History of Wexford County, Michigan : embracing a concise review of its early settlement, industrial development and present conditions . ers of Boon township seem to bepossessed of a good deal of penetration anddiscernment, being able to recognize a ])er-sons sjjecial fitness for official position, andthe good sense to persist in keeping himthere. Eifteen years ago they electedThomas P. Denike to the position of schoolassessor and each successive election sincehas found lliem \ oting to retain him in that])lace. It is a tribute alike to the good judg-ment of the \dters and to the abilities of
History of Wexford County, Michigan : embracing a concise review of its early settlement, industrial development and present conditions . ers of Boon township seem to bepossessed of a good deal of penetration anddiscernment, being able to recognize a ])er-sons sjjecial fitness for official position, andthe good sense to persist in keeping himthere. Eifteen years ago they electedThomas P. Denike to the position of schoolassessor and each successive election sincehas found lliem \ oting to retain him in that])lace. It is a tribute alike to the good judg-ment of the \dters and to the abilities of theirschool assessor. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Denike aretrue and consistent Christians, though IkjUI-ing no membership in :m\ denomination. 1011.\ R. IIOGEE. Tf one desires to gain a vivid the rapid .advance in ci\ilization duringthe last few decades, he can listen to thestories of men who are still living and byno means burdened with the weight of tell of their earl_\ experience, when thecountry was new aiul social conditions inthis part of the state of Michigan were intheir formative i)eriod. It is now a J. R. HOGUE. nEXFORD COUNTY. iMlCHlGAN. 511 tion ago, 1870, since Jolm R. Hogue, tliesubject of this review, first took up his abodein Wexford county. The inhabitants of thecount)- were then few in numljer, the farmsmostly clearings, a large majority of theresidences log structures, few roads of anvdescription, with a limited numl)er of schoolsand a nuich less number of churches. Con-trasted with the conditions which prevailliere at the present time, those days are in-deed well classified as primitive. John R. Hogue, of section 22, Colfaxtownshij), is a native of Pennsylvania, bornin the township of Worth, Mercer comity,December 3, 1841. His parents were Will-iam and Sarah (Kyle) Hogue, natives thefather of Ohio and the mother of Virginia,Both are now deceased. The first thirteen years of the life ofJohn R. Hogue were spent in his nativecounty. He a
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