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Mr. Horning was married at Sand Lake, Kent County, in 1873, to Harriet, daughter of James and Harriet Kinney. She was born in Michigan in 1852. Three children have been born of this marriage : Angeline, Evaline and Arthur. The last named died in 1881.
The first saw-mill erected by Mr. Horning and his partner cost about $2,000, and was destroyed by fire in 1881. They immediately re-built; and up to the present writing (1883) have manufactured in the ag- gregate 30,000,000 feet of pine lumber. Their present product is about 30,000 feet of lumber daily. Mr. Horning has officiated as Township Treasurer of Monroe, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. of Sand Lake, Kent County.
ames W. Trumbull, farmer, section 6, Bridgeton Township, was born in Wayne Co., Mich., Sept. 3, 1841. His father, Squire Trumbull, was a native of Vermont, and a de- scendant of the Trumbull family, of Colonial fame. The mother, Hannah (Crouse) Trum- bull, was born in New York, of English lineage. The families of the parents came to Michigan at an early period.
Mr. Trumbull spent his early life assisting his father on the farm and acquiring his education, until the year following his majority, when he yielded to the influence which filled the entire North and be- came a defender of the integrity of the Union. He enlisted April 28, 1862, in the 18th United States Infantry, Co. H, under the command of Henry R. Misner. The regiment was assigned to the Army
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of the Cumberland, and during his period of service Mr. Trumbull was in action at Hoover's Gap, Chick- amauga, Missionary Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro and other battles of minor importance. He escaped without injury except a slight gunshot wound in the wrist, and received honor- able discharge April 28, 1865. He returned to his home and resumed farming.
Mr. T. was married Nov. 16, '65, to Ellen L., daugh- ter of Silas andElvira (Ward) Winchester. Her fa- ther's family was known to financial fame through its operations in England, and their descendants settled in Massachusetts. Mrs. T.'s parents settled near Detroit in 1838, where she was born, March I, 1846. Her mother was a native of Vermont. After his marriage, Mr. Trumbull continued the pursuit of agriculture near the home of his youth two years, going in 1867 to Saginaw, where he interested him- self in lumbering. In 1871 he went to Oakland County, and there once more engaged in farming. In the spring of 1874 he came to Bridgeton and located on 79 acres of heavily timbered land. Nearly half of his place has been put under a fine state of improvement through the personal effort of the proprietor. Hattie L., only surviving child of Mr. and and Mrs. Trumbull, was born June 28, 1869. Francis A., born April 2, 1867, died Nov. 26, 1880.
Mr. Trumbull is a Democrat in political sentiment, has been Justice of the Peace and is at present School Inspector (1884). He is a member of the Masonic Order and belongs to Zion Lodge, No. 1, at Detroit.
avid C. Hatch, farmer, section 4, Barton Township, was born July 12, 1850, in On- tario Co., Can. His father, David W. Hatch, was born Feb. 22, 1806, and his mother, Eleanor (Bowes) Hatch, May 4. 1810, in Pennsylvania, of English ancestry. They reside in and belong to the agricultural community of Canada.
Mr. Hatch received the training of a farmer's son, and at the age of 20 years, in 1870, located in the township of Big Rapids, in Mecosta Co., Mich. He
then applied himself to the acquirement of the builder's trade, which he pursued five years. In 1875 he came to Barton Township and bought 80 acres of land, which he has increased by subsequent purchase to 120 acres, with 50 acres now under im- provements. Mr. Hatch is a Republican in political affiliation.
He was married July 27, 1873, to Nora E., daugh- ter of Albert and Louisa Wightman, born July 3, 1854, in the State of New York. Her parents were natives of the Empire State, and in 1870 located in Greene Township, Mecosta County, coming thence to Newaygo County, where they now reside. Three children have heen born to Mr and Mrs. Hatch : Ella S., April 1, 1876; Earl H., Oct. 12, 1879; Elmer A., June 3, 1881.
ames H. McKee, photographer at Newaygo, was born at Kingston, Ont., Oct. 8, 1842, and is a son of James H. and Eleanor (McCormick) McKee. The parents were na- tives of Ireland, born of Scotch parentage. They emigrated to Canada, where the father pursued his business as a merchant tailor, settling about 1844 in Toronto, where he died in 1859, aged 46 years. The mother died at the age of 42 years at the same place.
