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ZIL WAUKEE TOWNSHIP.

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SCHOOLS.
There are three school districts in the township; No. 1 presided
over by James Malony; No. 2 by Joseph C. Bixby, and No. 3 by
Edward Lambert. The number of children of school age in the
township in September, 1880, was 503, of whom 374 were reported
in attendance. The school-houses are frame buildings, valued at
$8,656. There are seven teachers employed, who received during
the past year $1,912 for their services. The total disbursement of
money for school purposes during the year ending in September,
1880, was $2,981.90. The district taxes amounted to $2,412, primary school fund $207.27, non-resident fees $600, and $197.27
raised from other sources, aggregating $2,981.90. The township
library contains 422 volumes, including 118 volumes added during the year 1880.
PERSONAL SEETCHES.
Theodore F. Casamer, Principal of the Zilwaukee Public Schools,
was born in Orion tp., Oakland Co., Mich., in 1844; parents are
Isaac and Prudence (Buchner) Casamer, natives of New Jersey, of
German descent; subject of sketch received his education at the
Ypsilanti Normal School, also attended Eastman's Commercial
College, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; when 17 years of age, enlisted
in Co. C, 10th Reg. Mich. Vol. Inf., and was wounded in the
shoulder at battle of Jonesboro, Ga., Sept. 1, 1864; was discharged, and re-enlisted again in 1864, but was discharged again
in 1865 on account of wounds received; was a resident of Genesee
Co., Mich., for some time; and was appointed County Superintendent of Schools; was also nominated for Register of Deeds of
Oakland Co., Mich., in 1876 came to Zilwaukee in 1868, and acceptedipresent position, which he has since filled; is Republican
in politics; was married in 1880, to Jane Chase.
George Hendry, physician, wasborn in the Province of Ontario,
Canada, in 1838, and is a son of John and Mary Ann (Clark), tatives of Scotland; received his literary education in the high
schools of Canada, and was a teacher at Farmersville for two
years; entered Queen's College (Medical) at Kingston, from
which he graduated March 29, 1869; came to this tp. in 1868; is
Republican in politics; has twice been delegate to State Conventions, and in 1880, was delegate to Detroit to elect delegates for
the Presidential election; has been Superintendent of Schools and
Justice of the Peace; was President of the Saginaw County Medical Society in 1874; enjoys an extensive and lucrative practice;
was married, in Canada, in 1873, to Mary Simpson, a native of
Scotland; have 2 children-George David Kerr and Isabella
Henrietta.
Frederic Otto, residence. Zilwaukee village, was born in (iermany, in 1833, and is a son of Frederic andFrederika (Phulshur)
Otto; he received a common-school eduation in Prussia, and has