Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan . up tothat of assistant cashier, to which position hewas promoted in 1892. In this capacitv he dem-onstrated ability and integrity of the highest or-der, and served until 1901, when he was electedcashier, which position he fills at present. He waselected as a director of the bank in the same year,and is also secretary and treasurer of the Lib-erty Street liuilding Company. That be has hosts of personal friends in thebusiness world and throughout Washtenawcounty it is hardly necessary to remark. In hisl)us\- business career. Afr. Fritz never had a
Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan . up tothat of assistant cashier, to which position hewas promoted in 1892. In this capacitv he dem-onstrated ability and integrity of the highest or-der, and served until 1901, when he was electedcashier, which position he fills at present. He waselected as a director of the bank in the same year,and is also secretary and treasurer of the Lib-erty Street liuilding Company. That be has hosts of personal friends in thebusiness world and throughout Washtenawcounty it is hardly necessary to remark. In hisl)us\- business career. Afr. Fritz never had anytime to ile\<ite to ]iolitics. His mother and familyare memliers of the (ierman Lutheran Evan- ArATTHr-:w Ar.\x. .Among the native sons of \])silanti who have:dways niaintaine<l their resilience within herhcinlers is numbered Afatthew , whose birthhere occurred on the 5th of September, 1877. Heis a re]iresentative of one of the old and promi-nent families here, his father being , who for more than fortv vears has been a. PAST AND PRESENT OF WASHTENAW COUNTY, 49 r factor in the business life of Ypsilanti. kmnvnand honored because of his industry, enterpriseand business integrity. His wife bore the maidenname of .^^ary ITenneser, and unto them wereborn five chihh-eii, three sons and twn daughters,as follows: Matthew: l-red, wlm is living inYpsilanti: Cora, who is a graduate of the highschool of this city and is now engaged in teach-ing; Ruth, who is a public-school student: andClarence, who is attending the kindergarten. Matthew Alax was reared under the parentalroof, devoting his time between play, work andduties of the schoolroom in the usual manner oflads of this day and age. He attended the gram-mar and high schools of Ypsilanti, thus acquiringa good education, which qualified him for thepractical duties that ccmie when the school booksare laid aside and one enters the business was connected with the shoe trade of the cityfor a number of years
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