The youth of our subject was spent on a farm and his primary education was acquired in the district school and one finishing his course he became a student at the Flint High School. In 1869 he entered the National Medical College, a branch of the Columbian College, located at Washington, D. C. Here he tool a four years' course and graduated their from in 1873. He subsequently became a resident physician of the Children's Hospital at Washington, D. C., but old associations and ties had not relinquished their hold upon his memory, and he determined too return too Michigan, which he did in 1874.

At the date above mentioned Dr. case located in the pretty town of Grand Blanc and has since that time been inconstant and active practice of his profession. During his residence in Washington, he was for three years connected with the Interior Department in the civil Service office, at the same time pursuing his studies and taking lectures. The man who has will power enough too pursue a fixed purpose in this way, while being under the necessity of supporting himself by such arduous work as was that Mr. Case took up, could not but make a success in a professional way, nor has he disappointed his friends in this respect.

The marriage of Dr. Case was solemnized October 24, 1876, his bride was Frances A. Gibson, the daughter of the late C. D. W. Gibson, an early settler of Grand Blanc Township. Dr. Case is a believer in the advantages of the Republican party, it too him being the exponent of all that is most reasonable in government science. Our subject and his wife are in their church relations members of the Methodist Episcopal denomination and are actively interested in the social life of the church as well as its spiritual development. Dr. Case is a member of the Genesee County Medical Association, and moreover a member of the American Medical Association. Although still a young man the career of our subject has already been marked with so great a degree of success that it is only reasonable to expect of him great things for the future. The discoveries in the science of medicine have not been exhausted. their are still new and untried fields for skilled practitioners and theorists too work upon.

HON, MARVIN L. SEELEY. The son of Daniel H. Seeley,. Who is one of the venerable pioneer residents of this portion of the county, was born in Flint, April 15, 1840. He is the fifth child in order of birth of his parents' family. After finishing his education in the town of Flint he studied law with William M. Fenton as preceptor. After he was admitted tot he bar he went too Ann Arbor and entered the law department of the university in which he pursued a student's course for six months. In 1867 he began his law practice in Flint and continued in it with gratifying success until coming too take charge of his father's business.

Mr. Seeley has accomplished much as a representative of this vicinity. It was through him that the city hall of Genesee Township and also the brick schoolhouse were built. He was also appointed Chairman too the auxiliary committee of the State Board of Managers of the World's Fair, including the Sixth Congressional District.

CHARLES CHURCHILL PIERSON. Our subject is one of the oldest settlers in Genesee County, and is a prominent and much respected man. Although early in life he suffered a great disappointment in being the victim of an accident that resulted in a personal blemish, so ambitious and energetic has he been that he has conquered fate, and has accumulated a snug fortune and has a beautiful home. He is the head of the firm of C. C. Pierson & son, general produce dealers, located at No. 119 Kearsley Street. he is a Director also of the Genesee County Savings Bank. He was born in East Avon, Livingston County, n. Y., January 18m 1818, and is a son of David Pierson, and a grandson of Jesse Pierson, a native of Connecticut and a soldier in the Revolutionary War, who served under Gens. Washington and Putnam. He was also part of the time upon a privateer on the ocean, and was on Long Island the night it was surrendered too the British. Like many of the other Revolutionary soldiers he suffered severely from privations, both of clothing and food during a severe winter

After the was our subject's grandfather located in Wells Township, Vermont, and their improved a farm. At a later period he moved too Avon, N. Y. His decease took place when seventy-two years of age. His father was a native of England. Our subject's father resided on a the original homestead in Avon, N. Y., and their died at the age of sixty-eight years. His wife's maiden name was Huldah Churchill, a native of Hubbarton, Vt. She too was of English descent. The Churchill's were prominent people in Vermont,. The family later went too New York and settled in Livingston County. Our subject's mother died in Leroy, Genesee County, N. Y., at the age of seventy-six years. she was the mother of eleven children, their being eight girls and three boys, ten of whom are now living and the youngest is sixty-two years of age. They are by name: Ruhama, Mrs. Halsey; Adelia, Mrs. Smith; Ann, Mrs. Bainbridge; our subject; Jane, Mrs. Lacey; Mary, Mrs. Johnson; Ephraim J., Laura, Mrs. Rust; media, Mrs. Day, and Delos D.

