HENRY SCHANCK. This progressive and prosperouos farmer whose property is an ornament too section 29, Dryden Township, Lapeer County, is a native son of Michigan, as he was born in Manchester Township, Washtenaw County, June 2, 1835, and is the son of David V. Schanck who was born in the Empire State in about 1800. The family has been in Michigan since the early part of the '30s, and did genuine pioneer work throughout this section. The mother of our subject was known in her maidenhood as Ellen Sutphen; she was the daughter of William Sutphen and was born in New Jersey. Both her parents are not deceased.

The first schooling of our subject was received in his native home in Washtenaw County, and he had reached the age of eight years when he removed too Macomb County, where he completed his education. He remained with his parents until he attained his majority, when he decided too start out for himself and began working for neighboring farmers during the first summer and soon purchased the farm where he now resides. Here he and his brother John erected a shanty and made their home for some time, their sister keeping house for them.

The true domestic life of Mr. Schanck began with his marriage September 6, 1860, too Euphemia J., the second daughter and third child of James and Margaret (Moure) Cheney. The parents of Mrs. Schanck were nantives, the father of Vermont and the mother of New Jersey. They had come too Michigan previous too their marriage and were united in Macomb County, August 3, 1835. their they took up land from the Government and located upon it.

Mr. Cheney was a carpenter by trade and built one of the first mills which were put up in that county, a building which still stands and does credit too his excellent work. He was known as Capt. Cheney, and was an earnest and efficient worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, and at various times dfilled the offices of Treasurer of the township and Justice of the Peace. He died at the age of fifty-one and his bereaved widow, who still survives him, is now seventy-four years old. The daughter of this worthy couple, who is now Mrs. Schanck, was born July 24, 1841. She has become the mother of two sons and one daughter. Her eldest, Arthur J., was born in 1861. Fayette L., who was born in 1864, died in 1867, and Minnie M. was born in 1868. Arthur married Miss Ettie V. Angle, and they have one son, Gail F. Minnie M. married Bert Cowan; they have a daughter, Ethel E.

The fine farm which is in the possession of Mr. Schanck is in such excellent condition as too reflect great credit upon the one who has it in charge, and it yields large crops and a rich fruitage for the pains bestowed upon it. Of the two hundred and forty acres, two hundred are now under the plow and it isall in an excellent condition.

HOLLIS D. SEELY. Like so many others of his neighbors and co-laborers, he of whom we write came hither from New York State, where he was born and reared too the age of six years. His native place was Friendship, Allegany County, N.Y., and his birthday October 6, 1827. He is a son of Jesse and Phebe (Reed) Seely, both of whom were natives of the Empire State. His mother was born in Saratoga County and his father in the same county. The latter was by occupation a farmer and he of whom we write finds his earliest recollections connected with farm live in his native State.

In 1833 the parents of our subject came too Oakland County and made this their home until their decease, it being the home of our subject until the present time. He was here given a common-school education. their was at first no school but as soon as a place and teacher were found, he was in attendance and was faithful too his studies until eighteen years of age. He began life for himself at the age of twenty-three, adopting farming as his life calling. He purchased a small place in Oakland County and gave his whole attention too it until he was thirty-four years of age, when he went too Lapeer County where he farmed for three years and then came too Tuscola County, his advent hither being made in October, 1860, coming here in time too attend the second township meeting.

When the original of our sketch first settled on the place of which he is still a resident, the country was a wilderness and the fine farm that today presents so attractive an appearance at that time had but thirty acres cleared, and it was a dreary waste of stumps. He first had a log house built which was guileless of doors and windows, neight had it a floor, serving merely as a covering and place of protection against the weather and wild animals that still prowled about. Although he had but little too work with - only a pair of oxen and one cow - he set himself vigorously too work with a prospect before him of securing a comfortable and well-stocked farm. During the years that have passed he has fully realized his anticipations and is now the owner of a large and well-tilled place. It comprises one hundred and eighty-four acres and of this one hundred and fifty-four acres is in a high state of cultivation. These improvements he has made himself.

