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It was in this house that Cornelia Alger Howard became the wife of John Wareham Strong (II) and there their first child was born. Mr. Strong died in 1884, his widow surviving until 1889. Four children survived them, as follows: Julia Adele, who is the widow of Lyman Hayden Baldwin, resides at Harris- burg, Pennsylvania, and is the mother of two children, Lyman Russell Baldwin, who died in 1906 at the age of thirty years, and Wareham Strong Baldwin of Har- risburg; Cornelia Louise, the wife of Henry Stimson Atterbury, now of Omaha, Nebraska, and the mother of John Howard Atterbury of Baltimore, Maryland; William Baker Atterbury of Omaha, and Henry Larned Atterbury of San Francisco; Annie Russell, who died in Detroit in 1915, and who was the wife of Edgar Clark Barrows and the mother of Edgar Llewellyn Barrows, now of Las Cruces, New Mexico; and John Wareham Strong (III), who is the third in direct line to bear the name.
The last named was born in Detroit, October 11, 1862, and attended the public and private schools
JOHN WAREHAM STRONG II 1816-1884
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in his native city, while his education was completed at the Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake. On December 12, 1883, Mr. Strong was married at De- troit to Sarah Josephine Copland, daughter of the late Alexander W. Copland, who was long prominent among the business men of Detroit and was postmaster under President Cleveland. Following his marriage he went to Muskegon, Michigan, where he es- tablished a real estate business and remained until 1895. During this period three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Strong, namely: Zara Adele, who now is the wife of Harry J. Warner of Detroit and the mother of two children, Barbara Strong Warner and Harriett Pillsbury Warner; Ethel Frances, who mar- ried Julian M. Case, now of Dayton, Ohio, and has two children, John Strong Case and Zara Lee Case; and Irene Elizabeth, who died in 1900, at the age of nine years.
In 1895 Mr. Strong disposed of his interests in Mus- kegon and entered the life insurance field in the east, being located in New York city and Boston for nine years, eventually returning to Michigan where in 1905 he became connected with the Bankers Life Company of Des Moines, Iowa, as their manager for Michigan, in 1915, which position he holds at the present time.
THOMAS H. EVANS, who is well known in business circles of Detroit as a chartered public accountant, was born in Wales, November 13, 1882, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Evans) Evans, also natives of that country, where they have spent their entire lives, the father follow- ing the occupation of farming. Their family numbered two children, of whom Thomas H. Evans is the younger. In the schools of his native land he acquired his early education and following his graduation from high school he took the preliminary examination for entrance to Oxford University, where he pursued the study of ac- countancy. On becoming a chartered public accountant he entered the accounting department of a large woolen manufacturing house in England, with which he remained until 1906, when he emigrated to Canada, taking up his residence in Toronto. He became an accountant for a large carpet manufacturing company of that city, there continuing until 1910, and later occupied like positions with other business houses of Toronto. In September, 1914, he left that city and crossed the border into the United States, making his way to Detroit, where he has since made his home. Opening an office in this city, he has succeeded in building up a large business and that he is an expert in the field in which he specializes is indi- cated in the fact that ninety-five per cent of his clients are those whose patronage he secured on first establishing himself as a public accountant in this city. In his work he is careful, painstaking and dependable, and his business transactions have always been characterized by strict honesty and integrity.
On the 25th of June, 1912, Mr. Evans was united in marriage to Miss Isabelle M. Craig, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Craig, who were formerly residents of Buffalo, New York, but later removed to Toronto, Canada In his political views Mr. Evans is an inde- pendent republican, voting for the candidates of that party where national issues are at stake but at local elections he casts his ballot in favor of the man whom he deems best qualified for office without regard to party affiliations. He is an active member of the Board of Commerce, whose plans and projects for the development of the trade interests of the city he heartily supports, and fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a valued member of the American Institute of Accountants and is much interested in the work of that organization. While residing in his native land he served as a member of the Welsh Volunteers, attached to the South Wales Battalion, and during the World war rendered valuable service to the government as an internal revenue agent. His business record has been marked by steady advancement and his success is attributable entirely to his own efforts. As the architect of his own fortunes he has builded wisely and well and now occupies a prominent position in business circles of De- troit, while as a citizen he is public-spirited, loyal and progressive, giving full allegiance to the land of his adoption.