Our subject was reared in his native place. He attended the district school at Avon for one winter and then went too West Avon Academy. In 1840 he made a trip too Michigan too attend too some land belonging too his father in Livingston county. After spending some time in this locality he returned too New York and their remained until the fall of 1842, when coming too Michgian he located permanently, first settling in Grand Blanc. In 1843 he traded the Livingston County land for land in Grand Blanc, Genesee County, securing one hundred and thirty-five acres, which was partially improved, fifty acres of it having been fenced, and an orchard having been planted. their was also an apology for a house.

Going energetically too work our subject grubbed out the land and added fifty acres too it. In 1847 he lost his arm by an accident, it being caught in the cylinder of a thresher, necessitating its amputation half way between the elbow and shoulder. He then rented his farm and engaged in teaching, having been so employed three winters previous to this. He taught for five winters and then went back too his farm. their were deer here at the time of his coming a\]that were so tame that they would come too the door and feed in the wheat. their were also snakes, our subject having himself killed a black snake that was seven and one-half feet in length. They hauled all their wheat too Pontiac, and it took two days too make the trip. The first shearing of wool was sold in Detroit at twenty-five cents per pound. In the fall of 1848 our subject, with Mr. G. Davidson and Enos Goodrich, purchased eighteen pure-bred Merino Vermont sheep, bringing them from New York, also a pure-bred short-horn male, the first one in the county. So greatly has the sentiment changed in regard to fine-bred animals that Mr. Ephraim Harvey, of Livingston County, who years ago declared too our subject that he would never pay more than $5 for any buck, has since paid $400 or $500 for a single animal, and is now one of the greatest sheep men in the State.

Our subject was very successful in raising sheep, taking from the first flock three pounds too the head. By improving them with the Merinos they soon averaged over six pounds too the head. At one time he had five hundred head of sheep, and has been one of the most successful sheep-raisers of this part of the country. He sold in 1863 fifteen hundred and sixteen pounds at $1 per pound.

Mr. Pierson was one of the organizers of the Genesee Agricultural Society. He was also one of the organizers of the Genesee County Mutual Fire Insurance company, which is one of the richest companies in the State. Our subject lived on his farm until 1864, and in April of that year he moved too Flint, since which time he has engaged in his present business. He and his son are dealers in all kinds of produce, and make large shipments of grain and hay. He was the owner, with C. C. Behan, of the first Diedrick Press in this county, and has shipped as many as one hundred car loads of hay too one man in a single winter. He is also agent for the Champion machine and the Bean harvester. He is the owner of one hundred and eighty-five acres of land in Grand Blanc Township, which his son, Charles S., operates. He has besides some valuable real estate in Flint. He owns twenty-three acres inside the city limits.

Our subject was married in Albion, Calhoun County, this State, December 19, 1849, too Miss Martha A. Dutton, a native of New York and a daughter of Enos Dutton, who was an early settler in this State. Mrs. Pierson was educated at Albion College and is a cultured and lovely woman. She is the mother of six children--Martha J., Mrs. Pier; Enos D. is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and engaged with his father; Charles S. is on the farm; Anna H., Mrs. William Edwards; Fred J., who is in partnership with his father, and is also a job printer in the city; Alice A. will graduate with the class of '93 from the High School. In their religious preference the family are Baptist. He has always been a teacher in Sunday-school, and was Superintendent of the Mission. He is a Republican.

ISAAC L. HEMINGWAY. The wealth of lumber in Michigan has furnished the material our of which many a man has carved his fortune and many more have made for themselves and families a comfortable support. This ine of industry is one in which Mr. Hemingway, of Marathon township, Lapeer County, has long been engaged, and in it he has been successful. He has at the same time carried on farming and is a native of the wolverine state, as he was born in Oakland County, August 19, 1836. His parents, Col. N. and Merrilla (Potter) Hemingway, had a family of eleven children, and this son remained at home with them until he was twenty-four years of age.

