USA > Michigan > A history of the northern peninsula of Michigan and its people; its mining, lumber and agricultural industries, Volume III > Part 39
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70
In politics Mr. Ferguson accords an unwavering allegiance to the Republican party and his civic attitude has at all times been progressive and public-spirited. He has served as a member of the city board of police commissioners for a period of six years and has been chairman of the board for two years. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Upper Peninsula Hospital for the Insane, at Newberry, of which position he has been incumbent since 1908. His fraternal affiliations are here briefly noted : Bethel Lodge. No. 358. Free & Accepted Masons; Sault Ste. Marie Chapter, No. 126, Royal Areh Masons: Sault Ste. Marie Council. No. 69, Royal & Select Masters; Sault Ste. Marie Commandery, No. 45, Knights Templars; Ahmed Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in the city of Marquette; and Sault Ste. Marie Lodge, No. 552, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks.
In the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Ferguson to Miss Christina Bain, daughter of James Bain, who removed to that city from Belleville, Ontario, Canada, in which latter place Mrs. Ferguson was born. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson have one daughter, Helen E., who was born August 15, 1886. and who is at home.
WILLIAM G. FRETZ .- As editor and publisher of the Newberry News, one of the vital and well conducted weekly papers of the Upper Penin- sula, Mr. Fretz has done much to further the development and civic prosperity of Luee county and is one of the able and popular represen- tatives of the newspaper fraternity in this section of the state, to which
---
Jos &Bayliss
1337
THE NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
his loyalty is of the most unequivocal order. His paper is an effective exponent of local interests and he is one of the representative citizens . and business men of the thriving village of Newberry, where he lends his influence and co-operation in the promotion of all measures and en- terprises tending to advance the material and social welfare of the community.
Like many others of the valued citizens of the Northern Peninsula, Mr. Fretz claims the fine old Dominion of Canada as the place of his nativity. He was born in Hastings county, province of Ontario, on the 4th of June, 1869, and is a son of Norman and Mary (Harris) Fretz, both of whom were likewise natives of that province, where they passed their entire lives and where the father was a well-to-do farmer and stock-grower. Of the two children the subject of this review is the younger, and his sister, Ida, is the widow of Dr. Almon W. Nicholson, of Newberry, where she still maintains her home. William G. Fretz was reared to the sturdy discipline of the home farm and secured his early education in the public schools of his native county. At the age of fif- teen years he entered upon an apprenticeship at the printer's trade, in a newspaper and job office conducted by John R. Orr, in the village of Madoc, Ontario. In due time he familiarized himself with the myste- ries and intricacies of the "art preservative of all arts," and to the same he has given his attention during the intervening years, which have witnessed his rise to his present position as a successful editor and publisher of an excellent weekly paper. Mr. Fretz first came to New- berry, Michigan, in the year 1887, and here was employed at his trade until 1889, when he removed to Marquette. He remained in that city a short time and then went to the city of Grand Rapids, where he was employed during the ensuing winter. In May, 1890, he again came to Newberry, and shortly afterward he here purchased of Charles Brebler the plant and business of the Newberry News, of which he has since been editor and publisher. He has a well equipped office, and its job depart- ment is maintained at a standard that enables him to meet all demands placed upon it, with facilities for turning out work of excellent grade. His paper has a good circulation throughout Luce county and its pages find appreciative readers in all sections of the county. Mr. Fretz has been successful in his independent career as a newspaper man and is one of the influential citizens of his village and county, where his circle of friends is coincident with that of his acquaintances. He is vice- president of the Newberry State Bank and has other local interests. In politics he gives his personal and journalistic influence in support of the cause of the Republican party, and he is affiliated with McMillan Lodge, No. 400, Free & Accepted Masons; Manistique Chapter, No. 127, Royal Arch Masons; and Luce Lodge, No. 89, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past noble grand.
On the 20th of February, 1885, Mr. Fretz was united in marriage to Miss Ethelyn Boyce, who was born in Wayne county, Michigan, and who is the only child of John and Emily Boyce, both of whom were born in Michigan, representatives of sterling pioneer families of this state, and both of whom passed the closing years of their lives in Wayne county. Mr. and Mrs. Fretz have two children, -Merle and Ruth.
JOSEPH E. BAYLISS .- The career of Mr. Bayliss has been of varied and interesting order and he has been a resident of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan during the greater portion of his life. He was about three years of age at the time of the family removal to Sault Ste.