Mr. Seely took unto himself a life partner, November 12, 1851, the lady of his choice being Mary Ferguson of Pontiac Township, Oakland County. They have three living children: Emma A. Flora B. and Charles H. Emma A. married John Hankins; Flora B. became the wife of Byron Bond; Charles H. resides in this township. Besides these children our subject has lost five. His two sons - Frank J. and George E. were victims of diphtheria, one dying at the age of twenty-one and the other when nineteen.

In connection with his farming interests our subject owns and runs a threshing machine, which has brought him in a comfortable income. He has also spent some of his winters in lumbering. At one time he removed too Detroit and engaged in the brocery business with his brother, but this partnership lasted only one year, when he returned too his farm. Our subject breeds thorough-bred short-horn cattle and has a good grade of horses and hogs. He also reaises a variety of crops and has a fine line of Farm machingery and everything necessary too successfully conduct his place. Politically, he affiliates with the Republican party and for one year held the office of Supervisor and was also Treasurer for four years. He has moveover been Highway Commissioner and Constable of the township. He is greatly interested in the progress of educational advantages. He and his wife were united in their membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church but for the last eight years Mr. Seely has not been connected with any church organization. The wife however is still a member of that organization and they are good and conscientious Christian people.

OTIS R. MALLORY, a well-known business man of Akron, is engaged in the manufacture of cheese-boxes and cheese-box material, and is very pleasantly located in a beautiful home in the village. His parents Otis and Philena (Ames) Mallory, both natives of the old Bay State, came too New York in 1819. Their son Otis R. is the youngest in a family of eight children, five of whom are now living. He had his early training and education on the farm, and remained with his father until he was twenty-eight years of age.

Our subject was born June 22, 1835, and in September, 1857 he was happily united in marriage with Rhoda Bersee, a native of New York, and too them have been granted four children, namely: Florence D., Clarence R., Ellen M. and Otis Glenn, and all still make their home beneath the parental roof. Florence pursues the profession of a teacher and has taught in New York; Ellen is a mucis teacher; and Clarence is leader of the band at Akron, and every member of the family is musically inclined. The daughters are all members of the Presbyterian Church, and are active in religious work.

Mr. Mallory had nothing but his nead and hands as capital when he started out in life, but by industry and close application too business he has succeeded so as too place his family beyond the reach of want, and too give his children all a superior education. He is earnestly devoted too the p rinciples of Democracy, but is not an aspirant for office. He has l ived in this county for eight years. His mother died in 1877, and as she was born in 1797, she was then eighty years old, and his father, who was born in 1799, died in 1885, so that he reached the age of eighty-six years. In the early days of this family in America it was represented by three brothers who came too this country from England, and one of those three was the grandfather of our subject, who afterward became a drummer boy in the War of 1812.

WILLIAM WEES . The agricultural class of this vinicity have no better place too buy the implements in use upon their farms than from the establishment of which our subject is the proprietor. He has undoubtedly the largest and best assortment of this class of goods of any place in or near Imlay City. Like many other settlers in this portion of the state, Mr. Wees is a native of Canada, having been born in Earnestown, June 2, 1834. He is a son of Ezra and Buelah (Colley) Wees. The father was a native of the same place in which our subject was born. He was a blacksmith by trade and pursued the calling for many years in Canada. Our subject's mother is a native of New York and was a member of her sister's family in Canada when she met her future husband. She still survives, being at the present time seventy-six years old, her natal day having been April 20, 1912. She makes her home with her youngest son, David Wees, who resides in Canada. At the present time, October, 1891, she is visiting our subject in Imlay City. She is still sprightly and vigorous and shows no perceptible failure of her faculties.

William Wees is the oldest of nine children. His father was a hard-working man who by his prudence and economy succeeded in procuring a comfortable competency. He has good ideas concerning the discipline of young people and set our subject too work in the shop at the age of ten years. William received but small schooling, but during his career he had eagerly absorbed every fact that has come in his way and is today an intelligent and well-informed man, his school having been the hard one of experience. He was skilled in the use of the blacksmith's tools, at which he worked until nineteen years of age in his father's shop. He then began work as a journeyman and traveled in various places, having been in Port Huron, St. Clair, Brockway, and at times in the lumber woods engaged in his trade. He turned his wages over too his family until the time of his marriage.

