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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
This Volume Contains
Biographical Sketches
OF
Leading Citizens
OF
Houghton, Baraga and Marquette
COUNTIES,
MICHIGAN.
"BIOGRAPHY IS THE ONLY TRUE HISTORY."-EMERSON.
BIOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY,
GEORGE RICHMOND, Pres., C. R. ARNOLD, Sec'y and Treas.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
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PREFACE.
Having brought to a successful termination our labors in Houghton, Baraga and Marquette Counties in compiling and editing the sketches herein
contained, we desire, in presenting this Biographical Record to our patrons, to
make a few remarks, necessarily brief, in regard to the value and importance of
local works of this nature. We agree with Ralph Waldo Emerson that " Biography is the only true History," and also are of the opinion that a collection
of the biographies of the leading men of a nation would give a more interesting,
as well as authentic, history of their country than any other that could be written. The value of such a production as this cannot be too highly estimated.
With each succeeding year the haze of Obscurity removes more and more from
our view the fast disappearing landmarks of the past.  Oblivion sprinkles her
dust of forgetfulness on men and their deeds, effectually concealing them from
the public eye, and because of the many living objects that claim our attention,
few of those who have been removed from the busy world remain long in our
memory. Even the glorious achievements of the present age may not insure
it from being lost in the glare of greater things to come, and so it is manifestly
a duty to posterity for the men of the present time to preserve a record of their
lives and a story of their progress from low and humble beginnings to great and
noble deeds, in order that future generations may read the account of their successful struggles, and profit by their example. A local history affords the best
means of preserving ancestral history, and it also becomes, immediately upon
its publication, a ready book of reference for those who have occasion to seek
biographical data of the leading and early settled families. Names, dates and
events are not easily remembered by the average man, so it behooves the generations now living, who wish to live in the memory of their descendants, to
write their own records, making them full and broad in scope, and minute in
detail, and insure their preservation by having them put in printed form. We
firmly believe that in these collated memoirs will be found as faithful a record
of the industrial development that has taken place in this section of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan as may be obtained anywhere, for the very sufficient




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reason that its growth and development are identified with that of the men who
have made it what it is today-the representative, leading men, whose personal
sketches it h~as been a pleasure to us to write and give a place in this volume.
From the time when the hand of civilized man had not delved into the bowels
of the earth for the vast stores of copper and iron, nor with the ever-ready
frontiersman's ax felled the noble, almost limitless forests, to the present period of activity in all branches of industry, we may read in the history of this
district's leading men and of their ancestors the wonderful growth and development that has been going on here for little more than half a century, but which
bids fair to continue for centuries to come. A hundred years from now whatever records of the present time are then extant, having withstood the ravages
of time and the ceaseless war of the elements, will be viewed, with an absorbing
interest, equaling, if not surpassing, that which is taken to-day in the history of
the early settlements of America.
it has been our purpose in the preparation of this work to pass over no
phase or portion of it slightingly, but to give attention to the smallest points,,and thus invest it with an air of accuracy, to be obtained in no other way. The
result has amply justified the care that has been taken, for it is our honest belief that no more reliable production, under the circumstances, could have been
compiled.
One feature of this work, to which we have given special prominence, and
which we are sure will prove of extraordinary interest, is the collection of portraits of the representative and leading citizens which appear throughout the
volume.   We have tried to represent the different spheres of industrial and
professional activity as well as we might. To those who have been so uniformly obliging and have kindly interested themselves in the success of this
work, volunteering information and data which have been very helpful to us in
preparing this volume, we desire to express our grateful and profound acknowledgment of their valued services.
THE PUBLISHERS.
CHICAGO, ILL., SEPTEMBER, 1903.




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obtained, for their approval or correction before going to press; and a reasonable time was allowed in each case for the return of the typewritten copies.
Most of them were returned to us Within the time allotted, or before the work
was printed, after being corrected or revised; and these may therefore be regarded as reasonably accurate.
A few, however, was not returned to us; and, as we have no means of knowing whether they contain errors or not, we cannot vouch for their accuracy. In
justice to our readers, and to render this work more valuable for reference purposes, we have indicated these uncorrected sketches by a small asterisk (*),
placed immediately after the name of the subject. They will all be found on the
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JOHN SENTER.




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HOUGHiTON, BARAiA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES
JOHN SENTER.
JOHN SENTER, the third oldest of the pioneers of the copper region along
the southern shore of Lake Superior, now living, was born at Peterboro, New
Hampshire, December 15, 1823, thus being, as might be said, almost a twin
of the famous "Monroe Doctrine," which was presented to the world that year.
Mr. Senter, whose portrait is herewith shown, is now an honored resident of
Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan.
John Senter was reared and educated in his native town, which was a
manufacturing place some sixty miles from Boston. In 1842 he came west
to work in the office of Surveyor General of Iowa and Wisconsin, Gen. James
Wilson. General Wilson, who was a relation of our subject, was an attorneyat-law, and at one time was a member of the United States Congress from
New Hampshire. Mr. Senter acted as clerk in the Surveyor General's office
from 1842 to 1845, making his home for the greater part of the time at
Dubuque, Iowa. During the three years that he held this position he traveled
much over Iowa and Wisconsin, visiting Iowa City, Iowa, in 1844, Iowa
Falls and other places in that new country. In the fall of 1845, he returned
to New Hampshire and spent the winter at the home of General Wilson.
In the summer of 1846, he and General Wilson returned to Iowa, where
they stayed a short time. General Wilson had become interested, as a
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director, in the Lake Superior Copper Company, the pioneer company of
the copper district, which was then operated under the superintendency
of Martin Coryell, of Pennsylvania. In the summer of 1846, leaving Iowa,
General Wilson and Mr. Senter came to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, locating at Eagle River, in the copper district. They came on the first
trip of the second steamer-the side-wheeler "Julia Palmer"-that floated
on Lake Superior. The first steamer, a propeller, had made one trip in
1845, reaching La Point on November Ist. In 1846, the year that Mr.
Senter came to this region, General Wilson secured a lease in what was
then a part of Houghton County, now included in Keweenaw County, Michigan, and our subject made his home there, at Eagle River, for a period of
forty years. In addition to working in the Lake Superior Copper Company's office, Mr. Senter did some surveying and engineering in the neighborhood that season. Later in the year he was sent for by General Wilson,
and as it was impossible to return to New Hampshire, in the spring of 1847
he went through to Dubuque, Iowa, returning to Eagle River the next summer, where he engaged in trade, at the same time serving as deputy to Postmaster Coryell. On September 28, 1847, Mr. Senter was appointed postmaster and served efficiently as such until 1855, also carrying on a mercantile business in the meantime. He remembers the first steamer, the sidewheeler "Illinois," to come through the canal, the date being July 17, 1855.
After the close of navigation in the fall, the copper district was entirely
cut off from the outside world, except for messengers on snow-shoes. Our
subject continued in the mercantile business until 1856. In the meantime,
in 1848, he had accepted the agency for E. I. DuPont, Denemour & Company, the largest powder manufacturers in the world, and at one time he
had four stores in the Northern Peninsula, holding his connection with this
company until about 1900. He also bought and sold some mining stock,
and owns some still, as well as a large amount of real estate in Houghton and
adjoining counties. He has some interesting records, and is conceded to be
an authority on all matters of early history. For the past several years he
has made his home in Houghton, in the eastern part of the village. He has
been retired from business but three years, and despite his four score years
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served eight years as treasurer of Houghton County, when it also included
Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon counties.
Mr. Senter's wife, formerly Lizzie T. Porter, came from Ypsilanti,
Michigan. They have two sons and a daughter: Albert Wilson, assistant
in the assay office of the Calumet & Hecla smelting works; Henry Mortimer,
who owns and conducts saw and planing mills and is interested in a coffee
plantation in Colombia, South America; and Mrs. James B. Cooper, whose
husband has charge of the Calumet & Hecla smelting works. Our subject
was formerly a Whig, and is now a stanch Republican. He was a member
of the Mining School Board until he resigned. For upwards of 40 years,
Mr. Senter has been a member of Ontonagon Lodge No. 67, A. F. & A. M.
He is a man of the highest character, and is highly esteemed by his large
circle of acquaintances in the Northern Peninsula.
CHARLES A. WRIGHT.
CHARLES A. WRIGHT, one of the leading and most progressive men of
Houghton County, Michigan, residing at Hancock, is president of the Superior Savings Bank of Hancock, president of the Superior Trust Company,
and has been identified with many other of the leading business enterprises of
the Northern Peninsula that have been foremost in the development of its resources.
The Superior Savings Bank of Hancock was organized in 189o, the first
savings bank in Houghton County, and Mr. Wright was one of its most active
promoters. Its officers are: Charles A. Wright, president; Jacob Baer, vicepresident; and M. C. Getchell, cashier.  These gentlemen, with James R.
Cooper and E. L. Wright, complete the directorate. The bank has $50,000
in capital, and a surplus of $2o,ooo, and it is in a very prosperous condition.
It was mainly due to Mr. Wright's efforts that the Superior Trust Company
was organized in 1902 under the laws of the State of Michigan.  It has a
capital stock of $I50,OOO, a surplus of $3o,ooo, and is one of the four trust.companies in the State, being the only one in Houghton County. The officers




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are the same as those of the Superior Savings Bank, and its board of directors
is made up of the following prominent business men: Jacob Baer, Charles
Briggs, James Chynoweth, James B. Cooper, John J. Case, John D. Cuddihy,
Harry F. Fay, Albert R. Gray, Rufus R. Goodell, C. H. Hall, Lessing Karger,
James MacNaughton, William A. Paine, William E. Parnall, Graham Pope,
George Ruppe, Allen F. Rees, Edgar H. Towar, A. J. Scott and Charles A.
Wright.   This company acts as executor, administrator, receiver, assignee,
guardian, trustee and fiscal agent, and takes entire charge of real and personal
estates.
Mr. Wright, in 1896, organized the State Savings Bank at Laurium,
Houghton County, which is being conducted on a firm financial basis. He is
president of the Hancock Evening Journal Company, publishers of the Hancock Evening Journal, and has been identified with many of the successful
industries and enterprises of the city, where he has resided for nearly thirty
years, having'located in Hancock in 1873. He was formerly for many years
prominent in railroad circles, being general manager of the Mineral Range
Railroad, and of the Hancock & Calumet Railway. In early years he was
teller of the First National Bank of Hancock.
Mr. Wright was an important factor in bringing about the organization
of the Copper Range Company and the construction of the Copper Range
Railroad, as the following account will demonstrate. The South Range territory was known to possess great mineral value, which, taken together with
the great timber resources of the section, was thought by Mr. Wright to be
sufficient to warrant the construction of a railroad from Houghton to Watersmeet, Gogebic County, Michigan, a distance of about eighty miles. In the
furtherance of this idea, in 1889, he invited a number of Houghton County
gentlemen to attend a meeting at his office to consider the feasibility of such
a project. Those in attendance were T. L. Chadbourne, James B. Sturgis,
James R. Cooper, Johnson Vivian, Rufus R. Goodell, John Duncan and our
subject. They expressed themselves favorably, and the result was the organization of the Northern Michigan Railroad Company,-Jay A. Hubbell, John
Daniell and Edgar H. Towar joined those named above in promoting the
enterprise.  Each of the ten gentlemen named subscribed an equal amount
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Wright was chosen president of the company and James B. Sturgis, secretary
and treasurer.  Now came the question of the road's construction.  Mr.
Wright made many trips and devoted much of his time toward interesting other
roads and Eastern capital, and many times was just at the point of success
when some unforeseen circumstance would prevent. Any man of less energy
and perseverance would have failed, but Mr. Wright kept working in his tireless fashion until the means were devised whereby the road could be constructed.  About II,500 acres of land of great possible mineral value were
secured as capital, and Mr. Wright conceived the idea of organizing a mining
and development company which should have as an important motive the
construction of a line of railroad over a part or whole of the route surveyed
by the Northern Michigan Railroad Company.   The rights and charter of
the latter company were purchased and in March, 1898, was organized the
Copper Range Company, which owns and controls the lands above mentioned
and has completed its railroad from Houghton to Range Junction, a distance
of forty miles. This company was organized under the mining laws of the
State, and has Ioo,ooo shares of stock at $20 per share, paid in. William A.
Paine of Boston, Massachusetts, who was one of the first to become interested
in the project and advanced much capital to aid in its furtherance, became
president of the company, which owns all the stock of the Copper Range Railroad Company, by which name the new road is known. Mr. Wright was
general manager of this railroad during the period of its construction from
Houghton to a junction with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway at
Mass City.
Mr. Wright, as general manager of the Mineral Range Railroad, was also
a power in promoting and building the original railroad bridge across Portage
Lake, between Hancock and Houghton.    In 19oo Mr. Wright erected the
Wright Building at Hancock, in which is located the Superior Savings Bank,
and the Superior Trust Company.   It is probably the finest building of its
kind in the county and faces on Quincy street. He recently sold one-half of
this building to J. T. Gartner, proprietor of the only department store on Lake
Portage. Our subject owns many other business and residence properties in
Houghton County, and is one of the most prosperous citizens.
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the Houghton County Republican Committee, resigning in 1902.  He has
served three terms as a member of the Republican State Central Committee.
He was at one time a candidate for Congress from the Twelfth Congressional
District of Michigan, being supported by Houghton County for the nomination
in the Republican convention.  Religiously he is a member of the Congregational Church. He is a man of great strength of character, and has a pleasing personality, making friends of everyone with whom he comes in contact.
REV. J. K. NIKANDER.
REV. J. K. NIKANDER, president of the Suomi College and Theological
Seminary, a well known Finnish institution of learning located at Hancock,
Houghton County, Michigan, is one of the most prominent representatives of
his nationality in Michigan.
The Suomi College and Theological Seminary was opened September 8,
1896, in private quarters, and its growth was such that in 1898 the erection
of a fine college building was commenced.  The corner-stone was laid May
30, 1899, and the building was dedicated to its worthy purposes January 21,
1900. The college has a seven-year course, and instruction is given in many
of the studies taught in other American colleges and universities and in some
that are not. The attendance of twenty-five at the beginning has increased to
sixty-eight. It is a very popular institution of the Finnish people, of which
there are some 20,000 in this region. Our subject is president of this institution, Isaac Sillberg of Republic, Michigan, is treasurer, and J. H. Jasberg of
Hancock, Michigan, is manager. With these gentlemen on the directory are:
J. E. Saari, Rev. Joh. Back, Alex. Pantti, Rev. Alfred Groning, Jacob Piippola, Rev. P. Airaksinen, Henry Kangas and Matti Pesamaki.
Mr. Nikander was born near Tavastehus, Province of Tavastehus, Finland, in 1855, and being a poor boy had only such advantages as were afforded
by the public schools. He later attended high school in Central Finland, after
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Lutheran ministry, and spent five years as a pastor in his native land, four
years of which time was with one congregation. He came to America, arriving at Hancock, Michigan, January 3, 1885, and took the circuit including
Quincy, Calumet and Allouez, there being no church at Hancock at that time.
In 1889 he took charge as chief editor of the church paper, Paimen Sanomia,
in association with Rev. Karl Leonard Tolonen, now deceased.  When the
Suomi Synod was established in 1890, the paper was turned over to the church
as a church organ and has since served that purpose. The church at Quincy
was in union with the Norwegian church people, and about 1888 the Finnish
congregation sold their interest, the present church on Reservation street, in
Hancock, being started immediately after.  Rev. Mr. Nikander served as
pastor of this church until 1897, since which time he has devoted his attention
to the paper and his college duties. As the school continued to increase and
his work in connection became more onerous, he relinquished his duties as
editor-in-chief of the publication and was succeeded by Rev. Joh. Back in 19oo.
In addition to looking after the duties of the college, he acts as instructor in
Christianity, Latin, German and Greek. He reads, writes and converses fluently in four different languages, namely:  Finnish, Swedish, German and
English. He has the interests of his people at heart, ever working for their
betterment and development, and there is no one more popular than he.
In 1902 Rev. Mr. Nikander was united in marriage with Sanna Rajala,
and they temporarily reside in the college building. In politics our subject is
a stanch Republican, and always takes a deep interest in the party's success.
WILLIAM     H. MATCHETTE, M. D.
WILLIAM H. MATCHETTE, M. D., of Houghton, Houghton County,
Michigan, was born in 1876, in Greenville, Ohio, and is a son of the late Dr.
John E. Matchette, who was born in New Jersey and for the space of 30 years
was a prominent physician near Greenville, Ohio, was auditor of his county
for two terms and was a Knight Templar in Masonry. The mother of our
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survives, at the age of 52 years.  In religious connections these parents
were members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The family consisted of
four children, our subject having two sisters.
Dr. Matchette was educated in Greenville, Ohio, later at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, entering the medical department of the University of Michigan in
1895 and receiving his diploma as physician and surgeon in 1899. He immediately located as assistant physician for the Tamarack-Osceola Smelting
Company, at Dollar Bay, Houghton County, Michigan, where he continued
one year.  He served four months as assistant at the Tamarack Hospital at
Calumet, and in November, 1900, was appointed county physician. He then
removed to Hancock, opened an office there and ever since has enjoyed a wide
practice. Dr. Matchette may be counted one of the leading physicians of the
place, his skill and ability being very generally recognized. He belongs to the
state and county medical associations, and takes advantage of all the means for
gaining a wider knowledge of his profession.
Dr. Matchette is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.  Fraternally, he is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias and an Elk.
WILLIAM     WALLS.
WILLIAM WALLS, register of deeds of Houghton County, Michigan, is
an efficient officer and a highly respected citizen, making his home in the town
of Houghton. He was born in Cornwall, England, in 1846, and was brought
by his parents to this country in 185o. Both of his parents are now dead,
and he has one brother and four sisters living, the brother being located in the
West.
William Walls located in New York with his parents in 1850, then went
with them to Chester County, Pennsylvania, being reared and educated near
Westchester. He began to work in the iron mines of Pennsylvania when 12
years of age, and upon removing to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and
locating in what is now Keweenaw County, in 1862, followed mining. A
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engaged in merchandising at Red Jacket, continuing there until about 1896.
He was then for two years treasurer of Calumet township, the richest in the
county.  In the fall of 1898 he was elected register of deeds of Houghton
County, and assumed the duties of office January I, 1899.  He served faithfully and efficiently in that capacity, and was rewarded by re-election to that
office.  He has always been a stanch Republican in politics, never swerving
in his allegiance to that party.
Mr. Walls was joined in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Gardner, of
Keweenaw County, Michigan, and they have four children,-three daughters
and one son. The eldest daughter acts as her father's deputy, and the others
are in school.  Fraternally Mr. Walls is a member of Houghton Lodge, A.
F. & A. M.; and Hancock Chapter, R. A. M.  Religiously the family favors
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
CAPT. JOHNSON        VIVIAN.
CAPT. JOHNSON VIvIAN, one of the best known citizens and business
men of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, whose portrait is herewith
shown, has been a resident of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan for
upwards of 50 3 ears. He was born in Cornwall, England, May 20, 1829, and
comes of a family long identified with mining interests. His father, grandfather and three brothers were mine agents, the brothers going to different
countries. He is a direct descendant of Sir Vyell Vivian, who married Margaret, daughter of the Earl of Kildare, in 1295, and removed at that time
from Normandy to England. One of the family, Sir Henry Huzzy Vivian,
was with Wellington from  1809 to 1815, serving in the Peninsular War,
and being present at the battle of Waterloo.
Captain Vivian began work about the mines of his native place when
14 or 15 years old and continued in that occupation in Cornwall until
1853, when he came to the United States. He located at Eagle Harbor, Houghton   (now  Keweenaw) County, Michigan, and worked in
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was then appointed mining captain by Hon. Samuel W. Hills, and
served as such until July, 1856, when he went to Copper Harbor, took charge
of the Clark mine operated by a French company, and remained there until
February I, 1857. He returned to the Copper Falls mine and took a tribute
lease of the Hill vein, which he worked until October I, 1859, when he took
charge of the Phoenix mine as chief mining captain, and continued there in
that capacity until October, 1863. He was then appointed superintendent
and served as such until February I, 1867, when he was appointed agent
of the Hancock mine, where he remained until June, 1868, during which
time the mine was worked at a profit. He then took charge as superintendent of the Schoolcraft mine, erected mining machinery and operated it until
it was demonstrated that the vein would not pay, the mine then being abandoned. Some fifteen years later he again took charge of this mine, whose
name had been changed to the Centennial, and operated it for three or four
years, but it never proved a success. He left the company's employ in 1874
and was appointed agent of the Franklin and Pewabic, contiguous mines,
which were in poor condition, having been worked at a disadvantage. Captain Vivian instituted needed reforms and the mines are still working successfully. In February, i88o, in addition to regular duties, he took charge
of the Huron mine, lying just south of Lake Portage, the Concord and Mesnard mines, and the Tecumseh mine, the last named being worked at intervals. He remained actively in mining until 1896, since which time he has
been practically retired.
Captain Vivian is now extensively interested in the mercantile business
at Laurium, where the firm of J. Vivian, Jr., & Company conducts the largest store in the county, employing about 50 people. For the past i years,
Captain Vivian has resided in Houghton. In whatsoever business he has
engaged, he has met with good fortune and prospered. He was one of the
promoters of the Superior Savings Bank at Hancock, a promoter and for
years a director of the State Savings Bank at Laurium, a promoter of the
Electric Light & Power Company at Houghton, and a director and promoter
of the Lake Superior Soap Company. He was senior member of the firm
of Vivian & Prince, manufacturing safety fuse for blasting purposes, which
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Captain Johnson Vivian was married to Elizabeth Simmons, of Camborne, England, who is now living at the age of 72 years. Of the two
daughters and four sons born to them, the sons alone survive; they are:
John C., a druggist of Laurium; Joseph H., purchasing agent at Butte,
Montana, for the Boston & Montana Copper Company; Johnson, Jr., a member of the firm of J. Vivian, Jr., & Company, of Laurium, Houghton County;
and William J., a machinist of Houghton.
JOSEPH STROBEL.
JOSEPH STROBEL, president of the A. Haas Brewing Company and a
prominent business man of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, was born
at Houghton in 1860, and is a son of Nicholas Strobel.
Nicholas Strobel became a resident of Keweenaw Gounty, Michigan, in
1852; two years later he located at Portage, Houghton County, Michigan.
Upon coming to the United States from Germany, when eighteen years of age,
he first located at Cleveland, Ohio; he was familiar with the shoe business
and followed that line in Cleveland, but after coming to the Northern Peninsula he at first took up the occupation of mining, as there was little else to
do in the Lake Superior copper region. Afterwards, when the district became
more settled, he conducted a shoe business in Houghton, which is said to have
been one of the most reliable business houses in the place; he carried a large
stock of boots, shoes, rubbers, etc., and employed several shoemakers, and had
an extensive trade in made-to-order shoes. The site of this pioneer establishment on Huron street is at present occupied by a sample room that is conducted by our subject.
Nicholas Strobel is remembered as one of the pioneer business men of
Houghton, and has long since taken a conspicuous place in the history of the
city as one of its builders, as well as a trustworthy neighbor and citizen.  He
died in 1869, aged about 39 years.  His widow now resides with her son,
the subject of this sketch, and is nearing the age of 70 years. She is a native
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who had returned from Eagle River for the purpose shortly after he had located
there. Their family consisted of four sons and four daughters. The family
has been firm in its allegiance to the Catholic Church.
Joseph Strobel was reared and educated in Houghton, Michigan, but at
the age of Io years he left school to assist his widowed mother. When 19
years of age he left for the West, and located at Leadville, Colorado, where
he conducted a successful business for five years.  Returning to Houghton
in 1858, he established a business on Huron street, which he still conducts, and
which is one of the landmarks and a generally favorite resort. Later, when
the brewery changed hands, he was elected president of the new company,
which position he now fills with much ability. The other officers of the company are Michael M. Messner, vice-president, and William F. Miller, secretary.
treasurer and manager. The board of directors of the A. Haas Brewing Company also includes William, Seager and A. D. Edwards, both men of notable
prominence in Houghton. Our subject also owns the fine business property
occupied by Edward Haas & Company and the Portage Lake Hardware
Company, and is interested in various other business enterprises of importance.
Politically our subject is a stanch Republican, and has served eight years
as a member of the village council of Houghton, also as vice-president of the
village.
M. C. GETCHELL.
M. C. GETCHELL, cashier of the Superior Savings Bank at Hancock,
Houghton County, Michigan, and a well known financier of that county, was
born at Hancock, and is a son of the late A. M. Getchell, who located in Hancock in I860, and was connected with the foundry which was the beginning
of the present Portage Lake Foundry Company. A. M. Getchell was born
at Machias, Maine, and died at Hancock in 1889, aged 55 years. His widow
still survives, and makes her home at Hancock.
M. C. Getchell was reared at Hancock and attended the local schools. He
occupied a number of important positions prior to taking up his present one,
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associated with other enterprises. He has been cashier of the Superior Savings Bank ever since its organization in 1890, and by his careful and conservative course and his obliging manner has made many friends in the business
world.
In politics Mr. Getchell votes the Republican ticket, but takes no very lively
interest in local management.  His fraternal connections include the Masons
and the Elks.
WILLIAM     CONDON.
WILLIAM CONDON, cashier of the First National Bank of Hancock, Michigan, has been a resident and business man of Houghton County since 1862.
He was born in Wayne County, Michigan, where he was reared and educated.
In 1862 he removed to Houghton County and embarked in a mercantile business at Hancock, to which he devoted his entire attention until 1888.
Mr. Condon came to the First National Bank of Hancock in 1888, having
previously assisted in the organization of the National Bank of Houghton, in
which for a time he was a stockholder. The First National Bank of Hancock
is the oldest financial institution in the city, and was established March 18,
1874, with a capital stock of $Ioo,ooo, its organizers being: S. D. North, J. W.
Wright, Charles E. Holland, T. L. Chadbourne, Graham Pope, Joseph H.
Chandler, Peter Ruppe and E. H. Towar, the present president of the Marquette National Bank.  Its first board of directors included these prominent
names: James A. Close, Frank G. White, Peter Ruppe, Z. W. Wright, James
N. Wright, Richard Uren and Charles E. Holland. The first elected officers
were:   S. D. North, president, now deceased and succeeded by Capt. S. B.
Harris; James A. Close, first vice-president; and E. H. Towar, cashier, whom
Mr. Condon succeeded in 1888. The present board of directors is constituted
as follows: William H. Roberts, Samuel B. Harris, Michael Finn, George H.
Nichols, Charles D. Hanchett, John Funkey and A. J. Scott. The bank has
built up a surplus of $35,000. The deposits, according to statement of condition, made to the Comptroller of the Currency, were $915,039.54 on June
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1901 to its present dimensions. It is three stories in height and of a stately
style of architecture which makes it one of the finest buildings in the city.
Mr. Condon resides with his family, at Hancock, one son, John C., being
a clerk in the bank and another, Frank C., being engaged in the office of
Hanchette & Lawton.   In his political views Mr. Condon is a Republican.
Fraternally he belongs to the higher branches of Masonry and is connected
with Calumet Commandery, Knights Templar. As a citizen he has always
been most highly considered, and he can look back upon a business life of
useful activity and the highest integrity.
REV. GOTTLIEB TRAUB.
REV. GOTTLIEB TRAUB, pastor of the German Evangelical Lutheran
Church at Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, and a prominent clergyman of the Lutheran denomination, was born at Bingen, Adams County, Indiana, in 1866. He is a son of Rev. Gottlieb and Mary Traub, the former of
whom was born in Germany and the latter in Indiana.
Rev. Gottlieb Traub, Sr., the father of our subject, died in 1890, at the
age of 58 years. He came to the United States in 1863, and, after one and
a half years of study at the Concordia Lutheran Seminary at St. Louis,
Missouri, entered the ministry of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church
in 1864. His first charge was at Bingen, Adams County, Indiana, where he
met his wife, who died in 1892, at the age of 56 years. Mr. Traub held many
important charges.  For twelve years he was pastor at Crete, Illinois, this
being the largest country charge in the State. His ministry was so acceptable
to his parishioners at Peoria, Illinois, that he was continued there fourteen
years.  At the time of his death he had charge of the church at Aurora,
Illinois.  These parents had a family of eleven children, our subject and his
brother Henry, both being in the ministry, the latter at present located at Bath,
Illinois.
Rev. Gottlieb Traub, the subject of this sketch, attended parochial schools,
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seminary at Springfield, Illinois, where he was graduated in 1886, being ordained a minister on July 4th of that year.  He then became assistant to his
father at Peoria for 16 months, and then went to Bath, Illinois, where he
remained seven and a half years, becoming again his father's assistant at
Aurora, where he continued two years. In May, 1896, he moved to Hancock,
Houghton County, and took charge of the German Evangelical Lutheran
Church.  Since his incumbency the church has been improved in many ways,
has increased in interest and membership and from 17 pupils in the
parochial school has increased to 70. Rev. Mr. Traub is an earnest, faithful worker, devoted to the interests of his church and people and is regarded
as a fine type of a true, Christian man.
In 1896 Rev. Mr. Traub married Anna Muschler, who was born November 6, 1870, at Aurora, Illinois, and is a daughter of Andrew and Mary Muschler.  They have three children, namely:  Anna, Gottlieb and Lydia.  Although never a politician, Mr. Traub has always supported the Republican
party.
CHARLES D. HANCHETTE.
CHARLES D. HANCHETTE, senior member of the prominent law firm of
Hanchette & Lawton, of Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, was born
December 13, 1859, at Woodstock, Illinois, and is the second son of Maj.
Hiram Solon and Nancy Jane (Griffiths) Hanchette.
Major Hanchette organized a company for the 16th Reg., Illinois Vol.
Cay., during the Civil War, and was captured in 1864 and imprisoned in Cahaba, Alabama, and after the war was over, instead of being released, he was
taken into the woods and shot by the officers of the prison, for personal spite.
The family moved, in 1864, from Woodstock to Chicago, Illinois, where
our subject received his education and was a member of the class of 1878 of
the old Central High School.
Mr. Hanchette engaged in the music business for several years and in
1884 entered the law office of Hon. Thomas B. Dunstan, a leading member
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County in 1886. In September of the same year he was married to Nellie J.
Harris, daughter of Capt. Samuel B. Harris, president of the First National
Bank of Hancock.   Mr. Hanchette was elected and served for three terms
as prosecuting attorney of Keweenaw County, Michigan. In 1889 he organized the Northern Michigan Building & Loan Association and was taken
in as a partner with Hon. Thomas B. Dunstan, under the firm name of Dunstan
& Hanchette.   This firm was prominently identified with the development
of the copper country, especially of the Ontonagon district, having secured the
capital necessary to open up and develop the old Adventure, Hilton and Knowlton group, and the old Victoria mine near Rockland.
In May, 1902, Mr. Dunstan died and Mr. Hanchette formed a partnership
with Swaby L. Lawton, and he was elected a director in the First National
Bank of Hancock, and a director in and the vice-president of the Victoria
Copper Mining Company.    Ever since its organization he has been acting
as secretary and attorney of the Northern Michigan Building & Loan Association. He is identified with the leading business industries of the city of Hancock and the neighborhood. The law firm of Hanchette & Lawton is one of
the leading firms of Houghton County.
WILLIAM     F. TRAYES.
WILLIAM F. TRAYES, vice-president of the Hancock Evening Journal
Company, and managing editor of the newspaper, received his early training
in the office of his father, the late J. B. Trayes, who was editor and proprietor
of the Daily and Weekly Times of Port Hope, Province of Ontario, and editor
and publisher of the Canadian Craftsman, the leading Masonic paper of the
Province.
On the death of his father, William F. Trayes became editor and manager
of the Port Hope Times. He published the Times successfully for four years,
and then sold the newspaper and went to Montreal, where he accepted the
position of city editor of the Montreal Witness, a journal which ranks first
among the newspapers of Canada. He succeeded in making his mark in this







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position, and, after two years on the Montreal Witness, resigned to become a
free lance in the newspaper field.  As a special correspondent he represented
at various times the Montreal Star, the Toronto Mail, the Toronto Globe and
the Associated Press, and became one of the best known newspaper men in the
Dominion.
After coming to the United States Mr. Trayes was engaged as editor of
Campbell's Illustrated Journal, a monthly magazine published in Chicago,
which position he resigned to enter the newspaper field in Hancock, Michigan.
HON. CARLOS       D. SHELDEN.
HON. CARLOS D. SHELDEN, member of Congress from the Twelfth Congressional District of Michigan and a well known citizen of Houghton County,
Michigan, residing in the village of Houghton, was born in Walworth County,
Wisconsin, June Io, 1840, and is a son of Ransom and Theresa M. (Douglass) Shelden.
Ransom Shelden, who is remembered as a pioneer in the copper region
along the southern shore of Lake Superior, whose advent into this region
dated back to the period when the mineral wealth of the Northern Peninsula
was never suspected, and whose fortunate investments laid the foundation for
the large fortune now so capably managed by his son, was born in Essex
County, New York, July 7, 1814, and died May 17, 1878. When about 21
years old, having procured a horse and light wagon and a stock of light
merchandise, he set out from his home in the Empire State, headed for the
West. He arrived in Chicago in 1837, then little more than a frontier village. After remaining there a short time, he went on to Bigfoot Prairie,
Walworth County, Wisconsin, where he began work on a farm about two
miles from the southern end of Lake Geneva. He was quite widely known
for his skill and speed with the cradle, and for other work of the kind. At
that place, in 1839, he married Miss Douglass, a cousin of Dr. Douglass
Houghton, the first State Geologist of Michigan and for whom the county
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of Houghton was named. Dr. Houghton made a geological examination of
the copper and iron regions along the south shore of Lake Superior, and
while engaged in this work was unfortunately drowned off Eagle River, in
the fall of 1846. Theresa M. Douglass was born at Fredonia, New- York,
and came west with her people, who first located at Mount Clemens, near
Detroit; a year or two later, however, the Douglass family removed to Walworth County, Wisconsin, where the remaining years of the father and
mother were spent.
Ransom Shelden came to the Northern Peninsula in the summer of 1846
with absolutely no capital, for he had been extremely unfortunate in his farming operations and other business ventures. After working at various pursuits for some time, he made a successful deal in purchasing, shipping and
selling a quantity of potatoes, thereby cleaning up a clear profit of some $300.
This money he invested in suitable merchandise, and located at L'Anse,
Baraga County, where he engaged in trading with the Indians, having
formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, C. C. Douglass. It was from
this small start that the immense Shelden and Douglass estates were finally
developed. In the spring of 1847, Mr. Shelden and Mr. Douglass removed
to Portage Entry and there continued the business, adding to it fishing and
other lines, and continued there until 1 851, when they removed to the Quincy
mine, where they conducted a mine store in which general merchandise was
sold. In the spring of 1852 they platted the village of Houghton and moved
their goods to a building located almost opposite the site of the present postoffice, on Isle Royale street. They continued operating the store until the fall
of 1862, when they sold their business to Smith & Harris. During the summers of 1849 and 185o, Ransom Shelden had spent much time exploring
the country in the vicinity of the present towns of Houghton and Hancock,
and in the winters of 1851 and 1852 the partners organized the Portage,
Isle Royale, and Huron mining companies. Mining operations by these
companies were commenced in the spring of 1852. The merchants had in
the meantime been accumulating large tracts of land in Houghton and adjoining counties, aggregating about 55,ooo acres. They also owned a sawmill
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Marie to the head of Lake Superior. Since the death of Ransom Shelden,
his estate has been handled by the subject of this sketch, who was co-executor
with his brother, George C. Shelden, until the latter's death, October 2, 1896.
George C. Shelden was born in December, 1842. He left a widow who
before marriage was Mary E. Edwards, of Houghton, and two daughters:
Mrs. Stephen J. Bowling, of Detroit; and Mrs. V. T. Barry, of Houghton.
The subject of this sketch has one brother living, Ransom B., of California,
who is an extensive fruit grower; and one sister, Mrs. E. S. Gilbert, who died
some years ago.
Carlos D. Shelden was educated at the "Union" school at Ypsilanti,
Michigan. Returning home in the fall of 1861, he raised a company at
Houghton for service in the Union Army, and in 1862 entered the army as
a captain in the 23d Reg., Michigan Vol. Inf. He served until the latter
part of 1864 in the 23rd Army Corps and was at the siege of Knoxville and
in the battles of Resaca and Franklin, being mainly under General Thomas.
Mr. Shelden was elected to the Michigan Legislature on the Republican ticket in 1892, and in 1894 was sent to the State Senate, where he was
assigned to some of the most important committees. He distinguished himself by his able services, and was very highly regarded as one of the ablest
and most influential members of the Senate. He was elected to the 55th and
56th Congresses, and was re-elected to the 57th Congress from the Twelfth
Congressional District of Michigan, receiving a majority of over 21,00ooo votes.
He received 33,759 votes to 11,560 votes cast for E. F. LeGendre (Democratic) and 1,167 for John Kaminen (Prohibitionist). He had previously
served as president of the village of Houghton, and for several years was a
member of the Board of Supervisors of Houghton County.
Mr. Shelden was married in 1865 to Mary E. Skiff, daughter of George
and Eliza Skiff, of Willoughby, Ohio. She died in 1868, leaving a son, then
six months old,-Ransom Skiff Shelden. Our subject's son is now and has
been for several years past an attorney at Houghton. He was born in 1867,
was educated in Racine, Wisconsin, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has practiced law
for the past 15 years. Our subject's present wife is Sally W. Gardner, nee
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ers,-Mrs. J. D. Ryan, of Butte, Montana, and Nellie, who is at home.
Mr. Shelden is a 32nd degree Mason, being a member of the blue lodge at
Houghton, the chapter at Hancock, Montrose Commandery at Calumet, the
consistory at Grand Rapids, and the shrine at Marquette. His portrait
accompanies this sketch, being presented on a preceding page.
WILL HARRY       DODGE, M.D.
WILL HARRY DODGE, M. D. Among the prominent medical practitioners
of the Northern Peninsula, none has been more thoroughly prepared or more
completely equipped than has Dr. Dodge, and none has met with more general
or deserved success.  He was born at Panama, New York, in 1862, and is
a son of William E. and Mary P. (Chamberlain) Dodge, both of whom were
natives of the Empire State.  The father of Dr. Dodge, a prominent and
influential man, still survives, enjoying physical and mental health, at the age
of 78 years. He and his wife have long been leading members of the Baptist
Church of their locality.  They reared four children, but our subject is the
only survivor.
Dr. Dodge completed the public school course at Panama, the normal
school course at Fredonia, New York, and that of the University of Rochester,
at Rochester, New York.  In the fall of 1886 he entered the University of
Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and in June, 1889, graduated in medicine and
surgery. In the following year he became physician for the Peninsula mine,
with which he remained until it was closed in 1893. Dr. Dodge then located
in Hancock, where he practiced until the summer of 1896, when he went abroad
in order to still further prosecute his medical studies. His itinerary included
the noted institutions of London, Marburg and Vienna, going from the latter
city to Russia, where he took part in the great International Medical Congress
of 1897. During this visit he took the opportunity to visit the hospitals of St.
Petersburg and to note their management, later giving careful investigation
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Sweden. He then returned to Hamburg, whence he sailed for America, locating again among his old friends at Hancock.  There he has practiced ever
since, his success in the handling of many baffling diseases testifying to the
value and thoroughness of his medical studies.
Dr. Dodge is connected by membership with the International Medical
Congress, the American Medical Association and the Houghton County Medical Society.  Fraternally he belongs to all the leading orders,-the Elks,
Knights of Pythias, the Foresters, and is a Mystic Shriner and a thirty-second
degree Mason.  He belongs also to the Nu Sigma Nu medical society.  In
politics he is a Republican, but, because of the demands made upon his time
by professional studies and duties, does not permit himself to be considered
eligible to any office.
On January 3, 1900oo, Dr. Dodge was united in marriage with Annie Gertrude Daly, whose death took place December 31, 1900.
REV. JOH. BACK.
REV. JOH. BACK, pastor of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran congregation at Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, is not only well known as a
minister of the Gospel, but as a temperance lecturer and a champion of his people. For more than two years he has been editor of the Paimen Sanomia, the
church paper of the Finnish Lutheran people in this country.
Rev. Mr. Back was born in the parish of Lapua, Province of Wasa, Finland, in I865, and, as his mother died when he was a year and a half old and
his father less than a year later, he was reared by his grandmother until he
reached the age of ten years.  He was engaged in work at a manufacturing
plant for some time, then attended high school when 16 years of age.  He
was admitted to the Imperial Alexander University of Helsingfors in 189o,
took the degree of A. M. in 1894, and was there prepared for the ministry.
In 1892 Rev. Mr. Back, at the instance and as a stipendiary of his native
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institutions, all his expenses being paid from the state funds of Finland. Here
he remained about one year, when he returned home and took a degree at the
above named university at Helsingfors in the spring of 1894.   Upon
again leaving the university he came to Hancock, Michigan, in February, 1895,
with the expectation of becoming the first teacher at the Suomi College and
Theological Seminary located in Hancock, but as the school was not then
completed Rev. Mr. Back accepted the position of minister of the Gospel in
Montana, where he was ordained in March, 1895. Afterwards he accepted a
similar position in Minnesota, and remained there until October I, 1897, when
he accepted the pastorate of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran congregation
of Hancock, Michigan, where he has since remained.
The church at Hancock, of which our subject is pastor, was established
in 1889, and was enlarged in 1902 at a cost of nearly $6,000.  Rev. Mr.
Back is also pastor of the congregation at Atlantic, where a church was built
in 1900 at a cost of $3,000.  In 1897 the combined membership of these
churches was about i,6oo, and under the enthusiastic work of their pastor it
has been increased to about 3,000, of which 2,300 belong to the Hancock
church. A fine parsonage is also maintained in connection with the church at
Hancock.   Meeting houses have been constructed at various mining and
smelting places, and the entire list of his charge is: Hancock, Atlantic, Dollar Bay, Boston and Quincy Hill, these charges having a total membership of
from 5,000 to 6,000. The progress has been most marked since Rev. Mr.
Back took charge, and he now has the largest Finnish congregation in America.
He is vice-president of Suomi Synod of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran
Church of America, and has been a member of the board of directors of The
Suomi College and Theological Seminary ever since the institution was started.
He has at times taught in The Suomi College and Theological Seminary, and is editor of the church paper Paimen Sanomia, which is
printed at the college.  From  1899 to 1902 he was also editor of the
Raittiuslehti, of the Finnish National Temperance Brotherhood of America,
the largest temperance association of the Finnish people on this continent. He
has delivered many temperance lectures, some of which have been printed in
book form and distributed among the Finns.  For some years a temperance
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conducted for the best essays on temperance.  Rev. Mr. Back took first prize
in these contests both years.
Rev. Mr. Back is a man of the best type, honest and straightforward, of
charitable impulse, and with the best interests of his fellow beings at heart.
He is a member of the Finnish Mutual Life Insurance Association, in which
he carries insurance.
REV. THOMAS J. ATFIELD.
REV. THOMAS J. ATFIELD, pastor of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
at Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, was born January o1, 1857, in Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan. He is a son of the late James and Deborah (O'Donnell) Atfield, both of whom were natives of Ireland.
James Atfield was one of the first settlers of Marquette County, where
he located soon after coming to America in 1849.  His death took place at
Marquette. in 1896, and that of his widow in 1900. He was long a man of
prominence in Marquette County, a large dealer in real estate and was elected
sheriff of that county on the Democratic ticket.  During the Civil War he
acted as a recruiting officer. Both he and his wife were consistent members
of the Roman Catholic Church.   Their family of six children-three sons
and three daughters-all survive.
Father Atfield completed the public school course at Marquette and in
1870 entered Montreal College, finishing his classical education there in 1876.
In the same year he entered St. Francis Seminary at Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
where he completed his theological and philosophical course and was ordained
in May, 1880. From May of that year to 1882 be served as assistant to Father
Jacker, his first separate pastorate being at Champion, Marquette County, to
which he was appointed in February, 1882. Until July, 1885, he continued
there, and was then transferred to Menominee, Menominee County, Michigan,
where he remained until October, 1886. The succeeding two years were spent
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pointed pastor of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church at Hancock, Michigan.
Father Atfield has one of the largest charges in the diocese, having 450 families under his jurisdiction and spiritual care, and in addition is chaplain to St.
Patrick's Convent and St. Joseph's Hospital.  Since locating in Hancock he
has practically built church, school and parish house, a beginning only having
been made on the church. A very flourishing parochial school of 400 pupils
is connected with the church, the pupils being under the instruction of the good
Sisters of St. Joseph.  An idea of Father Atfield's various duties outside of
his priestly offices in the church, may be gained in noting the following societies
in the parish, over which he presides, to which he lectures and in which he is the
most welcome member: Hancock Council, Knights of Columbus; Hancock
Division, Ancient Order of Hibernians; Hancock Division, Ladies' Auxiliary
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians; Hancock Court, Woman's Catholic Order
of Foresters; Married People's League of the Sacred Heart; Young Ladies'
League of the Sacred Heart; St. Rose Sodality for Girls; St. Aloysius Sodality
for Boys; and the Young Men's Literary Club.
A. M. WHEELER, M. D.
A. M. WHEELER, M. D., a prominent physician of Houghton, Houghton
County, Michigan, was born in Allegany County, New York, in the Genesee
Valley, 60 miles east of Buffalo, in I860, and is a son of Seneca A. Wheeler,
who was born in New York State. The Wheeler family is an old and honorable one in the Empire State and was established there at a very early date.
Seneca A. Wheeler was a chemist by profession, and was an extensive
traveler, having accompanied Mr. Walker in his explorations for iron, through
Central America and Alaska. At a later date he engaged in the manufacture
of nitro-glycerine at Negaunce, Michigan, as a member of the manufacturing
firm of King & Wheeler. Both he and his son Walter were killed January
2, 1878, by an explosion of the dangerous product.  His widow resides at







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Houghton, Michigan, with her son, our subject. She was born at Ogdensburg,
New York, on the St. Lawrence River; her maiden name was Evans.
Dr. Wheeler accompanied his mother to Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1877,
and spent six years in the University of Michigan there, graduating first as
a chemist, with the degree of Ph. C,. and later in medicine, with the degree of
M. D.   He has been a resident of Houghton County since 1883, locating
first at the Franklin and Peninsula mines, removing then to Hancock, where
he has been successfully engaged in practice for the past twenty years.  He
occupies finely appointed offices in the Sheldon-Dee Building.
Politically Dr. Wheeler is a Republican and has taken an active part in
local politics and attends the county and State conventions whenever professional duties permit. Fraternally he belongs to an Ann Arbor lodge of the
I. 0. O. F., and to the Masonic blue lodge and chapter at Hancock.  He belongs also to the State and county medical societies and is a valued contributor
to medical literature.
J. H. JASBERG.
J. H. JASBERG, manager of The Suomi College and Theological Seminary of Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, whose portrait is herewith
shown, is one of the most progressive and active of the Finnish citizens of
the Northern Peninsula.
The Suomi College and Theological Seminary was established September Io, 1896, primarily to give Christian instruction under the auspices of
the Finnish-American Evangelical Lutheran Church. At first, private quarters were occupied but as the College prospered, in 1898 a fine college building was commenced, the corner stone being laid on May 30, 1899, and the
structure being dedicated January 21, 1900oo. The building and grounds
cost about $36,ooo. The College was the first of its kind to be established
in the United States. At first, instruction was given only in English, Finnish, Latin, geography, arithmetic, zoology, writing and drawing, but in
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geometry; in 1898-99, to include German, general history, botany and algebra; in 1899-1900, to include pedagogy; in 19oo-oI, to include Greek and
physics; in 1901-02, to include chemistry; and in 1902-03, to include French
and Swedish. The College has a seven year course, and while there were originally two instructors and two assistants there are now six instructors with five
assistants. The officers are as follows: Rev. J. K. Nikander, president;
Isaac Sillberg, of Republic, Michigan, treasurer; and J. H. Jasberg, manager. In addition to these three named, the board of directors includes;
Jacob Piippola, Rev. Joh. Back; Alex. Pantti, Rev. Alfred Groning, J. E.
Saari, Matti Pesamaki, Henry Kangas and Rev. P. Airaksinen.
J. H. Jasberg was born in Finland, November I, 1861, in the Province
of Wasa. For a time he attended the public schools, but from the age of 12
years on he received instruction from private tutors, being reared in the
home of an army officer. He left Finland at the age of 19, and came direct
to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, locating at Calumet, Houghton
County, where he arrived with practically no money. He secured work at
cutting timber, and in the spring of 1880 went to work at the Allouez mine.
In March, 1881, he went to Ishpeming, Marquette County, and later to Republic, where he worked steadily for about two years. Then in partnership
with a friend he conducted a store at Republic, Marquette County, for a
period of three years, selling out to the firm of F. H. Kearney & Company,
for which company he later worked a short time. He removed to Ishpeming
and there engaged in the insurance business, also handling railroad and
steamboat tickets. In 1892 he disposed of his interests and went to Montreal, Canada, and continued to be engaged in the insurance business there
and later in New York City until 1895. In August of the last named year, he
sold his interests there and returned to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan,
on a visit to his brother-in-law, Rev. J. K. Nikander, who was then conducting the Finnish church paper, which is now managed by our subject.
Together they established a book store and publishing plant, the Finnish
language being used. About 1900 they turned the plant over to the church
organization. They originally employed six or seven men, but the enterprise has been enlarged under the capable management of Mr. Jasberg and
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ery has been installed, a book bindery added, and four papers are printed.
Mr. Jasberg is also interested in many other Houghton County enterprises,
being a director and one of the founders of the Citizens' National Bank of
Houghton. He is chairman of the Houghton County District Agricultural
Society, and is treasurer of the Finnish National Temperance Brotherhood
of America, which he helped to found 17 years ago, and of which he has
served as president and in other capacities. He is president of the Finnish
Mutual Life Insurance Association, established in 1902, with offices at Hancock in the Postoffice Building. He was secretary of the Finnish Central
Relief Committee, which has so ably assisted the suffering home people.
Mr. Jasberg was married in Hancock to Wilhelmina Nikander, bAy
whom he has the following children: Toiwo Henry; Onni John; George
Israel; Urho Krustaa; Kaino Edward; Eino Adolph; Lempi Wilhelmina; and
Impi Marin. In politics he has ever been an active Republican. He has ever
devoted his efforts to the advancement of the Finnish people, with whomi he
is most popular, and their progress in all lines in the Northern Peninsula of
Michigan is a credit to themselves and their leaders.
THE   HANCOCK       EVENING     JOURNAL.
TIlE HANCOCK EVENING JOURNAL. Credit for the conception of a newspaper for Hancock, on metropolitan lines, rests with Charles A. Wright, president of the Hancock Evening Journal Company, whose confidence in the
possibilities of Hancock and the Portage Lake district has been demonstrated
in many substantial enterprises, which have been of material advantage in the
development of interests important to the community.  In 19I0 he organized
a company for the publication of the Hancock Evening Journal, the two established papers in Hancock-the Copper Journal and the Houghton County
Progress-being merged.
The ideal newspaper for Hancock, in Mr. Wright's opinion, is one that
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cock Evening Journal his energies and the efforts of his associates have been
directed to this end.
Under Mr. Wright's direction the Hancock Evening Journal was at once
placed on a basis that commanded the respect and confidence of the public.
The combined plants of the Copper Journal and Progress were not, however, sufficient to long meet the requirements of the paper, and the improvements which have followed in rapid succession include the installation of a
web perfecting press, Mergenthaler linotype machines, and a complete modern
equipment.
The Hancock Evening Journal aims to uphold the interests of Hancock
and the whole community of Portage Lake, and it reflects the spirit and enterprise of the copper country.
J. F. HAMBITZER.
J. F. I-AMBITZER, one of the leading lawyers of Houghton County, Michigan, engaged in practice at Houghton, and also one of the prominent politicians of his section, was born December 13, 1856, at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and is a son of Dr. William Hambitzer, a very prominent physician of the
county, a graduate of Heidelberg University, Germany. Our subject was
but a child when his parents removed to British Hollow, Grant county, Wisconsin, and he was reared and educated there until the age of fourteen years.
His mother was born in Germany and died in the infancy of her children. One
brother, William, is a resident of Denver, Colorado.
Mr. Hambitzer was but fourteen when he left home and journeyed to
Hancock, Michigan. He was employed for eight years, from 1876 until 1884,
in the post office at Hancock.  He then entered upon the study of the law
and also perfected himself in stenography. Tn 1886 he was elected county
treasurer of Houghton County; being endorsed by the leading members of
both parties, he consented to accept the proffer of a second term, and held
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of Hancock, with Charles A. Wright, president, filling the position for several
years.  His law studies had been interrupted and he now entered the law
office of Ball & Ball, at Marquette, Michigan, where he completed his course,
being admitted to the bar in the spring of I895. He then returned to Houghton and continued to practice, although serving through the administration
of Gov. Hazen S. Pingree in responsible public positions. For four years he
served as oil inspector for Houghton, Keweenaw and Baraga Counties, and
since that time has held many other equally important ones. Mr. Hambitzer
proved himself competent in every position in which he was placed, and is
widely known and highly regarded in his profession.
In 188o Mr. Hambitzer married Emma Nichols, a sister of George Nichols, of Hancock.  They have two talented and accomplished daughters,Blanche and Mabel, who are graduates of the class of 1901o, of the Chicago
School of Music, and of the class of 1902 of the artistic school of Prof. Alberta
Jonas of Detroit. The delightful family home is one of the most comfortable
in Houghton, situated on the corner of Huron and Albion streets, and is an
abode of genuine hospitality. Mr. Hambitzer is a blue lodge Mason, an Elk
of the Hancock lodge, a Knight of Pythias of Houghton and formerly belonged to other organizations in which the press of business, political and
social life does not permit him to take part. The family is prominent socially.
The religious connection is with the Protestant Episcopal Church.
WILLIAM    J. UREN.
WILLIAM J. UREN is assistant superintendent of the Trimountain Mining Company, and is located at the town of Ripley, in Houghton County,
Michigan.  He was born in Keweenaw County, Michigan, in 1863, and is
a son of Capt. Richard and Jane (Nicholas) Uren.
Capt. Richard Uren was born in Cornwall, England, June Io, 1835,
and was a son of William and Jane Uren.  He came to America in 1851,
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year, and worked as a miner from 18I5 to 1855. He then formed a partnership with his brother in a lease of the Copper Falls mine, and at the
expiration of the lease in 1859 engaged as mining captain of the same mine.
In 1863 he formed a partnership with Dunston & Blight for the manufacture
of safety fuse at Eagle River, the machinery for this work having been
invented by Mr. Uren.  He was afterward appointed agent of the Madison,
Winthrop and Dana mines, and in 1864 became agent of the Pewabic and
Franklin mines.  Resigning in 1868, he went to California, where he established a safety fuse factory and continued with good success until 1872, in
June of which year he returned to the Lake Superior region.  He leased
the Pewabic and Franklin mines and operated them until July, 1874.  In
1877 he went to the Black Hills, where he was interested in gold mining,
but in a short time returned to Michigan and purchased an interest in the
Lake Superior Native Copper Works, of which he was secretary and treasurer at the time of his death, March 12, 1897.  Mr. Uren married Jane
Nicholas, who was born in Cornwall, England, August 11, 1859, and was
a daughter of William Nicholas of Cornwall. She died September 13, 1902.
William J. Uren received his primary education in the public schools
of Houghton County, then finished his schooling in the Michigan College of
Mines.   Starting in business in i88o, he was identified with his father in
copper smelting at the Lake Superior Native Copper Works for three years.
He then became connected with the Wolverine mine, now operated by the
Wolverine Copper Company.    His father had opened and operated this
mine with T. W. Edwards of Houghton, Michigan, and our subject remained
with this company for three years. In 1885 he entered the Michigan College
of Mines, completed his course of instruction there in 1888, and then, in
the capacity of civil engineer, entered the employ of the Mineral Range
Railroad Company, and the Hancock & Calumet Railroad Company, which
is now known as the Mineral Range Railway, the latter now controlled by
the former, and both operated by the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Company.    In I895 he was connected with the United States government on the work of the canal in this section. In the fall of 1895 Mr. Uren
became connected with the Lake Superior Iron Company, now known as the
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He then became assistant superintendent of the Trimountain Mining Company and the Elm River Mining Company, with which concerns he has since
been identified.
On October 5, 1895, Mr. Uren was united in marriage with Emma
Lucia Forbes, a daughter of William and Mary Forbes, her father coming
to America from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in the early "thirties" and locating in the Southern Peninsula of Michigan.  Her mother was also a native
of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and came to America in I850.  Mrs. Forbes'
father was an artist of great reputation in Scotland, and was a personal
friend of General Gordon.  Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Uren: Richard Forbes, born July 19, 1897; Mary, born December 3, 1901;
and an infant born March 25, 1903.  Fraternally our subject is a Mason.
F. W. DENTON.
F. W. DENTON, superintendent of the Baltic mine and in full charge of
the Winona mine, both located in Houghton County, Michigan, is a well known
resident of Atlantic. He was born in New Jersey and completed his education at the School of Mines at Columbia University in 1889.
BENJAMIN     F. CHYNOWETH.
BENJAMIN F. CHYNOWETH, one of the few remaining pioneers of the
copper region of Lake Superior, is a prominent citizen and business man of
Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan.     He was born near Pottsville,
Pennsylvania, in 1851, and is a son of Capt. John and Phillipa Chynoweth.
Capt. John Chynoweth was born in St. Agnes, Cornwall, England, and
was two or three years of age when brought by his parents to this country.
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widow and family returned to England, where young John remained until
he was 21 years old.  He then spent a period of five years in Spain, after
which he came to America, locating in Pennsylvania, where he was married.
He came to the copper region in Michigan in 1854, and assumed charge of
the National mine, attending to the business and interests of a Pittsburg
syndicate.  He prepared a home fqr his family, his wife and three children
joining him in 1855; they landed from the steamer at Ontonagon, then proceeded up the Ontonagon River to their new home.  Mr. Chynoweth continued in charge of the National mine until 1876, moving then to the Mass
mine, which he opened.  He subsequently opened the Great Western, now
a part of what is known as the Belt, and the Aztec mines, in addition to
which he had charge of the Victoria and other mines.  He continued very
actively in the mining business until 1886, when he retired and moved to
Houghton.   There he resided the remainder of his life, dying February 9,
1896.  HIe was well known in business circles and had friends throughout
the Northern Peninsula.  At Pittsburg, where he lived before coming to
Michigan, he followed the machinist's trade, being an adept in that line, and
also did the surveying and engineering for the mines with which he was
connected in the Northern Peninsula.  He was a public spirited citizen but
never an office seeker, although he served efficiently as school officer for some
time. Mrs. Phillipa Chynoweth was born in England, but was brought to
this country when six years old, her parents locating in Pennsylvania. She
was a daughter of Stephen Barkla, who was prominent in developing the
anthracite coal regions.  Six children were born to our subject's parents,
namely:   Mrs. H. M. Raymond, of Houghton, Michigan; Mrs. Dr. W.
A. Burnham; Benjamin F., our subject; Emma; Clarence, of Houghton,
Michigan; and Charles, agent for the Union Land Company, of Calumet,
Michigan, who is interested in Arizona mining operations.
Benjamin F. Chynoweth was reared in Ontonagon County, Michigan,
and after completing a course in high school attended Albion College.  He
later attended the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, for two years, and
then took a business course at the Ann Arbor Business College. He became
associated in business with his father, with whom he continued until 1887,
and continued actively identified with mining until 1899, having charge of




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the National mine for some years.   He purchased the Mass mine and
operated it until 1898, when it was sold to the company that has it now in
charge.  Mr. Chynoweth. has various mining interests in the West.  He
is a director of the Ontonagon County National Bank of Rockland, which
was established in 1898; and was one of the organizers of the Citizens' Bank
of Houghton, which was chartered July 6, 900oo, and is doing a flourishing
business.
In 1891 Mr. Chynoweth was united in marriage with Matilda Chynoweth, a daughter of Richard Chynoweth, of Rockland, Ontonagon County,
Michigan, also a pioneer of the copper region, and they have five children,
John, Curtis, Beryl, Benjamin and Theodore.  Politically our subject is a
Republican, and for a period of i5 years was surveyor of Ontonagon County,
and also served as one of the county's supervisors. Fraternally he is a member of Rockland Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; and formerly was a member of
the Knights of the Maccabees.  He is a man of public spirit, and possesses
many fine traits of character, which have made him many friends throughout
this section of Michigan.  His many business ventures have been successful,
and he is rated one of the substantial men of Houghton County.
FRANK McMILLAN STANTON.
FRANK MCMILLAN STANTON, whose portrait appears on the opposite
page, is well known as the agent of the Atlantic Mining Company, at
Atlantic, Houghton County, Michigan. He was born in New York City in
1865, and is a son of John and Elizabeth Romaine (McMillan) Stanton.
John Stanton was born in Bristol, England, and at the present time is
living in New York at the age of 73 years. He came to the United States
when a small boy, accompanying his father, the latter owning coal mines
in Pennsylvania. He studied engineering and at an early age took charge of
his father's iron mines at Dover, New Jersey, and from 1852 to I86I engaged
in copper mining in Maryland, Virginia and Tennessee. He later developed
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copper mines in the Lake Superior region, and in Arizona, and gold
mines in Colorado, being still largely interested in various mining enterprises.  He was one of the founders and first president of the New
York Mining Stock and Petroleum Exchange, first president of the Engineers'
Club of New York, a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. His wife was
born in New York City, where she now lives at the age of 66 years. They
had four children, of whom the three now living are: John Robert, a mining engineer in New York City, who is in charge of the Eastern offices of the
Atlantic, Baltic, Central, Winona, Michigan, Mohawk and Wolverine mining companies; Helen Louise, wife of Dr. J. W. Moore, physician and surgeon for the Atlantic and Baltic mines; and Frank McMillan, our subject.
Gussie died at the age of two years.
Frank McMillan Stanton, after completing the prescribed course of
study in the public schools, took a mine engineering course in Columbia College, from which he was graduated. He then became agent for the time
being, at the Central mine at Keweenaw Point, after which he was appointed
mining engineer for the Atlantic mine. He was appointed assistant superintendent of the mine in 1889, and agent during the same year, in which
capacity he is now serving. He is also one of the directors of the First
National Bank of Houghton, agent of the Baltic mine, and agent of the
Phoenix and Central mines.
The Atlantic Mining Company was formed by the consolidation of the
former company bearing that name, owning the South Pewabic mine, with
a capital stock of $500,000, with the Adams Mining Company, whose capital stock was also $500,000. Combined the capital stock was $I,ooo,ooo,
there being 40,000 shares of $25 each. About $700,000, or $17.50 per share,
had been paid in before the consolidation, which took effect December 31,
1872. The Atlantic Mining Company now has a capital stock of $2,500,000,
divided into Ioo,ooo shares of $25 each. Joseph E. Gay is president of the
company; John Stanton, treasurer; and John Robert Stanton, secretary. The
directory includes such able men as Joseph E. Gay, John Robert Stanton,
J. W. Hardley, Samuel L. Smith, John Stanton, William C. Stuart and
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While in college Mr. Stanton belonged to a "Greek Letter" society,
and is now a member of the Sons of the Revolution, Sons of St. Andrew,
Sons of St. George, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Mining Engineers, the Lake Superior Mining Institute, the Franklin
Institute of Pennsylvania, the American Association for the Advancement
of Science, the Oneganing Yacht Club, the Houghton Club and the Miscawabik Club of Calumet, Michigan. Religiously, Mr. Stanton is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
JOSEPH HAAS.
JOSEPH HAAS, residing a little to the east of the village of Houghton,
Houghton County, Michigan, and proprietor of the beautiful Haas Park, a
favorite summer resort for picnics and excursions, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1845, and is a son of Adam Haas.
Adam Haas, who was a cabinet-maker by trade, brought his family to
this country in 1851, first locating in New York City.  For two years he
followed his trade in Brooklyn, and in 1853 removed to the copper region of
the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, being one of the pioneers. He landed
first at Eagle River, but soon after removed to the head waters of Portage
Lake, locating on the land through which the canal was later constructed,
which land he sold at a handsome profit. During 1853 and 1854 he worked
in the mines near Houghton, then resided two years at the canal, after which
he removed to Houghton, which place continued to be his home until his
death,-a period of 20 years. His first business in Houghton was the starting of a line of boats, plying between Houghton and Eagle River, carrying
freight and passengers.  This he conducted about two years, and for a like
period conducted a retail liquor store. In 1859 he started the brewery, which
is still operated under the firm name of the A. Haas Brewing Company. He
began with a Io-barrel copper kettle, gradually increasing his plant to its
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a very large local trade, which extends throughout the Northern Peninsula. He
also became the owner of large landed interests in the county and adjoining
counties. After the death of Adam Haas the brewery was conducted by his
two sons and four daughters, Joseph Haas being president, and Adolph
Haas, vice-president and collector.  The directorate included the other children.  Adam   Haas was a stanch Republican in politics, serving several
terms as highway commissioner, also as county coroner.  Mrs. Haas died
about 1888. The daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Haas are:   Frances, wife of
Matthew McConnell, a retired railway conductor residing near Haas Park,
Houghton County, Michigan; Gretchen, wife of Mr. C. Fox; Eva, wife of
Rudolph Richter of Kansas City, Kansas; and Lillie, wife of George Risewitz of Houghton, Michigan.
Joseph Haas was about six years old when he came to this country, and
his school training in the Houghton County schools was supplemented by
a year of study in Detroit. In 1862 he enlisted under Capt. C. D. Shelden
and Lieut. Graham Pope in Company I, 23rd Reg., Michigan Vol. Inf., attached to the 23rd Army Corps, and saw three years of hard service, his
right arm being injured seriously in one engagement.  He entered upon a
business career at an early age, and upon the death of his father became
president of the A. Haas Brewing Company.  He devoted practically all of
his attention to the business of this concern until in 1901, when it was sold
to a company of which Joseph Strobel is president. It is still conducted
under its old name. Since 1901 Mr. Haas has engaged in speculative operations with success.  He purchased his present beautiful home in 1889, of
Mr. Chassell, formerly cashier of the bank at Houghton.  He has improved
the place materially and established the beautiful Haas Park, in which are
a number of deer.  A dam has been constructed and an artificial pond, in
which are many fine speckled trout. The park contains some 15 acres.
Mr. Haas was united in marriage with Miss Haun, a sister of Frank
Haun, a merchant of Dollar Bay, Houghton County, and 16 children blessed
their union, only two of whom are dead, namely:  Blanche, who died at
the age of eight years; and Chassell, who died at the age of one year. Those
living are:  Rudolph, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, now in
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Northern Peninsula, who was formerly county treasurer, being the only
Democrat ever elected to that office; Josie, whose husband, Theodore
Dengler, is a civil and mining engineer at the Atlantic mine; Albert, a brewer
in business at Redbridge, Houghton County; Frank, who is with Engineer
Theodore Dengler at the Atlantic mine; Mrs. Hattie Reneau, of Houghton,
whose husband is connected with the Mining Gazette printing office; Florence, wife of Elza Ingraham, stenographer in the law office of Chadbourne &
Rees; Mata; Rosie; Laura; Evangeline; Vallory; Marcella; Ralph; and
Hulbert.  Although he has never accepted of office, Mr. Haas has been
active in politics, and has attended numerous conventions.  He was formerly
a Democrat, but in recent years has been a Republican.  He is a member
of Hancock Post, G. A. R., in which he has filled all the chairs; and formerly
was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.     In religious
views the family are Catholics.
GEORGE H. NICHOLS.
GEORGE H. NICHOLS, one of the solid, substantial and representative
citizens of Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, engaged in the drug
business, was born on Quincy Hill, Hancock, Michigan, and is a son of
Stephen and Grace (Williams) Nichols, both of whom were born in Cornwall, England.
Stephen Nichols died at the age of 6o years, in 1871, having come to
the United States in young manhood. He first located in Keweenaw County,
Michigan, and removed to Hancock in 1853 as carpenter boss in mine work.
He was a much respected citizen.  In politics he was a Republican.  In
religious faith he was a Methodist, as was his wife.  She died in 1897, at
the age of 72 years.  Of their fourteen children, eight still survive.
George H. Nichols was educated in the common schools at Hancock
until he was 13 years of age, when he began the business career which has
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learned the business, and in 1886 he went into the same line himself and is
now a leading druggist of Hancock.
In 1895 Mr. Nichols married Agnes Van Orden Horton, who was born
in Michigan in 1874, and was a daughter of Rev. Jacob Horton.   Mrs.
Nichols died in 1897. She was a consistent member of the Methodist
Church, in which her father was a minister.  In politics Mr. Nichols is a
Republican.  Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and the Sons of
St. George. He has numerous business interests in his locality and is one of
the directors of the First National Bank of Hancock.
E. L. WRIGHT.
E. L. WRIGHT, district agent at Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan,
for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is one of the town's leading and representative citizens. Mr. Wright
was born in 1847 in Connecticut, and is a son of Rev. James L. and Lucy
(North) Wright, both families being of English descent and the North family
of much prominence in the vicinity of Hartford, Connecticut.  Rev. James
L. Wright was a graduate of Yale College, and a minister in the Congregational Church for many years. His death took place in 1871. The members
of the family, exclusive of our subject, were: J. N., of Detroit; Joseph H.,
who died while a member of the Federal Army, after incarceration in Libby
Prison; and Mrs. Carter, wife of Professor Carter, of the Oberlin Conservatory
of Music.
E. L. Wright removed to Houghton County, Michigan, in the fall of
1864 to join his brother, J. N. Wright, who was at that time a clerk at the
Quincy mine.   For 17 years the latter was superintendent of the Calumet
& Hecla mine and was a prominent man in the locality.  In 1894 he removed to Detroit.  In 1868 our subject engaged in a general mercantile
business at Springfield, Missouri, but in 1873 he returned to Houghton County
and engaged in a general insurance business until six years ago, when he sold
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Company as district agent, having a number of agents working under him.
He was secretary and treasurer of the Sturgeon River Lumber Company for
som'e seventeen years.  The plant was removed to Chassell and, later, Mr.
Wright acted as trustee for six years, the concern now going by the name of
Worcester Lumber Company.    Mr. Wright has many business connections
which claim much of his attention, and he is on the board of directors of the
Superior Savings Bank of Hancock, Michigan, and the First National Bank
of Lake Linden, Michigan.
Mr. Wright married a daughter of Rev. Barton S. Taylor, former pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Houghton, Michigan. The children
born to this union are:  E. T., a graduate from the scientific department of
Yale College, who is now assistant manager of the Great Falls Iron Works,
of Great Falls, Montana; Howard G., who is employed at the Boston & Montana smelters at Great Falls, Montana; Bertha, a graduate of Oberlin College
in the class of 1903; Lucy; and Helen, a student in the Hancock High School.
The pleasant family residence is situated at No. 305 Water street.
For the past twenty-nine consecutive years Mr. Wright has been the
superintendent of the Congregational Church Sunday-school, and is president
of the Hancock Young Men's Christian Association. This institution was
established in Hancock by C. A. Stringer, formerly a partner of Mr. Wright.
In all things contributing to the progress and development of his section Mr.
Wright has borne a part and he has been especially interested in the promotion of educational and moral development. For twenty years he has been on
the School Board and by example and precept does all he can to further its
usefulness.
L. L. HUBBARD, PH. D.
L. L. HUBBARD, Ph. D., general manager of the Champion Copper
Company, a geologist who has spent much time in the study of the copper
district of Michigan, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1849.  He was educated in the common and high schools of that city, spent two years at Phillips
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1872.  He made two trips abroad, studying at Heidelberg, also at the great
Bonn University, that distinguished seat of learning, where he was given his
degrees of A. M. and Ph. D.
In 1891 Dr. Hubbard came to the Northern Peninsula as an assistant
on the State Geological Survey, and became one of the instructors in the
Michigan Mining School.  In 1893 he was appointed State Geologist, and
served six years.  Finding the work of the Geological Survey hampered by
the State Board of Auditors, he resigned and accepted his present position.
The Champion mine is owned by the Copper Range Consolidated and
St. Mary's Canal Mineral Land Company.  It has four shafts, a stamp mill
containing four stamp-heads; employs from 6oo to 700 men, and is one of
the large and important industries of the locality.
Dr. Hubbard and family reside at Painesdale, the location of the Champion mine, named for William A. Paine, who is president of the Champion
Copper Company.
J. G. TURNER, M. D.
J. G. TURNER, M. D., one of the most eminent and widely known physicians and surgeons of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, and a most
highly regarded citizen of Houghton, was born, reared and educated at Baltimore, Maryland. His father, who for many years has been a prominent
merchant in Baltimore, is also well known in Houghton, where he has frequently been a visitor.
Dr. Turner's medical education was secured in the city of Baltimore,
and he graduated at the University of Maryland in 1878, when just past his
21st birthday.  After a little more than a year's practice, he came West and
located at L'Anse, Baraga County, Michigan, under a government appointment, and for many years was practically the only physician in that county,
remaining there until 1898. In 1892, when the Indian agency was abolished
at L'Anse, Dr. Turner became acting Indian agent as well as physician. In







