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"Aside from the missionary labors of Father Barnard it should be a matter of interest to the people of North Dakota and other sections of the northwest to recall the following facts, which I believe can be satisfactorily established, namely: He was the first white protestant missionary that ever visited the villages of Pembina and St. Joseph (Walhalla), having visited the region, in company with Mr. Tanner, the Baptist missionary, in the summer of 1851. Ile, in company with Rev. Ayer, was the first ordained Congregational missionary to visit and eonduet religious services in the old Kildonan settlement (now Winnipeg), in the winter of 1843. Mr. Barnard brought to Walhalla, and afterward to Winnipeg, the first printing press ever set up and operated in these regions, or. indeed, in the northwest. He also brought
James N. Barnard Chr. W.
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to Walhalla, and later to Kildonan, the first melodeon ever brought into this region. He brought this instrument and the printing press up the Mississippi river in a birch-bark eanoe in the spring of 1849, on his return from a trip to the east. The old tombstone obtained for his wife, buried at Walhalla, was perhaps the first regular tombstone ever set over any Christian grave on North Dakota soil. Ilis wife was the first white protestant female missionary to lay down her life for the eause of Christ on North Dakota soil. Mr. Barnard also had a camera and took the earliest daguerreotypes ever taken in this region and per- haps in the northwest.'
For ten years after coming to Michigan Rev. Barnard was engaged in missionary work among the Indians on Traverse bay. He was well known throughout northern Michigan and was held in veneration by all who eame within the sphere of his noble and kindly influenee. His was a life of signal eonseeration and now that he rests from his labors it may well be said that his works do follow him.
Rev. Barnard was first married at Rochester, Ohio, on the 12th of April, 1843, to Miss Sarah P. Babcock, who was born at Blanford. Massachusetts. October 6, 1819, and who died in Manitoba, Canada. October 25, 1853. Four children were born of this union-Ellen Elizabeth, who was born at Red Lake, Minnesota, December 3, 1845, and who died in Manitoba, Canada, June 21, 1863; Emma Eliza, who was born at Rochester, Ohio, September 25, 1848, and died at Benzonia, Michigan, June 9, 1883; Alonzo Bardwell, who was born at Cass Lake, Minnesota, Angust 15, 1850, and who died at Benzonia. Michigan. August 5, 1864; and George Whipple, who was born at Cass Lake, Minnesota, September 11, 1852, and who is now a resident of Galveston. Texas. At Pittsfield, Ohio, on the 10th of August, 1854, was solemnized the marriage of Father Barnard to Miss Mary MacDonald, who was born in Manitoba, Canada, April 10, 1832, and who died at Benzonia. Michigan, August 29. 1900. Coneerning the children of the second marriage the following brief data are given: Sarah Philena, who was born in Manitoba, Canada, May 25, 1855, is unmarried and living with her brother in Jayfield, Michigan; John Josiah, who was born at Belle Prairie, Minnesota, September 6, 1856, is now a resident of Jayfield, Michigan ; William Herbert, who was born at Belle Prairie, January 26, 1858, died at Benzonia, Michigan, February 5, 1864: Mary Etta, who was born in Manitoba, Canada, December 29, 1859, died in Benzonia. Michigan, February 5, 1880; and James Herbert, born in Benzonia. Michigan, March 21, 1864, is a representative physician of Tustin. Oseeola county, this state and is individually mentioned on other pages of this work.
