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home until their death, where Charles M. White now lives, Mr. White hav- ing died on March 19, 1901. and Mrs. White on January 24, 1906. LaRoy White and wife were the parents of four children: Eugene, deceased ; William, Millie, deceased, and Charles M.
Charles M. White lived at home. where he assisted on the farm and received his education in the common schools of his county, until at the age of twenty-one. he left home and for two years was engaged in various kinds of work. He then returned home and was married to Lillian Fuller. on November 20, 1885. Mrs. White was the daughter of William and Alwilda (Jackson) Fuller, of Sheridan, Michigan. After his marriage, Mr. White bought thirty acres of land of the old home place, and at the death of his mother he purchased the other thirty acres which constitutes his present farm.
Mr. and Mrs. White are the parents of seven children : An infant who died; Arthur Clay, of Sheridan; Alwilda, the wife of Ray ITaysmer, of Lansing; Alger, at home; Victor, at school in Sheridan; Arlie, deceased, and Bernice, at home.
Fraternally, Mr. White is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees. He is a member of the Free Baptist church, and politically he is an advocate of the principals of the Republican party, though he is not an office seeker, he has for years been a director of his school district and for the past nine years has been its treasurer.
E. L. CRANDALL.
E. L. Crandall, the son of Stephen and Eliza ( Fuller) Crandall, was born in Alfred, Allegany county, New York, on November 16, 1865.
Stephen and Eliza Crandall, the parents of E. L. Crandall, were natives of New York and came to Montcalm county in an early day, when it was very sparsely settled. Mr. Crandall came with the intention of entering the lumber and shingle business. He at once entered iand and began preparation to make this his permanent home. His was the first frame house erected in Sheridan and the place has changed hands but a few times.
But few of the Crandall family settled west of New York, but the Fuller family came to Michigan soon after the settlement here of Stephen Crandall. The Crandalls were farmers in New York and came to their west- ern home when E. L. was but a babe, three months old. They resided in
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Sheridan for three years, from 1866 to 1869, where Mr. Crandall was engaged in teaming and the lumber and shingle business. At that time the family came to Bushnell township, where Mr. Crandall bought eighty acres of land and here the family made their home for many years. Since his retirement from active work, Mr. Crandall has lived in Sheridan and later in Grand Rapids, where he still resides. Mrs. Crandall died in 1908.
Mr. and Mrs. Crandall were the parents of six children, all of whom are living: Hattie is the wife of Fred Regis and lives in Evergreen township; Fred lives in Bushnell township; E. L., the subject of this sketch; Frank, of Detroit; Emma, the widow of Raymond Mabie, lives in Detroit, and Elmer, a salesman who makes his home in Mississippi.
E. L. Crandall grew to manhood on the home farm and received his education in the common schools of the township. He worked for others until after his marriage, on October 22, 1890, to Clara Galloup, the daughter of A. P. and Betsey ( Bennett ) Galloup.
A. P. Galloup settled in Ohio as a young man of twenty-five years, and there met and married Betsey Bennett. During their residence in Ohio three children were born to them. Later they moved to Ionia county, where they made their home for one year, after which they settled on a farm in Mont- calm county, where the parents spent the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of nine children: Zillah, the wife of George Shoop; Noah; Miranda, the wife of George Taylor; Calfurna, deceased, was the wife of Walter Kingsbury; Frances, deceased, was the wife of Hiram Taylor; Louis B .; Fenton ; Sherman, deceased, and Clara, the wife of F. L. Crandall.
After his marriage, Mr. Crandall settled a short distance west of his present home. He now owns eighty acres of well-improved land, with sub- stantial and modern buildings, located in Bushnell township, three miles southeast of Sheridan. Mr. and Mrs. Crandall are the parents of the fol- lowing children: Gar is a graduate of the Sheridan high school and is at present attending the Ferris Institute at Big Rapids; Zelma, who died at the age of four; Theresa, at home, and attending the district school, and one who died in infancy.
Mr. Crandall and his family are active and influential members of the Baptist church of Bushnell township, and Mr. Crandall is a member of the official board and takes much interest in the administration of the church. Politically, Mr. Crandall is a member of the Republican party and has been an overseer and a member of the board of review. He has also served as moderator for his school district for a number of years.
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JAMES H. VERPLANCK.
