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Our subject has been first and second mate on steamboats and sailing vessels, and has traveledex- toni Js. having visited most of the seaports in
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Europe, Canada and the United States. Through- out life he has pursued a course of reading which has made him a man of broad intelligence and be is well informed upon alı general subjects. His library is one of the best in the county, being ex- tensive and well selected. As a Republican he is stanch and active and has always held to the doc- trines of this party, yet is not an office-secker of a politician.
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b ENRY BEDTELYON. Among the intelli- gent and public-spirited agriculturists in Montrose Township, Genesee County, we are pleased to mention Mr. Bedtelyon. whose beautiful farms and good buildings are among the attractions on section 11. He was born in Clarence, Erie County, N. Y., July 19, 1817, and at the age of six years came with his parents to Michigan, settling in Atlas Township, this county, where he grew to manhood. After study- ing in the common schools he attended for a time select schools at Goodrich and at Ortonville, and remained with his parents until his marriage. which took place in Davison Township. April 3, 1876. His bride was Miss Ella Dodge, a native Wolverine who was born in Groveland Township, Oakland County, March 29, 1858.
Immediately after marriage our subject and his wife went to Sagmaw County, settling in Maple Grove Township, where they bought a farm and lived for seven years, after which they sold that property and bought in Clayton Township, where they resided until March, 1881, at which time they removed tosection 31, Montrose Township, which has since been their home.
Mr. Beatelyon has always followed agricultural pursuits and has found success therein, being a thorough, systematic farmer and an upright and enterprising business man, and in all his efforts he has been ably seconded by his worthy and judi- cions companion, to whom he owes much of his prosperity, and whose social qualities make her well known and thoroughly popular in her weigh- borhood. They are liberal in their religions views
and are giving to their four children -Lydia Pearl, Corn Ellen, John and Arthur-excellent educa tional advantages and thorough home training.
Our subject owns one hundred and fifty-five acres of land, part of it in Genesce County and part in Saginaw County, and one hundred and ten acres of this is under cultivation and quite produc- tive. The farm buildings which he has erected are well adapted to carry on the necessary work, and the home is considered a delightful one. This gentleman has held several of the school offices, and formerly took an active part in political affairs, but is now content with casting his vote for the Republican ticket and doing his share in keeping alive the institutions of the town. His father, George, and his mother, Lydia (Kroll) Bedtelyon, both died in Atlas Township, and his wife's par- ents, Daniel and Susan (Harpst) Dodge, had their home in Oakland County, and there the father died, but the mother still survives. This excellent family receives, as it deserves, the esteem and re- gard of the community.
NSON J. ADAMS, M. D .. A. B. The Homopathic school finds one of its strong- est advocates and most skilled practition- ers in him whose name appears above. He is a resident of Flint, where he has practiced since January, 1873. Dr. Adams was born in Southfield Township, Oakland County, Mich., four- teen miles from Poutine, in November, 1812. He is n son of O. R. and Harriet (James) Adams. Our subject's father was a farmer and a native of Cort- land County, N. Y. He came to Michigan as one of the pioneers, starting out from Detroit with an ox-team, with which it took him two days to travel twenty-five miles; he located in the woods and secured a farm.
Our subject's parents had a family of seven children, Ilis father moved to Pontiac in 1853 in order to engage in the mercantile business and was interested in the hat and fur business until his decease, which took place in 1863. Our subject's mother died in 1882. A. J. Adams re-
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reived his education in Pontiac and at the De- troit High School, and after graduating from the last named institution, he entered Williams' Col- logg, in Massachusetts, and graduated with the Classof '67, receiving the degree of Bachelor of
Our subject began the exclusive study of medi- cine with Dr. Walker, of Pontiac, and he then took a course of lectures at the Chicago Homeopathic College during the year of 1868-69. After two years spent in travel, he went to Cleveland and studied under Dr. M. Sayder, and attended two courses of lectures in the Homeopathie Hospital College of Cleveland, graduating with the Class of 72. He began his practice at l'ontine. remain- ing there from March until January, 1873, at which latter date he came to Flint, where he has had a most gratify ing degree of success in a pro- fessional way.
