Cass County Michigan Biographies
From The History of Cass Countyby GloverPage Ha
GEORGE M. HADDEN
HADDEN, FOSTER, HAWKINSGeorge M. Hadden, a practical and progressive farmer who is profitably conducting his business interests on section 13, Milton township, is a native son of the Empire state, his birth having occurred in Wayne county on the 4th of August, 1841. His father, Charles D. Hadden, was born in Westchester county, New York, in 1811, and he, too, was a farmer by occupation, devoting the greater part of his life to the work of tilling the soil. In early manhood he was married in Tompkins county, New York, to Miss Nancy Blythe, a native of Ireland, who came to this country when a little girl, and was reared in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Hadden became the parents of the following children: Mary, George M., Charles A., deceased; Elizabeth and James G., all of whom are natives of the Empire state. In the year 1867 the father left New York and came with his family to Cass county, Michigan, settling on section 7, Ontwa tonwship, where he secured three hundred and ninety-seven acres of rich land, much of which had been improved. With characteristic energy he took up the task of further cultivating and developing this place, and continued to make it his home until his death. He took an active interest in political questions and in the work of the party, and was a stanch Republican. While residing in New York he served as supervisor of his township for three years, but he never sought office after coming to the west, as his time was fully occupied by his business cares in relation to the farm. He died January 29, 1878, and was survived by his wife until December, 1887, when she, too, was called to her final rest.
George M. Hadden spent the days of his boyhood and youth in the east, acquired a good practical education in the public schools and when twenty-six years of age came with his parents to Michigan, the family home being established in Cass county. He settled with his father upon the farm in Ontwa township and helped to clear and cultivate that place. There he resided continuously until 1875, when he removed to his present farm in Milton township. The place originally comprised one hundred and twenty acres of land, but he has since extended its boundaries by additional purchase until he now has a valuable property of two hundred acres. Here he carries on general farming and raises such stock as is needed for home consumption and for carrying on the work of the farm. In all his methods he is practical and diligent and his energy and perseverance have been the strong and salient factors in a successful career.
On the 27th of December 1871, Mr. Hadden was united in marriage to Miss Jane Foster, a daughter of Andrew Foster, who entered from the government the farm which adjoins the homestead property of Mr. Hadden. Mr. Foster was one of the honored pioneer settlers of Cass county, coming to this state from Pennsylvania in 1832. Few were the residents in this locality at that time. Occasionally in the midst of the forest the smoke might be seen ascending from the fire in some little cabin home, but there were long distances between the farms and the greater part of the country was covered with its native timber growth. Mr. Foster took an active and helpful part in reclaiming the region for the purposes of civilization and in the improvement of his business interests, developing an excellent farm, which gave him a good income. He built the house and barn which are still standing upon his old home place. This is one of the landmarks of the county, having for long years been a mute witness of the changes that have occurred and illustrating by contrast the rapid progress that has been made. In his political views Mr. Foster was an earnest and stalwart Democrat, and was one of the stockholders in the National Democrat. Mr. Hadden was born and reared on the old farm homestead and was the youngest of eight children, six of whom were born upon this farm. Unto our subject and his wife were born four sons and two daughters, namely: Charles B., Mary, Andrew F., Robert A., Margaret, and George L., all natives of Cass county, five having been born on the old homestead farm in Milton township. The elder daughter is now the wife of Victor D. Hawkins.
Mr. Hadden exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party and for one term was township treasurer, but has had little aspiration for office, although in citizenship he is always loyal and progressive. He belongs to the Woodmen camp at Edwardsburg and is an active and honored member of the Presbyterian church there, in which he is now serving as elder.
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M. O. HADDEN
HADDEN, GOULD, McCORMACK, DAMS, EDWARDS, FERGUSON, SWISHER, FOLTZ, ELLIOTT, MATERFew residents of Cass county have longer resided within its borders than M. O. Hadden, of Dowagiac, who has lived in this part of the state through six decades. He is of Scotch descent and manifests in his life many of the sterling characteristics of his ancestry. He was born in Cayuga county, New York, October 22, 1845. His paternal grandfather, Charles Hadden, was a native of Scotland and after leaving the land of hills and heather crossed the Atlantic to the new world. He settled in New York, where he died of yellow feaver. His son, Louis W. Hadden, a native of Westchester county, New York, was born in 1805, and was reared in the place of his nativity. In his youth he learned the blacksmith's trade and in early manhood he came westward to Michigan, settling here before the country became involved in the financial panic, owing to the issuance of bank notes by private banks, the currency becoming known as wildcat money. Mr. Hadden located in Pontiac, Michigan, but afterward returned to New York. Again in 1846, however, he came to Michigan, settling in Volinia township, Cass county, establishing the first blacksmith shop in the township. He afterward removed to Wayne township, settling on Section 25, where he also opened a blacksmith shop, following the business for a long period. In later years he also engaged in farming in the same locality and his life was one of untiring industry and enterprise, his success being the result of his perserverance and labor. His last days were spent in Dowagiac, where he died in his eighty-fourth year. He was a life-long Democrat, never faltering in his allegiance to the party and he held membership in the Baptist church, living an upright, honorable Christian life. He married Joanna Gould, who was born in Cayuga county, New York, where her girlhood days were passed. Her mother was a distant relative of President Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. Hadden were married in Cayuga county, New York, and both spent their last days in Dowagiac, Mrs. Hadden passing away when eighty years of age. In their family were seven children, of whom two died in infancy, while five reached manhood or womanhood. These are: Charles, now deceased; Mary, the wife of George McCormack, of Jackson, Michigan; Armantha, the wife of Hiram Adams, of Volinia township; and Cyrena Jennetta, the wife of Samuel Edwards, of Jackson, Michigan.
M. O. Hadden is the sixth child in a family of seven children and the only son now living. He was less than a year old when brought by his parents to Cass county and was reared upon the homestead farm in Wayne township. When a boy he attended the common schools and at the age of about fourteen years began learning the blacksmith's trade with his father, with whom he worked until about seventeen years of age. He continued upon the home farm, assisting in the task of developing and cultivating the fields and during that time he also bought land for himself, and eventually became the owner of the old homestead. He added to his property from time to time until his landed possessions were quite extensive. He has since sold some of the property but still has one hundred and seventy acres of good land in Wayne and Volinia townships. He placed his land under a high state of cultivation and gathered good crops each year, while his grain found a ready sale upon the market. He kept everything about his place in good condition and in all of his farm work was progressive and enterprising. At length, however, he retired from general agricultural pursuits, and in 1903 removed to Dowagiac, where he is now residing in the enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil.
