Representative from the Third District of Lenawee County, 1887-8 and 1889-90. Was born at Munnsville, Madison County, N.Y., Aug. 26, 1842. three years later his parents moved to Oriskany Falls, Oneida County, where his boyhood was spent. In 1856, at the age of fourteen, he left school and sold goods in a general store in the village where his parents resided. He remained in the store for about two years, after which he served time as a schoolmaster. In 1860 he secured a position in a dry goods store at Clinton, N.Y., where he remained until the summer of 1861, when he enlisted in Co. A, 1st N.Y. Artillery. In the spring of 1862 he was discharged for physical disability, and for the remainder of that year his health was so poor that he was unable to do any business. In 1863 he secured a position as clerk in a dry goods house in Utica, N.Y., where he remained until he came to Michigan. In 1866 Mr. Abbott located at Adrian and opened a ladies’ furnishing goods store, and the business increasing he finally went into the general dry goods business, which he conducted until 1873. After 1873 Mr. Abbott was engaged in the manufacturing and selling of his own inventions, some of which proved very useful and secured a reputation over the whole country. For over three years he held the position of President of the village of Hudson. He was elected Representative as a Republican to the House of 1887-8, and re-elected for 1889-90.

Representative from Calhoun County, 1863-4. Was born in the State of New Hampshire, Apr. 5, 1819. He came to Romeo, Mich., in 1843. He was a Methodist Episcopal minister for seventeen years, when he became a farmer in Leroy, Calhoun County. Later he lived in Galesburg. In politics he was a Republican. He died Apr. 11, 1890.

Representative from Genesee County, 1850. Was born in Concord, N.H., in 1810. He came to Michigan in 1838. By trade he was a bookbinder. On coming to Michigan he became a merchant and farmer at Grand Blanc. He was Postmaster for twenty years. He went to the war as sutler of the 30th Iowa, of which his brother was Colonel. He was taken sick in front of Vicksburg and died on his way home at Cairo, Feb. 4, 1863.

Treasurer of Michigan Territory, 1813-30; and Auditor General, 1836-9. Was born in Detroit in 1779. After reaching maturity he became a partner with his father, James Abbott, who was prominently connected with the fur trade of the Northwest. Mr. Abbott held the position of Treasurer of the territorial funds 1813 to 1836; 005 6auditor of public accounts, 1809 to 1836, and was a U.S. Master in Chancery. His name also appears in local offices of all grades, and in benevolent and church enterprises, especially in advancing the interests of the Methodist Church, to which he was devoted. He was a Democrat in politics. He died in 1852.

Representative from Lapeer County, 1877-8 and 1879-80. Was born in the county of Beauharnois, Parish of Ste. Martine, Canada East, Mar. 29, 1835. He received a common school education, and resided in Canada until the year 1856, when the family emigrated to the United States, with the intention of settling in Kansas; but owing to the political disturbances in that State at the time, they retraced their steps and settled in Goodland, Lapeer County, Mich., where he engaged in lumbering and farming. Later occupation was that of farming. He held the office of Township Clerk, Supervisor and other minor offices. In politics he was a Republican.

Senator from Washtenaw County, 1857-8. He was an early member of the Ann Arbor bar, was an excellent man, of fair abilities as a lawyer, and was honored with many public offices. In politics he was a Republican. Deceased.

Senator from Wayne County, 1867-8. Was born at Augusta, Ga., July 3, 1827, and was the son of a wealthy cotton dealer and slaveholder. In 1830 he removed to Detroit, Mich., and the next year to Dearborn, Wayne County, where he spent a portion of his time teaching until 1851, when he went to California, and remained there until 1856. On his return he was elected Treasurer of Dearborn. He followed farming until 1862. He held the office of Enrolling Officer of the Draft Department and Deputy Provost Marshal during the war. He was also Deputy Assessor and Collector of Revenue, which office he held until removed by Andrew Johnson. Exempted from the draft by disability, he furnished a substitute at a cost of eight hundred dollars. In 18677 he was State Senator and chairman of the committee on railroads. He was a director of the Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad. He removed to Nankin, laid out a village, and was the first hardware merchant there. He was Postmaster five years, President of the village, and Trustee. From 1875 to 1878 he had charge of the Wayne County Poorhouse. He removed to Detroit in 1884. In politics he was a Republican.

Representative from the Second District of Houghton County, 1907-8. Was born at Eagle River, Keweenaw County, Mich., Nov. 20, 1860, and was the son of Michael and Lydia Abrams, who were pioneers in the Copper Country. He received his primary education in the public schools of Houghton County. At the age of thirteen years, he was apprenticed to a blacksmith, continued this occupation for nearly six years and then taught school, acquiring sufficient money in this way to permit him to procure an education. Mr. Abrams was graduated from Dart-mouth College and also attended the Detroit Medical College and the Long Island 006 7Hospital, New York City. After graduation from college he spent two years in the study of law. He resided at Dollar Bay after 1890 and was employed as surgeon by a number of industries at that place. His main office, however, was located at Hancock. In 1902 Olivet College conferred on him the degree of Master of Arts. He was vice president of the Michigan State Medical Society, a member of the American Medical Association and of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. In politics a Republican. He died at Dollar Bay, May 20, 1918.

Representative from Jackson County, 1839-40. He was an early settler in the town of Concord, and was Supervisor in 1838. Politics and occupation are unknown.

Delegate from the Twelfth District, Oakland and Macomb counties, in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8. Was born in Portage, N. Y., in 1851 and was of English descent. He graduated from the Rushford Academy in 1870, afterwards taking a business course in a commercial college at Buffalo. He was married to Mary C. Gordon in 1873 and came to Michigan the same year, locating at Carson City, Montcalm County, where he engaged in the lumber and banking business. In 1878 he sold out his business and went to Richmond, where he established the Richmond bank, at that time the third bank in Macomb County. He was one of the organizers of the Higgins Land Co. and the Olean Land Co. of Minnesota, and a director in both companies. In 1896, he, with others, organized the Richmond Elevator Co., of which he was president. He was a director in the Parker Plow Co. of Richmond, a member of the Michigan Bankers’ Association, and chairman of the private Bankers’ Executive Committee. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Saginaw County, 1873-4. Was born Dec. 16, 1826, in the town of Stowe, Portage County, O. Mr. Ackley received a common school education. In 1840 he emigrated to Michigan and settled in Shiawassee Township, Shiawassee County. In 1863 he removed to the village of St. Charles, Saginaw County. Mr. Ackley was President of the village of St. Charles, and held other important offices in the town. His business was that of a merchant.

Senator from Wayne County, 1861-2 to 1869-70, 1875-6 and 1877-8. Was born near Glasgow, Scotland, in 1815. In 1834 he settled at Detroit, Mich. He worked as a carpenter until 1840, when he began business as a gardener and horticulturist, in which he was very successful. He held several local positions of honor in Detroit, among them president of the Detroit Mechanics’ Society and president of St. Andrew's Society. In politics he was a Democrat. A quiet, unassuming gentleman, he became one of the most influential members of the Senate, and probably exercised greater influence than any other Democrat. He died at Detroit May 19, 1895.

Delegate from the Third District to the Constitutional Convention of 1835; Delegate from Lenawee County to the Second Convention of Assent; Representative from Lenawee County, 1839, 1847 and 1871-2; member of the Board of Regents of the University, 1837-40; Senator from the Second District, 1840-1; State Treasurer, 1842-5; and Auditor General, 1845-6 and 1848-51. Was born at Paisley, Scotland, Oct. 30, 1807. He received a good education, graduating at Glasgow College in 1826 with honor. The same year he emigrated to this country and arrived at Baltimore July 4, 1826. He taught Latin, Greek and mathematics at an academy in Meadville, Pa., for a year, and returned to Scotland. In 1831 he settled in Lenawee County, Mich. He taught school at Clinton, and in 1832 enlisted as a private in Captain Hickson's company to serve in the Black Hawk War, but the company only went to Niles. He took part in the “Toledo War” as a Lieutenant. Afterwards he was appointed paymaster of the 5th Division Mich. Militia, and in 1841 Aid-de-Camp of Gen. Davis Smith, same command. In 1835 he was a Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and took an active part in framing the first State Constitution. He was Secretary of the State Senate for the first three legislative sessions. In 1839 he was a Representative from Lenawee County, and State Senator in 1840 and 1841 from the Second District, comprising Monroe, Lenawee and Hillsdale counties. In January, 1842, he was elected State Treasurer to fill an unexpired term, and was twice re-elected, serving from Jan. 13, 1842, to May 24, 1845, when he resigned at the request of Gov. Barry to take the position of Auditor General, which he held until Jan. 28, 1846. In 1847 he again served as Representative, was chairman of the committee on ways and means, and took an active part in locating the capital at Lansing. He was again elected by the Legislature Auditor General, May 9, 1848, and served until 1851. From that time until 1868 he was in the service of the Michigan Southern road, and was their construction agent in building the Airline, the Jackson branch, the Three Rivers road and the Detroit & Toledo road. From 1858 to 1868 he was auditor of the company, when he resigned. He was again Representative in the Legislature of 1871-2. For several years he was president of the Council of the village of Tecumseh, and was president of the State Pioneer Society in 1878-9. He died at Tecumseh, Mich., July 4, 1888.

Representative from Van Buren County, 1901-2 and 1903-4. Was born in Joliet, Ill., Feb. 25, 1851. He moved to Lawton, Mich., at the age of five and received his education in the common schools at that place. Mr. Adams was married, and was a successful hardware merchant for twenty years. He was an enthusiastic devotee of fraternalism, being a member of the Maccabees, Modern Woodmen of America, Knights of Pythias and for years was an active worker in the Masonic fraternity from the blue lodge to the mystic shriners. In politics a Republican. He held the various village offices of President, Trustee, Recorder, Assessor and Treasurer.

Representative from the First District of Kent County, Grand Rapids, 1897-8 and 1899-1900; and a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8. Was born in Branch County, Mich., Aug. 6, 1866. When six years of age his parents moved to Monroe County, locating on a farm. Six years later his father sold out and 008 9moved to Elwell, Gratiot County, where he started a small country store; later moving to Dushville, Isabella County. His early education was acquired in the district schools of Monroe County. At the age of seventeen he taught school one term at the close of which he entered the employ of Hopkins & Lyon at Mt. Pleasant, as fire insurance and abstract clerk, where he continued for four years, and then engaged in the same business for himself. In 1888 he chose law for his profession, but being prevented by circumstances from entering an office or college, he pursued the course alone, and passed his examination before Judge Grove of the Kent County Bar. After that he devoted his entire time to his profession. In polities a Republican. He held the office of Justice of the Peace; was elected to the House of 1897-8 on thee general legislative ticket of the city of Grand Rapids, and re-elected to the House of 1899-1900. Mr. Adams was chosen Speaker of the House of 1899-1900 on their organization.

Representative from the First District of Kalamazoo 1861-2 and 1885. Was born at Collins Centre, Erie County, N. Y., July 14, 1823. At the age of fourteen he moved with his parents to Wayne County, N. Y., and subsequently to Franklin, Portage (now Kent County), O., where he commenced the study of medicine. At the age of twenty-one he graduated from the medical department of the Willoughby University. After practicing as a physician three years in Cuyahoga County, O., he turned to New York, where he engaged in his profession seven years at Collins, the town of his birth. In 1854 he removed to Kalamazoo County, Mich., and after that time resided in that and Allegan County as a medical practitioner. He was President of the village of Plainwell, and was a Republican member in the House from the First District of Kalamazoo County in 1861. In 1872 he was nominated as a member of the Legislature by the Democrats and Liberal Republicans of the Second District of Allegan, which nomination was declined. In 1874 he was nominated by the Democrats of his district and defeated by a small majority. In 1882 he was the Fusion candidate from the First Representative District of Kalamazoo County, and was defeated. In 1884 he was again nominated and elected.

Representative from Oakland County, 1838. Was born at Andover, Mass., Apr. 23, 1767, and was by profession a physician, in politics a Free Soil Democrat. As a resident of Michigan he first settled in St. Joseph County in 1829, but removed from there to Oakland County in 1835. When he first went to White Pigeon the nearest postoffice was at Tecumseh, and there was no flour mill in St. Joseph County. Dr. Adams was a graduate of Harvard college. He was one of the committee on education in the House, of which Alpheus Felch was chairman, and assisted in preparing the bill to establish the University of Michigan, and took an active interest in that institution during his life. He died at Troy, Oakland County, in 1852.

Representative from Marquette County, 1883-4. Was born in Cornwall, Litchfield County, Conn., Nov. 2, 1837. He remained with his parents until eighteen years of age, working upon the firm except during the winter months, a portion of which 009 10were spent in school. From 1856 to 1859 he was clerk in the drug store of J. M. Gardner, in the village of West Cornewall, Conn. In 1863 he commenced the study of law in the office of George Wheaton, of West Cornwall. His studies were pursued during evening hours, while the days were devoted to labor at such employments as he could engage in. He was admitted to the bar at Litchfield in April, 1865, and immediately entered upon the practice of law as the partner of his tutor, Mr. Wheaton, who died six months later, when Mr. Adams succeeded to his practice, and continued the same until March, 1872, when he removed to Negaunee, Marquette County, Mich., where he resided, and continued in the practice of his profession. In 1874 he was elected Circuit Court Commissioner of Marquette County, serving in that office until 1876, when he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of that county, and re-elected in 1878, and again in 1880, thus serving six consecutive years. In September, 1879, he formed a partnership with James F. Foley, of Negaunee, for mining purposes, and in the following month the firm discovered what is now known as the Milwaukee mine, in Negaunee, and which they sold in February, 1881. He was also interested largely in the New York Hematite Mine, and in the valuable mining properties in the mining districts of Lake Superior. Politically he was a Republican.

Representative, Macomb County, 1853-4. His postoffice address was Utica. (Further information not obtainable).

Representative from Isabella County, 1905-6 and 1907-8. Was born in the township of Coe, Isabella County, Mich., Apr. 28, 1860, and received his education in the district schools and Detroit Business University, from which he graduated in 1884. He was a successful farmer, lumberman and banker, and was vice president of the Commercial State Bank of Shepherd. He superintended his large farm in Coe, part of which his father located in 1854. He was married in June, 1901, to Mabel E. Curtiss of Reading, Mich. Mr. Adams always took an active part in politics and was chairman of the Republican County Committee. He held the office of Township Clerk; Supervisor six years and for four years chairman of the Board of Supervisor; was elected County Treasurer in 1898 and re-elected in 1900 by an increased majority.

Representative from Genesee County, 1871-2. Was born in Harpersfield, Delaware County, N. Y., Apr. 16, 1827. At the age of twenty, he commenced the study of law at Buffalo, graduated from the Ballston Spa law school, and was admitted to the bar in 1850. He began practice in Erie County, N. Y., then removed to Wisconsin for two years. In 1855 he came to Flint, Mich. In 1860 he was elected Circuit Court Commissioner of Genesee County. During the war he was an army paymaster. He was several years president of the School Board of Flint and also its Treasurer. It was while he was a member that the fine high school building was erected in Flint. He was a lawyer by profession. In politics he was a Republican.

Delegate from Lenawee County to the Constitutional of 1850. Was born in Tioga County, Pa., studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1825. He moved to Tecumseh, Mich., in 1830, where he practiced his professions until 1842, when he retired with a competence, and became a successful farmer. He died at Tecumseh in 1883.

Representative from Chippewa County, 1903-4 and 1905-6. Was born of English parents in Hastings County, Ont., May 13, 1844, and educated in the public schools of Ontario. He was married in 1867. Two sons were in the late Spanish War in Cuba. In 1878 he commenced farming in Chippewa County and after engaging in that ccupation for a time went into the real estate business and later became interested in the mercantile, mining and banking business. A Mason and a member of the commandery of Sault Ste. Marie. In politics a Republican after coming to Michigan. He was a member of the Board of Education of Sault Ste. Marie for ten years.

Representative from Branch County, 1844 and 1845; and Delegate from Branch County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850. Was born at Medway, Norfolk County, Mass., Mar. 2, 1804, and was the son of a Revolutionary soldier. He received a common school education. From 1820 to 1828 he was engaged in mechanical work, most of the time in machine shops. In 1828 he went to New York City, and from there came to Bronson, Mich., in 1830, settling on a farm. With Willard Peirce he built the second sawmill in Branch County in 1831. He was for twenty years Supervisor of the township, and was for one term County Treasurer. Deceased.

Representative from Ottawa County, 1871-2. Was born in Rutland, Jefferson County, N.Y., Feb. 20, 1837. His early life was spent upon his father's farm, receiving such education as the district school and county institute afforded. He studied law at Watertown, N.Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He enlisted in the 44th N.Y. Vo. in 1861, and participated in the principal battles in which the Army of the Potomac was engaged. At the close of the war he settled at Spring Lake, Ottawa County, Mich., and engaged in the mercantile business in Company with Hon. J.B. Perham. He was Supervisor of said town for six successive years, and President of the village in 1871. In 1874, having resumed the practice of law, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for said county, and served during the years 1875 and 1876. In 1886 he was U. S. District Attorney in Judge Kent's Circuit. He removed to Grand Rapids in 1877, where he resided and engaged in the practice of the law. In politics he was a Democrat. He died Jan. 2, 1912,at Grand Rapids, Mich.

Representative from Mason County, 1905-6, 1907-8 and 1909. Was born in Orange, N.J., June 17, 1855, of Scotch and Irish descent. He received his education in the 011 12public schools, coming to Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1864. He was married to Eva Holmes, Dec. 25, 1876. Mr. Agens engaged in farming and fruit growing after 1874 on his farm in Mason County. In politics a Republican. He held various offices of trust in his township; was President of the State Grange Fire Insurance Co., and President of the Grange Cyclone Insurance Co. Mr. Agens, after several weeks sickness, died at his temporary home in Lansing, March 30, 1909.

Member of Congress, 1893-5 and 1895-7. Was born in Genesee County, Mich., Sept. 5, 1854. He was educated in the public schools of Flint and admitted to the bar in 1879. He was elected to the Fifty-third Congress as a Republican and re-elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress. Mr. Aitken resumed the practice of law and became supreme counselor and attorney for the Maccabees of the World.

Representative from Genesee County, 1865-6 and 1867-8. Was born Feb. 15, 1819, in Perth, Fulton County, N.Y., and was of Scotch parentage. He attended district schools winters until the age of seventeen, when he became a clerk in a military store in the city of New York. After six years’ service in that place he emigrated in 1842 to Genesee County, Mich., and bought part of the farm later owned by him in the township of Flint, paid for it out of his small earnings and commenced the task clearing up a farm. He married Miss Johnston in 1843. He lived on the same farm, and in 1886 was serving his 25th year as Supervisor of the town of Flint. He cast his first vote for Harrison, and remained a Whig until 1854, then a Republican. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. He was the organizer and director and secretary of the Genesee County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. He died in 1905 on the farm where he had lived in 63 years.

Senator, 1909-10, from the Twentieth District, comprising the counties of Huron and Sanilac. Was born educated in the public schools at Port Sanilac, supplemented by private instruction. He was clerk and bookkeeper until 1882, when he became cashier of the Sanilac County State Bank of Croswell, Mich. In 1888 he was admitted to the bar, and then engaged in banking and the practice of his profession. He was president of the Croswell Milling Company, president of the State Bank of Croswell, and connected with other banking institutions. In politics a Republican. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at St. Louis in 1896, and was CHairman of the Republican county and district committees but never a candidate for public office until nominated at the primaries, without opposition, for State Senator and was elected Nov. 3, 1908.

Representative from Branch County, 1835-6 and 1837. Was born in Ashfield, Mass., in October, 1792. He moved with his father's family to Rome, N.J., in 1800, where he passed his boyhood days and acquired an education with the privations incident 012 13to these early days. He studied medicine with Dr. Rathburn, of Camden, N. J., completing his course in Cincinnati, in 1824, and acquired an enviable reputation in the profession. He came from Ripley, N. J., to Coldwater in 1834. In 1838 he was appointed by Governor Mason Commissioner of Internal Improvements, and was acting Railroad Commissioner at the time of the construction of the railroad from Detroit to Pontiac. He died at Detroit, Nov. 26, 1838, and was followed to his grave by six hundred officials and laborers, who insisted on paying the expenses as their tribute to a friend and an honest man.

Representative from the First District of Detroit, 1899-1900. Was born in Pierpont, O., March 17, 1850; moved to Oberlin, O., in 1856, and attended the public schools there and in Pittsfield, near Oberlin, until 1865. He enlisted in the 3d U. S. artillery in 1867, and was sergeant when discharged in 1870, when he went to Iowa and taught country school for two years. In 1875 he went into the Black Hills, and was among the pioneers of the gold fields. In 1878 he went to Washington, D. C., read law for two years, and in 1880 engaged in business there with Gately & Haskell, book publishers; bought the interest of Mr. Haskell in 1885, and conducted the Washington branch of the Gately & Aldrich company until Mr. Gately's death, in 1889, when he accepted the management of the Hanson Battery Light and Power Company, and was also electrician for the company. He held several civil appointive offices during his fourteen years’ residence in the District of Columbia, and in 1899 President Harrison appointed him Quartermaster-General of the D. of C. N. G., which position he held until his removal to Detroit. In politics a Republican. He was editor of the Times-Standard, a Washington weekly, during the Blaine and Logan campaign; was a delegate to the Chickering Hall convention, in New York, when the National Republican League was organized, and was chairman of the Republican Central Committee of the District of Columbia during the second Harrison campaign. He removed to Detroit, Mich, in 1892, and in 1893 invented and patented a car seal which was almost immediately adopted by several large railway systems. In 1894 he chartered and organized the “Aldrich Car Seal Manufacturing Company.” In 1896 he sold his interest in this company, and engaged in designing and manufacturing special machinery.

Representative from Cheboygan County, 1919-20 and 1921-2. Was born at Kingston, Ont., Aug. 8, 1864, of Irish parentage. In 1866 he removed with his parents to Defiance, O., where he received his education in the public schools. He lived on a farm with his parents until he was twenty-five years of age, when, in 1889, he moved to Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Mich. He is chiefly interested in farming. He served three years as Supervisor and was chairman of the township war board. Mr. Aldrich is married and has one son. In politics he is a Republican.

Representative from Cass County, 1863-4; Senator from the Seventeenth District, 1865; and a Delegate from Cass County to the Constitutional Convention in 1867. Was born in Erie County, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1820. His father, Levi Aldrich, was a 013 14pioneer farmer of Erie County. He received an academical education, studied Medicine, at the Albany Medical College and Buffalo Medical University, and practiced medicine successfully in Erie County until 1860, when his health failing him, he removed to Cass County and settled on a farm, but soon resumed his practice at Edwardsburg, which was extensive and lucrative. In politics he was an active Republican, and a Quaker in religion, but contributed to the support of various denominations. He died at Edwardsburg, Dec. 16, 1892.

Representative from the Second District of Berrien County, 1889-90. Was born in Hancock County, Ill., Nov. 29, 1861. By profession editor and proprietor of the Enterprise, a weekly newspaper. Mr. Aleshire was brought up on a farm, graduated from Carthage College in Illinois in 1882, with first honors and valedictory of his class. He taught school until the spring of 1888, when he engaged in the newspaper business. He was superintendent of the Buchanan schools four years, the entire time of his residence in this State. He was married in Aug., 1887, to Mary M. Stepp, of Carthage, Ill. He was a candidate for the office of school inspector and member of the Common Council of Buchanan.

Representative from Berrien County, 1861-2; Delegate from Berrien County to the Constitutional Convention in 1867; and Senator from the Sixteenth District, 1871-2. Was born in Angelica, Alleghany County, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1820. When twenty-one he came to Michigan, and settled at Buchanan, where he resided. In 1844 he was a Militia Captain, and in 1845 became Colonel of the 28th Regiment. During his first six years he was a carpenter; then for three years in the boot and the shoe trade; and then for more than twenty years in the general mercantile trade. He was Constable and Town Treasurer five years; School Director twenty-five years; Town Clerk; Justice of the Peace; and many years Supervisor. He was a Delegate to the Republican National Convention at Baltimore in 1864, and was a member of the committee that notified President Lincoln of his renomination. He was Post-master of Buchanan from 1862 to 1866 and again from 1877 to 1886. He was a Republican after 1854.

Representative from the First District of Clinton County, 1867-8. Was born in Westfield, Medina County, O., May 22, 1835. His father removed to DeWitt in 1837. In 1850 he entered the printing office of the Clinton Express, at DeWitt, and learned the trade of a printer, under the direction of Mark A. Childs. After five years’ service as printer he became a farmer. In 1860 he was elected Supervisor of Olive, and held the position five years; was Supervisor of Watertown two years. In politics he was a Democrat. He died in Eagle Township Aug. 26, 1897.

Representative from the Wexford District, comprising the counties of Wexford and Lake, 1889-90 and 1891-2. Was born in Cass County, Mich., Sept. 16, 1852. By occupation a farmer. In politics a Republican. He held the office of Supervisor two terms.

Governor of Michigan, 1885-7; Secretary of War, 1897-9; and United States Senator, 1902-7. Was born in Lafayette Township, Medina County, O., Feb. 27, 1836. At the age of eleven years his parents died and for seven years he labored on a farm, attending the Richfield Academy, in Summit County, O., in winters, and subsequently taught country school. Later he studied law at Akron, O., and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme court of that State March, 1859; the degree LL.D. was conferred upon him by Hillsdale College in May, 1855. In December, 1859, he moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., and extensively engaged in the lumber business and other industries. In Aug., 1861, he enlisted in the Army and mustered into service as captain of Company C, Second Michigan Cavalry, Sept. 2, 1861, and was promoted until he became brevet major-general U.S. Volunteers, June 11, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, having participated in 66 battles and skirmishes. He was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1889. In politics he was a Republican. He was a Delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1884, and elected Governor of Michigan in the same year, declining a renomination in 1886. He was first elector at large of his State in 1888 and in March, 1897, was appointed Secretary of War by President McKinley, resigning Aug. 1, 1899. On Sept. 27, 1902, he was appointed United States Senator by Governor Bliss, of Michigan, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James McMillan; took his seat Dec. 1, 1902; was elected by the Legislature in Jan., 1903; and served until his death at Detroit, Jan. 24, 1907.

Representative from St. Joseph County, 1919-20 and 1921-2. Was born June 10, 1867, at Sturgis, Mich., of New England parentage. He received a common school education and began work at fifteen years of age. He became a cigar maker at nineteen and worked in various parts of the State until 1898, when he purchased an interest in a cigar store and factory in Sturgis. He is still engaged in the cigar business. Mr. Allard is married. He served as alderman three terms, and as mayor two terms. In politics he is a Republican.

Representative from Oakland County, 1865-6. Was born in Monroe County, N. Y., June 18, 1817. He came to Michigan in 1835, and settled in Commerce, Oakland County. He was Supervisor of that town in 1860, 1861 and 1863. He was Republican in politics. He removed to Lansing in 1867 and engaged in manufacturing sash, doors and blinds; also in the lumbering business. He died at Lansing Oct. 2, 1899.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1839. Was born in the State of New York, and before coming to Michigan was a contractor for building an aqueduct for the Erie Canal over Tonawanda Creek, and came to Michigan from Medina, N. Y., as early as 1836, setting at Medina, Lenawee County, where he was engaged in milling and mercantile business. Later he was a resident of Coldwater, where he died, Nov. 1, 1873. In politics he was a Democrat.

Representative in 1877-8; and member of Congress, 1887-9 and 1889-91; and member of the State Board of Agriculture, 1899-1905. Was born in Sharon, Washtenaw County, Mich., Oct. 28, 1839; worked on a farm until twenty years old, attending school and teaching during winters; graduated from the State Normal School in March, 1864; taught the Union School in Vassar, Mich., for the three months following, when he enlisted and helped to raise a company for the Twenty-ninth Michigan Infantry; was commissioned First Lieutenant in that regiment in the following September, and went with it southwest, where the regiment was engaged in active campaigning until the 1st of April. In Sept., 1865, he was mustered out of the service with his regiment as Captain; entered the law school at Ann Arbor, graduating in March, 1867; and formed a partnership with Hon. S. M. Cutcheon. Upon the removal of Mr. Cutcheon to Detroit, in 1875, he continued the practice alone at Ypsilanti; was elected Alderman of Ypsilanti in 1872 and 1874 and Mayor in 1880; and was Prosecuting Attorney of Washtenaw County in 1872. He was elected to the Lower House of the Legislature in 1876, serving as chairman of the Committee on Education; was again elected in 1878, at which time he was elected Speaker pro tem; was appointed Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue in 1869; was United States Indian Agent for Michigan in Aug., 1882, which office he held until Dec., 1885; ran for Congress in 1884, and was defeated by Col. Eldridge, Democrat, and was elected to the 50th Congress as a Republican, and re-elected to the 51st Congress. He was appointed a member of the State Board of Agriculture Jan. 25, 1899, to succeed Arthur C. Bird, who had resigned.

Representative from Kent County, 1859-60 and 1865-6. Was born in Enfield, Hartford County, Conn., Sept. 17, 1813. When three years of age he was taken by this mother (his father being dead) to the Connecticut Western Reserve, O., where she settled in the town of Painesville. Mr. Allen remained in Painesville until 1853, when he, with his family, removed to Grand Rapids, Mich. The session of 1859 was noted for the passage of three important acts, viz: The act abolishing the grand jury system, the swamp land road act, and the act to encourage and develop the salt interest, by offering a bounty of ten cents per bushels on all salt manufactured in the State. Mr. Allen was chairman of the house select committee on salt. In 1886 he was appointed U. S. Pension Agent for Western Michigan. He held several important positions connected with city affairs. Politically he was a Whig as long as the Whig party existed, after which he was a Republican of a pronounced type. His death was reported as Jan. 12, 1898.

Representative from the Second District of Eaton County, 1895-6. Was born in Freedom, Washtenaw County, Mich., March 2, 1843. At the age of four years he removed with his parents to Lodi, where two years later his father died; he attended district school, the Ann Arbor High School, and Lodi Academy. On June 1, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, 6th Mich. Infantry, remaining in the service until Aug., 1864, when he was honorably discharged as Sergeant Major. On his return he entered the medical Department of the University of Michigan, receiving the degree of M. D., March, 1867; began the practice of medicine in Norvell and Grass Lake, Jackson County, and two year later moved to Chariotte, where he continued 016 17in the practice of his profession. In politics a Republican. He served as Alderman four years, member of the Board of Education six years; and was President of the Pension examining surgeons of Charlotte during President Harrison's administration.

Representative from Monroe County, 1857-8. Was born in the State of Vermont in 1810. By occupation he was a farmer and civil engineer. In politics he was a Democrat until the Dred Scott decision, then a Republican. Several times he was Supervisor of Milan, Town Clerk, and filled the position of County Surveyor several times. He settled in Monroe County in 1832 and later lived in Milan.

Representative from the Second District of Eaton County, 1887-8. Was born in the township of Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Nov. 16, 1834. His parents were pioneers, having moved from Vermont to this State in 1829. In 1835 they moved to Marshall, Calhoun County. His boyhood was spent on the farm, and he attended the district school winters. At the age of seventeen he began teaching winters, and working on his father's farm summers. At the age of twenty-five he married Mary L. Hewitt, and in the spring of 1860 he moved on a new farm in Bellevue, Eaton County. In 1876 he sold his farm and bought one of the finest in Central Michigan, known as the “Captain Fitzgerald farm.” He held the offices of Township Treasurer, School Inspector, and Village Trustee, and for a number of years was a member of the county committee. In politics he was a Republican. He died at Bellevue June 21, 1918.

Senator from the Second District, 1845-6 and 1847-8. Was born in Augusta County, Va., May 17, 1796. His parents were James and Elizabeth (Tate) Allen, both native Virginians. Mr. Allen spent his early life in Virginia, where he received his education. In January, 1824, he came to Michigan, and, in company with E. W. Rumsey, located the site of Ann Arbor. He engaged in land speculation and at one time owned thousands of acres of land in the western part of the State, much of which was lost in the panic of 1837. In company with Samuel W. Dexter, he published for a time the Western Emigrant, the first paper in Washtenaw County. He studied law with James Kingsley, and was admitted to the bar in 1832, but gave little time to the profession. He went to California in 1850 and died there Mar. 11, 1851.

Representative from Washtenaw County, 1839. Was born Aug. 19, 1797, at Morris-town, N. J. His father moved to Seneca County, N. Y., in 1803. The county was then a wilderness. He lived in Seneca County until 1832, when he moved to Sharon, Washtenaw County. On the organization of the township in 1834, he was elected its first Supervisor, which office he held repeatedly, as also that of Justice of the Peace. He was one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church in the adjoining village of Manchester, for many years was a ruling elder therein, and 017 18always gave much time and attention to educational and religious matters in his neighborhood. In politics he was a Democrat. He died in Sharon on the farm where he first settled, on the 14th day of October, 1854, aged 57 years.

Representative from Washtenaw County, 1863-4. Was born Sept. 21, 1816, at Huntington, Vt. He received a common school education and taught at eighteen. He worked summers and taught winters in his native town until 1841. He then taught in the vicinity of Deckertown, N. Y., continuously for five years. He then took an interest in a woolen factory for three years at Branchville, N. J. He came to Michigan about 1850 and settled on a farm in York, Washtenaw County. He held various town offices. He was a Democrat in politics.

Member of the Board of Regents of the University, 1843-52. Was born at Fabius, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1800, son of Peter and Rowena (Pearce) Allen. His early life was spent of a farm. He studied at Hamilton College, N. Y., and was graduated from the Theological Department in 1826. Sept. 12, 1826, he was married to Julia Ann Green, of Auburn, N. Y. After holding pastorates in the Baptist churches at Williamson, Manchester, and Canandaigua, New York, he came to Michigan in 1837 and was settled as pastor over the Baptist Church at Adrian. In 1843 he accepted a call to the Baptist Church in Ann Arbor, where he remained three years. In 1846 the State Baptist Convention appointed him general missionary to the churches of the State, and he spent the next four years travelling over the State, forming new churches and encouraging the feeble ones. In 1850 he took up his residence in Detroit, where he conducted a bookstore and published “The Michigan Christian Herald.” He was appointed Regent of the University, Mar. 9, 1843, and was continued in office by successive reappointments till Jan. 1, 1852. He was unusually punctual and active member of the Board. He died at Detroit, June 13, 1861.

Representative from Clinton County, 1849. Was born Apr. 10, 1809, in Richfield, Otsego County, N. Y. In 1836 he came to Clinton County, Mich., and remained until 1838, when he removed to Iowa; remained two years, then returned to New York, and back to DeWitt, Mich., in 1840. In 1844 he was elected Sheriff of Clinton County. In 1856 he removed to Sabula, Ia., and was clerk for P. S. Stiles in a grain and pork packing establishment. In 1867 he was elected Sheriff of Jackson County, Ia., and held the office six years. From 1875 to 1884 he was in business at Miles, Ia. In politics he was a Democrat. He died Jan. 13, 1886, at Sabula, Ia.

Senator, 1907-8, from the Thirteenth District, comprising the counties of Genesee and Livingston. Was born on his father's farm in the township of Arbela, Tuscola County, Mich., Nov. 13, 1863, where he lived until he was eighteen years of age. His education was obtained in the public schools of Tuscola County and in the high school at Flint. After teaching in the district and village schools of Tuscola 018 19County, he entered the Michigan School for the Deaf at Flint, remaining there as an instructor until Jan. 1, 1901, a period of sixteen years. In politics a Republican. He was elected county clerk of Genesee County in Nov., 1900, serving two terms. In the meantime he studied law, was admitted to practice, Oct. 16, 1903, and immediately after the expiration of his second term as County Clerk formed a law partnership under the firm name of Martin and Allen.

Representative from Livingston County, 1897-8. Was born in Pinckney, said county, Apr. 24, 1845, and acquired his early education in the district schools supplemented by four years of select school and two terms at Ypsilanti; taught school seven winters, devoting his summers to work on the farm. In 1869 he moved on the farm and engaged in farming. In politics a Populist. He was candidate for Supervisor and Register of Deeds; was a member of the Board of Review and elected Representative to the House of 1897-8 on the Democratic People's Union Silver Ticket.

Representative from St. Joseph County, 1857-8 and 1877-8. Was born in England, May 12, 1818. He completed his education at Asbury University, Ind., and in 1839 removed to Sturgis, Mich., where he was a merchant tailor. He was secretary of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company at its organization and for years thereafter; filled many local offices; was trustee of Albion College for several terms; president of the First National Bank of Sturgis. In politics he was a Republican. He died Dec. 31, 1894, at Sturgis.

Senator, 1913-14, from the Twenty-fourth Senatorial District, comprising the counties of Bay and Midland. Was born at Red Keg, Midland County, Mich., Jan. 22, 1874, of German parentage. He was educated in the common schools. He was married June 30, 1897, to Lola M., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sanford, and they have one son. Mr. Allswede worked the old homestead three years, later associating with his brother under the firm name of Allswede Brothers. Afterwards this firm was consolidated with E. A. Lane under the name of Sanford Mercantile Company. On the retirement of E. A. Lane he took over the grain department of the firm and engaged in the grain and produce business at Sanford. In politics a National Progressive.

Representative from Kent County, 1837. Was a native of Rhode Island, and was educated as a civil engineer. He was for years a resident of Geneseo, N. Y., where he married Eliza Pierce. He came to Detroit in 1834, where he had been appointed City Engineer, remained there several years and laid out the system of sewers nd street grades for that city. In 1855 he laid out the village of Kent, now Grand Rapids, for Lucius Lyon and N. O. Sargeant. Mr. Lyon sold out his interest to Charles H. Carroll of Groveland, N. Y., and Mr. Almy was placed in charge. He built the first stone dwelling in Grand Rapids. He was Judge of the county court, 019 20City Engineer, engineer of the Kalamazoo and other river improvements, and chief clerk in the office of the Surveyor General. He was a man of much learning, of the physical form and a courteous, genial gentleman. He was an Episcopalian. He died in 1863.

Representative from Hillsdale County, 1907-8. Was born at Camden, Oct. 16, 1872, on a farm. He is a son of Nathan A. Alvord, who represented the First District of Hilldale County in the Legislature of 1881-3. During the session of 1883 he served as messenger in the House. He graduated from Hillsdale High School in 1890, attended Hillsdale College the two succeeding years and entered the Michigan Agricultural College in 1893, graduating with the class of 1895. Following his graduation he located on a farm in Camden but in the fall of 1897 he returned to the Agricultural College to accept an appointment as assistant agriculturist and foreman of the college farm. In 1899 he removed to College Station, Texas, where he was made Assistant Professor of Agriculture in the Texas Agriculture College, which position he had resigned in 1902, and returned to the farm in Camden which in the meantime he had purchased. In 1896 he was married to Lottie L. Hicks of Hudson, Mich. He was connected with the farmer's institute work as State lecturer and a director of the Hillsdale County Agriculture Society. In politics a Republican.

Senator from the Twenty-ninth District, 1855-6. His postoffice address was Lapeer, Lapeer County. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from the First District of Hillsdale County, 1881-2 and 1883-4. Was born Aug. 17, 1834, in the town of Cancadea, Alleghany County, N. Y., and removed with his father to Williams County, in northwestern Ohio, in the fall of 1842. His early life was spent on his parents’ farm, attending district school whenever possible. When seventeen years of age, he attended a summer term of the union school at West Unity, O., and taught a district school the next winter near that place. In the following spring, in company with an elder brother, he went to Princeton, Ill. There he worked on a farm during the summer months, and the following winter attended Princeton Academy. After spending about five years in Illinois, Minnesota, and Iowa, he returned to Ohio. He was married to Miss Melinda Landon in the fall of 1856. In the following spring he moved to Camden, Hillsdale County, this State, and engaged in the mercantile business, following that pursuit until the spring of 1869, when he bought a farm in Camden. He then engaged in farming and dealing in live stock. In politics he was a Republican. He died at Hillsdale Jan. 22, 1892.

Representative from the Second District of Ottawa County, 1897-8, 1899-1900 and 1901-2. Was born in Norfolk County, Province of Ontario, Nov. 12, 1844. His parents were of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. After the death of his mother the 020 21family became separated and young Robert found a home with a farmer in Canada, where he lived until nineteen years of age; during which time he acquired a common school education. He came to Michigan in the fall of 1863, and worked in the mills and lumber woods for four years. On Apr. 14, 1867, he was married to Miss Alvevra Barton of New York State, and settled on a farm in the township of Georgetown. In politics a Republican. He was Township Treasurer four years; Superior seven years; Vice President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kent, Allegan and Ottawa Counties Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company; represented his county before the Board of Equalization; was a candidate to the House of 1892-3, but was defeated by the Democratic landslide; was elected to the House for the terms of 1897-8 and 1899-1900, and re-elected to the House of 1901-2.

Senator, 1913-14, from the Nineteenth District, comprising the countries of Lenawee and Monroe. Was born in Ogden Township, Lenawee County, in 1883, of Scotch and English parents. He graduated from the Blissfield High School in 1899, from the Adrian High School in 1900, and taught school two years, after which he entered the literary department of the University of Michigan. He remained there two years and in 1907 graduated from the law department. After 1908 Mr. Amberson engaged in the practice of law. In politics a Democrat.

Senator from the Twenty-seventh District, 1879-80. Was born at Medina, O., Dec. 18, 1845, and resided there until his parents removed to Hillsdale, Mich., in 1859. He entered Hillsdale College, but in 1865 left that institution, going to Albion College, where he graduated in the scientific course. In 1866 he entered the Law School at Albany, graduated, and was admitted to practice. In 1867 he finished the classical course at Adrian College, graduating with the degree of A. B. The same fall he established himself as a lawyer at Minneapolis, Minn., but in 1868 he returned to Michigan and began the practice of law at Pentwater, where he continued to reside. He was President of the village, and was a member of the firm of Neilsen & Co., bankers. In 1870 Adrian College conferred on him the degree of A.M., and in 1875 Hillsdale College did likewise. Mr. Ambler was chosen a trustee of the latter institution. He was Judge of Probate for Oceana County. In 1893 he moved to Cleveland, O., and engaged in the real estate business.

Representative from Antrim County, 1911-12. Was born in Illinois, Nov. 29, 1875, of German and English descent, and received his education in the Chicago Public Schools. For ten years he was traveling salesman for the John V. Farwell Company and later embarked in the mercantile business at Elk Rapids. He married Louise E. Dougherty, youngest daughter of Hon. A. K. Dougherty. He was treasurer of the Antrim County Republican Club, a member of the Antrim County Executive Committee and active in promoting his section. He is a Shriner, Knight Templar, Odd Fellow and a member of the Elks. In politics he is Republican.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County, 1901-2. Was born in New Orleans, La., Oct. 12, 1864. At the age of eleven he was apprenticed to learn the cooper's trade, which he completed when seventeen years old. He entered the literary department of Straight University in his native city, after which he entered the medical department of Howard University, Washington, D. C., from both of which colleges he graduated, coming to Michigan in June, 1894, after which time he was in the active practice of medicine. Married. In politics a Republican. He was elected to the Legislature of 1901-2, on the general legislative ticket.

Representative from Berrien County, 1844. Was born in New Hampshire in 1808. He settled in the town of Weesaw, Berrien County, in 1837, and was the first Supervisor of that town in 1839. He, with three others, were owners of the village of New Troy, platted in 1837. In 1839 he removed to a farm in Bertrand, where he was Supervisor in 1842. Afterwards he became a resident of Three Oaks and was the first Postmaster there in 1854. He died Aug. 12, 1855.

Representative from Wayne County, 1846, was a practicing attorney, and settled in Plymouth about three years prior to his election. He was an Eastern man, but the time and place of his nativity are unknown. He removed to Detroit after his legislative term, and soon thereafter went to Stillwater, Minn., and in 1850 was elected a member of the second territorial Legislature and was speaker of the Assembly Jan. 1 to March 31, 1851. Politics he was presumably Democratic. He is supposed to have died some years prior to 1888.

Representative from the county of St. Joseph, 1895-6. Was born in Sturgis, Mich., Jan. 5, 1840. His school education was acquired in the union schools of Sturgis; taught school for several terms, and in 1856 began the mason trade, in which occupation he continued until Aug., 1862, when he enlisted in Company E, 19th Mich. Infantry. He was chosen First Sergeant of his company, and was serving in that capacity when in the battle of Thompson Station, Tenn., he received a minnie ball through his right arm and a contused shell wound of his right hip; discharged for wounds July, 1863. The following year he engaged in the business of contractor and builder, in which occupation he continued until 1888; then engaged in the lumber business at Sturgis and Athens. In politics a Republican. He held the office of Village Clerk, President of the Village of Sturgis; Director in the Citizen's State Bank, member of library board, and President of the Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association.

Representative 1915-16 and 1917-18 from Mecosta County; and Senator, 1919-20 and 1921-2, from the Twenty-fifth District comprising the counties of Gratiot, Isabella and Mecosta. Was born on a farm in Waterloo County, Ont., Nov. 5, 1899. At the age 022 23of five years he removed with his parents to Caledonia, Kent County, Mich., where he received his education. In 1882 he located in the village of Remus, Mecosta County, and platted a part of the village. His principal occupation is farming. Mr. Amon is married and has three children. He held the office of Supervisor of Wheatland Township for twenty years and was chairman of the board for four years. In politics a Republican.

Representative, 1915-16 and 1917-18, from the Leelanau District, comprising the counties of Benzie and Leelanau. Was born at Blekinge, Sweden, Oct. 3, 1857. He came to America in 1869, and after a short stay at Chicago and Evanston, Ill., he removed to Galesburg, Ill. Clerked in a store and worked on farm and was railway newsboy out of Galesburg. In the fall of 1880 he came to Michigan. Clerked in a store at Suttons Bay until 1883, when he embarked in the mercantile and lumbering business at Omena. Mr. Anderson was married in 1883 to Marit Bahle, of Suttons Bay; fraternally a member of the F. & A. M., R. A. M., and I. O. O. F. In politics a Republican.

Senator from the Thirteenth District, 1873-4. Was born Nov. 26, 1825, in the town of Clarendon, Orleans County, N. Y., and received a common school education. He emigrated to Michigan in 1854, and settled in the town of Madison, Branch County. In 1865 he removed to the town of Columbia, where he resided. He held various offices of trust in his township. In 1862 he joined the 19th Mich. Infantry, received the commission of First Lieutenant, and in the same year was promoted to the rank of Captain. In 1864 he was commissioned as Major, and at the close of the war received a Colonel's commission. His occupation was that of a lumber manufacturer.

Representative from the First District of Kent County, 1893-4, 1897-8, 1899-1900, 1903-4 and 1907-8. Was born in Walker Township, Kent County, May 22, 1843, of Scotch descent. He acquired his education in the district schools. In 1865 he moved to Grand Rapids, secured work in a factory and in 1892 began the manufacture of furniture, but two years later burned out. He lost nearly everything invested in the plant and resumed work in a furniture factory. Married. In politics a Republican. He held the office of Alderman of Grand Rapids, three terms, and was Deputy County Clerk.

Delegate from Jackson County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850. Was born in Ireland in 1810, and came to this country in 1817. He settled in Tompkins, Mich., in 1835, helped organize the town and named it from Tompkinsville, N. J., where he had lived. He was a Judge in Jackson County in 1838. He was a farmer and a Democrat.

Representative from Cass and Van Buren counties, 1842 and 1843. Was born in Ira, Rutland County, Vt., Feb. 19, 1803. His father, John Anderson, served in the Revolution, and was for eleven years a member of the Vermont Legislature. The son, when a young man, emigrated to Western New York and cleared up a farm. In 1835 he removed to La Grange, Cass County, Mich., and bought a farm of 200 acres. He was Associate County Judge in 1845-6. In politics he was first a Democrat, he became a Freesoiler in 1852, and a Republican in 1854. He sent two sons to the army in 1861, of whom one was killed. He died Apr. 14, 1877.