FRANK E. BOGART, of Canadian birth and Holland ancestry, is now a substantial American citizen whose interest in and loyalty to Detroit, his adopted city, is manifest in many tangible ways. He is widely known here in business circles as vice president of Farrand, Williams & Clark, wholesale druggists. His birth occurred in Lennox county, Ontario, Canada, August 4, 1865, his parents being Abram L. and Helen (Hawley) Bogart, both of whom were natives of the same county, where they spent their entire lives. The direct ancestors of Mr. Bogart in the paternal line can be traced back through the intervening years to 1654, when the progenitor of the family in America came from Holland and settled at Bedford Mills, now Brooklyn, New York. His name was John Boagert, but later the spelling of the surname was changed to its present form. The great-great-grandfather of Mr. Bogart in the Hawley line settled in New England at an early period in the colonization of the new world. His ancestors were United Empire Loyalists and became pioneer residents of Lennox county, Ontario, removing there in 1778. Abram L. and Helen (Hawley) Bogart spent their entire lives in Lennox county and the father there engaged in farming and merchandising to the time of his death. The mother still makes her home at Deseronto, Ontario.
Frank E. Bogart attended the district schools of his native county and started out in the business world as a factory employe in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1882. After a short period he went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and secured a position with the wholesale drug house of Barrick, Roller & Company, there remaining for about four years. He came to Detroit on the 1st of January, 1887, and accepted a position as traveling salesman with
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Farrand, Williams & Company, wholesale druggists, and with their successors, Farrand, Williams & Clark, the firm name being changed to its present form in the spring of 1890. After working with the firm for a few years he purchased an interest in the business and was later elected to the vice presidency, having occupied this posi- tion since the incorporation. His thorough knowledge of the trade, his enterprise and progressive methods have been dominant factors in the development of their patronage.
On the 28th of April, 1896, Mr. Bogart was married in Saginaw, Michigan, to Miss Susie Shaw and they have two children: Frank E., who was born in Detroit in 1897 and after attending the city high school continued his education in Amherst College; and Barbara, who was born in 1905 and is now a pupil in the Liggett School for Girls in Detroit.
Mr. Bogart finds his recreation largely in golf and belongs to the Detroit Golf Club. He is also a member of the Ingleside Club and is identified with the Detroit Board of Commerce, while both he and his wife have membership in the First Congregational church, being numbered among its consistent supporters in all the various branches of church work.
GEORGE D. NUTT. The late George D. Nutt, con- tractor and builder of Detroit, was born in Somer- setshire, England, March 24, 1856, his parents being James and Sophia (Dorr) Nutt, who were also natives of England, where they spent their lives. The father was a stone mason by trade and followed that pursuit in support of his family of ten children, six of whom are living: James, William, Thomas, Charles, Theodore and Richard.
George D. Nutt pursued his education in the public schools of his native country and afterward became an apprentice at the stonecutter's trade. Having mastered that business, he then served an apprentice- ship at the bricklayer's trade and in 1882, with an excellent knowledge of both lines of business, he came to America and immediately located at Detroit. From the initial point of his entrance into the business cir- cles of this city he made steady progress and after working for others for a time he took up contract work as a mason contractor and also as a general contractor. The thoroughness with which he executed every contract entrusted to him won him a well deserved reputation and his business became more and more important as the years passed by. Mr. Nutt built the first plant owned by the Ford Motor Company and he also built additions to the original Dodge plant at Monroe avenue and Hastings strect. The first large apartment houses in the city, the Pasadena, the Lenox and the Madison, the first advertised at the time as the largest apartment house west of New York, were his work. The Boston boulevard home of the late John F. Dodge was built by Mr. Nutt. The latter first became acquainted with Mr. Ford years ago, when Mr. Nutt was erecting a building next to the
old bicycle repair shop on Grand River avenue, near Park place, where Mr. Ford was working. Later, when the Ford company had progressed far enough to be able to have a building of its own, Mr. Nutt's bid was the lowest and he was awarded the contract for the plant at Piquette avenue and Beaubien street. The foundations for Central high school, several other school buildings, the Malcomson building, the Vernor building and the addition to St. Joseph's Retreat were among his other accomplishments. He erected many of the fine public and high school buildings in other parts of the state. He was also the builder of hundreds of fine residences and all these struc- tures stand as a monument to his skill, enterprise and reliability. He ranked with the prominent contrac- tors of Michigan. In July, 1921, the business was incorporated as the George D. Nutt Company.
