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John F. Talbet, son of James and Maria (House) Talbot, was born at Otterville, C. W .. January 19, 1850. He came with his parents to Port Huron. Mich., in IS51. In the schools of this city he received his education, studying until 1869, when he entered the Commercial office. just then purchased from Col. John Atkinson by his father. Mr. Talbot has been closely connected with this journal from 1569 to the present, with, perhaps, the exception of one year. which he devoted to the editorship of the Detroit Daily Union.
James II. Talbot, brother of John F. Talbot, is a native of Port Huron. He attended the city schools until 1869, when he entered the Commercial office. His interests have been closely identitied with this paper from 1569 to the present day.
Harry L. Talbot, born at Port Huron in 1855, studied in the schools of this city until 1569. when he began work in the office of his father. He married Miss Blanche Dale, of Port Huron, Inly 3, 1578. He resides in the city and is a member of the Commercial staff.
Henry S. Potter, now of Detroit, was editor and publisher of the Commercial and Post master of the village of Port Huron in early days. Mr. Potter is a native of Connecticut.
George Goodale, now city editor of the Detroit Free Press, was connected with the Com- mercial for a few years.
Nathan C. Kendall was editor of the paper from 1566 to ISGS. Ho served throughout the war in one of the Michigan infantry regiments. T. J. Hudson and S. P. Purdy were publish- ers of the Commercial for a little over a year. W. F. Atkinson, Col. John Atkinson, Peter F. O'Sullivan and Baron Jasmund, an early settler on the St. Clair, were connected with the paper. Col. Atkinson's sketch is given in this chapter.
Eugene James Schoolcraft. son of James and Sarah (Roddick) Schoolcraft, was born at Port Huron, April, 1855. His father was a native of Michigan, born at the Bault de St. Maria. and mother a daughter of William Roddick, of Ireland Mr Schoolcraft was odneated in the schools of Port Huron, under Miss Blennerhassett and Miss Nancy Sanborn. In 1570. ho entered the Commercial office. The years 1573 to 1576, were passed in the Timesoffice. In May. ISTS, he purchased a fourth interest in the Commercial, with which journal he is now con. nected, both in the business and journalistie dopartments. Mr. Schoolcraft was married, August 1. 1576, to Miss Emma Harder, daughter of Christian and Bertha Harder, natives of Germany. They are the parents of one chikl. Lulu B., born May 31. ISSO. Mr. Schoolcraft was not of age to serve in the war for the Union He is not a member of any of the secret societies. Po- litically, he is a Democrat.
John Murray, son of Denis and Margaret (Rutledge) Murray, natives of Ulster and Con
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naught respectively, was born at St. Mary's, Perth County, C. W., May 26, 1849. The family moved to Tillsonburg, Oxford County, in 1852, where Mr. Murray attended the common schools until 1864. He was Principal of the Mt. Elgin Schools from 1872 to 1875, and of the Tillsonburg Schools from 1875 to 1881. In the latter year, he visited Michigan, and located at Port Huron in 1882, where he holds a position on the Commercial staff. He was married to Miss Nellie Worden July 23, 1381, daughter Mr. Worden and Melissa Worden, the former a native of Iowa and the latter of Michigan.
PORT HURON TIMES.