Mr. Hadden was married first in 1868 to Miss Adaline Ferguson, who was born and reared in Indiana and was a daughter of Richard Ferguson. She died in 1902, leaving two children: Iva, now the wife of Jacob Spade, of Kalamazoo; and Herbert M., a farmer living in Wayne township. Mr. Hadden married his present wife in November, 1903. She bore the maiden name of Sarah Swisher, was the widow of Jerry Foltz and was born in Preble county, Ohio, April 13, 1845, her parents being John and Millecent (Elliott) Swisher, who came to Michigan about 1851, settling in Silver Creek township. Her father died when eighty-two years of age and her mother when seventy-two years of age. In the family were ten children, all of whom reached years of maturity with one exception, Mrs. Hadden being the fourth in order of birth. She was first married to George Strackangart and they had one daughter, Ida, who is now the wife of Dr. Elmer Mater, of Dowagiac. The mother afterward married Jerry Foltz.
Mr Hadden has been a lifelong Republican, but has never sought or desired office, although he is interested in the growth of his party and its success. He is prominent and valued member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the blue lodge of Dowagiac. Sixty years have been added to the cycle of the century since he came to Cass county and in this time he has taken an active interest in public measures, cooperating in many movements for the general good. He has a wide acquaintance with the people of the county, has been found to be a reliable and enterprising business man and at all times has stood for improvement along material, intellectual, social, politial and moral lines. In his business affairs he has prospered as the result of his keen discrimination, close application and unfaltering diligence. He is today the owner of a large farm, to which he makes frequent trips in this automobile, thus giving personal supervision to the development of the property.
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SAMUEL B. HADDEN
HADDEN, BLYTHE, ADAMS, STOPHLETTSamuel B. Hadden, who is engaged in general agricultural pursuits in Ontwa township, is a native son of New York, his birth having occurred on the 5th of October, 1837. His father, Charles D. Hadden, was born in Westchester county, New York, in 1811 and he, too, was a farmer by occupation, devoting the greater part of his life to the work of tilling the soil. In early manhood he was married in Tompkins county, New York , to Miss Nancy Blythe, a native of Ireland, who came to this country when a little girl and was reared in New York. Mr. & Mrs. Hadden became the parent of six children, four sons and two daughters: Mary; George M; Charles A., deceased; Elizabeth; and James G., all of whom are native of the Empire state. In the year 1867 the father left New York and came with his family to Cass county, Michigan, settling on section 7, Ontwa township, where he secured three hundred and ninety-seven acres of rich land, much of which has been improved. With characteristic energy he took up the task of further cultivating and developing this place and continued to make it his home until his death. He took an active interest in political questions and in the work of the party, and was a stanch Republican. While residing in New York he served as supervisor of his township for three years but he never sought office after coming to the west as his time was fully occupied by his business cares in relation to the farm. He died January 29, 1878, and was survived by his wife until December, 1887, when she, too, was called to her final rest.
Samuel B. Hadden was reared in New York and was brought up as a farmer, assisting his father in the cultivation of the fields upon the old homestead until the time of his marriage, which occurred February 10, 1870, the lady of his choice being Miss Matilda Hadden, a daughter of Gilbert and Harriet (Adams) Hadden, who came from Westchester, Putnam county, New York to Michigan. She was reared, however, upon her father’s farm in Putnam county. Mr. & Mrs. Hadden of this review began their domestic life upon the old farm homestead, where they lived for a year and then removed to Jefferson township, settling on a farm of eighty acres, where they resided for four years. On the expiration of that period, Mr. Hadden sold his property and returned to Ontwa township, locating on his farm here, and he built a pretty home on the seven acres just west of Edwardsburg. He owns all together one hundred and seventy-seven acres in this township, the greater part of which is well improved, constituting a productive property, from which he annually gathers rich harvest, that, finding a ready sale on the market, bring him a very gratifying income.
Unto Mr. & Mrs. Hadden have been born five children: Henrietta, who was born June 14, 1873, is the wife of Frank Stophlett, a mail clerk of Cass county; John B., born May 12, 1875; Carrie, born August 7, 1877; Fred, November 7, 1880; and Martha, December 24, 1882, all at home and all were born upon the present farm in Ontwa township with the exception of Henrietta, whose birth occurred in Jefferson township.
Mr. Hadden is a Republican, actively interested in the success and growth of his party, and he belongs to the Presbyterian church of Edwardsburg. Coming to Cass county at an early period in its development he is numbered among its pioneer settlers and has been a witness of the progress that has been made as pioneer conditions have given way before the advancing civilization. He has done his full share for the improvement of the county along agricultural lines and in the careful management of his business affairs has won a just reward for his labor in a comfortable competence.
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WILLIAM H.C. HALE
HALE, REEDWilliam H.C. Hale, county commissioner of schols and a resident of Cassopolis, was born in Wells county, Indiana, on the 6th of July 1853. In the paternal line he comes of Scotch and English ancestry. His grandfather, Henry Hale, was a native of Maryland, born in 1787, whence he removed to Jefferson county, Ohio, there devoting his time and energies to farming until his later years ... He died in the ninety-fourth year of his age.
Stephen Hale, father of our subject, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, was reared to the occupation of farming and made that pursuit his life work. Removing westward, he became one of the early residents of Wells county, Indiana, where he settled about 1840, and in January 1864 he removed to Cass county, Michigan, taking up his abode in Calvin township, where he was engaged in general agricultural pursuits up to the time of his death, which occurred when he was sixty-six years of age. Realizing the value of education, he was deeply interested in the cause of public instruction, and for some years served as a school director. In politics he was a lifelong Republican.
He wedded Miss Nancy Reed, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Arthur Reed, who was born in Ireland. Mrs. Hale passed away at the age of sixty-five years. By her marriage she had become the mother of eleven children, seven daughters and four sons, of which number seven reached adult age.
