History of Kent County, Michigan, together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 104

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.); Chapman, Charles C., & Co. (Chicago)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co.
Number of Pages: 1434

USA > Michigan > Kent County > History of Kent County, Michigan, together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens > Part 104

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).

1044

HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.

clothing business in Grand Rapids in 1852. Joseph Houseman joined his cousin in the business in 1857, and Moses May was admitted in 1867 under the firm name of Houseman & May. They carry on a large wholesale business, and have a first-class retail trade; are considered one of the most reliable and substantial business con- cerns in the city. They are manufacturers of clothing on an ex- tensive scale, and employ 150 hands. Their store at No. 4 Monroe street is four stories high above the basement, 252 feet frontage by 100 feet deep. Julius Houseman, after a successful career as a merchant, retired from the firm Jan. 1, 1877, to Grand Rapids as an active partner in the original firm, and Mr. Houseman and Moses May continued under the old established firm name of Houseman & May. He is at present one of the Directors of the Grand Rapids National Bank, also Director and Treasurer of the Division Street Gravel Road Company.

Julius Houseman was born in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Ger- many, Dec. 8, 1832. He was educated and remained there until 1851. He was possessed of an enterprising spirit and a desire to rise in the world, and, believing in the opportunities afforded by the New World, determined to come to America. He had had some experience in mercantile life, and on reaching New York proceeded direct to New Vienna, O., and engaged as a clerk; after- ward went to Battle Creek, and in the fall of 1852 came to Grand Rapids and engaged in the clothing business many years with Albert Alsberg, Joseph Houseman, firm name Houseman, Als- burg & Co .; also conducted branch operations in New York, Baltimore and Savannah. The firm dissolved in 1869, and Mr. Houseman continued business in company with Mr. May at Grand Rapids. In 1876 he sold out his interest and engaged in the lum- ber trade, his present business. He was elected Alderman in the city of Grand Rapids, and served from 1862 to 1870; also repre- sented the first district of Kent in the Legislature during 1871-'72. He was elected Mayor in 1873 and again in 1875, and belongs to the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities.

William Hovey, agent and General Superintendent of the Grand Rapids Plaster Co., was born in Concord, Mass., Dec. 3, 1812, and is a son of William Hovey, who removed with his family to Lunenburg, Mass., in the spring of 1813, where they resided for several years. Our subject resided in Boston and Cambridgeport, Mass., for 32 years. At the age of 12 he left home to make his own living. He served three years as clerk in a book store, but possessing a mechanical turn he decided to serve an apprentice- ship at the carpenter and joiner's trade. In 1832 he engaged in business for himself, and accumulated several thousand dollars, which he invested in erecting an establishment for the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds and dressed lumber. In 1843 he lost every- thing by fire, and found himself deeply in debt. He was advised by his friends to engage in the business of architecture, for which he had a taste; in this he was successful, but a bronchial affection soon compelled him to seek another climate. In 1856 he removed

1045

GRAND RAPIDS CITY.

to Grand Rapids, where he has been engaged nearly ever since in the manufacture of calcine and plaster. He has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1827, and of the Union Benevolent Association of this city for over 20 years. July 31, 1834, Mr. Hovey married Miss Sarah M. Stone, of Cambridgeport, Mass. They have had five children, of whom two are living; a son, Wm. S., and a daughter. Mr. Hovey is a man of large and generous sympathies, and of an enterprising spirit. He was chairman of the building committee in the erection of the large and commodious Baptist church of Grand Rapids, to which for six years he devoted his time and personal attention, with an assiduity which most men give only to their personal affairs. Since 1879 Mr. Hovey has been a member of the Board of Public Works of Grand Rapids. A portrait of Mr. Hovey will be found in this volume.

Charles I. Howard was born at Detroit Nov. 11, 1845. Edgar Howard, his father, a native of Massachusetts, of English descent, came to Detroit in 1838, and was connected with the Michigan Central R. R. as contractor about four years, after which he en- gaged in farming in the tp. of Dearborn, Wayne county. His family consisted of four daughters and three sons. Mr. Howard attended the schools of Detroit and Dearborn, and at 17 engaged as fireman on the M. C. R. R. three years; afterward served as engineer on the D., M. & G. H., Newaygo & Lake Shore, C. & W. Mich. R. R .; is now master mechanic of the latter road, with headquarters at Grand Rapids. He was elected Alderman of the Sixth ward in 1881; is a member of Zion Lodge of Masons of De- troit; also belongs to Monroe Chapter, No. 1.

