lette, Michigan, where he remained only a few months before returning to Breckenridge. In 1901 he was appointed postmaster, and has since performed the duties of the position in a business-like and able

manner.

Mr. Young is a director of the First State Savings Bank of Breckenridge, and of the Breckenridge Canning Company. For one year Mr. Young was clerk of Wheeler township. He is very prominent fraternally, being a member of the Masonic order, Breckenridge Lodge, No. 406; St. Louis Chapter, No. 87; St. Louis Council, No. 68; and Ithaca Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 40; Bay City Consistory, to the eighteenth degree, and the Detroit Consistory to the thirty-second degree; and the Detroit Mystic Shriners. He also belongs to the Knights of the Modern Maccabees.

On January 6, 1881, Mr. Young was married in Brooklyn, Michigan, to Miss Mary Boneman, who was born in New York and reared in the Wolverine State. Mrs. Young was a daughter of Henry and Anna Boneman, and she and her husband have had three children: Guy S., Glenn B. and one son that died in infancy.

at the age of eighty-four, and the mother in 1898, aged eighty-two. Duncan was the second of their children, the others being: Jessie, Mrs. Rodrick McKinzie, resides in Ross-shire, Scotland; Mary, deceased, was the wife of John McGregor; Alexander is a farmer of Bethany township, Gratiot county; Martha and Donald, both unmarried, live on a farm in Ross-shire, Scotland.

Duncan McKenzie was reared in Scotland, where he received his education and engaged in farming. At the age of twentyone years he emigrated to America and on. landing came to Gratiot county, since which time he has been a resident of Emerson township. He was united in marriage in Emerson township, February 28, 1879, to Miss. Mary Edgar, who was born in County Elgin, Ontario, April 15, 1860, daughter of Stewart and Margaret (Dunn) Edgar, natives of Scotland, who migrated from County Elgin, Ontario, to Gratiot county, Michigan, in the fall of 1865, and settled on Section 2, Emerson township, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Mrs. McKenzie's father died October 12, 1889, aged seventy-six years, while her mother passed away in February, 1898, when seventy years of age. Of a family of seven

way commissioner of Emerson township, where he is successfully engaged in the cultivation of his farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Section 12 and forty acres in Section II, was born in Ross-shire, Scotland, January 1, 1851, and is one of the most highly esteemed agriculturists of the county, where he has resided over thirty years. He is a son of John and Jessie (McDonald) McKenzie, who had six children and died in Scotland-the father in 1894,

After marriage Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie settled on Section 12, Emerson township, where he had purchased forty acres of land, which, by his industry, has since been added to until he now has one hundred and sixty acres, forty acres of which are in Section II, and all is under cultivation. He has at present one of the best improved farms in the township; the farm buildings are very substantial and his dwelling is attractive and homelike. To himself and wife have been

and Penina E. (Emerich) Wiles, natives of Ohio. The parents of Mrs. Somerville came to Gratiot county in 1883, and settled in Emerson township, where the mother died in the fall of 1891, leaving these children: Mary, Mrs. Richard Benham; Emma, Mrs. Somerville; Martha, Mrs. Melvern Sanders; Clinton; and Franklin. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Somerville: Nellie, Edith and Cecil.

Mr. Somerville has always engaged in farming and has been very successful. He owns 160 acres of land, of which 143 are under cultivation, and improved with good buildings. His land is very productive and under his attentive management has brought him large returns. His reputation in his neighborhood is that of one of the progressive farmers, as well as reliable citizens of Emerson township. Fraternally he affiliates with Emerson Lodge, No. 375, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

died in Emerson township, July 4, 1896, aged sixty-three, his wife surviving him until December 11, 1904, when she followed him at the age of seventy-four. They were the parents of seven children, viz.: Crissie, wife of Edmon Loughery; Martha, widow of John Strong; Stella, Mrs. Charles Coston; Thomas Sheridan; William S.; Mary, who married R. N. Miller; and Ella, widow of William Purdy.

Mr. Somerville came with his parents to Gratiot county in 1884, and lived at home until his marriage, when he settled on the farm upon which he now resides. On November 24, 1891, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Wiles, born October 11, 1864, in Shelby county, Ohio, daughter of James

culturist of Bethany township, Gratiot county, has been a resident of that section for nearly forty years. He was born in Jackson county, Michigan, May 25, 1857, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Barnes) Holton, being the seventh child in their family of eleven children.

Mr. Holton came to Gratiot county with his parents in the spring of 1866, and here grew to manhood and attended the district schools. He has always followed farming, and owns a fine 160-acre tract, upon which he is successfully carrying on general agricultural pursuits. His buildings are large and conveniently situated and his farm well kept and highly improved.

Frank E. Holton was married in Tomp

kins Center, Jackson county, Michigan, in December, 1878, to Miss Sarah Jane Lewis, a native of England, who died in Bethany township, May 23, 1891. She was the mother of four children: Frankie, Edgar Frankie, Edgar M., Sarah E. and Lynn H., the last named dying on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1896, aged seven years. Mr. Holton's second marriage, to Miss Hattie L. Webster, took place on October 27, 1896, in Ovid, Michigan. Mrs. Holton was born in Genesee county, Michigan, November 12, 1867, daughter of Albert J. and Eveline (Perry) Webster.

in the order of their birth: Catherine died in infancy; James died in 1861, while a soldier in the Civil war; Rose, who died in 1893, married Milton Wortman; Eunice died when two years old; Lewis is a Wheatfield (Michigan) farmer; Freeman is an agriculturist of Muskegon county, Michigan; Ward C., a farmer, lives at Alpena, Michigan; George and Mary both died in infancy; Frances is now Mrs. James Carpenter, of Alpena.

