Howard Rand was the son of Daniel T. and
Julia A. (Jewett) Rand. He was born December 8, 1839,
at Napoleon, Jackson County, Michigan. His preparatory
course was taken at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and he
entered our class at the beginning of Freshman year,
August 24, 1860. He left us in October, 1861, during
the Fall term of Sophomore year, and on November 28,
1861, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Sixth
Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers. He was very soon
promoted to Sergeant for meritorious conduct. In the
absence of superior officers, he commanded his company
from the date of the second Bull Run battle, August
29, 1862, until his death. At Bull Run the colorbearer
was killed, and amid a shower of bullets, Rand bravely
gathered up the colors and bore them from the field,
an act of heroism witnessed with the warmest
approbation by many of his comrades. He was on the
right of Burnside's Corps in the charge across the
"Stone Bridge" at the battle of Antietam, where he was
shot in the head, and instantly killed, on September
17, 1862. His body was recovered and buried at Rindge,
New Hampshire.
Charles C. Reed, Superintendent of Telegraph
for the Michigan Central railroad, was born in Port
Byron, Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1839. His parents, Reuben
and Zadie (Titus) Reed, were natives of New York
State. They immigrated to Calhoun County, Mich., in
1846. Mr. Reed was educated in Marshall, and in the
Wesleyan Seminary at Albion. He clerked for a time in
a drug store; entered the telegraph office in Albion
as messenger boy in 1857; worked at several places on
the line during that and the following years, was
about a year and a half in Chicago, and in the spring
of 1863 was made train dispatcher in Kalamazoo;
remained in that capacity until December, 1872, when
he succeeded M. D. Woodford as Superintendent of
Telegraph. Mr. Reed controls all the lines connected
with the Michigan Central, and those on the Hillsdale
& Southwestern, about 1,000 miles of line in all,
consisting of 5,000 miles of wire. These wires do
business from some 300 offices, and require the
services of about 250 hands in the interests of the M.
C. Co., and 50 in connection with other lines. Mr.
Reed has paid $100,000 for construction during the 13
months ending with February 1881. He has instituted
and kept a general weather report for the benefit of
the railroad company since 1873; takes four
observations and records four reports every 24 hours.
It serves as a valuable protection to the company in
shipping perishable goods; and since his organization
of the system, many other railroads have adopted it.
Mr. Reed is a member of the Masonic fraternity of
Detroit Commandery, No. 1. He married Mary Cooley, of
Albion, in 1863.
William B. Reid, general State agent for the
Champion Machine Co., is a native of North Carolina,
born in Halifax County, March 12, 1832; was educated
in the common school and academy; went to Northampton
at 15 years of age and remained five years. At 18
years of age attained the position of Secretary to the
President of the Raleigh & Gaston railroad; and a
few months later was put upon the road as conductor of
a special express train, which he ran two years. His
father, James L. Reid, for some years connected with
that railroad, having died in the fall of 1854,
William took his place as agent at Henderson, N. C, an
important shipping point. In February 1855, he married
Martha A. Crandall, a native of New York, teaching in
Henderson at the time. The road changed officers that
fall, and Mr. R. severed his connection with it; was
appointed agent of Adams Express Co., in 1856; two
years after accepted the superintendency of the Forest
Manufacturing Co.; held the position until July, 1861,
then left everything save his wife and 3 children, and
came by a circuitous route to Hoosac, N. Y., and in
1863 formed a partnership with John Brown, borrowing
$1,200, his share of the capital, bought a flax mill,
and engaged in the manufacture of flax-cotton; ran the
business until 1865; sold out. The day following
engaged to travel for Warder, Mitchell & Co.,
continued seven years, and in 1871 became the general
agent for the Champion Company, for the State of
Michigan. Since that time he has increased the sale of
their machines in the State from 150 to 3,000, in
1880. He is now erecting a building for the company on
the corner of Mechanic and Courtland streets. Mr. Reid
is a member of the City Council from the third ward;
is a member of the Masonic order, lodge, chapter and
commandery, and has been a member of the Baptist
Church for 24years. Mr. and Mrs. R. have 3 daughters
and 4 sons; the eldest daughter married, and is a
resident of Springfield, 0.; the eldest son is also
married, and private secretary for his father; the
second son is bookkeeper for a Coal Company in Erie,
Col.; the others are at home.
