. History of the University of Michigan . the service of theUniversity. He has been chairman of several im-portant committees of the Board, including the LEVI LEWIS BARBOUR was born atMonroe, Michigan, August 14, 1840, son of Johnand Betsey (Morton) Barbour. He traces his pa-ternal ancestry back to George Barbour, who cameto this country from England in the seventeenthcentury. On the mothers side he is descendedfrom Levi Morton, who came from Scotland. Hisearly education was received at the district school,in the Union School at Battle Creek, at Olivet Col-lege, at Lee Centre (Illinois) Academ
. History of the University of Michigan . the service of theUniversity. He has been chairman of several im-portant committees of the Board, including the LEVI LEWIS BARBOUR was born atMonroe, Michigan, August 14, 1840, son of Johnand Betsey (Morton) Barbour. He traces his pa-ternal ancestry back to George Barbour, who cameto this country from England in the seventeenthcentury. On the mothers side he is descendedfrom Levi Morton, who came from Scotland. Hisearly education was received at the district school,in the Union School at Battle Creek, at Olivet Col-lege, at Lee Centre (Illinois) Academy, and in thepreparatory department of Kalamazoo College. Heentered the University of Michigan, and was gradu-ated Bachelor of Arts in 1863. He then enteredthe Law Department, and was graduated Bachelorof Laws in 1865. After some time spent in traveland residence abroad he entered upon the practiceof his profession in Detroit, where he has continuedto reside. He served one term (i881-1885) onthe State Board of Corrections and LEVI LEWIS BARBOUR Library Committee, the Committees on the Liter-ary and Medical Departments, and the FinanceCommittee. In 1S76 he received from the Univer-sity the degree of Master of Arts. In December,1897, on the eve of his retirement from the Board,he transferred to the Regents certain lots in thecity of Detroit to aid in the erection of a WomansBuilding and Gymnasium at the University. Thisbuilding has since been completed and has beennamed in his honor The Barbour Gymnasium. (Seepage 160.) He was married May 9, 1865, toHarriet E. Hooper, of Ann Arbor. FRANK WARD FLETCHER was born inBoston, Massachusetts, May 16, 1853, son of George 2o8 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN N. and Sarah A. G. (Miller) Fletcher. His fatherwas born at Ludlow, Vermont, and his mother atKennebunkport, Maine, the line of descent beingtraced in American families as far back as had his preparatory training in the publicschools of Detroit and in P. M. Pattersons schooli
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