Aside from the advancement that he has made by individual study and effort. our subject has not failed to strengthen himself by alliance with State and locai societies. He gives his undivided atten- tion to his chosen calling, and finds in the skillful practice of his profession a satisfaction known only to one who follows a chosen and much-loved carrer.
Dr. Adams married Miss Julia Kellogg. of ('leve- land, February 25, 1875. They have become the parents of one child, a daughter-Lucy K. Dr. Adams has made for himself a high and honorable name with the people of Flint, both as a gentle- man and as a skilled professional man, and is an honored citizen of the place.
EVT GLANN. This well-known farmer of Clayton Township, Genere County, is one of the sons of New York who are scattered so thickly through the Wolverine State. He was born Apra 16, 1829 in Ontario County, and is the son of John M. and Nancy ( Belmy) Glann. The father came from Ontario County, N. Y., to Michigan at an early day and settled near Cold- water, but returned last four years Inter and spent
the remainder of his days in New York. He was a Republican in his political views,
John and Jane (Mitchell) Glann, the paternal grandparents of our subject were New Yorkers and there spent their days and thought up their small family. Their son, John M., had a family of seven children, and one brother and one sister are still spared to our subject, namely: Carleton, who is a farmer in Lapeer County, Mich., and Sarah, Mrs. Stokoe, who reside on the old homestead in New York.
l'util thirty years of age, Levi tilann spent most of his life with his parents and was then married to Phobe .. , daughter of Amo- and Catherine Her- rington. Their first home was in Chemung County, N. Y., and later they lived in Yates County. I pon coming to Michigan they purchased eighty acres of land in Oakland County and there resided until eight years ago when they disposed of it and purchased property in this township. They here bought an excellently improved farm having good buildings upon it and paid for it at the rate of *to an aere. Their four children are: Ariel, George, Loren and Etta. The oldest son married Rachel Wagonshed and loves at Inday City, Lapeer County; and George, who married Emily Wilson, makes his home in Owosso: Loren and his wife, whose maiden name was Alice Beadle, have three children, Ethel, Levi I. and Charles, and live upon a farm in Flint Township; the youngest daughter is now Mrs. A. Hilliker and has one child.
In the order of Odd Fellow- Mr. Clann holds an honorable position and he belongs to the Demo- cratic party, being a leader in many ways. Ile keets graded horses and graded cattle and has done much to raise the standard in regard to stock. Mrs. Plebe Glaun died in (880 and the present wife was before her marriage with him Mrs. Sarah Deski of Oakwood, Oakland County. She was a daugh- ter of James and Hannah (( ushing ) Baldwin, both natives of Vermont. Her father was both a car- penter and farmer and after living in New York and Ohio he came to Michigan in 1836 and served at Mt. Vernon, Oakland County, where he engaged in farming. During the latter part of his life he and his wife made their home at Oxford in Dak- land County. Of twir seven children. six are now
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living, namely: Neleria, Mrs. Fuller; Martha, Mrs. Lawrence; Alvin; Harrison; Julia, Mr. Burweel; and Sarah, Mrs. Glenn. Mr. Baldwin was a soldier in the War of 1812 and a man of prominence wherever he made his home.
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E L BERT A. YOU'NO a druggist in the village of t'lio, was born in Dandy Township, Tomp- kins County, N. Y. August 21, 1835. His father, Samuel T. Young, was n native of Herki- mer County, N. Y .. and practiced the trade of a millwright, but after he came to Michigan, in 1851. he settled upon a farm near Corunna, and carried it on for some time. Later he moved to Living- stan County and now resides in Howell. He mar- ried Hannah Courtright, a native of New York, of Holland descent who died in 1879.
Albert Young commenced doing busines for himself at the age of fourteen and previous to that. time he had worked as a carpenter with his father. Somewhat later he learned the painter's trade in Ithien, N. Y. and worked at it until 1860, but at the same time he continued attending the village schools during the winters and thus acquired a good education. In 1860 he undertook the study of medicine, but two years later these studies were interrupted by the call to arms. He enlisted and went to the front, serving as hospital steward, al- though he never was granted the rank which went with that duty.