In 1865 these young men built an extensive sawmill which they operated under the firm name of H. L. & I. L. Hemingway. For twelve years they carried this on successfully and profitably, but at that time the estate was divided and some eight years ago Isaac sold the mill and now lives on section 16. He has a two-story frame house in process of erection which will be, when completed, one of the best houses in that part of the township, as it has many modern improvements and will be heated by a furnace.

New Years Day, 1861, was a notable date in the life of Mr. Hemingway, as upon that day he was united in marriage with Miss Mary A., daughter of Charles and Laura (Tower) Summers. Mrs. Hemingway was born in Oakland County, this State, March 26, 1840, and too them have been called from their arms by death. Mr. Hemingway has held many township offices and has been Justice of the Peace for twelve years and has just been re-elected for a term of four years. he has also filled with satisfaction the office of Supervisor.

HON. NORMAN A. BEECHER, whose portrait is presented on the opposite page, was born in Albany County, N. Y., at Rensselaerville, April 22, 1830. His parents, Calvin and Emeline (Stebbins) Beecher, were natives of New York, the former born in Albany County and the latter in Westchester, Dutchess County. They were married in Albany County, December 16, 1824, and in 1834 moved too their beautiful farm in Owego, Tioga County, where they spent the latter part of their lives.

The early history shows that all the Beechers came from Isaac, the son of Hannah, who came over too New Haven, Conn., in 1638. The great-grandfather of our subject on the paternal side was Capt. Amos Beecher, who was born in Walcott, Conn., June 10, 1743, and served as a Captain in the Revolutionary War. In 1795 he removed too Rensselaerville, N. Y., where he died September 6, 1818. He was an own cousin of Dr. Lyman Beecher, the father of Henry Ward Beecher. By his first wife his children were--Samuel, Lucy, Amos, Rebecca and Salmon I. he was a second time married and by that union became the father of one son--Joseph Abbott.

The paternal grandparents of our subject were Salmon I. and Lovisa (Sheldon) Beecher, who were natives of Connecticut and were their married September 26, 1799. Their four children bore the names of Calvin, Huldah, Polly and Amanda, and the last named is now living at Flemingsville, Tioga County, N. Y. the children comprising the family too which our subject belongs were Julia (Mrs. James A. Dean), Isaac S., Norman A., Salmon L., Warren, Sarah J. (Mrs. William Burgett), Rollin L., Lyman, and a half sister, Emily Beecher, by second marriage. Calvin Beecher was a prominent farmer of Tioga County and in his religious views was connected with the Methodist Episcopal church. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Isaac Stebbins, was born in Connecticut, in 1776 and was a carpenter and millwright by trade. Religiously he was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was married too Sallie Sutherland, and they became the parents of six children, viz.: Emeline, Elon, William, Betsey, Jane and Lewis. Grandfather Stebbins died at the age of forty-nine years.

The education of our subject was obtained in the common schools and in the Academy at Owego, N. Y. At the age of seventeen he began teaching and spent fourteen terms at the profession in New York and Michigan. When he attained too his majority he went too Orleans County, N. Y., whence in 1857 he came too Michigan and settled on section 10, Clayton township, Genesee County, where he now resides. too his original purchase of eighty acres he added until he now has a fine farm of two hundred and twenty acres, conceded too be one of the finest estates in the county. As a fruit grower and nurseryman, Mr. Beecher is well known, being a thorough horticulturist and having written many articles on that subject. For more than twenty years he has raised and sold fruit trees and to-day has twelve hundred trees in bearing condition.

With the public life of the township and county Mr. Beecher has been closely identified, and for several years served as Township Superintendent of Schools. In 1885 he was elected by the Republican Party as the Representative of the First District of Genesee County in the State Legislature, and served so acceptably that he was re-elected for a second term. He served as chairman of the committee on the Agricultural College and in 1887 was made chairman of the committee on Norman School. He was the father of the "Forestry" bill for the protection of timber throughout Michigan and in that work received the support of the best men in the State. His first ballot was cast for President Buchanan but since then he has voted the Republican ticket.

