History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . n he still represents. During Presi-dent Clevelands last administration he was ap-pointed postmaster at Munger and held overthrough the administration of President Mc-Kinley, although he is a very stanch Demo-crat. He has always taken a very active partin political matters and has served his town-ship in many public offices. For several yearshe was a justice of the peace, for two years washighway commissioner and has filled schooloffices for a long time. In 1876, at Chatham, Canada, Mr. Toughwas married to Ellen Graham, who was bo
History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . n he still represents. During Presi-dent Clevelands last administration he was ap-pointed postmaster at Munger and held overthrough the administration of President Mc-Kinley, although he is a very stanch Demo-crat. He has always taken a very active partin political matters and has served his town-ship in many public offices. For several yearshe was a justice of the peace, for two years washighway commissioner and has filled schooloffices for a long time. In 1876, at Chatham, Canada, Mr. Toughwas married to Ellen Graham, who was bornDecember 13, 1854, in Oxford District, On-tario, and is a daughter of John and Jane(McAlpin) Graham, natives of Scotland. is a member of the PresbyterianChurch, to which Mr. Tough liberally contrib-utes. He assisted in the erection of the Pres-byterian Church in his neighborhood, drawingthe plans and helping in the construction. Hehas never united with the church, but he wasthe first trustee of this organization. When Mr. Tough came to Michigan he. CAPT. GEORGE TURNER AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 707 was a poor man, a business venture havingfailed in Cliicago just prior to tliis. Thus hewas obliged to begin at the bottom of the lad-der. Patience, i)erseverance and industry allcontributed to his success in a material way,while his sterling traits of character soon wonhim the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens. APT. GEORGE TURNER, whoseportrait accompanies this sketch, hasbeen city engineer of Bay City for27, years and in that capacity has ren-dered invaluable services to the public as isevidenced by the public works erected under hissupervision, which are unexcelled in the Stateof Michigan. Captain Turner was born inClinton County, Michigan, January 29, 1835,and is a son of Joseph and Emeline (Knox)Turner, both natives of England, the formerof Nottinghamshire and the latter of Birming-ham. Upon coming to the United States, oursubjects parents first located in
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