In June, 1884, Mr. Nutt was married to Miss Min- nie Tuttle of Detroit, and they became parents of four children: Walter D., who is manager of the George D. Nutt Company; Minnie, who married Leon G. Stevens, and died in Detroit in 1916; Lillian L., who is the wife of Perry D. Shaffer; and Howard, who is connected with the George D. Nutt Company.
Mr. Nutt was a member of the Board of Commerce of Detroit and was one of the founders of the Builders & Traders Exchange and the Mason Con- tracting Association, serving on the board of directors of each and thus being identified with several organi- zations which feature as prominent factors in the development and progress of the city. Throughout his career he was actuated by a spirit of advance- ment that prompted him to display indefatigable en- ergy along lines leading to substantial results, and while he started out in the business world in the humble capacity of an apprentice, he became one of the foremost figures in contracting and building cir- cles of his adopted city. The death of Mr. Nutt occurred on the 1st of March, 1921.
ARTHUR W. HUDSON, M. D. Thoroughly equipped by liberal collegiate training for the profession which he has made his life work and in which he has ever displayed the strictest fidelity to high principles, Dr. Arthur W. Hudson is now successfully practicing in Detroit and as a member of the medical fraternity he has attained high rank among those whose skill is uniformly acknowledged. A native of South Carolina, he was born in Colleton county on the 5th of February, 1887, bis parents being James David and Mary Ellen (Breland) Hudson, who were also born in that locality, in which they have spent their entire lives. The father is the owner of a large plantation and is also operating a planing mill and a cotton gin, the various branches of his business being most capably and successfully conducted. To Mr. and Mrs. Hudson were born six children: Mrs. Ida Amelia Strickland, a resident of South Carloina; Mrs. Mary G. Benton, of Scarboro, that state; James A., William L. and Edwin Palmer, who are also living in South Carolina; and Arthur W.
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In the acquirement of an education Dr. Hudson at- tended the public schools and Carlyle high school at Ham- burg, South Carolina, from which he was graduated in 1902. He then became a student in the South Carolina State Medical College, which conferred upon him the M. D. degree in 1908, and, going to Ruffin, that state, he entered upon the practice of his profession, remaining a resident of that place until 1912, when he came to Detroit. For a year thereafter he served as house physi- cian at Grace Hospital, after which he engaged in private practice until 1917. On October 3d of that year he en- tered the medical department of the United States army, being commissioned a lieutenant of the Medical Corps, and was first stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, being sent from there to Camp Gordon, and in 1917 he completed a special course in the Boston City Hospital. He was sent overseas, being placed in charge of Evacuation Hospital No. 13, and during 1918 and a portion of 1919 was with the Army of Occupation, receiving his discharge on the 8th of July of the latter year. Returning to Detroit, he resumed his professional work and is now surgeon for the General Motors Corporation, having charge of the surgical cases for five of their plants, in addition to which he is attending to a large private practice. His professional labors have been attended with a gratifying measure of success, for he is thoroughly familiar with the scientific basis upon which his work rests and is correct in the appli- cation of his knowledge to the needs of his patients.
Dr. Hudson has been married twice. On the 5th of January, 1908, he wedded Miss Daisy Chrystal Donnell, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Donnell, prominent residents of Charleston, South Carolina, and she passed away in that city on the Ist of July, 1913. His second union was with Miss Verna Katherine Fraleigh, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Fraleigh, of Detroit. They were married May 5, 1920, and now have a daughter, Doris Chrystal, who was born June 5, 1921.