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goo1900 he located at Houghton, having for the two previous years lived at the
Arcadian mine, of which he was physician. He now has medical charge of
both the Arcadian and Isle Royal mines, being assisted by Dr. Jackson.
In 1881 Dr. Turner married a daughter of William Harris, an early
resident of this section, and they have two daughters.  The pleasant family
home is situated in East Houghton, and the Doctor has commodious offices
in the Leopold Building on Shelden street. He is a valued member of both
county and State medical societies, and is also a member of Houghton Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., and during his residence at L'Anse was a member and the
examining physician of the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen and other
leading orders in which he took an active part.  Dr. Turner enjoys the
esteem of the whole community as a citizen, and, as stated above, is a very
prominent member of the medical profession in Northern Michigan.
HON. A. J. SCOTT.
HON. A. J. SCOTT, one of the most public-spirited citizens of Hancock,
Houghton County, Michigan, whose portrait is herewith shown, is mayor
of the city and has been identified with many of its leading enterprises. He
has also served for a period of 26 years as chief of the fire department,
which he was instrumental in organizing, and has rendered invaluable service to the city in protecting public property.
Mr. Scott was born near London, Canada, in 1848, and was still in
infancy when his father died. He was reared by relatives in Wisconsin,
where he attended the public schools. Although but a boy when the Civil
War was in progress, he enlisted in Company D, 52nd Reg., Wisconsin Vol.
Inf., in the fall of 1863. With his regiment he left the State in 1864, and
was attached to the 17th Army Corps, most of his term of service being
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Railroad, which was then being constructed, to guard against the Indians.
He returned from the West in December, 1865, and in 1866 came to the
Northern Peninsula of Michigan, locating in Houghton County, where he
first engaged as a laborer in the lumbering business, being identified with
a saw-mill. His next position was as clerk in the drug store of M. J. McGern,
whose brother, Colonel McGern, is prominent in the militia circles of the
State. The store was destroyed by fire in 1869, after which our subject
established a small drug store near where the First National Bank is now
situated. He has been in the drug business practically all the time since,
and has a very fine store. Owing to his extensive interests, he has been
unable to give his personal attention to the store in recent years. In 1870
Mr. Scott wrote notices calling together the citizens for the organization of
a fire department. These notices were posted by Christ. Brenner and resulted
in the much needed organization being effected. Mr. Scott has had the honor
of serving as fire chief almost continuously since its organization. In 1882,
the Village Council requested him to re-organize the Hancock Fire Department, which he did; under the new system, the department was to have a
membership of 20 men, each drawing a salary of $5 per month. This was
the first fire company in the county, but since then all other towns in the
county have followed Mr. Scott's plan and have departments consisting of
20 members. Our subject is superintendent of the City Water Works, and
really installed the first pumping station in 1890, and the new and larger
pump in 1902. He was one of the organizers of the Upper Peninsula Firemen's Association, of which he was at one time the president. He was
seven times elected president of the village of Hancock, and is the first mayor
of the city since its incorporation. He has also been supervisor of Hancock
township for upward of 24 years. He is vice-president of the First National
Bank of Hancock, a director of the Superior Trust Company, president
of the Eva Mining Company, and director of the Hancock Loan, Mortgage
and Surety Company, which was organized in 1902.
Mr. Scott was united in marriage with a Philadelphia lady, a niece of
Mr. R. H. Brelsford, deceased, who was well-known in this county. Three
daughters have blessed this union, all of whom are now attending school.
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E. R. Stiles Post, No. 174, G. A. R., of which he was one of the organizers
in 1885. He is a man representative of the highest type of citizenship, and
is exceedingly popular throughout Houghton County.
CASPER     BRAND.
CASPER BRAND, who has been a resident of Houghton, Houghton
County, Michigan, for a period of more than 44 years, is township clerk,
village clerk and justice of the peace, the three offices being merged into one.
He has held these offices since 1890, and that he has served efficiently is
shown by the fact that each time he has been re-elected with very little opposition. As a justice of the peace he has served for 20 years.
Mr. Brand was born in Detroit, Michigan, March 7, 1856, and was
but an infant when he was taken by his parents to Houghton.  His father,
Joseph Brand, was born in Bavaria, Germany, and came to this country
some four or five years previous to locating in Houghton in 1859. He was
a miner by occupation.  He was a stanch Republican in politics, and died
in 1868.  His wife, mother of our subject, was born in Southern Germany,
and came to this country somewhat earlier than her husband.  She died in
1872.
Casper Brand has a brother, George Brand, who is highway commissioner of Portage township, Houghton County, and proprietor of a dray and
transfer line at Houghton.  A sister, Frances, is the wife of N. Loth of
Stevensville, Michigan.  A half-sister, daughter of our subject's mother by
a second marriage, is married and lives at Lake Linden.
Casper Brand was reared and educated at Houghton, and early in life
engaged in the mercantile business, handling groceries, fruits and vegetables.
He continued in that business until elected justice of the peace.  He continued to serve as such up to the present time, and in 1890 was made township and village clerk as well.  For the past 17 years he has. been treasurer
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bining the duties of that position with those that appertain to the office of
village marshal. The members of the department number 35, of which number 16 are in the paid service. The City Hall, in which Mr. Brand's office
is situated, is the headquarters of the department, and is located at the corner
of Huron and Montezuma streets.   It is most conveniently arranged, well
lighted and furnished, handsome pictures adorning the walls.  A library,
which was established by some of the public spirited ladies of the town, occupies a corer room.  Mr. Brand is also president of the Upper Peninsular
Firemen's Association, which was organized July Io, 1894.  He has ever
been active in politics, and is an ardent Republican.
Mr. Brand was united in marriage with Catherine Baker, who was born
in Austria, and is a daughter of John Baker.  They have four children:
Catherine, William, Russell and Edna. The family home is at Shelden and
Portage streets, Central Houghton.  Fraternally Mr. Brand is a member of
the Ancient Order of United Workmen; and Tribe of St. Joseph, at Hancock, Michigan. Religiously he and his family are members of St. Ignatius
Roman Catholic Church.
COURTNEY      C. DOUGLASS.
COURTNEY C. DOUGLASS, who is the representative and manager of the
C. C. Douglass estate and interests in the Northern Peninsula of Michigan,
is a well known resident of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan. He
was born in 1862 at Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan, and is a son of
Columbus C. and Lydia Reed (Smith) Douglass.
Columbus C. Douglass was born at Fredonia, New York, about 1812,
and was a son of Christopher Douglass, who removed to Mount Clemens,
Michigan, about 1833, being originally from New London, Connecticut. A
year or two later he removed to Walworth County, Wisconsin, where he
resided until his death.  Columbus C. Douglass first came to the Northern
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Houghton, who was appointed the first State Geologist of Michigan.  Dr.
Douglass Houghton was born at Fredonia, New York, and was a professor
at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, New York, when he was
requested by the Governor of the Territory of Michigan to deliver a course
of lectures at Detroit.  Dr. Houghton accepted the comxnission and went
to Detroit in i83o.  He continued his geological surveys and examinations
up to the time of his death, by accidental drowning, near Eagle River, Michigan, in October, 1845.
Columbus C. Douglass, who had been his cousin's assistant, then prepared himself to continue these interesting and valubale explorations, by taking a number of special winter courses at Boston, in geology, mineralogy,
mining and chemistry.  At one time he was at the head of several exploration and mining companies, and he was also engaged in securing land and developing mining interests. He was particularly successful in interesting outside capital in the development of the resources of this rich country. Shortly
after the death of Dr. Houghton, Mr. Douglass formed a co-partnership
with Ransom Shelden, his brother-in-law, and they engaged in mercantile
enterprises, continuing the acquisition of lands and the development of the
country's resources.  This partnership continued until the death of the
principals and the two estates are still jointly interested in the real estate
acquired during the co-partnership.  To further the interesting of outside
capital, Mr. Douglass had, in 1862, taken up his residence in New York
City.  His death occurred at London, England, in 1874.
The wife of Columbus C. Douglass was Lydia Reed Smith, who was
born at Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan, and who was a daughter of
John K. Smith, an attorney and a prominent man, for many years, in Detroit and vicinity. Mr. Smith was born in Westchester County, New York,
and for a period practiced law near Plattsburg, and was there also interested
in the lumber business, which was practically destroyed at the outbreak of the
War of 1812. He then removed to Detroit, which at that time was a small
trading post, and went later to Algonac, 45 miles above, on the St. Clair
River, where he acquired some property and became a prominent man. Our
subject's only sister, Mrs. N. Y. Worrall, resides at Philadelphia.
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at Flushing, on Long Island, and at South Williamston and other points.
For several years he was connected with New York City banking houses,
and came to Houghton in 1887 to represent the Douglass interests. With
his family he resides at Houghton.
H. B. ROGERS.
H. B. ROGERS, a well known merchant at Quincy, Houghton County,
Michigan, has been an esteemed resident and business man of that county
since 1866, when he located in Calumet, having been but recently mustered
out of the Federal Army. Mr. Rogers was born in 1837, in Monroe County,
New York, and came first to the State of Michigan in 1855.
The Rogers family has been traced back through several generations
to France, but at the time of the Revolutionary War our subject's greatgrandfather was a resident of New York.   Both grandfather and father
were farmers by occupation.  Late in life the latter removed to Wisconsin,
where he died.
Mr. Rogers was educated at the Michigan State Normal School, at
Ypsilanti, after which he was engaged in clerking at Lansing, Michigan,
until he enlisted for services in the Civil War.  In 1862, when he first enlisted in the 6th Michigan Regiment, it was an infantry command, but was
soon after changed to cavalry, and he served as an officer of Custer's brigade.
He participated in the many engagements of the regiment, notably the three
days at Gettysburg, where he escaped injury, only to be wounded a few days
later, in the eye, during a skirmish, which necessitated his going to the hospital at Washington, D. C. Being thus incapacitated for active duty, he did
not re-enter the service, or perhaps he might have continued until the time of
the famous massacre of his gallant commander in Wyoming.
After the war, as stated, Mr. Rogers came to the Northern Peninsula,
and located in Calumet, Houghton County, which city was then but a hamlet,
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into a mercantile business as a partner in the firm of Smith, Harris & Company.  In 1876 this partnership was dissolved and our subject removed to
Franklin, where he engaged in the fresh meat and supply business, which
he has since continued, and is the only merchant at Quincy so engaged. His
establishment is one of the most prosperous concerns in the town, and he
employs six assistants.
In the month of August, 1871, Mr. Rogers was married to Miss M. F.
Russell, who was born on the St. Clair River, near Detroit, and they have
five sons and two daughters, viz.: Harry, who is a merchant at the Franklin
Jr., mine; Benjamin, who is engaged in an insurance business at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin; William, who is a railroad man; Don, who is engaged in his
father's store at Quincy; Frank, deceased; Catherine, who is the wife of
Hon. William A. Rublee, consul-general to Vienna; and Laura, who makes
her home with her uncle, Frank L. Vance, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The
family residence is on Quincy Hill.
In politics Mr. Rogers is a Republican, and he has most acceptably filled
a number of township offices.  He is past commander of E. R. Stiles Post,
G. A. R., and is a member of Calumet Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
HON. JAY A. HUBBELL.
HON. JAY A. HUBBELL, deceased, was for eight years a member of the
United States Congress, and his name became familiar not alone to the citizens of Michigan, but throughout the United States, true merit and ability
receiving their due recognition.  He was known as the father of the Michigan College of Mines, located at Houghton, and that city has him to thank
for its location there and the securing of the large appropriation that provided
for its success.
Judge Hubbell was born in Avon township, Oakland County, Michigan,
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to Michigan f rom Connecticut, and Samuel S. Hubbell was one of the early
settlers of Oakland County, Michigan, where he located in 1820.
Our subject attended the district schools of Avon township during the
winter terms until he reached the age of 18, when he attended Rochester
Academy at Rochester, Oakland County, Michigan, for two years. He then
studied two years more at Romeo High School. In the fall of I85o he was
in a position, financially, to enter the literary department of the University
of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he spent three years and graduated in
1853.  He then taught school in order to secure the money with which to
complete his education and prepare himself for the bar.  In the meantime he
read law in the office of judge Manning of Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, and later studied in the, office of Howard, Bishop & Holdbrook at Detroit, being admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Michigan in 185
lie then started for the Northern Peninsula, landing at Ontonagon,
Ontonagon County, June 17, 1855, with but $3 in capital, and it is said that
he was in debt to the captain of the steamer that brought him up f rom Sault
Ste. Marie. Shortly after his arrival he went into partnership with A. H.
Hanscomb, but for the three years following his practice was very limited.
In 1858 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Ontonagon County, and was
appointed district attorney of the Northern Peninsula. He moved to Houghton, Houghton County, in i86o, and was soon well established in a lucrative
practice.  In 1861 he was elected  prosecuting  attorney  for Houghton
County.  He was thereafter frequently called upon to fill positions of honor.
In 1876 he was State commissioner to the Centennial Exposition held at
Philadelphia. He made his first appearance in national politics as a member
of the House of Representatives of the 43rd Congress, and was re-elected
to the succeeding three houses. He served on the ways and means committee, the most important and most sought for committee of Congress, and
during a larger part of the time was chairman of the National Republican
Congressional Committee.  He was elected judge of the Twelfth judicial
Circuit and served until his retirement January i, 1900. He was a man who
commanded the respect and admiration of all who knew him, and the people
from all walks and stations of life were treated by him with the same kindly
consideration.  His death is sadly lamented as an irreparable loss to the







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community in which he lived, and hee will long live in the memory of his
fellow citizens who knew him so well, many of whom he had frequently
befriended.
Judge Hubbell was married in 1861 to Florence Doolittle at Ontonagon,
Michigan, and they had two children, namely:  Florence, wife of Lessing
Karger of Houghton, Michigan; and Blanche D., wife of Lieut. H. E.
Smith, U. S. A.  Our subject was a prominent Mason, and a member of
Montrose Commandery, K. T., of Calumet; Saladin Temple, A. A. 0. N.
M. S.; and Grand Rapids Consistory, S. P. R. S. He died at his home in
Houghton, surrounded by his relatives and loving friends.
JAMES SINCLAIR       STRINGER.
JAMES SINCLAIR STRINGER, who is extensively engaged in a lumber
and fuel business at Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, and operates
the only planing mill in the place, was born in 1854 in Wayne County, Michigan, and he is a son of William and Agnes (Sinclair) Stringer, both of
whom were born in Ireland.
William Stringer came to the United States with his parents in young
manhood, locating in Wayne County, near Detroit, where he entered I6o
acres of land and engaged in farming and keeping a store. He was a most
worthy citizen and for many years a leading member and a deacon of the
Presbyterian Church of his locality. He was one of the founders of what is
known as the "Stringer Church." He married Agnes Sinclair, who was born
in Ireland, of Scotch parentage. Her death took place in 1897, at the age
of 68 years, surviving her husband a long time. Their three children are:
James Sinclair, the eldest of the family; Joseph, who is State agent for
Minnesota at Minneapolis for the Detroit Life Insurance Company; and
Margaret, who married Roger W. Cady, and resides at Minneapolis, where
her husband is superintendent of a piano establishment.
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engaging in the lumber business for the Sturgeon River Lumber Company
as yard salesman. In 1894 he bought out the company and has since been
successfully engaged in the same line. He has a number of other interests,
including his large planing mill and the handling of much real estate, the
greater part of which is his own property.
In 1889 Mr. Stringer married Jennie W. White, who was born in Canada in 1863, and is a daughter of James and Janett (Waddell) White. The
one child born to this union is deceased. Both our subject and wife belong
to the Congregational Church and he is identified with the Young Men's
Christian Association. His portrait accompanies this sketch.
JEREMIAH     T. FINNEGAN.
JEREMIAH T. FINNEGAN, one of the best known lawyers of Houghton
County, is a prominent resident of the city of Hancock.  He was born at
Cliff Mine, in Cliff township, Houghton (now Keweenaw) County, Michigan, in 185o, and was one of eight children born to his parents, Michael and
Margaret (Tracey) Finnegan, both natives of Ireland.
Michael Finnegan was born in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, in
1819.  Coming to this country early in life, he located at Copper Harbor
June 20, 1846, and was one of the first to follow mining in that locality. He
continued until 1852, then contracted in the timber and wood business, and
also engaged in building roads, etc.  He was elected sheriff of Houghton
County on the Democratic ticket in 1856, and served two terms of two years
each.  He subsequently followed farming near Houghton, in Portage township, until his death, in 1897, at the age of 78 years.  He also served as a
miember of the Town Board, and was justice of the peace of Portage township for many years.  He was Presidential elector of the Twelfth District
of Michigan on the Tilden and Hendricks ticket of 1876.  His wife survived him but six months.  They were parents of the following children:
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at Houghton, Michigan; Jeremiah T.: Bridget A., wife of Dr. J. E. Scallon
of Hancock, Michigan; Margaret E., who lives on the old homestead at
Houghton, Michigan; Mrs. Nellie E. Kasper, a widow, residing at Houghton, Michigan; Annie J., wife of Edward F. Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, a
prominent business man who was a United States consul under Cleveland;
Michael J., a farmer of Portage township, Houghton County; and Catherine, deceased, who was the wife of Ferdinand McDevitt, a railroad conductor of Keokuk, Iowa.
Jeremiah T. Finnegan accompanied his parents to Eagle Harbor, where
his father opened a store in 1852, and in 1856 moved to Houghton, when
his father was elected sheriff.  He attended the Houghton High School
from its opening and was a member of the first class to graduate, in 1869.
At an early age he chose to enter the legal profession, and began the study
of the law in various offices at Houghton. He then attended the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and graduated with the
class of 1873. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of Michigan at that
time, and then went into the office of Attorney E. Y. Swift, of Detroit,
Michigan.  In the fall of 1874 he returned to Houghton County, where he
successfully engaged in practice. When Baraga County was separated from
Houghton County he was elected prosecuting attorney of the former, which
he had assisted in organizing. He returned to Houghton in the fall of 1875,
having received various professional inducements, and has since practiced
in Houghton County.   His office continued to be at Houghton until 1885,
where he served several terms as village attorney and commissioner of the
Circuit Court of the county. In January, 1886, he moved to Hancock, where
he served 15 successive terms as village attorney.  He attended to the legal
work in the incorporation of the city of Hancock, which was effected in
March, 1903. Mr. Finnegan's office is in the Wright Building, and included
among his clients are the Superior Trust Company, the Superior Savings
Bank and other important concerns of his section.  He is widely known
throughout Houghton County and the Northern Peninsula, and numbers
his friends almost by the number of his acquaintances.
Mr. Finnegan was united in marriage with Margaret Hennesy, of St.
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born in 1889 and is attending the Hancock schools.  In politics our subject
is a stanch Cleveland Democrat, and was not in sympathy with the Chicago
and Kansas City platforms of the Democratic party.  Fraternally he is a
member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Hancock.     He is a
member of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Hancock, of which Rev.
T. J. Atfield is pastor.
AUGUST     L. KRELLWITZ.
AUGUST L. KRELLWITZ, proprietor of the largest furniture and undertaking establishment in Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, was born
in that village in 1860, and is a son of Louis and Helena (Trilling) Krellwitz, both natives of Germany.
Louis Krellwitz came to this country from Germany, locating in Wisconsin about 1849.  He served in the Sheboygan Rifle Company No. I,
from 1853 to I860, being honorably discharged on April Ist of the latter
year.  He was a cooper and carpenter by trade, being active up to the time
of his death, in October, 1885.  His wife died February 16, 1900, at the
age of 62 years.  They were parents of 11 children, as follows: Matilda,
wife of August Monette, who was formerly in business with our subject;
Cora, who is unmarried; August L.; Hugo, a painter of Houghton, Michigan; Louis, a merchant of Houghton, Michigan; Henry, who is head binder
at the Mining Gazette office in Houghton, Michigan; Emma, wife of Benjamin Schwartz, who is now living in the West; Frances, wife of John Crawford, an undertaker of Hancock, Michigan; Otto, a book binder by trade;
Helen, wife of Martin Conway, an insurance man of Hancock, Michigan;
and Fred, who died in 1874, at the age of 18 months.
August L. Krellwitz was reared and educated in the schools of Houghton, and during his school days his first work was in the employ of Dr.
Hafenreffer.  He next worked for Kehl Brothers, in the meat business, and
then took up the trade of cabinet-making with Theodore Lange, and later
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Lange succeeded Mr. Siller, Mr. Krellwitz engaged with them at cabinet
work for about one year.  He embarked in business for himself, at the present stand, about the year 1888, in partnership with his brother-in-law, under
the firm name of Krellwitz & Monette, as undertakers and cabinet workers.
Our subject bought out Mr. Monette in April, 189o, and has since been in
business alone.  In i89I he added a stock of furniture, and this branch of
his business has grown to such an extent that he now carries the best line of
goods in the village.  As an embalmer he has certificates from Professor
Sullivan's and Professor Clark's schools, and is licensed by the Michigan
State Board of Health.  He is a self made man in every sense of the word,
having begun life with little or no capital and having worked his way to the
front rank of business men in the community.
Mr. Krellwitz was united in marriage with Emma Davis, a native of
Houghton County, Michigan.     Politically he is an unswerving supporter
of the Republican party.  Fraternally he is a member of the Foresters,
Knights of the Maccabees, Modern Woodmen of America, German Aid Society and the Sons of Hermann.
CAPT. S. B. HARRIS.
CAPT. S. B. HARRIS, president of the First National Bank of Hancock,
Houghton County, Michigan, has been a prominent resident of the Northern
Peninsula of Michigan for a period of almost half a century. Until recently
he was superintendent of the Quincy mine, and is still financially interested
in it to a great extent.
Captain Harris was born in Cornwall, England, in 1834, and while still
a resident there served four years, commencing at 12 years of age, as a surveyor's assistant, ý,nmd began mining at the age of i6 years.  In 1854 he came
to America, spending two years in the lead mines of Wisconsin, then removing to Ontonagon, Michigan, in 1856, engaging as a miner at the Minnesota mine.  His surveying work and subsequent familiarity with the profession proved very valuable to him, For the first few years he was engaged




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at many different places and mines in the Lake Superior mining region.
His first charge, during 1864-65, w\:s at the Mesnard & Pontiac, now a part
of the Quincy; he was then mining captain of the Phoenix for about two
years; and was with the Eagle Harbor Copper Company two years.      In
1868 Captain Harris went to the Calumet as assistant mining captain for a
time; then was mining captain of the Franklin, which is now under charge
of Captain Hoskins; was for 13 years with the Ridge, Adventure and other
properties now belonging to the Mass and Adventure mines; and in 1884
became superintendent of the Quincy mine.   Captain Harris continued as
superintendent of the last named mine until he retired, in 1902, when he was
succeeded by his son, John L. Harris.  He still holds considerable stock in
the Quincy Mining Company, whose offices are in New York City.     The
officers are: W. R. Todd, president; C. J. Devereux of Boston, vice-president; W. A. O. Paul of New York, secretary and treasurer.  The members
of the board of directors are:  Messrs. Meserve and Brigham of Boston,
Massachusetts; Dodge, Bliss and Todd of New York City; and Don M.
Dickinson of Detroit, Michigan.
For a number of years past Captain Harris has been president of the
First National Bank of Hancock, an institution which was founded May
18, 1874, and is the oldest in the city.  Its promoters were:  S. D. North,
deceased, J. W. Wright, Charles E. Holland, deceased, Thomas L. Chadbourne, Graham Pope, Joseph H. Chandler, Peter Ruppe and Edgar H.
Towar, who is now president of the Marquette National Bank.   The first
officers were:  S. D. North, president; James A. Close, vice-president; and
Edgar H. Towar, cashier.   The present officers are:  Samuel B. Harris,
president; A. J. Scott, vice-president; William Condon, who succeeded Mr.
Towar as cashier in I888, and who has since continued in that capacity; and
M. M. Shea, assistant cashier.  The present board of directors is constituted
as follows: William H. Roberts, Charles D. Hanchette, Samuel B. Harris,
Michael Finn, John Funkey, George H. Nichols and A. J. Scott.      The
capital stock of this bank is $1oo,ooo, and the surplus is $35,000, showing
the bank to be in a very prosperous condition.  The First National Bank
Building was erected in 1877, and was greatly enlarged in 1901, making it
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Captain Harris' wife died in May, 19igoo, leaving three children: James,
an attorney-at-law of Lansing, Michigan; Mrs. C. D. Hanchette of Hancock,
Michigan; and John L., superintendent of the Quincy mine.  Politically
our subject is an unswerving supporter of the principles advocated by the
Republican party, and has served as supervisor for nearly 15 years.  For
more than 30 years he has been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
CAPT. THOMAS WHITTLE.
CAPT. THOMAS WHITTLE, chief mining captain of the Quincy Mining
Company, located in Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, in August,
1877, since which time he has been identified with this section of the State.
Captain Whittle was born January 1, 1845, near Truro, in Cornwall, England, and was reared in the Cornwall mines as he began work in them at an
extremely early age.  The exigencies and surroundings of his youthful life
made it impossible for him to obtain any educational advantages, but with
indomitable energy and resolution he supplied all deficiencies later in life and
stands to-day on the same plane as do many others with shadows of collegiate
walls behind them.
In the early "seventies" Captain Whittle went to South America, where he
first engaged in copper mining in the upper mining district near the seaport of
Chanaral, Chile.  There he spent five years and then came to the Lake Superior copper mining regions, settling at Houghton.  His first work was
with the Quincy Mining Company in 1877. It was in 1880 that he accepted
the position of assistant mining captain under Capt. John Cliff, and when
he went to the Pewabic Mining Company in 1882 it was as chief mining
captain. The Pewabic mine is now called the North Quincy, it having been
purchased some to years ago by the Quincy Mining Company. His connection with the Huron mine lasted five years, from 1885 to 1889, his association with Capt. Johnson Vivian continuing seven years. In 1889 he was




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requested to accept his present position. At that time the Quincy mine was
only about one-eighth its present size or capacity, the output having been
increased, during our subject's connection, from 400 to 3,200 tons per month.
Stamp mills and new smelters have been erected, also new shaft houses, and
the mine has been enlarged fully eight times its old size.  Captain Whittle
is now operating five shafts, the deepest being down some 5,000 feet.
In 1866 Captain Whittle married a lady from his native locality, and
their seven children still survive, two of them being married.  The record
is as follows:  William H., cashier of the Mass City Bank in Ontonagon
County, Michigan; Bessie, wife of John F. Ryan of Hancock, Michigan;
Alice, wife of John C. Jeffrey, teller in the Superior Savings Bank of Hancock, Michigan; and Lavina (Vinnie), Belle, Albert Melvin and Lina May,
who are at hom'e. The family residence is on Quincy Hill.
Politically Captain Whittle is a stanch Republican, and he has most
acceptably served as justice of the peace, as school inspector and in other
township offices. Fraternally he is a charter member of Quincy Lodge, No.
172, Ancient Order of United Workmen, which has a membership of 200
with a ladies' auxiliary.  For the past 35 years he has been a member of
the Methodist Church, and has served repeatedly on its official board. Captain Whittle is a notable example of a successful, self made man.
HON. JAMES C. DUNSTAN.
HON. JAMES C. DUNSTAN, State Representative from       Houghton
County, and one of the leading citizens and prominent politicians of the
county, residing at Dollar Bay, was born in 1847 in England, where he
resided until 1869. He is a son of the late John Dunstan, who was also born
in England.  John Dunstan became a mining superintendent in Cornwall,
England, prior to his death there in 1873. His widow died there in 19oo.
They had a family of six children born to them, namely:  William, who
died in 1867; John, of Calumet, Michigan; James C., our subject; Thomas,







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of Lake Linden, Michigan; Kate, residing in England; and Annie, who died
in that country.
James C. Dunstan came to America at the age of 22 years and supplemented his English education with a normal school course at Ypsilanti,
Michigan, and then engaged in school teaching.  This profession he followed for 15 years, in Houghton and Kensenaw counties.   In 1888 he
located at Dollar Bay, Houghton County.
In 1883 Mr. Dunstan married Elizabeth J. Daniell, who is a daughter
of Capt. William Daniell, of Calumet, Michigan.  Mr. and Mrs. Dunstan
have one daughter, Edna, born in 1885.
In politics Mr. Dunstan is a Republican and has taken a very active part
in public affairs. In 19o02 he was chosen by his party as their representative
in the State Legislature.  Fraternally Mr. Dunstan has long been a Mason,
and has attained to the 32nd degree.  In religious belief he is an Episcopalian.
ABRAHAM OPIE.
ABRAHAM OPIE, a well-to-do agriculturist and contractor living on his
farm at Dorchester, Houghton County, Michigan, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, has been a resident of the Lake Superior copper region
for over 40 years, and is well known and most highly esteemed throughout
Houghton and Keweenaw counties. He was born in Cornwall, England, in
1840o, and is a son of John Opie.
John Opie, the father of our subject, spent all his life in Cornwall, England, where he was engaged in the pursuits of a farmer and miner. He died
at the age of 59 years at the old homestead and his wife also died in England in 1872. Abraham Opie has one brother and one sister living in America, namely: William Opie, a resident of Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan; and Mrs. Esther Robbins, a resident of Central City, Colorado.
Our subject was married, in I858, to Elizabeth Luxmore and in the
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Island, where he worked as a coal miner for six months. Mr. Opie then
removed to the Lake Superior copper region, locating in Keweenaw County,
and engaged as a miner at the Cliff mine, where he remained for 13 months.
After this, he was employed at the Quincy mine for several years. In
1873 he purchased a tract of land at Dorchester, which he has developed
into a valuable farm which continues to be his home. When the summer
season is past and the crops are gathered, he passes the winter profitably by
doing general contracting work.
Mr. and Mrs. Opie are the proud parents of 12 children, Io of whom
they have reared, namely; John: Esther, who married Andrew Lowden and
is now residing in Chicago, Illinois; Abraham; Jane, who married Thomas
Paul; William H., who is living on his father's farm; Susan, who married
Henry Bloom and is living in Hancock, Michigan; Mary Ann, who married Thomas Hodges, and resides in Laurium, Michigan; Edward, who is
living on the farm with his father; Caroline, who married James Townsend
and is living on her father's farm; and Catherine, who is also living at home.
The two children who are deceased were named Emma and Joseph. Socially
our subject is a member of the Sons of St. George. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
WILLIAM     F. MILLER.
WILLIAM F. MILLER, the present secretary, treasurer and manager of
the A. Haas Brewing Company, is also president of the village of Houghton,
to which office he was elected March 9, 1903. He is a very prominent man
in Houghton County, and has held various offices high in the public trust.
Mr. Miller was born at Hancock January I, 1865, and is a son of William F.
Miller, Sr., a native of the Rhine provinces of Germany.  His mother was
a native of Bavaria, and his parents were married in Germany.
William F. Miller, the father, came to this country about 1840, first
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moved to the Lake Superior copper region about 1850, and worked at the
Quincy mine, then at the old Portage mine on the Houghton side, and at
different times was employed at the Albany, Boston, Centennial and Calumet &
Hecla mines, when they were first opened.  Upon quitting the mining business he built one of the first frame buildings in Red Jacket, and there conducted a hotel until his death in 1876, at the age of 56 years.  His wife
died in 1891.  Ten children were born to them, five dying at the Quincy
mine and one at the Calumet & Hecla.   Four are now living, as follows:
Herman R., of Calumet, Michigan, who is with the Copper Range Railroad;
John, a dentist of Calumet, Michigan; William F.; and Mrs. Bertha (Hansohn) of Houghton, Michigan.
William F. Miller attended the Northern Indiana Normal and Business
School, taking a commercial course.  For nine years, from 1881 to 1890,
he acted as bookkeeper for L. Hennes & Company, of Calumet, Michigan,
and then served four years as treasurer of Houghton County.  After the
expiration of his term he acted as deputy for County Treasurer Isaac W.
Frimodig, then for three years conducted a meat market at Houghton.  He
next served as deputy to County Treasurer Haas, later as deputy county clerk
for R. H. Shields, present chairman of the Republican County Committee.
For four years he was chief accountant for the Peninsula Electric Light &
Power Company, continuing with that concern until the ownership of the
company changed hands.   In October, 1902, he accepted his present position
as secretary, treasurer and manager of the A. Haas Brewing Company,
which had been purchased by the present owners in September, 1901.
Joseph Strobel is president of this company, and Michael Messner is vicepresident.  They employ about 50 men in the establishment, and the trade
extends all over Houghton County, and in some of the adjoining counties.
The capacity of the plant is 25,000 barrels per annum.  Mr. Miller is also
land agent or auditor of Houghton County, and was formerly county agent
for the State Board of Charities and Correction.  Politically he is a Republican and takes an active interest in the party's success, being secretary
of the Republican County Committee.
Mr. Miller was united in marriage with Pamela Duquette, of Lake
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being an early resident of that place. They have two sons living, Harrison
W. and William L.   One son, Claude D., met a sad death by drowning in
September, go1901. Our subject is a charter member of Houghton Lodge,
Knights of Pythias.  In religious attachment his family is Lutheran.
STEPHEN     CARKEEK.
STEPHEN CARKEEK, an extensive real estate owner and a successful
speculator in copper stocks, is purely a self made man, and is to-day one of
the most prosperous and respected men of Houghton, Houghton County,
Michigan.
Mr. Carkeek was born in Cornwall, England, in 1845, and was nine
years of age when he began to help his parents in the support of the family.
He entered the mines in Cornwall when 1 years of age, and became familiar
with the business.  Upon coming to the United States in 1866, he first
worked as a miner at the Quincy mines, in Houghton County, Michigan,
later locating at Houghton.  He engaged in the commercial business in
1868, first in the employ of Peter Holman, and in 1871 started a retail grocery for himself at Hancock, Michigan.  To this he added a wholesale
grocery and fruit business, and built up a large trade; but owing to extending
too liberal credit his business was not very successful. He sold out in 1891
and returned to Houghton, where he conducted a millinery business until
1898.  Discontinuing that line, he entered the stock brokerage business,
conducting a branch for the Hayden & Stone Company, of Boston, Massachusetts.  His was the first office at Houghton to get continuous quotations
from the East.  He did a very satisfactory business for one year, but in
1899 he discontinued his brokerage operations to give more attention to his
large real estate interests.  At the present time he has eight store buildings
on the main street of Houghton, which bring him a good rental, and three
others are now under course of construction, making ii in all. He is
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I-e has had a most interesting and varied experience as a business man, and
that he has succeeded in acquiring a competency is due solely to his individual efforts.  In his entire career he has never sought financial assistance
from anyone.
Mr. Carkeek is married and lives with his wife and three children in
a beautiful home at the corner of Albion and Second streets, Houghton.  He
is a great home loving man, and can be found at his home when not attending to business, consequently devoting little attention to clubs or other fraternal organizations.  He has always exerted his influence in the line of
good government, locally and nationally, but has never accepted of office.
The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.
CAPT. JOHN      JOLLY.
CAPT. JOHN JOLLY, captain of the Baltic mine at Baltic, Houghton
County, Michigan, and a practical and experienced miner, was born in 1862,
in that home of mining operations, Cornwall, England.  His father, William Jolly, was also born in Cornwall, where his life was spent, engaged in all
kinds of mining, a reliable, industrious man.  The mother of Captain Jolly
bore the maiden name of Eliza Bond.  She still resides in Cornwall, bearing well her 67 years.  Both father and mother were consistent members of
the Wesleyan Church.   These parents had a family of six children, our
subject being the eldest of the four survivors, the others being: William,
pit boss at the Baltic mine; Grace; and Janie.
Captain Jolly attended school until the age of 12 years, and at 14 years
his life in the mines began, although he had had previous experience in the
stamp nills.  Boys who grow up in the mining regions of Cornwall do not
usually have many educational opportunities, and the only way in which our
subject secured his very fair education was by study at the night schools in
his native town.  In 1883 he came to the United States, bound for the
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so heavily as they do in the older countries.  He worked three months in
the mines at Ishpeming, Marquette County, and then went to the AlbanyBoston, now the Franklin, Jr., mine for i months.  From there to Marquette County in the Mitchell mine and then back to the Wolverine, and,
when it closed down, to the Huron, and then to the Atlantic, made his first
two years under ground in Michigan memorable enough. He then secured
work at Atlantic, under Frank McM. Stanton, where he remained 14 years,
going then to the Baltic, in 1899. He has been there ever since and has been
captain of the mine since August, I9oo.
Captain Jolly has been one of the leading citizens of Baltic, and in
December, 1902, was commissioned the first postmaster of the place.  In
politics he is a Republican and is very active in public matters in the neighborhood. Fraternally he belongs to the Masons and the Foresters.
In 1887 Captain Jolly was married to Annie Barrett, who was born in
Cornwall, England, in 1868, and is a daughter of Jarnes and Hannah Barrett.  Three children have been born to them, namely:  Carlos John;
Lorenzo; and William Leo.
ALFRED    W. LORD.
ALFRED W. LORD, superintendent of the Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad
Company, and a well known resident of Houghton County, Michigan, lives
at Hancock.  He was born in Lancashire, England, in 1832, and came to
America in 1846. After traveling over the greater part of the United States
and Canada, he located at London. Ontario, Canada.  Learning the trade
of machinist in America, he removed to the Lake Superior region in I866,
where he worked as a machinist at different mines. In 1889, when the
Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad was completed, he ran a locomotive for a
time.  Finally, in 1898, he was elected superintendent of the company, and
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Mr. Lord was married in Canada about 50 years ago to Margaret Carmichael, of London, Canada, and they have reared six children out of the
seven born to them.  The record is as follows:  Margaret A., wife of H.
F. Crawford of Minnesota; Frances Miranda, who married P. H. Paine of
Lake Linden, Michigan; Elizabeth, deceased; Catherine, who married R.
D. Light, and resides in Hancock, Michigan; Andrew J., who married
Ernestine Schniderhahn, of Calumet, Michigan, and has two children,Marion, born December 3, 1894, and Willacy, born July 25, 1899; and Bernice, who married B. B. Richardson, and now resides in Brainards, New
Jersey.  Mr. Lord is a member of the Congregational Church.  He is not
especially interested in politics, but performs the duties of a good citizen by
voting for the right, as he sees it.
NELSON     DES ROCHES.
NELSON DES ROCHES, who for the past decade has been the very efficient
foreman at the Lake Superior Smelting Company's works at Dollar Bay,
Houghton County, Michigan, was born in 1863, at Hancock, Michigan. He
is a son of Leonard and Johanna (O'Neil) Des Roches, the former of whom
was a native of Montreal, Ontario, and the latter, of Ireland.  Our subject's
parents had seven children, namely: Nelson, of this sketch; John; Leonard;
Jerry; Edward; Mary, deceased; and Katherine, who married Jacob Yanck
and lives at Trimountain.
Our subject was reared and educated at Hancock and commenced work
in the copper mines at the age of 13 years.  He learned the carpenter's trade
at the mill where he is now general foreman, having been advanced through
the various stages on account of his skill and ability.  He has many interests under his control and is considered one of the most reliable men in his
line in the vicinity.
In 1889 Mr. Des Roches married Johanna Shea, who was born near
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aged 12 years; Leonia, aged six years; Edward, aged five years; and Bernard, aged three years.
In politics Mr. Des Roches is identified with the Democratic party.
Fraternally he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Catholic Knights of America. He and his family belong to the Catholic Church.
WILLIAM B. HOAR.
WILLIAM B. HOAR, a member of the general mercantile firm of Hodgson Brothers & Hoar, of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, is one
of the leading citizens of that village.  He was born at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and is a son of the late John Hoar, who located at Houghton in 1858
and built a tram-way from the Isle Royale mine to the Isle Royale mill site.
John Hoar was a well known pioneer of the copper regions.  He was
born in Cornwall, England, and came first to the Lake Superior mining
region in the interests of an English mining company, in 1856.  He then
tried coal mining in Pennsylvania for two years, after which he returned to
the Northern Peninsula, where he bought mining interests with E. D.
Hendricks, and later established a business on the same site in Houghton now   occupied by Hodgson Brothers &     Hoar, buying Mr. Hendricks' interest and taking his brother, Richard M. Hoar, into partnership.
The business, under the firm name of John Hoar & Brother, was uninterrupted until the death of John Hoar in 1884, at the age of 67 years.  He
was a man of excellent parts, and held a number of village and county offices.
The death of his widow took place in 19oo, at the age of 83 years.  Our
subject's brother, John M., died in 1882, leaving a widow and two children.
His sister, Mrs. Annie Sturgis, lives in Boston.
Since 1859 William B. Hoar, the subject of this sketch, has been a resident of Houghton.   He attended the common schools of the village, took
a business course at Detroit, Michigan, and spent one year at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, but his entire business life has been passed at Houghton.  Until







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1887 lie operated a dry goods store by himself, but at that date the present
firm style was adopted, additional members and capital being added.  The
stock includes groceries and dry goods, and all commodities usually found
in an establishment of this kind, which is kept up to the highest standard of
excellence.  The store building is a commodious double one, located near
the corner on Shelden street.
In 1875 Mr. Hoar married Cordelia R. Mathews, who was born at
Eagle Harbor, Michigan, and is a daughter of the late Mark Mathews, a
pioneer of Keweenaw County, Michigan, from Cornwall, England.     The
two children of this marriage are:  Mrs. Henry G. Warner of Detroit; and
W. B., Jr., a student at the Michigan College of Mines. In politics Mr.
Hoar is a stanch Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for U. S.
Grant.  Fraternally he is a M.ason and a Knight of Pythias, and is also
connected with several benevolent organizations.  In religious views he is
an Episcopalian and is serving as junior warden of Trinity  Protestant
Episcopal Church of Houghton, Michigan.
Mr. Hoar was the first station agent of the Marquette, Houghton &
Ontonagon Railroad Company, now a part of the Duluth, South Shore &
Atlantic Railway system; for the L'Alse & IHoughton Transportation Company, which operated the first teams overland; and of the L'Anse & Houghton Transit Company, which operated the steamer "Ivanhoe" during the
summer seasons.
EDWARD      H. LEE.
EDWARD H. LEE, senior member of the wholesale confectionery firmn
of Lee brothers, of Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in
1865, at Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, and is a son of Thomas and
Marie (Kenna) Lee, the former of whom was born at Kildare, Ireland,
where his parents lived and died. Thomas Lee, upon coming to America,
settled in the State of New York. In 1840 he removed to Genesee County,
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Our subject is the sixth member in a family of nine children born to his
parents, namely: Thomas, a farmer at Aberdeen, South Dakota; Mary,
wife of Thomas Murphy, who was one of the volunteer firemen in the early
days of the fire department at Flint, Michigan, and who now lives on his
farm at Putney, South Dakota; Margaret, wife of Frank Holmes, a railroad
conductor on the Grand Trunk Railway, residing at Port Huron, Michigan;
William, a railroad man, living at Flint, Michigan; Ellen, wife of George
Walcott, a stationary engineer at Flint, Michigan; James, a resident of
Flint, Michigan, who is a commercial traveler for a grocery house of Saginaw, Michigan; John, who was formerly associated with our subject, but
is now a resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Bertie, wife of Bayles
Riker, of Flint, Michigan.
The firm of Lee Brothers was started in 1890, for the manufacture of
confectionery, ice cream and bakery goods, at Quincy and  Montezuma
streets, Hancock. They sold that plant later on, and located at their present
place in 1901, purchasing the commodious and suitable building they now
occupy.  The business is in a flourishing condition, their goods meeting
with ready sale through a wide territory.
On May 27, 1902, Mr. Lee was united in marriage to Etta Shelton, of
Kincardine, Ontario, Canada.  Mr. Lee's portrait accompanies this sketch.
II
REGINALD      C. PRYOR.
REGINALD C. PRYOR, president of the Citizens' National Bank, a stable
financial institution of Houghton, Houghton  County, Michigan, and a
prominent civil and mining engineer, was born at Houghton in 1867, and is
a son of James Pryor, a record of whose life appears elsewhere in this work.
After graduating from the Houghton schools Mr. Pryor engaged in
teaching for a year, later attending the Michigan College of Mines at Houghton, from which he was graduated.  He then acted as an instructor in that
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for a year at Harvard University. He then returned to Houghton and opened
an office, and has been prominent in various enterprises ever since. He was
made village engineer, and served as engineer for various mines, among them
the Franklin, Arcadian, Centennial and Tecumseh. He has also done much
exploration work at the "Belt" and elsewhere. He has several men under
him in his engineering work. He is interested in the Houghton Lumber
Company, which was recently organized, and with other citizens of Houghton is an active promoter of the new town of South Range, where he is
starting a bank to be known as the South Range Bank. The town is near
the Baltic mine, and much building is now in progress. Mr. Pryor was
active in the organization of the Citizens' National Bank, of which he is
president, and to him is due much of the credit for its prosperous condition.
Reginald C. Pryor was united in marriage with a daughter of Andrew
Weir, of Houghton, Michigan. Mr. Pryor is one of the substantial citizens
of the county, and is held in highest esteem by every one. Religiously, he
and his estimable wife are Methodists.
ANDREW HENDRICKSEN.
ANDREW HENDRICKSEN, one of the prominent citizens of Hancock,
Houghton County, Michigan, a member of the business firm of Hendricksen
Brothers, was born in 1847 in Norway. In 1870 he came to America and first
located at Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, where he remained seven
and a half years, as timber boss for the Calumet & Hecla mine, and then
removed to Hancock and engaged in business, his line for the last five years
having been fruits and groceries.
Prior to coming to America, Mr. Hendricksen was a sailor and belonged
to the Norway Navy, serving on a revenue cutter. He has succeeded equally
well on shore, having accumulated considerable means and having become
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master at Jacobsville, being the first Scandinavian postmaster in H-oughton
County. For many years he was the agent for steamship companies and
was the means of bringing many of his countrymen to America.
In Norway, in 1868, Mr. Hendricksen married Jacobina Stronggeord,
and a family of 15 children were born to them, the seven survivors being:
Henrietta (Mrs. Casper Fremody); Peter, who is in business with his father;
Emma (Mrs. T. Lavine); Minnie (Mrs. Edward Tebo); Annie; and
Archer and Walter, members of the firm of Hendricksen Brothers. The
family belongs to the Lutheran Church.
Mr. Hendricksen is a charter member of Portage Lodge, No. 126,
Ancient Order of United Workmen, and has been associated with various
other fraternal orders.
JOSEPH     WILLS.
JOSEPH WILLS, sheriff of Houghton County, Michigan, since January
I, 1901, and a prominent citizen of Houghton, was born in 1863, at Greenland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, and is a son of Capt. Thomas Wills,
who has been a well known resident of Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, for some years.
Capt. Thomas Wills was born in England and brought his family to
Calumet, Michigan, in 1867, when he accepted the position of mine captain
in the Hecla branch of the Calumet & Hecla mine. Although not active for
the past two years, he is well known all through the mining district. His
wife died in the spring of 1902, the other surviving children, except our
subject, being: Thomas, who for a number of years has been in the mercantile business at Calumet, Michigan; Edward, mining captain at the Arcadian
mine; Jack, who is a bookkeeper associated with his brother, Edward, and
resides at Arcadian Mine, and William and Elizabeth, who live at home.
Joseph Wills was the third member of his parents' family and passed
through the common and high schools of Calumet and then entered the
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being the second apprentice boy received, the first being John Feggery. For
22 years he was connected with the motive power department, and worked
up from apprentice to the position of master mechanic of motive power at
South Hecla branch of the Calumet & Hecla mine, serving as such during
the last seven years, and resigning in order to accept the sheriff's office, to
which he was elected and re-elected by the Republican party. Of this organization he has always been a stanch supporter, but he is the only one of his
family who has ever accepted office. Although his father was well qualified
and an active member of the party, he was never willing to take official
responsibility. Sheriff 'Wills has met every requirement of his position with
energy and efficiency and has maintained the law in Houghton County,
although many of its residents have not always been inclined to keep the
peace.
Mr. Wills married a daughter of John A. Danielson, of Calumet, Michigan, who became connected with the Calumet & Hecla mine in its early
days and was long associated with it. Fraternally, Mr. Wills is a member
of Calumet Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of the Elks of Hancock, Michigan.
In religious attitude, the family favors the Methodist Episcopal Church.
R. B. HARKNESS, M. D.
R. B. HARKNESS, M. D., a prominent physician and surgeon of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, also has charge of the weather bureau
at that point. He has been located there since June, 1900oo, and has become
firmly established in the confidence and good will of his fellow citizens.
Dr. Harkness was born in Pennsylvania, and received his educational
training in the Western University of Pennsylvania at Pittsburg, and at the
Memphis Hospital Medical College, at Memphis, Tennessee, from which he
was graduated in 1899. He has since practiced continuously, spending one
year in hospital work at Memphis and later practicing as the assistant of Dr.
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since 1893, being stationed at different times at Pittsburg, Memphis, Tennessee, Little Rock, Arkansas, Washington, D. C., and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
He located in Houghton, Michigan, in June, i9oo, and in August of that
year established the Weather Bureau station at that point. Since November, i9oi, the Doctor has actively practiced his profession in Houghton,
having fine offices in the Young Building, and has established a well paying
practice.
The father of Dr. Harkness was a prominent military man, Lieut.-Col.
T. C. Harkness, a veteran of the Civil War. Both his paren-ts are deceased,
and he has several brothers and sisters located in various parts of the country. Socially, our subject is a member of the county, State and American
medical associations; the Knights of Pythias; the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks; and Fraternal Order of Eagles. Religiously, he is a member
and trustee of the Presbyterian Church at Houghton.
CHARLES     H. MOSS.
CHARLES H. Moss, cashier of the Citizens' National Bank of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, was the principal organizer of that bank
in i9oi and has since been one of the most prominent figures in the financial
circles of the vicinity. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, May i i,
1868, and comes of a very prominent New England family, which was established in this country during the first half of the U7th century.
The first of the family in this country was Hon. John Moss, who was
born in England in 16i9 and came to America in 1639. He lived in New
Haven, Connecticut, from 1640 to 1670, then in Wallingford until 1708.
From this early settler, our subject is descended through the following line:
(2) John Moss, who married Maria Lothrop, was born October 12, 1650,
and died March 31, 1717. (3) John Moss, who married Elizabeth Hall,
was born March io, 1682, and died May 14, 1755. (4) Joseph Moss, who
married Lydia Jones, was born February 9, 1714, and died October 6, 1777.
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and died September 21, 18o9. (6) Moses Moss, who married Ann Brooks
Ives, was born April 5, 1763, and died January 16, 1839. (7) Amos Moss,
whose wife was Sarah Pierpont, was born March Io, 1814, and her death
resulted from an accident in 1840. (8) Frederick Amos, father of our subject, was born December 6, 1838. He married Alice Lucretia Higgins.
The coat of arms of the Moss Family is: Ermine (white) on a cross
(Greek), sable (black), besant (gold). The crest is: Out of a coronet or
a griffin's head ermine (white), charged on neck with a besant. The family
seat in England is Mosse-Horton, Regis, County Bedford.
Charles H. Moss is descended from William Brewster (see Scribner's
History of the United States) on his mother's side, through the following
line of ancestors:  (I) William  Brewster; (2) Jonathan Brewster; (3)
Mary (Brewster) Turner; (4) Grace (Turner) Christopher; (5) Joanna
(Christopher) Leffingwell; (6) Elisha Leffingwell, who served with credit
during the Revolutionary War; (7) Lucy (Leffingwell) (Huntington) Abel;
(8) Avalina S. (Abel) Gardner; (9) Matilda L. (Gardner) Higgins; (Io)
Alice Lucretia (Higgins) Moss, mother of our subject. Of this branch of
the family many were prominent in the struggle of this country for independence. Simeon Abel, who was sergeant in Capt. Waterman's company,
Caleb Gardner, Simeon Gardner, and David Gardner were all in the Revolutionary War. David Gardner served under General Putnam in the Third
Connecticut Regiment, which was raised on the first call for troops by the
Legislature at special session from April to May, 1775. It was recruited
in Windham County with a company from London County, and in May
marched to the camp near Boston. This regiment, upon the expiration of
its term of service, December 10, 1775, was adopted as Continental. A
detachment was engaged at Bunker Hill, and a few men joined the Quebec
Expedition. The regiment was reorganized in 1776 with Benedict Arnold
as colonel and John Durkie as captain, Joshua Huntington, Ist lieutenant.
Lemuel Bingham, 2nd lieutenant, and Beriah Bell, ensign.
Charles Hall Moss was educated in the schools of Waterbury, Connecticut, and in East Greenwich (Rhode Island) Academy. In 1884, when 16
years old, he began work as shipping clerk for C. J. Bates in Chester, Connecticut, then for two years he was in the employ of M. S. Brooks & Sons of the




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same place. Upon coming to Northern Michigan, Mr. Moss first served in
the capacity of bookkeeper for the First National Eank of Bessemer, Gogebic
County, for two years, then served seven years as teller of Ishpeming National
Bank and one year as cashier of the same institution. The bank was sold
to the Miners' National Bank, and Mr. Moss removed to Houghton to
organize the Citizens' National Bank, which opened its doors for business
in 1901. He has served as cashier since its organization, and to him is
largely due the credit for the present prosperous condition of the bank.
On October jo, 1894, Mr. Moss was joined in the holy bonds of matrimony with Florence Chynoweth, who was educated in the common schools
of Ontonagon County, Michigan, and at Oberlin College in Ohio. She is
a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Chynoweth, her father being a
native of Philadelphia. Her grandfather, who came to this country from
Cornwall, England, was killed by accident in the mines of Pennsylvania.
For some years he was associated with Capt. John Chynoweth in mining at
Greenland and Rockland, in Ontonagon County, Michigan.     The mines
opened by them were later closed for a period of o1 years. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H. Moss are parents of the following chuldren: Harold Frederick,
born August 9, 1895; Ruth, born August 31, 1899, died March 8, 1903;
and Irving Brewster, born June 28, 1901.   Fraternally, Mr. Moss is a
Mason, being a Knight Templar and a member of Ahmed Temple, A. A.
0. N. M. S. He is also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Religiously, the family favors the Presbyterian Church.
REV. AUGUST WILLIAM          GEERS.
REV. AUGUST WILLIAMI GEERS, rector of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Church at Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in 1853 in
Switzerland. He is a son of August and Maria (Frast) Geers, both of
whom were of German nativity. Father Geers comes of intellectual ancestry,
his father having been for 5o years a professor of ancient languages in the
colleges of Switzerland, and for seven years in those of his birthplace, Han






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over. The mother was born in Wurtemberg, where she died when her only
child, our subject, was an infant. By a second marriage, the father had two
additional children. Both parents were devoted members of the Catholic
Church.
Father Geers was well educated in the schools and colleges of Switzerland, supplementing this instruction with that of the seminaries at Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio, after coming to the United States in 1870. He
was ordained to the priesthood in 1876, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Dwengar,
at Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1881 he came to the Northern Peninsula and
after filling several charges in the diocese of Marquette, he was located at
Hancock, and for the past two years has been the beloved pastor of St.
Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.
HON. ORRIN W. ROBINSON.
HON. ORRIN W. ROBINSON, whose portrait is shown on the opposite
page, is prominently known throughout the state of Michigan, of which he
has served two terms as Lieutenant Governor.   He resides at Chassell,
Houghiton County, where he has large and varied interests. He was born
in Claremont, New Hampshire, August 14, 1834, and is a son of Dean
\Villiams and Zilpah (Clement) Robinson, both natives of New Hampshire.
The Robinsons come of an old New England family. David Robinson, great-grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the Continental Army
during tle Revolution and was a captain when lie retired from service. His
wife was a daughter of Lieutenant Williams, who was in the marine service
during the Revolutionary War. Everett Robinson, grandfather of our subject, served with credit throughout the War of 1812. The parents of Orrin
W. Robinson are now deceased, the father dying at Lowell, Massachusetts,
at the age of 48 years, and his mother at Jamaica Plain, aged 92 years. They
raised a large family of children, six of whom are now living.
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of New Hampshire and Vermont, his parents living near the line which
divided the two States. At the age of io years he left home and went to
work on a farm and never lived at home thereafter. He followed farming
in the summer and attended school during the winter months until he was
17 years old, when he went to work in a gun factory at Windsor, Vermont.
He continued at this work for one year, then followed farming again for
two years, in the meantime attending school during the winter seasons.
In 1854, when 19 years old, he borrowed $50 of an uncle who lived in
Michigan, and came to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, locating at
Ontonagon, Ontonagon County, a year before the Sault Ste. Marie Canal
was completed. He was employed at the mines on outside work, at which
he continued for two years. When he first came, the country was very
wild, and there were many Indians who at times were unfriendly to the
white man. In February, I856, when mining became dull, he started out
with a partner and walked to Green Bay, Wisconsin, the trip consuming
two weeks' time; thence he proceeded to Chicago and Galena, Illinois, and
Dubuque, Iowa, looking for work. They then walked to Kossuth County.
Iowa, where Mr. Robinson worked as engineer in a saw-mill. After the
financial crash and hard times of 1857, he followed various occupations
and taught school in Kossuth County, Iowa, for six months. He remained
in Iowa until 1862, then returned to Portage Lake, Michigan, and served
as shipping clerk at the Quincy mine until 1872. In the meantime having
acquired about 2,000 acres of pine timber land, in 1873 he organized the
Sturgeon River Lumber Company, which built mills at Hancock. In 1887
they moved the mills to Chassell and greatly enlarged the plant. There
was no town there when the mills were built, and it was named by Mr.
Robinson in honor of Mr. Chassell, of New York City, who was connected
with one of the Houghton banks for many years and maintained a summer
residence at that point. The company continued for 30 years and then its
business was sold to the C. H. Wooster Lumber Company, our subject
serving as general manager throughout that period and after 1885 as a
director of the company. For some years he was also interested in orange
groves in Florida, which proved a very successful venture.
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and has been a Republican ever since, often being called upon by his party
to serve in an official capacity. He was deputy collector of customs from
1865 to 1873, and superintendent of the poor for many years. In 1894,
he was elected to the State Legislature, of which he was a member two
years, and in 1896 was elected to the State Senate, where he also served
two years. In the fall of 1898, he was nominated and elected Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, to which office he was re-elected in 19oo, receiving the nomination by acclamation. He was one of the five delegates from
Michigan that stood for Benjamin Harrison when he received his second
nomination for president in the Republican National Convention.
In 1865, Orrin W. Robinson was joined in marriage with Cornelia L.
Lombard, who was born in Vermont and comes of good old New England
stock, the family originally coming from England. They have two children: Ml. Ethel, a graduate of Mary's Institute at St. Louis, Missouri,
and the Boston Conservatory of Music, who is an accomplished musician
and is living at home with her parents; and Dean L., a lawyer of New
York City, who is a graduate of Harvard University and the Cambridge
Law School. Mr. Robinson is not a member of any church, but has always
been a liberal contributor to the support of church organizations and charitable institutions.
WILLIAM POLKINGHORN.
WILLIAM POLKINGHORN, superintendent of the washing department of
the Atlantic & Baltic stamp mills, was born in Cornwall, England, and is
a son of Stephen Polkinghorn.
Stephen Polkinghorn was a British soldier and was wounded while serving in the army during the Crimean War. His death occurred in 1862. He
left a widow and his son William, who was then three years of age. Stephen
Polkinghorn, Jr., our subject's brother, was born three months after his
father's death. Our subject's mother never left England and died there in
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Stephen Polkinghorn, Jr., brother of our subject, served 15 years in the
British Navy and came to America in 1891, locating in Houghton County,
Michigan, being now employed in the same mill with his brother, William.
William Polkinghorn, our subject, came to America in 1871, and entered
the employ of the old Calumet & Hecla stamp mill in 1872, where he remained
until 1875. In 1875 he began work in the iron ore mines of Marquette
County, Michigan, where he spent four years and then entered the employ
of the Osceola Mining Company, with which concern he remained until
1898. In 1898 he was appointed superintendent of the washing department
of the Atlantic & Baltic stamp mills and at present still holds and efficiently
fills this responsible position.
In 1881 Mr. Polkinghorn married Elizabeth Woon, daughter of Samuel Woon, of Ishpeming, M1arquette County, Michigan, who is engaged in
the iron mines. Our subject has reared five children, namely: Ella, born
January 17, 1884; William, born November 29, 1888; Melvin George, born
May 24, 1891; Chester, born January 17, 1895; and Enid, born December
7, 1899. Socially our subject is a Mason, being a member of the blue lodge
and chapter, and is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He
is a Congregationalist in religious affairs.
HERMAN DEFOREST LEADBETTER.
HERMAN DEFOREST LEADBETTER, station agent at Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, for the Copper Range Railroad and agent for the
United States Express Company, was born February 23, 1864, at East
Maine, New York. He is a son of Mortimer Melville and Sarah (Briggs)
Leadbetter and a grandson of Lester and Annie (Rowley) Leadbetter. Lester Leadbetter was a son of Rev. Thomas Leadbetter, of Deerfield, Massachusetts.
The family is of French extraction, Huguenot refugees, who settled in
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of tlieir early history except from the scattered notes of one DeForest Leadbetter, who survived the massacre and burning of Deerfield, Massachusetts,
in March, 1704, where several of his family were killed and all their effects
destroyed. He was a follower of Roger \Williams, belonged to the church
which Williams founded and the Leadbetters remain Baptists in religion to
the present day. The name, which was originally spelled Ladeboyere, is
well known in France, and one of Napoleon's generals belonging to a branch
of the family was placed upon the proscribed list with Marshals Ney and
Murat and was shot in 1815 after the Bourbon restoration for assisting
Napoleon to escape from Elba.
Lester Leadbetter, in 1805, removed from Massachusetts to a tract of
wild forest land in the State of New York which his wife, Annie, inherited
from her father, John Rowley, who had served with distinction in the War
of the Revolution. Lester Leadbetter built a sawmill near the present town
of East Maine, in Broomc County, New York, and engaged extensively in
the lumber trade. Mortimer M. Leadbetter was born there in 1825, and
still survives at the age of 78 and resides at Lestershire, New York. In
1847 he married Sarah Briggs, who is a daughter of James and Mary
(Whitconm) Briggs, of Otsego County, New York. The family consisted
of two sons and four daughters.
Mr. Leadbetter of this sketch was educated in the district school at East
Maine, New York, and at the State Normal School at Cortland, Cortland
County, New York. In 1882 he entered railroad work as a telegraph operator for the Delaware & Hudson Company and in 1886 accepted a position
as train dispatcher for the Chateaugay Railroad at Plattsburgh, New York,
and remained there for three years, resigning to accept a position in Mexico.
Not liking the climate there, he returned to the United States and after working for several months for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in Colorado,
the Union Pacific in Wyoming and the Illinois Central in Chicago, he
returned in 1891 to the Delaware & Hudson, with which road he continued
for seven years as relief agent, station agent at Fort Ticonderoga, New
York, and train dispatcher at Port Henry, New York. In October, 1898,
lie removed to Albany, New York, to accept a position with the New York
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ship in the superintendent's office. In October, 1901, he removed to Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, as traveling auditor and chief clerk in
the general freight office for the Copper Range Railroad and on January
I, 1902, was promoted to his present position.
In 1883 Mr. Leadbetter married Frances Cottrill, who is a daughter
of John R. and Nellie (Gordon) Cottrill, of Plattsburgh, New York. They
have one son, DeForest, born in Plattsburgh, New York, July 5, 1885, who
is with his father as clerk in the freight office,-he graduated at the Albany,
New York, High School prior to accepting the position.
MICHAEL FINN.
MICHAEL FINN, one of the prominent, substantial and representative
men of Houghton County, Michigan, city clerk of Hancock, and a leading
Democratic politician, was born 67 years ago in County Tipperary, Ireland,
whence he emigrated to Canada. After four years in the Dominion, he went
to New York and two years later (in 1861) removed to Houghton County,
Michigan.
Mr. Finn, upon coming to the mining region of Michigan, first engaged
in mining, being associated with Captain Frue, in the Pewabic mine, now a
part of the Quincy mine, and continued these operations until 1866. His
evident ability and fitness for public office were soon recognized. In 1866
he was made township clerk and justice of the peace, and in the following
year he was elected to the office of village clerk. In 1902 he was elected city
clerk, a position he still fills. For a number of years Mr. Finn has been one
of the Democratic leaders and he enjoys the confidence of his party associates
in high degree. Ever since 1872 he has held the office of United States
commissioner, his invaluable services being recognized by both parties. Mr.
Finn is a director of the First National Bank of Hancock, and of the Northern Michigan Building & Loan Association.
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of four sons and one daughter, namely: Edward J., who is his father's
assistant; James H., who is employed in the First National Bank of Hancock, Michigan; John J., who is a pattern-maker at Carroll's foundry; Michael, who is a drug clerk; and Maine, an accomplished young lady, who is a
student at the Detroit Conservatory of Music.
Mr. Finn is a Catholic, and a member of the Sons of St. Patrick, of
Hancock, Michigan. He is an example of one who has risen through his
own merits to a place among the substantial business men of his city, and
he enjoys the reputation of being the most accurate and efficient official the
county ever had.
ALLEN    F. REES.
ALLEN F. REES, the present village attorney of Houghton, Houghton
County, Michigan, and a member of the law firm of Chadbourne & Rees,
was born in 1858 at Houghton, and is a son of the late Seth Rees, whose
death occurred in 1877, at the age of 66 years.
The late Seth Rees was a very prominent citizen of the copper country.
He was born at Erie, Pennsylvania, and went to Green Bay, Wisconsin, in
young manhood, to Marquette in 1845, to the Sault about 1848 and to Copper Harbor in the early "fifties." At Copper Harbor he was associated with
William H. Stevens, another pioneer who died recently at Detroit. Seth
Rees was the first supervisor from Copper Harbor when Houghton County
was organized, and was county clerk in 1861, when the county was divided.
He served as clerk until 1867 and was then elected county treasurer, serving until 1874. His widow resides with our subject. She is a daughter of
Dr. John S. Livermore, of Rochester, Michigan, where she was born. Dr.
Livermore was a member of one of the first legislative bodies of Michigan,
came to the Northern Peninsula in 1845, and was afterwards Indian agent at
La Point, a position he filled through the administration of President Polk
and extending beyond it. He removed to Copper Harbor and resided there
until his death in I86I. His children, with the exception of Mrs. Seth Rees,
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The other members of the family to which our subject belongs are:
John L., lately assistant cashier of the National Bank of Houghton, now of
Cleveland, Ohio; Thomas, a captain of engineers in the United States Army,
stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, who served in the Spanish-American War; Dr. George M., who belongs to the staff of physicians at the
Calumet & Hecla mine; and Robert I., also a veteran of the Spanish-American War, and now a ist lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment, Infantry, United
States Army, who has served in the Philippines and is now in charge of the
detail of soldiers protecting the tomb of the late President McKinley, at
Canton, Ohio.
After graduating at the HI-oughton High School, our subject entered
the law office of Thomas L. Chadbourne, with whom he has been associated
since 1882, practicing since 1885, when he was admitted to the bar. The
present partnership, a strong and able one, was formed in 1892. For five
years Mr. Rees has served as village attorney and from 1888 to 1892 he
was prosecuting attorney of Houghton County. Politically he is identified
with the Republican party and fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to
Houghton Lodge and Hancock Commandery. The Rees family has long
been affiliated with the Protestant Episcopal Church, the father of our subject serving as vestryman for a number of years.
In 1884 Mr. Rees married Caroline E. Willard, of Boston, Massachusetts, and they have one child.
CHARLES     HOWARD       KELSEY.
CHARLES HOWARD KELSEY, managing editor of the Daily Mining
Gazette, of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, was born at Wilson,
Niagara County, New York, August 3, 1863, of parents descended from old
Colonial and Revolutionary stock on both sides.
Mr. Kelsey was prepared for college at Cayuga Lake Academy, at
Aurora, New York, and at the Marquette, Michigan, High School, under







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his father, Supt. Charles Kelsey, who is now Judge of Probate of Marquette County. He was graduated as salutatorian of the class of 1885, at
Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, which was the alma mater of his
father and uncle. He was a member of the college society, Phi Beta Kappa.
In September, 1885, he entered journalistic work on the staff of the Marquette Daily Mining Journal. In June, 1887, he was admitted to partnership in the paper, of which he remained city editor for some eight years.
For three years he represented the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York, in the Northern Peninsula, but returned to newspaper work as the
copper country representative of the Marquette Daily Mining Journal, when
its long supremacy was threatened by the establishment of the Houghton Daily
Mining Gazette, in September, 1899. Eight months later he severed his connection with the Marquette Daily Mining Journal in order to accept his present responsible position as managing editor of the Daily Mining Gazette, of
Houghton, in May, 19oo. Mr. Kelsey is a ready writer and experienced
journalist, and his newspaper leads the van in general news and timely editorials.
On November 14, 1900, Mr. Kelsey married Elizabeth F. Werner, the
third daughter of the late Peter Werner, Esq., of Marquette, Marquette
County, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey are residents of East Houghton.
CHARLES BRIGGS.
CIARLES BRIGGS, one of the foremost business men of the Northern
Peninsula of Michigan, whose portrait is herewith shown, is president of
the Merchants' & Miners' Bank at Calumnet, Houghton County, president
of the Calumet & Arizona Mining Company, conducts a large mercantile
establishment, and is identified with many other business interests.
Mr. Briggs was born November 12, 1837, at Cincinnatus, New York,
and was three years old when his parents moved (to Drydeni, Tompkins
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continued to reside for some time. He received an academic education in
Homer. In 1853, while still a youth, he went to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin,
and entered the general store of his uncle, T. C. Smith, with whom he spent
Io years, then for one year was cashier of the Bank of Geneva. Resigning in 1864, he removed to Rockland, Michigan, where for one year he was
bookkeeper for S. D. North, with whom he then formed a partnership
under the firm name of North & Briggs. In 1868 they disposed of their
Rockland business and purchased the Hecla store at Calumet, which Mr.
Briggs still conducts. They also established the Quincy store, now conducted by George North, and ran it under the firm name of S. D. North
& Company, Mr. North managing it. They also conducted a store at Lake
Linden under the management of Mr. Briggs, but this was discontinued
in 1878, when the members of the firm dissolved partnership. Mr. Briggs
continued to conduct the Hecla store and took in H. K. Cole as a partner;
the partnership lasted o1 years, and then he purchased Mr. Cole's interest.
He has a large general store, located on Depot street, not far from the general offices of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, and transacts a very
extensive business.
The Merchants' & Miners' Bank, which was one of the early banks of
Houghton County, was organized in July, 1873. Mr. Briggs has been
president since its inception. The original incorporators were J. N. Wright,
Charles E. Holland, Peter Ruppe, John Duncan, Will A. Childs and Charles
Briggs. H. S. Colton served as cashier until his death in 1899, and Stephen
Paull has since served in that capacity, Mr. Koalhaas being assistant cashier.
The board of directors is thus constituted: Charles Briggs, Peter Ruppe,
who is also vice-president; John Duncan, Will A. Childs, Dr. C. W. Niles,
Paul P. Roehm and C. Lieblein. The bank has a capital stock of $Ioo,ooo,
and a surplus of $50,000, conducts a general banking business and occupies
the Union Building at the corner of Red Jacket Road and Fifth street.
For a number of years Mr. Briggs has been actively interested in mining enterprises. He was one of the original men in the development of the
Calumet & Arizona Mining Company, the shares of which are now worth
over $Ioo, par value being $o1. He was president of the Lake Superior &
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Arizona Mining Company, March I, 19OI, and of the latter Mr. Briggs
was made president. The other officers are: J. S. Dymock, vice-president;
Peter Ruppe, treasurer; and Gordon R. Campbell, secretary. In addition to
the officers the board of directors includes: James Hoatson, Thomas Hoatson,
Thomas F. Cole, George E. Temer, William Congdon and C. d'Autremont, Jr.
The capital stock is $2,500,000, of Which $2,000,000 has been issued. I. L.
Merrill is superintendent of the mines which are located at Bisbee, Arizona,
where the company has a mineral claim of 12o acres, besides 6oo acres at
the smelter, which is some 26 miles distant. They have a four compartment shaft, and another has been started. Some 6oo men are employed by
the company.
Mr. Briggs has various other business interests, being president of the
Calumet & Pittsburg Development Company; Lake Superior & Pittsburg
Development Comp.any; Pittsburg & Duluth Development Company; Junction Development Company; president of the E. F. Sutton Company, of
Lake Linden, Michigan; and vice-president of the Wolverine Cement Company, of Coldwater, Michigan.
Charles Briggs was united in marriage in the year 186- with Sarah
E. Hanna, a native of New York State, who removed with her parents when
four years old to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where she married Mr. Briggs.
They have one son, Dr. C. E. Briggs, a prominent surgeon now located at
Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. C. E. Briggs was born at Calumet, Michigan, in 1871, and received
his early education in the Calumet schools. He then entered Oberlin College,
from  which he was graduated, and in 1897 he was graduated from. the
Medical Department of Harvard University. For the next year and a half
he was in the surgical service of the Massachusetts General Hospital at Boston,
later being resident surgeon of Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, for
two years. He has also studied abroad and is now located at Cleveland,
Ohio, where he is engaged in practice; he is on the surgical staff of Lakeside Hospital, and a teacher of surgery in the Medical Department of Western Reserve University.
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with the School Board of Calumet for 20 years, being president at the present time. He was a member of the State Legislature of Michigan during
1877-78, and served his constituents in a very able manner.
WILLIAM     VAN   ORDEN.
WILLIAM VAN ORDEN, a member of the well known insurance firm of
Van Orden Brothers, of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, and a
leading and representative citizen, was born in 1840 in the City of New
York, which was also his father's birthplace. The family has been established in America since early in the 17th century, coming here from Holland
with Peter Minuit, governor of the New Netherlands, who bought Manhattan Island from the Indians for a bundle of ribbons and gaudy beads.
Mr. Van Orden was reared and educated until the age of 16 years in
his native city, and then removed to Eagle River, Houghton (now Keweenaw) County, Michigan, to join his uncle, James Crawford, who was an
explorer in the copper country in 1846. The latter was more or less connected with mining all his life, making his home mainly in Keweenaw County, where he died in 1882. The young Easterner soon found employment
as a clerk at Eagle River and there continued in that capacity from 1856
to 1865, when he began writing insurance with John Senter, a veteran insurance man of the Northern Peninsula, whose sketch may be found elsewhere
in this work, with whom he continued for 20 years. During this time Mr.
Van Orden took an active part in Democratic politics, and was county treasurer for ii years, continuing all the time to be associated with Mr. Senter.
About 1885 Mr. Van Orden took up his residence in Houghton and entered
into partnership with his brother, Mathew C. Van Orden, under the present
firm name of Van Orden Brothers. They located first in the Strobel Building, but secured offices later in the fine new bank building where they now
carry on a general fire, life, accident, tornado and plate glass insurance business, representing 16 of the most reliable companies of the country.




