James L. Reynolds removed from his native State to Ohio, in 1833 and settled in Massillon, where he was employed as a merchant for fifteen years, afterward he went to Chicago, where he spent fifteen years, successfully engaged in mercantile business. In 1866 he retired from active labor and his decease occurred in California in 1873. Henry G. Reynolds spent the first fifteen years of his life in Chicago and was a student for one year in the High School of that city. In 1866 he entered the Michigan State Agricultural. College at Lansing. From this institution he graduated in 1870 with the degree of  Bachelor of Science and in 1873 his Alma Mater honored him with the degree of Master of Science.

     After graduating Mr. Reynolds spent nearly three years in Europe, traveling and enjoying an advanced course of studies in the laboratory of Dr. Fresenius at Wiesbaden in Germany. He then located at Old Mission, Mich., where he was employed as a fruit-grower until called to his present position in 1885. While at Old Mission he was especially interested in apple and pear culture.

     On September 24, 1874, Mr. Reynolds was married to Miss Frances Llewellyn of Mexico, Mo. Mrs. Reynolds was born February 28, 1850, in Louisville, Ky. Her father, Robert Llewellyn, was born in Birmingham, England; her mother, Abigail Knott, was born in Dublin, Ireland, but was of English ancestry. The mother of Henry G. Reynolds bore the maiden name of Mary Green Duncan and was born January 4, 1819, at MassilIon, Ohio, of which her father, James, was the founder. He was a man of recognized ability and great executive power, having sterling business qualities and a profound interest in the pioneer development of the State. He is still remembered in Massillon as a man to whom the city is indebted for many of the privileges it now enjoys. He was also one of the earliest developers of the Upper Michigan mining district, in the region of Negaunee. He was born in Concord, N. H., May 2, 1789, and died in Chicago, March 15,1863. Mrs. Reynolds is still living and resides with her son at the Michigan Agricultural College.

     Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Reynolds are the parents of six children whose names are as follows, Frederick L., Robert L. Duncan L., Jessie L., Margaret V. and Graham L.  Frederick, who was born December 21, 1875, and Robert, born June 20, 1877, are students in the Agricultural College; Duncan was born October 2, 1879; Jessie, April 22, 1883; Margaret, October 30, 1885, and Graham October 5, 1887. Mr. Reynolds was a member of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture from 1879 to 1885. Both he and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church of Lansing. In politics he is independent. He is a strong believer in (608) the industrial system of the college. During his Secretaryship he prepared and published a general index of the agricultural reports of Michigan from 1849 to 1888, inclusive. This work has been appreciated by all who have had occasion to refer to these volumes.

     In connection with this biography will be found a lithographic portrait of Mr. Reynolds.

     ROBERT M. PORTER. He of whom we write was born in Hillsdale County, this State, in the township of Litchfield, December 12, 1851. He was only sixteen years of age when be started out in life for himself and was engaged in clerking in a drug store at Quincy. Thence he was employed in a dry-goods store where he remained for three years and was then clerk in the dry-goods house at Litchfield, remaining there also two years. His advent into Williamston, Ingham County, was made in 1875 and since that time he has here made his residence.

     On first coming to Williamston our subject was engaged as a clerk in a dry-goods store and remained there for six years. He then came into the hardware store in the year of 1881 as clerk for Mr. Jessup and has since been engaged here. In 1878 Mr. Porter was married in Williamston to Flora J. Clark, a daughter of Henry Clark, the mother being Margrette (Shaw) Clark. They were natives of Leroy, Genesee County, N.Y.

     This union, which has been a very happy one has resulted in the birth of two children--Clarence H. and Howard C., both of whom are at home. Mr. Porter is a Master Mason, being a member of Williamston Lodge, No. 153. Politically he is a Democrat and has held office under his party in the village of Williamston for the past two years. He has been Township Clerk for six years and is the present incumbent of that position. Our subject's father, Robert M. Porter, was one of the founders of Albion College and he of whom we write holds a life scholarship there and also a life scholarship in Hillsdale College which was purchased by his father. A brother of the senior Robert M. Porter, was a Representative in the United States congress from Minnesota and a brother of our subject's mother, Jacob Stokes, was a member of the Treasury Department of the United States.