Representative from Newaygo County, 1887-8. Was born in Elgin County, Ont., in 1843, the son of a farmer. At a very early age he acquired a thirst for knowledge which was gratified as well as the public schools and academies of the province would permit. At twenty years of age he was employed in one of the largest nurseries in the province, and he remained until 1863, when he came to Newaygo County, where he resided. He built the Aetna flouring mills, on White River, and operated them for many years; he cleared up a large farm; he engaged in logging at various times, and at one time in the manufacture of lumber and shingles, and for six years represented the township of Denver on the Board of Supervisors, holding that office at the time he removed from the town. Mr. Anderson conceived the idea of building a flouring-mill at Fremont, and in February, 1886, the “Crescent Mill” was in operation at Fremont. In politics he was a consistent Republican. He served one term as chairman of the Republican County Committee, and was unanimously re-elected to a second term. He held the offices of Supervisor and School Director.

Senator from the Fourth District, 1867-8 and 1869-70. Was born at Putney, Vt., Aug. 28, 1820. In 1828 he removed with his father, Rev. Elisha D. Andrews, to West Bloomfield, Ontario County, N. Y., and from there to Mendon, Monroe County, in 1829, and in 1831 to Pittsford, same county. In 1841 the family removed to Armada, Mich., and settled upon land previously purchased of the government. His education was received principally at a private school and at the Rochester, N. Y., Collegiate Institute. In politics he was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, and remained a Republican ever since. He was a farmer. He owned his farm, but retired from its active management, and lived in Armada village. He was sixteen times elected and appointed Supervisor of his township. He was Senator from Macomb County in 1867-8 and 1869-70, where he gained the reputation of a valuable committee worker. He was Deputy U. S. Collector for Macomb County four years, and was honorably discharged. He was nominated for Judge of Probate in 1880, but failed of an election. He was a member of the Congregational Church since 1841. He was two years president of the Macomb County Agricultural Society, and six years president of the Armada Agricultural Society. For many years he was a director and the vice president of the Macomb County Mutual Insurance Co., and held various other positions of responsibility and trust. He died at Armada Nov. 14, 1902.

Representative from Cass and Van Buren Counties, 1843, 1845 and 1849. Was born in Schuyler, Oneida County, N. Y., June 1, 1808, and removed from there to Cayuga County, N. Y., when young, where he lived until 1840, when he removed to Van Buren County, Mich., first living at Paw Paw and later at Lawrence. He was a farmer and was also engaged in lumbering. In politics a Democrat.

Representative from the Third District of Oakland County, 1871-2. Was born in Chili, Monroe County, N. Y., Apr. 8, 1822. He resided in that and the adjoining town of Wheatland until 1836, when his father settled in Brighton, Mich. In 1841 he went to Milford and learned the miller's trade, at which he worked until 1859. He then bought the Pettibone mills and ran them until 1872, when he sold out, and established the Milford Exchange Bank, which he sold in 1876 to the Wilhelm Brothers, and bought a farm of 410 acres adjoining the village of Milford. He married Delphia Bartlett in 1846. She died in 1854, and he married Laura E. Fuller in 1859. He was a director of the Wayne & Monroe R. R. Company from its organization until its sale to the F. & P. M. Company. He was a member of the School Board for over thirty years. He was a Whig but was a Republican after the organization of that party. He died at Milford Feb. 17. 1897.

Representative from Cass and Van Buren counties, 1846. Was born at Metz. Cayuga County, N. Y., June 28, 1812, and received his early education in the common schools, and at Cazenovia. He studied medicine and graduated with the highest honors from Fairfield Medical College in 1838, and settled at Paw Paw, Mich. He was surgeon of the 3rd Mich. Cavalry until 1864, when he was made Staff Surgeon, and transferred to the Army of the Potomac. In 1865 he returned home to a successful practice. He was a Collector of Internal Revenue from 1869 to 1873. In politics he was a Republican. He died at Paw Paw, Aug. 26, 1886.

Senator from the 25th District, 1877-8. Was born Feb. 19, 1834, in the town of Potter, Yates County, N. Y. He followed farming until attaining his majority; was educated at Franklin Academy and Genesee College, N. Y.; removed to Michigan in 1856, where, up to the time of the breaking out of the war, he was principally engaged in teaching school. In 1861 he entered the 42nd Ill. Vol. Infantry, and was commissioned First Lieutenant about two months after; was promoted to Captaincy for meritorious service at Stone River. At the Battle of Missionary Ridge he was severely wounded, and was discharged on account of disability in May, 1864. At the close of the war he engaged in mercantile business in Michigan, and was a hardware merchant at Cedar Springs, Kent County. He was a member of its Common Council and a President of that village. In politics he was a Republican. He died at Cedar Springs in 1898.

Delegate from Macomb County to the Constitutional Convention of 1967; Senator from the Twentieth District, 1861-2. Was born in Middlebury, Wyoming County, 025 26N. Y., July 25, 1821. He came with his father to Michigan in 1822, and resided in Macomb County. He was a physician and surgeon and druggist. In politics a Republican. He was Assessor of Internal Revenue under Grant in the old Fifth Congressional District. He died at his home at Utica, Macomb County, Aug. 28, 1910.

Representative from the Second District of Monroe County, 1889-90. Was born in the township of LaSalle, Monroe County, Mich., Sept. 26, 1843. He attended the German school of Raisinville and spent his early life on a farm with his parents. From 1865 to 1869 he traveled through eleven States of the Union learning the trades of carpenter, bridge builder and architect. On Apr. 1, 1869, he married Miss Mary Reinhard. Mr. Angerer resided in Monroe City from 1869 to 1875, engaged in building railroad and highway bridges. In 1875 he removed to the township of Exeter and engaged in the manufacture of lumber and charcoal. Mr. Angerer was elected Justice of the Peace in 1884 and re-elected in 1888. He voted his first Republican ticket in 1868 and continued to be a Republican. He was elected to the House in a strong Democratic district.

Senator from the Fourth District of Wayne County, 1909-10. Was born at Detroit, Jan. 8, 1884, of German descent. He received his education in the parochial high school and Detroit College of Law. He began his career as a lawyer under the tutelage of John D. Conley and met with marked success at the bar. He was a member of the firm of Miner & Anhut with offices in the Moffat building. He was single and the youngest member of the forty-fifth Legislature. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Van Buren County, 1842. Was born at Metz, Cayuga County, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1805. By occupation he was a farmer, in politics a Democrat. He came to Michigan in 1836, and settled on a farm in Almena, Van Buren County, where he resided until his death, Oct. 2, 1886. He was Supervisor and Treasurer of the town a number of terms.

Auditor General, 1863-7. Was born in Dartmund, Prussia, Dec. 13, 1823. His father was a royal counselor. The son was educated at the University of Berlin, and, taking part in the unsuccessful revolution of 1848, with others came to this country in 1849. He taught school in Pennsylvania; was one of the editorial staff of the Staats Zeitung in New York; then corresponding clerk in a New York house; in 1855 came to Detroit and was editorial manager of a German paper; then a clerk in the office of the Auditor General; was nominated and elected Auditor General of Michigan in 1862, and served two terms, from 1863 to 1867; was admitted to the bar and practiced at Grand Rapids; for several years was United States Receiver at the land office at Traverse City; then he resided at East Saginaw; but after 1874 he lived at Bay City, where he engaged in law, real estate and abstract business. He died Oct. 27, 1888, at Bay City.

Representative from the Second District of Bay County, 1895-6; Auditor General, 1887-91; and member of Congress, 1901-3. Was on a farm in the township of Thetford, Genesee County, Mich., Apr. 15, 1841. In 1848 his father moved to the city of Flint, where they remained until 1856, when the family again returned to the farm, where he remained until the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Company C, 16th Mich. Infantry, serving until the close of the war. He was made a Second Lieutenant in 1865. Returning to Michigan at the close of the war he entered into the mercantile business at Wenona, now West By city, and was identified with its growth and progress. He immediately took an active and prominent part in local politics, and was appointed Postmaster by President Grant in Nov., 1869, succeeding Newcomb Clark, which office he held until June, 1886. Always a staunch Republican, as well as a strong advocate of the rights of labor, he represented his town and county in local and State conventions for many years and his State in the National Convention which nominated Blaine and Logan at Chicago, in June, 1884. He was elected Auditor General by the Republicans in 1886 and was re-elected in 1888. He was elected a number of Congress from the Tenth District Oct. 15, 1901 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of R. O. Crump. He died at Bay city July 23, 1910.

Senator from the Fifth District, 1855-6, from the Sixth District, 1857-8, and from the Twenty-third District, 1867-8. Was born in Penfield, N.Y. Feb. 12, 1827, the youngest of six children. He came to Michigan with his parents in 1834, who settled in Milford, Oakland County. He had limited school advantages only attending to the age of twelve, but became a self-educated man by diligent study after working hours. He became apt in discussions and debate at an early age and often took part in them. In 1846 he engaged in business for himself of white Lake, Oakland County, where he remained until 1860, when he removed to Fenton, Genesee County. He devoted his energies entirely to his large mercantile business at Fenton for several years, and in 1872 removed to Marquette, Mich. After residing there four years he removed to Chicago, where he lived until his death, which occurred Nov. 8, 1878. He was a Republican in politics, and a consistent church member.

Representative from the Second District of Hillsdale County, 1870. Was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug 30, 1815. There years later, his parents removed to Bethel, and in 1821 to Plattsburg, N. Y., where he lived until the death of his parents, receiving only a common cchool education. In 1831 he returned to Poughkeepsie, and learned the machinist and other trades. In 1837 he came to Michigan and located at Grass Lake. His principal business from that time until 1857 was putting in running works for flouring mills in southeastern Michigan. In 1857 he removed to Hillsdale, where he resided, and engaged in the hide and leather trade until 1883. He was trustee of the village of Hillsdale in 1862, and its President in 1863-4 and a part of 1865; chairman of the Republican County committee for two years, and for some years Justice of the Peace. He was elected Representative in place of Harvey Rowlson resigned. He was director of the Second 027 28National Bank of HIllsdale after 1865, and a director of the Hillsdale Savings Bank. At first he was Whig, but a Republican after 1854; was often Delegates to State and other conventions. He died at HIllsdale June 7, 1897.

Representative from Newaygo County, 1873-4 and 1875-6. Was born Mar. 3, 1821, in the town of Riga, Monroe County, N. Y. In 1826 he emigrated to Michigan and settled in Oakland County. In 1852 he removed to Ashland, Newaygo County. He was Supervisor of his town, and County Treasure several times. Mr. Armstrong's occupation was that of a farmer, lumberman and storekeeper. He died at Fremont, Mich., Jan. 31, 1890.

Representative from Oakland County, 1842. He was a farmer in the town of Addison, Oakland County; was Supervisor in 1846, and later a Justice of the Peace. His estate was probated in 1859 or 1860.

Representative from Oakland County, 1845. Was born in New York State and educated there. He was early settler in the town of addison, Oakland County He was Supervisor from 1840 to 1844, and a School Commissioner in 1837, at the first organization of their town. By occupation he was a farmer, miller and merchant. He was accidently killed about the year 1859, and buried at Mt. Vernon, Macomb County, Mich.

Representative from Branch County, 1853-4. Was born at Clarendon, Vt., Aug. 23, 1806. He removed with his parents to western New York in 1818, where he lived until 1833, when he removed to Coldwater, Mich., and bought a large farm. He sold out in and purchased a farm in the township of Quincy, now the site of the village of Quincy. He was Supervisor of the town for twenty years, and held other official positions. He with his wife, Theresa Hewitt of Niagara County, N. Y., celebrated their golden wedding in 1877. He died at Quincy in 1884.

Representative from Monroe Country, 1847; Delegate from Monroe County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850; and Senator from the Eighth District, 1853. Was an early settler in Monroe County. By occupation he was a stave and lumber dealer, politically a Democrat. He was Supervisor, Justice of the Peace and a leading citizen for many years. He was called “Black Hawk” from his complexion and characteristics as a leader.

Member of the Legislative Council from the Second District (Macomb County), 1832-3. He came to Mt. Clemens in 1821. He was postmaster of Mt. Clemens in 028 291828. He erected the Phelps House at Mt. Clemens. He died at New Baltimore, Sept. 7, 1857.

Representative from Cass County, 1869-70. Was born in Toronto, Canada, Nov. 18, 1815. In 1826 the family removed to Huron County, O., where his father followed farming. The son learned the trade of a blacksmith, which avocation he followed at intervals. In 1841 he commenced preaching as a Free Will Baptist minister. He removed to Mason Township, Cass County, Mich., in 1855, where he held a pastoral relation for more than twenty-five years. He preached at Summerville for twelve years and organized the church at Berrien Center and preached there nine years. He also did much missionary work and was never idle, working as a carpenter to supply his needs. Through his instrumentality the churches at Adamsville and Mason were built. He was a man of positive character and decided opinions, which he had the boldness to express on all suitable occasions. In politics he was a Republican. He died Mar. 23, 1882.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County, 1903-4, 1911-12, 1913-14 and 1915-16; and Senator from the Third District, 1905-6. Was born at Lincolnshire, England, Sept. 30, 1863, and located in the city of Detroit in 1880; married in 1888. Mr. Ashley was a printed by trade and was clerk of municipal concessions of the city of Detroit. He was Alderman from the tenth ward of Detroit in 1896-7; Supervisor Wayne County, 1896-7, and State Senator from the Third District in 1905-6. In politics a Republican. He was a member of the House of Representatives in 1903-4, 1911-12 and 1913-14 and re-elected Nov. 3, 1914. He died at Boston, Mass., Apr. 7, 1917.

Representative from Chippewa County, 1840. His postoffice address was Sault Ste. Marie. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Midland County in 1855-6 and 1857-8. Was born at Mackinaw and was by profession a lawyer and politically a Republican. He was a half blood Indian, and with the Indian type of eyes, hair and complexion. He served as the First Sheriff of Midland County and was a grandson of the great Chief Pontiac. He was an excellent Legislator, and in every sense of the word a gentleman. He died in 1858.

Representative from the Grand Traverse District, comprising the counties of Grand Traverse and Kalkaska, 1887-8. Was born in Claremont County, O., Sept. 15, 1828. Mr. Ashton's early life was spent on a farm. He was a physician, and a resident of Michigan many years; held the offices of Supervisor and President of the village of Traverse City. He was elected Representative on the Republican ticket.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County, Detroit, 1897-8. Was born at Warwick, Lambton County, Ont., May 24, 1841. He came to Michigan in 1854, locating at Port Huron, where he acquired his early education; he studied law in the office of William T. Mitchell and Harvey McAlpine of Port Huron and attended the law department of the University of Michigan, where he graduated in March, 1862. He returned to Port Huron and immediately commenced following the practice of his profession. On July 25, 1862, he enlisted and was commissioned Second Lieutenant, and in the following ten days he organized Company C of the 22d Mich. Infantry, of which he served as Captain from Aug. 14, 1762 1852 until July 29, 1864. Captain Atkinson was promoted to be Major of the 22d regiment and on Oct. 13, 1864, he was made Lieutenant Colonel of the 3d Mich. Infantry. He was mustered out of service Feb. 24, 1866. He was married to Miss Lida Lyons while at San Antonio, Texas, in 1866. Soon after the war he returned to Port Huron and was appointed Collector of Customs at that place, by Andrew Johnson in 1866, and served until March 4, 1867, at the same time following the practice of his profession. In 1870 he moved to Detroit, where he engaged in the practice of law. In politics he was raised a Democrat and remained one until the tariff issue became prominent in 1882, after which time he became an ardent Republican. He was a Democratic candidate for Attorney General in 1870, and a Republican candidate for Congress in 1884; was elected to the House of 1897-8 on the general legislative ticket of Detroit. He died in Detroit.

Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan 1848-52. Was born in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 7, 1811, son of Louis and Katherine (Boudinot) Atterbury. His paternal ancestors were English; on the mother's side he was descended from a French Huguenot family. After a preparatory training in the public schools of Newark, N. J., he entered Yale College, and was graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1831. He was married Sept. 1, 1840, to Catherine Jones Larned. In 1843 he also received the degree of Master of Arts from Yale. He studied law and was admitted to the Bar in New York City, and began the practice of his profession there; but he soon removed to Detroit, Mich., where he relinquished the practice of law to enter the Christian ministry. He was called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church of Flint, Mich., and held the position for six years, when, owing to falling health, he sought a change of climate and removed to New Albany, Ind. Here he remained a pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church until a further failure of health made it necessary for him to give up this charge. After a season of rest he was appointed Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Education with residence in New York. He held this position until the reunion of the old and new schools in 1870. Returning to Detroit he organized the Calvary Church and acted as its pastor for three years. Feb. 14, 1848, he was appointed Regent of the University and served until Jan. 1, 1852. In 1863 Marietta College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He died in Detroit, Aug. 24, 1887.

Representative from Sanilac County, 1905-6 and 1907-8. Was born in Ontario, Canada, Nov. 6, 1854, of Irish parentage. He was raised on a farm and received his education in the common schools of Ont., Canada. He went to work on a 030 31farm at an early age, was employed for a time in the great Comstock mines in Nevada, and later taught school. Mr. Attridge later engaged in farming. In politics a Republican. He held the offices of Clerk, Justice of the Peace, Supervisor of his township, and was a member of the school board.

Secretary of the Territory of Michigan, 1808-14. Was born in Wallingford, Conn., May 11, 1768. He was Collector of the port of Detroit. Atwater street in Detroit was named in his honor. The census of the Territory in 1810 was taken under his direction. He acted as Governor in 1811-12, for which Congress awarded him $500 extra compensation. He also acted as Land Commissioner, deciding 613 claims in February, 1811. The British destroyed the records when they captured Detroit and thus much information was lost. He died Feb. 8, 1831.

Representative from Tuscola County, 1855-6. Was born in the State of New York in 1825. By profession he was a lawyer, and was Prosecuting Attorney of Tuscola County, and a Supervisor. Later he became a resident of Grand Traverse County, and engaged in farming. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Ingham County, 1861-2 and 1871-2. He came with his father's family from Cayuga County, N.Y., and settled in the town of Ingham, Ingham County, in 1836. He practiced law in the township and resided in the village of Dansville. He held the offices of Supervisor, Town Clerk, Justice of the Peace, and from 1868 to 1879 was President of the village of Dansville. In politics he was a Democrat. He died at Lansing Sept. 24, 1898.

Representative from Newaygo County, 1919-20 and 1921-2; and Senator from the Twenty-sixth District, 1923—. Was born on a farm near Morgan Park, Ill., Feb. 23, 1880, of English parentage. At the age of twelve years he removed with his parents to Kansas. His education was received in the public schools, Ottawa Academy, of Ottawa, Kan., and the University of Chicago, from which institution he graduated in 1903. After working two years as a traveling salesman, he moved to a farm near Newaygo, where he now lives. Mr. Atwood is married and has one daughter. In politics he is a Republican.

Senator from the Twenty-first District, 1899-1900 and 1901-2; and Delegate from the Twenty-first District, Tuscola in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8. Was born in White Oak, Ingham County, in 1854, but was a resident of Tuscola County since infancy. His early education was obtained in the schools of that county, graduating from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1875. 031 32He engaged in the practice of law after that time. He was Prosecuting Attorney for four terms, State Senator for two terms and served as Commissioner of Railroads from 1903 to 1907. Married. He died Sept. 27, 1917.

Senator from the Thirteenth District, comprising the countries of Genesee and Livingston, 1887-8. Was born in the town of Newfane, Niagara County, N. Y., Apr. 11, 1835. He spent his early boyhood upon a farm and had the educational advantages of a common school, and one term at the Wilson Academy. At the age of seventeen he learned the jeweler's trade and three years after went to Galt, Canada, where he engaged in the stave, cooper and shingle business with his brother, Jesse B. Atwood. In 1859 he sold out his interest and returned to Niagara County and engaged in farming, and built a shingle mill which was burned in 1863. He again went to Canada and was in the lumber business. In 1866 he removed to Flint, with his brother, J. B. Atwood, and B. W. Simington, and with them built a large saw mill and began the lumber business of Flint River, and continued the same up to 1879. He continued with brother in the lumber business in Clare County until 1883. In 1876 he associated himself with Orren Stone, in the woolen manufacturing business in the Flint Woolen Mills. In 1883 he purchased an interest in the hardware business. He was a director and vice president of the Genesee County Savings Bank. In 1881 he was elected Mayor of Flint. In politics a Republican.

Representative from the Second District of Oakland County, 1903-4 and 1905-6. Was born in Milford, Dec. 4, 1844. His parents were pioneers of Oakland County, settling in Milford in 1836. He enlisted in Company E, 185 New York Volunteers, and was wounded in the head at the battle of Five Forks, Apr. 1, 1865, and reported dead. In 1868 he returned to Milford and engaged in the grocery business, continuing the same for nearly thirty-five years, when he retired on account of ill health. He was at one time a member of the common council of Milford. He was a member of Heber Le Favour Post, G. A. R., No. 181, was three times elected its commander and was its quartermaster. He was married Dec. 19, 1888, to Hattie M. Foote. He was formerly married to Lizzie Bartlett, by whom he had three children.

Representative from Calhoun County, 1881-2; and Senator from the Eighth District, 1883-4 and 1885-6. Was born in London, England, Apr. 19, 1834. He received his education in one of the schools of the British and Foreign school Society. He emigrated to America in February, 1852, and resided in the State of New York until the spring of 1854, when he removed to Concord, Jackson County, Mich. There he made the acquaintance of Miss Lucy D. Taylor, whom he married Jan. 1, 1855. In the fall of the same year he removed to Homer, and two years later to Bedford, Calhoun County. In 1872, he as senior member, formed a copartnership with Mr. Hoffmaster, and engaged in the dry goods business in Battle Creek. In 1875 he was elected an Alderman of His ward; was elected Mayor in 032 331876 and re-elected in 1877. In politics he was a Republican. He was for several years president of the Union Mutual Insurance Company. He died at Battle Creek Dec. 3, 1921.

Representative from Mason County, 1889-90. Was born in the town of Cannon, Kent County, Mich., Nov. 16, 1857. His father died in 1864, leaving the mother with eight children without any means for their support. He was compelled to make his own way in the world, and in the spring of 1868 he began working by the month on a farm, attending district school in the winter. In the Spring of 1872 he went to Mason County, where for eight years he spent the greater portion of his time working in the lumber woods. In 1880 he was employed by Chauncey Gibbs, of Ludington, to take charge of a fruit farm, in whose employ the remained until 1882, when he was engaged by the George W. Roby Lumber Co., as foreman and salesman of their lumber yard until 1886. Mr. Austin married Miss Josephine Malliott, of Ludington. In the Spring of 1887 he was candidate for Supervisor of the Fourth ward of Ludington, but was defeated by fourteen votes. The Common Council appointed him Deputy Marshal, which office he held until elected to the House of Representatives.

Representative from the Second District of Ottawa County, 1919-20 and 1921-2. was born July 25, 1859, in Polkton Township, Ottawa County, Mich., on the farm on which he now resides. He received his education in the district school of that township. Mr. Averill is a widower and has four sons. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Grange. He has held the office of Township Treasurer two years and Supervisor thirteen years, and was Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors four years. In politics he is a Republican.

Representative from the First District of Kent County, 1911-12 and 1915-16. Was born at Berlin, Ottawa County, Mich., Mar. 20, 1857, of English parentage. He was educated in the Coopersville High School. His early life was spent on a farm; later he became a traveling salesman, and then engaged in the real estate business. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Montcalm County, 1869-70; and a member of Congress 1893-5 and 1895-7. Was born in Watertown, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1824. Came to Michigan with his parents in 1836; was educated in the common schools and Grass Lake Academy; studied medicine with Wm. B. Watson, of Duplain, Clinton County, Mich; graduated from the Cleveland Medical College in 1850; and then engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1862 he was appointed surgeon for the 21st Mich. Infantry; served with the Army of the Cumberland in Kentucky and Tennessee, and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. In politics a Republican. He was a member of the State Legislature from Montcalm County in 1869-70; was a member and President of the State Board of Health; United States Pension Examiner; a member and President of the Stanton Board of Examiners; member 033 34of the school board and common council of Greenville and Supervisor of the first ward for twelve years; was a member of the 53d Congress of the United States, and re-elected to the 54th Congress.

Member of the State Board of Education, 1901-4. Was born in the township of Pickering, province of Ontario, Canada, Oct. 24, 1860, removing with his parents to Michigan when less than one year of age. His education was obtained in the district schools of St. Clair County, the State Normal School, Michigan Agricultural College, where he took the degree of B. S. in 1882, and the University of Michigan, where the degree of LL.D was conferred upon him in 1886. In July of 1886 he began the practice of law in Port Huron, in partnership with A. R. Avery, under the firm name of Avery Brothers. In politics a Republican. He was elected County Superintendent of Schools n 1892, holding the office for three years, and elected as Prosecuting Attorney for the terms of 1892-4. Interested in the St. Clair County Savings Bank of Port Huron and Yale National at Yale and a member of the Port Huron Club. He was appointed a member of the State Board of Education Apr. 10, 1901, by Governor Bliss to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Frederick A. Platt. He was married Aug. 23, 1892, to Miss Elizabeth Northup of Port Huron.

Delegate from the Sixth District to the Constitutional Convention of 1835; Representative from Macomb County, 1839, 1840 and 1843; and Senator from the Sixth District, 1851. Was born Aug. 6, 1809, in what was then known as the “Long Point” country in Ontario, Canada. His parents were originally from New Jersey. His mother, Rachael Morgan, was a niece of General Morgan of the Revolution. His parents settled in Shelby, Macomb County, where he lived until 1833, when he settled on a farm in Oxford, Oakland County, and was the third settler in that township. He held nearly all town offices. In politics he was a Democrat.

Representative from Oakland County, 1850; and Delegate from Oakland County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850. Was born in Windom, Ont., Canada, Mar. 28, 1813. He came with his parents to Michigan in 1882, who settled in Macomb County, about three miles east of the village of Rochester. As a young man, he was a teacher, and afterwards became a merchant at Avon. In 1842 he removed to Clarkston, where he was a successful merchant for twenty-five years. He was a Democrat in politics, and eminently a leader. As a business man he contributed largely to the prosperity of Clarkston. He died Sept. 16, 1886.

Senator from the Fifth District, 1863-4 and from the Twentieth District, 1875-6. Was born in Orwell, Addison County, Vt., June 4, 1823. He removed with his parents to Southfield, Oakland County, Mich., in 1830, and was brought up on a farm. He received a common school education, with three terms at the Ypsilanti Seminary. He taught school several winters. He was for twenty times Supervisor 034 35of Southfield, the last in 1885; held other township offices; Clerk of Oakland County from 1859 to 1861: also Justice of the Peace. His occupation was farming; in politics a Democrat.

Representative from Branch County, 1897-8 and 1899-1900. Was born in Portage County, O., Jan. 9, 1837. He was raised on a farm and acquired his education in the district schools and supplemented by a two years’ course at Hiram College. He came to Michigan in 1858, where he engaged in farming and shipping stock. In politics a Populist. He was Supervisor of his township and elected to the House of 1897-8 on the silver ticket and re-elected to the House of 1899-1900. He died at Bronson, June 9, 1916.

Delegate from Oakland County to the Second Convention of Assent, 1836; and Representative from Oakland County, 1842. Was born in Orwell, Vt., Aug. 23, 1798. He settled in Southfield, Mich., in 1829, and purchased of the government four hundred acres of land. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1830. At the first township meeting in Southfield, held Apr. 4, 1831, he was elected Supervisor. He held the office of Justice of the Peace several terms. In politics he was a Democrat. He died Oct. 26, 1842.

Representative from the First District of Eaton County, 1897-8. Was born on a farm in Berlin Township, Ionia County, Mich. His early education was acquired in the district school supplemented by a course in the Ionia High School. In 1890 he located on a tract of two hundred and sixty acres of hardwood timber in Eaton County, where he engaged in farming and lumbering. In politics a Democrat. He was not a candidate for any office before he was elected to the House on the Democrat People's Union ticket.

Senator from the Sixteenth District, comprising the counties of Lapeer and Sanilac, 1887-8. Was born in Williams Township, Ontario, Canada, Apr. 19, 1849. At the age of three years he removed with his parents to Romeo, Macomb County, Mich. He resided with his parents in Macomb County until he was fourteen years of age, when he removed with them to the township of Elk, Sanilac County. As soon as he was large enough to do any work, he began making hoops and staves. He attended school three months the winter that he was fifteen years old. This, with a few months’ schooling when a small boy, is all the schooling he ever had. He continued at his former business until he was nineteen years old, when he was appointed as sub-agent for the purchase of hoops for the Salt Company at Onondaga, N. Y., which business he carried on in the Saginaw Valley for three years, when he returned to Sanilac County. During these years he had bought and read a great many books and was considered a well-informed man on general topics. He held the offices of Town Clerk, Supervisor, School Inspector, and many minor offices, and in 1872 was elected Sheriff of Sanilac County on the Republican ticket; declined a second nomination and decided to be a lawyer, and at the expiration 035 36of his term as Sheriff purchased law books, removed to the township of Elmer, and being without means he worked to support his family, studying nights and odd moments, until 1877, when he was admitted to the bar as an attorney. In 1880 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney; was re-elected in 1882 and again in 1884, and discharged his duties very satisfactorily. He died before June, 1890.

Delegate from the Twenty-sixth District, Manistee County, in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8. Was born in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1868, of English and American descent. He was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee and Chicago and graduated from the high school at Manistee. He attended the University of Michigan, being a member of the class of ‘89. Engaged in the lumbering business after he left college. He was a member of the Michigan National Guard for seven years, leaving the service with rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Also a member of the Masonic order, Elks and Foresters.

Member of the State Board of Education, 1886-92. (Further data not obtainable).

Senator from the Ninth District, Berrien and Cass counties, 1887-8 and 1889-90. Was born at Troy, N. Y., July 7, 1833. When he was but nine years old his father died. He attended school at Troy until sixteen years of age, when he entered the Collegiate Institute at Charlotteville, N. Y., and finished his studies at Genesee College, Lima, N. Y. He was engaged as teacher and contractor until 1858, and removed to Van Buren County, Mich., and engaged in farming until 1866, when he removed to Niles, where he engaged in the lumber trade. In politics a Republican. In 1885 he was elected Mayor of the city of Niles. In 1886 he was again elected. In 1884 he was alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention from the Fourth Congressional District, and he was an earnest supporter of James G. Blaine for the nomination. Also Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Michigan. He was on the Republican ticket for State Senator, 1887-8, and re-elected to the Senate for 1889-90.

Representative from Wayne County, 1840; Delegate from Wayne County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850; and Senator from the Third District, comprising a part of Wayne County, 1861-2. Was a native of Connecticut, born in 1821, was a lawyer by profession, and was for some years a leading practitioner in Detroit. He was Alderman from the ninth ward, 1860-1. He was appointed by President Grant a Judge of the Territorial Court of Arizona, and served as such for seven years. He was a Whig and Republican in politics, and died in 1877.

Representative from Montcalm County, 1875-6. Was born Sept. 14, 1825, in the State of New York. He received a common school education, removed to Michigan 036 37in 1836 and settled in Oakland County. In 1848 he removed to Montcalm County. Mr. Backus was Supervisor in Greenville four years, and served as County Clerk of Montcalm County in 1861-2. His occupation was dealing in real estate and lumbering. In politics he was a Democrat.

Representative from Cass County, 1849. Was born in Ballston, Saratoga County, N.Y. (Further data not obtainable).

Member of the Legislative Council from Monroe County, 1832-3 and 1832-5; and Representative from Monroe County, 1839. Was born in Onondaga County, N.Y., in 1798. He came to Michigan at an early day, and taught school on the River Raisin in 1822, settled at Monroe, paid considerable attention to farming, and became a partner of Levi S. Humphrey in various kinds of business. He became a lawyer and practiced his profession with great success. He was for many years Judge of Probate for Monroe County, was president of the bank of Monroe and a director of the Michigan Southern Railroad Company. He held other positions, in all of which he acquitted himself with ability. He was one of the most popular men in the early history of Monroe County. In politics he was a Democrat. He died at Monroe, May 18, 1866.

Representative from Keweenaw County, 1851. Was a mining agent in Keweenaw County as early as 1846, and is said to have gone from Pontiac to the Upper Peninsula. He went to Detroit, where he resided several years, and from there to one of the western territories, where he died.

Representative from Oakland County, 1857-8. Was born in Ellington, Conn., in 1819. He emigrated to Michigan in 1838, and was a resident of Pontiac, from 1842 to 1875, engaged in mercantile business. In 1875 he was appointed by Secretary Chandler cashier of the Patent Office, which position he held until his death, June 22, 1887. He was Mayor of Pontiac in 1866-7, and a Republican in politics.

Member of Congress, 1917. A native of the State of Illinois; of English-German descent, his grandfather being an officer in the American Revolution. His education was obtained in the public schools of Illinois, and his boyhood days were spent on a farm. He engaged in the practice of law and real estate, and in the manufacturing business. Married. At the primary election Aug. 29, 1916, he was nominated for the office of Congressman, and was elected Nov. 7, 1916. Lost his seat in the election contest with Samuel W. Beakes, who was seated by the House of Representatives Dec. 13, 1917.

Justice of the Supreme Court, 1855-8. Was born at Ballston, N.Y., July 14, 1802, and graduated at Union College in 1824. He studied law at Rochester, N.Y., and practiced there several years. He came to Niles, Mich., in 1833, and held several offices, including that of Prosecuting Attorney. In October, 1855, he was appointed Circuit Judge and one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, in place of Judge Whipple, deceased. He acted in the Supreme Court until Jan. 1, 1858, when the present Supreme Court was organized. In 1857 he was elected Circuit Judge for six years; was elected again in 1866 to fill vacancy caused by the death of Perrin M. Smith, and was re-elected in 1869 for six years. In politics he was a Republican. He died at Niles, Sept. 9, 1869.

Governor of Michigan, 1873-7. Was born in Medina, Orleans County, N.Y., July 24, 1832. His father, John Bagley, was a native of New Hampshire, and his mother, Mary M. Bagley, a native of Connecticut. He attended district school at Lockport, N.Y., and at Constantine, Mich., where his parents removed when he was eight years of age. At thirteen years of age he became a clerk in a country store at Constantine, where he remained one years. His father removed to Owosso, where he again became a clerk. In 1847 he went to Detroit, and secured employment in a tobacco factory, where he remained five years. In 1854 he began business as a manufacturer of tobacco, and the business became very large and profitable. He also engaged in other enterprises, such as banking, mining and manufacturing. He was one of the organizers of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Co., and several years its president; president for years of the Detroit Safe Co.; a director for many years of the American National Bank, and stockholder and director in other corporations. He was for six years one of the Police Commissioners of Detroit; was an Alderman two years; and two years a member of the Board of Education. He was an active Republican from the organization of that party, and was chairman of the State Republican Committee from 1868 to 1870. In 1872 he was nominated and elected Governor of Michigan, and was re-elected in 1874, serving four years, from 1873 to 1877. Under his administration, the State Fish Commission was established, and a law was passed creating the State Board of Health. The successful exhibition made by Michigan at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876 was largely due to him. He largely changed the character of government of the Reform School, throwing away bolts and bars, and trusting to the honor of the boys for government. He was an Unitarian in belief, but liberal in his views as to other creeds. His wife, Francis E. Newberry, was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Newberry, a pioneer missionary in Michigan. In 1881, Governor Bagley was a candidate for United States Senator, and came within one vote of receiving the caucus Republican nomination. He had accumulated a large fortune, and among other bequests gave several thousand dollars for a public fountain in Detroit. He died in San Francisco, Calif., Dec. 27, 1881, leaving a wife and seven children.

Representative, 1893-4, from the district composed of the counties of Antrim, Charlevoix and Kalkaska. Was born in England, 1832. He came to America in 1854, landing in New York. Three years later he came to Michigan and located 038 39at Elk Rapids. Shortly after locating he was married to Miss Mary E. Radley, of New York, and engaged in business as manager for a mercantile firm, and later engaged in banking. In politics a Republican and held the office of County Treasurer, Clerk and Register of Deeds.

Senator from the Second District of Wayne County, comprising the fifth, seventh and ninth wards of Detroit, 1923—. Was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, March 10, 1882. At the age of eight years he removed with his parents to Detroit, and Michigan has since been his home. His early education was obtained in district, parochial, and central high schools and he is also a graduate of the Detroit College of Law. For six years Mr. Bahorski was engaged in the baking business with the Morton Baking Co., after which he was in business for himself for a period of fifteen years. In 1915 he was appointed by Mayor Oscar B. Marx a member of the Board of Education, to fill vacancy, being elected to the same position in 1914. In 1916 he was elected member of the Detroit Common Council and in 1918 he entered the Wayne County prosecuting attorney's office as assistant, which position he holds at the present time. He is a member of Union Lodge of Strict Observance No. 3, F. & A. M., Michigan Sovereign Consistory and Shriner Moslem Temple. Mr. Bahorski is married and has five children, four boys and one girl. He was elected State Senator on the Republican ticket November 7, 1922.

Representative from Barry County, 1953-4. Was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1814. He came to Michigan soon after its organization as a State, and settled at Marshall. He soon after removed to Barry County, and settled at Hastings. He was the first President of the village of Hastings. He was a merchant and farmer. Politically he was a Democrat. He died Mar. 6, 1887.

Representative from the Second District of St. Clair County, 1893-4. Was born in Port Huron, July 21, 1850. He acquired his early education in the public schools of Port Huron. He lived on the farm bordering the city limits, and was manager of the Port Huron Gas Company. In politics a Democrat. He held the office of Supervisor and Township Clerk.

Representative from Shiawassee County, 1873-4 and 1875-6. Was born in Bath, England, May 29, 1828. In 1832 he emigrated to the United States and settled in the city of New York. In 1845 he came to Michigan and settled in the town of Hadley, Lapeer County. Mr. Bailey received an academic education. In 1861 he removed to the town of Venice, Shiawassee County, and in 1863 removed to Keweenaw County, where he resided four years. In 1868 he returned to the town of Venice, Shiawassee County, where he resided. Mr. Bailey was chairman of the Republican County Committee of Shiawassee County, and held other offices of trust in his township. His occupation that of a farmer. Politics Republican.

Representative from St. Joseph County, 1840. His postoffice address was Ft. Pleasant. (Further data not obtainable).

Senator from the Twenty-first District, 1861-2. Was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1822. He came to Michigan, in 1853, and resided at Hastings, except when absent at headquarters in Grand Rapids during the war and two years at Ionia. He was a Captain in the service during the war, and was Provost Marshal of the 4th Congressional District, and held several minor offices. He made a splendid record as Provost Marshal, his district taking in the Upper Peninsula and the Lower, north of Barry County. For correct reports, strict discipline, and just decisions he especially distinguished himself. As a legislator he was a Republican, later a Democrat. His business was that of a merchant. His death occurred at Hastings, Feb. 16, 1896.

Representative from the First Representative District of Saginaw County, 1905-6. Was born at Saginaw, Mich., Mar. 8, 1881, of Scotch parentage. He attended the public and high schools of Saginaw. He entered the employ of Symons Bros. & Co., wholesale grocers, remaining with them six months, then entered the office of general traffic manager of the P. M. Railroad Co., remaining there until he entered the University of Michigan in 1900. During the summer months of 1901 to 1903 he was employed in the Savings Bank of East Saginaw, graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in June, 1903, after which time he practiced law in the city of Saginaw. In politics a Republican.

Representative from the Second District of Saginaw County, 1895-6; Senator from the Twenty-second District, comprising Saginaw County, 1901-2, 1903-4 and 1905-6; and member of the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8. Was born in Quebec, Canada, Feb. 11, 1860, and received his education in the common schools of Seaforth, Canada. He came to Michigan when fourteen years of age and was employed in the manufacture of salt for many years. In politics a Republican. Mr. Baird represented his township on the Board of Supervisors, and has served as chairman of the Republican County committee.

Representative from Oakland County, 1848. Was born at Sheffield, Mass., Oct. 9, 1804. He came to Michigan from Caro, near Catskill, N. Y., in 1838, and settled in Holly, Genesee County, where he always resided with the exception of four or five years in business at Flint. He was Supervisor, Town Clerk, and held other offices, and was Justice of the Peace. In politics he was a Democrat. He died Dec. 6, 1887.

Representative from Wayne County, 1877-8. Was born at Holly, Oakland County, Mich., June 14, 1840. He received a good common school education at the public schools in Holly, Clarkston and Flint, and was a member of the freshman class in the State Agricultural College in 1863. He commenced the study of the law in 1865, was admitted to the bar in 1867, and engaged in active practice. Democrat in politics.

Senator, 1899-1900, from the Thirtieth District, comprising the counties of Chippewa, Delta, Luce, Mackinac, Menominee and Schoolcraft. Was born at Fleming, Cayuga County, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1861. His early education was derived from the common schools, and the Cayuga Lake Academy at Aurora, N. Y. He taught school during 1879-80. In 1881 he entered the Mercantile National Bank of New York, where he was employed until May, 1882, when he came to Michigan and accepted the position of bookkeeper in the Fourth National Bank of Grand Rapids. He was subsequently elected assistant cashier. In 1887 while yet a resident of Grand Rapids, Mr. Baker was a candidate for City Treasurer on the Republican ticket, but went down to defeat with his ticket in the “landslide” of that year. A year later he removed to Menominee and engaged in lumbering. In politics a Republican. He was favored by his fellow townsmen of Menominee with the positions of Alderman and President of the Council, and was chairman of the Republican County Committee.

Representative from Cheboygan County, 1907-8, 1909-10 and 1911-12; and Senator, 1919-20 and 1921-2, from the Twenty-ninth District, comprising the counties of Alpena, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego and Presque Isle. Was born Jan. 13, 1862, on a farm in Dover Township, Lenawee County, Mich. He removed to Cheboygan County in 1889 and engaged in farming. Mr. Baker is married and has two sons. In politics a Republican. Was elected to the Legislature in 1906 and was re-elected to the sessions of 1909-10, and 1911-12, serving as speaker in the latter session. Was elected to the Senate Nov. 5, 1918,and re-elected Nov. 2, 1920.

Representative from the Second District of Lenawee County, 1891-2. Was born Feb. 18, 1844, on the farm, which his parents took up from the government in 1832, they having moved here from Ontario County, N. Y. He was married in 1868 to Miss Mary J. Thomas of Adrian. A member of the Masonic Fraternity and a Knight Templar. Always active in politics and a supporter of the Democratic party. He held the offices of Highway Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, and served as Supervisor for seven years, 1880-7, and was chairman of the board in 1885-6. He was elected to be House of 1891-2 on the Democratic ticket. He died at his home Dec. 8, 1917, as the result of an accident occurring five weeks before his death.

Representative from Ionia County, 1861-2. Was born in Morganville, Genesee County, N. Y., Mar. 20, 1828. He removed with his parents to Oneida, Eaton County, Mich., in 1836. Their teams made the first wagon track from a point nine miles west of Howell, through Williamston and Lansing, to Grand Ledge. The Indians had a corn field at the mouth of Cedar River, now in the city of Lansing, but there were no white inhabitants along the river for many miles. In 1848-9 he helped organize the first Masonic lodge in Lansing. The same year he crossed the plains to California, returning to Michigan in 1853. He was in the foundry business in Lansing from 1864 to 1875, when he removed to Los Angeles, Calif., where he owned and ran an extensive foundry and machine shop.

Representative from Clinton County, 1877-8. Was born in Walworth, Wayne County, N. Y., July 13, 1833. He received a common school education. In 1865 he removed to Michigan, and settled in a township of Bengal, Clinton County. He held the offices of Justice of the Peace and Supervisor. By occupation he was a farmer and fruit grower. In politics a Democrat.

Representative from the Second District of Monroe County, 1885-6 and 1887-8. Was born in the township of Ash, in that County, Oct. 11, 1858. He lived on a farm until twenty-one years of age, attending school during the winter terms. Mr. Baker then entered the Northern Indiana Normal School and graduated in the teachers’ department in 1882. He taught select school in Canandaigua, Lenawee County, the winter of 1882. He entered the law department of the University in October, 1885, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1886. After that time he practiced law in Carlton, Monroe County. In politics a Democrat.

Representative from the First District of Berrien County, 1887-8 and 1889-90. Was born at New Pittsburg, Wayne County, O., Mar. 17, 1845. He was brought up on a farm, and when seventeen years of age he enlisted in the 102d Ohio Infantry, and later in the war served in Company K, 178th Ohio Infantry. After his return from the army he attended school at an academy of Canaan, O., and acquired a medical education at the University of Michigan. Also a graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago. In 1868 he was married to Miss Alice M. Clark at Coloma, Mich., where he later held the offices of Township Clerk, Justice of the Peace and Supervisor. Dr. Baker was elected as a Republican to the House of 1887-8, and re-elected to the House of 1889-90.

Senator from the Tenth District, 1861-2. Was born in Fort Ann, Washington County, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1818. He came to Michigan in 1838, stopped one year at Adrian, settling in 1839 at Hudson. He was a merchant and general produce dealer, politically first Whig, then Republican. He was a man of energy and enterprise 042 43in business, generous in the social relations of life, an active political worker, and a firm adherent to party principles. He was Postmaster of Hudson in 1841, and a member of the Board of Control of railroads. He died several years before 1888.

Senator from the Fifth District, 1847-8. Was born at Athens, Vt., Jan. 22, 1808, and was one of the twelve children of Nathaniel and Sarah Balch. He was possessed of a remarkable memory, and after receiving an academical education, he graduated from Middlebury College with high honor. He took the position of principal of an academy in Bennington, Vt., and was very successful as a teacher. In 1837 he came to Kalamazoo and opened and organized the school now known as Kalamazoo College. In 1838 he accepted a professorship of mathematics in Michigan College established in Marshall. The endowment of the institution being only wild lands, for which there was no sale, it closed, and Mr. Balch returned to Kalamazoo, and resumed the study of law which he had commenced before coming to Michigan. He was admitted in 1840. and continued in practice. He was Prosecuting Attorney for Barry County in 1840 by appointment, and the next year of Kalamazoo County. He was Senator at the time of the removal of the capital from Detroit to Lansing, and Mr. Balch gave efficient aid in the passage of general railroad, plank road, homestead and telegraph laws. Under Buchanan he was Postmaster of Kalamazoo for four years. In 1860 he was the Democratic nominee for Congress but was defeated. After that he was a candidate for no office. He was a professing Christian, a devoted Bible student, a strong temperance advocate, and a highly liberal and benevolent man. He was a Democrat in politics. He died at Kalamazoo Feb. 1, 1894.

Representative from Calhoun County, 1851. His postoffice address was Battle Creek. (Further data no obtainable.)

Representative from Oakland County, 1844 and 1846; and member of Congress, 1863-5. Was born at Salina, Onondaga County, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1817. His father was a merchant, but died when his son was five, leaving little for the support of the family. The son went to live with an uncle at Canterbury, Conn., where he went to school and at the age of nineteen engaged in teaching. The next year he attended the Academy at Plainfield, Conn. In 1827 he came to Oakland County. Mich., and taught school in Southfield. For the next five years he taught and studied by turns. He began reading law with John P. Richardson, of Pontiac, in 1839. He was admitted in 1842, and opened an office at Milford. For nearly seven years he practiced at that place, but in 1849 removed to Pontiac. He was School Inspector in Bloomfield in 1840; Representative in the Legislature session of 1844 and 1846; Speaker pro tem in 1846; Brigadier General of the state militia from 1846 to 1862; Prosecuting Attorney in 1853-4; member of Congress from 1863 to 1865; Mayor of Pontiac in 1874; for eighteen years member of the Board of Education of Pontiac; Trustee of the Eastern Insane Asylum and Trustee of the Michigan Military Academy; president of the Oakland County Agricultural Society; 043 44president of the County Pioneer Association; Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit from 1875 to 1879; when he resigned from insufficient salary; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1860 and 1864; member of the Peace Convention at Philadelphia in 1866; member of the Democratic National and State Committee, and a prominent Mason and Knight Templar. He married Isabella Churchhill in 1842. In politics he was a Democrat; in religion a Presbyterian. He died at Pontiac.

Representative from the Third District of Oakland County, 1846, 1879-80 and 1881-2. Was born Oct. 9, 1803, in New Haven County, Conn., and removed to western New York, then almost a wilderness, in 1814. He received his education in the common schools, and taught school six terms. He spent the summer of 1825 in Michigan, but did not remove to this State permanently until 1830. He was a farmer, and held the office of School Inspector, Highway Commissioner, Justice of the Peace for several terms; Supervisor some fifteen years, and many years one of the Board of Trustees of the Pontiac union school. Mr. Baldwin was a Republican and senior member of the Legislature. He was a Democratic member of the House of 1846. He died at Pontiac May 25, 1889.