JAMES H. BARNARD, M. D., is a native of northern Michigan and here has attained to marked sueeess and prestige as one of the representa- tive physicians and surgeons of this favored section of the Wolverine state. He is engaged in the practice of his profession at Tustin, Osceola county, and such is his standing as a eitizen and physician that he is entitled to special recognition in this publication. The Doetor is a son of Rev. Alonzo Barnard, to whom a memoir is dedicated on other
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pages of this work, so that a repetition of the data is not demanded in the present connection. It may be noted, however, that the honored father was one of the most prominent and distinguished missionaries among the Indians of the northwest and that his life was one of signal consecration and zeal in his noble calling. The youngest of the five chil- dren of Rev. Alonzo and Mary (MacDonald) Barnard, Dr. James H. Barnard was born at Benzonia, the county seat of Benzie county, Mich- igan, and the date of his nativity was March 21, 1864. The Doctor is indebted to the public schools of his native county for his early educational discipline, which was supplemented by a course in Grand Traverse College, at Benzonia. After leaving school he identified him- self with agricultural pursuits in Benzie county, where he became a successful farmer and stock-grower and where he developed a valuable farm property. With these great basic lines of industry he continued to be actively concerned for many years and he then determined to seek a broader field of endeavor by preparing himself for the medical profession. With this end in view he entered the Grand Rapids Medical College, in the city of Grand Rapids. He completed the prescribed course in this excellent institution, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1900 and from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Coming forth well fortified for the work of his chosen profession, Dr. Barnard engaged in active general practice at Pomona, Manistee county, where his success amply justified his change of vocation. There he remained until 1907, when he removed to the thriving little town of Tustin, Osceola county, where he has since maintained his home and where he has built up a substantial and rep- resentative practice, the scope and importance of which well indicate his technical ability and offer indisputable voucher for his personal popularity. Ever mindful of the unwritten ethical code of his profes- sion, the Doctor commands the confidence and esteem of his fellow prac- titioners and he is an active member of the Osceola-Lake County Med- ical Society, besides which he also holds membership in the Michigan State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Taking up the practice of medicine when of mature years, Dr. Barnard has brought to bear a specially well disciplined mind and a full apprecia- tion of the dignity and responsibility of his profession, to the work of which he has devoted himself with all of earnestness and self-abnega- tion and with resultant success of the most unequivocal type. He is a close and appreciative student and has recourse to the best standard and periodical literature of his profession. He is identified with vari- ous fraternal organizations of representative order and both he and his wife are zealous members of the Baptist church. In politics the Doctor is found aligned as a staunch supporter of the cause of the Re- publican party, but he has had no desire to enter the turbulence of so-called practical politics.
Near the city of Toronto, Canada, on the 3d of September, 1903, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Barnard to Miss Ethel M. Alex- ander, who was born in the city of London, England, and who was about five years of age at the time of the family removal to America. She was reared to maturity in the province of Ontario, Canada, and prior
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to her marriage she had been a successful and popular teacher in the public schools, besides which she had qualified herself as a trained nurse, so that she has proved an effective co-adjutor to her husband when circumstances have demanded her interposition. Dr. and Mrs. Barnard have two fine little sons-George Alonzo and James Alex- ander.
JOHN F. DEADMAN, D. V. S .- There has been naught of temporizing or indirection in the career of this able and honored citizen of northern Michigan, who gained prestige as one of the leading representatives of the veterinary profession in the state, a vocation which has been fol- lowed successfully by his father and grandfather, as well as by six of his brothers, so that he has had no sinecure in maintaining the profes- sional prestige of the name which he bears. Ile was born in London, province of Ontario, Canada, on the 26th of November, 1868, and is a sou of William and Christina (McKay) Deadman, the former of whom was born in England and the latter in Scotland. Their marriage was solemnized in Ontario and the father passed the closing years of his life in Alpena, Michigan. In that city his widow still maintains her home. Of their ten children eight are still living,-Jacob I., who re- sides at Cobalt, Ontario; William P., who resides in Boyne City, Michi- gan; Angus, who is a resident of Marquette, Michigan; John F., who is the immediate subject of this sketch; and Emily, his twin sister, who is the wife of Eugene Johnson, deceased; Byron B., of Alpena, Michi- gan, to whom a sketch is dedicated on other pages of this work; Richard H., who is county clerk of Alpena county and who is mentioned else- where in this work; and Charles A., who resides at Madison, Wisconsin. All of the brothers are veterinary surgeons except Richard H., and all are actively engaged in the practice of their profession. The grand- father, Dr. Jacob Deadman, was born in England and there passed his entire life, having been engaged in the practice of veterinary surgery from 1828 to 1864. Dr. William Deadman, father of John F. Deadman, learned the veterinary science in his native land under the able direc- tion of his father, and when a young man he came to America and lo- cated in the province of Ontario, Canada, where he was engaged in the work of his profession until 1879. He then removed to Alpena, Michi- gan, where he continued to reside until his death. He was actively en- gaged in professional work for nearly fifty years. The sons organized and incorporated the Deadman Brothers Medical Company of Alpena and were associated therein in the manufacture of various veterinary remedies for a number of years.
