. Old settlers; a historical and chronological record, together with personal experiences and reminiscences of members of the Old settlers of the Grand Traverse region ... en, left home for Traverse City afterengaging with Mr. Smith Barnes of the Hannah, Lay & Co. as salesman in the oldstore fronting the Bay, arriving here on the steamer Alleghany the last day ofMay, 1868. In the fall of 1873 a co-partnership was formed under the firm name 60 OLD SETTLERS O F THE of Hamilton, Millilien & Co., Hannah, Lay & Co. being the company. In theyear 1880 Hamilton and Milliken purchased the Hannah, Lay &
. Old settlers; a historical and chronological record, together with personal experiences and reminiscences of members of the Old settlers of the Grand Traverse region ... en, left home for Traverse City afterengaging with Mr. Smith Barnes of the Hannah, Lay & Co. as salesman in the oldstore fronting the Bay, arriving here on the steamer Alleghany the last day ofMay, 1868. In the fall of 1873 a co-partnership was formed under the firm name 60 OLD SETTLERS O F THE of Hamilton, Millilien & Co., Hannah, Lay & Co. being the company. In theyear 1880 Hamilton and Milliken purchased the Hannah, Lay & Co. interest inthe business and in 1889 the block on the corner of Front and Cass streets waserected by them. The business was divided in 1897, Mr. Hamilton continuingin the clothing and Mr. Milliken retaining the dry goods. In 1877 Mr. Ham-ilton married Miss Eva Rosman, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. A. W. Rosman,whose home at that time was in Glen Haven, Mich.; both are now living in thecity. Mr. Hamilton is now actively engaged in business, his activities inpublic life has always been for the betterment of Traverse City and the sur-rounding J. W. MILLIKEN James W. Milliken came to Traverse City in the spring of 1868 and enteredthe employ of Hannah, Lay &: Co. in June together with his companion FrankHamilton. He was born in Denmark Maine, May 26, 1848. His early lifewas spent in Saco, Maine with small opportunity to secure an education and atthe age of 15 he became employed in a dry goods store in Saco. Mr. SmithBarnes, manager of the mercantile business of Hannah, Lay &: Co., in lookingaround discovered two young men—Frank Hamilton and J. W. Milliken in adry goods store in Saco, and offered them a position with them, which theyaccepted. They remained in the employ of Hannah, Lay & Co. for years,when they decided to go into business for themselves and opened a stock inthe Hulbard Bros, building under the firm name of Hamilton, Milliken & future of the fi
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