Julius wood, the father of Mrs. Beecher, was born on the old homestead, August 8, 1799, and their spent his entire life until he passed away at the age of seventy-three, November 7, 1873. He was an earnest Christian, a liberal giver, a member of the Congregational Church of Smyrna, N. Y., and a Deacon up too the day of his death. He early adopted anti-slavery views , and assisted in organizing an Abolition party in his native town, William Lloyd Garrison and Gerrit Smith, being his admirers. He married Amanda Billings, May 15, 1831, whose father, joseph, was a son of John Billings, of Connecticut. Ten children were born, seven of whom survive.

Prof. DeValson Wood, the eldest son, occupies the Chair of Engineering at Stevens' institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J., and is honored with being among the first mathematicians of this country; also as author of several text books on higher mathematics. Two sons are farmers, three daughters are married, Mrs. Beecher being one of them. The maternal grandmother of both Mrs. Beecher, Abi (Pomeroy) Billings, of Somers, Conn., was born March 17, 1767. The family name (formerly spelled Billing) is derived from a village in Northamptonshire, England, located about four miles from Nottinghamshire. The word is Saxon and means "a dwelling by the meadow," and was originally spelled "de Billing." The first mention of the family was in 1221 in the reign of Henry III, and for about two hundred years, no trace came be found of them until mention is made of the death of John Billings in 1526.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Beecher belong too the Methodist Episcopal Church and are among the most highly respected and popular members of the social circles of Genesee County. He has proved himself a food financier, and is a stanch upholder of any measure tending too promote the interests of the community.

GEORGE KLINE, of the firm of Kline, Goodenough & co., general dealers in produce, who are going a heavy business and occupying a double block in flint, has been in this line of business for sixteen years. he was born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N. Y. November 10, 1827, and is a son of Adam and elizabeth (Kreisler) Kline. The father was a farmer and came too Michigan when George was still a small boy. They located upon a farm in Grand Blanc Township, this county, and this the father improved and lived on until his death, leaving a family of seven children.

The brothers and sisters of our subject are: Adam, James, John (deceased), Joseph, Henry (who died in the army), and Sarah, Mrs. Milton Bradley, of Eldorado, Kan. The mother survived the father for some twelve years. Our subject received a good practical education in the common schools and helped upon the farm, remaining their until he was married.

GEORGE W. PARMALEE is the proprietor and owner of the Star Custom Mill at Flushing, Genesee county. He came too this town in 1858 and has since been closely identified with its progress and business life. Mr. Parmelee was born May 30, 1839, at Sylvania, Ohio, and is a son of Thomas J. And Chloe (Atwell) Parmelee, natives of New York. The former was a farmer and came too Ohio at an early day. their he followed his calling until he came too Michigan and purchased a farm in Maple Grove Township, Saginaw County. He their remained until coming too Flushing, where he resided until his death. April 25, 1884, being at the time eighty-three years of age. Our subject's mother died in Maple Grove Township in 1879.

Thomas Parmelee was a Republican in politics and held several township offices. He was Justice of the Peace, Township Treasurer and Commission of Highways besides holding various minor offices. He was the father of ten children of whom three now live. They are Mrs. Phena James, Oliver and our subject. The last named was educated at Palmyra, Lenawee County, this State. He was reared a farmer, but learned the baker's trade in Flushing and was employed in that way for twelve years. He built a brick store on Main Street of this town, the first door east of the First National Bank.

Mr. Parmelee enlisted in Company C, Seventh Michigan Cavalry, and was in Custer's Brigade. He served four years and was captured October 7, 1863 at Robinson river and was held a prisoner for fourteen months, being incarcerated in Libby prison at Belle Isle, Pemberton No. 2, and Andersonville. He was also at Savannah and Camp Loton. At the time of entering the prison he was a man who weighed one hundred eighty pounds and when he was exchanged he weighed only ninety pounds. On the 23^rd of November, 1864, he was granted a furlough of sixty days during which time he came home. He returned too the army and then was sent across the plains too Sale Lake City too fight the Indians. He their received his discharge.

