Biographical History of Northern Michigan, Containing Biographies of Prominent Citizens ...B.F. Bowen, 1905 - 855 من الصفحات |
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... purchased fifty acres of wild and heavily tim- bered land , which he reclaimed and placed under cultivation , becoming one of the lead- ing farmers of this section of the county and being still the owner of a finely im- proved landed ...
... purchased fifty acres of wild and heavily tim- bered land , which he reclaimed and placed under cultivation , becoming one of the lead- ing farmers of this section of the county and being still the owner of a finely im- proved landed ...
الصفحة 21
... purchased a portion of his present farm , in section 36 , Milton township , and instituted the task of clearing off the heavy growth of timber . He now has a well improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres , the greater portion of ...
... purchased a portion of his present farm , in section 36 , Milton township , and instituted the task of clearing off the heavy growth of timber . He now has a well improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres , the greater portion of ...
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... purchased forty acres of wild land , in Central Lake township . Here he established his home in a primitive little log house and then proceeded to reclaim his land , meeting with success as the years passed by , and eventually purchasing ...
... purchased forty acres of wild land , in Central Lake township . Here he established his home in a primitive little log house and then proceeded to reclaim his land , meeting with success as the years passed by , and eventually purchasing ...
الصفحة 35
... purchased land and engaged in farming , continuing to there make his home for a period of twelve years . He then made a trip to Colorado and other portions of the West , returning to Michigan in 1880 and coming to Antrim county , where ...
... purchased land and engaged in farming , continuing to there make his home for a period of twelve years . He then made a trip to Colorado and other portions of the West , returning to Michigan in 1880 and coming to Antrim county , where ...
الصفحة 37
... purchased a tract of wild land in Central Lake township and forthwith instituted its reclamation . He has developed one of the fine farms of this county , and his land is of exceptional fertility . His homestead , upon which he has ...
... purchased a tract of wild land in Central Lake township and forthwith instituted its reclamation . He has developed one of the fine farms of this county , and his land is of exceptional fertility . His homestead , upon which he has ...
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acres of land active affairs agricultural Antrim county attention Barry county Beaver island became Bellaire born Boyne City Canada career Central Lake Central Lake township Charlevoix county church common schools Company cultivation Custer township daughter devoted died dollars early East Jordan Echo township eight eighty acres elected Elk Rapids engaged enterprise erected esteem farm farmer father fellow citizens forty acres Fraternally Grand homestead honored hundred identified improved interest John Kalkaska county labor later living located Mancelona marriage to Miss Mary Masons ment Michi mill Milton township Missaukee county native northern Michigan Ohio Ontario owner parents Petoskey pioneer politics prominent prosperity public schools purchased reared Republican party residence secured served settled settlers sixty acres sketch stanch success timber tion took town township union united in marriage village wife William York
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الصفحة 444 - He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party...
الصفحة 336 - An enumeration of those men of the present generation who have won honor and public recognition for themselves, and at the same time have honored the state to which they belong, would be incomplete were there failure to make prominent reference to the one whose name initiates this paragraph.
الصفحة 745 - In the daily laborious struggle for an honorable competence and a solid career on the part of a business or professional man there is little to attract the casual reader in search of a sensational chapter, but to a...
الصفحة 235 - The office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave upon the record the verdict establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his neighbors and fellow citizens.
الصفحة 70 - The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellowmen.
الصفحة 441 - Practical industry, wisely and vigorously applied, never fails of success. It carries a man onward and upward, brings out his individual character and acts as a powerful stimulus to the efforts of others. The greatest results in life are often attained by simple means and the exercise of the ordinary qualities of common sense and perseverance.
الصفحة 559 - Practical industry wisely and vigorously applied never fails of success ; it carries a man onward and upward, brings out his individual character and acts as a powerful stimulus to the efforts of others. The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of the ordinary qualities of common sense and perseverance.
الصفحة 412 - Tireless energy, keen perception, honesty of purpose, genius for devising and executing the right thing at the right time joined to everyday common sense, 'guided by great will power, are the chief characteristics of the man.
الصفحة 332 - For talents mourn, untimely lost, When best employed and wanted most; Mourn genius high, and lore profound, And wit that loved to play, not wound ; And all the reasoning powers divine, To penetrate, resolve, combine ; And feelings keen, and fancy's glow, They sleep with him who sleeps below...
الصفحة 176 - Fellows, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church South.