Mr. McKee spent the years of his minority in and about Toronto, attending school, clerking in a store and working as a farm assistant. In 1864 he came to Michigan and found employment in a saw-mill in Croton, Newaygo Co. A year later he came to Ne- waygo village and worked some time with the Ne- waygo Lumber Company. His first independent business venture was the purchase of a steam saw- mill, and in this transaction he was associated with R. D. Davis. They continued its management three years, when Mr. McKee again entered the service of the Newaygo Lumber Company, acting in various capacities. In 18- he was appointed Deputy County Clerk under Sanford Brown, and served 18 months. In 18- he became Under-Sheriff with George Utley, and in 18- succeeded to the post of Village Marshal of Newaygo. In October, 1874, he established himself in the mercantile business, locat- ing opposite the old Brooks House, and operated
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there until 1878, when he transferred his stock to the opposite side of the street .. He closed his commer- cial affairs, and in 1881 founded the business in which he is at present engaged. He bought the building where he operates and added the necessary fixtures for the prosecution of his art.
Mr. McKee was married at Newaygo, Jan. 13, 1876, to Jessie E., daughter of Elijah S. and Har- riet Bennett, born in Portage, Livingston Co., Mich. One child, Grace E., is living. James H. and C. Irving are deceased. Mr. McKee is a member of the Masonic Order. He owns, besides his place of busi- ness, other property within the village corpora- tion.
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elson Peterson, Postmaster and druggist, at Woodville, was born in Denmark, Dec. 24, 1850. He is the son of Mads and Chris- tina (Swartz) Peterson, also natives of Den- mark. In his native country Mr. Peterson was a member of the farming community, to which his parents belonged, and when he was 20 years old he came to the United States and settled at Big Rapids, in 1870. In 1876 he came to Woodville and estab- lished himself in the drug trade, which he has since prosecuted.
He is a Republican, and was appointed Postmaster in 1878. In 1873 he was married to Christina Benson, by whom he has three children,-Maggie, Peter and Mabel.
obert Anderson, farmer, section 25, Bar- ton Township, was born on the Atlantic Ocean, July 4, 1832. His father, John Anderson, was born in Scotland ; and his mother, Mary (Elliot) Anderson, in England. They were married in the "old country " and came to the New World in 1832. Both parents are deceased.
Mr. Anderson remained at home assisting in the labors of the farm until he was 18 years old, when, impelled by a spirit of desire to extend his knowledge
of the actual world, he began to travel, and crossed the ocean several times. In 1867 he came to Big Rapids, Michigan, where he resided for a time, and then transferred his interests to Lake County, where he spent a few years. In the spring of 1875 he bought 80 acres of land in Barton Township, on which he has expended time and energy to as good a purpose as most men of his calling. He has cleared and improved 55 acres and placed it in good con- dition for the pursuit of agriculture.
He was married in 1875, to Mrs. Juliette (Crofut) Hyatt, who was born March 10, 1830, in Cayuga Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of Benoni and Margaret (Griffith) Crofut, natives of New York. Mrs. Ander- son had three children by her first marriage, and of these only Martha I. is living, who is the wife of Daniel J. Monroe.
Mr. Anderson holds a neutral position in politics.
inla Pawling, carpenter and joiner, Wood- ville, was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., March 9, 1828, and is a son of Thomas and Mary (Dickerson) Pawling. The father was a native of Scotland and a carpenter by trade; the mother was born in New Jersey and both parents are now deceased.
Mr. Pawling began to work at his trade when he was II years old, and he resided in his native country until his marriage, which occurred Jan. 14, 1849, to Kate, daughter of James and Margaret (Green) Stamp, born Oct. 10, 1829. Her father was born in Pennsylvania, of German origin, and both parents are deceased. Mr. Pawling came West and located at Constantine, St. Joseph Co., Mich. He entered upon the pursuit of his trade, and did his first work in the Peninsular State for Gov. John S. Barry. He re- sided at Constantine three years and went thence to Logansport, Ind. On the outbreak of the Southern rebellion he enlisted in the 73d Ind. Regt., Co. G, and served three and one half years. Among the im- portant engagements in which he participated were Stone River, Crab Orchard, Decatur and La Vergne, Tenn. His command was first assigned to the 20th Army Corps, and after the battle of Stone River he was transferred to the 44th Army Corps, under Gen.
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Thomas. After his discharge he settled at Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, where he remained but a brief period and went thence to Middleville, Barry County, and entered the employ of the Grand River Valley Railroad Company, and spent four years building bridges. He came next to Hungerford and worked two years for Captain Ives, and then located at Woodville, where he has been engaged in the interests of the Western Michigan Lumber Company.
