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CITY OF EAST SAGINAW.

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at the Michigan State University, graduating at the former place.
At an early period in the war of the Rebellion, and at an early age,
he entered the military service of the United States in Co. D, 26th
Reg. Mich. Inf. Vol. He was soon promoted, and served till the
close of the war, and was mustered out as Captain of Co. E of the
same regiment.
Mr. N. was ordained to the Christian ministry in the Baptist denomination Feb. 18, 1868, and became the settled pastor of
the Baptist Church in Ithaca in 1871, remaining with that Church
two years, when, in 1873, he received and accepted a call as pastor
of the First Baptist Church of East Saginaw, with which Church
he still remains. On the 25th of May, 1867, he was married to
Miss Laura A. Cheeseman, daughter of Dr. Cheeseman, of St.
Louis, Mich.
Mr. Nelson combines, in rare degree, vigor, versatility and comprehensiveness of mind, possessing a mental ability and high,
broad culture which command the admiration of all who know
or hear him-a man of broad, comprehensive views and advanced
thought in the fields of science, literature and religion, while his
social qualities, with his frank and cordial manner, endear him to
all who are fortunate enough to form his acquaintance. Though
his profession is one that is generally thought to largely debar a
man from the secular duties of life, yet Mr. N. is a gentleman who
believes that his duties as a citizen-and, we believe, correctly —
are as sacred and obligatory as any that rest upon him in any
capacity, and he feels that he ought to be as tenacious of his civil
and political rights as any other of our citizens.
William neumann, dealer in groceries, provisions, flour and
feed, etc., corner of Park and Lapeer streets, was born in Germany in the year 1845. He came to East Saginaw in 1866. For
the first two years he worked at the American House, and the two
following years he clerked in the store of N. Schmelzer. He also
clerked two years for I-. & E. Goeschel. In 1872 he established a
store of his own on the corner of Webster and Lapeer, where he
carried on the grocery business successfully until 1878, when he
removed into his new and commodious brick block, where lie is
doing a business of $20,000 annually on a capital stock of $5,000.
The main building is 74x24 feet, and the addition, which he
built in 1880, is 36x20 feet. Mr. Neumann was married in 1869 to
Miss Caroline Bruegel, by whom he has 3 children —Mary,
William and Henry.
John E. Nolan, attorney at law, and Circuit Court Commissioner of Saginaw county, was born at East Saginaw, May 6, 1854.
He is a son of Thomas and Johanna F. (Doyle) Nolan, natives of
Ireland, the former of whom settled in this county Jan. 11, 1850.
Mr. Nolan obtained his preliminary education in the public schools
of this city, and in 1874 entered tlle University of Michigan, graduating from the law department March 29, 1876. He returned to
East Saginaw, and for one year was a student in the law office of