Biographical History of Northern Michigan, Containing Biographies of Prominent Citizens ...B.F. Bowen, 1905 - 855 páginas |
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... schools secured his early educational discipline , while as a youth he learned the carpenter's trade under the effective direc- tion of his honored father . He was engaged in work along this line at the time when there came to the young ...
... schools secured his early educational discipline , while as a youth he learned the carpenter's trade under the effective direc- tion of his honored father . He was engaged in work along this line at the time when there came to the young ...
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... schools of his native land , while later he prosecuted his studies , as oppor- tunity afforded , in the pioneer schools of Wisconsin , where he was reared to man- hood , assisting his father in the reclaiming and cultivation of the home ...
... schools of his native land , while later he prosecuted his studies , as oppor- tunity afforded , in the pioneer schools of Wisconsin , where he was reared to man- hood , assisting his father in the reclaiming and cultivation of the home ...
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... schools of his native county . After graduation , in 1888 , he accepted a position as superintend- ent in the schools of St. Croix Falls , Wis- period of five years , filling the position with credit to himself and to the entire ...
... schools of his native county . After graduation , in 1888 , he accepted a position as superintend- ent in the schools of St. Croix Falls , Wis- period of five years , filling the position with credit to himself and to the entire ...
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... schools and re - elected him in 1903 for a term of four years . Since taking charge of this responsible and exacting office he has labored zealously to promote the county's educational interests and it is a compliment justly and ...
... schools and re - elected him in 1903 for a term of four years . Since taking charge of this responsible and exacting office he has labored zealously to promote the county's educational interests and it is a compliment justly and ...
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... school and later in the Ludington high school , which he resigned to accept his present posi- tion as superintendent of the schools of Cen- tral Lake , Antrim county , in which position he has achieved a splendid reputation as an ...
... school and later in the Ludington high school , which he resigned to accept his present posi- tion as superintendent of the schools of Cen- tral Lake , Antrim county , in which position he has achieved a splendid reputation as an ...
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Biographical History of Northern Michigan: Containing Biographies of ... Brookhaven Press Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
Términos y frases comunes
acres of land active affairs agricultural Antrim county attention Barry county Beaver island became Bellaire born Boyne City Canada career Central Lake Central Lake township Charlevoix county church common schools Company cultivation Custer township daughter devoted died dollars early East Jordan Echo township eight eighty acres elected Elk Rapids engaged enterprise erected esteem farm farmer father fellow citizens forty acres Fraternally Grand homestead honored hundred identified improved interest John Kalkaska county labor later living located Mancelona marriage to Miss Mary Masons ment Michi mill Milton township Missaukee county native northern Michigan Ohio Ontario owner parents Petoskey pioneer politics prominent prosperity public schools purchased reared Republican party residence secured served settled settlers sixty acres sketch stanch success timber tion took town township union united in marriage village wife William York
Pasajes populares
Página 444 - He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party...
Página 336 - An enumeration of those men of the present generation who have won honor and public recognition for themselves, and at the same time have honored the state to which they belong, would be incomplete were there failure to make prominent reference to the one whose name initiates this paragraph.
Página 745 - In the daily laborious struggle for an honorable competence and a solid career on the part of a business or professional man there is little to attract the casual reader in search of a sensational chapter, but to a...
Página 235 - The office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave upon the record the verdict establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his neighbors and fellow citizens.
Página 70 - The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellowmen.
Página 441 - Practical industry, wisely and vigorously applied, never fails of success. It carries a man onward and upward, brings out his individual character and acts as a powerful stimulus to the efforts of others. The greatest results in life are often attained by simple means and the exercise of the ordinary qualities of common sense and perseverance.
Página 559 - Practical industry wisely and vigorously applied never fails of success ; it carries a man onward and upward, brings out his individual character and acts as a powerful stimulus to the efforts of others. The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of the ordinary qualities of common sense and perseverance.
Página 412 - Tireless energy, keen perception, honesty of purpose, genius for devising and executing the right thing at the right time joined to everyday common sense, 'guided by great will power, are the chief characteristics of the man.
Página 332 - For talents mourn, untimely lost, When best employed and wanted most; Mourn genius high, and lore profound, And wit that loved to play, not wound ; And all the reasoning powers divine, To penetrate, resolve, combine ; And feelings keen, and fancy's glow, They sleep with him who sleeps below...
Página 176 - Fellows, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church South.