. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . his neighbors trusting him for the firstinvestment made in the enterprise. He was also a largespeculator in grain, and as the result of his various ven-tures became the owner of three hundred and twenty acresof land, which he later of and retired from activebusiness pursuits. In politics Mr. Shepard is a Democrat,though liberal in his opinions. Having been afflicted in1874 by the loss of his wife, he in 1878 was married toMrs. Elizabeth Gates, daughter of William and RachelGreen, who is of English extraction, and came to Clinto
. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . his neighbors trusting him for the firstinvestment made in the enterprise. He was also a largespeculator in grain, and as the result of his various ven-tures became the owner of three hundred and twenty acresof land, which he later of and retired from activebusiness pursuits. In politics Mr. Shepard is a Democrat,though liberal in his opinions. Having been afflicted in1874 by the loss of his wife, he in 1878 was married toMrs. Elizabeth Gates, daughter of William and RachelGreen, who is of English extraction, and came to ClintoD OLIVE TOWNSHIP, 491 County in lS4fi. Mr. Shepard is still a resident of Shep-ardvillc, and his children all reside in Michigan. Duringthis time Mr. Shepard has resided ou his farm, which hehas successfully managed. DR. SOLON C. KING. The father of the subject of this brief biography, MagerKing, was born in Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1804, andlater married Miss Caroline Graves, of Willoughby, were the parents of seven children, Solon having. SOLON C. KING. been the third in order of birth. Austinburg, Ohio, wastlie place of his nativity, and the date June 12,1830. Hewas a pupil at the school of the district of his residenceuntil twelve years of age, when he entered the GrandRiver Institute in Austinburg, and remained four years,after which he repaired to the home of his grandfather inVernon, Co., for a brief period, and thereassisted his father in farm labor. Later he became clerkfor John Owens & Co., of Detroit, where he remainedfour years, when the study of medicine occupied his atten-tion. He first repaired to Vernon, and later finished hiscourse at the Medical Department of the University ofMichigan, where he graduated after a career involving threeyears. In 18G0 he established himself in the practice ofhis profession at Ovid, which was then but a mere 1871 he formed a copartnership with Samuel S. Moorein the business of drugs and medicines
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