History of Wexford County, Michigan : embracing a concise review of its early settlement, industrial development and present conditions . ics gi\es his allegiance to the Repub-lican party, and fraternally he is identifiedwith Clam Lake Camp No. 1596. of theModern Woodmen of America. He is ])op-ular in the business and social circles of thecomnuinity and is known as an able and dis-criminating newspaper man, the (ilobe hav-ing attained marketl prestige and a liberalsnp[)i irting patronage. JOHN HARNEV. The farming interests of Wexford coun-ty find a worthy representative in John Har
History of Wexford County, Michigan : embracing a concise review of its early settlement, industrial development and present conditions . ics gi\es his allegiance to the Repub-lican party, and fraternally he is identifiedwith Clam Lake Camp No. 1596. of theModern Woodmen of America. He is ])op-ular in the business and social circles of thecomnuinity and is known as an able and dis-criminating newspaper man, the (ilobe hav-ing attained marketl prestige and a liberalsnp[)i irting patronage. JOHN HARNEV. The farming interests of Wexford coun-ty find a worthy representative in John Har-vey, who is living on section 14. Autiochtownship. He is one of the \alneil citizensof Michigan that England has furnished tothe state, his birth having occurred in on the merrie isle. on the jothof March. iS^S. His father also bore thename nf Jdhn Harvey and the mothersmaiden name was Illizabeth s])eiU their entire li\es in Engliml, .\ey passing away between the age of^ixly and seventy years, while his wife de-parted this lile at the age of seventy-sixyears. Thev were the parents of nine chil-. JOHN HARVEYS FAKM. WEXFORD COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 459 dren, of wiiom the subject of tins rex-iew isliie seventh in order of birth. In liis native country John Harvey wasreared and at the usual age he entered thepublic scliools. He remained in England un-til twenty-two years of age and in his earlylife he was employed as a groom and alsoworked as a farm hand for about a yearprior to his emigration to America. Hearingfavorable reports of the opportunities af-forded in the new world, he determined toseek his fortune and in the spring of1870 he batle adieu to his friends and nativeland and sailed for the United at Xew V(jrk he came then to Kentcounty, Michigan, where he located forabout three years, during which time helived upon a farm. In May, 1873, he ar-rived in Wexford county and here he ac-quired and cleared a tract of land. Laterh
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