John S. Doyle spent the early years of his life at Sodus Point, New York, and at the age of fifteen years came with his mother's family-his father having died when John was eleven years old—to Ingham county, Michigan, where they settled on a farm. He was reared to the life of an

JOHN S. DOYLE.

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who have been identified for a number of years with the agricultural interests of this section of the country may be mentioned John S. Doyle, of Lafayette township, Gratiot county. Mr. Doyle's birth occurred April 21, 1851, at Sodus Point, Wayne county, New York, and he is a son of Francis and Sallie M. (Phelps) Doyle, the former a native of Ireland, and the latter of New England parentage. James Doyle, the paternal grandfather, was also born in the Emerald Isle, but emigrated to America and died in New York City. Francis Doyle died at Sodus Point, New York, in January, 1862, when about forty-two years of age, while his widow passed away in Ingham county, Michigan, in March, 1901, aged seventyeight years. They had a family of eleven children, of whom John S. was the fifth member, the others being as follows, named

1879, Miss Lucelle Frost, who was born in Wheatfield, Ingham county, Michigan, January 19, 1857, daughter of James B. and Lydia (Austin) Frost. James B. Frost was born in Cambridgeshire, England, and died in April, 1899, in his sixty-fourth year, while his wife was born in Livingston county, Michigan, and passed away aged fifty-two. They had nine children, of whom Mrs. Doyle was the eldest.

Mr. and Mrs. Doyle lived in Ingham county until November, 1881, when they came to Gratiot county, and, settling in Lafayette township, purchased forty acres of land in Section 16, which he cleared from the timber, and upon which he lived until the spring of 1904. In that year Mr. Doyle sold a part of his land, and purchased eighty acres in Section 7, where he now resides. He is the owner of 120 acres, of which he has eighty-five under cultivation.

To Mr. and Mrs. John S. Doyle have been born these children: J. Frank; Alice

J., the wife of Archie Walter; Edna A.; J. Ward and Della L., twins; Minnie F.; Genevieve M.; Madge L., and Erma I.

Mr. Doyle held the office of supervisor of Lafayette township for two years, from 1899 to 1901. He was treasurer of Lafayette township in 1900 and township clerk in 1887-88-89-90, and appears to have been well qualified. He was township treasurer of Alaiedon township, Ingham county, for one term, and school director of that county. Since coming to Lafayette township he has been school trustee for many years. He takes a great deal of interest in county and township affairs and is a stanch Democrat. He was nominated on the Democratic ticket, in August, 1904, for county treasurer. He and his estimable wife are members of the M. E. Church, in which he has held the offices of treasurer and steward. Fraternally he affiliates with Breckenridge Lodge, No. 406, Free and Accepted Masons.

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ILLIAM C. SULLIVAN, a suba substantial citizen of Pine River township, Gratiot county, Michigan, and the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, is a member of a prominent Michigan family, and was born on Section 33, Pine River township, December 25, 1866, the eldest son of the late Daniel R. Sullivan, and brother of J. D. Sullivan, whose sketch appears elsewhere.

Daniel R. Sullivan was born in Newport, Rhode Island, June 8, 1830, son of Cornelius and Margaret (Murphy) Sullivan, natives of Ireland. In 1829, soon after their marriage in the Emerald Isle, they emigrated to America, first locating in Boston for one year, and then removing to Newport, Rhode Island, where, as stated,

| Daniel R. was born. In 1836 they moved to Michigan, settling in Washtenaw county, and in 1842 went to Jackson county, where they both died. When his parents first settled in Michigan Daniel R. Sullivan was six years of age, and he remained at home much of the time until he was thirty-two years old. education, and at the age of eighteen years wen't to New Orleans, Louisiana, where for thirteen years he was chiefly engaged in steamboating. In August, 1854, he located one hundred and sixty acres of wild land in Pine River township, Gratiot county, and in the fall of 1861, on his return from New Orleans, he settled on the tract named. He first built a frame house, but in 1877 he completed a fine brick residence, which he first occupied on the day before Christmas of that year. There Mr. Sullivan died on the 19th of January, 1895. In December, 1862, in Arcada township, Daniel R. Sullivan married Miss Jeannette Adams, daughter of Emery and Maria (Lewis) Adams, and four children were born to this union: William C., who is mentioned below; John D.; Mary, who died in infancy; and Margaret, deceased wife of Dr. Nelson F. McClinton, of Alma, the son of a veteran practitioner, and himself a young practitioner of thorough education and great promise. Mr. Sullivan was repeatedly honored with public office, serving for one. year as supervisor and for several terms as highway commissioner. highway commissioner. In the spring of 1883 he was elected treasurer of his township. He was a Democrat and a Masonin good standing with both his party and his fraternity-and he was universally esteemed in the community of which he had been a valued member for more than thirty

He received a common school