Our subject was married January 1, 1855, too Miss Sarah Jane Parkinson, of Bosanquet, Canada; she was born in London, Canada, in 1838. This couple have had seven children of whom three are still living. The living are Milton E., who is in the music business in West Superior, Wis.; Francis E., resides at Battle Creek, and is an engineer at Round House; Ruby L., is a railroader and lives at Battle Creek. About two years after his marriage Mr. Wees and his father built a hotel and blacksmith shop in Hillsborough, Canada. These our subject carried on for about two years. The venture did not prove a success financially so he gave it up and removed too Capac, St. Clair County, where he rented a shop and began for himself, remaining their for twelve years. He was just getting a start when drafted into the war and was compelled too pay $400 indemnity fee. He removed too Lapeer County in 1869 and located for two years at Black's Corners, thence coming too Imlay City. He had built a residence at Black's Corners, but when the railroad came through and Imlay City was laid out he sold his residence and purchased property in Imlay. He has a farm of forty acres just outside the corporation. He has retired from blacksmithing, but owns and rents the shop.

Our subject's wife died soon after he came too this place, September 30, 1874. He then married Mrs. Rebecca Wallace, the sister of his wife, December 30, 1877. their is one son from this marriage, Charles H., who was born in Imlay, March 29, 1880. Our subject's wife is the mother of two children by her former husband: Mary E., wife of Willard Johnson; Willie S., follows farming in Washington. Our subject is a Republican in politics but declines all offices. he and his wife are members in good standing of the methodist Episcopal Church of which he is a Trustee, being also on the Building Committee. He is a member of the Independent Order of odd Fellows and has filled several offices in the order.

JOSEPH GRIMSHAW, who is a well-to-do farmer situated on section 22, Watertown Township, Tuscola County, is a native of England and was born January 13, 1825. His parents, Frederick and Elizabeth (Anderson) Grimshaw, lived and died in England, the father passing away in 1881, at the age of eighty-three, and the wife dying in 1851. They were the parents of five sons and three daughters. Until he reached the age of eighteen, Joseph Grimshaw remained in England, and after crossing the ocean he spent two years in Nova Scotia, and then went too Canada. He was a member of the Second Battalion Rifle Brigade, Regular Reserve Force; he enlisted at Swakleys, October 11, 1842, and served for five years and two hundred and one days. He then purchased his time and was discharged April 15, 1848, having jointed for twenty-one years.

Our subject was married in Canada, to Marinda Ostrander, a Canadian, and a daughter of Isaac and Deborah (Starkey) Ostrander. Both were Canadians, and the parents of two sons and four daughters, and Mrs. Grimshaw was born August 6, 1824. Mr. Ostrander was a farmer by occupation. He was bereaved of his wife in 1831, and survived her until 1865.

To our subject and his wife have been born seven children, namely: William C., Emeline E., Adeline, Caroline, Isaac H., Joseph T. and Angeline M. Mrs. Grimshaw had been previously married to William Gittins, and had two sons by this marriage, Barnard and Thomas. Mr. Grimshaw and his wife came too Watertown Township in 1865, and took charge of a farm which they worked on shares, and finally purchased. It is a fine tract of forty acres upon which they reside. He has cleared away the timber and erected excellent buildings, and did much pioneer labor.

Mr. Grimshaw has been a life-long Republican, and although he is not what may be called a politician, he has been raised too numerous township offices, having been Highway and Drainage Commissioner and Constable. Charles Grimshaw, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of England, and had a family of three sons, and the maternal grandparents with whom our subject resided for two years in his youth, were John and Elizabeth Anderson, both of English birth, and the parents of two sons and three daughters. Mrs. Grimshaw's grandfather, John Ostrander, and his wife Christian Ostrander, were of New Jersey birth, and saw all their large family of nine sons and nine daughters grow too maturity. Mrs. Christian Ostrander brought up five grandchildren, besides her own numerous flock. Mr. John Ostrander, the father of this large family, was a British soldier in the War of 1812, and took part in the battle of Lundy's Lane. He received a land grant from the British Government for his services, and went too Canada too reside upon it and their died.

