Biographical History of Northern Michigan, Containing Biographies of Prominent Citizens ...B.F. Bowen, 1905 - 855 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 31
... twenty - one acres , of which he has re- claimed ninety acres . The place is devoted to diversified agriculture and horticulture , and the energy and good judgment which the owner has brought to bear in the prose- cution of his farming ...
... twenty - one acres , of which he has re- claimed ninety acres . The place is devoted to diversified agriculture and horticulture , and the energy and good judgment which the owner has brought to bear in the prose- cution of his farming ...
الصفحة 32
... twenty years , he came to Michigan and located in Huron county , and thereafter he devoted his atten- tion to labors of various descriptions until 1890 , when he came to Antrim county and settled in the village of Central Lake . For two ...
... twenty years , he came to Michigan and located in Huron county , and thereafter he devoted his atten- tion to labors of various descriptions until 1890 , when he came to Antrim county and settled in the village of Central Lake . For two ...
الصفحة 44
... twenty - two births , and of this number she lost neither child nor mother . In her own two confinements Mrs. Wilson was attended only by her husband . At one time during her husband's absence , their little daughter six years old fell ...
... twenty - two births , and of this number she lost neither child nor mother . In her own two confinements Mrs. Wilson was attended only by her husband . At one time during her husband's absence , their little daughter six years old fell ...
الصفحة 47
... twenty years , it still being owned by mem- bers of the family . He devoted these twenty years to the interest of this property and in 1874 came to Crawford county , locating seven miles from Roscommon , where he took up a homestead ...
... twenty years , it still being owned by mem- bers of the family . He devoted these twenty years to the interest of this property and in 1874 came to Crawford county , locating seven miles from Roscommon , where he took up a homestead ...
الصفحة 65
... twenty - first year has ever taken an active part in every campaign on the " stump " and otherwise , being an ef- fective campaign speaker , proving a ju- dicious adviser in the councils of the party , an able leader and an ...
... twenty - first year has ever taken an active part in every campaign on the " stump " and otherwise , being an ef- fective campaign speaker , proving a ju- dicious adviser in the councils of the party , an able leader and an ...
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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.