Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 2
Gender: Male
Age at election: 54
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 2/11/1838
City:
County: Union County, PA
Country: US
Death
Date: 10/31/1915
City: Schoolcraft, MI
County: Kalamazoo County, MI
Country:
Type of Burial: interred
Burial
Date:
City: Schoolcraft, MI
County: Kalamazoo County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Schoolcraft Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Ellen Sophronia Fisher, 8/23/1870
Number of Children: 4
Background
Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: surveyor, telegrapher, pharmacist, banker
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
Attended common schools in Danville, PA.
Biographical Sketch:
Member of a corps of civil engineers, 1853-55. Appointed assistant postmaster of Danville, PA, 1855. Located to Philadelphia as telegrapher, 1856-58. Located to Schoolcraft Township, Kalamazoo County, 1858. Enlisted in 5th Michigan Cavalry, 8/1862. Transferred to 25th Michigan Infantry as hospital steward, 9/11/1862. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant, 11/1/1864, and assistant surgeon, 1/1/1865. Entered pharmacy business in Schoolcraft after Civil War. Member, Michigan House of Representatives Kalamazoo County 2nd District, 1893-96.
Notable Facts:
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Enrollment, Upper Peninsula Prison
City of Residence: Schoolcraft
County of Residence Kalamazoo
District Description: Townships of Alamo, Brady, Charleston, Climax, Comstock, Cooper, Oshtemo, Pavilion, Portage, Prairie Ronde, Richland, Ross, Schoolcraft, Texas and Wakeshma
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Engrossment and Enrollment, Manufactures, Public Health
City of Residence: Schoolcraft
County of Residence Kalamazoo
District Description: Townships of Alamo, Brady, Charleston, Climax, Comstock, Cooper, Oshtemo, Pavilion, Portage, Prairie Ronde, Richland, Ross, Schoolcraft, Texas and Wakeshma
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
MI Manual 1893, p. 611; MI Manual 1895, p. 576.