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In 1865 Mr. Van Orden married Ellen Nutt, a lady from Ohio, whose
death occurred in 1903. Mr. Van Orden has always been an active politician and has held many offices in the gift of the party. In all his public
service he has carried himself with honor and uprightness and has done
credit to himself and his party. Of a genial, companionable nature, he has
taken great pleasure in various fraternal organizations, and joined the order
of Odd Fellows at the age of 21. As a Mason he belongs to both Houghton
Lodge and Houghton Chapter. In religious views he is liberal, demanding
and giving freedom of thought on all questions and regulating his life according to his conscience.
JOHN B. DEE.
JOHN B. DEE is a prominent young business man of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, and in association with his brother, James R. Dee,
has been identified with the management and operation of the Michigan
Bell Telephone Company in Houghton County, since its establishment.
James R. Dee is county manager of the company.
John B. Dee was born in 1865, in Keweenaw County, Michigan, and is
a son of William and Ellen Dee, the latter of whom died in i880. The
father was born in County Waterford, Ireland, and was an early settler in
this part of the country. His death took place some 15 years since. Our
subject is one of five sons who reside at Houghton, the other four being:
James R.; Thomas S., manager for Paine, Webber & Company; William
H., a wholesale cigar dealer; and Martin.
John B. Dee attended the schools of his locality until the age of 14
years when he entered into business life. He is in every sense a self made
man and commands the esteem of his community. In addition to his duties
at the office of the Michigan Bell Telephone Company at Houghton, Mr. Dee
is treasurer of a mercantile company operating general stores at Painesdale
and Baltic. Of this company James R. Dee is president and H. S. Goodell
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lished in January, 1901. The store at Baltic is under the immediate charge
of our subject. It was established in 1903 n-d at that point Mr. Dee soon
proposes to locate. His present residence is in East Houghton.
Mr. Dee married a daughter of Charles Baubein, an early settler of
Keweenaw County, Michigan, where Mrs. Dee was born. In politics Mr.
Dee is an active worker in the Republican party, but he has as yet never consented to hold office.
EDWARD      KOEPEL.
EDWARD KOEPEL, assistant superintendent and master mechanic at the
Tri-Mountain stamp mills, in Stanton township, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in 1865 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and is a son of Frank and
Amelia (Goeldner) Koepel.
Frank Koepel was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1830, and there was
trained to the work of an horticulturist. Coming to America in 1860, he
located in Wisconsin, where he engaged in the brewery business but later
retired and removed to the Lake Superior region and in 1869 engaged in
the Franklin mine as a miner. In 1873 he engaged with the Calumet mills
at Lake Linden, a position that he filled with much ability until his death,
which occurred April 26, 1887.   His wife, Amelia (Goeldner) Koepel,
mother of our subject, was born in Germany and came to America in company with her parents when two years of age. She now lives with her daughter at Lake Linden and is 58 years of age.
Edward Koepel received his education in the schools of Houghton
County, Michigan. At 16 years of age, he commenced to work at the Calumet stamp mills as a copper washer and continued there for four years, learning the machinist's trade, as an apprentice at the Calumet mills. In 1898
he took charge of the machinery in the Arnold mine and the Copper Falls
mills, also of the Humbolt and Meadow mines during the progress of the
construction work. He remained there from May I, 1898, until May I,
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of the Arcadian stamp mills, which work was completed in I9OO. In I9OI
he was made assistant superintendent and master mechanic at the Tri-Mountain stamp mills, a position that he now fills with marked ability.
Mr. Koepel was married in 1897 to Clarissa Sarazin, who was born
in Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, and is a daughter of Norbert
Sarazin. Our subject has three children, namely: Norbert, born November 22, 1898; Helen, born April 25, I9OO; and Dorothy, born November 24, 1903. Socially our subject is a member of the Knights of Pythias
and of the Knights of the Maccabees. He served as chief of the Lake Linden
Fire Department for five years. Religiously Mr. Koepel is a member of the
Roman Catholic Church.
F. J. BAWDEN.
F. J. BAWDEN, president of the Houghton County Street Railway Company, who served the county most efficiently as sheriff from 1889 to 1893,
has been a resident of the copper country since the spring of 1876, and for
some years was associated with S. D. North & Son, in the Quincy mine
store.  His residence is at Houghton and he has a convenient office in the
Shelden-Dee Building.  He is also a member of the wholesale firm   of
Bawden & Close of Hancock.
Mr. Bawden was one of the most active promoters of the street railway
company, taking the proposition east and interesting Boston capital.  The
result was that in the spring of 1898 the company was organized, with a
capital stock of $750,000, and since then it has authorized the issue of
$500,000 preferred stock, of which $200,000 was issued by August, I9OI.
The enterprise has been a very successful one, as on April I, 1902, a dividend
of 6 per cent. on par value was paid. The mileage of the road is now about
25Y2 miles, the line being completed to the Wolverine mine.  This includes
the track from Florida to Lake Linden.  It is the only electric road in the
vicinity, and has its power house and barns located at Hancock.   The
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F. J. Bawden, president; Alba H. Warren, superintendent; Henry B. Sawyer, treasurer; John W. Wayne, assistant treasurer, while Stone and Webster are the general managers.
Mr. Bawden has been not only a prominent citizen of the county, but
also of Houghton, where he resides, serving a number of terms in the Village Council. Fraternally he is a Mason and a member of the Montrose
Commandery, K. T., of Calumet, Michigan.
ADOLPH HAAS.
ADOLPH HAAS, long identified with the A. Haas Brewing Company,
was born April 9, 1852, in Houghton County, Michigan, and is one of the
two sons of the late Adam Haas. He was reared in his native place and
then went to Appleton, Wisconsin, where he took a collegiate course of two
years, graduating in 1872 at the age of 21 years. He then became identified
with his father's brewery, and attended to the outside business until the
death of his father in 1888.
In 1890 the A. Haas Brewing Company was incorporated, Joseph Haas
being the president. The two brothers of the family were the executive
officers and with the sisters formed the board of directors. In August, 1901,
the business, including the good will, was sold to a new company and is still
operated under the same name. Since that time Mr. Haas has been engaged
in mining operations. For several years he has resided at Houghton, where
he owns considerable valuable residence and business property.
In 1876 Mr. Haas was married to Catherine Berringer, who was born
in France, and who at the time of their marriage was a resident of Negaunee,
Marquette County, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Haas have a family of four
children, namely: George Allen, of Houghton, Michigan; Elizabeth Viola,
who was educated at Grosse Point, near Detroit; Leo Clarence and Hazel
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Politically Mr. Haas is a Republican, but seeks no official recognition.
Religiously he is a consistent member of St. Ignatius Roman Catholic
Church.
JOSEPH     BOSCH.
JOSEPH BOSCH, president of the Bosch Brewing Company of Lake
Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, which also operates a branch establishment in Houghton, is engaged in various other enterprises and is one
of the best known men of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan.
Mr. Bosch was born in Baden, Germany, February I, 1850, and is a
son of Joseph and Mary (Gleirscher) Bosch.    His parents came to the
United States in 1854 and settled in New York City, where they resided
until 1862. In that year they moved westward and located in Port Washington, Wisconsin, where the father engaged in the manufacture of beer
until 1867, the year of his removal to Lake Linden. There he resided
until his death in 1875. His wife died in 1871. Their family numbered
two daughters and one son, our subject being the youngest.
Joseph Bosch was only four years of age when he accompanied his
parents across the Atlantic to America.  He attended the public schools
of New York until about the tinme the family moved to Wisconsin, when he
was 12 years old. N~While still a mere boy he started out to make a livelihood, and has since been dependent upon his own resources. After moving
to Wisconsin with his parents, he learned the brewing business under his
father. He remained at that business in Port Washington until 1867, when
he came to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, and located at Lake Linden, Houghton County, where he accepted a position in the stamp mill of
the Caluniet & Hecla Mining Company. In 1872 he went to Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, where he was employed in the Schlitz Brewery for a time, then
went to Cleveland, Ohio, and later to Louisville, Kentucky, making this
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he conducted alone for two years. In 1876 he admitted to partnership
Joseph Wertin, Sr., Joseph Wertin, Jr., and George Wertin, Mr. Bosch
retaining a controlling interest in the business, which was conducted under
the firm name of Joseph Bosch & Company, until 1894. After the death
of Joseph Wertin, Sr., our subject purchased the interest of the latter and
his son, Joseph Wertin, Jr., and formed a stock company which is known as
the Bosch Brewing Company and in this he has the controlling interest.
February I, 1899, the Bosch Brewing Company of which our subject is
president, purchased the Scheurmann Brewing Company of Houghton,
Michigan, where the brewery of the latter concern is still operated and
known under the name of the Scheurmann branch of the Bosch Brewing
Company. They are among the largest and best equipped plants of the
kind in the State, and have developed an extensive trade. They are modern
in all their appointments, and have a capacity of 6o,ooo barrels annually.
The business ability of Mr. Bosch is by no means limited to one line
of undertaking, and the material prosperity of Lake Linden has been largely
aided by his efforts. He is president of the First National Bank of Lake
Linden, which he helped to organize in 1888. In 1885, in company with
N. Reding, he bought out the general merchandise store of D. W. Sutter,
which they conducted under the firm name of N. Reding & Company until
1892. Our subject purchased his partner's interest and carried on the business alone until 1893, when it was incorporated under the name of the
Poull Mercantile Company. Thus it continued until 1902, when the company's effects and business were sold to the Lake Linden Co-operative Company Society, N. P. Poull, brother-in-law of Mr. Bosch, havihg died the year
previously. Mr. Bosch is recognized as one of the most able and prominent
men of the Lake Superior copper mining region and has taken an active
interest in all ventures calculated to improve it and advance its interests.
He is exceedingly liberal, giving freely of time and means in support of all
worthy enterprises, and is of a charitable disposition, always ready to extend
a helping hand to the needy. On May 20, 1877, nearly the entire town of
Lake Linden was swept away by fire, Mr. Bosch losing his brewery, store
and residence, but fortunately much of this was covered by insurance. With
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ning, having lost but little time by the interruption. He built a handsome
residence, and has erected many other buildings in the village, which are
now very valuable properties. His business life has been a great success,
the result of hard work, the acceptance of every opportunity presented, and
judicious investments.
In 1875 Mr. Bosch was married to Mary Wertin, who died in 1888,
leaving one child, Mary J., born December 3, 1875. He was again married,
July 23, 1890, to Kate Kemp, by whom he has four children: Antoinette,
born May 29, 1891; Martha W., born February 2, 1893, and died March
I, 1899; Joseph, born May 8, 1894; and Ernest, born September 12, 1898.
The family are members of the Catholic Church. In politics, Mr. Bosch is
a moderate Republican, and for four years efficiently discharged the duties
of mayor of Lake Linden. His portrait accompanies this sketch.
L. H. RICHARDSON.
L. H. RICHARDSON, county clerk of Houghton County, Michigan, and
a prominent citizen of Hancock, became a resident of the Northern Peninsula in 1872, first locating at L'Anse, Baraga County.  He was born and
reared in Rhode Island and there received an academic education.  In young
manhood he started west, and was in the neighborhood of Omaha and Salt
Lake City when the Union Pacific Railroad was completed, being employed
at that time in the train service as baggageman.
After locating in L'Anse Mr. Richardson served in a clerical position
in a mercantile business for six years, and then removed to Hancock, where
he was engaged in a mercantile business of his own until he was elected to
his present office.  He entered upon its duties on January I, 1899, succeeding  Robert H. Shields, who is now superintendent of the Arcadian
mine. Mr. Richardson, by his close attention to the business and his careful
and complete knowledge of the duties of the office, combined with a most
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have been times when a visit to the county clerk's office was a matter of long
delay and some dissatisfaction, but it has not been so under the careful methods of Mr. Richardson.
In 1876 he married Miss P. L. Smith, of Eastern parentage.  They
have one son, Henry H., who is now in Arizona as mine engineer for the
Lake Superior & Arizona mine,-he was born at L'Anse, is a graduate of
the Michigan College of Mines, and is an exceptionally bright young man.
Mr. Richardson is prominent in fraternal organizations, belonging as
a Mason to the local blue lodge and chapter, to the commandery of Knights
Templar at Calumet, Michigan, and to the temple of the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine at Marquette, Michigan.  He is also a member of the Knights of
Pythias, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks of Hancock, Michigan.
EDWARD C. DES ROCHERS.
EDWARD C. DES ROCHIERS, who has been engaged in a successful business at the same location in Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, for the
past 21 years, is one of the village's leading and representative citizens.  He
was born in Houghton in 1866, and is a son of the late Francis Des Rochers,
who died in 1895, aged 70 years.
Francis Des Rochers was for a long period a very prominent man of
Houghton County, serving as marshal of Houghton and as deputy sheriff.
He was born in Canada, of French descent, and located at Houghton in
1862, coming from Detroit, Michigan.  Our subject's mother was born in
Detroit, and her death occurred in 1899.  Of their large family all but two
members were born in Detroit.  These children were as follows: Charles,
clerk for Northrup & Butler, died at the age of 21 Mary, deceased; Thomas;
Lewis, who is in the South; J. George, manager of the dry goods house of
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Company, of Detroit, Michigan; Rose, of Detroit, Michigan; and Edward
C., of this sketch.
Edward C. Des Rochers was reared and educated at Houghton and
attended the National Pharmacy Institute at Chicago, completing the course
at that institution in I886.  He has been associated for the past 21 years
with the drug firm in which he purchased his interest in 1897, and deserves
the confidence which is placed in him as a prescription druggist.  He carries a large line not only of medicines and surgical appliances, but also all
commodities usually found in a first class establishment of the kind.
In 1898 Mr. Des Rochers married a daughter of M. M. Foley, who was
a merchant for a number of years in Houghton, Michigan.  Two children
have been born to this marriage:  Edward M. and Jerome Fauster.   Politically Mr. Des Rochers is a Democrat.  In his religious views he is a
Catholic, being a leading member of St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church
of Houghton, Michigan.
R. M. EDWARDS.
R. M. EDWARDS, superintendent of the Isle Royale Copper Company,
was born at Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, in 1864, and is a son
of Thomas W. Edwards, who was born in Devonshire, England, and came
here about 1850o, being at that time about i i years old. His death occurred
in 1899, when he was in his 6oth year.
Richard Edwards, the grandfather of our subject, at the time he came
to America with his son, Thomas W., and located in the Northern Peninsula
of Michigan, took charge of the Albion mine, in the interest of Philadelphia
parties, and also, in Keweenaw County, had charge of the Manhattan mine.
He was a practical miner, having followed the business in England.  He
resided at Houghton, Michigan, where he died at the age of 70 years, one of
the most respected citizens of the place.  Thomas W. Edwards was not so
active in management, but was a mine owner and capitalist, and was largely
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and was interested in a number of properties until his death.  He also
resided at Houghton, Michigan, where he was prominent in political life and
stood for election to the office of supervisor on the Democratic ticket.  His
widow, a native of the State of New York, resides at Houghton.   The
members of the family, exclusive of our subject, are: George C., who is
in the National Bank of Houghton; Mrs. John Knox, whose husband is at
the Trimountain mine, where they reside; W. L., who is in business at
Baraga, Baraga County, Michigan; and Emma, who resides with her mother.
In 1886 R. M. Edwards, the subject of this sketch, graduated at the
Columbia School of Mines, at New York City, and then filled the position of
professor of mining at the Houghton College of Mines until 1889. The
succeeding o1 years were spent as mining engineer for the Tamarack Mining
Company, during which time he lived in the vicinity.  In 19oo he moved
to Houghton to accept his present position and owns a fine home in East
Houghton.   The Isle Royale Copper Company had been organized by the
consolidation of several mines some years prior to this.  It controls abou3,000 acres and gives employment to a large force, averaging 250 and sometimes reaching 6oo in number. Mr. Edwards has the difficult task of superintending this large business, and his executive force is exemplified in his
admirable organization of men and labor.
In 1893 Mr. Edwards married a daughter of Peter Gottstein, a pioneer
of this region, and a granddaughter of Joseph Paull, also well known.  Politically Mr. Edwards is identified with the Democratic party.  In his religious views he is an Episcopalian.
ADOLPH     J. RUHL.
ADOLPH J. RUHL, founder of the Lake Superior Produce & Cold Storage Company and the Peninsula Wholesale Grocery, of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, was born at Hancock, Michigan, in 1869, and is a
son of Adolph and Katarina (Hoffenbacher) Ruhl, both of whom were born
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Adolph Ruhl was born in the Dukedom of Nassau, in the southern
part of Germany, in 1830, and came to the United States in 1851, locating
at the Cliff mine, at Eagle River, Michigan, where he continued to live for
two years. He then worked on a farm for four years, and then went back
to mining and continued in this employment until 1859, when he removed
to Hancock, where he built one of the first residences. He located in Hancock to work for a steamship company with which he remained three years
and for a like length of time for the firm of Condon & Holland. He then
entered into business for himself, continuing until 1883, when he retired.
In 1856 he married Katarina Hoffenbacher and they have seven children,
namely: Henrietta, wife of Benjamin Weider, a harnessmaker of Hancock,
Michigan; Amelia, wife of Herman Zetzscher, of Hancock, Michigan; Sophia,
wife of Joseph Weisniller, of Hancock, Michigan; Katherine; Adolph; John
W., a member of the Lake Superior Produce & Cold Storage Company; and
Matilda. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ruhl are members of the Lutheran Church
and assisted in the building of the first edifice in the city. Mr. Ruhl joined
the Germania Aid society in 186o and he is also a Mason and an Odd Fellow.
After completing the common school course at Hancock, our subject
entered the University of Michigan and studied pharmacy for two years.
In 1889 he went into the drug business, the firm being Ruhl & Barry, of
Houghton, and continued until 1893, when he began a produce commission business at Houghton which he continued until 1899, when he organized
the Lake Superior Produce & Cold Storage Company, starting in with a
capital of $65,oo0o, the object of the concern being to supply the trade of
Houghton, Baraga and Ontonagon counties. This enterprise met with such
surprising success that in the following spring the capital was increased
to $ioo,ooo, and the operations were extended into a wider field. The company then bought the Hutchinson Produce Company in Minnesota, which
is being used as a supply station, and there they buy eggs, poultry and milk,
and manufacture themselves a grade of butter which has been placed upon
the market and has gained reputation as the "Premium Brand Pasteurized
Creamery Butter." It is shipped directly from Hutchinson, Minnesota, and
is distributed all over the country. In 1903 the company increased its capital
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name of The Peninsula Wholesale Grocery, the stock of which is held exclusively by business men of Houghton County, the officers being: John
P. Peterman, president; J. Vivian, vice-president; John W. Ruhl, secretary
and treasurer; A. J. Ruhl, general manager, and the original founder of a business which has been developed through his ability from a small commission
enterprise into a business of $I,ooo,ooo.
In 1892 Mr. Ruhl was married to Fanny Harris, who is a daughter of
William and Mary Ann (Hutchins) Harris, and; a native of Houghton
County. They have three children, viz: Jack Harris; William  Adolph;
and Margaret Jeannette.
GEORGE ALEXANDER GUTSCH.
GEORGE ALEXANDER GUTSCH, one of the old pioneers of Hancock,
Houghton County, Michigan, proprietor of the Hotel Gutsch, and one of the
best known citizens of Houghton County, was born in Germany in 1821 and
came to the United States in 1853.  After spending six months in New
York he went as far west as Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and was engaged there
as cooper in a brewery.
Mr. Gutsch located in Houghton, Houghton County, first in 1858, being
interested in a saloon business for a considerable period.  He then visited
Leavenworth, Kansas, and Chicago, Illinois, and decided that the Northern
Peninsula offered better business opportunities, and located again at Houghton in a restaurant and confectionery business, remaining in the village from
1865 to 1869. For the following five years he engaged in a hotel business
at L'Anse, Baraga County, returning then for one year to Houghton, going
then for the two succeeding years to L'Anse.   In 1877 he returned to
Hughton County, taking up his residence in Hancock, where he entered upon
a hotel and saloon business, opening up the Hotel Gutsch, which long remained the best and most high priced hostelry in the city.  Although he
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with old time vigor and carefully providing for the comfort and entertainment of his guests.
Mr. Gutsch obtainedi his education in the schools of Germany. He
belonged to the party of revolutionists of 1849 and was exiled by the German
government. In 1854, in New York, he married Theresa Martin, who was
also born in Germany, and still survives, aged 76 years.  Their family consists of one son and five daughters.  They belong to the Catholic Church.
Until the campaign of 1896 Mr. Gutsch had always been a Democrat, but
he then cast his vote for William McKinley. There are few men in Hancock
who have witnessed more stirring events in the early settlement of the locality
than has Mr. Gutsch, and his reminiscences are both entertaining and valuable
to the collector of local history.
AUGUST PELTO.
AUGUST PELTO, one of the best known Finnish residents of Houghton
County, Michigan, whose portrait is shown on the preceding page, is the
proprietor of a long established merchant tailoring house of Hancock, where
he has lived most of the time for the past 20 years. He was born in Finland in 1858, and came to the United States to seek his fortune. While his
his progress was at first slow, on acount of not being acquainted with the
language and customs of America, he has overcome his disadvantages and
is a thorough citizen of the republic, strengthened by his cultured business
methods. In 1880, soon after his arrival in this country, he engaged as a
miner at the Allouez mine, situated near Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, later entering the employ of the Mineral Range Railroad Company as
a grader. He removed after a short experience in railroad building to Hancock, Michigan, where he entered the employ of Michael Doyle as a tailor,
and continued two years, when he went to Negaunee, Marquette County,
where he worked at his trade the following two years, then again returning
to Hancock to stay but a short time when he returned to Negaunee to live
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In 1887, Mr. Pelto established his present business with a partner named
Allen, under the firm name of Pelto & Allen. In 1889, he bought out Allen
and has continued his business ever since, and has been most successful in his
efforts to secure a leading place among the merchant tailors of the city; has
built up a fine business and has the largest establishment in Hancock, employing about ii men.
In 1884, Mr. Pelto married Mary Wilhelmina Sandelin, daughter of
Karl and Breda Sandelin. They are the parents of six children, namely:
Axel A.; John A.; Marie Elina; Gustavus A.; Katri Helen and Karl O.
The subject of this sketch is a Republican and is serving as deputy oil
inspector for the Seventeenth District, having been appointed to that position two years ago, and reappointed in July, 1903, for two more years. He
exerts considerable political influence among the Finnish residents of Houghton County. For some time he was a director of The Suomi College and
Theological Seminary at Hancock. Socially he is a member of the A. 0.
U. W., I. O. O. F., M. W. of A., Masons, Elks, Finnish Maccabees and the
Finnish Kalevan Ritari. Mr. Pelto and his family are members of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church.
ALOYS HUSS.
ALOYS Huss, one of the best known pioneer residents of the copper region, who has spent 50 years in the Northern Peninsula, is an enterprising
citizen of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, and deserves great credit
for the work he has done in assisting in the upbuilding of Houghton. Mr.
Huss was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1834; upon coming to America
when a youth, he located in Milwaukee, where he resided but three months
and then moved to the Lake Superior copper region and engaged as a miner
at the Cliff mine until 856. In that year he removed to Houghton, then but
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mine under Captain Worminghouse, and later at the Isle Royale and various
other mines in that vicinity.
In i872 Mr. Huss discontinued mining and acted as deputy to Sheriff
William Wern and also filled the position of jailer for two years, from 1872
to 1874. He was engaged in the saloon business for 20 years where the Shelden-Dee Building now stands, but since that time has lived in practical retirement, having various real estate interests to look after.  He owns four
houses in Houghton and resides in a comfortable and well appointed home.
In 1874 Aloys Huss married a daughter of Mr. Antrees, a well known
farmer and school teacher of Houghton County, who later moved to Nebraska, where he followed farming and resided until death.  Mrs. Huss died
in 1892, aged.-o years, leaving three children, namely: John C., a graduate
of the Michigan College of Mines, and a civil engineer of marked ability, now
residing in Houghton, Houghton County; George F., who now resides in
Oshkosh, Wisconsin; and Elizabeth D., who is housekeeper for her father.
Our subject has been a member of several fraternal orders, but at present
is not an active member.  He was for many years a Democrat, but owing to
that party's position on the silver question he has been a Republican for some
years past.
JAMES MOORE.
JAMES MOORE, master mechanic at the great Quincy mine, and one of
the most skilled men of his profession in the copper country, was born near
Bennington, Vermont, where he was reared and educated.  He displayed a
taste for mechanics very early in life and learned the machinist's trade in
the locomotive works at Paterson, New Jersey. In 1861, at the outbreak
of the Civil War, he returned to Vermont and enlisted as a private in Company G, Ist Reg., Vermont Vol. Cav.   He participated with his regiment
in many of the earlier engagements of the war, being under the command
of General Shields at Winchester and later under General Banks, but did
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regiment, the only body of cavalry in the Valley at the time, was rapidly
advancing, he was captured by a party of "Stonewall" Jackson's men, under
Lieutenant Eastman, and was taken to a Richmond prison for some months,
the deprivations during this time impairing his health to such an extent
that after parole he was confined in a hospital at Washington, D. C.  Mr.
Moore was not actively in the service after that time, except on a gunboat,
and was finally mustered out at Washington, in 1863.  It required a long
time to restore him to perfect health.  After a short visit in Vermont he
accepted a position as boss machinist at Mystic, Connecticut, and later located
at Hartford as acting engineer with the Woodruff & Beach Iron Works
Company, with which firm he continued 13 years.  He came to the Lake
Superior region in 188o to put up for the company some hoisting engines
at Silver Island, on Lake Superior, and then accepted an offer from the
management of the Franklin mine as master mechanic, II years later going
to the Quincy mine, where he has continued 12 years.  Mr. Moore has
charge of all the machine work connected with this mine and has under him
some 80 men,-machinists, engineers and firemen.
In 1865 Mr. Moore was married, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Hortense
Webster, and one son and four daughters have been born to this union,
viz.: J. T., captain of the 27th Regiment, United States Infantry, now in
the Philippines; Lottie, widow of Rev. John W. Savage, a Congregational
minister of California; Mrs. Alice Reed, of Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Nellie
Huggett, residing near Knoxville, Tennessee; and Maude E., who is living
at the pleasant family home at Quincy.
Politically Mr. Moore is identified with the Republican party and has
been a very active member of E. R. Stiles Post, G. A. R., of Hancock,
Michigan, in which he has filled all the chairs and is past commander. A
man of reliability and judgment, he has very acceptably filled the office of
justice of the peace for a number of years in Quincy township. In religious
views he is liberal, his creed kindly covering with compassion many of the
failings of poor human nature.
Captain J. T. Moore, the only son of our subject, graduated at the
United States Military Academy at West Point in 1892.  He was badly
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pine Islands with the Moros, and was returned home on a furlough.  He
has made the trip to the Philippines three times.  His wife, who was a
daughter of the late Brigadier-General Mason, has accompanied him on
these trips.  Their home is in New York City where their one son, Kenneth, is attending school.
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MATTHEW McCONNELL.
IMATTHEW   MCCONNELL, one of the old railroad men of Northern
Michigan and for 20 years a resident of Houghton, Houghton County, was
born in 1848 at Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, and accompanied his parents
to Marquette, Michigan, in 1851.  He is a son of the late Matthew McConnell, who was married in Ohio and who brought his family to Marquette as
stated.  Our subject's mother died in 1885, the other surviving members
of the family being a sister and two brothers, two of these residing at Los
Angeles, California.
Matthew McConnell was born in Pennsylvania, later moved to Ohio
and there acquired farm property.  This he sold when he came to the Lake
Superior region. In 1846 he had made a prospecting tour, as one of the very
early visitors, and after permanently locating, in 1851, he erected a large
plant for the manufacture of wrought iron in blooms and successfully conducted this business for years. He employed a large force of men, including
a number of choppers, who cut the timber that was made into charcoal.
From 1855 he engaged in farming, residing at Marquette, where he died in
1881, aged 72 years.
Our subject was reared and educated at Marquette and began railroading while still a youth, serving consecutively in the positions of brakeman,
baggagemaster and conductor from that time until 1885, when he resigned,
having been a conductor from 1873. He was in the employ of the same road
all these years, although several changes were made in its name, first being
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Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon, and it is now known as the Duluth,
South Shore & Atlantic Railway.
In 1882 Mr. McConnell was married to Frances Haas, who is a daughter
of Adam Haas, extended mention of whom will be found in this volume.
Two children have been born to this union: W. J., who is traveling through
the mountains of California in search of health; and Grace E., a talented
young lady who is a musical and general student at the Catholic Seminary
at Grosse Point, near Detroit, Michigan. Mr. McConnell has but recently
completed the erection of a beautiful modern home on Main street, in the
eastern outskirts of the village of Houghton, and he also owns down town
residence property which he has under rental.  His wife and children are
members of St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church.
OCTAVE SICOTTE.
OCTAVE SICOTTE, sheriff of Baraga County, Michigan, and a leading
citizen of L'Anse, was born in Montreal, Canada, May 8, 1868, and is a son
of Octave and Fardina (Collins) Sicotte, who came to Michigan from Canada
in 1872, locating at Marquette, Marquette County, where the father followed a
blacksmith business for five years, removing to L'Anse, Baraga County, in
1877, where he died.
Octave Sicotte is one of a family of io children born to his parents, nine
of whom still survive. He was educated in the public schools of Michigan and
then learned the blacksmith trade with his father, following the same until he
was elected to his present office, and still owns the business where his father
was located.  He has always taken a very lively interest in political matters
and has been a zealous supporter of the Republican party. For four years he
served as marshal of L'Anse and with so much efficiency that his election as
sheriff in January, 1903, met with general approval.  Mr. Sicotte is a man
of large means, owning considerable property in L'Anse, including the Sicotte
Block (which was remodeled and modernized in 1901), a handsome residence
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In September, 1893, Mr. Sicotte was united in marriage with Georgine
Febre, who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and they have had a family of
four children, the survivors being:  Hazel, Josephine and Doris.  Sheriff
Sicotte is held in general esteem as a man who has shown himself an able
and reliable public official, and a generous, public spirited citizen.
CHRISTIAN BROEMER.
CHRISTIAN BROEMER, an industrious, well-to-do citizen of Houghton
County, lately engaged in the blacksmithing business at the village of Pewabic,
near Hancock, but now living retired, has been a resident of the Lake Superior
region for 40 years.  He was born near the city of Weimar, Saxe-Weimar,
Germany, in 1841, and is a son of Casper and Dortha (Blow) Broemer.
Casper Broemer was a gardener in Saxe-Weimer, and died there in 1848,
death being followed a few years later by that of his wife. They reared four
children, three of whom came to America, viz: Theodore, George and Christian.
Theodore was the first of the brothers to come to America.  He left
the fatherland in 1854 and took up his residence in this country, where he
followed his trade as a stonemason.  He lost his life by drowning in Lake
Michigan in 1862, while on a journey between Chicago and Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
George Broemer came to the United States in 1856, and located in Wisconsin, where he took up the pursuits of farmer and gardener. Later he removed to Illinois, where he died.
Christian Broemer received his education in Saxe-Weimar, where he
learned his trade of blacksmith and machinist.  In 1859 he shipped on the
whaling ship "Delphine," as blacksmith (or armorer), and in the following
year shipped on the steamer "New York," as blacksmith and machinist, in
which ship he made six voyages. On the sixth voyage to New York City, in
1861, he left the ship and enlisted in the 41st Reg., New York Vol. Inf. He
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country:  Cross Keys, Rappahannock and the second battle of Bull Run,
where he was slightly injured by a fragment of a shell.  Later, while on
picket duty at Fairfax Court House, Virginia, he was taken ill with typhoid
fever, and was sent to the Northwestern Hospital at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which he was honorably discharged.
After his discharge from the army Mr. Broemer traveled to Wisconsin,
and remained there two months, when he removed to Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, on Lake Superior. Later, he located near Hancock, Houghton County, at the village of Pewabic. With his splendid knowledge of the trade of blacksmith and machinist, especially as related to the
iron work and machinery of vessels, he was at all times favored with abundance
of work.   He succeeded admirably in his calling and owns his home and
blacksmith shop, which are located at the village of Pewabic. He is now living retired after 50 years of active life.
In 1865 Mr. Broemer married Emma Solomon, who died April 12, 1887;
out of the 13 children born to her, she was survived by nine, namely: Sophia,
born January I, 1866; Agnes, born November 19, 1867; Christina, born September 2, 1874; Edward, born February 13, 1876; Alfred and Adolph (twins),
born December 31, 1878; Frank W., born July 7, 1883; and Arthur, born
March 3, 1887.
Mr. Broemer was the organizer of the first fire department in Hancock,
Michigan, after the big fire in 1870. He is a member of Stiles Post, No. 173,
G. A. R., and in religion is a member of the Lutheran Church.
PHILIP D. BOURLAND, M. D.
PHILIP D. BOURLAND, M. D., one of the leading medical practitioners
at Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in 1873, at Peoria,
Illinois, and is a son of Benjamin L. T. and Clara Elizabeth (Parsons)
Bourland.
Benjamin L. T. Bourland was born in Christian County, Kentucky, in
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land agent. In politics he supports the Democratic party.  Fraternally he is
a Mason and Knight Templar. In religious views he is liberal. The mother
of Dr. Bourland was born in 1838 at Granville, Massachusetts. She is a consistent member of the Unitarian Church in Peoria.
Dr. Bourland enjoyed superior educational advantages, including three
years' study of the languages in Europe.  He graduated at the Peoria High
School and in 1891 entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and
was graduated in 1895 as a professional analytical chemist.  This profession
he followed one year and then broadened his scope by entering the medical
department of the University in 1896. In 1899 he was awarded his diploma
as physician and surgeon, and thus thoroughly equipped he entered upon practice. He came to the Lake Superior region and went into the Calumet & Hecla
Hospital as an interne and in 900oo was appointed on the regular staff of physicians for the company. In the fall of 900oo he was stationed at Lake Linden,
where his professional skill has brought him into prominence.
In 190o Dr. Bourland married Jessica McIntyre, who was born at Mattoon, Illinois, and is a daughter of Dugald S. and Ann H. (Ewing) McIntyre.
Mrs. Bourland is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In political sympathy
Dr. Bourland is a gold Democrat. He is still fraternally connected with his
college societies, the Alpha Delta Phi and Nu Sigma Nu. He is a Mason and
a member of the Knights of the Maccabees and the Woodmen, being medical
examiner for the two last named.
RT. REV. FREDERICK        EIS.
RT. REV. FREDERICK Eis, a distinguished prelate of the Roman Catholic
Church, whose episcopal residence is located at Marquette, Marquette County,
Michigan, was born near Coblentz, Germany, in 1843. He came to America
with his parents, who located in the Lake Superior country.
Bishop Eis was educated both in Canada and at Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
and was ordained to the priesthood at Marquette, by Bishop Mrak. He served
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While still a priest, he was prominently identified with the church administration of the affairs of the diocese, and was one of the chosen consultors of the
late Bishop Vertin. Upon the death of the latter in February, 1899, he was
appointed administrator of the diocese of Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette.
On June 7, 1899, he was appointed to the bishopric by Pope Leo XIII and
was consecrated August 24, 1899, by Archbishop Katzer of Milwaukee, assisted by Bishop Schwebach and Bishop Messmer of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Bishop Eis is known for his learning and piety and also for those qualifications so necessary for the management of the large affairs and complicated
interests which fall within the jurisdiction of the high office of bishop. His
portrait accompanies this sketch.
EDWARD RYAN.
EDWARD RYAN, deceased, was very prominent among the bankers and
merchants of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, and his death, which
occurred December 14, 1900, brought to a close a remarkably active and successful career. He was the founder of the First National Bank of Calumet,
one of the soundest institutions of its kind in Michigan, and served as its
president from its inception until his death. He was also a very prosperous
merchant, operating stores at Hancock and Red Jacket, and the large estate
which he left is now under the management of John D. Cuddihy and M. August
Mette, who had been associated with him for many years.
Mr. Ryan was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, April 22, 1840, and at
the age of fourteen years accompanied his parents to America, the family first
settling upon a farm in Wisconsin. There Edward remained for ten years,
and then removed to Portage Lake, Houghton County, Michigan, where he
lived with his brother, John C. Ryan, who was a prominent mining man of
the copper country. In 1857 he entered the employ of Ransom Shelden, of
Houghton, with whom he remained for three years. In 1862, in company with
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ness at Hancock, and purchased his brother's interest two years later. Under
Mr. Ryan's capable management this store became one of the most extensive
mercantile establishments in Northern Michigan, and warranted him in extending his operations to Red Jacket.  There he established a store which
rivals his Hancock business, and each succeeding year saw these establishments
enlarged and more prosperous than before.  Mr. Ryan's operations, however,
were not confined exclusively to the mercantile business.  In i88o, with Ransom Sheldon and others, he organized the Portage Lake Native Copper Works,
and in 1877 organized the Hancock Mining Company. With his brother, John
C. Ryan, as captain, he operated the Hancock mine successfully until 1885, when
the decline in the price of copper made its continued operation impractical. In
the early "eighties" our subject became interested in several iron mines in the
Gogebic Range, and his venture in that direction proved a profitable one. He
was president of the First National Bank of Calumet from its inception in 1886
until his death in 19oo.  He was also active in the organization of the Peninsula Electric Light & Power Company, for a long period serving as its vicepresident.  Possessing superior ability, unusual foresight and tireless energy,
he had the courage to fight against and overcome seemingly insurmountable
obstacles, and in nearly all his undertakings his efforts were crowned with
success.
In politics Mr. Ryan was a Democrat of the old school, and while he
never sought honors at the hands of the party, he was always active in its
councils and was conceded a leader in the State.  The only political office he
ever held was that of sheriff of Houghton County, to which he was elected in
1861.  He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1876,
which nominated Samuel J. Tilden for the Presidency, and in 1892 was a
delegate-at-large to the Chicago convention which nominated Cleveland. He
was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Houghton County for nine years,
and served as president of the village of Hancock for several terms, also
served as moderator of the School Board from 1871 to 1899, and upon his
resignation from the Board the citizens of the town presented him with a goldheaded cane.  He displayed the same keen business ability in public as in
his private affairs, and won the unbounded confidence and respect of his people.
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never turning a deaf ear to an appeal for aid from those less favored than
himself in this world's goods.  He was a true friend of the laboring man,
and hundreds of instances may be recalled where he rendered this class much
needed assistance. One instance of his big-heartedness and generosity was in
the miners' strike of 1872, when he opened his store to the miners and supplied
their wants regardless of their ability to pay, and thus prevented great suffering,
which otherwise would have existed.
MATHIAS     SAILER.
MATHIAS SAILER, postmaster at Laurium, Houghton County, Michigan,
and one of the town's leading citizens, was born in 1843 in Austria, and is
a son of Mathias and Mary Sailer, both of whom were born in that country.
Our subject's parents were people of good estate in their native land and died
as they had lived, devoted members of the Catholic Church.
Mathias Sailer, our subject, obtained his education in the schools of his
native land and there learned the butcher business, following the same in
Vienna until 1870, when he removed to Berlin, Germany, and worked at the
trade there until 1873, when he came to the United States.  He engaged in
his business for four weeks at Detroit, Michigan, and then located at Calumet,
Houghton County, Michigan, where he entered the mines. After continuing
at the vocation of a miner for two years, he went into the Calumet & Hecla
rock house, where he was employed until 1876. He then decided to resume
work at his trade and entered the butcher shop of George W. Shears, at
Calumet, and remained with him until 1881, and continued with Mr. Shears'
successor until 1886. In that year Mr. Sailer took up the business of butcher,
erecting a shop in what is now Laurium. There he established a meat business which he continued until 1901, when he was appointed postmaster. After
receiving his commission from President Roosevelt he disposed of his shop and
now gives his entire attention to official business.
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and they have a family of six children, namely:  Wilhelmina; Mary, wife of
Rudolph Haas, of Houghton, Michigan; Anna; Caroline; Joseph; and Antoinette.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Sailer are members of the Lutheran Church.
He is fraternally connected with the Masons, Odd Fellows, Maccabees, Sons
of Hermann and the German Aid Society.
Mr. Sailer has been prominently identified with political affairs in town
and township, has been president of the village for several terms, a member
of the Council and treasurer of Calumet township. He has taken a lively interest in the progress and development of Laurium and is popular both officially
and socially.
ABRAHAM     L. BURGAN.
ABRAHAM L. BURGAN, superintendent of the stamp mills of the Osceola
Consolidated Mining Company and of the Tamarack Mining Company, is
one of the most successful men in his profession in Houghton County, having reached a high station while still comparatively young.
Mr. Burgan was born at Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, in
1872, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Davey) Burgan. His father was
born in Cornwall, England, in 1835, and there learned and followed the trade of
a blacksmith at the mining mills until he came to America in 1855, and located
in the Lake Superior copper region. He is now filling the position of foreman of
the blacksmithing department of the Calumet & Hecla mills. He married Elizabeth Davey, a daughter of Thomas and Eliza Davey, both natives of England, and to this union have been born four children, asi follows: Mary
Jane; Thomas Edward, who is now assistant clerk of the Osceola Consolidated Mining Company; James, who is engaged in the gentlemen's furnishing business at Laurium, Houghton County; and Abraham L., subject of
this sketch.
Abraham L. Burgan, after completing the course of study in the Lake
Linden High School, in 189o, entered the University of Michigan; he received
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of Science in 1896. In the summer of 1896 he was with Smith & Connant,
of Detroit, Michigan, as consulting engineer, and in October of that year
accepted the position of assistant superintendent of the Tamarack and
Osceola stamp mills. In May, 1900, he went to the Isle Royale mills as
superintendent, and in April, 19go, took his present position as superintendent of the Tamarack and Osceola stamp mills.
In 1897 Mr. Burgan was joined in marriage with Annie L. Read, a
daughter of George and Mary Read, of Ann Arbor, Michigan. They have
two children, as follows: Ethel Read, born April 28, 19oo; and George
L., born March 17, 1902. They attend the Methodist Church. Mr. Burgan
is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
REV. J. R. BOISSONNAULT.
REV. J. R. BOISSONNAULT, pastor of St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church
at Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in Quebec, Canada, in 1863,
and comes of a prominent French family which became settled in Quebec
at the beginning of the seventeenth century. It is an extensive family and
there is a book published that details its genealogy.
Rev. Mr. Boissonnault first attended the Christian Brothers' College,
and afterwards took a classical course and studied theology in St. Laurent
College for two years. He completed his study of theology in St. Jerome's
Seminary at Berlin, Ontario, which institution he left in 1889. In that same
year he came to Michigan, and on July 19th, of that year, at Marquette,
was ordained by Bishop Vertin and installed as assistant pastor of St. Anne's
Roman Catholic Church at Menominee, Michigan. In November, 1889, he
was transferred to Newbury, Michigan, where he continued for five months,
then for the following six months was pastor of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, at Hancock, Michigan. He was transferred to Michigamme,
Marquette County, Michigan, where he remained for nine months, and was
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church and house, this being St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church. He
left Ishpeming June I, 1898, and removed to the French speaking people
of Calumet, who were at that time using a frame building on Fifth and Scott
streets, which had served the purpose of a hall. On this site the present
beautiful edifice of brown stone stands. This congregation was started in
1885 by Father Vermare, a priest from France, who is now at Chassell,
Houghton County. Rev. Mr. Boissonnault succeeded Father Poulin to this
pastorate, and in June, 19o00, commenced excavating for a new church building. St. Anne's Church was dedicated 13 months later and is an imposing
structure, with a seating capacity for 9oo persons. Its equipment is all
strictly modern, and it is furnished with steam heat and electric lights. It
is located on valuable property and is a credit to the town. A parochial
school was established before our subject assumed charge, and under his
wise direction it has improved and the membership increased. It is conducted by lay teachers and affords excellent opportunities to the children of
the parish. There are some 400 families included in the congregation. Rev.
Mr. Boissonnault has organized the Catholic Lady Foresters and Sodality
for Young Ladies and has also organized the St. Cecelia Club, which is
purely social in its aims.
Our subject left home at an early age in quest of study, and has been
a diligent student ever since. He is a man of comprehensive knowledge and
high aims, and wherever his path has wound good and generous deeds have
followed. He has the material as well as spiritual welfare of his congregation at heart, and his noble character has inspired love and confidence in their
breasts.
ROBERT     H. SHIELDS.
ROBERT H. SHIELDS, chairman of the Republican County Committee of
Houghton County, Michigan, and superintendent at the Arcadian mine, was
born in Houghton County in 1861. He is a son of James Shields, who emigrated from Scotland to Canada, and located in Keweenaw County, Michigan,
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James Shields was born at Kilmarnock, near Glasgow, Scotland, and was
well and favorably known by his many countrymen in the copper country,
where he filled many positions in connection with the mines and foundries.
He died in 1889, and his widow lived until two years ago. Our object has
four brothers and two sisters, namely: John C., superintendent of the Mineral Range Railroad; James W., superintendent at the Quincy mills; Joseph,
who is in the employ of the Hancock & Calumet Railroad Company as engineer; Edwin R., employed in the motive power department of the Calumet &
Hecla mine; Mrs. Edward Warren, whose husband is superintendent of the
Franklin mills; and Mrs. Sarah E. Buchanan, widow, residing at Hancock,
Michigan.
Until he was I years of age, our subject attended the public schools of
Ripley, Houghton County, and then began washing copper at the Franklin
stamp mills, where he worked two years. Later, during the summer seasons,
he repaired the defects in his education, at the Indiana State Normal School
at Valparaiso, Indiana, and still later took a commercial course at Bryant &
Stratton's Business College at Detroit, Michigan, where he was graduated
in 1883. Mr. Shields then engaged in school teaching at Ripley for five years,
during which period he founded the Portage Lake Herald, now the Hancock
Journal, with characteristic energy filling the positions of editor and one of the
proprietors; he closed his interests in the enterprise in 1885-86.  From 1888
to 1892 he was associated with the Centennial Copper Mining Company, and
on January I, 1893, entered upon the duties of county clerk.  He served so
acceptably that he was re-elected in 1894 and 1896, leading the Republican
ticket.  After serving as county clerk for six years, he resigned in order to
accept the clerkship of the Arcadian Copper Company, this connection resulting
in his appointment as superintendent two years later.  The officers of the
Arcadian Copper Company, whose general offices are at Boston, Massachusetts,
are: A. C. Burrage, president; C. D. Burrage, secretary and treasurer; Nathan
F. Leopold, of Chicago, Illinois, general manager; and Robert H. Shields,
superintendent. Mr. Shields is also the efficient supervisor of Franklin township and is now serving his fourth term.
In 1883 Mr. Shields married Carrie K. Merton, daughter of the late
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this union, viz.: Marion, Dorothy, Nathan L. and Robert Merton. Fraternally Mr. Shields belongs to the Elks and is very prominent in Masonry,
being now the illustrious potentate of Ahmed Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of
Marquette, Michigan. He is one of the leading Republicans of the county and
is also identified with public improvements and civic growth.
GEORGE HALL.
GEORGE HALL, who for many years has been a prominent contractor
of Houghton County and a resident of Wolverine, was born in the Province
of Quebec, Canada, in 1849.
Mr. Hall removed to Houghton County, Mlichigan, in 1875, and during
his first winter there drove a team. He located at Osceola and for two years
worked for his brother-in-law, John Bagley, contracting for the Osceola
Mining Company. He then branched out for himself in general contracting, railroading, mining and grading at the Osceola and other mines. He
has followed that line of business ever since and has attained a high degree
of success. He gradually perfected his equipment, buying new tools and
teams as he acquired the means, and in time was able to handle large contracts, at times employing as many as 175 men with teams. He has done
much building and repairing for the Mineral Range and other railroads.
He built the Mohawk Railroad for the Mohawk Mining Company, in the
summer of goo1900, the line extending from the mine to Traverse Bay, a
distance of 12 miles. For the past three years he has been engaged on the
Copper Range with contracts for the Tamarack Mining Company. In the
winter months he engages in the lumbering business, taking out timber from
Houghton and Keweenaw counties. His brother, Robert Hall, of Laurium,
Houghton County, has acted as superintendent in his lumber work during
the past two seasons. George Hall has also been president of the Calumet
Brewing Company since its organization in 1899, the other officers being:
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treasurer. These gentlemen, with John Knivel, of Red Jacket, served as the
board of directors. For a few months after locating in the copper mining
region, Mr. Hall lived at Osceola, but has since resided at Wolverine. It
was necessary to cut down many trees to clear a space on which to build his
large and comfortable home, and with the logs he constructed a large barn,
which is still in good repair and a reminder of early days. He does contract work for the Wolverine mine, and in his various branches of work
employs between 50 and 6o men and teams the year around.
George Hall was married at Calumet to Jane Alicia Bagley, a lady of
Canadian birth, and they have one son and two daughters living, namely:
George, Jr., Gladys Ella, and Ruth Blanche, all of whom are at home and
attending school. Those deceased are: Laura May, Beatrice Jennie, Ethel
Florence and Arthur James. Politically, our subject has always been a
strong supporter of Republican principles. Fraternally, he is a member of
Lodge No. 1247, Modern Woodmen of America, of Calumet. In religious
attachment, he and his family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church
of Kearsarge. He has large investments in real estate in the vicinity of
Calumet and at Laurium, and is one of the substantial men of Houghton
County. A portrait of Mr. Hall accompanies this sketch.
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COL. JOHN P. PETERMANN.
COL. JOHN P. PETERMANN, one of the best known and most enterprising merchants of Keweenaw and Houghton counties, conducts stores at
Allouez, Kearsarge, Phcenix and Mohawk, but makes his home in Allouez.
He is considered one of the substantial men of his section of the State, havirtg been identified with many enterprises and public improvements which
have added to its resources. Colonel Petermann was born in Ontonagon
County, Michigan, in 1863, and is a son of F. D. Petermann, who was a pioneer of the Lake Superior copper region.
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spent some 35 years in the mining business. He served as mining captain
at the Ontonagon, at the Calumet & Hecla, but retired about I888 and
removed to Buffalo, New York, where he still resides with his wife and
youngest daughter.  He has always been a stanch Republican in politics.
He and his wife became parents of the following children, all of whom are
living: George H., who has charge of our subject's Mohawk store; Col. John
P.; F. D., Jr., who conducts a store at Wolverine; Albert E., a member
of the well known law firm of Kerr & Petermann at Red Jacket; Mrs. F. B.
Arnold, whose husband is a minister of the Lutheran Church, having been
formerly pastor at Calumet; and a younger daughter who lives with her
parents.
Col. John P. Petermann was five years old when his parents moved to
Calumet, Michigan, and there he received a common school education. This
was all the schooling he received, and such further education as he now possesses was acquired through contact with the world. For a number of years
he was in the employ of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company as locomotive engineer, but resigned about 12 years ago, when he established a general
store at Allouez in 189I. His success was such as to warrant him in establishing stores at a later date at Mohawk, Kearsarge and Phcenix. To these
stores he devotes his attention mainly, but is interested in other business
ventures. He is president of the Lake Superior Produce & Cold Storage
Company, with offices at Houghton, which was organized in April, 1899,
and has done a large and remunerative business. The other officers are
William Parnall, vice-president; A. J. Ruhl, general manager, and W. J.
Ruhl, secretary and treasurer.  Our subject is also extensively interested
in logging operations in Keweenaw County, Michigan, and is a stockholder
in various mining companies.
Colonel Petermann was a member of the Michigan National Guards for
i8 years, and in 1898 volunteered with the regiment for service in the Spanish-American War. He was colonel of the 5th Regiment, Michigan National
Guards, and later of the 34th Reg., Michigan Infantry, U. S. Volunteers,
which served in the Cuban campaign. He spent 52 days with his regiment
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until January I, 1899. He spent one year more in the Michigan National
Guards, and then resigned his commission.
Colonel Petermann was united in marriage with Ida Bollman, adopted
daughter of E. Bollman, who is president of the village of Laurium, Michigan, and they have six children, namely: Philip: Paul; Karl; Lydia; George
and Ida. In politics he has always been a Republican, and has frequently
been called upon to serve in minor offices. He has served as supervisor of
Allonez township, Keweenaw County, in a creditable manner. Religiously
he and his family are members of the Lutheran Church.
REV. JOHN HENN.
REV. JOHN HENN, pastor of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
at L'Anse, Baraga County, Michigan, has had many charges in the Marquette diocese and is well known and highly respected throughout the Northern Peninsula of Michigan.
Father Henn was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 186o, and is a son
of John Henn. The latter came to America from his native country, Germany, when 13 or 14 years of age, and spent the remainder of his life in
Brooklyn, where he died in April, 1901. John Henn's wife died in May,
1900, and with the exception of our subject all the members of the family
now living reside in New York State.
Father Henn attended the schools of Brooklyn, New York, then pursued a classical course of study in St. Vincent's College near Allegheney,
Pennsylvania. He then went to Montreal, Canada, and for five years pursued theological studies and was prepared for the priesthood. Returning
to St. Vincent's Abbey, near Allegheny, he was ordained by Bishop Mullen,
of Erie, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1884. He soon after came to Michigan,
and held the following charges in the Marquette diocese: Bessemer, Ontonagon, Michigamme, Norway, Iron River, Champion, Garden, Menominee
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L'Anse (twice). The last time he came to L'Anse was in 1901, and he has
since been pastor of the Sacred Heart Church.
The Sacred Heart Church had its beginning in the services conducted
by Father Terhoist, the noted Indian missionary. The first resident priest
was Father Pelisson, who came in 1886, and was succeeded in order by
Father Gilman, Father Joseph Haas (deceased), Father Dassylva, Father
Reynardt, Father   Schelhammer, Father    Henn, who    remained   nine
months; Father Joseph Wallace (deceased), Father Joseph Dupasquier,
Father Fidelis Tutter (deceased), Father Joisten, who built the present stone
church in 1894 and remained in charge five years; Father Joseph Pinten, Father
Collins, Rev. Father J. Sauriol, who remained about one year; and finally
Father Henn, who came in 1901, and is present pastor of the church.
The church is built of redstone and was erected at a cost of ten thousand
dollars  and  the  congregation  numbers  about  four  hundred.   The
first church was called St. Joseph's, and is still standing on the southeast corner of the block on which the new church is located. The parsonage
is located between the old and new churches. Father Henn represents the
highest type of manhood, and exemplifies his teachings by the irreproachable
life he leads. He has gained the love of his congregation to a remarkable
degree, and commands the respect of his fellow men regardless of religious
belief and attachment.
PATRICK     H. O'BRIEN.
PATRICK H. O'BRIEN, a prominent member of the Houghton County
bar, and a well known and popular resident of Laurium, was born March 15,
1868, near the Phoenix mine, under the bluff, at the west vein, in Keweenaw
County, Michigan. He is a son of Patrick J. and Mary Harrington (Green)
O'Brien, both natives of Ireland.
Patrick J. O'Brien was born in Glengariff, County Cork, Ireland, and
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Democratic politics, a man of strong convictions and was a man respected
wherever known. He served as justice of the peace in two townships and
impressed all who met him as a man of superior ability. He came to the
United States in 1856 and located at Boston, Massachusetts, removing in
1863 to the Lake Superior region, going into the Cliff mine, in Keweenaw
County, Michigan. From 1887 until the time of his death, he worked in the
Calumet & Hecla mine. He married Mary HarringtonI Green, who was
born on Bear Island, Botany Bay, County Cork, Ireland, and who still resides
at Laurium, aged 66 years. She is a devoted member of the Catholic Church.
A family of nine children is now represented by five survivors, viz: Michael
E., a prominent life insurance agent at Laurium; Timothy; James; Patrick
H.; and Annie, the latter being an accomplished kindergarten teacher at
Calumet.
Patrick H. O'Brien was educated in the schools at Allouez, Keweenaw
County, and the Osceola schools in Houghton County and was graduated
at the Calumet High School in 1887, with scholastic honors. For the two
succeeding years he taught school at Copper Harbor and Copper Falls. In
1889, he entered the law department of the Northern Indiana College at
Valparaiso, Indiana, and finished the prescribed course in two years and was
admitted to the bar April I, 1891. In the same year he located at West
Superior, Wisconsin, and despite the fact that he was one of 150 young
lawyers who had settled in a city of 20,000 population, in eight years he had
built up a very lucrative practice, mainly personal injury cases. In the summer of 1899 he removed to Houghton County and settled at Laurium, where
he has become well and most favorably known, both as an attorney and as
a citizen. For two years he served as village attorney and has taken part
in a great deal of the important litigation of the locality. Mr. O'Brien
has a reputation among criminal lawyers, having won some desperate cases.
Mr. O'Brien is a stanch Democrat and a supporter of the silver branch
of the party. Like other men whose achievements have brought criticism
upon them, Mr. O'Brien on many occasions finds opponents who are tempted
to try their skill in argument with him. So ready is his wit, so thorough
his knowledge, so keen his sarcasm and so eloquent is his tongue, that his
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genial manner and attractive personality of his ancestry and wins personal
friends by the score.  In the profession, his ability, industry, carefulness,
and integrity have brought him into prominence through the county and have
served as an introduction to one whose eloquence is often sought upon festal
occasions. That he is public spirited is a fact to which his fellow citizens can
testify, for he is always ready to assist in the promotion of enterprises promising to be of benefit to the locality. Few men have more friends in the county
than this popular young attorney.
Mr. O'Brien was married in 1897 to Bessie Kelly, who was born in
Ottawa, Canada, and is a daughter of Daniel and Mary Kelly. Two sons
have been born to them: Gerald, aged five years, and William D'Arcy, aged
two years. Mr. O'Brien is a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Fraternally he belongs to the Elks, Knights of Columbus and other fraternal
organizations.
Mr. O'Brien is a loyal party man in his political convictions and a firm
supporter of principles he believes to be right. It would be difficult to find
a citizen of Laurium more highly esteemed by all classes of citizens.
JOSEPH    H. LATHROP.
JOSEPH H. LATHROP, chief clerk of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, has been a resident of Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, since January I, 1894. He was born at Bordentown, New Jersey, in 1842, and is a son of
Rev. and Maria (Long) Lathrop. Mr. Lathrop's father was a clergyman
of the Protestant Episcopal Church and at the time of his death, at the age
of 38 years, was serving as chaplain in the United States Navy.
Our subject was but an infant when his father's death occurred. When
six years old, he was taken by his mother, since deceased, to Dedham, Massachusetts. His relatives are Eastern people of importance and he was given
excellent educational advantages and in i86o, after graduating from the
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Mining Company of Boston, Massachusetts. The outbreak of the Civil
War found him anxious to offer his services, and in 1862 he enlisted in Company D, 43rd Reg., Massachusetts Vol. Inf., where he was first a private
and then sergeant. In January, 1864, he was commissioned 2nd lieutenant
in the 4th Reg., Massachusetts Vol. Cav., and in January, 1865, was commissioned Ist lieutenant and made regimental adjutant. He was mustered
out in November of that year. Mr. Lathrop participated in the greater part
of the serious engagements in North Carolina and Virginia and was badly injured in August, 1864. He was taken prisoner in action at High Bridge, Virginia, April 6, 1865, and released at the surrender of General Lee, three days
later. After his active military life, he still retained an interest in military affairs
and from 1883 until 1894 served as captain in the Massachusetts volunteer
militia. In 1897 he was made major and assistant adjutant-general on the
brigade staff of the Michigan National Guards and continued a member
for two years, resigning in 1899.
In 1870 Mr. Lathrop married Carrie E. Olin, of Boston, Massachusetts,
and they have one daughter. They reside on Calumet avenue. Politically
Mr. Lathrop is a Republican. Fraternally he belongs to the Elks and to Dedham Post, No. 144, G. A. R., of Dedham, Massachusetts, retaining his Grand
Army membership there, as a post has not as yet been established in Calumet. He is also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States. In his religious faith he is an Episcopalian.
THE MINING      GAZETTE.
THE MINING GAZETTE, of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan,
was founded at Ontonagon, Michigan, in July, 1858, by George Emerson.
In 186o the paper was purchased by James R. Devereau and moved to
Houghton, becoming the Portage Lake Mining Gazette, which has since
been published continuously under that name and is now the weekly edition
of the Daily Mining Gazette. The daily made its first appearance on Sep