Mr. Pawling is a Republican and a member of Wayland Lodge No. 129, I. O. O. F. His family comprises four children : Eddie H., James K., Willie M. and Hattie P. Rosa and John are deceased. While in the service Mr. Pawling had a long and severe illness. His wife joined him in the hospital at Nashville, and, after nursing him back to health, joined the hospital service and devoted two years of time and skill, without compensation, to the care of sick and wounded soldiers.
ichael McCool, farmer, section 5, Garfield Township, was born in County Donegal, Ireland, Sept. 18, 1821, and is a son of Bernard and Ann (Cleary) McCool, natives of the Emerald Isle.
In 1848 he came to the United States, ac- companied by his sister Margaret, who now resides at Glens Falls, Warren Co., N. Y., where Mr. McCool lived seven years. In 1854 he went to South Caro- lina, and after a stay of one year in the vicinity of Charleston he came to Newaygo, arriving in August, 1855. He entered the employ of the Newaygo Com- pany and worked as a lumberman eight years, oper- ating a large proportion of the time as a saw-mill assistant. After the failure of the company, by which he lost a considerable sum, he went to New Orleans, and a year later returned to Newaygo. In 1858 he invested his savings in 80 acres of land, on which he settled and where he has since resided. He has in- creased his estate to 160 acres, and has placed 70 acres in a first-class state of cultivation. He has cleared all the land by his own efforts and erected a comfortable and convienent residence.
Mr. McCool was married in Newaygo, Nov. 5, 1864, to Elizabeth, daughter of Martin and Mary
Cavaney, who was born March 17, 1840, in Canada. Five children have been born to them: Mary A., Edward, Catherine, Frank and Michael. The family belong to the Roman Catholic Church.
ohn Lareva, farmer, section 33, Denver Township, was born in Clinton Co., N. Y., May 8, 1843. He is a son of Joseph and Jane (Gilfillan) Lareva, who were natives of Ontario, Can., and of French and Scotch an- cestry. The former died in New York, in r85 1, and the latter is still living. He attended dis- trict school and worked on a farm until he was 24 years of age, and in the spring of 1867 came to this county and settled in Denver Township. He pur- chased 80 acres of timbered land, and has since spent his time in improving and beautifying his home. He has also added 60 acres of partly improved land, and now owns one of the finest farms in the country. Aug. 10, 1873, he was married, at ÆEtna, this county, to Miss Jennie, daughter of John and Lucinda (Tucker) Showalter, of German ancestry, and natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively; she was born in Whitley Co., Ind., Feb. 20, 1858: received a fair education, and at the age of 15 came with her sister to Denver Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Lareva have had three children : Burt, born Dec. 30, 1877; Bernice V., June 1, 1882 ; Lena M., born July 21, 1874, died May 31, 1882. Mr. L. has held various school offices, and in politics is a Republican. Both are active members of the First-Advent Church.
*iram M. Read, physician and surgeon, 110 Woodville, was born in Kane Co., Ill., July 22, 1859. He is a son of Charles and Adaline (Baxter) Read, the former a native of New · Brunswick, the latter of Vermont. He attended the common schools until the age of 14 years, when he was sent to the High School at Aurora, Ill., where he was a pupil four years, after which he spent a year in study under the direction of the principal of
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the school at Blackberry, Kane Co., Ill. He was then 20 years old, and began his preparatory medical reading with Dr. O. L. Pelton, at Blackberry, where he remained one year, going thence to the University at Ann Arbor, Mich. He studied there one year and during 1881 practiced under Dr. W. A. Hendryx, of Big Rapids. The year next succeeding he attended Rush Medical College, in Chicago. On the first of March, 1883, he came to his present location, where he has since been engaged in the practice of medicine.
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illiam Whitman, proprietor of the Ne- waygo House, at Newaygo, was born June 28, 1840, at Brandon, Franklin Co., N. Y. He is a son of Chauncey Whitman, and was reared on a farm. His mother died in 1842, and in 1851 his father transferred his family to Muskegon Co., Mich. In 1863 they came to Garfield Tp., Newaygo Co., where the father and son bought 120 acres of land in joint partnership and engaged in lumbering. Mr. Whitman came to Ne- waygo in 1867 and spent two seasons lumbering in the woods. In 1869 he bought the hotel, which he has since continued to manage. The establishment has accommodations for 25 guests, and is doing a good business. He was married July 4, 1864, in Muskegon Co., to Susan, daughter of Charles and Sarah Carr, who was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., Aug. 20, 1848. Edward and Charles are the children born of this marriage.