Professor William H. C. Hale of this review was the third son and tenth child. He was reared in his native county until ten years of age, when he came with his parents to Cass county, and after acquiring his preliminary education in the district schools he entered the State Normal College at Ypsilanti, Michigan, completing the common school course in 1878. He then engaged in teaching school for several years in Cass county, after which he returned to Ypsilanti in 1889, and completed the regular normal course by graduation in 1891 ...
He received a teacher's life certificate for the state of Michigan and for three years he was principal of the Quinnesec school, after which he returned and taught in Cass county for almost four years. He was then elected county commissioner of schools in 1901 and was re-elected in 1903, so that he is still holding the office. ...
Other political offices and honoros have been conferred upon Professor Hale, who for four years served as justice of the peace in Calvin township. ... He was also school inspector in the same township for six years and in 1900 he took the United States census in Calvin township.
In 1884 he was the Republican candidate for county clerk, but that year witnessed a Democratic landslide and he failed of election. He is now and for some years has been a member of the Republican county central commitee ...
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RAYMOND S. HALLIGAN, M. D.
HALLIGAN, KALRHOFF, APTED,Although one of the younger members of the medical fraternity in Cass county, Dr. Halligan, who is practicing in Marcellus, seems not to be limited by his years in the extent of his practice or in the ability with which he copes with the difficult problems that continually confront the physician. He has been very successful in his work, and is now accorded a gratifying patronage. He was born in Albion, Nebraska, in 1878, and is a son of John and Ellen Halligan, the former a native of Ireland and a farmer by occupation.
After acquiring his literary education in the district schools, Dr. Halligan, of this review, having determined upon the profession of medicine as a life work, spent three years as a student in the medical department of the University of Michigan, and was afterward a student in the medical department of the Northwestern University at Chicago, Illinois, in 1902. He then entered upon the active work of his profession in Sault Ste. Marie, where he remained for eight months, and was then intern at a hospital at Saginaw, Michigan. While intern, he graduated from Saginaw Medical College in 1903. On the 1st of June, 1903, he came to Marcellus, where he has since been remarkably successful in his chosen field of endeavor. In 1904 Dr. Halligan was united in marriage to Miss Anna Kalthoff, a daughter of Caspar Kalthoff, of Erie, Pennsylvania. She died September 12, 1904, and Dr. Halligan wedded Miss Ethel Apted, of Marcellus, May 17, 1906. They have won many friends among the residents of Marcellus, the hospitality of the best homes of the city being extended to them.
Dr. Halligan belongs to the Modern Woodmen camp and the Maccabees tent, and he is medical examiner for both orders. In politics he is a Republican, but without political aspiration, preferring to give his time and attention to his professional duties.
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PETER HANNAN
HANNAN, McSTRAVICHPeter Hannan, now living retired in Dowagiac, dates his residence in Cass county from 1854. He was in former years closely associated with industrial and agricultural pursuits, and is still the owner if a valuable farming property in Silver Creek township. He was born in Geneso, Livingston county, New York, on the 12th of May, 1829, and was one of a family of four sons and two daughters, whose parents were Peter and Mary Hannan, the former of Irish lineage and the latter of French descent. Peter Hannan, Sr., was a native of Ireland, and came to America at the time of the rebellion in his own country in company with three brothers. They located in Livingston county, New York, and Peter Hannan, Sr., there followed the occupation of farming for a number of years. While living in the east his wife died during the early boyhood of their son Peter. The father afterward disposed of his interests in the Empire state and removed to Wisconsin, where he spent his remaining days, reaching, however, the advanced age of seventy-nine years. All of the children grew to manhood or womanhood, but only two of the family are now living, William Hannan being a resident of Wisconsin.
Peter Hannan, whose name introduces this record, was the fourth member of his father's family and the second son. He was reared in the state of his nativity, spending the first eighteen years of his life under the parental roof, when he left home and has since been dependent upon his own resources for a livelihood and for the success that he has achieved. He had acquired a fair knowledge of the common branches of English learning in the public schools, and through the summer months had worked in the fields upon his father's farm. When he started out for himself he was employed as a farm hand by the month, and in this way made his start in life. As a companion and helpmate for life's journey he chose Miss Mary McStravich, whom he wedded in 1852. They located on a farm in Livingston county, New York, where they resided for about two years, when, in 1854, they came direct to Cass county, Michigan, settling in Dowagiac. Here Mr. Hannan turned his attention to the manufacture of baskets, which he followed successfully for about seventeen years, developing a large and important industry. On the expiration of that period he turned his attention to farming in Silver Creek township, Cass county, and continued in active agricultural work for a number of years. He still owns this property, which is a well developed farm. Although his attention was given to the work of tilling the soil and caring for the crops, he continued to reside in Dowagiac, and has lived in the same house for over forty years. It is situated in what is known as Hamilton's addition to the city, and the deed which he holds was signed by Patrick Hamilton and his wife. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hannan have been born three sons, who are yet living: W. W., of Detroit, who is a prominent real estate dealer of that city; Charles R., of Boston, Massachusetts, who is representative for Swift and Armour at a salary of twenty-five thousand dollars per year; and Frank E., who is engaged in the real estate business with his brother, W. W. Hannan. There were two children, John and Mary, who passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Hannan celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1902. The occasion was a most delightful one and will long be remembered by their many friends who participated therein. To their children they have given excellent educational advantages, and their sons are college graduates, W. W. Hannan having completed a course of study in the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, Charles in Yale College, at New Haven, Connecticut, while Frank completed his education at Orchard Lake, Michigan. The two older sons are millionaires and their present enviable positions in business circles are attributable to their own efforts and capability.
Mr. Hannan has been a resident of Dowagiac and Cass county for more than a half century and has been closely identified with its growth and development. He has supported both the Democratic and Republic parties. In early manhood he was a Douglas Democrat, but in 1864, when the country was involved in the Civil war, he believed in sustaining the policy of the president and cast his ballot for Abraham Lincoln, since which time he has supported each nominee at the head of the Republican ticket, while his sons have followed in his footsteps in this respect. He is a member of Dowagiac lodge, No. 214, A. F. & A. M., and is well known in the county as a man of genuine personal worth, whose life has been guided by high and manly principles, characterized by consideration for the rights and privileges of others. He has likewise upheld his honest convictions unswervingly, and now at the age of seventy-seven years he receives the respect, veneration and regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact.