After returning from the seat of war the young man entered the school of pharmacy in New York City and studied for two years, and subsequently went into the drug business at lloweil and was there for eight years, building up a good business. He afterward went to Detroit and entered into partnership with William Johnson, manufacturing proprietary medicine. continuing in that city for seven years. He then sold out his business and went to Mt. Clemens for three years, and at the end of that time he came to Clio. He has a well- selected stock of goods and his business is coll- stantly on the increase.
Mr. Young was united in the bonds of marriage
in 1868, with Miss Agnes I., daughter of John 1. VanDew-en, a business man of Howell. They have two children-Fred E., born January 20, 1870, who is now in the store with his father, and Charles E .. lenin June 30, 1875, is still attending the Clio schools. The oldest son took his education in the public schools of Mt. Clemens and Detroit. Our subject is a firm believer in the principles of the Democratic party and he is a member of the orders of Masonry and the Maccabees and belongs to the James Bradley Post, C. A. R. of Cho. He has been identified with the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Society ever since its organization.
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E DMOND PERRY. Davison Township, Gene- ser County, counts among its citizens at number of men of now almost venerable years, who came hither in very early days, and have hore hewn out of the wilderness splendid farms and bones of beauty and culture. Our sul- jeet and his younger brother have lived longer in this county than any one else, as they came here in 1826. Their services as pioneers have been of un- doubted value to the community, and they have ever been influential in the line of promoting the establishment of such institutions as have helped to make the township what it is. The fine family which grew up about Mr. Perry has been influential for good and for all progress in the community.
Our subject was born in Lebanon Springs, Column- bia County. N. Y., June 29, 1811, and his father, who bore the same name, was of Rhode Island birth and a son of Edward Perry, who removed from Rhode Island to Massachusetts when Edmond, Sr., was eighteen years old. He was the youngest of nine children, and in his young manhood re- moved to New York, to which new home he was accompanied by his father, who died early in the nineteenth century. His grandfather was a Quaker and the family is descended from three brothers who came from England at an early day.
Edmond Perry, Sr., farmed in New York, and also built a wooden mill and carded the first rolls of wood that were carded in the State of New York,
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by machinery. He built another factory at Lemm- non, which he subsequently sold and removed to Clarkston Corners, where he lived until 1821, when he removed to"Rush, and there 'remained until 1826. He had made n visit to Michigan one year previous and located a tract of Government land in Grand Blane Township, and; there he left his eldest son and a nephew, while he returned to New York for the family, bringing them on in September, 1826.
Jacob Stevens was then the only man who had settled in tienesce County, previous to the coming of the Perrys. They built a log house and lived mi true pioneer style, and the father ched January 11, 1861. at the age of eighty-five years. Ilis good wife had passed from earth in February, 1852, and of the eleven children live are still living. The father was a man of prominence, and he budt the. first schoolhouse that was erected in this county, putting it up at his own expense.
Our subject was thirteen years old when his par- ents came to Michigan, and he took his further education in the district schools here, and remained at home until he reached the age of twenty-seven, when he entered land on sections 3 1 and 35, Davison Township, receiving a deed signed by Martin Van Buren. He was married, January 21, 1811, to (Inrissa G. Wilson, of Marshfield, Washington County, Vt. She had come with her parents to Michigan, and located in Atlas Township, in 1837. It was in 1815 before our subject removed his family onto his own land, where he had in the meanwhile built a house of hewn logs. The elul- dren who clustered about the fire-place in this prim- itive home ure: Clarinda K .; Cornelia, deceased; Charles W., Florence E., Caroline A., S. Wilson and Frank M. The oldest daughter is now the wife of Joseph Hobart, of Flint; Charles taught school some before taking his law course at the Michigan University, and is now practicing his profession at ('lare, Mich., where he is n man of influence and importance, being the Mayor of the city, and also a banker. He is the President of the Clare Bank, and also of the wooden-ware manufacturing estab- lishment.