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tember 14, 1899, a strong company having been organized by William Gardner Rice, which purchased the Portage Lake Mining Gazette and its plant,
moved the office and greatly enlarged the plant.
In November, 1900, the new paper had already outgrown its swaddling
clothes and was moved into its present quarters, in the Dee Post Office building, where its offices and press rooms, including job and binding departments, are now located.  There it is published on the first stereotype, webperfecting press ever set up in the Northern Peninsula, and is steadily growing in influence and circulation as the recognized authority on the copper
mining industry and the best news medium of the copper country. It has by
far the largest circulation of any paper published in the Northern Peninsula.
Charles Howard Kelsey is editor and John S. Penrose, business manager.
CHARLES L. WICKSTROM.
CHARLES L. WICKSTROM, general manager of the store of Wickstrom,
Niemi & Company, general merchants, located at Nos. 460-462-464 Pine
street, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in the Province of
Uleaborg, Finland, July 28, 1868, and has been a resident of Calumet since
1885.
Mr. Wickstrom attended the schools of his native land and as soon as he
was able to follow other members of his family to America, he did so. His
destination was Calumet, which he reached by boat, taking the water route
on the Great Lakes from   Erie, Pennsylvania.  He immediately secured
work in the old Copper Falls mine, going later to the Tamarack, Centennial
and others. On September 14, 1890, Mr. Wickstrom entered the employ
of the mercantile firm of Hosking & Company, at Calumet, with which he
continued until 1897, when he became an employe of Isaac Frederickson,
one of the early merchants of Calumet, now living retired. On June 26,
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Mr. Frederickson being purchased. This firm is a leading one of the locality
and the magnitude of its operations requires the services of i i employes.
In 1893 Mr. Wickstrom was married, in Houghton County, to a daughter of Isaac Frederickson, for many years prominent in mining and lumbering, and a family of four children has been born to this union, namely:
Carl Raymond, Ruth, Milma and Paul Lorimer, the two eldest already enjoying the advantages of the public schools.
In politics Mr. Wickstrom is an ardent Republican and is now serving
his third term as a member of the Village Council of Red Jacket. He is
prominent in the leading fraternal orders, belonging to the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, Elks, Modem Woodmen of America, and Sampo Tent,
Finnish K. 0. T. M. He is treasurer of Calumet Lodge, No. 404, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks. Both he and his wife are members of the
Finnish Lutheran Evangelical church of Calumet.
Mr. Wickstrom is a self made man and a very successful one. He is
public spirited and progressive and has accomplished wonders since he came
to America from his far-away home in Finland. He brought with him the
sturdy virtues of his race which have made prosperous every locality in
which natives of Finland have found homes. His portrait accompanies this
sketch, being presented on a foregoing page.
AMOS RODGERS HARLOW.
AMos RODGERS HARLOW. For generations the Northern Peninsula of
Michigan, with its picturesque scenery and tonic breezes, remained the home
of the wild beast, the Indian and the fisherman, hunter and trapper, while
its great mineral wealth lay unsuspected beneath Nature's covering. When
the discovery of iron and copper attracted attention to the Lake Superior
region, scientists and geologists from the East made investigation which
would have been o'f little value to the world had not men of means, enterprise and unbounding energy come forward, and engaged in the practical
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regions. One of the earliest as well as most notable of these pioneers, one
whose memory is cherished as the real founder of the city of Marquette, was
the late Amos Rodgers Harlow.
Mr. Harlow's life covered a period of 75 years, his birth taking place
at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, April 23, 1815, and his death at Marquette,
Michigan, October 2, 1890go. He was a lineal descendant of Captain William
Harlow, who came to the Plymouth Colony in 1642; the old house the latter
erected is still standing and during the summer of 1887 was identified as the
one built and occupied by this pioneer forefather, more than 200 years ago. On
August 22, 1887, appeared a communication in the Marquette Mining Journal,
which had been copied from the Newv England Home Journal, which was prepared by William T. Harlow, of Worcester, Massachusetts, and Hon. William
T. Davis, ex-member of Congress, giving an account and identification of this
historical landmark. Many of Mr. Harlow's ancestors on both paternal and
maternal sides resided in the towns of Duxbury and Marshfield, in the old
colony. His parents were Abner and Persis (Rogers) Harlow, natives of
Plymouth County, who removed to Shrewsbury in 1813.
It was in the quaint old town of Shrewsbury that Mr. Harlow received
a district school education, and in 1830, at the age of I1 years, went to
Worcester, Massachusetts, to apprentice himself to the machinist's trade, the
terms being that he should serve until he was 21I and should receive, in addition to his board, six weeks of schooling and $40 in money per annum.
The failure of his employer in 1834 released him from the unexpired part
of his engagement. He had been an apt and diligent pupil and had a natural
capacity for the work and had made such marked progress that in 1835 he
was.sufficiently qualified to engage in the manufacture of woolen machinery
on his own account, which occupation he followed until June, 1849.
The discovery of iron ore in the Lake Superior region caused the
immediate organization of companies all over the East for the developing
of mines. The first company of this kind to operate in this region was
the Jackson Iron Mining Company, which was organized in 1846 and took
possession of the Jackson mine, located 12 miles west of Marquette. Two
eminent scientists of Boston, Professors Whitney and Foster, had conducted
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had not yet been published. It was Mr. Harlow who prudently visited and
consulted with these scholars and, returning to Worcester, reported favorably
to capitalists who, with himself, had been contemplating the formation of
a company to operate in what was then known as "Moody's Location."  On
March 5, 1849, Mr. Harlow organized the Marquette Iron Company, consisting of himself, W. A. Fisher and Edward Clark, of Worcester, Massachusetts, and Robert J. Graveraet, of Mackinac, Michigan.  Mr. Harlow
and his party from Worcester, consisting of his wife, daughter, his motherin-law (Mrs. Martha W. Bacon), Edward Clark and a number of mechanics
and employees, arrived at Sault Ste. Marie July 2, 1849, by steamers from
Buffalo and Detroit.  Leaving his family at the "Soo," he proceeded to
Carp River (now Marquette) and arrived July 6, 1849.  On looking over
the ground, Mr. Harlow, with the foresight and good judgment which ever
characterized him, saw immediately the absolute needs of the region, and
on the 13th of the month started back to Massachusetts.  When he returned to Carp River he brought from Worcester a  32-horsepower engine
and boiler, sets of machinist tools and the necessary machinery and appliances for a forge, a circular sawmill and other articles which he realized
would be in demand for the great enterprise planned.
In October, 1849, Mr. Harlow put in operation a steam sawmill,the first of its kind at Carp River,-and on November 30th in the same
year he had succeeded in having a post office established in these then remote regions, officiating as postmaster himself.  The Marquette forge,
where Mr. Harlow produced the first iron bloom here, was located near the
lake shore, just north of the present Superior street, and was put in operation
by him July 6, 1850, and was made use of until it was destroyed by fire,
eight years later. It was in 1853 that Mr. Harlow laid out the first plat of
the village of Marquette.
In August, 1852, Mr. Harlow purchased from the government the land
and interest known as the New York mine, situated at Ishpeming, which
is still a part of the Harlow estate.  He became the owner of much real
estate in the country, now valuable farming land, and made six additions to
Marquette.  Many of the present large business blocks in the thriving city
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seven acres, known as Crescent Park, in the center of which he placed his
magnificent home.  In addition to vast mining and lumbering interests,
few enterprises of any moment were inaugurated without his connection
with them. His domination was also shown in the management of the public affairs of the rapidly settling town and county, and with the greatest
efficiency he administered the offices of justice of the peace, supervisor, county
clerk and alderman.  He was also concerned in the establishing of educational and religious advantages and in 1857, with his family, was prominent
in the founding of the First Presbyterian Church of Marquette, which, until
his death, he most liberally remembered.
On April 23, 1839, Mr. Harlow was united in marriage with Elizabeth
M. Barbour, of Worcester, Massachusetts, who died at that place on January
29, 1840, leaving an infant son, George Prentice Harlow, who is a hotel
proprietor at El Paso, Texas, and has one daughter.  On September 28,
1843, Mr. Harlow married Olive Lavina Bacon, who was his congenial
companion for nearly a half century.  Mrs. Harlow is a lady of remarkable
physical and mental activity, and although 80 years of age still manages
her vast property with ease and superior business ability.  She resides in
the beautiful home in Crescent Park, this also being the home of her sonin-law, Hon. F. O. Clark, who married her daughter, Ellen J.  Mr. and
Mrs. Clark have one daughter,-Martha Bacon,-and one son,-Harlow
Alden, who is a student at Oberlin College, preparing for a legal career.
JOHN    D. CUDDIHY.
JOHN D. CUDDIHY, who is identified with many of the business interests of the city of Calumet, Michigan, is manager of the Edward Ryan
estate and as such has charge of the stores of the estate, located at Calumet
and Hancock.
Mr. Cuddihy was born at the Isle Royale mine, where his father, Capt.
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try, was then employed. Later the family moved to Hancock, where John
D. Cuddihy attended the public schools until another move of the family
took him to the town of Calumet, which at that time was but a small mining
camp. As the town increased in size, a public school was built and our subject was enrolled as its first scholar and was one of the eight that stood for
honors at the end of the first term. When 15 years of age, he went to
work at the Mineral Range telegraph office as messenger boy with the intention of learning telegraphy. He was not paid for his services unless the
message to be delivered had to be carried over a mile from the office, in
which case he got 25 cents per message. At this rate the largest amount he
ever received for one month of work was $2.75. In less than nine months,
having mastered the dots and dashes of the Morse system, he received an
assignment as operator at Eagle Harbor, where he received a salary of $15
per month and board. He remained in that position until April, 1874, and
then, in company with Captain Bendery, went to Baraga, Baraga County,
Michigan, where the captain intended to establish a telegraph office. The
arrangements in some way fell through, and young Cuddihy, during the two
months of waiting for the office to become a reality, secured work loading
lumber into scows. He then learned that when the office was established
he was to receive only his board for his services, and as an offer was made
him by Edward Ryan he returned to Calumet and went to work for him as
clerk in a general store. He was promoted to head bookkeeper in 1879,
and in 1887 was made manager. Mr. Cuddihy has found time to devote
to other enterprises, and has become one of the substantial men of Calumet.
He is vice-president of the First National Bank of Calumet, having been
associated with its founder, Mr. Ryan, at the time of its organization. He
is a director in the Northern Michigan Building & Loan Association, a
director of the Superior Trust Company, and manager of the Calumet
Theater.
Mr. Cuddihy is a Democrat and has taken an active part in politics. He
has served two terms as clerk of Calumet, and was elected mayor of that
city for six consecutive terms. He served as a member of the State Democratic
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Elks, of which he is past exalted ruler and present district deputy for Northern Mivchigan. Mr. Cuddihy is a man of pleasing personality and has a
host of friends throughout, this section of the State.
JOHN EDWARD JONES.
JOHN EDWARD JONES, who is one of the best known and most successful financiers, of Houghton County, is cashier of the First National Bank
of Lake Linden. Hie is a careful and capable business man and, having
been engaged in banking work throughout the whole of his active career, be
is well qualified for the office of cashier, with its great responsibilities and
requirements.
Mr. Jones was born in Rockville, Grant County, Wisconsin, March 3,
1863, and is a son of James and Margaret (Owvens) Jones. His father was
born in Wales and came to the United States in 1855, locating in Wisconsin.
He farmed and worked in lead mines for many years, but since 1883 has
lived a retired life. He is 78 years old, and is spending his declining years in
the home of our subject in Lake Linden. His wife, Margaret Owens, was
born in Wales and died in i88o, at the agre of 62 years. Six children blessed
their union, of which number four are living, namely: Thomas V., an
engineer at Houghton, Michigan; Sarah E._; John Edward; and Richard D.,
a (lentist of Calumet, Michigan.
John E. Jones received a common school education at Hancock, whither
his family had moved when he was but a few years old. Upon leaving
school at the age of 17 years he entered the First National Bank of Hancock as messenger boy, and continued there in different capacities, for a
period of nine years., during which time he rose to the position of bookkeeper and gained a thorough knowledge of the principles of banking. In
August, 1889, he removed to Lake Linden and accepted the office of cashier
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William Harris, E. L. Wright, of Hancock, Frank E. Fletcher, M. B. Patch
and John Trelease. The last named was the first president, and W. G.
Hegart was cashier. The bank was incorporated with a capital stock of
$Ioo,ooo, at which figure it continues today. Its deposits reach the large
sum of $650,000, and its surplus and profits are approximately $Ioo,ooo.
The present officers are: Joseph Bosch, president; Charles Smith, vice-president; and John E. Jones, cashier. In addition to the officers, the following
well known men are numbered among the directors: John Daniel, E. L.
Wright, J. H. Wilson and Fred Smith. Mr. Jones is also a director and
president of the Lake Linden Supply Company, a very prosperous business
concern. He also serves as deputy revenue collector.
In March, 1892, Mr. Jones was joined in the holy bonds of matrimony
with Annabelle McIntyre, who was born in Hancock, Michigan, in 1865,
and is a daughter of Allan and Sarah (McLean) McIntyre. They have four
children, namely: Allen James; Margaret Sarah; Annabelle Euphemia; Lucille
Edna. Religiously, the family is Congregational. Mr. Jones is a member
of the Masons. He is a Republican in politics, and for the past Io years has
served on the School Board.
WILLIAM     R. OATES.
WILLIAM R. OATES, attorney-at-law and a leading citizen of Calumet,
Houghton County, Michigan, was born in New Quay, Cornwall, England,
July 16, 1878, and is a son of Richard and Caroline (Thomas) Oates, both
natives of England.  The family came to America when our subject was
13 years of age, and located at Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, and
there the latter was reared and received his early education. Our subject is
one of a family of seven children, the others being:  Frank H., of Denver,
Colorado; Mrs. Letha C. Pritchard; Mr. Maud Curtis, of Kankakee,
Illinois; and Percy, Daisy and Morley S., of Calumet, Michigan.
In 1896 William R. Oates entered the University of Michigan at Ann
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Campbell & Oates, an association which continued until 1903, when the
partnership was dissolved. Mr. Qates is now serving his second term as
village attorney of Laurium and is a member of the Village Council.  Hle
is interested in many of the business enterprises of the section, and is secre,tary of the Calumet & B~isbee Development Company, which has its home
offices at Calumet, Michigan, although, the copper mines are located at Bisbee,
A~rizona.  Mr. Qates is also secretary of and  counsel for the Calumet &
Cochise Development Company, which also has its home offices at Calumet
and the copper mines at Bisbee, and is, in addition, secretary of and counsel
for the Wolverine & Arizona Development Company, under the same conditions.  All of these corporations are well established and promise to be
very remunerative.  Mr. Oates' law practice is exclusively of a corporation
nature.
Mr. Oates is a leading politician of Houghton County, and one of the
active Republican workers.  He is a ready speaker and is always in demand
during important campaigns. Mr. OIates resides in Calumet and has commodious offices in the. Carlton Block. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow, anl
Elk, a Son of St. George and keeps uip his connection with Kappa Sigma,
his college society.
HERMAN J. SEIFERT.
HERMAN J. SEIFERT, one of the successful and well known business citizens of L'Anse, Baraga County, Michigan, came f rom a German home with
those sturdy traits of character that have caused him, like others of his countrymen, to prosper in America and to become a valued citizen. Mr. Seifert
was born in Schalkau, Germany, in 1852, and was reared and educated in his
native land.
Before Herman J. Seifert came to America he had learned the trade of
a baker pretty thoroughly, as his father was a grain dealer and baker.  This
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the United States, in 1872, at the age of 20 years. He was the only member
of the family to come to this country. After about o1 months in Cleveland
Mr. Seifert came as far west as Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan,
and during his residence there of several years learned and followed the
barber's trade, owning a barber shop also at Escanaba for a year and a half.
In 1876 he located at L'Anse, Baraga County, and conducted a shop there
until 1879, during a part of which time his was the only shop in the village.
In 1881 he commenced to run a hotel, which he conducted very successfully
for two years.  He embarked in the saloon business in 1889.  Mr. Seifert
is extensively interested in land and timber and also in the graphite business.
His honesty and industry have been rewarded and he is looked upon as one
of the substantial men of the place.
In 1881 Mr. Seifert married Meta Sengebusch, who is a daughter of
Frank Sengebusch, who is one of the old settlers, settling at L'Anse when
the town was founded, in 1872.   He established a hotel and saloon and
operated both some years, his death occurring in January, 1901.  His son
Otto now conducts a barber shop in L'Anse. Mr. and Mrs. Seifert have one
child, Walter B., who is attending school.
For some ten years Mr. Seifert has been a member of the City Council
and for seven years he has served as superintendent of the poor. At present
he is a member of the School Board and one of the town's public spirited and
active citizens.  In politics he is a Republican.  Fraternally he belongs to
the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
JOHN A. DANIELSON.
JOHN A. DANIELSON, who has resided at Calumet, Houghton County,
Michigan, since 1868 and for 35 years has had charge of the surface work,
including the teaming, for the Calumet & Hecla Mining! Company, is a
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erick Danielson, whose death occurred in 1852 at Detroit, Michigan, where
he was a contractor.  Our subject was one of a large family of children;
the two daughters are deceased; the surviving sons are as follows:  John
A., our subject; George W., who served in the Civil War and is now a resident of Duluth, Minnesota; Charles Willard, of Hawley, Michigan; Thomas,
of Detroit, Michigan; William, of Windsor, Canada; and Benjamin, of
Portland, Oregon.
John A. Danielson was but a small lad when his parents removed from
Canada to the village of Fenton, near Detroit, Michigan, later settling in
that city. There he attended the common schools, entering into business
at a later date as the operator of a paint shop at Detroit, later removing
to the Northern Peninsula and establishing a paint shop at Hancock, Houghton County.   He then began team contracting and, engaged in this line,
located at Calumet in 1868. He later sold his private interests and assumed
charge of the surface work and teaming for the Calumet & Hecla Mining
Company.   Mr. Danielson has the management of two fine barns which he
has had thoroughly equipped with modern sanitary conveniences of all kinds
and in their appointments compare very favorably with anything west of
Chicago. One of the barns is fitted for the driving horses and the other for
the working animals, and a night and day force of 1 men is required, this
not including the teamsters.  Accommodations are sufficient in these barns
for from 40 to 6o working horses.  Mr. Danielson is justly proud of his
fine stables, in which he has had a number of convenient devices introduced,
one of these being a contrivance for the proper hanging and airing of the
robes in a room set apart for the purpose.
Mr. Danielson was married in Detroit, Michigan, to Mary Ann Graham, who was born in Canada, of Scotch and Holland ancestry.    They
have reared a family of nine children, namely:  Mrs. George T. Fuller, of
Calumet, Michigan; Mrs. George Wright, of South Hecla, Michigan; Mrs.
Joseph Wills, wife of the sheriff of Houghton County; Mrs. Charles Currey,
of Red Bridge, Michigan; Mrs. George B. Siddall, whose husband is an
attorney of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Fred Sutherland, of Detroit, Michigan;
Mrs. James D. Godfrey, whose husband is a wholesale fruit dealer of Laurium, Michigan; Ulysses G., a machinist at Hecla, Michigan; and Walter G.,




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who is also a machinist.  The comfortable family home is located at No.
201 Rockland street.
Politically Mr. Danielson affiliates with the Republican, party.  Fraternally he is a Mason and a member of the Calumet Commandery.     In
religious belief he is a Congregationalist.
STEPHEN PAULL.
STEPHEN PAULL., cashier of the Merchants' & Miners' Bank of Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, has occupied this responsible position for
the past three years, although he has been associated with the bank since
188o. Mr. Paull was born in 1836 in Devonshire, England, and is the only
surviving son of his family, his parents and his three brothers being deceased.
He has four sisters still living: Emma, widow of Francis Rogers, of B~ristol, England; Ellen, wife of Henry Trathen, of Lead, Cityý, Dakota; Emily
Anin, widow of William Harding, of Bristol, England; and Sophia Jane,
widow of Samuel Mountjoy, of Hancock, Michigan.
Mr. Paull was educated in his native country and remained there until
he was 30 years of age. As his father was a, mining captain, he had grown
up in the vicinity of mines and knew all their practical workings. just at
the close of the Civil War he decided to join friends already located at
Houghton, Michigan. Reaching this village safely, he entered the employ
of Smith & Harris, who were engaged in a general mercantile business, and
later took charge of the branch store of the firm at Calumet.  Mr. Paull
continued with the firm until they closed out their business, some 25 years
ago. He was then bookkeeper for George W. Shears, in the meat business,
for three years, and then became one of the two collectors connected with the
bank of which he is now the cashier. At that time this institution was conducted with but three employes. Step by step he has risen with the bank's
prosperity, and his careful, conservative course has gained him the confidence
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Mr. Paull was married first in England. One year after Mr. Paull
came to America his wife joined him here.  She died at Calumet in 1861,
leaving one daughter, now Mrs. F. C. Osborn, of Cleveland, Ohio. The
present Mrs. Paull was a daughter of Thomas Phillips, one of the pioneers of
the Lake Superior copper country.  Their family of eight children were
born at Calumet, and are as follows:  Stephen, a clerk at the Tamarack
supply office; Arthur F., D. D. S.; John H., a bookkeeper in the Merchants'
& Miners' Bank of Calumet; William, a student in college; Frank O., a stL1udent at Easthampton, Massachusetts; and Fred M., Harry P. and Alfred C.,
all students in the Calumet High School.  Mr. Paull and family reside at
No. 33 Mine street, Calumet.  In religious views the family belong to the
Methodist Episcopal Church, but Mr. Paul favors the Protestant Episcopal
Church, the faith of his parents.  Politically he is a Republican.  For the
past 20 years he has served as a notary public. Fraternally he is prominent
in the various Masonic branches, being a member of Montrose Commandery,
Knights Templar, of Calumet and Marquette Shrine of Grand Rapids.
All
HON. NATHAN M. KAUFMAN.
HON. NATHAN M. KAUFMAN, one of the most prominent and successful financiers of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, is president of the
Marquette County Savings Bank.   He stands high in the public esteem,
and has a host of friends throughout the Northern Peninsula of Michigan,
where he has had extensive operations.
Mr. Kaufman was born at Marquette, Michigan, July 4, 1862, and is
a son of Samuel Kaufman, who was born in Germany and came to the United
States in 1849, locating in Marquette, where he became one of the most successful merchants of the town.
Nathan M. Kaufman attended the public and high schools of his native
town until he reached the age of 16 years, also working in his father's store
at odd times. He then accepted a position as traveling salesman with the
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in Northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.  He was employed on a
salary and commission basis, and saved enough money in two years to start
a gentlemen's furnishing store in Negaunee, Marquette County, Michigan.
After conducting it with uninterrupted success for a number of years he
sold it in 1883 and associated himself with his father at Marquette, at the
same time commencing operations in iron and mineral lands.  In 1885 he
secured an option on the Blue mine, which he opened into one of the best
producers in the State, and later sold at a handsome profit. He enlarged his
dealings, making a feature of opening and developing the valuable mining
properties of the Northern Peninsula until 1888, when he was appointed general manager of the Breitung estate. This estate was one of the largest
holders of mineral lands in the Peninsula, and Mr. Kaufman handled it and
disposed of the property in a most able manner until 1892. He was elected
mayor of Marquette on the Republican ticket, and served during 1893-94,
giving the city an excellent, progressive administration.  He still operates
in mining properties and is interested in various enterprises of that nature.
He is president of the Washington Iron Mining Company, of Marquette,
and secretary of the Negaunee Iron Mining Company.
In 1893 Mr. Kaufman was united in marriage with Mary Breitung,
widow of Edward Breitung, of Marquette, and they reside in a beautiful
home there.  Our subject is a prominent Mason and has taken all the degrees, including the Knight Templar and both the Scottish and York Rite
consistory degrees, and is a member of Saladin Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is also a member of Marquette Lodge, B.
P. O. E.
ADOLPH F. HEIDKAMP.
ADOLPH F. HEIDKAMP, who is now serving his seventh term as president of the village of Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, is secretary and treasurer of the Bosch Brewing Company, one of the most prosperous and substantial enterprises of the place. Mr. Heidkamp was born in




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Port Washington, Wisconsin, in 1863, and is a son of Adolph and Anna
(Hanson) Heidkamp.
Adolph Heidkamp, our subject's father, was born in Cologne, Prussia,
and died in 1881, aged 6o years. Before coming to this country he taught
school for some years.  He landed in New York City in 1852, and two
years later removed to Port Washington, Wisconsin, where he read law and
was admitted to the bar. He practiced law for many years and for 18 years
was judge of the Probate Court of his county.  From 1854 until the time
of his death he was the publisher of the Zeitung, a German weekly, which
was Democratic in politics and had a large circulation throughout its section
of the Badger State. Religiously he was a member of the Catholic Church.
He was for three terms superintendent of the schools of Ozaukee county.
He married Anna Hanson, who was born in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, Germany, and died in 1871, at the age of 44 years.  She also was
a member of the Catholic Church.  This union resulted in the birth of the
following children, who grew to maturity: Louisa, wife of Nicholas Watry,
an optician of Chicago, Illinois; Anna, whose husband, William J. Diederich,
is a member of the M. H. Wiltzius Company, dealers in church goods in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Adolph F., subject of this biography; and Emil
M., an optician of Chicago, Illinois.  By a former marriage, with Frank
Gengler, the mother of our subject had three children: John, deceased;
Margaret, widow of Joseph Malherbe, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Elizabeth, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Adolph F. Heidkamp received his educational training in the public
schools of Port Washington, and then learned the printing trade, which he
followed there for six years.  In 1882 he came to the Northern Peninsula
and located at Houghton, Houghton County, where he worked for two years
in the office of the transfer company, and then worked a like period in the
office of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Company. In 1887
he removed to Lake Linden and assumed the duties of bookkeeper in the
office of Joseph Bosch & Company, brewers. He retained this position until
1894, and when the firm was changed to a stock company under the name
of the Bosch Brewing Company, he was made secretary and treasurer, which
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esteem of his fellow citizens to the fullest extent.  He was elected president
of the village of Lake Linden in 1896, and is now serving a seventh term in
that office.
In politics Mr. Heidkamp was a Democrat until 1896, since which time
he has favored the Republican party.  He is a member of the Catholic
Church, and takes an earnest interest in church work.  Fraternally he is
a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and the Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
ARTHUR ERNEST DELF.
ARTHUR ERNEST DELF., of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan,
one of the best known railroad men in Michigan, auditor of the Duluth,
South Shore & Atlantic Railway Company, was born in I86o near Port
Elgin, Canada. He is a son of Arthur and Elizabeth Mary Emily (Wilde)
Delf.
Arthur Delf was born in London, England, and died in September,
1898, aged 63 years.  He was both a printer and a merchant.  In politics
he was identied wtih the Republican party.  In religious belief he and his
wife were consistent members of the Presbyterian Church.  The mother
of our subject was born at Adelaide, Australia, and she now resides in Marquette, Michigan. The children in the parental family were: Amelia Edith;
Arthur Ernest; Edward W., who is agent for the Mineral Range Railroad
Company, at Calumet, Michigan; and Percival, who is a merchant at Marquette, Michigan.
Arthur Ernest Delf was educated in the public schools and at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.  He began his business career as a clerk
in the employ of the Chicago & North-Western Railway Company at Negaunee, Michigan, and three months later entered the employ of the Marquette,
Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad Company, with which he remained two
years as clerk.  After acting for nine months as agent at Newberry, Michigan, for the Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Railroad Company, he returned







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to Negaunee to become agent for the Marquette & Western Railroad Company, with which company he continued for one year.  In 1885 he went
into the general offices of thc Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad
Company, which eventually became a part of the Duluth, South Shore &
Atlantic Railway, and the Mineral Range Railroad, operated independently,
and he has been with this company ever since. In 1894 his long and faithful
service was recognized in his appointment as auditor.
In 1866 Mr. Delf was married to Melissa A. Lewis, who was born in
Marquette, Michigan, and is a daughter of John Lewis, formerly the superintendent of docks at Marquette.  They have one child, Melissa Elizabeth.
Mr. Delf is a Republican in politics and a Mason in fraternal association.
He is secretary of the Peter White Public Library, and belongs to the Marquette Club. By a long and honorable business career, by a careful interest
in the affairs of his employers, Mr. Delf has earned the confidence and high
esteem of the great corporation he has served so long, while his personal
attributes have gained for him a wide circle of warm friends.
CAPT. JOHN DUNCAN.
CAPT. JOHN DUNCAN, who has been assistant superintendent of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company since 1869, located in Houghton County in
1858. Captain Duncan was born in Canada, near St. Thomas, but was mainly
reared in Michigan.  He is a son of John and Mary Duncan, natives of
Scotland.
In his early manhood our subject began work on the Great Western
Railroad of Canada and later drifted into Michigan, where he found employment on the Detroit & Mackinac Railroad. From there he removed to Houghton County in 1858, on the steamer "Montgomery," which was commanded
by the late Captain Wilkinson, ex-superintendent of the Detroit House of Correction. The trip was the first one both for the vessel and its captain. For
io years he was then associated with the Quincy mine in Houghton County,
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Captain Duncan has always been a stanch Republican and has been honored by his party on many occasions.  He is one of the oldest continuous
county commissioners in the State, having served as chairman of the board
in Houghton County since 1866.  He was identified with both village and
township organizations and has exercised the influence of a level headed, responsible and just citizen.  No man in Houghton County enjoys more universal esteem.
On June 18, 1862, Captain Duncan married Mary A. Moon, a daughter
of William Moon, formerly of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mrs. Duncan became a
resident of Houghton County at the age of 11 years. The children born to
Captain Duncan and wife are: William, who is engaged in a hardware business at Calumet, where he resides with his family; Fannie, who married William Holman, an insurance man of Calumet, Michigan; and Helen, who is the
wife of Fred E. Woodbury, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Captain Duncan has
one of the finest residences at Calumet, at No. 1025 Mine Street. He is a man
of large means, a stockholder in the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, and is
financially interested in various commercial ventures. Fraternally he is very
prominent in Masonry, having attained to the thirty-third degree. He was
made a Mason in Houghton County and was formerly a member at Quincy
until the lodge was transferred to Calumet.  He is a member of Montrose
Commandery, K. T., at Calumet, and the Marquette Consistory. It is with
pleasure that we are able to state that a portrait of Captain Duncan may be
found in this work, being presented on a foregoing page in connection with this
sketch.
JOHN    GERALD REAL.
JOHN GERALD REAL, county treasurer of Baraga County, Michigan,
and a leading citizen of L'Anse, was born in Houghton County, Michigan,
October 28, 1865, and is a son of Garrett and Margaret (Mehony) Real,
both of whom were born in Ireland. The family came to Michigan in 1865
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construction. The father died in I89j, but the mother still resides in Baraga.
Our subject is the oldest of a family of five children, all of whom are
living.  He was educated in the public schools at L'Anse and took a commercial course at the Bryant & Stratton's Business College at Detroit, Michigan, completing the same prior to his 14th year, and accepting then a clerical
position in a drug store at L'Anse. He was an ambitious youth, and in addition to attending to his duties at the store learned telegraphing.  Four years
later his fidelity and industry were rewarded by being appointed manager of
a branch store at Baraga, for D. J. Norton, this being the first drug business
established in that place.  In 189o Mr. Real embarked in a drug business
for himself at Baraga, which he successfully conducted until the fall of 1898,
when, turning his drug business over to his brother, he made a visit to the
Klondike gold fields. Mr. Real remained two years prospecting in Alaska,
but returned to Baraga after a severe attack of typhoid fever at Nome.  He
resumed the drug business for a time and then spent a season in prospecting
through Baraga County, many making friends in every section. In the fall of
1902 he was nominated and later elected to the office of county treasurer, an
office he most efficiently fills.  For one year he was game warden of Ontonagon County and has been tendered many offices of responsibility by his
Democratic friends.
AUGUST      MENGE.
AUGUST MENGE, of L'Anse, Baraga County, Michigan, has been a resident of the Northern Peninsula for a period of 39 years and has figured
prominently with its business projects and political history.
Mr. Menge was born in Saxony, Germany, May 4, 1845, and is a son
of Carl and Tracy Menge, who came to this country in i85o.  They lived
in Wisconsin until 1875, then removed to L'Anse, where they spent the remainder of their lives. The father was a miller and millwright by trade, and
followed these trades until his retirement.  He died in 1893.  Mr. and Mrs.




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Menge had three sons: August; Charles, of Chicago, Illinois; and William,
a printer of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
August Menge was five years of age when he accompanied his parents
to this country. He attended the public schools of Wisconsin until 1 years
of age, when he went to work in the printing office of a German paper, The
Northwestern, published at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and edited by Charles H.
Schmidt. There he worked for eight years, a part of the time as foreman
of the job printing office that was run in connection with the paper.
In 1864 August Menge came to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan,
first settling at Houghton, Houghton County, but not being able to work at
his trade there, crossed Portage Lake to Hancock, where he was temporarily
employed at breaking rock.  He accepted a position as bartender for Mr.
Miller at Houghton, and subsequently was bartender for Francis Mayworm
for a period of five years. In 1871 he removed to L'Anse and engaged in
the saloon business for himself, which he conducts in such a manner as not
to offend the sense of propriety, and has built up a patronage that is drawn
from the best citizens of this community.
Mr. Menge has on several occasions been honored by political preferment.  He served seven terms as mayor of L'Anse, has been village trustee
and treasurer, supervisor and for 19 years was a member of the School Board.
He was elected county treasurer in 1878, and two years later was re-elected by
an increased majority, each time defeating John Campbell for the office.
For 25 years he has been chief of the fire department of L'Anse, and in all
these positions has rendered prompt and efficient service.  He was a promoter of the L'Anse Water Works, which furnishes hydrant water supply
for fire protection to the city free of cost.  He was also a promoter of the
project of building the Town Hall, which is certainly a credit to the town.
He was serving as county supervisor at the time the excellent Court House
building was erected.  At that time he was largely instrumental in keeping
the Court House at L'Anse, though unusual inducements had been offered
for its removal to the town of Baraga.
In 1870 Mr. Menge was married to Theresa Sibilsky, of Houghton,
Michigan, and they have the following children: August H., of Marquette,
Michigan; William T., who has served two terms as county treasurer, and




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who is in the mercantile business at L'Anse, Michigan; Charles H., clerk
of L'Anse township and the Board of Education, who is associated with his
father in business; Selma M., a stenographer of Houghton, Michigan; Emma
B., a stenographer of Hancock, Michigan; and Theresa, who is attending the
L'Anse High School.
THEODORE AXEL THOREN.
THEODORE AXEL THOREN, a prominent legal practitioner of Marquette
County, Michigan, commissioner of the Circuit Court and city assessor of
Negaunee, was born in Negaunee, Michigan, August 8, 1874.
Charles Thoren, the father of our subject, is one of the prominent citizens of Negaunee.  He was born in 1838 and came to the United States in
1865, locating at Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan.  In 1870 he removed to Marquette County and located at Negaunee, where he followed his
business of cutter for custom tailoring and embarked in a mercantile business.  In 1902 he retired from active business, being succeeded by his son,
Charles. He married Johanna Peterson, who was born in 1838 in Sweden.
Their family consisted of six children, namely:  Charles, Jr.; Clara M., the
wife of Rev. L. W. Gullstrom, of Bismarck, North Dakota; Wilhelmine, deceased; Theodore Axel, of this sketch; Herman J., deceased; and Titus E.,
who lives at home.  Our subject's father has been alderman of the Third
Ward of Negaunee, and is a Republican in politics.  He belongs to several
fraternal orders, including the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Ancient Order of United Workmen; and the Knights of Pythias.   Both he
and his wife belong to the Lutheran Church.
Mr. Thoren secured a first class common school education, and after
graduating at the Negaunee High School entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1892, and graduated from the law department in 1895.
For the following year and a half he taught school in Texas, saw the country
and gained experience.  Upon his return to Negaunee he opened an office
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years he has been city assessor. In 19o01 he was appointed commissioner of
the Circuit Court by Governor Bliss, to fill an unexpired term of the incumbent, who had left the county.  In 1902 he was elected to the office to succeed himself.
Mr. Thoren has taken considerable interest in politics and is prominently
identified with the Republican party.  Fraternally he belongs to the Masons,
the Royal Arcanum, and the S. H. & E. F., a Scandinavian society. In religious belief he is a Lutheran.
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TIMOTHY DUQUETTE.
TIMOTHY DUQUETTE, a well known business citizen of Marquette, Michigan, at present identified with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
has been a resident of the city since 1878.  He was born in i86o, at St.
Martins, Canada, and is a son of Francis and Katherine (Gagne) Duquette.
Francis Duquette, who was a farmer by occupation, was born at Chateaugay, Canada, and died in 1862.  His wife was born at St. Martins,
Canada, and died in I9oo, at the age of 66 years.  Both of our subject's
parents were exemplary members of the Catholic Church.  Three of their
five children still survive, viz:  Joseph, who is engaged in hotel keeping in
Montreal, Canada; Louis, who is also a hotel keeper in Canada; and Timothy,
of this sketch.
Timothy Duquette was well educated in his native locality and he removed to Marquette to follow teaching. He also taught school at Spalding,
Michigan.  About 1878 or 1879 he entered the dry goods store of Newberger, in Marquette, and was associated with this firm for seven years, and
for four years with another Marquette firm. In 1890o he embarked in the
clothing business on his own account and continued very prosperously until
his health demanded a change of employment. In 1901oI he sold out his
clothing business and since that time has been connected with life insurance,
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offices are located in the Harlow Block.  Mr. Duquette is a good business
man and a very pleasant gentleman to know.  He is well read and intelligent, a graduate of Montreal College, and possesses the qualifications to
successfully place his business favorably before the public and to watch the
interests of those he insures.  His methods are modern and his business is
conducted on principles of the highest integrity.
In 1887 Mr. Duquette married Salina Price, who was born in 1862,
near Grandmere, Canada, and is a daughter of Francis and Merance Price.
The two children of this marriage are:  Rila, born in 1890; and Clement,
born in 1898. Both Mr. Duquette and his wife belong to the Catholic
Church. Fraternally he is a member of the Alpena and the St. Jean Baptiste
societies.  In politics he votes independently.
JOHN AMESSE.
JOHN AMESSE, the popular and obliging postmaster of Lake Linden,
Houghton County, Michigan, and an honored survivor of the Civil War, was
born in 1844 in Canada, and is a son of Joseph and Julia (Vinette) Amesse,
both of whom were also natives of Canada.
Joseph Amesse was a farmer.    Both he and his wife were devoted
members of the Catholic Church. They reared a family of Io children, six
of these still surviving, as follows:  Onezine, a resident of Ontonagon,
Michigan; John, of this sketch; Leander, of Baraga, Baraga County, Michigan; and Zephyr, Odile and Napoleon, residents of Canada.
John Amesse removed from Canada to the United States in 1863 and
located in Michigan.  In 1864 he enlisted for service in the Civil War, at
Flint, Michigan, in the Ioth Reg., Michigan Vol. Inf., and) served until
August I, 1865.  He did not escape the dangers of war, receiving a painful
wound from a bullet, during the battle before Nashville, and being sent to
the military hospital at Jeffersonville, Indiana.  Mr. Amesse was a loyal and
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Harrison, later by' President McKinley, and is serving his fifth term, under
President Roosevelt.
In 1868 Mr. Amesse married Nancy Parks, a native of Canada, and
four children have been born to them, as follows:  Edward, who is the
overseer of the boiler house at the Calumet & Hecla mine; John W., who has
been three years in the United States service and is now quarantine officer
and surgeon in the Marine Hospital at Manila, Philippine Islands; Henry,
who is an assistant in the machine works of the Tamarack mill at South Lake
Linden; and Adele, who is the accommodating assistant postmaster.  Mr.
Amesse is a Mason, an Odd Fellow and a member of the Grand Army of the
Republic. The family is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
JOHN CAMPBELL.
JOHN CAMPBELL, who is a leading citizen and a general merchant of
L'Anse, Baraga County, Michigan, was born at Cleveland, Ohio, December
14, 1850, and is a son of John and Rebecca (Turner) Campbell, both of
whom were born in Scotland.    The father died in 1860 and the mother
became Mrs. Edwin L. Mason and is still alive. Our subject has one sister
-Florence, now Mrs. B. F. Jenkins, of Chicago, Illinois.
After the death of his father Mr. Campbell accompanied his mother
to Port Huron, Michigan, and later to Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, where he attended the common schools.  After prosecuting advanced
studies at Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, he returned to Hancock,
and engaged in clerking until 1872 and then removed to L'Anse, Baraga
County, as clerk in the bank of E. L. Mason & Company. In 1878 he was
tendered the position of manager of the L'Anse store of P. Ruppe & Sons,
and was filling the same when the town was almost destroyed by fire. The
Ruppe firm never rebuilt its store and he seized the opportunity to embark in
a mercantile business for himself, and he has been eminently successful and
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an active interest in public matters and has filled a number of local offices in
L'Anse and Baraga County, serving as county treasurer (two terms), supervisor, president of the village, township clerk and school trustee.
In i886 Mr. Campbell married Ella E. Curtis, who is a daughter of Rev.
D. A. Curtis, of Petersburg, Michigan.  The children born to this marriage
bear the names of Rebecca, Florence, John, Francis, Grace and Ellen Jane.
Mr. Campbell is fraternally connected with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, Knights of the Maccabees, and Modern Woodmen of America. He
is a Republican, and has been active in politics and has served as chairman of
the county committee.  Mr. Campbell is one of the representative, intelligent
and substantial men of L'Anse.
W. H. MASON.
W. H. MASON, who was recently appointed by the Governor of Michigan
as agent of the State Board of Charities, has been a resident of the city of Hancock, Houghton County, since i866 and has been engaged in various lines of
business. At the present time he is a member of the firm of Mason & Bentley,
brokers and promoters, and in addition looks after his real estate interests.
Mr. Mason was born in 1846 at Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, and is a son
of Benjamin Mason.
Benjamin Mason was born in Ireland and at an early day came to this
country, locating in Wisconsin, Ivhere he was a pioneer. He was in the soap andt
candle-business, and made the first mining candles manufactured on Lake Superior, for the Quincy mine. His wife was also a native of Ireland, and both
died in the early "eighties."  They were parents of three sons and one daughter, as follows: T. D., who died in 1897, was a veteran of the Civil War,
serving in the First Reg., Wisconsin Vol. Inf., and spent six months in Libby
Prison and six months in Andersonville, and then made his escape,-he located
at Hancock a short time before our subject; Archibald, who is retired, lives
with his sister at Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin; Mrs. E. G. Trowbridge, of
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Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, whose husband was at the Quincy mine a period
of 36 years as an official; and W. H.
W. H. Mason was reared and educated at Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin,
and was but a boy when he enlisted in 1862, in Company C, 4th Reg., Wisconsin Vol. Cav., of which Albert E. Paine was colonel. They went out at
once and in three weeks' time our subject was doing picket duty. He served
as scout for a time with Generals Sherman, Banks, Smith and others, and was
at Fort Spanish, Fort Blakley, on the Red River Expedition, at Port Hudson,
at Vicksburg, at Memphis, and about Mobile. He served three years in the
cavalry, and was commissioned sergeant. In the fall of 1865 he was mustered
out at Brownsville, Texas, and immediately returned home. Early in 1866
he came to the Northern Peninsula, locating at Hancock, and first engaged
in contracting and teaming for a period of five or six years, then with his
brother, T. D. Mason, formed a partnership under the firm name of Mason
Brothers. They established a store at the lower point of Keweenaw County,
and made large contracts for furnishing the mines.  They continued with
success until early in the "seventies," when they disposed of the business and
returned to Hancock, where T. D. Mason followed contracting, while our subject engaged in the mercantile business. Some years later the latter left the
store in charge of his son, and with his brother went to Newberry, Luce County,
Michigan, where they took a large contract to furnish 150 cords of wood per
day for a period of three years, the wood being used in making charcoal.
When the contract expired W. H. Mason returned to Hancock and resumed
his store business, which he continued to conduct with unvarying success until
1897, when he sold out to his son, C. S. Mason, who has since conducted it.
He then engaged in the brokerage business, first representing Sutton & Bowen,
of Boston, and also A. B. Turner & Company, of Boston, for two years. He
then devoted his attention to caring for his large real estate interests until
January I, 1903, when he opened his present office in partnership with George
C. Bentley, as brokers and promoters, handling copper stock, and also engaging
in the wood and coal business. Mason & Bentley are financial agents for several mining properties, and have promoted several mines in Arizona, among
them being the Marquette & Arizona, the Portage Lake & Bisbee; the Calumet
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estate holdings.  He is a thorough business man, and to his own efforts and
good judgment is due the wonderful success he has achieved.
W. H. Mason was united in marriage with Hattie Chamberlin, a daughter
of George Chamberlin, of Plymouth, Wisconsin, who settled in the Badger
State at an early day, coming from Rochester, New York.  Her mother now
lives at Green Bay, Wisconsin. Three sons and two daughters have blessed
this union, namely:  Clarence G., a graduate of the Michigan College of
Mines at Houghton, is now at Escanaba, Mlichigan, with the United States
Steel Corporation; Charles S., of Hancock, Michigan, who is engaged in the
real estate business; Ardell, who is in the National Bank of Houghton; and
Minnie and Florence, who are attending school.  Our subject is a Republican in politics, and has served as alderman.  He is now agent for the State
Board of Charities, having been appointed by the Governor late in 1902. He
is a member of E. R. Stiles Post, No. 174, G. A. R., and has held numerous
offices.  He and his family reside in their beautiful home on East Quincy
Street, in the finest residence district of Hancock. A portrait of Mr. Mason
accompanies this sketch.
JAMES SINCLAIR.
JAMES SINCLAIR, junior member of a prominent building and contracting firm of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, and one of the city's
substantial and leading citizens, was born in 186o, in the Orkney Islands, off
the north coast of Scotland.   He is a son of William and Magdaline
(Braugh) Sinclair, both of whom were born, reared, married and lived in
the Orkney Islands. The father died in 1880; he was by trade a stone cutter
and builder and was frequently employed in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.
The four children of Mr. and Mrs. William Sinclair were: Magdaline, who
married Duncan McClaren, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and now resides in Glasgow; Jessie, who resides with her mother; William, who lives in Edinburgh,
Scotland; and James, the youngest of the family.
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where may be seen some of the highest specimens of the builder's skill in the
world.  In 1887 he came to America and began business for himself at
Marquette, Michigan, one of his first jobs being the building of the foundation for the residence of E,. W. Allen. For three years he was a foreman in
the State Prison at Marquette, in charge of the masonry work.  He then
put in the masonry work for the Mathew House in Marquette.  For many
years he stood at the head of the craft in the city and then started also into
contracting, taking in a Mr. Outerson as partner, the firm style being Sinclair
& Outerson.   After this partnership was dissolved, Mr. Sinclair became
superintendent of construction.  In 1891 his present partnership with Mr.
Lipsett was formed; the firm of Lipsett & Sinclair, contractors and builders,
secures the bulk of the important work in Marquette.
On December 14, 1892, Mr. Sinclair was united in marriage with Louisa
Lawrence, who is a daughter of James and Martha (Roberts) Lawrence, the
former of whom was a contractor and builder in Marquette for many years
and died December 9, 1902, leaving a widow and these children:  Louisa
(Mrs. James Sinclair); James, a contractor of Greenville, South Carolina;
and Charles, John, Thomas and William, of Marquette.  Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair have one daughter, Ruth, born November 2, 1901.  In religious belief
the family is Presbyterian.  Fraternally Mr. Sinclair is a Mason.  He is
a self made man and has attained to his present prosperity through his own
industry and ability.
W. L. MASON.
W. L. MASON, prosecuting attorney of Baraga County, Michigan, has
been successfully engaged in the practice of law since 1886, and for a part
of the time has been located at L'Anse, where he now resides.  He was
born near Boston mine, Houghton County, Michigan, February 20, 1865,
and is a son of Edwin L. and Rebecca (Turner) (Campbell) Mason.
The Masons are a very old New England family, some of its members
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ceiving grants from the King of England. The grandfather of our subject
drove through from New England to Livingston County, New York, with
an ox team, and was one of the early settlers of that county.
Edwin L. Mason was born in Livingston County, New York, and removed to the copper region of Michigan early in the "fifties."  It being before the day of railroads in the Northern Peninsula, he made much of the
journey by boat.  He was employed by mining companies in official capacities, and in later years was a private banker at L'Anse, Baraga County. He
located at L'Anse in 1871 and conducted his bank until 1885. He then retired and spent his declining years in the companionship of his family, dying
October 23, 1895.  He was prominent in the councils of the Republican
party, and as early as the campaign of William Henry Harrison stumped
Pennsylvania and New York for the Whig party. His first vote was cast for
William Henry Harrison and his last for Benjamin Harrison.   He was
judge of the Probate Court of Baraga County for a number of years, and
continued active in party work up to the time of his death. He was nearly
always to be found present at the Republican County, State and National
conventions.  Fraternally he was a Mason.  He was a man given to deep
study, and did a great deal of literary work. He was a great lover of home,
and usually outside of business hours would be found there in the company
of his family. He married Mrs. Rebecca Campbell, nee Turner, a native of
Scotland, and they had two children: W. L.; and Edith, wife of R. T. Vent,
of New York City.
W. L. Mason was reared in Houghton County and at L'Anse, Baraga
County, where his family located in 1871. He attended the public schools,
then the Michigan Military Academy, from which he was graduated in 1884.
He then entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann
Arbor, and received the degree of LL. B. in 1886. He immediately thereafter started practice in L'Anse, Baraga County, where he continued with
success for five years. In 1891 he went to Detroit, Michigan, where he practiced law with good results for a period of 10 years.  In the meantime he
visited the northwestern part of the United States and took a trip to Alaska.
He returned to L'Anse in 1902 and established a lucrative general practice.
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Mr. McKernon, who died in April of that year. He has been a thorough
student, has a comprehensive knowledge of the principles of law, and is a
strong advocate at the bar. He has many lifelong friends in the community,
and is held in highest esteem by all. In politics he is a Republican.
CHARLES HARVEY RODI, M. D.
CHARLES HARVEY RODI, M. D., a prominent citizen of Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, has been physician and surgeon for the Tamarack
mine for the past 16 years and has attained high rank in his profession. He
was born in Montreal, Canada, June 18, 1859, and is a son of Herman Karl
and Eliza D. (Harvey) Rodi.
Herman Karl Rodi was a Hollander by birth and after his marriage
moved to Montreal, Canada, thence to the Lake Superior mining regions.
He engaged for a time at the smelters, and from 1859 to 1864 was engaged
in exploring Michipicoten Island. In the latter year he located at the Quincy
mine, where he was engaged until his death in 1877, at the age of 53 years.
His wife, Eliza D. Harvey, who died in 1892, was a native of Halesworth,
England. Her father, Prof. Joseph Harvey, was an instructor in languages,
and established Castle Academy in Halesworth, in which she and her brothers
and sisters were instructors.  She went to Holland to teach and there met
and married Mr. Rodi.
Dr. Rodi was primarily educated at the Quincy public school, and then
attended Oberlin College, in 1876, paying his own way by working during his
spare time.  Returning home in 1877, he worked at carpenter work at the
Quincy mine, and also peddled tea and did other canvassing, by these means
laying by some money.  In September, 1878, he entered the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor to prepare for the medical profession, and worked
to pay for his board. In 1880 he received the degree Ph. C., and M. D., in
1882. In the summer of 1880 he dispensed medicines at the Eastern Michigan Asylum in Oakland County, and in 1882 went to Mecosta County, Mich



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igan, where he entered upon his first practice.  In 1884 he took a practitioner's course at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, and in 1886 moved
to Calumet to accept his present position as physician and surgeon of the
Tamarack mine.   He has attained a high degree of success, and enjoys the
respect and confidence of all with whom he is acquainted.
Dr. Rodi was joined in marriage with Clara B. Broad, a daughter of
John W. Broad, who was one of the pioneers of the copper fields of Michigan.
At an early day Mr. Broad went on a prospecting tour in the West, visiting
Pike's Peak and other sections of Colorado.  He has been dead for some
years.  Mrs. Rodi was educated at Hillsdale (Michigan) College, after
which she engaged as an instructor for some years. To them were born two
children: C. Marwyn, who graduated from Calumet High School in 1903;
and Irma T., who is in the class of 1904 in the Calumet High School. Politically our subject is a Republican and has served as township clerk and
health officer of Calumet and Osceola townships.  He was secretary and
one of the organizers, in 1887, of the Mineral Range Medical Society, the
first medical society of Calumet, and is now a member of the Upper Peninsula,
the Houghton County and the Michigan State medical societies, and the
American Medical Association. He is also a Mason and a member of the
lodge of Elks at Calumet. In religious views he is a Congregationalist.
EUGENE LA ROWE.
EUGENE LA ROWE, superintendent of the schools of Hancock, Houghton county, Michigan, and one of the leading educators of this section of the
State, was born in 1872 in Ingham County, Michigan. He is a son of James
and Charlotte (Faulk) La Rowe, both of whom were born in Livingston
County, New York, and are now residents of Ingham County, Michigan, the
former aged sixty years and the latter fifty-six years. James La Rowe, our
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as a member of Company K, 9th Reg., Michigan Vol. Inf. Our subject is one
of a family of seven children, all of whom still survive.
Mr. La Rowe received his education in the schools of his native place and
is a graduate of the Howell (Michigan) High School of the class of 1892.
In the same year he entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, taking
the classical course and graduating with his degree of A. B. in 1896. For
one year he taught in the Monroe High School, returning then to the University for a two-year course. In September, 1899, he was called to Hancock,
Houghton County, Michigan, to become principal of the Hancock High
School and remained in that responsible position until February, 1902, when
he was appointed superintendent of the Hancock schools. Mr. La Rowe is
well qualified for this position, possessing knowledge, culture and executive
ability, and also an affable but dignified manner which befits the office. In
1808 he received the degree of M. A. from the University of Michigan. In
religious connection, he is a Congregationalist.
The Hancock schools, over which Mr. La Rowe was called upon to preside, comprise three buildings and a magnificent addition which cost the tax
payers $25,000. It is a credit to the city. The faculty includes 23 teachers
and there is an average attendance of I oo pupils.
JOSEPH MICHAEL PETER PICHETTE, M. D.
JOSEPH MICHAEL PETER PICHETTE, M. D., a leading physician and
surgeon of Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, who has been health
officer for the past o1 years, was born in 1869 in Canada.
Peter Pichette, the father of our subject, was also born in Canada, and
died at the age of 49 years, having met with an accident. In 1883 he located
at Lake Linden, Houghton County, where he engaged in a mercantile business. The mother of Dr. Pichette bore the maiden name of Adeline Gareau,
and she was also born in Canada.  She now resides at Chassell, Houghton
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Roman Catholic Church. The four surviving children are: Joseph Michael
Peter, our subject; Mary, the wife of Joseph LePage, of Chassell, Michigan;
Louis, a merchant of Montreal, Canada; and Rosanna, the wife of Moses Le
Page. Mary and Rosanna Pichette married brothers and the mother and her
sister did the same.  Mrs. Drapeau is a lady of culture and education, and
at the time of her second marriage was a popular teacher.
Dr. Pichette attended Joliette Classical College of Quebec, received
the degree of B. L., and later attended the medical school of medicine and
surgery of Laval University, located at Montreal, where he graduated with
the degree of M. D.  In 1892 he received his diploma and in the same year
located at Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, where he entered upon
practice.  He has been both professionally and financially successful.  Dr.
Pichette is medical examiner for all the Catholic benefit societies and for several insurance companies in the village, and has been the very capable health
officer for the last decade.  I-e belongs to the society of St. Jean Baptiste,
Union Canadienne Francaise of the Upper Peninsula and the Catholic Order
of Foresters.
In 1893 Dr. Pichette was married to Celina Levesque, who is a daughter
of Prudent and Lucias (Beauchene) Levesque, and was born at Lake Linden:l 1873. They have four children, namely:  Antoinette Armandine, Eloise,
Gaston and Theophile. The family belongs to the Roman Catholic Church.
SIVERT OLSON.
SIVERT OLSON, whose portrait is herewith shown, is proprietor and
owner of what is probably the largest furniture and undertaking establishment of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan.  He is a resident of Calumet,
Houghton County, where he has been located for many years.
Mr. Olson was born in Norway in 1850, and in the spring of 1873 came
to the United States, locating in Chicago, Illinois. In the fall of the same
year he removed to Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, and secured
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maker. In the spring of 1874 he removed to Calumet to assume charge of
a branch store which had been built and established by Mr. Seller, it being
the first furniture store in Calumet. Two years later he bought out the
business of his employer, and in partnership with Stephen Wold engaged in
building and contracting, in addition to conducting the store. Many of the
most prominent structures of the vicinity were built by this well known firm,
whch continued until 1888 and was then dissolved. Since that time Mr.
Olson has confined his efforts strictly to the furniture and undertaking business
and we feel safe in saying that in this line he has outstripped all competitors
in the Northern Peninsula. He was elected trustee of the village of Red
Jacket in 1886 and served for six years. He was treasurer of Calumet township during 18go-gi, and has been superintendent of Lake View Cemetery
at Calumet since its organization. In politics, he is a Republican and cast
his first vote for President Hayes. He has frequently been a delegate to
State conventions.
In 1874 Mr. Olson was united in marriage with Emma Christanson of
Calumet, Michigan, her parents being early settlers in the Northern Peninsula. They have two children:- Julia, wife of Robert P. Mackenzie, D. D.
S.; and Siguerel, who is in school.  Fraternally our subject is a Mason
and has advanced to the thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite.  He is a member of the Independent, Order of Odd Fellows, to which he has belonged for
more than 28 years; Modern Woodmen ofAmerica and Knights of the Maccabees   He has been identified with the Norwegian Lutheran Church of
Calumet since its organization in 1874.
JAMES WILSON YOUNG.
JAMES WILSON YOUNG, one of the old and representative citizens of
Marquette., Marquette County, Michigan, who has been identified with the
development of the vicinity from its early days, was born October 2, 1847,
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iam and Ellen (Morrison) Young, the former a native of Scotland and the
latter of Ontario, Canada.
Gavin William Young was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and learned the
trades of miller and millwright. Upon coming to this country, at the age of
I6 years, he located at Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York.  From
there he went to Canada, where he married Margaret Little, who at death left
one son, William L., now a resident of Dover, Pope County, Arkansas.
Mr. Young married for his second wife Ellen Morrison, who is a
daughter of Archibald and Margaret (Fergerson) Morrison. Their children were as follows: Archibald M., of Neenah, Wisconsin, who has charge
of the engines of Kimble, Clark & Company's paper mill; Mrs. Marion C.
Hume, whose husband is division superintendent of the International & Great
Northern Railroad, at San Antonio, Texas; James Wilson, the subject of this
sketch; Mrs. Margaret A. Bishop, of Appleton, Wisconsin; David D., who
is in the employ of Kimble, Clark & Company at Neenah, Wisconsin; Mrs.
Ellen W. Clark, of Neenah, Wisconsin; John C., superintendent of a paper
mill at Ladysmith, Wisconsin; Harvey P., a paper-maker, located at Stevens
Point, Wisconsin; Gavin WV., manager and part owner of a paper mill at
Neenah, Wisconsin; Henry E., foreman in a paper mill at Alexandria, Indiana; Sarah, who died in infancy; and Martha, who died at Marquette, Michigan.  Mrs. Young still survives, at the age of 78 years, and at a happy family
re-union held in October, 1897, was the center of affection for 33 children
and grandchildren.
Our subject was about six years of age when he accompanied his parents
in their removal to Oswego, New York. While living in that place he did
his first wage earning at seven years of age driving two cows to and from the
pasture, a mile distant, for 25 cents per week. He remained with the family
when in 1859 they removed to Cleveland. There his first work was in puddling mills connected with furnaces, and then he spent three years on a Medina
County farm, receiving $3 per month during the first year. Refused as a
soldier on account of his youth, in the fall of 1864, a lad of 17 years, he proceeded alone to Marquette, pluckily working his passage from Cleveland on
the "Likely Bell." He was taken on as a teamster by Wetmore & Brother
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make his first trip to Sands, the terminal that he supposed to be a large city,
and which, when reached through 13 miles of unbroken roads through the
woods, proved to be a deposit of railroad ties, the excuse for a freight depot.
Mr. Young continued teaming for this firm for three years, drawing supplies
for them to the Forestville and Collinsville furnaces, and the Iron Cliff and
New York iron mines.
In the summer of 1868 he took a clerical position in the general store of
Wetmore & Brother, and remained in their employ for 13 years.   In the
summer of 1877 he went to work for another old firm located but a block away
and continued with them for 17 years, having a record of 30 years with the
two houses, during which time he lost few days and was never deprived of
his pay.  Clerking in the times mentioned meant considerable more than it
does now, with different departments and managers for each.  Then a clerk
meant one who could as easily measure out bushels of feed and grain, calculate a load of hay, as he could wrap a yard of silk or induce a customer to
invest in an extra pair of shoes.  In January, 1894, Mr. Young took charge
for a year of the Dead River mill store, but since then has mainly devoted his
attention to his real estate holdings. He invested his salary very judiciously
and his 13 houses bring him satisfactory rentals.  In 1889 he built his beautiful residence at No. 150 West Bluff street.
Mr. Young has been prominent in city affairs and served as supervisor
of the Fourth Ward for one term, and has been alderman of the Fourth Ward
for three terms.  He is identified with the various Masonic bodies, belonging
to Marquette Lodge, No. ioi, A. F. & A. M.; Marquette Chapter, No. 43,
R. A. M.; Lake Superior Commandery, No. 30, K. T.; and Ahmed Temple,
A. A. 0. N. M. S. Mr. Young was a member of the fire department for
25 years and was chief for four years.
In 1872 Mr. Young was married to Julia Healy, who was born in Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland, and came with her father, a copper mine worker, to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan when she was nine years old. A
family of four children was born to this union, as follows:  Mrs. Nelly
Marion Wichart, of Marquette, Michigan; Martha Blanche, a lovely, talented
girl, who was the valedictorian of her class in the Marquette High School,
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Arbor, and had been language teacher in the Marquette High School for one
year and three months, when she broke down and passed out of life in October, 1901; Roy Archibald, a bookkeeper in the Marquette National Bank;
and Robert Todd, who is attending High School.   Mr. and Mrs. Young
have a most creditable and unusually intelligent family.
ZACHARIE VADNAIS, M. D.
ZACHARIE VADNAIS, M. D., whose medical attainments and surgical
ability have made him prominent in his profession in Marquette, Marquette
County, Michigan, was born February 14, 1874, at St. Cuthbert, Berthier
County, Province of Quebec, Canada, and is a son of Henri Vadnais, and a
descendant of an old family of Normandy, France.
The pioneer of the Vadnais family in Canada was Capt. Louis Vadnais,
who came from France in command of his vessel in 1743. He was born in
Normandy, France, in 1708, was married at Berthier, Quebec, and died at
St. Cuthbert in 1788. Louis Vadnais (2) was born at St. Cuthbert, September 20, 1768, and died there in 1838, leaving two sons, Louis and Peter.
Louis Vadnais (3), the grandfather of Dr. Vadnais, was born at St. Cuthbert, May 15, 1797, and died January 20, 1873, leaving five sons,-Hercule,
Louis, Joseph, Onesime and Henri-and a daughter,-Margaret.
Henri Vadnais, the father of Dr. Vadnais, was a farmer by occupation.
He was born at St. Cuthbert, August 25, 1831, and died March 15, 1897. He
had a family of seven sons and two daughters, named as follows: Telesphore,
who is a physician at Woonsocket, Rhode Island; Paul, who is a farmer, like
his father, at St. Cuthbert; Octevienne, who is also a farmer at St. Cuthbert;
Denis, who is a section boss on the Chicago & North-Western Railway at
Escanaba, Michigan; Hosmen, who is a farmer at St. Cuthbert; Zacharie, the
subject of this sketch; Oscar, who is engaged in farming at St. Cuthbert; and
Virginia and Anna.
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in September, 1886, entered Joliette College, Province of Quebec, Canada,
where he completed the classical course with distinction, leaving] in the
spring of 1894. In the following September he went to Quebec, where he
passed his preliminary examination in medicine with great credit and in October proceeded to Montreal to enter upon the study of his profession in the
medical department of Laval University. In June, 1896, he passed his first
medical examinations and received the degree of M. B., and in June, 1898,
he was graduated, and received his diploma and his license to practice in
Canada. Dr. Vadnais engaged in medical practice at St. Didace, Maskinonge
County, Quebec, Canada, from July, 1898, to October, 1899, when he decided
to leave the Dominion for the United States, to locate at Marquette, Michigan.
After passing most satisfactory examinations at Detroit, in March, 19oo, he
secured his license which added to the ranks of the medical profession of
Michigan a skilled and thoroughly educated physician and surgeon.
Dr. Vadnais belongs to the medical societies of both Marquette County
and the State of Michigan, and also to the Medical Society of the Province
of Quebec, Canada. Fraternally he is connected with the Society of St.
Jean Baptiste, of Marquette, Union Canadienne Francaise of the Upper
Peninsula, Knights of Columbus, and Pere Marquette Tent, K. O. T. M.
He is a member of St. Jean Baptiste Church.
F. S. CARLTON.
F. S. CARLTON, president of the Carlton Hardware Company, of Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, and one of the city's leading citizens
and prominent business men, was born in Ontario, Canada. Since 1883 he
has been a resident of the Northern Peninsula, having lived eight years at the
Sault and 12 years at Calumet, establishing his business in the latter place in
1891.
When Mr. Carlton founded his store in Calumet, it was with the intention
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The business has grown and expanded and has lately been re-organized, with
John Burden, vice-president, E. C. Waltz, secretary, while Mr. Carlton is
president and treasurer. This company conducts the largest hardware business
in the county, being equipped to furnish everything usually found in such an
establishment, including plumbing and heating and gas fitting for any kind of
building. The company occupies two floors of a commodious building which
has a frontage of 29 by 150 feet, carries on a tin shop also and employs a large
force of men. Mr. Carlton has shown great business ability in the management of this enterprise. He is also interested in other concerns, is a director
in the State Savings Bank at Laurium and owns various Arizona mining properties of value.
'Mr. Carlton is identified with the Republican party. He is a Knight of
Pythias and a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging in the latter society, to
the commandery and consistory at Detroit. In religious views Mr. Carlton
is an Episcopalian. The family residence is located at Laurium.
EDWARD      S. GRIERSON.
EDWARD S. GRIERSON, chief engineer of the Calumet & Hecla mine, at
Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in Ontonagon County,
Michigan, November I, 1854, and is a son of James and Joanna (Powers)
Grierson, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of Ireland. These
parents located at Calumet in 1868, where the father secured employment
as foreman in the Calumet & Hecla mine, where he continued through life,
his death occurring in May, 1897. Our subject was 13 years old when the
family removed to Calumet and there he obtained his early education. In
1871 he entered the assay office of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company,
which office at that time was a branch of the engineering department. He
acted as helper in the office and in 1881 was advanced to the position of
assistant engineer, and in 1901, on the death of Engineer Preston C. F.
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On November 22, 1888, Mr. Grierson was married to Marie Fliege,
a most estimable lady, born in Houghton County, Michigan. She is the
librarian of the Calumet & Hecla Library. Mr. Grierson is a member of the
First Congregational Church, its clerk, and is also one of the directors of
the Young Men's Christian Association, a position he has occupied since the
founding of the organization in the city. Mr. Grierson has been prominent
in many of the activities of the city. He was one of the original Calumet
Light Guards, an organization established in 1880, and rose from the ranks
through every position to that of captain, a position he resigned in 1897.
He is a popular and public spirited citizen and through his years of honorable,
upright living, has won the high esteem of all who know him.
MATHIAS HANSEN.
MATHIAS HANSEN, one of the leading general merchants of L'Anse,
Baraga County, Michigan, was born in 1862 in Denmark, where he was
reared and educated. He left land and kindred and came to the United
States when but 17 years of age, locating in Ishpeming, Marquette County,
Michigan, where he engaged as a miner at the old Saulsbury mine and
worked as a miner until 1880, when he removed to Baraga. There he
entered the employ of Capt. James Bendry and worked at lumbering in the
woods for three years, when he removed to L'Anse and entered the employ
of P. Rtppe & Son, where he was employed as a clerk until 1890.
In 1890 Mr. Hansen engaged in the mercantile business with Herman
J. Seifert under the firm name of H. J. Seifert & Company, and continued
business until the fire of 1896. He then entered the employ of John Campbell, and worked in the latter's store in L'Anse. In 1900 he engaged in
his present business venture, and has no reason to regret his decision to
once more be numbered among the merchants of L'Anse. He carries a full
lineiof all kinds of general merchandise except dry goods. He has built up
a nice trade, and is highly regarded by the citizens of L'Anse and by all
with whom he is acquainted.







