County. His beautiful home residence is on Forest Avenue, Frankfort. He has served eight years as justice of the peace, two years as supervisor of Crystal Lake Township, and now, in 1884, is serving in his fifth term as township treasurer. Fraternally Mr. Collier has served twelve years as worshipful master of Crystal Lodge, 270, of Free and Accepted Masons.

HENRY WOODWARD, merchant, was born in Somersetshire, England, March 18, 1819. He came with his parents to Tompkins County, N. Y., in 1825. Here he was reared and educated, spending his early time chiefly in agricultural pursuits. On Sept. 11, 1842, he was married to Miss Frances Tracy, of Ithaca, N. Y. She was born there in 1823. Their children are: Helen, now Mrs. H. D. Osborne; Emily, now Mrs. L. D. Jenks; George C.; Charlotte E., now Mrs. A. B. Carrier; John H.; Edward T.; Maxwell W., and Milo H. In 1844 they removed to Oakland County, Mich., where he purchased lands and improved them, and thus in three instances prepared inviting homes and sold them to purchasers. Thus he secured, capital for further and other investments. In 1867 he came to what is now Frankfort, Benzie County, and made investments in real estate, and in 1868 erected a dwelling and was joined by his family, and forthwith started a dock and made other improvements. He cleared some twenty acres on his farm lands, and his first crop of wheat yielded twenty-eight bushels per acre, and the second thirty-six bushels. His was the first crop in the place threshed with a threshing machine. Later he made investments in commercial business in Frankfort, which was conducted by Mr. George C. Woodward and Mr. A. B. Carrier for three years. Then Mr. Carrier retired and since then Mr. Woodward has, with his son, given attention to the business personally. They carry a well selected stock of general merchandise, and their business location on Main Street is one of the most desirable in town. Their dock and warehouse are also, in 1884, the best in the place, and they are agents for the various lines of steamers from all points of travel. Mr. Woodward also conducts a furniture store in a stand adjacent to the general store, and keeps on hand a full supply of goods in that line, and in April, 1884, he, with his son, John H. Woodward, opened a large and elegant stock of clothing in the same building, and they have a large and increasing trade. He also owns in Benzie and Manistee Counties some 360 acres of real estate, besi les numerous village lots in Frankfort. His commodious residence is on Leelanaw Avenue. Mr. Woodward was the first supervisor of Crystal Lake Township after the organization of Benzie County. He has served four years as justice of the peace and six years as superintendent of the poor. He also holds the office of notary public.

LAWRENCE W. CRANE, proprietor of mill, South Frankfort, was born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1841. He left his native country at about twelve years of age, came to New York State and thence to Chicago, Ill., where he was for eighteen months clerk in F. Scammon's drug store. From there he came to Herring Creek, Mich., in 1855, and remained about eighteen months. He then spent nearly five years chiefly in Muskegon, part of the time in marking and tallying lumber, and part of the time in head sawing in the mills. Next he bought an interest in a saw-mill in Calhoun County, and remained there about eighteen months and then had charge of Pillsbury & Bradley's mill in Muskegon, as engineer, for some two years. Later he came to Manistee and took charge of the large gang saw-mill of Tyson, Robinson & Co. He remained in He their employ until the mill was burned in the fall of 1868. then removed to Frankfort, Benzie County, in the interest of George 8. Frost, Esq. He cleared out the river, manufactured the lumber for the harbor, etc. In the spring of 1870 he commenced business

on his own account, started the lumbering interest on the Aux Becs Scies River, and controlled the lumber business of the place until the time of the Chicago fire, when, through financial reverses, arising from misplaced confidence in employes, Mr. Crane was suddenly reduced almost to poverty, but by determined effort and perseverance he soon rose above the reverses, and resumed business, and this time with pleasing success. In the last three years the business has risen to a paid up value of some $75,000. They have about 5,000 acres of farming lands in Benzie and Manistee Counties. His mill has a cutting capacity of about forty thousand feet per day. Mr. Crane's marriage was on Nov. 21, 1866, to Miss Annette Rawlinson, of Grand Rapids. She was born in Chester, Ottawa County, Jan. 8, 1849. Their living children are Martin, Annastasia, James R., Berenice B., Ellen and Elsie. Mr. Crane, though subject for a time to severe business reverses, has been rewarded for his integrity, ambition and perseverance by the high esteem and cordial friendship of his patrons and fe'low citizens.