James H. Verplanck, successful farmer and stock raiser, and a citizen prominent in the affairs of Bushnell township, Montcalm county, Michigan, was born in Cayuga county, New York, on April 5, 1851, the son of Andrew and Betsy (Jewell) Verplanck, the former of Dutch descent and a repre- sentative of the famous New York state Verplanck family, the latter of American and Irish descent, she having been the daughter of Isaac and Betsy (O'Brien) Jewell.
James H. Verplanck moved to Washtenaw county, Michigan, and located with his mother in Lyons township, where he lived until 1859, and then, his mother having died, he returned to New York state and lived with an aunt for some years. When about fifteen years of age, in 1866, James H. Verplanck again came to Michigan and lived with his father in Calhoun county for about two years and then went back to New York state, where he made his home until twenty-one years of age, engaging in general farm work during this time. About 1872 Mr. Verplanck came to Greenville, Montcalm county, and for the next nine years engaged in farming and in Inmber work, devoting the greater part of his time as a lumberman to the running of logs down the streams of his locality. In 1882 James H. Ver- planck, having previously married, bought a farm of eighty acres in Mont- calm township. Montcalm county, where Mr. Verplanck lived as a farmer and raiser of purebred Shorthorn cattle until 1910, when he purchased his present farm of two hundred and fifty-five acres in Bushnell township, which is known as the "Fair Plains Stock Farm." On his modern and well- equipped farm, Mr. Verplanck now is engaged with notable success as a farmer, together with the raising of large numbers of high-grade Percheron horses and purebred cattle.
On October 19, 1881, James H. Verplanck was married to Mary Jean- ette Despelder, a daughter of Peter and Dena ( Debree) Despelder, well- known people of Montcalm county. To the marriage of James H. and Mary Jeanette Verplanck were born two children, Edna and Rudolph. Edna, on December 8, 1905, was married to Victor L. Green, a farmer living near Greenville, in Montcalm township, and has one son, James Edwin, seven years old. Rudolph was married on September 3, 1912, to Blanche Pitcher. of Sheridan, and has one child, born on December 25, 1915, named Jasper Garrett. On December 8, 1899, Mary Jeanette, the wife of James H. Ver- planck, died, and on February 20, 1902. Mr. Verplanck was married, sec-
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ondly, to Audrianna Despelder, a sister of his deceased wife. To this mar- riage no children have been born. Mr. Verplanck and his family are mem- bers of the Congregational church, being active in the work and worship of this denomination in Montcalm county.
James II. Verplanck has been active in the political and official affairs of Montcalm county, having served as clerk of Montcalm township for two vears, and in the year 1890 was engaged in the taking of the federal census, Mr. Verplanck is one of the highly respected citizens of Montcalm county, his activity for general welfare and improvement having given him a place among the leaders of the community.
PROF. LEWIS B. GALLOUP.
Prof. Lewis B. Galloup, a farmer and music teacher living on rural route No. 4, Sheridan, Michigan, is the proprietor of "Pioneer Ranch," consisting of one hundred acres of land, situated two miles east of the town of Sheridan. Ile was born on March 6, 1881, on the land mentioned, the son of A. P. and Betsey (Bennett) Galloup. His father was a native of New York state and his mother of the state of Ohio. They were married in Ohio and after that event came to Michigan, about the year 1851, and lived near Lyons, Michigan, for one year, and then came to Montcalm county and settled in Bushuell township, where they lived until his death. A. P. Galloup first entered eighty acres of land under the government homestead law, and later forty additional acres, upon which he built a home. He was active in local politics; in religion a Baptist. They had nine children, five of whom are yet living, of these, Noah is a farmer; Zillah is the widow of George Shoop; Lewis B. and Finton live in Bushnell township; Clara is the wife of Edward Crandall.
Lewis B. Galloup was reared on the farm and attended the common schools. He also took a course in instrumental music and became a music teacher. He organized classes and taught for thirty years. He married Rhoda Williams and of their two children one died in infancy and the other, R. B. Galloup, seventeen years of age, lives at home with his father.
Rhoda Williams was born on May 9. 1874, in Bloomer township, Mont- calm county, daughter of Charles and Caroline Jane ( Blanchard) Williams, both of whom were born in Chautauqua county, New York, and were there married and later moved to Michigan and settled on a farm in Bloomer town-
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ship, near Butternut, where they were pioneers. They had two children, Lee and Rhoda; Lce lives with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are now living in Evergreen township, Montcalm county. Mr. Williams served three years in the Ninth New York Cavalry in the Civil War.