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Mathias Hansen, besides a business citizen, has served as treasurer of
the town, and filled the position very creditably. He is a member of the
I. O. O. F., K. O. T. M. and A. 0. U. W.
Mr. Hansen was united in marriage in 1889 to Lizzie Sangerbusch, a
daughter of Frank Sangerbusch, who was one of the early settlers of L'Anse
and died in 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen have one son, Harold.
REV. EDWARD       PETER BORDAS.
REV. EDWARD PETER BORDAS, the esteemed and beloved pastor of St.
Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in France in 1843, and is a son of Francis and Jane (Rougier)
Bordas.
Francis Bordas died at Poitiers in his native land, where he had
followed the occupation of a railroad contractor. The mother of our subject
was also born in France and died there. Both parents were devoted members of the Catholic Church, in which faith their nine children were reared.
The three survivors are: Rev. Edward Peter, of this sketch; Lucy, the
wife of J. Brel, of Bordeaux, France; and Alfred, a noted French sculptor
of Poitiers, who exhibited a number of his classic statues at the Centennial
Exposition at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Father Bordas at an early age entered the National Lyceum at Piegn,
France, and went from there to the Brothers' school at Poitiers, from which
preparatory institution he entered a classical seminary in the vicinity of
Poitiers. After six busy years there, he entered the theological seminary
of that city and after four years of preparation was ordained a priest. His
charges were in different parts of France until 1879, when he decided to
enter upon mission work.  He was then sent to Canada, where he spent
much time perfecting his knowledge of the English language and in 1881
was sent by Bishop Faber, of Montreal, to Bishop Vertin, of Marquette,
Michigan, and he has remained in different parishes in the latter's diocese
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ever since. In 1897 he removed from   Rockland to his present charge,
where his efforts have met with both financial and spiritual encouragement.
He found a debt of $8,000 hanging over St. Joseph's Church, which in two
years he had managed to pay off and then started upon other improvements
which have made this parish notable through the diocese. The parish school
is conducted on a high school curriculum, there being 400 pupils and 13
teachers, who are Sisters of St. Joseph's from Concordia, Kansas.
Father Bordas understands human nature and the trend of modern
thought. He is deeply interested in the young of his parish and sympathizes
most thoroughly with their needs and ambitions, promoting judiciously those
amusements and enjoyments natural to their age. Six years ago, he organized
a musical company composed of the young men of his parish, which has
become a credit to the community, and the many social gatherings for church
work, charity, or pleasure have his countenance and support. His congregation is composed of 400 families of French Canadians. Two years ago
his parishioners agreed with him that a new church edifice was needed, the
result appearing in the construction which is now in progress. Thus far the
sum of $26,000 has been expended and probably as much more will be
required to finish what will be one of the most beautiful and stately structures
of the village. A portrait of Father Bordas accompanies this sketch.
ALFRED S. WESTLAKE.
ALFRED S. WESTLAKE, one of the leading merchants and a prominent
citizen of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, was born! in Venice,
Cayuga County, New York, May o1, 1839, and is a son of John S. and
Louisa (Hancock) Westlake.
John S. Westlake was born in 181o near Bristol, England, and came to
America when about 25 years of age. He also conducted a mercantile business. In England he married Louisa Hancock, born also at Bristol, who belonged to the same family tree as did John Hancock, the singer of the Dec



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laration of Independence. Alfred S. Westlake is the third member of a family
of seven children, of whom six grew to maturity. The eldest child, born in
England, died and was buried at sea. The six that reached manhood and
womanhood were as follows: Albert S., a dentist of Le Roy, New York;
Alfred S., our subject; Mary A., who is still a resident on the old homestead
at Perry, New York; Mrs. Elizabeth L. Washburn, who died in 1876 at
Caro, Michigan; Mrs. Priscilla M. Fisk, who resides at Rochester, New York;
and Mrs. Lucy Chapin Denyes, of Pueblo, Colorado.
Mr. Westlake lived in! Cayuga County, New York, until about 12 years
of age and then removed with his parents to Perry, Wyoming County, New
York, where he lived until 186o. He attended district school at Venice and
was a student at the Perry Academy, taking a, classical course at the latter
institution, but his vacations were occupied with farm work. In i 86o he wvent
to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and wvas there engraged as a clerk in a bookstore for
M. Allen & Son, for two years and then accompanied the junior member of the
firm, when he removed the business to IDetroit, Michigan. In May, 1864, Mr.
Westlake reached Marquette on the "'Pewabic," a steamer that soon after
wlas sunk in a collision with the "Meteor." Mr. Westlake was first employed
with the dry goods firm of Burt Brothers, and wvas with them at the time
of the great fire (June i 1, 1868), and then went into partnership with Judson Burt, under the firm name of Westlake & Burt,-one, of the first general
mercantile stores to start up again in the devastated city. Later, another partner was added, S. N. Bronson, and the firm name became Westlake, Burt &
Company, and when our subject and Mr. Bronson bought Mr. Burt's interest,
the business became Westlake & Bronson. In 1886 Mr. Westlake bought Mr.
Bronson's interest and since 1890 has devoted his whole attention to the dry
goods line.- For 12 years he occupied the present site of the Marquette Savings
Bank, but in i 88o the business was moved to its present very advantageous
location. Mr. Westlake is a successful merchant, his long experience fitting
him for the conduct of a large business.
On September 23, 1873, Mr. Westlake was married to, Frances Louise
Harvey, who was born at Mount Clemens, Michigan, and is a, daughter' of
the late N. S. Harvey. The two children of this union are Alfred H. and
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Mr. Westlake has taken a good citizen's interest in the place and has always
cast his influence in the direction of permanent improvements and the advancement of religion and education. Since the age of 19 years he has been a
member of the Baptist Church, served for more than 40 years in the choir,
over 30 as church clerk, and for many years as one of the deacons. He is well
known throughout the county and enjoys the respect and esteem of all who
know him.
T. F. DONAHOE.
T. F. DONAHOE, who is engaged in a large real estate business at Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan, where he is one of the leading and representative citizens, was born in 1850 in Washington County, Wisconsin, and
is a son of Patrick and Nora Donahoe.
Patrick Donahoe was born and married in Ireland, and upon coming
to this country located in Washington County, Wisconsin, in 1845, with his
wife and one child, at a date when the city of Milwaukee did not number
more than 5,000 inhabitants. His home he located at the end of a trail
through the forest, running in a northwest direction for 34 miles from Milwaukee, and was one of the first of the pioneer settlers to penetrate into that
section of Wisconsin. As a successful, industrious farmer, he passed here his
whole life, dying in I861, at the age of 60 years. His wife died in 1890,
aged 70 years, having been the mother of I children, four of whom still
survive.
T. F. Donahoe was reared in Washington County, Wisconsin, and
received as good a district school education as the times and the place afforded.
In 1864, three years after the death of his father, our subject's mother
removed with her family to Ontonagon County, Michigan, settling at Rockland in order to give the children better educational chances. Our subject
removed to Ishpeming, Marquette County, in 1869, and in the early part
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which he successfully conducted until 1892.  Since that time Mr. Donahoe
has been giving his attention to insurance and real estate business, performing also the duties of justice of the peace, and looking after the large interests of a number of corporations, of whose directing boards he is a member.
He handles a large amount of valuable timber property through his section.
For five terms he served as supervisor of the Third Ward, and was honored
by being elected four terms as mayor of the city. For 17 years he has been
a member of the Board of Education and for the same length of time has
been connected with the fire department, having been treasurer and assistant chief. He was one of the organizers of the American Iron Mining Company and held the office of president through the life of the company; and
was vice-president of the East & York Mining Company. For eight years
he was a director of the Miners' National Bank of Ishpeming.
In 1878 Mr. Donahoe was married to Julia A. McKenna, of Ishpeming,
Michigan, and they have three children, viz: D. G., who graduated from
the Michigan College of Mines, June 3, 1903, and is mining engineer for the
Illinois Iron Mining Company at North Freedom, Wisconsin; Frances T.,
a student at the Michigan College of Mines; and Sara, a graduate of the
Academy of Our Lady, at Longwood, Illinois.
COL. JAMES NYE COX.
COL. JAMES NYE Cox. The late war with Spain brought out the military capacities of the men connected with the State militia of Michigan, and
brought into prominence many men who have been identified for years with
military organizations only in times of peace. When the Michigan troops
were mobilized at Lake Island, in 1898, the work was accomplished in excellent manner by Michigan officers. Col. James Nye Cox, under General Irish,
was one of the prominent officers who assisted so materially by his advice
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The Cox family is an old English one, its founder in this country being
Gresham Cox. James V. Cox, the father of Colonel Cox, was a sea captain,
engaged in whale fishing, a sturdy, hardy man who gave to his children, with
other characteristics, strong constitutions, military bearing and dauntless
courage.
James Nye Cox was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, April io, 1844.
His mother was prior to her marriage, Mercy Nye Howland, a member of
the prominent old Nye family of the Bay State. James attended the schools
of his native town and later Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, Maine, where
he remained until he was almost 18 years of age. In 1862, when President
Lincoln issued his call for 300,000 more men, the young student left his
books and enlisted in Company I, 3rd Reg., Massachusetts Vol. Inf., of
which he was made corporal, and with his company, as a part of the Army
Corps, saw, much active service in the Carolinas. Within nine months of his
enlistment, he was made 2nd lieutenant of Company G, 58th Reg., Massachusetts Vol. Inf., and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. He served
with gallantry until the close of the war, participating in many of the most
serious engagements in which the regiment figured. Lieutenant Cox was
severely wounded at Cold Harbor and again at Petersburg, and when his
regiment was mustered out he was ranked ist lieutenant and regimental
adjutant.
For five years after the close of the war, Lieutenant Cox was connected
with the wholesale tobacco trade, working for a firm in New York City
and traveling in its interest through New York and New England. In 1870
he was tendered and accepted the position of junior clerk in the office of
the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, and in 1888 was made clerk at the
mine, a position he still occupies. He has been active in military affairs in
the State and in 1881 assisted in the organization of the Calumet Light
Guards, serving as ist lieutenant, and was appointed colonel and aid-de-camp
on the staff of Governor Alger. Later Governor Luce appointed him a
member of his staff and Colonel Cox served through the four years of that
administration. In 1897 he was made assistant inspector general on the
staff of Brigadier-General Lyon; in 1899 he was appointed assistant inspector
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an aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Bliss, and is still in service. He is
a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Military Order of
the Loyal Legion of the United States. Colonel Cox has taken high Masonic
honors, is a Knight Templar, belonging to Montrose Commandery, and is a
Shriner of Ahmed Temple of Marquette, Michigan.
In 1879 Colonel Cox was united in marriage with Edith I. Mackenzie,
daughter of the late Frederick Mackenzie, of Calumet, Michigan.
JAMES B. COOPER.
JAMES B. COOPER, superintendent of the Calumet & Hecla Smelting works at South Lake Linden, and one of the capitalists of Houghton
County, was born in 1859 in Springwells township, Wayne County, Michigan. He is a son of James R. and Mary E. (Jenks) Cooper, the former of
whom was born in New York and is now manager of the Quincy Smelting
works. Our subject's mother was born in Oakland County, Michigan.
Mr. Cooper was educated in the schools of Detroit, graduating from
the High School in that city in 1877. He then located at Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, and went into the employ of his father in the office of
the Detroit & Lake Superior Copper Company, where he remained until 1879.
His business career was interrupted by one year spent at college, and upon his
return he resumed his duties in the same office. In 1888 he went to Bridgeport, Connecticut, and remained there two years with the Bridgeport Copper
Company and then returned to Houghton. In January, 1891, he was made
superintendent of the Calumet & Hecla Smelting works at South Lake Linden,
a position of great responsibility, which, however, he efficiently fills. Mr.
Cooper has proven himself a first class man of business, and from, close
study for years is well adapted for his present work. He is interested in a
number of enterprises in the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, and is one of
the directors of the National Bank of Houghton.
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daughter of John Senter, an extremely well known resident of Houghton,
Houghton County, Michigan, and pioneer of the Lake Superior mining
region, whose sketch and portrait appear on preceding pages of this work.
REV. W. B. COOMBE.
REV. W. B. COOMBE, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church
of Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in 1858 in Cornwall,
England. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Barlase) Coombe, were natives
of the same section, and they now reside in Ontonagon County, Michigan,
where they settled after coming to America, about the time of the Civil War.
The father gained his mining experience in the tin mines of Cornwall, and
came to America in order to find similar employment, under more favorable
conditions, in the rich mineral country of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan. His family followed him at a later date. Although he has not been
actively engaged for some 15 years, for a like period he served at Rockland
and Greenland, as captain in various mines. Our subject has one sister, Ada
L., who conducts a dry goods business at Ontonagon.
Rev. Mr. Coombe was reared to manhood in Cornwall, England. He was
educated at one of the best private schools in his native county, but of his
theological training, excepting a few months in college, it may be said that
this well read, intelligent and useful man, has practically educated himself,
snatching rare vacations from work, and hours from needed sleep, in order
to improve his mind. He learned the trade of blacksmith in early manhood,
serving a full apprenticeship. In 1882 he came to the United States and
worked for three years at his trade in Ontonagon, during this time, from
the age of 16 years, holding religious services. In 1884 he entered the ministry, in answer to a call for missionaries in the home field, accepting work
in the Territory of Montana. There he most acceptably filled charges at
Glendive, for more than two years; three years at Livingston; four years at
Great Falls; two years at Missoula; and one year at Phillipsburg. In 1896,







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on account of ill health, he was transferred to the Detroit Conference and was
stationed at Munising, Michigan, then a new town. There he was very actively engaged, securing lots, building a church and parsonage, and so encouraging religious effort, that he was retained by the good people of the
place for three years, and was desired for another, but the conference then
sent him to Calumet, Houghton County. Rev. Mr. Coombe has been equally
successful in Calumet, has built up the church, pushed forward temperance
work and has been a true leader and example for his people. One result of his
efforts in this field has been the payment of the church debt.
Rev. Mr. Coombe was married in England to Elizabeth J. Gay, who was
born in Cornwall, and they have a family of four children: William J., a
stenographer and bookkeeper; George I.loyd, Jesse and Phillip. As a Mason,
Rev. Mr. Coombe has advanced to be a Knight Templar and a Shriner, being
a member of Ahmed Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., of Marquette, Michigan.
CLARENCE      M. HOAR.
CLARENCE M. HOAR, agent at Houghton for the Duluth, South Shore
& Atlantic Railway Company and the Mineral Range Railroad Company,
is a native of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, and is a son of Hon.
Richard M. and Elizabeth W. (Bailey) Hoar.
Hon. Richard M. Hoar, one of the most prominent of Houghton
County's citizens, whose portrait is herewith shown, was born at St. Anstell,
Cornwall, England, March 28, 1831, and was one of nine children born, to
Jacob and Gertrude (Martin) Hoar, both natives of Cornwall, his father
being an engineer.  Mr. Hoar attended school until 12 years old, and then
engaged in the clerical department of a mercantile establishment.  At the
age of 20 he went into business for himself and remained in England until
1854, when he immigrated to Canada, and engaged in the dry goods business from  1854 to 1859.  In 1859, removing to Houghton, Houghton
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partnership with his brother, John Hoar, and this continued, until the death
of the brother in 1884, under the firm name of John Hoar & Brother. Richard M. Hoar then continued alone, also having a store at Portage Entry
until 1897.  In addition he engaged extensively in other business operations.  With his brother he took a government contract in the "sixties" to
open a wagon road between Houghton and Baraga.     He was largely engaged in freighting, for some years doing all the freighting for the section,
besides carrying the mail, freight and express between L'Anse and Houghton.  He had the contract for building the western end of the Marquette.
Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad (now the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway), and until the road extended beyond L'Anse conducted a
boat and stage line, the former in the summer and the latter in the winter.
When the road was completed to Houghton, about 1882, he had charge of
the Portage Lake Transfer Company, which did the transferring of all
freight across the lake until 1886, when the Mineral Range Railroad was
built across the lake.  Mr. Hoar was the second president of the village of
Houghton, and was a councilman almost from the time the village was
organized.  He was chief engineer and organizer of the Houghton Fire
Department, established about 1862, and for 15 consecutive years was a
member of the School Board.  In 1873 he was elected to represent Houghton and Baraga Counties in the Michigan Legislature, and served most
acceptably to his constituents.  He was married at Toronto, Canada, to
Elizabeth W. Bailey, of Kent County, England, by whom he had six children, as follows:  Mrs. J. S. Smith, deceased; Clarence M., subject of
this sketch; Frederick W., superintendent of the Old Dominion Mining &
Smelting Company, at Globe, Arizona; Martin R., also a resident of Arizona; Mrs. L. M. Hardenburgh, whose husband is superintendent of the
Odanah Mining Company, of Hurley, Wisconsin; and Mrs. Elton W.
Walker, whose husband is assistant superintendent of The Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company, at Tombstone, Arizona. Mr. Hoar was a thirtysecond degree Mason.   His death occurred February 12, 1903.
Clarence M. Hoar was educated in the High School and attended school
at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a time, being called home by a telegram from
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to have charge of accounts.  Afterwards, he assumed the duties of manager
of the Portage Lake Transfer Company, continuing until the Mineral Range
Railroad crossed Portage Lake.  On April I, 1886, he was made agent for
that road at Houghton, and in September, 1886, went to Hancock as agent
of the road and for the American Express Company. In May, 1887, he was
appointed traveling auditor for the Mineral Range Railroad Company, and
in September, 1887, was made assistant auditor.  In October, 1888, he was
appointed acting auditor and cashier; October 14, 1889, auditor and cashier;
and when the road came under the management of the Duluth, South Shore
& Atlantic Railway Company, January I, 1894, spent some months at the
general offices in Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan.  Desiring to
return to Houghton, he accepted the position of station agent that he now
holds. Fraternally he was a charter member of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, established in Houghton in 1889.
WILLIAM    A. ROSS.
WVILLIAm A. Ross, county clerk of Marquette County, Michigan, has
been a resident of the city of MIarquette since i880, and is one of the substantial and useful men of the community.
Mr. Ross was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 4, 1857, and is a son
of J. Ross, a native of Scotland, who lost his life in the Union service early
in the Civil War. Our subject's mother, who died May 24, 1902, came of
an old Cincinnati family. She had a sister residing at Marquette, and it was
largely through this fact that our subject moved there with his mother.
After graduating from the schools of Cincinnati, William A. Ross followed the theatrical business from 1876 to 1879, when his brother died. He
was also a member of the Dramatic Club at his home in Cincinnati. In the
meantime he had learned the ornamental sign painting trade, and after locating in Marquette, February 25, i880, he followed his trade in partnership
with a Mr. Groves, who was also from Cincinnati, for a period of four years.




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He subsequently resumed the theatrical business, and became the first manager of the new Opera House of Marquette, which opened its doors in 1901,
managing it for a period of two years. He then accepted the position of
manager of the Marquette Valley Mill in 1894, and served in that capacity
until elected clerk of Marquette County in the fall of 1896, on the Republican
ticket. He entered upon the duties of his new office on January 1, 1897,
and has since discharged them in a most efficient manner. He is popular
and well known throughout the county, and by courteous treatment has made
friends of all with whom he has been brought in contact, both socially and in
business relations.
In 1882, Mr. Ross was joined in marriage with Miss Sutton, a daughter
of David Sutton, a native of Scotland. Mr. Sutton came to the Northern
Peninsula of Michigan from Canada in the early "sixties," and was master
builder of the Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad, now knowvn as
the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway. Mr. Sutton had intended
studying medicine, and originally located at Hancock, Houghton County,
with the intention of becoming connected with the hospital. His plans miscarried and for 20 years he was head foreman for Mr. Joselyn, whom he succeeded as master builder under the general management of John Hornby.
There wvere born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross four children, as follows: Norma B.,
who graduated from the Marquette High School in 1900, and is attending
Normal School in preparation for teaching; Grace L., who graduated from
the Marquette High School in 1901. and is assisting her father in the office;
William A., who is a member of the class of 1904 in the Marquette High
School;' and Earl A., aged nine years, who is also attending school. The family residence is on Ohio street, Marquette.
Mr. Ross is a prominent Odd Fellow, being a member and past officer
of Marquette Lodge No. io8; Encampment No. 58, of which he is past noble
grand and past chief patriarch; and Patriarchs Militant, of which he is past
commander. He has a number of other fraternal connections, being past
chancellor commander and present commander of Marquette Lodge No. 6,
K. of P.; past exalted ruler and present secretary of Marquette Lodge No.
405-, B. P. 0. E.; a member of Grafton Lodge No. iii, A. 0. U. W.; and
manager of Camp No. 991, M. W. A. He was, instrumental with other Odd




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Fellows and Knights of Pythias in the building of the Fraternity Building on
Front street. He has been a director since it was built in 1891, and has been
its treasurer since go1901. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Building Association, and is assistant secretary of the Marquette County Agricultural Society, having served as such for the past 12 years. In religious views, the
family are Baptists.
ARTHUR FERDINAND FISCHER, M. D.
ARTHUR FERDINAND FISCHER, M. D., surgeon at the Quincy milling
plant of South Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, proprietor of the
South Lake Linden Pharmacy and health officer of Torch Lake township, is
one of the leading medical men of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan. He
was born June 22, 1867, at Chicago, Illinois, and is a son of the late Rev.
Ferdinand Fischer and Lina B. Uhl, his wife, both natives of Germany, the
latter of whom was born at Wurtemburg and is now a resident of Northfield,
Minnesota, aged 66 years.
Rev. Ferdinand Fischer was a man of extraordinary character. He was
born in Prussia in 1830, and came to the United States in young manhood,
having been an officer of artillery in the Prussian Army. He sought a home
for his family in the vicinity of Northfield, Minnesota, where he took up a
homestead. Some two years after settling in this country, he began to take
an active interest in the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which resulted in his later being ordained to the ministry in that religious body. He
was a man of fine educational acquirements and became a professor at the
German-English College at Galena, Illinois. At the time of his decease, in
1900, he was on the superannuated list of clergymen of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Dr. Fischer is the eldest member of the family of four children born to
his parents, all of whom have displayed unusual intellectual vigor. Otto is a
physician established at Houston, Minnesota; Martha is a professor of mathematics, and Laura is professor of Latin and Greek at St. Paul's College, at
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Dr. Fischer obtained his primary education in the common schools and
was reared in an atmosphere of intelligence and Christian culture. In 1883
he entered the German-English College at Galena, Illinois, and was graduated
in 1886, with the degree of B. S. He entered the University of Michigan, at
Ann Arbor, during that year and was graduated from the medical department in 1890. His first location for practice was at the Quincy mine in
Houghton County, in the Northern Peninsula, as assistant physician and surgeon to Dr. F. J. Downer; one year later, in 1891, he removed to South Lake
Linden, as surgeon at the Quincy milling plant. Dr. Fischer has proved very
capable in this position and has many grateful patients. He operates his own
pharmacy, with the advantage of having pure drugs and medicaments, and he
keeps a watchful eye over the sanitary condition of the whole of the township.
His life is given to his profession and he gains all the instruction and inspiration
he can through membership with the Houghton County Medical Association;
State Medical Association; American Medical Association; and the Upper
Peninsula Medical Society. He is a valued contributor to medical literature
and for some time has served as examiner for fraternal orders and insurance
companies. He belongs to the higher branches of the Masonic fraternity,
also to the K. O. T. M.; M. W. A.; O. D. H. S.; and F. O. A.
On July 14, 1896, Dr. Fischer was united in marriage with Mayme A.
Slonaker, who was born at Calumet, Michigan, in 1871, and is a daughter of
Jacob and Mary (Carberry) Slonaker. Twin daughters, Helen and Irene,
were born to Dr. and Mrs. Fischer in 1899.
REV. H. ZIMMERMAN.
REV. H. ZIMMERMAN, pastor of St. Cecilia's Church, at South Lake
Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, and one of the ablest as well as best
beloved priests of the Roman Catholic Church in the Northern Peninsula,
was born at Dusseldorf, Germany, in December, 1869. He completed his
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Junsbruck, Austria. Father Zimmerman came to the United States in 1892
and was ordained priest at Marquette, Michigan, on June 24, 1893. His
first charge was as assistant priest at the cathedral in Marquette. In 1894 he
was sent to Iron River, Iron County, Michigan, and in 1895 to Dollar Bay,
Houghton County. In 1899 he was placed in charge of St. Cecilia's Church
at South Lake Linden.
Father Zimmerman is a faithful, tireless and enthusiastic worker. He
carries on many educational enterprises hand in hand with his religious duties,
and he is regarded by the whole community with respect and esteem.
REV. JOSEPH      G. PINTEN.
REV. JOSEPH G. PINTEN, pastor of the cathedral parish at Marquette,
Marquette County, Michigan, whose labors have centered there since 1897,
was born in 1867 at Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan. His rearing
and early education were had at Calumet, Houghton County.
After completing his classical studies at the Milwaukee Seminary, Father
Pinten went to Rome, where for six years he was carefully instructed in theology and philosophy. On November i, 1890, he was ordained in Rome by
Cardinal Parocchi, after which he returned to his American home. His first
charge was in Detour, Michigan, where he continued one year and then for
four years he had charge of the Italian parish at Iron Mountain. After a few
months spent at L'Anse, Baraga County, he was sent to Marquette and has
now charge of a parish comprising about 500 families.
The new cathedral which was consecrated in July, 1890, was built by
Bishop Vertin and is one of the finest edifices of its kind in the Northern
Peninsula of Michigan. It has a seating capacity for 1500 or more and is
very modern in its architecture. A fine parochial school for boys was erected
by Bishop Vertin in 1898, and a new one is being erected on an opposite location for girls. This will be a magnificent structure, with dimensions of 72
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of the new building will contain eight large class rooms with seating capacity
for over 400; the second story will have an assembly room seating 1200, and
thus the structure will be the best constructed school building in the whole
diocese. In order to harmonize with the beautiful cathedral, the school will
be built of cut sandstone. As this magnificent school edifice will be known as
the Baraga School, its name will perpetuate the memory of the first bishop
of the diocese, Frederick Baraga.
JOHN    R. RYAN.
JOIN R. RYAN, who is serving his fifth term as mayor of Calumet,
Houghton County, Michigan, is proprietor of the well established livery and
undertaking business located at Sixth and Portland streets, Calumet. He was
born in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, February 27, 1857, and has lived in
Houghton County the greater part of his life.
The parents of our subject, Cornelius and Bridget Ryan, spent the latter part of their lives in Houghton County. Cornelius Ryan came from Ireland when a young man, locating in Wisconsin, but after some little time removed with his wife and family to Houghton County, Michigan, where they
both died, Mr. Ryan reaching the age of 74 years. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan had
four children, one of whom died in infancy.
John R. Ryan was about two years old when his parents moved to
Houghton County, where he was reared and educated. In 1889 he engaged in
the livery business in Caluxnet, and about 1891, meeting with success in the
operation of his livery stable, he engaged also in the undertaking business.
He has a large number of horses and his undertaking business is the largest
and best equipped in this section of the State. He was married in I88I to
Margaret Conway, of Houghton County, and they are the parents of seven
children.
Politically, Mr. Ryan is a Democrat. His popularity may be judged
from the fact that he is now serving his fifth term as mayor. Socially, our







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subject is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians; Ancient Order of
United Workmen; Modern Woodmen of America; Knights of the Maccabees
and the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks.
HON. WILLARD EL1HU GRAY.
HON. WILLARD ELIHU GRAY, judge of the Probate Court of Houghton
County, Michigan, and attorney for the village of Lake Linden, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, is one of the best known and most able lawyers
of the copper country.  He was born in Charleston township, Kalamazoo
County, Michigan, May i i, 1854, and is a son of Samuel S. and Susan
(Clark) Gray.
Samuel S. Gray was born in Niagara County, New York, and is now
living on the old homestead in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, at the ripe old
age of 82 years. He came to Michigan in 1847, and followed farming and
the trade of a carpenter. He was united in marriage with Susan Clark, who
was born in Genesee County, New York, and died in go1900, at the age of 78
years.  Three children were born to them, namely:  Alice, widow of John
Carey, residing in Comstock township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; Willard E.; and Emmet M., who lives on the old home farm.  Samuel S. Gray
was originally a Whig in politics, and is now a Republican. He and his wife
were both members of the Congregational Church.
Willard E. Gray was educated in the high school at Galesburg, Kalamazoo County, after which he entered the law department of the University of
Michigan, from which he was graduated with the class of 1880. He then
served 15 months as clerk in the law office of Brown & Thomas at Battle
Creek, Michigan, and, beginning in October, 1881, practiced law in Superior
until early in 1884.  He then went to Duluth, Minnesota, and practiced
until the fall of 1884, when he removed to Keweenaw County, Michigan,
where he was soon after appointed prosecuting attorney for the county, and
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sioner of the Circuit Court. He located in Lake Linden, Houghton County,
in June, 1885, and has since made his home in that village. He was elected
judge of the Probate Court of Houghton County in November, 1896, and is
now serving his second term.  For the past to years he has faithfully discharged the duties of attorney for the village of Lake Linden.
In 1884 Judge Gray was joined in marriage with Anna Brockway, who
was born at the old Northwest mine in Keweenaw County, Michigan, in
1851, and is a daughter of Daniel D. and Lucena Brockway.  They have
one son, Perry Brockway, born November 17, 1890.    Our subject is a
member of the Modern Woodmen of America.     In politics he is a stanch
Republican, and is unswerving in his devotion to the principles of that party.
ARCH    B. ELDREDGE.
ARCH B. ELDREDGE, general attorney for the Duluth, South Shore &
Atlantic Railway Company since 1890, and a recognized legal light in the
Northern Peninsula of Michigan, was born at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in
1853, and is a son of Charles A. Eldredge, who for many years was a prominent attorney. Both parents are deceased, and Mr. Eldredge of this biography is the only member of his family in this section.
After graduating at Racine College in 1875, Mr. Eldredge spent two
years at Princeon prior to entering the law office of his father. In 1877 he
was admitted to the bar and practiced in association with his father until
1882, when he removed to Ishpeming in order to accept the appointment as
attorney in Michigan for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company. In
his present responsible position he succeeded W. P. Healy. Mr. Eldredge
engages in general practice and is well and favorably known throughout Marquette County.
In 1882 Mr. Eldredge married Jennie, a daughter of Henry F. Rose, a
prominent attorney of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and three children were born
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Ralph. The home of Mr. Eldredge is located on a pleasant site on High street,
Marquette, and the mem-bers of the family are socially well known. The religious connection is with the Protestant Episcopal Church. Mr. Eldredge
is not a very active politician, but leans in the direction of Democracy. He
has never consented to accept the cares or honors of office. Fraternally, he
is a member of the Masonic blue lodge at Jshpeming.
FREDERICK MACKENZIE.
FREDERICK MACKENZIE., formerly editor and proprietor of the Copper
Country Evening News, a journal he founded in 1891, and a prominent and
representative citizen of the Northern Peninsula, died at his home in Calumet,
Houghton County, Michigan, January 17, 1903. He was born in London,
England, October 27, 1832, and was a son of Frederick and Mary (Hind)
Mackenzie.
The elder Frederick Mackenzie was a celebrated architectural and water
color artist, who exhibited work at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, in 1876, and was secretary of the Society of Water Color
Painters of London. His death occurred in London, at the age of 68. His
widow survived some years and made her home with her son.
The late Frederick Mackenzie of Calumet was the only child of his parents. He was educated in London, England, and prepared for the practice
of law. At -the age of 312years he came to America and settled on land purchased in Champaign County, Illinois, but later removed thence on account of
ill health and joined the exodus then being made from other States to the
copper country of Northern Michigan. He was associated with a mine in
Keweenaw County, then entered into the hardware business at Hancock,
Houghton County, and after five years accepted the position of supply clerk for
the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, a position he held for 18 years, during
which period he organized the Pioneer Lumber Company which he continued
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Hecla Mining Company in order to engage in the newspaper business and
other enterprises.
Mr. Mackenzie was the financial backer of the old Weekly News from
its founding and its editor for over 10 years. In 1891 he founded the daily
edition under the name of the Copper Country Evening News. His earlier
political views favored Democracy, but when times changed he changed also
and during the last 15 years of his busy existence was a strong supporter of
the Republican party. He was one of the men in a community who could
efficiently fill any position, and for 35 years he ably discharged the duties of
township clerk, in addition to those his private affairs brought him. The
beautiful Lake View Cemetery at Calumet was organized through him and
S. Olson, and he served as its secretary during his lifetime. He was prominent, also, in the Masonic body and held the position of secretary of Calumet
Lodge, No. 271, F. & A. M., for a longer period than any other member.
He was an enthusiastic member of the Sons of St. George, an order that he
assisted in establishing in Calumet.
Prior to coming to America, Mr. Mackenzie married Emma M. Banks,
a native of London, England, who still resides at Calumet. The children born
to this union were: Edith I., wife of Col. James Nye Cox of Calumet, Michigan; Nell, wife of J. B. Curtis of Calumet, Michigan; Emma M., widow of
Kirk Salms of Chicago, Illinois; Fred H. of Hallock, Minnesota; Clyde S.,
manager of the Copper Country Evening News; and Dr. Robert B.
HON. A. W. KERR.
HON. A. W. KERR, senior member of the law firm of Kerr & Peterman,
with commodious offices in the Quello Block, Calumet, accompanied his parents, in 1883, on their journey from Canada to Lake Linden, Houghton
County, Michigan. He was born in Ontario, Canada, but was practically
reared in Houghton County.
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one year in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and in 1892 entered
the law office of A. T. Streeter, the present Circuit Court judge, remaining
in the Calumet office until Judge Streeter was called to the bench. He was
admitted to the bar on July 12, I895, and practiced alone until January I,
I9OI, when the present partnership was formed with A. E. Peterman. The
firm is engaged in a general legal practice and Mr. Kerr has already become
a prominent member of the Houghton County bar. For a period he served as
city attorney of Calumet and as commissioner of the Circuit Court.
In politics Mr. Kerr is a stanch Republican and represented the First
Houghton District in the Legislature for two terms,-I899 and I9OI. In
January, 1903, he was appointed by the Governor, a member of the State Tax
Commission and is also on the Board of Assessors, serving as its chairman.
In every demand that has been made upon him, Mr. Kerr has proved a good
citizen. During the Spanish-American War he served as corporal in Company D, 34th Regiment, Michigan Infantry, U. S. Volunteers. Fraternally he
belongs to the Masons, Elks and Odd Fellows.
In 1889 Mr. Kerr was married at Calumet, Michigan, to a daughter of D.
D. Murphy, and they have one daughter. His father died when he was young,
but his mother still survives and resides at Laurium, with her other children,a daughter, and Dr. M. M., John and A. F.
EMANUEL SKOGLUND.
EMANUEL- SKOGLUND, who recently entered upon his second term as
treasurer of Marquette County, Michigan, is a resident of Ishpeming, where
he has been extensively engaged in contracting. He is a prosperous business
man, and enjoys the highest esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens.
Mr. Skoglund was born in 1857 in Central Sweden, where he was educated in the common schools and learned the trade of a mason, the only capital he had when he arrived in this country in i88o, and located at Ishpeming,
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not confined to this one town but extended into the surrounding country, and
his business grew to such an extent t!hat he frequently employed large forces
of mechanics. He has ever been a stanch Republican, and was called upon to
serve as supervisor. He was elected county treasurer and entered upon the
duties of the office January I, 1901, and has since been the incumbent of that
office. He is a very popular man, being well known throughout the county.
Mr. Skoglund was united in marriage with Carrie Olson, a native of
Sweden who came to this country in 1882. Four children have blessed their
union, namely: Regina Heldegaard, a milliner of Marquette; Walford, Elsie and Elander, all of whom were born in Marquette County. The three last
named are in attendance at school. Mr. Skoglund and family live in a fine
home which he built in Ishpeming. He has at times been interested in newspapers and other local enterprises. Fraternally, he is a member of Ishpeming
Lodge, B. P. O. E.; and Modern Woodmen of America, of which he has
served as trustee. For some six or seven years he was president of the Swedish Home Society. Religiously, he and his family are members of the Lutheran Church.
JOHN    D. MANGUM.
JOHN D. MANGUM, postmaster of Marquette, Marquette County, Mich.
igan, and a prominent and representative citizen, was born in 1859 at Jackson,
Michigan, and is a son of the late J. D. Mangum, who was a native of Connecticut and a farmer by occupation. Our subject's mother, who was a
native of Ireland, is still living.
John D. Mangum was reared at Jackson and was educated there in the
common and high schools. In that city he entered the employ of S. A. Welling in the wholesale men's furnishing goods line and later engaged in the
same at Grand Rapids, Michigan. Later he went on the road for Mr. Welling
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Michigan. He is largely interested in timber lands, mainly in the valuable
hardwoods and cedar, both in Marquette and other counties. Mr. Mangum
is treasurer of the Chocolay Land Company which controls some 4500 acres,
which company was organized in 1902 with Dr. E. H. Flynn as president and
Carl Wittler, secretary. Mr. Mangum is also a director of the Northern Land
Company, Limited. Some eight years ago, Mr. Mangum assisted in the organization of the Johnason Clothing & Shoe Company, which is now one of
the prosperous business concerns of the city and which he has admirably managed.
Mr. Mangum has been a prominent, useful and popular citizen of Marquette, and served as mayor in 1901. On February 28, 1902, he was appointed postmaster of Marquette, by President Roosevelt, an appointment
which met with general approval. Fraternally Mr. Mangum belongs to these
organizations: Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, Knights of the Maccabees, Ancient Order of United Workmen and Royal Arcanum. In religious faith he is a Catholic.
HON. CHARLES KELSEY
HON. CHARLES KELSEY, who has been a prominent resident of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, since 1879, is judge of the Probate
Court of Marquette County, and has ably discharged the duties of that office
since October, 1897.
Judge Kelsey was born near Cleveland, in Portage County, Ohio, and
was reared and educated in New York State. After completing a thorough
academic education, he entered Hamilton College, from which he was graduated in I86o. He then entered upon the profession of teaching, following
it in New York for a number of years. He served as principal of Wilson Collegiate Institute from I86o to 1865, then moved to Detroit, Michigan, where
he was principal of the Detroit Female Seminary for one year. Returning to
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resigning his position finally because of poor health. He next engaged in the
hardware business in Michigan for a period of three years, and in 1869 went
to Aurora, New York, where he filled the position of principal of Cayuga
Lake Academy for nine years. He located in Marquette County, Michigan,
in August, 1879, and for nine years was superintendent of schools, serving
most acceptably in that capacity. He subsequently engaged in the real estate
and insurance business with much success, but disposed of his interests in
1898. He was appointed judge of the Probate Court of Marquette County in
October, 1897, by Governor Pingree, and at each succeeding election has been
the choice of the people for that office. He is a man of the highest principles,
treating rich and poor alike, and has firmly established himself in the good
will of the public. He is a well read man, thoroughly conversant with all
current topics, and takes a deep interest in all affairs of interest to the people.
He is a Republican in politics, and deeply interested in the party success.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey have two children, namely: Charles H. Kelsey,
editor of the Mining Gazette, of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan; and
Agnes, wife of Attorney W. S. Hill. Fraternally, our subject is a Mason, being a member of blue lodge and royal arch chapter. In religious views, he is
a Presbyterian and is an elder of the church.
WILLIAM     FISHER.
WILLIAM FISHER, justice of the peace and notary public at Calumet,
Houghton County, Michigan, was born in 1854, at Lead Hill, Scotland, and
is a son of James and Jane (Thompson) Fisher, also natives of Scotland.
The parents of our subject migrated to Canada when he was but six
months old, and after a short time in Montreal removed to Bruce Mines, Algoma County, Ontario, Canada. In 1863 the family removed to Hancock,
Michigan, and in 1876 the father was killed in the Quincy mine, aged 67
years. He was a practical miner and had followed the business all his life.
The mother survived until June, 19oo, dying at the age of 88. They reared
a family of three sons and two daughters.







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Mr. Fisher was reared and educated in Houghton County, supplemented
with one year at Ypsilanti. At the age of 16 years he entered into business,
embarking in the meat business with which he continued to be associated until
he was elected justice of the peace in April, 1896. In goo1900 he was re-elected
and has proven a very competent official. Mr. Fisher located in Calumet in
1888, having spent I years with one employer and seven years at Marquette.
He engaged in business for seven years in Calumet, for a time being connected
with a collection agency.
Mr. Fisher married Mary A. Jeffery, who was born in England, although
the greater part of her life has been spent in Hancock, Michigan. They have
a family of three sons and three daughters, as follows: James Edward, clerk
for the Calumet & Arizona Mining Company: Clara E., a student in the Chicago School of Music; Chester Arthur, a student, who also acts as a clerk for
his father; and Thomas Jeffery, Lucy Blanche and Bertha Marie, who are at
school.
Mr. Fisher has always been prominently identified with the Republican
party. Fraternally he is a member of the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias
and the Elks.
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HON. FREDERICK O. CLARK.
HON. FREDERICK O. CLARK, who has attained a high degree of prominence as a lawyer and business man, is a resident of Marquette, Marquette
County, Michigan, where he has resided many years.  Mr. Clark was born
in Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1843, and is a son of John
B. and Charlotte M. (Woodruff) Clark, and a grandson of Major Clark, of
Vermont, who removed to Ohio when the state was first settled.
John B. Clark was a native of Vermont, and later resided in Erie County,
Pennsylvania, where he manufactured leather and harness. He was married
to Charlotte M. Woodruff, a native of Connecticut, and a lineal descendant
of John Alden of historic fame, who came over in the "Mayflower."  Her
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first in his native state, Connecticut, and subsequently in the Western Reserve,
Ohio, where both of the grandfathers of our subject died.
Frederick O. Clark passed his boyhood at work in his father's tannery
and in school, and applied himself with such diligence as to acquire a liberal
academic education. It was his purpose to pursue a classical course, and was
carefully prepared to enter the sophomore class in Hamilton College, when
failing health necessitated a change of plans. In 1862, at the age of 19 years,
he located in the Lake Superior region of Michigan, and in the capacity of a
civil engineer assisted in locating and constructing the Chicago & NorthWestern Railway in the Northern Peninsula.  Having inherited the literary
and professional tastes of his mother's people, he decided to enter professional
life, and prepared himself for the practice of law, being admitted to the bar in
1870. For the first five years he engaged in practice at Escanaba, Delta
County, in the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, at the same time filling important official positions. In 1872 he was elected president of the village and
in 1873 was prosecuting attorney for the county. In 1874 he was elected a
member of the State Legislature, and served during the session of the following winter.  In 1876 he moved to Marquette, Marquette County, which has
since been his home. He has won a good reputation and high standing in his
profession, and has built up and maintained a remunerative practice.  Careful and thorough in study, well grounded in the principles of law, quick in
perception and acute in discrimination, he sees immediately the salient points
in a case. Fertile in resource, he is able to meet unexpected difficulties and
attacks without embarrassment in the trial of a case.  He is strong and
effective in argument, and fluent and forcible as an advocate.  He does not
permit devotion to his profession to obscure his pride of citizenship or stifle
his interest in education and good government.  He has served as school
inspector and supervisor, two terms as Mayor of Marquette, and for a number
of years has been a member of the Board of Education.   He has conscientiously devoted all the time required for a proper discharge of his official
duties and has been faithful to every trust.  He is a friend and patron of
education and a supporter of all measures designed to promote the welfare of
his community.   Until recently he was president, and is now secretary, of
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In 1877 Mr. Clark was married to Ellen J. Harlow, whose father, Amos
Rodgers Harlow, was the founder of Marquette, and they have two children:
Martha Bacon; and Harlow Alden, who is attending Oberlin College.  Mr.
and Mrs. Clark are both active members of the Presbyterian Church, in which
he is both elder and trustee. He has been closely identified with the Northern
Peninsula in its marvelous progress for 40 years, and its growth has been commensurate with that of the country. A portrait of Mr. Clark accompanies this
sketch.
MARTIN VOETSCH.
MARTIN VOETSCH, county clerk and register of deeds of Baraga County,
Michigan, is a prominent citizen of L'Anse, where he was born March 25,
1872, and where he has resided the greater part of his life. He is a son of
Martin and Ursula (Keifer) Voetsch, who were natives of Wurtemberg,
Germany.
Martin Voetsch, Sr., father, was born March 4, 1825, and came to America in 1854, locating in the Lake Superior copper region when it was first
opened up. He first settled at Eagle River and later at the Isle Royale mine,
conducting a hotel at which the officers of the mines stopped. He later was
located at different mines throughout the copper country, where he followed
the hotel business, and for some years was in business at Houghton. There
he followed the lumber business in addition to running his hotel and feed yard.
He removed to L'Anse in 187I and continued to reside there until his death,
April 7, I886, the last few years of his active life being devoted to lumbering.
Mrs. Voetsch was born March 4, 1830, and is now living in peace and comfort at her home in L'Anse. Five children blessed their union, as follows:
Philip, who is in the real estate business at L'Anse; Mary, William, Adele
and Martin.
Martin Voetsch was reared in L'Anse and attended the local public
schools, completing the course in 1886. He was then identified with the mercantile business for three years, and in 1889 went to Detroit, where he com



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pleted a commercial course in Detroit University. In 1891 he returned to the
Northern Peninsula and entered the employ of Jeremiah Arn as clerk at a
quarry at Messner, near Jacobsville, Michigan. After one year he returned
to Detroit and engaged as bookkeeper for Smith & McDonald, contractors
and builders, for nearly two years, after which he was in the employ of the
Noller Real Estate Agency. He was later in the real estate business for himself until May, 1895, when he returned to L'Anse. In 1896 he was elected
village clerk and served efficiently until March I, 1903. He was also town
clerk during 1897, 1898 and 1899. In 1900 he engaged in the business of
buying and selling cedar posts, poles and all cedar materials, and in 1901 was
employed by the Detroit Construction Company as timber purchasing agent
for the Grand Rapids and Howling districts. In the fall of 1901 Mr. Voetsch
returned to L'Anse and established a well paying business, handling all kinds
of cedar materials. He was elected county clerk and register of deeds in the
fall of 1902 for a term of two years, and has since capably discharged the
duties of that office...:
Mr. Voetsch has always been a stalwart Republican, and is one of the
most enthusiastic workers of the young members of the party in the Northern
Peninsula. He has frequently attended State and congressional conventions,
and is always active in the party work, at one time serving on the Republican
County Committee. He is a young man of enterprise and public spirit, and
enjoys the respect and unbounded confidence of his fellow citizens.
ELBRIDGE GERRY BROWN.
ELBRIDGE GERRY BROWN, who has had charge of the supply department
of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company for the past 23 years, is a highly
respected citizen of Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan. Mr. Brown was
born in 1840 in Erie County, New York, and is a son of Manly and Betsy
(Moulton) Brown, and a grandson of John Brown.
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Ireland, to this country about 1717, locating in New Hampshire. John
Brown, our subject's grandfather, served in the Revolutionary War, being a
drummer in General Stark's regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill. He livec
to reach the advanced age of 96 years.
Manly Brown, father of our subject, was born in Vermont in 1794, and
in 1817 moved to New York State, where he was married. He was a Jeffersonian Democrat in politics and served in various official capacities, such as
supervisor, township clerk and overseer of the poor. He was a sergeant in the
War of 1812 in Major Wool's regiment, participating in the battle of Plattsburgh, and in the encounters of subsequent campaigns along the Canadian
border. He died in 1879, at the age of 85 years. His wife died in 1891, aged
89 years. Our subject was the youngest of six brothers and one sister, of
which number the following grew to maturity: Melancthon W., who served
i8 months as lieutenant in a New York battery during the Civil War, resigned on account of ill health and worked for the New York Central Railroad
until his death in 1877; Joseph Warren, who engaged mainly on public works
in New York, Virginia and Kentucky, and died at his home in Chatham, Ontario, in 1892; Henry C., who also engaged on public works at different
places, and is now a resident of Harvard, Nebraska; Mary, who is the wife
of Philip Watts, who was born in Suffolk, England, and is now a prominent
and prosperous farmer with his home in Buffalo, New York; and Elbridge
Gerry.
After completing a course of study in the public schools, Elbridge G.
Brown attended Geneseo and Wyoming Seminary for one and a half years.
When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in Company F, 5oth Regiment,
New York Volunteer Engineers, his first engagement being at Fredericksburg. He was with the Army of the Potomac in all its campaigns thereafter,
and although his health was impaired, served nearly three years, up to the
surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court House. He then returned to New
York and soon after was employed in the money department of the Adams
Express Company at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he continued for six
years. In 1874 he came to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, and for six
years was located at Hancock, Houghton County, in charge of the yard of the
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supply department of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, and has rendered that company faithful and efficient service.
In 1869 Mr. Brown was married at Cleveland, Ohio, to Elizabeth Lombard, who was born at Ascutneyville, Windsor County, Vermont, and was a
daughter of Nahum and Elizabeth (Tuel) Lombard, a sister being the wife
of O. W. Robinson of Chassell, Hough-ton County, who was formerly Lieutenant Governor of Michigan. Mrs. Brown died in 1889, leaving no children.
Mr. Brown was again married at Calumet in 1893, to Julia A. Watkins, who
was born at Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan, and is a daughter of John J.
Watkins, who died in August, 1902, at the age of 81 years.
John J. Watkins was a merchant in early life, later taking up the profession of civil engineering. When the Civil War opened, he closed out his
mercantile business and followed the real estate business for some years, being an extensive property owner in Lapeer County. When the Oklahoma land
was opened for settlement, he took a claim near Guthrie and spent the remainder of his days there. While in Michigan he was prominent in politics.
He was one of the seven who formed the Republican party in Lapeer County,
and was one of the founders of the Republican press of that county. He was
nominated as fusion candidate, by the Greenback and Democratic parties, for
member of Congress and later for the State Legislature. He was a presidential elector, voting for Hancock, when Garfield was elected. He was candidate for State Senator in 1878, and for Congressman from the Seventh Congressional District of Michigan in i88o. John J. Watkins' ancestors were of
the earliest colonial times, dating back to 1620. His grandfather was a captain in the British Army when the British held New York. His grandmother
was a Huguenot. Mr. Watkins was married in October, 1843, to Ann Eliza
Scott, who was born June 17, I818, of English parentage, and was reared in
New York City. She died May 7, 1889. They had eight children: Joseph,
deceased; Helen Louisa; Henry Clay, a farmer of Lapeer County, Michigan;
Julia A., wife of our subject; Mary Jane, wife of A. G. Copeland, of Guthrie,
Oklahoma; William Scott, of Minnesota; Alice Henrietta, a teacher in the
Calumet schools; and John, who is in the supply department of the Calumet &
Hecla Mining Company at Calumet.
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tures at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She taught school five
years at Calumet before her marriage. She compiled a beautiful book for
children, entitled "Our Children Among Poets," which was published by
Laird & Lee, of Chicago, Illinois.
Mr. Brown is a member of the Board of Education, and since June, 1897,
has been a member of the board of control of the Michigan College of Mines
at Houghton, his term expiring in June, 1903. Until it disbanded, he was a
member of Reno Post, G. A. R., of Calumet, and held the chaplainship for a
number of years. He has been a member of the board of trustees and treasurer of the Congregational Church, and is now a deacon. He is a Mason, has
served as senior warden and treasurer of the blue lodge, was recorder of Montrose Commandery, K. T., of Calumet, some years, and is a member of the
Mystic Shrine.
J. B. SMITH.
J. B. SMITH, one of the pioneer citizens of L'Anse, Baraga County,
Michigan, is a prominent merchant of that place. He is a man of exceptional
ability and is well known to the people throughout the county. He was born
in Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan, October I9, 1845, and is a son of
Abram and Fidelia (Burt) Smith.
Our subject is of the ninth generation from John Smith, who arrived in
Milford, Connecticut, in 1643. He joined the Presbyterian Society upon its
organization and lived in Milford until his death in 1684. The line of descent
from this early ancestor to J. B. Smith follows: (2) John Smith, who was
born August 27, 1646, and died in 1732. He married Phoebe Campbell. (3)
Thomas C., who was born March 17, 1677, and died September 15, 1743 -He married Hannah Camp. (4) Jabez Smith, who was born November 29,
1705, and died December I, 1785. He married Ruth Seymour, and was the
first of the family to move from Milford. (5) Abraham, who was born at
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Mary Baxter. He served in the Revolutionary War, was wounded at Ridgefield (where Governor Wooster was killed) and returned home to die. (6)
Abram, who was born in 1754, and died September 5, 1826. He served as a
lieutenant in Samuel Drake's regiment during the Revolutionary War. (7)
John Keyzar Smith, who was born in North Salem, New York, November 29,
1785, and when a young man went to Barton, Vermont. He became a lawyer
by profession and practiced at Pottsdam, New York, until the War of 1812
began. He enlisted and saw hard service, participating in the battle of Plattsburgh and other notable struggles. During the war he went with the army to
Detroit, Michigan, serving as quartermaster, and after the close of the war
started a pottery, in which he employed a discharged soldier who had followed
this trade in Philadelphia. He was called upon to fill numerous offices of trust
and did the writing for the country around. The Indians, by whom he was
known as the "Big Captain," often came miles for him to settle disputes with
them. In 1816 he settled in Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan, and at different times served as customs house officer, postmaster, justice of the peace,
and judge of the Probate Court.  He married Katherine MacDonald, by
whom he had io children, of whom Abram was the oldest. He died April 14,
1855, and his wife died August 22, I88i. (8) Abram Smith was born at
Algonac, Michigan, in 1818, and has spent his entire life there, being at the
present time 85 years of age. He has always followed merchandising and lumbering, in which lines he achieved signal success. He was appointed a lieuant in the State militia by the Governor, and was at one time a member of the
State Legislature, representing neither party exclusively but his constituents as
a whole. He also held numerous local offices, among them that of postmaster,
during the war. He married Fidelia Burt, who is deceased, and they had five
children, as follows: J. B., subject of this sketch; Cornelia, wife of George
Seaman, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; John A., of Algonac, Michigan;
Ella M. (Moore), of Algonac, Michigan; and Angus MacDonald.
J. B. Smith was educated in the common schools of his native town,
where he remained until 1870, and then came to the Northern Peninsula of
Michigan. He located in L'Anse, Baraga County, where he erected the first
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he engaged in lumbering, building a large mill known as the "World's Fair
Mill." It had a daily capacity of Ioo,ooo feet of lumber, and gave employment to a force of 200 men. The mill was burned May 9, 1896, together with
the docks, lumber and the store building, in fact most of the town burned. He
rebuilt the store in 1903, and has since carried on a general merchandise business in a very successful manner.
In 1872 Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Elizabeth Harris, who
was born in England, being one year old when she accompanied her parents,
William and Mary Ann (Hitchings) Harris, to this country. They located
in Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, where Mr. Harris engaged in
merchandising until his death in 1885, aged 59 years. Mrs. Harris died in
1891, aged 66 years. Our subject and his wife became the parents of five
children, namely: William A., deceased; Mary Fidelia, deceased; William
Burt, of Calumet, Michigan; Samuel Russell, a mining engineer at Ely, Minnesota; and Harris Gibbons, who is at home. Mr. Smith has served a number of terms as supervisor, and has been school treasurer and member of the
School Board. Fraternally he is a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows,
Knights of the Maccabees, and Knights of Pythias.
WILLIAM PREBE.
WILLIAM PREBE, one of the excellent farmers of Chocolay township,
his farm being near Greengarden, Marquette county, Michigan, is a native of
a land which has given the state of Michigan many honest men and good citizens. Mr. Prebe was born in Germany in 1837, and there obtained his education and some knowledge of farming. In 1868 he came to America and made
his way immediately to the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where so many
of his countrymen had grown affluent and prominent.
Mr. Prebe remained six months in Milwaukee and then removed to the
Northern Peninsula of Michigan, locating in the neighborhood of Marquette.
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the direction of farming, work in the beautiful, fertile fields presenting more
attractions to him than labor in the mines. Mr. Prebe was fortunate in securing a very fine tract of 160 acres of land. This he has cultivated and improved
until it is justly regarded one of the best farms in the locality, while his handsome residence is one of the finest in Chocolay township. Mr. Prebe has been
very successful in raising stock for dairy purposes. He is surrounded not
only with comfort but with luxury and has the proud satisfaction of knowing
that his own industry has been rewarded.
After an absence from Germany of 15 years, Mr. Prebe returned to the
fatherland on a visit, and while there married a most estimable lady, Johanna
Below. Accompanied by his wife he came back to his home in America three
months later. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Prebe, namely:
Annie, Minnie, Martha and William. In politics Mr. Prebe takes an intelligent interest and votes the Republican ticket. He is very highly esteemed in
his locarity, not only as a successful farmer but an honest and upright man.
MARTIN SWEDER.
MARTIN SWEDER, proprietor of the Lake Side Iron Works and an inventor of much mining machinery, has been a resident of Marquette, Marquette
County, Michigan, for the past 17 years, and has become identified with many
important business organizations of the locality. Mr. Sweder was born in 1863
in Northern Sweden and came to the United States in 1886. He is a son of
Theodore and Matilda (Strong) Sweder, the former of whom, aged about 60
years, is a fine mechanic and foreman in charge of a large curtain factory.
The latter was born in 1840 at Beckefors. North Sweden, and is a daughter
of Anders and Catherine Stong. Her father was the only hammersmith connected with the factory in which he worked, having learned the trade of a
traveling Englishman. Our subject has one brother, Omar, who is also a machinist and works under his father in the factory at Gothenburg, Sweden.




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Our subject's four sisters are: Matilda and Atavia, both married in Sweden;
Aurora, who is living at home in Sweden; and Charlotte, who is married.
His brother Andrew, a merchant by occupation, died in 1897, aged 21 years.
The whole family belong to the Lutheran Church.
Martin Sweder served his apprenticeship to his trade at Gothenburg in
the Killars' marine engine manufactory and in that extensive establishment
learned every detail of the building and operating of marine engines. He
served o1 years in that city and spent four years under the Swedish flag as
engineer, sent out from the shops as an expert operator, being on each boat
six months during the summer seasons. These engines with which Mr. Sweder became so familiar were compound condensing engines. As mentioned
above, Mr. Sweder came to the United States in 1886 and located in Marquette, entering the employ of the Iron Bay Manufacturing Company as a
machinist, the plant then standing on the present location of the Lake Shore
Engine Works. A few months later he came to the plant, of which he is now
the proprietor, which was then owned by Mr. Taylor, who operated it some
nine years. It was established 28 years ago by Coen & Beal, who had no
modern machinery or very good buildings. This has all been changed under
Mr. Sweder's excellent management and no plant in the vicinity has a fuller
equipment of modern machinery and improved tools. He has conducted the
Lake Side Iron Works for the past eight years and has made a success of his
business. The work is repair work and experimenting along the lines of mining machinery, pumps, hoisters, iron and brass castings and engines, and he
employs a large force of skilled workmen. At present Mr. Sweder is working on a new coupling, to be used on gasoline launches and steamboats, and
for coupling line shafting, the idea being to obtain a reverse motion without
gear. This has been twice patented and is known as the reversible friction
clutch. Other patents on his many inventions include a horse-shoe manufacturing machine in 1893; a gasoline engine with open base which has many
points of excellence over any other, this gasoline engine opening up an opportunity for extensive manufacture, for which he will probably form a company.
In 1886 Mr. Sweder married Annie Anderson, who died in 1898, leaving five children, viz: Matilda, aged 16, who has completed her school course;
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in school. Strangely enough, the second Mrs. Sweder was also named Annie
Anderson. Politically our subject is a Republican, and fraternally he belongs
to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Knights of the Maccabees.
He is a self made man and one who possesses more than the usual amount of
genius in a mechanical direction. He has attained to business prominence and
is regarded as one of the substantial, reliable and representative men of Marquette.
MYRON JOHN SHERWOOD.
MYRON JOHN SHERWOOD, a well known resident of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, was born April I, I860, at Mansfield, Tioga
County, Pennsylvania. He is a son of John S. and Lucy Angeline (Ramsdell) Sherwood.
His early education was secured in the public schools of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and of St. Louis, Missouri.  In 1876 he entered the preparatory
department of Bucknell College, at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where he remained through his freshman and sophomore years, and four years later
entered the junior year of Hamilton College, at Clinton, New York, where
he was graduated in 1886, with the degree of A. B. Mr. Sherwood located
at Marquette, Michigan, in August, 1887, and for some time was night editor
of the Mining Journal.  During 1891-92 he served also as principal of the
High School.   In the meantime he had been studying law, and was admitted to the bar in 1892.  He immediately entered upon the practice of his
profession at Marquette, from the very beginning meeting with fair success.
During 1894-95 he served as city attorney of Marquette and is secretary and
also attorney of the Taxpayers' Association of the city.
On September 6, 1897, Mr. Sherwood was united in marriage with
Maud Benjamin Bedell, who is a daughter of the late Horace O. Bedell, a
prominent contractor of Jackson, Michigan.  Mrs. Sherwood was graduated
from the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in 1893, with the degree of
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and Lee.   Fraternally Mr. Sherwood is connected with the Knights of
Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and his college society
of Delta Kappa Epsilon.  In politics he is a Republican and has always
taken a lively interest in public matters.
REV. ANTONIO MOLINARI.
REV. ANTONIO MOLINARI, pastor of Le Maria Church at Calumet,
Houghton County, Michigan, was born in the province of Naples, Italy, and
is a son of natives of that land, being one of four children born to his parents. His two sisters are both married and his one brother is a distinguished
soldier in the Italian army, a graduate of a military college and a captain in
rank, having seen ii years of active service in Africa.
Father Molinari was educated in the Metropolitan Seminary at Naples,
where he was ordained in 1892 by a special dispensation, not having reached
the legal age prescribed by the church. He came then to America and spent
three months at Detroit, Michigan, coming then to the diocese of Marquette
and Sault Ste. Marie, and after serving several charges was assigned to
Calumet.  He found the church in Calumet laboring under a debt of $7,000,
and it was his first endeavor to have it paid. It was built in I897 and dedicated by Bishop Vertin and is the first Italian church in the city, as Father
Molinari is the first Italian priest permanently located there.  His command
of languages is remarkable, being fluent in the Italian, French, English and
Spanish.
Father Molinari has had much to encourage him since locating in Calumet, in the ready response he has found to his efforts, both in and outside of
his parish, to advance education and morality. He now has a large congregation, and in connection with the church he has a most prosperous society
called the Daughters of Mary, dedicated to religious work.  He is preparing
to have a suitable parsonage erected adjacent to the church.  In 1896 he
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ready to continue in the work which has shown such improvement since he
took charge.  He is respected and esteemed by all who know him, not only
as a clergyman, but as an upright, Christian gentleman.
ROBERT PETERS.
ROBERT PETERS, who! now conducts a prosperous fire insurance business at Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, comes of an old English
family which formerly spelled the name without the final "s."  Mr. Peters
was born in the parish of Brentor, Devonshire, England, June 27, 1850, and
is a son of Robert and Mary (Powell) Peters, both natives of Devonshire.
Our subject's parents reared a family of 11 children, namely:  Mrs. Ann
Legessick, of Plymouth, England; Thomas, of Canada; John, deceased;
Mrs. Emma Raymond, a widow, residing at Plymouth, England; Mrs. Valentina Mashford, of Brentor, Devonshire; Mrs. Rebecca Nash, deceased;
Margaret; Henry, living on the old homestead in England; Robert, the subject of this sketch; and Mrs. Blowey and Richard, both residents of Plymouth, England.
Until the age of 16 years Robert Peters worked on his father's farm and
for four years attended a private school.  He was then apprenticed to the
drapery business at Tavistock, England, and during his stay there he attended
night school, but finally returned home, where he remained until he attained
the age of 21. He then concluded to emigrate to the Dominion of Canada,
and sailed from Plymouth on a ship bound for Quebec, and arrived at that
port August I, 1871. He worked as a farmer in the vicinity of Bowmanville, Durham County, Ontario, Canada, until 1873, and then; proceeded to
Marquette, Michigan, in search of more congenial work. In various occupations he passed two years and then became a sailor on the lakes.  Mr.
Peters followed the water for 13 years, during seven years of this period
being part owner of a vessel; in all this time he had but one accident, that
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rheumatism, he was obliged to give lp his life on the water, and therefore
sold his interest in the tug "City of Marquette," settled in the city and with
F. W. Hathway embarked in a meat business. The partners were brothersin-law, and together they conducted a very prosperous business for 14 years,
Mr. Peters then retiring and buying the fire insurance business of Sidney
Adam. From November, 1896, to g9oI, Mr. Peters resided at Munising,
Michigan, where he served two terms as village treasurer and built the first
frame building in the place. Since then he has been a resident of Marquette,
where he is highly esteemed.
In 1888 Mr. Peters married Elizabeth Treloar, who was born in Ontario, Canada, and is a daughter of Thomas and Katherine Treloar, of Cornwall, England.  They have a family of three children, namely:  Valentine,
a student in the Normal School; William R., who is attending High School;
and Robert T., a pupil in the graded school.  In politics Mr. Peters is a
Republican.  Although no office seeker, he takes the interest of a good
citizen in all public matters.  Fraternally he belongs to the Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Ancient Order of United Workmen.
REV. JOHN     BUZZA WHITFORD.
REV. JOHN BUZZA WVHITFORD, a prominent clergyman of the Methodist
Church, a man of letters, learning and eloquence, a favorite lecturer and
experienced editor, has been the pastor of the church at Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, since the autumn of 1899.  Mr. Whitford was born
at Carharrack, Cornwall, England, October 28, 1856, and is a son of the
late William and Jane (Buzza) Whitford, both of whom were also born in
Cornwall.
William Whitford, who was a miner by occupation, came to the United
States in 1865 to follow his vocation. This he did for some time in Ontonagon County, Michigan, and then removed to the State of Maine, later returning to England, where he died in 1891, aged 72 years. He was a member of




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the Wesleyan Church, as was also his wife, who died in 1878, at the age of
56 years.  She was a very superior woman, devoted to her church, family
and home. Mr. Whitford was an accomplished musician, and this combination of character and talent gave their children superior mental advantages,
which became apparent in all their lives.  These children were:  Mary
Jane, the wife of Rev. Stephen Whitford, of Bowesmont, North Dakota;
John Buzza, of this sketch; William, an official stenographer for several
medical associations in Chicago and official reporter for prominent medical
journals; and Eliza Ann, the widow of John Mitchell, now living in Cornwall.
Rev. Mr. Whitford attended both common and private schools in Cornwall.  While attending the latter he attracted the attention and fell under
the influence of Canon Saltern Rogers, and under his supervision passed
through a course of systematic instruction in theology and divinity.  After
coming to the United States in 1879 he took a four years' course in theology
in California and at Helena, Montana, was ordained deacon, in 1884, by
Bishop Kavanaugh.   Rev. Mr. Whitford's labors in Montana had commenced 'in 1880, and he remained there until 1887, being ordained elder by
Bishop John C. Granberry at Stevensville.  In 1888 he came to, Michigan,
and in the following year joined the Detroit Conference.  He remained five
years at his first pastorate in the State, at Oxford, Oakland County, spent
one year at Saginaw, four years at Cairo and in September, 1899, moved to
Lake Linden, where he has continued ever since.
Rev. Mr. Whitford is not only a hard worker and vigorous preacher,
but he is also a ready writer and is a valued contributor to The Homiletic
Review, The Preacher's Magazine, The Treasury and The Pulpit, having
contributed a sermon monthly to the last named journal for a number of
years.  He has made a diligent study of the Italian language and has given
especial attention to Italian poetry.  He is an authority on: Italian history
and literature and is recognized as an able exponent of the beauties of Dante.
His three lectures covering the three sections of the "Divina Commedia,"
which have been delivered before college and literary societies, have called
forth most flattering testimonials from men of letters.
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Elizabeth Bowman, who was born in 1858, in Rochester, Oakland County,
Michigan, and is a daughter of Stewart K. and Effie (Buttz) Bowman, both
members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Whitford is a Republican in political sentiment and takes an intelligent man's interest in public affairs.
SAMUEL L. BARNEY.
SAMUEL L. BARNEY, of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, whose
portrait is herewith shown, is one of the pioneer settlers and is the only surviving white man who passed the memorable winter of 1847-48 at Marquette.
He was born in the Wsetern Reserve, Lake County, Ohio, on August 6, 1829,
and comes of Welsh and English ancestry. His father was Ariel N. Barney,
who was born in Essex County, New York, and settled in Ohio about 1814.
Ariel N. Barney was an iron maker and engaged in that business in Ohio.
He was attracted by the discovery of valuable ore land in the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, and arrived at what is now Marquette, July 7, 1847. The
immediate reason of his coming was to built a forge for the manufacture of
bloom iron, and, in association with his son, our subject, he built the first forge
in the Northern Peninsula, and together they carried on the business for three
years. Then Mr. Barney engaged in hotel keeping. He was a man of education and intelligence, and before the country was much settled and just after
the organization of the county and township, he was of the greatest use to the
community in intelligently filling various necessary offices. He died in 1876,
in his 70th year.
Samuel L. Barney has been more or less associated with the various mining enterprises of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan for many years. He
has also served in various official capacities, and for 13 years was keeper of
the Marquette County Poor Farm.
In 1850 Mr. Barney was united in marriage with Annie Eliza Caldwell,
who is a daughter of Abijah Caldwell, a farmer of Lake County, Ohio. A
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May 14, 1851, who married David Campau, of Marquette, and they have had
a family of 11 children, seven of these still surviving; Florence Amelia, who
died at the age of 11 months; Albert N., born in 1857, who now resides in
Montana, where he is engaged in farming; Emma, born in 1859, who married
George Trethewey, engineer of the stamp mill at Beacon Hill, Houghton
County, Michigan; Frank C., born in 186o, who died September 16, 1901;
Don F., born in 1862, who is station agent at Chatham, Alger County, Michigan; and Charity, born August I I, 1864, who married James F. Todd, who
died February 16, 1899.
In religious belief Mr. Barney is a Methodist, while Mrs. Barney is a
Baptist.
EDWIN C. THOMPSON.
EDWIN C. THOMPSON, superintendent of the schools of Marquette,
Marquette County, Michigan, and one of the county's progressive and intelligent citizens, is a native of this State, of which he is one of the leading
educators.  In 1870 he graduated with honors from the Michigan State
Normal College, and in 1884 received a life certificate from the State Board
of Education.
In June, 1890, Mr. Thompson received a degree of M. Pd., only one of
the many honors conferred upon him.  Since the age of 19 Mr. Thompson
has been identified with leading schools of the State, teaching at Dexter for
three years; at Dowagiac for three years; at Albion for o1 years; at Saginaw for 13 years and has been superintendent of the Marquette schools for
four years.  He has served as president of the State Teachers' Association;
president of the Association of City Superintendents; and president of the
Michigan School Masters' Club for two years.  He has declined many important positions, notably the office of superintendent of the School for Dependent Children, at Coldwater, Michigan, and an appointment by State
Superintendent Fitch as manager of the Michigan educational exhibit at the
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ready educational writer as well as speaker, and is the editor and publisher of a
compact and useful little volume entitled "Morning Exercises for Public
Schools." For many years he has been actively identified with the Presbyterian Church. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias and has passed all the
chairs and has been a delegate to the Grand Lodge.
Mr. Thompson married Hattie P. Murdock, who was born in Dexter,
Michigan.  They have one attractive young daughter, Marjorie.    Mr.
Thompson is a man of travel and culture, having made trips abroad and
possessing one of the fine libraries of the city.  He is a valued contributor
to educational journals and is always in demand as a lecturer.  It is owing
largely to his influence that the schools of the city are so well equipped
with apparatus and improvements.  His High School graduates are accepted at all the first class colleges of the country.
THOMAS WILLS.
THOMAS WILLS, a well known citizen of Calumet, Houghton County,
a retired miner, represents the pioneer element of his section, his location
in Houghton County dating to 1851i.  Mr. Wills has been identified with
much of the mine development of the Northern Peninsula, and has also visited other ore producing localities, in the following of his profession.
Mr. Wills was born in England and was reared in the great mining
region of Cornwall.  There he began work, in the lowest capacity, at the
age of 12 years, and by the time he was 22 years old he was a practical tin
and copper miner. It was at that period that he came to this country, locating in Ontonagon County, Michigan, securing work at the Piscataqua mine,
15 miles from the Ontonagon Harbor, and 13 miles from Greenland, Michigan. In 1853 he was made foreman of the Tultic mine, where he continued
some years, becoming mining captain there.  He was later associated with
the Caledonia and the Hastings mines. He spent one year in gold mining in
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various mines of the section in different capacities.  He then made a visit
to England, and in 1858 went to Melbourne, Australia, where he engaged
in gold mining until 1864.  He then returned to the copper district of Michigan, by way of England, went to work in the Minnesota mine at Ontonagon,
then to the Indiana mine and back to the Minnesota, and then served as mine
captain at the Hilton and the Adventure.  From the latter Mr. Wills went
to the Flint Steel mine as captain, and after these years of adventure and
experience, in 1868, became captain of the Calumet & Hecla.  For a period
of more than 30 years Mr. Wills served as mining captain, and a history of
his many experiences would read like a romance. He now resides quietly in
Calumet, probably one of the best posted mine men in the section.
Mr. Wills is an active member of the various Masonic branches, belonging to the blue lodge, chapter, commandery, and temple of the Mystic Shrine.
For 30 years he has been a Forester. He has visited lodges in foreign lands
and has lived up to the demands of each organization.
JOHN P. KERN.
JOHN P. KERN, secretary of the Board of Fire and Water Commissioners, and superintendent of the Water Works of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, was born in 1841 at Roseville, Michigan. He is a son of George
Jacob and Mary (Long) Kern.
George Jacob Kern was born in Bavaria, Germany. His wife was born
in France, and died on the homestead farm in Michigan, aged 78 years. They
came to America in 1820 and located for a time at Detroit and then settled
at Roseville, ii miles out from the city, on the Gratiot Road, where Mr.
Kern purchased a farm of 8o acres, on which he died in 1855. The surviving members of their family of io children are: John P.; Anthony, a farmer
residing near Auburn, Michigan; Rev. Joseph, a presiding elder of the
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of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Jacob, who is living on the homestead farm;
and William, who also resides on the farm at Roseville, Michigan.
John P. Kern received his education in the schools of Roseville and
at Baldwin University, a well known institution located within 14 miles of
Cleveland, Ohio, where for 18 months he paid particular attention to mathematics. The succeeding three years were employed in the commission business at Detroit. In 1863 he located in Marquette, where for 17 years he was
engaged in a commission business and in railroad work. On April I, 1881,
he was appointed to his present important position.  He has shown his
efficiency and has displayed much good judgment in regulating affairs in
connection with the distribution of the water and the protection of the city
from fire.
In 1872 Mr. Kern was married to Mary Isler, and their one son, John
Frederick, born in 1873, is now manager of the Lake Shore Engine Works,
at Marquette, being a young man of more than usual mechanical ability.
The death of Mrs. Kern took place in 1876. In 1882 Mr. Kern was again
married, to Margaret Nichols, who was born in Wallsell, England.  They
have two children,-Margaret, born in 1887, and Mary, born in 1893.  In
religious belief Mr. Kern is a Presbyterian.  Fraternally he is connected
with the Masons and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
DONALD McDONALD.
DONALD MCDCNALD, one of the leading citizens of Negaunee, Marquette County, Michigan, who is the proprietor of a large mercantile establishment and whose name and public spirit is perpetuated in the McDonald
Opera House there, which he built and owns, was born on the island of
Uist, Invernessshire, Scotland, April 27, 1841, and at the age of eight
years, after the death of his mother, accompanied his father to Woodstock,
Ontario, Canada.
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there to Williams township, Middlesex County, Ontario, where he attended
school and lived to the age of 18.  From 1859 to 1861 he worked in the
lumber business at Port Austin, Huron County, Michigan, and from that
place, on September Io, 1861, he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company H, 3rd Reg., Michigan Vol. Cav., under Captain Highwood
and Colonel, afterward General, Granger.  Mr. McDonald had many experiences of the trials and dangers of war, participating in many of the hardest fought battles and suffering sickness and imprisonment.  Beginning
with the battle of Island No. o1, his regiment took part in the fighting at
Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh and Corinth.  Mr. McDonald was taken prisoner
near Corinth, and was sent to Tupelo Prison, thence to Jackson, Mississippi,
and a month later to Helena, Arkansas, where he was exchanged.  At this
time he was so ill as to be placed in a hospital, where he remained for six
weeks as a patient and four months as a detailed nurse, receiving his honorable discharge in February, 1863.  Mr. McDonald has a fine record as a
brave and faithful soldier in the service of his adopted country.
After a short time in Detroit, Michigan, Mr. McDonald returned to
Williams township, Middlesex County, Ontario, where he attended school
for a time, but was taken with chills and fever, which he hoped to cure by
removing to the pure and bracing air of the Lake Superior region.  Settling
at Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, he was there engaged for
one year in getting out square timber for the Delaware Mining Company.
On September 6, 1865, Mr. McDonald was married to Catherine Monaghan, of Ireland, and then engaged in hotel keeping, operating, with the
assistance of his capable wife, Kuntz's Hotel at Eagle Harbor for three years.
In 1867 he opened up a boarding house at Negaunee, which he conducted
three years, and in 1870 embarked in a grocery business. In this he was so
successful that he soon enlarged it and branched out into carrying general
merchandise and now operates the leading business of the kind in the town.
In 1883 Mr. McDonald erected the handsome building known as the
McDonald Opera House, which has a seating capacity for 600 people. Mr.
McDonald is a fine business man, possessing all those traits which contribute
to success, and he has done much to assist in the development of Negaunee.
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tions.  He has been supervisor of his ward, was a trustee before the city
received its charter and for five years was city treasurer.  For three years
he was school treasurer also,, and for a time all the city and school money
was entrusted to his honest guardianship.  His fraternal association is with
his old comirades of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonald have these children: John, of British Columbia; William, of Chicago, Illinois; Angus, of California; Donald and James
who are living at home; Kitty, who is attending a Canadian college; Alice
and Agnes, who are High School graduates; and Anna and Sarah, who are
attending school.
JOHN PENGLASE.
JOHN PENGLASE.    One of the successful, self made men of Ishpeming,
Marquette County, Michigan, is found in John Penglase, well known in the
Northern Peninsula as the very efficient sheriff of Marquette County.  He
was born in Cornwall, England, and lost his father at the age of eight
months.  His mother removed to I.ondon and died there shortly after.  In
1865 he accompanied a sister to the United States, and located in Keweenaw
County, Michigan; thence he removed to Marquette County in 1870. This
sister died some years since, at Iron Mountain, Michigan.
For a number of years Mr. Penglase was connected with the Cliff mine
in Keweenaw County, during which time he made several trips as far west
as Colorado, and in 1871 worked for a time at White Pine, in that State.
He is one who has seen the most of the development of the Lake Superio;
region and recalls the time when the great Calumet & Hecla mine had never
been imagined.  He severed his connection with the Cliff mine in 1876.
In 1899 he was elected sheriff of Marquette County and is now serving his
second term.
In Ishpeming Mr. Penglase was married to Rosezena Oliver, a daughter of the late William Oliver, who was a resident of Marquette Count'
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viving son of this marriage is John, who resides at home. Mr. Penglase has
always supported the Republican party, and cast his first presidential vote
for Hayes and Wheeler. In his religious views he is a Methodist.
Mr. Penglase's career is very suggestive. A poor lad, orphaned and
thrown upon his own resources, he has by sheer manliness and strength of
character surmounted many difficulties.
SCOTT W. SHAULL.
SCOTT W. SHAULL, one of the prominent attorneys of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, who has gained reputation by his ability, was born
in Liberty township, Seneca County, Ohio, July 26, 1864, and is a son of
David L. and Catherine (Puffenburger) Shaull.
David L. Shaull was born near Alexandria, Virginia, and now residein the vicinity of Charlotte, Michigan, which has been the family home since
1866.  During the Civil War he, with four of his brothers, took part, and
he assisted in the capture of the raider, Morgan.  Since then he has'been
engaged in farming in Michigan, and is now in his 73rd year. In politics he
is a Democrat. His wife was born in Ohio, and is a daughter of George
Puffenburger, who went from Virginia to Ohio at an early day.  These
parents reared a family of five sons and five daughters.
Our subject was educated in the public schools of Charlotte, Michigan,
and then entered the law office of H. F. Pennington, where he studied for
two years, and in 1885 was admitted to the bar, before Judge Justice Hooker,
now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.  He opened an office at Charlotte,
going into partnership with Edward Foote and, subsequently, with Horace
S. Maynard.   He served as city recorder and in 1892 was a candidate for
prosecuting attorney, succeeding in cutting down a Republican majority of
1,200 to 62 votes. In the same year he located in Marquette and continued
in practice for several years alone, soon making himself prominent on account of his successful handling of a number of important criminal cases.