Amelius O. Revenaugh, oil and crayon portrait artist was born in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1840. He is the son of John and Clarinda (Blake) Revenaugh and is of French and German descent. His father was for many years a practicing physician, coming to Ingham County, where he still resides. In 1853 Mr. Revenaugh entered upon his profession. When about 18 years old he began carriage painting and in 1861 went to Binghamton, N. Y. August 1862, he entered the army in the 141st Hew York Inf., serving until June 1865. He was transferred to U. S. Signal Corps in 1863, and after that time was on duty at Thomas' headquarters. He was engaged in a number of important battles. Returning to Michigan after his discharge he entered the State University Medical Department, graduating in the class of 1867. He prepared for college with his father. During the time he was in the army, he acted as hospital steward at Nelson, Georgia. In 1867 he went to Detroit and studied the details of his profession as an artist with J. M. Stanley, and then entered upon its prosecution. He has been a resident of Jackson since 1871. He married Lavina Mason, of Elmira, N. Y., in 1867, and has 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls. He has met with good success and generous patronage in his profession, having painted a considerable number of fine oil portraits, among which are several celebrities, - Prof. Williams, of Ann Arbor; John D. Pierce and Dr. Wolcott of Milwaukee, Wis., -the latter for the soldiers' home in that city. It is a bust picture, a duplicate of one he painted for the State Historical Library Room. For this he received $200. For one of his Jackson orders he received $800. He is a member of A. F. & A. M, and A. O. U. W. and of Commandery No. 9.
Ethan H. Rice, retired merchant, was born in Bridgeport, Addison Co., Vt., April 22, 1812, where he was reared on a farm and received an elementary education; remained on the farm until he was 22 years old, taught school one winter and the following year engaged as clerk for Edward R. Mason and remained with him two years. In 1838 he came to Michigan, and to Jackson the year that the grounds of the prison were laid out. Soon after his arrival in Jackson he engaged to Dyer & Derby as clerk, and remained with them one year. At that time a party of men, thinking Michigan Center would be the principal town in the county, formed themselves into a corporation, bought lumber and went there for the purpose of building up the town. Mr. Rice was employed as general superintendent and remained in that capacity three years; then came to Jackson, where he was employed by Roots & Berry as clerk. In 1854 he engaged in the hardware trade, which business he followed 24 years. At the time of going out of business he was the oldest hardware merchant in the city. Mr. Rice is a consistent Christian, and respected by all. He has held the office of Alderman six years, and is a staunch Republican. He married Miss Gennett Sergeant, daughter of Dr. Erastus Sergeant, a native of Massachusetts; she was born Aug. 16, 1822. There are 3 children-George, Emma and William. When Mrs. Rice was 11 years old her father died and she came to Ohio to live with a sister, the wife of Rev. Samuel Newbury; they came the whole way in a buggy, being as early as 1833. They remained in Ohio a short time and the same year went to Indianapolis, Ind., when the State was one vast wilderness. In her own words, she said she " had some experience in pioneer life riding in double wagons through mud and timber, fording rivers and sleeping in log cabins." In 1838 she came to Jackson, Mich.
W.H. Riley, farmer, sec. 35, was born in
Cayuga county, N.Y., Jan. 5, 1819, son of Sylvester
and Abigail RILEY, nee BROWN. They were natives of
Connecticut, and he was a farmer. Settled in New York
about 1816. In 1836 he moved to Jackson county,
Michigan, and located in Napoleon tp., where he
entered Government Land, and farmed until his death in
1861, at the age of 77. His mother died in 1859, in
her 69th year. The subject of this sketch received his
education in New York State, and located in this
county at the age of 16; remained with his father
until he was of age. In 1842 he married to Jane MIX.
She was born in Tompkins county, N.Y., Aug. 30, 1822,
and was the daughter of Daniel and Elsie MIX, nee
MILLER. They were natives of New York, and moved to
Jackson county in 1835 and located in Napoleon tp. Her
father died Jan. 15, 1878, and her mother, Jan. 16,
1879. The family of Mr. R. consisted of 8 children, of
whom 7 are now living--George F., Sylvester A.,
Mortimer R., Nettie, Ella, Rosa, Willie, and Ida Jane
(deceased.) He now owns 120 acres of land, on which he
lives, being the old homestead of his father's, and
worth $50 per acre. Politically, he is Republican.