Charles T. Randolph, farmer, section 33, Denver Township, was born on the is- land of Matinicus (?) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 27, 1818. His parents were Walter and Joanna (Hall) Randolph ; father was born in London, England, and mother in Maine, where they resided until their death. . When Charles was three months old he was bought to the main land, and lived at home, in Montville, Waldo Co., Me., until he was 14 years old, when his father moved to
Penobscot County. Here he remained until his 21st year, then entered school. After completing his ed- ucation he engaged in the lumbering business on.the Penobscot River, remaining until the summer of 1843, when he returned home and purchased 200 acres of land in the town of AEtna, upon which he built a house. Dec. 17, 1844, he married Miss Elizabeth C. Moore, daughter of John and Hannah (Chapman) Moore, natives of Maine, who was born in Edgecomb, Lincoln Co., Maine, Nov. 13, 1818.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph settled on the new farm, where they lived until 1849, then moved to Luzerne Co., Pa., where Mr. R. was engaged in lumbering until 1855. They then returned to their former home, where Mrs. Randolph tarried for one year, and her husband came to Newaygo, this county, and worked in the mills for a few months. The follow- ing year his wife came, and they went to keeping house in Newaygo. In February, 1860, they moved upon a farm of 80 acres, where he now resides, and which at that time was a dense forest. Mr. R. has since added 40 acres to his original purchase.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph have two children : John WV. and S .. Augusta.
on. Sullivan Armstrong, farmer, section 22, Ashland Township, was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., March 3, 1821. His parents were Bealy and Mary (Palmer) Armstrong; father was born in Connecticut and mother in Rhode Island. Soon after marriage they settled in the State of New York, and when their son was five years old they came to Michigan and fixed their place of residence at Walled Lake, Oakland County, where the father died, in 1827. In the fall of the same year Mr. Armstrong returned with his mother to New York. In the spring of 1828 he went to Wyoming County, in that State, and became the em- ployee of a farmer named Burt, with whom he remained until he was 18 years old. In 1839 he came to Walled Lake once more, where he remained two years. In the fall of 1841 he came to Walker Townshlp, Kent Co., Mich.
Mr. Armstrong was married Dec. 4, 1844, to Mary C., daughter of George and Sarah M. (Davis)
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Sheldon. The parents are of straight Puritan an- cestry, born respectively in New York and Maine. Mr. Armstrong turned his attention energetically to farming and remained in Kent County until 1852. In the autumn of that year he decided to seek a permanent home in another part of Michigan, and in company with his brother set out as "land look- ers." They fixed upon Newaygo County as a desirable quarter to locate, and Mr. Armstrong pre- empted 120 acres of land in Ashland Township. Through. the assistance of John Ball, of Grand Rapids, he was enabled to establish himself on the place which has since been his homestead. As soon as practicable he erected the usual pioneer cabin, and took possession of his farm, with his wife and four children. The place and its fixtures make a credit- able exhibit of the efforts and energy of the owner for the past 30 years. In addition to his farming inter- ests he has extensively engaged in traffic in real estate, and during the winters of the past 25 years he has been occupied in heavy lumber transactions, put- ting in some seasons 3,000,000 feet of logs. His land operations have included over 1,000 acres, and he has added 40 acres to his home farm. Besides fine and expensive farm buildings, he has erected a residence at an expense of $4,000.
In public life Mr. Armstrong is one of the most prominent citizens of Newaygo County, and has been identified with all its permanent interests. He has been actively; alive to whatever promised to enhance the advantages of his township, and from the date of his settlement in the county has main- tained the confidence and esteem of its citizens. He has been a Republican of decided principles, and in 1860 was elected County Treasurer, and has served in that capacity three terms. In the fall of 1872 he was elected to the position of Representative to the State Legislature, which post he occupied two terms. He has officiated as Supervisor of his town- ship 14 years, and, at various times, has filled most of the minor offices. On the organization of the National party he adopted its principles and issues, and so wide-spread was the repute of his influence and character that in the fall of 1880 he was placed in nomination by the National Greenback Convention at Jackson, Mich., as candidate for the post of Lieutenant Governor. The party was in its early youth and its nominations were defeated by small ma- orities. Mr. Armstrong was not premonished of the
purposes of the Convention nor in any way made aware of the projected action.
Of II children born to Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, eight are deceased. Those living were born as follows : Sarah A., Dec. 28, 1845 ; Ida M., March 22, 1856; Herbert, Nov. 24, 1861. The sorrowful record of the early lost is as follows : Ellen, born Sept. 28, 1847, died April 26, 1873; Amy A., Aug. 3, 1849, died Jan. 27, 1878; Sanford, Dec. 22, 1851, died Feb. 1, 1868; Fanny G., July 22, 1853, died July 2, 1880; Arthur, May 22, 1858, died March 31, 1860; Willis, Sept. 25, 1863, died Nov. 10, 1863; Eugene, June 6, 1865, died Aug. 5, 1865; Mabel, Jan. 9, 1868, died Sept. 8, 1868.