     It will not be out of place to here give a somewhat extended notice of the parents of the gentleman of whom we are writing. His father was Robert M. Porter, a native of Lancaster, Pa., who, in an early day, came to Calhoun County, Mich. and followed milling in Homer for a number of years. He afterward went to Litchfield, Hillsdale County, and there ran a mill known as that of Fowler & Porter. He then went to Scipio Township and was the proprietor of a large establishment known as the Porter Mills. Later he went to Burr Oak, St. Joseph County, and there ran a mill and finally located in Quincy, Branch County, and was there engaged in the milling business with a Mr. Rogers, continuing in this connection until his decease, which occurred in 1883.

     Robert Porter, Sr. was married, in Philadelphia, to Miss Fanny Stokes, a native of that city. She died in 1859 in Scipio Township, Hillsdale. County, Mich. To this couple were born four children--Jacob M., Henry C., Harriet, Robert M. and Fremont C. Our subject's father was nearly all his life engaged in milling. He was a Master Mason which was greatly to his advantage in pioneer days.

     NORTON M. MONROE. A goodly number of veterans of the late war that were drawn from Ingham County still survive and offer a bright example to the young men who are coming up to-day of the disinterested loyalty that prompted them to throw all into the balance with the chance of war, for at that time there was no assurance, in fact apparently small chance, of any remuneration for services and it was certain that many would sacrifice their lives. Our subject was (609) one of the most valiant of the regiment that went out from his native State, and that was detailed to duty in the Army of the Cumberland.

     The gentleman who now owns the model farm located on section 34, Leroy Township, is a native of Livingston County, this State. He was born September 23,1840, and is a son of Francis and Luana (Hix) Monroe. He is a brother of J. M. Monroe, of whom a sketch appears in another part of this ALBUM. Reared to manhood in his native State during his boyhood life, school duties and farm duties were shared with the balance in favor of the latter, for at that time there was much to be done to put the land in a productive state and labor was not easy to be had. He engaged in farming as soon as he was able and old enough to do the lightest work, and although he is not among the older men of the State he can still recall many pioneer experiences relating to his youthful days.

     The writer doubts whether there is any other nation that has such extensive readers as are the Americans, and although Mr. Monroe's education would not be considered at the present time a liberal one he made up the deficiency in this respect by broad and general reading. He is an intelligent man and a good conversationalist. August 14, 1862, our subject enlisted in Company H, Twenty-second Michigan Infantry. He fought in many of the battles of the late war which are already celebrated in history, and as time passes will stand out more prominently in the history of the nation. He was a participant in the battle of Chickamauga and was there wounded in the left arm by a minie ball, after which he was in the hospital for a short time. He was discharged from active service December 8, 1863, after which he returned to Michigan and has since made his home in this State.

     After returning from the army Mr. Monroe was married December 28, 1864 to Miss Caroline Simmons, a daughter of Ephraim and Nancy Simmons, of New York State. This worthy couple have been the parents of four children, whose names are as follows: Fred L. married Miss Lora L. Hubbard, and resides on the home farm; Nellie A., Lewis N. and Harry A. The daughter is now the wife of G. W. Stowe. The original of our sketch farms eighty acres of as good land as is in Leroy Township. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church and morally his character and standing is without reproach. He is of a progressive tendency and seeks to encourage everything that tends to have a refining and elevating influence, both in this family and in general social relations. Politically, our subject is a Republican and the success of his party is as dear to him is though he were personally interested.

     FRANK W. SHUMWAY, M. D. We are pleased to present the life sketch of this professional gentleman, who has made his mark and established his reputation in Ingham County. His father, Charles Shumway, was born in 1822 at Evans' Mills, Jefferson County, N.Y., and removed while still a young man to Ohio, where he was graduated in medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, and later came to Jackson County, Mich., where he began the practice of his profession at Napoleon. After a number of years he removed to Lowell, Kent County, where he resided until his death in 1859.

     Dr. Charles Shumway and his wife, Elizabeth Bunton, were the parents of the following children: Charles A., who is engaged in the book and stationery business in New York City; Frank W., our subject, and George. The father carried on a drug-store at Lowell in connection with an extensive practice which reached through almost every section of Kent County in those early days, and he was considered a pioneer all through that region.

