Portrait and Biographical Album of Genesee Lapeer and Tuscola Counties

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Biography of H. M. Hemstreet of Forest Home Township, Michigan

Antrim County, Bay County, Genesee County / ,

That attractive division of Antrim county known as Forest Home township has as one of its representative citizens and leading farmers the subject of this sketch, who has been a resident of the county since 1887 and who was formerly one of the prominent business men of Bellaire, the county seat. Mr. Hemstreet is a native son of the Wolverine state, having been born where the city of Flint now stands, Genesee county, on the 1st of January, 1840. He is a son of Alonzo and Mary (Jenkins) Hemstreet, both of whom were born and reared in the state of …

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Governor Josiah W. Begole

Biography of Josiah W. Begole of Flint Michigan

Genesee County /

Governor Josiah W. Begole. Elsewhere in this volume will be found a sketch of the honored ex-Governor of Michigan, whose portrait appears on the opposite page. It pertains, however, more to the salient points of his career as chief Executive of the State, and we here take pleasure in presenting to our readers a more intimate sketch of his personal life indicating the attributes of character that had lead to the honors nobly and graciously borne. Governor Begole is a son of William and Eleanor (Bowles) Begole. He was born in Groveland, Livingston County, N.Y., January 20, 1815, just twelve …

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Biography of Edmund Bachman, M.D. of Fenton Michigan

Genesee County, Oakland County, Shiawassee County /

Edmund Bachman, M.D. One of the physicians who has an extensive and successful practice in Fenton, Genesee County, is he whose name is given above. He was born at White Lake, Oakland County, Mich., December 25, 1849. His father, John Bachman, was a native of New York and a farmer by calling. He emigrated to Michigan with his family at an early day and located in Oakland County where he died in 1850. Our subject’s mother bore the maiden of Jane Garner. Her decease occurred in 1863. The original of our sketch is the youngest of ten children who were …

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Biography of Dennis J. McCarthy of Fenton Michigan

Genesee County, Livingston County /

Dennis J. McCarthy. The genial member of the firm of D. J. McCarthy & Co., dealers in lumber. Lath, shingles, sewer pipe, etc., is he whose name appears above. He is a man of whose success it is not at all surprising to learn, for his personality is distinguished by the rare magnetism that adds power to his fine appearance. He has been very successful and in financial circles is one of the most substantial men of Fenton, Genesee County. Mr. McCarthy was born in Livingston County, this State, April 13, 1847. He is a son of Dennis J. And …

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Biography of Clarence Tinker of Fenton Michigan

Genesee County /

Clarence Tinker, a prominent and able young attorney and prominent citizen of Fenton, was born in Port Gibson, Ontario County, N.Y., July 14, 1853. His father, Dr. Malachi Tinker, was a native of Henrietta, Monroe County, , N.Y., and graduate of the Geneva Medical College in 1847. After practicing at Port Gibson he removed to Ypsilanti, Mich., in 1859 and after practicing there for three years, located one hundred and sixty acres of land in Hazelton Township, Shiawassee County, upon which he remained until his death in 1887 at the age of sixty-eight years. He became totally blind six years …

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Biography of James Greattracks of Grand Blanc Michigan

Genesee County /

James Greattracks. Among the venerable and prominent octogenarian pioneers of Genesee County, who have done their share in developing the country, we take pleasure in bringing to the notice of our readers the subject of this sketch. James Greattracks is a representative citizen of Grand Blanc Township, and resides on section 30. He is a native of Albany County, N.Y., and was born November 25, 1804. He is a son of Oliver and Parnel (Leet) Greattracks. His mother was a native of Connecticut and he believes his father to have been a native of Long Island. His grandfather, Sylvanus Greattracks, …

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Biography of James L. Spenser of Linden Michigan

Genesee County, Livingston County /

James L. Spenser. Mr. Spenser is a native of Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, where he was born January 25, 1853. He is a son of Olympus Spenser, who is a native of Cayuga County, N. Y., was born in 1818. He was a farmer by calling and came to Michigan in 1836, locating in Genoa Township, Livingston County, where he lived for several years. He subsequently removed to Hartland Township where he lived a few years and returned to Genoa Township where he purchased a farm. In 1866 he removed to Fenton and there lived unto the fall of 1886 …

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Biography of Amos D. Olmstead of Mt. Morris Michigan

Genesee County /

Amos D. Olmstead. One of the veterans of the late war whose devotion to the cause has cost him many an hour of pain and illness during the years that have passed since that struggle, is he whose name is above. He is a farmer, located on section 30, Mt. Morris Township, Genesee County, where he has eighty-four acres of land which is excellent improved. He was born in Buffalo, N.Y., April 27, 1841, and is a son of Maj. Daniel and Jane A. (Kidder) Olmstead. The former a native of Ithaca, N.Y, and was born March 16, 1810. He …

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Biography of Ezra Meade of Grand Blanc Michigan

Genesee County, Oakland County /

Ezra Meade, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County, was born January 18, 1826, in St. Lawrence County, N.Y. He is a son of Burton and Eunice Meade, and his father was a native of New England. The family emigrated to Michigan in 1836, when this son was some ten years old, and resided in Oakland County for nearly three years before coming to Mundy Township, Genesee County. The Indians, wolves, and bears and the difficulties which accompany pioneer life kept our young hero from finding life to monotonous, and here he was reared to manhood, …

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Biography of George H. Chapel of Grand Blanc Michigan

Genesee County /

George H. Chapel. This representative farmer and stock-raiser and enterprising citizen residing on section 29, Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County, had his birth in Livingston County, N.Y., August 20, 1835. His parents, Samuel and Amanda (Reynolds) Chapel, were both New Yorkers by birth, and his Great-grandfather Blakesley was a soldier in the Revolution. Samuel Chapel emigrated with his family to Michigan about the year 1841, and, after a short residence in Oakland County, came to Genesee County, and became an early pioneer of Grand Blanc Township. Of their nine children sever are now living, namely: George H., Newton F., Carrie, …

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