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ALONZO J. HARDY
HARDY, HUNTINGTON, COLE. ELLIOTTAlonzo J. Hardy, who after many years' connection with farming interests in Michigan is now living retired in Dowagiac, certainly deserves the rest which is now vouchsafed to him and his life record brings to mind the lines of the poet:
"How blest is he who crowns in shades like these
A youth of labor with an age of ease."Mr. Hardy was born in Otsego county, New York, June 6, 1843. His paternal grandfather, William Hardy, was of English lineage, but the family was established in America in colonial days and William Hardy was born in New York. His son, Peter Hardy, was a native of Otsego county, that state, was reared to the occupation of farming and made that pursuit his life work. He continued to reside in the east until 1862, when, thinking that he might enjoy better business opportunities in the middle west, he came to Michigan, settling in LaGrange township, Cass county, where he secured a tract of land and engaged in farming until 1869. He then removed to Dowagiac and retired from active business, spending his remaining days in the enjoyment of a well-earned rest. He lived to be seventy-two years of age. In the Methodist Episcopal church he held membership and in its work was deeply interested, doing all in his power to promote the various church activities. His life was ever upright and honorable and commended him to the good will and trust of his fellow men. Prior to the Civil war he was a stanch opponent of the system of slavery and advocated the cause of abolition, and when the Republican party was formed to prevent the further extension of slavery he joined its ranks. He was well known in the county as a man of the highest respectablity and worth. He married Miss Lydia Huntington, also a native of Otsego county, New York, and a daughter of Benjamin Huntington, who came of New England ancestry, removing from Vermont to the Empire state. Mrs. Hardy died in Cass county when seventy-nine years of age. In the family were but two sons, A. J., and George Hardy, who live together in Dowagiac.
Mr. Hardy of this review spent his boyhood days in the place of his nativity. At the usual age he entered the common schools and therein mastered the elementary branches of English learning. He was nineteen years of age when in 1862 he responded to the country's call for aid, enlisting as a member of Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-second regiment of New York volunteers as a private. He served for three years and took part in a number of hotly contested engagements, including the battles of Cold Harbor, Reams Station and Petersburg. He was with the army as it followed Lee up to Appomattox, where the Confederate forces surrendered. Mr. Hardy then went with his command to Washington and participated in the Grand Review in that city, which was the most celebrated military pageant ever seen on the western hemisphere, thousands of soldiers passing in review before the stand upon which stood the President watching the return of the victorious army, whose efforts and bravery had saved the Union. Mr. Hardy was mustered out at Albany, New York, having made an excellent military record.
After receiving an honorable discharge he came to Michigan in 1865, making his way direct to Cass county, at which time he located upon the farm in LaGrange township that he still owns. For many years thereafter he was engaged in general agricultural pursuits and as a companion and helpmate for life's journey he chose Miss Lina E. Elliott, to whom he was married in this county on the 2d of September, 1868. She is a daughter of the Rev. G. C. and Calesta (Elliott) Elliott, both of whom were natives of the Mohawk valley of New York, whence they came westward to Michigan in 1868, settling in LaGrange township, Cass county. Mrs. Hardy was born in Otsego county, New York, May 15, 1845, and was the third in order of birth in a family of five children, two daughters and three sons. Her father was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and she was reared in a household characterized by culture, refinement and high principles. She acquired her literary education at Cazenovia Seminary, New York, and, like the others of the family, enjoyed excellent educational privileges.
At the time of his marriage Mr. Hardy took his bride to his farm and there lived continuously until 1885, when he removed to Dowagiac. He continued to engage in the cultivation of his farm, however, until about 1899, when he retired from active business life. He has a valuable tract of land of one hundred and ninety acres, well improved. The entire place is under the plow save but about fifteen acres, which is covered with timber. He brought his fields under a high state of cultivation, built good fences and added modern improvements to his farm and as the years passed he harvested good crops. Thus he added annually to his income year by year until he has accumulated a gratifying competence that now makes it possible for him to rest from further labor.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hardy have been born two children, a daughter and son. The former, Grace, is now the wife of Dr. H. T. Cole, a practicing physician located in the Champlain Building, Chicago. The son, Dr. F. C. Hardy, is a practicing physician of Kendalville, Indiana. Mrs. Cole has a son, Gordon Hardy Cole, and Dr. Hardy has one child, Flint Weidla Hardy.
In his political views A. J. Hardy has been a stanch Republican from the time age conferred upon him the right of franchise and he has done all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of his party. He belongs to A. C. Gilbert Post, G. A. R., and thus maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades. He has also taken the third degree of the Blue lodge in Masonry, while his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. For forty years Mr. Hardy has resided in this county and his wife for almost a similar period. They are a highly esteemed couple, having many warm friends, while the hospitality of their own home is greatly enjoyed by those who know them. Mr. Hardy has led a busy and useful life, has won success through earnest effort at farming and is now living at ease in a pleasant home in Dowagiac.
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GEORGE W. HARDY
HARDY, ARNEY, DICKINSON, NORTHRUP, VINCENTGeorge W. Hardy, the proprietor of the Clover Leaf Dairy Farm, situated on section 17, Marcellus township, has prospered in his undertakings and is now conducting a successful business. He was born near Three Rivers, St. Joseph county, Michigan, on the 17th of September, 1846, and is a son of George Hardy, Sr., who was a native of Yorkshire, England, and came to the United States with his parents, who were among the early settlers of St. Joseph county, Michigan, locating there when the Indians were numerous and when little was done to subjugate the wilderness and convert it into uses for the white race. There the father of our subject spent his remaining days, his time and energies being given to the development of a farm in the midst of the forest and its further improvement as the years went by. He lived to the age of sixty years. He married Frances Arney, who was born in Pennsylvania, and died in St. Joseph county, Michigan, when seventy years of age. She was a daughter of John Arney, a native of England, who served in the Revolutionary war on the American side and lost an arm on board ship while acting as a member of the navy. He received from President Jackson a leather deed to land which he entered from the government in St. Joseph county, Michigan, his farm lying in Lockport township. This was given him in recognition of his military service, and upon this place he remained until called to his final rest when he was eighty years of age. In his family were four children, including Mrs. Frances Hardy, the mother of our subject.