CHARLES A. VOORHEIS, superintendent of mill, Frankfort, was born in Ypsilanti, Mich., Aug. 17, 1846. He went from there to East Saginaw in 1850, and remained there until the outbreak of the rebellion. In the fall of 1862 be enlisted in Company C, Seventh Michigan Cavalry, to serve in defense of his country. His fiercest conflict with the rebels was the battle of Gettysburg. There he received a gunshot wound in the right ankle, and because of disability arising therefrom, he was honorably discharged in January, 1864, and has since received a pension. He returned to Saginaw, and later graduated in the Goldsmith's, Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College in Detroit, and in the spring of 1865 engaged as book-keeper in the firm of Bull, Ducharne & Co., wholesale hardware merchants. Next he spent a year with J. James & Son, also hardware merchants, and in the fall of 1867 came to Frankfort and was engaged in the hardware business until the spring of 1874, when he sold his commercial interest to Mr. Upton, and entered the employ of Mr. A. G. Butler, as superintendent of the mill. This situation he has occupied ever since. Mr. Voorheis' marriage was on Dec. 3, 1873, to Miss Lalla Butler, of Frankfort. She was born in Detroit, May 7, 1850. Their living children are Bessie, Kate, Max Butler and Vincent Kittredge. He has a cultivated farm of sixty acres east of town, with six acres of fruit bearing orchard on it. He also owns 200 acres of real estate in Springdale. His enticing home is on Forest Avenue. Fraternally he belongs to the Free Masons, and to the Grand Army of the Republic.

WILLIAM H. FRANCIS, attorney-at-law, Frankfort, was born in Ingham County, Mich., Jan 29, 1843. His youth and early manhood were spent in his native county where, also, he pursued his literary studies. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Second Michigan Cavalry and served his country in defense of liberty and the Union until honorably discharged in the fall of 1864. During his term of service he contracted inflammation of the eyes, which by mal-treatment was so aggravated that he lost his sight for about four years, but obtained relief in the fall of 1867. After the close of his service he returned to Ingham County, and in the fall of 1868 commenced the study of law with Judge Pratt, of Mason. He was admitted to the bar in that county in 1872, and practiced there until 1873, when he removed to Frankfort, Benzie County, and opened practice on Main Street, where he still pursues his legal profession with success. On July 12, 1872, he was married to Miss Mary Sutton, of Ann Arbor, Mich. She was a native of Pennsylvania and was born in June, 1848. Their children are Herbert P., Robert H., Leon S., William Wirt and Mabel. In the fall of 1874 Mr. Francis was elected prosecuting attorney, and served four years. In the fall of 1878 he was elected

to the state legislature from Leelanaw and Benzie Counties. Since his return from there he has continued his legal practice as before. He also conducts a fruit farm of twenty acres about a mile from town. He has an orchard of 1,800 trees, consisting of choice varieties of apples, pears, peaches, plums, quinces and cherries, and also a small vineyard. His residence is on his farm.

GEORGE C. Woodward, merchant, Frankfort, was born in Oakland County, Mich., and was married Aug. 9, 1877, to Miss Rose McGee, of Lansing, Mich. She is a native of Erie County, Penn. They have two daughters, Frances and Nellie. He is a partner in the firm of H. Woodward & Son, Frankfort. Mrs. Woodward has been three years a member of the county board of school examiners, of which, in 1884, she is secretary. She is also school inspector of Crystal Lake Township.

