have one son, - Henry Martin. They attend the Baptist Church.

Dr. Gates is a member of the Michigan State Osteopathic Association and the American Osteopathic z\ssociation. His fraternal connections are the following : Joppa Lodge No. 315, F. & A. M.: Bay City Chapter, No. 136, k. A. M. ; Bay City Council, No. 53, R. & S. M. : Bay City Commandery, No. 26, K. T., all of Bay City; Queen Esther Chapter, No. 35, O. E. S., of Ionia, Michigan ; Wabasis Tent, No. 144, K. O. T. M. M., of Ionia. Michigan, of which he was commander in 1892; Ionia Council, No. 623, Royal Arcanum: and Bay Lodge, No. 104, I. O. O. F.. of Bay City.

APT. HIRAM B. BECKER, deceased, was a prominent resident of Merritt township. Bay County, Michigan, where he had resided and farmed for many years. He was well-known among his fellow-citizens in the county, and also among the lake men, with whom he worked in earlier life.

Captain Becker was born in Painesville, Ohio. July 6, 1840. and was a son of Barney and Hannah (Rose) Becker, natives of Lower Canada and New York State, respectively. He was next to the youngest of six sons and six daughters born to his parents. All of the sons became captains of vessels on the Great Lakes. Of these children, three now live, namely : John, of Missouri ; Albert, of Painesville, Ohio ; and Mrs. Lucinda Pike.

.\t the early age of 12 years. Captain Becker, with a brother, commenced sailing on the vessel "Emory Fletcher," of Cleveland, Ohio, making the trip between Saginaw and

Cleveland. He became mate under his brother, and in 1863 became captain of the "J. C. Hill," running between the same ports for two seasons. He then sailed the "Colorado" two seasons, loading supplies at Cleveland and lumber at Saginaw and Bay City. During the season of 1863, he brought the brick for the Thomas Watkins home, erected at the corner of Center and W'ashington avenues in Bay City, and in 1865 the stone for the Fraser House. During the same year he purchased a farm in section II, AVilliams township, and commenced extensive improvements immediately, erecting the first frame dwelling in the northern part of the township. Of this tract of 80 acres he cleared 40, which he devoted to general farming, and also set out an orchard and erected substantial buildings. In addition to farming, he engaged in lumbering and attained considerable success. The North W'illiams post office was located on this farm until abandoned because of the rural free delivery of mail. He sold this property in 1884 and moved to West Bay City, where he bought Paul Kusch's brick cottage, which he remodeled and enlarged into a hotel building. He then conducted the Becker House, now known as the Wenona House, for eight and a half years, at the end of which time he exchanged it for 80 acres of land in section 13, INIerritt township, where he spent the remainder of his days, dying May 13, 1904. Thirty-five acres of this land had previously been broken, and he cleared 40 acres more. He engaged in raising stock and grain, and always contended that his was one of the best grain farms in the county. He erected a comfortable home and good substantial outbuildings, and set out a fine orchard. He was a quiet home man, much devoted to his family, and was always found in their companionship except when away on business.

In 1865, Captain Becker was united in marriage with Lucy E. Hardy, who was born in Painesville, Ohio, July 6, 1843, and is a daughter of EHsha and Lois (Bushnell) Hardy, the former a native of Painesville, Ohio, and the latter, of Connecticut. Mrs. Hardy was distantly related to Governor Bushnell, of Ohio. j\Irs. Becker is the oldest of three children ; her brothers, - Samuel and Ambrose. - live in Williams township. Three children were born to bless the union of Captain and Mrs. Becker, as follows : Ward, who died of diphtheria at the age of 15 years; Ellis, who is single and manages the home farm for his mother ; and Effie, who died at the age of three and a half months. Mrs. Becker is a woman of most lovable character, and is well liked by her many acquaintances, among whom she has lived so many years. Portraits of Captain and Mrs. Becker accompany this sketch.

ULILTS KAISER, vice-president and superintendent of the Phcenix Brewing Company, whose brewery is located in Bay City, West Side, is an exceptionally good business man, a practical brewer and is also one of the city's enterprising citizens. Mr. Kaiser is of German birth, born May I, i860, in Gommersdorf, Tauberbischofsheim, Baden, and is a son of John Adam and Juliana (Baier) Kaiser.

The father of Mr. Kaiser was born in 1S34 in the town in Baden, Germany, named above. He followed agricultural pursuits all his life, dying on his homestead. July 12, 1904. His seven children were : Charles, of Bay City ; Florian, of Mount Pleasant, Michigan: Joseph Peter, a brewer with the Champion Brewing Company, of Detroit : Julius, of the Phoenix Brewing Company ; Ludwig, of Saxony, Austria ; August, who is living on the homestead farm ; and Alary, a Sister of Charity at Manheim, Baden. Both the father and mother of this family were devout Roman Catholics.

Our subject completed the common-school course in his native locality and enjoyed two years instruction at the gymnasium. He then learned the brewing business and followed it at various points until 1882, when he came to West Bay City where his brother, Joseph Peter Kaiser, was already established. He went to work for the Ba}' City Brewing Company and in 1883 became foreman for the West Bay City Brewing Company and remained with that organization until the Phoenix Brewing Company was formed.

The beginning of the business, which through many changes has developed into the great industry known as the Phoenix Brewing Company, was as far back as 1865, when Johp Rosa established a primitive brewery upon the establishment's present site, and operated it for about 10 years. He then took in Andrew Fink as a partner and the firm became the West Bay City Brewing Company. Mr. Fink remained four years and then John Kohler and Jacob Knoblach became proprietors and the business was continued under the same name. They conducted it from 1882 until 1896, when the brewery was destroyed by fire. In 1898 the Phoenix Brewing Company was organized and it bought the property. The plant consists of a four-story brick building, soot house, one racking room and one wash house 34 by 90 feet : boiler room, with two boilers, each having 100 degrees high pressure '.and a bottling department with dimensions of 80 by T,2 feet. The capacity of the plant is 25,000 barrels a year. A large quantity of export and keg beer goes north. Six teams are in constant requisition. The business is one of the prospering ones of Bay City, West Side, and it is backed by plenty of capi- tal. The president of the company is Frank H. ]\Iohr, Louis Hine is secretary and manager and Julius Kaiser is vice-president and superintendent. ]Mr. Kaiser lias full charge and oversight of the manufacture of the product, his practical knowledge of all the details of brewing making his service very efficient and insuring the uniform grade of the goods as well as their healthful purity.

