Mecosta County MI

Biography of Herbert M. Howison, Prof.

Prof. Herbert M. Howison. As one of the flourishing cities of Kansas, Parsons has representatives in nearly all the industries and professions. As a developer of its musical interest the city has recently received an important addition in the person of Herbert M. Howison, a prominent professional musician and a man of wide experience as a teacher and devotee of the art. Professor Howison is a young man of much talent and has been thoroughly trained in many of the best schools and under some of the best instructors of the country. The family have lived in this country for … Read more

Biography of Willis Arnold

Willis Arnold, proprietor of a sawmill at Kendrick, is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Kenton, that state, April 29, 1862. His father, Samuel Arnold, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, and after the inauguration of the civil war entered the service of the Union. He was wounded and held as a prisoner in Andersonville, and after great suffering he died from the effects of his wounds in 1866. Our subject was born when his father was at the front and was thus deprived of his care at a very early age. He was educated at Big … Read more

1894 Michigan State Census – Mecosta County

United States Soldiers of the Civil War Residing in Michigan, June 1, 1894 [ Names within brackets are reported in letters. ] Aetna Township – A. C. McConnell, Thomas Byers, Byron Lewis, W. H. Waters, J. B. Peck, Henry Munn, Daniel Beals, Nathan H. Green, John C. Hamm, D. D. Shannon, Henry S. Cota, Michael McHugh, John Weber, Eugene Croff, T. C. Barr, Byron Anson, Chancey E. Blossom, John Blossom, Charles Van Curen, George P. Vorce, Sylvanus Stilson, William Segar, George W. Fuller, McKinzie C. Mapes. Edwin Buchanan, William H. Tift, John Waters, Francis Vanderhoof, Nathaniel Mitchell. Village of Morley … Read more