Mr. Perry is a Democrat in his political views, and has held various local offices. He has ever had
a strict sense of duty in regard to the discharge of his privileges as a citizen, and has voted at every township election, except one, which has been held since he became a voter. His father was Highway Commis-toner and laid out roads when tirand Blane Township extended to Saginaw. The par- ents of Mr -. Perry were Samuel and Keziah (Green) Wilson, who were born in New Hampshire, but were reared in Vermont. When they first came West they took up Government land in Atlas Township, which they cleared and improved. The father died in April, 1861, and the mother passed away in 1836, in New York.
Clarinda Perry, the eldest daughter of our sub- jeet, took her education in the district school and in the Normal school, and taught for twenty years. Her husband is now a retired farmer. Mr. Perry's fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres has upon it a beautiful home which was built in 1872, and which has always been kept in excellent repair. This prosperous and prominent farmer has devoted considerable attention to rating live stock of dif- ferent varieties, and has made progress along that line as well as in other branches of agricultural work.
ILLIAM O. BOUGHTTON. A fine specimen of the genus homo denominated the self- made man is this gentleman, for all that he has he ones to his own exertions. He is a man of honor, whose character is unblemished, and his standing in business and social virchs is of the highest. His frank, genial manner has given him a warm place in the hearts of his many associates, and he is popular with all classes. He is especially well known in Genesee County, where he operates a farm in Thetford Township, and has gamed a solid reputation as a progressive agriculturist. In public affair- of the community he takes an netive part and has served his follow-citizens in various political capacities, filling efficiently any position to which he is called.
Before giving in detail the important events in the life of Mr. Boughton, it may be well to briefly
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mention his descent. His parents were W. W. and I Martha N. ( Metcalf) Boughton. natives of New York State and Vermont respectively. The father was an early settler of Michigan, whither he emi- grated from the Empire State in November, 1812, and located in Genere County. He Followed the exupation of a farmer and was the first treasurer of Thetford Township. The usual hardships which Ball to the lot of pioneers he was not exempt from. but by unremitting labor he suislued the soil and established a pleasant home. A few years before the parentscame to this State our subject was born, May 28. 1836. in Monroe County, N. Y., and he was therefore a child of thee and a half years when he accompanied his parents to the West. He has one Mother who reside in Texas.
Those who do not undergo the experience cannot realize the hard lot of the early settlers of this State. Our subject received a very meager educa- tion, attending school only three months in his early youth and when he was twenty-one taking n course of three terms in a High school. Nor we're his advantages in other directions and greater, and he relates that he never had a pair of boots until he was nineteen years old. At the age of twenty-one he began life for himself, working at any honorable employment until the freaking out of the Civil War. He then, in July, 1861, enlisted in Company B, First Michigan Infantry, and with his regiment became an integral part of the Army of the Potomar. At the expiration of two and a half years of his term. he veteranized in February. 1861, and served until the close of the war in 1865, when he was houmaly discharged. He partici- pated in many of the conflicts which made the Army of the Potomac famous, and was taken pris- over at the battle of Malvern Hill. Conveyed to Libby Prison, he was kept three months until is- changed. He experienced many narrow escapes, and was often grazed by bullets, but fortunately was never seriously injured.
After his return from the battlefield, Mr. Bonghi- tom was married on September 25, 1865. to Miss Matilda Coshun, of (lasten. this county. Their wedded life was of brief duration, as the bride died the following une. Mr. Boughton was again mar- ried January 1. 1868, choosing as his bride Mr.
Mary Coolidge, an estimable lady, possessing those noble qualities which characterize a good woman, a tender mother and a devoted wife. Mrs. Bough- Ion was the widow of Moses Coolidge, who was taken a prisoner and died in Andersonville Prison. She had one child by that marriage, Elvira, who is now Mrs. Brabazon, and lives in this township, Six children still cluster around the fireside, none of them having get left the parental roof. They are: William W., Hattie M., Louis O., Clair Stanley, George Albert and Matie M.
In politics. Mr. Boughton is a Republican, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace eight years, which fart of itself testifies to his value is a public-spirited citizen. In the cause of education he is greatly interested, and has served as School Inspector six years and member of the School Board nineteen years, in the meantime rendering good service in elevating the standard of education in the township. He was Drainage Commissioner of Genesee County four years and Township Com- missioner seven years, Constable five years, and socially be belongs to the Farmers' Alliance and the Patrons of Industry. In his comfortable home he and his excellent wife dispense hospitality to all who visit them and are justly entitled to the high esteem in which they are held.
