Biographical History of Northern Michigan, Containing Biographies of Prominent Citizens ...B.F. Bowen, 1905 - 855 من الصفحات |
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... served in the great rebellion as a member of the Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery , moved his family to Clinton county , Michi- gan , in about the year 1866 and after re- siding in that part of the state for five years changed his ...
... served in the great rebellion as a member of the Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery , moved his family to Clinton county , Michi- gan , in about the year 1866 and after re- siding in that part of the state for five years changed his ...
الصفحة 25
... served as his residence for a number of years , and he then turned his attention vigorously to the herculean work of reclaiming his land to cultivation , securing his first returns from the sale of the timber cut on the place . He now ...
... served as his residence for a number of years , and he then turned his attention vigorously to the herculean work of reclaiming his land to cultivation , securing his first returns from the sale of the timber cut on the place . He now ...
الصفحة 36
... served six years as treasurer of Central Lake township , while he has been a school official during the greater portion of the time of his residence here . His wife is a member of the Baptist church , and in a fraternal way he is a ...
... served six years as treasurer of Central Lake township , while he has been a school official during the greater portion of the time of his residence here . His wife is a member of the Baptist church , and in a fraternal way he is a ...
الصفحة 38
... served for two years as clerk in the war department at Washington , D. C. , and then for three years was editor of ... serving as book- keeper for a lumber company . He then went to Sparwood , British Columbia , where he engaged in the ...
... served for two years as clerk in the war department at Washington , D. C. , and then for three years was editor of ... serving as book- keeper for a lumber company . He then went to Sparwood , British Columbia , where he engaged in the ...
الصفحة 40
... served three terms as register of deeds of Bay county , his preferment indicating the high esteem in which he was held in the com- munity . In 1884 he made a trip to the West and Southwest , visiting the states of Kansas and Texas and ...
... served three terms as register of deeds of Bay county , his preferment indicating the high esteem in which he was held in the com- munity . In 1884 he made a trip to the West and Southwest , visiting the states of Kansas and Texas and ...
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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.