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Bullock, Sid V.
105
Burgess, Charles (
657
Butler, Benjamin F
173
C
Cadwell. George W
160
Campbell, John W
69
C'aris, Clarence.
507
Carothers. R. Arthur
94
Case, Seymour
475
115
Caswell. Francis S
111
Chamberlin, Fred J.
Chambers, Mrs. Mary L. ( Barber) _ 642 380
Chandler, Chester
302
Church, Frank P
122
( lark, Eli S.
Clark, John W
196
Clark, William M.
474
Clement. Clifton
H
51
Clement. John. N
518
('liffe. Thomas J ._
417
Closson, Cornelius F
536
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Cole. Fred J 39
Collins. Irwin M 540
Collins, John
313
Collins. William 11
114
Comden, George F
401
Comden, Samuel J
429
Comstock, Jared
V
570
Cook. Prof. Aral E.
331
Corder. James
542
Corey. Allen L .. M. D.
62
Cornell. George E ...
419
Couchman. George D.
644
Courter. J. Watson.
271
Crandall, E. L
364
Crawford, Bert
108
Crockett. W. V.
638
Crooks. Thomas
G
427
Cross. Charles Il.
559
Culver. Chester R.
551
Cummings, Edward C.
67
Cummings Frank
509
Cummings, Otto_
635
Curtis. Fred E.
604
Curtis. Lorenzo D
100
Cutler. Roy A
270
D
Dailey. James A 150
Danforth, Mortimer E .. M. 1), 664
Dasef. John W. 560
Davis. Thomas D.
334
Davis. William
358
Dean, Diz W.
169
Dean. Fred L.
369
Despelter. John
(
617
De Young, Cornelius
254
De Young. James_
467
Dickerson. Allen B.
71
Dickinson, Charles
119
Dilley. D. Darwin
650
Dolloff. LaForest H ....
646
Dow. Thomas D .. D. D. S 247
Drews. William E
614
Drummond, Clark
213
Durkee .. Ervie E
280
Durst. Jacob W.
290
Dyer. Clarence
639
2
Ede. Albert E 296
Edwards, George
258
Ehle. Oscar F .__
269
Eitelbuss, George W
383
Eitelbuss. Mrs. Mary S. 382
Eldridge. Bert .1.
486
Eldridge. Eli A
228
Emerson. Robert F ...
232
Evans. Robert
411
1.
Farnsworth, Lauriston B
189
Fender, John 11.
209
Finnegan, John
407
Fitzpatrick, John M
391
Fleck. Roswell.
408
French. Charles .11 96
Friedt, James W.
199
Frisbie. B. Stephen. M. D. 237
Frost. James.
633
Fry. Randal
462
Fuller, Thomas F 338
Fuller, William 11
265
Fults, John C.
299
G
Gaffield. Benson
1,
480
Gaffield. John W
424
Gallagher, William J
235
Galloup, Prof. Lewis B
367
Galloup. Orland W
373
Gates, Clarence M 5.26
Gates, Merton D. 472
Gibbs. George R. 245
Gibbs. Jay
40
Gibbs, Lucins H
112
Gibson. Frank S
607
Golden, John A
469
Gooby. Matthew
337
Goodwin. Andrew 288
Graham. Byron
461
Graham. William
534
.Greenhoe, Edwin D
282
Grill. Martin 305
Griswold. Warren G.
220
Gunther. Fred. Sr
242
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
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Haack, Christ
586
Hallett. John W
116
Hanchett, Joseph.
352
Hansen. Carl F.
283
Hansen, Englebrecht
610
Hansen, Frank
266
Hansen. Hans
580
Hansen, Hans
581
Hansen, J. William G., D. V. S.
273
Hansen. Jens P
_645
Hansen, Lars P.
267
Hansen, Oscar T.
295
Hardy. G. W.
582
Harriman, George F.
341
Harris, William A
327
Harut. Cicero AV ...
543
Haskins. James B.
326
Hatchew. Philip J
606
Hawley. Charles
376
Heisler. 11. E ..
375
Hempstead. Capt.
Henry M.
80
126
Henry. Charles E
Herman, George_
601
Herold, John .A.
308
Herrick, Adelbert A.
