...self-made man. In early life he worked by the month until his labors had brought him capital sufficient to enable him to engage in business on his own account. He followed farming in Oakland county, owning and operating a valuable tract of land near Rochester and...

...fourteen dollars per month for his services. He was thus engaged for several. years or until his labors had brought him sufficient capital to enable him to engage in business on his own account. In March, 1889, in Omaha, Nebraska, he was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Johnson, who spent her...

...His increased salary following his successive promotions and his careful expenditure up to this time brought him sufficient capital to enable him to engage in business on his own account and he turned his attention to the manufacture of wagons in partnership with WF Kramer under the firm...

...laudable ambition to engage in business on his own account Mr. King saved his earnings until his diligence and economy had brought him sufficient capital to enable him to engage in business for himself on the 20th of July, 1904. as a member of the firm of King & Whitens. When they dissolved...

...period he took charge of the Everly creamery, which he capably and successfully controlled for six years. During that period he carefully saved his earnings until his industry and economy brought him sufficient capital to enable him to purchase a farm. He then invested in one hundred and...

...Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops and. by dint of untiring industry and close economy, at length accumulated sufficient capital to enable him to engage in business on his own account. It was in 1891 that he started out for himself, becoming the proprietor of a restaurant, which he successfully...

...opportunity. He remained as a salesman with that firm for some time, or until his capital was sufficient to enable him to engage in business on his own account. He then organized the firm of CH Woodard & Company and opened a retail drug store at the corner of Front and...

...Jewell, who was engaged in the marble business, and at length his capability and careful expenditure brought him sufficient capital to enable him to engage in business on his own account in the establishment of monument and marble works in the spring of 1872, and this business has been...

...services. Carefully saving his earnings, his economy and industry at length brought him capital sufficient to enable him to engage in business on his own account. He then opened a similar establishment and met with success from the beginning. The name of Cain became well known in...

...no ready capital at his command and so rented land, leasing the Gray farm in Polk township for two years. During that period he carefully saved his earnings until his industry and his economical expenditure had brought him a sum sufficient to enable him to purchase the farm in Polk...