Jared S. Richardson was born in Leroy, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1812, and was the son of Jared and Levina (Butterfield) Richardson, who were farmers. They came to Michigan in 1834, remaining until death. The subject of this sketch was the oldest of the children, and started in life for himself at the age of 21 years. He went to his native town, Leroy, and worked on a farm at $12 per month for seven months, then worked five months for $10 per month. He saved $90 of his earnings, and April 20,1834, started for the West, with the family of Sherman Eastman; they came to Buffalo in wagons; arrived at Detroit April 28; remained there over Sunday; left Monday morning with two yoke of oxen and a wagon loaded with household goods; found very bad, muddy roads; arrived in Sandstone, this county, Saturday evening and remained over night at the Barry Hotel, kept by Frederick Booth. At that time the mail was carried from Jackson to Chicago in a lumber wagon drawn by two horses; this was also the only mode of conveyance for passengers. Mr. R. worked for Mr. Eastman seven months, at $12 per month; in the fall of 1834 he went to Monroe city to the land office, a distance of about 90 miles, on foot and alone; purchased SO acres of Government land at $1.25 per acre; went to work again, at $13 per month, and the next spring sent to Monroe and purchased 40 acres more; he then bought a yoke of oxen, paying $80, and commenced breaking up his ground. Dec. 2, 1837, he married Harriet M. Bush; built a small log cabin and moved into it. In 1853 Tie purchased 80 acres of land of F. E. Bush, for which he paid $13.25 per acre; 55 acres were improved. This land he deeded to his eldest son, Henry Clay, when the latter was 21 years old. In 1857 Mr. Richardson built his fine brick residence, which cost over $3,000. They have 4 living children, all married. The youngest son, Albert S., and his wife, work the farm. On page 575 of this work will be found a portrait of the subject of this biography.
Don J. Robinson (deceased) was born
near Ithaca,Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1834. He was
educated in Hamilton College, graduated in the class
of 1857, afterward took a law course in the same
institution, under Professor, now Judge, Dwight, of
New York. He then entered the law office of Hon.
Daniel S. Dickinson, a leading Democratic statesman
and ex-member of Congress, at Binghamton, N. Y., and
so zealously applied himself to the study of law that
his eyesight became impaired, and he was compelled to
abandon the further pursuit of law. He was united in
marriage with Miss Harriet Compton, in New York City,
in 1859, and soon after came to Michigan, settling at
East Saginaw in 1860. He there engaged in the lumber
trade, which proved successful, and he came to Jackson
in 1869 with considerable capital. In that year he, in
company with Mr. A. V. Pantlind, leased the Hibbard
House, Mr. Robinson furnishing the money and Mr.
Pantlind the experience. After six years connection
with the hotel, during which he added greatly to its
popularity, Mr. Robinson turned his attention to
manufacturing agricultural implements, chief among
which was a patent spring-tooth harrow, and other
articles that he was largely interested in, to th
Dr. Jeremiah A. Robinson, surgeon dentist, is
a pioneer in his profession in Jackson, and one of the
oldest practicing dentists in the Northwest. He was
born in Concord, Mass., May 31, 1812. William
Robinson, his father, was a hat manufacturer, and also
his father, who was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary
army. Dr. Robinson sprang from Puritan stock, his
mother, Martha (Cogswell) Robinson, being also of New
England birth. He is the fourth of 6 children; began
preparing for his profession in 1836, and graduated in
dentistry in 1838. He located in practice in old
Salem, Mass., and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853;
came to Jackson, Mich., in 1858. He has now been 43
years in the professional harness; has aimed at and
attained great proficiency, and, upon several
occasions, has, by invitation of the college
authorities, prepared and read papers before the
students in the dental department of Michigan State
University. He is President of the Jackson Reform
Club; and probably established the first Red Rib bon
Sunday-school in the world, in April, 1878, which is
now prospering, with a large attendance. He was
zealous and active in the recruiting service during
the late war; for many years has been a prolific
writer on questions of reform for the current press,
and a regular editorial contributor to one of the city
papers. Among the numerous poems from his pen are
several productions of merit. Dr. Robinson married
Harriet A. Brown, of Concord, Mass., May 3, 1832. They
are the parents of 9 children, 7 living. Although of
delicate constitution, Doctor has been an inveterate
laborer. It can be truthfully written on the slab that
may mark his final resting-place that he wore out.