WILLIAM H. CHAMBERS, hotel-keeper, Frankfort, was born in Crawford County, O., Sept. 22, 1840. His youth and early manhood were spent in his native state. On Sept. 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served his country in the suppression of the rebellion until honorably discharged on May 16, 1865. He returned home and in April, 1867, he and his brother, C. C. Chambers, came to Benzie County, Mich., when there were only some five houses where Frankfort now is. They spent some three years in the erection of buildings in the community. On June 23, 1869, Mr. Chambers was married to Miss Ella M. Slyfield, daughter of Dr. A. J. Slyfield, of Frankfort. She was born in China, Mich., in 1850. They have had two sons, Jay C. and Ralph H. In March, 1870, Mr. and Mrs. Chambers removed to Ohio, where he spent several years in agricultural employment. In 1877 they returned to Frankfort and he purchased the Delbridge House, and opened it, and since then has conducted it under the name of the Park House. It is beautifully situated at the west end of Main Street in full view of Lake Michigan, and of the harbor, and of most of the village, and but a short distance from the boat landing. It is capable of entertaining over forty guests and furnishes first-class accommodations to its patrons. It was the first hotel completed and opened in Frankfort, and was first kept by James B. Delbridge. Religious services were at one time held in it by Rev. Dr. Duffield, of Detroit. Masonic communications also have been held in it. Thus it has been variously devoted to the public convenience. Mrs. E. M. Chambers died June 5, 1880. Mr. Chambers' second mariage was on Sept. 2, 1883, to Miss Lida Culver, of Frankfort. She was born in Haldimand County, Canada, Jan. 25, 1853. Mr. Chambers is school assessor and justice of the peace in Frankfort.

CAPTAIN JONATHAN PENFOLD, Frankfort, was born in England, April 26, 1850. He came with his father to Blue Island, Ill., when about seven years of age, and from there went to Middleport, Niagara County, N. Y. Here he spent his youth and received his education. In May, 1867, he came to Frankfort, Benzie County, Mich. He thinks there were then only three settlers on the north side of Betsie River- Mr. R. Ball, Mr. William H. Coggshall and Mr. Jacob Voorheis Mr. Penfold was for a time variously employed us occasion required. He did the first piece of work on the Frankfort furnace. Later, he accepted a position as foreman for Delbridge & Welsh, and continued in the occupation as foreman some seven or eight years. He then purchased the steam tug Jennie Ball, and since then has been engaged in the work of removing wrecked vessels from the beach to their destination, and in all other forms of tug work. His marriage was on Oct. 24, 1888, to Miss Flora M. Watson, of Frankfort. She was born in Pontiac, Mich., May 1, 1865. He has served as constable and as deputy sheriff of Benzie County. His beautiful residence is on Leelanaw Avenue in front of Fifth Street, Frankfort.

CHRISTIAN C. FORNEY, superintendent of boom, Frankfort, was born in Ohio in 1848. He entered the service of the United States government in the fall of 1863 and served as clerk on the levee at Nashville, Tenn., until March, 1864, when he enlisted in the Nineteenth Ohio Veteran Volunteers, and after four months' service was detailed on detached service, as acting orderly for Gen. Samuel Beatty. He was honorably discharged Nov. 25, 1865, after the rebellion was quashed. He returned to Ohio but had contracted disease in the army, and in 1869 sought relief by a trip to Kansas, where he remained over four years. Leaving there he came to Monroe Center, Mich., and a year later to Frankfort, where he still resides. He has for the last six years been chiefly in the employ of Mr. A. G. Butler. His marriage was in 1870 to Miss Lydia J. Challender, of Longton, Kan. She was also a native of Ohio. Their children are Lorenzo, Clara, Cora, Stella and Myrtle. Their pleasant residence is on James Street, near the Market Square. Mr. Forney is justice of the peace in Frankfort, and also an officer in the G. A. R. His great grandfather was a veteran in the Revolutionary war. He had three uncles in the late Mexican war, and three uncles and fourteen cousins in the war of the late rebellion.

BENJAMIN F. LINCOLN, of the firm of Hall & Lincoln, Frankfort, was born in Wareham, Plymouth County, Mass., Sept. 4, 1831. He was educated in the common schools and learned the hardware business in Wilmington, Del. In March, 1852, he went to California. After working a year in the mines he went to Portland, Ore., and in the winter of 1853, located in Corvallis, Ore., where he conducted a hardware establishment until 1857, when ill health compelled him to return to the east. In 1860 he was married to Miss Annie A. Lombard, of Acushnet, Mass. In 1862 he located in Lyndon, Vt., and was again engaged in the hardware business until December, 1865, when he closed out that branch of business and engaged in the lumbering enterprise with his present partner, D. P. Hall, Esq. He is in 1884 still engaged in the lumber and hardware business. He has filled various local offices, and from 1876 to 1878 was a member of the Vermont legislature. His present residence is in Lyndon, Vt.