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In 1898 he assumed principal charge of the legal affairs of Edward N
Breitung and of a number of large corporations in the Northern Peninsula.
In 1887 Mr. Shaull was married to Anna R. Taylor, of Detroit, Michigan, and they have two children, namely:  Daisy B. and Ethel Mae.  Mrs.
Shaull is an active member of the Methodist Church.  In his earlier years
Mr. Shaull was identified with the Democratic party, but since 1892 he has
supported the Republican candidates and measures. He is justly regarded
as one of the county's brilliant legal practitioners, and future honors for him
may safely be predicted.
JAMES T. HEALY.
JAMES T. HEALY, one of the most prominent real estate and insurance
men of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, whose portrait accompanies
this sketch, comes of a family which has been well known in Houghton County
for more than 40 years.  He was born at Calumet, Michio-an, in 1876, and
is a son of James and Maggie (Powers) Healy.
James Healy, father of our subject, was born In Detroit, Michigan, April
19, 1845, and was a son of Timothy and Mary Hedly. In 1861 he came to the
Lake Superior mining region, locating at Houghton, but subsequently removing to Keweenaw County. He resided there three years, then moved to Calumet, which continued his home for a period of 12 years. During that time
he was commissioner of highways, deputy sheriff for eight years, and in 1880
was elected sheriff of the county. He moved to Houghton to enter upon the
duties of the last named office and made that town his home until 1891, when
he died, at the age of 46 years. He was a well known and respected citizen,
and his loss was sadly mourned by the community. James Healy was married
in Chicago, Illinois, October 2, 1875, to Maggie Powers, who was born in St.
Johns, New Brunswick. The following children were born to them: James
T., John, Mary, Leanore M., C. Walter and Annie. Mrs. Healy and all the
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James T. Healy was educated in the public schools of Houghton, and in
November, 1889, moved to Calumet to represent the F. A. Douglass general
insurance agency. He subsequently entered the service of Faucett Brothers,
the largest real estate and insurance agents in the section, remaining with them
until June, 1900.  He then returned to Houghton and formed a partnership with Attorney L. L. Croze, under the firm name of Croze & Healy, which
existed until September, 1901, when it was dissolved by mutual consent. Since
that time Mr. Healy has been in business alone, maintaining a fine office in
the Shelden-Dee Building. He represents some 15 fire, accident and life
insurance companies, and does probably the largest real estate business locally
of anyone so engaged. He is a Democrat in politics and recently completed
his second term as township treasurer.  He is a wide awake and energetic
young business man, and stands well in the community.
April 30, 1900, James T. Healy was united in marriage with Maude F.
Boucher, of Keweenaw County, Michigan, a niece of Fred Bowden, who is a
prominent business man of the county.  To this union was born one son,
James Charles, May 18, 1901.  Fraternally our subject is a member of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks: and Knights of the Maccabees. The
Healy family are communicants of the Catholic Church.....---r *~--
CHARLES     BAKER.
CHARLES BAKER, one of the leading and best known agriculturists of
Chocolay township, Marquette County, Michigan, was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1839, and is a son of John Baker. Our subject's father was contracting carpenter and builder of Germany; his death took place since his son
came to America to seek his fortune.
Charles Baker received a good, practical education in the educational institutions of Germany, where he married Dorothy Luploy. The happy, young
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portunities for advancement made all ambitious, and instilled into everyone the
desire to succeed. Locating in Chocolay township, Marquette County, Michigan, near Harvey P. O., a small village a few miles out from Marquette, they
engaged in agricultural operations very profitably. After having been a resident of that section for nine years, Mr. Baker purchased his present farm that
now consists of 235 acres of fine farming land. Mr. Baker's only son and
child is Arthur F., who was born in 1868 at Harvey. He is also engaged in
farming and in the farm implement business. Arthur F. Baker married Rosa
Keopp, a daughter of Martin Keopp, a farmer of Chocolay township, Marquette County, and has reared two children, namely: Bernhard Karl Ludwig, born July 4, 1893; and Albert Gustav Max, born August 23, 1897.
Our subject and his family are members of the German Lutheran Church.
EGBERT J. MAPES.
EGBERT J. MAPES, a prominent, practicing attorney of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, was born in Livingston County, Michigan, January
27, 1843, and is a son of Hiram and Minerva A. (Lemon) Mapes, both of
whom were natives of New York. For a number of years Hiram Mapes was
a large farmer in Genesee County, New York, and at a later date became interested extensively in real estate at East Saginaw, Michigan, and still later
in pine lands and mills in Tuscola County, Michigan, whence he moved to
Livingston County in the same State, and died there in 1884.
Egbert J. Mapes, who is the only child of his parents, was six years old
when they removed to East Saginaw, Michigan. Later when the family removed to Tuscola County and at a still later period when return was made to
Livingston County, the youth took advantage of the public schools, alternating
with work on the farm. He also attended the State Normal School at
Ypsilanti and then for a time engaged in teaching in country schools. After
a preparatory course at Ann Arbor, he entered the University of Michigan in
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which he was graduated in 1868. He immediately settled at Marquette, Michigan, and has enjoyed a very fair share of the legal business in the city ever
since.  For several years he served as village attorney and for one term was
prosecuting attorney. His ability and thorough knowledge of law and jurisprudence have been shown on many occasions and in Marquette he is considered a safe adviser and an eloquent advocate.
In 1866 Mr. Mapes was united in marriage with Lydia A. Smith, who
was born in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Mapes have one daughter, Ada M., a
young lady at home. In political affiliation, Mr. Mapes is a Republican.
CHARLES RETALLIC, JR.
CHARLES RETALLIC, JR., superintendent of the Light & Power Company
of Marquette, Marquette county, Michigan, is one of the self made successful
men who have done so much for the development of Marquette County along
modern lines. Mr. Retallic is of English extraction, his birth occurring in
Cornwall in 1865.
Charles Retallic, Sr., our subject's father, is also a native of Cornwall
where he learned mining, a vocation he has followed in America, to which
country he immigrated in 1871. After five years spent in New Jersey, he removed to Houghton County, Michigan, in 1876, and since that time has been
connected with the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company. The mother of our
subject, Catherine (Opie) Retallic is also a native of Cornwall. A family
of seven children were born to these parents, namely: Charles, of this sketch;
Nellie, who is the wife of E. J. Rule of Calumet and has two children,-Bert
and Florence; Lucy, who married Richard Rickard, a photographer of Laurium, and has two children,-Dorothy and Hattie; Annie, who married
Thomas Maslin, now a machinist at Great Falls, Montana; William, deceased;
Harry, who married Minnie Latterel, a daughter of James Latterel, a lineman of Marquette, Michigan; and Gertrude, who is the wife of Jay Phillips
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Charles Retallic, Jr., was mainly reared in Houghton County and attended
school until the age of 13 years, when his books were put aside in order that he
might enter the mines and become a wage earner. He worked in the Calumet
& Hecla mine until 1887 when he moved to Marquette and began the study of
electrical engineering. He has become very proficient and for a number of
years has been superintendent of the electric lighting concern at Marquette.
Mr. Retallic was married in 1886 to Mary Richards, who is a daughter of
Nicholas and Grace Richards, the former of whom, a miner in the copper
mines at Calumet, Michigan, died December 14, 1889. Our subject and wife
have reared two daughters, Flora, born May 21, 1887; and Grace, born December 25, 1888. In religious belief Mr. Retallic is a Methodist. Fraternally, he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Ancient Order
of IUnited Workmen, and is a Mason. He is well known through his locality
and sustains the character of a skilled electrician as well as that of a first
class citizen.
ALBERT S. HEINEMANN.
ALBERT S. HEINEMANN, secretary of the Upper Peninsula Brewing
Company, of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, is one of the city's
best known citizens. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in February,
1862, and is of German ancestry, his parents, Frederick and Dorothea
(Schatte) Heinemann, having come to the United States from Hanover.
Frederick Heinemann came to America in 1845 and settled in Milwaukee, where he engaged in the cabinet-making business until he retired from
activity. His wife was brought to America by her parents when but an
infant a year old; she moved to Milwaukee in 1846, and became the wife
of Frederick Heinemann in 1849. They are the parents of 12 children, their
names being: Theodore and Edward, both deceased; an infant, deceased;
Gustave and Bertha, twins, both deceased; Emily, who is the wife of Charles
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Augusta, who is the wife of Otto Meeske, of Muskegon, Michigan; Clara,
who is the wife of Dr. Charles Lange, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Ida, who
is the wife of Fred Breidster, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Frederick,
who practices the profession of dentistry in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Albert S. Heinemann was educated in the Markham's Milwaukee Academy and Mayer's Commercial College, both of Milwaukee, graduating from
the latter in the spring of 1878. Since then until the present time he has
been interested in the brewery business, having been connected with the Upper
Peninsula Brewing Company of Marquette for the past 24 years. Mr.
Heinemann is social by nature and is a valued member of a number of fraternal orders, including the Elks, the Odd Fellows, the German Aid Society
and the Sons of Hermann.
REV. FREDERICK RICHTER.
REV, FREDERICK RICHTER, lately pastor of the Holy Rosary Catholic
Church at Lake Linden, Houghton County, and at the present pastor of
St. Mary's of the Sea Catholic Church of Atlantic Mine, Houghton County,
was born in Germany in 1867, but has been a resident of the United States
since 1889. He is a son of Henry and Agnes (Trenkamp) Richter, both of
whom were born and died in Germany, where the former was engaged in
farming. Both parents were pious and worthy members of the Catholic
Church. The maternal grandfather of Father Richter was a member of the
"Old Guard" and was with Napoleon at Moscow, and after that disastrous
campaign tramped back to his home in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg,
Germany.
Father Richter is one of the five survivors of a family of eight children,
and the only one that left Germany. His education was acquired in his native place, and his life was spent there until the age of 23, at that time coming
to America and entering the Jesuit college at Cincinnati, Ohio. After five
years there, he spent the succeeding four years at Mount St. Mary's Seminary
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Michigan, June 15, 1901. He was assigned as assistant in St. Patrick's Church
at Hancock, Michigan, and was then sent to the Assinins Indian mission of
Baraga County, where he assisted the great Indian missionary, Father Terhorst, being present at the latter's death-bed. From there he went to Negaunee, and on December 4, 1901, entered upon his pastorate in the Holy
Rosary Church at Lake Linden. Father Richter was much appreciated in
that parish, and placed the churches and schools under his charge in a very
flourishing condition. The church and rectory have a beautiful situation on
a commanding site overlooking Portage Lake. The congregation of the
Holy Rosary Church aggregates Ioo families, and in the schools there are
150 children who are under the instructions of four Sisters of Notre Dame.
On July 23, 1903, Father Richter was obliged to terminate his very
successful and pleasant labors at Lake Linden, being transferred to Atlantic
Mine as pastor of St. Mary's of the Sea. He has a grand work before him
among the mining towns of the vicinity, for the population is steadily increasing and the miners are very prosperous, making the community an excellent
one for missionary efforts. It is expected of Father Richter that he will
build *up the St. Mary's of the Sea Church, which is three years old, and
also organize a church in Painesdale, a new and booming town, and also
build churches in the stamp mill towns of Red Ridge, Edgemere, Beacon
Hill and Freda, beautifully located on the shore of Lake Superior about TO
miles west of Houghton and Hancock. Under his jurisdiction are the following towns: Atlantic Mine; Baltic; South Range, a new town in which
a church will probably be needed in the near future; Trimountain; and
Painesdale, all of which are mining towns that have sprung up during the
last few years.
HON. JOHN WESLEY STONE.
HON. JOHN    WESLEY    STONE, formerly   member of    the  United
States Congress from the State of Michigan, is now judge of the Twentyfifth Judicial Circuit of Michigan, and resides in Marquette. He has long




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been considered one of the most able lawyers of the State, where he has
practiced or served on the bench almost continuously since 1862.
Judge Stone was born in Wadsworth, Ohio, July 18, 1838, and is a
son of Rev. Chauncey Stone, and a grandson of Benjamin Stone, a Vermonter. His mother was a member of the Bird family, which settled in
Vermont at an early date, having come to this country from England.
Judge Stone attended the district schools, and later the select school of
Spencer, Ohio. When 16 years of age he began teaching at a salary of $17
per month, and followed the profession until he reached the age of 21 years.
In the spring of 1856 he went to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he worked
on a farm during the summer months and taught school at Big Spring,
Ottawa County, in the winter, receiving therefor the sum of $25 per month.
A few months later his parents and family moved to Michigan, locating on
a piece of land in the forest near Dorr, Michigan. Our subject assisted in
clearing the farm, but continued to teach school during the winters until
1859, when he began to prepare himself for the legal profession. He entered
the office of Silas Stafford at Martin, Michigan, and was admitted to the
bar before Judge Littlejohn at Allegan in 1862. Previous to this time,
he served two years as clerk of Allegan County, and in 1862 was re-elected
for a second term. He made good wages and was enabled to lay by a
sum sufficient to clear up the indebtedness on the farm and to establish his
parents in a comfortable home. In 1864 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Allegan County, and served in a most creditable manner until 1870.
The next step in his advancement was as judge of the Twentieth Judicial
Circuit of Michigan, to which office he was elected in 1873. Resigning
his office in 1874, he went to Grand Rapids, where he practiced law in connection with the firm of Norris & Blair. The following year Mr. Norris
retired, and the firm became Blair, Stone & Kingsley. In 1876 Judge Stone
was nominated for Congress and was elected, representing his district in
that body in a most able manner. In 1878 he was honored by a re-election
to Congress and served out that term. Upon his return to Grand Rapids,
he formed a partnership under the firm name of Taggart, Stone & Earle, a
strong association of legal ability which commanded a large practice. During the administration of President Arthur, Judge Stone was appointed







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United States district attorney for Western Michigan, and was much of
the time engaged in the Northern Peninsula. In 1887 he moved to Houghton where he practiced law until he was elected judge of the Twenty-fifth
Judicial Circuit in 1890. He moved to Marquette in 1891, and has since
resided there.
In 1861 Judge Stone was united in marriage with Delia M. Grover, a
daughter of A. P. Grover, of Allegan, Michigan. Mrs. Stone died at Marquette, January 25, 1902. There are three daughters and one son. Two
daughters live at home; Carrie M., who is the wife of Fred M. Champlin,
of Grand Rapids, Michigan; and John G., who is associated in the practice
of law with A. R. Gray at Houghton, Michigan.
G. MARTINI.
G. MARTINI, a well known business man of Calumet, Houghton County,
Michigan, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, is an extensive wholesale
dealer in wines and liquors. He was born in Provincia Di Toscana Citta Di
Lucca, Italy, November 22, 1850, and comes of a very interesting Italian
family, his ancestors having gone to that country centuries ago from Leon,
France.
The father of our subject was a merchant in Italy and lived there until his
death in 1872, being survived some years by his wife, who is now also deceased.
They had four children, of whom our subject is the youngest. He has a brother,
P. Martini, an Italian poet of San Jose, California, who enjoys a national reputation; he writes exclusively in his native language, and has done considerable
newspaper work. One of the sisters is deceased, and the other resides a Via
Reggio, Italy.
G. Martini was reared and educated in his native land and served in the
Italian Army for nearly four years. In 1875 he came to America, and after
remaining in New York a little while spent about one year in New England.
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Michigan, carrying a scissors grinding machine. He then engaged in working
at the Hecla mine for two years, after which he was made foreman, and served
in that capacity for three years. He then engaged in the confectionery and
fruit business in Calumet, under the firm name of "G. Martini & Little of
Everything," and carried it on with success until he embarked in his present
line of business, in 1899. He carries an extensive and well selected stock of
wines, liquors, cordials and cigars. Among the brands of whiskey he handles
are some whose merits he is himself pushing, namely: "Private Stock Maryland Rye," "Lake Superior Pure Rye" and the celebrated "Storm Rye."
When Mr. Martini first came to the mines of Michigan an interesting incident arose.  He gave his name to the clerk, but the latter, being unable to
spell it, christened him "Mike Murphy."  He is still jokingly called "Big
Mike" by his many friends.  Mr. Martini has traveled all over the world,
and before coming to America spent some time in Africa, worked on the Suez
Canal, and also visited Russia and Turkey.
In 1881 G. Martini was united in marriage to Jane Jauck, a lady of German birth and ancestry, and they have a daughter, Ettie, wife of John Bandettini, who lives at the home of our subject. Mr. Martini served in the Village
Council very ably, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
-,r- --
JOHN C. WILSON.
JOHN C. WILSON, assistant postmaster at Eagle Mills, Marquette County, efficiently fills a position of no small responsibility and ranks high among
the business men of his vicinity.  He was born at Hancock, Houghton
County, Michigan, March 15, 1869, and is a son of James T. and Margaret
(Clark) Wilson.
James T. Wilson was born September 6, 1830, in the West of Ireland,
where he spent his boyhood. In 1847 at the age of 17 he came to America
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he married Margaret Clark, also a resident of that metropolis. Upon moving
to the Lake Superior copper region, he entered the Franklin copper mine as
a miner, where he remained until he retired from work to enjoy the rest he
so richly deserved. The last o20 years of his life were spent at ease. His
death occurred October 18, 1898. In 1895, when 65 years of age he ran
a race with his son, our subject, who was then I6 years of age; although his
son won the race, it required all the energy he had to beat the energetic old
gentleman.
Mrs. James T. Wilson, the mother of our subject, is still living at the
age of 59 years, and resides at Laurium, Houghton County, Michigan. In
the parental family there were four children besides the subject of this sketch,
namely: James C., living at Laurium, Michigan, who is the manager of a
livery stable of that town; Katherine J., who resides with her mother in
Laurium, Michigan; and the youngest of the family, two children, who died
in infancy.
John C. Wilson married Annie Clark, of Altmar, New York, a daughter
of J. L. Clark, a farmer of Conestota, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have
four children, namely: Irene, Bessie, Glen and Grace. Religiously our subject favors the Episcopal faith and is socially a member of the Knights of the
Maccabees and politically a supporter of the tenets and principles of the Republican party.
WILLIAM    SMITH.
WILLIAM SMITH, postmaster of the postoffice at Harvey, Chocolay
township, Marquette County, Michigan, and town clerk of Chocolay township, is engaged in conducting a general merchandise store at Harvey, and is
looked upon as one of the business citizens of his vicinity. His birth took
place in Athens County, Ohio, in 1867, and he is a son of Thomas Smith,
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the age of 85 years. Thomas Smith, who was born in Scotland, came to the
United States when 21 years of age; his occupation through life was principally that of a blacksmith; for a number of years before his death he was
engaged in the farm implement business.
William  Smith received his school education in Marquette County,
Michigan, and for a number of years worked now and then at the blacksmith's
trade. In 1902 he engaged in the general mercantile business at Harvey,
Chocolay township, where his progressive business ideas brought him prominently before the citizens. On April 6, 1903, he was elected town clerk of
Chocolay township, and on May 7, 1903, he was appointed postmaster of the
Harvey postoffice.
Mr. Smith was married in 1890 to Edna White, daughter of J. N.
White, of New York. They have reared four children, namely: Clarence,
born October 23, 1893; Aaron, born February 11, 1896; William, born June
2, 1899; and Margaret, born November 23, 1901. Our subject's religious
views lead to the Presbyterian Church and politically he is a Republican.
JOHN LYONS.
JOHN LYONS, a well known and substantial farmer of Covington, Michigan, and supervisor of Covington township, Baraga County, was born in
Byron, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, in 1851, and is a son of John Lyons,
who was born in Ireland and became one of the very early settlers of the Badger State, locating in Wisconsin in 1848. Both our subject's parents died there
aged about 73 years. The family comprised four children, the two survivors
being our subject and a sister, who is a resident of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Mr. Lyons was reared and educated in Wisconsin, and remained with his
father until about the age of 30. Then he located in Marquette County, Michigan, to engage in lumbering, and remained for three years in the vicinity of
Metropolitan, Dickinson County. Since locating at Covington, Mr. Lyons has
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and contracting. He is one of the leading Democrats of his locality and has
held a number of the town and county offices. During three terms he served
as deputy sheriff and is now serving his seventh term as a member of the
board of county supervisors, having been first elected in 1893. He is very
prominent in all important public business and is deeply interested in whatever promises to benefit Baraga County. For several years he was a very useful member of the School Board. When Mr. Lyons located at Covington
there were but a half dozen settlers, and it is due more to his energy than
any other that the place is in its present thriving condition. He has served
as postmaster and has been identified with almost every progressive movement in the town.  In the early days mail was brought from Sidnaw over
paths, there being no roads when Mr. Lyons settled there, and all the supplies
of every kind had to be packed over trails.  He has witnessed the wonderful
changes and has the satisfaction of knowing that he has done his full share
in the present prosperity.
HENRY WALLACE. CAKE.
HENRY WALLACE CAKE, a prominent citizen of Lake Linden, Houghton
County, Michigan, whose portrait is shown on the opposite page, is superintendent of the Calumet & Hecla stamp mills, a position that he has held since
May, 1903. Mr. Cake was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in 1850, and is a
son of Alexander and Sarah C. (Leib) Cake.
Alexander Cake was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, became a machine
pattern maker by trade and followed that occupation until his death in 1887,
at the age of 58 years.  He bore an honorable record for service in the Union
Army during the Civil War.   He married Sarah C. Leib, who was born in
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. and died in 1888.  Religiously they were
attendants of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mrs. Cake was a
member from childhood.   Ten children were born to bless their union, of
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Henry W. Cake received his education in the common schools of his native
town, and at the age of 13 years became helper in an iron foundry at a salary
of $2 per week. He next became a "devil" in a printing office, and when 15
years old became an apprentice in a machine shop in Pottsville, where he served
three full years. He worked as machinist in a number of stationary engine
and locomotive shops, and in 1887 took the position of track foreman in the
Baldwin Locomotive Works at Philadelphia. He later accepted the position of
assistant superintendent of the stamp mills of the Calumet & Hecla Mining
Company, was made acting superintendent in May, 19go, and superintendent
two years later. He is now serving in that capacity and is rendering efficient
service to the company.  He has a thorough understanding of the business,
keeps on good terms with the men under his supervision, and is highly esteemed by all with whom he is brought in contact.
In November, 1895, Mr. Cake was joined in marriage with Mabelle E.
Bennallack, who was born in Cornwall, England, August 4, 1873, and is a
daughter of John and Mary Bennallack. They have three children, as follows:
Wallace Ellwood; Laura Aline; and Esther Leone. Religiously they are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Cake is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and belongs to the Miscowanbik Club
of Calumet, Michigan. In politics he is independent.
EDGAR     H. TOWAR.
EDGAR H. TOWAR, who is one of the most prominent men of finance
in the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, is president of the Marquette
National Bank, of which he was the principal promoter upon its organization
in October, 1901. This bank is one of the soundest institutions of the kind
in Northern Michigan, having back of it the brains and capital of the leading men of Marquette and vicinity. Its officers are Edgar H. Towar, president; F. W. Read, vice-president; and F. J. Jennison, cashier. The directorate includes such substantial men as: John M. Longyear (the multi-million



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aire mine owner of the Upper Peninsula), Dan. H. Ball, Edgar H. Towar,
Walter Fitch, F. H. Begole, W. G. Mather, F. W. Read, D. W. Powell and
F. J. Jennison. It has a capital stock of $Ioo,ooo and does a general banking
business.
Mr. Towar was born at Lyons, New York, in 1840, and is a son of
George W. Towar, who was at one time extensively engaged in the lumber
business at Saginaw, Michigan, and was for many years a resident of Detroit.
The grandfather of our subject came to this country from Scotland, and his
maternal ancestors came from England. Edgar H. Towar has a brother
who is prominent in the business circles of Detroit. Our subject removed
with his parents to Michigan at an early day, and there received his education, receiving private instruction and attending the public schools.  He
entered the office of Bull & Trowbridge, Detroit, as a law student in 186o
and was admitted to the bar in 1862. The natural disorganization of business incident to the war led Mr. Towar to abandon the law temporarily and
connect himself with the army. He accepted a position in the pay department under Col. Joshua Howard at Detroit, and was afterward ordered to
Cincinnati, Ohio.
At the close of the war Edgar H. Towar entered the First National
Bank of Cincinnati as corresponding clerk; with which institution he
remained seven years, thus acquiring a familiarity with the business. He
moved to Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, in 1872, and started a
private bank under the style of E. H. Towar & Company, and two years
later organized the First National Bank of Hancock, acting as cashier and
manager until 1889, when he moved to Marquette, Michigan.    He purchased considerable stock in the First National Bank of Marquette, and for
a number of years served as vice-president and active manager of that con--
cern. He is at the present time a director and stockholder of the Superior
Trust Company of Hancock, Michigan. He has been interested in various
manufacturing interests, and figures largely in several land and development
companies, with large timber holdings. He is a very prosperous business
man, and is reckoned one of the substantial and valued citizens of Marquette.
Mr. Towar was joined in marriage with Isabella Cardell, a daughter
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bella M. and Margaret. Soon after locating at Marquette, Mr. Towar built
the magnificent home he now occupies, which is located on the lake, with
beautiful terrace extending down to the water. In politics he has always
been a Republican, and while he is earnest in his convictions of Republicanism, he has not identified himself with the party as an officeholder. He is
a member of the Masonic fraternity and in religious attachment, an Episcopalian.
B. W. WRIGHT.
B. W. WRIGHT, deputy county treasurer of Marquette County, Michigan, is one of the best known men of Marquette County, with an acquaintance extending generally over the Northern Peninsula, where he has lived,chiefly in Marquette,-for the past 47 years. -Since 1882 he has served almost continuously in the county treasurer's office, either as county treasurer
himself or as deputy.
Mr. Wright was born July 14, 1838, at Plympton, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts, and received a High School education in the Bay State. He
came to this region from Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1855, locating first
in Ontonagon County but removing a year later to Marquette County. His
first employment was had in the Sault Ste. Marie Canal Company's land
office, at Ontonagon, and later he worked with that company for some years
at Marquette. He was with the Northern Iron Company for some years,
and was also engaged in mercantile business at Ishpeming, Marquette County. In 1882 he entered the county treasurer's office as deputy, and was
later elected as county treasurer, in which office he served over four years.
He served as treasurer again from 1892 to 1896. During the intervening
and subsequent periods, he has acted as deputy. His services have been very
valuable to the county on account of his long connection with the office,
which has made him thoroughly familiar with all the details and intricacies
of the work. He is most highly regarded as an upright and conscientious
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Mr. Wright has been twice married.   Both of his companions were
from Massachusetts. Of his seven children, five are residents of Marquette
County. The record is as follows: W. M., who resides at Battle Creek,
Michigan, where he is engaged with a food manufacturing concern; Herbert B., who is located in Yellowstone Park, as a member of a government
engineering corps; Mrs. Sarah Bilkey, of Ishpeming; Edith M., who is attending Marquette Normal School; Bertha, a graduate of the University
of Michigan at Ann Arbor, who is principal of the High School at Republic, Michigan; Morgan H., who is attending Armour Institute at Chicago,
and fitting himself for the profession of mining engineer; and Katherine,
who is attending the public schools oL ishpeming, where the family resides.
Mr. Wright is a Republican by convictions and long association with
the party. He has served in a number of offices outside of the one where
he is now, having been township supervisor, mayor of Ishpeming and member of the School Board, being secretary for some time of the last named.
He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Ishpeming and
is known as a faithful attendant of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Wright would not be a thorough-going business man of the Northern Peninsula if he were without connection with some mining company.
The Barasa Iron Company was organized some 10io or 12 years ago, and Mr.
Wright has been with this company since its organization, as secretary and
treasurer.
HON. PETER WHITE.
HON. PETER WHITE. Compared to the older movements in the progress of the world's history, there has been an element of the magical in the
development of the Lake Superior region, and while much of it may be
explained on the ground that this section of the United States has been most
wonderfully favored by Nature, the fact remains that it has been hastened by
the energies of certain individuals, and this brings us to the subject of thi.
sketch, Hon. Peter White, of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan.
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In a commercial sense, this region is but little over 50 years old, and
thus its development comes within the life of Mr. White, and his achievements in connection with it give his career a magnificent setting. He may
justly be styled the Patriarch of the county and city of Marquette, as well
as of the Northern Peninsula. While it is with pleasure, it is also with a
feeling of insufficiency that the biographer makes an attempt to outline a
career which has been so full of adventure, of importance and of history.
Peter White was born at Rome, Oneida County, New York, October
31, 1830, in which town he remained nine years. His parents then removed
to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where the youth attended school until the age of
15, when he left his books in order to join the great exodus to the copper
regions. He reached Sault Ste. Marie just too late to secure passage on
the steamer "Merchant," which ill-fated vessel sank with all on board that
very trip. Soon after, by securing employment on the "Bela Hubbard,"
which was then plying between Detroit and Sault Ste. Marie, he was able
to start in the direction of the goal of his desires. This unseaworthy vessel
capsized off Thunder Bay Island and, although no one was drowned, the
crew was considerably buffeted by the waves before they were taken on board
the propeller "Chicago." It was when boarding this vessel that Peter had the
misfortune to break his arm and by the time the boy reached Detroit and
was able to consult a surgeon it was in such a state that the practitioner
decided to amputate it immediately, and but for the intervention of a visiting surgeon, Dr. Zina Pitcher, our distinguished subject would probably have
gone maimed through the rest of his life. Dr. Pitcher's skill soon reduced
the swelling, put the member in splints and this strong left arm in after years
has done its full share of the world's work. Just here a pause must be
made to recall a characteristic incident of Mr. White. Some years later
Dr. Zina Pitcher died and was borne to an unmarked grave. The Detroit
papers, conscious of his greatness, suggested a public subscription to erect a
monument, and one of the first and most generous subscribers was Peter
White. However, his contribution from Marquette, owing to the uncertain
mail service of those days, did not reach Detroit until the subscription account
was closed, the entire needed amount having been raised in one day. When
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offered to plant flowers each succeeding year upon the grave, and to this
purpose the money was pledged. One of the most-prized treasures in Mr.
White's possession to-day is a photograph of this eminent physician.
Four months were required to knit up the tendons and cement the broken
bones of his arm, but as soon as possible he entered the store of Freeman
& Brothers on Jefferson avenue, and remained with that firm almost a year,
leaving for Mackinac Island in the hope of securing a position at the government lighthouse. Although he did not secure the place, he obtained summer
employment with Captain Canfield, and in the winter time he obtained a clerkship in the store of Edward Kanter, with the much valued privilege of attending school. This is a portion of his life to which Mr. White reverts with
the greatest pleasure. Just about this time Robert J. Graveraet appeared upon
the island in search of men to develop the iron mines of Lake Superior, and,
following the advice of those who had become interested in the plucky young
man, our subject, at the age of 18 years, offered his services to Mr. Graveraet
and was thus introduced to his life work. Local history tells of the tempestuous voyage through storm, ice, famine and partial mutiny, of the worthless little "Tecumseh" before she finally reached the "Soo." There the few
belongings were transferred to a Mackinaw boat and eight days later the
little party reached Indian Town, now known as Marquette. It was on the
succeeding up-hill climb of 12 miles that Peter White made the reply when
assistance was offered him, that has been typical of his subsequent life. He
was young and slight and the packs were heavy and the way wearisome;
compassion induced Mr. Graveraet to suggest that he should relieve the
younger man, but Mr. White answered quickly, "I will carry my own pack,
sir," something which he has done ever since. The long, weary tramp ended
at the Cleveland mine, then known as "Moody's Location."
For the first month Mr. White was engaged in clearing brush, denuding
the fields of ore of Nature's covering and exposing the great mineral wealth
which has turned the eyes of the world in the direction of the Northern
Peninsula of Michigan. Peter White cleared off brush just as he did everything else, perseveringly and industriously, and when he was through there
could be no doubt that he had been busy at that point. On June 0o, 1849,
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party to the lake shore to welcome the coming of Amos R. Harlow and a
party of mechanics from Worcester, Massachusetts, who brought with them
machinery to set up and operate a forge. In the excitement of additional
numbers, capital and conveniences, the same thought inspired each hardy
pioneer. A city should be built on these shores and doubtless visions not
unlike present realization filled the mind of our subject as he cried out,
"Let me fell the first tree." Peter White cut this tree at a point of rock on
what is now Lake street, and immediately after all had seized axes and had
attacked the virgin forest. After the cargo of the little steamer was unloaded,
James Kelley, a carpenter from Boston, selected Peter White as his assistant and they quickly erected in the great woods a log residence which they
facetiously named the Revere House, after the then most fashionable hotel
of Boston. This building stood and retained its name as late as i86o.
Although thus far Mr. White had had no mechanical instruction, the exigencies of the time brought out unknown inherent faculties, and he accomplished the filling of the first steam boiler ever set up in the Peninsula, and
moreover he was installed as fireman and engineer. He only left this place in
order to enter the machine shop to perfect himself in what he had discovered
to be a natural leaning. Prior to this, however, he had shown rare ability,
courage and judgment under very grave circumstances. In August, when
the little steamer "Fur Trader" came in, crowded with German, Irish and
French mine workers, it was discovered that it brought cholera with it.
Dr. Rogers, the physician of the party, was called upon to minister to the
supposed cholera patients, and soon discovered that the disease was ship
and typhoid fever; but ere long he was a victim himself. In the rude building which had been hastily constructed to serve as a hospital, the sick physician summoned the one who seemed, in the sturdiness of his strength and the
reliability of his character, to be available upon almost every occasion, and
informed him that he must take his place in the hospital. Mr. White cheerfully acquiesced and, following the advice of his friend, Mrs. Wheelock,
bathed the patients continually in cold water. The physician received his
cold baths with the others, very often protesting in his delirium and trying
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"Peter, you have saved us all, but if you could have understood me, you
would probably have killed us all."
As the days went by, this brawny youth grew not only in strength and
stature, but in the estimation of all who knew him. His education had been
elementary, but by this time he was able to converse in several languages
and was able to meet each individual on his own ground. With Graveraet
he conversed in French and German and with the Chippewas in their own
language. A month proved sufficient for him to acquire any Indian dialect
and this faculty in itself made Peter White a very valuable addition to any
party.  That his superior qualifications were recognized by the business
men with whom he was associated, was shown in i85o when the forge of
the Marquette Iron Company went into commission, and Mr. Long of the
company approached Mr. White with the offer of the management of the
company's store. He accepted the offer and asked only $24 a month, when
he discovered later that his services were valued at $45.
As in all new localities, the question of mail delivery became a burning
one in these regions, and it became a public necessity to establish a mail
service during the winter. A council was called in the Marquette Iron
Company's store to consider the question and subscriptions were given to the
amount of $I,ooo, and Mr. Harlow was instructed to find a carrier. This
hazardous job was undertaken by Peter White. He secured two Indians
to accompany him and with hundreds of letters in his charge and with the
necessary provisions he started off. The mail was taken to L'Anse, where
other carriers were met, a primitive station being established by him in the
woods. On the second trip he secured the use of a sled and team: of dogs,
but as they became almost unmanageable when in the proximity of wolves,
their assistance was at times doubtful. The mail was securely strapped to
the sled and Peter traveled alongside it on snow-shoes. He made nine of
these trips, covering Ioo miles to L'Anse, and they furnish the basis for many
of the songs and stories which still appear in current literature. The comfortable sum promised for this weary and difficult undertaking never came
into Mr. White's possession because of the failure of the two companies
that had agreed to pay it. This seems scarcely possible, but it is a fact.
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served to add to the equipment of a man, who, at the age of 73, out-walks
out-works and out-thinks nine-tenths of his fellow citizens.
In the summer of 1851 dull times fell upon the mining region and he
took advantage of the general stagnation to go on a fishing tour. When
he returned from this expedition, he found that the county of Marquette
had been organized and, most wonderful and amazing, that he had been
elected county clerk and register of deeds. Although he protested that or
account of being still under age, the position should be given to an older
person, he was overruled by the very convincing argument that the law
required that an officer should be able to read and write and that, unfortunately, the majority of the party were thus disqualified. Mr. White then
acquiesced, let his long, black beard grow, in order to look more mature
and dignified, and he most capably and efficiently performed the duties
assigned him. By virtue of his election he was a member of the School
Board, of which he was elected treasurer, and he has filled that office continuously ever since, a period of more than 50 years. The selection of Mr.
VWhite to the office of county clerk was a very small recognition of the ser vices he had rendered the county.
In 1851 Mr. White, much to his own surprise, was appointed postmaster at Carp River, which name was subsequently changed to Marquette
through Mr. White's suggestion to the authorities at Washington. He continued postmaster for 12 years, continually becoming more and more closely
identified with every interest and enterprise of the section. Local history is
constantly filled with his name and nearly every industrial, educational or
political movement in the succeeding years have owed much to his favor and
interest, he being the founder, the fosterer and developer.  He it was who
wrote the first bill of lading of the first shipment of ore that ever left the
Northern Peninsula, a matter of seven barrels, consigned to B. L. Webb,
of Detroit, by the Marquette Iron Company.  In 1853 this company went
out of business and Dr. Morgan L. Hewitt moved his small family to Marquette, two events, if we may combine the two, which proved of great importance in the life of Mr. White. It was through the first that he became
connected with the Cleveland Iron Company, and through the second he met
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chased from the old Marquette Iron Company by the Cleveland Iron Company were 64 acres of land in Marquette, and in 1855 the company turned the
management of this estate over to Peter 'White.  This introduced our subject to the real estate business, in which he has continued ever since wvith
marked success, and it also enabled him to begin banking in a small way,
his means having hitherto been too limited to enable him to take advantage
for his own benefit of opportunities which lay open on every side.
As Mr. White witnessed the rude civilization giving way to older customs and demands, his ambitions ran to meet changed conditions.  He felt
the need of mental training and a thorough knowledge of the law, hence his
evenings were spent poring over law books by the light of candle and fireplace. His study resulted in his being admitted to practice before the United
States Court, and later he became senior partner of the law firm of White &
Maynard, of Marquette. After io years of active practice he surrendered
the whole business to his partner.  In.185)7 he was elected to the State
ILegislatu re, and did yeoman work for his section during his term of office.
In this year the United States Land Office was transferred from Sault Ste.
Marie to Marquette, and Peter White wvas made register thereof, and as in
the same year the city was made a port of entry he added to his duties thos~e
of collector of customs.  After the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. White
became secretary and treasurer of the Forest Iron Company.  He organized
a cavalry company to go to the front, being in close sympathy with the administration, but he had so long been a tower of strength to the people of
Marquette that the citizens besought him to remain, at home and guard their
interests, claiming that a man of his responsibilities was more needed at the
base of supplies than at the front.
In 1 85 7 settlement had grown uip about the Jackson mine, and when
it wvas suggested that a name be given it a council resulted in the selection
of the Ojibwa name of Negaunee, signifying First or Pioneer.  In the following year the citizens in the neighborhood of the: Cleveland mine also
desired a specific name, and as the matter was referred, like every other,
to Peter White, he suggested another beautiful Ojibwa word, Ishpeming,
meaning Heaven, and thus it remains to-day.  To n~ote, however, one-tenth
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White appeared in all this section of the Lake Superior region would fill a
volume with nothing else, and, as stated in the early lines of this article,
only outlines can be given.
In 1863 Mr. White incorporated his bank into a national bank, calling
it the First National Bank of Marquette, now one of the soundest institutions
in the State. In the meantime, with other interests, Mr. White had become
an iron merchant and, as his foresight had discovered, the close of the war
left the demand for iron high.  This demand he was able to meet by a
repurchase of pig iron which he had disposed of during several previous
years.  Thus in the legitimate transactions of trade he became suddenly a
capitalist, these transactions in iron laying the foundations of Mr. White's
fortune.
As a side light on Mr. White's character, we may be permitted to refer
to a well known incident.  Upon an occasion Mr. White was requested by
no less a person than Mr. Breckenridge, at that time a paroled officer of the
Confederate government, to exchange some notes he possessed for gold.
Willing at all times to oblige, even at the risk of personal inconvenience, Mr.
White accompanied Mr. Breckenridge to the bank and called upon his teller
to accommodate the visitor.  It was Sunday, and the teller was a man who
refused, from  conscientious principles, to transact business on a day he
believed to be sacred, and, at the risk of offending Mr. White, declined to
open the vault.  The next day he handed in his resignation to his rather
annoyed employer, who, to his surprise, tore up the letter and replied:  "I
am  not going to discharge you for sticking up to your principles."  A
little later, when the teller wanted to go into business for himself, Peter
White gave him $Io,ooo without security.
Mr. White had now become unmistakably the most prominent man in
Marquette, but at the same time he was just the same faithful, persevering,
thoroughgoing individual as was the boyish pioneer, only with faculties
developed and enlarged.  He loved Marquette, he had benefited it in so
many ways, he took such pride in its growth and development and then, as
ever since, he contributed largely to its improvement and contributed generously to its charities. When Marquette was incorporated he was nominated
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later, while absent from the city, he was unanimously elected mayor, but by
wire he declined the office, needing no such testimonial of public confidence.
During the administration of his friend, Samuel P. Ely, as mayor, Mr. White
made the administration of the former memorable by building a public
library and dedicating it to the city, presenting also 0o,ooo volumes, which
have been continually added to until the present time.
Mr. White made his first trip to Lansing to take his seat in the Legislature, on snowshoes, and 20 years later traversed the route by rail, to again
do work for his section of the State.  A number of prominent men desired
to build a railway between St. Ignace and Marquette, and they turned to
Peter White for help.  The road was needed, was one which would bring
capital and blessings to Marquette, and he worked for it, in fact assured it.
His work in the upper House during the whole term was of the greatest
benefit to his section, and if he had never been popular before, little doubt
coild be entertained as to the feelings with which he was regarded from
that time, which as the years have gone has but increased.
On September 29, 1857, Mr. White was united in marriage with Ellie
S. Hewitt, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Henry Safford.   His
only surviving child is a daughter, wife of George Shiras, now a member
of Congress from Pennsylvania, who is a son of Justice Shiras of the United
States Supreme Court.  In 1885 he erected a memorial chapel adjoining
St. Paul's Cathedral, in memory of his son Morgan,-a beautiful edifice
of brown stone.  By membership an Episcopalian, his creed is universal,
and he has assisted in the establishment of every church in Marquette, and
was mainly instrumental in the founding of St. Luke's Hospital.  His life
has been filled with enterprises, each one of whiich would have sufficed to
set apart as. successful any man of smaller mold.
Perhaps a fitting monument for Peter White is beautiful Presque Isle,
now an extensive public park, the property, through his generosity, of the
city of Marquette.  It is an estate of 328 acres and lies a little west of the
Marquette Harbor.   Originally it was a lighthouse reserve of the United
States government, but Peter White wished it turned into a public park for his
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needed it, but as a recognition of the public services of one who for 40
years had given of his best to his State.  Mr. White most generously paid
all the expenses of maintaining this pleasure ground for a period o4f five
years, and he expended over $6o,ooo in developing and improving it.
Later Mr. White bceame a member of the Mackinac Island State Park
Commission, and for some years has been its president.  Under his management it has been transformed into a veritable paradise and not only
attracts pleasure seekers of the North, but from every section of the Union.
The quaint little village which welcomed Peter White when he went there
in 1845 still remains, but modern life billows around it and it has grown
cosmopolitan, but it still takes pride in its early settler and in a way claims
him as its own.
A comprehensive review, as must be seen, of Mr. White's eventful life
would include the main points of the history o'f the great, rich, intelligent
and still developing Northern Peninsula of Michigan. Personally, in the
management of all his vast enterprises, in all the honorable and responsible
positions which he has held, Mr. White has retained the pleasant manner and
genial comradeship which gave him precedence and won him friends among
the Indian tribes and the early pioneers of the mining camps.  Success and
prominence worked no change in his character, and with him, a friend is a
friend, no matter what may be the cut of his coat or his religious bias. Few
men can tell a story more enjoyably and his reminiscences are more interesting than the wildest romances.  A portrait of Mr. White is shown on a
preceding page in connection with this outline sketch of his life.
HERMAN      E. BITTNER.
HERMAN E. BITTNER, one of the successful merchants of Marquette.
Marquette County, Michigan, is a dealer in groceries, hay, grain, feed, buggies, wagons, farm implements, machinery and shelf hardware, and has been
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conducted a first class blacksmith shop.  Mr. Bittner was born in Silesia,
Germany, in 1857, and is a son of John and Anna Bittner, both of whom are
deceased.  He has one sister and one brother, the former being Mrs. E.
Winkler, a widow, who resides in Marquette.  The brother, Frank Bittner,
is a successful farmer in Wisconsin. One brother, John Bittner, died at
Marquette.
Mr. Bittner attended school in his native land until the age of 14 years
and then served a three years' apprenticeship to the blacksmith's trade, afterward working, according to the custom of the country, through numerous
shops in order to gain all kinds of experience in the work.  Mr. Bittner
served in 68 shops and thus became a fine mechanic.  However, conditions
that then prevailed in the labor circles of his native land made him desire a
wider field and better pay, and for a time he was undecided whether to go
to Australia or to America.  The claims of America proving the most desirable, he came hither in I88o.  For a couple of weeks he stopped with his
brother in Wisconsin and then went to work in a shop at Hayton, in that
State. The next year he spent at a carriage manufactory at Oshkosh, and
then proceeded on a visit to Marquette, Michigan. This proved a long visit,
for it has extended to the present time.  In Marquette Mr. Bittner founcl
plenty of work and immediately entered the shop of Mr. Freeman, with whom
he continued three years, and then rented the place, first for five years and then
for five more.
In 1893 Mr. Bittner purchased the Wilkes corner property and erected
the large store building which was partly destroyed by fire in December,
1902, but was immediately rebuilt. He first built the meat market and store
and later erected the blacksmith shop which he opened and conducted for r
number of years, but which is now rented to William Winter. This building
is an ornament to the city, built of brick, three stories in height with dimensions of 50o by 14o feet. An elevator carries goods to the third floor, which
is used for the storage and display of buggies.  The building has two fire
walls dividing it into three sections, and has an asbestos roof.  He also
owns another large warehouse, located between Fiske and Mather streets,
50o by 8o feet in dimensions. Mr. Bittner carries the largest line of extras
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for the Racine Wagon & Carriage Company, of Racine, Wisconsin, and for
the Michigan Buggy Company, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and in addition
handles a complete line of choice and staple groceries. Three horses and
wagons are kept for delivery purposes.
In 1886 Mr. Bittner married Anna Youngbluth, who was born in Madison, Wisconsin, but who removed with her parents to Marquette in childhood. The children of this marriage were: Agnes, who died in 1893, aged
six years; Edward, aged 14; Henry, aged II; Mary, aged eight; Frances,
aged six; Herman, aged four; and Fred, aged two years. The fine home
is at No. 61 North Third street.  In politics Mr. Bittner is an independent
Republican. Fraternally he belongs to St. Peter's Society. The family are
Catholics and attend St. Peter's Cathedral. Mr. Bittner is entirely a selfmade man, and has reached success through hard work and honorable busi
ness methods. He is much esteemed and has a wide circle of sincere friends.
FRED SMITH.
FRED SMITH, superintendent of the Wolverine and Mohawk mines, located near Calumet, Michigan, and one of the practical mine men of the
copper country, was born in 1835 at Baden, Germany, where he was reared
and received his education.  In 1855 he came from his native land directly
to the Lake Superior region of Michigan, locating first in Keweenaw County
and later in Ontonagon County, where for some years he was engaged with
the Minnesota Mining Company.
In 1868 Mr. Smith removed to Houghton and engaged in a mercantile
business as bookkeeper for the Huron store and then went to Copper Falls,
where he accepted a clerkship with the Copper Falls Mining Company. He
located in 1876 at Allouez, where he filled the clerk's position for one year,
and after that was agent of the Allouez Mining Company until the suspension
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Mr. Smith has the supervision of both the Mohawk and the Wolverine
mines, the companies controlling them being the Wolverine Copper Mining
Company and the Mohawk Mining Company, the officers for both being
identical, viz.:  John Stanton, president, and J. R. Stanton, secretary and
treasurer.  The Wolverine mine had been indifferently operated for some
years, but was practically started under the present management in 1890,
and now has about 350 employees.  The Mohawk mine was started in the
fall of 1898 and employs some 450 men.  It is largely due to Mr. Smith's
successful management that this property is in such a satisfactory condition,
the output of the Wolverine being about 500 tons per month, and the Mohawk
in the neighborhood of 400oo; it is expected that the output of the latter will be
materially increased in the near future.  The stamp mills of the companies
are at Traverse Bay, both of them being erected in 1902, with about I,ooo
tons capacity, which capacity may be increased by the Mohawk Mining Company in the near future. The ore from these mines is smelted at the Dollar
Bay smelter.  Few mines in the locality are now better equipped with modern machinery and appropriate shops, and very much of this development is
due to the business acumen and energy of the superintendent.  His whole
time is devoted to the interests of the mines, and the results show that Mr.
Smith is very evidently the right man in the right place.
W. S. CLEAVES.
W..S. CLEAVES, president of the Portage Lake Foundry & Machinery
Company, a thriving concern located at Ripley, across Portage Lake from
Houghton, is one of the best known men of Houghton County, where he has
spent a major portion of his life.
The business of which our subject is the head was established as early as
1859, under the name of the Portage Lake Manufacturing Company, composed of a party of Eastern men, from whom it passed into the hands of F.
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and was succeeded about 1864 by Shelden, Wanzer & Cleaves, who continued
the work under their firm name until the winter of 1877-78, during which
period the plant was materially enlarged.  It next passed into the hands of
the Shelden estate, managed by Hon. Carlos D. Shelden. In the spring of
1884 it was purchased by S. E. Cleaves & Son, this firm being composed of
our subject and his father.  It continued under this firm name until 1896,
being in the meantime about doubled in capacity and brought approximately
to its present condition.  In 1896 the Portage Lake Foundry & Machinery
Company was organized and incorporated with the following officers: James
H. Seager, president; F. A. Douglass, vice-president; William Condon, secretary and treasurer; and S. E. Cleaves, manager.  The present officers of
the company are: W. S. Cleaves, president; L. A. Cleaves, vice-president;
George A. Royce, secretary; and L. M. Cleaves, treasurer.  The plant at
the present occupies a tract of 12 acres of land, about one-fourth of which
is under roof, including the dwelling houses for employees. There are now
about 83 men at work.  A general foundry and machine business is done,
manufacturing general mining and milling tools and doing repair work.
They have a heavy local trade in the Lake Superior mining region, and also
ship to Western States, as far west as Montana.  Our subject devotes his
entire attention to this enterprise, which is on a firm financial basis.
Stephen E. Cleaves, father of our subject, came to the Northern Peninsula in 1859, and located in Houghton County, where he died July 13, 1901,
aged 74 years.  He was born at Saco, Maine, and learned his trade in the
machine shops at Lowell, Massachusetts, removing later and engaging with
the Ames Manufacturing Company, with whom he remained until he removed
to Houghton County, in 1859. He came for the purpose of installing the first
"Ball" mill in this section, for the Franklin Mining Company, situated near
the site of the present foundry. He continued in the employ of the Franklin
Mining Company until he became identified with the Portage Lake Foundry,
as before mentioned.  He was a prominent figure in the business circles in
Houghton County, and although not an office seeker was a man of strong
political views. He was ardent in his support of Democratic principles until
the insertion of the silver plank into the platform, when his belief in sound
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W. S. Cleaves came to this section, joined his father in Houghton County in the fall of I86o, being at the time but Io years of age, and at an early
day began active business life.  He is a thoroughly practical foundryman,
having been associated with the business, of which he is now the head, the
greater portion of his life.  He resides at Ripley, where the plant is located,
but gets his mail at Hancock.  Mr. Cleaves was joined in marriage with
Letitia A. Ormsby, a native of New York, and they have one daughter,
Lillian M.  Religiously the family favor the Congregational Church.
JACOB STEFFES.
JACOB STEFFES, a prominent citizen of Lake Linden, Houghton County
Michigan, and a valued town official, was born in 1866 in Keweenaw County.
Michigan, and is a son of Adam and Barbara (Loubs) Steffes.
Adam Steffes was born in Germany, but died in Houghton County, Michigan, in 1887, aged 47 years. He came to the United States in the " 'fifties"
and followed his profession of engineer in Keweenaw County until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he entered the service of his adopted country
in 1861 as a private in the i6th Reg., Michigan Vol. Inf.; he served through
the whole war and received an honorable discharge.  He held a number of
the local offices in the gift of the Democratic party in his county, and enjoyed
the esteem of many friends.  The mother of our subject was also born in
Germany, and now resides at Lake Linden, Houghton County, aged 55 years.
She is a devoted member of the Catholic Church, with which her husband
was also connected. The children born to our subject's parents were six in
number, as follows: Jacob; Lena, wife of Fred Kappler, of Lake Linden.
Michigan; Anna; Margaret, wife of William Stutte, of Lake Linden, Michigan; Alydia; and Mary.
Jacob Steffes, after completing his public school course in Keweenaw
County at the age of 15 years, began work in the Calumet & Hecla mills,
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erable time. In 1892 he was first elected village clerk, re-election followed in
19oo, and he is still capably filling the duties of this office.  Continuously
since 1897 he has held the office of justice of the peace, and since 1896 has
been continued by his appreciative fellow citizens as chief of the fire department of Lake Linden. Mr. Steffes is also secretary of the water works board
and collector of water taxes.  All these offices are managed with efficiency
and with an eye single to the public's good. Mr. Steffes enjoys the confidence
and esteem of the whole community.
In 1895 Mr. Steffes married Cecelia Paulin, daughter of Henry and
Anna Paulin, and a native of Keweenaw County, Michigan. Both our subject and wife belong to the Catholic Church.  Fraternally he is associated
with the Knights of the Maccabees and the Knights of Columbus. In politics
he is a Democrat.
OLIVER D. JONES.
OLIVER D. JONES, D. D. S., a prominent member of the dental profession, and one of the city fathers of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, was born in Hannibal, Oswego County, New York, in 1845, and is a son
of James Jones, who was a native of and conducted a blacksmith establishment at Hannibal.
Dr. Jones attended the common schools of Hannibal, and the High
School at Hudson, Michigan, to which place he went in 1860.  He was
graduated here and then took up the study of dentistry. Later he went to
Philadelphia and there entered the Philadelphia Dental College in 1869,
which he left with his degree and fully qualified for the practice of a profession in which he has gained success and prominence. Dr. Jones has always
been a close student and has taken advantage, in his practice, of all the modern
methods and appliances which he has found to be of substantial value.
In 1865 Dr. Jones was united in marriage with Sarah E. Kenyon, who
was born in Bronx, New York, and is a daughter of James Kenyon, of that




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LEANDER C. PALMER.
SAMUEL A. PALMER

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place. One daughter was born to this union, Lela, who is now the wife of
Dr. R. W. Boyer, who is in partnership with Dr. Jones.
Dr. Jones has been established in Marquette and vicinity since 1878, and
prior to that time resided and practiced for a period in Negaunee.  He is
prominently -identified with the Republican party and takes an active interest
in all civic affairs.  He has been alderman of the Third Ward for the past
six years, and is serving his third term at present, and is one of the city's
leading and representative citizens.
LEANDER C. PALMER.
LEANDER C. PALMER, a prominent citizen of Marquette, Marquette
County, Michigan, an engineer and surveyor by profession, who is engaged
in operating extensively in real estate, was born, in West Millgrove, Wood
County, Ohio, in 1834. He is a son of Samuel Stuart and Silenda (Chapin)
Palmer and grandson of Vose Palmer, who was born in Connecticut, of
English ancestry, his father having come to this country from England.
The father of Vose Palmer, at his death, which occurred some years
before the Revolutionary War, left his farm to be carried on by his widow
and three sons.  It being required that one of the sons should serve in the
patriot army during the struggle with Great Britain for independence, the
family decided that Vose should become a soldier, as he was the youngest
of the sons, and on account of his age, which was about 16 years, the services
he could render on the farm were not of such value as the work that either
of his two older brothers could perform.  Because of his youth, he was
taken as a waiter by one of the officers, who it is thought was General Gates.
After the war he returned home to Stonington, Connecticut, and not many
years afterward married a lady of the name of Stuart, who is said to have
been connected with the royal Stuart house of Scotland.  About 1796 or
1797 Vose Palmer, with his family, removed to the town of Plainfield,
Otsego County, New York, where it is presumed that his death took place.
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Samuel Stuart Palmer was born in Connecticut and was taken by his
parents to the home they established in Otsego County, New York, being
only an infant at the time.  He was reared to agricultural pursuits, and
always followed the vocation of a farmer. He married Silenda Chapin,
who was born on a neighboring farm in the adjoining county of Herkimer,
New York, and is said to have had some Irish blood.   After living for
some years after his marriage on his father's farm in Otsego County, he
removed with his family to the town of Henderson, Jefferson County, New
York, where he engaged in farming for o1 years.  In the fall of 1832 he
removed to the vicinity of West Millgrove, Wood County, Ohio, and settled
on a farm, which continued to be his home until the spring of 1857, when
he became a resident of Minnesota Point (Duluth), Minnesota.   Silenda
(Chapin) Palmer, the mother of our subject, died while the family resided
in Wood County, Ohio, September I, 1841, at the age of 44 years. Eleven
children were born to our subject's parents, as follows:  Evaline L., deceased; Samuel A., a carpenter and joiner of Pontiac, Oakland County,
Michigan; Vose, Jotham C. and Harriet M., deceased; Francis E., a carpenter of Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan; Lorin W., a millwright
of Duluth, Minnesota; Leander C., the subject of this sketch; Thaddeus and
Theresa, deceased; and Alonzo S., who died from disease contracted as a
soldier in the service of his country.  A group picture of the four surviving
sons of the family is shown on a preceding page.  Samuel Stuart Palmer
married a second time, Roxanna Fancher becoming his wife; the two children of this union are:  Roswell H., engaged in a real estate business at
Duluth, Minnesota; and Lester C., deceased.  The death of our subject's
father took place April I, 1878, at Duluth, Minnesota, after an honored
life of 83 years.  In religious belief he was a Presbyterian.  In his early
political life he was a Whig, and later a Republican.
Leander C. Palmer's educational opportunities were confined to the
common schools of Wood County, Ohio.      After teaching school several
winter terms, his curiosity and desire for a wider and more congenial field
led him, in 1856, to make a trip to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan.
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the line of engineering and surveying, and exploring for mineral indications
and timber. He has examined the entire land grant of what is now known
as the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway.  For the past 15 years he
has been concerned in large real estate enterprises.  He laid out the beautiful
Palmer Addition to the city of Marquette, a tract which is now practically
all built over.
Mr. Palmer has been interested in many of the successful enterprises of
his locality, as well as being a leading factor in local affairs and in county
politics.  He is a Republican, and represented the Third Ward in the City
Council of Marquette for seven terms.  He is president of the Lake Superior
Ice Company, and for three years was superintendent of the Bancroft furnace
of the Bancroft Iron Company.
In 1866 Mr. Palmer was united in marriage with Emeline Huntoon,
who was born in 1842, at Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan.  They have
two children:  Edward Vose, who is an expert mineralogist and mining
engineer, located at Denver, Colorado; and Arthur H., a merchant of Marquette, Michigan.  The family belongs to the Baptist Church.  Fraternally
Mr. Palmer is connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
II
P. BRENNAN.
P. BRENNAN, a general merchant and prominent citizen of L'Anse,
Baraga County, Michigan, was born in Ireland March 2, 1846, and is a son
of John and Mary (Comerford) Brennan, both of whom were also natives
of Ireland.
John Brennan came to America shortly after the death of his wife, which
occurred when our subject was io years of age. His brother, James Brennan, had settled at Detroit, Michigan, in 1824, and started the first boiler
shop in that city.  James Brennan died at Detroit in 1866, five years after
John Brennan joined him there, the latter's death occurring in the same year.
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Mrs. Martin Kelsey, a widow, resides near Keweenaw Bay; Rev. B. F., who
spent some Io years in America, but is now a priest in Ireland; Mrs. B. McCauley, who lives near Keweenaw Bay; P., our subject; and Michael, a lawyer of Detroit, Michigan.
Mr. Brennan of this sketch received his early education in the schools
of his native country, and reached Detroit, Michigan, with his father in 1861.
He embarked in a dry goods business with his brother in that city and continued there until July, 1870, when he removed to L'Anse, Baraga County.
In 1872 he settled on his present site, but had previously operated a country
store between Keweenaw Bay and Baraga, and was one of the earliest settlers
and business men of what is now the very flourishing town of L'Anse.  He
carries a large and well selected stock of general merchandise and is justly
considered one of the leading business men of the place.
Mr. Brennan was married September 7, 1876, at L'Anse, to Anna A.
Brady, who is a daughter of John Brady, one of the earliest settlers of Ontonagon County, Michigan, locating there in 1852.  Mr. Brady removed to
L'Anse in 1871 and for several years conducted a store here.  His death
took place in 1898, at the age of 71 years.  Mr. and Mrs. Brennan have a
family of seven children, as follows: John E., who is foreman for the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Iron Company at L'Anse, Michigan; Agnes, Laura, Thomas
C., Hubert, Leo and Berenice, all at home, the younger ones still being
students. Mr. Brennan has most efficiently served as a member of the Council
and at one time was township treasurer. He has also been a useful member
of the Board of Education.
F. HORACE DESJARDINS.
F. HORACE DESJARDINS, manager of the Desjardins Pharmacy at No.
417 North Third street, Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, was born
in Montreal, Canada, in 1866, and is a son of Dr. Joseph A. Desjardins, an
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Dr. Joseph A. Desjardins was a graduate of the Victoria Medical College of Montreal, where he practiced medicine until 1872, when he removed
to Marquette, where he died 22 years later, in 1894, at the age of 64 years.
The mother of our subject, Clarissa (Chagnon) Desjardins, was a daughter
of Fabian Chagnon, of Montreal, the latter being a colonel of a Canadian
regiment at the time of the Rebellion of 1837.  Mrs. Desjardins resides at
Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. C. Kiley.
Our subject is one of a family of 14 children, which included, besides
the seven that passed away early in life, the following: Alfred, who graduated from the medical department of the University of Michigan, at Ann
Arbor, in 1877, practiced many years at Negaunee and Ishpeming, and died
in 1902; Clara, who married T. Coderre and at her death in 1889 left one
child, Reine; Wilhelmina, who married Edward C. Kiley, of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, who edits a newspaper in that city; F. Horace, our subject; Josephine, who married Edward Sullivan and lives at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, engaged in railroad business; Bertha, who resides with our subject; and Charles
Arthur, who resides in Calumet, Michigan.
F. Horace Desjardins received his early education in Marquette and
attended a private school after completing the High School course, and also
took a course in pharmacy.  In 1879 he entered the employ of Druggist H.
H. Stafford, with whom he continued for 10 years, when he opened a drug
store of his own and conducted it very prosperously until it was destroyed by
fire in 1891.  He immediately opened temporary quarters until the Nester
Block was rebuilt, and then established the finest drug store that can be found
in the Northern Peninsula.  He continued in business there until 1895, one
year later establishing himself at his present location, where he is doing a
profitable business. Mr. Desjardins possesses the confidence of the public,
on account of the personal attention he gives every detail, and he not only
enjoys the best city trade, but many farmers come long distances to benefit
by his advice and prescriptions.  He has had numerous misfortunes, but has
never lost heart and his energy and enterprise are reaping the natural reward.
Mr. Desjardins was married in 1891 to Rose M. Beanston, who is a
daughter of Peter C. and Rosetta (Collins) Beanston, of Racine, Wisconsin.
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Desjardins), Elizabeth Mary, Nellie Louise and George Charles.  They all
live at Marquette, Michigan, Mr. Beanston being a machinist in the shops of
the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway. Our subject and his wife have
three children, namely: Ruth Eleanor, born June 13, 1892; Horace Alfred,
born April 8, 1894; and Charles A., born June 2, 1902. The family belongs
to the Catholic Church.
HAMPSON GREGORY.
HAMPSON GREGORY, a prominent business citizen of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, engaged as an architect and builder, was born in
1833 in Devonshire, England, and is a son of Thomas and Mary Gregory,
both of whom were natives of England. The father was a mining captain
there, an honest, industrious man, respected by all who knew him. Both
parents were consistent members of the Established Church of England.
Our subject is one of a family of 11 children, one brother being also a
resident of Marquette.  As his father died when he was but four years old
and his mother when he was but eight, his educational opportunities were very
meager; indeed, Mr. Gregory asserts it to be a fact that the greater part of his
very good education was secured after he was married.  At the age of 12
years he was working in the mines, although his natural talents led him to
make every effort to learn architecture. In 186o he migrated to Canada and
lived there eight years, working at the building trade.  Since locating in
Marquette he has become very prominent in his profession and has been kept
busily engaged at it until some four years ago, when he made a visit to
England, and has not been so active since. He erected a number of the most
important buildings in Marquette, one of these being the handsome school
building which was burned in the fire of 1898.  He is the architect and
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block and five residences, and in caring for his property finds his time sufficiently employed at present.
Mr. Gregory was about 21 years old when he married Dinah Sparrow,
an English girl, and a family of seven children were born to themr, the survivors being:  Alma, wife of William Mies, a merchant of Duluth, Minnesota; Ellen, wife of E. E. McIntosh, a civil engineer of Marquette, Michigan; Clara, wife of Charles Merritt, a printer of Duluth, Minnesota; Mary,
wife of William Ellison, of Marquette, Michigan, assistant paymaster of the
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway; and Elsie, wife of Charles Brainerd, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Marquette.
The political affiliation of Mr. Gregory is with the Republican party.
For eight years he served as supervisor of his ward and he is classed among
the prominent and public spirited citizens of Marquette.  Frateranlly he is
an Odd Fellow.   The family belong to the Methodist Church.
CYRILLE HOULE.
CYRILLE HOULE, mayor of the city of Negaunee, Marquette County,
Michigan, serving his second term in this highest municipal position, is one
of the city's leading citizens.  He was born at Gentilly, Nicolet County,
Province of Quebec, Canada, January 25, 1849, and is a son of Cyrille and
Anastasia (Grindler) Houle, both natives of Canada, the former of French
extraction and the latter of German.  The father was a millwright by trade,
and a number of mills of his construction are still in operation in Canada.
During our subject's youth the family removed to various localities, to
Montreal when he was Io years old, thence to the oil regions of Pennsylvania
and arrived at Negaunee on November 25, 1868, being passengers on the
last boat of the season.  His education, although interrupted, was pursued at
each place of residence. After removing to Negaunee he secured work with
the Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad, now the Duluth, South
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About seven years later he returned to Negaunee and served the road three
years as bill clerk, later was agent at Michigamme, Michigan, and then for
two years was agent at Negaunee. He then became agent for the American
Express Company and has served as such ever since.
Although a number of years of his life were employed in railroad work,
Mr. Houle found time to identify himself with city and county political affairs, taking an active interest in the success of the Republican party.  He
was made recorder of the county and served with efficiency for one year; he
has been a member of the School Board for 14 years and a school director for
seven years. Mr. Houle is very popular in Negaunee, as is evidenced by his
being elected for a second term as mayor of the city. His administration has
been marked with many reforms which have been of a most beneficial public
character.
Mayor Houle was united in marriage with Exilia L. Verville, who was
born at Somerset, Canada.  Both he and his wife are of the Catholic faith.
Fraternally he belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen.   Mr.
Houle is a progressive citizen, liberal and broad minded in his views, a man
of the highest political and personal integrity.  The city of Negaunee is to
be congratulated on having so intelligent, upright and responsible a man as
its chief official.
II
O. G. YOUNGQUIST, M. D.
O. G. YOUNGQUIST, M. D. For the past 16 years Dr. Youngquist has
been a prominent and esteemed resident of Marquette, Marquette County,
Michigan, and has been in the active practice of his profession during all
this time. He was born in Wayne County, Michigan, and later removed to
Kent County. Until he was 16 years of age he remained on his father's farm.
The latter died in 1901, aged 75 years, after a residence of some 40 years in
Michigan, and is survived by his aged widow and by these children: 0. E.,
a graduate of Rush Medical Collage, Chicago, Illinois, and now a physician
and surgeon of Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan; H. A. and A., both resi






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dents of Sparta, Michigan; Mrs. Farnham, of Marquette, Michigan; Mrs.
Misner, of Kent County, Michigan; 0. G., our subject; and Myrta, who still
remains with her mother on the old homestead.
Dr. Youngquist began the study of medicine while attending school at
Lisbon, Michigan, and continued it while working in the drug store of C. E.
and S. J. Koon of that city. After four years of application, in 1882 he entered Rush Medical College and completed the course with credit in 1885.
After one year of practice in the vicinity of Sparta, he located at Marquette,
Michigan, and now occupies very desirable offices at his residence, No. 204
West Ridge street. Thoroughly qualified by practice, experience and study,
Dr. Youngquist engages in a general practice and has been very successful.
He gives his whole attention to it at present, although prior to this he has been
called upon to serve the city in various offices, having been the city's popular
postmaster for four years,-from March, 1898, to 1902,-marine surgeon,
examining physician for pensions and county physician.
Dr. Youngquist was united in marriage with Miss M. C. Johnason, who
is a daughter of one of the old pioneer settlers of Marquette. They have one
son, Lowell Lorimer, born at Marquette. The religious views of Dr. Youngquist make him an adherent of the Lutheran Church. Fraternally he is prominent in Masonry, being a Knight Templar and Shriner. He belongs also
to the State and County Medical societies and to the American Medical
Association.
LOUIS G. KAUFMAN.
Louis G. KAUFMAN, vice-president of the First National Bank of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, and one of the most prominent men
of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, was born November 13, 1870, at Marquette.  He is a son of Samuel and Juliet Kaufman, long highly respected
residents of that city.
Although Mr. Kaufman has been called upon to fill many responsible
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than those provided by the common and high schools of his native city.
After completing the higher curriculum he went into the employ of the Iron
Bay Manufacturing Company as bookkeeper, and remained with that concern for two years. He then became associated with his father in the mercantile business and continued until the latter's retirement.  Mr. Kaufman then
entered the Marquette County Savings Bank in a humble capacity, and by
persevering effort and general reliability worked from the bottom until he
attained to all the important positions in the institution.
In 1896 Mr. Kaufman was made secretary of the Star West Mining
Company, and in the following year he became general manager for that
enterprise.  In 1898 he was made general manager of the C. H. Call &
Company Insurance Agency at Marquette, this agency including the general
agency of the Equitable Life Assurance Society for Northern Michigan,
with 22 branch agencies in the field.  This position he felt compelled to
resign in January, 1900, in order to assume the duties of second vice-president of the First National Bank of Marquette.  Upon the retirement of
Edgar H. Towar he was elected to fill the position of first vice-president, and
the institution now enjoys his careful, conservative advice as such.
The First National Bank of Marquette was organized January 22, 1864,
by Peter White and his associates, Robert Wilson, David Murray, Samuel
B. Ely, Morgan L. Hewitt, Byron P. Robbins, Cicero B. Stevens, Ambrose
Campbell and Timothy Hurley.   Mr. White was the cashier for some years
and has ever since been its president.  The board of directors now consists
of Peter White, N. M. Kaufman, S. R. Kaufman, L. G. Kaufman and
Claude W. Case. Under the management of the bank, since Mr. Kaufman
was elected vice-president, the deposits have increased almost a half million
dollars, the total deposits being approximately $1,350,000 in August, 1903.
This institution has for the past two years been made a designated depositary of the United States.
In addition to his connection with the First National Bank, Mr. Kaufman takes a prominent and directing part in other large enterprises.  He
is treasurer of the Marquette City & Presque Isle Street Railway; a director
in the Manistique, Marquette & Northern Railroad; a director in the Traverse
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Mr. Kaufman has proven himself a man of great business sagacity and
keeps in touch with the other great business men of the country, gaining
and giving experience and strength.  Considering his youth, for Mr. Kaufman has not reached even middle age, his prominence in the business and
financial world is remarkable.
Mr. Kaufman was married on January 8, 19oo, to Marie Julia Young,
who was born in Chicago, Illinois, and is a daughter of Otto and Ann Elizabeth Young, her father being a leading capitalist of the western metropolis.
Two children have been born to them, viz:  Graveraet Young, born November I, 190o; and Ann Elizabeth, born July 25, 1902.  Both Mr. and
Mrs. Kaufman belong to Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Chicago. Mr.
Kaufman affiliates with the Republican party in politics.  He has attained
to high honors in the Masonic fraternity, being a Knight Templar and a
Shriner.
HON. JAMES McMAHON.
HoN. JAMAES MCMAHON, judge of the Probate Court of Baraga County,
has been a resident of the town of Baraga since the time when it had but few
houses and a population of not more than 50 people.  He was born at Port
Huron, Michigan, and is a son of Simon and Hannah (O'Rourke) McMahon.
Simon McMahon was born in Ireland and in 1847 came to America,
accompanied by two brothers.  He first located near Birmingham, Broome
County, New York, then came west to Port Huron, Michigan, his brothers
remaining in the East. He later removed to Midland County, where he lived
on a farm until his death, from an attack of appendicitis, September 7, 1882,
aged 56 years. His wife, who is also a native of Ireland, resides on the old
homestead in Midland County, upon which they located in i868.
James McMahon was reared and educated in Midland County, and at the
age of 18 began making his own way in the world. He followed railroading
for two years, a part of the time being locomotive fireman. He then engaged
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with which he remained for three years. In 1883 he came to the Northern
Peninsula, locating at Baraga, where he engaged in lumbering and in the
saloon business for many years.  He dropped the saloon! business in 1897,
but continued at lumbering until 1901.  In the fall of 1902 he was elected
judge of the Probate Court, for a term of two years, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Hon. Edward L. Stone, and has since served most creditably
in that capacity. He has also served as supervisor, treasurer, township clerk,
village clerk, justice of the peace, and president and clerk of the Board of
Education. He has always evinced a deep interest in politics, and is one of
the most prominent Republicans in Baraga County. He usually attends
State and county conventions. Hi has valuable real estate interests in the
vicinity of Baraga, where he has his office.
Judge McMahon was united with Anna Auge of Dollar Bay, Houghton
County, in the holy bond of matrimony December 17, 1886, and they have
eight children: James, Thomas, William, Nellie, Frank, Charles, Elizabeth
and Martha. Judge McMahon is a man of prominence and has many friends
throughout this section of the State.
SYLVESTER J. HOLLISTER.
SYLVESTER J. HOLLISTER, who has been foreman of the machine shops
of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company at Lake Linden, Houghton County,
Michigan, for the past 28 years, and who has a record of 33 years of faithful,
loyal service, is one of the best known machinists of Houghton County, and is
also an honored survivor of the Civil War. Mr. Hollister was born in Oakland County, Michigan, in June, 1842, and is a son of Milo and Loraine
(Sylvester) Hollister, the former of whom was born in Vermont, and the
latter in New York State.  Our subject's mother now resides at Washington, D. C., aged 90 years. In spite of her advanced years, she is bright and
companionable and a close Bible student. The family born to Milo Hollister
and wife consisted of four sons and six daughters.







