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HISTORY OF SAGINAW COUNTY.

Joln Mathias H., born in 1820, and John George H., born in
1823, at Louismuehle, near Ausbach, Bavaria, South Germany,
after receiving a good common-school education, worked with their
father, John G. Hubinger, in the mill-John M. until he was
18 years old, then eight years at different places of the country.
In 1846 they started for Frankenmuth, Mich., where the year
before a colony had been planted among the Indians to christianize them, wiith Loche, Pastor of Neuendettelsau, Bavaria, being the
projector, and Rev. August Craemer the missionary. The party
comprised about 65 persons. Just before going aboard the vessel,
they having their own pastor, 10 couples were married at Bremen.
Among them were John M., marrying Miss Anna P. Walter, a
native of Rossstall, Bavaria, and John G. was united with Miss
Rosina Barbara Hospel, a farmer's daughter from Bavaria. Arriving safely at New York and Detroit, they started for Saginaw
on a sail boat, which took them nearly two weeks. This was May,
1846. From Saginaw they came direct to this place. There was a
wagon road cut out to Bridgeport; from there nothing but a trail,
only about six farms being cleared in the tp.
The first season they built a log house on the bank of the Cass river.
In 1847 the brothers commenced to build a saw-mill, using water
power, completing it in 1848, this being the first mill in the tp.
Shortly afterward they added a flouring mill. In 1851 the
mill business was bought out by John George, and it has grown
under his direction ever since. John M. started in 1851 a store,
this being the second store in the town, where " Uncle John " can
be found every day serving cheerfully the many customers who
crowd his store. In 1874 he built a steam flouring mill, " Star of
the West," which his son Lorenz now controls. He owns some
300 acres, though has given to each of his sons a farm when
they started for themselves. He owns a number of village lots and
has sold a number. He has been Postmaster for 11 years,
Treasurer of the tp. many years, was re-elected, and is now
holding that office. le has been a Trustee of the St. Lorenz
(Lutheran) Church for many years, and has done much to build up
that congregation of 235 male voting iembers. His 8 children are-Margareth, who died at 18 years of age; John George,
who married Miss Burger, is a farmer; Lorenz, who married Miss
Maria Fuerbringer, and is proprietor of " Star of the West " mill
(steam flouring), Frankenmulth; Elizabeth, married to Mr. List,
having store at Salzburg, Bay Co., Mich.; George Leonhard, farmer
in Birch Run tp.; Johanna E., married to Mr. Leonhard Heine,
storekeeper at Frankenmuth; Gotfried John, Mary, Christoph, at
home.
John George Hubinger, above mentioned, has even done better
than his brothers. To his flouring mill and saw-mill he added a
steam flouring mill, planing mill and tannery. He is running a
general merchandise store and a large lumber business, cutting a
large number of logs in his own pinery every winter, and buying