Dr. Hudson is a member of the Grand River Avenue Methodist Episcopal church and he is a prominent Mason, belonging to Oriental Lodge, F. & A. M., to the chapter, council, commandery and consistory, in which he has taken the thirty-second degree, and also to the Shrine. He has never lost the attitude of a student toward his profession and keeps abreast with the trend of the times through his membership in the Wayne County and Michigan State Medical Societies, the South Carolina Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He utilizes every possible opportunity to promote his knowledge and increase his efficiency and enjoys the respect of his colleagues and also of the general public.
FREDERICK L. HALL. In the path of an orderly progression, each step being made at the cost of earnest labor and close application, Frederick L. Hall has reached an enviable place in business circles of Detroit, being now closely associated with its industrial interests as secretary of the Gabriel Steel Company. A representative of one of the old and prominent families of the city, he was
born at Niagara Falls, New York, January 27, 1879. His grandfather, Lewis Hall, came to Detroit as a young man and became the pioneer jeweler of the city, con- tinuing to reside here during the remainder of his active life. His son, Charles Lewis Hall, was born in Detroit and on attaining adult years married Miss Mary Liddle, a native of the state of New York. Soon after their mar- riage they removed to Niagara Falls, New York, going from that city to St. Louis, Missouri, thence to Daven- port, Iowa, and finally to Port Huron, Michigan. The father was long identified with the Western Union Tele- graph Company as branch manager, and his demise occurred in 1889. The mother is still living and is now a resident of Detroit.
In various sections of the country Frederick L. Hall pursued his education, attending school at Niagara Falls, New York; St. Louis, Missouri; Chicago, Illinois; and Port Huron, Michigan, and his initial business experience was obtained in connection with the operation of machin- ery. He was identified with that line of work until 1918. when he entered the employ of the Gabriel Steel Com- pany in a minor capacity. His ability and trustworthiness were soon recognized and he was made secretary and a director of the company, which controls one of the largest structural steel industries in this part of the country. The fact that he has been chosen to fill this responsible position is in itself proof of his executive ability, business acumen and enterprise, which are valuable assets to the corporation which he represents.
At Cleveland, Ohio, on the 9th of June, 1904, Mr. Hall was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Jane Show, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Show, well known resi- dents of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have become the parents of three children: Lewis, who was born at Detroit, November 5, 1905, and is now attending high school; Betty Elizabeth, who was born at Orchard Lake, Michigan, July 4, 1912, and is also pursuing her studies; and Pauline, a native of Detroit.
Mr. Hall is a Knight Templar Mason, belonging to Detroit Commandery, No. 1, and he is also connected with the Masonic Country Club, the Detroit Yacht Club, the Aviation Club, and the Armitage Club of St. Johns, Canada. He has a liberal endowment of ambition, grit and good judgment, and these are qualities that in all honorable vocations lead to ultimate victory. His course has been characterized by integrity and honor in every relation and commands for him the respect and confidence of all with whom he has been associated.
WILLIAM S. HAZELTON is the president of the Hazelton & Clark Company, general contractors and one of the largest firms of the kind operating in Detroit, the business having enjoyed a remarkable growth since the organization of the company in 1916. Mr. Hazelton undertook this work after thorough training and broad experience along similar lines, and his sound judgment and enterprise are producing excellent results.
A native of Tecumseh, Michigan, Mr. Hazelton was born March 12, 1877, a son of Alvin and Alzina (Boylan)
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Hazelton, who were natives of the state of New York and in early life came to Michigan, settling in Tecumseh in 1840. The father afterward took up land and became a successful farmer. He passed away in 1911 at the age of eighty years, while his wife died in 1919 at the age of eighty-four. They had a family of three children, all of whom are living: Rose, the wife of A. P. Groth, of Ox- ford, Michigan; Zella, the wife of A. A. Duval, of Detroit; and William S. of this review.