     Christmas Day' 1856, was the primal date in the life of our subject and he was born in Lowell, Mass. When a little child of three years he lost his father by death and grew up under the care and guidance of his mother. They have always remained together and she now makes her home with him. In the course of time he and his mother removed to Grand Rapids, afterward to Ionia and finally to Lansing, where our subject commenced the study of medicine under Dr. C. M. Haden. He afterward studied in Cleveland, Ohio, and was (610) graduated from the Western Reserve College in 1881 and from the Medical Department of Wooster University in 1881. He had naturally chosen the Western Reserve College as his Alma Mater as his father had acquired his education there.

     Williamstown became the scene of the young Doctor's first efforts to establish a practice and his success has been pronounced. He has added to his social prestige and influence by a matrimonial alliance with lone W. Crossman, daughter of the Hon. D. L. Crossman, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. This marriage took place October, 1888, in Williamston. Dr. Shumway owns a residence in Lansing and some fifteen building lots in that city, besides a residence on Grand River Street E., and other property in Williamstown. He is a Mason of both the Blue Lodge and Royal Arch Degrees and is Past Commander of the Knights of the Maccabees at Williamston, and has been Village Health officer for four years. In politics he has made himself one with the Republican party and is an earnest supporter of the principles and policy of that body.

     LEE GRAND CLARK. Could an old settlers' meeting be held at some convenient point in Hartland, Livingston County, where all the men. who have lived in this State and county from its earliest settlement could meet and talk over the experiences of by-gone days, many would be the interesting adventures and dangerous risks encountered. Although our subject would not be the oldest of these, his would be no uninteresting tale. He is now one of the substantial farmers located on section 11, of Hartland Township, Livingston County. He was born in Montgomery County, N.Y., in the town of Kingsborough, November 25, 1814.

     Our subject's father was Elisha Clark, a native of Connecticut; he was a shoemaker, and afterward became a maker of gloves and mittens. He died at the age of about forty-six years in New York State. The mother of our subject lived to be seventy-six years of age, her decease taking place in her native State. They were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters. All but one of these are still living. He of whom we write is the second child and son, and was reared in his native place where he remained until twenty-three years of age.

     Our subject's first marriage took place December 1, 1837. His bride's name was Catherine M. Vroman, a native of the same State with himself. They were the parents of six sons whose names are as follows: William H., Wellington, Edward N., Lanson E., Arthur B., and Lorenzo G. William H. is a resident in Hartland Township, and here operates a farm; Wellington resides in Owosso; Edward lives in Hartland Township; Lanson who served as a soldier in the late war, died in 1889; Arthur and Lorenzo both reside in Hartland Township. The mother of these children died September 14, 1850. She was laid away in all tenderness in Hodges cemetery. The oldest child at the time of her death was fourteen years of age.

     For three years Mr. Clark kept house with his family of six boys, the youngest being only two years old at the time of his mother's death. It was quite a struggle for him to fill the place of mother as well as father for his motherless little ones, and many were the womanly duties that he was obliged to perform. Mondays he gave up to the necessary domestic work, washing, ironing and baking, At the end of three years he again married, his wife being in her maiden days Abigail G. Bussey, a native of New York, who came to this State with her parents in the spring of 1843.

     After our subject's first marriage, he located in Ontario County in the town of Victor, N.Y., where he for three years worked at the carpenter's trade; at the end of this time he came to Michigan and located in this county and township, where he now resides. At the time of his advent here, only seven acres of the place were improved, and a little old log house had been erected by some previous owner. He was to work the farm on shares and so continued for about eight years at the end of which time he purchased it, going into debt to the extent of $700 and paying the (611) exorbitant interest which was it that time demanded. He did not fully clear the place from encumbrances until 1860 and for twenty years made the original little old log house his home.

     Mr. Clark is now the owner of two hundred acres of fine, productive land, most of which is under cultivation. He is doing a general farming business, paying especial attention to the breeding of certain kinds of stock. He keeps about two hundred head of sheep, which are good breeds and always bring a good market price. Mr. Clark came here a poor man and with a large family to take care of and suffering many disadvantages, it took some time to establish him in a good financial position. He well deserves the respect and confidence that his neighbors and fellow-townsmen accord him, having been throughout life a self-sacrificing, loyal and patriotic citizen, and one who has never deviated from the principles of truth and honor whatever may have been the temptation. He has been awarded several local offices in the gift of the township, having been Road Commissioner and Path-master for a number of years. He is a Republican in his political preference and in his religious relations a member of the Baptist Church.

