Portrait and Biographical Record

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...department of the Michigan State University, at Ann Arbor, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. I), in 1876. Very shortly afterward he located in the neighborhood of his old home, where he followed his profession for six years. In 1882 he took up his residence in Holland, and here has since pursued his practice with the best success. In 1877 the Doctor was united in marriage with Alice, a daughter of Ryder Van Zwalawenburg, who was born and reared in Holland, but eventually became a citizen of the United States. The Doctor and his wife have five sons: William, Robert PI, Edward S. D., Clarence II., and Ernest. Shortly after locating in Holland our subject formed a partnership with William Z. Bangs in the drug business, which connection continued for about three years. He then bought Mr. Bangs' interest, and has conducted the business alone since that time, John Roost being at the head of the drug department. He owns some valuable business property in the town, and has a handsome residence at the corner of Market and Twelfth Streets. A Democrat politically, he has held the f SAAC F. HUNTOON, a practical general agri! culturist and one of the most extensive fruitjl growers of Cedar Creek Township, Muskegon County, Mich., is a lifetime resident of the State, and was born in Ingham County, in the town of Leslie, February 23, 1844. His parents, William and Clarissa (Stone) Huntoon, were natives of the Empire State and New Hampshire, respectively. Married in New York, the father and mother emigrated to Michigan in 1838, and took a prominent place among the pioneer settlers of the Wolverine State. The father, a tiller of the soil, purchased an unimproved farm of one hundred and twenty acres, one hundred acres of which he brought up to a high state of c...