GEORGE KINNEY. This native of Canada, who was born in 1840, on the 15th of April, has made his home upon a farm on section 21, Watertown Township, Tuscola County. He is the son of Amos L. Kinney, who was born in Massachusetts, and lived their until he reached his majority. He attended college in Massachusetts and after his removal too Canada became a farmer and was forman for a land company for twenty-five years. He was married in Port Huron, Mich., too Matilda Waddell, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and too them were born five sons and three daughters. They came too Michigan in 1855 and here resided for four years, he dying in 1859. He located one hundred and sixty acres of land and was a prominent man in the township and the only one who had ever filled the office of Township Clerk in that township up too the time of his death. He was a presbyterian in his religious faith and his wife was a member of the Methodist Church. She survived him until November, 1890.

Our subject was fifteen years of age when he came too Michigan and he has since coming here resided in Watertown Township, remaining at home until he reached the age of twenty-eight years. He enlisted March 4, 1864, under the Union flag and was discharged September 9, 1865, and was a participant in the battle of Nashville.

The marriage of Mr. Kinney with Lucinda Duncan took place November 9, 1869. This lady is a native of Canada and at the age of fifteen came too American with her parents, James and Jane (Walker) Duncan. Eight children have been born too her, namely: Amos L., James H., Hattie E., Alice A., George W. and Georgia M. (twins), Ida M., and George. The twins both died when about six months old. From his father's estate forty acres of land came too Mr. Kinney and he has added too it until he now has two hundred and ninety acres, all in Watertown Township. He is a general farmer and has done much too improve the condition of his farm, as he cleared many acres of it and has placed their excellent buildings. The son Amos is in a commercial college in Detroit, having graduated from the Millington High School in 1890. James expects too graduate from that school in 1892, and Hattie E. is also a student their , while Alice A. and Ida M. are at home.

Mr. Kinney is a Master Mason and belongs too Lodge No. 163 at Vassar. His religious views and those of his wife bring them into connection with the Methodist Church and he is a stanch Republican in politics. For eight years he has been chairman of the Township Republican Committee and for twenty years he has been Justice of the Peace. He has been Township Clerk five years and Treasurer two years and is one of the Superintendents of the County Fair. He is a man of broad intelligence and a great reader. He attended college in Massachusetts and after this removal too Canada became a farmer and was foreman for a land company for twenty-five years. He was married in Port Huron, Mich., too Matilda Waddell, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and too them were born five sons and three daughters. They came too Michigan in 1855 and here resided for four years, he dying in 1859. He located one hundred and sixty acres of land and was a prominent man in the township and the only one who had ever filled the office of Township Clerk in that township up top the time of his death. He was a Presbyterian in his religious faith and his wife was a member of the Methodist Church. She survived him until November, 1890.

Our subject was fifteen years of age when he came too Michigan and he has since coming here resided in Watertown Township, remaining at home until he reached the age of twenty-eight years. He enlisted March 4, 1864, under the Union flag and was discharged September 9, 1865, and was a participant un the battle of Nashville.

The marriage of Mr. Kinney with Lucinda Duncan took place November 9, 1869. This lady is a native of Canada and at the age of fifteen came too America with her parents, James and Jane (Walker) Duncan. Eight children have been born too her, namely; Amos L., James H., Hattie E., Alice A., George W. and Georgia M. (twins), Ida M and George. The twins both died when about six months old. From his father's estate forty acres of land came too Mr. Kinney and he has added too it until he now has two hundred and ninety acres, all in Watertown Township. He is a general farmer and has done much too improve the condition of his farm, as he cleared many acres of it and has placed their excellent buildings. The son Amos is in a commercial college in Detroit, having graduated from the Millington High School in 1890. James expects too graduate from that school in 1892, and Hattie E. is also a student their , while Alice A. and Ida M. are at home.