     GEORGE HICKS. One of the best known families in Putnam Township, Livingston County, is represented by the gentleman whose name appears at the opening of this paragraph. His father, Amos Hicks, was a Massachusetts farmer, and his mother, Mary Love, a native of England whence she was brought to America when an infant. They moved from New York to Michigan in 1825, and settled in Washtenaw County, near Ann Arbor, when there was but one log house in what is now that beautiful university town. The father settled his family upon an unbroken farm, to which they had come in a wagon drawn by an ox-team. Our subject was then an infant in his mother's arms, and in crossing the Maumee River the wagon gave a lurch and threw mother and infant out into the deep mud. The wagon wheel passed over the child and buried him but when he was extricated and washed he was found to have sustained no injury.

     Indians abounded in those days, and there were but few whites near them. The savages were friendly and neighborly, and the family had many interesting experiences with them, but never any difficulties. Mr. Hicks remembers seeing over one hundred canoes with Indians in them upon the Huron River at one time. The father was a great hunter, and provided the family abundantly with wild meats. He died in 1833, and his wife survived until about twenty-three years ago. They were the parents of fifteen children, four of whom are still living.

     The natal day of our subject was November 6, 1824, and as he was born in New York State just before the removal of his parents to the West, he did not have the opportunities for education that had been given to his older brothers and sisters, for a poor man in pioneer times must take what he could get and not what he would wish; but he was sent for a short time to a subscription school, and received home training in true principles and in love for his country, as his father had been a soldier in the War of 1812. The boy grew up in the wild woods of Washtenaw County, and began to work as soon as he was large enough to do so.

     When eighteen years old the young man went to Ypsilanti to learn the blacksmith trade, and worked at it for three years, after which he was employed by various farmers in Washtenaw County until he became a victim of the California fever in 1850, and went by the way of Panama to San Francisco. He was very sick upon his trip out, suffering from Panama fever, and was forty-five days out of sight of land, but in the mines he was fairly successful, and was gone for two years, coming back by way of Nicaragua. When he started for home from California, after he left the mines he was met by a man upon a mule who stopped him and questioned him, and then passed on. Two miles further on he met him again, and the third time he met him, and he evidently intended to rob him, but for some reason let him go.

     Upon returning to Michigan Mr. Hicks bought (612) eighty acres of the farm upon which he now resides, finding it partly improved and upon it a log house. He had had enough of a roaming life, and being determined to remain in Michigan he established a home by taking to himself a wife March 10 1853. Mrs. Hicks was born in New York sixty-two years ago, and in her maidenhood was known as Lucy A. Lowell, whose father, Joseph Lowell was an early settler near Scio, Washtenaw County. The home farm is now all finely improved, and they had one hundred and sixty acres in Sandstone Township, Jackson County, which they have given to their son.

     Mr. Hicks has done a vast amount of hard work in Livingston County, Michigan, and all the buildings upon his place have been put up by him, and he drew with his team from Saginaw County every stick of lumber which went into his residence. He and his excellent wife are the parents of six children, five of whom are now living. They are a follows: Mary F., born February 27, 1854, now the wife of Sharon Swarthout, of Anderson, and mother of three children; George Henry, born June 30, 1856, who married Nettie Thompson and lives in Jackson County; Charles, born September 1, 1861, who married Eva Hendee, and lives in Jackson County, and has one child; Herbert M., born June 5, 1865; and Emma, November 6, 1868, who both live at home. To all of these children the parents have given the best educational advantage which were within their ability to procure, and although deprived of such opportunities in his own childhood, the father has appreciated them for others, and in his position as member of the School Board he has been efficient and judicious.

     Politics have ever interested this intelligent gentleman, and in his early days he voted the Whig ticket and later the Republican, but is now affiliating with the People's party. He was urged to run as a candidate for Supervisor upon that ticket, but declined. He still carries on the farm himself, but he and his good wife are both suffering the effects of having worked too hard through all their younger years.

     Mrs. Hicks was the daughter of Joseph and Phebe (Ives) Lowell, both of whom were native of Vermont, who removed to New York in 1818 and there made their home until 1837, when they came to the Wolverine State and settled in Webster Township, Washtenaw County, upon a farm from which they removed, somewhat later, to Marion Township, this county, and the father died there forty years ago, while the mother survived him some eighteen years, and died in Ingham County. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom are still living. Mrs. Hicks was born September 3, 1829, in Victor Township, Ontario County, N.Y. After coming to Michigan she attended both district and select schools, and thus prepared herself for teaching, which she pursued for some time in Ingham County.

