Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . subject pays espec-ial attention to stock-raising and has handled agreat deal of the liner grades of cnttle and many years Mr. Latson was sole agent in thisdistrict for the Esterly binder. The original of our sketch was married August3, 1859, at Ann Arbor to Miss Mary Jane Johnson,a daughter of Henry and Mary (Inman) Johnson,of Ann Arbor. She w
Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . subject pays espec-ial attention to stock-raising and has handled agreat deal of the liner grades of cnttle and many years Mr. Latson was sole agent in thisdistrict for the Esterly binder. The original of our sketch was married August3, 1859, at Ann Arbor to Miss Mary Jane Johnson,a daughter of Henry and Mary (Inman) Johnson,of Ann Arbor. She was born August 30. 1839, inNorthfield Township. The following children havegraced the home of our subject and his wife:Frank A., Nettie E., George Alvin, La Rue, Ada,Jenny, Elmer, Edwin, Anna, Lizzie and is in the express business at Ann Arbor;Nettie is a graduate of the Ann Arbor High Schooland has since been teaching and has been verysuccessful in her chosen field of labor. .She hasjust finished a period of three years as preceptor ofthe school for the blind at Lansing and is nowemployed in the Tecumseli High School; GeorgeAlvin has lived at home until the past four yearsand is now located on a farm at Howell. All the %k. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 235 other children are at home. Jenny and Elmer arestudents in the Ann Arbor High School and theyounger children are preparing to enter the sameschool. Mr. Latson is independent in politics, notbinding himself to any i)arty. He takes a livelyinterest in all that pertains to national or local Gov-ernment but not in party politics. He and hiswife with the members of their family are connectedwith the Congregational Church of which they areardent supporters. ON. THOMAS M. COOLEY was born onthe 6th of January, 1824, at Attica, N. Y.^ The family was one of long New Englandresidence, the first of the name in America,Benjamin Cooley, having come to Massachusettsin 1630. Mr. Cooleys father, Thomas, was afarmer
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