368
Millis. George T. 451
Hillis. Joseph C .. 515
Hillis. Robert J ._
443
Hinds. Henry IT.
128
Hinkley. Leon L.
520
Holcomb. Albert J.
445
Holcomb. George W.
444
Holmes. Harry C ..
170
Houghton. Olon J.
531
Howell, William E.
436
Howorth. Harvey E
336
Tunt. Lyman ..
385
Bunt. Mortimer
523
Ingraham, Henry
1.
577
Isham, J. Frank
379
J
Jackson, Thomas E
441
Jamieson. William C.
172
Jarstfer, Leroy K ._
554
Jensen, Niels
300
Johnson. Fred A., M. D
666
K
Keith. William W.
330
Kemp, Ernest .1
398
Kennedy, Salem F
178
Kent, Silas ..
654
Ketchum, Serenus
42
Kimball, Jesse B
553
Kindell. Edwin J
624
Kipp, Howard C.
253
Kirker. William
456
Kirtland. Horace I
167
Kittle. E.
405
Klees, John.
505
Klees, Joseph
505
Knapp, Almeron N
538
Knapp. James II.
205
Knapp. Orlando J
316
Kreeger. Julius
463
Krohn, Isaac
123
Krum. George A
468
L
LaDu. Charles
203
LaDu, Rev. Stalham W
210
Larsen, Chris_ _
634
Lascelle. Joseph M.
238
Lee. Lewis
521
Lester. George H.
568
Lester. Will H .. M. 1)
277
Inbbard, Melvin C. M. D)
485
Lewis. John
89
Lincoln, Edward W.
620
1.isk. Solomon
323
Highec. Chancellor E
371
Bill. Angustns F
184
Hiller. John N.
572
Herrick. Charles R.
525
Klees, Peter
497
Herrick. Walter G
510
Hicks, Charles I ....
550
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Long, Sherman
399
Loper, Marvin I 627
Lovely, William
103
Lower. R. Earl
261
Tunn. William P.
648
Lutterloh, Henry
208
Mc.
Mcclellan. Spencer
616
McCloskey, J. E. 310
McConkie, M. J 613
McCrea. Jacob
545
McDonald, Angus
11
400
McGowan, John __
622
Mcllattic, William
384
McNutt. R. D.
147
MI
Mabic, Charles A
351
Maddhes. George II 292
Mader, William
388
Madison, Albert.
473
Madsen. John
587
Martin. Josiah
5.50
Marvin, Charles
641
Mayes, Delber
528
Meach, Charles I
183
Merrifield, Nicholas (
430
Messenger, Judge Christopher (
34
Miel. Judge Lucas M 192
Miller, Charles M.
140
Miller. George W 652
Miller. John C. 658
Miller, Noble W., M. D. 320
Miller, Oscar C
77
583
Minard, George H
354
Miner. James
348
Miner. M. J
Miner. Uriah
355
Mitchell. John H
470
Moffatt, Edwin E
275
Moulton, Ralph W
301
Mulick, Edward G.
272
Musson, Thomas W
578
N
Neff, Jacob M. 156
Neff. Sherman E.
163
Nelson, Judge Francis.
598
Nelson, John
307
Nelson, Oscar E 297
Neve, Robert
404
Nevins, Harlan P
437
Newbrough, J. C.
176
Newcomb. Solomon
B
319
Newhouse, Newton W
55
Newton, Rudolph
626
Nickerson. Charles R
502
Noah. Asher 465
Noah, Clarence A
596
Noah, Joshua
448
Noah. William ...
304
Norton. Bernard
291
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O'Brien. Fred U
332
('Donald, Albert.
311
()'Donald, Richard HI.
44
Oswald. Simon
298
377
Otis. Rev. Norman
Pakes, Fred A
662
Parker, Rev. Charles
148
Paulson, Brede A.
198
Peabody, George W.
621
Peck. Ford S.
361
Peck, Mrs. Mina. 361
Peck. Samnel 1)
609
Penny. John
285
Peterman. William
11
447
Petersen. Peter
264
Phelps. W. S.
629
Pickell, Fred !
286
342
Pierce. Warren B
530
Pierson, John W. S.
136
Pierson. George J.
651
Pintler. Raymond
1
481
Platt. Frank.