Mr. Kaiser was married in \\'est Bay City to Minnie Bronke. who is a daughter of August Bronke, and they have a family of five children : Hattie. Ludwig, Minnie, Julius. Jr., and Edward.

ERGT.-MAJ. CHARLES C. CUTHBERT, superintendent of Pine Ridge, Green Ridge and Seaman's cemeteries, was born in Bay City, Michigan, February 17, 1879, and is a son of Charles and Jane (Carter) Cuthbert.

The father of our subject was born May 30, 1824, in England, and died in Bay County, Michigan, December 6, 1896, aged 72 years. He was married in Canada wdiere he resided some years, but in 1875 he came to Bay County and purchased a farm which is now owned by our subject. He carried on general farming and also operated a dairy. In politics he supported the Republican party. He was a valued member of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Cinirch, of Bay City, a religious tody to which his surviving widow also belongs. They had 12 children, namely: Elizabeth, wife of Byron O. Gothman. of St. Louis, Michigan: Ellen. wife of Edward Lord, of Standish. Michigan: Thomas M., of Bay City; Annie, teacher of music in Bay City; George, of Bay City; John W., of Bay City ; Charles C, our subject ; Dolly E., residing with her mother in Bay City; Frank F., of Bay City; Bessie, wife of James D. Scott, of Bay City; and Deliah and William Roswell who live at home.

Charles C. Cuthbert was educated in the public schools. At the age of 16 j-ears he began work in the cemeteries under C. D. Fisher and George D. Seaman, his first duties being the watering of the graves, and for the past 10 years he has been connected with cemetery work, with the exception of his period of service in the Spanish- American War. In 1897 he enlisted in Company C, Third Infantry, Michigan National Guard, and the following year went through the Cuban campaign as a private of this company, which was one of the companies of the 33d Michigan Infantry, U. S. Volunteers. Shortly after his return he was appointed corporal and about a year later was made a sergeant. In 1902 he was made ist sergeant and served three years in that rank and then was appointed sergeant-major of the Third Battalion, Third Regiment and has held this position during two encampments. He is a member of Camp Sheridan, No. 5, National League of Veterans Sons; Gen. Henry Lawton Coiumand. No. 60, Spanish War Veterans; and Wenona Lodge, No. 221, I. O. O. F.

In 1899 Mr. Cuthbert was made superintendent of Bay City's beautiful resting places for her dead. Since taking charge he has made many improvements, including the fencing of all the cemeteries, and, with his force of four experienced men. has made these spots all that the most critical could ask in the way of quiet beauty and orderly attractiveness, for the final home of their departed ones. Mr. Cuthbert has shown s]5ecial interest in caring for the sacred plot known as Soldiers' Rest, in Pine Ridge Cemetery, thereby fulfilling the wishes

Mr. Cuthbert was married on January 24, 1905, to Ida M. Pegg, who is a daughter of Jacob Pegg, of Bay City. They attend the First Congregational Church.

OBERT R. LANE, president of the Bay City Business College, is one of the most enterprising citizens of Bay City. He was torn in Durham District, Ontario, in 1864, and is a son of Robert and Ann (Bray)' Lane, whose union resulted in the birth of nine children.

Mr. Lane received his early mental training in the public schools of Durham and Ontario districts and afterward attended the high schools at Bowmanville, Durham District, and Port Perry, Ontario District. He was principal of a school in Durham District for three years, and taught for the same length of time in a Canadian business college. He then moved to Seattle, Washington, where he taught a short time. While there he opened up stenographic offices, in connection with which he did court work. He subsequently removed to Saginaw, Michigan, where he was principal of the International Business College until March, 1893. At that period he moved to Bay City and purchased the International Business College in the Averell Block.

In 1896 Mr. Lane changed the location of the institution to the rooms above the Y. M. C. A. on Adams street and from there moved to his present location in the Washington Theatre Building, where he occupies the second and third floors, covering nearly 9,000 square feet. In 1898 the International Business College, of Bay City, Devlin's Business College, of

Bay City and J. G. Lamsen's private school, in West Bay City, were consolidated under the name of the Bay City Business College, and the attendance has been increased by years of hard and earnest work, until in 1903 the number of pupils was 292. Many were placed in good positions in different parts of the country.

Everything pertaining to the equipment of the institution is strictly modern. The cloak rooms and offices of the college are well lighted and ventilated. The rooms are divided into departments for commercial instruction, stenography and typewriting. The faculty, at present numbering five members, is selected from the very best of experienced teachers, and the sul)ject of this sketch himself possesses superior qualifications as a teacher, and brings to bear 21 years of ripe experience. He has been a special instructor in every branch of the work. He is also interested in other enterprises. More than 70 students from other business and shorthand schools have been in attendance at this institution, some of them having previously graduated elsewhere.

NDREW F. HOFMANN, manager and proprietor of The Valley Sheet Metal Works of Bay City, West Side, and one of the city's progressive and enterprising citizens, was born at Kochville, Michigan, March 26, 1878, and is a son of John L. and Minnie (Baumbach) (Wuepper) Hofmann.

