History of Saginaw County, Michigan; historical, commercial, biographical, profusely illustrated with portraits of early pioneers, rare pictures and scenes of olden times, and portraits of representative citizens of today, [Vol. 2]

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HISTORY OF SAGINAW COUNTY

September 2, 1856, of which he was an honored member, he was especially
interested, and was ever ready and willing to aid in the educational and
social features of this splendid old society.
He was organist when the late Reverend Conrad Volz organized the
congregation of St. John's German Lutheran Church and was confirmed in
this church.
Since the children by his first marriage were married, the daughters
living in distant cities, a family reunion has been held every alternate year
at the family homestead. This generally took place at Christmas or on the
a nniversary of some family event, and was the occasion of much gayety
and merrymaking, in all of which Mr. Schwartz entered with evident enjoyment. At the Christmas festivities of 1915, the last in which he was to
participate, all his children, including Arthur and Frances Reed, of New
York, children of Olga Reed, and Nyles Stanley, son of Arthur Schwartz, of
Fplint, his grandchildren, were present. Although enfeebled in health he
enjoyed seeing them and having the family gathering at this time as was the
usual custom. After a lingering illness Jacob Schwartz died February -7,
1916, in his sixty-ninth year, and was laid at rest in Forest Lawn.
T. DAILEY MOWER
T. Dailey Mower, a well known citizen of Saginaw for more than half a
century, was born at Green, Maine, January 1, 1838. His boyhood and youth
were spent in his native State, where he received a good academic education
as a preparation for an active life of usefulness. At the age of twenty-one he
came to East Saginaw and engaged in the ice business, in which he was
successful and formed a wide circle of acquaintances.
Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the First Michigan
Volunteer Infantry, and was appointed sergeant of Company K. In the
battle of Gaine's Mill he was seriously wounded and narrowly escaped
losing an arm from gunshot. His fortitude was here demonstrated, for when
the army surgeon proposed amputating the member to avoid possible complications, the sturdy soldier refused to permit it, and by good care and
patience in his sufferings managed to save his arm. The rigors and hardships
of the military campaigns in which he participated, however, brought on
asthmatic troubles, which even his optimistic spirit and courage could not
entirely overcome, and he was long a sufferer from this cause. Upon his
discharge from the army, Mr. Mower returned to East Saginaw; and in 1871
wvas appointed under sheriff of Saginaw County.
In 1873 the first Board of Police Commissioners was created, the members
of which were Frederick \V. Carlisle, Charles F. Shaw, and William L.
Webber, then mayor of the city. In recognition of the courage, fidelity to duty
and discipline which marked Mr. Mower's army service, he was appointed
the first Chief of Police of East Saginaw. The force consisted of one captain, three sergeants, sixteen patrolmen and one jailor, divided into two
divisions for day and night duty. At the head of this important department
of the municipal government, in the strenuous days of lumbering operations
along the river, Mr. Mower served for seventeen years with intelligence,
ability and entire devotion to duty. In this capacity he became well known
and was highly esteemed by our leading citizens who recognized his sterling
qualities, integrity, and cheerful spirit with which he faced the many difficult
and trying problems of the police department. He retired from the responsibilities of the position on January 11, 1890, and was succeeded by Patrick
Kain, the present Chief of Police.