Dr. John F. Deadman was reared to the age of twelve years in his native county in Ontario and there gained his early education in the public schools. He then accompanied his parents on their removal to Alpena, Michigan, where he continued to attend the public schools, and finally, after preliminary discipline under the direction of his father, he entered the veterinary department of the Detroit College of Medi- cine, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1895, and from which he received the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Surgery.
Prior to this time he had been associated with his father in practice.
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He continued to reside at Alpena until the spring of 1895, when he took up his residence at Sault Ste. Marie, where he continued in the work of his profession until the autumn of 1909, when, on account of the ill health of his wife, he removed to Portland, Oregon, in the hope that his loved companion might be restored to health. She was, however, summoned to the life eternal in May, 1910, and Dr. Deadman then re- turned to Sault Ste. Marie, where he has since continued in the work of his profession, in which he has long held precedence as one of the able and successful residents thereof. In politics he is aligned as a stal- wart supporter of the cause of the Democratic party. He is a member of the Michigan State Veterinary Association and had the distinction of being a member of the first veterinary examining board in the state of Michigan, besides which he served for some time as United States In- spector of the port of Sault Ste. Marie. He served four years as treas- urer of the city of Sault Ste. Marie and no citizen enjoys a higher de- gree of popular confidence and esteem. He is affiliated with Red Cross Lodge, No. 51, Knights of Pythias; Sault Ste. Marie Chapter, No. 552; Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks; Sault Ste. Marie Lodge, No. 123. Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and also holds membership in the Knights of the Macabees and Algona Society.
In September. 1893, Dr. Deadman was united in marriage to Miss Sophronia Eagle, who was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, and whose death occurred in the city of Portland, Oregon, in May. 1910, as already stated. Concerning the five children of this union the fol- lowing brief record is given: Emily died in infaney, as did also Russell N. and Jennings W., these children being triplets. Webster W. remains at the paternal home; as does also Helen Sophronia, who is five years of age at the time of this writing.
At the time of the Doctor's removal to Portland, Oregon, in 1909, as stated in a preceding paragraph, one of the Sault Ste. Marie papers entered an appreciative and facetious article concerning him and from this it is decmed but consonant to make the following quotations with but slight paraphrase, as the statements are well worthy of perpetuation instead of being buried in musty newspaper files :
"Now that the Doctor is about to leave for the edge of the great American continent, it might be opportune to take advantage of the chance to say a few things about him before his face. There are prob- ably but few men anywhere who constitute as good a theme for the talker or writer. There are probably but few men who have had such perilous and eventful careers. There is much of striking interest to be said about this unique personality.
"In the first place he is one of the prominent veterinary surgeons in the state and comes from what is presumably one of the oldest families of veterinaries in this country. His father and grandfather and six of his brothers are veterinary surgeons and there is only one black sheep in the family who failed to keep the pace set by the ancestors. A striking fact in regard to this remarkable man is that he. fights the battle of life with but one leg and with but one sure-enough eye. Years ago the Doctor was a splendid specimen of physical manhood and ready for muscular stunts in competition with the strong boys, but one accident
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resulted in the loss of a leg and another took one eye and threatened to take two. However, one leg was not a handicap when the Doctor en- tered the political race, and in spite of the overwhelming normal Repub- lican majority he was able to win easily for two terms. As a one-legged political sprinter the Doctor was certainly entitled to classification with fast company.
"Still more striking facts in regard to the Doctor are that he is a twin himself, was the father of triplets and his hunting mare some years ago gave birth to twin colts. It has also been said that the doctor was the owner of a two-headed calf and that his hens laid double-yolked eggs, but this is somewhat of an exaggeration. The Doctor has a two- headed calf in his office but it was not the child of one of his cows. The Doctor is also prominent as a hunter and fisherman. After he lost his leg and was not qualified for the tramp role, he gained distinction for successfully hunting for deer from the back of his faithful mare. He is familiar with the angling game and an ardent devotee of the sport."