John L. Hofman. our subject's father, was born at Bayern, Germany, and lived in the city of Berlin until he was 25 years old. He then came to America, locating for a short season in

Indiana, and then came to Bay City where he followed his trade of carpenter and millwright, but formerly had settled for a few years, on a farm. At one time he was a member of the Bay City Board of Public Works. He married Mrs. Minnie (Baumbach) Wuepper, widow of Lieut. John Wuepper. The three survivors of the family of Lieutenant Wuepper are: Ernestine, wife of Matthews Keopplinger, of Saginaw, ilichigan; Sophie, wife of Harry Hayward, of Buena Vista township. Saginaw County ; and John H., of Detroit. The ciiildren of Mr. and Mrs. Hofmann are : Louisa, wife of Henry L. Menthen, of Saginaw, Michigan ; George L., living at home; Andrew F.. of this sketch; August E., of Mayvillp, Michigan: and Minnie, living at home. Mr. and Mrs. Hofmann are members of the Salzburg German Reform Churcii, of which Mr. Hofmann is a trustee.

After completing the common-school course, our subject learned the trade of sheet metal work, with C. R. Laderach, of Salzburg, remaining with him three years and becoming an e.xpert, skilled workman. To gain experience in all lines, he then worked for a year at Caro. Michigan, at Battle Creek and at St. Paul, Minnesota. Upon his return to Bay City where he desired to make his home, he entered the employ of Wilson & Wanless for a year and then with J. C. Weber for a few months. In 1903, in partnership with Carl A. Mueller, of Joliet, Illinois, Mr. Hofmann opened The Valley Sheet Metal Work.s, and after si.x months he bought his partner's interest. Since then he has operated the works alone, doing general sheet metal work of all kinds on a large scale. He deals also in heating aparatus, this being an important branch in its season. His plant is well equipped and is a leading representative of the industry here.

married Bertha Elizabeth Kleckner, who is a daughter of Israel Kleckner, of Cementon, Lehigh County. Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Hofmann are members of the German Reformed Church. He belongs to the Arbeiter Unterstuetzung Verein. Politicallv he is a stanch Republican.

)OLPH FRANCIS, one of the prosperous farmers and walued citizens of Gibson township, who owns a fine farm of 80 acres, situated in section 29, was born near Montreal, Canada, in February, 1850, and is a son of Adolph Francis.

The parents of Mr. Francis both died in Alontreal, the mother at the age of 57 years, and the father at the age of 85 years. They were highly respected residents of that city and faithful members of the Catholic Church.

Our subject's boyhood was spent in the city of Montreal and he attended school there. In 1873 'i^ came with his wife to Michigan. They resided in Bay City 12 years, then lived at Grayling, in Crawford County, until 1895, when they came to the present farm in Bay County. The whole place was then but a wilderness of brush and timber, and before they could even put up a temporary home they were obliged to clear a space. Although before her marriage Mrs. Francis had been a school teacher, she cheerfully took upon herself many hard ta.sks and much physical labor. The result is that the}- now ha\-e as comfortable and substantial a home as can be found in Gibson township and a farm which is productive and valual)le.

In 1872 Mr. Francis married Virginia Hemarre, who is a daughter of Herbert and Virginia (Daniel) Hemarre. Mrs. Francis is a lady of superior education an«l she taught school both in Montreal and in the adjacent country. To this marriage 1 1 children were born : Joseph, born in Canada in 1873, who is a raih'oad man ; Rosa, Ada and Laura, all three deceased ; Frederick : George ; Edward : Frank, deceased ; Arthur; and Charles and Lidia, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Francis are members of the Catholic Church.

Mr. Francis takes only a good citizen's interest in political affairs, but always casts his vote with the Republican party. He has encouraged all agricultural movements in the township and belongs to the Grange and to the Gleaners. Honest, intelligent and industrious, a kind friend and a good neighbor, Mr. Francis enjoys the esteem of his fellow-citizens with whom he is on the most friendly terms. His pleasant hospitable home has many visitors.

ENRY CLEMENTS, deceased, was one of the leading business men of Bay City for many years and was closely identified with almost every important phase of civic life. Mr. Clements was born in 1855 in New York City, and died in his magnificent home in Bay City, on October 31. 1 90 1. He Avas a son of James and Agnes (McCready) Clements.

James Clements was of English parentage and his wife of Connecticut ancestry. Mr. Clements, who was an expert machinist, after visiting a number of States, finally located at Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the purpose of installing gas plants in divers localities. From Ann Arbor he removed to Bay City where he subsequently organized a company, largely made up of friends at Ann Arbor, and founded the important industry now known as The Industrial Works. He survived long enough to realize ample returns for his energy and enterprise, and died at Ann Arbor, where several of his children reside. His family consisted of Mary, of Ann Arbor ; James, who died in South Africa ; Henry, our suliject : Ida, of Ann Arbor; and William, of Bay City. Mr. Clements was a man of sterling character and was intimately associated in friendship with his neighbor. Judge Thomas M. Cooley, of the Supreme Court of Michigan.

Henry Clements was graduated in the literary course of the University of Michig'an at Ann Arbor and returned to Bay City to enter his father's office in The Industrial Works. Finding this business environment congenial, he continued here and later purchased a onehalf interest in the business, devoting the whole of his subsequent life to its expansion and interests. He finally purchased the whole plant, but continued to conduct the business under the name of James Clements & Son. At the time of his decease it had grown to be a business of vast proportions and wide connections. After his decease, his widow secured the services of her brother-in-law, Edward J. Bissell. attorney, to look after her interests in The Industrial Works, with the result that he saw such a future in the business that he gave up his law practice, and, with his son, purchased the plant.

In 1882 Mr. Clements was married to Luella Hovey, who is a daughter of Dr. W. F. and Sarah (Stinson) Hovey, who had two daughters, viz : Mrs. Clements and Carrie, deceased, who was the wife of Edward J. Bissell. Mr. and Mrs. Clements had two children : Harold and Madeleine. The beautiful home, in which Mrs. Clements and her children reside, situated at No. 1.601 Center avenue. Bay City, is probably one of the best appointed ones in the city, adorned with everything to gratify the tastes of its cultured owners. It was erected in 1890, being the first of the many elegant mansions which have been built in this exclusive locality. The Clements family attend the First Presbyterian Church.