The Port Huron Press was established by J. Scarritt in September, 1858. This journal continued regular publication until merged into the Port Huron Times in 1870. The Port Huron Times. The first number of this newspaper was issued June 25, 1869, with James H. Stone, managing editor, and the Port Huron Times Company owners. The company was organized early in 1869, and recorded articles of incorporation July 19, 1870. The capital stock was $6.000, or 240 shares of $25 each, which sum was actually paid in at date of organization. The shareholders were: James W. Sanborn and John P. Sanborn, twenty-two shares each; H. Howard, twenty shares; John Johnson, sixteen shares; W. B. Hibbard, four- teen shares; Frederick L. Wells, Edgar White and James H. White, twelve shares each: John S. Bottsford, ten shares; James H. Stone, eight shares; Alexander Crawford, G. Inslee, O L. Jenks, William Hartsuff, J. M. Hubbard. H. A. Batchelor, James Beard, A. H. Fish. D. B. Harrington, four shares each: D. N. Runnells, W. Wastell. G. E. Brockway, three shares each; J. W. Thomson, M. Walker, J. Byron Hull, G. K. Nairn, C. F. Harrington, H. Hunt, J. P. Haynes and W. E. Preache, two shares each: Aaron Smith, H. Williams, E. M. Cady, W. R. Mulford, H. Traver. E. G. Spanlding, J. W. Thomson, Jr., G. E. Twiss, H. McMoran. W. W. Campfield, J. J. Hoyt, W. B. Morse, S. D. Pace, C. M. Stockwell. G. W. Howe, H. G. Barnum and John McNeil, one share each: and Edward W. Harris, six.
In June, 1869, the first power printing press introduced into the county was placed in this office, and on it the first number of the Times was printed.
The Michigan Press Association awarded the Times the first premium as being the best made-up newspaper in the State, September, 1870. A month later, November 1, 1870, the editor, J. H. Stone, resigned his position to accept the editorship of the Kalamazoo Daily Tele- graph. L. A. Sherman, of the Detroit Daily Post, accepted the position of managing editor rice Mr. Stone resigned. Within a few months. a tri-weekly edition was issued (March 4, 1871), the weekly form was changed from folio to quarto, and a business boom seemed to strike the office. The Tri-Weekly Times was discontinued March 23, 1872, when the Daily Times was inangu- rated. In December, 1874, J. H. Stone accepted the editorial charge. The progress of the Times since 1872 is remarkable. To day it is one of the newsiest, best edited, and profitable daily journals in the State.
Lorin Albert Sherman, son of Albert C. and Mary Ann Scotford. the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of Utica. N. Y., was born March 14, 1844, in Bennington Township, Wyoming Co., N. Y. Mr. Sherman. Sr., died September 10. 1844. The next year, Mrs. Sher- man, her son and two sisters moved to Alexander, Genesee County, and thence to Darien Town- ship, Genesee County. In 1851, the family came to Michigan, settling at DeWitt Village, near Lansing. During the stay of the family in these places Mr. Sherman attended the district schools. In 1853, the family moved to Olivet. The year following, Mr. S. entered the Olivet Institute, under Prof. Bartlett, where he studied during six terms. In 1857, he entered Hills- dale College, where he studied for a few terms. The year following, he went to Jackson, where he was engaged in mercantile life until 1861, when he enlisted in the First Michigan Infantry, then organized under Gen. John C. Robinson. He served until July 1862, when he received his discharge for disability. Like other soldiers of the war he suffered from many of the diseases common in the army of that time. From March, 1862. to time of discharge, he served as Hospital Steward at Newport News. He served at Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill and other military affairs throughout Virginia, as referred to in the military chapter. Toward the close of 1862, he went to Adrian, where he was employed in a book store, then entered the Adrian Expositor as book-keeper and clerk, and became editor of that daily journal two years later. In
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the spring of 1866, he was appointed night editor of the Detroit Post under Gen. Carl Schnez. now editor of the New York Post. In the fall of IS66, Mr. Sherman was appointed managing editor of the Detroit Post, which position he held until the fall of 1567. when he resumed the dual position of night and Stato news editor. He remained in the office of the Post until 1570. when he accepted the position of Manager of the Port Huron Weekly Times in November of that year. In March, IS71, he innagurated a tri-weekly edition, and the year following established the Daily Times, which journal he now manages. In the spring of ISTS, James II. Stone ro signed his position on the Times to accept the managing editorship of the Post and Tribun. when Mr. Sherman again assumed the management of the paper.