494
Platt. Hezekiah
496
Potter. Thomas
J
7.3
Mills, William
466
Pierce. Harrison
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Preston, Hubert
S
222
Prevette, George C. 154
Pront, J. HI 109
Pugsley, William H.
488
Purdon, James, M. D
547
Q
Quigg. John
263
R
Rader, Henry 383
Ranney, Ellis W 143
Ranney, Frederick E 47
Rasmusen, Willard C.
647
Rasmussen, Nels P
294
Rasmussen, William E 152
Reader. Fred B 589
Reed, David C. 611
Reynolds, Claire C
660
Reynolds, John.
293
Rice, Harvey W.
76
Richards. Charles S
187
Richardson, Albert
A
374
Ridley. James T
79
Riley. Charles W 260
Robinson, James W
597
Rowland, Oren A
281
Rowley, Edwin S. 603
Rule. Zacharias D. 230
Russell, A. Noalı 104
Rutan, Eugene
33
Rutan, Manning
48
Rutherford, Ernest
268
S
St. Clair, Marshall A 514
Sanford, Otis A 226
Sayles, Cyrenius C., M. D 512
Schermerhorn, Lucius B 393
Schroder, Martin 262
Serviss, John II 141
Sexton, William H., Jr.
434
Sheehan, Rev. John J 135
Sherd, Marshall D. 362
Sherwood, Charles ()
517
Sherwood, Mrs. Emma 347
Shook. A. N 195
Silver, Bert C. E. 90
Siple. George W 322
Skarritt, Alfred F 124
Skeoch, J. E.
207
Slawson, Earle B
98
Smith, Herman W.
395
Smith, Rayburn B., M. D. 218
Smith, William
B
175
Snow, Bert R
628
Spangler, Benjamin L 340
454
Squire, Eli
Staines, William J
618
Starr. Harry C
637
Stearns, Alfred L
53
Stearns. Wesley J
240
Stebbins, Allen E 106
Stebbins, Arthur M 118
Stebbins, Chester
328
Stebbins, Ensign
B
224
Steere, Joseph
409
Steere, William M 439
Stevens, Frank A
535
Stevenson, Morris W 60
Stoddard, Elmer E
132
Stokes, Edgar A 615
Stone. Albert O 498
Stone. Luther R. 656
Strait. John
216
Strait, William E 495
Summers, S. Clay 631
Sutton, Samuel
412
Swarthout, Charles 215
Swarthout, Scott.
162
Sweet. Clarence A
249
T
Tallman. W. A. 655
Taylor. Arthur J 83
Taylor, Frank
A
413
Taylor, H. W
151
Taylor, J. Philo, D. D. S. 133
Taylor, J. W 278
Teed, Lemuel. 490
Thurlby, John F 513
Tower, R. J. 134
Towle. Delos A
57
Train, James
144
387
Spencer, John P
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Urie, James W 345
V
Verplanck. James
366
W
Wagar, Hon. Edgar S. 64
Wagar, Harry E. 38
Waldo. Otto C ... 201
Wandel. John
190
Wanink. William
593
Ward. Lewis 181
Warts, William O. 508
Waters. David I
306
Weeks. Clair W
88
Wheeler. Wilson
649
White. Charles M 363
Wickes, George P. 636
Williamson. Francis 186
Wilson, George M 458
Wilson, Oscar W .. 414
Winter, Thomas B. 177
Wood. William .A. 432
Woods, Joseph 558
Worden, Adelbert 588
Worden. Thomas 623
Wright, Cass T 45
Wright. Will L.
233
274
Wyckoff. F. M.
Y
Youdan, J. Claude 315
Young. Ammon E. T. 477
Young, John P., M. D 492
Youngman. Niel H.
567
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BIOGRAPHICAL
EUGENE RUTAN.
Eugene Rutan has been one of the progressive leaders of commercial and church life, in Greenville. Michigan, for many years, and has stood for the best influence on all questions pertaining to the public welfare. His birth occurred on July 2. 1844, in Dover, New Jersey, and at the age of seven years he came to Michigan with his parents.