Hon. Birney Hoyt was born at Sinclairville, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Oct. 13, 1841. His parents moved to Farmington, Oak- land Co., Mich., in 1845, and seven years after to Detroit, where their son attended the Old Capitol and other schools. In 1855 he attended Castleton (Vt.) Seminary, and spent two terms at Bir- mingham Academy, in Oakland county. In 1857 his father located in Grand Rapids, one-half mile south of the fair grounds, where he still resides. Judge Hoyt attended the High Schools at Grand Rapids until 1860, when he entered upon the study of law, which he pursued two years in the offices of Stephen G. Champlin, Holmes & Champlin and C. C. Rood. At 20, in 1862, he enlisted in Co. A, 6th Mich. Cav., and served until the termination of the war, in the Mich. Cav. Brigade, under Gen. Geo. A. Custer. He was promoted to 1st Sergeant, 1st Lieutenant and Captain, and successively commanded a company, a squadron and a regimental battalion. He was permanently disabled at Liberty Mills, Va., in 1863, by a shot through the left shoulder He was captured and sent a prisoner to "Libby Prison," at Richmond, Va. Being paroled after a short time, he was sent to the U. S. Hospital. at Annapolis, where he remained eight months. His regiment par- ticipated in the following battles: Hanover, Huntingdon, Gettys- burg, in Pa .; Monterey, Smithburg, Williamsport, Boonsboro, Hagerstown, Falling Water, in Maryland; Ashby's Gap, Newby's

1046

HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.

Cross Roads, Culpepper Court-House, Somerville Ford, Madison Court-House, Liberty Mills, in Virginia, in 1863; in 1864 at Front Royal, Shepardstown, Smithfield, Winchester, Luray, Mil- ford, Port Republic, Woodstock, Races and Cedar Creek, Va .; in 1865, Dinwiddie Court-House, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, bat- tle of the Ridge and Appomattox Court-House. The regiment was mustered out in June, 1865, and Judge Hoyt resumed the study of law in the winter following at Ann Arbor, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1866. He remained in practice until 1871, being a part of the time associated with Col. Geo. Gray. He was City Recorder and held the Recorder's Court four years from May 1, 1867. In 1871, on the creation of the Seventeenth Judicial Cir- cuit, he was elected Circuit Judge, and entered upon the duties of the office May 1, 1871, and was re-elected in the spring of 1875 for the term of six years. His nomination by the Republican Ju- diciary Committee was by acclamation in 1875.

Edwin Hoyt, jr., Assistant Cashier of the Grand Rapids Na- tional Bank, was born May 29, 1838, at Castleton, Vt .; is son of Edwin and Catherine G. Hoyt, early settlers of Rutland Co., Vt. He obtained his education at the public schools of Farmington, Oakland Co., and the Commercial Institute at Detroit, where his parents removed in 1852. At the age of 17 he went to Quincy, Ill., and taught a winter term school in Adams county. In the spring of 1856 he went to Kenosha, Wis., a clerk in a general store, and two years after, in February, 1858, came to Grand Rapids; attended the Union School the following summer and entered a dry-goods store as cashier. Two years after, he acted as bookkeeper six months in Wm. J. Wells' Bank. In 1861 he enlisted as Sergeant-Major of the 2d Mich. Cavalry, and served three years and three months; passed the grades of 2d and 1st Lieut. and reached the rank of Ad- jutant; was under Sheridan at Blackland and Booneville, Miss .; was at the siege of Corinth and battles of Perryville and Chicka- mauga. In 1862 he was with Gen. Carter in his raid into Virginia, and was acting Brigade Adjutant under Col. Campbell and Gen. Croxton, and served in many minor engagements. After his re- turn to Grand Rapids, he was bookkeeper in the City National Bank three years. In.1867 he went to Detroit to engage in a job- bing trade, firm of Hoyt, Hinman & Co. In February, 1871, he returned to this city and entered the banking house of W. V. Al- drich as Cashier, which position he occupied nine years. In March, 1880, he was appointed to his present position. He was married in April, 1864, at Grand Rapids, to Helen M., daughter of Elijah Knight, of this city. They have one child, a daughter. Mr. Hoyt has been a member of the Congregational Church since 1856, and in '76 was elected President of the Y. M. C. A., which he held three years; is a Republican, and in 1880 was City Treasurer.

