distance of several miles, each day. She was an excellent teacher and a woman of great force of character. They improved their land, living in their primitive log house until 1883, when they built their present frame dwelling, which is one of the finest farm houses in the county. Mr. Whitmoyer has about thirty acres under improvement, and also owns one hundred and sixty acres of land in another locality. He is an enterprising citizen and takes an active interest in all matters of general progress.

L. C. HAMLIN, township of Charlevoix, was born at Auburn, N. Y, in the year 1819. For about fourteen years he was in the employ of the New York Central Railroad Company and lived in the city of Rochester. In the fall of 1868 he came to Charlevoix County from Detroit and settled on Section 33, township of Charlevoix, where he had located forty acres of land. During the time since 1868 he has lived several years in the village and engaged in real estate operations. He has built two houses in the village and in 1883 built a frame house on his farm. He has been twice married. In 1849 he was married in Genesee County, N Y., to Rosetta Coates, his present wife. They have had four children, two of whom are now living.

R. S. SHAPTON, farmer in Marion Township, is a native of Canada, and a son of John Shapton, also a resident of Marion. Mr. Shapton settled in Marion in 1876. He has 120 acres of land on Section 16, and about forty acres improved. He has a wife, but no children. Mr. Shapton is one of the thrifty farmers of the county. He is a prominent member of the Odd Fellows' fraternity.

WILLIAM MILLER, son of Hugh Miller, one of the early pioneers of Charlevoix County, was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and came to this region with his parents. He followed fishing several years, as did most of the people in this section at an early day. When he was twenty-one years of age he took up 160 acres of land on Section 10, Marion Township. He has now about thirty acres improved, and good buildings. He has a wife and one child.

JOHN E. DARRAH, Melrose Township. Charlevoix County, was Lorn in Saratoga County, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1847; came to Kalamazoo County, Mich., with his parents in 1850 and remained there till 1862; he then went to Pennsylvania and was engaged in lumbering. for two years. He enlisted in 1864 in the Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, and served in the Army of the Potomac till the close of the war. Was in several battles near Petersburg, Va., and was at Farmville, Va., when General Lee's army surrendered to General Grant. He came to Clarion Station March 7, 1877, when the surrounding country was a dense wilderness, and had only one dollar and fifty cents in money, a barrel of flour and a cow to make a start with in a new country, having just been burned out in Kent County, Mich., and lost all he had. He took his present farm as a homestead of eighty acres, has built a good house, cleared thirtyfive acres and planted an orchard of 140 trees. He now owns forty acres of land in addition to his original farm. He helped to organize the township in 1877 and has been supervisor since that time, has also been justice of the peace six years, notary public four years and was the first postmaster at Clarion. He drew up the petition for the Springvale & Boyne City State Road and secured the appropriation and helped to build nine miles of the road. Married, Jan. 1, 1870, to Ruth Lillie, who is a native of Michigan. They lost one child by death, and have an adopted daughter. Mrs. Darrab spent two winters at home alone and did the chores, the nearest neighbor being one mile and a half away, Mr. Darrah being at the time employed in the lumber woods.

SAMUEL B. THATCHER, Springvale Township, Charlevoix County, was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1849; remained at home til the age of fourteen years, when he enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Ohio Infantry, and served in the Army of the Cumberland till the close

of the war. When discharged he returned to Ohio and was engaged in selling nursery stock and farming till April, 1876, when he came to Springvale Township and took up a homestead of 160 acres, and since that time has cleared twenty-five acres, built a house and barn and has a fine orchard in bearing, and has made other improvements. He has held the office of supervisor for the past four years and has held most of the offices of his township. Married in 1871 to Maggie Fuller, who was a native of Ohio. They have two children. When the township of Springvale was organized there were only fourteen voters in town. For three years after Mr. Thatcher settled in the township he carried most of his provisions on his back from Petoskey, a distance of fourteen miles. Mr. Thatcher's mother moved from Ohio with him and is living near him. Since coming to Springvale, eight years since, she has not made a visit to Petoskey.

JOHN T. WEBB, Springvale Township, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1814; lived there several years and moved into the county of Miami, same state, where he was one of the pioneers in a new county. He lost his wife by death some years since, and in the spring of 1879 came to Springvale with his son, and in his old age seems to enjoy the life of a pioneer for the second time.

DAVID T. WEBB was born in 1841 in Miami County, Ohio; remained at home till the age of twenty-one years. He enlisted in the Eleventh Ohio Infantry, and served one year in the Army of the Cumberland. When discharged he returned to Ohio and was engaged in the mercantile business for eleven years, and in the sale of nursery stock for six years, and in the spring of 1879 came to Springvale Township and took up a homestead of 160 acres on Section 8. Has built a house and barn, planted an orchard and made other improvements; is at present treasurer of the township. Married in 1862 to Jennie Weatherhead, a native of Miami County, Ohio. They have one son, Newton Webb.

