Portrait and biographical album of Ingham and Livingston counties, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties ... the governors of the state and of all the presidents of the United States.

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capital and inl a quiet way has gra(ltlally increased
its businless until now they are able to handle
any thing in their le. They haive a pleasant plae
of bumsiness fand keelp ill stock a, full and well
selected line of wvall P~aper, P'aints and oils, nioldingo
and windowv shades. They niever have less thami
six assistants in their work and sometimes emiploy'
ti ayas twenty meni, amid~ are the ol)dest firm i
this business in Lanisingy.
Mr.Voiselle owins ti ve resilemices on)i A legyan
an ld Pine Streets andl devotes conisideraible attentioni outside his bulshiess to real estate, o)wning(
property bioth inl Petoskey andi Detroit. Inl his
lpolitica~l views lie is a lDemocrat, hut is not active inl
public matters. In I 891 hie took at trip) to. 1Lurol10)e,
sailing, from New York, Juily, 6, by~ the steatter
"LaG'oskinie' and had a very lpleasant voyage.
landing~ at iHavre and visiting ot omA "ilvN Paris hut
also) the Frenchl'rovinices, aIs well as(t einv
Swizerand ItlyBelgium, Eny gland a-nd Scotland
an(1 onl his way- back to Laiisin, 'Stopp)ing' forW
some thime at his old home inl Quebec. Onl this
journey Mr. V oiselle had tabunidlan t oppIortunity
to study his craft -and see what otlicis were, doing
in his line of work among) the most artistic nationas
of the world.
E>NV..JULIUS S. VALIE N'TINE. When we
see a, good mian prematurely, old through-I
service to his God,amid his country, we are
~,Cfilled with true and tender emotions which
are honorable to our humanlity and a just tribute,
to the worth of the mami before uts. S-iuch are the
experiences of those who know the gentlemian
whose name appears at the head of this sketch who
now calls himself a superanuated minister but who,
had it not been for the brave service which lie has
dlone both in the ministry and the army, would
still be active iii his clig
Our subject was born in Liina, Allen County,
Ohio, August 11, 1839. His father, Crane Valentine, was hornl in Essex County, N. J., October 28,
1797,,and his grandfather, William, also a native

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of 'New Jersey and a farmier in Essex County, took
part in the War of 1812 and afterward removed
to Champaign County, Ohio, where he spent the
remainder- of his da vs. This family in America is
desceimded fr-om three br-others, who were sons, of
L-ord Valentine a) mnem her of. Ilarliament in England. These soi-i S-'ettledi in New Jersey amid the
grandson of one of them was the grandfather of o uri
sul)ject. The n1amle is a very old one iii England
(hathing hack to the Neam' 140).
Tefather- of;Juitiius Valetiitie wtas a fatrm-er iii
Ohio anid had come to that State with his paremits,
settlingo iii Champaign County when it was called
Aelle Count.N Inl 184~3 lie caine to Michigan and
located in IVateitevliet, Berriemi County, where hie
bI ouVght. ani imiproved:-a farm. This suiccessful manl
who was lpromniiment inl ltuhlic affairs, beingy first a
W~hiig land tafterward a Repuiblican inl his political
views, died inl 1886. Ile, was a IPresbyterian inl his
church connection and had beeii an Eider in the
cli irch.
The mother of our subject bore tle Inaiden nanie
of Nancy M usser and wa~s iborn in Lancaster, Pa.,
February 28, 1800. 11cr father, D)aniel, wvas born
in the Keystone State and became an early settler
in Ohio. His gYood wife was Betsey Crane, being,
a daugahter of Nathaniel Cranie, of New York, who
was seven years in the Revolutionary Army, much,
of the time as a spy, and being a Lieutenant and
an Aid-dc-Camp to Gen. Washington. le died
in New York. The mother of our subject passed
away,June 11, 1887, leaving five children, of whom
our1 subject was next to the eldest.
Juliuis Valenitine caine to Michigan when six
years of agye, traveliiig with a. family with team.
Ile was reared -upon the farm and remained there
-until he re~ached the age of twenty-eight years,
having received the best advantages which were to
be obtained iii the district schools.
The call of Abrahlam Lincoln in the year 1861
awakened a spirit of brave devotion in many a
loyal young heart, and among these young men
was our suhbject, who enlisted in September of that
year ini Comipany B, Twelfth M~ichigan Infantry.
Ile was at once sent South and took part in the
battle of Shiilohi and other conflicts. After one
year's service lie was taken ill and spent some time