The last named attended the public schools of Tecum- seh, Michigan, and continued his education in the high school at Romeo, Michigan, after which he entered the State University and was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1901 and the Bachelor of Science degree on the completion of a mechanical engineering course in 1902. For five years he was an instructor in the mechani- cal engineering department of the University of Michigan, from 1902 until 1907, being made assistant professor, a fact indicative of the high degree of efficiency to which he had attained in that line. After resigning his position he came to Detroit as a concrete engineer for the Truss Concrete Steel Company, with which he thus continued for three years. He then became connected with the Corrugated Bar Company as district sales manager, with headquarters in Chicago, having supervision over seven states. He occupied that position for three years and then decided to engage in business independently, becoming the vice president and engineer of the Andrew J. Smith Construction Company of Detroit. A year later he was made engineer and manager of the contract department of the Cullen & Vaughn Construction Com- pany of Hamilton, Ohio, which had large contracts for construction work all over the south. In 1916 he organ- ized the Hazelton & Clark Company, general contractors, and has since given his attention to construction work, the company being now one of the most successful operat- ing in Detroit. This is a close corporation, with Mr. Hazelton as president. He is splendidly qualified for the conduct of the business, owing to his thorough pre- liminary study and broad experience, and, understanding every phase of construction work from both a practical and scientific standpoint, he is giving the utmost satis- faction in the execution of contracts awarded the com- pany. Feeling that he could do work while serving for the government, Mr Hazelton enlisted in the World war and was made a captain in the ordnance department of the army, in the Production Division, having to do with artillery, shells and vehicle construction.
On the 23d of December, 1917, Mr. Hazelton was mar- ried to Miss Mary L. Pugsley, of Detroit. They are members of the Congregational church and Mr. Hazelton belongs to the Tau Beta Phi, an honorary engineering society of the University of Michigan, and also to the Delta Phi Delta and to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has taken high rank, becoming a member of Medinah Temple of the Mystic Shrine in Chicago. He belongs as well to the Detroit Athletic Club, while along professional lines his connection is with the Detroit Engineering Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
and he is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Prompted by a laudable ambition, he has made steady progress along the line of his chosen life work, due to continuous study since leaving college, to indefatigable enterprise and keen business discernment. His salient qualities are such as everywhere command confidence and respect and he is today a prominent representative of industrial interests in Detroit.
CHARLES COLVER DEUEL, president of the Charles C. Deuel Company, engaged in the manufac- ture of sheet metal and autogenous welding at De- troit, is a native son of the city in which he makes his home, his birth occurring at the old family resi- dence at the corner of Fourth and Porter streets on the 30th of November, 1856. His parents were Thorne and Mary (Lord) Deuel. Thorne Deuel came to Michigan in 1837 from Schenectady, New York, and settled at Walled Lake, where he resided until 1853, when he removed to Detroit, resided there until 1859, and then located on a farm south of Ypsilanti, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a merchant and lumberman. One of his daughters, Dr. Elizabeth L. Deuel, was the second woman phy- sician to practice in Detroit. The ancestral line is traced back to William DeVille, a French Huguenot, who settled in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1640, and through succeeding generations the family name has undergone a change to its present form.
The early training of Charles C. Deuel was that of the farm bred boy, who works in the fields, pursues his studies in the district schools and indulges in such pleasures as the outdoor life affords. He after- ward had the advantage of training in Olivet College of Michigan and in Mayhew's Business College of Detroit, from which he was in due time graduated. He then taught in that institution for a time and later secured a position in the general offices of the Michi- gan Central Railway Company, in which he spent several years. Later he became connected with the jobbing firm of James Walker & Son, dealers in plumbers' supplies, with which he continued until 1904. He left that firm to establish business on his own account and opened sheet metal works at the corner of State street and Park place. In 1907 he erected his present factory and has always operated under the name of Charles C. Deuel Company, of which firm he is the president, while his son Arthur is the secretary. The company engages in the manufacture of sheet metal, also does the welding and cutting of metals by the oxy-acetylene process, which it adopted on the 1st of July, 1905. The firm was also Michigan agent for the Davis-Bournonville apparatus.
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