Delegate from the Fifth District, Lenawee and Monroe counties, in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8. Was born in 1871 at Canandaigua, of English descent. He attended the country schools until he was sixteen years of age and graduated from the Adrian High School in 1892 and from the University of Michigan in 1896. He was married to Adelia A. Wing in 1900. He worked on a farm during his boyhood and moved to Adrian in 1888, where he practiced law.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1851. Came from Berkshire County, Mass., to Morenci, Mich., about 1834. He lived at Morenci until he died, being over eighty years of age. In politics he was first a Whig, then a Republican.

Representative from Oakland County, 1848. Was born at Claremont, N. H., Dec. 22, 1800. He received only a district school education, but by extensive reading later in life became an authority upon history, law, and the current news of passing events. He came to Detroit in 1817, and in 1819 settled upon a farm in Bloomfield, Oakland County, near Birmingham. A few years later he went to Buffalo, N. Y., and remained several years and was Deputy Sheriff of Erie County. He returned to Birmingham and was Justice of the Peace in 1845-6 and 1849. He was admitted to the bar Dec. 11, 1843. In politics he was a Democrat. He removed to Iowa in 1853, and subsequently to Martinsville, Mo., he died in October, 1883.

Representative, from the district comprising Alpena, Montmorency, and Otsego counties, 1887-8. Was born at Fremont, O., Aug. 14, 1853. By his own personal 044 45efforts he maintained himself and paid his expenses through a scientific course in the Northwestern Normal School, at Republic, O., graduating in 1873. He was admitted to the bar in Fremont, O., in 1876. He also earned, by school teaching, sufficient funds to defray all of his expenses while taking a course at the law department of the Michigan University, from which he graduated in the class of 1877. He located at Gaylord, Mich., in 1879, and engaged in law and real estate business. He was married to Miss Nellie E. Osband, daughter of M. D. Osband, formerly of Lansing, Mich., March. 12, 1885. Mr. Baldwin held several offices of trust, among them, Assessor of Gaylor schools, Township Clerk, and Treasurer, and was Deputy County Treasurer; also County School Examiner. In politics a Democrat.

Delegate from the Eighteenth District, Ionia and Montcalm counties, in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8. Was born in Dexter, Mich., in 1867, of New England ancestry, being ninth in line from Richard Baldwin of Buckinghamshire, England, one of the founders of Milford, Conn., which was settled in 1639. He received his education in the public schools and Albion College. He was married in 1890 to Mary Haviland, a granddaughter of “Aunt” Laura S. Haviland. Mr. Baldwin was a messenger in the Legislature from 1883 to 1887 and was a member of the State Board of Library Commissioners. He engaged in the hardware business at Coral, Mich.

Representative from the Second District of Allegan County, 1889-90. Was born in Bainbridge, Geauga County, O., Dec. 15, 1836. An active Republican. He held office of Supervisor and was elected director of the Kent, Allegan and Ottawa Fire Insurance Company. His father, James M. Baldwin, was the Republican Representative from Allegan County in 1858.

Senator from the Second District, 1861-2; Governor of Michigan, 1869-73; and United States Senator, 1879-81. Was born at Coventry, R. L. Feb. 22, 1814. Governor Baldwin received a common school education, and became a clerk in a store at the age of twelve, and remained there until twenty years of age, devoting his leisure hours to study. He visited the West in 1837 and removed to Detroit in 1838, where he established a mercantile house. He was for several years a director and president of the Young Men's Society. In religious belief he was an Episcopalian. St. John's Church in Detroit was built through his liberality, and he generously aided churches throughout the State. He was a director of the Michigan State Bank during its existence, and president of the Second National Bank since its organization in 1863, resigning in 1887. He was State Senator in 1861 and 1862, and was chairman of the finance committee, of the select joint committee for the investigation of the State Treasury and the official acts of that officer, and was a member of other important committees. He was elected Governor of Michigan in 1868, and was re-elected in 1870, serving four years from 1869 to 1873, and was an able executive. During his administration the State School for Dependent Children was founded at Coldwater; the first steps taken towards building the Eastern Insane Asylum at Pontiac, and many improvements were made in the management 045 46of charitable and reformatory institutions. The appropriations for the present state capitol were recommend by him, and the contract was let under his administration. On the death of Senator Chandler in 1879, he was appointed by Governor Croswell to fill that position for the unexpired term, and was elected by the Legislature in 1881. He was a strong candidate for re-election in 1883. He was one of the delegates at large to the Republican National Convention in 1876; was two years chairman of the State Republican Committee, and was for many years a trustee of the Eastern Asylum at Pontiac. He died Dec. 31, 1892.

Representative from the First District of Allegan County, 1859-60. His postoffice address was Hopkins. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Clinton County, 1891-2. Was born in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N. Y., Mar. 29, 1836, and in the fall of 1842, with his parents moved to Niagara County, finally located in the village of Olcott, where he resided until he came to Michigan in the spring of 1865, located in Clinton County, where he followed the occupation of carpenter and farmer until 1876, then engaged in mercantile business in the village of Fowler. He held the office of Commissioner of Highways, and in the spring of 1870 was elected Supervisor of Dallas Township, being re-elected many years thereafter; several years he was chairman of the Clinton County Board of Supervisors. He was elected to the House of 1891-2 on the Democratic ticket.

Representative from Kent County, 1877-8. Was born in Canterbury, Conn., Apr. 4, 1821. He was educated at the common schools and in 1840 he removed to Norwich, and for several terms attended the academy at that place, removing to Grand Rapids, Mich., in August 1844. He was Alderman of Grand Rapids. His occupation was brick making. In politics he was a Republican. He died at Grand Rapids Aug. 10, 1901.

Representative from the First District of Lenawee County, 1909-10, and 1911-12. Was born in Cambridge Township, Lenawee County, Feb. 28, 1855. While he was yet an infant in arms his mother died, and shortly after her death his father and grandparents, with whom he lived, removed to a farm in Palmyra Township. His early education was acquired in the district schools of his township. Occupation, a farmer. For years he was connected with the Lenawee County Agricultural Society. Married. In politics a Republican. He served as Supervisor.

Senator from the Twenty-ninth District, 1871-2; and Attorney General, 1873-5. Was born in Rochester, N. Y., July 19, 1844. His father, David Ball, came to Michigan 046 47in 1835 and founded the city of Owosso. In 1840 he removed with his family to Grand Rapids. In 1851 the son was apprenticed to learn the machinist trade with Ball & McRay of Grand Rapids. He served two years at the trade. He married in 1854, and in 1855 bought a half interest in the shop in which he had been employed, and carried on the business two years. In 1857 he commenced the study of law and in 1859 entered the law department of the State University, and graduated in the class of 1861. He commenced practice in Grand Rapids, and was Prosecuting Attorney of Kent County nearly four years. He was elected Attorney General of Michigan in 1872 and served in 1873 and up to Apr. 1, 1874, when he resigned on account of ill health. He built a block of stores at Grand Rapids and was interested with his father in other enterprises. He was a man of large stature, compactly built, of immense strength, and one of the best amateur boxers ever seen on the University grounds. He was genial, jovial, kind hearted and popular, and had many warm friends. In politics he was a Republican. He died Feb. 4, 1876.

Representative from Kent and other counties, 1838. Was born at Tenny Hill, Grafton County, N. H., Nov. 12, 1794. He had a common school and academical education, obtained by his own exertions. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1820. He studied law two years at Lansingburg, N. Y., and then went to Darien, Ga., where he taught school five years. He then returned to Lansingburg, N. Y., completed his law studies and was admitted to the bar in 1824. He continued in practice several years and then abandoned it to take charge of an oilcloth factory for his sister, and placed it in a flourishing condition. In 1832 he traveled across the continent, went to Fort Vancouver, and taught the first school ever opened in Oregon. He returned via the Sandwich Islands and Cape Horn in 1833-4. In 1837 he settled at Grand Rapids, Mich., and represented eastern capitalists in locating lands. He also opened a law office and had as partners at various times, Hon. George Martin, formerly Chief Justice of Michigan, and Solomon L. Withey, late United States District Judge. From 1852 until the death of Mr. Ball, Feb. 5, 1884, he was the senior member of the firm of Ball & McKee. In 1842 he was appointed by Governor Barry, to select 300,000 of the 500,000 acres of land granted to Michigan by Congress for internal improvements. These were mainly selected about Grand Rapids, and were mostly taken up with internal improvement warrants, and as these warrants could be bought for about forty cents on the dollar, it resulted in a speedy settlement of the Grand River Valley. Mr. Ball was largely identified with Grand Rapids interests. He was interested in schools, geology, lyceums and all local enterprises. In politics he was a conservative Democrat. He died Feb. 5, 1884.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1842. His postoffice address was Tecumseh. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Livingston County, 1865-6, 1867-8 and 1881-2; and Senator, 1889-90, from the Thirteenth District, comprising Genesee and Livingston counties. Was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., Apr. 7, 1830. He received a collegiate education 047 48and was a teacher several years. He was engaged in farming and stock-growing. He held the offices of Supervisor, and Superintendent of Schools of Livingston County. He was a member of the Legislature in 1865-6, 1867-8 and 1881-2. The latter term he was speaker pro tem. In politics a Republican since the formation of the party.

Representative from the Second District of Berrien County, 1909-10 and 1911-12. Was born at Boylston, Worcester County, Mass., Aug. 24, 1858, of American parentage. When two years of age he removed with his parents to Michigan, locating first at Dowagiac, at which place they resided two years. They then removed to Niles, where they resided two years thence moving to Coloma. Mr. Ball received his education in the public schools of Berrien County, supplemented by a business course at the Northern Indian Normal College. He was identified for many years with the business interests of Coloma. In politics a Republican. He served his township as Clerk and Supervisor. He died Oct., 1922.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1837. His postoffice address was Tecumseh. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from the First District of St. Clair County, 1901-2. Was born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Nov. 3, 1845. His education was acquired in the common schools. He came to Michigan in 1850, and after spending three years on a farm he entered the dry goods business as clerk in a store in Port Huron. He continued in the business until 1867, when, in company with his brother, he formed the dry goods firm of S. L. & D. Ballentine. Married. He was a member of the Board of Education; was also one of the founders of the Commercial Bank and a promoter of the narrow gauge railroad into the Thumb of Michigan. He was interested in the Port Huron City Electric Railway and other commercial interests in city and county. In politics a Republican.

Representative from the Third District, of St. Clair County, 1881-2. Was born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, July 11, 1832. He received a common school education, and at sixteen years of age removed to Calais, Me., where he became an apprentice to the hatter's trade. He lived in Calais until October, 1856, when he removed to Brockway, St. Clair County, Mich. Having purchased a farm, he followed farming until the fall of 1864. He then engaged in mercantile business in the village of Brockway. In politics a Republican.

Member of the State Board of Education, 1884-90. Was born in Mayfield, O., Jan. 24, 1836, moved to Parkville, St. Joseph County. He graduated from the State 048 49Normal College at Ypsilanti in 1862, and was Superintendent of Schools. Engaged in manufacturing and milling business in Otsego. He held many local offices. He was elected a member of the State Board of Education Nov. 4, 1884, for a term of six years. He died at Otsego, Jan. 26, 1892.

Representative from St. Clair County, 1845. Was born in Westfield, Mass., in 1808. He came to Detroit in 1835, and moved to St. Clair County in 1842. In later years he was extensively identified with lake marine interests and lived in Detroit. Politically he was a Democrat. He was a merchant and vessel owner. He died at Syracuse, N. Y., in 1873.

Representative from St. Clair County, 1859-60; and Senator from the Twenty-fifth District, 1865-6. Was born at Martinsburg, Lewis County, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1825. His father removed to Michigan when he was seven years of age, and he received his education at Detroit in the high school kept by D. B. Crane. His father removed to Milwaukee, and in 1842 Mr. Bancroft was in the office of the Courier, a newspaper of that thriving village. In 1844 he returned to Michigan and became editor and proprietor of the Observer at Port Huron, where he remained until 1848. He then studied law with Hon. W. F. Allen, of Oswego, N. Y., later Judge of the Court of Appeals. He returned to Port Huron, in 1851, and entered into a lucrative practice. This he was obliged to abandon in 1857 from an affection of the eyes, which threatened total blindness. He then established in Port Huron its first banking office, although his name did not appear in the firm of John Miller & Son, now merged in the First National Bank of that city. He also engaged in lumbering. He was secretary of the State Senate in 1849. He was Democratic nominee for Congress and for Secretary of State. He was the first Mayor of Port Huron, and was Postmaster of that city. For eight years he was collector of the port, and after many years was again appointed collector of the Port Huron District in 1885 but failed to be confirmed by the Senate. He labored for many years to secure railroad connection between Port Huron and Chicago, and after every kind of opposition, in 1876 saw the final completion of the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railroad. In politics he was a Democrat.

Senator, 1901-2 and 1903-4, from the Ninth District, comprising the counties of Calhoun and Kalamazoo. Was born in the township of Marengo, Calhoun County, Mich., Nov. 8, 1859. When twelve years of age he began work on the farm summers, and attended schools winters until 1876, when he entered Albion College, after leaving which he taught school in Springport, Jackson County. He graduated from the regular medical department of the University of Michigan in 1882. In 1883 he settled in Homer, where he practiced his profession, and was proprietor of the Central Drug Store. Married. In politics a Republican. He held numerous village offices; also a member of a number of fraternal organizations: The Masonic Order, K. of P., K. O. T. M., Modern Woodmen, O. E. S., and I. O. O. F.

Representative from Chippewa County, 1845. His postoffice address was Fort Brady. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Eaton County, 1840. Was born in Benson, Vt., in 1799. He was one of the original colony from that State that came to Michigan in 1836, and founded Vermontville. He was a farmer by occupation; a Republican in politics.

Senator from the Twentieth District, 1871-2. Was born in Benson, Rutland County, Vt., in 1830, and came with his parents to Vermontville, Mich., in 1839. He was educated at the Vermontville Academy, and after serving one year as clerk in the postoffice at Kalamazoo, sailed around Cape Horn in 1850, engaged in mining in California for two years and was successful. He returned to Vermontville, and became a merchant and in 1871 engaged in banking. In 1861 he was appointed Postmaster of Vermontville, and held that position eleven years. In politics a Republican. He was a man of liberal views in religion, and had a choice library.

Senator from the Third District, 1851. Was born in Perham, Mass., in 1792. He emigrated first to Vermont, and then to Walworth, Wayne County, N. Y. Afterwards he lived at Marion, same county, where he was a Justice of the Peace; also Clerk of Wayne County of six years, and was an Associate Judge of the County Court. He then became a resident of Clyde, N. Y., and was there a merchant. He settled in Adrian, Mich., in 1836, and held among other offices, those of County Clerk, Register of Deeds and Justice of the Peace. In politics he was first a Democrat, and later a Republican. He died Apr. 15, 1867.

Representative from Branch County, 1867-8; and Delegate from Branch County to the Constitutional Convention of 1867. Was born in Rutland County, Vt., Apr. 6, 1824. He removed with his father's family to Vermontville, Mich., in 1836. He received a fair education and became a teacher at the age of twenty-three. From 1847 to 1849 he clerked in a store at Whitehall, N.Y. In 1849 he went to California and was engaged as a farmer, miner and trader for five years. He then located at Coldwater, where he engaged in mercantile business. He was a Republican in politics. He was Alderman of Coldwater four years; was appointed by President Grant Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Second District, and held it until the office was abolished; two years Commissioner of the State Public School; and Postmaster of Coldwater.

Representative from Calhoun County, 1846. Was born in Eaton, Madison County, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1807. He settled at Monroe in 1837, removed to Battle Creek in 050 511841, and to Detroit in 1867, where he died Oct. 17,1867. By occupation he was a farmer; in politics, first a Democrat, then a Republican.

Regent of the University of Michigan, 1802-8; and Delegate from the Second District, Wayne County, in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8. Was born in Monroe, Mich., Aug. 14, 1840, of American parents. He received his education at the State University, graduating with the class of ‘63, literary department, and the class of ‘65, law. Practiced law after his graduation and was twice appointed to fill a vacancy in the regency of the University. Married. He was elected to the Constitutional Convention during his absence from the country and gave no pledges in order to receive the election.

Representative from Saginaw County, 1855-6. Was born in Northumberland County, Pa., Aug. 18, 1807. He came to Michigan and settled at Albion in 1835. He lived in Detroit from 1846 to 1849, when he removed to Lower Saginaw, now Bay City, where he was prominent in the business circles of that thriving city until age and infirmities unfitted him for the active duties of life. In business he was a mill-wright, politically a Democrat. He was Sheriff of Bay County in 1861-2. He died Aug. 4, 1887, leaving a widow, two sons and a daughter.

Representative from the Second District of Genesee County, 1885-6, and 1887-8. Was born in the township of Burton, of that country, Apr. 2, 1839. He spent his early years on a farm, received a good education, enlisted in Co. K, 23d Regiment Mich. Vol. Infantry. At the expiration of his term of service he returned home and began the study of medicine, entering the medical department of the State University in 1865, remaining there until 1866, when he went to the Rush Medical College at Chicago, from whence he graduated in 1869, after which year he engaged in the practice of his profession, having built up a large practice and gained a fine reputation as a physician and surgeon. Mr. Bardwell was a practical farmer, and the owner of a valuable farm of one hundred and twenty acres about one and a half miles east of the village of Mt. Morris. He filled the office of Township Superintendent of Schools, Justice of the Peace, President of the village two terms, Councilman for five terms, and township and village Health Officer. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Berrien County, 1847. Was born in New York City in September, 1805. He settled at Niles in 1838 and was a merchant. Politically he was a Democrat. He died in 1871.

Representative from the First District of Jackson County, 1891-2 and 1893-4. Was born in Lincolnshire, England, July 21, 1851. He acquired a common school education. 051 52At the age of twenty he came to Michigan, locating in a rural district in Liberty Township, Jackson County. He worked on a farm during the summer months and taught school winters, at the same time being privately engaged in the study of law. In 1878 he moved to Jackson city, was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law. In politics a Democrat.

Representative from Barry County, 1841 and 1848. Was born in the State of Vermont, in 1785, came to Michigan in 1837, and settled in the township of Yankee Springs, Barry County. By occupation he was a merchant and farmer, in politics a Whig. He served as Associate Judge, and in company with his son, Nathan jr., erected a saw mill at the outlet of Barlow Lake in 1840. He died Jan. 25, 1899.

Representative from Barry County, 1850. Was born in Canandaigua, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1818. He left his home in New York and first went to St. Louis, Mo., but came to Barry County in 1840, and was one of the early pioneers—engaged in active business, built the first frame hotel in Hastings, was early in mercantile and milling business, which he followed until declining health compelled him to retire. Various county offices were filled by him, and he always filled the place to the satisfaction of the people. Politically he was a Democrat.

Representative from Gratiot County, 1869-70 and 1871-2. Was born at Angelica. N.Y., Apr. 26, 1823. By profession he was a clergyman, politically a Republican. He was County Clerk of Gratiot County in 1861-2, and filled all town offices from Constable to Supervisor. He came to Hillsdale County in 1842, removed to Gratiot County in 1854, and to Gaines, Kent County, in 1875.

Representative from the Second District of Kent County. 1901-2 and 1903-4; member of the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8 from Kent County: and Senator 1909-10 and 1911-12 from the Seventeenth District, comprising every township of Kent County and the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth wards of the city of Grand Rapids. Was born in North Star Township. Gratiot County, Mich., Oct. 24, 1870, descending from the old English family of Barnabys who settled about Cape Cod early in Colonial times. His education was obtained at Hartsville College, Hartsville, Ind., Kalamazoo College, and the Ferris school at Big Rapids, Mich. He was a successful school teacher, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan, in June, 1902. Married. Held the offices of School Inspector, Township Clerk and Supervisor. A staunch Republican.

Representative from the Second District of Kent County, 1891-2; and Senator, 1893-4, 1895-6 and 1897-8, from the Seventeenth District, composed of the tenth 052 53and eleventh wards of the city of Grand Rapids, and the townships of Kent County. Was born in Hudson, N. Y., May 28, 1860, and came to Michigan with his parents at the close of the war, locating on a farm in Grand Rapids Townships. His education was obtained in the public schools and at Olivet College. In connection with farming he engaged in real estate and insurance business, being a member of the insurance firm of L. K. Bishop & Co. In politics a Republican. He was elected to the House of Representatives from the Second District of his county in 1891; was a member of the Senate of 1893-4, and elected to that of 1895-6 and 1897-8. He has taken important part in maters of legislation; was the author of the joint resolution committing this state to the election of U. S. senators by popular vote; was instrumental in restoring to the soldiers of the Michigan Soldier's Home the right of franchise through a constitutional amendment, after it had been denied them by the courts; was instrumental in the measure requiring the vestibuling of street cars, and several other measures affecting the purification of conventions and elections; was chairman of the Committee on Banks and Corporations during the session of 1895.

Representative from Livingston County, 1843 and 1844; and a Delegate from Livingston County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850. We born in Madison County, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1887. He came to Michigan in 1834 and settled on a farm in Genoa, Livingston County, where he died Sept. 9, 1871. He was a Democrat. He was a good farmer, and held in high esteem.

Representative from the Second District of Berrien County, 1919-20. 1921-2. and 1923—. Was born in Berrien County, Jan. 19, 1876, of French and English parentage. He was educated in the public schools, Ferris Institute of Big Rapids, and Benton Harbor College. After teaching school five years, he engaged in the drug business, in which is still interested. He served as Supervisor six years and Alderman two years. Mr. Barnard is married. In politics he is a Republican.

Representative from the First District of Saginaw County, 1883-4. Was born in Thornton, Grafton County, N. H., Mar. 19, 1825. The family removed to Oldtown, Me., in September, 1830, remaining there until 1853. Mr. Barnard was married at Boston, Mass., Sept. 12, 1854, and soon after moved to Michigan, setting in Saginaw the following spring. On his arrival in Saginaw he commenced the business of lumbering, handling about 15,000,000 feet of lumber annually. Being a man of superior organizing ability and executive force, he largely aided in the advancement which the lumber and salt interests of the State have reached. He was active in organizing, and he was president of the second salt manufacturing company on Saginaw River, which commenced operations in 1861. In 1872 the firm of Barnard & Binder built the iron front block, corner of Franklin and Hamilton Streets, Saginaw, one of the finest business blocks in the Saginaw valley. Mr. Barnard was one of the most active and influential in securing the building of the J. L. & S. R. R. to and through Saginaw; was one of the directors and one of the executive committee of the Saginaw Valley & St. Louis R. R. Company, and 053 54foremost in aiding every church and public improvement. He was one of the first to recognize the practicability of utilizing the farm districts in the vicinity of lumber operations, by starting many years since a six hundred acre farm, and which has proved entirely successful. In politics he was a Republican. He died July 9, 1883.

Representatives from Monroe County, 1851. Was born in Pittsford, Vt., June 10, 1807. By occupation he was a farmer, politically a Republican. He came to Michigan in 1833, and resided in London, Monroe County. He held the office of Supervisor several times from 1833 to 1865.

Senator, 1903-4, from the Thirteenth District, comprising the counties of Livingston and Genesee. Was born in England in 1846, of English parents, who came to the United States and settled in Jackson County, Mich., in 1851, and three years later moved to Gratiot County. He attended the district schools until he was seventeen years of age, at which time his father was drafted and Mr. Barnes volunteered to take his place, was accepted, and served his country in the 23d regiment, Mich. Volunteers, Company H. After returning from the war Mr. Barnes worked on a farm summers and taught school winters until the fall of 1870 when he entered the State Normal College and graduated from the classical course in 1873. He graduated from the classical course of the University of Michigan in 1877, receiving the degree of M. A. He was Superintendent of Schools at Alma, Stanton, Howell and the School for the Blind at Lansing. He was married in 1877 to Miss Augustie D. Johnson, a teacher in the public schools of Jackson, Mich. In 1889 Mr. Barnes purchased the Livingston Republican, at Howell. Interested also in agriculture, having purchased a farm of 240 acres. In politics a Republican.

Senator, 1915-16, from the Thirteenth District, comprising the counties of Genesee and Livingston. Was born at Howell, Mich., Feb. 1, 1885, of English parentage. He was educated in the Howell High School and the University of Michigan, graduating from the literary department of the latter in 1906. During the following two years he assisted his father, George Barnes, in editing the Livingston Republican at Howell. In 1909 he purchased the Bellevue Gazette at Bellevue, Eaton County, Mich., and Jan. 1, 1910, was appointed Postmaster by President Taft, which position he resigned after selling the newspaper and going to Flint to engage in the publishing and printing business. In politics a Republican.

Senator from the Second District, comprising a portion of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, 1859-60. Was a native of England, born in 1816. He was a printer by trade, and came to this country at quite an early age. In the early days of the State he published a paper for a time at Niles. He was associated with the publication of the Detroit Free Press in 1837, and subsequently with some minor publications 054 55in Detroit. His principal newspaper venture, however, was as one of the originators of the Detroit Tribune in 1849, with which he remained connected under various auspices until about 1863. We was clerk of the House of Representatives under the first Republican ascendancy in 1855. Under authority of the Secretary of War in 1862, he recruited the first regiment of colored troops mustered into the service of the United States. In 1866 he was appointed by President Johnson Postmaster at Detroit, and served for some time, but the refusal of the Senate to confirm his appointment (by reason of its disagreement with the President) threw him out of this position. He was subsequently appointed and served as Pension Agent at Detroit, 1867-9. He was a Whig and Republican in politics, although sympathizing with the Johnson defection, as implied by official positions mentioned foregoing. He died in 1871.

Representative from Monroe County, 1850. His postoffice address was LaSalle. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Ingham County, 1863-4. Son of John and Anna Barnes, was born at Cato, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1824, and was a descendant of John Barnes, one of the early pilgrims. His parents removed to Aurelius, Ingham County, Mich., in 1837, where he was brought up upon a farm. He received a fine education, and was a graduate of the University of Michigan in 1850. He studied law and settled down to the practice at Mason. He soon stood among the leaders of the bar in central Michigan. In 1853 he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney to fill a vacancy, and in 1854 was elected to that office. He continued in practice with great success until 1867, when he became secretary of the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad Company and its general counsel and attorney. He was general manager of the road from 1869 to 1871, when it was leased to the Michigan Central. He was the Land Commissioner of the J. L. & S. and had charge of the large land grant received from Congress to aid in building the road. In 1877 he was elected Mayor of Lansing, and in 1878 was the Democratic candidate for Governor. He served as chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee from 1880 to 1884. He was a Democrat. In religion he was a Presbyterian. In 1852 he married Amanda W. Fleming. He accumulated a fine fortune, and was president of the Lansing National Bank and the Lansing Gas Company. He died at Lansing Nov. 11, 1899.

Representative from Eaton County, 1879-80. Was born in Broome County, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1830. In 1839 he removed to Oberlin, O. In 1846 he removed to Wisconsin. He enlisted in the Mexican War Aug. 16, 1847. Returning at the close of the war, he spent the next seven years in Wisconsin, attending school, teaching and working in wagon shops. He received a common school education, and in 1855 returned to Oberlin, O., where he married and removed to Lenawee County, Mich., and from thence to Eaton County, in 1863. He was a farmer and minister by occupation. He held nearly every town office from Constable to Supervisor. In politics a Republican.

Delegate in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8 from the Sixteenth District, Kent County. Was born in Grand Rapids in 1869, of American descent. He attended the public schools of Grand Rapids and graduated from Yale and Columbia universities. Mr. Barnett was admitted to the bar in 1896 and engaged in the practice of law. He contributed articles to magazines, chiefly to the legal journals.

Senator 1895-6 and 1897-8, from the Twenty-ninth District, composed of the counties of Alpena, Cheboygan, Emmet, Otsego, Presque Isle and Montmorency. Was born in Castleton Township, Barry County, Mich., Mar. 8, 1850. His primary education was obtained in the district school, supplemented by a three years’ course at Olivet College. He then entered the law department of the University of Michigan, and on his graduating therefrom in 1876 engaged in the practice of his profession at Hastings, Mich. In 1879 he moved to Petoskey, where he engaged in the practice of his profession and the real estate and insurance business. In politics a Republican; held the office or Township Clerk, Justice of the Peace, Village Attorney of Petoskey and Circuit Court Commissioner for Emmet County.

Senator, 1887-8 and 1889-90, from the Fifteenth District, comprising the counties of Macomb and St. Clair. Was born in the township of Bristol, Ontario County, N. Y., July 16, 1841. He received a common school education in the district schools of his native township, and at the academy at Canandaigua, N. Y. His early life (when not in school) was passed upon the farm until he was eighteen years of age, when he commenced teaching in the public schools. In the meantime he studied medicine and attended the Medical Department of the University of Michigan. In the fall of 1863 he located at Armada, Macomb County, and commenced the practice of medicine, which he followed with success until the spring of 1878 when, on account of ill-health, he was obliged to give up practice. More or less identified with public affairs of his township and county he held several official positions. He was President of Armada village two terms, Secretary and Master of Armada Grange, Master of Masonic Lodge for many years, twelve years Secretary and two years President of Armada Agricultural Society, director of Union school for several years, Township Treasurer two terms, and Treasurer of Macomb County two terms. Owner of a fine farm. In politics a Democrat.

Delegate from Oakland County to the Second Convention of Assent, 1836; and Representative from Oakland County, 1846. Was born in Alford, Berkshire County, Mass., Feb. 10, 1799. By occupation he was a farmer and surveyor, in politics a Democrat. He settled in Commerce, Oakland County, in 1833, and built the first frame house, and the first frame schoolhouse, in that township. He was Supervisor several terms, Justice many years, Town Clerk and served as County Surveyor. He removed to Ovid in 1864, and later resided at Muskegon, where he died Apr. 5, 1878.

Representative, 1907-8, from the Wexford district, comprising the counties of Lake and Wexford. Was born in the township of Handy, Livingston County, July 29, 1848, of Irish descent. He lived on a farm until fourteen years of age when he removed with his parents to Muskegon County; worked in saw mills and in the lumber woods summers and attended school winters until eighteen years of age when he engaged in the drug business with Dr. H. D. Root at Newaygo, Mich. Graduated from the medical department of the University of Michigan in 1873, locating at Coral, Montcalm County, and there practiced medicine until 1889. He then engaged in the general merchandise business at Harrietta, Wexford County, under the firm name of Barry Bros. & Curtis. Married. He held the offices of Village President, Justice of the Peace and Supervisor. In politics a Republican.

Delegate from the Thirteenth District to the Constitutional Convention of 1835; Senator from the Third District, 1835-6 and 1837-8, and from the Seventh District, 1841; Governor of Michigan, 1841-5 and 1850-1. Was born at Amherst, N. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His parents, John and Ellen (Stewart) Barry, early removed to Rockingham, Vt., where he remained until of age, working on his father's farm, and pursuing his studies at the same time. He married Mary Kidder, of Grafton, Vt., and in 1824 went to Georgia, Vt., where he had charge of an academy for two years, meanwhile studying law. He afterwards practiced in that State. He was also a member of the Governor's staff with the title of Governor's aid, and was also Captain in the State militia. He removed to Michigan in 1831 and settled at White Pigeon, where he engaged in mercantile business with I. W. Willard. In 1834 he removed to Constantine and engaged in mercantile business. He was Justice of the Peace from 1831 to 1835. In 1841 he was elected Governor by the Democrats, receiving a large majority over Philo C. Fuller, the Whig candidate. In 1843 he was again elected Governor, and before the close of his term recommended the sale of the Michigan Central & Southern Railroads, which sale was made in 1846. The constitution did not permit a Governor to hold but two successive terms, and it was not until 1849 that he was again elected Governor over Flavius J. Littlejohn. He was not a brilliant speaker, but was versed in ancient and modern languages, and thoroughly posted in historical matters. After his retirement to private life in 1852, he held no public office, but continued his mercantile business at Constantine until his death, which occurred Jan. 14, 1870. His wife had died in 1869, and as they had no children, the large property went to relatives. He was always a Democrat of the Old Jeffersonian school.

Representative from the Second District of Saginaw County, 1855-6. Was born at Cohoes, Albany County, N. Y., July 17, 1852, of Irish parentage. At an early age he entered the employ of J. H. Parsons & Co., manufacturers of knitting goods, in his native city, in whose employ he remained until he went to learn the trade of ax-making. He afterwards worked at his trade in Pennsylvania and Ontario, where he married Miss Maggie Delaney, daughter of a respected farmer, of Copetown, Ont. He moved from the latter place to Cleveland, O., where he lived a number of years. Moving with his family to East Saginaw in October, 1883, he 057 58entered the employ of the “Michigan Ax and Tool Co.” He entered the political arena as the candidate for the labor party, afterwards receiving the nomination of the Greenback and Democratic Conventions.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County, 1923—. Was born in San Francisco, California, June 16, 1887. He was educated in Chicago in the public and parochial schools and the De La Salle Institute. He is married and has one son and three daughters. He is an electrician and held a position with the Chicago Telephone Company for twelve years and since coming to Michigan eight years ago has been connected with the Michiggan State Telephone Company and the Detroit Edison Company. He is a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, holding the office of treasurer. He is also a member of the legislative committees of the Detroit Federation of Labor and of the Michigan State Federation of Labor.

Member of the State Board of Education, 1849-51. He was appointed Mar. 30, 1849, for a two years term. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Ingham County, 1873-4. Was born in the town of Waddington, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1828. He received his education in the common schools of his town and the academies at Canton and Ogdensburg. He commenced the study of medicine in the latter village, and graduated in the college of medicine and surgery of the University of Michigan, in the spring of 1853. He commenced the practice of his profession in his native town, but in the fall of 1854 removed to Lansing, Mich. In 1863 he was elected Mayor of the city of Lansing, and was twice re-elected. He was president of the State Medical Society in 1870-1, and was physician to the Reform School. Deceased.

Representative from Tuscola County, 1857-8. Was born in Greensburgh, Trumbull County, O., July 10, 1828. He came to Tuscola County, Mich., in 1855; established the Tuscola County Pioneer in 1857; was in the mercantile business at Vassar; also Postmaster there under Lincoln; held various town and county offices; removed to Omaha in 1866; was member of the Nebraska Legislature in 1872 and 1874; Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue at Omaha for five years; removed to St. Paul, Minn., in 1882; later the head of the firm of Bartlett. Ridgway & Co., real estate brokers at Minneapolis. Politically a Republican.

Representative, 1881-2; and Senator, 1887-8, from the Twenty-ninth District, comprising the counties of Antrim, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse, Leelanaw, and Maniton. Was born in Wyoming County, N. Y., June 22, 1834. When two years old he 058 59removed with his parents to the village of Tonawanda, Erie County, where he remained until 1852. Here he received a common school education. In the fall of 1852 he removed to St. Louis, Mo., and engaged in the construction of railroads and continued in that business in and about that city until the spring of 1858, when he went to Northport, Leelanaw County, Mich. There he engaged in the wooding of lake steamers and selling goods until the spring of 1863, when he removed to the village of Leland, Leelanaw County. He engaged in the drug business and the cultivation of cranberries. He was Supervisor of Leland, Justice of the Peace, and Postmaster.

Delegate from Ionia County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850. Was born at Freetown, Cortland County, N. Y., Mar. 31, 1813. In 1824 he was elected to the New York Assembly. He came to Michigan in 1825 and settled in the town afterward called Plymouth. He worked hard to overcome poor health and lack of education. In 1836 he settled near Portland and in 1840 began the study of law. He was Prosecuting Attorney and Circuit Commissioner for his county. He aided very largely in getting the railroads. Occupation was that of a farmer.

Senator from the Fifth District, 1838; and Delegate from Genesee County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850. Was born in New York in 1813. He was by profession a lawyer; in politics a Democrat. He removed to Washington. D.C., and died while in the public service. He was a man of fine talent, and would have become a leading man except for his love of drink. In spite of that he was held in high regard by those who knew him.

Representative from Clinton County, 1865-6 and 1875-6. Was born in Niagara County, N. Y., June 10, 1822, and received his education at Youngstown Academy. He removed to Michigan in 1831 and first lived at Lyon, Oakland County, but settled at Westphalia, Clinton County, in 1841. He was Supervisor of that town eighteen years, Justice of the Peace thirty years, and two years, and two years Circuit Court Comsissioner. By profession he was a lawyer, in politics a Democrat. He died at Portland, Ionia County, July 7, 1884.

Member of the Legislative Council from Wayne County, 1830-1. He was also Associate Judge from Detroit Jan. 24, 1830. (Further data not obtainable).

Senator from the Seventeenth District, Huron and Tuscola counties, 1891. Was born at Sidmouth, Devonshire, England, Feb. 28, 1831. Received a common school education, worked at the gardening business until 1857, when he came to this 059 60country and located at Redford, Wayne County, working on a farm. In 1873 he moved to his present home, a farm in Almer Township, Tuscola County. Cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas; was elected Supervisor of Almer, was chairman of that body, although it was strongly Republican. He served as master of a Masonic Lodge, and High Priest of Caro Chapter, R. A. M. He was nominated to the office of Senator in 1890 by the Industrial Party and endorsed by the Democrats. He resigned July 3, 1891.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County, 1903-4. Was born in Bennington County, Vt., in 1834, of English parents. He was educated in the common schools and Chester Academy, Vt. His ancestors came from England in 1637 and settled in Salem, Mass. The land John Batchelder settled on in 1637 is still in the hands of the family. Mr. Batchelder was for some time in the marble and cut stone business, but later retired from active business. He held the office of Justice of the Peace and was a member of the Detroit City Council. He was elected on the general legislative ticket of Detroit, Nov. 4, 1902.

Representative from Monroe County, 1853-4. Was born in Canandaigua, N. Y., Jan. 25, 1810. He came to Monroe, 1834, resided there until his removal to Chicago, Ill., Feb., 1881. He was a member of the State Board of Agriculture, Sheriff, and Deputy United States Marshal and for twenty years connected with the office of Superintendent of the Poor. By occupation he was a farmer.

Representative from the Second District of Allegan County, 1885-6 and 1887-8; and Senator from the Eighth District, comprising the counties of Allegan and Van Buren, 1907-8 and 1909-10. Was born in Geauga County, O., Mar. 1, 1845. When twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Dorr Township, Allegan County. He received his education in the district schools. He was married to Flora I. Gilbert in 1870. His attention was given to farming and mercantile business. Mr. Bates enlisted in the 21st Mich. Infantry in 1864, marched with Sherman from Chattanooga to the Sea, and served until the close of the war. He held the office of Supervisor; represented the Second District of Allegan County in the House, 1885-6 and 1887-8; served as financial clerk of the House in 1889 under Daniel Crossman; appointed a trustee of the Michigan Asylum in 1889 by Governor Luce and reappointed by Governors Rich and Bliss. In politics a Republican.

Judge of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan, 1805-8; Treasurer of Michigan Territory, 1805-6. Was born in Belmont, Va., June 23, 1777, and died Aug. 21, 1825. He was the son of a Quaker, Thomas Fleming Bates, and one of seven sons and five daughters. He was well taught in the rudiments and disciplined to study and work by his father, and at the age of sixteen was apprenticed to a court clerk to study law and do sufficient work for self-support. In 1795 he 060 61obtained employment in the quartermaster's department of the Army of the Northeast and left home for the frontier, Detroit being his home, often visiting Mackinaw and other outposts. In a few years he made a little capital, and went into trade as a storekeeper in Detroit, studying law in spare hours. At that time Jefferson was President and Madison was Secretary of State, both friends of his father's family, and he was appointed Territorial Judge and a Land Commissioner. He resigned in 1808. On a visit to Washington to make a report as Land Commissioner, he was appointed, against his wish, Secretary of the Territory of Louisiana and U. S. Reporter of land titles, and located at St. Louis. He held the office of secretary until Missouri became a State in 1820. The other office was held by him until 1824, when he was elected the second Governor of Missouri. He died while in office, leaving a widow and several children, and a reputation without a stain. Edward Bates, Secretary of the Interior, under Lincoln, was a younger brother.

Lieutenant Governor, 1869-73. Was born near Glens Falls, N. Y., July 12, 1806. When young he was apprenticed as a printer at Sandy Hill, N. Y. He worked as a journeyman printer at Albany, and other places. In 1826 he published the Warren Gazette, at Warren, Pa., and Horace Greeley worked for him as a journeyman printer, and the friendship thus formed was lasting. In 1828 he took charge of the Chautaqua Republican , at Jamestown, N. W. In 1830 he went to New York City and planned the New Yorker, published by Greeley and McElrath. In 1833 he was foreman in the office of the Detroit Advertiser, with George Dawson. He bought that paper in 1839, and published it until 1844 as a Whig paper. Between 1849 and 1856 he made two trips to California via Cape Horn, and started the Alta California at San Francisco, the first daily west of the Rocky Mountains. In 1856 he became a clerk in the office of the Auditor General at Lansing, where he remained until 1858. He then removed to Traverse City and started the Grand Traverse Herald, which he published for sixteen years. He was Treasurer of Grand Traverse County for eight years, Register of the United States Land Office at Traverse City from the inauguration of Lincoln, except a short interval under Johnson, until his death in 1874. He was first a Whig, then a Republican. He died Mar. 2, 1874.

Representative from Bay County, 1871, and the Second District of Genesee County, 1897-8. Was born at Cazenovia, N. Y., June 28, 1845. He acquired an academic and partial collegiate education; came to Michigan in 1866 and located at Flint, where he resided with the exception of four years’ residence in Bay County. He represented said county in the House of 1871-2, but resigned prior to the special session and was succeeded by the late Judge Isaac Marston. The same year he was appointed Register of the United States Land Office at East Saginaw, but resigned in 1876. He then served as special agent of the United States Pension Bureau until 1879, when he resigned; was secretary of the State Central Committee in 1880-1, under late Governor Baldwin, who was chairman. In 1881 he was appointed agent of the Treasury Department, serving four years, but was removed by Grover Cleveland; was again secretary of the State Central Committee under chairman Senator James McMillan, in 1886-8, 1890-4. He died at San Diego, Calif, Jan. 6, 1921.

Representative from the Third District of St. Clair County, 1891-4. Was born Aug. 21, 1865, on the farm which he later owned and occupied. He acquired his early education at the common schools and for a time attended the Parson Business College at Saginaw. Occupation a farmer, on the farm where he was born in Columbus Township. In politics a Democrat. He held the office of Township Clerk four terms.

Representative from the First District of Saginaw County, 1893-4. Was born in East Saginaw, Jan. 23, 1856. He attended public schools until the age of seventeen years, when he entered his father's employ in the Sherman House. At the age of twenty-one he was admitted as a partner. Principally engaged in dealing in real estate. In politics a Democrat. He held the office of Alderman and of Mayor of East Saginaw, being the first native born Mayor of East Saginaw and the last one before the consolidation.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County, 1901-2. Was born in Detroit May 8, 1860; spent his entire life in his native city. His education was obtained in the common schools, supplemented by a course in a business college. Officially connected with the Ph. Kling Brewing Company for many years. He served his constituents as Alderman from the 13th ward of the city of Detroit in 1885-7, and was elected to the Legislature of 1901-2 on the general legislative ticket.

Representative from the Second District of Saginaw County, 1899-1900, 1901-2 and 1903-4. Was born of German parents on a farm in the township of Buena Vista, Saginaw County, Mich., Dec. 30, 1859. He acquired an education in the common schools of his neighborhood, and reached the age of twenty-one years when his father died, leaving a family of six children, of which he was the eldest. He at once took control of the homestead, and engaged in farming. In politics a Republican. He was a member of the school board, School Inspector, and Township Clerk. He was elected to the Legislatures of 1899-1900, 1901-2, and re-elected Nov. 4, 1902, on the general legislative ticket.

Representative from Manistee County, 1887-8. Was born in Centre County, Pa., Apr. 3, 1850. He became a resident of Michigan about 1880. By occupation he was a saw-filer and millwright. Mr. Baumgardner held the office of Township Clerk and School Director. He was elected Representative on the Greenback-Labor ticket.

Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1858-64; and Representative from Lenawee County, 1869-70. Was born at Sidney Plains, Delaware 062 63County, N. Y., Apr. 7, 1815. He came to Tecumseh in 1831 with his father, Hon. Levi Baxter. He received a good education and was three years in college at Dartmouth, N. H. In 1843 he took charge of the Tecumseh branch of the University of Michigan for three years, and at the same time studied law with Hon. Perley Bills, and became his law partner for twenty-five years. In politics he was a Republican. He died at his home in Tecumseh June 10, 1902.

Representative from the First District of Kent County, 1923—. Was born in Grand Rapids, June 8, 1886. He graduated from the Grand Rapids High School and from electrical engineers department of the University of Michigan. During the years 1910 and 1911 he was district engineer for the New York Telephone Co., and in 1912 became associated with the Baxter Laundry Co., of Grand Rapids, being made its president and manager six years later, which position he holds at the present time. During the world war he was a pilot in the air service. Mr. Baxter is married and has two children, a boy and a girl. He has always been active in civic and social welfare, being a director and officer of the Y. M. C. A., and associated with other civic and welfare organization and clubs. He is also post commander of the American Legion. Mr. Baxter is a Republican.

Senator from the Third District, 1849-50. Was born at East Windsor, Conn., Oct. 5, 1788, and was the son of Levi Baxter, a Captain in the Revolution. When a boy he removed his father to western New York, where he was engaged in farming, lumbering and merchandise at Sidney Plains. He settled at Tecumseh, Mich., in 1831, and built the “Red Mills,” the first of any size west of Monroe, settlers coming fifty miles to this mill. Governor Cass made him Chief Justice of the Leenawee County court, hence the title of Judge. He built a mill at Jonesville in 1834, the first west of Tecumseh. He removed to White Pigeon in 1836 and built large mills. In 1840 he made large additions to his mills at Jonesville. In 1848 he made Jonesville his home. He was a Whig, then a Free Soiler, in 1848, and was elected Senator to the Legislature of 1849 and 1850 by a coalition of Whigs and Free Soilers. Through his influence Jonesville was made a point on the Michigan Southern Railroad. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and an elder. He died at Jonesville in 1862.

Member of the State Board of Education, 1857-1881; and Senator from the Ninth District, 1877-8. Was born at Sidney Plains, Delaware County, N. Y., June 18, 1816, and was the son of Levi and Lois (Johnston) Baxter. His grandfather, Levi Baxter, was a Captain in the Revolution, and his maternal grandfather was Colonel Witter Johnston, a Colonel in the Revolution. Mr. Baxter came with his father to Tecumseh in 1831, remaining there until 1836, then removing to White Pigeon until 1848, when he came to Jonesville. He received a common school and academical education at the State University branches at Tecumseh, White Pigeon and Detroit, and received the honorary degree of A. M. from the University. In 1836 he commenced teaching and continued in that profession until 1841, when he studied law 063 64in Detroit, was admitted in 1844 and practiced until 1848, in partnership with Andrew Hervie, of Detroit, when he removed to Jonesville and became a partner of W. W. Murphy, of the firm of Murphy & Baxter which continued until 1874. After that time he practiced alone. While in Detroit he was director and president of the Young Men's Society. He was also a member of the firm of Grosvenor & Co., bankers, and a member of the Jonesville School Board for twenty-six years; Supervisor and President of the Board; was appointed a member of the State Board of Education July 21, 1857, and served almost continuously until his resignation apr. 6, 1881; president of the State Agricultural Society and a member of the executive board; an active Odd Fellow and Mason, in the first holding high offices. He always took an active interest in the State Pioneer Society, was its president and a member of the historical committee for many years. He was also president of the county pioneer society. For several years prior to 1886 he was secretary of the State Board of Charities, and an efficient officer. From the age of fifteen he was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the greater part of the time Sunday school Superintendent. He was first a Whig, but a Republican after 1854. He died suddenly Feb. 6, 1888.

Representative from Oakland County, 1865-6. Was born in Scipio, N. Y., July 1, 1802. As a boy, he was engaged in harness making, and when older in the tanner and currier's trade. In 1825 he settled on a farm in Troy, Oakland County. In 1830 he went to Detroit and had charge of a tannery for some years. He was Supervisor in 1849 and farm superintendent at the Agricultural College from 1860 to 1863. He was president of the Oakland County and State agricultural societies and stood high in the estimation of the farmers of Michigan. He died at Birmingham, Mich., May 1, 1867.