In religion Prof. L. B. Galloup is a Republican and is a member of the Baptist church. Mrs. Gallonp belongs to the Seventh-Day Adventist church. Professor Galloup has for years been recognized as a proficient teacher of music and has taught not only in this but in other counties, giving individual instruction. specializing in instrumental music.
ADELBERT A. HERRICK.
Adelbert A. Herrick, successful farmer, extensive stock raiser, and man prominent in the affairs of Bushnell township, Montcalm county, Mich- igan, was born in Washtenaw county, Michigan, on July 6, 1860, a son of Nathan and Mary J. (Dailey) Herrick, both of whom were born in Wash- tenaw county.
Following his marriage, in his native country, Nathan Herrick moved to Ingham county, Michigan, where he lived for two years and then returned to Washtenaw county, which he made his home until the year 1875, when he moved to Bushnell township, Montcalm county. Nathan Herrick was in his day a noted veterinary surgeon and practiced that profession until his death. While he was the owner and manager of a farm he devoted the major portion of his time to his profession. He also taught many students, and many capable veterinarians in this section of the country received their instruction from Mr. Herrick. Nathan and Mary J. Herrick were the parents of the following children : Charles R., Adelbert A., Rose, James E., Anna J., Walter, and Dewey, who died when eight years old.
Adelbert A. Herrick received his early education in the common schools of his community, and at the schools of Ithaca, Gratiot county, and Palo, Tonia county, also attending the Palo high school. After his school days, Mr. Herrick was employed in a general store and as a grain buyer for his brother Charles, following this line of work for two and one-half years. Later, Adelbert A. Herrick having married, he and his brother James bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Bushnell township, Montcalm county, which was the old homestead, which Mr. Herrick has greatly improved and to which he has added land at various times until now he is
RESIDENCE OF ADELBERT A. HERRICK.
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the owner of more than five hundred acres of land, which he cultivates as a general farmer and where he engages in the raising of Percheron horses and other good grade live stock. The farm of Adelbert A. Herrick is one of the best improved of the entire community, he having erected a modern fifteen-room house, constructed of fine sandstone, and has built a com- modious and convenient barn, together with other buildings, all of which are well cared for. The farm of Mr. Herrick is known as the "Prairie ( reek Stock Farm."
Adelbert A. Herrick was married to Fannie Sanders, who died three years after their marriage, and six years later Mr. Herrick was married. secondly, to Clara Chapman, who came to Montcalm county when she was an infant, and after the completion of her education was a school teacher for some years. Mr. Herrick and his wife are members of the Baptist church, of Palo, Tonia county, Adelbert A. Herrick having been a member of this church since 1886, during this time he having been a deacon for many years and for some time was superintendent of the Sunday school.
In political life, Adelbert A. Herrick has been active, having served as township treasurer for two terms. As a business man, Mr. Herrick is a stockholder in different enterprises, and is also a property owner in Detroit, Michigan, as well as being a man who has been interested in the lumber business locally.
FRED L. DEAN.
Among the prominent and valued citizens of Bushnell township, Mont- calm county, Michigan, is Fred L. Dean, farmer, lecturer on scientific agri- culture, former teacher and educator, and man prominent in the affairs of Montcalm county, who was born in Bushnell township, on February 22, 1869, the son of George L. and Sarah ( Holland) Dean.
George L. Dean, who was born in Cayuga county, New York, a son of Charles Dean and wife, came to Michigan, when a young man and made his home in this state, living at Hudson until 1865. when he moved to Montcalm county and located in section 9, Bushnell township, where he operated a mill for some time and then engaged in general farming on fifty-two acres of 'and. George L. Dean was first married to Nellie Underhill, who died shortly following their removal to Montcalm county. Some years later Mr. Dean was married, secondly, to Sarah Holland, and to this marriage were
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born three children : Fred L., of this sketch; Don W., a successful farmer of lonia county, and Diz W., a hardware dealer, of McBride.