1338
THE NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
Marie, in 1878, and the family name has been prominently identified with civic and industrial advancements and progress in this city and county. The subject of this sketch has held various positions of dis- tinctive public trust and is now serving with much discrimination and ability in the position of sheriff of Chippewa county.
Joseph E. Bayliss was born at Parkenham, province of Ontario, Canada, on the 8th of January, 1875, and is a son of John and Eliza- beth (Lothian) Bayliss, the former of whom was born at Bristol, prov- ince of Quebec, Canada, in 1852. The father passed the closing years of his life in Sault Ste. Marie where his death occurred on the 9th of July, 1906, and where his venerable widow still maintains her home. Their marriage was solemnized in Ottawa, Canada, and they became the parents of seven children, all of whom are now living. John Bay- liss was a harnessmaker by trade and was a youth of sixteen years at the time he came from his native land to America and took up his resi- dence in Canada in 1858. He there learned the trade of harnessmak- ing and he later returned to England where he also learned the trade of collarmaking in connection with the harness business. In 1863 he returned to Ottawa, Canada, where he began to manufacture harness and horse collars and where he continued his residence until 1878, when he established himself in the same line of enterprise in the vil- lage of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He had the distinction of being the first to engage in this line of business in the now thriving city, and he continued in the same until 1887, when he turned his attention to farming in Chippewa county. About two years later, however, he returned to Sault Ste. Marie and again established himself in the har- ness business, to which he devoted his attention until 1896, when he was appointed custodian of the county court house, a position of which he continued incumbent until the time of his death. He was one of the sterling pioneers of the county and city and none held a more se- cure place in public confidence and esteem. He was a charter member of the Bethel Lodge No. 358, Free and Accepted Masons, and was a stanch Republican in politics, taking a loyal interest in public affairs of a local order.
As already stated, Joseph Bayliss was three years of age at the time of the family removal to Sault Ste. Marie, in whose schools he gained his early educational discipline. After the removal to the farm he assisted in its work during the summer months and attended the district schools in the winter terms. In 1890, when eight years of age, he earned his first money by the dignified occupation of turning a grindstone. This work was done for William Ruhle, a pioneer in this locality, and the grinding was of his scythe used in cutting the hay. The farm of William Ruhle was located in what is now the cen- tral portion of the city of Soo, Michigan. When fourteen years old Mr. Bayliss went to work in a saw mill in this city, and the winter before had paid his board by doing chores, in the meantime attending the public schools. When his father resumed the harness business in this city Mr. Bayliss served an apprenticeship in the trade under the able direction of his father, and later he became a member of a govern- ment surveying party, engaged in meandering the courses of the St. Mary and the Detroit rivers in the Upper Peninsula. In this connec- tion he held the positions of oarsman, leadsman, and recorder in the survey party.
When twenty-one years of age Mr. Bayliss went to Marquette, this state, where he passed an examination for pilot after which he served as pilot on a government survey tug, and in 1898 indulged his spirit
.
1339
THE NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
of adventure by going to Alaska, where he worked in the gold mines during the summer months at a compensation of one dollar an hour on the Yukon, Pelley and Stewart rivers, and also near the city of Dawson. He prospected for nearly a year before he went to work for wages, and while thus engaged he covered practically all of the gold bearing territory for a distance of three hundred miles. While he did not succeed in locating a claim of any great worth, yet he had upon his arrival back home more money than when he left. His grit and determination is proven by the fact that while having sufficient funds easily to pay his way he worked as an oiler on the "Mary Graf," a river steamer, for a distance of eighteen hundred miles from Dawson City to Saint Michaels where he secured a position as quartermaster on the ocean steamer "Homer," and worked his way in that capacity from Saint Michaels to San Francisco. He left 'Frisco homeward bound, but stopped off in all the principal cities.