H. Huber was born in Heidelberg, Germany, Dec. 24, 1841, and came to America in 1865. He is a furrier by trade, and pursued it about a year in New York, when he went to Boston and passed

1047

GRAND RAPIDS CITY.

four years in the same occupation. He was similarly engaged in Detroit four years, when he came to Grand Rapids, arriving here April 13, 1875. He opened business for himself at No. 60 Canal street and afterward located at No. 56 Monroe street. After a time he closed out the fur business and formed a partnership with Jacob Baisch in keeping a saloon at 18 Pearl street, where they maintain an orderly and reputable establishment-room 80 feet deep, with a frontage of 22 feet, finely frescoed and painted inside on sides and overhead. Mr. Huber is a member of the Turner association, the Harmonie, and the Arbeiter (Workingmen) Society of Grand Rap- ids. He was married May 29, 1871, to Addie Otto, of Boston. They have one son, Walter, eight years of age.

D. Darwin Hughes, of Grand Rapids, one of the most eminent lawyers of Michigan, was born at Camillus, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Feb. 1, 1823. He attended the common schools of his district and afterward pursued an academic course at Syracuse and Canan- daigua, N. Y. In 1840, when 17 years of age, he came to Michi- gan, and being allowed to choose his own path in life he sought and obtained employment in the county offices at Charlotte, Eaton Co., alternating his duties with the study of law. He afterward entered the law office of M. S. Brackett, where he remained about one year, and with the characteristics of a man of unflinching pur- pose he prosecuted his duties and taught school a portion of the time. In 1844 he entered the office of Gibbs & Bradley of Mar- shall, a law firm of established repute. His progress and profi- ciency added to his natural fitness for the details of the profession and won for him the confidence of his chiefs, and he was intrusted with many of the responsibilities of their extensive practice, and in 1846 he was admitted to the bar. He embraced an opportunity to engage in journalism, and assumed the editorship of the Dem- socratic Expounder, a weekly paper, published at Marshall, which he conducted until 1850, discharging his obligations with honor as an advocate of sound Democratic principles and free government. His editorial duties were not permitted to interfere with the prac- tice of his profession, and upon the dissolution of the firm of Pratt & Crary, of Marshall, incident to the election of Mr. Pratt as Judge of the Supreme Court, Mr. Hughes formed a partner- ship with the Hon. Isaac E. Crary, and they at once entered upon a lucrative and rapidly increasing business. Mr. Crary died in 1854, and the following year Mr. Hughes associated with him- self Justin D. Wooley. His increasing reputation as a jurist com- pelled Mr. Hughes to abandon his local practice and devote his pre-eminent abilities to the trial of important civil and criminal cases throughout the State. He was counsel for the defense in the celebrated Vanderpool murder case, and secured the acquittal of his client on his third trial at Hastings. His argument on that occasion is justly regarded as one of the most powerful forensic efforts ever made in the Criminal Courts of the State. In response to overtures from the managers of the Grand Rapids & Indiana

1048

HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.

R. R., Mr. Hughes transferred his business to this city, and im April, 1871, he opened an office under the style of Hughes & O'Brien, a business relation formed in Marshall. Mr. Hughes" chief purpose in making the transfer was the offered position as. General Counsel for the G. R. & I. R. R., which he has since held. The reputation of the firm, of which he is senior member, secured for them an extensive business, and it was found necessary to add another name, and M. J. Smiley, of Kalamazoo, was associ- ated with the house. This coalition secured a rare combination of talent, energy and ability. Mr. Hughes' duties as counselor for the railroad have somewhat necessitated the restriction of his: general practice, but he still continues to manage and argue im- portant cases as a jurist. He has continued an unswerving course for 34 years; his sound personal and business habits, his industry and per-everance, have secured eminent and uniform success and enabled him to occupy an enviable position in the foremost ranks: of the legal profession.