Rs. Elizabeth Linderman

RS. ELIZABETH LINDERMAN, who resides on her well-cultivated farm of 40 acres, situated in section 26, Hampton township, is one of the old and respected residents of this section, having occupied her farm here since 1857. Mrs. Linderman was born August 18, 1834, in Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Germany, and is a daughter of Christian and Helena (Blake) Koch.

Mrs. Linderman's parents lived and died in Germany. They had 1 1 children and Mrs. Linderman is one of three daughters. One brother. Henry Koch, came to .\merica with our subject and her first husband, in 1857.

Mrs. Linderman was reared in her father's house and was taught all the accomplishments for which German housewives are noted the world over. When 20 years of age she married Ernest Blake, who was born in 181 5 at Wismar, Germany, \\nien they came to America they settled immediately in Hampton township. Bay County, Michigan, Mr. Blake purchasing the present farm of our subject, which at that time was entirely unimproved. He survived but two and a half years. Mrs. Linderman's second marriage was to another of her countrymen, Henry Linderman, who was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1834, and came to the United States when 25 years of age. During the Civil War. Mr. Linderman went to Detroit and there enlisted for service in the Union Army. All trace of him was afterward lost and it is supposed that he was one of those reported missing, after some great battle. He left two sons : Harry, deceased ; and Ernest, born August 20, 1865, who operates the farm for his mother. It is a fertile, well-watered tract of land and under Mr. Linderman's excellent management has proved very productive. Mrs. Linderman is widely known and very highly esteemed. She has seen very many wonderful changes take place in the county since she first settled here and she recalls manv very interesting events of the early days.

ITZLAND L. WILSON. Few citizens of Bay County are better known than Fitzland L. Wilson, who has achieved success along many lines and stands to-day as a representative of the class known as self-made men. Mr. Wilson was born after the death of his father, at Akron, New York, February 24. 1838.

The widowed mother took care of her fatherless son until he had reached the age of nine years, and then the little lad started out to be a wage earner himself. His beginning was in a tanyard, where he was given his board and $2.50 per month for his services; but two months in this situation proved to him that he was not fashioned to be a successful tanner, and he engaged with a neighboring farmer to work during the summers and go to school during the winter seasons. Little by little his small earnings, providently saved, increased, so that by the time he was 18 years of age he felt justified in going to .Akron and entering the L^nion School, paying for a part of his board and working for the other part. He followed out the same methods when, after .several seasons of farm work and study at night by himself, he entered Oberlin College, where he took a special teacher's course, not being able to take the full college course.

Mr. Wilson then entered into teaching as a profession and followed the same in different parts of Ohio, - in Delaware County, Pickaway County and in the city of Chillicothe. During- all this time he was husied in studying out and endeavoring to solve construction prohlems, his natural bent being in the direction of machinery, and he finally went into the bridge building on an Ohio railroad and was thus engaged in 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil War.

This great national crisis found the youngteacher and embryo machinist and inventor a loyal, patriotic supporter of the government, and he enjoys the distinction of being the second man who enlisted in the "Continentals," the first company that went out fron-i Cleveland, for the 90-day service. This con-ipany remained at Camp Taylor from April until the middle of i\Iay, expecting to be mustered into the United States service, and during this period Captain Stacy came to the camp to get recruits to enter the Second Kentucky Regiment. Our subject was one of the 500 who went to Camp Clay where they remained until the new order of the government discharged all 90-day men who did not care to enlist for three years or the duration of the war. Mr. Wilson decided to resume bnage building and he continued until the road he was working on was captured in October, 1862, by the Confederate general, Kirby Smith.

Mr. Wilson then returned to New York on a pass from Gen. Lew Wallace, giving him permission to leave Covington and Cincinnati, and in the metropolis he remaineil until late in the fall, when he came to Michigan to visit a half brother, L. D. Lighthall, a resident of Ingham County. In February, 1863, he reenlisted for service in the Union Army and was mustered into Company B, - Sixth Michigan Heavy Artillerv, which was sent to serve under Generals Butler and Canby in the Gulf con-ipaign. The regiment was used in garrisoning- h'orts Morgan, Wagoner and Port Hudson, on the Mississippi and took part in the capture of Mobile. He was finally mustered out of the service on August 26, 1865, at Jackson, Michigan.

After the close of his military career, Mr. Wilson went into the mill business at Macon, Lenawee County, ]\Iichigan, where he continued for 20 months and then sold out his interest and moved to Ingham County. He then purchased a mill where he manufactured one of his own inventions which he had patented, the celebrated Wilson washboard, and continued in this industry until November, 1879. He had made many business friends by this time and shortly afterward was instrumental in organizing the Saginaw Barrel Company, a stock company. Mr. Wilson was elected superintendent of tlie work of this company and he remained a resident of Saginaw until May, 1882, when he built the Wilson hoop factory in West Bay City, which is now operated by the ("loldie Manufacturing Company. This n-iill was entirely equipped with machinery invented by Mr. Wilsoi-i, himself, and here were manufactured the first elm hoops ever made iii Bay County.

Mr Wilson was always alive to all new industries and when the beet sugar industry first attracted general attention, he was a leading investigator of its possibilities. His technical knowledge soon assured him of future success in sugar making and in 1898 he entered into the business as an expert and has continuetl ever since. He put out a large acreage of his own land and rented properties in sugar beets and has proven the complete success of this industry, conducted on his lines.