BYRON B. DEADMAN, D. V. S .- It is a rare thing to find in a single family so much talent along one line of endeavor as is displayed in the Deadman family. Three generations,-paternal grandfather, father and six sons, have all achieved most distinctive success as veterinary sur- geons. Concerning this distinguished family a more complete history appears elsewhere in this volume, in the sketch of the career of John F. Deadman, a brother of him whose name introduces this article.
Dr. Byron Bruce Deadman was born at Clandeyboy, Middlesex county, province of Ontario, Canada, on the 7th of March, 1871. He is a son of Dr. William H. and Christina (McKay) Deadman, who re- moved to Michigan in 1881, establishing the family home in Alpena. Dr. Byron B. Deadman was a child of ten years of age at the time of his advent in the Wolverine state and after a good common-school educa- tion he began the study of veterinary surgery under the able preceptor- ship of his father. So rapid was his progress in this profession that he became a reliable assistant to his father when but sixteen years old. He has continued to be identified with this line of enterprise during the long intervening years and he is now recognized as an authority on all animal diseases. He is a valued and appreciative member of the Wol- verine Veterinary Association and in a fraternal way he is affiliated with Alpena Lodge, No. 199, Free & Accepted Masons; and Alpena Lodge, No. 505, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, besides which he also holds membership in the Knights of the Maccabees. In politics he is aligned as a stanch supporter of the principles and policies for which the Republican party stands sponsor and though he has never mani- fested aught of ambition for public office of any description he contrib- utes in generous measure to all enterprises projected for the good of the community. In 1906 Dr. Deadman and his two brothers, Dr. John F. Deadman, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Richard H. Deadman, of Alpena, organized the Deadman Brothers Medical Company, at Alpena. the same being incorporated under the laws of the state with a capital stock of sixty thousand dollars. Its officers are as follows,-Dr. Dead- man, of this sketch, president; Richard H. Deadman, secretary ; and Dr. Vol. II-12
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John F. Deadman, treasurer. The company has built up an extensive business and its admirable success is due in large measure to the fair and honorable methods employed by the Deadman brothers. They are men of extraordinary executive ability and are well deserving of their reputation for sterling integrity and unquestioned honesty.
On the 5th of May, 1894, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Dead- man to Miss Violet Hopkins, who was born in Tuscola county, Michigan, and who is a daughter of Lorenzo and Evelyn (Winton) Hopkins, both of whom were born and reared in Michigan. Mr. Hopkins is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Oscoda and Alcona counties and he is recog- nized as an essentially loyal and public spirited citizen. His political faith is that of the Republican party. Mrs. Deadman is the third in order of birth in a family of four children and she was reared and edu- cated in her native county. Dr. and Mrs. Deadman became the parents of ten children, four of whom are living. namely,-Violet, Lorenzo, and John and Lois, twins.
ALFRED RAY CANFIELD .- It is not to be gainsaid that one of the most able, widely known and honorable citizens of Clare, Michigan, is Alfred Ray Canfield, who since 1895 has been editor and publisher of that live and enlightened elironieler of events and moulder of public opinion,-The Clare Courier. The Courier is one of the best conducted weeklies in this section of the Wolverine state and is politically inde- pendent. Mr. Canfield however has given heart and hand to the Demo- cratie faith since his earliest voting days, holding high place in his party councils. On May 1, 1911, Mr. Canfield received appointment to the office of tally clerk in the House of Representatives at the National cap- ital, and during his absence in Washington, D. C., the Courier is ably conducted by the subject's son, Don W. Canfield.
Mr. Canfield is a native son of the state of Michigan, his birth hav- ing occurred at Portland, on August 26, 1867. There were passed his youth and school days, his residence being maintained there until 1883. when he removed to Harrison, Michigan. During the winter of 1883-4. the young man came to the conclusion to become a representative of the Fourth Estate, and as a stepping stone to this he established a job office, beginning in a very modest way and purchasing a limited amount of material. Although this may sound simple and easy in recountal it was in reality a very bold step that was made, for young Canfield knew absolutely nothing of the business. He was, however, of a mechanical bent and with this advantage he concluded to
"put it to the touch, and win or lose it all."