The lumber firm of Hall & Lincoln, Frankfort, formerly that of Hall & Simmons, was organized in 1879, partners D. P. Hall and B. F. Lincoln. They own no mills in Frankfort, but stock two mills for lumber and one for shingle. Their stock of logs in 1884 is over thirty million feet. One-half the lumber is shipped to western markets and the rest to Tonawanda, N. Y. A large part of their work is the manufacture of pine lumber from the Corning tract, consisting originally of 8,300 acres. Messrs. Hall & Lincoln also own some 8,000 acres of pine and hard wood lands in Benzie and Grand Traverse Counties.

GEORGE W. WILTSE, of the firm of Wiltse Bros., Frankfort, was born in Norwich, Ontario, Oct. 2, 1842. He was bereaved of his mother at nine years of age. He came to Coopersville, Ottawa County, Mich., in the spring of 1856, and spent over two years chiefly in farming. From there with his father and three brothers he came to Frankfort, Benzie County, then a part of Grand Traverse County, in July, 1859. Five men with wheelbarrows were digging a channel from Betsie Lake into Lake Michigan to prepare a harbor. The first frame building in the place was then just being erected. During the first year Mr. Wiltse and his friends worked chiefly on the harbor. The next year they located them a homestead and began making improvements on their lands in the forest. In 1875 he and his brother, Hiram Wiltse, engaged in harness and saddlery business in Frankfort, and continued until 1883, when they dissolved partnership and Mr. G. W. Wiltse erected a store on Main Street, and he and his brother, M. D.

Wiltse, opened a large stock of groceries and provisions, accompanied by a first-class bakery and are receiving a steadily increasing patronage. Mr. Wiltse's marriage was on Dec. 24, 1867, to Miss Abbie M. Farley, of near Frankfort. She was born in Buckland, Franklin County, Mass., July 9, 1851. They have one daughter, Lulu D. Their residence is on Main Street. Religiously they are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

HIRAM WILTSE, saddler, Frankfort, was born in Oxford County, Ontario, Jan. 22, 1888. He also came to Coopersville, Mich., in 1856, and to Betsie River, now Frankfort, in 1859. He was engaged as cook for the old pier company for about one year. He then spent three years in trapping and with good success. Later he was cook in the lumber camps at Portage Creek. On Oct. 22, 1865, he was married to Miss Delia E. Boss, of Portage. She was a native of New York State. They have one son, Charles Orson. Mr. Wiltse spent several years in farming near Frankfort. Engaging in the harness business with his brother in 1875, he has given steady attention thereto ever since, and has now an extensive patronage. He was one of the first settlers in the place, and was one of the judges in the first fair in Benzie County. He has served as school inspector and highway commissioner. Mr. and Mrs. Wiltse and their son are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Marshall D. WILTSE, of the firm of Wiltse Bros., Frankfort, was born in Oxford County, Ontario, March 17, 1846. He was associated with his father and brothers in Ottawa County, and in their pioneer engagements in Frankfort and vicinity. He continued in the farming enterprise until June, 1883, and in the fall following entered the firm of Wiltse Bros., as already mentioned. His marriage was in 1865, to Miss Alice R. Morgan, of Frankfort. She was a native of Wisconsin. They have two children, Albert and Bertha May.

THOMAS WATSON, of the firm of F. A. Watson & Co., Frankfort, was born in England, Aug. 20, 1834, and came to Pontiac, Mich., in 1851, and was for some time engaged in the manufacture of furniture. His marriage was in the fall of 1855, to Miss Annie Chandler, also of Pontiac. She also was a native of England, and was born in 1836. Their living children are Fred A., Ida E. and Flora May. In 1867 their business estate was consumed by fire. In 1869 they removed to Frankfort, Benzie County, and engaged in the furniture and undertaker business. In 1880 a planing-mill was added to their former business investments, under the firm name of F. A. Watson & Co. This mill with its contents was totally consumed by fire in October, 1881, but was forthwith rebuilt and the business continued. The work of the firm consists in planing and matching flooring, and in the manufacture of furniture and moldings of all kinds, and in all varieties of custom work. Undertaking also receives the closest attention. In the fall of 1882 a small saw-mill was added for the preparation of stock for the firm, and also for general and custom work. Their business stand is prominently located on Main Street, adjacent to the Clark dock. Mr. Watson has been a member of the public school board in Frankfort, and has seen with pleasure the success of school interests in their town. Mrs. Watson has a pleasant fruit farm north of town with four acres already planted with choice varieties of apples, pears, cherries, plums and grapes, and other small fruits.

