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SAGINAW CITY. 691
aged mother his special care during her life; he consequently re
mained unmarried until after her decease. Some four years
after thle death of his mother, to wit, Oct. 9, 1872, he
was married to Miss Mary Kelley, of Belleville, Ontario. Their
union has been blessed with a son and daughter; the former was
born Sept. 26, 1873, and the latter Dec. 30, 1879. Mr. Richardson, as far as his circumstances would warrant, has always taken a
deep interest in the prosperity and progress of the city of his
choice, and in a measure has contributed to her growth by the purchase of real estate and improving the same, being the owner of
the block which bears his name and in which his store is situated;
also several dwellings and the homestead which he occupies at the
present time.
Rev. Isaac H. Riddick, Pastor of the Washington Avenue M.
E. Church of Saginaw, was born in West Elkton, Ohio, June 15,
1846, and is a son of Samuel T. and Mary Riddick. His parents
died when he was but a boy, and he was left to battle with the world
alone. He went to Ricllmond, Indiana, where he attended the
public schools. He graduated from Albion College, Mich., in June,
1870, and the same year went to Minnesota and entered upon the
work of the ministry in the M. E. Conference in that State, where
he remained until September, 1877, when he was transferred to the
Detroit Conference and stationed at Oscoda. In September, 1879,
he was stationed at Saginaw, where he still remains. His children'are 3-Carlos, Florence and Mary.
E. J. Ring is a native of HaImpden Co., Mass., and was born
Sept. 20, 1824. He removed to Sandusky, Ohio, in 1857, and
established a lumber yard at that place. He soon afterward purchased pine timber lands in the valley of the Tittabawasse. He
brings his logs down the streams and saws them, and ships the
lumber to his yards in Sandusky. He brought his family to Saginaw in 1865. His wife was a Miss Ann E. Clark, who bore him 4
children. Of these 3 are living-William L., Annie S. and Clark
L. Mr. Ring is also engaged in the manufacture of salt, and has
a fishery in Lake Superior.
ELugene Ringler, druggist, Saginaw City, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, May 5, 1824. He received his education in his
native land, and in 1847 came to America.. He graduated from the
medical department of the University of Michigan in 1852, after
which he went to Ohio, and practiced medicine at Fostoria until
1857. He made a visit to Germany during a few months of that
year, and on his return located at Tiffin, 0., where he continued to
practice until the breaking out of the war in 1861. He enlisted as
Assistant Surgeon, and was afterward promoted to Surgeon, serving
till the close of the war in 1865. He returned to Tiffin, remained
there two years, and then he came to Saginaw City. After being
here one year, he went into partnership with E. Epting, which
relation lasted one year, when he removed into his present store on
Hamilton st. His business has increased yearly, and he is one of