JOSEPH K. FLICK, Springvale Township, Charlevoix County, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., in 1828, and in 1832 moved with his parents to Richland County, Ohio, and in 1836, moved back to Pennsylvania and in 1840 returned to Ohio and settled near their former residence; finally, in 1848, moved again to Pennsylvania and remained two years, when he returned to his home in Ohio once more, and was married to Eliza Karcar. They have two children. He then moved to Canada, and was for a few years engaged in the mercantile business; he then invented the lumberman's wool boot, and was engaged in the manufacture and sale of the same for about eight years. He came to Reed City, Mich., in the spring of 1879, remaining there till 1881, when he came to Petoskey, and in the fall of 1883, moved to his farm on Section 28, where he owns 250 acres of land.

J. L. REIGLE, Chandler Township, Charlevoix County, Mich., was born in Union County, Penn., July 10, 1836; remained at home till 1865, when he moved to Three Rivers, Mich., and was engaged in farming till 1876, when he came to Chandler Township and took up a homestead cf 160 acres. Has cleared seventy acres, has built a house and barn, planted an orchard and made other improvements. Enlisted April 24, 1861, in the Sixth Pennsylvania Reserves and served two years in the Army of the Potomac. Has been supervisor for two years past, was treasurer two years, justice of the peace four years, and superintendent of schools two years. Mar ried Jan. 28, 1858, to Mary A. Yeater. They have a family of thir teen children.

CAPTAIN E. C. PHETEPLACE, Bear Lake Township, Charlevoix County, was born in Chenango County, N. Y., in 1822; moved to Crawford County, Ohio, with his parents in 1831; remained there till 1885, when they moved to Branch County, Mich. He assisted in the first survey of the Michigan Southern Railroad, and in 1843

moved to Otsego, Allegan County. Was engaged for.three years in running a flat-boat on Kalamazoo River carrying wheat to the mouth of the river to be shipped by the lakes to Buffalo, and returning loaded with salt. The boat was propelled up stream by setting poles. Aug. 17, 1816, he enlisted in the Sixth United States Infantry and served through the Mexican War, and two years after peace was declared, one year of that time being spent in New Orleans in recruiting service and one year at St. Paul, Minn. When discharged from the service Aug. 17, 1851, he returned to Allegan County and was engaged in farming four years, then went to California and returned in November, 1854, and remained on his farm till 1856, when he sold out and bought a farm in Barry County, and in 1861 enlisted in Company I, Seventh Michigan Infantry, and received a commission as second lieutenant and served in the Army of the Potomac; was promoted to be captain of his company Sept. 2, 1862; wounded in action at the battle of Antietam, Maryland, Sept. 17, 1862; resigned on surgeon's certificate and received an honorable discharge May 11, 1863. Was appointed captain in the veteran reserve corps Aug. 19, 1863, and served till 1865 when he was transferred to duty in the Freedmen's Bureau and stationed at Baton Rouge, La. Resigned his commission and returned home in September, 1866. Came to Bear Lake Township in September, 1878, and settled on Section 23, where he owns a farm of 160 acres. Has cleared fifty acres, built a house and barn, planted an orchard and made other improvements. Is at present supervisor of the township. Married, May 10, 1850, to Adaline Covey, who was born in Tennessee. They have eight living children.

RUFUS H. CARLEY, Resort Township, Charlevoix County, was

born in Vermont in 1832. Was engaged in farming till 1844, then went to Boston, Mass., and was engaged in a bakery till 1861, when he enlisted in the First Regiment Massachusetts Cavalry and served in the Army of the Potomac till the close of the war. Was at Appomattox, Va., when Gen. Lee's army surrendered to Gen. Grant; came to Berrien County, Mich., in 1874, and to Petoskey in 1875, settled on a homestead in Resort Township in 1876, and has commenced to clear up a farm. Has been justice of the peace four years and still holds the office; has also been highway commissioner.

H. A. BIXBY, Springvale Township, Charlevoix County, was born in 1845, in Ogden, Genesee County, N. Y., and in 1848 moved to Shiawassee County, Mich., with his parents, and in 1858 moved Oakland County. He remained at home till 1864, when he enlisted in the Thirtieth Michigan Infantry and served one year in the Western Army under General Sherman. When discharged from the service he returned to Oakland County, Mich., and was engaged in farming till 1869, when he moved to Clinton County, same state, and in 1874 came to Springvale Township and took a soldier's claim of 160 acres. Has been highway commissioner one year. He built the first house in the township. Married, Jan. 4, 1869, to Rosina Monroe, who is a native of Canada. They have two

sons.

J. J. BENNETT, farmer, town of South Arm, is a native of Stenben County, N. Y. In the fall of 1869 he came with his fatlier, Calvin Bennett, to the town of Echo, Antrim County, and located on Section 2. He remained at home until 1882, when he located 120 acres of land on Section 35, town of South Arm, and is now en. gaged in farming. He has a wife and one child.