Representative from Chippewa County, 1913-14. Was born at Pakenham, Ont. Canada, Jan. 8. 1875, and received his education in the district and grammar schools. He came with his parents to Sault Ste. Marie in 1878. He was married in 1900 to Estelle McLeod, of Sault Ste. Marie. Mr. Bayliss entered county politics in 1908, when, with five candidates for Sheriff, he received sixty-five per cent of the total vote of his home city in the primary and won over his Democratic opponent at the general election. He was president of the local of the National Letter Carrier's Association, Master of Bethel Lodge No. 358, F. and A. M., also member of Chapter, Council and Commandery and Chancellor Commander of Red Cross Lodge No. 351, K. of P.; also president of the Michigan Association of Sheriffs, Chiefs of Police and Prosecuting Attorneys. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Calhoun County, 1865-6. Was born in Jay, Essex County, N. Y., May 21, 1822. He settled in Penfield in 1836, as a farmer, and was Supervisor and held other township offices. He later resided at Battle Creek. Politically he was a Republican.

Representative from the Saginaw District, 1843 and 1844; and Senator from the Sixth District comprising the counties of Oakland and Lapeer, Genesee, Shiawassee and Saginaw, 1850-1. Was born at Whiting. Vt. Oct. 17, 1788. When young he moved with his parents to central New York, where he spent his early boyhood until 1798, when the family moved to Lewiston, Niagara County, N. Y., where young Beach witnessed the border trouble growing out of the War of 1812. On reaching manhood he became an active participant in the struggle, and as a reward of merit for services rendered, was appointed Captain. Being a prominent Mason in the Morgan excitement, he became involved in the anti-Masonic complication to the extent, in the prosecution, of the loss of a good deal of property. While living at Lewiston he returned to Vermont, and married Eunice Cooley, or Rutland County. His father and mother died at Lewiston. In 1838 with his family, a wife and six children, he moved to Michigan, settling on a farm in Springfield, Oakland County, where he resided two years, filing the office of Justice of the Peace. In February, 1841, he moved to Bridgeport, Saginaw County, and from a heavy forest, improved the farm upon which he died. By force of character he held some offices, but his main occupation was that of a farmer. He was Supervisor and Justice of the Peace in Bridgeport several years and Postmaster for fifteen years. He died at Bridgeport, May 23, 1866.

Representative from Washtenaw County, 1863-4. Was born at Middletown, N. Y., in 1827. He received his education there, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1851. The same year he settled in Ann Arbor, and commenced the practice of law. He was Circuit Court Commissioner from 1855 to 1857, and Judge of Probate from 1875 to 1883. Later he was a member of the law firm of Beakes & Cutcheon of Detroit.

Member of Congress, 1913-15, 1915-17 and 1917-19. Was born at Burlingham, Sullivan County, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1861. He was educated in Wallkill Academy, Middletown, N. Y., and in the literary and law departments of the University of Michigan, graduating in 1882; was private secretary to Judge Thomas M. Cooley practiced law for a short time in Westerville, O., where he was editor and publisher of the Westerville Review. For two years he was editor and publisher of the Adrian, (Mich.) Baily Record, and for more than twenty years of the Ann Arbor Argus. In politics a Democrat. He was Postmaster of Ann Arbor under Cleveland, and served two terms as Mayor of Ann Arbor four terms as City Treasurer and four terms as City Assessor. Mr. Beakes was married July 7, 1886, to Annie S. Beakes of Ann Arbor. He was elected to the 63rd Congress and re-elected to the 64th Congress. In 1916 he was again a candidate for re-election to the 65th Congress. Mark R. Bacon received a small majority of the votes, but Mr. Beakes contested the election and was seated by the House of Representatives Dec. 13, 1917.

Representative from the First District of Washtenaw County, 1906-6; and member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1908—. Was born at Port 065 66Huron, St. Clair County, Mich., Feb. 23, 1860, of American parentage, his ancestors having come to America with the Puritans in 1638. His education was obtained in the public schools of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan, being given a degree from the latter institution in 1882. During his college days he was managing editor of The Chronicle. He was engaged in the printing and publishing business in Ann Arbor for twenty years, was manager of the Port Huron Gas Company ten years, and has been of later years connected with the Ann Arbor Electric Light Company and the Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti Railroad. He was a member of the Ann Arbor school board for twenty years. In politics he is a Republican. He was one of the presidential electors in 1888. Mr. Beal is married and has two children, a son and a daughter. He was elected to the Legislature in 1904, serving in the 1905-6 session. He was a member of the Public Domain Commission from 1908 to 1921. He was elected a member of the Board of Regents of the University in Apr. 1907, re-elected in 1915, and again in 1923.

Representative from the Third District of Branch County, 1867-8 and 1869-70. Was born at Clarendon, Rutland County, Vt., May 21, 1812. He married in 1837 and moved to Sherwood the same year, locating on a farm where he lived until his death. He was for twelve years Supervisor of the township and was Justice of the Peace five terms. He had some knowledge of medicine and was often called upon to prescribe in cases of sickness. His benevolence, kindness, good will and ripe judgment endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. In politics he was a Republican. He died at Sherwood, Mich., Sept. 3, 1880.

Member of Congress, 1861-3 to 1869-71. Was born at Chester, Vt., June 28, 1814. His ancestors were early settlers in Massachusetts, Gamaliel Beaman having been an original founded of Lancaster. He was the twelfth of a family of fourteen children, thirteen of who lived to maturity. His father was a farmer. In 1819 the family removed to Franklin, N. Y., where the parents died in 1834. At sixteen, Mr. Beaman began life as a teacher and taught seven winters and three summers, and in that time fitted himself for college at the Malone Academy. In 1837 he studied law for one year in Rochester, and in 1838 emigrated to Michigan, and was admitted to the Lenawee County bar in 1839. He practiced in Manchester, Tecumseh and Clinton and in 1843, having been appointed Prosecuting Attorney, he removed to Adrian, and held that office for six years. He was for a time associated with Judge Tiffany, and afterwards with Judge T. M. Cooley and R. R. Beecher in the firm of Beaman, Beecher & Cooley, which had a large practice. At that time Mr. Beaman was attorney of the city of Adrian. He was a Democrat until 1848, when he joined the Free-soil party, and stumped Lenawee County for Van Buren and Adams. In 1854 he was one of the leaders in the organization of the Republican party and was vice president of the great convention at Jackson. He was a delegate to the first National Republican Convention at Pittsburg, in 1856. He took an active part in that campaign. In 1856 he was elected Mayor of Adrian, and was one of the presidential electors of that year, and was also elected Judge of Probate. In 1871 he was again appointed Judge of Probate to fill a vacancy, and was elected to that office in 1872 and 1876. In May, 1841, he married Mary 066 67Goodrich. On the death of Senator Chandler he was appointed by Governor Croswell to fill the vacancy, but he declined on account of ill health, and Governor Baldwin received the appointment. He died at Adrian, September, 1882.

Representative from Barry County, 1861-2. Was born Oct. 26, 1816, in Pekin, Niagara County, N. Y. He first came to Michigan in 1835 and returned. He settled in Barry County in 1846. He was a farmer by occupation, politically a Republican. As a member of the Legislature he presented the bill providing for a record of the soldiers of Michigan, subsequently compiled by Adjutant General Robertson. As Captain in N. Y. Light Artillery he was engaged in the Patriot War and in the Battle of Navy Island. He organized the Barry and Eaton County Insurance Company. He served in Common Council of Hastings.

Senator from the Seventeenth District, 1873-4. Was born Nov. 26, 1834, in Seneca, Ontario County, N. Y. He received an academic education at the Canandaigua Academy, N. Y. In 1866 he emigrated to Michigan and settled in the village of Ovid, Clinton County. In 1862 he enlisted in the Twenty-sixth N. Y. Independent Battery, and served in the department of the Gulf and Southwest under Butler, Banks, Canby and Sheridan. Mr. Beattie's occupation that of general merchant. In politics a Republican.

Delegate from the First District to the Constitutional Convention of 1835; and Delegate from Wayne County to the First Convention of Assent. 1836; and Representative from Wayne County, 1838 and 1839. He was of French extraction his father, it is believed, having emigrated here contemporaneously with Cadillac. The best data fix the time of his birth about 1760. He was born in the township of Hamtramck, on the Beaufait farm. His early education was such as the frontier settlement afforded, and he spent some time as an Indian trader, was proficient in the Indian tongue, and was employed on many occasions as an official interpreter and Indian agent in Detroit. The name of Louis Beaufait occurs as early as 1788, and from that time to the close of the century, as presiding justice of the Common Pleas Court, but whether this was the father or the son spoken of, is uncertain. The son, however, was Captain of a company of militia in the War of 1812, and subsequently was appointed a Colonel of militia by General Cass. His civil service comprised many local positions of trust, and he was a presidential elector in 1844. In politics he was a Democrat. He died in 1854.

Member of the State Board of Agriculture, 1911-21. Was born at Elizabeth, N. J., July 20, 1858, of English parentage. He attended the Michigan Agricultural College, from which institution he graduated in 1882. Since Aug., 1886, he has been engaged in the practice of law at Detroit. Mr. Beaumont is married, and has resided in Michigan since 1875. He served in the Spanish-American War 067 68on board the U. S. S. Yosemite. He was elected a member of the State Board of Agriculture, Apr. 3, 1911, and re-elected Apr. 2, 1917.

Senator from the Twenty-fifth District, 1855-6. Was born in Ontario County, N. Y., i 1813. He studied law at Ellicottville, N. Y., and was admitted to the New York bar. He came to Michigan in 1830 and settled near Ann Arbor, and removed from there to East Plains, Ionia County, now part of the town of Lyons, where he resided until his death in 1865. He was Postmaster at Pitt, Mich., and for several terms Supervisor of the town of Lyons. He became a farmer, and was a Republican in politics. He was a positive man, tenacious of his opinions and always ready to defend them. He was respected for his honesty, and his word was as good as his note. He left a fine property, but was never married.

Representative from Genesee County, 1879-80. Was born in Erie County, N. Y., July 11, 1836. He there received a liberal education, and in the spring of 1854, then seventeen years of age, removed with his parent to Atlas, Genesee County, Mich. At the commencement of the rebellion he enlisted as a private in the Fourth Mich. Cavalry, Co. K. Soon after the battle of Stone River, he was commissioned as Captain, and placed in command of the company; but was compelled to resign on account of ill health in January, 1865, just before the close of the war. He held various township offices, and was Supervisor. Republican in politics.

Representative from Jackson County, 1855-6; and Senator from the Twelfth District, 1857-8. Was born at Sand Lake, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1810. He removed from Whitestown, N. Y., to Jackson, Mich., in 1842. He was by trade a wagon maker, and commenced their manufacture on a State prison contract, and continued in that business for nine years, the “Beebe Wagon” becoming well known throughout the West. In 1860 he was elected Judge of Probate County and served from 1861 to 1865. He held all these positions as Republican. He was an active member of the Congregational Church, and was of great value to moral and religious enterprises in the early days of Jackson. He died Mar. 15, 1872.

Representative from Oakland Country, 1859-60. Was born in Poultney, Vt., Apr. 3, 1812. He was farmer by occupation, Republican in politics. He came to Michigan in 1845, and settled on wild land in the township of Oakland, Oakland Country. He was a man of sterling integrity, temperate, charitable, and in religion a free thinker. He died May 7, 1865.

Representative from Genesee County, 1851 and 1857-8. Was born in Livonia, Livingston County, N. Y., May 7, 1806. By occupation he was a farmer; in politics 068 69first a Whig, then a Republican. He came to Michigan in May, 1836, and settled on a farm in the town of Genesee, Genesee County, where he lived until 1854, when he removed to Flint, and there died Nov. 2, 1864. He was Postmaster seventeen years; nine successive years Supervisor; two years County Commissioner; and Associate County Judge.

Representative from the First District of Genesee County, 1885-6 and 1887-8. Was born Apr. 22, 1830, in Rensselaerville, Albany County, N. Y.; moved with his parents to Oswego, Tioga County, when he was four years old. He was brought up on a farm and received a common school and academic education. At the age of twenty-one he removed to Orleans County, N. Y. He was married Sept. 19, 1855, and moved to Michigan in the fall of 1857, and settled on his farm in the township of Clayton, spring of 1858. Occupation was that of a farmer and fruit grower. The better instincts of his nature tended strongly to the interests of education. He was very successful as a teacher, having taught some twelve years. He held the office of Superintendent of Schools for years, and was elected to other township offices. Mr. Beecher was reared a Democrat and voted for James Buchanan. In 1860 he voted for Abraham Lincoln and became a staunch Republican. He died Mar. 23, 1892.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1855-6. Was a leading lawyer of Adrian, and was a law partner of Judge Cooley and of Hon. F. C. Beeman. He was a leading Republican in the early history of the party. He was a good lawyer, and was honored with various county offices. He held the office of Judge of Probate from 1861 until his death in 1871. He died in the prime of manhood.

Representative from the Second District of Eaton County, 1885-6. Was born at Chester, Eaton County, i 1848, where he resided and engaged in the pursuit of his chosen vocation as a farmer. He held the offices of Township Superintendent of School and Supervisor. He was elected a Representative as a Republican.

Representative from Cass County, 1907-8 and 1909-10. Was born in Erie County, Pa., i 1841, of American parents. He received his education in the district schools of Pennsylvania. He came to Michigan in March, 1856, worked at the carpenter's trade, and in 1862 enlisted in the 19th Mich. Infantry, remaining until the close of the war. He returned to Cass County and purchased the farm on which he resided. He married in 1862. A member of W. J. May Post, G. A. R. and was commander and quartermaster. He held the offices of Supervisor, chairman of the Board of Supervisors and County Treasurer. In politics always a Republican.

Senator from the Ninth District, Berrien and Cass counties, 1891-2. Was born in the town of Marlboro, N. J., July 1, 1846. His early life was passed upon the farm except when attending school, principally at the Holmden Academy. At the age of eighteen he removed to the northern part of the State to engage in the fruit and tree culture, and in 1869 came to Michigan to continue in the same business until 1874, when he began the study of medicine and graduated at the medical department of the Northwestern University at Chicago in 1878, after which time he largely devoted himself to the practice of medicine, together with a general interest in farming and fruit culture. He was elected Supervisor of Royalton, Berrien County, in 1873; was prominent in grange work in Berrien County for several years, holding the position as master for several terms, and was secretary of the first county grange in the state, and which he took a prominent part in organizing. Several times he represented the township of Lincoln, Berrien County, in the Board of Supervisors. In politics a staunch Democrat.

Representative from Kent and Ottawa counties, 1850; and from Grand Traverse County, 1859-60. Was born in Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1801. Se settled as a farmer in the township of Courtland, Kent County, Mich., in 1840. Politically he was a Democrat. He was Supervisor of Courtland for twelve years, and was Postmaster eight years. He was Deputy United States Marshal under Buchanan for four years and keeper of the Traverse light-house four years. He was a Mason for fifty years. He died at Charlevoix, Apr. 3, 1872.

Delegate from Berrien County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850. Was born in Uniontown, Pa., Sept. 7, 1807. His early youth was spent with an uncle in Hardy County, Va., and in early manhood he was engaged in mercantile business with the same uncle in Georgia and New Orleans. In 1829 he journeyed on horseback from his native town to Michigan, purchased a business site at Niles, and returned to Pennsylvania. In 1830, with his mother and three brothers, he came back to Niles and settled permanently, establishing himself in the mercantile business in which he was successful, and also engaging in the forwarding and commission business, and established a line of boats on the St. Joseph River. He was a Paymaster in the Black Hawk War, from which he derived the title of Colonel. He aided in organizing the State government and was a warm supporter of Gov. Mason. He was a member of the Democratic National Committee in 1856, and was appointed receiver of the land office at Detroit in 1857, when he removed to that city. In 1876 and 1877 he was president of the Detroit Board of Trade. He was president and principal stockholder of the Merchants’ Bank of Detroit, and director of other banks. He was a man of great energy and rare business tact. In politics he was a Democrat. He died at Detroit, Apr. 19, 1885.

Senator from Cass County, 1853-4. Was born Dec. 10, 1807, in Wayne County, Ind., where his parents, natives of North Carolina, settled at an early day. In 070 711830 he made a trip to southwestern Michigan, and in 1833 settled in LaGrange, Cass County. He was a successful farmer, widely known and universally respected. In politics he was a Republican. He died Feb. 19, 1888.

Representative from Berrien County, 1859-60. Was born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., in 1809. He moved to Niles, Mich., in 1831, and became of the leading men of Michigan. He was elected to various minor offices, and in 1841 became President of the village of Niles. In politics he was a Democrat. He died at Niles in December, 1872.

Senator from the Twenty-third District, 1871-2; member of Congress, 1873-5; and Governor of Michigan, 1883-5. Was born in Livingston County, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1815. His ancestors were of French descent, and settled at an early period in the State of Maryland. He received his early education in a log school house, and subsequently attended the Temple Hill Academy at Genesee, N. Y. Being the eldest of a family of ten children, he was early taught habits of industry, and when twenty-one years of age he left the parental roof to seek a home in the Territory of Michigan, then an almost unbroken wilderness. He settled in Genesee County, and aided in building some of the early residences in what is now known as the city of Flint. Where this flourishing city now stands, there were but four or five houses when he selected it as his home. In the spring of 1839 he married Miss Harriet A. Miles. Immediately after his marriage he commenced work on an unimproved farm, where, by his perseverance and energy, he soon established a good home, and at the end of eighteen years was the owner of a farm of five hundred acres well improved. Mr. Begole being an anti-slavery man, became a member of the Republican party at its organization. He served his townsmen in various offices, and was in 1856 elected County Treasurer, which office he held for eight years. In 1870 he was nominated by acclamation for State Senator, and elected by a large majority. In the Senate he was known as an industrious and painstaking legislator. He was a member of the National Republican Convention held at Philadelphia in 1872. He was elected a member of Congress in 1872 and served on several important committees. In the gubernatorial election of 1883. Mr. Begole was the candidate of both the Greenback and Democratic parties, and was elected. He made a good record as Governor, and refused to be a candidate in 1885. He died at Flint, June 6, 1896.

Representative from the Third District of Jackson County, 1881-2. Was born in the township of Spring Arbor. Jackson County, Mich., Dec. 14, 1840. He attended the district school of the neighborhood and the graded school in Jackson until he was fifteen years of age. Then he attended Michigan Central College, located in Spring Arbor, until, at the age of twenty, he attended the law department of the University at Ann Arbor, also studying in the office of Governor Blair. He never practiced law, but was connected with farming and real estate transactions. He held office of Justice of the Peace and notary public for three terms. Politics a Republican.

Representative from Oakland County, 1849. Was born in Fabius, Onondaga County, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1799. He removed to Birmingham, Oakland County, Mich., in 1830. By occupation he was a farmer.

Member of Congress, 1889-90 and 1891-2. Was born at Massena, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1846. He resided in Michigan after June, 1855. During the Civil War he enlisted as private, Aug. 14, 1862, in the 21st Infantry, was promoted, and on Jan. 8, 1864, he was made Captain. He was mustered out June 22, 1865, when he returned to Grand Rapids and engaged in the manufacture of wagons and carriages. He served several years in the fire department, was a member of the school board, Alderman and Mayor. He was appointed by Governor Alger member of the Board of Trustees, Institute for the Deaf, for a term of six years. In politics a Republican. He was elected a member of Congress in 1888 and re-elected Nov. 3, 1891 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Melbourne H. Ford.

Senator from the Twenty-first District, comprising the counties of Ionia and Montcalm, in 1883-4 and 1885-6. Was born in Masena, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1842. In 1855 he came to Michigan with his parents, and settled in Grand Rapids. While living in Grand Rapids he learned the printers’ trade, in the office of the Grand Rapids Herald, and in October, 1860, removed to Greenville, Montcalm County, and engaged at his trade in the office of the Greenville Independent (Republican). May, 1862, he became editor and proprietor of the Independent, which he conducted successfully until 1865, when he sold out and engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1872 he also became interested in the lumber business, running a saw mill in the township of Sidney, in Montcalm County, and a planing mill, door, sash, and blind factory in Greenville. In 1874 he went out of trade and gave his attention to the lumber branch of his business. He was twice elected Mayor of the city of Greenville, and for thirteen years was a member of the Board of Education. Deceased.

Representative from the Second District of Tuscola County, 1895-6 and 1897-8. Was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1851. He came to Michigan when nine years of age and received a common school education. In 1875 he was married to Miss Julia Allen, who died in May, 1893, leaving a daughter fifteen years, old, who died in 1895. By occupation a life long farmer, dealing some in lumber. In politics a Republican. He was Supervisor and chairman of the board.

Representative from Ionia County, 1847. Was born in Charlton, Saratoga County, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1812, and was of Scotch descent. He graduated from Union College in 1836 and the same year came to Lyons, Mich., with Adam L. Roof, with whom 072 73he studied law. He was admitted in 1840, and removed to Ionia, where he was engaged in practice. He was first President of Ionia village. From 1853 to 1857 he was register of the United States Land Office at Ionia. He was a prominent lawyer, and for many years was a recognized leader in the Democratic party. He was interested in railroads and other improvements. He died at Ionia, Mar. 12, 1896.

Representative from Kent County, 1840; Senator from the Fifth District, 1842-3; Commissioner of the State Land Office, 1844-6; and Auditor General, 1846-8. Was born Nov. 10, 1784, on the Island of St. Christopher, British West Indies. His father, a retired British naval officer and merchant, died when he was five years old. Under the care of an accomplished mother, he received every educational advantage the Island afforded. At the age of thirteen, from choice, he became a sailor, and followed that life for six years. Abandoning that occupation, he acted as agent of a mining company in New York city; afterwards of the New York Gas Light Company. Following the tide of emigration he came to Michigan in 1834, settling in St. Joseph County as a farmer. In a few months he was discharging the functions of seven officers, took an active part in the organization of a State government, and issued the first address to the citizens of St. Joseph County. He was elected Judge of Probate, and held other important offices. During the “wild cat” period he was State Bank Commissioner, and in that capacity helped to protect the people from frauds. Afterwards for several years, he was cashier of the Michigan Central Railroad Company. In 1850 he established in Chicago the first commercial college in Illinois, which he continued for several years. Then going to New York city, he became interested in a banking house which suspended in the crash of 1857, but resumed and paid off all liabilities. He returned to Chicago in 1858, and was there interested with Bryant and Stratton in the Chicago Commercial College, which became one of the first in the country. He was soon appointed by the Legislature of Illinois Commissioner of Claims, and charged with the duty of investigating the finances of the city of Chicago. He was also special agent of the Postoffice Department, and discharged its duties with great fidelity. He sent four sons to the war during the rebellion, three of whom served until peace was declared. He removed to Battle Creek, Mich., and died while serving at Postmaster, Oct. 28, 1871.

Senator from the Thirtieth District, 1879-80. Was born Dec. 25, 1844, in Penobscot County, Me., but soon after removed to Dover, Piscataquis County. He received an academic education, taught school, and was admitted to the bar in 1868. In 1869 he removed to Cheboygan, Mich., and began the practice of his profession. He held the office of Judge of Probate of Cheboygan County; held the office of Circuit Court Commissioner; also several minor township and village offices. In politics a Republican.

Candidate for the Legislature from Jackson in 1852; was tied with Amos Root who was seated. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Washtenaw County, 1840. His postoffice address was Dexter. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from the First District of Montcalm County, 1897-8. Was born at Elyra, Loraine County, O., Mar. 20, 1858. He came to Ionia County, Mich., at the age of five years, and lived there for fifteen years, working on a farm by the month. He spent two years at the Michigan Agricultural College; he has also took a commercial course and several years of private instruction in classic and modern languages. He taught school for nine years, at one time professor of chemistry, general history and penmanship in the Ionia schools; he was superintendent of Nashville and Carson City schools, and three years a member of the Montcalm County Board of School Examiners, and acting chairman of the Montcalm County Republican Committee. For several years he was owner and editor of the Carson City Gazette (Republican). In politics a Republican. He was never a candidate for any office before he was elected to the House of 1897-8.

Representative from Livingston County, 1867-8. He was a Democrat in politics, and a merchant in business at Fowlerville from 1863 to 1873, when he removed. He was a Justice of the Peace in 1866.

Representative from Ionia County, 1875-6. Was born in Warwick, Orange County, N.Y., July 26, 1832, and removed to Michigan in 1853, taking up his residence in Ionia County in 1857. He received a common school education, was a Supervisor, and held other township offices, and engaged in farming and manufacturing. A Democrat in politics.

Representative from Sanilac County, 1853-4. Was born at Rensselaerville, N.Y., Nov. 25, 1811. He came to Michigan in 1837, and in 1842 bought a farm in Worth, Sanilac County. He was Supervisor and held other town offices. Politically he was a Democrat.

Representative from Saginaw County, 1875-6; and Senator from the Twenty-third District, 1879-80. Was born in the village of Saline, Onondaga County, N.Y., Sept. 2, 1839. He received his education at the Syracuse Institute, and graduated in medicine in 1861. He removed to Saginaw County, Mich., in 1886. In politics a Democrat.

Representative from the First District of Macomb County, 1893-4. Was born in Chateaugay, Franklin County, N.Y., Mar. 18, 1832. He received no college education 074 75and his district school days were also very limited. He was early engaged as foreman on the Great Western & Canada Railroad and the Grand Trunk Railroad. In 1859 he came to Michigan and located at New Haven, Macomb County, and engaged in the mercantile business, which occupation he followed until 1870, when he engaged in real estate and insurance business. In politics a Democrat. He held most of the several township offices and was president of the village of New Haven.

Representative from Berrien County, 1842. Was born in Addison County, Vt., Sept. 22, 1807. When young his father removed to Erie County, where the son remained until 1833, when he removed with his family to Berrien County, Mich. In 1838 he was elected County Clerk, and was re-elected in 1840 and 1842. He returned to New Buffalo in 1845. His occupation was merchandising until 1870 then a druggist. In politics he was a Democrat. He was the first President of New Buffalo. He was Postmaster and Supervisor. He died before 1890.

Representative from the Fourth District of Wayne County, 1870. He was in the House in place of George W. Swift who resigned, in 1869 to become consul at Windsor, Canada. He served in the session of 1870.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1848. Was born in Catherine, Chemung County, N.Y., Mar. 25, 1808. He left home when sixteen and worked on a farm and at lumbering until 1828, when he came to Michigan and remained one year. In 1830 he located on a farm in Adrian Township, Lenawee County. In 1837 he removed to a farm in Fairfield, same county. He was four times Supervisor of Fairfield, four terms Justice, and fifteen years Town Clerk.

Representative from the First District of Jackson County, 1907-8. Was born in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, May 18, 1882, of Irish and American parentage. He received his education in the Jackson public schools and the University of Michigan. Unmarried. Practiced law in Jackson. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Chippewa County, 1907-8. Was born in Geneva, N.Y., Feb. 21, 1857, of Scotch and American descent. He attended the public schools of Geneva until he was sixteen years of age. In August, 1885, Mr. Bennett came to Michigan and became a resident of Chippewa County. He engaged in the mercantile and lumber business, being a member of the firm of Watson &Bennett Co., of Detour. Married. In politics a Republican. He was elected County Treasurer in 1902 and two years later was re-elected.

Representative from the First District of Branch County, 1881-2 and 1883-4. Was born in the township of Chenango, Broome County, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1826, where his paternal and maternal grandparents settled soon after the Revolution, both of his grandfathers having served under Washington. In 1883 his father and family moved to Licking County, O., and from there to Michigan, reaching Adrian in March, 1834, and settled on a farm in Dover. In 1839, the family removed to Branch County, settled in the township of Quincy, six miles from Coldwater, where he labored on a new farm until 1845, when he entered the employment of Dr. Wm. H. Hanchett, of Coldwater. Here he entered the village and also a select school, studying geometry and trigonometry in the latter. In 1847 he commenced the study of medicine. He graduated in Berkshire Medical College in 1854. In October he returned to Branch County and settled in the township of Algansee, where he practiced medicine ten years. In 1856 he married Miss Hannah M. Thompson. In 1862 he served as examining surgeon in his county, and in 1864 removed to the city of Coldwater, where he was active in practice as a physician and surgeon. He was a member of several medical associations. In politics he was a Whig until 1854; then a Republican. He was elected Coroner in 1858, and held that office twelve years. He held the office of County Surveyor twelve years, and County Drain Commissioner four years; was Alderman of the fourth ward of the city of Coldwater four years. He died July 31, 1894.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1879-80. Was born in Fairfield, Lenawee County, Mich. He held several minor offices in his township; was Supervisor in 1876 and 1877. He was a farmer by occupation. In politics a Republican.

Senator from the Tenth District, 1871-2. Was born at Jackson, Mich., Feb. 27, 1845. In politics a Republican. He was engaged in the manufacture of sewer pipe and drain tile.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County (Detroit city), 1893-4 and 1895-6. Was born in Detroit, Mar. 27, 1879; was educated at the German American Seminary and Detroit Business College. He was engaged in the real estate and insurance business for five years, and two years following as bookkeeper for the Detroit Sheet Metal and Brass Works, and then as weighmaster. In politics a Republican. He was a member of the House of 1893-4 and the youngest member elected to that of 1895-6.

Senator, 1891-2, from the Thirteenth District, comprising Genesee and Livingston counties. Was born in Manchester, England, June 5, 1837. His parents moved to New York, Nov. 8, 1840, and the family came to what is now the township of Mt. Morris. Genesee County, on May 18 of the following year. There as a child 076 77he began his pioneer life, and was brought up on a farm, educated in the common schools, Flint Union School and the State Normal at Ypsilanti. He went to Philadelphia to attend Bryant & Stratton's Business College in the spring of 1862, after having spent a part of several years in teaching. He enlisted there Mar. 7, 1862, and served until the end of the war, sharing in all the vicissitudes of the Army of the Potomac. He returned to Michigan and was married to Miss Mary S. Bricet, of Bay City, Jan. 7, 1866. He resumed farming and teaching, and in the spring of 1874 sold his farm and removed to the village of Mt. Morris, adjoining which he purchased a tract of land and hewed another farm out of the wilderness; had about 214 acres in and adjoining the village. In politics a Republican, but joined the Patrons in the fall of 1889. He was delegate to all their county convention and helped to nominate county and representative tickets. He was nominated for the senate of 1891-2 by the Patrons in Genesee County and the Industrials in Livingston County, and endorsed by the Democrats in both counties, and was elected.

Representative from the First District of Jackson, County, 1863-4. His postoffice address was Napoleon. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from St. Joseph County, 1883-4 to 1887-8. Was born in Rhode Island. Jan. 30, 1883. At the age of ten years he removed with his parents to the township of Byron. Genesee County, N. Y. He received a scientific and literary education at Cary Collegiate Seminary. At the age of twenty he commenced active business, tilling the soil in summer and teaching school in winter. In 1863 he removed to Leonidas. St. Joseph County, Mich., where he bought a farm and commenced farming. In 1869 he was engaged as principal of the Mendon Union School, which position he retained eleven years. Returning to his farm he was elected Supervisor of his township, serving two years on the County Board of Examiners. In 1885 he removed to the township of Mendon and was elected Supervisor their in 1886 and was re-elected in 1887 on the Fusion ticket.

Representative from the Third District of Wayne County, 1905-6 and 1907-8. Was born in Plymouth Township. Wayne County, Mich., Nov. 12, 1862. He received his education in the district schools of the townships and the Northville Union School, supplemented by a course in the Spencerian Business College of Detroit. Has was united in marriage to Sophia L. Lauffer, Feb. 24, 1892. In politics a lifelong Republican. He held the offices of Highway Commissioner, Supervisor, and was unanimously elected chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Wayne County in October, 1904. He died Oct. 2, 1922.

Representative from St. Clair County, 1875-6. Was born in Germany, Jan. 28, 1822. In 1836 he emigrated and settled in Lorain County, O. He removed to Michigan in 1866, and settled in Washtenaw County, and thence to St. Clair County 077 78in 1870. He held several township offices. By occupation he was a farmer, but for several years was engaged in the ministry. In politics he was a Republican.

Senator from the Twelfth District, 1875-6. Was born Sept. 18, 1823, in Clemsford, Middlesex County. Mass. His father was a soldier under Napoleon. Mr. Berrick received a common school education, and acquired the trade of a machinist. During the nine years he worked at his trade, down to 1852, he employed all his leisure time in the study of theology. In 1859 he entered Harvard Law School and graduated therefrom in 1861, and further continued his legal studies under Judge Perkins, of Salem, Mass., and was admitted to the bar in 1864. In 1865 he began the study of medicine. He graduated at the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago. In 1868 he removed to Buchanan, Mich., where he continued to reside and follow the practice of medicine. He was a Democrat in politics.

Representative from Branch County, 1842; and Senator from the Third District, 1848-9. Was born in the State of New York, Sept. 5, 1814. He studied medicine in Chautauqua County, N. Y., and settled in Quincy, Mich., in 1836, where he practiced medicine successfully for over thirty years. He secured the passage of the bill for the building of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad, over the veto of the Governor, and his speech on that occasion is said to have been “one of the most intensely interesting and soul-stirring speeches” ever delivered in the Senate. He was an intimate friend of the leading men in Michigan, and died in the prime of life in January, 1877.

Senator from the Twenty-seventh District, comprising the counties of Cheboygan, Crawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Montmorency, Otsego, Presque Isle, and Roscommon, 1889-90; and Commissioner of the State Land Office, 1893-5. Was born in New York City, Dec. 13, 1838, and at the time of the Civil War was engaged in farming and mining in the Upper Peninsula. He enlisted in Co. A, 16th Mich. Infantry, Aug. 3, 1861, for three years, and at the expiration of his terms of service, re-enlisted for the war in the same company and regiment. He served as a private, Corporal, Sergeant, 1st Lieutenant and Ceptain. He received an honorable discharge at the close of the war, and for a number of years was employed as clerk in a large wholesale hardware store in Detroit, and subsequently engaged in real estate business in that city. In 1878 he removed to Otsego County and engaged in the saw-mill, grist-mill and general store business at the village of Berryville, later he ran a general store at Vanderbilt. Identified with the G. A. R., he was the first commander of Gen. Harker Post, No. 264, at Vanderbilt, and a delegate to State and National Encampments several times; also president of the Soldiers and Sailors’ Association of Northern Michigan. In politics an abolitionist in early youth; then a Republican.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1844. Was born in 1790. His parents came from Rhode Island to Renssalaer County, N. Y., where it is thought he was 078 79born. He removed with them first to Orleans County, N. Y., then to Mt. Vernon, O., in 1835, and to Adrian, Mich., in 1836. He was a soldier of the War of 1812. He finally settled on a farm in Rome, Lenawee County, where he died Oct. 20, 1851. He was for one term an Associate Judge of the Circuit Court. In politics he was a Democrat.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1857-8; and Auditor General, 1861-3. Was born in Berlin, N. Y., June 19, 1812. He settled in Adrian, Mich., in October, 1835. he was a real estate dealer, then went into the banking business, and became one of the most prominent private bankers in the State. In politics he was a Republican. He was appointed Collector of the First District of Michigan, with headquarters at Detroit, prior to the expiration of his term as Auditor General. He held the position some time and resigned. The later years of his life were spent in Arkansas, where he died June 3, 1878.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County, 1883-4 and 1887-8. Was born in Doerrnbach, on the Rhine, Germany, Sept. 5, 1845. When about three years of age he came, with his parents, to the United States, landing in New York. He received a common school education by the Redemptorist Fathers of New York City. When about fourteen years of age he learned the trade of cigar-making. In 1863, when General Lee, with his army, entered Pennsylvania, he enlisted as a private in the 5th N. Y. National Guards. When they reached Harrisburg, they were recalled on account of the riot which prevailed in New York City, doing duty there until the 22d of July, 1863. He re-enlisted in 1864 as private in the 3rd N. Y. Cavalry, and served with it until the close of the war; was mustered out at Richmond, Va., Jan. 13, 1867. He was married to Miss Louise Platz, of New York City, and remained there until 1873, when he started for the West and finally settled in Detroit, with his family. He was nominated for the Legislature in 1879 by the Republicans, but declined in order to afford a fair test of the workingmen's party strength.

Representative from St. Joseph County, 1863-4. Was born in Port Hope, Ont., Aug. 1, 1822. He came to Detroit in 1833. He settled in Redford, Wayne County. He moved to St. Joseph County in 1848, and to Detroit in 1851, where for five years he was connected with the agricultural press, when he returned to Burr Oak. By occupation he was a farmer. Politically he was a Republican.

Senator, 1895-6, from the Twenty-fourth District, counties of Arenac, Bay and Midland. Was born in London, England, Feb. 18, 1852. He attended the common schools of London until 1863 when he came with his parents to the United States, locating at Detroit, Mich. Three years later he removed to Bay City where he made his home, with the exception of three years’ absence, from 1870-3, when he was at Au Sable and Tawas. Formerly he was engaged as accountant and 079 80clerk in mercantile trade, and then engaged in the lumber manufacturing business, being a member of the firm of Hitchcock & Bialy. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church of Bay City, of the Masonic fraternity and other secret orders. In politics, a Republican. He served his ward as Alderman, and as President of the City Council.

Delegate in Congress from Michigan Territory, 1829-31; Delegate from the First District to the Constitutional Convention of 1835; and Representative from Wayne County, 1841. Was born in Philadelphia in 1792, of Revolutionary stock. He graduated at Princeton College, entered the United States Army, served with distinction during most of the War of 1812 as a Captain of Artillery, and was promoted to be Major. He was stationed at Detroit (which thereafter became his home) at the close of the war, resigning, however, after a few years to engage in civil pursuits. His principal official positions during his life were: Register of the land office at Detroit—the district including the whole territory—from the time the public lands were placed in market until 1832; Delegate in Congress from the Territory, 1829 to 1831; member and president of the first Constitutional Convention (1835); and member and speaker of the House of Representatives in 1841. A Whig in politics, he was made president of the Constitutional Convention (a Democratic body), and later on a Democratic Senate gave him its majority vote for United States Senator, although he failed of election through the adverse vote of the House. Among other responsible trusts, while Register of the Land Office, he acted as one of the Commissioners for adjusting land claims growing out of French and Indian titles at the various settlements on the lakes, and was connected in various ways with the conduct of Indian affairs; was named one of the Regents of the University as it was projected by the territorial government, and was commissioned to attend to the sale of certain University lands then subject to sale. He was the Whig candidate for Governor at the first state election. He was a vestryman and liberal patron of St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church, of Detroit, the pioneer church of that denomination in the Northwest, outside of Ohio. He died at White Sulphur Springs, Va., Aug. 25, 1859.

Representative from the First District of Barry County, 1881-2. Was born June 6, 1825, in the township of Shelby, Orleans County, N. Y. He received a common school education, was reared on a farm, and, when twenty years of age, went to work at the carpenter and joiner's trade. In 1855 he moved to Branch County, Mich., and in 1860 he moved to the township of Hastings, Barry County. His occupation was farming. He held the offices of Supervisor and County Superintendent of the Poor; was chairman of the Republican County Committee, president of the agricultural society, and vice president of the Barry County and Eaton County Insurance Company and a part of the time acting president. He died at Quimby, Barry County, April, 1915.

Representative from the Second District of Bay County, 1907-8, 1909-10, 1911-12 and 1913-14; Senator from the Twenty-fourth District, comprising the counties of Bay and Midland, 1919-20. Was born at Carrollton, Saginaw County, Mich., 080 81Sept. 25, 1872, of Irish and American parentage. He received his early education in the public schools of Saginaw County, and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1893. He engaged in farming until 1910, when he entered the real estate business, which is his principal occupation at the present time. He is also a director of the Peoples State Savings Bank, of Auburn. Mr. Bierd is not married. He is a Republican and has held the office of Clerk, Treasurer and Supervisor of Williams Township.

Representative from the First District of Kalamazoo County, 1915-16. Was born at St. Cloud, Minn., Nov. 18, 1858, of Scotch parentage. He received his education in the public schools of St. Cloud, at which place he served an apprenticeship as a builder. In 1892 he removed to Kalamazoo and was engaged in the building contracting business until 1913; then the general insurance business. He was married in 1884 to Lolita Lamb, of Kalamazoo, who died in 1897. In 1899 he was married to Effie J. Grant, of Marcellus. He was elected a member of the city council of Kalamazoo in 1904 and served one term. The following year he was elected President of the council and appointed chairman of finance. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Livingston County, 1889-90. Was born at Tyre, Seneca County, N. Y., May 1, 1834. His occupation was that of a farmer and manufacturer, and during the war was a recruiting officer. He held the office of Supervisor.

Representative from the First District of Marquette County, 1897-8. Was born in Canton, O., Mar. 3, 1838; when very young he moved with his parents to Michigan, locating at Marshall. His early education was acquired at Albion Seminary (now College), supplemented by a course at the University, from which he graduated in 1861. On Oct. 22, 1861, he enlisted in Co. G, 1st Regiment Lancers, for three years, but was mustered out of service with his company on Mar. 20, 1862. After completing his studies he went to Sault Ste. Marie, thence to Marquette in 1864, where he was engaged in the railroad business for seven years; he then went to Utah and engaged in mining for one and one-half years; returning to Marquette in 1873 to superintend iron explorations. In politics a Republican. He was Postmaster fifteen years, County Clerk and Register of Deeds and Supervisor.

Representative from Genesee County, 1875-6 and 1877-8; and Senator from the Nineteenth District, Genesee County, 1879-80 and 1881-2. Was born Mar. 17, 1835, in Orleans County, N. Y. He received an academic education and removed to Michigan in May, 1867. He held various offices in New York and Michigan; was Supervisor of the township of Richfield; and County Surveyor. By occupation he was a farmer. In 1871 his farm was awarded the first premium by the agricultural society. He was appointed Railroad Commissioner by Governor Rich. Deceased.

Senator from the Tenth District, 1855-6 and from the Eleventh District, 1857-8; and Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1867. Was born in Wilmington, Vt., June 5, 1810. He was brought up on a farm, and at the age of nineteen embarked in trade at Honesdale, Pa., but soon abandoned it, and returned home. The next year he went to Ohio and engaged in teaching, then spent two years in a preparatory class at the Western Reserve College, and for two years was pupil and tutor at a seminary in Bennington, Vt. In 1835 he entered the second year at Oberlin College, O., an din 1837 settled at Tecumseh, Mich. He married Miss Caroline Brown, of Mass., in 1838, and they had three sons and three daughters. He taught school three years, was admitted to the bar in 1842, and engaged in practice. He organized the first school district in Tecumseh in 1838, and was continuously a member of the School Board for forty years. In 1861 he engaged in the banking business, and in 1865 became a director and vice president of the National Bank of Tecumseh. In 1874 he became the head of the banking firm of Bills, Lilly & Co., and was its president until his death, Nov. 7, 1880. In religion he was a Presbyterian. In politics he was first Whig, then Republican.

Representative from Jackson County, 1848. Was born at Camillus, Onondaga County, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1814. His parents, Calvin and Betsey (Scott) Bingham, were pioneers from Bennington, Vt. Mr. Bingham came to Michigan in 1838, and settled in Leoni, Jackson County, as a merchant. He soon removed to Grass Lake and built the first store in that village and did a large business. In politics he was a Democrat; a Republican at the organization of that party in 1854. He was connected with the management of the State Prison at Jackson for many years, first as keeper, was its clerk for eleven years, and Warden from 1866 to 1871. Under his administration the prison became a source of income to the State. After his retirement as Warden he engaged in farming, dealer in produce and real estate. He was secretary and president of the County Pioneer Society and one of its most efficient members. He died at Jackson, Jan. 10, 1896.

Representative from Livingston County, 1837-42; member of Congress, 1847-9 and 1849-51; Governor of Michigan, 1855-9; and United States Senator, 1859-61. Was born in Camillus, Onondaga County, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1808. He was the son of Calvin and Betsey (Scott) Bingham. His father was a farmer and emigrated from Bennington, Vt. After receiving an academical education, he studied law with Gen. James R. Lawrence, of Syracuse, N. Y. He married a Miss Warden and in 1833 emigrated in company with his brother-in-law, Robert Warden, and settled at Green Oak, Livingston County, Mich. He at once as a Democrat took part in politics, and was first Justice of the Peace, then Postmaster, Judge of Probate, and was elected to the Legislature of 1837. He was re-elected and was speaker of the HOuse for three terms, in 1838, 1839 and 1842, no other person ever having held it more than two terms. In 1846 he was elected as a Democrat to Congress and was re-elected in 1848, and was the only farmer in that body. To his efforts were the farmers indebted for the failure of the inventor of the Wood plow to get his patent renewed, worth millions to the farmers of the country. During his service as Representative in Congress he spoke and voted 082 83for the Wilmot Proviso in accordance with the first instructions of the Michigan Legislature, which instructions were afterwards reversed. From 1850 to 1854 he was a Free Soil Democrat and held no office. In 1854 he was nominated as the candidate of the Free Soilers for Governor. At the great union mass convention at Jackson, June 6, 1854. the Whigs and Free Soilers united on a State ticket and he was placed at the head of it for Governor, as the nominee of the new Republican party, which then and there sprang into existence, and received its name. Sanguine of success, he stumped the State and the entire ticket was elected. He was sworn into office, Jan. 3, 1855, and was again elected Governor in 1856 by a largely increased majority. During his term of office the State Agricultural College and the State Reform School were both placed in successful operation. At the close of his second term of office, in 1859, he was elected United States Senator, serving until 1861. He was stricken down with apoplexy and died at his home in Green Oak, Oct. 5, 1861.

Member of the State Board of Agriculture, 1897-9. Was born May 22, 1864 at Highland, Mich. He married Josephine S. (St. John) of Ann Arbor, Mich. in August, 1889. He attended common school until the age of fifteen when he entered the Agricultural College and graduated in 1883 with the degree of B. S., paying most of his expenses in college by his own exertions. He soon bought a farm and lived on it, succeeding so well that the State Board of Agriculture conferred on him the degree of Master of Agriculture. In 1897 Governor Pingree appointed him a member of the State Board of Agriculture which position he resigned Jan. 25, 1899. He was a prominent worker in farmers’ clubs, both local and state, having served as secretary and president in the State Association; editor of the department of Farmers’ clubs of the Michigan Farmer. On Jan. 25, 1899 he became secretary of the State Board of Agriculture which he resigned in 1901 and engaged in several kinds of business in Lansing and vicinity. For about six years he was president of the Dairy and Food Commission. In 1905 he was selected by Governor Warner to take the state census. He was a prominent figure in state politics and a close friend of Governors Pingree and Warner. He died rather suddenly, May 25, 1910.

Attorney General, 1905-6; 1907-8 and 1909-10; Justice of the Supreme Court, 1910. Was born at Clayton, Lenawee County, Mich., Dec. 19, 1862. He was educated in the high school and at Adrian College. He was admitted to the bar, November, 1888. He was Prosecuting Attorney of Lenawee County from 1895 to 1899; was elected to the office of Attorney General for the terms of 1905-6 and 1907-8 and re-elected Nov. 3, 1908. He was appointed by Governor Warner June 6, 1910, Justice of the Supreme Court to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Justice Montgomery, and was elected Nov. 8, 1910 to fill out the unexpired term. At the election held Apr. 3, 1911, he was elected for the full term and was re-elected Apr. 7, 1919. Justice Bird was Chief Justice during the year 1919.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1840. Was born in Litchfield, Conn., Jan. 3, 1810. By occupation he was a farmer. He was a Whig. He was twelve years Justice of the Peace, and held other township offices. He resided in Dover, Lenawee County.

Senator from the Twenty-eighth District, 1859-60; Lieutenant governor, 1861: and Delegate from Bay County to the Constitutional Convention of 1867. Was born in Dansville, Ky., and was the son of Hon. James G. Birney, the Abolition candidate for President in 1844. He obtained his education at Centre College, Ky., and at Miami University, O., graduating at the latter in 1836. In 1837-8 he was professor of Greek and Latin in Miami University. He attended the law school of Yale College for two years, and commenced practiced at Cincinnati, O., which he continued eleven years. He was an early settler at Bay City. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1860, and served from Jan. 1, 1861 to Apr. 3, 1861, when he resigned to accept a position as Circuit Judge to fill a vacancy, where he acted for four years. He was renominated for Judge but was defeated. In 1871 he established the Bay City Chronicle , and the daily in 1873. In 1876 he was a Centennial Commissioner for Michigan at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia. Later he was appointed United States Minister at the Hague where he remained several years. He died May 8, 1888.