In the family of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy, Sr., were nine children: Mary, deceased; Joseph, now living in Kansas; Ruth, deceased; Mrs. Lydia Dickinson, of St. Joseph county, Michigan; Mrs. Jane Fonda, living in Denver, Colorado; John, a resident farmer of this county; George W., whose name introduces this record; Charles, who resides in Kalkaska county, this state, and Carrie, who died at the age of twenty-six years.
George W. Hardy spent the period of his minority upon his father's farm and was trained to the labors of the fields, early becoming familiar through actual experience with all the duties that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. In 1878 he was married to Miss Lydia A. Northrop, who was born in Fairfield, St. Joseph county, Michigan, June 23, 1858, a daughter of John G. and Maria (Fonda) Northrop, who were natives of New York and in their childhood became residents of Michigan.
Following his marriage Mr. Hardy began farming on his own account, and after a short time he and his wife removed to the old home place near Three Rivers, where they resided until they took up their abode on their present place on section 17, Marcellus township, twenty-five years ago. Here Mr. Hardy has one hundred and twenty acres of land which was partially improved when it came into his possession. He now has good substantial buildings upon the place, and the land has been brought under a high state of cultivation. For some years he carried on general farming, but for the past two years has made a specialty of dairying, and his place is known as the Clover Leaf Dairy. He keeps fifteen Jersey cows and has a wagon from which he retails milk in Marcellus, having a good patronage because of the excellent quality of the milk which he furnishes and his honorable business methods. He has long been recognized as an active and enterprising business man, and his energy and capable management constitute the basic elements of his success.
Mr. Hardy has five children, two by a previous marriage: Orin, now living in Chicago; Minnie, the wife of Milo Vincent, of Porter, Michigan; Charles, at home; Elmer, also of Porter; and Lester, at home. The father and his four sons are all stanch supporters of the Republican party, and Mr. Hardy is interested in general progress to the extent of giving hearty endorsement and co-operation to those movements which are of direct benefit to the community at large and further the material, intellectual and political progress of the community.
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CHARLES O. HARMON
HARMON, WAGNER, EBY, GREENAWALT, PLANCKCharles O. Harmon, who since 1898 has been numbered Among the representative citizens of Cassopolis, where he is now engaged in the practice of law and also in the abstract business, was born in Porter township, Cass county, on the 6th of March, 1866.
His father, John B. Harmon, was a native of Wabash county, Indiana, and came to this county with his parents when about six months old. He was reared in Porter township and became a teacher by profession, following that calling for a long period and contributing in substantial measure to the intellectual progress of his community. He was married in Porter township to Miss Catherine Eby, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Gabriel and Caroline (Wagner) Eby>, who were early settlers of Porter township, coming to Cass county in 1848. Her father still resides in that township, being one of the honored pioneer settlers and venerable citizens of his community. John B. Harmon, the father of our subject, was deeply interested in politics and for about eighteen years served as supervisor of his township. In 1898 he was elected county clerk and served in that office for two years and one month, when his official service was terminated in death on the 28th of June, 1901.
JOSEPH HARPER
HARPER, GUILFORD, CHAPMAN, GRAHAM, MORTON, GLOVERIn all those affairs which touch the general interests of society, which work for civic integrity and virtue and for loyalty in citizenship as well as for material progress, Joseph Harper was deeply interested, and though he did not win national reknown and was perhaps not widely known in the state, he was in his home community a man of prominence whose influence was ever found on the side of progress and improvement. A native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, he was born on the 19th of December, 1805, and when about thirty years of age came to Cassopolis, Michigan, the year of his arrival being 1835. Here his remaining days were passed, and on the 28th of August, 1894, when in the eighty-ninth year of his age, he was called to his final rest. By trade he was a carpenter and joiner, and for nearly sixty years was a prominent figure at Cassopolis. He built the first courthouse and was one of the five contractors for the building of the second courthouse. Many evidences of his superior handiwork are seen in substantial structures in the county, for his work was of a most enduring character, and in business circles he sustained an unassailable reputation for reliability. The year following his arrival at Cassopolis Mr. Harper was married, in October, 1836, to Miss Caroline Guilford, whose birth occurred in Northampton, Massachusetts, September 4, 1816. They traveled life's journey together for more than fifty-seven years, and Mrs. Harper survived her husband until the 29th of January, 1902. They were the parents of four daughters, all born in Cassopolis. Emily S., born March 31, 1838, was married August 20, 1857, to Jeremiah B. Chapman, and died January 7, 1902. Melissa C., born March 3, 1841, was married March 28, 1860, to Joseph Graham, who was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1838, and died May 23, 1905. Janette, born October 27, 1843, became the wife of Charles L. Morton, February 1, 1870, and died February 27, 1880. Maryette, born April 12, 1846, was married October 3, 1865, to Lowell H. Glover, the historian. All of the deaths in the family occurred in Cassopolis, and the marriages were here celebrated.
Mr. Harper continued his building operations in the county seat and surrounding districts until the early days of the gold excitement in California, when he made his way to the Pacific coast and spent several years working in the mines. He afterward went to Pike's Peak and later to Montana, where he remained for about three years, engaged in mining operations. At the time of the Civil war he left home to serve as captain of Company A, Twelfth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and with his command did valiant service in defense of the Union cause.
Mr. Harper gave his political allegiance to the Whig and then to the Republican party, and was one of the first justices of the peace elected after the admission of the state into the Union. At different times he was called to the office of register of deeds, treasurer and sheriff of the county, and following the election of General Grant to the presidency Mr. Harper was appointed postmaster at Cassopolis, and served for nine years. His official duties were ever discharged with promptness and fidelity. He and his wife were among those who united with the Presbyterian church the day following its organization in 1842. He was a man of positive opinions and of incorruptible integrity, and was respected by all with whom he held social or business relations.