Mr. Sherman was married. September 6, 1865, to Miss Estella C. Ward, daughter of Josiah Ward, a pioneer lawyer of Adrian, Mich., who died in Nevada, in IS61. They were the parents of four children, viz. : Fred. W .. born February 3. 1567: Edith E .. born March 20. 1873: Albert Ward, born January 20. 1875, died November 3. 1575, and William T .. born December 18. ISSI.
Mr. Sherman served for eight years as Chairman of the Republican City Committee: four years member and Secretary of the Republican County Committee, and three years member of the Board of Education, during which time he superintended the rebuilding of the high school. Through his efforts the Teleph me Exchange was established at Port Huron, January 1. ISSO. and also the line from Port Huron to Detroit in September, 1981. He manages the telephone business of the city and distriet, and is even now extending the lines.
The City Opera House, built by D. B. Harrington, has been under the management of Mr. Sherman since it was first completed. After its destruction by fire and rebuilding, he was again requested to assume the management. He was one of the first advocates of a system of water works for the city, and also a prime advocate for the construction of the P. IL. & N. W. R. K. It may in truth be said that there has not been a more able or persistent supporter of local progress and improvement than Mr. Sherman. His position on the Thues afforded him a rare opportunity, and how this opportunity has been availed of by him is evidenced in the sue cess which waited upon his labors in this direction.
Among the principal members of the Times staff were Gill. R. Osmin. now Stato editor of Detroit Evening News; Del. T. Sutton, a favorably known editor of the Richmond Revier: Hatheway, now of the Grand Rapids Democrat; A. B. Fraser, now of Chicago; George P Brown, of Point St. Egnace, and the present editor, J. Bartle Parker.
Jacob Bartle Parker, son of Ebenezer and Rosetta ( Plum) Parker, nativos of Suffolk Counts. England, was born at Dundas. Wentworth County, Canada West. August 1. ISS. Here. ceived a common school education at Dundas. In 1569 or 1570. be loft school and entered the office of the Dundas Banner, in October, 1570, under James Somerville, M. P. of Canada Par liament. There he served until November. 1575, when he entered the composing room of the Hamilton Spectator (daily). In February, IS76, moved to Woodstock and engaged on the Sea linel, then edited by G. R. and A. Pattullo. In October. ITS, the Recier and Sindim/ anal gramated, when Mr. Parker passed some months at his home in Dandas before leaving to take a position on the Lindsay Post, then published by Mr. Barr, of New York. In October. IST9. he moved to Albion. Mich., where he entered the office of the Republican, under Benjamin Baxter Bissell. In April. ISS1. he received an offer from the Port Huron Times, Coming to Port Huron the same month. he entered upon his first journalistic labors as city editor of that daily journal, which position he now occupies. Mr. Parker was married. October 20, 1590, to Miss Ida Cowherd, daughter of Thomas and Ellen Cowherd, of Bradford. Brant County, Canada West. old and well known settlers of that district. Mrs. Parker was born December 7. INGS, at Brant ford.
Albert II. Finn, formerly editor of the Port Gratiot See. now of the Christian Idrante. took the position of assistant local editor on the Daily Times, in June. 12.
PORT HURON JJOURNAL.
The Port Huron Courant was inaugurated in 1973, under the title The Saturday Voy ing Journal, by Messis, Kilet- and Morse. T. Low Kilet- purchased the office March TO. 1871 It assumed the name Port Huron Journal June 2. IST.