Marcus W. Robinson, dry-goods merchant, is a
native of Rhode Island, and was born in Slaterville in
18--. James K. and Abigail W. Robinson, nee White, his
parents, were from Connecticut. They removed to Oneida
County, New York, when Marcus was three years of age.
Here he was educated, and when nearly 18 years old
entered a dry-goods store as clerk, in Winsted, Conn.
After serving three years he went to New York and
spent a year as a commercial traveler in the boot and
shoe trade, then remained a year at home; after which
he came to Jackson and engaged as salesman in the
dry-goods house of W. Y. & S. C. Reynolds, in the
building his store now occupies. Mr. Robinson was with
the firm until they sold to L. H. Field, and continued
in his employ a year; then sold goods for P. R. Sabin
& Co. nearly four years, when the firm failed, and
he was with W. M. Bennett & Son a short time;
changed to the house of Camp, Morrill & Camp, and
a year after opened a store on his own account in the
old Sabin store, changing 18 months later to his
present store. Under his judicious management Mr.
Robinson's trade has steadily increased, until now he
carries a stock of $60,000 to $90,000, and does a
volume of business of $175,000 to $200,000 a year. Mr.
R. is still unmarried. His mother died five years ago;
his father still resides in Connecticut.
Benjamin W. Rockwell, retired merchant, was
born in New York City Jan. 31, 1812. His parents,
Thomas and Sarah (Tyler) Rockwell, emigrated to
Onondaga county, N. Y., when he was six years old, and
purchased a farm, where Benjamin remained, until 1837;
he then went to Cleveland, Ohio, for rive years, then
came to Jackson, where his father and mother died,
after being together over 50 years. His father was a
Deacon in the Congregational Church at the time; of
his death. Mr. Rockwell visited Michigan in 1836, and
being well pleased with the country, returned to Ohio,
and the following year brought a stock of goods and
opened a general store in Jackson, opposite where the
Commercial Hotel now stands. He remained in business
two years, and sold to David Ford. Then engaged in the
crockery business, it being the first crockery store
in Jackson. He followed this business two years, since
which time he has lived on his place; has 60 acres of
land in the city limits. He married Miss Samantha De
Land, daughter of Judge De Land, a native of
Massachusetts, who came to Michigan in 1830. She was
born in Massachusetts, March 22,1824, and died June
29, 1853, leaving 3 children - Sarah, Edward and
Thomas. Mr. Rockwell, in former years was an old line
Whig; at present he is a Greenbacker.
S. Edward Rogers ("Gog"). The subject of this
sketch, at present city editor of the Jackson Daily
Citizen, has held that position, with some short
intermissions, for 15 years, taking that chair a few
months after that paper was established as a daily and
the death of Mr. Ray, Mr. O'DonnellÕs associate in the
enterprise. Born in London, England, in 1838, he
immigrated to America when quite young, in 1851, and
after a year or two of travel through Canada and the
West, settled in Ann Arbor, Mich. Without relatives in
this country, but with a passably good English
education, he worked for board and clothes and books
and spent two years in study and a partial collegiate
course. Being pecuniarily unable to finish and
graduate, he decided upon taking advantage of the
"Poor Man's College," and entered the office of the
Ann Arbor Journal, then published by Davis & Cole,
as an apprentice. Working faithfully the required
three years, and for some time longer as foreman of
the office, he removed to Ypsilanti, and in company
with B. B. Bissell, started the Ypsilanti Herald, the
first Republican paper in that city. In 1860 he
removed to Lansing, and the following year enlisted in
Company D, 14th Michigan Infantry, and served in the
army of the Cumberland, under Gen. John Pope, until
1862, when, after a long illness, he was transferred
to the general hospital at Keokuk, Iowa. Participating
in the battles of Shiloh, Farmington and the siege of
Corinth, he saw still more active service after
convalescing, commanding a scattered company from the
hospitals, organized to drive the guerrillas from the
Missouri border towns. Returning to Michigan in 1862,
he came to Jackson and was employed for some months in
the office of the Jackson Citizen, then a weekly
paper, published by Bentley & De Land. Returning
to Ypsilanti, he married the daughter of Joseph L.
Smith, Esq., and took charge of the Ypsilanti
Commercial, then about to be started by the Rev. C. W.
