History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . , Michigan. Hepassed away January 6, 1901, at Chicago, Illi-nois in the home of his daughter ^Irs. LewisBerger, when more than 100 years old, havinglived in three centuries. He retained his facul-ties until a few months before his death. Al-though possessing but a common-school edu-cation, he was well-read and well-informed andkept abreast of the times. He had lived in Chi-cago since 1892. Ten children resulted from the union ofJohn Laing and Sarah E. Youmans, namely:Matilda (Wayne), who died at the age of 29years; Catherine L., w

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History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . , Michigan. Hepassed away January 6, 1901, at Chicago, Illi-nois in the home of his daughter ^Irs. LewisBerger, when more than 100 years old, havinglived in three centuries. He retained his facul-ties until a few months before his death. Al-though possessing but a common-school edu-cation, he was well-read and well-informed andkept abreast of the times. He had lived in Chi-cago since 1892. Ten children resulted from the union ofJohn Laing and Sarah E. Youmans, namely:Matilda (Wayne), who died at the age of 29years; Catherine L., widow of Lewis Berger,of Chicago; Mary, wife of Edward Wilkinson,of Chicago; Rachel, wife of William I. Gel-naw, of Bay City, Michigan; Jennie, widow ofHenry Schafer, of Chicago; John B.; GeorgeW., of Chicago; Garrie C, city editor of theBay City Times; Louis N., deceased; andMahlon D., of Chicago. John B. Laing came with his parents toBay City in 1879. He was reared on a farmand attended the public and high schools ofSimcoe, Norfolk District, Ontario, Canada,. HOLY ROSARY ACADEMY J

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