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Thomas L. Kilets, son of Caspar and Sarah (Degeer) Kilets, the former a native of Pen- sylvania, Holland descent. and the latter a native of York State, of French descent, was born at Hamilton, C. W .. November 5, 1839. The family moved from Brampton, Ont., to Buffalo, in 1850: in 1851, moved to Madison Mills, Mich .; in 1852. the family removed to Lexington. and in 1854 again returned to Brampton, and Mr. Kilets, then being fifteen years of age, entered into an apprenticeship in the office of the Toronto Globe, and served two years. In 1856. the family again returned to Lexington, and Mr. Kilets worked on the Lexington Signal, Leader & Jeffersonian until 1868. In 1869, he entered the office of the Weekly Times, then edited by James H. Stone, and the following year took a position in the Commercial office un- der Talbot & Son. In March. 1871. he visited Chicago, where he worked in Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co.'s and Rand & McNally's printing offices. In July previous to the Chicago fire, he left for Alpena, where be entered the office of the Alpena Pioncer, under A. C. Teft. In the spring of 1872. he came to Port Huron, and took a position on the Old While Hat, a Gree- ley campaign sheet. This paper collapsed in November, 1872, when he entered the Commer- rial office. October 18, 1873, he inaugurated the Port Huron Journal, which he and Mr. Morse conducted until March, 1874. This journal Mr. Kilets conducted as an independent pa- per until 1876, when he espoused Greenbackism, which political faith the paper supported un- til sold to Milo E. Marsh, now of Lansing. Subsequently he conducted a job office at. Port Huron. This he sold to the Burkholders, of Fort Gratiot, June IS, 1880. In November, 1880, he re-assumed control of the office. re-establishing at Port Huron; May 21, 1881, he inaugurat. ed a small advertising sheet called the Port Huron Headlight. This was merged into the Weekly Mail. February 4, 1882. This journal is now published and edited by him; this is a thirty-two.column quarto, of which four pages are printed at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mr. Kilets married Miss Carrie I. Saph, daughter of Arnold Saph. an old settler of St. Clair, May 18, 1874. They are the parents of Harry L., born June 11, 1876, and Lewfurges H., born February 12, 187S. Mr. K. is politically a Greenbacker. and religiously a Spiritualist.
THE TRIBUNE.
The Tribune was issued December 17, 1881, with James H. Shults as editor and proprie- tor. It is a forty-column quarto. made up specially for the office, without patent insides, good in mechanical and literary style. and gives promise of taking a front rank among the weekly journals of the State.
James Henry Shults, son of James L. and Betsy (Rounds) Shults, natives of Allegany County, N. Y., was born at Howell, Mich., March 18, 1852. The family moved to Gratiot County, where J. H. attended the common schools of St. Louis. He was engaged as school teacher for some time in that district. In 1874, he entered the St. Louis Herald. under J. B. Graham, remaining in that office until 1877. That year he entered the Mt. Pleasant Times of- fice as local editor, managed that journal for a few months, until leaving for Chicago in the fall of 1877. He remained at Chicago in the employ of Donnelly, Lloyd & Co., and on the staff of a Chicago weekly until December, 1880. when he moved to St. Louis, as publisher and owner of the Herald. Remaining there until March 1, 1881, he sold his interest in that jour- nal to Mr. Tucker, and subsequently published the Minden Post, which he suspended during the great fires of 1881. This journal resumed publication under Mr. Shults. its founder, June 15, 1882. In November, 1881, he came to Port Huron, and issued the Saturday Tribune. De- cember 17, 1881. Mr. Shults is editor and manager of both papers, and is fully satisfied with the progress of each.
THE ST. CLAIR BANNER.
The St. Clair Banner was cast to the breeze in 1842 by John N. Ingersoll, and continued its fiery political course until 1853. The well-known editor, John N. Ingersoll, born at North Castle, Westchester Co., N. Y., May 4, 1817, came to Michigan in 1837. That year he worked in the office of the Free Press; subsequently was foreman in the Advertiser; became editor of the Macomb Statesman in 1839; began the publication of the St. Clair Banner in 1842 at St. Clair Village, which he issued until 1846, when he published the Lake Superior News-the pio- neer journal of that country. In 1849, he was elected Representative for Lake Superior Terri-
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tory, and the same year found him Speaker of the Legislature. In IS50, he was on the staff of the Detroit Bulletin, and also owner of the Hesperian Magazine. In 1852, he was manag- ing editor of the Detroit Daily Times. In 1856, he moved to Rochester, N. Y., where he be- came one of the editors and publishers of the Daily Tribune. In 1858, he purchased the Owosso American, conducting the paper until 1862, when he moved to Cornuna. For over two decades he edited the Shiawassee American.