In 1846 he married Miss Jones, of Ohio. They have a family of five children, and two of the sons are in the office of Hughes, O'Brien & Smiley.

Mr. Hughes' portrait will be found elsewhere in this work.

De Forest Hunt, M. D., was born at Maine, near Bing- hamton, N. Y., Aug 15, 1842 ; is son of Samuel M. Hunt, M. D., and Maria (Hevens) Hunt. His father's family was originally from Wales and his mother a descendant from the "Knickerbockers, " of New York. Dr. Hunt attended school at Binghamton and Homer, N. Y., and at the University of Wisconsin. In 1862 he entered the medical department of the University of New York and graduated in 1864. He commenced practice at Marathon, N. Y., and in 1869 came to Grand Rapids,. where he is a successful and popular practitioner of the Homeo- pathic school. Dr. Hunt comes of a long line of medical ancestors ; his great-grandfather was a surgeon on the staff of Gen. Wolf in the French Canadian war, and afterward an eminent surgeon of the Revolutionary army, and most of the male members of the family to the present generation have followed the same profession ; two uncles and a brother are practicing physicians, his father was surgeon of the 3d New York Regiment and died in November, 1880. Dr. Hunt is the author of a Homeopathic treatise on Diph- theria, which is attracting considerable notice among the profession on account of novel theories concerning the disease. He was mar- ried in 1865 at Borodino, N. Y., to Jennie M. Weston, a native of that place. They have a son. Office, No. 10 Canal street.

Edward H. Hunt, Assistant Cashier of the City National Bank, was born July 10. 1838, at Utica, N. Y., and is son of Alfred H. and Sarah R. Hunt, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of New York. He acquired his education at the public and private schools of Utica, Auburn and Northampton (Mass.), and came to this city in 1854. He entered the private banking house.

1049

GRAND RAPIDS CITY.

of his uncle, Wm. J. Welles, where he remained until the date of the Civil war. In 1861 he enlisted in the 8th N. Y. Cavalry as Lieut. and Battalion Adjutant, and was in action at Winchester and Harper's Ferry, where he was taken prisoner in the spring of '62 ; was immediately released on parole and was engaged as Clerk in the office of the Quartermaster-General at Washington until the close of the war. On his return to Grand Rapids he entered- upon the duties of his present position in the City National Bank. He is a Republican, but not actively interested in political life. He was married in 1869 to Julia M. Hatch, daughter of Ira S. Hatch, of Grand Rapids. They have two sons and one daughter. Resi- dence, cor. Jefferson Ave. and Cherry st.

James A. Hunt, Secretary and Treasurer of the Grand Rapids Stave Co., was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., April 8, 1844. His parents were A. M. and Eliza (Fitch) Hunt, natives of Otsego Co., N. Y. James A. attended the common schools of New York when young, and completed his literary education at the Fredonia Acad- emy, of his native State. When 21 years of age he purchased a half interest in a general store at Brockton, N. Y., where he remained five years. He then sold his interest and located at Grand Rapids, entering the employ of the Grand Rapids Manufacturing Co., with whom he remained three years and resigned to except a position with the Union Stave and Chair Co. This business was subsequently merged into the Grand Rapids Stave Co., Mr. Hunt purchasing a third interest, and becoming its Secretary and Treas- urer. Mr. Hunt is yet a young man, but has already developed a character of steadfastness of purpose, energy and perseverance, which should make his financial path very secure in future years. He is a member of the Masonic order, and a Royal Arch Mason ; has been connected with the Universalist Church of Grand Rapids for some years, and is Clerk of that body, and a member of the executive committee. He was married Aug. 28, 1866, to Florence A. Wilbur, a native of Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Two children have been sent to gladden the hearts of these parents - Ada E. and Harry W.