Representative from the First District of St. Joseph County, 1881-2. Was born in Franklinville, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., Apr. 1, 1828. He removed with his parents to what is now the township of Burr Oak, St. Joseph County, Mich., in the year 1836. His occupation was that of farming. He held the offices of Highway Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, and Supervisor,—the latter office thirteen years,—being chairman of the Board three years. He took the State census in 1874. also the United States census of 1880. Politics a Republican.

Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1858-64. Was born in Russell, Hampden County, Mass., Oct. 15, 1815; received a good common school education; at fifteen became an apprentice in a leather manufactory, where he remained until 1836, when he emigrated to Detroit, and followed his trade for four years. In 1839 he lost an arm while engaged in firing a salute. He then studied law for three years; was admitted to the bar; in 1842 was elected a Justice; in 1846 became a member of the Board of Education, serving twelve years, much of the time as president. In 1857 he was elected a Regent of the State University, holding the position for six years. In 1860 he visited Europe; published several poems, among them one entitled “The Dignity of Labor,” and “Teuchsa Grondie,” a book of Indian legends, etc., in twenty-eight cantos. Mr. Bishop was a strong advocate of capital punishment, and gave much time and effort in attempting to secure the repeal of the present law in Michigan. He died at Detroit, Dec. 23, 1881.

Representative from Mason County, 1883-4 and 1893-4; and member of Congress, 1895-7 to 1905-7. Was born at Sidney, Delaware County, N.Y., Jan. 6, 1843; worked on a farm until Aug. 3, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Co. C, Forty-third N.Y. Volunteer Infantry; Apr. 28, 1862, wounded at Lees Mill, Va., necessitating the amputation of his right arm; discharged in the field near Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 1862. He subsequently attended school at Unadilla Academy. Cooperstown Seminary and Walton Academy, New York; taught school several years, and entered the University of Michigan in September, 1868, where he remained until December, 1872. He was admitted to the bar in May, 1875, at Ann Arbor and commenced practicing law at Ludington, Mich., soon after. In politics a Republican. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Mason County, 1876, 1878, and 1884; elected to the Michigan Legislature, 1882 and 1892; elected to the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-Ninth Congress. Deceased.

Senator from the Eighteenth District, 1867-8. Was born in Moran, Saratoga County, N.Y., Jan. 22, 1822. He removed to Paw Paw in 1851, and the next year went to Lawton, where he was engaged many years in the manufacture of lumber. He was educated at the law at Ballston Springs law school. In politics he was a Republica, and for many years was a member of the state committee, and was a very forcible and able speaker in the early days of the Republican party. He never sought office and when elected Prosecuting Attorney of Van Buren County refused to serve. Later he consented to serve as State Senator in 1867 and was again elected in 1868. He did not take his seat in 1869. In later years he had a fruit farm and was president of the Lawton Pomological Society. He died in March, 1884.

Representative from the Second District of Lenawee County, 1883-4. Was born in the city of Adrian, in that county, Sept. 24, 1854. He graduated from the Adrian High School in 1870, and in the autumn of 1871 entered the literary department of the University of Michigan, from which he received his diploma in 1875. He held the office of City Recorder of Adrian four terms and County Clerk, and that of Supervisor, two terms. He also filled other minor positions. In politics a Democrat.

Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8 from the Twenty-third District, Muskegon and Ottawa counties. Was born on a farm near Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, Feb. 1, 1874. His ancestors came to America somewhere near the year 1740. Mr. black is of Scotch, English, French and German descent. He received a common school education, his parents being poor, and early in life was apprenticed to the trade of cigar making. What he accomplished in life was through his own efforts. Mr. Black first came to Muskegon in 1882. Married.

Representative from the Second District of Tuscola County, 1883-4 and 1885-6. Was born at Alfred, Alleghany County, N. Y., Apr. 16, 1843. His early education was obtained from an old school district library, and in common schools, supplemented by a two years’ course at Alfred University. After devoting some time to teaching school and clerking in a store, he began the study of law in the office of the Hon. Martin Grover, and then with Hon. Marshall B. Champlain, where he remained until 1866, when he came to Tuscola County, was soon after appointed United States Internal Revenue Assessor for Tuscola County, which office he resigned at the end of one year. He was admitted to the bar in February, 1867, and at once commenced practice. In 1873 he entered into partnership with D. H. Ball, of Marquette, continuing until 1877; was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Marquette County. The firm of Ball & Black was interested and successful in many important mining suits. When the twenty-fourth judicial circuit was organized Mr. Black was nominated by the bar of the circuit for Judge. He was defeated by the Hon. Levi L. Wixson. In 1880 he was the Democratic candidate for Congress. In politics he was a Democrat. In 1885 he was appointed United States Attorney for the eastern district of Michigan. He dropped dead in Lansing, Oct. 13, 1916 while arguing a case in the Supreme Court.

Representative from Manistee County, 1883-4 and 1885-6; and Secretary of State, 1891-3. Was born in Brantford, Ont., Oct. 31, 1845. He came to Michigan at the age of nineteen; resided for two years at Buchanan and located at Manistee. At first he worked about the mills as a common laborer, until he became an expert in the sorting of lumber when he engaged as inspector of lumber. In 1879 he became a member of the firm of Davies, Blacker & Co., which firm was merged into the State Lumber Company, of which he was secretary and treasurer. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Manistee; also a director in the following enterprises: Manistee Water Company; Eureka Lumber Company and Manistee Filer City and Eastlake Electric Railway Company. In politics a Democrat. He was appointed Secretary of State, Dec. 24, 1891, by Governor Winans, to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel E. Soper, and served the remainder of the unexpected term.

Representative from Allegan County, 1879-80. Was born in Aurora, Portage County, O., Jan. 6, 1820. He came to Michigan in 1839, and settled in the township of Trowbridge, Allegan County, in 1841. He received a common school education, and followed the occupation of a farmer. He held the offices of County Superintendent of the Poor, County Drain Commissioner, Supervisor, and Justice of the Peace. In politics he was a National.

Senator from the Nineteenth District, 1863-4; and Delegate from Van Buren County to the Constitutional Convention of 1867; and Representative from Van Buren County, 1873-4. Was born in Aurora, O., Apr. 6, 1814. He received a common school education, came to Michigan in 1842, first settling in Allegan 086 87County, but in 1844 removed to Paw Paw. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841. He was Treasurer, Register of Deeds, and Prosecuting Attorney of Van Buren County. In politics he was a Republican. Deceased.

Senator, 1899-90, from the Thirtieth District, comprising of Alger, Chippewa, Delta, Emmet, Luce, Mackinac and Schoolcraft. Was born on the Western Reserve, at Avon, Lorain County, O., Oct. 21, 1858. HIs early life was passed on a farm except when attending school. At the age of eighteen he removed to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he taught school and read law for two years. In 1880 he entered the law department of the University and graduated in 1882, meanwhile having been admitted to the bar in 1881. In 1883 he entered the law office of Collins & Pierce at Appleton, Wis. and soon after formed a partnership. Mr. Blackwell was one of the first residents of Gladstone, and was prominently identified with the growth of that new city. Closely connected with politics, and, among others, he held the office of Superintendent of Schools and School Examiner. For three years he was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Schoolcraft County, and was the first Prosecuting Attorney of Alger County. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Genesee County, 1848. Was born in Worcester County, Md., Sept. 27, 1798. He learned the trade of a hatter. He left Maryland in 1828, on account of his aversion to slavery, and lived first at Newark, N. J., then at East Avon, N. Y. He came to Michigan in 1834, settled and lived in Genesee County until his death, Mar. 14, 1877. He lived in Grand Blanc first ten years, afterwards at Flint. He was Justice of the Peace from 1835 to 1844; and Sheriff from 1844 to 1846. He was an old time Whig, later a Republican. He was a farmer at first in Genesee County, but a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the last twenty-five years of his life, and is said to have buried and married more people than any other man in Genesee County. He was also a Superintendent of the Poor in later years.

Representative from Jackson County, 1846; Senator from Jackson County, 1855-6; Governor of Michigan, 1861-5; member of Congress, 1867-9, 1869-71 and 1871-3; and Regent of the University of Michigan, 1882-90. Was born at Caroline, Tompkins County, N. Y., Feb 8, 1818; graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1839; studied law in Oswego for two years, and moved to Michigan, where he began practicing in 1842. He was County Clerk of Eaton County, and Prosecuting Attorney for Jackson County; member of the State Legislature serving in both branches; elected Governor of Michigan in 1860; elected as a Representative from the Third District of Michigan to the Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second Congresses; Regent of the University of Michigan for the term, Jan. 1, 1882-Dec. 31, 1889. In politics a Republican. He died at Jackson, Mich., Aug. 6, 1894.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1842 and 1845. His postoffice address was Tipton. (Further data not obtainable).

Attorney General, 1903-5; and Justice of the Supreme Court, 1905-12. Was born at Jackson, Jackson County, Mich, Apr. 10, 1854, of Scotch descent. His father was Austin Blair, the famous “War Governor” of Michigan. Mr. Blair was graduated from the Jackson High School in June, 1872, and from the literary department of the University of Michigan in June, 1876. He studied law in his father's office and was admitted to practice Sept. 5, 1878. He was Prosecuting Attorney of Jackson County, besides holding several minor offices. He was married Oct. 8, 1879, to Miss Effie C. North. Mr. Blair was elected to the office of Attorney General, Nov. 4, 1902, and was the unanimous choice of the Republican State Convention, held at Detroit, June 30, 1904, for the second term nomination to that office. Mr. Blair's name was placed before the judicial convention at Saginaw, Sept. 8, 1904, as a candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court, and was nominated for the five year term. He withdrew his name as a candidate for Attorney General, and was elected to the Supreme Bench. At the Republican State Convention held at Grand Rapids, Feb. 12, 1909; Justice Blair was the unanimous choice of the convention for the nomination to succeed himself and was elected Apr. 5, 1909. Justice Blair was chief justice during the year 1909. He died Aug. 30, 1912.

Representative from the First District of Ottawa County, 1869-70. His postoffice address was Lamont. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from the Second District of Kalamazoo County, 1891-2. Was born in Livingston County, N. Y., 1832. Married and by profession a farmer. He held the offices of Township Treasurer, Justice and Supervisor; was elected to the House of 1891-2 on the Democratic ticket.

Senator, 1897-8 and 1899-1900, from the Seventh District, composed of the counties of Berrien and Cass. Was born in Galien, Berrien County, Mich., July 18, 1865. His early education was acquired in the Galien High School; entered the State Normal at Ypsilanti in the fall of 1882, where he remained three and one-half years. In the fall of 1887 he entered the University of Michigan, spending two years on special work in the literary department and one year in the law department. Owing to the death of his father in the fall of 1890 he was compelled to leave college and return home, where he actively engaged in farming, banking, and mercantile business, and became a director of the Citizens’ National Bank, of Niles, Mich. In politics a very active Republican. He held the offices of Township Clerk and Councilman of the village of Galien; and Supervisor of his township.

Representative from Oakland County, 1861-2. Was born in Oakland County, Mich., in 1826. He lived on a farm until about the age of fifteen when he went to Detroit and shipped for the ocean under the noted Captain Blake, on the steamer Illinois. The next year he apprenticed himself to learn the carpenter and joiners’ trade, at which he worked for four years under the master builders, mostly at Detroit, attending select school four months in the year. He then taught school one winter. In 1848 he married, and lived in Detroit several years, working as a builder and contractor. In 1850 he was elected Assessor of the first district, comprising the first, second and eighth wards, and was appointed Fire Warden in 1851. The same year he purchased a farm and saw mill at Birmingham, and mover his family there in 1854. He was two years Supervisor of Bloomfield Township. He was a Democrat in early life but became a Republican in 1856. He was in 1863 special agent of the Provost Marshal of the Fifth District, and afterwards became Deputy. He carried on a mercantile business in Birmingham and also dealt in real estate.

Representative, 1893-4, from the district comprising the counties of Alpena, Montmorency, Otsego, Oscoda and Crawford. Was born in Delaware County, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1841. He came with his parents to Michigan in 1853, locating in Meridian Township, Ingham County, where he supplemented his common school education with a short course at the agricultural college. He was the first railroad agent and grain buyer at the village of Okemos, and was Supervisor of his township for several terms. In 1865 he moved to Alpena and engaged in the mercantile business and later in farming and real estate dealing. In politics a Republican. He held the office of Supervisor, Comptroller and Alderman, and was elected to the House of 1893-4. He resigned Oct. 15, 1894.

Representative from the First District of Wayne, 1901-2 and 1905-6; and Senator from the Third District of Wayne County, 1907-8. Was born in London, Ont., May 5, 1866. His parents were of the Irish branch of the English family of Blands. He attended the public schools and business college, and afterward the University of Michigan where he received the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws. Mr. Bland engaged in the practice of law in the city of Detroit where he resided with the exception of a few years’ residence in California. During the Spanish-American war, Mr. Bland enlisted in the U. S. Navy, and was one of the crew of the U. S. S. Yosemite. He remained active with the naval militia. In politics an ardent supporter of the Republican party.

Representative from Wayne County, 1844. Was born Feb. 22, 1806, in Lyons, N. Y., emigrated to Michigan in 1825 and purchased a farm in Southfield, Oakland County, erected a log house, and sent for his father's family. He hired out to chop at four and a half dollars per acre, paying his father for his time until he was twenty-one. In 1837 he removed to Greenfield, eight miles from Detroit, and began keeping hotel. He was Supervisor of Greenfield thirteen successive years, and 089 90held other local offices. In 1852 he removed to Detroit and built the Blindbury Hotel, later known as the Antisdel House. In politics he was a Democrat, in religion a Methodist. He died Mar. 1, 1867.

Representative from Tuscola County, 1917-18 and 1919-20. Was born at Perrysburg, O., July 20, 1857, and was educated in the public schools of that place. His first political job was an appointment by the Board of Public Works of the State of Ohio to take charge of the Western Reserve Pike. In 1886 Mr. Blinn removed with his family to Michigan to take charge of the William Peters’ stock farms, located at Columbiaville, Lapeer County, and East Dayton, Tuscola County. He was appointed Deputy Oil Inspector in 1905 and served in that capacity for five years, but resigned before the expiration of his term in order to take charge of the oil business. Married. In politics a Republican. He served as Sheriff of Tuscola County.

Member of the State Board of Agriculture, 1903-9. Was born July 27, 1860, at Peterboro, Madison County, N. Y. He was the son of Eli S. Bliss and Mariette Hoffman, both of the town last mentioned. He married Mary Brockway in Saginaw. Mich., Dec. 12, 1882. He was educated at Evans Academy, then in Saginaw and Detroit. A member of the Methodist Church and a Republican in politics. His occupation that of lumbering and farming.

Senator from Saginaw County, 1883-4; member of Congress from the Eighth District, 1889-91; Governor of Michigan, 1901-5. Was born May 22, 1837, in Smithfield, Madison County, N. Y. He was the seventh child of Lyman and Anna (Chaffee) Bliss. He spent his early life on the farm, obtaining his education in the little schoolhouse near by. At seventeen he left home and secured employment in a store, where he remained until the Civil War broke out and President Lincoln made his second call for troops. He then enlisted as a private in Co. D, 10th N. Y. Cavalry, taking the oath the first day of October, 1861. Later he was commissioned Captain. He spent three years and five months in the service. He was captured at Reem's Station, Va., and was held for six months as a prisoner of war in the prisons at Salisbury, North Carolina, Andersonville and Macon, Georgia Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina. After several fruitless attempts, he escaped from Columbia prison, Nov. 29, 1864, and finally reaching the Union lines near Savanna, Dec. 16, nearly starved. In the fall of 1865, he settled in Saginaw and began his successful career as a lumberman. Mar. 31, 1868, he married Allaseba M. Phelps, of Solsville, Madison County, N. Y. The scope of his business enterprises gradually enlarged until it embraced besides the manufacture of lumber and salt, banking, mercantile and farm enterprises, giving employment to large numbers of men. In politics a Republican. He served his city as Alderman, Supervisor and member of the board of Education. In 1882, he represented the 25th Senatorial District (Saginaw County) in the State Senate. When the board to organize and locate the Michigan Soldiers’ Home was constituted, he was made a member and served thereon until he entered the 51st Congress, representing 090 91the Eighth District. While in Congress he secured the appropriation which resulted in the splendid federal building which adorns Saginaw, and the Government Indian school at Mt. Pleasant. In 1855 he was appointed aide on the staff of Governor Alger. His long service in the Grand Army of the Republic was signalized in 1897 by his election as department commander. He was nominated for Governor at the Republican Convention held at Grand Rapids in June, 1900, and was elected; was re-nominated on the first ballot at the convention held in Detroit, June, 1902, and re-elected. He died at Milwaukee, Sept. 16, 1906.

Representative from Saginaw County, 1863-4. Was born at Bennfield, Mass., Apr. 17, 1828, and died at East Saginaw, Nov. 12, 1884. The oldest of a family of five children, he had a limited education, and at the age of twelve years went to work, being employed in Springfield and Boston for four years, then went to Ohio, returning to Massachusetts on horseback when seventeen. He returned to Ohio in 1845, settling first at Wellington, and then at Elyria, where he married a daughter of Dr. O. L. Mason in 1850. He resided in Cleveland until 1854 when he removed to East Saginaw and engaged in the grocery trade with Curtis Bros. for some years, finally buying out the business. He also engaged in the banking and the lumber business, and built the Bliss block in East Saginaw. He was also Postmaster under President Johnson. He was a Republican, a Knight Templar, an Odd Fellow, and a charter member of the Unitarian Church. He was a genial, pleasant gentleman, and highly esteemed. He died Nov. 12, 1884.

Representative from Washtenaw County, 1857-8. Was born in Vermont, Jan. 30, 1822, coming with his parents to Michigan in 1836, and settling in Ypsilanti in 1840. His education was academic, and his first occupation that of teaching. He was admitted to practice as an attorney at Ann Arbor in 1847. He held the office of Justice of the Peace and other local offices at Ypsilanti, and in 1864 was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the County. Mr. Blodget was a Democrat, but was nominated for the Legislature on the Republican ticket by reason of local considerations, and elected. He removed to Philadelphia in 1872, taking a position with an insurance company, and came to Detroit in 1883. He made a special study of insurance law.

Representative from the First District of St. Clair County, 1881-2. Was born in Vermont in 1823. He received a common school education, and in 1845 came to the State of Michigan and settled in St. Clair County, where he followed the occupation of carpenter and joiner eight years. In 1853 he engaged successfully in mercantile business. He held the office of Collector of Customs fifteen years, Postmaster eight years, express agent and telegraph operator five years, and steamboat agent twenty-five years. In politics he was a Democrat previous to 1856. In 1860 he commenced active labors with the Republican party.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County, 1881-2. Was born in Cincinnati, O., Sept 5, 1849. He was a graduate of the public schools of that city. 091 92At an early age he engaged in the mercantile business with his brothers at Fayetteville, Tenn. In the spring of 1868 he returned to Cincinnati, where he remained until the fall of 1870, when he located at ElDorado, Kan. While there he began to read law with Judge William P. Campbell, and in the spring of 1872, was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Kansas. Having returned to Cincinnati in the summer of 1872, he entered the law office of Lincoln, Smith & Stephens. While there he attended law lectures in the law department of the Cincinnati University, graduating in May, 1873. In June he came to Detroit, where he resided, and succeeded in building up quite a lucrative and extensive law practice. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of the Detroit Board of Education. He died previous to Mar. 10, 1916.

Senator from the Thirtieth District, comprising the counties of Chippewa, Delta, Luce, Mackinac, Menominee and Schoolcraft, 1923—. Was born at Charlottsville, Hancock County, Indiana, July 14, 1866, of German-English parents. His early education was obtained in the common schools of Indiana. In 1890 he graduated from The Medical College of Indiana, and has since been engaged in active practice. He has been a resident of the Thirtieth Senatorial District since 1890; has been village president five terms; a member of the board of supervisors and of the school board; was a trustee of Newberry State Hospital for twenty years, acting as president for twelve years, and has been president of the Newberry State Bank since 1909. He is a member of the B. P. O. E. and of the following Masonic orders: Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery, Shrine and Eastern Star. Mr. Bohn is married and has one daughter. He was elected senator on the Republican ticket November 7, 1922.

Senator from the Ninth District, 1855-6 and from the Tenth District, 1857-8. Was born in Blandford, Mass., Jan. 12, 1818. He came to Michigan in 1840, settling at Hudson, Lenawee County. He was a pioneer merchant of that town. He was President of the village of Hudson in 1854 and 1855. He was appointed one of the Inspectors of the State Prison by Governor Blair in 1860. He removed to New York City in 1862, and was in mercantile business there several years, and in 1873 he changed his residence to Chicago, where he established the wholesale grocery house of Boies, Fay & Conkey, continuing at the head of that concern until his death from pulmonary disease, which occurred at Chicago on Nov. 5, 1880.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1865-6 and 1867-8; and Senator from the Eighth District, 1869-70 and from the Sixth District, 1875-6. Was born in Blandford, Mass., Dec. 6, 1828. He came to Michigan in 1845, settling at Hudson, Lenawee County. He engaged in mercantile business, and also in banking. He was President of the village of Hudson in 1863 and 1867. He was a member of the State Board of Control of Railroads from 1871-4, and again from 1878-86. He was president pro tem of the State Senate, 1875-6. Was several times chosen president of State Republican Conventions. He was appointed by President Garfield 092 93in 1881, a member of the United States Board of Indian Commissioners, holding that position until he resigned it, Jan. 15, 1886. He died at Washington, D. C., Aug. 21, 1891.

Senator, 1917-18, from the Ninth District, comprising the counties of Branch and Calhoun. Was born near Staunton, Va., Oct. 31, 1861. His father's people came to Virginia in colonial times from England. His mother's people were colonial Pennsylvania Germans. His first twelve years were spent in the country. From twelve to fifteen he learned to be a printer. From fifteen to eighteen he was on a farm in summer, and at school in winter. From eighteen to twenty his school work in winter was changed to teaching. He then spent a year and a half as a printer in Providence and Boston, a year at Valparaiso (Indiana) Business College, a year and a half (1884-6) at the University of Michigan, and nearly five years as a newspaper writer and manager at Houghton, Michigan. In 1890 he returned to Virginia and organized a company and established the Staunton News, the town's first daily paper. In 1893 he returned to Michigan and started a small job printing shop in Jackson. He remained there twelve years and on January 1, 1906, he went to Battle Creek and bought the Phoenix Printing Company business. He devoted his spare time to the study of economics, being the author of two books on this subject. In politics a Democrat.

Representative from the Fifth District of Wayne County, 1881-2 and 1883-4. Was born in Wexford, Ireland. When a child he came with his parents to Detroit, where he received a common school education. When the war broke out he enlisted in the 24th Mich. Infantry; served during the war. He was twice wounded in action, once at Gettysburg, and once at the Wilderness, Va. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Weldon Road. He remained a prisoner six months and a half, when he was paroled and returned to his regiment, and was mustered out with the same at Detroit, July 1, 1865. He served on the lakes and rivers surrounding Michigan for years as pilot, clerk, etc. He did not sit in the extra session of 1882.

Senator, 1921-2, from the Twenty-third District, comprising the counties of Muskegon and Ottawa. Was born Mar. 2, 1892, at Grand Haven, Mich., of Holland American parentage. He received his education in the public school of Grand Haven, University of Chicago and the University of Michigan, and is now engaged in the practice of dental surgery. Mr. Bolt is married and has one daughter. During the World War he was stationed at Camp Custer in the Medical Corps. In politics he is a Republican.

Senator, 1909-10, from the Twenty-third District, comprising the counties of Muskegon and Ottawa. Was born in Devonshire, England, Apr. 16, 1848. He came to America and landed at New York, March, 1857. He went to London, Canada, and in the winter of 1858 located in Ottawa County, Michigan, and lived on his 093 94father's farm which he helped to clear. He attended school at Lisbon, Ottawa County, and graduated from Grand Rapids High School in 1867. He taught district and village schools in Kent, Ottawa and Muskegon counties for twenty-one successive years. He was married to Ola A. Minnich, Dec. 25, 1874. Owner of a large farm. He held the offices of School Inspector, Township Superintendent of Schools, Township Treasurer, Supervisor and County School Commissioner. He was in the employ of the State Tax Commission for five years doing expert field work and was elected Supervisor first in 1882. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Jackson County, 1836. He settled in Napoleon, Jackson County, Mich., in 1832. The town was so named at his request. He was the first settler in the town. He was Supervisor in 1835. He was in the extra session of the Legislature only in the place of Townsend E. Gidley resigned. He became a General of State militia. Deceased.

Representative, 1901-2 and 1903-4, from the Presque Isle District, comprising the counties of Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego and Presque Isle. Was born in Leslie, Mich., Feb. 13, 1862, and received his education in the high schools of Leslie and Mason. Married and a resident of Gaylord, being one of its heaviest property holders—a member of the E. B. Bolton hardware company and a member of the firm of Buck & Bolton, commission merchants, vice-president of the Gaylord State Savings Bank and half owner of the bank at Wolverine. Always a staunch Republican.

Representative from Detroit, 1865-6. Was born in Massachusetts in 1831, and came to Michigan when a boy. He was a printer by trade, with a fondness for politics, being of the Democratic school. In 1856 he was interested for a short time in the publication of a daily paper called the Evening News, and in 1862 in an agricultural paper. He was Alderman from his ward, 1862-5, and 1868-9, the latter year being president of the Council. He left Detroit, several years prior to 1888 and is understood to have died soon after leaving the city.

Representative from St. Joseph County, 1850. Was born in Flemington, N. J., Oct. 27, 1808. By occupation he was a carriage maker, in politics a Democrat. He settled in Nottawa, Mich., in 1835. He was four years County Clerk, Justice of the Peace sixteen years, Master in Chancery four years, and Town Clerk. After becoming a resident of Michigan he was a farmer, but from 1851 to 1877 was in railroad business in Indiana. He died at Nottawa, Mr. 9, 1891.

Representative from Cass County, 1853-4 and from Berrien County, 1865-6, 1867-8 and 1873-4; and Senator from the Sixteenth District, 1869-70. Was born at 094 95Richmond, Ind., Sept. 10, 1821, of Quaker descent. Until seventeen years of age he worked on his father's farm, attending school winters. After one year as clerk in a store he studied medicine and graduated at the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati in 1843. In 1844 he settled at Niles, where he had large medical practice, and was prominent in politics. He resigned as Representative before the extra session of 1874, and was succeeded by Ethan A. Brown. He went into the army as Surgeon of the 2nd Mich. Infantry, and became Surgeon-in-chief of the Third Division of the Army Corps. In this capacity he acquired a great reputation as a surgeon. He was twice Mayor of Niles, and was Postmaster from 1870 to 1885. He was Division Surgeon of the Michigan Central Railroad. In politics he was a Republican.

Representative from the district consisting of Lake, Wexford, Kalkaska, and Missaukee counties, 1883-4. Was born in Elizabeth City, N. J., in 1841. His opportunities for education were those of free schools. He removed with the family to Westchester County, N. Y., and five years later to Pike County, Pa., where he was married in 1861. He enlisted in the 151st Pa. Vol., in 1862; was engaged in the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 2, and 3, 1863, and at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, where he was taken prisoner, but paroled on the 3d of that month, after which he was discharged. He then joined a construction corps, serving until Gen. Sherman started for the sea, when he returned to Pennsylvania. After the war he lived two years in Jersey City, N. J., and two years in Minnesota, engaging there in farming. In 1870 he came to Michigan, settling upon a homestead claim in Missaukee County, and was elected Supervisor, twice elected County Treasurer. He was elected County Surveyor in 1872, continuing in that office ten years. In politics a Republican.

Representative from the Third District of Bay County, 1901-2. Was born in London, Ontario, in 1859. His education was obtained in the high school of that place. He removed to Detroit, when 18 years of age, after which time he had varied experiences in newspaper work, acting as compositor on the Bay City Tribune, and that of publisher on the Pinconning Press. Married. In politics a staunch Republican.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County, 1881-2. Was born in Auglaize County, O., Dec. 1, 1839. Having been educated in the common schools of Cincinnati, O., he commenced to learn the printer's trade, but failing health caused him to abandon that and seek employment not so confining. He, therefore, in 1859, removed to Detroit, Mich., where he found employment more suited to his taste and health. At the breaking out of the war he entered the army in the 16th Mich. Infantry and served nearly three years. At the close of the war, in 1865, he wa appointed on the Detroit police force, then just organizing, and obtained the Superintendency of the force in 1867. He remained with the police force until 1873, when he resigned to accept the position of Superintendent of the Detroit House of Correction. He was an Alderman, and Assistant Superintendent of the Detroit police.

Representative from the Second District of Ottawa County, 1915-16 and 1917-18. Was born at Holland, Mich., Apr. 5, 1869, of Holland parentage. He received his early education in the public schools and afterwards took a business course. He taught school for fifteen years, afterwards engaging in farming. After 1911, he devoted his time to notary work and auctioneering being secretary of the Jamestown Cooperative Creamery Company; secretary-treasurer of the Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Ottawa and allegan Counties and Township Clerk of Jamestown. In politics a Republican.

Representative from the First District of Calhoun County, 1905-6. Was born at Geneseo, Livingston County, N. Y., Mar. 30, 1837. The Bosley family emigrated from England and were among the early settlers of Maryland. He acquired his education in the high schools of Geneseo, N. Y. He enjoyed a successful business career. From 1859 to 1871 he was interested in a general store at Lakeville, N. Y., and came to Michigan in 1871. He resided in Marshall after 1876, and for six years carried on a carriage and implement business. In 1882 he established a general hardware business which he carried on until 1893 when he took his son, D. W. Bosley into partnership with him under the firm name of W. E. Bosley & Son. Aside from his varied mercantile interests Mr. Bosley owned two farms. Married. In politics a Republican. He held the offices of Alderman and Mayor of Marshall. He died at Marshall in May, 1916.

Senator from the Fourth District, 1855-6. Was a resident of Pontiac, Oakland County. He kept a livery stable there. He was a man of fine personal appearance a warm partisan. and took an active part in the Legislature.

Senator. 1897-8, from the Sixth District, comprising the counties of Branch, Hills dale and St. Joseph. Was born on farm in Otisco, Onondaga County, N. Y., May 27. 1840. His early education was acquired in the common schools of his native town, supplemented by a course in the Onondaga Academy, N. Y., Homer Academy, N. Y., and the Cazenovia (New York) Seminary. Soon after leaving school he was married, and for a short time engaged in business at Syracuse, N. Y. In the fall of 1864 he moved to Union City, Branch County, Mich., where he engaged in farming. In politics he was an ardent Republican during the war, being a member of the Loyal League, and voted the Republican ticket until 1884, when he joined the Prohibition Party; upon the division of the party at Pittsburg he united with the Nationalists or broad guage wing. In 1884 he was a candidate for Representative on the Prohibition ticket; was a candidate for Senator in 1886 and 1890; was Supervisor one term; being a warm advocate of the union on reform forces, he received the nomination for State Senator on the Democratic People's Union Silver Ticket and was elected to the Senate of 1897-8.

Representative from Branch County, 1869-70. Was born in Otisco, Onondaga County, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1826. He was brought up a farmer, and received a common school education. He came to the town of Union, Branch county, in 1846, and settled on a farm of two thousand acres, purchased by his father in 1835, of which he improved over one thousand acres. He became prominent at Union City. He was several years President of the village, and director of the Union City National Bank.

Representative from the Second District of Shiawassee County, 1891-2. Was born in Scottsville, N. Y., in 1839, and removed to Michigan shortly after. In politics a Democrat. He died the offices of Town Clerk, Supervisor and Circuit Court Commissioner. He was nominated and elected to the State Legislature by a combination of the farming and labor interests.

Representative from St. Clair County, 1873-4. Was born in the town of Southouram, Yorkshire, England, Oct. 5, 1837. Mr. Bottomley was educated at the Saltrauble Academy, Yorkshire, England. In 1854 he emigrated to the United States, and settled in the city of Buffalo. In 1856 he emigrated to Michigan, and settled in New Baltimore, Macomb County. He removed to Romeo in 1865, and in 1872 removed to the town of Capac, St. Clair County, Mr. Bottomley held various offices of trust in the different places where resided. His occupation was that of a merchant.

Senator from the Fourteenth District, comprising the county of Oakland, 1891-2. Was born in Flemington, N. J., 1825. In the year following is parents removed to the village, now city of Waterloo, Seneca County, N. Y. In 1835 he came to Monroe County, Mich. In November, 1837, he settled in Oakland County, Mich., and remained there. He followed the profession of teacher until 1852, when he engaged in farming. He was twice nominated to the office of Representative, but declined the nomination. In politics a Democrat. He died Sept. 15, 1920 at West Bloomfield, Oakland County.

Representative from St. Joseph County, 1909-10. Was born at Union City, Mich., Apr. 26, 1870, of American descent. He received his education in the common schools, supplemented by a course in several high schools. Married. After finishing his school work, he engaged in farming for a few years, later accepting a position as foreman with the Lamp Knit Goods Co., Colon, which place he creditably filled for a continuous period of thirteen years, during which time he served Colon Township as Treasure two terms; afterwards chosen Justice of the Peace and in the fall of 1904 was elected Treasurer of St. Joseph County and re-elected in 1906; also held the office of President of Centerville village and did efficient work during the campaign of 1908 as chairman of the Republican County Committee.

Representative from Barry County, 1891-2. Was born in Maple Grove, Barry County, Mich., June 17, 1850. Occupation that of farming. He held the offices of School Inspector, Highway Commissioner, and was Supervisor. He was elected to the House of 1891-2 on the Patron ticket.

Representative from Branch County, 1863-4. Was born in Greenfield, Saratoga County, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1805, and spent his boyhood days upon a farm. In 1837 he married Lucy Morehouse, and the same year settled on a farm in Butler, Branch County, Mich. He was Supervisor of the township for many years. In 1863-4 he was Representative from the Third District of Branch County as a Republican, and died during the extra session, Feb. 7, 1864. Three of his sons served in the war of 1861-5.

Representative from Ingham County, 1879-80. Was born in Butler Township, Branch County, where he lived on a farm until 1861. He enlisted as a private in the 11th Mich. Infantry, and served three years. After being mustered out of the service he entered Hillsdale College, where he remained three years. He then purchased an interest in the Coldwater Republican , and there remained for some time. He was Deputy Commissioner of the State Land Office for five years, and a member of the firm of Dart, Bowen & Co., of Lansing. In politics a Republican. Later he was a resident of the Upper Peninsula and of Chicago.

Representative from St. Joseph County, 1838 and 1845. Was born in Columbia County, Pa., in 1797. He settled at Three Rivers, Mich., in 1832, named the village, and owned a part of the land on which it stands. In 1836 in connection with the Smiths, he built what is known as the Three Rivers mill. He built a flouring mill at Colon in 1838, and in 1848 purchased an interest in what was later known as the Hoffman mill, and ran the business with Phillip Hoffman up to the time of his death, May 2 1855. He died of cholera at Lexington, Mo., while traveling in the West. He brought about $10,000 to Michigan and left an estate of $50,000. He started the village of Three Rivers by giving every man a lot who would build a house upon it; and was noted for public spirit and great benevolence. By occupation he was a miller and farmer. In politics he was a Whig.

Representative from Barry County, 1849; and Senator from the Seventh District, 1850 and 1851. Was born in Cold Springs, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1796, and died May 17, 1861. He lived in and around New York city for some years, and at the age of twenty-one moved to Courtland County, N. Y., where he married Sarah P. Owen, and resided until he moved to Barry County, Mich., in 1837. By occupation he was a farmer; in politics a Democrat.

Representative from the First District of Calhoun County, 1901-2. Was born in Antrim County, Ireland, May 30, 1839, and received his earlier education in the national schools of that country. He came to America with his parents in 1851 and remained in New York State two years, attending district school during that time. In 1853 his parents removed to Lenawee County, Mich., and in 1867 he bought a farm in the township of Sheridan, Calhoun County. His first vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln, and he voted the Republican ticket until 1896 when he joined the D. P. U. S. party. Married. He held offices of Township Clerk, Justice of the Peace and Supervisor.

Member of the State Board of Agriculture, 1895-7. Was the son of Edward Luther Boyden, of Washtenaw County, Mich. and Frances A. (Burnett) Boyden of Phelps, N. Y. William Edward was born in Webster township, Washtenaw County, Mich., July 15, 1860. He married Nettie Adelia Robison, of Sharon, Washtenaw County. She was reared, educated and married in Ann Arbor. He was educated in a public school of Detroit, having frail health. In politics a Republican. By occupation a farmer, preferring live stock, living on the old home farm until Nov. 13, 1901, when as manager of a farm, he cast his lot with Eugene Fifield of Bay City. He was director and moderator of the old home district school and for some years a director of the American Shorthorn Association.

Representative from Jackson County, 1885-6. Was born in Grass Lake, Mich., Sept. 9, 1842. He lived at home, working on the farm summers, and attending district schools winters until he was seventeen years of age; he then went to school at the Michigan Collegiate Institute, located at Leoni village, for a couple of years. He canvassed one summer as agent for the Michigan Sate Fire Insurance Company, of Adrian, and taught school the next winter. He then worked his father's farm two summers, and taught school winters. He was married July 3, 1864, to Mary A Burkhart, of Leoni. He bought a farm in the township of Leoni, in the spring of 1865, and removed there May 11. In the year 1874 he, with his partner, Wm. A. Watts, built the grist mill later known as the Boynton mills. He bought out his partner in the spring of 1877. He was elected Township Treasurer, served three years; was elected Supervisor in 1881. He was elected Representative as the candidate of the Fusion party.

Representative from the First District of St. Clair County, 1869; and Delegate in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8 from the Eleventh District, St. Clair County. Was born in Port Huron, June 23, 1837, of English and German descent, his father's ancestry descending from Sir Mathew Boynton, of England, and his mother's from Capt. Louis Rendt of the German army. Mr. Boynton attended the country district schools and graduated from the Waukegan, Ills., High School when sixteen years of age. He lived on a farm until he was twenty years old. In 1859 he married Miss Annie Fields German, at Cincinnati, O. He spent five years 099 100of his life in mercantile business and another five in the real estate and insurance business. Mr. Boynton became Great Commander of the Knights of the Maccabees in 1881 and held the position twenty-seven years. He held the position of City Clerk at Marine City, and was also President of that village. He was Supervisor from 1866 to 1870 and was also Mayor of Port Huron.

State Treasurer, 1891-3. Was born in Ringebo, Guldbrandsdalen, Norway, in the year 1847, and received a common school education. His early life, when not in school, was passed upon the farm of his parents until sixteen years of age, when he entered a store as clerk in the city of Lillehammer, which position he held for five years. In the year 1868 he came to the United States, and arrived at Marquette, Mich., in the month of October. He commenced working as a common day laborer, and in the year 1869 engaged as clerk with J. P. Pendell, of Negaunee, Mich., at which place he remained until 1873, when he engaged in mercantile business at Ishpeming, Mich., for himself, which became one of the finest and largest businesses in the Upper Peninsula; also vice president and general manager, and one of the principal owners of the Winthrop and Mitchell Iron Mines.

Representative from the Third District of Bay County, 1895-6. Was born in Buxton Centre, York County, Me., Mar. 27, 1859, and received his early education in the common school of that State. In 1874 he came to Michigan and cleared up a farm. For five years he was also engaged in lumbering. In politics a Republican, and for a number of years a member of the Republican Executive Committee. He held the office of School Inspector and was a member of the Board of Review.

Representative from Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties, 1875-6 and 1879-80. Was born Jan. 12, 1843. He received an academic education, and prosecuted his medical studies at the University of Michigan during the years 1867-8, and graduated at the Detroit Medical College in 1869. He practiced his profession in Keweenaw County.

Senator from the Third District, 1838, and from the Seventh District, 1839. Came from Philadelphia to Niles in 1835, and engaged in the practice of the law. He was a ripe scholar, and a man of eminent ability, and immediately took rank among the first lawyers of the State, and acquired a State reputation. He returned to Philadelphia in 1843, became one of the first lawyers of that city, and afterwards a judge. He died at Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 7, 1884.

Senator from the Fourth District, 1843. Was born at East Bloomfield, N. Y., in 1808, brought up on a farm, and received a fair common school and academical 100 101education. In 1836 he was a Judge of the Common pleas court in Ontario County, N. Y. He came to Michigan in 1839 and studied law, first at Detroit and then at Marshall, and engaged there in practice with Gibbs & Sanford. In 1847 he was elected to Congress, but never qualified, dying at New York while on his way to Washington, and Charles E. Stuart was elected to fill the vacancy. He was a fine lawyer and a great orator. In height, five feet ten; fine eyes, light complexion, curly, bushy head of brown hair; easy in manner, fluent in speech, a master of wit and ridicule, logical, argumentative, enthusiastic and inspiring, he was by many considered the ablest Democratic speaker in those early days of Michigan. He gloried in the life of a pioneer.

Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1858-64. Was born at Hopewell, Ontario County, N. Y., May 31, 1810. In 1837 he was licensed to preach by the Northern Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the following year, at Tiffin, O., he was appointed “junior preacher” to the Copley circuit, then included in the Michigan Conference. In 1839 he was appointed to the Saline circuit, which brought him to Michigan. From 1841 to 1847 he was Missionary to the Indians, with headquarters at Flint, Mich. During the two following years he was presiding elder of the Grand River District, which extended across the State from Saginaw to Lake Michigan. In 1850 this district was divided, and he was made presiding elder of the eastern half, still residing at Flint. In 1852 he was placed in charge of the Methodist work in Lower Saginaw, now Bay City, where he built the first Methodist Church. From 1853 to 1857 he labored at Albion, Marshall, and Jackson; and from 1857 to 1859 he was presiding elder of the Indian Mission District and Missionary to the Indians in Isabella County. For the following two years he was presiding elder of the Lansing District, and in 1862 he was super-annuated. He died Apr. 15, 1871, being at the time in New York City, whither he had gone on business for the Indian Agency. He was buried at Mt. Pleasant, Mich., his home for some years prior to his death. He was married in 1832 to Miss Sophia Blakesly. He was elected Regent of the University in 1857 and took his seat the following January, serving the full term of six years.

Representative from Calhoun County, 1879-80. Was born in Vermont in 1817. He received a common school education, and in 1835 came to Michigan and settled in Calhoun County, where he followed the occupation of a farmer. He held the office of Supervisor and other minor offices. In politics he was a Republican.

Auditor General, 1905-9. Was born on a farm in Middlebury Township, Shiawassee County, Mich., Nov. 19, 1858. He obtained his early education in the public schools of Shiawassee County. Dr. Bradley lived in Laingsburg and vicinity until he came to Eaton Rapids in 1880, entering the employ of Hamilton Bros., druggists, and remained with them until he entered Rush Medical College of Chicago. He was graduated from that institution in the spring of 1886, and returned to Eaton 101 102Rapids, where he practiced his profession; conducted a large farm, and other extensive business interests. Dr. Bradley was married to Miss Jennie A. Frost of Genesee County, September, 1885. A Mason, member of Charlotte Commandery, and Saladin Temple of Mystic Shriners of Grand Rapids; also belonged to the orders Knights of Pythias and Maccabees. He was twice elected Mayor of the city of Eaton Rapids, and was a member of the Board of Pension Examiners of Eaton County twelve years. In politics always a Republican. At the Republican State Convention held at Detroit, June 30, 1904, he was placed in nomination for Auditor General.

Representative from Menominee County, 1923—. Was born in Newberry, Michigan, April 1, 1888, of Irish parentage. While still a child his parents removed to a farm in Huron County and his early education was acquired in the district school there. He later attended the Ferris Institute and the Central State Normal and then taught in rural schools for several years. In 1909 he was married to Jennie Wallen of Midland and went to Hermansville as Superintendent of Schools. He held the Postmastership eight years, under the Wilson administration, and is Supervisor of Meyer Township. He was elected to the Legislature on the Democratic ticket, November 7, 1922.

Delegate from Kalamazoo County to the Constitutional Convention of 1867. Was born in Stockholm, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., Mar. 13, 1812. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1835. He was married in 1838 and on account of his wife's health came to Michigan where he settled in Richland in 1843, going from there to Kalamazoo in 1844. His pastorate at Richland was the longest then known. In 1850 he was defeated for the convention by Samuel Clark but succeeded in the Constitutional Convention of 1867. He was deeply interested in all educational matters. He died at Richland, Feb. 3, 1896.

Senator from the Twenty-seventh District, 1867-8; member of Congress, 1873-5 and 1875-7. Was born in Lee, Mass., May 28, 1831. He moved with his father's family to Ohio in 1835. He received a common school education and came to Michigan in 1852. He settled at Bay City in 1858. He served in the village and city Council and was elected Mayor in 1865. He was elected State Senator and served in the session of 1867. In 1872 and 1874 he was elected to Congress and served in the 43d and 44th sessions. In that position he made a good record. He engaged in the manufacture of lumber and salt.

Senator, 1909-10 and 1911-12, from the Eighteenth District, comprising the counties of Ionia and Montcalm. Was born in Spencer Township, Kent County, Mich., Feb. 26, 1859, and received his education in the public schools, and at Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He worked for three years in his father's 102 103store, and five and one-half years in a printing office. From 1880 to 1884 he was engaged in the retail general merchandise business, and from 1884 to 1903 was in the wholesale and retail grocery business. After 1903 he conducted an exclusive wholesale grocery business. Married. He served as Alderman of Greenville, was Mayor in 1908 and again in 1909. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Wayne County (residence Van Buren Township), 1835 and 1836; Delegate from Wayne County to the First and Second Conventions of Assent, 1836. Was a native of Canada, and of Quaker extraction. The dates of his birth and death are unknown. By reason of his religious tendencies, or from some other cause, he refused to bear arms in the British service in the War of 1812, and was imprisoned for a time as an American sympathizer. After regaining his liberty he came to Michigan, though at what time is unknown. He is first mentioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1831, and was subsequently Supervisor of the then township of Huron, and of Van Buren after it was set off from Huron. He was a man of intelligence and education, numbered surveying among his pursuits, and was County Surveyor in 1837-41, and Associate Judge in the last named year. The period of his public service would define his politics as presumably Democratic.

Representative from Newaygo County, 1923—. Was born in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, in 1864. In 1865 his parents came to Michigan and located on a farm in Kent County, where he lived until 1897 when he removed to Newaygo County. With the exception of a little more than three years spent in the mercantile business, Mr. Blake has lived all his life on a farm. He was educated in the district school, Caledonia High School and Sweensburg Business College in Grand Rapids. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic lodge, the Grange and Maccabees. He is a Republican and has held various township offices, being Supervisor of Dayton Township for the past six years.

Representative from the Third District of Kent County, 1919-1920, 1921-2 and 1923—. Has lived in Kent County all his life, having been born in Plainfield Township, Nov. 2, 1875, of American parents. He was educated in the district school, and the Grand Rapids Business College. Later he took a special course at the Michigan Agricultural College. Both his father and grandfather were fruit growers and Mr. Braman has devoted his life to general farming and fruit growing, specializing on apple culture. He has served as Treasurer of Grand Rapids Township and also Plainfield Township. Mr. Braman is married and has two sons and one daughter. He is a Republican.

Representative from the First District of Jackson County, 1901-2. Was born in Jackson, Mich., Jan. 25, 1871. He was educated in the high school of that city, and was married Feb. 11, 1891. He successfully engaged in the bakery business, and was elected Alderman of the 4th ward. In politics a Democrat.