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esse Maze, miller and farmer, section 14, Denver Township, is a son of Lancelot and Mary Maze, natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania, respectively, the former of Irish and the latter of Scotch descent; and he was born in Summit Co., Ohio, May 30, 1811. When he was three years old his parents moved to Madison Co., Ohio, and located on a farm, and thence to Delaware County, afterwards to Union County, both in the same State, where his father died, when he was in his 13th year. He was thus, at that early age, left to take care of his widowed mother, who soon after moved to Delaware County, where they lived four years, and finally removed to Medina County, where, April 1, 1833, he married Miss Lydia Davis. She was a native of Ohio, and was born Sept. 22, 1813, and died Feb. 16, 1852, in De Kalb Co., Ind., having seven children, four girls and three boys. In the meantime Mr. Maze was engaged in milling through various portions of the country, and in 1848 moved to Indiana, where he still followed his trade. April 2, 1856, he married, for a second wife, Mrs. Mary D. (Brown) Peck, daughter of Herman and Mary A. (Gaylord) Brown, who was born in Summit Co., Ohio, Aug. 25, 1824. They have by this union one child, Willie H., born Feb. 18, 1857.
In May, 1860, Mr. Maze moved to Newaygo County, this State, where he operated saw and grist mills until 1864, then returned to Ohio, and in 1858 removed to Illinois, where he lived until 1878, when
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he again came to this county, settling in Denver Township, where he is now leading a quiet life on 40 acres of land. In politics he is a zealous Repub- lican, and himself and wife belong to the Free Meth- odist Church.
ames Corsant, foreman of the Western Michigan Saw-mill, located at Woodville, was born in London, Can., June 11, 1838, and is a son of James and Millicent (Farrar) Corsant. He remained under the supervision and instruction of his father until he was 18 years old, at which age he came to Michigan and re- sided in Hillsdale County a short time. He then went to the city of New York and engaged as a sea- man in the coast-sailing service, where he was em- ployed three years. At the end of that time he lo- cated in Livingston County, where he married Miss Martha H., daughter of Elijah and Sarai Bisbee, born in London, Can. He followed farming for two years thereafter, when he turned his attention to lumbering one year, then again purchased a farm ; but, not finding agriculture a congenial pursuit, he embarked in his present business, taking charge of the mill Jan. 8, 1879, since which time he has been actively engaged in furthering the interests of the proprietors.
The family circle includes the following children : Florence A., Charles D., William D., Mabel W. and Rubie M.
rs. Samantha Bisard, resident on section 26, Ashland Township, was born in Spencer, Medina Co., Ohio, Nov. 6, 1846, and is the daughter of Asahel and Emily (Salisbury) Bisard, natives respectively of Ohio and Orange Co., Vt. Her parents came to Grand Rapids when she was five years old, and four years later they removed to Ashland Township. She remained a member of the household until her marriage, Nov. 6, 1862, to Orson, son of David and Rebecca (Huse) Bisard, natives of New England.
Orson Bisard was born Sept. 27, 1835, in Spencer, Ohio, and died Aug. 8, 1877, at his home in Dorr, Allegan County, leaving two children. He was a de- voted husband and father, and his loss can never be compensated to the wife and children who still feel it as in the time of his removal. The widow re- moved with her fatherless ones to the protection of her father's home, where she supplies the place of both father and mother to her daughters, in care and self-sacrifice.
Mr. Bisard was connected with the Orders of Odd Fellows and Freemasons. He was buried with the forms and ceremonies of the latter named body. In political faith and action he was a Democrat. His daughters were born as follows : Anna C., May 19, 1871, and Tina D., June 1, 1877.
Eric athaniel D. Macumber, farmer, section 27. Denver township, was born in Bristol, On- tario Co., N. Y., Feb. 6, 1817. His parents were Nathaniel and Mary (Clark) Macumber, natives of Massachusetts, and of Scotch descent. Soon after their marriage they moved upon a farm in Bristol, N. Y., and in 1827 emigrated to the then Territory of Michigan, and settled in Oakland County, upon a farm of 80 acres in the township of Novi, near the present site of Novi village. In one month after their arrival in Michigan his father died, leaving a wife and five children. What is quite remarkable, these children are all living and are residents of this State; and, although the parents were weakly, there is not an invalid among the children, and all have acquired a competency. Their names are: Hannah, Jason, Mary, Nathaniel D. and John C
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