For the past 15 years Mr. Wilson has owned a magnificent farm of 240 acres, which is situated in sections 9 and 16, Llampton township, where he has carried on general farming, stock-raising and fruit-growing, under the very best possible conditions, having spared neither time nor expense on his property. He has made this a model farm and lias expended over $5,000 in buildings. The farm is now under rental, he having retired from its active management, his sugar interests having engaged his entire attention for some time. During 1900 he was associated with the Lansing Sugar Company, of Lansing, Michigan, and traveled through the country, lecturing in its interests through Ingham, Shiawassee, Genesee, Livingston and Jackson counties, placing before the farmers the advantages accruing from the culture of the sugar beet. His work met with much success.

On iMarch 21, 1863, ]Mr. Wilson was united in marriage with Eleanor S. Reed, a lady whom he met in Ingham County while visiting his brother. Mrs. Wilson was born November 29, 1840, in Huron County, Ohio, and is a daughter of James P. Reed, who removed from Ohio to Ingham County. Michigan, in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have had these children : Carl F.. who is a mail carrier in West Bay City ; Alice L.. who is the wife of Lee E. Joslyn, one of the leading attorneys of Bay City ; Grace, who is the wife of William Crabb, of North Tonawanda, New York; James R., who is a farmer in Hampton township; Charles D., who is in business at Buffalo, New York ; Clara, who is the wife of John Ingersoll. teller of the Peoples' Savings Bank, of West Bay City ; and George M., who is a resident of Buffalo, New York.

During all these years of activity, Mr. Wilson has continued to work at his various inventions and many of them are of a very practical character and have been patented and are in use in many of the manufacturing centers. Although he has been an active supporter of the Republican party all his life, he has accepted little in the way of political reward, his convictions being those of principle. His first vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln and each successive Republican candidate has received his generous support. During his residence in Ingham County he served as a justice of the peaee, an office to which his sterling character, experience of men and things and his stern sense of justice, brought most desirable qualifications. He belongs to H. P. Merrill Post, No. 419, G. A. R., of Bay City and is a valued comrade. His fraternal associations are mainly with the various Masonic bodies, - he holds membership in Wenona Lodge, No. 296, F. & A. M., of West Bay City ; and of Blanchard Chapter, No. 59, R. A. M.. of Bay City.

UCIOUS W. TOBIAS, deputy United States marshal for 29 counties, comprising the Eastern District of Michigan, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, has been identified with the business interests of Bay City since 1870. Mr. Tobias was born in 1856, at Chesaning, Saginaw County, Michigan, and is a son of Solomon and Sarah A. (Thayer) Tobias.

The father of Mr. Tobias was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1831, and died in Michigan in 1878. The mother was born in 1829, in Pennsylvania, and died in 1896. The four surviving children are: Mrs. Mary A., Mrs. Jean, of Bay City ; Blanche, wife of Edward S. Lattimore, of Bay City ; James Franklin, a general storekeeper in Beaver township, Bay County : and Lucious W., of this sketch. In early life Solomon Tobias was a lumberman and millwright. In 1854 he settled in Saginaw^ County, Michigan, where his youngest son was torn two years later.

schoolsof Shiawassee County, tlie family having moved to Corunna in 1861, from which place he came to Bay City in 1S70. In looking about for a business opening, the best prospects seemed to be in the transfer line. He had little capital and began what developed into a large business with a one-horse dray. He was interested in this business from 1872 until 1902. Several years after his modest beginning, he found it necessary to have several vans built and about this time met William Jennison, who was on the point of starting into a general storage business. They joined capital and organized the Riverside Truck & Storage Company, and continued in partnership, with Mr. Tobias as general manager, for seven years. Other duties pressed at this time and he gave up this business, having accumulated quite a fortune through his commercial enterprise.

In 1874, Mr. Tobias entered the tire department and for 12 years held the position of captain in the Second Ward. He gave 18 years of service to the department and laid out many of the plans which have made this branch of the city's work notably effective. In 1882, in partnership with W. F. Miller, he purchased a livery business on Saginaw street. A short time after, he purchased Mr. Miller's interest and continued alone in the business until 1883.

Politically, a strong Republican, he has exerted much influence in his part of the city and has filled a number of civic positions. In 1882 he was elected constable of the Second Ward. He served two terms as supervisor of the Fifth Ward, and has been a member of the Board of Education for 12 years. In 1898 he entered the government service, being appointed United States deputy marshal by United States Marshal W. R. Bates, of Detroit. He has a large territory to cover, including 29 counties in the eastern part of Michigan. He is a man wellqualified for this responsible position.

In 1877, Mr. Tobias was married to Elizabeth A. Sears, and they have two daughters : Edith M., who married Charles A. Russell and has two children, - Lee and Efifa Elizabeth; and Effa, who is a student in the Bay City High School, of which her sister is a graduate. The handsome home of Mr. Tobias and family is situated at No. 400 Howard street, and is one noted for its hospitality. Our subject belongs to the leading fraternal societies, in which his genial personality makes him a favorite comrade. He is one of Bay City's self-made men and commands the respect of his fellow-citizens and enjoys the esteem of hosts of friends all over the State.

lOMAS FRANK MARSTON, one of Bay City's successful business men, treasurer and business manager of the Bay City Sanitary Milk Company, Ltd., was born in Bay City, Michigan, March 15, 1869. and is a son of the late Hon. Isaac Marston, a member of the Supreme Court bench of Michigan from 1S75 to 1883, the year of his resignation from the bench, and also for a long term of years one of the leading members of the Bay County bar. His sketch may be found elsewhere in this work.

Mr. Marston was reared in Bay City and attended school here, later taking a course in mechanical engineering at the Michigan Agricultural College and the University of Michigan and in agriculture at the University of Wisconsin. He then returned to his father's farm and still continues to operate it on approved scientific principles.

The Bay City Sanitary Milk Company, Ltd., was organized in May, 1902, by Oscar F. Meiselbach, William Cuthbert and Thomas F. Marston. The officers were Oscar F.