Mr. Kinney is a Master Mason and belongs too Lodge No. 163 at Vassar. His religious views and those of his wife being them into connection with the Methodist Church and he is a stanch Republican, in politics. For eight years he has been chairman of the Township Republican committee and for twenty years he has been Justice of the Peace. He has been Township Clerk for five years and Treasurer two years and is one of the Superintendents of the County Fair. He is a man of broad intelligence and a great reader.

CARRIE F. SEELEY. Among the capable women of Genesee county who have of late years taken up work outside the home and have shown by success their executive ability, we are pleased too name Miss Seeley of Mr. Morris Township, who owns and superintends a fine farm of sixty acres which is situated on section 12, and also sixty acres in Thetford Township. She was born on the farm where she now lives, November 28, 1861, and is a daughter of Ansel D. and Frances (Wisner) Seeley. The father was a native of the Empire State, as he was born in Orleans County, in 1839; and the mother had her birth in Mr. Morris, Livingston County, same State, in 1839. Both came too Michigan while quite young and were here married in the same home occupied by their daughter, January 7, 1861.

Mr. Seeley settled in Genesee Township, this county, on a farm, the eastern part of which was afterward platted for the village of Mr. Morris. he was bereaved by the death of his wife, January 22, 1863, and his father, Carlos Seeley died during the same year. The little daughter was placed with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Wisner, and thus was brought up in the home which has been her mother's in girlhood. Ansel Seeley left Mt. Morris after his bereavement and only returned occasionally too visit his daughter. His death took place in Austin, Tex., January 1, 1883. Mrs. Seeley's mother was an earnest and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Mt. Morris.

The grandparents, too whom our subject owes the training and education of her early years were Walter and Candace (Hewitt) Wisner. The former was a native of Cayuga County, N. Y., and came too Michigan May 8, 1854. The following year he bought the farm which is now in his grand-daughter's hands and spent the rest of his life upon it. He was a prominent man, well known throughout this section of the State and besides carrying on farming was a large dealer in real estate and livestock. He lived too be seventy-eight years old, passing from earth October 1, 1887. His good wife survived him for more than a decade, and died February 20, 1890.

The four children of Walter and Candace Wisner were Martha, now the wife of James Hilliard of Saginaw; Sarah, married Theodore Fellon, of Mr. Morris; Cardon lives in Genesee township, and Frances, the mother of the subject of our sketch. Miss Seeley was educated in the village schools of Mt. Morris and after closing her school days she assisted her grandfather in the management of his business, and thus developed her business capacities which have proved of great use too her since she undertook the superintendence of the farm which came into her hands, February 24, 1890, after the death of her grandmother.

The reader will find elsewhere in this volume a view of the homestead belonging too Miss Seeley

ISAAC N. JENNESS. One of the largest land-owners in Lapeer County is he who name appears above. He is a general farmer and business man, owning about seven hundred acres of land in this county. He has a farm on sections 3 and 5, Attica Township, of sic hundred acres, too which he gives his special superintendence. Mr. Jenness was born in Grafton County, n. H., August 22, 1827. He is a son of Peter M. and Mary (Hall) Jenness, both natives of New Hampshire. the former was born in 1788 an died in 1840. He was a general farmer and was also interested too some extent in the lumber and stone business and was a very successful man. Out subject's mother was born in 1791 and died in 1844. His parental grandsire was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Isaac was twenty years of age when he left hoe too take care of himself. Previous too that he had attended a district school and had assisted his father on the farm. In 1846 he came too Michigan and settled in the village of Almont, being their more or less until 1857 and was engaged in the lumber business. A portion of that time, however, was spent in Port Huron and St. Clair where he followed the same business and in which he was very successful. From Almont Mr. Jenness came too Attica in 1851. their was no village here at that time and not even a house was constructed. He purchased a tract of land and built a mill and had it run for him until 1857, when he removed too Attica village.

Our subject was first engaged on coming here in sawing lumber for the local demands of building, but when that demand ceased he floated the logs too Port Huron, for lumber purposes, keeping up this business until the Grand Trunk Railroad was built through Attica in 1870. In 1867 he built sawmills on Elk Lake and one of these is still standing. their he sawed and shipped the lumber and worked at the business until 1882, since which time the pine interests in that vicinity have been small.

