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80 acres acres in section active agricultural Avon township Bank Brandon township brother Charles children were born citizens Clarkston Commerce township Company daughter death deceased December Democrat Detroit died elected Elizabeth engaged in farming England esteem farmer Farmington township father five children followed four children Fraternally Fred George Groveland township Henry Holly township Independence township interest James Jane Jersey John Joseph Knights land County later lived located in section Maccabees Macomb County married Mary Mason Methodist Church Milford mother namely native Novi township Oakland County Oxford parents pioneer politics Pontiac township present farm prominent purchased reared removed Republican party resides Rochester Samuel Sarah Seeley served settled sketch Smith Springfield township stock raising successful three children took trade Troy township united in marriage village Waterford township Wayne County West Bloomfield township White Lake township widow wife William York
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Page 59 - Pa. , in the class of 1882, and taught school for six years; deciding upon the profession of the law, he entered the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and...
Page 649 - In 1889 he entered the Law Department of the University of Michigan from which he was graduated in 1891.
Page 51 - Soon afterward he entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in...
Page 540 - ... forceful figure in his community, for other business activities have received the benefit of his ability and experience. Prominent in politics and in fraternal circles, few men in the county are better known. Joseph Edward Sawyer was born January i, 1847, at Piermont, Grafton county, New Hampshire, the seventh child and only son of Hon. Joseph and Mary (Dole) Sawyer. He is a lineal descendant of Thomas Sawyer, a native of England, born about the year 1615, who emigrated to the American colonies...
Page 7 - NOTE. All the biographical sketches published in this volume were submitted to their respective subjects or to the subscribers, from whom the facts were primarily obtained, for their approval or correction before going to press; and a reasonable time was allowed in each case for the return of the typewritten copies. Most of them were returned to us within the time allotted, or before the work was printed, after being corrected or revised; and these may therefore be regarded as reasonably accurate....
Page 317 - Pennsylvania, and afterward became a student in the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated upon the completion of his course in 1909.
Page 274 - He was one of the first to respond to the call of Father Juan Crisostomo for workers in the Philippines.
Page 18 - Assembly as a member of the house, and for a number of years was a member of the board of supervisors of his county. He is spoken of as a "warm-hearted, impulsive man, generous and honest.
Page 343 - Sons of Macomb and broad St. Clair, And Oakland's rolling fields were there. And now they tell, with patriot pride, How that great day they fought beside The
Page 661 - Healey, is, and for a number of years has been, a member of the Communist Party of the United States of America.