Representative from Wayne County, 1885-6. Was born in New Carlisle, O., Sept. 6, 1841. When one year old his parents removed to Indianapolis, Ind., where they both died within five years. He was then taken to Pennsylvania, the home of his parents. In the common schools he received a limited education. At the age of nineteen he removed to Illinois. Seven days after the siege of Fort Sumpter he enlisted in the Sixteenth Ill. Infantry for three months, but on the 26th of April, 1861, he was mustered into the three years’ service. At the expiration of that time he spent a short time in Quincy, Ill., but soon re-enlisted in the 14th Ill. Infantry, and was chosen Captain of Co. E of said regiment; was detailed as commissary of subsistence and general ordinance officer of General Stolbrand's brigade, 17th army corps, and served in this capacity until he was mustered out of the service September, 1865. He settled in Saline County, Mo., in 1866, as a stock farmer. He removed in July, 1872, to Hamtramck, Mich. He engaged in manufacturing cooperage materials and dealing in real estate. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Wayne County, 1883-4 and 1885-6. Was born at Great Bend, Pa., Jan. 20, 1848, and is descended from the early Dutch settlers of New Jersey. He received his primary instruction in the village school, and pursued advanced studies in the graded schools of Binghampton, N. Y., and the Susquehanna Seminary. In 1861 he began an apprenticeship in the printers’ trade in the office of the Binghampton Republican. Having learned his trade, he made an extended tour through the southwestern and western states, which terminated in October, 1868, when he took up his permanent abode in Detroit. Since that date a large portion of his time was employed in the job rooms of the Free Press of that city. Mr. Brant took an active interest in political affairs for a number of years, and his first aspirations in that direction were rewarded by his election as Representative by the Democrats and workingmen of Detroit, to the Legislature of 1883-4. In 1884 he was nominated by the Labor party and endorsed by the Democrats. He ws also a State Fish Commissioner.

Representative from Huron County, 1923—. Was born in Ann Arbor, March 15, 1865, of German parentage. He was educated in the public school of Detroit and for ten years followed the occupation of painting and decorating; since then he has engaged in farming. He is married and has a family. Mr. Braun has held the offices of Treasurer and Supervisor of Chandler Township, and Treasurer of Huron County. He is a Republican.

Representative from Menominee County, 1887-8. Was born in the province of New Brunswick, Jan. 2, 1834. His business was that of buying and selling pine and mineral lands. During the Civil War he was a member of Battery L., 1st Ill. light artillery, three years and seven months. He was Supervisor of the 4th ward of Menominee city, and was elected Representative of the Fusion ticket. He was defeated for Congress in February, 1888.

Representative from Marquette County, 1873-4; Senator from the Thirty-first District, 1877-8; and member of Congress, 1883-5. Was born Nov. 10, 1831, in the city of Schalkan, Duchy of Saxe-Meinigen, and was the son of a Lutheran clergymen. He graduated from the college of mining at Meiningen in 1849, and came to Michigan the same year, making his home in Kalamazoo County. He attended school at Richland several months to acquire a knowledge of the English language. Then he became a clerk in a store of Kalamazoo. In 1851 he went to Detroit, where he remained four years, and removed to Marquette in 1855. There he engaged in mercantile business, also in exploring and buying and selling mineral lands. He removed to Negaunee in 1859 and continued his mercantile business until 1864, when he gave his entire attention to mining and mining interests. He was engaged in running the Pioneer Furnace at Negaunee; was superintendent of the Washington and Republic Iron Companies; located iron mines in the Menominee and Vermillion ranges; and was interested in gold and silver mining in Colorado. He was a mayor of Negaunee in 1880, 1882 and 1883, and held other positions. In politics he was an ardent and leading Republican. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention of 1876. After serving one term in Congress he declined a second term. He acquired a large fortune and was a leading operator in mining property. In religion he was a Lutheran. He died Mar. 3, 1847.

Senator from the Second District of Wayne County, 1919-20; and member of Congress, 1921-2. Was born at Mt. Clemens, Mich., Apr. 22, 1890, of American descent. He was educated at Sts. Peter and Paul's Parochial School of Detroit, the Detroit College and Harvard University, graduating from the law department of the latter institution in 1912. In October of that year he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Michigan. Two years later he received the degree of A. M from the University of Detroit. During 1914 he was associated in the law business with former Attorney General Otto Kirchner, and during the following year with Hon. Alexander J. Groesbeck, present Governor of Michigan. In June, 1915, he won a civil service appointment of assistant corporation councel of the City of Detroit. The following March he was admitted to practice before the Supreme court of the United State. Mr. Brennan is married and has one daughter. In politics a Republican.

Representative from the First District of Saginaw, 1893-4. Was born in Overath, Rhine Province, Prussia, Jan. 1, 1838. At the age of eleven years he came to America, landing at New York, where he remained one year and came to Saginaw with his parents in 1850. He acquired his early education at the public schools in Germany and New York, and attended school two years after coming to Saginaw. From 1857-65 he was in the mines of Colorado, Montana, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington. He returned to Saginaw for a short visit but was detained in an official capacity. He was appointed City Marshal in 1866, and in 1868 was made Deputy Sheriff. In 1880 he was elected Recorder of the city. From 1868 to 1875 he served as Constable and from 1875-85 as Justice of the Peace. In the fall of 1885 he was admitted to the bar and engaged as practicing attorney and 105 106real estate dealer. In 1890 he was elected the first Recorder of the Consolidated city of Saginaw. In politics a Democrat.

Representative from Washtenaw County, 1835 and 1836. His postoffice address was Ypsilanti. (Further data not obtainable).

Senator from Oakland County, 1873-4; and member of Congress, 1877-9, 1879-81, 1887-9 and 1889-91. Was born Oct. 22, 1837, in Addison, Oakland County, Mich. He worked upon his father's farm until he was nineteen years of age; was educated at Romeo and Oxford Academies; commenced reading law in 1861 with ex-Governor Wisner and Hon. M. E. Crofoot, and in 1864 was admitted to the bar at Pontiac, in his native county. He was Circuit Court Commissioner for Oakland County in 1866-7-8-9; was City Attorney of Pontiac in 1866-7; was elected to the State Senate of Michigan in 1872 and served two years; was elected to the 45th Congress, and re-elected to the 46th Congress; was appointed Consul General at Berlin, Germany, June 30, 1881, by the late President Garfield, and served in that position until June 8, 1885, when he returned to Pontiac, his home, and entered once more upon the practice of his profession. On Sept. 10, 1886 he was unanimously renominated by the Republican party as its candidate for the 50th Congress, and on Nov. 2 was duly elected, and was re-elected to the 51st Congress. Deceased. U. S. Civil Service Commissioner Jan. 19, 1898-1901 Mar. 18, 1901

Representative from Hillsdale County, 1859-60. Was born in Waterloo, N. Y., Apr. 11, 1820, and was a lineal descendant of Elder William Brewster, of the Mayflower. His childhood and youth were spent in different localities in New York State until 1837, when he moved to Medina, Mich. Later he resided in Hillsdale County, and in Detroit, removing to Hudson in 1870, where he resided until his death, Nov. 28, 1886. He was a scholarly man, a close student and constant reader. Leaving school from ill health at the page of fourteen he ultimately gained a fund of information seldom equalled by those who complete a college course. He was Clerk of Hillsdale County, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector at Detroit for three years, and for a considerable period Recorder of Hudson. In politics he was a Republican. In religion he was a Presbyterian. Tolerant of opinions differing from his own, he was a self-reliant man and a consistent christian. He died at Hudson, Nov. 28, 1886.

Representative from Ionia County, 1897-8, 1911-12 and 1913-14. Was born at Ada, Hardin County, O., May 20, 1854, of Dutch and English descent. His education was acquired in the district schools. He came to Ionia County, Mich., in 1867, locating in Boston Township. He engaged in the dry goods, bazaar and clothing business and was owner of two large farms near Belding; also dealt extensively in Belding real estate. In politics a Democrat. He was elected Alderman of Belding and Mayor several terms.

Senator from the Sixth District, 1840-1. Was born at Littleton, Mass., in 1808. He came to Michigan in 1836, and settled at Grand Rapids, then called Kent. Meeting with pecuniary reverses, he went to Detroit in 1845, and formed the commission house of Bridge & Lewis, with Alexander Lewis for partner. This house became the leading one in that line of business in the State. He was the first president of the Detroit Board of Trade in 1856, and held that position there years, and on his retirement was elected a life member of the Board. He was for several years Collector of Detroit, and was so universally esteemed by all that he received the nomination of Mayor, both from Democratic and Republican parties. He was in polities a Democrat. He died Jan. 20, 1884.

Representative from Houghton county, 1879-80. Was born at Cincinnatus, Cortland County, N. Y., November, 1837. He received an academic education, and came to Michigan from Wisconsin, August, 1864. By occupation he was merchant, Politics was Republican.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1873-7. Was born at Adams. Mass., Feb. 13, 1829. His parents were natives of that State. He received an academical education, and entered Williams College in 1844, graduating in 1848. He studied law and was admitted to practice in 1850. For three years he was principal of the high school in his native town, and also a member of the school committee. He removed to Romeo, Mich., in March, 1854, and entered upon the practice of law. In 1855 he became principal of the Dickinson Institute, formerly a branch of the State University, where he remained three years. In 1858-9 and 1860 he was principal of the High School at Ann Arbor; then for five years held the same position at Jackson. In 1867 he returned to Macomb County and engaged in farming. In April, 1867 he was elected Superintendent of Schools for Macomb County, which position he held for four years. During his last official term he was president of the State Association of County Superintendent. He was director of the Romeo union school district for eight years; and was for many years secretary of the County Agricultural Society. In 1879 he became Deputy Secretary of State and held that position until 1883. He was a Republican in politics. He died at Lansing, Jan. 7, 1902.

Representative from Kent County, 1873-4 and 1875-6. Was born in the town of Skaneateles, Onondaga County, N. Y., July 30, 1830. Mr. Briggs was educated in a common school. In 1834 his parents removed to Michigan and settled in Washtenaw County. In 1850 he removed to Grand Rapids. He was timber agent for the State land office from 1859 to 1865. Mr. Briggs’ occupation was that of a farmer.

Senator, 1895-6, from the First District, composed of the ninth, eleventh, thirteenth and fifteenth wards of the city of Detroit, and the townships of Greenfield, Grosse 107 108Pointe, Hamtramck, Livonia, Plymouth and Redford, Wayne County. Was born in Livonia Township, Aug. 19, 1840. He attended the Plymouth High School and the State Normal; settled on a farm in Livonia Township where he lived for many years. In politics a Republican. He held the office of Justice of the Peace of his township.

Representative from Kent County, 1869-70. Was born in Wayne County, Mich., Jan. 25, 1838. When young he became a clerk in a store at Battle Creek where he remained three years, afterwards for a time attending Olivet College. In 1862 he enlisted in the 7th Mich. Cavalry and served with his regiment in the army of the Potomac during the war, the regiment forming part of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade under General Custer and taking part in sixty-three battles. He was promoted from grade to grade, and became Colonel of the regiment in 1864. At the close of the war his regiment was sent West and remained in Utah until late in 1865. He was a merchant and manufacturer. In 1868 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Senator from the Nineteenth District, 1861-2. Was born June 29, 1831, at West Haven, Rutland County, Vt. His parents, Noah and Sarah (Kenyon) Briggs, removed to Michigan in 1836, and settled on a farm in Allegan County. He attended district school, and as a student first entered Kalamazoo College, and afterwards the State University. In 1856 he was elected Clerk of Allegan County, and held the office four years. He was State Senator in 1861-2 and served one regular and one special session, when he resigned, was admitted to the bar, and removed to Kalamazoo, where he served as Prosecuting Attorney for four years. In 1868 he was elected Judge of Probate of Kalamazoo County, and held the position for eight years. He took a strong interest in religious and temperance questions, and aided in educational matters, especially those relating to Kalamazoo College. In politics a Republican. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and for many years was a Sabbath School superintendent.

Representative from Wayne County, 1869-70; and Senator from the Third District, 1871-2. Was born at Potter, Yates County, N.Y., Aug. 12, 1837. He received an academic education, and at the age of nineteen commenced the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1858. In 1859 he came to Michigan and commenced the practice of the law at St. Johns, and the next spring was elected village Clerk. In the fall he went to Mississippi and remained until the fall of 1861, when he returned and settled at Wayne. In 1864 he removed to Wyandotte, where he engaged in practice. He was Justice of the Peace, and many years City Attorney. In 1872 he was a delegate to the convention at Louisville, which nominated Charles O'Connor for President. He was always a Democrat.

Representative from the First District of Bay County, 1889-90. Was born in Prussia, of Polish parents, June 14, 1845. By occupation he was a general merchant. 108 109He held the office of Supervisor. Mr. Briske was elected to the House of 1889-90 on the Democratic ticket.

Representative from Oakland County, 1853-4. Was born in Livingston County, N.Y., Apr. 27, 1803. By occupation he was a farmer, in politics a Whig. He came to St, Joseph County, Mich., in 1835, removed to Commerce, Oakland County, in 1846, and died at Pontiac, July 29, 1871. For several terms he was a Supervisor.

Representative from the Second District of Wayne County, 1923—. Was born in Greenfield Township, Wayne County, June 7, 1875. Mr. Bristow is married and has four children; he has always resided on a farm. He had held the offices of Township Clerk, Township Treasurer and Supervisor, which last named office he has held for the past seven years. He is also director and vice-president of the Strathmoor State Bank. Mr. Bristow is a Republican.

Member of the Legislative Council, 1832-3 and 1834-5; Senator from the Third District, 1835-7; Representative from Berrien County, 1847-8 and 1850-1; Delegate from Berrien County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850; and Lieutenant Governor, 1852-3. Was born in Jefferson County, N.Y., in 1800, came to Michigan in 1827, and was the first settler in the town of St, Joseph, Berrien County. He was for a short time connected with the Carey mission. He preempted land in 1827 and 1829, but the survey was not made by government until 1830. He remained a citizen of the town from 1829 until his death, Jan. 18, 1862. He was one of the prominent men of Michigan in pioneer days. In politics he was a Democrat. He never married. He laid out the village of St. Joseph, first known as Newberry.

Representative from Kent County, 1835 and 1836. Was born in the State of Vermont, June 16, 1789, and died June 2, 1850. He came to Michigan in 1824, and settled in Kent County in 1834, where he built a sawmill and operated it for a number of years, when he engaged in farming. Politically he was a Democrat. He died June, 1850.

Representative from the Second District of Bay County, 1887-8. Was born in Danby, Tompkins County, N.Y., July 21, 1838. His early life was passed partly in New York and partly in Pennsylvania. He came to Michigan in 1856, remaining in Oakland County until October, 1865, when he removed to Bay County. He was elected Alderman of what was Lake City, afterwards Wenona, now West Bay City, and continued to hold that office for four years; he was Supervisor from 1871 to 1874. He was elected Sheriff of Bay County and held that office four years, was manager of the West Bay City Manufacturing Company. He was a 109 110farmer. In politics a Republican. In 1885 he was elected Treasurer of the township of Monitor. He was married Apr. 5, 1860, to Miss Sarah J. Armstrong, of New York.

Representative from the First District of Bay County. 1905-6. Was born at Brockway, St. Clair County, Mich., Nov. 30, 1872. He lived at Brockway and Port Huron until thirteen years of age, and then went to Au Sable and Oscoda, and tallied and inspected lumber during the summer months, attending school winters. He graduated from the Au Sable High School, paid his way through college, and finished his education at the Northern Indiana Normal University. He was admitted to the bar in 1895. practiced his profession separately until 1899, when he formed a partnership with Hon. Devere Hall. of Bay City. under the firm name of Hall & Brockway. Mr. Brockway was in active service in the Santiago campaign in Cuba with the 33d Mich. Vol. Inf. In 1901 and 1902 he was Assistant Adjutant General of Spanish War Veterans in the United States; also Senior Vice Commander of the Michigan Corps Spanish War Veterans and Judge Advocate General for the United States in the National League of Veterans and Sons. In politics a Republican. He held the office of Circuit Court Commissioner from 1898 to 1902.

Senator from the Fourteenth District, 1855-6; and Representative from Calhoun County, 1865-6 and 1871-2. Was born in Morristown, Orleans County. Vt., Feb. 4, 1813. In 1820 he removed with his parents to Malone, N. Y., where he worked with his father, who was a blacksmith, and had little opportunity for an education. He came to Detroit in 1831, and worked as a blacksmith in Dexter and Ypsilanti. He taught the first school in Dexter, then taught the Wyandot Indians at Flat Rock. He was licensed as a Methodist preacher in 1833, and had many locations, including the Indian mission at Lake Superior. He was Chaplain at Fort Brady for eight years. From 1848 to 1855 he was financial agent of what is now Albion College, and its first success is largely due to his exertions. After 1858 he was largely engaged in real estate and general business. He was the contractor in building the division of the Lake Shore railroad from Jonesville to Lansing. He was sergeant-at-arms of the Senate in 1863; Trustee of the village of Albion for many years and several years its President; trustee of Albion College for a long period and many years its treasurer; for sixteen months Chaplain of the 16th Mich. Infantry; and was a member of many societies. At first a Democrat, he was a Republican after 1854. He died at his home in Albion. Oct. 21, 1891.

Senator from the Sixth District, 1850, and from the Third District, 1859-60. Was a native of New Hampshire, born, 1822, and came to Pontiac when a stripling, residing with his brother there. In 1845 he was secretary of the State Senate, having previously served a year or two as Assistant Secretary of State. In the summer of 1846 he took a commission as Lieutenant in a company formed at Pontiac for service in the Mexican War, and soon after reaching the field he was assigned to duty on the staff of Gen. Pierce, where he served until the close of the war. He 110 111subsequently removed to Detroit and was connected with the management of daily paper there, 1849-52. In 1853 he was commissioned by President Pierce as Postmaster at Detroit. He held the office during the Pierce administration, and at the close of his term took up his residence on Grosse Ile. Upon the breaking out of the Civil War he sought service and was commissioned to raise the first regiment of Mich. Cavalry, of which he became Colonel. Col. Brodhead was mortally wounded at the second battle of Manassas (or Bull Run), Aug. 30, 1862, and died Sept. 5. His remains were brought to Detroit for burial, and the funeral services, with military honors, were held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Sept. 10. In politics he was a Democrat.

Member of the State Board of Agriculture, 1921—. Was born at Three Rivers, February 1, 1879. He acquired his education in the Constantine High School, Three Rivers Business College and Michigan Agricultural College, graduating from the last named institution with the class of ‘04. Always interested in agriculture in all its branches, he developed a splendid herd of registered Holstein cattle during the ten years following his graduation. In 1915 he became county agricultural agent in St. Clair County and held that position until called by the State Farm Bureau, in 1921, to become its secretary and manager. On October 7, 1921, he was appointed by Governor Alex J. Groesbeck, to fill the vacancy on the State Board of Agriculture caused by the resignation of John W. Beaumont. He was elected April 2, 1923.

Justice of the Supreme Court, 1908-21. Was born in Norfolk County, Ont., Canada, Oct. 7, 1858. He was educated in the Canadian common schools; Albert University, Belleville, Ont; and Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ont. At the age of nineteen he entered the University, taking a two years's course in art; at the age of twenty began the reading of law and spent one year in Belleville and four years in Toronto, the four years in Toronto being in the law offices of Mowat, MacLennan & Downey. Mr. Mowat was then Attorney General for Ontario and leader of the Liberal party. Mr. Brooke was admitted to practice at Toronto in 1884, removed to Detroit in 1885, and entered the office of Col. John Atkinson and Judge Isaac Marston. In 1887 the firm of Atkinson, Carpenter and Brooke was formed and conducted for several years until Judge Carpenter went on the bench. The law firm of Brooke & Spaulding was then formed and continued from 1892 to 1896, after which Mr. Brooke continued the practice of law alone until 1900. He was married Nov. 24, 1884. He was appointed by President McKinley supervisor of the census for the first district of Michigan. Mr. Brooke was elected Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit, to fill vacancy, in November, 1900, and re-elected Apr. 3, 1905. He was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court, Nov. 7, 1908, and was elected to fill the vacancy, caused by the resignation of Justice Carpenter, Nov. 3, 1908. Was re-elected Apr. 5, 1915, for the term ending Dec. 31, 1923. He died Jan. 21, 1921.

Representative from Newaygo and other counties, 1857-8 and 1859-60. Was born in Haverill. N. H., May 14, 1803. He settled at Newaygo in 1841, and founded the village of Newaygo in 1852. He constructed a canal across the Muskegon flats 111 112planning the work, and made it a success. Previously, he had obtained an appropriation of internal improvement lands for the purpose. He engaged in lumbering, and by his energy built up the village, established the county seat, erected a first-class hotel, built a church, procured capital to dam the river, followed by the building of mills, and the manufacture of lumber on a large scale. He was originally a Whig, but became a Republican in 1854. During the war he was in the pay-master department in Missouri. He was a born leader, and had by his suavity of manner and fine address, great control over men. He was a man of great intelligence and energy, and did more for the place of his adoption than any other man. He died May 20, 1866.

Representative from St. Clair County, 1847. Was born in Castine, Me., Aug. 27, 1808. He moved with his father's family from Mine to Columbus, O., in 1828, came to Detroit in 1836, and was in the grocery business there until 1843; then engaged in lumbering at Algonac, St. Clair County, where he resided thirteen years, when he returned to Detroit. He was an active Republican, and served as Alderman of the First Ward, and received the nomination for Mayor, but declined to run. He died at Detroit, Sept. 30, 1872.

Delegate in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8 from the Twenty-fifth District, Newaygo, Mecosta, Isabella and Osceola counties. Was born on a farm in Isabella County in 1875, of Scotch descent. He was educated in the district schools and worked on the farm until 1896, when he attended the Ferris Institute at Big Rapids. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1902, taking the degree of LL. B. He immediately began the practice of law in Big Rapids, forming a partnership with A. B. Cogger. In 1909 he was appointed City Attorney of Big Rapids.

Representative from Washtenaw County, 1846. Was born in the State of New York in 1811. He was a miller by occupation, and in politics a Whig. He died in Manchester, Sept. 16, 1852.

Representative, 1907-8, from the Missaukee District, comprising the counties of Kalkaska and Missaukee. Was born in Casnovia Township, Muskegon County, Mich., Oct. 24, 1858, of Dutch and English parents. He lived on a farm and attended a district school until he was twenty-three years old, when he learned the carpenter's trade, following that occupation for five years. Mr. Brott then went to Moorland where for eight years he was quiet extensively interested in the manufacture of lumber and shingles, also in mercantile business. Then engaged in the mercantile business in the village of Boardman. In politics a Republican. He held the offices of Postmaster of Moorland, Clerk of Moorland Township, Muskegon County, and Supervisor of boardman Township, Kalkaska County.

Representative from the First District of Jackson county, 1917-18 and 1919-20; and Senator from the Tenth District, 1921-2 and 1923—. Was born on a farm in Ingham County, June 18, 1880, and is of Dutch-Irish descent. He was educated in the district schools and Stockbridge High School from which he graduated in 1900. After teaching three years he entered Valparaiso University, graduating from the law department in 1906 and from Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, in 1907, since which time he has engaged in the practice of law. He is married and has one daughter. In politics he is a Republican. He was assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Jackson County in 1918-14.

Senator, 1891-2 from the Twenty-third District, comprising the counties of mecosta and Montcalm. Was born at Chagrin Falls, O., Mar. 20, 1845; came to Michigan with his parents in 1861, and settled in Montcalm County, near the banks of Crystal Lake, when that country was a wilderness. When he became of age he came into possession of the homestead, which he sold in 1877, and moved to a farm in the town of Bushnell, Montclam County. His early education was obtained in the country schools of his native place; at twelve he entered the Chagrin Falls Academy, where he remained until coming to Michigan; one year at the Lansing High School, in 1863 and 1864, completed his education. He taught fifteen winters in the country schools of Montcalm County, and was principal of the Sheridan School in 1883 and 1884. He held several township offices and was a member of the county board of school examiners, and was a candidate for Representative on the Fusion ticket in 1884. In politics a Republican until 1874; in 1876 joined the Greenback movement and voted for Peter Cooper, and subsequently acted quite independent politically, voting for Garfield in 1880, although no longer acting with the Republican party. He nominated for the Senate of 1891-2 by the Patrons of Industry.

Senator, 1899-1900, from the Ninth District, comprising the counties of Kalamazoo and Calhoun. Was born at Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Mich., Feb. 15, 1859. His early education was acquired in the public schools of his native village, and in 1883 he was graduated from the University of Michigan with the degree of A. B. At the close of his university studies he assumed control of his father's farms. He served as Director of the Board of Education at Schoolcraft. He was twice elected Justice of Peace; was President of the village of Schoolcraft two terms; was for several years secretary of the Kalamazoo County Pioneer Association; also President of the Kalamazoo County Husbandman's Club. In political a Republican.

Representative from Branch County, 1847 and 1848; and Delegate from Branch County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850. Was born in Newport, Herkimer County, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1809. He received a common school and academical education 113 114He went at an early day to York, Ind., and took up several lots, which he afterwards exchanged for a farm in Quincy, Mich. He was a Town Clerk from 1841 to 1847. Deceased.

Delegate from the First District to the Constitutional Convention of 1835; from Wayne County to the First Convention of Assent, 1836; and from Wayne County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850; and Representative from Wayne County 1835-7. Was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1798, subsequently removed to Wayne County, that State, and to Wayne County, Mich., in 1824 settling in the township of Nankin as a farmer, his early occupation having been that of a teacher. His services were always in demand in his township in local offices of all grades. He held an influential position in the politics of Wayne County for more than forty years. He also held the position of County Auditor of Wayne County, for a number of years, and of County Superintendent of the Poor. He enjoyed in a marked degree, throughout his life, the confidence of his fellow citizens. He was a Democrat in politics. He became a resident of the village of Wayne, in 1854, and died there May 19, 1882.

Representative from Van Buren County, 1867-8. Was born in Essex, Chittenden County, Vt., in 1819. He settled in Michigan in 1835, and the present village of Breedsville, Van Buren County. Commencing life with little, by industry and superior financial ability, he accumulated a large property, being alike successful in farming, lumbering and milling. He aided liberally in all public improvements, and never forgot the needy. He was for twenty-five years Supervisor of the town of Columbia. In politics he was a Republican. He died at St. Paul, Minn., where he had gone for health, Sept. 4, 1872.

Delegate for Branch County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850, also that of 1867; and Senator from the Fifteenth District, 1857-8 and 1859-60. Was born in Stafford, N. J., Apr. 9, 1803. He removed with his parents to western New York when young, where he was brought up to farming and received a common school education. In 1833 he came to Michigan, first settling on a farm in Palmyra, but in 1836 removing to a farm in Algansee, Branch County. The first town meeting was held in his log cabin in 1838, and he was elected the first Supervisor, which he held consecutively until 1851, also in 1853, 1856, 1857 and from 1861 to 1865. He was also for several years Justice of the Peace. He was a strong Whig until 1854, then a Republican. He owned a large farm, and for several years was president of the Branch County Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He died June 8, 1874.

Representative from Oakland County, 1859-60. Was born in Yarmouth, England, Nov. 1, 1818, and came to America with his father in 1827. His father purchased 114 115a farm near Rochester, N. Y., where they lived five years. His father removed to Novi, Mich., in 1832, and located a farm, where the family encountered all the hardships of the first pioneers. The son worked on the farm until 1844, receiving a common school education, and then went into mercantile business at Walled Lake, which he continued until 1871, when he removed to Ann Arbor. He was Postmaster at Walled Lake ten years, Justice fourteen years, was Supervisor at Ann Arbor, and a candidate for Mayor. He was a Republican after 1854.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1875-6. Was born in the town of Scipio, County of Cayuga, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1808. He received a common school education and engaged in teaching for several years. He removed to Medina, Lenawee County, in 1852. He held the offices of Township Clerk, Postmaster, and County Superintendent of the Poor. His business was that of a merchant. In politics he was a Republican.

Representative from the Second District of Kalamazoo County, 1883-4 and 1885-6. Was born in the township of Brady, Kalamazoo County, Mich., in 1847. He was reared upon a farm. After attaining manhood he engaged in teaching school for several years. Occupation was that of farming, residing on the farm his father located in 1835. Mr. Brown held at different times several official positions in his township. In politics he was a Republican. He was Postmaster at Vicksburg for seven years, president of the Farmers’ State Bank and member of the Board of Education. He died Oct. 30, 1916.

Representative from the Second District of Genesee County, 1921-2. Was born June 5, 1868, at Athens, O., of Scotch-Irish parents. He was educated in the public schools of Athens, O., and Ohio State University, Columbus, O. He has engaged in the wholesale dry goods business, was for ten years a public accountant, coming to Michigan seven years ago, since which time he has engaged in real estate, loans and insurance business. Mr. Brown is married and has one daughter. He was a member of Genesee County Draft Board and inspector of draft boards of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and also served with the American Red Cross overseas during the World War. In politics he is a Republican.

Representative, 1903-4, from the Iron District, comprising the counties of Baraga, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon. Was born in Defiance County. O., on the 13th day of March, 1870. His parents emigrated from Germany to Ohio in 1854, and settled on a farm where he spent his boyhood days. Mr. Brown was educated in the Columbus school. At the age of twenty he moved to Saginaw, Mich., and secured employment as scaler of logs. The following year he moved to Ontonagon, Mich., where he was employed in saw milling. In 1898, he enlisted in the 35th Michigan, which was under Colonel Irish, and was promoted to Corporal. He was mustered 115 116out of service in 1899, and moved to Greenland, Ontonagon County. In politics a Republican. He served as member of the Board of Review of Greenland, and chief of the Fire Department.

Representative from Berrien County, 1867-8. Was born in Columbia, Lorain County, O., in 1836; was educated at the Baldwin University; was for a time principal of the Fredonia Academy in Portage County; and in 1855 published a paper in Cuyahoga County. He studied law and in 1860 removed to St. Joseph, Mich. He was Circuit Court Commissioner of Berrien County. He removed to Kalamazoo in 1867, and in 1869 was elected Judge of the 9th Circuit. He edited and published two volumes of “Michigan Nisi Prius Cases.”

Member of the State Board of Education, 1863-73. Was born at New Lebanon, Conn., Sept. 7, 1794, educated in the public schools. He served in the War of 1812. He engaged in farming in New York State and afterwards entered the ministry. He was Superintendent of the Indian Mission School at Green Bay, Wis. for four years. He was sent as a home missionary to Flint in 1839 where he built a very fine church. He resigned Aug. 11, 1846 and occupied several pulpits throughout the State. He was elected a member of the State Board of Education. Nov. 4, 1862, and re-elected Nov. 3, 1868. He died at Flint, Aug. 6, 1873.

Representative from Kalamazoo County, 1839 and 1840. Was born in Loudon County, Va., June 20, 1795. He was a graduate of the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and was a remarkably well educated physician for that time. He settled at Schoolcraft, Mich., in 1830. He was Whig until that party ceased to exist, then a Democrat. For sometime he was a professor of a medical school established at La Porte, Ind. In 1852 he moved upon a farm in Pavillion, which he made his home until about the time of his death. which occured May 13, 1871, at Boone, Ia. He was buried at Schoolcraft.

Representative from Kalamazoo County, 1841; Senator from the Twenty-first District, 1855-6 and from the Eleventh District, 1879-80; and member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1858-64. Was born at Plymouth, Vt., Apr. 16, 1809, and was the son of Thomas and Sally Brown. His ancestors came over about 1640. He received a fair academical education, and at the age of twenty-one came to Ann Arbor, thence to Kalamazoo County. At Prairie Ronde he found employment in a store, and afterwards became a partner, and continued in the mercantile business until 1848, when he retired to a firm near Schoolcraft. In politics he was a Whig, then Republican. He was active in 1855 in securing a prohibitory law, and was a strong anti-slavery man. For six years he was president of the Schoolcraft and Three Rivers Railroad, and pushed it through to success. In religious persuasion he was a Baptist. He perfected an incomplete 116 117education by hard study, and as a classical scholar translated the Greek odes of Horace, and wrote fine, original, descriptive poems. He died at Schoolcraft, Apr. 12, 1899.

Representative from Berrien County, 1874-5. Was born Aug. 22, 1820, at Willoughby, O. He received a common school education. He removed to Michigan in the spring, 1830. Mr. Brown held the office of Supervisor, Treasurer, and other minor offices. In politics he was a Democrat. He succeeded Evan J. Bonine as Representative in 1874, and died Apr. 28, 1875.

Representative from Barry County, 1855-6. Was an early settler in that county and was a farmer. He was a member of the forces that turned out in the Toledo War. He died many years ago.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County, 1919-20 and 1923—. Was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1863. He was educated at Fearnside Academy, a private school in Dublin. After coming to the United States he worked as reporter on New York and Detroit papers and was war correspondent for the Detroit News during the Spanish War. Following the war he entered the commercial field and for several years represented concerns in Brooklyn and Chicago which manufactured farm implements. He moved to Detroit in 1906, and engaged in the general insurance business. He served as secretary of the Board of Education and also a member of the City Board of Estimates. In politics he is a Republican, married and has three sons and one daughter.

Representative from Calhoun County, 1871-2. Was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., in 1816. He was a Republican in politics, and a farmer by occupation. He came to Michigan in 1866, was a wealthy farmer, and a prominent officer and member of the Methodist Church. He died in 1883.

Representative from Jackson County, 1859-60. Was born in Litchfield County, Conn., May 5, 1825. He learned the trade of a miller. He came to Michigan in 1833, resided in Concord and Jackson up to 1850, went to Branch County, studied law and was admitted at Coldwater in 1852. He returned to Jackson in 1853, and resided there until 1861, when he removed to Sault Ste. Marie, which was his home, except two years at Albion. In 1861 he was appointed superintendent of the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal, and held that position until 1865. He was Prosecuting Attorney and Circuit Court Commissioner of Chippewa County from 1868 to 1876; Register of Deeds and County Clerk from 1876 to 1887. In politics he was first a Republican, then a Democrat.

Senator from the Twenty-eighth District, comprised of Midland, Gratiot, Clare, Gladwin and Roscommon counties, 1881-2. Was born at Green Oak, Livingston County, Mich., Jan. 28, 1837. Having received an academic education at the Seminary and the Normal School at Ypsilanti, he engaged in teaching for several years. He graduated from the law department of the Michigan University in the spring of 1865, and was admitted to the bar in the same year, by the Supreme Court, in session at Detroit. He removed to Ithaca, Gratiot County, in 1866, practicing law a portion of the time. He held the office of County Superintendent of Schools from 1867 to 1871, and again from 1873 to 1875. He was renominated for the same office, when it was abolished. He held several minor local offices, such as President of the village of Ithaca, and Justice of the Peace. From 1876 to 1881 he was Judge of Probate of Gratiot County. In politics a Republican.

Delegate in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8, from the Eleventh District, St. Clair County. Was born in Kenockee Township, St. Clair County, in 1872, of English and Irish descent. His father was Delmere Brown of the same township, prominent lumberman and farmer. He graduated from the Flint High School. In 1893 he married Edna Green. Mr. Brown was engaged in lumbering and the mill business for seven years; and then a farmer. He held the office of Supervisor for six years.

Representative from Hillsdale County, 1843. Was born in Livingston County, N. Y., about 1810, and came to Michigan in 1838. He was a farmer and a Democrat. He removed from Michigan to the West in 1845. Nothing further is known of him.

Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1839-40. Was born in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pa., Nov. 26, 1793, was of Quaker descent and the youngest of eleven children. In 1824 he removed to Tecumseh, Mich., the village site having been bought by Brown, Evans & Wing. They erected the first saw mill in the county in 1825 and the first grist mill in 1826. In 1832 he was General in the Black Hawk War. From 1833 to 1837 he was largely engaged in the staging route between Detroit and Chicago. Among positions held by him were the following: Adjutant in regular cavalry of New York veterans in 1847; Captain in 1818 and Lieutenant Colonel in 1819 of the 108th New York; first Judge of Lenawee County, 1826; Colonel 8th Mich. Militia, 1829; Commander of Michigan troops in the Toledo War; Register of the land office at Ionia, 1836; Brigadier General, 1839. He was a member of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. He died at Tecumseh, Mich., Dec. 9, 1880.

Representative from the First District of Montcalm County, 1889-90. Was born in Granby Township, Oswego County, N. Y., Apr. 21, 1852. His parents removed to Branch County, Mich., when he was three years old, and shortly afterwards to 118 119the township of Danby, in Ionia County, where he continued to reside on a farm until he was fourteen years of age. He then removed with his parents to Portland, Mich., where he attended the Union School for two years, and then began teaching district schools. In 1872 he commenced the study of law with Hon. A. Williams of Ionia, and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He afterwards taught the Union School of Sheridan, Mich., and commenced the practice of law in that village in April, 1875. He removed to Stanton in December, 1876. He served as Township and City Clerk, City Attorney, Circuit Court Commissioner, and from 1881 to 1885 was Prosecuting Attorney of Montcalm County. At the judicial convention in 1887 he received the unanimous support of the delegates of his own county for Circuit Judge—O. L. Spaulding of St. Johns being finally nominated. He was elected to the house of 1889-90 on the Republican ticket.

Representative from the county of Isabella, 1895-6. Was born in Hamden, Delaware County, N. Y., Apr. 20, 1847, of Scotch parents. His early education was acquired in the common schools, supplemented by one term at the Andes Collegiate Institute, N. Y. With the exception of teaching school one term and clerking one year in a country store, he was continually engaged at farm labor until 1876, when he came to Michigan and engaged as traveling salesman for a nursery firm, which occupation he followed for about twelve years, and engaged in the hotel business at Dushville, Isabella County. During President Harrison's administration he was Postmaster at Dushville, and in 1892 removed to a farm. In politics a Republican. He was never a candidate for any office before he was elected to the House of 1895-6.

Representative from Hillsdale County, 1877-8 and 1879-80. Was born in Pittstown, Rensselaer County, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1820. He was educated in the common schools, and removed to Michigan in 1862. In April, 1864, he settled in Ransom, Hillsdale County; in 1865 was elected Justice of the Peace and held the office ten years. In 1873 and 1874 he was chosen Supervisor of the town. By occupation he was a farmer, in politics a Republican.

Representative from Kalamazoo County, 1857-8 and 1959-60; and Senator from the Twentieth District, 1861-2 and 1865-6, and from the Tenth District, 1885-6. Was born in Loudon County, Va., Dec. 31, 1819. When a lad of eleven years of age, he came with his parents to the township of Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County. Mr. Brown was a farmer all his life-time and was elected the first master of the State Grange, upon its organization, and then held the office of treasurer of that body continuously from the expiration of his term as master, until the annual meeting in December, 1884, when he declined another re-election. In politics he was a Republican. He died June 2, 1893.

Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8; and Representative from the Second District of Wayne County, 1909-10, and 1911-12. Was born in Greenfield 119 120Township, Wayne County, Mich, Jan. 30, 1860, of English descent. He acquired his education in the district schools of Wayne County. He was married to Louise Granzow in 1887. By occupation a farmer. In politics a Republican. He served as Supervisor of Greenfield Township for many years.

Member of the Legislative Council from Wayne County, 1928-9 and 1830-1. Was a physician by profession, but no information is obtainable as to his nativity or the time of his death. The records, however, show him to have been a man of marked prominence in the local councils. He was a trustee of the corporation of Detroit in 1805, was one of the signers of the protest against the British General Proctor's order of expulsion in 1813, a director of the newly organized bank of Michigan in 1818, County Commissioner in 1820 and Trustee of the University in 1821. Politically he was doubtless in sympathy with the prevailing sentiment of the time.

Senator, 1903-4 and 1905-6, from the Twenty-first District, comprising the counties of Lapeer and Tuscola; and Delegate to the Constitution Convention of 1907-8 from the Twenty-first District. Was born on his father's farm in the township of Hadley., Lapeer County, Mich., Dec. 25, 1863. He was educated in the public schools and afterward taught in district and village schools for five years. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1887, and was admitted to practice the same year by the Supreme Court. He commenced the practice of law at Imlay City and continued to live there until elected Prosecuting Attorney in 1892, when he moved to Lapeer. He was married in 1890 to Grace E. Palmer of Imlay City. Mr. Brown served two terms as Prosecuting Attorney, and subsequently engaged in the practice of law. An active member of several secret societies.

Representative from Jackson County, 1867-8. Was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., Mar. 9, 1821. In 1836 he came with his father and settled at Parma. He received most of his education in the State of New York. He was Supervisor of his town many years. He was successful in business and owned one of the largest farms in Jackson County. In religion he was a Methodist, in politics a Republican.

Representative from the First District of Ionia County, 1989-90. Was born in Medway, Mass., Nov. 24, 1831. He received his education in the Medway common and high school and entered Harvard University Medical Department in 1853, graduating in March, 1856. He practiced his profession in his native town until the beginning of the War of the Rebellion. May, 1861, he raised a company, which was mustered into the 2d Mass. Vols. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted as private in Company I, 16th Mass. Vols; was later commissioned Surgeon 76th U. S. C. T.; mustered out and honorably discharged, Dec. 31, 1865. In the summer of 1869 120 121he removed to Michigan, and with the exception of a short time spent in the township of Lebanon, in Clinton, resided at Hubbardston, engaged in the practice of his profession. He was admitted to the bar in the Circuit Court of Clinton County in January, 1883. He served as Justice of the Peace of the township of Lebanon, Trustee and President of the Village of Hubbardston, and commander of G. A. R. Post No. 234; represented his township on county committees, etc., and was elected to the Legislature in 1888 on the Republican ticket.

Representative from Lapeer County, 1889-90. Was born at Metamora, Lapeer County in May, 1853, received his education in the common schools of that township, and resided there until 1891 when he removed from the old homestead to his own farm in the township of Hadley. His father, Hon. Ellery A. Brownell, served in the State Legislature in 1867 and again in 1869. Edmund Brownell served as Supervisor of Hadley Township, Vice-President of the First National Bank of Lapeer and one of its directors for number of years. He was elected to the House of 1899-1900 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Henry Lee.

Representative from Lapeer County in 1867-8 and 1869-70. Was born in Genesee County, N. Y., Mar. 7,1816. By occupation he was a farmer, in politics a Republican. He settled in Metamora, Lapeer County, in 1838, and moved to Hadley, same county, in 1872. He died in June, 1888.

Representative from the First District of Cass County, 1855-6. His postoffice address was Dowagiac. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Oakland County, 1835 and 1836. Was born at New Lisbon, N. Y., in May., 1802. He married Clarissa Grant and emigrated to Michigan in 1825, settling at farmington, where he resided 31 years. He held the office of Postmaster many years, was Captain in the “Toledo War,” and filled many minor positions. In 1856 he removed to Utica, Macomb County. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1833, and held that position over forty years. Politically he was a Democrat. He died aug. 15, 1879.

Senator from the Fourth District, 1872. Was born at Farmington, Mich., Feb. 27, 1837. He received a common school education and in 1856 became a merchant at Utica, Mich. He married Helen A. Lawrence in 1857. He was Deputy Postmaster four years, and Postmaster from 1858 to 1861, at Utica, when he resigned, raised Co. “H” of the 2d Mich. Cavalry, went into the field, was commissary of subsistence, with the rank of Captain, served on the staffs of several generals, and in 1884 became chief of subsistence on the staff of General Hunter. He 121 122resigned in 1864 and was brevetted Colonel for meritorious services. He was a Supervisor, was one of the directors of the Detroit & Bay City Railroad, and in 1872 built the first thirty miles of that road. In 1873 he removed to Lake Superior, and was manager of the Munising furnace and the Marquette brown stone quarry. In 1879 he was one of the purchasers of the Duluth blast furnace, the company purchasing another furnace and an iron mine in 1882. He sold out in 1884, removed to Detroit and engaged in the mercantile business. He was delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868, and was a member of the Democratic State Committee. He was elected Senator to succeed Gilbert Hathaway, deceased.

Representative from Macomb County, 1857-8 and 1861-2. Was born at Farmington, Mich., Nov. 16, 1830. He was educated in district and select schools. He studied medicine and graduated in the class of 1852 at the Michigan University. He settled at Utica, Macomb County, and except three years in the army, was in practice there until his death, May 22, 1844. He married Jane E. Scudder in 1856, and they had three children. He was a prominent physician and surgeon, and had a large practice. He was for sixteen years a director of the Utica schools. He went out in 1861 as surgeon of the 2nd Mich. Cavalry, and several until the regiment was mustered out in the fall of 1864. In politics a Democrat.

Member of Congress, 1897-9. Was born Jan. 8, 1858, at Bridgeport, Saginaw County, Mich.; received a common school education and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in the class of 1881. He was a lawyer by profession. He served as Alderman of the city of East Saginaw two years, 1882-4; held the office of Judge of Probate for Saginaw County two terms, 1888-96; and was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Silver Democrat. After leaving Congress he resumed the practice of law.

Senator, 1893-4 and 1895-6, from the Twenty-third District, composed of the counties of Muskegon and Ottawa. Was born in Steuben County, N.Y., Aug. 17. 1830; was a graduate of the Alfred University and State Normal School, N.Y., and was Superintendent of Schools of Allegany County, N.Y., for six years. In 1874 he came to Michigan, locating at Muskegon. During the war he served in 130th New York Dragons. was commissioned First Lieutenant, and Nov. 9, 1862, promoted to Captain. At his home in Muskegon he engaged in the drug business. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Clinton County, 1873-4. Was born in the town of East Bloomfield, Ontario County, N.Y., July 20, 1822. He received an academic education. In 1845 he removed to Michigan and settled in the town of Victor, Clinton County. 122 123He held several offices of public trust in his township. Mr. Brunson was a farmer by occupation. He was long Postmaster at Victor. He died at St. Johns, Feb. 3, 1893.

Treasurer of the Territory of Michigan, 1806-13; and Attorney General, [1807?]- 1809. Was born in Bennington, Vt., in 1772. He graduated at Dartmouth College, studied law and settled in Detroit at any early day. He was Attorney General of Michigan Territory until 1809. He served in the War of 1812 as Colonel, and was counsel in the first case to test the right to hold slaves in Michigan. He died, Dec. 14, 1814.

Representative from the Second District of Wayne County, 1897-8 and 1899-1900. Was born at Portsmouth, O., Aug. 2, 1867; came to Michigan, locating at Wyandotte in 1868, where he acquired his education, graduating from the public schools of said city in 1885. He went to Detroit and engaged in wholesale houses for five years, after which he returned to Wyandotte and engaged in business. In politics a Republican. He was City Clerk for two years.

Representative from Eaton County, 1919-20, 1921-2 and 1923—. Was born on a farm in Brookfield Township, Eaton County, Mich., Aug. 31, 1859, of American parents. He received his education in the district schools of that township, the Charlotte High School and the Northern Indiana Business College at Valparaiso, Ind. He taught school winters for six years, working on his farm in Walton Township, Eaton County, when not teaching. At the same time he acted as school inspector. He served as Supervisor for thirteen years and while holding this office was elected Register of Deeds. Following his election to the latter office, he moved to Charlotte but still retained his interest in his farm. He is a member of Olivet F. & A. M., and of the Charlotte Commandery. Mr. Bryan is married In politics he is a Republican.

Representative from the Second District of Lenawee County, 1907-8 and 1909-10; and Senator, 1917-18, 1919-20 and 1921-2, from the Nineteenth District, comprising the counties of Lenawee and Monroe. Was born in Michigan, May 2, 1873, of English parents. He was educated in the Fayette Normal College and the Fayette Business University, of Fayette, O. Mr. Bryant has always been a farmer. He is married and resides on his farm in Lenawee County. In politics a Republican.

Representative from St. Joseph County, 1849. Was born at Amherst, Erie County , N.Y., Jan. 7, 1811. He removed to Sturgis Prairie, Mich., in December, 1828. 123 124He was bred a farmer, but became a merchant. He was several times a Whig candidate for the Legislature. He died at Chicago, Aug. 9, 1886.

Representative from Washtenaw County, 1838. Was born in the State of Vermont, in 1807. He was educated in his native State, at an early age commenced to study law, and was admitted to the bar prior to his coming to Ypsilanti in 1837, where he had purchased a fine residence property. He devoted himself to his profession. He died in 1850, leaving a wife and four children.

Representative from the Third District of Calhoun County, 1857-8 and 1863-4. His postoffice address was Battle Creek. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Calhoun County, 1875-6. Was born in Frankford, Herkimer County, N. Y., May 28, 1821. He removed to Michigan in 1835, and settled in the town of Eckford, Calhoun County. He received a common school education. Mr. Budlong filled two or three township offices, and that of Supervisor for several years. By occupation he was a farmer and lumberman; in politics a Democrat. He died at Harbor Springs, May 26, 1886.