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KLECKNER W. HARTMAN
HARTMAN, KLECKNER, KINGKleckner W. Hartman, one of the early settlers of the county now located on section 34, Porter township, where he owns and operates one hundred and sixty acres of land, dates his residence in this township back to 1838. Thus sixty-eight years have been added to the cycle of the centuries since he took up his abode in Cass county. He is, however, a native of Michigan, his birth having occurred in St. Joseph county, February 22, 1836. His father, Jonas Hartman, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1796, and was reared in the Keystone state. He married Eliza M. Kleckner, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1795, their wedding being celebrated in that state in 1817. They remained residents of the east until 1831, when they came westward to Michigan, settling in St. Joseph county, where Mr. Hartman built and operated a brewery. He there lived until 1838, when he disposed of his business interests in that county and came to Cass county, purchasing here a large tract of land. He then built a sawmill in Porter township, which he conducted for many years, and he was likewise engaged in the operation of a threshing machine. He had a very wide acquaintance in the early days, being known to nearly all of the pioneer settlers of the county and he was closely identified with many movements and business interests that have contributed to its development and upbuilding. He conducted a hotel on the Chicago road in Porter township and was a man of marked enterprise and energy, carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertook and readily recognizing and utilizing business opportunities. He died when about forty-five years of age. His wife, long surviving him, passed away in her eightieth year. She kept the children together after the death of their father and maintained a home for them until they were able to care for themselves. In the family were twelve children: Jefferson, John H., Hannah and Elias, all now deceased; David, a resident of Missouri, Emanuel and Edward, who have passed away; Kleckner W., of this review; Charles and Amelia, also deceased; Margaret, who was born in 1829 and now resides with her brother Kleckner; and Barbara, who is the widow of Samuel King and is living in Porter township.
Kleckner W. Hartman was the eleventh in order of birth in this family and was only two years of age when brought by his parents to Porter township. He was therefore reared on the old homestead farm here and at the usual age he entered the district schools, wherein he mastered the branches of learning usually taught in such institutions. When sixteen years of age he won the consent of his mother to his leaving home. He then began earning his own livelihood and he sent his wages largely to his mother, in fact giving her all that he earned with the exception of enough to buy his clothing. He was employed in this way in the county until twenty-one years of age, when he returned to the old homestead, whereon he remained for a year. On the expiration of that period he went to the Rocky Mountains, his destination being Pike's Peak, where gold had been discovered. He worked in the mines there for some time but later returned home and afterward made his way to the territory of Idaho, where he spent about a year and a half. He then again came to Porter township and in connection with his younger brother, Charley Hartman, purchased the interest of the other heirs in the old homestead. They worked the farm together, and in 1860 built the house which is still standing here. They also improved the farm in many ways, built good barns and other outbuildings and continued in business together until the brother died. His sister Margaret became a partner with him in business and here they have been living and keeping house together for many years. Mr. Hartman has a farm of one hundred and sixty acres and also owned another tract of one hundred and sixty acres in St. Joseph county, which he sold. He has lived in Porter township for sixty-eight years, and by his well directed business affairs and agricultural interests he has contributed to its substantial development and improvement. At one time he was quite successfully engaged in the stock business, buying and selling horses and shipping hogs. He has been identified with various business enterprises and is a stockholder in the Commercial Bank at Constantine, Michigan. He has been very successful, making judicious investments and capably managing his business affairs, so that by hard work, unfaltering industry and close application he has accumulated a handsome competence and now owns valuable property and invested interests.
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FRANK L. HARTSELL
HARTSELL, BACH, SCHOOKFrank L. Hartsell, a contractor of Dowagiac, who for many years has been connected with building operations, so that many of the fine residences and leading structures of the city stand as monuments to his ability, skill and labor, is a native son of Cass county, his birth having occurred in Silver Creek township on the 10th of July, 1858. His father, John Hartsell, who was born in Ohio, came to Cass county about 1853 and was one of its first settlers. The days of chivalry and knighthood in Europe cannot furnish more interesting tales than our own western history, and yet the establishment of homes upon the frontier meant sacrifices, hardships and sometimes death; but there were some men, however, brave enough to meet the conditions that must be faced and undertake the task of reclaiming the wild west for the purposes of civilization. Among this number was John Hartsell, who, coming to Cass county, entered upon the work of clearing and developing a farm in the midst of the wilderness. As the years passed he placed his land under cultivation and his fields became rich and productive. In politics he was a Democrat, but without aspiration for office. He married Miss Mary Ann Bach, a native of Ohio, and they became the parents of five children, all of whom reached adult age. The father passed away at the age of seventy-seven years, but the mother is still living in here seventy-fifth year.
Frank L. Hartsell was the fourth child and eldest son in the father’s family. He was reared in his native township to the pursuits of farm life until seventeen years of age. When a young lad of six he entered the public schools and therein mastered the common branches of learning. He also early took his place behind the plow, and continued to aid in the work of the fields until he had attained the age of seventeen, when, thinking that he would find other pursuits more congenial, he left home and took up his abode in Dowagiac to learn the carpenter’s trade. He has since followed the business, and when twenty-four years of age he began contracting on his own account, so that he is today one of the oldest contractors in years of connection with building operations in Dowagiac. He has erected, many buildings in Cass county and at Decatur, Niles and Buchanan, and other places in adjoining counties. In fact, his is one of the best known contractors and builders in this part of the state, and the important work that he has done is indicated in the many fine and substantial structures. His work has always been characterized by thoroughness and he has kept resolutely to the terms of a contract, being thoroughly reliable in all his business undertakings.
Mr. Hartsell was married in 1893 to Miss Lettie Schook, and unto this union have been born three children: Lelia M., Helen P., and Harold H. In addition to his home, Mr. Hartsell has other property in Dowagiac, including three houses and lots. His own residence is a fine dwelling on Main and Pokagon streets, and is the center of a gracious, charming and cordial hospitality. In his political affiliation Mr. Hartsell is a stalwart Democrat, earnestly working for his party and its interests, and he is now serving as a member of the board of aldermen. His labors in behalf of public progress have been far reaching and beneficial and he has intense sympathy with every movement calculated for the general welfare and substantial development of the county. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of the Maccabees. His entire life had been passed in Cass county, and he has therefore witnessed much of its growth and development, his memory going back to a time when this district was sparsely settled. That many of his staunchest friends are numbered among those who have known him from his boyhood down to the present time is an indication that his life had been straightforward and upright.