ILLIAM CLYDE SHERMAN. With each passing generation the young people are assuming positions of greater responsibil- ity in the various callings of life, whether upon the farm, in the store or in official positions. In prac- tice, the old saying "Old men for connel, young men for action," is gradually being changed to "Young men for counsel, young men for action." To carry os successfully the various enterprises in which young men are engaged requires great skill, unremitting industry and far-seeing tart. To say therefore that a young man is conspicuous in any department of labor, is to say of him that he pos- meses marked abilities, and this statement may be made with truth of the subject of this notice.
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Willie C. Sherman was born May 21, 1862, in Caro, this State, and is the son of William E. and Sarah F. Sherman, who for a long time resided in Oakland County, this State, where they were born. They were people of worth and industrious habit- and reared their children. of whom there were three, to positions of usefulnes. No especial advantages we're enjoyed by our subject in his youth, and li. alternated his time between study in the schools of Caro and work at home. When he arrived at man's estate be established a home of his own, his bride being Miss Amanda Scott, to whom he was married July 6, 1883. Mrs. Sherman was born in the State of New York, and is the daughter of Darius and Mary Scott. Two sons brighten the home of our subject and his estimable wife. by name Foster and Paul.
In his political relations the principles of the Re- publican party formerly received the hearty sup- port of Mr. Sherman, and their candidates were sure of his influence and ballot. However, he is now a member of the Farmers' Alliance and votes for the man and the measure, rather than for the party. He has coutined his attention to his bu-i- ness, which is that of a printer, and has declined pub- he positions. The place which he ocenpies among his fellow-citizens is an honorable one and has come to him by the exercise of sound common sense and genial companionship, while his hospitable home is the frequent resort of his many friends.
JACOB M. ELDRIDGE is an old settler of this county, who is at his time of life enjoy- ing the retirement from active employment to which he hasalways been so energetically devoted. He has a very pleasant home, located at No. 709 Stephen Street, in the city of Flint. Mr. Eldridge was born at Woodstock, N. Y., January 26, 1813, and is a son of Weaton and Susan (Montross) Eldridge, the father being a farmer at that place. He moved when our subject was quite young to the village of Richmond, Ontario County, N. Y., and there purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, upon which our subject lived until
eighteen years of age, when his father went to Lima and purchased a place four miles south of that town and there our subject arrived at man- hood, receiving his education in the two places.
If the age of twenty-two years Mr. Eldridge was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Jane Van Sickke, their nuptials being solemnized in February, 1833, she being six years younger than her husband. She is a daughter of James Van Sickle, of Lavonia, also a farmer, and was born in Cayuga County. After their marriage they made their home in Lavonia for about one year, when they went to Bergen. In 1836 he of whom we write, came to Flint and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Burton Township, three miles cast of the city, on Uwe Davison Road. He did not bring luis family at once, living alone for some little time. He went to Detroit in order to enter his quarter-section of land and finally returned to New York, where he remained until 1812. when, in the month of June. he drove to Buttalo with his wife and tive children and two loads of household furniture. Taking a boat at the last-named city, they came to Detroit and thence by wagon to Girand Blanc. They there worked through the hay and harvest season and then built a log house with a clay and stick chim- ney. taking possession of their new home Decem- ber 2, 1811. There was not a house anywhere in sight. their own home being in the dense woods. The winter- were spent in clearing and he sold many logs and in various ways accumulated enough so that at the end of four years he was enabled to build a good framme barn, 32x11 feet in dimensions, and four years later he built a frame house. For this he paid out money for the mails alone.
In addition to their residence our subject created three good barns. His horse barn was 30x50 feet in dimensions. It is a comfortable housing for his animal. The other features of his farm are in correspondence with these named. Everything Shows good management, prudence and industry. At one time Mr. Eldridge was the owner of two hundred and eighty acres of land. In 1872 he divided a portion of his farm among his three sons, retaining one hundred and twenty neres of the old homestead, which he sold in 1883. Our sub- joit's domestic life has been blessed in many ways.
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