Most of his information he gained from books, not even having the usual training under the guidance of an "old timer." He succeeded. his combination of industry, plek and determination proving a strong one.
Mr. Canfield's father was a lawyer by profession and a man inter- ested in the many-sided life of the community. In July, 1884, that gentleman in association with W. W. Green, formed a firm called Green & Canfield for the purpose of starting an independent newspaper and gave the same the name of the Standard. The subject was made its manager and labored strenuously in both its mechanical and editorial
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departments. In February, 1885, he found himself in a position to buy the paper and he consolidated it with the Cleaver, a contemporary sheet under the management of D. Lee Sanborn, the new paper to be known as the Cleaver and Standard. In January, 1886, he bought out Mr. Sanborn and dropped the name Standard, continuing its publica- tion under the name of the Clare County Cleaver. He subsequently sold the Cleaver and in June, 1895, established the Clare Courier, which under his elever and efficient captaincy has grown to be a thriving and popular weekly. Mr. Canfield has ever been in harmony with the prin- ciples advanced by the Democratie party and cast his first vote for Grover Cleveland in 1888, having reached his majority just in time. In that year he changed the poliey of the paper from independent to Democratie. He has held public office from time to time, having been deputy county clerk of Clare county and having been a member of the board of education at Harrison and also at Clare. He is secretary of the Clare board of trade and for nine years was chief of the Clare fire department. He is a member of the executive committee of North- eastern Michigan Development Bureau and was elected secretary of the Democratie State Central Committee in 1903. In every trust he has proved faithful and efficient and there is nothing of public import in eounty and town in which he is not helpfully interested. He keeps in touch with all such matters as affect the Fourth Estate and in evidence of the prominence he enjoys in newspaperdom is the fact that he holds the position of President of the North-eastern Michigan Press Associ- ation. He finds no small amount of pleasure in his affiliation with the Knights of Pythias.
On August 15, 1888, Mr. Canfield established a happy household by his marriage to Miss Minnie Bogue, of Harrison, Michigan. His chosen lady was born March 12, 1868, in Pennsylvania and eame here with an unele who located in Michigan to make his home. Mr. and Mrs. Canfield share their pleasant home with the following children: Don W., born April 21, 1891, in charge of the paper during his father's absence in Washington ; Mary Helen, born September 28, 1904; and John Henry, born January 18, 1906. Don W. was sent in 1911 as a delegate to the State Firemen's Association.
MELVIN A. BATES .- Enterprising, aetive and progressive, Melvin A. Bates, postmaster at Grayling, holds a position of prominenee in social, business and political circles and is highly esteemed as a man of honest worth and sterling integrity. A son of James K. Bates, he was born December 8, 1865, in Onondaga county, New York, but has spent the larger part of his life in Michigan. James K. Bates was born, bred and educated in the Empire state. He married Catherine Staley, who died in 1874, in Onondaga county, New York, leaving six children, four of whom now reside in Michigan. Coming with his six motherless ehildren to Michigan in 1878, he located in Crawford county, and continued his occupation as a farmer during his aetive career in Grayling. He is still living here.
Receiving his rudimentary education in his native state, Melvin A. Bates attended the rural schools of Crawford county, here completing
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his early studies. Beginning life for himself as a clerk, he became in- terested in mercantile pursuits, for two years being in business on his own account, and now he holds an interest in the well-known firm of Cormine & Company. In 1897 Mr. Bates was appointed postmaster at Grayling, and has held the position, by reappointment, ever since, his record of continuous service bearing evidence of his fidelity, ability and popularity in the community. He is likewise the owner and manager of the Local Telephone Company, which has already two hundred pat- rons and is still extending its lines. For three terms he served as town- ship clerk.
Mr. Bates was united in marriage, in 1887, with Elizabeth Williams, and into their pleasant household four children have been born, namely : Catherine, Lillian, Russell E. and Mildred. Fraternally Mr. Bates stands high in Masonie circles, being a past master, a past high priest and a member of the Council.
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