Portrait and Biographical Album of Genesee Lapeer and Tuscola Counties

Portrait and biographical record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola counties, Michigan

Biography of William Payne of Fenton Michigan

William Payne was born in Leicestershire, England, March 14, 1817, and is the son of John and Mary (Ossin) Payne, natives of the same shire. The former was a tailor in his younger days and during his later years was proprietor of an hotel. They are both deceased at the present time and he of whom we write is the only survivor of five children with the exception of one sister. He has never had a relative on this side of the Atlantic except for two nieces who spent three months in visiting here. William Payne received a good common-school […]

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Portrait and biographical record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola counties, Michigan

Biography of Myron A. Tibbits, M.D. of Linden Michigan

Myron A. Tibbits, a native of Middlesex County, Ontario, born 5 Feb 1850. His father, Nelson Tibbits, was a Vermonter by birth and a farmer by occupation, although he pursued blacksmithing during the early part of his life. After five years spent in the lumber district Dr. Tibbits removed in January, 1883, to Linden Michigan where he enjoyed a large practice. He was married June 5, 1881, to Miss Viola Moon, a native of New York and a daughter of the Rev. Orrin J. Moon, a Vermonter by birth and a minister in the Free Will Baptist Church.

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Portrait and biographical record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola counties, Michigan

Biography of Asa W. Darling of Grand Blanc Michigan

Asa W. Darling was born in Ontario County, NY, 2 Oct 1820, and was a son of Ezra and Lois (Moore) Darling. He was reared to man’s estate in his native county, and from his early youth learned the practical work of farming. He married Mary E. Demming, 11 Feb 1847 and to them were born seven children.

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Portrait and biographical record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola counties, Michigan

Biography of Hon. Joseph R. Moore of Lapeer Michigan

Joseph R. Moore was born November 3, 1845, being the son of Jacob J. and Hepsibeth (Gillett) Moore. The boyhood days of our subject were spent in and about his father’s mill and from the time he was thirteen until he was nineteen years of age he spent but one winter in school, as his father needed his help.

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Hon. Edwin G. Fox of Mayville Michigan

Biography of Hon. Edwin G. Fox of Mayville Michigan

Edwin G. Fox , the subject of this sketch was born March 14, 1848, in Oxford County, Canada, and as a boy assisted the family in clearing up the new farm after they came to Michigan. He passed quietly most of his life in Tuscola County, where he was numbered among the leading citizens of that county.

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Governor Edwin B. Winans

Biography of Governor Edwin B. Winans

Hon. Edwin B. Winans, who began his duties as Governor of Michigan, January 1, 1891, is a son of the Empire State, of which his parents also were natives. From German ancestry on the father’s side, he derives the instincts of frugality and careful consideration of ways and means, and these are strengthened by the substantial traits of the Puritan forefathers of his mother. Both lines have transmitted to him the love of country and home that has led thousands into untrodden wilds where they might secure that which would be for the future good of themselves and posterity. John

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Governor Cyrus Gray Luce

Biography of Governor Cyrus Gray Luce

Cyrus Gray Luce, Governor of Michigan, combines in his character the substantial traits of the New England ancestry of his father, and the chivalrous and hospitable elements peculiar to the southerners, which came to him from his mother’s side of the house. The New Englanders, active in the cause of American Liberty, after this desired result was accomplished, turned their attention to the growth and development of the country which their noble daring had constituted independent of foreign rule. The privations they endured and the struggles from which they had achieved victory built up in them those qualities which in

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Gen. Russell A. Alger

Biography of Gen. Russell A. Alger

Russell A. Alger, Governor of Michigan for the term commencing Jan. 1, 1885, was born in Lafayette Township, Median Co., Ohio, Feb. 27, 1836. Having lived a temperate life, he is a comparative young man in appearance, and possesses those mental faculties that are the distinguishing characteristics of robust, mature and educated manhood. When 11 years of age both his parents died, leaving him with a younger brothers and sister to support and without any of the substantial means of existence. Lacking the opportunity of better employment, he worked on a farm, in Richfield, Ohio, for the greater part of

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Governor Josiah W. Begole

Biography of Governor Josiah W. Begole

Josiah W. Begole, the present (1883) Governor of Michigan was born in Livingston County, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1815. His ancestors were of French descent, and settled at an early period in the State of Maryland, His grandfather, Capt. Bolles, of that State, was an officer in the American army during the war of the Revolution. About the beginning of the present century both his grandparents, having become dissatisfied with the institution of slavery, although slave-holders themselves, emigrated to Livingston county, N. Y., then a new county, taking with than a number of their former slaves, who volunteered to accompany

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