History of Wexford County, Michigan : embracing a concise review of its early settlement, industrial development and present conditions . outside of the school-room were devoted to farming, in which\dcati<in he became quite successful. Hemoved from Kent ctiuiUy to Fayette , where he li\ed for six years, thenreturned to Kent county and l)ecame inter-ested in the mercantile business. Thoughnever schooled in that line of business, hereadily grasped all the details (jf the vocationand took more kindlv to the calling who were specialK- prepared for thework by education a
History of Wexford County, Michigan : embracing a concise review of its early settlement, industrial development and present conditions . outside of the school-room were devoted to farming, in which\dcati<in he became quite successful. Hemoved from Kent ctiuiUy to Fayette , where he li\ed for six years, thenreturned to Kent county and l)ecame inter-ested in the mercantile business. Thoughnever schooled in that line of business, hereadily grasped all the details (jf the vocationand took more kindlv to the calling who were specialK- prepared for thework by education and training. In 1880,discovering that Wexford county had sever-al ])laces where a nice mercantile businessmig-ht be successfully coiulucted. he caiuehere and oi)ened stores in Haring. RoundLake and Jennings. During the eight yearsbe was in business at points he pros-pered even beyond his lirightest he opened a store at Cadillac, the coun-ty seat, .?md continued in business there untili8()j. when he purchasc<l a of twn hun-dred and fort\- acres in section 15. Haringtownship. He has spent quite an amount. H. C. McNITT GROUP. WEXFORD COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 451 of money in making improvements. Onehundred and thirty acres are cleared and un-der cultivation and the place is supplied withgood substantial buildings of all kinds. Helias erected u]i(in it a large, comfortablehome and will furnish it in a st\-le befittingthe home of a man in his comfurtable finan-cial condition. On the 17th day of March. iS8(). at Jen-nings, Missaukee county, Michigan, HenryC. McNitt was united in marriage to MissCarrie B. Anderson, a native of Indiana,born in Michigan City, Feb. 9, 1865. Herparents were George A. and Carrie (Cong-don) .derson, of Harrietta, \\^exfordcounty. Mrs. IMcXitt is a lady of tact andjdjiiity who by her good judgnnent and dis-cretion has been a valuable assistant to herhusband in all of his business are the parents of three children,bright, int
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