Meiselbach. chairman : William Culhbert, secretary ; and Thomas Frank Marston, treasurer and business manager. Mr. Cuthbert has since withdrawn and operates a milk business independently. This company not only controls a large portion of the city milk trade, runningfive wagons and handling, both wholesale and retail, 375,000 pounds of milk a month, Init also manufactures ice cream and other byproducts. Employment is given to 10 workmen. The industry is on the increase, the company's products making an enlarged area of demand wherever they are known. The company has clean, sanitary ([uarters and every device and precaution is taken to make their products just what they are represented to be. Much of the success that has attended this laudable industry is undoubtedly due to the business management and commercial integrity of Mr. Marston and Mr. Meiselbach.

Mr. ;\Iarston has a pleasant home in Bay City, and has a family of four children : Helen, Sheldon, Frances Marian and Thomas I-'rank, Jr., The family attend the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Marston served si.x years on the State Board of Agriculture, by appointment from Governor Hazen S. Pingree, and was president of the board the last two years. In 1905 he was again appointed a member of this board.

01 IX C. ARNOLD, one of the wellknown ctizens and first class farmers of Frankenlust township, owning a well-improved farm of over 100 acres in sections 6, 7 and 8, township 13, range 5, was tern in Frankenlust township, October 25. 1857, and is a son of Michael and Mary Barbara (Appold) Arnold.

The parents of Mr. .\rnold were born at Baiern. Germany, the father in 1827, and the mother in 1830. The former died in Frankenlust township, aged 42 years, and the mother, in 1895, aged 65 years. They had these children : John, of Frankenlust township : George, of Saginaw County; John C, of this sketch; Michael, of Saginaw County ; John (jeorge. of Saginaw County; and Martin, of Saginaw.

Mr. Arnold was reared on his father's farm and obtained his education in the local schools. His life has been devoted mainly to farming, although in young manhood he worked for a time in the sawmills. His father came to Bay County in 1852, after completing his term of service in the German Army, and took up the present farm of our subject from the government. It was all wild, uncultivated land at that time, but now is one of the best farms in the township. The early death of the father threw much responsibility upon bis sons. Our subject did a great deal of the clearing and has erected all of the fine modern buildings, which make such an attractive appearance. In 1900 the handsome residence was completed and other improvements have been added, making a home of much comfort and one that is very presentable.

On May 6, 1881, Mr. Arnold was married to Margaret Kuch, who was born in Frankenlust township, August 6, 1859, and is a daughter of John and Anna Barbara (Ziegler) Kuch, who came from Germany among the \-ery first settlers and established a home here in 1846, where the father died aged 85 years and the mother, aged 73 years. They were highly respected people, worthy members of the German Lutheran Church. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold also lielong to this church and he is extending a liberal, helping band in the erection of the new church edifice. Politically he is a Republican. Mr. and ]\Irs. Arnold have two children: George, born March 11. 1882, and Mary Katherina Barbara, born June 15, 1884. both of whom live at home.

HELL H. THOMPSON, a promising young attorney-at-la\v, of Bay City, was born in Bay City, July 2, 1877. He is a son of Joseph and Helen E. (Babcock) Thompson, and a grandson of John Thompson.

John Thompson came from Canada and located in Michigan in the "forties." He served a full term in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was in General Custer's command and participated in Sherman's "March to the Sea." Joseph Thompson, who came to Bay County in the "fifties," died in 1892 at the age of 45 years. He had three brothers who served their country in the Civil War. The only one of John Thompson's sons now living is a resident of Duluth, Minnesota.

Dell H. Thompson's mother is a native of Washtenaw County, Michigan. She is now living in Bay City and is about 56 years old. Her ancestors were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. She had three sons, two of whom died in infancy.

The subject of this sketch was reared and schooled in Bay City. He attended the University of Michigan, where he was graduated from the law department in 1902. He has since acquired a good general practice in Bay City. His offices are at No. 217 Fifth avenue. Politically, Mr. Thompson is a Republican. His religious views are in accordance with the doctrines of the Presbyterian Church. He belongs to the Delta Chi college fraternity.

OHN H. EMERY, manager of the house of John H. Emery & Company, leading retail dealers in coal and wood in West Bay City, Michigan, was born July 6, 1865, at Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of John and Sophronia J. (Kirkland) Emery.

The Emery family is of English extraction and many generations were born and reared in the neighborhood of Red Line Square, London. It has always been a musical family and a number of its members have been connected with the orchestras of prominent London theatres. The name of John has appeared in every generation as far back as can be traced. The first of the family to cross the Atlantic was our subject's grandfather, John Emery, who was born in London and emigrated to Prescott, Ontario, where he operated a general store and was identified with musical circles. He married Ann Barrett, bornin England, but a resident of Prescott, and died when his son John was small.

John Emery, father of our subject, was bom at Prescott, Ontario, March 3, 1839, but was reared mainly at Ogdensburg, New York. There he learned the trade of millwright which he has followed more or less ever since. He resided in a number of places as his work demanded and was residing at Gir-ard, Pennsylvania, when our subject was born. He then moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and three years later, about 1880, came to Bay City, which has been his home ever since although his work takes him all over the country. He has erected many mills in difl^erent sections. He married first Sophronia J. Kirkland, a daughter of David Kirkland of Girard, Pennsylvania, and three of their six children survive, viz : John H., of this sketch; Edwin R. : and Belle, wife of Walter C. Foote. of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. For his second wife Mr. Emery married Alice Green, of Bay City, and they have two children : Kitty Faye and Lottie Lee. Both Mr. and Mrs. Emery are members of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church of Bay City, in which Mr. Emery is a steward.

school. After the death of his mother, the family removed to Bay City. When about 16 years of age he commenced saiHng on the Great Lakes, I)eginning; in a humble position and working- his way up until he became captain of both sailing vessels and steamships. In 1 89 1 he left the water and started into a coal business alone, but later associated with him Capt. Peter C. Smith, under the firm name of J. H. Emery & Company. They handle coal, wood and builders' supplies, their office and yard being located on East Midland street, corner of Williams, on the West Side. Mr. Emery is also the patentee and manufacturer of the "Emery Cement Brick Machine," an in\ention which promises to revolutionize the manufacture of brick. It is simply constructed but answers every purpose.