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DAN M. HARVEY
HARVEY, MOORE. HOVEY, EASTMAN, WHEELERA valuable farm of two hundred and twenty acres on section 3, Porter township, is the property of Dan M. Harvey, who is accounted one of the leading and representative agriculturists of his community, early gaining recognition of the fact that success is the outcome of industry, determination and laudable ambition, who has throughout an active life so directed his efforts that excellent results have attended his labors. His life record began on the 18th of February, 1842, in Constantine township, St. Joseph county, Michigan, and he represents one of the old and prominent pioneer families of the state. His paternal grandfather, Ephraim Harvey, was a native of Vermont, and was a son of Philip Harvey, who was one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war, who came to America from the north of England, and when the colonies attempted to throw off the yoke of British oppression he fought for independence. Norman Harvey, father of our subject, was also a native of Vermont. In early manhood he heard the "call of the west," and imbued with the hope of enjoying better business privileges in this section of the country, he made his way to Michigan, settling in St. Joseph county in 1832. The entire district was largely wild and unimproved and he took up land from the government, after which he located upon his claim, where he lived for some time. He was not only connected with agricultural interests, however, but also became a promoter of industrial interests and built the first factory and was a partner in the first carriage foundry and woolen mills in that county. He also built and operated a large grist mill and established the first hardware and tinware store in Constantine, Michigan. His activity and enterprise proved strong and potent elements in the development of his part of the state and he was recognized as one of the leading men of his community, who wielded a wide influence and left the impress of his individuality for good upon the work of upbuilding. As he prospered in his undertakings he placed considerable money in the safest of all investments -- real estate -- and at one time owned more land than any other man in the county. He was extremely successful in his business affairs in accumulating money and land, and his prosperity was well merited, not only by reason of the fact that he possessed keen discernment in business affairs and unfaltering diligence, but also because his methods were ever straightforward and honorable, and would bear closest investigation and scrutiny. He also aided many others in buying farms, and in this way contributed to the settlement of the county. He was a good man, honest and honorable at all times, and was never known to take advantage of the necessities of another in any business transaction. He had a very wide and favorable acquaintance in the county, and his death was the occasion of deep regret, when at the age of sixty years he was called from this life. He laid out many roads in the county and otherwise contributed to its material improvement. He started the first bank in Constantine, and afterward organized the First National Bank. His business interests were of a character that contributed not only to individual success but also to the public prosperity, and his name is inseparably interwoven with the history of St. Joseph county, where he lived and labored to such goodly ends. His early political support was given to the Whig party, but upon the organization of the new Republican party he joined its ranks and remained one of its stalwart advocates. He held many township offices and he also figured in military circles, being captain in the state militia. In early manhood he married Miss Rhoda Moore, a native of Rupert, Vermont, and a daughter of Seth Moore, who was also born there and was of Welsh descent. Mrs. Harvey passed away at the age of fifty-four years, and like her husband was held in warm regard, for she possessed many estimable qualities of heart and mind. This worthy couple became the parents of thirteen children, most of whom reached adult age.
Dan M. Harvey, the eighth child of the family, was reared in Constantine township in St. Joseph county, and was educated in the Union schools at Constantine and in Hillsdale College. He also pursued a commercial course in Bryant & Stratton's College at Detroit, Michigan, and was thus well qualified for life's practical and responsible duties when he entered upon his business career. He was thus connected with the hardware trade at Constantine, where he established a store and conducted business for some time. On disposing of his hardware stock he engaged in the lumber business and also carried on farming and stock raising. He remained a resident of St. Joseph county until 1871, when he removed to his present farm on section 3, Porter township. He purchased four hundred and fifty acres of land, but in recent years, wishing to retire from active business life, has sold part of the place and now owns two hundred and twenty acres. All of this land he operates himself.
On the 25th of July, 1867, Mr. Harvey was united in marriage to Miss Mary E., daughter of Philo Hovey, and they have four children: Helen, died in infancy; Delia, now the wife of Rev. Charles Eastman, a Baptist minister; D. Elbert, living in Constantine; and Mary Alice, the wife of Rev. O. V. Wheeler, a minister of the Baptist denomination, who occupies the pulpit of a prominent church in Chicago, and his wife is also a worker in the church. The children have all received collegiate training. D. Elbert, the son, is foreman in the Carbolite Factory in Constantine, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey have several of the old parchment deeds executed under the hand and seal of President Andrew Jackson, which are valuable souvenirs in the family.
Mr. Harvey has always voted the Republican ticket. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft. He is well known in Cass county, where he has now lived for many years, and he has gained a large number of friends by reason of his cordial manner, kindly disposition and affability. In business life he has displayed excellent qualifications and now he is living retired, enjoying the fruits of former toil.
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B. W. HAYDEN
HAYDEN, LINCOLN, FULTON, BROWNThe business interests of Cassopolis find a worthy representative in B. W. Hayden, a hardware merchant, whose activity and enterprise have contributed in substantial measure to the commercial prosperity and upbuilding of the village. He was born in Calvin township, so that he is numbered among Cass county's successful native sons, his birth having occurred on the 10th of August, 1850. He is the second son in the family of Joseph and Hannah (Lincoln) Hayden, who were among the pioneer residents of Cass county, coming to this part of the state about 1818. Mr. Hayden was reared in the place of his nativity, spending his youth upon the homestead farm in Calvin township and assisting in the work of fields and meadows as his age and strength permitted. In 1871 he started out upon an independent business career, working at anything that he could find to do that would yield him an honest living. He entered the employ of the Redfield, Lacy & Bement Milling Company at Redfield, Michigan, driving a team, and for three years was in the employ of that firm, on the expiration of which period he went to Waukegan, Illinois, where he spent three years and three months. During five years' work he lost just one week's time. At Waukegan he learned the milling business with the firm of Warren & George and afterward went to Elkhart, Indiana, where he entered the employ of the Beardsley Milling Company, with which he continued for three months. On returning to Redfield, Michigan, he took charge of the Redfield mills and continued to operate the plant for about two and a half years, when Mr. Bement, one of the partners, died. At that time Mr. Hayden rented the mill and carried on the business on his own account in connection with farming for five years. Following that period he returned to Cassopolis and with capital that he had acquired through his own labor and capable management he embarked in the hardware business, in which he has since continued. He carries a full line of shelf and heavy hardware, also agricultural implements, vehicles and harness, and has a liberal patronage, his business being now large and profitable. Since 1884 Mr. Hayden has been in business in Cassopolis, and from the first month, January, 1884, up to the present time, 1906, he has kept a faithful and true file of the increase of his business, which has been steady and solid. In the months of January, February, March and April of 1906 it was $1,867.54, $2,307.46, $3,046.51 and $4,447.23 respectively, which shows a phenomenal growth in a town of 1,500 population. He has been agent for the Standard Oil Company for fourteen years and for seven years he was engaged in the ice business. He is also local treasurer for the Standard Savings & Loan Company of Detroit, Michigan, having occupied the position for eleven years. It will thus be seen that his efforts have not been confined to one line, for he is a man of resourceful business ability, energetic and enterprising, who has not only quickly noted his business opportunities but has also utilized them to good advantage and has thus gained a place among the successful representatives of trade relations in Cassopolis.