Pattison, continuing in charge of the mechanical
department and the local columns of this paper for
three years. In 1866 he was called to Jackson to
accept a position upon the Citizen, at the earnest
solicitation of Mr. O'Donnell, its present proprietor,
which he has occupied since that time, excepting
during six months' sojourn in Europe, whither he went
in 1867, the year of the, Paris Exposition, and
returned in the spring of 1868, bringing with him his
widowed mother, who still resides in Jackson. It was
while in Europe he adopted the nom deplume of " Gog,"
by which cognomen he is familiarly known, signing that
name to the letters of an interesting series of "Notes
Abroad," and retaining it whenever away from home, in
Northern Michigan rambles or elsewhere. His letters
from the North Woods upon annual summer vacations, are
interesting and graphically written, and have done
much to attract tourists to that section, especially
those of eight or ten years ago, or about the time the
possession by Michigan of that celebrated game fish,
the grayling, became known. An enthusiastic sportsman
and lover of nature, and a close observer, he is known
as a concise and graphic, as well as ready,
descriptive writer. Another withdrawal of a few months
from the staff of the Citizen was when, during the
Greeley campaign, he, in company with Charles W.
Gillette, started the Daily Republican, a two-cent
paper in Jackson; but the senior partner desiring to
run the journal in the interest of the Greeley party
instead of independently, as promised, Mr. Rogers soon
retired and returned to his position upon the staff of
the Citizen. Always a stalwart Republican, he cast his
first vote for the martyr president in 1861. He filled
the office of Alderman from the ward in which he lives
'a Democratic stronghold' for two terms, and was the
first Republican Councilman elected in that ward, the
fifth in 20 years. In addition to his duties as
journalist, he one year collected the water rates of
the city, and last year, 1880, he was appointed census
enumerator of his ward, and performed the arduous duty
promptly and faithfully.
Hon. Amos Root, farmer, capitalist, and
President of the Grand River railroad, is the third
son, and one of a family of 5 sons and 2 daughters of
John and Roxana (Worden) Root, and was born April 8,
1816, at Fort Ann, Washington Co., N. Y. John Root was
for nearly half a century a blacksmith and
manufacturer of edge tools in fort Ann. His wife was a
woman of rare excellence of character. Amos Root
enjoyed such educational facilities as his native
village schools could furnish and his feeble health
would permit up to the age of 16 years, when he left
home to enter the employ of his two elder brothers;
engaged in the mercantile business and manufacturing
in Mohawk, Herkimer Co., N. Y. During the six years of
his connection with the firm of Root Bros., Amos
received a physical and mental discipline which have
contributed much toward his usefulness and success in
later life. In the fall of 1838 he, in company with
Henry Orendorff, a fellow clerk, immigrated to
Michigan and engaged in merchandising in the then
promising village of Michigan Center, Jackson Co. Fate
having decreed that Jackson should become the inland
commercial city of this portion of the State, the
young firm removed here in 1841. After having pursued
a successful mercantile life 16 years longer, during
which he had invested quite heavily in real estate,
Mr. Root sold out his interests in the store and
devoted exclusive attention to operating in lands and
city property, soon becoming recognized authority in
matters pertaining to real estate. Believing that
flourishing cities are the result of judicious
enterprise of their inhabitants, rather than
advantageous locations, Mr. Root had a hope and
confidence in the future of the city of his adoption
which amounted to enthusiasm, and every laudable
public improvement received his hearty endorsement and
co-operation. His acute intellect at once perceived
that railroads were rapidly superseding the slower
methods of transportation by land and water, and were
very soon to become the great thoroughfares of traffic
and travel, and logically concluded that no
considerable inland city could be created or exist
without several of these life-giving arteries and
veins of commerce. Jackson then had but one line of
railroadÑ the Michigan Central. The Palmyra &
Jacksonburgh Railroad Company had been incorporated in
1836; and by the help of voluntary subscriptions at
Jackson and other points, and $100,000 from the State,
13 miles of the road, from Palmyra to Tecumseh, had
been built, and was forfeited to the State. In 1846
the charter for the construction of the Michigan
Southern railroad was granted, upon the implied
condition that the company should complete the Palmyra
& Jackson road as a branch. In 1851, the Southern
road being finished, the provisions of the charter
rendered it morally obligatory that the branch should
be built. The company was disposed to defer it till
some future time, but Mr. Root assumed the
responsibility of urging its immediate construction,
and, being a member of the Legislature at that time,
so influenced the action of that body that the
lobbyists in behalf of the Southern road could only
secure the measure sought by giving the personal bonds
of the directors that the branch should be speedily
built. Mr. Root was a prominent actor from the
inception of the enterprise, in procuring the personal
guarantee of the directors, in getting the books
opened and securing local subscriptions to aid in its
construction, and in obtaining a pledge from the
contractor that the road should be finished by a
specified date, and at a time when the stock of the
company was depressed to six cents on the dollar. Mr.
