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HISTORY OF SAGINAW COUNTY.

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In August, 1876, the Republican was changed to a morning
paper. Sept. 1, 1878, it was sold to the Herald Printing Co., and
the name changed to
SAGINAW HERALD.
The new company was organized with Wm. F. Clark as president, Col. C. V. De Land, general manager and editor. The local
editors of the Herald, since its establishment comprised G. R.
Osman, W. H. H. Bertram, J. W. Fitzmaurice, Thomas McKee,
T. W. Busby, R. F. Laing, F. B. Smith and W. C. Cunningham.
Mrs. E. M. Nye, now Mrs. Lathrop, Mrs. A. M. Garrigues, and
Miss Alice Smith, have assisted on the editorial staff. During the
last campaign the Herald cast its influence with the Blaine party
and opposed that of Grant.
Col. Charles Victor DeLand, editor of the Herald, was born at
North Brookfleld, Worcester Co., Mass., July 25, 1826, and is a
son of William R. and Mary G. (Keith) DeLand, whose early
ancestry were French Protestants, and were driven from France,
settling in Massachusetts, in 1634. William R. departed with his
family, from North Brookfield, March 18, 1830, and came to
Michigan in a lumber wagon, with the exception of the ride
across Lake Erie, in a lake vessel. Mr. De Land located at Jackson,
Michigan, and was one of the pioneers of Jackson county. Victor
was reared and educated at Jackson, and in the fall of 1836, entered
the office of the pioneer paper of Jackson, officiating as " devil"
in the mornings and evenings, and attending school during the
day. In February, 1840, the office changed hands, the proprietor,
Nicholas Sullivan, being succeeded by Moore & Hitchcock, with
whom he remained as an apprentice until 1843. Mr. DeLand
then traveled as a "jour" for four years, working at Detroit,
Buffalo, Rochester, &ew York, and other cities, but returned to
Michigan in 1847. In August, 1848, in connection with A. A. Dowance, he established the Jackson Citizen. Mr. Dowance retired
from the firm in 1850, and Mr. D. continued to publish the paper
until the fall of 1861, when the office and business was purchased
by P. J. Avery. Mr. De Land then organized Co. C. of the 9th
Reg. Mich. Vol. Inf., at Jackson, and was elected its Captain.
They were mustered into the U. S. service at Fort Wayne, Mich.,
and assigned to the army of the Cumberland. Capt. De Land
was captured July 12, 1862, by Gen. Forrest's cavalry, and kept
prisoner at Atlanta, Madison, Ga., Columbia, S. C., and Libby
prison in Richmond, until the following October, when he was
released on parol, and exchanged the next month. On Jan. 6,
1863, he received a commission as Colonel, with orders to return
to Michigan, and organize the 1st Mich. Sharpshooters. At that
timeno draft was pending, and Col. De Land raised the regiment
largely by his own efforts and means, placing it in the field July
1, 1863, at a cost of over $3,000 to himself. The regiment was
ordered to assist in stopping the celebrated " John Morgan raid,"
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