EDMUND LOCKWOOD, P. 0. Ulster, Bradford Co., Penn., one of the early pioneers of Ontonagon of 1846, now a resident of Ulster, Bradford Co., Penn., was born in' the town where he now resides November 12, 1816; his ancestors were among the survivors of the Wyoming massacre; he was brought up on a farm, and learned the carpenter and joiner's trade; he moved to Wellsburg, N. Y., in 1843, where he spent three years, and in the fall of 1846 emigrated to Lake Superior; he reached Ontonagon, on the schooner Algonquin, October 21, of that year; he made his home with his uncle, Daniel S. Cash, who had a claim on the west side of the river. The following spring (1847), he engaged in business with Messrs. Cash and Spalding, in the mercantile, forwarding and commission business. Their warehouse was situated on the west bank of the river, about half a mile from its mouth, and built of hewn logs. The store was kept in the second story of this building. This was the first mercantile business done in the county. The following winter, Messrs. Lockwood and Cash got out the lumber to build a boat, to be used on the river to transport freight between Ontonagon and the mines. There being no saw-mill within reach, the lumber was cut with a whip-saw from the logs. In this primitive manner, a keel boat seventy-five feet in length, eight feet wide and two feet deep was built. She was completed and launched in the spring of 1848, and made regular trips between Ontonagon and the Minnesota Landing, on the Ontonagon River, eighteen miles from its mouth. She carried about twelve tons of freight, and was propelled by poles. Her crew consisted of ten Indians and a white man for Captain. The ascent of the rapids was accomplished by the aid of 700 feet of line and a capstan; the line being carried ahead and fastened to a tree, the boat was drawn up to it. Two trips a week were made, taking two days to go up and one to return. Messrs. Lockwood & Co. ran her three seasons, and then sold out to Mr. S. S. Lockwood. Mr. Edmund Lockwood spent the winters of 1849-50 and 1852-53 at his old home in Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1850,. he made a claim of 160 acres on Section 12, Town 50 north, Range 39 west, which is now known as the Knowlton Mining Company's property; he subsequently added to it until he had in all 350 acres. In the summer of 1851, he made his home on that property. Parties holding mineral leases contested his claim, and a trial of the cause was had before the Secretary of the Interior. Several other parties were similarly situated and made common cause. A decision was rendered favorable to the pre-emptors and against the leases. Mr. Lockwood also took up the property now known as the Adventure Mine; he held it one winter, and then organized a mining company and sold the stock; he was elected one of the first Justices of the Peace in 1849, at the organic election.

STEPHEN LORANGER, Treasurer of Ontonagon County, was born in Canada July 14, 1837; he came to Ontonagon, Mich., with his parents, in 1858; enlisted in the late war as a private in Company A, Twenty-seventh Regiment Michigan Infantry Volunteers; was transferred to Company E, and promoted to First Sergeant; participated in all the engagements in which his regiment took part until he was wounded by a gunshot wound in the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864; he was discharged January 5, 1865, for disability resulting from his wound; he was engaged as clerk in a hardware store until December. In the fall of 1865, he was elected Treasurer; be was re-elected, and served ten years; he was appointed to the same office in 1881, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Capt. Henry Buzzo; he has also held the office of Town Treasurer two years. In 1879, he started a confectionery and notion store, which he still carries on.