History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . Hismother died when he was twoyears old and his father when hewas of the age of fifteen his fathers estate he re-ceived the small sum of sevenluriidred dollars, and \\-ith that andn-ionev borrowed by hini he ob-tained his collegiate received his preparatory education in the Clarkston uriionschool, of Oakland Countv. and entered the Lniversitv of Michi-. of LlTERATrRK, SciEXCE, AND ArTS. 107 gan with, and was t^raduated with, tlie class of 70. He joined theLiterary Adelplii was
History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . Hismother died when he was twoyears old and his father when hewas of the age of fifteen his fathers estate he re-ceived the small sum of sevenluriidred dollars, and \\-ith that andn-ionev borrowed by hini he ob-tained his collegiate received his preparatory education in the Clarkston uriionschool, of Oakland Countv. and entered the Lniversitv of Michi-. of LlTERATrRK, SciEXCE, AND ArTS. 107 gan with, and was t^raduated with, tlie class of 70. He joined theLiterary Adelplii was one i)f the speakers at the second Sopho-more exhi1)ition. In the fah of 1870 he entered into pohtics andcame within one \i)\.c of securing the nomination of his partysconvention for the State legislature. Ihv following school yearhe taught the ( )rtonville .Vcademw in his nati\e count}-, and dur-ing the school vear of 1872-3 he was superintendent of the OvidUnion School in Clinton County, Alichigan. In the famousGreelv campaign of 1872 he was elected a memher of the Statelegislature from his native district on the Democratic ticket, andwas one of the small minority of only six in the whole legislature. At the close of the session in the spring of 1873 ^^^ went to]\Iuskegon, ]\Iich., and took charge of the L. S. harhor improve-ments at that place, under C. ]\I. Wells, of 70. where he remainedimtil the fall, when he entered the law department of
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