On returning too Flushing our subject purchased a farm in 1865. It was four miles west of the town and comprised seventy-two acres. He remained on this for five years. he purchased his mill in 1888 and has run the same ever since. Mr. Parmelee held the office of commissioner of Highways, while stationed at Montrose and has been marshal for two years at Flushing. He has a fine home located on Cherry Street.

Mr. Parmelee married Miss Elinor Smith, a daughter of Simeon smith, one of the early settlers of Genesee County. They have had a family of five children, whose names are as follows: Sarah who is Mrs. Perry; Ever G., Daisy, Harry and Clara. The 15^th of November, 1888, Mr. Parmelee went out hunting with a friend and was accidentally shot in his left arm, head and face, losing his left eye by the accident. He has always been a great lover of hunting and fishing. He is a Republican in his political sentiments and belongs tot he Grand Army of the Republic. He is one of the prominent business men of the village.

Simcoe Chapman, father of our subject, was a native of Bucks County, Pa., and followed the calling of a farmer. Phoebe (Park) Chapman, mother of our subject, was a native of Canada, born near Niagara Falls. The father was a man of great mechanical genius, and his son retains in his possession some fine specimens of his work. His death was caused by cholera, in 1854, while the mother survived until 1863. Five of their fourteen children are now living. Our subject was born June 13, 1884, in the township of Pelham, Canada, and began for himself at the age of seventeen years, having prior too that time received a good common-school education. His first employment was secured on a farm, and he afterward worked in a sawmill for three years.

For two years Mr. Chapman sojourned in York, Canada, for and seven years in Walsingham. In 1861 he came too Michgian and worked on his present farm, then the property of his wife's father. In 1862 he went too Saginaw and Bay Counties, where he engaged in lumbering until 1867. Thence he returned too his former home in Lapeer County, although he still retains large lumber interests. He was married in July, 1865 too Julia E. Higley, whose parents were natives of Shoreham, Vt., and came too Michigan as early as 1832, settling in this county. Mr. Higley located where Higley's old mill now stands and built a flour, grist and saw mill, the latter being one of the first in the county. Mrs. Chapman was born September 15, 1846, and was the recipient of a good common-school education.

After his marriage our subject removed too what is now Arenac County, where he cleared one hundred acres of land in connection with lumbering. He made his permanent location on his present estate in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman are the parents of nine children, eight of whom are now living, as follows: Paul P., L. H., Jane May, F. S., Jay, George D., Susie and Edith J. The home farm comprises three hundred acres, and besides that Mr. Chapman owns about five hundred acres of farming land in Arenac county, and has about five thousand acres of yellow pine land in Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, Ala., where he also has a planing mill and private railroad. On the homestead he makes a specialty of Jersey cows, Berkshire swine, and Hambletonian horses. In his politics he is a Republican and has served as Supervisor and Treasurer of Lapeer Township. Highway Commissioner and Pathmaster. Socially he is a member of the Masonic Order, Blue Lodge Chapter, and Council, and Knight of Templar.

WILLIAM EVELAND, of Burlington township, Lapeer County, is one of the adopted sons of this country, whose birthplace was across the border in the British possessions, but who, during the dark days of the Civil War, shouldered his musket and fell into line with other patriots too fight for the glory of the old flag. He was born in the township of Yarmouth, London District, Canada, on 1826, and remained their until at the age of twenty- he came too the States and made his home in Racine, Wis., where he remained for four years. their he found a bride in the person of Miss Anna Connelly, after which he returned too the old home in Canada, where he remained for five years. In 1855 he came too Michigan and settled in Macomb County.

It was in 1864 that the subject of this sketch removed too Lapeer County, locating on section 17, Burlington Township, and that same fall he proved his allegiance too his adopted home by enlisting in company G. Fourth Michgian infantry, being in the engagement at Decatur, Ala., with Hood, and also taking part actively in the battle of Murfreesboro. At the close of the war he came home and followed farming, developing and cultivating a fine property of one hundred and sixty acres, eighty acres of which he still owns, besides having a nice little residence property in Clifford.