The Rutans were of Huguenot descent, who located in Greenville and it was in this town that Eugene was educated. At the age of twenty years he became a student of Oberlin College, in Oberlin, Ohio, and there com- pleted his class-room studies. In 1869 he began his business career by succeeding his father in general merchandise, but later entered the hard- ware business, of which he made a great success. He remained in this business for twenty-four years and then engaged in the real-estate busi- ness for several years, subsequently becoming one of the largest stock- holders. and later, director and vice-president of the First National Bank of Greenville. Michigan. The bank finally dissolved and he then became one of the organizers of the Greenville State Bank, serving as its vice- president. He is much interested in city real estate and owns several busi- ness blocks.
Eugene Rutan was first married to Marcia A. Fenton, a native of Massachusetts, but an old resident of and a teacher in the public schools at Greenville, Michigan, and one child blessed their union, namely, Leo H., who resides at home. The wife and mother died in February, 1913, and on October 5. 1914, Eugene Rutan was united in marriage to his second wife. Francene M. Nelson. She was born in New York state, but has been a resident of Greenville. Michigan, for many years, serving as a teacher in the public schools.
The family are members of the Congregational church, of which Engene Rutan is steward and trustee. He is a liberal supporter of the church and civic needs and is also prominent in club life, being a member
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of the Lincoln Club and of the Pioneer Society. Politically, he is a Repub- lican and has served on the common council, as well as having been a member of the school board. He was the owner of the E. Rutan & Com- pany flour-mills of Belling, Alichigan, which burned on February 20. 1898. with a big loss to Mr. Rutan. He was one of the original incorporators and organizers of the Moore Plow and Implement Company of Greenville. Michigan and at present one of the directors and its treasurer. This is one of the largest and most important manufacturing concerns of Mont- calmi county, Michigan.
JUDGE CHRISTOPHER C. MESSENGER.
When the people of Stanton, county seat of Montcalm county, in the spring of 1915 elected Judge Messenger to serve as the chief executive of that sprightly city, they honored themselves, for their discriminating choice placed in the mayoral chair a man not only eminently qualified for the performance of the exacting duties of that important position, but one who has brought to the office a natural dignity most becoming to that high station and which has been properly maintained in the various and intimate relations with the public which this station entails.
Christopher C. Messenger was born at Hickory Corners, Barry county. this state, on November 20. 1855, son of Warner and Sarah ( Crabb ) Mes- senger, both natives of England, the former of whom was born in the city of London and the latter in the city of Liverpool.
Warner Messenger was one of thirteen children born to his parents. of whom mention is here made of Richard, John, who came to America; William, Anna. Mary, Robert and Warren. The parents of these children died when the son, Warner. was a child and but vague impressions of theni were retained by him. He grew to manhood in London and after coming to America, was married in the state of New York to Sarah Crabb, dangh- ter of Christopher C. Crabb, a tailor. and when twenty-five years of age. in 1851. with his wife came to Michigan, and bought a farm of eighty acres in Barry county. To this original tract. Mr. Messenger presently added two adjoining "forties," thus making a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he improved and brought to an excellent state of culti- vation and there reared his family. His wife died in 1891, at the age of sixty-three years, but he continued to live on the home place until a couple
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of years before his death, when he went to live with his daughter at Hickory Corners, where his death occurred on March 17, 1913. he being then aged eighty-five years. Both Warner Messenger and his wife were members of the Baptist church and were regarded as among the leaders in all good works in the neighborhood in which they lived. To them were born two children. Christopher ( .. the subject of this sketch, and Mary A., wife of William H. Marshall. of Hickory Corners, this state, where she has lived all her life.
Reared on the parental farm in Barry county, Christopher C. Messen- ger received his elementary education in the district school in the neighbor- hood of his home, which he supplemented by a course in the Adventist College at Battle Creek, this state. While attending college, Mr. Messen- ger began to learn the jeweler's trade, which he followed for nearly twenty years. In 1886 he came to Montcalm county and located at Howard City. where he opened a jewelry store and was in business there until his appoint- ment to the office of judge of the probate court for Montcalm county in June. 1899, and on June 26, 1899, he moved to Stanton. the county seat. to enter upon the duties of that office. For nine years and six months Judge Messenger presided over the probate court of this county and at the close of that term of service, bought a hardware stock in the village of Butternut. this county, where he remained for two years and six months, at the end of which time he returned to Stanton, which since has been his home.