     PARLY H. SEXTON. So many men in these days of large chances have made more than handsome competencies, having begun with nothing on starting out in life, that such cases have ceased to be remarkable. The qualifications, however, necessary to bring about such success can never cease to be worthy of our admiration. He whose name is at the head of our sketch is one of the army of pushing, aggressive men who are never satisfied unless they can attain the highest position that can be aimed for. Mr. Sexton started out in life without money or influence, but by the exercise of his fine executive and financial ability he succeeded in amassing a handsome fortune, and attaining a social position in the community in which he has cast his lot that is second to none. He is universally known throughout this vicinity as a capitalist of undeniable ability.

     Mr. Sexton is a native of Sherburn, Chenango County N.Y., there born May 20, 1821. He is a son of Joseph and Janet (Wallace) Sexton, natives of Connecticut. The former was a farmer by occupation, although he united the employment of a builder and contractor with his other interests while residing in New York State. He took a contract to build a section of the Delaware & (613) Chesapeake Canal and also one on the Chenango Canal, where he went after his marriage, settling in Chenango County. He came to Michigan in the month of March, 1837, first locating in Washtenaw County and from there later coming to Livingston County and settling three miles south of Howell on a farm which he purchased. He died February 14, 1845. His consort was spared until 1863, passing away in December. Mr. Sexton, Sr. owned one hundred and twenty acres of land of the land that is known as oak openings. He built thereon a log house and was considered one of the wealthy men of the township. He was of Irish descent and his wife of Scotch descent. They had a family of eleven children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Their names are as follows: Octavia, Augustus, Janet, William, Sarah P., John H., Julia A., Sanford R., Sylvester, Parly H. and David H. The children who are still surviving are Augustus, William, Sarah, Sanford, Parly and David. Their combined ages aggregate four hundred and fifty-nine years.

     Our subject's father was a Whig. He and his wife were followers of the Methodist Church, joining it in its primitive days when the wearing of a flower or ribbon was considered a sin. He was a liberal man and his children are all highly respected members of the community in which they live. Our subject was raised a farmer boy and lived at home until about twenty years of age. Such education as he has received was acquired before he was fifteen years of age, at which time he left home and began working for himself in order to be self supporting In 1841 he went back to New York and was engaged on the New York & Erie Railroad, at the time forming the acquaintance of the lady whom he afterward made his wife.

     Mr. Sexton was united in matrimony to Miss Lucinda L. Going, daughter of the Rev. James and Annie (Young) Going, natives of the States of Vermont and New Hampshire respectively, their marriage being solemnized May 8, 1842. Our subject's wife is one of seven children, five of whom lived to be men and women grown. They are Seneca Y., Samantha T., Sarah A., Lucinda L., James L. and Joseph. The lady's paternal grandparents were Jonathan and Sarah (Kendall) Going. They had a family of four sons and one daughter, all of the sons becoming Baptist clergymen. They are Jonathan, James, Eliab and Ezra and Sarah, who married Rev. Elijah W. Freeman a Baptist minister. The first named was President of the Granville College of Ohio; Ezra was connected with the same college and also had charge of the collections for the colleges. The family have always taken a high stand in educational and literary matters, being known far and near as men of unusual culture and mental training.

     After his marriage in 1842, Mr. Sexton returned to Michigan on foot in order to settle up some business matters in the way of collection and notes that were due here. He could not, however, get the money, as there were no currency in the country. He managed, however, to make a trade for fifty acres of land in Genesee County, which was the first land that he owned. He never, however, resided at the place. Failing in getting his money which he wished to use to bring his wife and establish himself in the West, there was no alternative but to go back to New York on foot again. He borrowed $25 and accepted from his wife the little store of money that she had laid aside out of her earnings as a teacher. With this he procured a wagon and one horse and with this outfit he brought his wife and first-born, Sarah A., at that time three months old, with the few things that were absolutely necessary to their existence. They led a Bohemian kind of existence on the way hither, being on the road for four weeks, during which time they camped out over night in their covered wagon.

     The first home of the young couple in this State was in Marion Township, Livingston County, where our subject secured forty acres of land and built thereon a log house. Later he purchased an adjoining tract so that his farm aggregated one hundred twenty acres. This he sold and bought one hundred sixty acres in the western part of the township, afterward adding forty acres more. This he lived on until 1866 and moved into Howell in 1867, building a residence on the place where he now lives. Since coming here he has built two houses adjoining his home and owns another house near by. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of (614) land in Kansas and also has a store building in Oxford, Kan., and as the years have passed has purchased various tracts of land in Michigan.