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Sylvester J. Hollister had very few educational advantages in his youth,
passing the greater part of the time engaged in farm work.  He made his
way to the Lake Superior mining region while still a youth, and until he
secured entrance into a machine shop engaged in various employments,waited on tables in boarding houses, drove teams, worked on steamboats and
turned his hand to any honest employment that seemed to come in his way.
There was always something to be done on tug boats or in sawmills, and his
natural leaning in the direction of machinery was thus cultivated.  Prior
to entering the shops of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company he served
for three years in his country's service, enlisting in 1862 in the 23rd Reg.,
Michigan Vol. Inf. After his return from the army, in July, 1865, he engaged with T. J. Mastin to learn the machinist's trade, and in 1869 entered
upon his long association with the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, which
has continued to the present day.
In 1867 Mr. Hollister was married to Catherine Ormsby, and they have
a family of four children, namely: Ina L., Alice M., Kate M. and Gertrude.
Mrs. Hollister is a consistent member of the Methodist Church. He has been
a minember of the Masonic fraternity for a long period, and is actively identified with the Republican party. Mr. Hollister is an example of what may be
accomplished by one who has not even good educational advantages, if a lift
of industry and economy be followed.  He has been a true and faithful
employe, has lived up to all of his eng agements with the company and now,
after all these years, still finds himself secure in his position and held in high
regard.
D. H. MERRITT.
D. H. MERRITT, one of the substantial and representative citizens of
Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, first came to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan in 1855, reaching Marquette on March 17th of that year.
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Daniel Merritt, our subject's father, came to the Northern Peninsula
in the early "fifties," having contracted to build a dock at Eagle River for
John Senter, and to build ore docks for the Cleveland Iron Company.  He
died at Marquette December 20, 1854, and the object of the son's first visit
to the Northern Peninsula was to settle up his father's affairs.
Returning to Ohio, after a short stay in the mining region of Michigan,
D. H. Merritt served an apprenticeship in the machine shops of the Cleveland
& Pittsburg Railroad Company, at Cleveland.  He left there in 1856 and
was then associated with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway at
Adrian, Michigan; the Cincinnati, Wilmington & Zanesville, now the Cincinnati & Muskingum  Valley Railroad, and the Bellefontaine & Indiana
Railroad, which is now a part of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St.
Louis Railway.
In the spring of 1858 Mr. Merritt returned to Marquette, with the
intention olf giving up railroading, but in the following July he began again,
securing employment on the old Iron Mountain Railroad, which is now a
part of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway.  He left this road
in 1874, having been made general manager of its successor, the Marquette,
Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad.   In I868 he became connected with what
is now the Lake Superior Engine Works and built up a fairly good business
in general mining and jobbing work, forming the nucleus of the present
plant. He built the buildings now occupied by the company and remained
with it, its responsible head, until 1889, when he sold his interests.  During
his connection with this plant he built the first stationary engine in the Lake
Superior region and, in 1871, the first locomotive.  Mr. Merritt has resided
in Marquette ever since 1858, with the exception that the year 1889 was
spent in Duluth.  In i88o he erected his elegant, brown sandstone mansion
of 15 rooms on a beautiful site, overlooking Lake Superior.  It is equipped
with all modern appliances for pleasure and comfort, and is not only a pleasure to the eye and a haven of rest, but is also the seat of much, hospitality.
He owns also a fine farm some eight miles from Marquette, the management of which gives him pleasure.
At Lancaster, Ohio, Mr. Merritt was married to Harriette Alford, who
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Revolutionary fame.  The five children born to this marriage are:  Frank
W., who is a manufacturer of Worcester, Massachusetts; Edward Alfred,
who is secretary and treasurer of the Cleveland Stone Company; Edith
Louise, who is the wife of William J. Stevens, of Marquette, Michigan;
Florence D., who is the wife of R. S. Rose, of Marquette, Michigan; and
Bessie Hasbrouck, who is living at home.  In religious views the family are
Episcopalians.
Mr. Merritt has always affiliated with the Republican party.  He has
been a member of the Masonic fraternity since before he was 21, having been
made one in Ohio by special dispensation.  He is a Royal Arch Mason.  A
portrait of Mr. Merritt accompanies this sketch, being presented on a preceding page.
DWIGHT BRYANT WALDO, A. M.
DWIGHT BRYANT WALDO, A. M., principal of the Northern State Normal School of Michigan, and an educator of experience and prominence, is
one of the highly valued citizens of Marquette, Marquette County.  Mr.
Waldo was born at Arcade, Wyoming County, New York, June 13, 1864, and
is a son of Simeon S. and Martha Ann (Bryant) Waldo, the Waldo family
being one of prominence and substance in that locality.  Both parents are
living, their home being at Plainwell, Michigan. Simeon S. Waldo is one
of the leading Republicans of his section, and for a long period has served as
justice of the peace. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow. Both he and his
wife are most worthy members of the Methodist Church.      They reared
three children, viz: Charles H., now deceased; Lizzie, the widow of Willard
E. Gilkey, of Plainwell, Michigan; and Dwight Bryant, of this sketch.
Professor Waldo attended the Plainwell public schools in his youth
spent 18 months at the Michigan Agricultural College, and then entered
Albion College, where he passed four busy years, graduating in 1887 with the
degree of Ph. B. He spent the two succeeding years as instructor in the
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where he took graduate work.  He then accepted the chair of history anc
political economy at Beloit College for one and a half years, and in 1892
returned to his alma mater as professor of history and political science, on
which he lectured in that institution for the succeeding seven years.  In
1899 Marquette secured Professor Waldo as principal of the Northern State
Normal School, a position for which his learning, experience and personal
qualifications admirably fit him. Devoted to his profession, he is a thorough
master of all that pertains to it and since taking charge of this educational
institution has infused into its conduct a spirit of enthusiasm which has been
most beneficial. Professor Waldo possesses in a marked degree that personal
magnetism which is a wonderful factor in guiding the careers of ambitious
or of dull pupils, and he has made all under his care feel that he is not only
their mental guide and mentor, but also their sincere friend.
Professor Waldo was married December 31, 1890, to Minnie Abbie
Strong, who was born at Vicksburg, Michigan, and was a daughter of Ambrose E. and Abbie (Sawyer) Strong. Mrs. Waldo died January 30, 1903,
at the age of 37 years, being the mother of three children, viz:  Rollin, deceased; Herbert Strong; and Ruth Genevieve.  Professor Waldo is a member of the Methodist Church. He is a Republican in politics, and during his
residence at Albion served three years as one of the city aldermen.  He
is connected with a number of organizations, all of them being of an educational or literary character, viz:  the college fraternity of Sigma Chi; the
American Historical Association; Michigan Political Science Association;
and the National Educational Association.  In 1890 he was honored by
Albion College with the degree of A. M.
WILLIAM     G. RICE.
WILLIAM G. RICE, a citizenr of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, a lawyer by profession and one of the most progressive and enterprising men of the locality, was born at Charlotte, Michigan, March 26,







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1870, and in early life removed to Houghton with his parents. He is a son
of John W. Rice, a pioneer of the county, who died in 1885, aged 54 years.
John W. Rice was for eight years treasurer of Houghton County, and was
known far and wide as a man of absolute integrity and high moral character. Few men of Houghton County were better known or more thoroughly respected for their admirable qualities. One brother of our subject,
John H. Rice, is prominent in financial circles and is vice-president of the
National Bank of Houghton.
After graduating from the law department of Northwestern University
at Chicago, Illinois, William G. Rice spent five years in the office of ex-Senator
Lyman Trumbull, in that city. In 1897 he located in Houghton, Michigan,
and entered upon the practice of law, forming a partnership under the style
of Gray, Haire & Rice, the second member of the firm now being on the
Circuit bench in Gogebic County, Michigan. Soon after locating in Houghton, Mr. Rice organized the Mining Gazette Company, of which he is secretary and treasurer and one of the directors. He has successfully promoted
several other corporations doing business in Houghton County and in the
West and it is to this line of work that his efforts have been chiefly devoted.
FRANCIS M. MOORE.
FRANCIS M. MOORE, who is well known over the Northern Peninsula
of Michigan, is deputy clerk of the United States Circuit and District Courts
at Marquette and is in charge of the Northern Division of the Western District of Michigan, embracing the entire Northern Peninsula.  With the
exception of two years, he has resided continuously at Marquette since 1864.
Mr. Moore was born at Auburn, Oakland County, Michigan, July 6, 1838,
and is a son of George W. and Mary (Emery) Moore.
George W. Moore was born in New York City September 27, 1808,
and is a son of William and Betsy (Barnes) Moore, his father being a native
of London, England, and his mother of County, Tyrone, Ireland. George
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W. Moore removed from Geneva, New York, to Michigan, in 1837 and
followed farming throughout his active career.  Although now 95 years
of age, he is active and hearty, and noted for his wonderful memory, remembering various incidents of the war of 1812, the family then residing
at Sodus Point, New York. He is still able to write a good hand and is
an interesting  correspondent, notwithstanding his advanced years.  His
wife was born in England, came to the United States at the age of 16 years,
and died in May, 1900, at the age of 82 years..  Our subject has three
brothers and two sisters, namely: James and Jasper, both farmers, residing
about 22 miles from Detroit, Michigan; George William, a member of the
law firm of Moore & Moore, of Detroit, Michigan, with offices in the Campau
Building; Mary E., who resides at Marquette with our subject; and Mrs. Z.
W. Monroe, of Wayne County, Michigan.
Francis M. Moore was educated at Ypsilanti, Michigan, in the Union
School, and afterward taught several years in the Lower Peninsula before
removing to Marquette in 1864..  Since 1869 he has been mainly identified
with court work, and prior to accepting his present position was clerk of
the State Circuit Court for a period of seven years.  May 26, 1887, he
was appointed to his present position by Judge Henry F. Severens, then on
the United States District bench and now on the Circuit bench.  He keeps
records of all cases of criminal, admiralty and bankruptcy law, as well as
civil cases in law and equity.
Mr. Moore was married in 1873 to Sarah E. Place of Grand Ledge,
Michigan, and she died in 1880 without issue. He is a Democrat in politics and takes an earnest interest in his party's success. Fraternally, he is
a prominent Mason, having joined Myrtle Lodge, No. 89, A. F. & A. M.,
at Belleville, Michigan, in 1861. He is a member of Marquette Chapter, No.
43, R. A. M.; Lake Superior Commandery, No. 30, K. T.; and DeWitt Consistory, S. P. R. S., of Grand Rapids, Michigan.  He took the thirty-third
degree of Masonry at Boston, Massachusetts, September 18, 1888, and is
one of the five of that degree in the Northern Peninsula, the others being:
Judge Joseph H. Steere, of Sault Ste. Marie; S. M. Stephenson, of Menominee; M. B. McGee, of Crystal Falls; and John Duncan, of Calumet. Mr.
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of Lake Superior Commandery, No. 3o, K. T., and past grand commander
of the Grand Commandery, K. T., of Michigan; and is thrice potent grand
master in Marquette Lodge of Perfection, A. A. S. R.  He also belongs to
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  Religiously he is a regular
attendant of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has served as
trustee 32 years.  Mr. Moore has traveled extensively over the United
States, which,, with his wide experience, makes him an interesting conversationalist.  He has a pleasant home in Marquette, where he owns considerable property.  A portrait of Mr. Moore accompanies this sketch, being
presented on a foregoing page.
M. E. ASIRE.
M. E. ASIRE, who is engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance business in the Harlow Block in Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, has
been a resident of the city since i881, and has been engaged in business there
since 1885. He was born in i86i at Medina, Ohio, and is a son of Josiah and
Hannah (Ferris) Asire, the former of whom was killed in 1862, when serving as a Union soldier during the Civil War. Our subject's mother contracted a second marriage and is now Mrs. H. J. Stevens, of Hortonville,
Wisconsin.
Our subject was but three years old when his mother removed with him
to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he was reared and educated in the common
and State Normal schools. For three years, after removing to Marquette in
i88I, he taught school at Chocolay, four miles distant. In 1885 he established his real estate business and in 1898 added fire insurance, representing
i1 leading companies at the present time. He is president of the local board
of fire underwriters which is composed of all of the insurance agents in the
city, and was organized in the current year with Robert Peters, vice-president; Michael H. Foard, secretary; and P. W. Phelps, treasurer. Mr. Asire
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quette and is a member of the board of directors of the Marquette City &
Presque Isle Railway Company, the others being: Peter White, president
of the company; N. M. Kaufman, vice-president; L. G. Kaufman, treasurer;
F. O. Clark, secretary, and Albert Hornstein and S. R. Kaufman. Mr. Asire
served as the company's only secretary until 1903 and its treasurer from
April, 1893, until April, 1903. On February 7, 1885, was held the first meeting of the Marquette County Agricultural Society,-an admirably managed
enterprise which has contributed very much to the developing of the farming
interests of the county. Its board of directors include: E. B. Palmer, president; B. W. Wright, treasurer; M. E. Asire, secretary; William A. Ross,
assistant secretary, and John D. Mangum, George W. Hager, Frank Vandenboom, Robert Blenhuber, E. C. Anthony, Daniel Sullivan, W. J. Stevens and
Joseph Fay. Mr. Asire serves also as local treasurer of the Standard Savings
& Loan Association, of Detroit, Michigan.
In 1889 Mr. Asire was married to Laura Mahaffey, who was born in
Marquette, Michigan, and is a daughter of Robert J. Mahaffey, the manager
of a large sawmill at Ishpeming, Marquette County. Mr. and Mrs. Asire
have two children: Myron J., aged io years and Alla L., aged six. Their
pleasant home is situated at No. 1020 North Front street.
In politics Mr. Asire is identified with the Republican party and for the
past six years he has been a member of the City Council and for three years
served as its president. He has also served as supervisor and in other positions which required business experience and integrity of character.
JOSEPH    E. REAU.
JOSEPH E. REAU, who is a leading business citizen of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, in the line of fire, life and accident insurance, employers' liability and burglary insurance bonds, real estate and loans and
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Euseba Reau was a pioneer resident of Marquette County, removing
from Quebec to the "Soo" and thence to Marquette about 1845, and dying in
Marquette about 1885.  He was born at Quebec of French-Canadian parentage and was one of 20 children,--8 sons and two daughters.     His
brother Felix died some years since at Marquette and Joseph is a resident of
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Reau was a carpenter and contractor and built
the Summit House at Marquette and operated it for some time.  It is still
well patronized and is situated near the Marquette Hotel and has a very fine
view of the lake.  Our subject's mother, whose death occurred in 1899, was
a native of Canada and married her husband at the "Soo."  The surviving
members of their family include, beside our subject:  Mrs. Mary McCarty,
of Marquette, Michigan; Henry, a contractor of Duluth, Minnesota; and Louis,
who is a conductor on the Marquette & Southeastern Railway.  Those deceased are: Emily, Alice and Virginia.
Joseph E. Reau was reared and educated in Marquette and for a time engaged in the contracting business with his father.  For 20 years he was
interested in an ice business which he later sold to the Lake Superior Ice
Company just prior to embarking in the insurance business.  He has been
prominently identified with county affairs, and served for six years as deputy
United States marshal under the administration of President Cleveland.
From 1890 to 1892 he was the very efficient deputy sheriff of Marquette
County. At present he is alderman from the Second Ward in the Marquette
City Council and is a member of the Board of Education. In politics Mr.
Reau has always been a Democrat, but on account of the financial attitude of
his party he voted in the last presidential election for President McKinley.
In 1887 Mr. Reau was married to Della Warner, who was born at Marquette, Michigan, and is a daughter of Charles Warner, who resides with
our subject, at the age of 78 years.  For many years Mr. Warner followed
the painting business.  The children born to our subject and wife are two
daughters and one son, viz: Alice E., Viola and Joseph Euseba. The handsome family residence is located at No. 331 West Superior street.  Fraternally Mr. Reau is connected with the National Union, the Knights of the
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and family are Catholics and they attend religious services at the Marquette
Cathedral.
Mr. Reau is one of the substantial business men of Marquette, and during the past o1 years has handled much valuable real estate for himself and
others, and has conducted a very successful insurance business, representing
only leading companies. He is interested in mining stocks and in other prospering enterprises.
DAN H. BALL.
S  DAN H. BALL, senior member of the well known law firm of Ball &
Ball, is one of the best known lawyers of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, and maintains his offices at Marquette, Marquette County.
Mr. Ball was born at Sempronius, New York, January 15, 1836, in the
spring of which year his parents removed to Michigan, settling on a farm in
Washtenaw County. There our subject resided until his I6th year, when in
1852 his father died and the family moved to Albion, Michigan. After a
year at Albion College, Dan H. Ball taught school during the winters, and
followed farming during the summers, his family having in the meantime
gone back to the farm. In 1856 he entered the literary department of the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and subsequently engaged in teaching at Hamburg, Michigan, and for a year of two in the State of Illinois.
In 1860, he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, but
his plans were cut short by the death of a brother who was engaged in the
grocery and provision business at Marquette, and he removed there and temporarily assumed the management of that business. He next engaged in
newspaper work, being for two years part owner and editor of the Lake
Superior News, and later of the Lake Superior Journal. He had been admitted to the bar before removing to Marquette and in 1864 began practice,
opening an office at that place. Two years later he removed to Houghton,
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and continued there until 1870, when he again took up his residence in Marquette. He established a large and lucrative practice, and the firm of Ball &
Ball is considered the best in the Marquette County mining district. The
junior member of the firm is our subject's son, fames E. Ball, who received
careful preparation for the legal profession and is a very able man. Dan
H. Ball was register of the United States Land Office at Marquette from i86a
to 1865, and served as prosecuting attorney of Marquette County during
1864-65.
Mr. Ball was married in 1863 to Emma E. Everett, a daughter of Philo
M. Everett, of Marquette, Marquette County, and they have five children,
as follows: James E., junior member of the law firm of Ball & Ball; Emily
M., the wife of Clarence M. Smith, a lawyer of Redlands, California; Mabel
E., the wife of Attorney Walter B. Hill. of East Liverpool, Ohio; George E.,
who is a 1st lieutenant of the 2Ist Infantry, U. S. A., and who has seen service in the Phillipines; and Helen Grace, whose husband, John G. Stone, is
a son of Judge Stone, of Marquette, and is a lawyer of Houghton, Houghton
County, Michigan.
CHARLES F. LEAN.
CHARLES F. LEAN, ex-sheriff of Houghton County, Michigan, and proprietor of a livery business at Houghton, was born September io, 1854, in
Devonshire, England.  He is a son of William and Jane (Bennett) Lean,
who emigrated to America from England in the year of our subject's birth.
William Lean located at Dodgeville, Wisconsin, and there our subject obtained all the schooling he ever had, for at the age of eight years he began
contributing his mite to the support of the family, his father being a poor man.
At the age of 12 years our subject was entirely dependent upon his own
efforts for support, and the succeeding years, until he was 19 years old, were
spent in the locality of his home at various occupations, including teaming
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was employed for one year by the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, and
later by the Sturgeon River Lumber Company, at Hancock. After his marriage, in 1875, he engaged in railroading and, although he lost his thumb by
an accident the first day, he continued with the Mineral Range Railroad Company for a period of 21 years, teaming during the first io years, and for over
i years was a passenger conductor. Mr. Lean then was brought forward by
the Republican party as their candidate for sheriff of Houghton County and
was elected by a fine majority. His popularity was demonstrated by his service
of four years in the office, during which time it was proved that he saved the
county thousands of dollars.
In 1875 Sheriff Lean was married in Hancock to Agnes Mitchell, who is
a daughter of John Mitchell, of Hancock, Michigan, and a family of eight
children were born to this union, as follows:  Nina, who married S. H.
Bryant, of Calumet, Michigan, in January, 1897, and has two children,-Virginia and Charlotte; Lottie, who married Dennis M. Coghlin, at Hancock,
their one daughter, Agnes, dying in Houghton in 1903; Miltonia, deceased;
Josephine; Fred; John; Walter; and Howard. The pleasant and attractive
home of the family is situated on South street of West Houghton, and is one
of the most hospitable ones in the place.  Mr. Lean is held in very high esteem in Houghton, where he is so well known. He is a man of upright character and generous to a fault; he is public spirited also and contributes liberally to all movements looking to the permanent advancement of the community.
JOSEPH NEHER.
JOSEPH NEHER, a well known young business man of Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, has been the proprietor of a saloon in that city since
1900. He was born in Hancock in I874, and is a son of Michael and Rosina
(Meyer) Neher.
Michael Neher was born in Germany in 1828. After coming to the United
States he supported himself as a teamster, but later engaged in the saloon







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business and was very successful in his efforts to make a good living and secure an ample competence.  He was a member of the Catholic Church, and
also affiliated with the St. Joseph's Society.  His death occurred in, 1884,
when he was aged 56 years. His wife was born in Germany, and died in.898, at the age of 54.  Of the eight children born to them, five are now
living, namely:  Martin, who is a teamster and who for the past six years
has been a member of the volunteer fire department of Hancock; John, who
is employed by his brother Joseph, our subject; Lizzie, who married Victor
Linville, and is now a resident of Hancock; Frank, who is connected with the
Val Blatz Brewing Company's Hancock branch; and Joseph, our subject.
Joseph Neher took advantage of the educational facilities provided in the
schools of the then village of Hancock, and secured a good common school
education.  In 19oo he engaged in the saloon business, and has a well conducted and well appointed place, than which there is no better in Houghtorh
County.   His enterprise and business judgment have often been commended.
Mr. Neher is a member of the Catholic Church and of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles.
GEORGE PERKINS CUMMINGS.
GEORGE PERKINS CUMMINGS, civil engineer, surveyor and land agent,
at Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, whose portrait accompanies this
sketch, has been identified with the developing of the Northern Peninsula
of Michigan more or less ever since 1857. Mr. Cummings was born November 18, 1826, in Morgan, Orleans County, Vermont, and is of the ninth
generation of the family in America.
He traces his descent from Isaac Cummings, who was born in England
and came to America in 1640 with the Puritans, settling on the borders of
Ipswich and Topsfield, Masachusetts, where he died in May, 1677.   His
son, John Cummings, was married to Sarah Hewlet, and died in Dunstable,
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Indians who surprised the garrison in Dunstable; he was found at the same
time, but whether he died then or at a later date is not known.  Samuel
Cummings, son of John Cummings (2), was born in Massachusetts October 6, 1684, and on January 14, 1708 or 1709, married Elizabeth Shed; they
lived in or near Groton, Massachusetts.  She administered her husband's
estate in 1718.  Jerahmeel Cummings, great-great-grandfather of our subject, and son of Samuel Cummings, was born in Massachusetts October 1o,
1711, was married in 1736 to Hannah Farwell and died in Hollis, New
Hampshire, October 21, 1747.  His widow married as her second husband
Stephen Jewett. Jotham Cummings, son of Jerahmeel Cummings, was born
December 29, 1742.   Jotham Cummings (2), grandfather of our subject,
and son of the preceding, was born November 6, 1766, and was mrarried
March 5, 1793, to Elizabeth Senter, who was born June 12, 1768; he died
October 16, 1833. Charles Cummings, the father of our subject, was born
November 22, 1801, was married to Jerusha Little on February 26, 1826,
and died December 12, 1873.  His wife died five days later, December 17,
1873.
Our subject's education was limited to what he could obtain in the district school, supplemented by one term of three months at a grammar school
at Brownington, Vermont. He worked on his father's farm until the autumn
of 1848, gaining thus an experience which came in good play in later years
in a new country and in a life largely spent in the woods.
Mr. Cummings spent the winter of 1848-49 in Boston, Massachusetts,
and upon returning to Vermont engaged in the engineering corps on the
survey and construction of a portion of the Connecticut and Passumpsic
Rivers Railroad, from Wells River to St. Johnsbury. After the completion
of this railroad he continued in the employ of the company in the freight
department in the general offices at St. Johnsbury, until October, 1854, when
he went to Concord, New Hampshire, where he continued in the same business until he had gained the position of master of transportation of the Concord, Manchester & Lawrence Railroad. In the spring of 1857 he was
offered a position as superintendent of a projected railroad from the Wisconsin State line to Marquette, in connection with the Chicago, St. Paul & Fond
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was the year of the great financial crash which paralyzed business throughout the country, and of course the project fell through.
During the succeeding two years Mr. Cummings was employed by the
St. Mary's Falls Mineral Land Company conducting explorations for copper,
the first year at Lac la Belle, on Keweenaw Point, and the second year in
the vicinity of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, opening what was
called the Albany & Boston, now known as the Franklin Junior mine.  In
I86o he engaged in merchandising and for the succeeding io years continued, until he was burned out in the great fire of 1868, finally selling his
interests in 1869.  In the spring of 1870 he was engaged as assistant engineer on the survey and construction of a railroad from L'Anse, Baraga
County, Michigan, to Champion, Marquette County, and since that time
has followed civil and mining engineering and land surveying, having had
his son Charles connected with him since 1889.
While living at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Mr. Cummings was married,
on October 20, 1851, to Hannah Elsen Ropes, of that place, a descendant
of Hardy Ropes, of Salem, Massachusetts.  Mrs. Cummings died September 27, 1892. They had a son, Charles, born November 22, i86o, who is a
graduate of Amherst College, Masachusetts, of the class of I886.  On October 11, 1893, Charles Cummings married Frances E. Christian, of Iron
Mountain, Michigan, and they have three children, viz:  Hannah Elsen,
born July 15, 1894; Sarah Sheldon, born April 15, 1896; and Charlotte
Ropes, born December I, 1898.
EUGENE LAROCHELLE.
EUGENE LAROCHELLE, one of the early visitors to Marquette, Marquette
County, and one who has been closely identified with much of the industrial
development of the vicinity, was born at Joliette, Province of Quebec, Canada,
February 22, 1840. His father died when he was but two years of age and he
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ron de LaRochelle, a native of La Rochelle, France, was a captain in the
French Army and a government contractor; he married Domitile Bellile, a
native of Canada, and they had a family of five children, namely: Godfried,
deceased; Joseph, of Joliette, Quebec, Canada; Eugene, our subject; and
Philanie and Melie, of Manitoba.
Until he was 13 years of age, Eugene LaRochelle remained at Joliette
and then went to Brighton, Canada West, and worked for three years with
William Platt.   He then started for the mining regions of the Northern
Peninsula of Michigan and the journey by rail and boat consumed three
weeks; he reached Marquette, August 15, 1859, at which time the contractors
were just completing the tram road. He first worked in the Pioneer mine,
then started for Ontonagon to secure better employment. He reached Ontonagon by boat and walked from there to the Michigan mine. His first contracting work was a contract by which he and Thomas Byrne constructed the
Norwich road. In 186o he walked the distance from Ontonagon to Houghton, a matter of 50 miles, in order to cast his vote for President Lincoln, this
being his first franchise privilege. He remained over six years at Houghton
where he received the contract to saw a large amount of lumber for road construction, but in 1862 he lost his workmen, for the majority of them went into
the army. He then worked one year at the Quincy mine after which he took
the contract for packing and hauling with dogs, and frequently rescued the
mails during the stormy seasons with his (logs. In 1866 he returned to Marquette with two teams of passengers who were then building the Union
Pacific Railroad. Of the 14 workmen he hauled on that occasion, 13 were
afterward killed by the Indians. In November, 1867, he started a saloon on
Front street, Marquette, and has continued in this business ever since, with
the exception of eight years when he again engaged in contracting. He has
been a witness of the wonderful development of this whole section and has had
many thrilling adventures.
Mr. LaRochelle married Delima Lemire, who was born in the State of
New York, and five children have been born to them, namely: Georgiana
(Forsha); Josephine (Graham); Henry, who lives at home and has two children; Edwin, of Marquette, who has three children; and Alfred and Emma,
at home. Mr. LaRochelle has been a member of St. John Baptiste Church







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for the past 28 years, ever since its organization. Although he never had any
educational opportunities and is entirely a self-made man, our subject has established himself comfortably in the world, is intelligent and well informed
and counts his warm friends by many a score.
JOHN L. MCD. GIBSON, D. D. S.
JOHN L. McD. GIBSON, D. D. S., of Houghton, Houghton County,
Michigan, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, has acquired a high degree of success in the practice of dentistry, and is widely known for his
ability as an athlete.  He was born in Berlin, Ontario, Canada, September
10, 1879, and is a son of James and Mary (McDonald) Gibson, both of
whom are natives of Aberdeen, Scotland.
James Gibson was a farmer in Waterloo County, Ontario, until 1892,
when he retired, and now lives in the town of Berlin.  The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gibson: Della, who married Fred Colquhoun, and lives in Waterloo, Ontario; Agnes, who married Fred Pearson,
has two children and lives in Berlin, Ontario; Thomas, who married Minnie
Allan, and lives in Carstairs, Alberta County, Northwest Territory; Alexander, who married Eula Johnson, and is a physician of Birmingham, Alabama; Isabel, who married H. H. Pirie, and lives in Cartago, Costa Rico,
Central America; Nora, who married Alexander Goldie, and lives at Galt,
Ontario; Madge and Minnie, who are unmarried and live at home; and
John L. McD.
Dr. John L. McD. Gibson attended the common schools of Berlin, Canada, and later entered Pickering College, from which he was graduated in
1896.  He then took a course of instruction in the Detroit Dental College,
graduated in 1900 and immediately thereafter located in Houghton, Houghton County, where he has become firmly established in the confidence and
esteem of the people.
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name for himself which will long be remembered in Canada by all true lovers
of sports.  The Hockey Record for 1897 had the following to say of him in
this connection: "Mr. John L. Gibson has been on the Berlin team for three
years, playing an almost perfect defense.  In his position at point he is
unquestionably the best man west of Montreal and Quebec.  In 1895 he was
captain of the Pickering College team at the early age of 15 years.  At
association football, at tennis, cricket and lacrosse he plays a fine game.  In
August, 1896, he won the half-mile Waterloo County championship rowing
race easily.  He is also an excellent swimmer.  His weight is close to 185
pounds and he is as good as a stone wall to knock over."  In 1900 the Berlin
Hockey Club (Y. M. C. A.), of which Dr. Gibson was a member, established another remarkable record and won every game of the series for the
year against some of the best teams of Ontario.  At the conclusion of the
final game Dr. Gibson was carried off the ice on the shoulders of his admiring
friends for his brilliant playing. In 1900 the Rangers of Berlin, to which he
belonged, won the championship of the East from    Toronto, becoming
champions of Canada.  In 1901 Dr. Gibson was sent to St. Louis to assist
the Association Hockey Club in a game with the St. Louis A. A. Club. The
Democrat said of the game: "Gibson not only won the game for his team,
but showed St. Louisians a bit of scientific hockey playing exceedingly rare
in this locality."  In 1900 our subject took the Berlin Rangers to St. Louis
to play a game of football against a picked team from the Globes and Shamrocks.  The game resulted in a victory of 8 to o for the Rangers, and in
speaking of the game the St. Louis Star said:  "Never for a moment did
St. Louis have a chance to score.  The spectators were given a wonderful
exhibition by the Canucks.  They are the best team that ever came to St.
Louis. Jack Gibson is certainly a star.  He made every man on the home
team look amateurish. This clever young athlete, who might be taken for
Emmett Heidrick, is the fastest and surest half back since Govier's time,
and a good many think he is even better than Govier.  If there is such a
thing as sensational playing then that term should be applied to Gibson's
playing yesterday.  His football is even more phenomenal than his hockey
playing."  He excels in every line of athletics, and has a drawer full of
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son became a member of the Portage Lake Hockey Team of Houghton,
Michigan, being the first to introduce the game in the locality. This team,
tinder the captaincy of Dr. Gibson, has met with marvelous success, and of
the Io large games played they have won them all but one.  They defeated
Minneapolis and St. Paul in 1902, won the championship of the West at
Chicago, and the championship of the United States by defeating the Bankers at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The Portage Lake Hockey Teanm includes
the following men: Joseph H. Jones, John C. Baker, John L. McD. Gibson,
Joseph H. Stephens, Robert Rowe, C. E. Westcott and H. E. Meinks. Andrew Holler is substitute, C. Webb is manager, "Paddy" is mascot, and Ted
Ames is trainer. Their home rink is "the Amphidrome," and the club colors
are white and green.
Fraternally Dr. Gibson is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Fraternal Order of Eagles and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He
belongs to Company G, Third Regiment, Houghton Light Infantry, Michigan National Guards.  He is a Republican in politics, and in religious belief
is a Presbyterian.
FRED G. BROWN.
FRED G. BROWN, the capable manager of the Scheurman Brewery, at
Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in Germany in 1851, and is
a son of Dr. Christian and Louisa (Schwab) Braun, both of whom were natives of Germany, where they died, the parents of five children.
Fred G. Brown was educated in his native land and came to the United
States in 187I, locating at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was employed
two years in a brewery. The following two years were spent in the far West
and then he became connected with the Bombach Drug Company, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  His next business connection was with a brewery at
Portage, Wisconsin, and in 1887 he located at Duluth, Minnesota, where he
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cept a government collectorship at Duluth, a position he filled until January,
1898.
In 1898 Mr. Brown located in Hancock, Houghton County, where he has
resided ever since. He was first employed as bookkeeper by the Scheurman
Brewing Company; since that company's brewery was secured by the Bosch
Brewing Company, he has been manager of the plant, which is known as the
Scheurman Brewery.
In 1877 Mr. Brown married Fanny Klenert, of Portage, Wisconsin, and
they have two children: Louise and Roy. In politics Mr. Brown is a Democrat. Fraternally he is a Mason.
LEWIS WILMOT.
LEWIS WILMOT, one of the leading business citizens of Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, engaged in the saddle and harness-making line, was
born at Newcastle, Ontario, in 1854, and is a son of Lewis Frederick and
Sarah (Eastman) Wilmot.    The family was founded at Newcastle, West
Durham township, Ontario, by the paternal grandfather of our subject. He
married in Canada, reared a family and died in 1855.
Lewis Frederick Wilmot, father of our subject, was a tanner by trade,
retiring from active work in 1851, and dying at Newcastle in 1887.  Our
subject's mother died in 1865. Of the o1 children that made up the parental
family, eight still survive, namely:  Allen Frederick, living at Aberdeen,
South Dakota; Clarentine, wife of Joseph E. Cosford, of Goderich, Ontario;
David, of Toronto, Ontario; Lewis, of this sketch; James, of Point Edward,
Ontario; Harry, of Marquette, Michigan: and Burt, of Toronto, Ontario.
Our subject was educated at Newcastle and there learned his trade from
John Barfett; after completing his apprenticeship he worked four years at
Newcastle as a journeyman.   In 1888 he came to the United States and
located at Port Huron, Michigan, where he worked for more than two years
for John McCormick and three years at Marquette, Michigan, for L. M.







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Spencer.  In the spring of 1893 he located in Hancock, Houghton County,
and for three years was in the employ of Benjamin Wieder.  In 1896 he
started into business for himself on Hancock street, where he remained four
years. In 900oo he located on his present site, where he carries on a very successful business, his patronage coming from a wide extent of country.
On November 2, 1882, Mr. Wilmot married Amelia Farnsworth, a
daughter of James and Cora (Spencer) Farnsworth, who reside near Belleville, Ontario.  Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot have two sons, Lewis Frederick, born
March 15, 1884; and James Henry, now in his 16th year.  They also have
an adopted daughter, Ethel (Judge) Wilmot, born June 4, 1898. Fraternally
Mr. Wilmot belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Knights of the
Maccabees.
EDWARD      N. BREITUNG.
EDWARD N. BREITUNG. The name of Breitung is the most familiar one
in connection with the opening up and operating of the finest and most important iron mines of the Northern Peninsula.  The larger portion of the
business interests of Edward N. Breitung is in this region.  He was born
November I, 1871, in Negaunee, Marquette County, and has for several
years carried an unusually heavy weight of business cares upon his shoulders.
He is a director of the Negaunee Iron Company, of that place, also of the
Arctic Iron Company, the Wolverine Copper & Silver Company, the Union
Pacific Brewing & Malting Company, of Marquette, the Marquette County
Savings Bank, the Duluth Brewing & Malting Company, of Duluth, Minnesota, and the Breitung Iron Company, the Breitung Mining Guarantee Company, Limited, and the Beaver Iron Company, all of Marquette.
In 189o Mr. Breitung was married, at Marquette, to Charlotte Graveraette, a daughter of Samuel Kaufman, and they have one daughter, Juliet
Marie.
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given for opening up the iron industry that has largely made the Northern
Peninsula what it is to-day.  This pioneer miner and promoter was born
November io, 1831, in the city of Schalkan, Germany, where he was well
educated and sent to the mines at Meininger, from which he graduated.  He
came to America in 1849, locating at Richland, Kalamazoo County, Michigan,
where, in order to learn the English language, he attended district schools.
For two years he clerked in a grocery store at Kalamazoo, and the following
four years worked in Detroit as a bookkeeper.  He located in Marquette in
1855 and engaged in the mercantile business.  In 1859 he sold out and removed to Negaunee, where he associated himself with Israel B. Case, and for
several years operated the pioneer furnaces on contract.  In 1864 he commenced to open and develop iron properties and purchase mineral lands.  He
opened the Washington property and in 1871 began to open mines in the
Negaunee Range.   The mining men of that district thought it a foolish venture and refused to support Mr. Breitung in his operations.  He remained
firm in his belief in the mining value of the territory, and that fall (1871) he
surprised them with the famous Republic mine, the largest and most profitable iron mine in the Peninsula. In 1873 he began explorations of the Menominee Range, where he located several fine properties. In 1882-83 he first
became interested in the Vermillion Range, in Minnesota.
Edward Breitung, Sr., was a member of the State Legislature in 1873 -77; was a State Senator in 1877-78 and a member of Congress in 1883-85.
From 188o to 1883 he was mayor of Negaunee. His active and most useful
life came to a close March 3, 1887. His son, Edward N. Breitung, whose
portrait accompanies this sketch, is most successfully furthering the enterprises left in his charge.
THE   NEGAUNEE PRINTING           COMPANY.
One of the leading business enterprises of Negaunee, Marquette County,
Michigan, is the Negaunee Printing Company, the officers of which are prominent and leading citizens. Thomas J. Flynn is president, James A. Goodman




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is vice-president and secretary, and Fred Dougherty is treasurer and managing editor. This company publishes the Negaunee Iron Herald, an eightpage quarto, issued weekly, the only journal in Negaunee. Its active and able
management has resulted in a large paying subscription list and well patronized advertising columns. The paper was founded in 1873 by Clinton G.
Griffey, is Republican in politics and has been an important factor in exploiting this section to outside investors.
The Negaunee Printing Company is composed of active, able and energetic men who are wide awake to the great possibilities of their locality and
have the means and brains for exploiting the same to the world at large,
thereby attracting more capital to the Upper Peninsula and hastening its
proper development.
THOMAS J. FLYNN, president of the Negaunee Printing Company, is
a conspicuous example of the self made man, a type quite frequently encountered in the Upper Peninsula. Thrown on his own resources at a tender
age, he has risen from the humble position of "printer's devil," step by step,
to head of the establishment in which he learned his trade.
Mr. Flynn was born November 22, 1856, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, his
parents being J. P. and Isabella (Bullock) Flynn. A few years later the family removed to Ravenna, Ohio, where the home was soon broken up by the
preliminary rumblings of the Civil War, the husband and father having sold
out his tailoring business and joined a Home Guard. This organization had
a hand in the pursuit and capture of Morgan, the raider, but never saw active
service at the front. After the war J. P. Flynn came to the Upper Peninsula
and for a time worked in Marquette at his trade as a tailor, later becoming
associated with Carl Rohl in the tailoring business at Negaunee and subsequently having a shop of his own at Ishpeming. Death claimed both of
Thomas J. Flynn's parents early in the "'seventies," there surviving Thomas
J., the subject of this sketch; Isabella (Roessler), now residing in Jefferson,
Wisconsin; and Winnifred, who became a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph and is now an instructor in music at the academy of the order in Chillicothe, Missouri.
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up the material, and when the office of the Negaunee Iron Herald was opened
he was formally installed as its first "devil." His natural quickness and faithful performance of every duty won successive promotions and eventually
made him foreman, a position he held at the time he bought a half interest in
the office in 1885. With the admission of Mr. Goodman to the partnership
in 1901, the firm became Griffey, Flynn & Goodman; and in the re-organization in 1903, which resulted in the formation of The Negaunee Printing Company, Mr. Flynn became president.
Mr. Flynn has ever taken an active interest in the affairs of the community and has held the offices of school inspector and city librarian, the latter for a long term of years. He also served many years in the volunteer fire
department, was secretary of that organization for a long time and now holds
a like office in the Upper Peninsula Firemen's Association. Mr. Flynn is a
member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians; helped organize the Michigan
jurisdiction of the Catholic Order of Foresters and has been State secretary
for several years; and is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
He was married on November 22, 1877 (his 2Ist birthday), to Katherine Dee,
of Ishpeming, Michigan. They have one son, Gerald, now aged o1 years.
JAMES A. GOODMAN, vice-president and secretary of The Negaunee
Printing Company, was born in 1873, at Ayr, Scotland, and is a son of James
and Mary A. (Mitchell) Goodman, both of whom were born in Devonshire.
England. In 1873 the father came as a miner to Marquette County, where
he died in 1897, aged 63 years. His family followed him to Michigan in
1879. He was a man of sterling traits of character, became prominent in
local affairs and was made justice of the peace. In politics he supported the
Republican party. Originally an Episcopalian, he later became attached to
the Methodist Church and was a good and worthy Christian. Fraternally
he belonged to the Temple of Honor, and A. O. F. Mrs. Goodman still survives, at the age of 63, a much esteemed resident of Negaunee. Of the seven
children born to these parents, four survive: William H., a resident of Rockland, Michigan; Samuel, a resident of Negaunee, Michigan; Edwin J., of
Princeton, Michigan; and James A., of this sketch.
Mr. Goodman was six years old when he came to the United States. He
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order to enter the mines as timekeeper. In 1889 he entered the printing office
of the Negaunee Iron Herald in order to learn the business, and he has been
identified with this journal and its interests ever since. On August I, 1901,
he purchased a third interest in the paper and is now the capable and energetic
vice-president and secretary of The Negaunee Printing Company.
In 19o00 Mr. Goodman was united in marriage with Emma Muck, who
is a daughter of Charles and Louise Muck, and was born in Neguanee in
1877. They have one son, Clarence James. Both Mr. Goodman and wife
are members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Fraternally, he is associated with the Royal Arcanum, the Sons of St. George and the Knights of
the Maccabees, and he is also a member of the Negaunee Fire Department.
In political faith he is a Republican and he has represented the First Ward of
Negaunee in the Common Council.
FRED DOUGHERTY, treasurer and managing editor of The Negaunee
Printing Company and the Negaunee Iron Herald, was born in 1869, at Escanaba, -Michigan, and is a son of James C. and Emily (Dunbar) Dougherty,
the former of whom was born 62 years ago in the Island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and the latter, 61 years ago, in Ohio. They reside at Munising,
Michigan, where James C. Dougherty is chief clerk in the Munising Railway
Company's office, prior to locating there having been agent for the Chicago
& North-Western Railway at Negaunee for nearly 20 years. Politically he
is a Republican. Fraternally he belongs to the order of United Workmen.
Mr. and Mrs. Dougherty have but two children,-Fred, of this record, and
Mary J., who is associated with the firm of Wilson Brothers, Chicago,
Illinois.
The managing editor of the Negaunee Iron Herald and one of the city's
progressive citizens, was educated first at Escanaba and then at Negaunee,
according to family location. After finishing his school course, he went into
the employ of the Daily Mining Journal, of Marquette, having control of the
Negaunee department for several years and later the Ishpeming department,
this connection lasting from 1886 to 1890. He then went to Milwaukee as a
reporter on the Evening Wisconsin, where he remained for nearly 12 years,
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the interest of Clinton G. Griffey, who had founded the paper in 1873. Since
that time he has given his undivided attention to this journal and has done
much in extending its influence and adding to its financial success.
ALFRED     E. ARCHAMBEAU.
ALFRED E. ARCHAMBEAU, a member of the business firm of Archambeau & Company, of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, and a prominent and representative citizen of that place, was born at Schwitzer Mills,
Negaunee township, Marquette County, November I, 1865, and is a son of
Nicholas and Adaline (Bergeron) Archambeau.
Both the Archambeau and Bergeron families are of French-Canadian
extraction, the history of the former being traceable in America as far back
as 1620, in which year one of three brothers of this name was slain at Montreal, Canada, in a battle between a French force, under the explorer, Samuel
de Champlain, and the Iroquois Indians.
Nicholas Archambeau, the father of our subject, was born at St. Lin,
L'Assomption County, Province of Quebec, Canada, July Io, 1840. At the
age of 17 years, he left home and penetrated into the wilderness of Michigan.
and with companions walked in 1857, from the vicinity of Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Marquette, Michigan. The travelers suffered many hardships
and privations on the journey, but finally reached their destination safe and
sound, and Mr. Archambeau secured work on the Marquette & Bay de Noquet
Railroad, which was then in course of construction. For 20 years he worked
on the Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad, and is now living retired. In 1861, Nicholas Archambeau married Adaline Bergeron, who was
born at Au Sable, New York, in 1844, and removed to Marquette, Michigan,
with her parents and grandfather in 1852.
Joseph Bergeron, the grandfather of our subject's mother, who was a
French Canadian by birth, was a cavalryman in the war of 1812; he fought
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tied in New York after the war, and accompanied his son and the latter's
family to Marquette, where he died and was buried some years after. His
children were as follows: Margaret, Louis, Nelson J., Emily, Mathilda,
Cyrille, Moses, John, Derrick, Jerome and Joseph, all of whom are now deceased.
Nelson J. Bergeron, the father of our subject's mother, was born in
Canada, but spent a large part of his early life in the State of New York.
He removed to Marquette, Michigan, in 1851, and in the succeeding year was
followed by his family and father. By trade, he was a carpenter; he built the
first frame building in Negaunee, also the first frame building erected in Marquette, and assisted in the construction of the old Court House, which is now
being razed. He was a public spirited citizen and took an active part in the
general enterprises that were promoted for the good of the community. His
widow still survives. Following are the names of their children: Oliver, who
was killed in a powder mill explosion; Mrs. Adaline Archambeau, our subject's mother; Mrs. Flavia Nadeau; Mrs. Mary Mitchell; Mrs. Mathilda
Ducharme; and Nelson, Lucy and Louis, who are now deceased.
Alfred E. Archambeau is the fourth member of a family of six children,
namely: Joseph, who is engaged in a clothing business at Seattle, Washington; Mrs. Adaline Trottier; Louis, a railroad fireman; Alfred E.; Lucy; and
Edward.
Mr. Archambeau obtained his education in the public schools of Marquette, and entered upon a business career March I, 1882, in the confectionery and news store of J. A. Vannier, seven months later becoming bookkeeper and salesman in the mercantile establishment of K. Oshinsky, with
whom he continued four years. He was then one year in the shoe department
of Watson & Palmer's store, after which he returned to the employ of Mr.
Oshinsky, with whom he continued until the latter sold the business. He then
remained with Mr. Oshinsky's successor, J. Simon, who now conducts the
the Boston Store, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, until Mr. Simon disposed of the
business, when our subject accepted a position with Jacob Rose, a dealer in
clothing and gentlemen's furnishings, and acted as salesman, and finally as assistant manager, continuing in the store for a period of six and a half years.
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store in partnership with L. Getz, under the firm name of Archambeau &
Company. This business has been continued with carefulness and with that
catering to the public taste that made Mr. Archambeau so successful in the
management of the other houses in which he gained experience, and it is a
leading establishment in its line.
Mr. Archambeau was married June I I, 1888, to Philomene Barabe, who
was born at Negaunee, Michigan, and is a daughter of Antoine and Marie
(Boyer) Barabe. Their one daughter, Florence, is attending school.
Mr. Archambeau has taken a prominent part in public and political affairs, and in the spring of 1903 was nominated on the Citizens' ticket for
mayor of Marquette. He has always been public spirited and was the prime
mover in the agitation which succeeded in securing the monument of Pere
Jacques Marquette, and served as president of the monument committee. In
fraternal life he has also been prominent. He was a charter member of the
Knights of Columbus organization in Marquette, has held every office in the
society of St. Jean Baptiste, was installing officer in the Knights of the Maccabees and a delegate to the State Great Camp, and has been vice-president
of the Union Canadienne Francaise of the Upper Peninsula.
ADELIN    GASSER, M. D.
ADELIN GASSER, M. D., a prominent physician and popular citizen of
Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in 1859, in Switzerland.
He is a son of John and Mary (Kilcher) Gasser, the former of whom was one
of the most important men in his canton, a member of the town council and
a prominent merchant in the leather trade. His death occurred in his native
land in 1896, at the age of 73 years.  His widow still survives, at the age
of 69 years, residing at Nunningren, Switzerland.  They had but two children, our subject and a sister, now deceased.
Dr. Gasser was educated in the schools of his native town, and spent
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entered the University of Bern, and in 1882 the University of Strasburg.
After one year at the latter institution he returned to the University of Bern
for a short period and then spent three years at the Universiy of Munich.
This was followed by one year at Heidelberg. In 1889 he took his examination, a severe test of merit, at the University of Erlangen, and there received
his medical and surgical diploma. He spent a short time in clinical work at
Munich, visited his old home, and then started for the United States.  He
located at Hancock in 18go.
In 1896 Dr. Gasser was united in marriage with Pauline Gutsch, who
was born in 1869, in Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, and is a daughter of Alexander Gutsch, who is one of the pioneers of that town. Dr. Gasser
has erected one of the most beautiful residences in his section, one that is a
center of hospitality and culture.  Fraternally he is a Mason and Knight
Templar, and belongs to the Elks, the Woodmen and many of the German
social organizations.
CLAUDE W. CASE.
CLAUDE W. CASE, vice-president and director of the First National Bank
of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, whose portrait appears on the
foregoing page, has been a citizen of Marquette for the past two years. For
many years he has been favorably known to the residents of the Northern
Peninsula of Michigan, on account of large business transactions, and is held
in the highest esteem by all who know him.
In 1884 Mr. Case entered the employ of the well known firm of Newberry & McMillan, of Detroit, Michigan, and, being steadily advanced, remained in that connection until 1890, when he removed to Newberry, Luce
County, Michigan, to take the management of the Newberry Furnace Company, which was at that time largely owned and controlled by Senator McMillan and the Newberry estate. Although the plant was sold in 1889, Mr.
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Alger county, Michigan, of which institution he was cashier and manager:
under his control it continuously prospered.  On taking up his residence in
Marquette, in October, 1901, he turned the management of the Munising
State Bank over to his brother, Fred S. Case, who removed from Detroit for
that purpose, since which time Claude W. Case has been director and vicepresident of the Munising State Bank, as well as of the First National Bank of
Marquette. It was through the energy and enterprise of Mr. Case that the
Upper Peninsula Hospital for the Insane was located at; Newberry.  In
March, 1894, Mr. Case was appointed by the Governor a member of the board
of building commissioners and has had much to do with the construction of
the present magnificent institution.  He is still connected with the hospital
as a member of the board of trustees, appointed first in 1895 for six years.
and by Governor Bliss for a second term, and is now president of the board.
In 1889 Mr. Case married Lillie Belle Spencer, of Howell, Michigan, and
their union has been blessed by two daughters,-Ruth Margaret, born in
1890, and Dorothy Serena, born in 1894.
ANDREW      G. JOHNSTON.
ANDREW G. JOHNSTON, the well known merchant of Sidnaw, Duncan
township, Houghton County, Michigan, is also owner of the Highland Farm
which he has so successfully conducted the past few years. Mr. Johnston was
born in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, in 1848, and is a son of Stewart
and Mary Ann (Little) Johnston.
Hugh Johnston, our subject's grandfather, was born in County Tyrone,
Ireland, and with his wife and 16 children removed to Canada in 1832, receiving from the British government Ioo acres of land in Lambton County for each
child he brought over, making a total of 1,6oo acres. Upon reaching his majority, Stewart Johnston, the father of our subject, was given Too acres of
land by his father. He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, accompanied his
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ried Mary Ann Little, who died in 1901, and they reared 12 children, of which
number eight are now living, as follows: Andrew G.; Mary, who lives on
the old homestead in Canada; Lizzie, who married Charles T. Andrews, now
deceased, and lives at Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her two children; James
and Hugh, who live on the old homestead in Canada; Matilda, who married
William Kent, of Vancouver, British Columbia, where Mr. Kent is engaged
in the hotel business; Robert, a contractor of Courtright, Lambton County,
Ontario, handling railroad freight; and Grace, who at one time taught school
at Sidnaw, Michigan, and now lives in Courtright, Lambton County, Ontario.
Andrew G. Johnston received a common school education in Lambton
County, Ontario, and in 1866, at the age of 17 years, removed to Houghton,
Houghton County, Michigan. He worked a short time for Little & Heyn in
the mercantile business in Houghton, then was transferred to their branch
house in Hancock, where he remained for two years. Then he worked at the
Franklin store of that firm, which they had pust purchased. Two years later
he entered the employ of Edward Ryan of Hancock, continued with him for
two years, and then went into the mercantile business for himself, being a
partner in the firm of J. B. Ormsby & Company, with which concern he continued for three years. He next worked for Hart Brothers in their store at
Republic, Marquette County, for three years. He again engaged in business
for himself, locating at Michigamme, Marquette County, as a member of the
firm of Hirschmann & Johnston, a general store being established. This firm
also established a store at Sidnaw, Houghton County, in 1893, which our subject has conducted alone since the firm disposed of its Michigamme store to
Read & Company, in 1897. Mr. Johnston has a large and well equipped store
and commands the patronage of the leading citizens of the vicinity of Sidnaw,
Mr. Johnston is owner of the Highland Farm near Sidnaw, and is one of a
very few who have made a success of farming in this north land. Clearing
some 70 acres of his farm of the stumps and brush left after the timber had
been taken off, he sowed this in crops and the success of his venture has been
astounding. He raised 70 tons of hay, 6oo bushels of potatoes, 400 bushels
of turnips, 500 bushels of mangel-wurzels and sugar beets, 150 bushels of
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with the stock realized him the handsome sum of $2,500. He makes a
specialty of Poland-China hogs, in which he deals extensively. He is a practical man, of sound business sense, and farms in the most approved fashion.
In 1870, Mr. Johnston was united in marriage with Hannah Carter, by
whom he had one son, James, who is 28 years of age and clerks in his father's
store. James Johnston married Barbara Schwitzer, of Michigamme, Marquette County, Michigan, and they have three children: Wilfred, Earl and
Chester. After the death of his wife in 1897, our subject was again married,
Mattie Schick, a daughter of John Schick, a farmer of Ontonagon County,
Michigan, becoming his wife. They have a daughter, Lulu, born September
13, 1900. Mr. Johnston is a Mason and a member of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen. His religious connection is with the Presbyterian Church.
SACRED     HEART    CHURCH.
SACRED HEART CHURCH, Calumet, Michigan, is the oldest and at present the most beautiful church in the Upper Peninsula.
The Sacred Heart parish was organized in 1868 by Rev. Ed. Jacker.
For five years this zealous missionary labored indefatigably for his people.
In 1873 he was succeeded by Rev. Frederick Eis, the present Bishop of Marquette.
At different periods the following priests have been in charge: 1874,
Rev. John Brown; 1875, Rev. Fabian Pawler; 1878, Rev. John Burns; 1880,
Rev. Angus Menard; 1882, Rev. Al. Majerus; 1883, Rev. A. N. Geers; 1885,
Rev. A. J. Cebul; 1886, Rev. M. Faust; 1889, Rev. Ignatius Otis.
In 1890 Rev. Peter Welling and Rev. Wilkins, Franciscan Fathers of
Cincinnati, took charge of the parish and since that time the Franciscan Fathers have worked with great success among the good people.
In September, 1890, Rev. Hilarius Hoelscher became pastor of Sacred
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The school was opened under the direction of the School Sister's of Notre
Dame, with an enrollment of 450 pupils.
Rev. Pacific Winterheld, assisted by Rev. Frank Paul, took charge of
the parish in 1892. In December, 1894, Rev. Angelus Haferpete became
pastor.
In 1895 Rev. Peter Welling was appointed pastor, assisted by Rev. Otto
Ziegler. In 1898, through the untiring efforts of Father Peter Welling, the
foundation of the present church was laid and it was completed in 1899, in
which year it was dedicated. The building itself is the finest church edifice in
the Upper Peninsula, built at a cost of $65,ooo, all of which is paid but
$5,ooo. The architecture is Gothic. The structure is of red stone. The
interior is of oak and seats i,ioo people. The artistic decorations of the
interior present a striking picture of brightness and completeness, a magnificent witness to the energy and devotion of its pastor and his assistant, as
also to the love and liberality of the parishioners. In the spring of the same
year the old Sacred Heart Church was destroyed by fire.  In October, i9oo,
Rev. Peter Welling and Rev. Otto Ziegler were succeeded by the present
pastor, Rev. Sigismund Pirron, and his assistant, Rev. Caspar Matz. Rev.
Julius Henze took Rev. Caspar Matz' place in March, 19o2, the former being
called to Cincinnati, Ohio.
Rev. Sigismund Pirron is an American by birth, born in St. Bernard,
Hamilton County, Ohio, January 13, 1872. After completing his elementary
studies in the Sisters' school in Cincinnati, Father Sigismund Pirron entered
college at the age of 12 years, and five years later finished the preparatory
course for the priesthood in St. Francis College, Cincinnati.  After spending
one year in the Franciscan novitiate at Mount Airy, Ohio, and taking a five
years' course in philosophy and theology, he was ordained priest July 25, 1896.
His first appointment was Metamora, Illinois, also having charge of two
missions at Washburn and Washington.   After four years of zealous work
he was transferred to Calumet, his present field of labor.
Father Sigismund Pirron is an energetic worker, wholly devoted to his
church and school. During his pastorate the new Sacred Heart High School
has been erected and equipped.  The school is in a flourishing condition and
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school has 12 grades, and its work is thoroughly systematized. The High
School affords its pupils a full four years' in the Latin and commercial
courses. To Father Sigismund Pirron belongs the honor of organizing the
Young Men's Catholic Club, which has proved a blessing to many a young
man of the Sacred Heart parish. The club has increased since its organization (January, 1902,) from 50 to 188 members.  The club was organized
not only for the social and physical benefit of its members but also for their
spiritual welfare, as has been demonstrated on various occasions.  A call at
the club rooms in the new Sacred Heart High School will convince the visitor
of the work done for the young men by their kind pastor.  The rooms are
fully equipped and up to date, just the ideal place for a young man to spend
his leisure moments. Besides the Y. M. C. C., the pastor organized the
Young Ladies' League of the Sacred Heart. The young ladies have the privilege of holding their meetings in the Y. M. C. C. rooms every Thursday
evening.  In connection with the society there is a Literary Circle which
proves a source of great pleasure to the young ladies.
Father Sigismund Pirron's name is synonymous for kindness and devotedness to the poor and sick of his congregation. His intellectual attainments,
his executive qualities, his business like transactions are among the sterling
traits exemplified in the pastor of the Sacred Heart Church.  He is also a
man of deep religious fervor, imbued with the spirit of God, and is doing
much good among his people by his inspiring sermons and pastoral prudence
and tact.
GEORGE     EDWIN     FRENCH.
GEORGE EDWIN FRENCH, who is one of the best known men in Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, has been a resident of the city since
May 20, 1866, and has no difficulty in recalling the date of his arrival, as he
reached the city on the initial trip of the old steamer "Keweenaw," which
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at Coteau du Lac, Soulanges County, Province of Quebec, Canada, and is a
son of William A. and Amelia (Curry) French.
William French was born in the North of Ireland, June 9, 1819, and
died June 4, 1897.  In 1828 the family crossed the ocean to Canada and
located in the vicinity of Toronto, where one of the forefathers of William
French had served in some official capacity. The mother of our subject was
born in Canada April I, 1819, and now, at the age of 84 years, is an active
resident of Ishpeming, Marquette County.  Our subject is the third member
of a family of Io children, as follows:  Priscilla Emily, who is the wife of
Joseph S. Woods, of Ishpeming, Marquette County,-at their home the aged
mother resides; William Alexander, who is proprietor of the Brunswick Hotel
of Marquette; George Edwin, our subject; John Albert, formerly deputy
sheriff and marshal, who died September 21, I879, at Marquette; Alice Jane,
born February 14, 1852, who died the following day; Permilla Ann, who
married Thomas Craig and resides in the South; Mary Alvina, who married
James McLeod, of San Francisco, California; Catherine Levena, who married George Gracy, who for the past 22 years has been superintendent for
Governor Alger, at San Francisco; Pernelipa Ellen, who married James McCallum, who is clerking in Montreal, Canada; and Margaret Aurelia, the wife
of Alexander Perry, who moved from Duluth, Minnesota, to a stock farm in
the West.
Our subject lived at home in Canada until he attained the age of 14
years, when he left home to seek his fortune. He has followed various occupations, more or less successfully in former years, but always with integrity
and industry.  He first worked on a dairy farm in Monroe County, New
York, for a year, made a little visit home and then came to the Lake Superior
region of Michigan, and spent nine months at the old Calumet mine and in the
copper country, and in the spring went to Marquette.  His first work was at
the Protestant Cemetery and then at the old Holyoke Silver Lead mine, one
year later going to the Calumet mine.  S. S. Curry, a relative, was mining
captain at the New England mine at Ishpeming, and our subject worked under
him for three years and then returned to Marquette.  He next entered into
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to deal in horses and in wood, lime, cement, shingles, charcoal and cedar posts,
and found his time fully and profitably employed. He did much building and
contracting in street work and for the past 14 years has held the contract for
street sprinkling. For the past 20 years he has also dealt extensively in real
estate.  Over 30 years ago he assisted in the first cutting of timber where the
old Munising furnace, near Grand Island, is located.
Mr. French was married at Marquette, Michigan, May 7, 1881, to Ellen
S. Higgins, of Malone County, New York, who came to the Lake Superior
region of Michigan 28 years ago. Politically Mr. French is a Republican and
has served as supervisor for one year.  He refused to be considered as a candidate for the office of alderman.  For a number of years he has been fire
warden.  In Canada he was baptized in the English (Protestant Episcopal)
Church, but later, when a resident of Michigan, joined the Presbyterian
Church.   Mrs. French belongs to the Catholic Church.  Fraternally Mr.
French belongs to Superior Tent, No. 28, K. 0. T. M.
JOHN    STEHLIN.
JOHN STEHLIN, who is engaged in a very successful shoe business at
Hancock., Houghton County, Michigan, which he has built up by his own
enterprise, is one of the city aldermen.  He is of German extraction, his parents having been born in Alsace-Lorraine.  They came to America prior to
his birth, and his father died at Hancock, at the age of 79 years. His mother,
aged 82 years, is a beloved member of his household.
Mr. Stehlin was connected with mines and mining for a considerable
period, for five years being a copper washer in the Quincy mill. In 1893 he
left there and engaged in smelting work as a copper dipper, for five years.
In 1898 he bought a half interest in the Calumet Brewery, and became treasurer of the company, but in 1900oo he sold his interest and invested in a property in Hancock.  This he remodeled, erecting a three-story building, and
here for the past four years he has engaged in a large shoe business.  Mr.