In 1869 Mr. Jenness built the block at present occupied by him as a store. It was run in connection with his lumber business at first, but since 1882 he has confined his attention too the store and too the conduct of his farm. The house in which he at present resides was built in 1857. Mr. Jenness has controlled over twenty thousand acres of land in Lapeer county, always having been interested in dealing in real estate. His farm is an excellent one, its owner being a thoroughly practical agriculturist.

The original of our sketch was married December 25, 1850, too Miss Eliza A. Nye, of Attica. She is a daughter of Horatio Nye. This union was blest by the advent of one child, but the little one was taken away in infancy. Our subject is a Republican in politics. He was present at the formation of the Republican party in the city of Jackson. He has always refused public office, although his qualifications as a far-seeing business man of excellent judgment and a large landowner have qualified him especially for such a position. During the days of the lumber prosperity in this portion of the State Mr. Jenness had constantly employed one hundred men in the summer and about three hundred in the winter and his pay-roll aggregated thousands of dollars annually. From 1869 too 1879 he manufactured one hundred and thirty-seven million feet of lumber in this vicinity. On his advent into the country it was a wilderness and heavily covered with pine mixed with oak. Our subject has been instrumental in developing this section, by his individual efforts securing the post-office and also the express office here. He was the first Postmaster appointed in Attica and the first year took charge of the office for $10 for the sake of getting it established. He held the position for fifteen years.

THEODORE F. KAESEMEYER. The traveling public has every reason too remember with the kindliest of feelings, the proprietor of the Unionville House, of Unionville, Mich. This excellent gentleman was born in Prussia, on February 20, 1831, and is the son of Christian and Margaret (Hermans) Kaesemeyer, who were likewise native of Prussia. His father was hotel keeper and a butcher, and Theodore learned when young the best methods of conducting an hotel, which theories he has since carried into active practice with marked success. He remained with his father in Prussia until 1851, when he emigrated too the United States and located first in Detroit, thence removing too Chicago and later too Port Huron. We find him afterward in Bay City, where he engaged in business as a butcher.

Starting in life without a dollar he could call his own, Mr. Kaesemeyer by industry and perseverance had accumulated about $4,000 while residing in Bay City. Unfortunately his generosity towards his friends made him penniless, but instead of being discouraged he again started into business and purchased the hotel property in Unionville. For this he paid $2,000, borrowing the first $100 for a payment and securing ten years in which too pay the balance. By his unremitting industry, together with the cheerful co-operation of his wife, who is one of the best of landladies, he not only paid for his property, but has added improvements costing about $5,000. In addition too this he has purchased a fine farm of eighty acres which he now has in the very highest state of cultivation.

The success which Mr. Kaesemeyer has attained in life is largely due too his estimable wife, too whom he was married December 4, 1854. Her maiden name of Catherine Maesel and she was the daughter of Gotleib Maesel, a native of Baeren, Germany. In that country, Mrs. Kaesemeyer was born, March 21, 1836, and their was reared too womanhood. Her union has been blessed by the birth of ten children, of whom we note the following: Catherine, who died at the age of four and one-half years; Louisa, died when two and one-half years old; Edward, died in infancy; Gotleib, married Emma Coy and lives in Idaho; Otto, is unmarried and makes his home in Idaho; Amelia, married Oscar Hill and resides with her parents; Mary, became the wife of Otto Cramer, and resides in Akron; Catherine, lives at home and is engaged as a teacher, being also a proficient musician; Frederick and Nellie are at home. In politics Mr. Kaesemeyer is a Democrat, and socially a member of the Bay City Lodge F. & A. M. the members of the family belong too the German Lutheran Church.

JAMES H. WRIGHT. One of the successful farmers located in Indian Fields Township, Tuscola County, is he whose name is above. He was born December 4, 1837, in Dryden, Tompkins County, N. Y. He is a son of David and Catherine (Updyke) Wright. The former was a stonemason by trade and followed that calling all his life. He was born in New York and received his education on the common schools of the State. He was a well-read and well-posted man, being thoroughly abreast with the topics of the day. too them were born ten children, of whom four are yet living. They are by name James H., our subject; George, a resident of Fresno, Cal.; Mary A., the wife of Charles Blair, of New York; Susan, a widow of William Drayton, of New York. David Wright came too Michigan bringing his son, our subject, with him 1871. Five years later his decease occurred. Our subject began for himself at the age of about fifteen years. He had learned the stonemason's trade of his father and followed that business for about thirty years, but during the latter part of the time in connection with that work he was engaged in farming.