     Five children have come to the parents who have made their struggle so bravely and have done so much to mitigate the hardships and trials that they have endured. They are Sarah A., Cornelia M., James N. P., George A. and Carrie A. The eldest daughter is now Mrs. Jacob Hoagland. She is the mother of four daughters--May, Beatrice, Edna and Edith. Cornelia is Mrs. Horace Hoagland and is the proud parent of three daughters, Minnie S., Mabel G. and Georgia. James married Corlista Hatton; George A. married Eudora Hatton; Carrie A. is the wife of E. G. Angel and is the mother of two sons, Vanrenslear T. and Harry S.

     Mr. Sexton is a Republican in his political way of thinking. He fraternizes; with the Masons and religiously he and his wife are connected with the Baptist Church, of which body he is a Trustee.

     In their own prosperity they do not forget their early struggles and deeply sympathize with those who are situated as they were and are ever ready to give a helping hand.

    PETER DEAN. Among the pioneer families of Livingston County none is better known throughout the community than the Deans, who came hither in 1837 when the subject of this sketch was a little boy of seven years. In consequence of his early removal to this vicinity this gentleman has taken almost as deep an interest in the affairs of the county as though he were native born, and the regard and esteem which is universally granted to the sturdy and honorable pioneers of the early days has come to to him by inheritance,

     The beautiful farm of one hundred and twenty acres which employs the energies of our subject is to be found on section 9, Howell Township. Peter Dean was born on the 19th of January, 1830, in Livingston County, N.Y. He is of Eastern parentage, his father, Joseph, being a native of New York, and his mother, Sarah Sigler, having been born in the Keystone State. Joseph Dean was a farmer by occupation and after coming to Michigan operated a farm in Brighton Township, Livingston County, until death ended his labors in 1842. His faithful and devoted wife survived him until 1863,

     The paternal grandfather of our subject was Daniel Dean, who was a native of Wales. He was a boot and shoe maker by trade and came with his wife, Ann Van Horn, to Brighton, Mich., the year previous to his son's migration hither. He here carried on a farm until his death. Seven children formed his household, and his son Joseph had eight children, four of whom are now living, namely: Peter, Abraham W., Rensselaer, and Hannah J.

     The boyhood of our subject was spent upon a farm and his school days found him attending the school of the village of Brighton. He lived at home until 1842, after which he worked at farming in this county. When he was thirty years old he purchased a piece of land comprising fifty acres and lived upon it one year in Shiawassee County, but he did not feel at home there and sold that property and returned to Howell Township, where he bought sixty-three acres, and somewhat later added to his estate by purchasing seventeen acres just across the road from his other property and upon this new purchase he now lives. In addition to this he has bought forty acres one-half mile south of his home. He carries a fine grade of stock, paying especial attention to fine horses and good sheep.

     The first marriage of this gentleman united him with Miss Hannah Ackley, a daughter of Edwin Ackley of this county, and by this marriage there were two children, Bertin J., who has now married Miss Augusta Tobin, and lives upon a farm in this township, and Claude B., who is still with his father. The mother of these sons departed life in 1886. By his present marriage he took to wife Mrs. Maggie Hodges of Clinton County, Mich., who had by her first marriage two children, Bertie and Eda. This lady is a daughter of Francis and Margaret (Bristol) Cardinal, natives of Montreal, Canada, who moved to New York many years ago. (617) There Mr. Cardinal died and the widow came with her family to Clinton County, Mich., where she lived until death called her hence. Of her ten children four are now living, namely: Caroline, who is Mrs. Isaac Brown; Maggie, Mrs. Dean; Sarah, Mrs. Bradley, and Olive, Mrs. Bradley.

     He of whom we write is a public-spirited man who has ever taken an intelligent interest in the political movements of his adopted land, and has attached himself to the Republican party. He has never sought official position, but wields a strong influence among the men of his party and is looked upon as a leader of thought. The early experiences of his father's family in their first years in this State are full of incidents of interest, and he might recount many tales of hardship and deprivation. Upon their first coming here they were at one time destitute of everything in the eatable line except potatoes and they lived for an entire week upon baked potatoes without salt.