Mr. Emery married Catherine Herrick, who is a daughter of John Herrick of West Bay City and they have one son, Herrick. The family attend the Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Emery's fraternal connections are with Wenona Lodge, No. 221, I. O. O. F., and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is recognized as one of the progressive and enterprising business men of the city. He owes nothing to luck or circumstances, having made his own way in the world and accomplished much through his energy and native ability.

ON. ISAAC MARSTON, late associate justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan and an able and forceful member of the bar, achieved prominence and a State wide reputation as a jurist. He was born in County .\rmagh, Ireland, January 3, 1839, and died Octoljer 31. 1891. at Bay City, where his legal career had really commenced 29 years before. For much of the characterization that we are enabled to give in this brief sketch, we are indebted to an article published in TJic Inlander, the official organ of the University of Michigan, that was written b}' Hon. Thomas M. Cooley, who was associated with Judge Marston on the bench of the Supreme Court.

With tlie utmost propriety may we refer to Judge Marston as a self-made man and in doing so use the term in the strictest sense to which usage commonly limits it. He had the benefits of no such adventitious aids as inherited wealth, influential connections or friends, or fortunate accidental circumstances ; he laid the foundations of his fortune in his own personal diligence and built upon these, relying for success entirely upon most vigorous and judicious use of the advantages which in the State of his residence are offered with an equal liberality to every member of society.

Judge Marston's father, Thomas Marston, was born in England, but removed to Ireland, where he was married and resided the remainder of his life. He owned a small estate upon the income of which he lived, but his means were so restricted that from the first it was certain that Isaac could look to him for only the most meager assistance. While at his death Thomas Marston did not leave a large estate, our subject's mother sent her son $1,200 after his marriage. Mrs. Marston, whose maiden name w'as Amelia Purdy, died about 1898, aged 96 years.

At the age of 13. Isaac Marston was apprenticed to a grocer with whom he remained for three years, but the prospect of such a start in life was not flattering, for it was hard work from the outset and the future could scarcely promise more than a scanty subsistance. With a view to bettering his circumstances, he came to America and made his way to Michigan, making his liome with an uncle at Southfield,

Oakland County, Andrew Muldragh by name. In order to find immediate means of support, he farmed with his uncle and cousins and with neighbors, attending school during the winter sessions, until he reached the age of 20 years. By this time he had determined in his own mind that he should take up the law as his life work.

When the law department of the University of Michigan was organized in 1859, young Marston went to Ann Arbor that he might have the benefit of the advantages the law school was expected to afford. To the resident professor, when he introduced himself, he frankly stated that his means were extremely limited, giving this as the reason for the seeking of employment during his attendance at the school, whereby he might help the defraying of his necessary expenses. He endeared himself to all the instructors, who saw that while his educational advantages had been limited, he was fully determined to overcome them. He quickly showed himself to be industrious, with a cjuick and accurate grasp of legal principles. With his fellow-students he was always a favorite, for he was of a cheerful and bouyant disposition and as companionable as he was attentive to his studies. Upon taking his diploma in 1861, Mr. Marston went to the little village of Alma. Gratiot Count)', Michigan, where he opened an office, but accidentally fire soon destroyed this office and his few books. He removed to Ithaca, in the same county, but did not find there the promising location that he had expected. Altogether he practiced in Gratiot County for over one year.

In the summer of 1862 Mr. Marston came to Bay City, and after practicing alone for a short time, formed a partnership with Herschel H. Hatch, under the firm name of Marston &. Hatch. This was a fortunate move for him, as the town was a growing place, with a considerable and increasing business, and his partner a man of ability and well read in the law. The firm was not long in laying the foundations, and retainers soon came to them from considerable distances. Their regular legal business was not, however, so exacting as to preclude Mr. Marston from acting for a tiine as justice of the peace. For one session he served as a Representative in the State Legislature and for one term held the office of prosecuting attorney of Bay County. He also filled, by appointment from Governor Bagley, a vacancy that occurred in the office of Attorney-General of the State. A few years after the original firm of Marston & Hatch was formed, Edgar A. Cooley became a partner and the firm name was changed to Marston, Hatch & Cooley.

When Judge Christiancy left the Supreme Court in 1875 to take his place in the United States Senate, Mr. Marston was nominated by the Republicans and elected to the vacant place that he first filled for a short time by appointment from the Governor. To obtain the nomination no considerable canvass was made by his friends on his behalf; the office seemed to come to him naturally as a recognition of his professional prominence in his section of the State, which was then unrepresented on the bench. His own sterling qualities brought him the office. His associates when he took his seat were James V. Campbell, Benjamin F. Graves and Thomas M. Cooley. Two of these had been his preceptors at Ann Arbor and all of them knew him well as a lawyer and were well pleased with his selection. They knew that they were to expect in him an industrious and painstaking associate and that the manner in which he would discharge his judicial duties would be alike honorable to himself and useful to the public. Coming to the judicial office, Judge Marston brought as part of his endowment two qualities always indispensable if the best results are to be looked for ; the first, a sterling integrity, ;uul the second a judicial temperament. Quoting the words of Judge Cooley : "Judge Marston was a party man always, but the judicial office had come to him wliolly free from any improper obligation, real or suspected, and no opponent feared or no supporter could hope for partial rulings. He had strong views of the relationship of the law to public morals but in so far as he was now to deal with them judicially he knew very well that he was to do so under rules which the usages of his race embodied in the common law or the voice of the Legislature, speaking by its statutes, had prescribed for him ; and no partialities or preposessions could incline him to such usurpation of judicial power as is always present when the law is given an effect which is not within its true meaning. But, while he would not attempt the impossible task of giving support to public morality by false opinions, he did not fail at all times and under all circumstances to give such example, in his own official conduct, of sturdy uprightness and integrity as would, in its influence upon public morality, be of the very highest value. The legal opinions of Judge Marston are notable for brevity and clearness, and for an evident purpose to make them express the exact idea he had in mind." His duties on the bench were discharged to the public's entire satisfaction and he was elected for the second time by popular vote. He did not fill out his term of office, resigning in 1883 because of a fear that the state of his health was becoming precarious and a feeling that he ought, in justice to his family, to go back to the bar in order that he might be able to make for them a better provision than the compensation made to him by the State would render possible.

