. Old settlers; a historical and chronological record, together with personal experiences and reminiscences of members of the Old settlers of the Grand Traverse region ... ty and the GrandTraverse Kei^ion. He was born in Krie County, Pa , September 22, 1824, the second son ofL. and Anna Hannah. They were farmers and on the death of the mother in 1827, thefather came to Port Huron and afterward to St. Clair where he died in 1862. When he was13 years old Perry joined his father in Michigan assisting: him in the himbering operationsin which he was engaged. Prom his 18th to his 21st year he was in
. Old settlers; a historical and chronological record, together with personal experiences and reminiscences of members of the Old settlers of the Grand Traverse region ... ty and the GrandTraverse Kei^ion. He was born in Krie County, Pa , September 22, 1824, the second son ofL. and Anna Hannah. They were farmers and on the death of the mother in 1827, thefather came to Port Huron and afterward to St. Clair where he died in 1862. When he was13 years old Perry joined his father in Michigan assisting: him in the himbering operationsin which he was engaged. Prom his 18th to his 21st year he was in the employ of JohnWells in the dry goods trade in Port Huron. In 1846 he went to Chicago and was in theemploy of Jacob Beidler in the lumber business. By the aid of his employer he became thesenior partner of Hannah, Lay & Io. In 1852 Perry Hannah was married to Miss Anna Flint, who died in 1898, leaving twodaughters and one son. Hattie, wife of J. F. Keeney, Julius T., who married Elsie Raff,and Claribel, wife of Geo. VV. Gardner. Mr. Hannahs subsequent career is shown in thehistory of the firm which appears in the pages of this work. He died August 13, HON. A. TRACY LAY Pioneer of IK^l The part Hon. A. Tracy Lay has played in the buildin.^ of Traverse City and theGrand Traverse region [is historv. Born in Batavia, Genesee Countv, New York, June 18,1825, he attended school there until he was sixteen years old, when he began work as clerkin a country store. In ISi^, he went to Chicago, and next year engaged in the lumberingbusiness at the corner of and Canal streets, and at this time formed the partnershipwith Perry Hannah, that continued until the latters death. In 1853, assisted by a civil engineer named Whelpley, Mr. Lay laid out the towni ofTraverse City, and thus became the virtual founder of this prosperous municipality. In thesame year was atiected the segregation and formal organization of Grand Traverse County. At the time Mr. Lay and Mr. Hannah came t
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