In the autumn of 1899 Mr. Bayliss returned to Sault Ste. Marie, where, one day after his arrival he went to work as pilot on the United States steamer "Myra." Realizing his lack of education, for he had left school when but eleven years old, he applied himself dili- gently to study during the evenings and other leisure hours, and in 1900 he successfully passed the civil service examination for letter carrier. Thereafter he served as city mail carrier until 1904. He was then appointed United States inspector of train baggage passing be- tween the Canadian and American cities of the river at Sault Ste. Marie, and he held this office until November, 1908, when there came a definite and well-merited recognition of his eligibility and personal popularity in his election to his present responsible office, that of sheriff of Chippewa county. In politics Sheriff Bayliss is a stalwart in the local camp of the Republican party and his fraternal relations are as here noted,-Bethel Lodge No. 358, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is past master; Sault Ste. Marie Chapter No. 126, Royal Arch Masons; Red Cross Lodge No. 51, Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor ; and "Soo" Camp No. 4173 Modern Woodmen of America. He formerly served as president of the letter carriers' as- sociation of Sault Ste. Marie.
On the 30th of May, 1900, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Bay- liss to Miss Estelle McLeod, who was born in the city of Duluth, Min- nesota, and who is a daughter of Jolin and Linda (Rains) McLeod, the former of whom was born in Nova Scotia, and the latter of whom was a native of Canada. Captain McLeod died in 1881, and his wife now maintains her home in Sailors' Encampment. They became the parents of two daughters, one of whom is now deceased. Captain McLeod was one of the pioneer steamboat captains on the lakes, and was known as an able and careful navigator and was one ever solici- tous for the comfort and pleasure of his passengers, so that the vessel under his command was always popular with the traveling public. Mr. and Mrs. Bayliss have one son, Clifton McLeod Bayliss, who was born on October 8, 1901. Sheriff Bayliss was renominated for his present office of sheriff.
PETER E. CAMPBELL .- As chief of the Sault Ste. Marie Fire Depart- ment, Peter E. Campbell is actively identified with the material inter- ests and prosperity of the city, his work as protector of public and private property being of inestimable value to the citizens of this sec- tion of Chippewa county. A son of John Campbell, he was born Oc- tober 25, 1874, in county Grey, Ontario, Canada, on the paternal side coming from Scotch ancestry.
1340
THE NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
Born May 1, 1831, in Glengarry, Scotland, John Campbell grew to manhood among the rugged hills of his native land. Strongly desirous of bettering his condition, he emigrated to America when nineteen years of age, embarking on a sailing vessel, and landing in New York city. Proceeding to lower Canada, he was engaged in tilling the soil in Glengarry for about fifteen years, when he bought land in county Grey, where he continued the same employment for some time. In 1895 he came to Sault Ste. Marie, where he is now living retired from active pursuits. He is a conscientious member of the Baptist church, and a loyal Republican in politics. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Ann McCance, was born May 31, 1834, in county Tipperary, Ire- land, and as a girl emigrated with her parents to Canada, where they were married. Eight sons and two daughters blessed their union, and of these six children are now living, namely : James B. ; John J .; Thomas A .; Peter E., the special subject of this sketch; Frederick; and Ellen, wife of Robert Hand.
Spending the days of his boyhood and youth on the parental farm, Peter E. Campbell attended the winter terms of the district school, and began life for himself as a carpenter, from 1894 until 1896 following the trade of a contractor and builder in the Soo. The ensuing two years he was engaged in teaming, but from 1898 until 1906 was a successful dealer in horses and buggies, carrying on quite an extensive business. In 1906 he assumed charge of the fire department of Sault Ste. Marie, of which he has since been chief, a position of which he is eminently qualified. He has fifteen regular firemen under him, and forty call men, and five horses. This department is well equipped for its work, the direct pressure system now used being quite satisfactory.
Politically Mr. Campbell is a tried and true Republican. Fraternally he is a member of F. & A. M. Masonic Lodge of Sault Ste. Marie, and of Sault Ste. Marie Lodge No. 123, I. O. O. F., of which he was made noble grand in January, 1910; of the Royal Arcanum; of the Modern Woodmen of America ; of the Knights of Pythias; and of Waubun Tent No. 38, K. O. T. M. Religiously he belongs to the Church of Christ.
Mr. Campbell married, October 2, 1895, Rachel A. Teneyck, who was born in county Grey, Canada. Her father, John C. Teneyck, was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and for the past twenty-five years has been a resident of the Soo, at the present time being owner and com- mander of three of the lake vessels. Captain Teneyck married Rachel McKay, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and they became the parents of seven children, namely : John, Philip, Rachel A., now Mrs. Campbell ; James, Sarah Jane; Stewart and George. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have two children, Percy and Sarah.
