Portrait and biographical album of Clinton and Shiawassee counties, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States, and governors of the state . ^«4^^»s>^. ^J^^3 -^k^^ ]HE time has arrived when itbecomes the duty of thepeople of this county to per-petuate the names of theirpioneers, to furnish a recordof their early settlement,and relate the story of theirprogress. The civilization of ourday, the enlightenment of the ageand the duly that
Portrait and biographical album of Clinton and Shiawassee counties, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States, and governors of the state . ^«4^^»s>^. ^J^^3 -^k^^ ]HE time has arrived when itbecomes the duty of thepeople of this county to per-petuate the names of theirpioneers, to furnish a recordof their early settlement,and relate the story of theirprogress. The civilization of ourday, the enlightenment of the ageand the duly that men of the pres-ent time owe to their ancestors, tothemselves and to their posterity,demand that a record of their livesand deeds should be made. In bio-graphical history is found a powerto instruct man by precedent, toenliven the mental faculties, andto waft down the river of time asafe vessel in whicli the names and actions of the{>eopie who contriljuted to raise this country from its|)riniitive state may be preserved. Surely and ra|)idlythe great and aged men, who ni tlieir |)riine enteredthe wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as theirheritage, are passing to their graves. The mnnber re-maining wlio can relate the incidents of the first days)f settlement is becoming small indeed, so that anactu
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