Representative from Wayne County, 1838, 1848 and 1859-60; and member of Congress, 1849-51. Was born in Poultney, Vt., in 1813, early manifested an aptness for study, and took the bachelor's degree in college at the age of sixteen, spending, thereafter, some three years in teaching, in literary pursuits, and in legal studies. Coming to Detroit in 1834, he completed his law course in the office of the late Judge Witherell, and was admitted to practice in the spring of 1835. His official career, except as above sketched, was confined to a term or two as Prosecuting Attorney of Wayne County (then by appointment), 1843-6, a further appointment having been declined. He also served as president of the Detroit Young Men's Society (1836) and as a member of the School Board of the city. That he was so early and repeatedly honored with public trusts is evidence of his attainments and of the estimation in which he was held. He was defeated for a re-election to Congress in 1850 by reason of the then rising anti-slavery feeling, he being a Democrat and having supported in Congress the so-called compromise measures of that year. He died at Detroit, Apr. 17, 1868.

Representative from Oakland County, 1863. Was born at Northampton, Fulton County, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1819. He settled in Rose, Oakland County, in 1846, built the Buckhorn hotel and kept it for nearly two years, when he sold out. He built a store, was successful as a dealer in general merchandise, and also ran a small tannery, where buckskins were tanned and mittens made. He removed to Holly 124 125in 1854, opened the first store there, shipped the first car load of wheat over the Detroit & Milwaukee road to Detroit, and became a leader in business. He held various offices, including those of School Director and Supervisor. Politically he was a Republican. An ardent supporter of the Union during the war, he allowed a son under fourteen to enlist, and being chided for it, said, “If I had a hundred sons old enough to carry a sword they should all fight for the American flag.” While serving as a member of the House he died at Lansing, Mar. 20, 1863.

Representative from Branch County, 1891-2 and 1893-4. Was born, Dec. 13, 1853, on a farm near Union City. He acquired his early education at Olivet College, graduating in 1877. His life occupation was that of a farmer, with some special attention to stock raising. He was a delegate to the Farmer's National Congress at Montgomery, Ala., also to Council Bluffs, Iowa; at which last named place he was elected vice-president of said Congress; also vice-president of the Farmer's National Bank of his native village. In politics a Republican. He held the offices of School Inspector and Justice of Peace of his township.

Senator from the Seventeenth District, 1863-4. Was born in Newport, Sullivan County, N. H., Feb. 15, 1821. He moved to Genesee County, N. Y., in 1850. He was educated at the common schools and at Lima Seminary. By occupation he was a farmer. He read law for a time with Judge Hastings, of Rochester, N. Y., but ill health compelled him to return to the farm. He was Colonel of the 62d N. Y. Regiment in 1852. He moved to Cass County, Mich., in 1854. In politics he was a Republican. He resided at Kalamazoo in 1888.

Representative from Oakland County, 1859-60. Was born in Castleton, Vt., in 1821. He was a physician and surgeon by profession, in politics a Democrat, He first came to Michigan in 1836, went back to Vermont, in 1840 and graduated at the Medical College of Vermont in 1843, returning to Michigan the same year. He resided at Franklin, Oakland County, in 1888 and was engaged in the practice of his profession.

Representative from Delta and other counties, 1873-4. Was born in Laurenceburg, Ind., Oct. 12, 1835. He was educated in the public schools and took a two years’ course in the Norwich Military Academy, Vt. In 1857 he went to Kansas and Colorado where he spent a few years. At the outbreak of the Civil War he entered military service for two year. In 1863 he entered Harvard University, studied law for six months and returned to his home in Laurenceburg where he engaged in farming until August, 1866. On account of ill health he came to Menominee, Mich. In 1871 he visited the Menominee range and laid bare the first merchantible iron ore on the range in a mine which he named the Quinnesec. He died Jan. 30, 1917.

Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1911-17. Was born at Monroe, Mich, Mar. 7, 1870. He was educated in the University of Michigan where he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1892 and of the Bachelor of Laws in 1895. He married Cora Buhl Strong of Rockwood, Mich., Aug. 13, 1899. A lawyer by profession he began to practice in Detroit in 1895; a member of several clubs and societies. He was appointed a member of the Board of Regents of the University Apr. 7, 1911, to succeed George P. Codd resigned.

Representative from the First District of Lapeer County, 1891-2. Was born Dec. 16, 1841, on a farm in Elba Township, Lapeer County. He was an active and practical farmer, devoting his entire attention to farming and taking an active interest in agricultural fairs; connected with the Lapeer County Agricultural Society. He held the offices of Highway Commissioner, Township Treasurer, County Superintendent of the Poor and Supervisor of his Township, which later position he occupied for eight years in succession. In politics a Democrat.

Representative from St. Clair County, 1861-2. Was born in Windsor, Vt., June 18, 1820. He removed with his father's family to Desmond, now Port Huron, in 1825. In 1830 his father removed to Brownsville, N. Y., where the son worked on a farm until 1839. He attended the Black River Institute and was a teacher. In 1844 came back to Michigan and was in the employ of Z. W. Bunce and James Abbott at Clyde, St. Clair County, until 1849, when he with a brother bought out the firm, including a saw mill, grist mill and pine lands, and engaged in lumbering and farming. After 1863 he resided on a farm in Port Huron Township. He held many town offices. In politics he was first a Whig, then a Republican. He died at Marysville, Feb. 22, 1899.

Member of the Legislative Council, from St. Clair County, 1824-5 and 1826-7. Was born at Hartford, Conn., in 1787. Both of his grandfathers, Bunce and Drake, were sea captains, owning their own vessels, and among the earliest settlers of Hartford. The famous Charter Oak was on the Bunce farm. His father while a student in Yale College enlisted on a privateer, aided in taking several prizes from the British, was taken prisoner and confined at Halifax, from which he escaped, and was disinherited. His father died when he was young, and he went to live with his Grandmother Drake on the farm where the Connecticut State House now stands. At the age of seventeen he went to work as a hatter, and earned money to send him to school. He went into the hatting business at Claremont, N. H., for three years, then went to Chester, Vt., for four years, then was in the dry goods trade at Albany, N. Y., 1817 he came to Michigan, settled in St. Clair County. For many years he was a Judge of the county court of St. Clair County. When he first settled there were but nineteen families in St. Clair County. He lived on the same place at St. Clair for more than sixty years. He was still alive in 1887.

Representative, 1905-6 and 1907-8, from the Leelanau District, comprising the counties of Benzie and Leelanau. Was born at Albion, Ill., May 17, 1871, of English descent. He obtained his education at Benzonia College and was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in August, 1894. He was principal of the Thompsonville schools in 1890 and 1891 and of the Empire schools in 1892, was admitted to the bar in 1893, locating at Empire where he practiced his profession. He was married July 21, 1895. In politics a Republican. He held the offices of Deputy County Clerk, Register of Deeds, Prosecuting Attorney for two terms, and was alternate delegate to the national convention at Philadelphia in 1900; was elected Lieutenant Colonel of Michigan Sons of Veterans in 1893.

Representative from Oakland County, 1837. Was born in the State of Maine in 1792. He was by occupation a furniture dealer; in politics, first Whig then Republican. He removed from Maine to New York in 1806, from that State to Missouri in 1820 and from Missouri to Michigan in 1822. He was for several years Justice of the Peace in the village of Rochester, where he died Jan. 29, 1878.

Senator from the Third District, 1842-3. Was a native of Jefferson County, N. Y. He came to Monroe in 1834, where he followed the business of a warehouse man, and was in politics a Democrat. He was a Supervisor, and Treasurer of the city of Monroe. He died at Monroe.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County, 1899-1900. Was born at Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Mich., Feb. 28, 1863, and was educated at the public schools of his native village. At the age of eighteen years he entered a job printing office to learn the trade, and one year later, when but nineteen years of age, he, in company with C. M. Seger, began the publication of the Eaton Rapids Times, thus becoming the youngest publisher in the State at that time. He was married to Miss Ida M. Bryant of Albion, May 29, 1884. He went to Detroit in 1887 to engage in newspaper work, and became the senior member of the firm of Burch & LaRiviere, publishers and commercial printers, and editor of Truth, the official organ of the organized liquor interests of Michigan. In politics a Republican. He was President of his ward club, and an active worker in the interests of his party.

Senator from the Twenty-seventh District, 1877-8. Was born at Canoga, Seneca County, N. Y., June 25, 1847. While he was quite young his parents removed to Waterloo in the same county. His education was obtained at Waterloo Academy, Falley Seminary, Fulton, N. Y., and Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y. He studied law in New York, attended one session of the law department of the Michigan University, and commenced the practice of his profession at Rochester, Oakland 127 128County, at the age of twenty-one. Two years afterward he removed to Hersey, Osceola County, was soon after appointed Judge of Probate by Gov. Baldwin to fill a vacancy, and was subsequently elected to the same office for the full term. He was a Republican in politics and waS the youngest member of the Senate of the Legislature of 1877. After leaving the Legislature he was U. S. District Attorney of Western Michigan for several years, and then in the practice of his profession at Grand Rapids. He died at Rochester, Mich., June 14, 1921.

Representatives from Kalamazoo County, 1835 and 1836. His postoffice address was Bronson. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Antrim County, 1907-8. Was born at Dexter, Penobscot, Me., Sept. 6, 1855, of English and Welsh descent. Remaining at home and attending school until the fall of 1870 he entered a harness shop an an apprentice. In 1875 he opened a harness shop at Monson, Me., remaining there about three years when he came to Millbrook, Mecosta County, and established a harness shop. In 1881 he removed to Traverse City and in 1883 to Mancelona, continuing in the harness business for about three years at the latter place when he disposed of this business to give his sole attention to official and private interests. He was married in 1881 to Lillie M. Bartlett. Active in public affairs he held the office of village Clerk and Assessor, School Inspector, Township Treasurer, Justice of the Peace, member of Board of Education and Supervisor; held the office of Grand Chief Templar of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars of Michigan and was granted a life certificate of membership by the Grand Lodge. In politics a Republican.

Representative from the First District of Kent County, Grand Rapids, 1899-1900. Was born in England in 1858, and removed with his parents to Canada in 1867. He acquired his education in the public schools of Toronto, Canada, supplemented by private study, having learned the art of wood carving, came to the United States in 1880, working at his trade in different parts of the country, and in 1887 settled in Grand Rapids, still plying his trade by day and studying nights, ad in 1895 was admitted to practice law, which profession he followed. He was elected to the Legislature of 1899-1900 on the general legislative ticket of the city of Grand Rapids.

Representative from Berrien County, 1849. Was born in Giles County, Va., Sept. 6, 1810. He removed to Preble County, O., in 1824, and in 1828 emigrated to Cass County, Mich. In 1836 he removed to a farm in Berrien, Berrien County. By occupation a farmer; in politics a Democrat.

Representative from the Fourth District of Wayne County, 1913-14. Was born in the township of Ecorse, Wayne County, in 1866, and was educated in the public 128 129 schools of Detroit and Ecorse. His mother came from an old French family whose ancestors came to Detroit with Cadillac in 1701. Mr. Burke was Postmaster at river Rouge during Grover Cleveland's second administration, and serve as Justice of the Peace of Ecorse Township. In politics a Democrat.

Representative from Cass County, 1837 and 1838. Was an Associate County Judge of Cass County from 1831 to 1836 and was a prominent citizen.

Senator from the Fourth District, 1977-8. Was born in Middlesex County, Mass., Oct. 15, 1842. He received a common school education, supplemented by instructions from a private tutor, and was a graduate of the law department of the Michigan University. He removed to Michigan in 1874. By profession he was a lawyer. Immediately after the attack on Sumter he entered the service as Second Lieutenant in the New York Regiment. Within a year he was promoted to First Lieutenant for general good conduct, and Captain for bravery on the field at Hanover Court House, May 27, 1862. He received several wounds; was brevetted Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of a new regiment, but on account of his woulds left the service, and commenced business in the West Indies. In consequence of impaired health he returned to New York, where he was engaged for several years in the commission business. He studied law. In politics he was a Democrat. In later years he was an actor.

Represenative from Washtenaw County, 1848. Was born in Phelps, Ontario County, N.Y., Dec. 21, 1809. His father was Gen. William Burnett, and his mother was a daughter of Gen. Granger of Revolutionary fame. He was a farmer and settled with his family in Washtenaw County in 1833. He held all town offices, and was a Justice of the Peace. He was treasureer of the Washtenaw County Agriculture Society at the time of his death. By occupation he was a farmer, in politices a Whig. He was one of the best and most influential members ever sent from Washtenaw County. He died in Scio, Oct. 8, 1956.

Representative from Sanilac County, 1921–2. Was born in North Township, Sanilac County, Jan 29. 1875, and is a French, Scotch and Irish descent. He received his education in the district schools. Lexington High School, Lake View Academy and Valparaiso University, receiving the degrees of LL.B and B.A. He is married and has a family of five children. He is engaged in farming. In politics a Republican. He has been Supervisor, Township Clerk and Director of the First standard school of Sanilac County, and is secretary-treasurer of the South Worth Threshing Association, and a member of the Grange and Gleaners.

Representative from the Third District of Wayne County, 1909–10 and 1911–12. Was born in Wayne County, Jan. 28, 1867, of English and German descent. He 129 130 acquired his education in the common schools of Huron Township. Married and by occupation a farmer. In the year 1882, he was elected Supervisor and served four successive terms. In politics an active Republican.

Representative from the First District of Kent County, 101-2; and Senator 103-4, from the Sixteenth District, comprising the city of Grand Rapids, except the sixth, seventh and eighth wards. Was born in Coldwater, Mich. He was educated at Albion College, and later graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1892, and in the fall of that year located in Grand Rapids, where he practiced law. He was appointed Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Kent County in January, 1893, for two years, was subsequently a member of the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons from June, 1899, to August, 1900, when he resigned. In politics a staunch Republican. Mr. Burns was married Oct. 22, 1902, to Miss Elsie McKinley of Ashland, Newaygo County, Mich. He was father of the first primary law ever enacted in Michigan for the nomination of candidates by a direct vote of the people.

Representative from Wayne County, 1873-4. Was born in another New York, Nov. 10, 1810. Mr. Burns received a common school education. In 1834 he emigrated to Michigan, settling in Detroit. Mr. Burns was engaged from 1836 in the mercantile business and accumulated a fortune. His death occurred at Detroit, Dec. 7, 1883.

Representative from the First District of Wayne County, 1923—. Was born in Detroit, Jan. 8, 1899, of American parentage. He was educated in the parochial schools, graduating from Assumption high school and the literary department of Assumption College. He has also attended the University of Detroit Law School and will graduate the coming year. During the world war he served in the naval aviation department and upon his return took the management of the St. Claire hotel. Mr. Burns is a Republican.

Representative, 1909-10, from the Schoolcraft District, comprising the counties of Alger, Luce, Mackinac and Schoolcraft. Was born in Athens, Bradford County, Pa., Nov. 15, 1872. He received his education in the Athens High School. He was united in marriage in 1902 to Elizabeth J. Lobb, of Negaunee, Mich. He served two terms as President of the village of Munising. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Isabella County, 1887-8. Was born in Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich., Aug. 31, 1837. He assisted his father on the farm and received the advantage afforded by the common schools, until the breaking out of the late war, when he enlisted in Co. H, 1st Mich, Cavalry. He participated in three general 130 131engagements, the second battle of Bull Run, Gettysburg, and Winchester; was wounded at Gettysburg. Early in 1863 he was promoted to Commissary Sergeant and on Dec. 31, 1863, re-enlisted, and at Winchester was again wounded. In June, 1865, he was discharged for disability, at St. Louis, Mo., when he returned to this State. In 1866 he was married to Alice D. Jones, of Dexter, Washtenaw County. One year after this he removed to Jackson County, remainded two years, then moved to Pontiac. In 1869 he purchased 80 acres of heavily timbered land in Lincoln Township, Isabella County. Here he experienced the trials and difficulties incident of pioneer life. Mr. Burr held the offices of Justice of the Peace and Supervisor and other minor offices. In politics he was a Republican.

Representative from Oakland County, 1850. Was born in Montgomery, Orange County, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1813. By occupation he was a farmer, in politics a Democrat. He settled in 1836 in Independence, but bought land in Rose, Oakland County, Mich., where he farmed it for thirty-three years. Later he resided at Fenton.

Member of Congress, 1873-5, 1879-81, 1881-3, 1885-7 to 1893-5; and United States Senator, 1895-1911. Was born at North East, Erie County, Pa., Jan. 9, 1837; acquired a common school and academic education. In 1859 he came to Michigan and in 1860 was admitted to the bar and engaged in the practice of law in Kalamazoo. During the war he served as Captain in the 17th Michigan Infantry. Returning to Kalamazoo he continued the practice of law; was Prosecuting Attorney for Kalamazoo County for two terms, 1867-70 inclusive. He received the degree of LL.D. from Kalamazoo College. In politics he was a strong advocate of the principles of the Republic party and very active in campaigns; was a member of the 43d, 46th, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53d, and 54th Congresses; twice elected speaker pro tempore of the House. On the convening of the Legislature in January, 1895, he was chosen United States Senator for the unexpired term of the late Senator Stockbridge. In 1899 he was chosen by the unanimous vote of the Republican members of the Legislature to succeed himself in the United States Senate for the term of six years from 1899 to 1905; and in 1905 was chosen for another term of six years by the unanimous vote of the Legislature. He was temporary chairman of the Republican National Convention held at Chicago in 1908. He died Nov. 16, 1915.

Representative from Isabella, Montcalm and Clare counties, 1863-4. His postoffice address was Isabella City. (Further data not obtainable).

Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1868-75. Was born in the township of Avon, Oakland County, Mich., Dec. 31, 1839, son of John and Julia Ann (Calkins) Burt. He is of mixed ancestry, English, Scotch, Dutch, and Irish. His paternal ancestor, Richard Burt, came from England and settled 131 132at Taunton, Mass., about the middle of the seventeenth century. The seventh in line from this Richard, William Austin Burt, grandfather of Hiran Austin, came to Michigan as early a 1817 and was a pioneer land surveyor under government employ for many years. In 1840 he was commissioned to survey the northern peninsula of Michigan and was assisted in this work by his oldest son, John. It is said that they made the first discovery of the rich iron deposits of Marquette County. Later these men became very active in promoting the building of a ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie. John Burt took up his residence in Detroit, where the son was prepared for college. He entered the Kalamazoo College in 1858, and after two years changed to the University of Michigan, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1862. The degree of Master of Arts followed in 1865. He settled at Marquette, Mich., where he became prominent in mining and other iron interest. In 1867 he was elected Regent of the University and served the full term of eight years from Jan. 1 following. He was chairman of the committee on the museum and on the literary department. From 1869 to 1874 he was Collector of Customs for the Lake Superior District. Laterly he lived in retirement at Gardiner, Me.

Senator from the Twenty-second District, 1893-4; and Delegate from Saginaw County in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8. Was born in New York in 1831. Eight years later he came with his parents to Michigan locating in Jackson County. He attended school at Albion and the Michigan Central (now Adrian) College. He spent three years in a trip through Central and South America and Australia and after returning located at Saginaw. He was originally extensively engaged in the manufacture of lumber and salt, but later engaged in manufacturing and banking. In politics a Democrat. He held the office of Mayor of East Saginaw and was the Democratic candidate for Governor of the State of Michigan in 1888. He was elected to the Senate on 1893-8; elected a Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8 from Saginaw County on a non-partisan ticket. He died at East Saginaw Mar. 2, 1919.

Member of the Legislative Council, from Macomb County, 1826-7; and representative from Macomb County, 1853-4. Was born at Worcester, Mass., June 13, 1792. His parents in 1798 removed to Montgomery County, N. Y., where in the absence of schools, he had great difficulty in obtaining an education. Through the aid of a neighbor who had been a teacher, he learned surveying and astronomy at an early age. He served for a time in the War of 1812, and at the age of twenty-one married Phoebe Cole. After a few years of mercantile business, not a success, he came to Michigan in 1822, settled in Washington, Macomb County, in 1824, and from time of his arrival until 1833 was engaged in mill-building and local surveying. He was appointed district surveyor by Gov. Porter in 1832, and was County Surveyor of Macomb County from 1831 to 1834. He was also Postmaster of Mt. Vernon, a position he held twenty-four years. In 1833 he was also Associate Judge of the Mocomb circuit. In the autumn of 1833 he was appointed United States Surveyor and left for the field north of Fort Gratiot, on the shore of Lake Huron. At this time he had conceived the idea of the solar compass—the crowning achievement of his life. He exhibited the model before the Franklin 132 133Institute at Philadelphia in 1835, and was unanimously awarded a Scott's legacy medal. He became engaged in the land surveys in Wisconsin and Iowa for some time. In 1838 he was elected one of the Commissioners of Public Improvements for the State of Michigan. In 1840 he exhibited a perfect solar compass, for which he received the highest commendation as to the value of his invention. From 1840 to 1847 he was occupied in land surveys in the Upper Peninsula, but published a manual for the use of his compass. He discovered more than twenty beds of iron ore from 1844 to 1846, thus turning the public attention to the vast mineral wealth of northern Michigan. He visited Europe in 1851. In 1852 he returned. In 1856 he secured letters patent on an equatorial sextant, both in this country and Europe, but died before it was perfected. He was a member of the Baptist Church and a Democrat in politics.

Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8 from the Second District, Wayne County. Was born in California, Nov. 18, 1853, of English parents. He received his education in the common schools of Hastings, Mich., and the University of Michigan. He graduated from the law department of the University in 1874, and has since been engaged as a lawyer and abstractor of titles in Detroit. Mr. Burton has been a resident of Michigan since 1855. He held the offices of member of Board of Estimates and Board of Education in Detroit, and for several years was president of the Pioneer and Historical Society of Michigan; and now a member of the Michigan Historical Commission.

Representative from Barry County, 1879-80. Was born in Perryville, Madison County, N. Y., July 22, 1821. He received a common school education. In 1844 he moved to Napoleon, Jackson County, and engaged in farming. In 1856 he removed to Barry County. He held the office of Justice of the Peace. In politics he was a National. He died at Hastings Apr. 17, 1895.

Representative from Livingston and Ingham counties, 1840 and 1841, and from Livingston County, 1842 and 1843; and Senator from the Second District, 1846-7 and from the Twenty-sixth District, 1853-6; and a Delegate from Ingham County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850. Was born Mar. 18, 1809, at Ithaca, Tompkins County, N. Y. He came to Michigan in 1836, and was one of the first settlers in Handy, Livingston County. He was an earnest advocate of the doctrines and policy of the Democratic party. As State Senator he cast in 1847, the deciding vote that removed the state capital from Detroit to Lansing. Soon after, he became a resident of Lansing. In 1852 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore. He drafted and supported the bill by which capital punishment was abolished in Michigan. He was a successful business man, and his farm of 1,700 acres in Livingston County, was one of the best in the State. On the stump he was an effective and forcible speaker, and was possessed of a memory that was never at fault. In the prime of life he suffered years of illness, and died at Lansing about 1856.

Representative from Livingston County, 1859-60. Was born in Danby, Tompkins County, N.Y., June 12, 1822, and came to Michigan in 1837. He lived in Handy until 1845, but became a farmer in Conway, Livingston County. He held a number of local offices. In politics he was a Democrat.

Representative from Wayne County, 1859-60. Was a native of Albany, N.Y., born in 1810. At the age of sixteen he entered the employ of the American Fur Company, working in the nortwest. in 1834 he was appointed by President Jackson, Deputy Indian Agent for the Northwest Territory, serving in that capacity seven years. He settled in Detroit in 1843. He interested himself in politics, and was clerk of the House of Representatives, sessions 1851-2, and a member of the House as above stated. He was Sergeant of Arms in the Constitutional Convention of 1850. He was City Treasurer of Detroit at the time of his death, May 4, 1862. He was a democrat in politics.

Representative from Branch County, 1901-2. Was born in Noble Township, Branch County, Mich., Feb. 21, 1849. He was raised on a farm and acquired his education in the district school, supplemented by a short course at the Orland Academy. He went west at the age of twenty years, and followed the painter's trade seven years. He returned to Michigan in 1876 and followed the occupation of farming. Mr. Bushnell was married Sept. 17, 1879. In politics a staunch Republican. He was Supervisor many years.

Representative from the Second District of Allegan County, 1897-8 and 1899-1900; and a member of the State Board of Agriculture, 1905-7. Was born at Hopkins, Allegan County, Mich., Nov. 26, 1856, and lived on a farm until he was sixteen years of age. His education was acquired in the Otsego High School, and in 1876 he attended the Agricultural College; taught school during winters; paid his own tuition, and graduated in November, 1878, with the title of B.S. After completing his course of education he located in Wayland Township, where he engaged in farming, also dealing in lumber and hay. He was married in 1881. In politics a Republican. He held township and village offices, and was appointed a member of the State Board of Agriculture Jan. 3, 1905, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles F. Moore.

Representative from the Second District of Eaton County, 1893-4. Was born in Marshall, Calhoun County, Aug. 15, 1841. He attended common school, also private seminary, and at the age of seventeen entered Albion College. Dec. 6, 1865, he was married to Lovinia M. Balch, of Marshall, who died July 12, 1887, leaving him eight children. While in Marshall, he was engaged in handling wool; he went to Detroit and later to New York City, where he more extensively continued in 134 135the wool business. After the great fire if Chicago he went to that city and was for ten years an active and successful member of the board of trade, exporting largely American breadstuffs and provisions. In the meantime, he made several trips to the British Isles and the continent of Europe. In 1884 he moved to Bellevue, Mich., where he became proprietor of the National Lime Works, also an extensive dealer in wool and grain. In politics a Republican. He served as President of the Village of Bellevue and Supervisor of his township.

Representative from Lapeer County, 1921-2 and 1923—. Was born in Tuscola County, Apr. 15, 1887, of English and Dutch parentage. His education was acquired in the public schools of Tuscola County and after graduating from high school he worked for two years in the mercantile business. He then completed a course in salesmanship and was a commercial salesman for six years, when failing health forced him to discontinue that work and he took up farming in which occupation he is now engaged. Mr. Butler was married Apr. 6, 1910, to Edna A. Folsom. He is a Republican; has held several township offices, and was elected to the Legislature in 1920 and re-elected November 7, 1922.

State Treasurer, 1883-7. Was born in Detroit in 1841. He was prepared in the public schools of his native city for the University at Ann Arbor, entering there in 1857; abandoned his college course in 1859 by reason of ill-health, returned to Detroit, became clerk in the banking office of Wm. A. Butler & Co., and was admitted to the firm in 1863. In 1870 the Mechanics’ Bank of Detroit was organized, and he was made cashier, a position he held many years. He carried a torch in the first Republican procession ever in Detroit (in 1856), was a member and treasurer of the Republican city committee, of Detroit, for the years 1877-8 and 1879, and chairman during the campaign of 1880; also a member of the Wayne County Republican Committee for the years 1880-1; and one of the presidential electors in 1880. In 1882 he received the solid vote of the Wayne delegation in the Republican Convention at Kalamazoo, where he was nominated for the office of State Treasurer and elected. In 1884 he was renominated and re-elected on the Republican ticket.

Representatives from Lenawee County, 1837. Was born in Pompey, Onondaga County, N. Y., Mar. 5, 1794. He graduated at Union College, studied law with Victor Birdseye, at the same time teaching classics. He commenced practice at Vienna, N. Y., then at Gaines, N. Y., where he had a large practice and was prominent in the famous Morgan trials, during the Anti-Masonic excitement, and was Prosecuting Attorney. He came to Adrian, Mich., in 1835. He removed to Delta, Eaton County, in 1847, and purchased the Ingersoll mills. He sold the property in 1849 and removed to Lansing, where he died July 11, 1870. He practiced law and was Justice of the Peace for many years. In politics he was a Democrat.

Representative from Macomb County, 1838. Was born at Grosse Isle, Wayne County, Mich., Apr. 1, 1797, but removed with his parents to Gosfield, Canada. His 135 136father died when he was young and he was apprenticed to a Pennsylvania farmer, until he attained his majority. He had no chance for education, and commenced a course of self education in 1821, removing the same year to Detroit. He there continued his studies, and subsequently taught school for a term of years, numbering the children of Gen. Cass and other places in Macomb County. He engaged in mercantile business for a short time at Detroit, and removed to Mt. Clemens in 1828. In 1829 he was commissioned as County Clerk of Macomb County by Gen. Cass, also Justice of the Peace. He was appointed Register of the land office at Sault Ste. Marie and held that office during one term. He studied law and was admitted to the Macomb County bar in 1834, and practiced successfully until 1865; was Prosecuting Attorney 1857-8; and started the Macomb Statesman in 1837. He married Abagail Hayes in 1827, and they had four children.

Senator from the Thirtieth District, 1881-2 and from the Twenty-eighth, 1883-4; and Lieutenant Governor, 1885-7. Was born in Manchester, England, Nov. 21, 1838, and has been a resident of Michigan since 1852. He received but a limited education, then followed the occupation of wood-cutter, lumberman, and land looker, and as such endured all the privation of frontier life. He was elected Senator in the State Legislature in 1880, and re-elected in 1882. He was chosen president pro tem. of the Senate of 1883. Having received the nomination for Lieutenant Governor, from the Republican State Convention in 1884, he was elected. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1886. His residence is Charlevoix.

Senator from the Twenty-fifth District, 1861-2, and from the Twenty-third District, 1873-4. Was born Dec. 6, 1812, in Gainesville, Wyoming County, N. Y. He received a common school education. He came to Michigan in 1838 and settled at Shelby, Macomb County. He was a leading farmer and largely interested in agricultural matters in the county of Macomb and the State. He helped to organize the Macomb County Agricultural Society, and was for many years one of its officers. He was one of the executive committee of the State Agricultural Society in 1853, 1854 and 1861. He was one of the first to introduce merino sheep in eastern Michigan, and brought to Macomb County the first herd of Devon cattle. He was engaged in milling as well as farming, both in Lapeer and Macomb counties. He was an active Whig but was a Republican after 1854. He died at Lapeer May 10, 1884.

Member of the State Board of Agriculture, 1889-93. Was born Dec. 22, 1840, at Utica, Macomb County, Mich., and took the same name as that of his father, hence for the early part of his life, wrote after it “junior”. The name of his mother was Rachel (McNeil) B. He married, Aug. 29, 1866, Olive F. Davison, Lapeer, Mich. He was brought up on a farm, educated in the common schools, Westfield Academy, N. Y., and the State Normal School, Mich., a total schooling of approximately that of a high school. When twenty, he started overland for California having in charge a drove of cattle and sheep for his father and John D. Patterson. 136 137He returned in about two years. In 1865 he began his own farm breeding Holstein cattle and Merino sheep, continuing until 1893. In 1879 he was appointed Deputy Collector and Inspector of Customs at Port Huron, serving until 1885 and again in 1889, resigning in 1893; was appointed a member of the State Board of Agriculture 1889, serving until 1893 when he was elected their secretary serving until February, 1899, also serving as Postmaster until 1902; in 1881 was a member of the Executive Committee of the State Agricultural Society; 1891 elected Secretary of that Society, serving for four years; vice-president three years, 1898 President; 1899-1900 Secretary; 1910-11 General Manager of the Connecticut Fair at Hartford.

Representative from Berrien County, 1851. Came to Michigan in 1840, and was a manufacturer at Niles. He was a Democrat in politics. Deceased.

Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1888-1904. Was born at Elbridge, N. Y., Apr. 23, 1844, son of the Rev. Isaac and Sarah A. (Templeton) Butterfield. His father, a prominent minister of the Baptist denomination, removed to Iowa at an early date. After a preparatory training in the public schools the son entered Princeton College, from which he was graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1866. He now entered the law department of the University of Michigan and was graduated Bachelor of Laws in 1868. In that year he opened a law office in Grand Rapids, Mich.; also interested in various commercial enterprises, notably the Grand Rapids Chair Company and the Widdicomb Furniture Company. In 1887 he was elected a Regent of the University for the full term and re-elected in 1895. During the sixteen years that he sat in the Board he did important service as a member of the Library Committee of the Board and as Chairman of the Committee on the Literary Department, of the Medical Department, and on the Department of Law. In 1870 was married to Leonora Ida Drake, of Fort Wayne, Ind.

Representative from Oakland County, 1840. Was born near Springfield, Mass., Oct. 14, 1805. He came to Michigan in 1831, and settled with his family on a farm in Farmington, Oakland County, having located the land in 1828. He was Supervisor of the town from 1845 to 1854, for eight years was one of the County Superintendents of the Poor, and for four years was a justice of the Peace. He affiliated with the Republican party. He was for several years Postmaster at North Farmington. He died at Fentonville, Dec. 1, 1876.

Representative from the Second District of Macomb County, 1893-4. Was born at Romeo, Mich., in 1856. His early education was acquired in the public schools of Romeo. He afterwards studied law and after a short practice drifted into the more active pursuits of journalism and politics. He was at times connected with the Chicago Daily News, the Rocky Mountain News, and the Detroit Free Press . He, 137 138with a younger brother, founded the Romeo Hydrant. He also owned the Mt. Clemens Press, selling out 1890. In politics a Democrat. He was store-keeper of the port at Port Huron under Cleveland's first administration.

Representative from the Second District of Marquette County, 1901-2, 1903-4, 1905-6, and 1907-8. Was born Jan. 6, 1861, in Altona, N. Y. When eight years of age he moved with his parents to Port Henry, N. Y., where he received his education in the high school. He moved to Michigan when eighteen years of age and located at Ishpeming where after an experience of several years as bookkeeper and manager of different lumber concerns, he purchased and successfully conducted a retail lumber business for two years. He engaged with the Wisconsin Land & Lumber Co. of Hermansville, Mich., as traveling salesman and remained with them for nearly four years. An ardent advocate of fraternal societies, he served as state deputy head consul of the Modern Woodmen of America for nine years, and was elected by acclamation, June, 1903, national director of the Modern Woodmen of America; also a past grand master workman of the Michigan Grand Lodge of the A. O. U. W., and past grand commander of the military branch of the same order, and a member of the K. O. T. M., Royal Arcanum, B. P. O. E., Knights of Columbus, and C. O. F. Married, and in politics a Republican.

Representative from the Second District of Ingham County, 1919-20, 1921-2 and 1923—. Was born Oct. 19, 1887, on a farm in Onondaga Township, Ingham County, of American parents. He attended the district school and graduated from the Leslie High School. After teaching in the rural schools he attended the State Normal College at Ypsilanti, and the University of Michigan, graduating from the literary department of the latter institution in 1912. He has since resided on the old homestead which was taken up by his grandfather from the government. Mr. Byron is married and has three daughters. He served as Supervisor of Onondaga Township and as Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors. In politics he is a Republican.

Senator, 1907-8, from the Eleventh District, comprising the county of St. Clair. Was born at Port Huron, St. Clair County, July 25, 1874. He attended the public schools of Port Huron and at the age of eighteen entered the law offices of Avery Brothers and Walsh as a student. He was admitted to the bar July 25, 1895, and began the practice of law in October, 1897. May 10, 1900, he formed a partnership with Clifford W. Crandall under the firm name of Cady and Crandall, which partnership is still in existence. Mr. Cady has held the offices of Police Justice, Circuit Court Commissioner, Prosecuting Attorney, was elected secretary of the State League of Republican Clubs in 1897 and later president; also secretary of the Republican County Committee.

Representative from the Third District of Wayne County, 1887-8. Was born in Nankin, of that county, July 20, 1842, and has been a resident of Michigan since 138 139that time. Mr. Cady was farmer and a Democrat, held that the offices of School Inspector, Township Treasurer, Justice of the Peace, and Supervisor for seven years.

Representative from Monroe County, 1855-6. Was born at Putney, Vt., May 11, 1811. By occupation he was a hotel keeper and farmer, in politics a Republican. He came to Dundee, Monroe County, in 1843. He was Sheriff of Monroe County. In religion he was a Congregationalist. he expended money liberally for the building of churches, establishing schools, and in the cause of temperance. He was a prime mover in building a plank road from Tecumseh to Monroe. He died Mar. 11, 1886.

Representative from Macomb County, 1849. Was born in Otsego County, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1803. He received a common school education, and came to Mt. Clemens, Mich., in 1820. In 1833 he settled on a farm in the towns of Clinton and Sterling, same County. He held the offices of Supervisor, Town Clerk, Justice, and Drain Commissioner. He was Pay-master, with the rank of Major, in the territorial militia from 1826 to 1829. He was a Democrat until 1854, then a Republican. He was the first president of the Macomb County Pioneer Society. He died at the home of his daughter in Detroit December, 1893.

Representative from Macomb County, 1843, 1865-6 and 1874-4. Ws born in Hadley, Windham County, Conn., Feb. 20, 1801, nd received common school education. He emigrated to Michigan in 1821, and settled in Mt. Clemens, where he remained until 1837, when he removed to Macomb, Macomb County. He was Supervisor of that town fifteen years, Justice of the Peace, Treasurer of Macomb County, and president of the Pioneer Society, 1882. By occupation he was a farmer.

Justice of the Supreme Court, 1890. Was born in Kalamazoo, Mich., Aug 3, 1843. His Father, Abraham Cahill, was a tanner and had settled at Kalamazoo in 1831, and in 1841 married Frances M. Marsh, the daughter of John, P. Marsh, also an early settler. Miss Marsh was a niece of Epaphroditus Ransom, a former judge of the Supreme Court and Governor of the State from 1848 to 1850. When the subject of this sketch was two years old his of the sold his tanning business and bought farm on Grand Prairie, three miles west of Kalamazoo, to which he removed in 1845, and where he continued to live until the winter of 1854. During these years after he was old enough his son attended district school. In 1854 Abraham. Cahill sold his farm and removed to Holland, in this State, where he bought considerable tracts of land, intending to erect a mill and engage in the lumber business. In August 1854 however he died leaving a wife and six children, of whom Edward was next to the oldest and very little besides wild land for their support. In the spring of 1855 the family moved back to Kalamazoo. Here Edward attended the public schools for a while, and in the fall of 1856 entered the 139 140preparatory department of Kalamazoo College. In 1860 he entered the office of the Kalamazoo Gazette as an apprentice to the printer's trade, and remained there and in the office of the Kalamazoo Telegraph until he entered the army as a private in Co., A, 89th Ill. Inf., in August 1862; was taken sick and discharged. Upon recovering his health in the spring of 1863, he commenced and study of law in the office of Miller & Barns in Kalamazoo. In the fall of that year he raised a company of colored men for the 1st Mich. Col. Inf., afterwards 102 U. S. C. T., with which he went to the field first as a First Lieutenant and afterwards as Captain and served for the remainder of the war, and until October, 1865. Upon his return from the army he resumed the study of the law at St. Johns, Mich., and was admitted to the bar there in June, 1866. In September following he removed to Hubbardston in Ionia County, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession until elected Circuit Court Commissioner in 1870, when he removed to Ionia. In June, 1871, he resigned his office and removed to Chicago, he was engaged in practice until in August, 1873, he removed to Lansing. In politics a Republican. He was twice elected Prosecuting Attorney of Ingham County. In 1899 he was appointed by Gov. Luce a member of the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons. On the death of Judge Campbell in March, 1890, he was appointed by the Governor Justice of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy until the next general election. At that election he was the Republican candidate but was defeated. Judge Cahill was married in 1867, to Lucy C. Crawford of Milford.

Representative from Isabella County, 1897-8. Was born in Waterloo Township, Jackson County, Mich., Jan., 11, 1842, where he acquired a common school education, attending school winters and working on his father's farm summers. He was married Nov. 27, 1864, and two years later with his wife and one child moved to Union Township, Isabella County, and located on a farm. Principal occupation that of farming and lumbering. In politics a Populists. He was elected to the House of 1897-8, on the Democratic People's Union Silver ticket.

Representative 1897-8 and 1899-1900, from the Wexford District, comprising the counties of Wexford, Missaukee and Clare. Was born in Medina, Orleans County, N. Y., July 4, 1850, and came with his parents to Litchfield, Hillsdale County, Mich., in 1856. He worked on his father's farm summers and attended school during winters. At the age of seventeen he went north and worked in the lumber woods for four years, and then took up a homestead which became one of the best farms in Missaukee County. In politics a Republican. He held the office of Highway Commissioner, Town Clerk, Township Treasurer, Justice of the Peace, County Treasurer and Supervisor.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1851. Was born in Coventry, Conn., Feb. 13, 1807, and died Aug. 15, 1876. By occupation he was a farmer, and politically a Republican. He settled in the town of Bridgewater in 1837, and lived there until 1865, then was a resident of the village of Clinton until his death.

Representative from Tuscola County, 1851. Was born in Scipio, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1815. By occupation he was a farmer, politically a Whig. He settled in Oakland County, Mich., in 1836, but removed to Tuscola County in 1847. He died May, 13, 1854.

Delegate from the Sixth District to the Constitutional Convention of 1835; and Representative from Macomb County, 1837. Was born in Greenbush, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1792. By occupation he was a millwright, surveyor and farmer; in politics first a Democrat, then a Free Soiler. He came to Michigan in 1831. He was County Surveyor of Macomb County, three years County Commissioner; and vice president Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal Celebration, Mt. Clemens, July 20, 1838. He helped to organize the Free Soil party in Michigan in 1848, and was their candidate for Congress in that year. He was a man of sound judgment, and noted as an arbitrator and peace-maker. He died at Gratton, Kent County, Mar. 8, 1853.

Delegate in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8 from the Thirty-second District, Houghton County. Was born in Canada in 1853, of English and Irish descent—the nephew of Charles Stuart Calverley, author and Dean of Oxford. Mr. Calverley attended the public schools at Houghton, but left school when he was fourteen years old. He sailed the lakes as a sailor for six years and then entered train service as a brakeman and afterwards conductor. He then went into the employ of the Sheldon estate as bookkeeper and served in that capacity for twenty-three years. Later he was an officer of the Sheldon Estate Company and was interested in mines, real estate and banking. In 1904 he married Miss Mary Temby Roberts. Mr. Calverley served as Supervisor of Portage Township.

Representative from Montcalm County, 1865-6, and 1867-8. Was born in Lockport, . N. Y. Feb. 7, 1828. His occupation was farming, politics Republican. He came to Michigan in 1832, first living at Tecumseh, removed to Montcalm County in 1856, and was County Treasurer from 1861 to 1865.

Representative from the first District of Lenawee County, 1895-6 and 1897-8. Was born Sept. 6, 1835, on a farm in Franklin Township. He received a common school education, and attended a seminary at Tipton, conducted by Joseph Estabrook, Superintendent of Public Instruction. In occupation he was a life-long farmer. In politics a Republican. He held the office of Township Clerk, and Supervisor.

Representative from Kalamazoo County, 1869-70 and 1871-2. Was born in Deerfield, Oneida County, N. Y., Sept 29, 1813, of Scotch descent. He came to Michigan 141 142in 1834. He was brought up to farm wok and has a limited education. He acquired a skillful use of tools and in 1834 settled at Kalamazoo, Mich, working as a carpenter, also dealing in real estate and buying and selling live stock. In 1849 he went to California and engaged in gold mining. He has held many local offices. He was first a Whig, a Republican from 1854. He died at Kalamazoo Mar. 18, 1894.

Representative from Wayne County, 1859-60. Was the son of Joseph Campau. He was born Apr. 26, 1825, and was educated at Notre Dame College, Ind. Although an active Democrat, he was not an aspirant for political honors, his official life being comprehended by his term in the Legislature and by one or two nominal appointments under the city government. He died Mar. 10, 1875.

Representative from Calhoun County, 1848. Was born at Camillus, N. Y., in 1811. By profession he was a lawyer, in politics a Democrat. He located at Battle Creek in 1842, and established a large and lucrative law business. He was an able lawyer, and a genial, cultivated gentleman. He died Aug. 2, 1856.

Representative from Oakland County, 1875-6. Was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1817, removed to this country in 1827. He took up his residence first at Paterson, N. J., and afterwards at Stockport, N. Y. He received a common school education. In 1834 he went to sea from New Bedford, Mass., and filled all positions on shipboard form boy to master. He was master of a United States transport during the Mexican War. He came to Michigan in 1847, and purchased and improved the farm in Groveland, Oakland County. He held various township offices. In politics a Democrat. He was twice married and was the father of thirteen children. He died June 22, 1883.

Senator, 1897-8, from the Tenth District, compromising the counties of Jackson and Washtenaw. Was born in Laurenston, parish of Dalrymple Ayrshire, Scotland, May 29, 1832, where he acquired his early education; came to Michigan in 1842 and taught school a number of terms; was graduated from the State Normal School in April, 1859, and was married to Miss Catharine Fisher, Oct. 26 of the same year. A farmer by occupation; a member of the Congregational Church and of the Grange. In politics an unwavering Republican from the organization of the party.

Representative from Livingston County, 1849. Was born in Campbell, N. Y., in 1802. He emigrated to Canton, Mich, in 1827, lived there two years, removed to Nankin, Wayne County, where he kept hotel on the old Chicago road for six years. He then removed to Hamburg, Livingston County, where he engaged in milling, wool carding, cloth dressing, and farming.

Representative from the Third District of Kent County, 1907-8 and 1909-10. Was born in Walker Township, Kent County, Mich., June 3, 1877, of Scotch and American parentage. He received his early education in the district schools, attended Albion College and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan. He was employed on the editorial staff of the Lawyer's Cooperative Pub. Co., of Rochester, N. Y., having been directly engaged in the preparation of the second edition of Abbott's Trial Brief Civil-Jury Issues. In April, 1900, he severed his connection with the Rochester firm to prepare a digest of the New York Court of Appeals Reports which he completed in July, 1901, and in the following September opened a law office in Grand Rapids. He was one of the original publishers of the Michigan Serial Digest, later sole owner, finally sold his interest in the publication but was retained as editor. He was also law editor for several technical trade magazines. A Republican in politics.

Senator from the Twenty-fifth District (Arenac and Bay Counties), 1887-8. Was born in Caithness-shire, Scotland, in 1836, and came to Michigan in 1861. By occupation he was a builder. He was a member of the City Council. He was elected to the Senate of 1887-8 on the Greenback and Republican ticket.

Delegate in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8 from the Thirty-second District, Houghton County. Was born in Middlesex County, Ont., in 1870, of Scotland descent. He was educated in the public schools and graduated from the Collegiate institute at Strathroy, Ont., and also from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1893. He was married in 1902 to Miss Lou C. Holly, of Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. Campbell practiced law from 1893 to 1901 and then engaged in the mining business; was secretary of the Calumet & Arizona Mining Company and the Superior & Pittsburg Copper Company, both operating in Arizona. He came to Michigan to attend the law school in 1891, and located in Marine City in 1893, where he stayed until 1898 when he moved to Calumet.

Representative, 1893-4 and 1895-6, from the Wexford District, composed of the counties of Wexford, Missaukee and Clare. Was born in Branch County, Mich., in 1851. He acquired his education at the public schools at Grand Ledge, and at the age of fifteen began the trade of printing. In 1877 he moved to Wexford County and entered the office of the Clam Lake News (now the Cadillac News and Empress); he remained here but a short time when he went to Sherman and bought one-half interest Wexford County Pioneer. In 1878 he sold his interest in the paper to accept the position of Postmaster, which he held until 1881, when he removed to Manton and engaged as a clerk in a general store. Two years later he purchased the Manton Tribune, and once more engaged in his favorite occupation. Soon afterwards he was again appointed Postmaster, which position he held until removed by the Democratic administration. He then sold his paper and returned to Sherman where he engaged in the drug business. In politics a Republican. He held several local offices.

Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8 from the First District, Wayne County. Was born in Detroit, Apr. 18, 1854, the eldest son of the Hon. James Valentine Campbell, Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan for over thirty-two years, who married Cornelia Hotchkiss, a daughter of Chauncey Hotchkiss, one of the builders of the Erie Canal. He is of wholly American descent. Mr. Campbell received his education in the public schools of Detroit and at the University of Michigan, where he was graduated from the literary department in 1876 with the degree of Ph. B. and from the law department in 1878 with the degree of LL.B. In 1878 he formed a partnership with Henry Russel, later general consul of the Michigan Central Railroad. In 1880 he was appointed a Master in Chancery of the United States Circuit Court. Nov. 22, 1881, he married Caroline Boardman Burtenshaw, a daughter of James Burtenshaw, a well known Detroit merchant. In addition to membership in the American Bar Association, the Michigan Bar Association and the Detroit Bar Association, he was also identified with many non-professional and social organizations. He was an original member of the Michigan Naval Brigade and president of the Detroit Naval Reserves during the Spanish War.