MARTIN R. GOLDSWORTHY .- An Englishman by birth, he was born October 31, 1849, in the parish of Camborne, county Cornwall, the birthplace of his father, William Goldsworthy, and the lifelong residence of his grandfather, Martin Goldsworthy, who was a miner by occu- pation.
Beginning as a boy to work in the Cornwall mines, William Golds- worthy remained in his native county until 1853, when he bade good-bye to his family and friends and started for America, the land of hope and plenty. Coming to Michigan, he located at Ontonagon, and finding re- munerative employment at the Minesota Mine was there subsequently joined by his wife and two children. A few years later he removed to the Flint Steel Mine, in the same county, and was employed at that, and other nearby mines until 1880, when he found employment at the Calu-
1341
THE NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
met & Hecla Mine, in Calumet, where he spent the remainder of his life. His wife, whose maiden name was Ann Bennetts, was born in Camborne parish, Cornwall county, England, in 1828, and is now a resident of Cal- umet. To her and her husband nine children were born and reared, as follows: Martin R., William B., John, Julia, Amelia, Emily, Thomas, Louise, and Elizabeth. The two older children were born in England, and the others in Michigan.
In the sixth year of his age when he came with his mother and brother to this country, Martin R. Goldsworthy well remembers the tedi- ous eight weeks consumed in sailing across the wide ocean. From New York the journey was made by rail to Toledo, Ohio, from thence to De- tour by lake thence by boat to Ontonagon. The Upper Peninsula was then practically an unexplored wilderness, with neither railway, tele- graph, telephone, or trolley service, the transportation of goods and passengers being made by boat, while the mail was carried by dog teams. Until eleven years old he attended the pioneer schools of Ontonagon, and then began working in the Minesota Mine, at first doing surface work, and later being under ground. . Graduating as a miner at the age of nineteen years, Mr. Goldsworthy went to Greenland, and was there for three years employed as a clerk in the general store of D. T. Welch & Co. He then clerked seven years in Rockland for Linus Stannard; six months in Houghton for J. B. Sturgis, county treasurer; a short time in the office of the Allouez Mine, in Keweenaw county; and was after- wards assistant clerk in the office of the Quincy Mine, and later became interested in selling mining supplies, representing various manufactur- ers in the sale of their goods.
On June 25, 1873, Mr. Goldsworthy was united in marriage with Alice H. Deland, who was born in Sheridan, Chautauqua county, New York, the birthplace of her father, Benjamin Deland. She is of French descent, her Grandfather Deland having been born and reared in France, coming to the United States in colonial days. Benjamin De- land came from New York state to Michigan with his family, locating first at Royal Oak, Oakland county, from there going to Rockland, On- tonagon county, where he resided a number of years, although he spent his last days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Goldsworthy, in Hancock. His first wife, whose maiden name was Harriet Bowen, died when Mrs. Goldsworthy was a small child, and she was brought up by her step- mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Goldsworthy have five children, namely: Elsie, Josie, Le Roy, Marion, and Wilbert. Josie, wife of R. W. Anderson, has two children, Marion and Alice. Le Roy married Addie Obenhoff, and they have two children, Leonore and Le Roy. Marion, wife of Albert C. Croze, has one child, Clarence. Religiously Mr. Goldsworthy belongs to the Congregational church, and Mrs. Goldsworthy is a member of the Episcopal church. Politically Mr. Goldsworthy is a firm supporter of the principles of the Republican party.
FRANK A. HEALY .- Standing prominent among the substantial and highly esteemed citizens of Ironwood is Frank A. Healy, who has lived here nearly a quarter of a century, during which time he has been ac- tively identified with its development and progress. A son of the late Joseph Walter Healy, he was born, August 11, 1852, in Markesan, Green Lake county, Wisconsin.
His grandfather, Richard Healy, whose forbears several generations back were Irish, was born in Lincolnshire, England. One of his Irish ancestors served as a soldier under Cromwell, and as a reward for his
1342
THE NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
brave services was given the estate in Lincolnshire, England, known as Dowsby Grange, which was subsequently owned and occupied by himself or his descendants.