bar, which soon became large and remunerative. It soon became evident, however, that the seeds of pulmonary disease were in his system ; necessarily his practice was embarrassed by this state of affairs, and it was not long before it was seen that it must be given up. With the utmost courage and cheerfulness he struggled against surrender until 1890, when he returned to Bay City and took up his residence upon a farm nearby, in the hope that agricultural pursuits might be less exacting in their demands upon his remaining strengtii. The end approached steadily but surely, and cheerfully to the last he met the final summons. He left behind him many dear friends who will never cease, as long as life lasts, to cherish with affection and respect the recollection of his sterling sense and strong manly qualities.

On May i, 1862, the subject of this sketch married Emily Sullivan, daughter of Adam D. Sullivan, of Southfield, Oakland County. Mrs. Marston who is an esteemed resident of Bay City, was born May 17, 1843. Her great-grandfather on her father's mother's side was Peter Lowe. He removed from Newburgh. New York, to Oakland County, Michigan, in 1830. He drew^ a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War. Adam D. Sulli\an was a son of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Lowe) Sullivan. Because of the death of his parents when he was young in years, he lived with his grandparents Lowe, by whom he was reared. Of the five children born to Judge and Mrs. Marston, four grew to maturity, namely: Amelia, wife of James B. Shearer, of Bay City ; Thomas Frank, of Bay City, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work; George Arthur, an attorney-at-law of Detroit; and Charles Isaac, of Detroit. About two years before his death, Judge Marston joined the Westminster Pres-

CTAVE TURMELL, a substantial agriculturist of Fraser township, whose farm is located in section 5, was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, in 1842, and is a son of Francis and Maggie (Fecto) Turmell, who were natives of Quebec, and were engaged in farming.

Francis Turmell and his wife came from Quebec to Bay City in 1880, and subsequently bought a farm in Williams township, near Auburn. The father died in 1892 at Auburn at the age of 83 years. His wife died on the farm of her son, Octave, in 1903, when 90 years old.

Mr. Turmell lx)ught his farm of 80 acres in section 5. Fraser township, in the spring of I goo. He is engaged in general farming and stock-raising.

The subject of this sketch has been three times married. His first wife was Virginia Labie, whom he married in Quebec, and who died in Canada, leaving one child, - Jeddie. His second wife was Mary Labie, who died in Bay City, Michigan, in 1885, leaving one child, - Edmund. For his third wife, Mr. Turmell married Rosetta Labie, a daughter of John and Susan (Turcott) Labie, natives of Quebec, who now live in Bay City.

From the third marriage seven children have resulted, namely : Valeta, born in December. 1886; Joseph, born in July, 1890; Rena, born in January, 1892: Fred, born in November, 1893; Leva, born in December, 1895; Deneige, born in October, 1897; and Ernest, born in October, 1902. Politically, Mr. Turmell is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the Catholic Church.

EORGE B. HUBBELL, postmaster at Colden, Williams township, where he also operates a general store, is one of the well-known residents of the western part of the county. Mr. Hubbell was born November 8, 1864, at Holly, Oakland County, Michigan, and is a son of Charles and Angeline (Yorton) Hubbell.

The father of Mr. Hubbell was born in 1842 in Connecticut, and came to Michigan in 1861. Soon after he enlisted in Company F, Seventh Reg. Michigan \'ol. Inf., as a private. He served under General McClellan in the Army of the Potomac and participated in all the battles of that memorable time, and was wounded at the battle of Antietam. After three years of service, during which period he was promoted for gallantry to the rank of corporal, he was honorably discharged in 1863. He is a valued member of Dwight May Post, No. 67, G. A. R. He is one of a family of seven children, the others being : Samuel W., of Unionville, a well-known politician of Tuscola County, Michigan; John E., deceased April 20, 1904, who was engaged in a milling business at Cedro Wooley, Washington; Julia, who is the wife of N. Stewart, of Cairo, Michigan ; Lucy, who is the wife of Morris Van Order, of Beaver Dam, New York; Sarah, deceased, who was the wife of George W. Brown, of Harrison, Clare County, Michigan ; and Edward of West Bay City.

At Holly. Michigan on July 3, 1863, Charles Hubbell was united in marriage with Angeline Yorton. and six children were born to this union: George B., of this sketch: Nora (Mrs. James Lamay), of Midland, Michigan; Fayette, a farmer living near Midland; Myron, who died at Saginaw November 28, 1904, and was interred at Midland ; Annie, wife of Fred Morden, of Merrill, Saginaw County: and Lena, a maiden of 15 years, residing with her parents at Midland. Charles Hubhell has been engaged in farming since the close of the Civil War, but recently retired to Midland, after selling his farm.

Our subject followed the milling trade with his uncle, John E. Hubbell. for i8 years and then bought 40 acres of land in Williams township, which he operated as a farm for five years. After disposing of that he moved to the village of Colden, where he has since carried on a general store. He has always been active in local politics, but votes independently. On August 28, 1899 he was appointed postmaster of the village by the late President McKinley, and was reappointed to the office on August 28, 1903, by President Roosevelt. Mr. Hubbell has proved himself a very satisfactory official and enjoys the respect of all who have public or private business with him. He is a member of the Maccabees.