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Stehlin is a good citizen, and in 1903, when Hancock was incorporated a city,
he was elected alderman from the Second Ward.
Mr. Stehlin married Bridget Buckley in 189o, and they have three bright
and interesting children: Edward, born June 2, I89I; Cornelius, born April
I7, 1893; and Elva, born July 30, 1896. In religious faith Mr. Stehlin and
family are Catholics.  Fraternally he belongs to the Woodmen and to the
Knights of Columbus.
JAMES LISA.
JAMES LISA, a general merchant of Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, and one of the city's prominent business men, was born in 1845 at San
Martino Canavese, Italy. As his father was in very moderate circumstances,
the youth was obliged to leave school at the age of 12 years in order to assist
and add to the family resources, but he continued to study, and received
instruction from  Professor Marta and two lady teachers by the name of
Sissoldo, one of whom is since deceased, and the other of whom has since
become a nun.
Our subject had made such progress in his studies that at the age of 16
years, when he met with Sir Knight Torreano, he attracted this nobleman's
attention, and by him was encouraged to take a teaching course.  This he
did, and received his diploma, and although he has never used the same, he
has not had cause to regret the training he received.  In 1873 he came to
America and settled immediately at Calumet, where he was employed first at
the works of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company as a laborer, but after
some eight months he went to Chicago, where he worked at various occupa.
tions until 1877, when he returned to Calumet and entered the employ of a
grocer named Peroglio, soon after accepting a clerical position with the mercantile firm of Nappa & Company. In i88o Mr. Lisa embarked in a grocery
business of his own, at the present location of the Gardetto Building on Fifth
street. From a very humble beginning his business kept on expanding until
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street, where Anthony Ester is now situated. His next change of place was
to the present site of the Haas clothing store, but in 1890 he purchased the
corner on Oak and Sixth street and there erected a substantial three-story
building and filled it with a large stock of seasonable and first class merchandise.  Mr. Lisa has prospered on account of his business ability and perseverance, and is now one of the substantial and respected citizens.
Prior to coming to America, Mr. Lisa married Martha Nida in Italy,
and they have had a family of eight children born to them, seven of whom,
survive, viz.: Josephine, wife of Morris Bandettini, of Calumet, Michigan;
Julia, bookkeeper in her father's store; Mary, a trained nurse at the Calumet
& Hecla Hospital; Angeline, an assistant in her father's store; and Irene,
Catherine and James, who are students. In politics Mr. Lisa is a Republican,
and has served in the City Council.  For 25 years he has been an Odd Fellow, and belongs also to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Perrone,-an Italian society.  Since 1895 he has served as consular agent for
Italy for the Upper Peninsula.  A portrait of Mr. Lisa accompanies this
sketch.
HENRY DRITTLER.
HENRY DRITTLER, a gentleman of prominence and affluence of Hancock,
Houghton County, Michigan, was born in the city of Aalen, Kingdom of
Wurtemberg, Germany, June 6, 1826.
Mr. Drittler was educated in a mining school in his native country, and
subsequently traveled in France and Switzerland, representing mining interests.  Upon his return to Germany he worked at mining for five years, but
imbued with the idea of a free country and a republican form of government,
he was not content to remain in Germany.   Passing into Switzerland, he
immigrated to the United States, arriving in 1848, and first made his home
in Philadelphia. In the fall of that year he went to Pittsburg, was employed
there in a store until 1849, and then came to the Lake Superior region for
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Point until 1858, and then returned to Germany in October of that year,
remaining in the fatherland until May, 1859.  Upon his return to this section
he engaged in work at the Quincy mine near Hancock until 186o, and then
erected a building on the site where his sons now conduct their extensive
tusiness. He was made recruiting officer at Hancock during the Civil War,
and rendered efficient service in that capacity. An instance of his devotion to
the cause lies in the story of his difficulty with the Quincy Mining Company,
which had sent to Norway and Sweden for men.   When the I Io foreigners
arrived Mr. Drittler met the boat and enlisted many of them for service in the
army. The mining company protested vigorously, but he permitted no interference with the discharge of his duty and went so far as to threaten arrest
to the members of the company, which threats would have been carried out
had the company persevered in their policy.  In 1869 Mr. Drittler's business
was destroyed by the great fire which swept the town, but he immediately
rebuilt and soon had the business running as before.  He erected a handsome
brick and stone building, which is one of the largest and best arranged in
Houghton County.   His business prospered and he carried it on until 1884,
when he retired, being succeeded by his three sons, who conduct it under the
firm name of Drittler Brothers.  Our subject owns a great amount of property and is one of the substantial citizens of Hancock.
In 1852 Mr. Drittler was married to Fredericka Mertz, who was also
born in Germany, and is a daughter of Henry Mertz.  Of the 12 children
born to them seven are deceased, of which number three were accidentally
killed.  Those living are:  Pauline, widow of Joseph Linder, living in Hancock, Michigan; Henry, Jr., a member of the firm of Drittler Brothers; William H., also a member of the firm of Drittler Brothers; Amelia, who married
Henry Funkey, of Hancock, Michigan, and has two children,Henry, Jr., and
Ruth; and Bismarck, a member of the firm of Drittler Brothers.  Henry
Drittler, Jr., first married Maggie Ryan. a daughter of Conrad Ryan, and
they had one son,-Henry.    His second marriage was with Clara Scheurman, daughter of Philip Scheurman; they have one son,-Philip.  Henry
Drittler, Jr., is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Elks, Odd Fellows, Sons
of Hermann and German Aid Society. William H. Drittler was married at
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troit, Michigan, and four children have been born to them: Elsa; William
F., deceased; Karl E.; and an infant son. William H. Drittler is a member
of the Elks and Sons of Hermann. Bismarck Drittler married Tillie Rosenblatt,
daughter of Henry Rosenblatt, and they have a son named Harvon.   Bismarck Drittler is a member of the Eagles.  The members of the Drittler
family belong to the German Lutheran Church.
Henry Drittler has held various offices of public trust. He served three
terms as treasurer of Hancock, several years as marshal, three years as justice
of the peace and several terms as a member of the Village Council.  He is
a man of strong personality, and enjoys the friendship of all.
P. W. PHELPS.
P. W. PHELPS, a well known citizen of Marquette, Marquette County,
Michigan, is a member of the insurance firm of Peter White & Company,
which business enterprise was established by the two partners in 1890.  It
was the successor of the insurance business started by Hon. Peter White in
1854, and thus is probably the oldest firm of its kind in the State.  Mr.
Phelps was born at Marquette in 1865, and is a son of Rev. Josiah Phelps,
who was rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church of that city from 1862
to 1866. Rev. Phelps, who was a clergyman of prominence for many years,
died in 1895, aged 70 years.
P. W. Phelps secured his education in the common schools and until
1882 made his home in Southern Michigan.    From then to 1890 he was
associated with Hon. Peter White in his bank, beginning as a messenger and
rising to the position of assistant cashier.  That he has been connected with
Mr. White so long a period speaks for itself as to his business capacity and
strict reliability.
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the occasion being one of social prominence.  One daughter has been born
to this marriage.  Mr. Phelps is identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a Knight Templar and a member of Ahmed Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.,
of Marquette. The family belong to the Protestant Episcopal Church.
JAMES HOAR.
JAMEs HOAR, general manager of the leading general mercantile firm
of Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, that of The E. F. Sutton
Company, was born in Ontonagon County, Michigan, October 13, 1858.
He is a son of Joseph and Mary (Rouse) Hoar, both of whom were born in
Cornwall, England, and came to the United States about 1848.
Joseph Hoar was a miner by occupation and sought employment at the
"Soo," in Canada, where he entered the Bruce mines.  Later he removed to
Ontonagon County, Michigan.  His death occurred in 1865, at the age of
56 years.  He was a man of exemplary life, honest and industrious.  He
belonged to the Masonic fraternity.  In religious views he was a Methodist.
The mother of our subject died January I, go1901, at the age of 85 years. Of
the parents' 13 children three survive, as follows;  Ellen is the widow of
H. D. Wilson, of Lake Linden, Michigan; James, of this sketch; and George,
of Calumet, Michigan, chief time keeper for the Calumet & Hecla Mining
Company.
James Hoar was educated in the common schools of Rockland, Ontonagon County, leaving his books at the age of 13 years to begin work in the
old National mine, where he continued several years, and then removed to
Lake Linden, Houghton County, where he entered the mercantile establishment of North & Briggs, in the humblest capacity.  His industry and
ability soon secured promotion, and he was made first a clerk, then bookkeeper, and in go1901 was made general manager. In the meantime the firm




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had been re-organized as The E. F. Sutton Company, incorporated, and one
of the largest concerns in Houghton County.  The immense stock of this
company is housed and displayed in a building that has a frontage of 100
feet and a depth of 90 feet, with three floors and warehouse.  Some 18 employes are kept engaged and the stock carried covers almost every branch of
general merchandise. To ensure the proper handling of this stock expeditiously, economically and satisfactorily is but a part of Mr. Hoar's duties.
He seems the right man in the right place, and by years of honest effort has
secured the confidence and approbation of his employers. As a citizen he is
much esteemed, taking part in movements for the general good and supporting heartily all home enterprises.
In 1888 Mr. Hoar married Mary E. Trembath, who was born in 1865
in Keweenaw County, Michigan, and is a daughter of James and Mary
Trembach. One son has been born to this union, James, Jr. In politics Mr.
Hoar is identified with the Republican party.  He is one of the prominent
Masons of the State, being a Knight Templar and Shriner, and is also an
Odd Fellow.
JOHN D. CRAWFORD.
JOHN D. CRAWFORD, the leading undertaker and only licensed embalmer
at Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, was born November 26, 1869, in
Hancock on the property he now owns and occupies. He is a son of Daniel
and Rhoda (Rice) Crawford, the former of whom was an undertaker at the
present location, No. 300 Hancock street, for 35 years. Retiring finally from
business and being succeeded by his son, our subject, Daniel Crawford removed to Detroit, Michigan, where he still resides.
John D. Crawford was reared in Hancock and there was educated. In
1886 he became associated in business with his father, the firm name being D.
Crawford & Son, and, as stated, succeeded his father on the latter's retirement.   Mr. Crawford holds a State embalmer's license, No. 397, which is




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the only one held in Hancock. Since 1897 he has been superintendent of
Lakeside Cemetery.
In 1894 Mr. Crawford married Frances H. Krellwitz, who is a daughter
of Lewis and Helen (Trilling) Krellwitz, of Cheboygan, Michigan, and three
children have been born to this union, namely:  Helen Rhoda, born August
i6, 1895; Donald J., born in February, 1898; and Ransom E., born in June,
i9oi.  In politics Mr. Crawford is identified with the Republican party.
Fraternally he belongs to the Elks, Knights of Pythias, Masons, Modern
Woodmen of America, and Foresters.   In religious belief he is an Episcopalian.
FREDERICK PRICE.
FREDERICK PRICE, of the firm of Price Brothers, saloon proprietors at
No. 154 Washington street, Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, is one
of the most widely known and successful business men of the city, and has
proved his connection with the city by being a true citizen.
The birth of Frederick Price took place September 27, 1876, at Grand
Island and he is one of a family of nine children born to Joseph and Marcos
(Kennett) Price. Our subject's father was born in Quebec, Canada, and died
at Marquette, Michigan, in 1895, at the age of 58 years.  He served as lighthouse keeper at Grand Island, Michigan, for the last 19 years of his life;
he had become crippled through an attack of rheumatism and was therefore
obliged to relinquish active business pursuits and to accept the government
position mentioned, the duties of which were not so difficult or onerous but
that he could perform.  His wife was born at Three Rivers, Quebec, and is
still living, having reared a large family. Eight children constituted the family of which our subject was a member, namely:  Louise, deceased; Selina,
who married Timothy Duquette, and lives in Marquette, Michigan; Joseph,
who married Louise Rose, and lives in Marquette; Annie, who married John
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partner of our subject in the saloon business in Marquette; Frederick, the subject of this sketch; and twins that died in infancy.
Frederick Price received his education in the schools of Marquette, and
in 19oo entered in the saloon business with Thomas Price, his brother, under
the firm name of Price Brothers. They now have the leading trade of Marquette.
Mr. Price married Cora Gertrude Jobe, daughter of Stephen M. Jobe,
who was janitor of the First National Bank for 12 years, and who died from
paralysis in 1901.  Three children have come to our subject and wife:
Eldredge F., born May 12, 1899; Vivian, who died an infant of nine months
in 1901; and Verna, who died when one year of age in 1903. Our subject is
a member of the Marquette Fire Department and is socially a member of
the Knights of the Maccabees and the Fraternal Order of Eagles.  His religious views lead him to the French Catholic Church.
JAMES BURT, SR.
JAMES BURT, SR., one of the pioneer business men of Houghton County,
Michigan, is joint proprietor, with his son and namesake, of the James Burt
Boiler Works, located at Ripley, which he established and has operated for
the past 22 years. Mr. Burt was born in Upper Canada April 8, 1835, and
removed in young manhood to Detroit, Michigan, and thence to Houghton
County, where he familiarized himself with the boiler-making business. For
13 years he was associated with Hon. Carlos D. Shelden, in the firm of Shel,
den, WVanzer & Cleaves, and then entered into business for himself.
It has been more than 40 years since Mr. Burt located in Houghton
County.   His business was founded in a small way, but was pushed with
enterprise and energy until it requires the space of 1 lots for the plant, and
gives employment to about 22 men continuously, doing an extensive business
in the manufacture and repair of steam boilers.
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22, 1871, and has been connected with the boiler plant for the past 15 years.
He attends largely to its conduct, being thoroughly conversant with every
detail of the business and a practical boiler maker. This is one of the leading
and successful industrial plants in the county. Although Mr. Burt is a stanch
Republican, he gives comparatively little time to politics, his extensive business demanding his close attention. The family attend St. Patrick's Roman
Catholic Church.
JAMES W. SHIELDS.
JAMES W. SHIELDS, who has had a vtried business career, is now superintendent of the Quincy stamp mills, and has served in that capacity since
1892.  He is a very successful business man, and has many friends throughout Houghton County.
Mr. Shields was born in Hancock, Houghton County, in January, 1866,
and is a son of James Shields.  He received his primary education at Hancock, after which he became an apprentice in the machine shops under former
Congressman Carlos D. Shelden.  He remained there three years, then became connected with the Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad shops
at Marquette, where he worked six months.  He next worked seven years
in the shops of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company,-three years at the
mill and four years at the mines.  In I891 he went west to Montana to
accept a position with the Anaconda Smelting Company, and remained one
year, then returned to Michigan, where he worked under Capt. William Dunn
at the Boston mine for a short time.  He afterward returned to the machine
shops where he learned his trade, which are now owned by W. S. Cleaves &
Son, continuing there for three years.  He accepted a position as instructor
in the Michigan College of Mines, at Houghton, in the machine department
under Prof. Edgar Kidwell, and was identified with that institution for a
period of six years. He also took a course of instruction while there and was
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superintendent of the Tamarack and Osceola stamp mills, remaining two and
a half years, then in 1892 accepted his present position as superintendent of
the Quincy stamp mills, located on the Mineral Range Railroad.  By reason
of long experience he is well qualified for the position and has rendered the
company faithful service.
In 1894 Mr. Shields was united in marriage with Mary C. Butler, a
daughter of James and Alice (Ley) Butler.  She is one of seven children
born to her parents, namely: James, who lives at Ripley, Houghton County;
Mary, wife of our subject; Elizabeth, wife of Arthur Fenley, of Hancock,
Michigan; John, who lives at Mason, Houghton County; Alice, wife of David
Sweeney, of Hancock, Michigan; Flossie, who is a graduate of the Hancock
public schools; and Chester, who is living at Mason, Houghton County. Mr.
and Mrs. Shields are parents of three children, as follows:  C. Parker, born
July 18, I895; Elva Butler, born August 12, 1898; and Joseph Ransom, born
August II, 1901.  Fraternally our subject is a Mason and a member of the
Modern Woodmen of America.      The family attend the Congregational
Church.  A portrait of Mr. Shields, executed from a recent photograph,
accompanies this sketch.
THOMAS CUMMINGS.
THOMAS CUMMINGS, who for the past 23 years has had full charge of
the wash department of the Tamarack and Osceola mills at South Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, was born December 22, 1843, in County
Waterford, Ireland. He is a son of Richard and Mary Cummings, who came
to America in 1852.  Richard Cummings settled at Detroit, Michigan, but
in 1854 came as a miner to the Lake Superior mining region, and died here
in 1865.  His widow died in Sacramento, California, July 25, 1901.  Of
their family of 12 children our subject is the only survivor.
Thomas Cummings was eight years old when he came to the United
States, and can recall many events of his early life in his native land.  He
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age of 12 years he was considered old enough to enter the stamp mills and
thus provide for his own support. Mr. Cummings has been a faithful and
reliable employe, as is evidenced by his promotion as superintendent of the
wash department of the mills, a position he has held for almost a quarter
century.
In 1864 Mr. Cummings married Mary Condon, who is a daughter of
Patrick Condon, of Toronto, Canada.  A family of 14 children has been
been born to them, nine of these still surviving, namely:  Richard, born
March 26, 1865; Catherine, born August 3, 1867, who is the wife of John
Kramer, Mr. Cummings' assistant at the Tamarack and Osceola mills; Margaret, born October 4, 1873, who married Albert Theilman, superintendent
of the wash department of the Quincy stamp mill, and has three children,Thomas, Margaret and Winnifred; Mary, born August 9, 1874, who married
James Rodgers, a mill worker, and they have one child,-Irene; Ellen, born
August 6, 1876, who married Henry Amos, a machinist at the stamp mill,
and has one child, Adelaide Nancy; John, born April 25, 188o, who is a
worker in the mill; Blanche, born August 5, i885, who is at home; James,
born June 17, 1887, who is attending school, as is also the youngest son,
William, who was born January I5, 1891.
WALTER S. PRICKETT.
WALTER S. PRICKETT, who is widely known as the proprietor of the
Roycroft Farms of Sidnaw, Houghton County, Michigan, was born at Medford, New Jei'sey, June 25, 1864.
Mr. Prickett is a son of Joshua and Rebecca (Lamb) Prickett, both of
whom reside at Marinette, Wisconsin. Joshua Prickett was for many years
a millwright, but is now living a retired life.  He and his wife have reared
three children, as follows:  Dora, wife of George L. Mauzy, of Marinette,
Wisconsin; Harry, a machinist who also lives at Marinette; and Walter S.,
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Walter S. Prickett first came to Michigan in 1893, and engaged in logging for Miles Wheeler at Ewen, Michigan, where he worked two years. He
then spent two years in the same business, employed by J. & W. Flatt, after
which he went into the logging business for himself in Northern Wisconsin,
Michigan and Minnesota, making headquarters at Sidnaw, Michigan. He is
now dealing in lands and timber, and breeding sheep and Angora goats on his
farms. He is owner of the Roycroft Farms, whose 300 acres of highly improved and well cultivated meadows and grain fields lie upon three sides of
the village of Sidnaw.  The new and model sheep barns, lambing barn and
hospital, and 300 feet of sheep sheds, together with the horse and carriage
barns, office and warehouse, all grouped withinthn he village limits, are among
the leading attractions of the place and first to command the attention of
visitors.  These farm buildings are models of their kind, constructed with
every modern convenience, regardless of cost, and are admirably suited for the
housing, breeding, lambing, nursing, feeding, dipping and shearing of sheep
and goats.  The yards and corrals are almost encircled with clear trout
brooks that afford superb watering places that never freeze, and with the
numerous and elegant buildings occupying high, clean, dry sandy loam, is one
exactly suited to the successful handling of sheep and Angora goats, of which
there are now on the farm about 600 head, exclusive of the young lambs and
kids. The 300 acres of improved land, from which nearly all the stumps
have been taken, constitute a very small part of the farm, but in this new
country, with its far reaching and magnificent stretches of primitive woocland. the farm improvements seem more like the creation of magic than the
work of human hands. From Duluth to Negaunee there are no farm improvements at all comparable with them.  Miles of the finest and most substantial cedar post and wire fence enclose the fields and buildings which look
more like a section of some old baronial estate than a pioneer farm in the
wildwoods of Northern Michigan.    Mr. Prickett has made his money in
these northern wilds and with unequaled nerve, spirit and ambition has spent
thousands of dollars in rescuing these well cleared fields from the wide waste
of stump and brush lands, giving them as object lessons to the unbelieving
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rape, turnips and hay as an Englishman does for balanced sheep feeding, and
here, almost on the northern border of the United States has solved a shepherd's problem in the keeping of a thousand mutton breed sheep in one flock
successfully.  His courage and tact and determination have never once failed
him in what looked to be an uncertain venture. Year by year the stumps and
brush disappear from new clearings, new fields are broken, enclosed and consecrated to clover, timothy and the golden hoof and fleece.  While others
have stood by and criticised him for the folly of spending his money in the
wilds, he has made grass grow where it never grew before, and achieved success in an entirely new field of business for this section of the State.
EDWARD T. ABRAMS, M. D.
EDWARD T. ABRAMS, M. D., is located at Dollar Bay, Houghton County,
Michigan, where he is physician and surgeon for a number of mining and
manufacturing companies, and in addition maintains an office in Hancock,
where he is to be found every afternoon.  He is a man of recognized skill
in the profession, and has a well established practice. Dr. Abrams was born
at Eagle River, Keweenaw County, Michigan, November 20, 186o, and is a
son of Michael and Lydia (Chegwin) Abrams.
Michael Abrams was born in Cornwall, England, and came to America
in 1858, passing one year in Connecticut.  He came tof the Lake Superior
mining region in 1859, and lived in this region until his death at Calumet, in
1889.  He married Lydia Chegwin, a daughter of Alexander Chegwin, of
Cornwall, England, who was a large mining contractor, and died in Cornwall
in 1870.  The Chegwins are direct descendants of the Keigwins of Mouses'
Hole, Cornwall, through which family the ancestry can be traced back to the
time of King Edward I.   Our subject is one of seven children, as follows:
Dr. Edward T.; Annie, wife of James D. Jones, of Calumet, Michigan;
Harry, who lives at Calumet, Michigan; Amelia, wife of William Terrell,
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Michigan; Susan, wife of James Simmons, of Calumet, Michigan; and Lydia,
wife of Oscar Robbins, of Great Falls, Montana.
Dr. Edward T. Abrams received his primary education in the public
schools of Houghton County, and at the early age of 13 years went to work in
a blacksmith shop. He continued at that occupation for nearly six years, and
then taught school, in that way acquiring enough money to permit him to procure an education. He was graduated from Dartmouth College and also attended Detroit Medical College and the Long Island College Hospital.  He
first practiced medicine with Dr. A. I. Lawbaugh, with whom he had previously studied, and in 1890 located in Dollar Bay, where he is now physician
for the same corporation that formerly employed him in the blacksmith shop.
He is also physician for the Lake Superior Smelting Company, the Dollar
Bay Land Improvement Company and the Hancock Chemical Company. He
also has a good practice in Hancock.
In 1890 Dr. Abrams was joined in marriage with Ida L. Howe, of
Howell, Michigan, a daughter of Seymour E. Howe, who is a farmer of that
vicinity. One daughter, Marguerite, was born to them and died in infancy.
The Doctor is a Mason and Knight Templar, Sons of St. George, Modern
Woodmen of America and Knights of the Maccabees. Religiously he is a
member of the Congregational Church. In 1902 Olivett College conferred
upon him the degree of Master of Arts. He is a member of the American
Medical Association, the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, to which he was elected in 1902.
JOHN HALDANE EDWARDS.
JOHN HALDANE EDWARDS, a well known citizen of Dollar Bay, Houghton County, Michigan, is superintendent and secretary and treasurer of the
Hancock Chemical Company, manufacturers of dynamite and nitric acid.
His father was the late Rev. John Edwards, an honored minister of the
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ful service, both as pastor of several churches in the Ottawa district and later
as promoter of the celebrated Grand Ligne Mission, whose claims he advocated
most successfully in Great Britain as well as in Canada.  It was while too
assiduously engaged thus in London, England, that the fatal note of warning
was sounded by paralysis at so comparatively early an age. A good man in
every sense of the word, and one who particularly excelled in individual
Christian work.  To him his children feel deeply indebted, not only for the
upright principles which he instilled (untruthfulness was criminal and treated
as such,) but also for the drill which he gave them in much that was practical
and closely related to success in life.
The mother of our subject was Sarah Plimsoll, a daughter of Joseph
Plimsoll, of Plymouth, Devonshire, England, who removed to Canada in
1834, accompanied by his wife, nee Ann Wakeham, and family, consisting of
nine daughters and two sons. The daughters all settled in Canada, excepting
one who went with her husband to Australia. The elder of the sons was Dr.
Joseph Plimsoll, who for 52 years was a surgeon in the Royal Navy. Having
been wounded at the famous siege of Acre in 1840, he retired on half pay,
and was later honored by the title of staff surgeon. He was a man of brilliant
literary parts and a most prolific writer of both poetry and prose.  The
younger son, William, died in the prime of manhood, near London, Ontario,
Samuel Plimsoll-for many years member for Derby in the English Parliament, and who worked so hard in the interests of the sailors-was a first
cousin of Dr. and Sarah Plimsoll. The "Plimsoll" mark, which is now used
on all vessels leaving British ports, came from his work, and has been the
means of preventing the overloading of vessels, so that the title by which he
is known, viz. "The Seamen's Friend," was well earned.  In religion both
Sarah and Dr. Plimsoll were stanch Baptists, and the Doctor always took a
lively and practical interest in all the work of the denomination.
Mr. Edwards' mother, now in her 87th year, is still living in Truro, Nova
Scotia, Canada, where she enjoys good health, and keeps up a wonderful correspondence, her firm hand and good eyesight being marvelous for one of
her age.  Her daughter, Lydia Agnes, lives with her, while her son Joseph
is manager of the Londonderry Iron Company, 19 miles from Truro.
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attended the grammar school at Kingston, and still later a French school"La Grand Ligne"-near Montreal.   After mastering the French language
he later graduated at a public school in Montreal.  After his father's death,
in 1866, he entered the hardware business in Montreal and continued in it for
10o years.  During this period he became a member of the Victoria Rifles, in
which corps he became lieutenant of No. 6 Company. He took a great interest in rifle shooting, and won many prizes, both in cash and kind, using the
old Snider-Enfield rifle.  In 1877 he competed for the Wimbledon team of
20 which is sent to England every year to represent Canada at the annual meet
of the National Rifle Association; having won his way on the team, he went
over in June, 1878, and had the honor of winning the first prize in the Colonial
match, making a score of 34 out of a possible 35 at 500 yards. The prize was
~io sterling, and was presented to him by Prince Arthur.  Some idea may
be had of the number of shots present at this meeting of the National Rifle
Association when no less than 2,498 men entered for the Queen's prize match,
the entrance fee being ~3 per man.  Before his vacation of two and a half
months had elapsed he visited the Exposition in Paris, then Devonshire, Scotland and the North of Ireland before returning home. On his return he went
to Capelton and engaged in a general mercantile business until July, 1884,
when R. W. Warren arranged with him to come to the Lake Superior region
and construct a dynamite manufacturing plant.  This he did, and after its
completion managed it until Mr. Warren's return, two years later. He was
then made secretary and treasurer of the Hancock Chemical Company, located
near Dollar Bay, Michigan, where they are engaged in the manufacture of
dynamite and nitric acid. Since Mr. Warren's death, in 1893, Mr. Edwards
has filled the office of superintendent, in addition to that of secretary and treasurer.  The company enjoys a very extensive trade throughout the mining
district, and has paid a large sum in dividends.
In 1881 Mr. Edwards was united in the bonds of matrimony with Edith
Pearce, of Lenoxville, Canada, a daughter of Stephen Theodore and Emma
Jane (Bourne) Pearce. At the time of their marriage her father was a min,
ing engineer and was associated with R. WV. Warren, under General Newton,
in the blowing up of Hell Gate, in New York harbor.  Six children have
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Winnifred, born in 1886; Stanley, who died in infancy; Dorothy, born in 1893;
Marjorie, born in 1897; and Robert Haldane, born in August, goo1900. Politically our subject is a strong Republican. He was one of the promoters of the
Portage Lake Baptist Church of Hancock, established in 1889, since which
time he has been deacon and secretary and treasurer of the board of trustees.
JOHN F. MACK, SR.
JOHN F. MACK, SR.    For almost a half century Marquette, Michigan,
has known John F. Mack.    He stands to-day an example of what pluck,
perseverance, industry and determination will accomplish. It is a long course
he has covered from the May day in 1854 when his first humble task was performed in Marquette, to the present, when he stands before his fellow citizens
the equal of any, the superior of many, both in material substance and in public
esteem.
Mr. Mack was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, January 22, 1836, and
was a youth of 18 years when he came to the United States and on the 8th
of May, 1854, landed in Marquette.  His education was that of the German
public schools, but the English language he still had to learn in a strange
country. Upon reaching Marquette, Michigan, his sturdy physique and honest appearance soon obtained him employment, and work was assigned him on
the construction of the plank road from the iron mines to Marquette.  Over
this road was delivered the first iron ore to the small vessels at Marquette.
The long summer of 1854 was spent at this labor.  In the spring of 1855 he
secured work with the gang of carpenters which built the first dock used in
the shipping of iron ore in the Northern Peninsula, and he was by no means
the least useful member of this sturdy body of men. The two following years
were spent driving a team through these remote regions for the Collins Iron
Company from Collinsville to Marquette. It was in the year 1858 that he
began his contracting operations, engaging to haul all the coal used in the
Collins iron furnace, an undertaking he accomplished under circumstances
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only to be properly appreciated by those who are familiar with the locality
and the prevailing conditions.  Other contracts which Mr. Mack most completely and satisfactorily filled were those made in 1859, to bring all the iron
ore by railroad to the furnace and all the completed iron from the furnace
back to the railroad.  This huge contract required the years 1859, 1860 and
1861 to complete. In the spring of 1862 this energetic and resourceful man
took charge of the Morgan furnace, which included all outside work, such as
making all the charcoal used by the furnace, this latter item being one of vast
proportions.  Mr. Mack continued to be engaged there until 1869, and even
up to 1871 had full charge of all operations, resigning his connection in this
year.
In the fall of 1871 Mr. Mack purchased the ground upon which is now
situated his handsome brick block, on the southeast corner of Washington
street. By careful management and investment he was able, in 1872, to erect
a portion of this handsome structure, which he completed in the following
year, and which is now known all over the city as the Mack Block,-a commodious, handsome and convenient building, with dimensions of 63 2 by 98
feet.  After its completion Mr. Mack opened up a grocery business in it,
which, however, he personally conducted less than a year, selling out to Coleman Holtup, and resuming his contracting business. In the spring of 1872
he accepted a contract to build a State road, 37 miles in length, from Chocolay
to the Bay furnace, this stupendous job being completed by 1873. He then
purchased two lime kilns in Marquette, later extending his business operations to also include a wood yard, and with continued prosperity kept these
enterprises in operation until 1873.
In that year Mr. Mack again embarked in a grocery business, adding
also a meat store, and locating the same in his own business block, and was
the financial head of this business until 1890.  In 1889, in association with
other men of capital and business foresight, he entered upon the mining of
iron ore, which has ever since claimed the greater part of his time and attention.  His other business lines were closed out in 1896 and his interests are
now claimed by mining companies in which he is a large shareholder.
In business those who have had dealings with John F. Mack have found
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every bond he makes. He has achieved financial success, not through luck,
as some unsuccessful competitors might suggest, but through pluck, plenty
of which he needed in those early days when he endured hardships, exposure
to the elements and all manner of inconveniences and trials in completing
business compacts upon which rested the future development of the remote
localities. He stands very high in the estimation of his fellow citizens and
the history of the Northern Peninsula for the past half century can not be
fairly written without comment on his accomplishments.
On January 22, 1857, Mr. Mack was united in marriage with Mary
Siegel. Their seven children are all grown to maturity and are comfortably
settled in homes of their own, respected members of society.
HENRY R. HARRIS.
HENRY R. HARRIS, general manager of the Lake Superior & Ishpeming
Railway, and also of the Marquette & Southeastern Railway, was born July
31, 1861, at Beloit, Wisconsin.
Mr. Harris is one of the best known railroad men in the country, having
been connected with railroad business from 1876, when he accepted a position as clerk and operator for the Chicago & North-Western Railway, which
he retained until December, 188o, becoming then until June, 1889, clerk to
the general superintendent of the Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad.
From July, 1889, to February, 1890, he was rodman with the construction
corps of the Chicago & West Michigan Railway; from February to May,
1890, he served with the Central of Georgia Railway, the Chicago & NorthWestern Railway, and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, in various
capacities; from May, 1890, to May, 1892, he officiated as clerk to the superintendent of the Northern Division of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway;
from May, 1892, to May, 1893, he was a superintendent of The Pullman
Company, and from then to February, 1897, he was master of transportation
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February, 1897, he has been the capable general manager of the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railway, and since October, 1900, has also been general
manager of the Marquette & Southeastern, and since July, 1901, has been
general manager of the Munising Railway.  As will be seen, Mr. Harris
has given his whole life to railroad work, and on account of proficiency has
been promoted from one position to the other.
Mr. Harris married Edna Watson, who was born in Marquette, and is
a daughter of E. M. Watson.
HON. GEORGE WAGNER.
HON. GEORGE WAGNER, one of the leading citizens of Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, who, if not prominent as a statesman, is conspicuous
in the Northern Peninsula on account of his explorations and expert mineral
knowledge, was born near the city of Coblentz, Prussia, Germany, November
7, 1834. In 1853 he came to the United States and was one of the early settlers
at Marquette, in 1854.
Mr. Wagner is one whose personality would have brought him to the front
in any community, and his ability was soon recognized by the settlers in and
around Marquette. He was made a justice of the peace as early as I860, and
was re-elected in 1864, and during the latter year was appointed census
marshal for Schoolcraft County.  During 1867 and 1868 he was township
treasurer, and in 1872 was elected an alderman of Marquette, these various
offices being occupied efficiently and in the interests of the people. As supervisor of the Fourth Ward of the city Mr. Wagner proved most useful and
served through 1888, 1889 and 1890, and was again elected in 1898, serving
also as deputy United States marshal from 188I to 1885.
Politically Mr. Wagner has always been a stanch Republican, and has
taken an active part in elections since 1856, when he cast his first presidential
vote for John C. Fremont.   In the sessions of 1889-90, 1891-92-93 and
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the Michigan Legislature, introducing some of the best bills and advocating
the wisest measures ever brought before the House.  He has always been
a most earnest advocate of educational and charitable movements and is recalled as the introducer of the Upper Peninsula Insane Asylum Bill, which
passed in the session of 1893.
In business life Mr. Wagner has followed contracting, and he laid the
first tram road from the Jackson mine to the Cleveland mine, in 1855-  In
1863 he built a sawmill at Grand Island Harbor; in 1867 he was, one of the
founders of the Bay Furnace Company at the same point, and in 1871 he
erected sawmills at Laughing Fish Point, Alger County, 20 miles east of'Marquette.  About 1874 he discontinued work and interested himself in
exploring and in handling valuable tracts of land.  In 1881 he discovered
the Breitung iron mine, 20o miles east of the "Soo," of wvhich he is now superintendent. The mining company that operates -this property is capitalized at
$3,00,000oo, and is organized under the laws of Canada, and is knowvn as the
Lime Lake Iron Company, Limited.
Mr. Wagner is one of the self made men of the country.  His educational advantages were only those of the common schools of Germany, and it
was only by close application that he learned the English language after
coming to the United States. He is not only a man of physical strength and
wonderful endurance, but he is also unusually gifted mentally, and possesses
in marked degree those admirable attributes wvhich make of men of his land
4examples of sturdy honesty and unimpeachable integrity.
JAMES PRYOR.
JAMES PRYOR., who has been a resident of Houghton County, Michigan,
almost continuously since 185)2, is a well known contractor of the village Of
Houghton, and for many years was actively engaged in the mining business.
Mr. Pryor was born October 4, 1833, in Devonshire, England, and is a son
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Joseph Pryor was a mine agent in England, and came to America in
S1852, locating with his family on Lake Superior, at Eagle River, Keweenaw
County, Michigan.  He died at Houghton in 1858.
James Pryor attended school until he was 16 years old, then worked in
the mines in England until 1852, when he came with his parents to this
country.  Here he worked first as a miner and later became captain of the
Albion mine.  In 1853 he moved to Portage Lake and helped to locate the
New Albion mine at Houghton. He attended Gregory Commercial College
at Detroit, graduating in 1854, and in 1855 went back to England, where
he was married.  He returned to this country in 1857 and was again en--
gaged in the mining business in Houghton County, and in 1859 he was
appointed captain of the Columbian mine and served one year, then took
charge of the Boston mine near Eagle River, in Keweenaw County, for three
years.  He next went to Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, where he engaged in the mercantile business until the fall of 1868, and then spent two
years as surface superintendent of the Franklin Mining Company in Houghton County.  In the spring of 1870 he engaged with the Portage Lake &
Lake Superior Ship Canal Company as chief bookkeeper and cashier, and
held that position until the canal was completed in 1873, when he was given
general charge of the company's business as superintendent.  At the same
time he served as secretary and treasurer of the Portage Lake & River Improvement Company, continuing in these capacities until 1892,, when the
canals were sold to the United States government. Since 1892 he has been
a' general contractor for the construction of public works, and river and
harbor improvements at Houghton.  He has taken and completed a number
of important government contracts and has been very successful.  He also
owns and conducts a lumber yard under the firm name of James Pryor &
Son,-John C. Pryor being junior member and active manager. Mr. Pryor
served as township clerk and school inspector in the early days, and has the
distinction of having been the first county superintendent of schools in Keweenaw County.
Mr. Pryor was first married in England, in 1855, to Emily Warne, who
died in 1863, leaving three children: Joseph F., a dredge engineer; Charles
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James R., a machinist and engineer.  Mr. Pryor was again married, July
6, 1865, in England, to Isabella J. Chappell, who died leaving four children,
namely:   Edwin J., a mechanical engineer, who died July 7, 1899, at the
aged of 33 years; Reginald C., a civil and mining engineer, now president
of the Citizens' National Bank of Houghton, Michigan, whose sketch is
given on pages 92 and 93 of this work; W. T., an architect, who died in
1899, at the age of 29 years; and John C., who is now managing the lumber
mill of James Pryor & Son.   May I, 1877, our subject married Mary J.
Gale, and they have six children:  Blanche E. L., Alfred Tennyson, Estelle
Belle, Francis C. G., Ethel J. and Clarence E.  Mr. Pryor was formerly
an Odd Fellow, and filled all the chairs of that order.  He has always been
a firm supporter of the Republican party, but has never sought office.  He
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Houghton, Michigan,
which he helped to establish in 1853.
N. F. KAISER.
N. F. KAISER, village clerk of Red Jacket, is one of the most active and
rising young men of Houghton County.    He was born in Red Jacket in
1879, and is a son of J. D. Kaiser.
J. D. Kaiser is a native of Luxemburg, Germany, but has been a resident of Red Jacket for the past forty years, and is the proprietor
of a well established wagon and carriage works of that place. He engaged
in the wagon and carriage manufacturing business with Judge Curtis, under
the firm name of Kaiser & Curtis, the latter withdrawing from the firm in
1885.  Mr. Kaiser makes a specialty of wagon and carriage manufacture
and also holds a large trade in repairing and blacksmithing in connection,
employing several mechanics about the works.
Mrs. J. D. Kaiser is also living and has reared six children,--three sons
and three daughters,-two sons being employed in the father's shop.
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prescribed in the Calumet High School in 1896. He then engaged as bookkeeper at the Tamarack store, where he remained until March, 1901, when
he went to the "Soo" and engaged with the Sault Ste. Marie Lumber Company and worked until January, 1902.  Returning to Calumet, he engaged
with the Godfrey & Son Company, working until August I, 1902, when he
was chosen as secretary of the City Water Board of Calumet, which office
he stilt holds.  In March, 1903, he was elected village clerk, and is performing the duties of that office. He also has charge of the city's part of the
Opera House of which John D. Cuddihy is manager.    In addition to his
other positions, he is a notary public, having received his commission from
Governor Bliss.
Socially our subject is a member of the B. P. O. Elks and the A. O. U,
W., and religiously he is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
R. M. BURDON, M. D.
R. M. BURDON, M. D., a prominent physician and surgeon of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, was born at Green Bay, Wisconsin, in
1874, and is a son of S. H. and Adelaide (Howard) Burdon.
S. H. Burdon was born in England, and came to this country at a very
early age, locating near Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he came to own a fine
tract of land and carried on farming in a scientific manner.  He continued
upon the farm until he met his death by accident in 188o. Mrs. Burdon was
born in Inverness-shire, Scotland, and came to this country after her marriage.  Her father served in the war with India, in which he lost his life.
His family was well connected in Scotland, and his widow was the only one
of the family to come to America.  Our subject has two brothers and two
sisters, namely: R. T., a real estate and insurance man of Green Bay, Wisconsin; J. C., who was at one time very successful in West Superior mining
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West, being now located in California; Mrs. John Russell, of Iron Mountain,
Michigan; and Mrs. E. Low, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Burdon family is one of the best known and earliest of Brown
County, Wisconsin.  Dr. R. M. Burdon's early life was spent on the farm
and in attendance at the Green Bay schools.  While attending high school
he determined upon entering the medical profession, and for a period of
five years studied under the preceptorship of the noted physician, Dr. J. R.
Minnehan, at the latter's hospital at Green Bay.  He subsequently entered
the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was
graduated June 15, 1899.  Returning to Green Bay, he remained a brief
period in the hospital, and on September I, 1899, removed to Houghton,
where he enjoys a large and constantly increasing practice.  He has fine
offices in the Mason-Douglass Building on Shelden street, and is examiner
for a number of lodges and insurance companies.  Fraternally he is a member of Houghton Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
RICHARD WILKINSON.
RICHARD WILKINSON,* a general merchant at Chassell, Houghton
County, Michigan, was born in 1843 in Dublin, Ireland, in which city he was
educated at a private boarding school.  Like many another successful man,
Mr. Wilkinson began to be a wage earner at an early age, being only I I years
old when he became connected with a wholesale house. His wages of three
shillings a week for the first year were considered quite satisfactory at that
time.
Mr. Wilkinson continued with this firm until he was about 25 years
old, and then started from home to see something of the world.  During
his years of travel he followed various occupations and gained much useful
experience.  His first visit was to Scotland, going from there to London,
where he spent 18 months. He then crossed the ocean to Barrie, Ontario, Canada, and in 1881 came over the border into Michigan. He located at Negaunee




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as storekeeper for some concentrating works, later becoming an employe of
F. W. Reed & Company at the supply store at Eagle Mills.   In 1890 he
removed to Chassell and entered into partnership with his son-in-law, Mr.
McLaughlin, which continued a year and a half.  Since then Mr. Wilkinson
has carried on the business by himself and was postmaster during four years
of the administration of President Harrison. At the same time he was
express agent and in 1899 was elected justice of the peace.  Mr. Wilkinson
owns and operates the only store in the town of Chassell except a company
store.
In the city of Dublin Mr. Wilkinson was married to Christina MacLaren, who was born at Edinburgh, Scotland, and who died at Chassell in
January, 1901.  Six children were born to this union, as follows:  Edward
James, in business with his father; Amelia A., wife of James Machlan Campbell, of California; Elizabeth J., who married Walter W. Warner; Christina,
a trained nurse at Houghton, Michigan; and Mary A. and Francis, who are
at home.
ALEXANDER MARTIN.
ALEXANDER MARTIN,* proprietor of the Vendome Hotel at Baraga,
Baraga County, Michigan, and one of the town's prominent citizens, was
born in 1846 in Brussels, Belgium, and is a son of John J. and Adeline B.
(Osel) Martin, the surviving members of the family at the present time
being our subject and two sisters.  The latter are:  Celine, who married
Francis Hannan, of Green Bay, Wisconsin; and Marie Eleanor Odrate, who
married Joseph Dyne, now deceased, and lives at Green Bay. Joseph Dyne
was a soldier in the Civil War and died from disease there contracted.
Alexander Martin was about five years old when his parents came to
America and settled near Philadelphia, at Manyunk.  Shortly after they
removed to Green Bay, Wisconsin, which at that time was an insignificant
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life in the capacity of clerk in a clothing store at the age of 14 years, and
the outbreak of the Civil War found him there.
In the spring of 1862, when 17 years old, Mr. Martin enlisted in Company G, I7th Reg., Wisconsin Vol. Inf., as a drummer boy, and sawf hard
service in the armies of the West and the Potomac and accompanied General
Sherman on that memorable march to the sea.  He took part in the siege
of Vicksburg and later returned with his command for three months to this
beleauguered and conquered city.  It was his fortune to also participate in
the battle of Gettysburg and at the time of the surrender of General Lee he
was with Sherman's forces near Richmond.
At the close of the war Mr. Martin returned to Green Bay, having
escaped both wounds and imprisonment, although he faced many marvellous
adventures and often was in great danger of both life and liberty.  Mr.
Martin then passed some time on a Wisconsin farm and in 1871 he came to
the Northern Peninsula and engaged in clerking until he embarked in the
business for himself, in 1886, remaining at Bayfield from 1887 until 1895,
when he removed to Baraga.  He conducted the McKinley House in Baraga
for five years, and in 1899 took charge of the Vendome Hotel, where he has
been established ever since.  He is a very popular host and by those kindnesses, courtesies and comforts which warm the weary traveler's heart, he
has won the bulk of the patronage in the town.
On April 23, 1868, Mr. Martin married Adelaide Gauyan, who was
born at Kewaunee, Wisconsin.  No children have been born to this union,
but Mr. and Mrs. Martin have given kindness and protection to three adopted
children. Fraternally Mr. Martin is associated with the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of America.
Mr. Martin comes of old and distinguished ancestry.  From the "Dictionaire Geographic," a reliable work of 4 volumes published in 1854 at
Brussels, we learn that three brothers of the name of Martin were living in
Paris in the latter part of the 17th century who were so renowned as duelists
that they had been given the name of "Batailles." One was a painter of
great renown, who painted many of the battles fought by Louis XIV.  Another was a noted diplomat, sent to the court of Vienna as an ambassador by
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Spanish succession. In 1706 many French soldiers settled near Ramillies and
one was a Martin who located in the parish of Dionleval, married and lived
there until 1732, leaving children, the eldest, Jean, being nicknamed "Batailles." He died in 1798, a very old man, leaving children by his wife, Barbara Raillet. The children divided the land into five equal parts, of which
Ambrose Martin, our subject's grandfather, received one share.
Ambrose Martin was born in 1765 and died in 1852. He reared two
children through his marriage to Jeannie Joseph Delfosse, namely:  Jean,
the father of our subject; and Annie, who married Joseph Masy.  Ambrose
Martin served in the Napoleonic wars and was a soldier under Napoleon
Bonaparte at the battle of Waterloo.  Our subject has a very interesting
collection of his grandfather's accoutrements and the musket he carried on
that memorable occasion.  When his father brought it to America it had
the old flint lock, which he had later replaced by a modern ttube and percussion hammer.
Jean Martin, the father of our subject, was born November 2, 1804, in
Paris, and died November 21, 1870, at Green Bay, Wisconsin. His wife, a
native of Belgium, died September 17, 1874. The six children who have
passed away are as follows:  Constant Joseph, Xavier, Martin Leon, Pierre
Joseph, Desire and Elsie Xavier.
MICHAEL J. KEMP.
MICHAEL J. KEMP,* vice-president of the Bosch Brewing Company, and
a prominent citizen of Laurium, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in
1872 at Port Washington, Wisconsin.  He is a son of Nicholas and Susan
(Kass) Kemp, both of whom were born in Germany.
Nicholas Kemp was born in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, Germany, and died near Port Washington, Wisconsin, in 1887.    He was a
maltster and brewer and was half owner and had full charge of the Ozaukee
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States at the age of 18 years and located first in Kenosha County, Wisconsin,
where he engaged in farm' work until 1849, going then to the California
gold fields.  Two years later he returned to Kenosha County, having been
very successful, and engaged for a time in a mercantile business at Port
Washington. He was a man of intelligence and integrity and held a number
of the local offices.  In politics he was a stanch Democrat.  Religiously
he was connected with the Catholic Church.    He married Susan Kass.,
who was born in Moselle, Germany, and died in Wisconsin in 1893, aged
6o years.  Six of their i i children still survive, viz:  Elizabeth, who resides at Lake Linden, the widow of N. G. Poull; Barbara, who married
Nicholas Daniels, a farmer of Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Kate, who is the
wife of Joseph Bosch, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume; Mary,
the wife of Joseph Gahlen, who operates a flour mill at Le Mars, Iowa;
Melchior, who is brew master of the Bosch Brewery in Lake Linden; and
Michael J., of this sketch.
Mr. Kemp was educated in the public schools of Port Washington, and
Bryant & Strattons Business College at Chicago, Illinois.  After complet--
ing his education he removed to Lake Linden and entered the employ of
Joseph Bosch as assistant bookkeeper in the Bosch Brewery at Lake Linden,
In 1894 he nmoved to Calumet and took charge of the Bosch plant and still
acts in that capacity.  While living in Red jacket he served two terms aqj
a member of the Council and during this time was instrumental in the building of the Red Jacket Opera House, which cost $65-,000.
Fraternally Mr. Kemp is connected with the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks.  Religiously, like his parents, he is an attached member of
the Catholic Church.
NELS P. FLODIN.
NELS P. FLoD'IN,* foreman of the Lake Shore Engine Works of Marquette, Marquette County, MN'ichigan, is a most worthy representative of a
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of its best citizens. Mr. Flodin was born in Sweden in 1863, and is a son of
Peter Flodin, who is a farmer in the vicinity of Wermlan, Sweden.
Mr. Flodin received a good common school education in his native land
and then served an apprenticeship at Stockholm, to the pattern maker's trade.
In 1883 he came to America and after settling at Duluth, Minnesota, began
contracting and building and was thus engaged for four years and then was
secured by the firm of D. H. Merritt, of that city, as pattern maker.  In
1891 he removed to Marquette with the Lake Shore Engine Works and has
been foreman since 1892. Mr. Flodin is a very capable man in his line of
work, and is very highly regarded by the officials of the company. Since
locating at Marquette he has taken an interest in the city, and has made a
wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
In 1897 Mr. Flodin married Mrs. Mary Brasegerdel, widow of William
Brasegerdel, and mother of one son, Earl Brasegerdel, aged 15 years.  Mr.
and Mrs. Flodin have one son, Franklin Albee, who was born January 15,
1903.  In political views Mr. Flodin is a Republican.  Fraternally he belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Swedish Crown.   Religiously he is connected with the Swedish Lutheran Church.
GEN. FRANK B. LYON.
GEN. FRANK B. LYON,* ex-member of the State Legislature, and a
prominent military officer and organizer, residing at Calumet, Houghton
County, Michigan, was born in 1859, in Douglas County, Illinois, and has
been a resident of Houghton County since 1875. He is a son of Samuel
Lyon, who formerly was a prosperous merchant in Illinois, and died while
our subject was a lad. Samuel Lyon was a prominent politician of his section and was a friend and very often the host of Abraham Lincoln in the
days when the great Emancipator was traveling the circuit from one court
to the other. Our subject has three brothers: C. E., of Detroit; and F. M.
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After locating in Calumet, our subject entered the hardware store of his
brother, C. E. Lyon, whom he succeeded in the business in 1890, having had
main charge of it since 1879. The store at No. O1101 Calumet avenue is a landmark in the town, and General Lyon continued in business there until he disposed of it in January, 1903. He has been a leading factor in the Republican
party in his section, and served most acceptably in the State Legislature in,
1892-93. He was one of the organizers of the Calumet Light Guards in
188o, and served with the company until 1888, when he was elected major
and, later, lieutenant-colonel of the Third Regiment, Michigan National
Guards. When the Fifth Regiment was formed in 1890, he was elected the
first colonel of the same and served six years, during which time the regiment was on duty in the troubles in the iron regions at Ishpeming and vicinity. In 1896 he was advanced to the rank of brigadier-general and served
as such, in command of the Michigan brigade for two years. General Lyon
is identified with many of the various enterprises of the Northern Peninsula
of Michigan and the West, and is a man of large means, influence and striking personality.
General Lyon was married to a daughter of William Van Orden, of
New York City, and he has two daughters, the elder now attending college.
He is a member of the Congregational Church and has been chairman of
its board of trustees. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to the blue lodge,
chapter and Montrose Commandery, K. T., of Calumet.
BARNEY SCHOMMER.
BARNEY SCHOMMER,* a highly esteemed farmer of Houghton County,
Michigan, residing on his farm near Hancock, where he also keeps a hotel,
was born in Wisconsin in 1853, and is a son of Lambert and Katherine (Wagner) Schommer.
Lambert Schommer was born in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. He was
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As a stanch member of the Democratic party, he was honored by being
elected township treasurer and assessor, in which offices he served before the
war. He was a veteran of the Civil War, being a member of the 24th Reg.,
Illinois Vol. Inf. He died in 1896, at the age of 68 years. His wife, Katherine (Wagner) Schommer, was born in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg,
and died when her son Barney was 13 years of age. There were eight
children in the parental family, of whom four are now living.
Barney Schommer first engaged in farming in 1883 and has continued
in that occupation with successful results up to the present time; also running
a hotel of late years. He was married in 1875 to Susan Miller. They are
communicants of the Catholic Church, as were his parents. Mr. Schommer
is a Turner.
JOSEPH CROZE.
JOSEPH CROZE,* who has been a resident of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, since 1869, owns and operates numerous tugs and tow-boats,
and conducts an extensive coal and wood business, his yards being located
near his docks at Houghton. He has made an unqualified success of this
business, which he has followed continuously since 1875, and is today one
of the substantial men of the county.
Joseph Croze was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1851, his parents being
Canadians of French descent. His father, who was a farmer by occupation,
is now deceased, as is also our subject's mother. A brother of Joseph, Ludger, was in the former's employ at Houghton as bookkeeper and clerk, until
his death. Another brother, Eitel, came to Houghton as early as 1857 and
worked as a miner.
Joseph Croze was reared and educated at Montreal, and removed to
Houghton at the age of 18 years. He engaged with the firm of Smith &
Harris as clerk in their store, and remained with them until 1877. He was
wholly without means when he became a resident of Houghton County, but




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in a few years time laid by enough money to enable him to buy a tug in
1875. This was the nucleus of his present business, which has been greatly
increased. He now has three tugs and several scows, operating on Lake
Superior and the canals, towing wood, lumber, stone, logs, etc. In addition
he is engaged in the coal and wood business, these branches requiring his
entire attention. He has a small dry dock for repairing vessels, and in all employs some 15 men, oftentimes more. His business has always been prosperous, and Mr. Croze is in a comfortable financial position, owning considerable real estate, lands and business properties in Houghton and adjoining counties, all the result of his own well directed industry.
Mr. Croze was joined in marriage with Miss Sullivan, a native of Ireland, who came to this country when a child. They have the following
children: W. W. J., who was educated at the Michigan College of Mines
at Houghton and has for several years been with the United Steel Corporation under Prof. Shultze, of New York; L. L., an attorney-at-law and insurance man, who received his education in Houghton High School, Michigan
College of Mines, and in law schools of Montreal and Chicago, finishing his
legal education in the latter city; Joseph H., who holds a position as bookkeeper for a large business house of Denver, Colorado; John M., a veteran
of the Spanish-American War, who is now living at home in Houghton;
and Albert, who is in the office with his father. Mr. Croze is a Republican
in politics, and has served as councilman and as president of the village.
Fraternally, he is a member of the Order of United Workmen of Houghton.
I-He and his family are members of St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church.
JOHN HENRY JACOBS.
JOHN HENRY JACOBs,* probably the best-known man in the Northern
Peninsula of Michigan in connection with the opening of quarries and the
distribution of the famous Marquette brownstone, and the Portage Entry
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red sandstone, is an esteemed resident of Marquette. He was born in
Lorain County, Ohio, in 1848, and is a son of John and Rachel (Neipfoot)
Jacobs, both natives of Saxony, Germany.
John Jacobs was born October 4, 1802, and died at the age of 85 years
at Amherst, Ohio, where his remains were interred. The family is noted
for its longevity, the paternal grandfather living to the age of 102, and
several sons of his reaching the ages of 96 and even 100 years. Our subject's mother was born in 1804 and died in March, 1870, at Amherst, Ohio.
Her father was Henry Neipfoot, who lived to the age of 95 years, and his
wife to the age of 82 years. John Jacobs brought considerable capital with
him when he came to the United States, and on June 5, 1830, located on a
farm in Lorain County, Ohio, the homestead still being owned by the family.
His first purchase of 40 acres was in Black River (now Lorain) township,
and his youngest son now owns that farm.
John Henry Jacobs is the sixth member of a family of nine children
born to his parents, all of whom survive, and are as follows: Mrs. Rachel
Froney, of Carlton, Wisconsin; Elizabeth, who is the widow of Joseph
Goodrich and resides at Amherst, Ohio; Mrs. Melissa Tilden, who is a
widow and resides at Elyria, Ohio; Mrs. Katherine C. Fredericks, of Ohio;
Carrie C., who has been a member of our subject' home for the past 33
years; John Henry, our subject; Charles, who resides on a farm adjoining
the old homestead in Ohio; Sarah M., who is the widow of Marion E. Wood,
of Ohio; and Frank, who lives on the old homestead.
Our subject attended the little red school house near the Cleveland
Stone Company's quarries in Amherst township, which still stands as a relic
of early educational ambitions in that locality and serves as a residence.
After removing to Marquette, Mr. Jacobs returned to Ohio for two winters'
study at Oberlin College, completing a commercial course and paying his
own way. He may be said to have been in the stone quarry business for 44
years, ever since he was II years old, when he began work at 25 cents a
day for "Bill" Jones, near his home.
Mr. Jacobs arrived at Marquette, Michigan, on May 3, 1870, coming to
open the Marquette brownstone quarry. The first quarry he opened was




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located at South Marquette and was first called the Wolf & Company quarry
and was later known as the Marquette Brownstone Company quarry. He
shipped the first block stone from Lake Superior, via the "Soo," to Chicago,
on the steamer "Ontonagon" and has been, the most of the time ever since,
engaged in successfully conducting the immense business in this line. Mr.
Jacobs opened next the Wolf, Jacobs & Company quarry, opposite to the first
one and this was operated almost continuously until 18gi9, the name of the
company being changed in 1887 to Furst, Jacobs & Company. In 1883 he
opened the Portage Entry redstone quarry and in 1891 he disposed of his
interests in the firm of Furst, Jacobs & Company, and opened up the KerberJacobs Redstone Company quarry in 1892-93, at Jacobsville, Houghton
County, and continued connected with this company until 1898. From that
year to goo1900 he was out of business, engaged in looking over other fields
of activity in various lines, but on January I, go1901, he took back the old
Furst, Jacobs & Company quarry, the lease having expired, and operated the
same until December, 1902, since which time he has been engaged in real
estate and other interests.
Mr. Jacobs has been the active manager of the companies which have
supplied the building stone for many of the most stately and substantial buildings over the whole United States, and has furnished the material for all
the churches and all but one of the large business blocks of Marquette. He
has had in his employ and under his direct supervision as many as 561 men.
Conspicuous among the many buildings thus furnished is that of the Dr.
McKenzie Bank, at Liverpool, England. Mr. Jacobs owned several steamers and tow-barges plying on the lakes, and he was able to ship the stone in
blocks weighing from six to 14 tons each. Some of the buildings erected
with the products of his quarries are: the Hammond Building in Detroit,
Michigan; the Society Savings Bank Building at Cleveland, Ohio, the finest
in the State; the Arsenal and Army Building in New York City; the Masonic
Temple at Buffalo, New York; the First National Bank, formerly known as
the Lottery Bank Building, at New Orleans; the Court House at Laporte,
Indiana; the Waldorf-Astoria of New York City; the City Hall and several
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braska; the Germania Life Insurance, the German Bank, the Germania Fire
& Marine Insurance, the Manhattan, the Globe, the Soo and the Ryan buildings of St. Paul, Minnesota; the Lumbermen's and other buildings at Minneapolis; the New York Life Insurance Building at Montreal; the Royal
Canadian Insurance Company Building at Toronto; several large buildings
at Sioux City, Iowa; the Casino, Commerce, Majestic, Board of Trade, the
Post Office, the Smith and the High School buildings of Duluth; several at
West Superior, and also many large buildings in St. Louis, Vicksburg, Memphis, Jacksonville, Hot Springs and other Southern cities.
On December 9, 1872, in Chicago, Mr. Jacobs married Mary Wolf, who
was born in that city and is a daughter of the late Peter Wolf and wife, old
settlers of the WVindy City. Peter Wolf was born in December, 1819, and
died in March, 1902. He was a cut-stone contractor, introduced the first
brownstone into Chicago, and was associated with Mr. Jacobs in operating
the quarries on Lake Superior. He came to America from Rehlingen, Rhinebreison, Germany, and located in Chicago in 1847, and for eight years prior
to his death is said to have been the oldest German settler in the city. His
wife and he celebrated their golden wedding on November 5, 1894, and her
death took place August 27, 1901. Five children were born to them, the
eldest, Michael W., dying at the age of one year when they located at Chicago. The others are: Mrs. Jacobs; Annie L., living single in Chicago;
John P., of Chicago; and Clara, wife of John C. Schwartz, of Chicago.
The five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs were: Anna Laura;
Albert B., who after graduating from the Marquette High School spent two
years in a commercial college and is connected with the Peninsula Wholesale
Grocery Company of Houghton; Ella Melissa; and Lawrence J. and his twin
brother, Clarence, who were born in 1880. The latter died at the age of
eight years and the former is connected with the E. L. Kellam Wholesale
Grocery Company of Marquette.
Mr. Jacobs is a member of General Loomis' staff in the Michigan National Guards and was the only representative from the Northern Peninsula
at Saginaw in 1903. In politics he is a Republican and cast his first vote
for President Lincoln. In the spring of 1865 he enlisted in the 128th Reg.,
Ohio Vol. Inf., but was too late to see actual service. During 1895-96 he




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served as mayor of Marquette. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias of
the Uniform Rank, and has served in all the chairs except that of Chancellor.
He belongs also to the Elks and is a charter member of Lodge No. 405 of
Marquette. With his family he is connected with the Presbyterian Church.
REV. ANTOINE J. REZEK.
REV. ANTOINE J. REZEK,* pastor of St. Ignatius Roman Catholic
Church, at Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, was born in Krasne,
Austria, February 9, 1867, and is a son of John and Catharine Rezek, who
were sturdy, farming people, living on their own family estate, where the
grandfather of our subject died at 93 years. One of John Rezek's sons
is a professor in the gymnasiunm at Larbach, Austria, and another, Peter
Rezek, is a parish priest who was decorated in 19oo by the Emperor of
Austria with a cross. Our subject's parents are both living in the old home,
besides two uncles.
Antoine J. Rezek was very thoroughly educated in his own land, completing the study of the classics at Krasne and spending two years at the
university at Grotz and completing his education at St. Jerome's College in
Ontario, Canada, after coming to America in i886. Through the influence
of Bishop Vertin, who ordained him in 189o, he came to Michigan and his
first pastoral work was as assistant priest at St. John's in Menominee,
Michigan; three months later he was sent to Mackinac Island to be pastor of
St. Anne's Church and after eight months there returned to Menominee
as assistant priest. From there he went to Gladstone, Michigan, and thence
to Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michigan, where he met with hard and trying
conditions, the people being poor and a congregation of 140 families having
decreased to but 5o. There Father Rezek worked faithfully for three years
and was able to make a great improvement not only in the spiritual condition of the parish, but in the numerical and financial. Eight years ago he
was appointed to his present station as pastor of St. Ignatius Church at




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Houghton. He found a congregation of 200 families and an old church
building which had served since the establishment of the parish in 1859.
Since locating in Houghton, Father Rezek has built the fine new stone
church, which was five years in building, and one at Atlantic Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, and also a convent, and has increased the congregation to 350 families, which is about equally divided between German,
French and Irish nationalities. In the convent school there are five teachers
and one music teacher, and 200 pupils are in attendance.  This great
amount of work has been quietly but thoroughly accomplished by Father
Rezek, who is very favorably regarded by his superiors and most tenderly cherished by his congregation. He is a man of superior learning and exemplary
Christian life.




1NDEX.

PAGE.
Abrams, Edward T., M. D........... 383
Amesse, John....................... 185
Archambeau, Alfred E.............. 354
Asire, M. E...........................  329
Atfield, Rev. Thomas J..............   37
Back, Rev. John..................... 35
Baker, Charles...................... 268
Ball, Dan H........................ 332
Barney, Samuel L.................. 257
Bawden, F. J........................ 117
Bittner, Herman E................... 298
Boissonnault, Rev. J. R............... 146
Bordas, Rev. Edward P.............. 209
Bosch, Joseph.....................    121
Bourland, Philip D., M. D............ 138
Brand, Casper......................    63
Brennan, P......................... 309
Breitung, Edward N............... 349
Briggs,  Charles.......................  111
Broemer, Christian................. 137
Brown, Elbridge Gerry................ 242
Brown, Fred G...................... 345
Burdon, R. M., M. D................... 394
Burgan, Abraham L................ 145
Burt, James, Sr.................... 376
Cake, Henry Wallace................ 283
Campbell, John.......................  186
Carkeek, Stephen.................... 84
Carlton, F. S..........................  204
Case, Claude W.................. 359
Chynoweth, Benjamin F..............    47
Clark, Hon. Frederick 0.............. 239
Cleaves, W. S.................... 301
Condon, W illiam..................... 25
Coombe, Rev. W. B................. 216
Cooper, James B.....................215
Cox, Col. James Nye.................. 213
Crawford, John D.................... 374
Croze, Joseph.................... 402
Cummings, George Perkins............ 337
Cummings, Thomas.................. 380
Cuddihy, John D................... 165
Danielson, John A................. 170
Dee, John B......................... 115
Delf, Arthur Ernest.................. 176
Denton, F. W....................... 47
Desjardins, F. Horace............... 310
Des Roches, Nelson..................   87
Des Rochers, Edward C........... 124
Dodge, Will Harry, M. D............. 34
Donahoe, T. F....................... 212
Dougherty, Fred.................... 353
Douglass, Courtney C.............. 64
Drittler, Henry.................... 370
Duncan, Capt. John.................. 179
Dunstan, Hon. JamesC..............    78
Duquette, Timothy.................... 184
Edwards, John H..................... 384
Edwards, R. M...................... 125
Eis, Rt. Rev. Frederick.............. 141
Eldredge, Arch B.................... 230

PAGE.
Finn, Michael...................... 106
Finnegan, Jeremiah T................  72
Fischer, Arthur F., M. D............... 223
Fisher, W illiam...................... 236
Flodin, Nels P....................... 399
Flynn, Thomas J..................... 351
French, George Edwin................ 364
Gasser, Adelin, M. D................. 356
Geers, Rev. August William........... 98
Getchell, M. C...................... 24
Gibson, John L. McD., D. D. S......... 343
Goodman, James A.................. 352
Gray, Hon. Willard Elihu............. 229
Gregory, Hampson.................... 312
Grierson, Edward S................. 205
Gutsch, George Alexander............. 128
Haas, Adolph........................ 118
Haas, Joseph........................  53
Hall, George......................... 151
Hambitzer, J. F..................... 44
Hancock Evening Journal, The.......   43
Hanchette, Charles D................  27
Hansen, Mathias..................... 206
Harkness, R. B., M. D................. 95
Harlow, Amos Rodgers................ 162
Harris, Henry  R..................... 389
Harris, Capt. S. B.................... 75
Healy, James T..................... 267
Heidkamp, Adolph F................ 174
Heinemann, Albert S................. 271
Hendricksen, Andrew................ 93
Henn, Rev. John..................... 154
Hoar, Clarence M................ 219
Hoar, James......................... 373
Hoar, Hon. Richard M............... 218
Hoar, William B...................... 88
Hollister, Sylvester J.............. 320
Houle, Cyrille....................... 313
Hubbard, L. L., Ph. D..............   57
Hubbell, Hon. Jay A................   67
Huss, Aloys................... 132
Jacobs, John Henry................. 403
Jasberg, J. H........................  41
Johnston, Andrew G............... 360
Jolly, Capt. John.................... 85
Jones, John Edward................ 167
Jones, Oliver D..................... 304
Kaiser, N. F....................... 393
Kaufman, Louis G................... 317
Kaufman, Hon. Nathan M............ 173
Kelsey, Hon. Charles............... 235
Kelsey, Charles Howard............. 108
Kemp, Michael J................. 398
Kerr, Hon. A. W............... 232
Kern, John P....................... 260
Koepel, Edward.................... 116
Krellwitz, August L...................  74
LaRochelle, Eugene.................. 339
La Rowe, Eugene.................... 195
Lathrop, Joseph H................... 157




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INDEX.

PAGE.
Leadbetter, Herman DeForest......... 104
Lean, Charles F................... 333
Lee, Edward H....................... 91
Lisa, James..........................  369
Lord, Alfred W..................... 86
Lyon, Gen. Frank B................. 400
Lyons, John........................ 280
McConnell, Matthew.................. 135
McDonald, Donald.................. 261
McMahon, Hon. James............. 319
Mack, John F., Sr...........o....... 387
Mackenzie, Frederick................. 231
Mangum, John D.................. 234
Mapes, Egbert J......o.............. 269
Martin, Alexander.................... 396
M artini,  G..........................  277
Mason, W. L........................ 192
Mason, W. H...................... 189
Matchette, Wm. H., M. D............   17
Menge, August..................... 181
Merritt, D. H..................... 321
Miller, William F.................... 82
Mining Gazette, The................. 158
Molinari, Rev. Antonio................ 251
Moore, Francis M..................... 327
Moore, James.................... 133
Moss, Charles H...................... 96
Negaunee Printing Co., The........... 350
Neher, Joseph................... 334
Nichols, George H..................  55
Nikander, Rev. J. K.................. 16
Oates, W illiam  R..................... 168
O'Brien, Patrick H..................... 155
Olson,  Sivert.......................  199
Opie, Abraham........................ 81
Palmer, Francis E................... 306
Palmer, Leander C.................... 307
Palmer, Lorin  W.................... 306
Palmer, Samuel A................... 306
Paull, Stephen...................... 172
Pelto, August........................ 131
Penglase, John.................... 263
Petermann, Col. John P........o..... 152
Peters, Robert....................... 252
Phelps, P. W..................... 372
Pichette, Joseph M. P., M. D.......... 196
Pinten, Rev. Joseph G................. 225
Polkinghorn, William................. 103
Prebe, William..................... 247
Price, Frederick.................... 375
Prickett, Walter S.................. 381
Pryor, James.......................... 391
Pryor, Reginald C.................... 92
Real, John Gerald..................... 180
Reau, Joseph  E....................... 330
Rees, Allen  F.........................  107
Retallic, Charles, Jr................... 270
Rezek, Rev. Antoine J.............. 407
Rice, William G..................... 324
Richardson, L. H..................... 123
Richter, Rev. Frederick............... 272
Robinson, Hon. Orrin W............... 101

PAGE.
Rodi, Charles Harvey, M. D........... 194
Rogers, H. B......................  66
Ross, William A.................. 221
Ruhl, Adolph J...................... 126
Ryan, Edward....................... 142
Ryan, John R........................ 226
Sacred Heart Church.................. 362
Sailer, Mathias......................  144
Schommer, Barney................... 401
Scott, Hon. A. J.................. 61
Seifert, Herman J.................... 169
Senter, John.......................  11
Shaull, Scott W...................... 264
Shields, James W..................... 379
Shields, Robert H................... 147
Shelden, Hon. Carlos D............... 31
Sherwood, Myron John.............. 250
Sicotte, Octave..................... 136
Sinclair, James....................... 191
Skoglund, Emanuel.................. 233
Smith, Fred......................... 300
Smith, J. B.......................... 245
Smith, William...................... 279
Stanton, Frank McMillan............. 51
Steffes, Jacob........................  303
Stehlin, John......................... 866
Stone, Hon. John Wesley.............. 273
Stringer, James Sinclair............... 71
Strobel, Joseph....................... 23
Sweder, Martin......................  248
Thompson, Edwin C................ 258
Thoren, Theodore Axel.............. 183
Towar, Edgar H................... 284
Traub, Rev. Gottlieb.................  26
Trayes, William F.................. 28
Turner, J. G., M. D..................  58
Uren, W illiam  J.....................  45
Vadnais, Zacharie, M. D.............. 203
VanOrden, William.................. 114
Vivian, Capt. Johnson...............  21
Voetsch, Martin................. 241
Waldo, Dwight B., A. M.............. 323
Walls, William....................  18
Wagner, Hon. George................. 390
Westlake, Alfred S.................. 210
Wheeler,A., MD................ 38
White, Hon. Peter.................. 289
Whitford, Rev. John Buzza............ 253
Whittle, Capt. Thomas................ 77
Wickstrom, Charles L................ 161
Wilkinson, Richard................... 395
Wills, Joseph........................  94
Wills, Thomas....................... 259
Wilmot, Lewis...................... 346
Wilson, John C..................... 278
Wright, B. W.................... 286
Wright, Charles A.................... 13
Wright, E. L........................ 56
Young, James Wilson................. 200
Youngquist, 0. G., M. D............. 314
Zimmerman, Rev. H................. 224
















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