Joseph Walter Healy was born at Dowsby, Lincolnshire, England, March 24, 1823, and there received excellent educational advantages. He was subsequently apprenticed to a firm of architectural millwrights, and learned the trade. Emigrating to America in 1846, he followed his trade first in Ohio, and later in Indiana. In 1850 he became one of the original settlers of Markesan, Wisconsin, where he bought a mill site, improved the power, and having erected a flour mill, the first one in the vicinity, operated it a few years .. Selling out, he moved to Hori- con, Wisconsin, purchased an interest in a mill, which he managed suc- cessfully until 1859, in the meantime building a mill at Kekoske, on Rock River. In 1859 he moved to Fond du Lac, where he built a large mill, which he operated four years. Moving with his family to Spring- vale, Columbia county, in 1863, he bought land, and was there em- ployed in general farming until his death in 1880. The maiden name of his wife was Sarah Amelia Downes, a native of Honeoyo Falls, Yates county, New York. Her father, Joseph W. Downes, was born on the ocean, and, following in the footseps of his father, who was a sea-captain, became a sailor in early life. He served in the War of 1812, and after that followed his trade of a carpenter and millwright in different places in Wisconsin. Late in life he went to Ames, Iowa, and there died in 1896, at the venerable age of ninety-three years. The wife of Mr. Downes, whose maiden name was Emeline Amelia LaGotte, was born in New York state, of French ancestry. Mrs. Joseph Walter Healy died August 28, 1908, aged seventy-eight years. She reared seven children, as follows: Frank A., the special subject of this sketch; Richard D., of Springvale, Wisconsin; Joseph W., of Ironwood; Oscar E., Langsford, South Dakota; Charles, a resident of Ironwood; John H., of Springvale, Wisconsin, and Robert, deceased.
In 1870, having completed his studies in the high schools of Spring- vale and Markesan, Frank A. Healy was for five years in the employ of the McCartney Lumber Company, at Green Bay, Wisconsin. He then located in Medford, Wisconsin, where he was engaged in the lumber and mercantile business until 1885, when he was burned out. Coming to Ironwood in 1886, Mr. Healy opened a lumber yard for the Hoxie & Miller Company, and managed it for a year and a half. The ensuing three years he was bookkeeper in the Bank of Ironwood, being an ex- pert accountant and an insurance agent.
On October 20, 1875, Mr. Healy was united in marriage with Sarah J. Williams, who was born in Marcellon, Columbia county, Wisconsin, a daughter of Morris R. and Phoebe (King) Williams, natives of New York state. Mrs. Williams' maternal great-grandfather King was the founder of Kingsport, New York, while Williamsport, New York, was named in honor of her paternal great-grandfather. Four daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, namely: Mand, wife of Wil- liam Alfred Cole, of Ironwood; Marion A., wife of Fred S. Larson, of Ironwood; Frances P., a kindergarten teacher in Ironwood; and Angie M., living at home with her father.
Fraternally Mr. Healy is a member of Ironwood Lodge, No. 149, I. O. O. F. Politically he stands with the Democrats, and has filled many offices of importance, having served as supervisor seven years, as assessor two years, and for seven years was a member of the Ironwood Board of Education.
கிடப்பது
Man & Paperh
1343
THE NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
WILLIAM G. TAPERT .- As secretary and treasurer of the Cornwell Beef Company, with headquarters at Sault Ste. Marie, William G. Tapert is officially connected with one of the largest packing com- panies of the American and Canadian Soo, and is ably filling the posi- tion, performing the duties devolving upon him in a satisfactory man- ner. A son of William E. Tapert, he was born in Detroit, Michigan, January 11, 1869, of thrifty German stock.
Born July 24, 1846, in Germany, William E. Tapert came with his parents in a sailing vessel to this country, landing at Saint John, N. B., from there crossing the country to Detroit, Michigan, where his father established himself as a drover and a butcher, subsequently opening a meat amrket. Acquiring his education in the public schools of Detroit, William E. Tapert learned the butcher's trade of his father, and was afterwards engaged in the meat business in that city. In 1869 he opened a wholesale and retail meat market at Lower Saginaw, now called Bay City, and was there successfully engaged in business until 1905, when he retired from active pursuits. He subsequently spent about three years on his farm near by, but is now a resident of Bay City. Although caring little for public honors, he has served as town- ship clerk. Politically he is a Republican, and religiously he belongs to the Bay City Presbyterian church. His wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Scheller, was born in Germany in 1846, and died at Bay City, Michigan, in 1902. They were married in Detroit, Michigan, and to them two children were born, namely: William G., the spe- cial subject of this sketch; and George P., who died at the age of thirty-two years.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.