Fred I. Dean received his elementary education in the public schools of Bushnell township. after which he attended and graduated from the Stanton high school and then became a student at the Mt. Pleasant Normal School for some time. Later, Mr. Dean engaged in the profession of a school teacher, following the duties of this work until 1907, during this time having taught in various schools throughout Montcalm county and the vicin- ity. About the year 1907 Fred L. Dean purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, located in Bushnell township, where he has since made his home and where he now engages in general farming and in the raising of purebred Holstein cattle, his stock in this line being of the best to be found in the community. In addition to his other farm activities, Fred L. Dean engages in the dairy business and in the conduct of state institute work. the farm of Mr. Dean being known as the "AAgricultural Development Farm." Fred L. Dean has been notably successful as a scientific farmer and as a student of advanced methods in agriculture. his knowledge along this line resulting in his being called to various places throughout Michigan and neigh- boring states for the purpose of giving lectures and instruction on agricul- tural methods and progress. As president of the Montcalm Farmers Insti- tute Society. Mr. Dean is taking a leading part in the development of the resources of this county, and in the raising of agricultural standards and results.
On April 6. 1893, Fred L. Dean was married to Ida M. Hare, who was a well-known school teacher of Montcalm county, she being the daughter of Frank D. Hare and wife, prominent people of Ferris township. To the marriage of Fred L. and Ida M. Dean have been born three children : Lela, who was educated in the grade schools and later at the Sheridan high school, afterward becoming a school teacher, until her marriage to Floyd Robinson, of Bushnell township; Nina, who was graduated from the Sheri- dan high school and the county normal school at Stanton. she now being a teacher in the schools of Bushnell township, and George F., who now is a student of the Sheridan high school. Mrs. Dean is an active member of the Baptist church and takes a leading part in the worship and the other efforts of this denomination, in Bushnell township.
Fred L. Dean is known for his efforts as a social worker and for his interest in the improvement of general conditions in Montcalm county. and the vicinity. he now being a member of the executive committee of the Mont-
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calm County Anti-Saloon League, and a man who is especially active in temperance circles. Mrs. Dean is president of the Bushnell township Woman's Christian Temperance Union and co-operates with her husband in the advance- ment of the temperance cause in this community.
In politics, Fred L. Dean is a Democrat and while he has taken no especial part in the party activity, he is known as a man who is active and influential in matters pertaining to party welfare and progress. Mr. Dean is one of the esteemed and honored men of Montcalm county, his unselfish and clean life, together with his efforts for the promotion of the general welfare in social, political and agricultural matters, having given him a . place of note among the citizens of Montcalm and surrounding counties.
CHANCELLOR E. HIGBEE.
Foremost in the agricultural field of Montcalm county is Chancellor Higbee, who for several years, has devoted his entire attention to stock raising and general farming. As a descendant of a family of pioneer farm- ers it is only natural that the inherent traits of his nature should have won for him a place of prominence in the field of endeavor which he has chosen. Ilis life has been one of consecutive industry and the prosperity now enjoyed by him its legitimate reward. Chancellor Edward Higbee is a native of Jonia county, Michigan, having been born there on the 28th of June, 1852. He is the son of Benjamin and Laura Maria (Goodwin) Higbce, both of whom were born in the state of New York. the former in Broome county and the latter in Steuben, Oneida county. Laura M. Goodwin, who was born on the 23rd of February, 1827, moved to Ionia county in 1840 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Goodwin, who were among the first settlers to locate in that county, outside the city of Ionia. moving there in 1838. Mr. Goodwin experienced during his life in the wilderness all the incidents of a pioneer life. In order to reach Detroit in those days he was obliged to follow blazed trails with a team of oxen and to ford the rivers that crossed the path so that the journey lasted several days. Laura M. Goodwin, who was reared amid these scenes of pioneer life, profited by the experiences of her girlhood, the hardships of which only tended to strengthen her character. On July 4, 1841. the marriage of Laura Goodwin to Benjamin Higbee took place.