THE ST. CLAIR REPUBLICAN
The St. Clair Observer succeeded the Banner in 1858, with A. M. Tenney, editor and pro- prietor. In 1855. the St. Clair Herald made its appearance, with J. J. Falkenbury editor. This journal was a boisterous political sheet, hated by many, loved by few. In fact, the St. Clair Village papers, up to 1855. could boast of an unenviable notoriety in this connection. From a notice, under date September. 1851, we learn the following: " Arthur M. Tenney. Esq., late editor of the St. Clair Observer, at the recent term of the Circuit Court for this county, re- covered a judgment of $500 against Falkenbury of the St. Clair Herald, for libel. in charging that he, Tenney, had as committeeman embezzled fonds contributed by citizens of St. Clair for the purchase of a fire engine.
" In the case of Reamer rs. Falkenbury, also for fibel, the plaintiff obtained a verdict of $1,000."
Matters improved in 1856 by the inauguration of the St. Clair Republican (as we know it now), which continues to fill a high position among the newspapers of the State. In 1865. this journal fell into possession of Hazzard P. Wands, who was its controlling spirit until the office was purchased by Mr. Moore. The Republican is now well managed by Mr. Moore, and ably edited by S. S. Hopkins.
The Chief and the Standard were projected in 1860 61. The former was a small cam- paign sheet. edited by JJ. K. Averill. which ceased to exist after the campaign of that year. The Standard was issued irregularly for some time, and then, like many other good things. passed into the past.
Capt. Hazzard P. Wands, editor of the St. Clair Republican, died August 15. 1877. at St. Clair. Mr. Wands was attacked with chills and fover about ten days previously. and later by diphtheria, but his condition was not considered dangerous until four days passed. when his phy sicians became satisfied that the result of his sickness was uncertain, since his system was greatly weakened and impaired by previous sickness and feeble health. Mr. Wands had a very large cir clo of acquaintances who were deeply pained to learn of his sudden domise. It is about seven- teen years since he came to St. Clair from Canada, where his early life was passed, though we cannot learn positively whether he was born in Canada or went there at an early age. lle studied law in the office of T. C. Owen and was admitted to the bar in November. IS61. He had but fairly begon practico before he enlisted in the Twenty second Infantry, organized in the summer of 1862, going ont as First Lieutenant of Company E. Upon the death of Capt. Henry Carlton at Nashville. Lient. Wands succeeded to the Captainey of the company. He served with credit and was captured by the rebels at the battle of Chickamanga, where so many of bis comrades were taken prisoners. He remained in rebel prisons about a year and never fully ro- gained his health, which was greatly impaired by the confinement.
About the close of the war. he purchased the St. Clair Republican and had editorial charge, being most of the time solo publisher as well. In 1566, ho was cloeted County Clerk on the Republican ticket and re elected in 1968 70. serving in all six years, and very capably discharging the duties of the place, He was appointed in ISto, by Gov. Bagley, County Agent for the care of dependent and neglected children, and had served as Alderman in the Common Council of St. Clair, besides filling various other municipal offices.
Ho was a well informed man, and diligent in whatever work he was engaged. His age was forty-one years. He was an active member of the Methodist Church of St. Clair, and. if we mistake not. one of the officers of the society at the time of his death.
Charles R. Green was editor up to September. 1575, when he retired. He was succeeded by C. G. Conger.