Simeon Hunt was born July 7, 1821, at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vt. He is son of Osmond and Delia (Noyes) Hunt. The first 15 years of his life he spent in his native town on a farm, receiving a fair education at the common schools. His parents removed to Kalamazoo in 1836, where the best facilities for educa- tion were available at the Academy, then under the management of Prof. Balch. (It was the first institution of its kind in Western Mich.) In March, 1838, he and his father started for Boston, Ionia Co., and .cut their way through the forest to their place of destination, where they built a log house and entered resolutely into the exigencies of pioneer life. Mr. Hunt afterward located on a tract of 80 acres adjoining his father's farm. He came to Grand Rapids in 1844, and up to 1847 was engaged in clerking and as Dep. Co. Clerk, when he returned to his farm. In 1856 he went

1050

HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.

to Lowell, where he opened business in general merchandise, sell- ing his interest in 1870'and returning to Grand Rapids. In '72 he was elected Register of Deeds, and re-elected in '74. In 1877, in company with Henry B. Davis, he opened an insurance, loan and abstract office, which relation still exists. He was married in 1844 to Ruby, daughter of Syivester Train, an old resident of Ionia county. They have buried two children, and have one liv- ing-Louis E., employed in his father's office.

Emmons R. Huntley, butcher, 113 Monroe st., son of John and Mary Huntley, was born at Hamburg, Erie Co., N. Y., March 3, 1826. His father died when he was but a year old, leaving a wife and six children, the oldest son being but 10 years old. Mr. Huntley never went to school over six months, having his own way to make in the world from his earliest remembrance. He was married in Aurora, Erie Co., N. Y., in 1849, to Julia A., daughter of Joseph M. and Polly Henshaw, born in that place Oct. 7, 1829. They have one child- Lucy E., born in Aurora, in 1852. Mr. Huntley came to this city in November, 1861, and engaged in his present occupation. In 1871 his building was burned, and he suf- fered a loss of $2,000; he rebuilt at his present stand, where he keeps a full stock of salt and dried meats for the wholesale and retail trade, packs annually 1,500 barrels of beef and pork, and handles about 40 head of beef per week: same average during the year. His business amounts to about $75,000 annually. Besides his store, he owns 10 acres of land and a residence at the corner of Hall and Jefferson sts.

Charles J. Hupp, Gen. Agt. of the M. C. and C. & W. M. R. Rs., Grand Rapids, was born at Salem, West Virginia, in July, 1845. His father was Abram Hupp, a wholesale hardware dealer of that place. Mr. Hupp was reared at home, and educated at Roanoke College, which institution he attended for five years. After leav- ing college, he was appointed ticket agent of the P., F. W. & C. R. R., at Plymouth, Ind., and remained in that position, and sub- sequently as cashier, for five years. He then accepted the agency of the G. R. & I. R. R., at Kalamazoo, where he remained six years. The position he now occupies was then tendered to him, and he accepted, having resided at Grand Rapids about four years. Mr. Huff was married at Plymouth, Ind., in 1869, to Annie M. Klin- ger, a native of that place. Four children have been given to them-George, Louis, Annie and Robert. Mr. Hupp is a member of the Knights of Honor. Mrs. Hupp is connected with St. Mark's Episcopal Church.

Joseph Jackoboice, proprietor West Side Iron Works, was born in Poland, March 16, 1824. He was reared and educated in his native land, and when 16 years of age learned the machinist's trade at Kalisch, where he worked four years. He then emigrated to Germany, where he was employed at his trade until 1852, when he located at New York city. After stopping there two and a half years, he came to Grand Rapids (in 1855), and was employed

1051.

GRAND RAPIDS CITY.

by Elihu Smith and Ball & Butterworth till 1860. He then went into business for himself, and has succeeded in making a success of his trade. A sketch of his business will be found in

another chapter. Mr. Jackoboice is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, the Knights of Honor and the National Greenback party. He was married in 1860 to Frances Rasch, a native of Prussia. Of the 10 children born to this union, five survive- Julia, Eddie, Helen, Clara and George. Emma, Mary, Otto and two infants are deceased. Mrs. Jackoboice is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church (W. S.).