In 1877 Mr. Hayden was united in marriage to Miss Tillie Fulton, a daughter of William Fulton, of Waukegan, Illinois. This union has been blessed with three daughters and one son: Joseph, who is associated with his father in business; Belle, the wife of Melvin Brown, who is also connected with Mr. Hayden in his business interests in Cassopolis; Stella and Bernice, both at home.
In his political views Mr. Hayden is a Democrat, and has been called to several local offices. He was a member of the school board for nine years and a member of the village council for eight years, and has done much to bring to the city a public-spirited administration of its affairs that will result in permanent benefit. He holds membership with the Knights of Pythias lodge of Cassopolis and the Methodist Episcopal church, and his fraternal and church relations indicate the character of the man and his interest in those things which tend to elevate humanity and develop a strong and honorable character. Whatever he has accomplished in life is due to his own efforts. Early coming to a realization that energy and honesty are a safe basis upon which to build success he has worked year after year, carefully controlling his labors so that as the time has gone by his efforts have been crowned with the prosperity which is ever the goal of business endeavor.
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HON. JAMES G. HAYDEN
HAYDEN, LINCOLN, KINGSBURY, MONROEHon. James G. Hayden, elected to the state senate of Michigan in 1904, is one of the distinguished and honored citizens of Cassopolis and in public life has won attention and esteem by reason of his devotion to duty and his masterful grasp of every problem that has been presented for solution. His life record began in Calvin township, Cass county, on the 10th of November, 1854. His father, Joseph G. Hayden, was a native of New York and a pioneer settler of this part of the state, contributing in substantial measure to the early progress and improvement of Cass county. He was of Irish lineage and died when his son James was only three years of age. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Hannah Lincoln, was a native of Ohio and was brought to Cass county during her early girlhood, so that she was married here. She died when sixty-six years of age, and of her six children one died in infancy.
Hon. James G. Hayden, who was the fourth member of the family and the third son, was reared by an uncle in Cassopolis until eighteen years of age, when, desirous of providing for his own support, he engaged to work on a farm by the month. He was thus employed for two years, after which he returned to Cassopolis and again attended school for six months. He then entered commercial life as a clerk in a general store, where he remained for three years, after which he pursued a course of study in Bryant & Stratton's commercial college in Chicago, spending a year in that institution. Following his return home he engaged in farming in LaGrange township, devoting his energies to general agricultural pursuits for seven years. Whatever he undertook was carried forward to successful completion by mean of his unremitting diligence and strong purpose.
In 1879 Mr. Hayden was united in marriage to Miss Ruth T Kingsbury, a daughter of Asa and Mary (Monroe) Kingsbury. Mrs. Hayden was born in Cassopolis, her people having been early settlers of the county. In 1886 Mr. Hayden returned to Cassopolis and engaged in the grocery business. In November of the same year he was called by popular suffrage to the office of county treasurer, which position he filled for four years and then retired in 1888, enjoying the same confidence and trust which was given to him when he entered office. In the meantime he continued in the grocery trade, which he successfully conducted for seven years, and then gave his attention to the hard wood lumber business for two years. When that period had passed he returned to the home farm, whereon he continued for seven years, when in 1902 he once more took up his abode in Cassopolis, this time giving his attention to the real estate and insurance business, in which he has since continued, having now a good clientage. He handles a large amount of valuable realty each year and he is thoroughly informed concerning property in this part of the state. All through the period of an active business career Mr. Hayden has also maintained a deep interest in political questions and has done much effective work for his party. In 1904 he was elected state senator and is now in 1906 a member of the upper house of the Michigan legislature. His first office was that of township treasurer, and although the township had a normal Democratic majority of one hundred and twenty he was elected on the Republican ticket. Over the record of his official career there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil, and he has proved himself an active working member of the house, unfaltering in his support of any measure or movement which he deems of public value or general utility. He has also been president of the Cass County Agricultural Society and of the Farmer's Institute, occupying the latter position for three years. Deeply interested in the agricultural development of the county, his labors in those positions proved effective and far reaching. At the present writing he occupies the position of county superintendent of the poor, and he assumed the duties of postmaster at Cassopolis March 1, 1906.
Mr. and Mrs. Hayden have become the parents of five children. Asa, who was born in 1881, is a graduate of the high school of Cassopolis and of the law department of the state university at Ann Arbor and is now engaged in the practice of his chosen profession in the county seat. Vera is a graduate of the normal school at Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is now engaged in teaching in Kalamazoo. Jay G. is now a student in the state university. Hazel, who is a graduate of the high school at Cassopolis and now a student of the Western State Normal School, is now at home. Robert is as student in the schools of Cassopolis.
Mr. Hayden belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has taken the Royal Arch degree. He is likewise connected with the Knights of Pythias and with the Modern Woodmen of America, and his activity is manifest in many lines. He is president of the Creamery Association and connected with other local affairs, and his efforts in behalf of progress along agricultural and commercial lines, of intellectual development and of general progress have been effective and beneficial. He lost his father when only three years of age and was left with no inheritance. He educated himself and he had some hard knocks when a boy, but he developed self-reliance and force of character and has steadily worked his way upward, gaining a prominent position in public regard and honor, his course reflecting credit upon those who have honored him.
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