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Stephen Sibley Hopkins, printer, was born at Romeo June 4, 1847; his father, Cyrus Hopkins, descendant of the signer of the Declaration of Independence (Step Hopkins), was a long-time resident of Romeo; his mother, M. C. Parker, a native of New York, still lives at the village. At the age of fourteen years, Sibley became connected with the paper, Romeo Argus, and followed the fortunes of that paper through various names and administrations for about twenty years, a portion of the time being editor and publisher; in the fall of 1881, he removed to the city of St. Clair and became connected with the Republican, which position he still holds. He married, October 20, IS6S, Gertrude, daughter of William Maynard, of Romeo; her parents were natives of Western New York, who removed to Michigan in 1844, and have been residents of Romeo for the past twenty years; they have had one child born to them, which died in infancy; they are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and he is Republican in olitics.
MARINE CITY REPORTER,
The Marine City Gazette was established in June, 1874, with Mr. Bissell, now of St. Ig- nace. Mackinac County, editor. After Mr. Bissell ceased to control the Gazette, the name of the paper was changed to that of the Marine City Reporter. This journal is now well con- ducted. newsy, and a particularly earnest exponent of local interests.
William Norton Miller, editor of the Marine City Reporter, was born at Mount Clemens July 15. 1859. His parents. Norton L. and Mrs. Frances E. (Lewis) Miller, are old residents of Macomb County. Mr. Miller, Jr., received his education at Mount Clemens under Prof. Wesley Sears. In 1876, he went into the office of his uncle, George F. Lewis, of Saginaw. where he finished his study of printing and newspaper work. In 1876, he returned to Mount Clemens, when he took a position in the Monitor office. In 1879, on the transfer of the Moni. tor to Nellis & Son, Mr. Miller entered the Republicon office, and was virtually conductor of that journal until his removal to Marine City in December, 1881. He was married, March 18, 1879, to Miss Clara M. Spier. daughter of Samuel J. Spier, of Galesburg, Mich. They are the parents of one child- Jennie. now aged three years. Politically, Mr. Miller is a Republican: a trained newspaper man. industrious and popular.
THE FORT GRATIOT SUN.
The Fort Gratiot Enterprise was founded by Burkholder Brothers. The office was sold lo Will Berry, under whom the paper promised to be a success. The office was in the old Phoenix Block, and was burned in the fire of ISS1. In December, 1881, the Sun was published, with A. H. Finn editor.
Joseph Ephraim Sonits, son of William and Susau (Bell) Soults, both natives of County Down. Ireland, was born in Royal Oak Township, Oakland Co., Mich., August 15, 1858. He was educated in the schools of Royal Oak, and at Birmingham High School. In 1879, he es- tablished a job office at Royal Oak Village, and there published the Midget in partnership with Albert H. Finn. This little journal contained good local columns, and received a fair support. In October. 1879, the office was removed to Capac, where he established the Capac Argus. This paper was published there until May 19, 1882, when the office was removed to Fort Gratiot. where the Argus was merged into the Sun, then published by Albert Finn at that village. June 24, 1882, Mr. Soults purchased the entire interest in the Sun, and is now editor and proprietor of that journal. The Sun was first issued at Fort Gratiot, December 3, 1881. The office is valued at $1,300; the type and presses are as good as new, and the support ten- dered very fair. The weekly issue is 624 copies.
Adolph Cohoe, now of St. Ignace, was musical editor of the Argus.
Albert Henry Finn, son of Rev. Silas Finn and Cynthia (Eaton) Finn, natives of Pennsyl- vania and New York respectively, was born at St. Clair City June 15, 1562. Commenced the newspaper business July. 1879, in company with Joe E. Soults, establishing the Royal Oak Midget, a three-column four- page paper. Continued it until September, when the office was moved to Capac, St. Clair County, where the Argus was established in October, 1879; contin- ned with the Argus until September, ISSO, when he left to attend Kalamazoo College, but still holding half-interest. The latter part of October, ISSI, returned from college to Fort Gratiot,
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