The father of the subject of this sketch was born on the 15th of Novem-
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ber, 1818, and moved to Ionia county in 1838, where he settled for a time in the village of lonia. During the first period of his stay in this locality he clerked in the first hotel of Ionia and later became interested in the Ashur pottery plant which was the first one of its kind in that community. After his marriage, Mr. Higbee moved to section 36, of Orleans township, where his father owned a large farm. The Higbee estate was finally divided among the three brothers of the family, and Benjamin Higbee took up his residence on the home farm. Ile cleared the timber and developed the farm condi- tions in a manner deserving of the highest praise of the community. After sixty-seven years of wedded life, Mr. Higbee passed away on the Ist of April, 1908, and his wife, who had proved a devoted companion, died one month later. Mr. Higbee was always ardent in his support of the Prohibi- tional party and worked untiringly for its extension. He was also a valu- able member of the Baptist church. At one time Mr. Higbee was employed by the lonia, Montcalm and Clinton Insurance Company.
The subject of this sketch was reared to the duties of farm life from an early age and upon reaching the age of manhood bought part of his father's estate which he used for general farming. Later he bought a part of his uncle's farm. The entire farm covered one hundred and fifty-two acres of land in Orleans township, and twenty acres in Eastern township. Mr. Higbee is familiar with every branch of agriculture and is especially interested in stock buying and shipping.
In March, 1910, Mr. Iligbee came to Butternut for permanent resi- dence, where he owns one hundred and seven acres. The residence at Butter- nut, belonging to Mr. Higbee, was entirely destroyed by fire, December 26, 1914, but has since been replaced by a beautiful brick bungalow of the most modern design and construction. The land surrounding the home has proved to be a valuable investment and the subject of this sketch has not only realized large sums from the sale of town lots which were in Butternut, but also form wheat and grain.
Mr. Higbee is a man of the highest public spirit but has never sought to give this loyalty expression in the seeking of a public office. He has a popular standing in the community and is looked upon as a man of large and substantial views. For three terms he held the office of justice of the peace in Orleans township.
On the Ist of January, 1875. Chancellor E. Higbee was married to Ida Bishop, a native of Jackson, and the daughter of Orlando and Eliza ( Wil- cox ) Grover. When Mrs. Higbee was three years old her father died and
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she was adopted by Noah Bishop and his wife who resided in Easton town- ship, Ionia county.
To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Higbee the following children have been born : Blanche married Herman Bluemly and lives in Butternut, where her husband is interested in the stock business with Mr. Higbee, and they have one son. Corris Chancellor; Grace, who is the wife of Dr. W. A. Hart, makes her home in Lapeer and has one daughter. Marjorie.
Mr. and Mrs. Higbee hold membership in the Baptist church, where they are looked upon as benefactors as well as ardent workers. In fraternal affairs Mr. TTigbee is a member of the Odd Fellows and the Maccabees. and both he and his wife are affiliated with the Grange.
ORLAND W. GALLOUP.
Orland W. Galloup, well-known farmer and prominent citizen of Bush- nell township, Montcalm county, Michigan, was born in Bushnell township, this county, on November 10, 1873, the son of N. B. and Matilda ( Taylor) Galloup, natives of Ohio and of Canada, respectively.
N. B. Galloup came to Michigan with his father, Austin P. Galloup, and located in Ionia county, where they lived for a short time and then came to Bushnell township, Montcalm county, at which place the elder Galloup homesteaded eighty acres of land, which he cultivated for some time, after which he disposed of his homestead and moved to another farm located nearby, where A. P. Galloup lived until after the death of his wife and then spent the remainder of his days among his children in Bushnell township. N. B. Galloup was married to Matilda Taylor, of Canada, a daughter of Hiram Taylor and wife, Matilda having come to Michigan, where she lived with her brothers and sisters until her marriage. N. B. and Matilda Galloup were the parents of two children, Orland W. and Jesse J., the latter living at home.
Orland W. Galloup was reared on the home farm and was educated in the schools of Montcalm county, securing the greater part of a high school education, after which he became a farmer, working on the home place until after his marriage, when he was engaged as a farm helper on a neighboring farm for about two years, and then bought forty acres of farm land in December, 1906, which he has cultivated, together with a rented farm, since that time. Orland W. Galloup now is engaged in general farming and
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stock raising on his farm of eighty acres, located near Sheridan, in Bushnell township.
On May 10. 1899. Orland W. Galloup was married to Octa Allchin, a daughter of Edward Allchin and wife. Orland W. and Octa Galloup are the parents of one child, Clare A., who now is a student of the Sheridan high school. Mr. Galloup and his family are members of the Free Baptist church. in Bushnell township, a congregation which Mr. Galloup has served as a (leacon as well as a member of the church board.
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