Rev. Geo. B. Jocelyn, during whose pastorate the present M. E. Church was dedicated, was born at New Haven, Conn., Jan. 3, 1824. In 1826 he was brought to Cincinnati by his father, and thence to New Albany, Ind., in 1830 .. His parents were in moder- ate circumstances. By teaching, he was able to educate himself, so that, in 1839, he was sent to the Asbury University, where he studied during three terms. In 1841-'42 he worked in a printing office. In 1848 he received the honorary degree of A. M., and subsequently was enrolled as a regular graduate. In 1843 he was licensed as an itinerant minister. In 1845 he married Miss C. M. Lyon, of New Albany, and removed to Vincennes, where he opened a high school. In 1849 he commenced the preparatory depart- ment of the Indiana Asbury Female College. In 1857 he entered the Indiana Conference, and was stationed two years at Des Moines, two years at Burlington, and three years at Mt. Pleasant. At the latter place, together with being pastor, he was President of the Iowa Wesleyan University. In 1864 he was appointed Presi- dent of Albion College, which position he held until appointed Pastor of the M. E. Church at Grand Rapids.

Adrian Johnson, of the firm of Boss & Johnson, 82 S. Division st., was born Jan. 14, 1831, in Holland; is son of John and Cath- arine (Kruger) Johnson. He came to America in 1849, and served an apprenticeship of four years in this city as a plasterer, and pur- sued the business 20 years; was one of the best in Grand Rapids. He bought an interest with Mr. Boss in his grocery, at 95 S. Division st., and Sept. 1, 1880, they moved to their present loca- tion, where they do an annual business of $15,000. Mr. Johnson, was married in this city, in 1852, to Hendrika, daughter of Cor- nelius and Johanna (Fouser) Cato, born in Holland, Oct. 25, 1830. They have had 11 children, nine of whom are living, all born at Grand Rapids, in the same house where they now reside; they are-John B., Cornelius A., Cathrina J., Jacob C., Levi, Leonard W., Maria C., Johanna W., and Hendrika A. Mr. and Mrs. John- son belong to the Christian Reformed Church. He owns his residence at 174 Lagrave st., a one-third interest in house and two lots on Prescott st., also 10 acres in Wyoming, and three lots in the Powers Paris City Addition. Mr. Johnson came all the way from Germany to Grand Rapids by water. From New York city to Albany on the Hudson river, on the steamer "Isaac Newton,"

1052

HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.

across the Erie canal to Buffalo, to Milwaukee on the steamer " Louisiana," to Grand Haven on the "Champion," to Grand Rapids on the Grand river on a flat-boat named the "Empire."

Dr. George K. Johnson, Grand Rapids, was born in Cayuga Co. N. Y., Jan. 17, 1822. His parents were natives of that State, and came to Michigan in 1835. They settled on a farm in Livingston county, where he remained three or four years, and where he assisted his father in making a home in the new State. During this time he spent his spare moments in study, and at the end of this period, entered McNeal's Academy at Ann Ar- bor, where he remained two years. He engaged in teaching for a time, to obtain means to pursue his studies, and subsequently at- tended a classical school at Northville. His professional studies were prosecuted in the offices of Dr. Curtis, of Kensington, and Dr. Ira P. Bingham, of Brighton, Mich., and lastly with Prof. John Delamater, of Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from the Cleveland Medical College in the spring of 1846, and soon afterward located in Pontiac, this State. His labors were rewarded with satisfactory success, and the first few years of laborious practice seriously im- paired his health, so that some change and relaxation became necessary. In 1852 he removed to Detroit, where he followed his profession two years. In 1854 he came to Grand Rapids, but be- ing then in very feeble health did not engage to any extent in the practice of his profession, and so far as his health would permit engaged in railroad and other interests. He was identified with the construction of the Detroit & Milwaukee railroad. In 1857 he visited England, and for nearly a year devoted himself to the study of the things of interest in that country. He returned with restored health to Grand Rapids. In 1860 he resumed the prac- tice of his profession.

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.

History of Kent County, Michigan, together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 104

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.); Chapman, Charles C., & Co. (Chicago) Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co. Number of Pages: 1434

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.); Chapman, Charles C., & Co. (Chicago)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co.
Number of Pages: 1434