History of Michigan, / by Charles Moore. [Vol. 3]

HISTORY OF MICHIGAN

1307

in Jackson, Michigan. His father, who was a wagon maker by trade,
continued to live in that city until his death on June I6, I908. The
widowed mother still lives in the city. The son, Christopher, has also
been a resident of Jackson since he was six years of age, and has been
reared and trained in an American environment, and is in every sense of
the word except by birth an American. Of the large family of twelve
children, three died in infancy, and all the other nine are now living in
Jackson, mentioned as follows: Elizabeth, Mrs. Peter Breitmayer; Mrs.
Catharine Ritz; Carl; George; Christopher K.; Emma, wife of Peter
Ottney; Jacob; Harry; and Fred. The youngest of the family is Fred,
aged twenty-seven. Carl Maino, their father, was a strong man physically, and the fact that he reared his large family in comfort is proof
that he was a hard worker and a good provider. He stood six feet one
and a half inches in height, and weighed one hundred and ninety pounds,
being well proportioned and possessing both strength and agility. Singularly enough, the son Christopher is exactly of the same height and the
same weight, and athletic proportions and activity are characteristics of
the family generally. Carl Maino; served a full term of seven years in
the German army when a young man. At that time, and perhaps the
custom still endures, when a new recruit entered the army it was required of him that he should be pitted against the bully of the regiment in
athletic test and wrestling. Young Maino proved too much for the bully,
throwing him with ease, and thereafter the object of much admiration
among his comrades. Mrs. Carl Maino is still in good health at the age
of seventy-four, and is held in high veneration by her children.
In St. John's Academy at Jackson, Christopher K. Maino received
his principal education, and began as a boy to earn his own way, being
employed for twelve years by the Central City'Soap Company at Jackson. Starting in at sixteen as a shipping clerk, he was gradually advanced until he became manager of the coffee roasting department. With
a capital at his command and a well established business credit, he bought
in I902 the Falihee shoe store at Jackson from Mr. Falihee, and has
since broadened and built up a flourishing trade on the basis established
by this pioneer merchant.
Mr. Maino affiliates with the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, with the Knights of Columbus, and he is a trustee of St. Mary's
Catholic church. He also belongs to the Arbeiter Society of Jackson.
On September I4, I904, he married Miss Jessie E. McQuillan of that
city. Of their three children, a daughter, Janice, died at the age of
fourteen months. The two living children are Hubert A. and Linus J.
LAWRENCE PRICE, of Lansing, has been a citizen of Michigan for
nearly half a century, and for the major portion of that long period
has been closely identified with the commercial, industrial and public
affairs of Lansing and the state. As a soldier, public official, citizen,
business man and manufacturer he has won success and honor, and has
done his full share toward contributing to the community's growth
and that of its institutions.
Mr. Price is a son of Erin's Isle, born May 27, 1842, at Templemore,
County Tipperary, the son of Martin and Ann (Egan) Price, both of
whom were natives of County Tipperary. Martin Price, the father,
farmed in Ireland until I849, in which year he brought his family to
America, landing at Quebec, Canada, and going from that city to Lewiston, Niagara county, New York, where they made their first settlement.
In I867 Martin Price came to Michigan and settled in Ingham county,
buying a farm in Lansing township, where he passed the last years of