Representative from the Second District of Calhoun County, 1879-80 and 1881-2. Was born Nov. 12, 1850, in the township of Lee, Mich. His education was received in the common schools. Mr. Campbell was by profession a lawyer, and was admitted to the bar in 1872. He was City Recorder of Marshall five years, from 1866 to 1870, inclusive; City Attorney in 1873, 1876 and 1879. As Republican candidate in 1878 he was elected Representative.

Justice of the Supreme Court, 1858-90. Was born in Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1823. His father, Henry Campbell, was a merchant who brought his family to Detroit in 1826, and who held in New York, and afterward in Michigan, the position of County Judge. The son was educated at Flushing, L. I., and graduated at St. Paul's College in July, 1841. He was admitted to the bar at Detroit in October, 1844. In 1857, upon the establishment of the present Supreme Court, he was elected one of the Judges, held the office the remainder of his life. He was closely identified with the advancement of educational and refining influences, especially in Detroit, where he was president of the young men's society in 1848, and a member of the Board of Education for several years. In 1859 he was chosen Marshall professor of law in the law department established that year in the University of Michigan, and he held the chair for many years. He received the degree of Doctor of Laws from that University in 1866, being the first of a few very eminent men upon whom the University has conferred the degree. In 1876 he published his “Outlines of the Political History of Michigan.” In politics he was a Whig so long as the Whig party maintained a political existence, then a Republican. He died at Detroit Mar. 26, 1890.

Representative from the Second District of Ingham County, 1893-4 and 1895-6. Was born in Onondaga Township, said county, July 9, 1855. His early education 144 145was acquired at the district school and Leslie High School, working on a farm summers and attending school winters; taught school two winters, was Deputy Clerk of Ingham County from 1880-3; then engaged in newspaper work, publishing the Leslie Local from 1883-6 and the Pinckney Dispatch in 1887. In 1888 he spent five months in the law department of the University of Michigan, and was admitted to the bar June 19th of that year. In November, 1889, he purchased the Ingham County News. In politics a Republican. He held the office of Township Clerk, Circuit Court Commissioner, member Board of Education, and Supervisor of his ward.

Representative from the Second District of Washtenaw County, 1897-8. Was born in Augusta Township, Washtenaw County, June 7, 1849. His parents came from Ayrshire, Scotland, in the fall of 1842, and in the spring of 1843 settled on the farm where he later resided. His early education was acquired in the district school, supplemented by a classical course in the State normal; was graduated in 1875; entered the literary department of the University in the fall of 1875; remained but a short time owing to his eyes troubling him; went home and worked on his father's farm. He was married in 1877 to Miss Emma A. Jennings, of Ionia County; after renting his father's farm a number of years he purchased it. In politics he was a Republican. He was Township Superintendent of Schools and School Inspector for several terms; an active member of the grange and lecturer for Fraternity grange; and was chairman of the committee of legislative action at the State Grange sessions of 1894-5. He died at his home in Augusta Township, Washtenaw County, in April, 1913.

Representative from the First District of Branch County, 1885-6. Was born at Quincy, Branch County, Mich., on the twenty-fifth day of October, 1851. He was a graduate of the high school at Coldwater, Mich., and of the State Normal School at Ypsilanti. At the age of twenty-one years he was elected to the office of Superintendent of Schools of Branch County. He was twice elected a member of the Board of School Examiners of said county, and three times elected secretary of such board, and Mayor of Coldwater three terms. He held the office of Circuit Court Commissioner two terms. He studied law with Loveridge & Barlow, of Coldwater, Mich., and was admitted to practice in 1877. After his admission to the bar he was in the active practice of his profession. He was a Republican in politics. Mr. Campbell was appointed private secretary to Governor Luce Jan. 1, 1887. Gov. Winans appointed him member Board of Corrections and Charities; Gov. Rich appointed him to the Board of Crossings; Gov. Pingree appointed him Insurance Commissioner, also a member of State Tax Commission. He belonged to many fraternal orders. His residence was in Branch County until his death.

Representative, 1901-2, from Midland District, comprising the counties of Midland, Gladwin, and Arenac. Was born in Carlisle, Middlesex County, Ont., June 28, 1858. His early education was obtained in the common school and Toronto University, where he graduated with the degree of A.B. He Came to Michigan in 145 1461871, and entered the University of Michigan, graduated in 1888 with the degree of LL.B. He taught school for a time, and in 1888 settled in Gladwin where he practiced law. Married. In politics a strong Republican. He was Commissioner of Schools and Prosecuting Attorney for Gladwin County, and Mayor of the city of Gladwin.

Representative from Cheboygan, Emmet, and Charlevoix counties, 1883-4. Was born in Logan County, O. He was raised on a farm and received a common school education. Soon after he became of age he took charge of a railroad freight and ticket office, continuing in that occupation three years. He then engaged in the milling business until the war of the rebellion. In April, 1861, he enlisted, and was elected Captain of his company, the company was assigned to the 23d O. Vol. Infantry. After serving three years and four months he was mustered out by reason of expiration of term of service. He then engaged in various occupations with varied success, until the year of 1872. In the spring of 1875 he moved to Emmet County and took a homestead; was elected three time Supervisor, also two terms County Treasurer; was elected on the Republican ticket a member of the Legislature from his district. Deceased.

Representative from Alpena County, 1905-6. Was born at Tyrone, Schuyler County, N. Y., May 12, 1863. In 1871 he came with his parents to Michigan locating at Lyons, removing two years later to a farm in Hamlin Township, Eaton County. His education was obtained in the district school from which he graduated in 1885, afterwards taking a course in the Detroit University. He taught school winters and read law at intervals in the office of John M. Corbin of Eaton Rapids. In 1886 he removed to Alpena where he was engaged as assistant teacher in the Alpena High School four years, was admitted to the bar in 1888, then practiced law at that place. Married. Im politics a Republican. He held the office of County School Examiner, City Attorney of Alpena, and was chairman of the Republican County Committee, 1900-2.

Representative from the First District of Macomb County, 1877-8, 1899-90 and 1891 2. Was born in Chester County, Conn. In 1838 he came with his parents to Chesterfield, Macomb County, Mich., being then eight years of age, where he remained working on a farm and getting a common school education. He afterwards learned the mason's trade, which trade he worked at for 10 years. After his father's death he resumed the occupation of farming. He was Township Treasurer of Chesterfield and held the office of Supervisor.

Representative from First District of Macomb County, 1853-4. His postoffice address was New Haven. (Further data not obtainable).

Senator from the Twenty-fifth District, 1857-8 and 1859-60. Was born in Saybrook, Conn., May 26, 1809. Educated in the schools of Hartford, he became a clerk at the age of sixteen. He settled as a merchant at Mt. Clemens, Mich., in 1829, and married Ann, daughter of Judge Clemens, 1830. He was appointed Sheriff of Macomb County in 1832, and was a Brigadier General of State militia. In 1835 he settled on a farm near Mt. Clemens, where he died, Sept. 6, 1877. He was an officer in both county and State agricultural societies, and from 1862 to 1865 Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue. He was a candidate for Congress in 1844. In politics he was a Republican.

Representative from Hillsdale County, 1867-8. Was born in Knollsville, N. Y., May 30, 1816. When a young man he taught winters and worked at farming summers. He settled on a farm at Pittsford, Hillsdale County, in 1836. In 1843 he sold out and bought a farm in Litchfield, where he resided until his death, Nov. 23, 1876. He was a Republican.

Representative from the Osceola District, 1885-6 and 1887-8; and Senator, 1901-2 and 1903-4, from the Twenty-fifth District, compromising the counties of Isabella, Mecosta, Newaygo and Osceola. Was born in Macomb County, Mich., Dec. 28, 1842, a son of Rev. John Cannon, a pioneer minister of the Christian Church in this State. He obtained his education in the district schools, being pre-eminently a self-made man. He served country three years during the Civil War, being a member of Co. B, 22d Mich. Inf. Married. In politics a Republican. He held various township offices.

Representative from Wayne County, 1873-4; and Senator from the First District, 1881-2. Was born in Barncourt, Ireland, Mar. 28, 1841. He received a common school education. He emigrated to the United States in 1854, and subsequently settled in Detroit. In 1857 he was station master for the Great Western Railroad. He was also employed in the same capacity in 1858-9, for the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1862. He continued in the practice of his profession and dealt in real estate. He was Prosecuting Attorney of Wayne County. He died July 23, 1888.

Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1902-10. Was born in the city of New York, Sept. 21, 1850, son of William and Mary (Ramsay) Carey. His ancestors were English and Scotch. He received an elementary education in the public schools, and entered the college of the city of New York, where he was graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1870. After graduation he spent several years in the publishing business and in other activities. In 1881 he came West and entered the employ of Mr. R. G. Peters, of Manistee, Mich. When the R. G. 147 148Peters Salt and Lumber Company was organized, he became its secretary and treasurer. Later he was instrumental in organizing the Michigan Maple Company and the Hemlock Bark Company; also president of the Lakewood Lumber Company of Grand Rapids and treasurer of the Gillette Roller Bearing Company, also of that city. He was for some time a member of the twenty-second regiment, National Guard, State of New York, from which he retired with the rank of Captain of the veteran corps. For years he was chairman of the Manistee County Republican Committee, and for a term served as secretary of the Congressional Committee, of the Ninth District of Michigan; a member of the Republican Central Committee from 1888 to 1902 and a member of its Executive Committee. For four years he served as Paymaster General of the Michigan troops. For twenty years he was on the school board of Eastlake. He was elected a Regent of the University in April, 1901, for the full-time term of eight years, and took his seat Jan. 1, following. In 1879 he was married to May M Ransom, daughter of Jonathan Ransom, of New York.

Member of Congress, 1883-5 and 1885-7. Was born at St. Clair, Mich, Sept.6, 1838. He remained upon his father's farm and attended the district school until 1856, when he entered a more advanced school at Port Huron. In 1859 he began as clerk in mercantile business. He engaged with Wm. Stewart, hardware merchant, 1863, and four years later became partner with Mr. Stewart and Peter B. Sanborn. After ten years of successful business the firm was changed to Sanborn, Carleton & Co. In 1881, Mr. Carleton became the head of the firm. He was elected Mayor of Port Huron in 1881, and was chairman of the Port Huron fire relief committee in the same year. He was elected to the United States Congress on the Fusion Ticket.

Representative from St. Clair County, 1879-80. Was born in Hoosick, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1831. He removed to St. Clair, Mich, in 1866. He received an academic education, and spent ten winters in teaching school. He held the office of Supervisor in his township for nine years, and was chairman of the board for three years. He was appointed delegate to represent his county on the Board of State Equalization in 1866. His occupation was a farmer; politics Democrat. He left the farm about 1862 and resided at St. Clair where he died July 2, 1917.

Representative from Eaton County, 1885-6. Was born in Pittsburg, Mich., Feb. 18, 1846. He remained with his parents on a farm until he was fourteen years of age. In 1864 he enlisted in the 10th Mich. Cavalry, Co. D, and remained in the regiment until the close of the war. Upon being discharged he came to Windsor, Eaton County, where he worked on a farm summers and attended school winters until 1869. He engaged in farming for himself, in Windsor. He held the office of Supervisor for six successive years.

Representative from Oceana County, 1865-6; and Senator from the Thirteen District, 1867-8 and 1869-70. Was born in New Hampshire, Mar. 26, 1819. By occupation 148 149he was a lumberman, politically a Republican. The exact date of his first residence in Michigan is unknown. He was a practical business man, and as a Legislator was a man of tact and influence. He died Mar. 28, 1871.

Representative from the First District of Ingham County, 1881-2. Was born Jan. 29, 1842, in Portage County, O. His parents were formerly from New Jersey. He was in active business from his youth up, and held many positions of trust, both public and private. He came to Lansing, Mich., 1869, engaged in mercantile business, and went from that into milling. He was senior member of the firm of Carmer, Parmelee & Co., “Capital Mills,” Lansing. He was a Democrat. Deceased.

Representative from Oakland County, 1859-60. Was born in Hornellsville, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1826. In 1837 he came with his parents to Orion, Oakland County, and worked clearing land and in a saw mill, receiving only six months’ schooling after he was ten years of age. By occupation he was a farmer. He helped organize the Oakland Agricultural Society, was president for two years, and a director twenty years. He was also director of the Detroit & Bay City railroad. In politics he was a Democrat. After 1861 he did not act with the Democrats, but was a leader in the Prohibition party, and was a candidate at various times for Governor, Auditor General and Presidential Elector on that ticket.

Member of the State Board of Agriculture, 1861-3 and 1865-71. Was born at Potsdam, N. Y. Apr. 19, 1815. He received an academical education, taught school two winters, and in 1836 came to Toledo, O., and was first a clerk, then engaged in the grocery and baking business. In 1838 he removed to Blissfield, Mich., and became the junior member of the firm of G. & D. Carpenter, merchants. He also owned a large farm. He was engaged in mercantile business until 1852. In 1867 he again went into mercantile business as the head of the firm of Carpenter & Brown, and with Mr. Furnam built the first brick block at Blissfield. He was also interested in “Bay View,” the summer resort near Petoskey; built a residence there, purchased a large farm, and invested largely in real estate. He died at Mt. Dora, Fla., Dec. 22, 1891.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1843. Was born at Potsdam, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1809. He received an academical education, studied higher mathematics and civil engineering, and came to Michigan in 1830, taught school, and from 1832 to 1835 was a farmer, then became a merchant at Blissfield, continuing in that business until his death in 1849. He held the office of Supervisor, Justice and County Commissioner. He was an anti-slavery Democrat. As a Legislator he drafted the first law for the drainage of swamps, marshes, and other low lands. He died at Blissfield, 1849.

Representative from Wayne County, 1850. His postoffice address was Detroit. (Further data unobtainable).

Senator from the Eleventh District, 1859-60 and 1861-2. Was born in Postdam, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1818. He graduated from St. Lawrence Academy in 1837, came to Adrian, Mich., 1838, read law and was admitted to the bar in 1842. He was a Whig, but in 1841 with others, organized the anti-slavery party in Lenawee County. He was a delegate to the Free Soil Convention at Buffalo in 1848. He became a Republican in 1854, was Supervisor and Postmaster of Blissfield, Deputy U. S. Assessor, Enrolling Officer during the war, Census Enumerator, and was an alternate delegate to the Chicago Republican Convention in 1880. He died at Blissfield, Mich., Jan. 1891.

Representative from Lenawee County, 1879-80 and 1881-2; and Senator from the Sixth District, 1885-6. Was born in the township of Greenfield, Saratoga County, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1830. With his parents he came to Woodstock, Lenawee County, in 1836, and resided there. His education was principally obtained in the common schools. He held various township offices, including that of Supervisor for two years. His occupation that of a farmer. He was elected to the Senate on the Republican ticket.

Representative from the Second District of Oakland County, 1883-4 and 1891-2. He owned the farm and lived in the house in which he was born, the farm consisting of 280 acres. His business was that of farming, though he taught school several terms at the same time. He held the offices of School Inspector, Superintendent of Schools, Justice, Town Clerk and Supervisor.

Justice of the Supreme Court, 1902-8; and member of the State Board of Agriculture, 1910-12. Was born near Orion, Oakland County, Mich., Nov. 9, 1854; there he lived with his parents on their farm until 1872, when he entered the Michigan Agricultural College. He was graduated from that institution in 1875 and from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1878. He practiced law in the city of Detroit from 1878 until Jan. 1, 1894, when he became one of the judges of the Third Judicial Circuit of this State. He became president of the Detroit College of Law in January, 1903. He was elected Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, Nov. 4, 1902, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Charles D. Long; re-elected, but resigned Sept. 15, 1908. He was elected a member of the State Board of Agriculture on Apr. 5, 1909, for a two year term.

Representative from Midland County, 1859-60. Was by trade a printer, and a Republican in politics. He published a Republican paper at Midland City for some 150 151years. He removed from Midland City in 1862 or 1863, went into the army, and afterwards resided in Indiana. Reported deceased.

Representative from Washtenaw County, 1840; and Delegate from Washtenaw County to the Constitutional Convention of 1850. Was born in Columbia County, N. Y., in 1808, came to Michigan in 1833, and settled in Manchester, Washtenaw County. In politics he was a Whig in 1840; after that a Democrat. He served as Justice of the Peace, Supervisor and Councilman. He still resided at Manchester in 1888.

Representative from Delta County, 1923—. Was born in Ontario, Canada, Apr. 18, 1883, of Irish parentage. Leaving school when only twelve years of age, he began earning his own living working on a farm. At the age of seventeen he went on the railroad as a locomotive fireman, coming three years later to the Michigan Soo where he was employed as engineer on the Sabin Lock, hauling out the first ten cars of rock. Later he returned to railroad work and is at present a freight brakeman. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and for seven years has held the office representing the trainmen on legislative matters. He is also local chairman, representing the trainmen on the Soo railroad east of Minneapolis. Mr. Carter is married and has two daughters. He was elected to the Legislature on the Republican ticket Nov. 7, 1922, without opposition.

Representative from Macomb County, 1845 and 1850. Was an attorney and was admitted to the Macomb County bar in 1837. His residence was at Utica, Macomb County. He was appointed United States Judge in one of the western territories, and died there. He was long a Justice of the Peace at Utica, and was Prosecuting Attorney of Macomb County from 1842 to 1844.

Representative from Livingston County, 1837-4. Was born in Queen's County, Ireland, Oct. 10, 1820, and received a common school education. In 1845 he emigrated to the United States and settled at Amboy, N. Y. In 1848 he emigrated to Michigan and settled in Milford, Oakland County. In 1856 he removed to Brighton. He held the position of Justice of the Peace many years, and was Supervisor several years. By occupation he was a farmer. He died at Oakwood, Nov. 9, 1890.

Senator from the Twenty-eighth District, 1907-8; and Commissioner of the State Land Office, 1913-15. Was born on a farm in Clayton Township, Genesee County, in 1869, of Irish parentage. He received his education in the district school of Clayton Township, high school at Flint and the Michigan Agricultural College. He was married in 1904 to Miss Josephine Grace Hazelton, of Lansing, and they 151 152have two children. After leaving the Agricultural College he taught school, manufactured lumber and shingles in Ogemaw County, was employed in the State Land Office for five years and represented that department in the survey of the St. Clair Flats; was agriculturist for the Tawas Sugar Company and in 1907 represented the Twenty-eighth Senatorial District in the State Senate. At the expiration of his term as Senator he was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the State Land Office and later was made Secretary of the Public Domain Commission and Commissioner of Immigration. In politics he is a Republican. He was elected Commissioner of the State Land Office, Nov. 5, 1912.

Representative from the Second District of Genesee County, 1899-1900, 1901-2 and 1903-4; and Delegate in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8, from the Thirteenth District, Genesee County. Was born in Clayton, Genesee County, in 1856, and is of Irish descent. He was educated in the district schools in the township of Clayton, afterwards attended the Flushing High School and for a time attended the school in Flint. He was by turns a farmer, clerk and school teacher until 1877, when he worked in a drug store at Flushing until August of that year, then accepting a position with Niles & Cotcher, merchants at Flushing, as bookkeeper. He remained there until December, 1880, in which year he was elected Clerk of Genesee County, serving four years in that capacity. In the meantime he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1884. He at one formed a partnership with George H. Durand, under the firm name of Durand and Carton. Mr. Carton was City Attorney for two years. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1899 to 1905 and served as Speaker of the House in 1901 and 1903. At the opening of the Constitutional Convention of 1907, he was unanimously chosen its president and served in that capacity until the convention adjourned.

Senator, 1911-12, from the Twenty-sixth District, comprising the counties of Lake, Manistee, Mason, Newaygo and Oceana. Was born at Manistee, Mich., Mar. 24, 1875. He was educated in the Ludington public schools and the University of Michigan. He was manager of a factory for seven years, manager of a general store and in the lumber and coal business six years. He served as Mayor of Ludington, a director of the First National Bank of Ludington, vice-president of the Cartier Lumber Company and the Cartier Manufacturing Company. In politics a Republican.

Representative from the First District of Genesee County, 1893-4. Was born Dec. 19, 1846, in the township in which he lived. He attended the public schools until the war, when he enlisted in the Thirtieth Michigan Infantry. On returning he attended school at Flint and Pontiac until the fall of 1868, when he began teaching, in which he continued for three successive winter terms. In 1872 he was married to Miss Mercy A. Cole, of Davison, and engaged in the mercantile business at Davison, which he followed for three years. From 1875-7 he managed a flour and lumber mill; the two summers following he spent in the West. On returning he 152 153engaged in the mercantile business, which, in connection with banking, was his occupation for many years. In politics a Republican. He held most of the various township and village offices.

Representative from Clinton County, 1881-2. Was born in Stafford, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1828. In May, 1833, he moved with his parents to Commerce, Oakland County, and worked on his father's farm until March, 1858. Having married in 1857, he removed to Farmington. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. “D,” 2d Mich. Infantry, and participated in many battles. He was prostrated by sun-stroke, and was discharged on account of disability. He returned in 1864, and removed to Clinton County. His business was farming and stock-raising.

Representative from Washtenaw County, 1848. His postoffice address was Saline. (Further data not obtainable).

Senator from the Thirteenth District, 1885-6, consisting of Barry and Eaton counties. Was born at Saranac, Ionia County, Mich., Mar. 12, 1841. He was formerly a teacher, but later a lawyer, the senor member of Carveth & Hendrick, of Middleville, Barry County. He moved to Grand Rapids where he died May 14, 1910.

Representative from the Leelanaw District, 1885-6 and 1887-8, comprising the counties of Benzie and Leelanaw. Was born at Andover, O., Oct. 6, 1835. He had been a resident of Michigan twenty-five years. He held the offices of County Superintendent of Schools four years, County Clerk and Register six years, Supervisor fifteen years, and Justice of the Peace seventeen years. He was elected Representative as a Republican. He died Apr. 15, 1888, at his residence, Wildon Township, Benzie County.

Senator from the Second District, 1851. Was born Nov. 19, 1799, in Livingston County, N. Y. He came to Michigan in 1832, and settled in Manchester, Washtenaw County, in 1836. He was a farmer and distiller, and in politics a Democrat. He was Supervisor of Manchester in 1842 and 1849, was Postmaster and was elector on Breckenridge ticket, 1860. He died at Manchester July 2, 1880.

Senator from the Twenty-fifth District, comprising the counties of Gratiot, Isabella and Mecosta, 1923—. Was born in Lorain County, O., Feb. 23, 1872. He came to Gratiot County, Mich., with his parents in 1887 and helped to clear the farm on which they settled. With the exception of the summers of 1891 to 1898, when he 153 154sailed the Great Lakes, Mr. Case has always lived on a farm. His education was obtained in the common schools of Ohio and Michigan. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the I. O. O. F. Always an active Republican, he has served several terms on the Board of Supervisors, held the offices of Township Clerk and Treasurer and in 1914 was elected County Clerk of Gratiot County, which office he held when elected to the Legislature Nov. 7, 1922 without opposition.

Representative from Ionia County, 1851; and Auditor General, 1859-61. Was born in 1811, near Three Rivers, Canada, where his father was stopping for a time. He studied law with Wm. J. Moody at Penfield, N. Y., and came with Mr. Moody to Jackson, Mich., in 1834. In 1836 he went to Louisiana and Texas practicing law in both states. In 1843 he settled in practice at Mason, Mich., and was Prosecuting Attorney of Ingham County for three terms. In 1845 he engaged in mercantile business which he removed to Lansing in 1847. He was a Democrat until 1856, then wrote a powerful address, giving his adhesion to the Republican party, and became a party leader, and a most effective stump speaker. In 1864 he was appointed Paymaster in the army with the rank of Major, which he held until after the close of the war. Then he became a merchant, and later resided on a farm. Held many honorary positions, and was a trustee of the Institute for the Blind, at Lansing, and resident manager. Deceased.

Delegate from the Fourth District to the Constitutional Convention of 1835; and Representative from Livingston and Washtenaw counties, 1837. He only sat in the adjourned session of 1837 in place of Thomas Lee resigned. He built the first mill at Manchester for Major John Gilbert in 1832.

Delegate from Montcalm County to the Constitutional Convention of 1867. Was born in Franklin County, Vt., Jan. 20, 1830. He removed with his father's family to Jackson, Mich., in 1846; and in 1850 engaged in the lumber business at Greenville. He went to Stanton in 1863 and continued the same business. He was twelve years a Supervisor, was two years Clerk of Montcalm County, and filled other local offices. In politics he was a Republican.

Representative from the district composing the counties of Alpena, Montmorency and Presque Isle, 1885-6. Was born at Farmersville, Ont., July 29, 1832. He came to Michigan in 1852, and resided for a number of years in Shiawassee County; removed to Alpena in 1864. He resided in the township of Alpena, where he followed the occupation of a farmer. At one time he edited the Alpena County Pioneer, of which paper he was the first editor. He held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Township Treasurer, member of the Board of Education, and Superintendent of the County Poor. He was elected Supervisor of the Township of Alpena 154 155five years in succession, during which time he was twice chosen chairman of the Board of Supervisors. He was appointed by the board a delegate to represent his county at the meeting of the State Board of Equalization in 1881. In politics he was a Republican. Deceased.

Senator, 1913-14, from the Seventh Senatorial District, comprising the counties of Berrien and Cass. Was born at Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wis., Jan. 15, 1877, of English and French parentage. He was educated in the Ellsworth, Wis., and Watervliet, Mich., public schools. In 1891, he removed, with his parents, to Michigan, where he worked on several country newspapers and five years in the Watervliet paper mills. In 1900 he went into business with his father, as publisher of the Watervliet Record, under the firm name of E. F. Case and Son; also interested in farming at Watervliet. Married. In politics a Democrat.

Representative from Wayne County, 1883-4 and 1885-6. Was born at Windsor, Ashtabula County, O., Nov. 13, 1853. After receiving a common school education he removed to Lenawee County, Mich., where for some years he worked on his father's farm. He was married in 1872. In 1875 he graduated from Adrian College. The same year he became Superintendent of Schools for Cambridge and later he entered upon the study of law in the office of Stacy & Underwood at Adrian. He began the practice of his profession at Vermontville, Eaton County, in 1877. The following year he became to Detroit, where he rose to a high place at the bar, and to a commanding political position. He was elected to the Legislature of 1887 but died Dec. 26, 1886.

Representative from Livingston County, 1851. Was born in Oswego County, N.Y., Nov. 7, 1813. By occupation he was a merchant, in politics first a Democrat then a Republican. He came to Michigan in 1837. He was four terms Supervisor of the town of Brighton. He died June 18, 1867.

Representative from the Leelanau-Benzie District, 1919-20 and 1921-2; and Senator from the Twenty-fifth District, 1923—. Was born in Gustavus, O., Aug. 21, 1856, of American parents. With his father's family, he came to Benzonia in 1860 and received his education in the local schools. After taking a business course in the Bryant and Stratton Business College of Chicago, he engaged in the lumber business in Benzonia. In 1889, he, with two of his brothers, incorporated under the name of Case Brothers Lumber Company and engaged in the manufacture of hardwood lumber and the business was continued until the charter expired in 1819. He is married and has eight children. Mr. Case held the office of Justice of the Peace almost consecutively for twenty-eight years and for many years was a member of the school board. In politics he is a Republican.

Governor of the Territory of Michigan, 1813-31; member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1843-4; United States Senator, 1845-8, 1849-57. Was born in Exeter, N. H., Oct. 9, 1782. His ancestors were early settlers in New England. His father was a commissioned officer in the revolutionary army, participated in the battles of Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth and Germantown, and was afterwards a Major in Wayne's army. In 1799 he removed to Marietta, O., finally settling in the vicinity of Zanesville, where he died in 1830. General Cass was educated at an academy in Exeter, N. H., and studied law at Marietta, under Governor Meigs. In 1806 he was elected to the Ohio Legislature, was one of a committee to investigate the enterprise of Colonel Burr. In 1807 he was appointed U.S. Marshal of Ohio, which office he resigned in 1813. In 1812 he volunteered his services to the force called out to join the army under General William Hull, and was elected Colonel of the 3d regiment of Ohio Volunteers. He marched with his regiment through the trackless wilderness to Detroit. After the surrender of General Hull he went to Washington and made a report to the government. The next spring he was appointed Colonel of the 27th Infantry, and was soon after promoted to Brigadier General. He joined the army of Gen. Harrison, was present in the pursuit of Proctor, and participated in the triumph at the Moravian towns. At the end of the campaign he was left in command of Michigan, with headquarters at Detroit. On the ninth of October, 1813, he was appointed Governor of the Territory of Michigan, which he held until July, 1831, when he became Secretary of War under President Jackson. During these eighteen years he stamped the impress of his mind on the institutions of Michigan. He negotiated Indian treaties by which settlers were enabled to become possessors of the soil. In October, 1836, he was appointed Minister to France, which he held until December, 1842. By the force of argument and weight of character he was able to break the treaty, already partly signed, between England, France, Russia, Austria and Prussia, which would have made England mistress of the seas by giving her the right of search. He was appointed Regent of the University Apr. 1, 1843, in the place of Oliver C. Comstock who had resigned, and completed the term the following year. In 1844 he was the leading Democratic candidate for President, at the Baltimore Convention, and received 125 votes, but was defeated by Polk. The same year he was elected United States Senator from Michigan, took his seat in 1845, and was chairman of the military committee. In 1848 he was nominated as the Democratic candidate for President, but was defeated by General Taylor. In the Democratic National Convention of 1852 he at first received the most votes, but the choice ultimately fell on General Pierce. He was re-elected Senator in 1849 to fill the balance of term, also in 1851 and served until 1857. By the natural rise of real estate owned by him in Detroit, he became possessed of a large fortune in those days, and was hospitable and highly esteemed in social as well as political life. He was Secretary of State under President Buchanan from Mar. 4, 1857, to December, 1860, when he resigned, not agreeing with Buchanan and a portion of the cabinet, in their failure to make efforts to avert civil war and the division of the federal republic. He resided thereafter at Detroit until his death in July, 1866.

Representative from Shiawassee County, 1840 and 1841. Was born in Genesee County, N.Y., May 2, 1793. He received a common school education, enlisted as a 156 157Sergeant in the War of 1812, took part in several battles and became a Captain. In 1820 he settled on a farm in Bloomfield, Mich., was seven terms Supervisor, also many terms a Justice. He was a Lieutenant in the militia in 1827. In 1837 he settled on a large farm in Shiawassee, Mich., and was again Supervisor and Justice. He died Oct. 28, 1882.

Representative from St. Joseph County, 1840. He was born in Watsontown, Pa., Jan 1, 1799. His father and grandfather were both soldiers in the Revolution. He settled on a farm in Constantine, Mich., 1831, and was the first Supervisor of the township, serving in 1837-8 and 1839. He was County Commissioner in in 1839. In politics he was a Democrat.

Representative, 1895-6, from the Alpena District, composed of the counties of Alpena, Montmorency, Otsego, Oscoda and Crawford. Was born on a farm in Forfarshire, Scotland, Apr. 3, 1842; four years later his father died, and his mother moved the family to the burg of Forfar, where he learned the business of decorator, which was subsequently his occupation. In 1862 he moved to Glasgrow, and after several trips across the Atlantic, in October, 1874, removed his family from the old country, locating at Alphena, Mich., where he took up a homestead, also continuing in his chosen occupation until about 1893 after which he engaged in farming, and to a limited extent in lumbering. In politics a Republican. He held the office of Township Treasurer, Supervisor, and Justice of the Peace.

Representative from the Second District of Ingham County, 1911-12 and 1913-14. Was born at Hudson, Lenawee County, Mich., Apr. 19, 1869, of Irish and French ancestry. He received his education in the district and public schools of Wayland. In 1881 he removed with this parents to LeRoy Township, Ingham County. Married. He was elected President of the Webberville State Bank at their annual meeting in 1909; a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Gleaners. He held the office of Township Treasurer and Supervisor. In 1909 he was chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Ingham County. In politics a Democrat.

Representative from Kent County, 1857-8. Was born in the State of New York, June 25, 1819. By occupation he was a farmer and land surveyor; in politics a Democrat up to 1848, a Free Soiler until 1854, then a Republican. He held nearly all township office and those of County Surveyor and Deputy U. S. Surveyor. He came to Macomb County, Mich., in 1831, and from 1844 to 1884 was a resident of Kent County. In 1884 ge became a resident of Jordan, Antrim county. He died May 16, 1888, at Almira, Antrim county.

Delegate in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8 from the Tenth District Jackson and Washtenaw counties. Was born in the township of Manchester, Washtenaw County, on July 23, 1866, and attended the district school in the township of Sharon until about fourteen years of age, when he went to the village of Manchester and graduated from the Manchester High School in 1883 and from the literary department of the University of Michigan with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1887. The same year he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in the village of Chelsea, and shortly thereafter removed to the city of Ann Arbor, where he subsequently resided. Mr. Cavanaugh was married Nov. 6,1889, to Miss C. Seery. He was a Commissioner of Schools of Washtenaw County and president of the Board of Education for the city of Ann Arbor for a number of years, and was elected Delegate to the Constitutional Convention by the Tenth Senatorial District as a Democrat, although the district was overwhelmingly Republican.

Senator from the Eight District, 1871-2. His postoffice address was Morenci, Lenawee County. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from the counties of Manistee and Mason, 1873. Was born in Attica, N.Y. He received an academic education. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in the 5th N.Y. Cavalry, and participated in many battles. In 1864 he received a First Lieutenant's commission. He was mustered out of service June, 1865. In 1866 he emigrated to Michigan, and settled in Free Soil, Mason county. He was a farmer, and held various offices of trust in both town and county. He resigned as Representative before the extra session of 1874, and was succeeeded by Andrew J. Dovell.

Representative from the Chippewa District, composing the counties of Alger, Chippewa, Mackinac and Schoolcraft, 1887-8. Was born in Oxford County, Ont., in 1834. He became a resident of Michigan about 1856. He engaged in real estate business, and was County Surveyor. In politics a Republican.

Representative from the Second District of Allegan County, 1911-12 and 1913-14. He was born in Branch County, Mich., Aug. 31, 1858, of English parentage. He was educated in the public schools and at the Valparaiso, Ind., Normal. His parents died when he was five years of age and he afterwards resided with Dr. Daniel Wilson, a physician and farmer of Branch county, until the death of the latter in 1879. He attended school of Valparaiso in the fall if 1880 and the summer of 1881, being employed as a teacher in Allegan county in the winters of 1880-1. He went to Wayland in the fall of 1881 and resided there, with the exception of one year spent in Lake and Osceola counties. He was married in 1884 to Miss Ella J. Furber, of Leighton Township, Allegan county. Mr. Chamberlain settled on a 158 159farm in Wayland Township in 1890 and resided there until 1906 when he located at Wayland. He was Treasurer four years, Supervisor six years and President of Wayland two years. In politics a Republican.

Representative, 1893-4 to 1899-1900, from Gogebic District, composed of the counties of Gogebic, Ontonagon, Keeweenaw and Isle Royal. Was born in Ripon, Wis., Oct. 6, 1856. He acquired his education at the Ripon College; came to Marquette County, Mich., in 1875; taught school twelve years, moved to Gogebic County in 1887, where he engaged in the practice of law. He was married to Miss Etta Bartle, of Negaunee, Feb. 8, 1897. In politics a Republican. He held the offices of Supervisor, School Inspector, and Circuit Court Commissioner, and was connected with the popular fraternal orders of the State.

Representative from St. Clair County, 1850. His postoffice address was St. Clair. Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Berrien County, 1849; and member of the State Board of Agriculture, 1883-9 and 1891-7. Was born at Pembroke, N. H., Mar. 17, 1824. He received an academical education. In 1836 he became a clerk at Concord, N. H. He removed with his father to Three Oaks, Mich., in 1843, and in 1854 became a merchant, but was also engaged in farming. He was Supervisor from 1845 to 1851, and often held that office after that time. In politics a Democrat. A member of the Congregational Church. Several times he was a Democratic candidate for Congress and for other offices, and in 1872 was a candidate for elector, and 1874 was the Democratic nominee for Governor, and the result was very close. As a Mason, he was grand master of the Grand Lodge in 1872; was a member of the Semi-centennial Commission in 1886, and presided at the meetings held in the Hall of Representatives, June 15, 1886. In 1883 he was appointed a member of the State Board of Agriculture for six years, and was again appointed in 1891. He died at Three Oaks, Feb. 9, 1907.

Representative from Berrien County, 1871-2 to 1875-6; and Senator from the Thirteenth District, 1877-8 and 1879-80. Was born in Pembroke, N. H., Feb. 7, 1834. He was educated at Concord, and came to Michigan with his father in 1843. In business he was for many years a merchant, in politics a Republican. He was Postmaster, and was Superintendent of the Poor for twenty years, and held other local offices. He was president pro tem. of the Senate in 1879, and was president of the State Agricultural Society; was an authority in agricultural matters. He died in Chicago, Nov. 7, 1901.

Representative from Oakland County, 1855-6. Was born in Amherstburg, Canada West, Sept. 15, 1820. He came to Michigan in 1821, where he made his home until 159 1601863. He was long a resident of Pontiac, Mich. By occupation he was a merchant, in politics a Democrat. He was in the service of the government for eight years; was a hardware merchant after 1863; later Postmaster of Waupun, Wis. He died Oct. 23, 1893.

Representative from Gratiot County, 1907-8, 1909-10, 1911-12. Was born in Crawford County, O., Sept. 23, 1864, of American parentage. He came to Michigan with his parents in 1878 and settled in New Haven Township, Gratiot County. He obtained his education in the district schools of Ohio and at the Valparaiso, Ind., Normal School and Business College. For a number of years he taught school during the winter season and was engaged in building and contracting during the summer months. Later he purchased a farm on which he lived until 1907, when he moved to Ithaca. Mr. Chambers was married to Emma A. McWilliams in 1890. He held the offices of Township Treasurer, Supervisor for seven consecutive years and was elected County Clerk in 1902 and re-elected in 1904. In politics a Republican.

Representative, 1889-90, from the Chippewa District, comprising the counties of Alger, Chippewa, Luce, Mackinac and Schoolcraft. Was born at St. Ignace, Mich., in 1851. By profession a merchant. In politics a Democrat.

Senator, 1893-4, from the Fourteenth District, composed of the counties of Ingham and Shiawassee. Was born in Homer, Calhoun County, Mich., Feb. 14, 1847. When one year of age he moved with his parents to Sturgis, Mich. He attended public school, and at twelve years of age began the trade of carriage painter. In 1878 he began the practice of dentistry. He was married to Miss Agnes Clark, of Lansing, in 1871. In 1886 he moved to Lansing, where he continued in the practice of dentistry. He was elected to the Senate of 1893-4 on the Democrat and People's party tickets.

Representative from Hillsdale County, 1838 and 1840; and Senator from the Second District, 1841 and from the Third District, 1842. He came to Michigan in 1824, and located at Tecumseh, where he stayed two years and returned to New York. He again came to Tecumseh in 1830, and remained there until 1834, when he sold out and removed to Jonesville, engaging in the mercantile business with George C. Munro, and built a block of stores. He retired from business in 1851. He owned a farm east of the village. He was Postmaster from 1840 to 1844. In politics he was a Whig. He died in 1855.

Justice of the Supreme Court, 1884-91. Was born at Kingston, Ulster County, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1831. His prominence as an attorney made him a frequent candidate 160 161with his party for judicial honors; was Judge of the Recorder's Court in Grand Rapids in 1861, candidate for Circuit Judge in 1863, Prosecuting Attorney of Kent County in 1864, was Mayor of Grand Rapids in 1867, and candidate for the same office again in 1868. He was nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court by the Fusion party in 1883, and elected. He died at Grand Rapids July 24, 1901.

Representative from Grand Traverse County, 1909-10 and 1911-12. Was born at Flushing, Genesee County, Mar. 3, 1847. He received his education in the district schools of Lenawee and Monroe counties. He removed to Grand Traverse County in 1864, his attention having been given to lumbering and farming. In politics a Republican. He held the offices of Sheriff, Supervisor and member of the Board of Education.

Representative from Monroe County, 1851. Was born in Grandville, N.Y., May 16, 1800. By occupation he was a wagon maker, in politics a Democrat. He came to Romeo in 1845, and held the positions of Postmaster and Justice of the Peace. He died Feb. 18, 1867. His three sons graduated at the State University.

Senator from the Thirty-second District, consisting of Houghton, Ontonagon, Keweenaw, and Isle Royal counties, 1881-2. Was born at Niles, Cayuga County, N.Y., July 30, 1842. He came to Michigan in 1857, and resided in Washtenaw County until 1868; then he went to Houghton County. In 1862 he went to the army and served until 1866. He was admitted to the bar in 1869, at Houghton. He held the office of Prosecuting Attorney for Houghton County, and was Collector of Customs for the District of Superior.

Delegate in the Constitutional Convention of 1907-8 from the Twenty-ninth District, Presque Isle County. Was born in Lenawee County, Nov. 29, 1843, of English and Welsh ancestry, who located at Philadelphia about 1680. His father's sister was an anti-slavery poetess. He finished education in a seminary. Mr. Chandler was born on a farm and lived there twenty-seven years. After that he became a lumberman, living in Cass County for five years, and moved to Cheboygan where he built the state from Petoskey to Presque Isle Harbor, also seventeen miles of state road crossing at Onaway. In 1887 he moved to Onaway and platted the village of Onaway in 1892. In 1898 he secured the location of a railroad and later the establishment of saw mills and hardwood manufacturing plant employing several hundred men. This raised the population from seventy-five to 3,000 people in five years. He was married in 1886.

Representative, 1899-1900 and 1901-2, from the Chippewa District, comprising the counties of Luce, Mackinac and Chippewa. Was born of Quaker parentage, in 161 162Raisin Township, Lenawee County, Apr. 27, 1846, and spent his early life on a farm, receiving his education at a Quaker seminary near his home. In 1862 he went to Indianapolis, Ind., to serve an apprenticeship at a trade, but before completing it he changed his mind and went into a wholesale paper business on his own account. This naturally brought him into constant intercourse with newspaper men, and in 1870 he became the editor and publisher of a Republican paper in Muncie, Ind. The venture failed because of the libel suits and consequent expensive litigation, and in 1872 he returned to Michigan and took the editorship of the newly established Adrian Press. By a change of ownership and politics he left the Press and joined the staff of the Adrian Times, remaining there until 1875, when he established the Cheboygan Tribune. In 1876 he was elected a member of the Republican State Central Committee; in 1877 was appointed collector of tolls of St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal, and in 1878 established the Sault Ste. Marie News. In 1881 the canal passed under the control of the United States and Mr. Chandler became Superintendent, holding that position until 1885. In 1886 he organized the Sault Savings Bank, and became its first cashier and manager. In the same year he was instrumental in organizing a central station electric light plant at the “Soo.” In 1892 he organized the Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Company at the “Soo,” laying the foundation for one of the largest water-power developments in the country. In 1875-6 he secured a swamp land appropriation, and established the famous “Inland Route” between Cheboygan and Petoskey.

United States Senator, 1857-75 and 1879. Was born in Bedford, N.H., Dec. 10, 1813, and with the advantages of a common school education, became a resident of Detroit in 1833. He engaged in trade and in a few years the firm of which he was the head became the leading wholesale dry goods house in Michigan. In politics a Whig, and strongly anti-slavery in his sentiments, he soon became a leading politician, more through the action of his friends than from personal ambition. He was elected Mayor of Detroit in 1851, and was the Whig candidate for Governor in 1852, when he stumped the State vigorously, and made as strong a fight as possible with a minority party, personally running ahead of the ticket. In 1857 he was elected the first Republican United States Senator from Michigan. He was re-elected in 1863; and in 1869, serving continuously eighteen years, from Mar. 4, 1857, to Mar. 4, 1875. In 1862 he secured the passage of a resolution on the conduct of the war, and declining to be chairman, was an active member of that committee during the war. He had the full confidence of President Lincoln, and made his influence felt, especially at the time when disaster and defeat followed our enemies in the field. In 1875 he was defeated as a candidate for Senator by several members who refused to go into Republican caucus, their votes combining with the Democrats to defeat him, and to elect Judge Christiancy, also a leading Republican. He was soon appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Grant, and became a most efficient and able cabinet officer, serving until the close of the second term of Grant. From 1876 to 1880 he was chairman of the National Republican Committee, and in 1878 was chairman of the Republican State Committee. Senator Christiancy having resigned in 1879, to accept the position of Minister to Peru, Mr. Chandler was elected Mar. 18, 1879, to fill the vacancy. Soon after he made the short and thrilling speech in the Senate that defeated the attempt to place Jefferson Davis on the Mexican pension roll, which gave him a host of friends in the Northern States. The same year, on invitation, he made 162 163many speeches to large meetings, but died suddenly at Chicago, Nov. 1, 1879, after addressing the young Republicans of that city.

Representative from the Third District of Jackson County, 1853-4. His postoffice address was Gidley's Station. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Chippewa and the counties thereto attached, 1855-6. His postoffice address was Sault Ste. Marie. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from the First District of Shiawassee County, 1887-8. Was born in the township of Dexter, Washtenaw County, in 1848. Mar. 9, 1883, he received the appointment by President Arthur of Postmaster at Corunna, which office he held until Aug. 1, 1886. Mr. Chapell was Treasurer of his city and Supervisor of the 3d ward of Corunna, and was elected Representative on the Republican ticket.

Representative from St. Joseph County, 1839. His postoffice address was White Pigeon. (Further data not obtainable).

Representative from Antrim County, 1915-16, 1917-18 and 1919-20. Was born at Grattan, Kent County, Mich., Dec. 10, 1862, of Welsh parentage. He was educated in the public schools of Green Bay, Wis. At the age of fourteen he began working in the lumber woods, and in 1881 he removed to Bellaire, where he subsequently resided. His chief occupation was farming. He served as School Director, School Treasurer, Justice of the Peace and Sheriff. Married. In politics a Republican.

Representative from Hillsdale County, 1885-6 and 1887-8; and Senator, 1889-90, from the Sixth District, comprising the counties of Hillsdale and Jackson. Was born in the township of Ash, Monroe County, Mich., Feb. 24, 1846. A dealer in real estate and hard-wood lumber. In former years he was a farmer, merchant and banker. During the war he served in the 11th Mich. Cavalry.

Representative from Macomb County, 1901-2 and 1903-4. Was born at Sterling, Macomb County, Nov. 20, 1841. His education was obtained at the district school supplemented by one year at the Utica High School. In February, 1878, he was 163 164married to Miss Mary Wilcox of Oakland County. He was appointed Census Enumerator in 1890 and again in 1900. In 1891 he was elected Supervisor of his township which for thirty years, had elected a Democratic Supervisor.

Representative from Jackson County, 1849. Was born in Oswego County, N. Y. He came to Jackson, Mich., in 1835, and commenced the practice of law. He was Judge of Probate from 1836 to 1840, also Prosecuting Attorney during a portion of that time. He was County Treasurer from 1842 to 1846. He was a man of high standing both as a lawyer and a citizen. In politics he was a Democrat. He finally removed to Cedar Falls, Ia., where he died in 1863 or 1864.

Senator from the Eighteenth District, 1865-6 and from the Sixteenth District, 1867-8. Was born at New Market, N. H., July 24, 1812. He was educated at Bracket Academy, Greenland, and at the age of twenty-one engaged in the mercantile business at New Market. In 1836 he lost his means in land speculations, and learned the trade of a machinist, at which he worked five years. He emigrated to St. Joseph, Mich., in 1843, where he was a lumber merchant for eight years. From 1855 to 1859 he was County Register of Deeds; from 1859 to 1867 was in the real estate business; and after 1864 was the owner of a large farm. He was first a Whig, a Republican after 1854.

Representative from Wayne County, 1863-4. Was born in Detroit, Feb. 3, 1818. He was descended from the early French stock as was his brother William, elsewhere mentioned. He was by profession an architect, contractor and builder, and filled many places of trust, both under the city and State governments. His politics were Whig and Republican. He did not sit in extra session of 1864. He died May 2, 1893.

Representative from Wayne County, 1861-2. Was a descendant of one of the earliest French families by whom Detroit was settl