Root's sagacity and prompt action also thwarted an
effort of the Michigan Central Company to hinder the
connection of the Southern branch with the town.
Before the completion of this line Mr. Root and others
took steps to organize the Grand River Valley Railroad
Company, with a view of forming a railroad connection
with Lansing and the Saginaw regions and Grand Rapids.
In 1853 and 1854 he and Moses A. McNaughton and Joseph
K. Beebe expended several thousand dollars in
preliminary surveys. From this time Mr. Root became
the central motive power among those whose efforts
culminated in giving to Jackson the Grand River Valley
road. He was made President of the company, and
through long years of watchful interest and incessant
and persistent labor he pushed forward his cherished
enterprise, making speeches to the people along the
line, convincing them by his logic, and inspiring
confidence by his candor and earnestness in the cause
he advocated; the necessary funds were subscribed, the
work of construction was begun in 1862, and the last
rail laid Jan. 1, 1869. Mr. Root feels a satisfaction
in the fact that no person was rendered poorer through
his railroad enterprises, but individuals, as well as
communities, have been greatly benefited. The public
spirit and liberality of the man has been manifested
in many other ways in behalf of Jackson's progressÑin
assisting manufacturing institutions, in supporting
Churches and favoring general city improvements. Mr.
Root has never been an aspirant for office, but has
accepted and filled a number with approval. He
represented Jackson county in the Legislature in 1854;
served as a member of the Council a number of years
before Jackson became a city, and as an Alderman
after; was elected the fourth Mayor of the city in
1860; was appointed Postmaster by President Lincoln in
1861, and acceptably filled the office until the close
of the civil war. For five years he was a member of
the Board of Public Works of Jackson, two years its
President; served nine years as one of the Inspectors
of Michigan State's Prison, several of them as
presiding officer of the board. In early manhood Mr.
Root was a Henry Clay Whig, until the nomination of
Mr. Taylor in 1848, upon a pro-slavery platform, when
he became a Free Soiler; and upon the organization of
the Republican Party became a zealous advocate of its
principles. He was an ardent supporter of the measures
for prosecuting the war. While Mr. Root believes
Christianity is fruitful of much good to society, and
has been conspicuously liberal in the support of
Churches, he is not a member of any, but is an
adherent to the doctrines of Swedenborg, and holds
religion to be only valuable as it affects human life
and action. Mr. Root has never married, and argues
that he has been able to accomplish more good to
society by not being encumbered with a family. He owns
a fine farm of 1,500 acres in Henrietta Township,
eight miles from the city, the cultivation of which he
superintends, though residing in the city.
John M. Root, President of the People's
National Bank, was born in Fort Ann, Washington Co.,
N. Y., in April 1824. John Root, his father, was an
edge-tool maker, of Fort Ann, and married Roxana
Worden, a brilliant and cultured woman, who became the
mother of 5 sons and 2 daughters. Young John
graduated at the State Normal School, in Albany, in
the class of 1846, and engaged in teaching school a
number of years. He came to Jackson in June,
1848; taught in the city schools about two years; was
elected Register or Deeds for Jackson county, and
served from 1856 to 1860; also filled the position of
Deputy Postmaster six years; represented the second
ward two years in the City Council. In June,
1865, Mr. Root was chosen Cashier of the People's
National Bank, at its opening, and some five years
after became its President, which office he now
holds. The career of the bank, under his
administration, has been one of exceptional and
continuous prosperity. Mr. Root was united in
marriage with Miss Eliza P. Cole, of Jackson, April
25, 1855. Their family consists of 3
daughters—Minnie L., now Mrs. Benham, of Detroit; Ruth
and Bertha, at home.