For many years Judge Messenger has been one of the leading and most influential factors in the Republican party organization in Montcalm county. For six years he was secretary of the Republican central committee, in which capacity he performed valuable service for his party. For two years he was treasurer of Reynolds township and after that service ceased. he became supervisor and served in that capacity for a little more than seven years. He then entered upon his long term of service as judge of the probate court and for the past three or more years has been serving the public in the capacity of commissioner of the poor. In the spring of 1915 Judge Messenger was elected mayor of Stanton and is now serving in that office in a manner acceptable to the entire community, even many of his political opponents conceding the wisdom of the people's choice of chief executive.
On November 26, 1884, Christopher C. Messenger was united in mar- riage to Theodocia E. Fisk, who was born in Johnson township, Barry county, on November 28. 1860, daughter of Sidney S. and Elsie (Dunn)
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Fisk, the former of whom is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Fisk were the parents of eight children who lived to maturity, Lilly, Theodocia, Hermic, Lena, Nellie, Eva, William and Catherine. To Judge and Mrs. Messenger one child has been born, a son, Lee F. Messenger, a traveling salesman, of Traverse City, this state, who married Agnes Brown and has one child, a daughter, Catherine. Mrs. Messenger is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and both she and the judge long have been devoted to all measures having to do with the betterment of social conditions through- ont the county and are held in the very highest regard by all. Judge Mes- senger is a member of the Masonic lodge at Stanton and takes a warm interest in the affairs of that ancient order. He is public spirited, energetic and enterprising and for years has been regarded as one of Montcalm's most substantial and influential citizens, a man who possesses the confidence and respect of all.
HORACE L. BOWER, M. D.
Dr. Horace L. Bower, the oldest physician in point of continuous practice in Montcalm county, and who has been located at Greenville since he received his diploma in 1864, during which time he has gained a wide reputation throughout this section of the state as a physician and surgeon of high ability, but who is now living practically retired from the more arduous details of his profession, his onetime extensive practice being, to a large extent, taken over by his son, Dr. A. J. Bower, is a native of New York, having been born at Lansing, in Tompkins county, that state. August 31, 1839.
Horace I .. Bower received his early education in Courtland Academy at Homer, New York, and in a similar institution at Ithaca, same state, and in 1861 moved to Michigan, locating at Clarkston, in Oakland county, begin- ning in that same year the study of medicine in the office of Dr. J. B. Drummond, at Greenville, this county. The next year he entered the medi- cal department of the University of Michigan and studied there for two years, 1862-63, and in 1864 entered Albany Medical College, from which he was graduated that same year. Upon receiving his diploma. Doctor Bower returned to Greenville and began the practice of his profession there and has since then, with the exception of a few years. been continuously engaged in practice at that point, during which time his name and fame
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as a physician have extended beyond the confines of this and adjacent counties.
From the time of its organization, Doctor H. L. Bower served the Montcalm County Medical Society in the capacity of secretary and was continuously re-elected to that position until at the meeting of the society in 1915 he was elected president of the same. For thirty years he has been county physician and for many years has been health officer of Greenville. He is an honored member of the Michigan State Medical Society and for some time served as treasurer of the Union Medical Society of Northern Michigan. For two years Doctor Bower was grand councilor of the Royal Templars of Temperance, an organization with insurance benefits, and also served for some time as state medical examiner for that organization. Doctor Bower also is a member of the Masonic lodge at Greenville and takes a warm interest in Masonic affairs. Although still continuing active in his practice, the people of this section being reluctant to permit him to retire, his services in obstetric cases being particularly in demand on account of his years of notable success along those lines. Doctor Bower has pretty largely turned his practice over to his son, the junior member of the firm of physicians, Dr. Albert J. Bower, who has perhaps, the most extensive practice of any physician in Greenville, and his father is seeking, as the years pass, to spend his later years in the quiet retirement of his pleasant home.
