Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . ()H\ juDsoN bac;lev, <j j\ eriior of Michigan fromiSy3 to 1877, was born inM(.dnia, Orleans Co., N. Y.,y ilv 24,1832. His father, JolinBagley, was a native of NewHampshire, liis mother, Mary , of Connecticut. He at-tended the district school of Lock-port, N. Y., until he was eight yearsold, at which time his father movedto Constantine, Mich.,
Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . ()H\ juDsoN bac;lev, <j j\ eriior of Michigan fromiSy3 to 1877, was born inM(.dnia, Orleans Co., N. Y.,y ilv 24,1832. His father, JolinBagley, was a native of NewHampshire, liis mother, Mary , of Connecticut. He at-tended the district school of Lock-port, N. Y., until he was eight yearsold, at which time his father movedto Constantine, Mich., and he at-/f tended the common schools of thatvillage. His early experience waslike that of many country boys whose/\\^. parents removed from Eastern Statesto the newer portion of the father being in very jX)or circum-:;[] stances, Mr. B. was obliged to workJjll A as soon as he was able to do I^c^ving school when 13 years of agehe entered a country store in Constan-tine as clerk. His father then re-moved to Owosso, Mich., and he againI engaged as clerk in a store. Fromearly youth Mr. B. was extravagantly fond of readingand devoted every leisure moment to the perusal ofsuch books, papers and periodicals as came withinhi
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