FRED A. WATSON, of the firm of F. A. Watson & Co., Frankfort, was born in Pontiac, Mich., Aug. 2, 1856, and has, during most of his life since attaining his majority, been associated with his father in business pursuits. He has, however, spent three years

in Plano, Ill., in the employ of the Marsh Harvester Company. In the spring of 1880 he returned to Michigan, and formed the business relations which he now sustains in the above named firm. His marriage was on Nov. 9, 1881, to Miss Jennie Curtis, of Plano, Ill. She was born in the state of New York, April 23, 1860. They have one daughter, Tella, born in Frankfort, Nov. 19, 1882. AUGUST SCHMIDT, merchant, Frankfort, was born in Mainz, on the Rhine, in Germany, April 5, 1846. He left his native country and came to New York, March 1, 1865. and came to New York, March 1, 1865. He had previously passed the merchants' school in Germany, and had been five years clerk and book-keeper, and at once entered the employ of Mr. Francis Wagner, importer of groceries, but left them nearly a year later at the call of his uncle to come to Leelanaw County and engage in agricultural work. In May, 1866, he left there for Chicago. From there he went to New York, from there to Germany and thence to Switzerland; then back again to Germany, and thence again to New York. There he spent five years in business, and then went by the way of Frankfort, Mich., to Milwaukee, and spent another five years in business. On Sept. 30, 1877, he was married to Miss Bertha Prier, of the firm of Loeffelholz & Prier, of Milwaukee. She was born there Jan. 24, 1857. They have one daughter, Clara, born in Milwaukee, Sept. 20, 1878. In May, 1880, he returned to Frankfort, purchased a business stand and opened a full stock of groceries on Main Street, and since then has added an excellent bakery and a most enticing stock of confectionery. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Maccabees, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Free and Accepted Masons.

RAMIRO EVANS, millwright, Frankfort, was born in Eaton County, Mich., May 25, 1840. He spent his youth and acquired his occupation in his native place. On Oct. 11, 1860, he was married to Miss Mary W. Dittmer, also of Eaton County. She was born in New York, Oct. 4, 1844. Their children are John D., Inez C., Serena A. and Maggie Finetta. They came to Frankfort in February, 1867. Mr. Evans spent some time in carpenter and joiner work, and later built and put in running order two mills in Frankfort, the Island mill and the Evans and Crane mill, which he owned eight years. Since 1881 he has devoted his time chiefly to the superintendence of the engines, saws and general machinery in the large gang mill belonging to A. G. Butler, Esq., of Frankfort. His pleasant home is on Forest Avenue. He has been three years president of the Red Ribbon Club, and for two terms W. C. T. of the I. O. G. T.

PETER S. MEABON, a native of Erie County, Pa., came to Frankfort in 1862, and in February, 1831, enlisted in the First Michigan Light Artillery, Battery M. He was the first volunteer who enlisted from Frankfort. He was honorably discharged in August, 1865. During his term of service he suffered severely from erysipelas and chronic diarrhoea, and later he has become lame and rippled from sciatic rheumatism, and is now dependent on the xind labors of his wife for support.

JOHN H. MILLER, proprietor of billiard hall and confectionery, Frankfort, was born in Canada, in 1850, and came to Manistee, Mich., in 1872, and for nearly three years was clerk in the City Hotel. He then spent about two years at Lake Superior, and came from there.to Frankfort to visit a dying brother; and in the summer of 1881 opened his present business stand, on Main Street. His marriage was on Dec. 4, 1881, to Mrs. Wilhelmina Michel, of Frankfort. She was born in Germany in 1850. They have one infant daughter. Mrs. Miller has one son, Henry Michel.