In 1865. the year of his permanent settlement in Greenville, Dr. Horace I .. Bower was united in marriage to Ettie A. Clark, of Detroit. and to this union two children have been born, Albert J. and George C. Albert J. Bower, who was born in January, 1880, received his elementary education in the schools of Greenville and was graduated from the high school in that city in 1898. He then entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was graduated from the literary and medical departments of that institution in 1903. Upon receiving his diploma, Dr. A. J. Bower was given an interneship in the Lakeside hospital at Cleveland, Ohio, where he served from 1903 to 1905. during that time receiving a vast amount of valuable practical experience in the practice of his profession. Thus admir- ably equipped. the younger Doctor Bower returned to Greenville and in 1905 became associated with his father in the practice of his profession in his home town and has attained a wide general practice throughout this section. George C. Bower, who was born on December II, 1872, was grad- uated from the Greenville high school in 1890 and is now engaged in the produce business at Greenville and Belding.
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Doctor and Mrs. Bower are members of the Baptist church. in the various beneficences of which they for years have taken an active interest, and their sons are members of the same church, while the three men are members of the Masonic lodge at Greenville, in the affairs of which they take a warm interest. No family hereabout is held in higher regard than is the Bower family and all enjoy the warm esteem of the entire community.
HARRY E. WAGAR.
Harry E. Wagar, the well-known and popular cashier of the Peoples State Bank of Edmore, this county, is a native of that village, having been born there on June 1, 1881, only son of the late Hon. Edgar S. and Mary ( Pfeiffer ) Wagar, for many years prominent and influential residents of that village, the former of whom died on July 17, 1914. and the latter is still living there, enjoying many evidences of the high esteem in which she is held by the entire community. Further details of the history of this interesting family are set out in a memorial sketch relating to the life of the late Hon. Edgar S. Wagar, presented elsewhere in this volume, to which the attention of the reader is directed in this connection.
Harry E. Wagar grew up at Edmore, receiving his elementary educa- tion in the excellent schools of that village, and upon completing the course in the high school entered Ferris Institute at Big Rapids, and after a course there entered the Michigan Agricultural College, in which institution he gained credits sufficient for his graduation. but was prevented from finish- ing with his class by reason of illness during the last year of his school work. In 1807 he entered his father's bank at Echinore and learned the detail work of that old institution literally "from the ground up." In 1902 he was made cashier. a position which he is still filling, with satisfaction both to the stockholders and to the customers, he long having been recog- nized as one of the ablest young bankers in this section of the state, enjoying the full confidence and respect of business and financial circles generally hereabout. In addition to his banking connection, Mr. Wagar has farming interests of two hundred acres in this county and a valuable farm in St. Joseph county, besides which he is financially interested in several other enterprises in the state. and is looked upon as one of Montcalm's most substantial business men.
On November 16, 1902, Harry E. Wagar was united in marriage to
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Grace Pittenger, who was born at Breckenridge. this state, daughter of James E. and Eva ( Kine ) Pittenger, and to this union one son, Guy E., was born on September 10. 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Wagar take a proper part in the social and cultural activities of their home community and are held in high esteem by their many friends thereabout.
Mr. Wagar is a Republican and for years has been a member of the town council, now serving his third term as president of the village. Ile is a member of the Masonic lodge at Edmore and of the Grand Rapids Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons, and of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Grand Rapids; a member of the lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at fonia and of the Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows at Edmore, in the affairs of which orders he takes a warm interest.
FRED J. COLE.
Fred J. Cole. well-known attorney-at-law, of Greenville, also justice of the peace in and for Eureka township, this county, and circuit court com- missioner, is a native son of Michigan, having been born in the city of Jackson, this state. November 15. 1875. son of A. J. and Miranda E. ( Palmer ) Cole, who for years have been well-known residents of Green- ville.
.A. J. Cole was born in Jackson county, this state, son of Horace Cole and wife, the former of whom had come to Michigan from Onondaga county, New York, at an early day in the settlement of Jackson neighbor- hood and had there established his home. becoming in his day a fairly prominent resident of that community, and there grew to manhood, learning the carpenter trade which he has followed all the active years of his life. When the Civil War broke out .A. J. Cole enlisted in Company K. Sixteenth Regiment. Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and served in that regiment until he was wounded in battle in 1862, after which he was honorably discharged for disability. Returning home, he presently recovered from the effect of his wound and re-enlisted. in 1863. in the Tenth Michigan Cavalry, with which he served until the close of the war, being attached to the Army of the West.
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