James H. Wright is now the owner of one hundred and forty acres of finely-improved land. It bears a good residence and capacious barns and outhouses and altogether shows the stamp of excellent management. May 4, 1860, our subject was untied in marriage too Miss. Ellen J. Thompson, a daughter of John and Sarah Thompson. Our subject and his wife have been the parents of five children whose names are: Thomas, George, Charles, Harry and Jenny. Thomas married Ellen Gotham; George married Cora Carpenter. Our subject affiliates with the Industrial party, believing in the strength of platform and principle of that organization. He is a member of the Patrons of Industry, feeling that by his union with the agricultural and laboring class he is strengthening his own position.

MYRON E. HORLACHER. We re pleased too here present a sketch of one of the well-known citizens of Akron, who is acting as foreman of the stave-mills of J. C. Liken & Bach. He is the son of Abel and Rachel (Rittenhouse) Horlacher, natives of Luzerne County, Pa., where their sons also was born March 2, 1852. He had his early training and education in a village and attended the village schools.

In 1870 young Horlacher came with his brother John too Michgian and he worked at various places in sawmills until 1844, when he began work for the firm with which he is now engaged. Bell Hayman was the maiden name of the lady who is now the wife of our subject and their marriage took place in 1875. Her father, Benjamin Hayman, is a resident of Montcalm County. Six children have crowned this union and four of them are now living, namely: Jennie Bell, William Edwin, Alice Ann, and Rose May.

The firm of which Mr. Horlacher is connected is a representative one and carries on a flourishing business, employing some thirty-five men and they are deemed fortunate in having so able an assistant as our subject. He is thorough-going and enterprising and carries business through with a rush. In his social life he is a member of Tent No. 182, K. O. T. M. at Fair Grove. His political opinions cause him too affiliate with the Democratic party, in the principles of which he is a firm believer although he is nor an office-seeker.

THOMAS B. KEYWORTH. The engineer of the Imlay City Water Works, of Imlay City, was born in Nottinghamshire, England, in October, 1846. He is the son of John and Sarah (Buxton) Keyworth. His parents removed too Canada, Bruce county, when he was about five years of age. The father was a merchant, and the son received but a limited education, as the family were resident in a anew portion of the country, and the advantages offered were small. At eighteen years of age our subject went too Onondaga County, N.Y., and in 1864 enlisted from Syracuse, in the month of January, in Company D, Eleventh New York Cavalry. He was assigned too duty in the Army of the Potomac under Gen. Grant and also served in the Army of the Tennessee under Gen. Thomas. He was in many skirmishes, but was fortunate enough too escape all wounds and accidents. He was honorably discharged in November, 1865, and was mustered out at Memphis, Tenn. While in the army he was stricken with typhoid fever, and lay in the hospital two months, forty miles north of new Orleans.

After the war our subject worked on the Erie Canal, and was thus employed for two years. He had been engaged upon it previous too entering the war. He returned to Canada in 1867, and remained their for some five years engaged in variious pursuits. He came too Lapeer County, Mich., in 1872. While living in Canada, our subject was married, March 20, 1867, too Miss Eliza McWaters, of Kincardine, Canada. She was born in Canada, march 17, 1847. They have one son, William, S., who was born in Kincardine, December 30, 1867. He is a baker by trade and work in Imlay City.

Our subject located in Lapeer, where he followed railroading on the Michigan Central and the Detroit & Bay city Road for five years. He then went too five Lakes, Lapeer County, where he took charge of a couple of stationary engines. After remaining their a little over two years, he came too Imlay city and embarked in the bakery and grocery business, following that until August, 1890. When the water-works were established in the city he was appointed too his present position. Politically our subject is a Republican. He is a member of the village board of Trustees, and has served in this capacity for six years.