Portrait and biographical album of Ingham and Livingston counties, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties ... the governors of the state and of all the presidents of the United States.

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P'ORIT-RA'l' AND BIOGRAPHICAL' A lBUM.

three years in the C'ivil War. lle is now a resident
of Chiceago. Wintllrop (lied in 1875 iln Lansing.
L,ester is in busilless ill LJanlsinl.
Ilattie and Allie were both born inl Iansing and
were hlere reared and educated. After their father's
leatll they [became the Ipossessors of the IIudso(I
House and have since been its proprietorls. and,,uests wlho come here suffer no diminution of care:n1.1d attention fronl times past. It is 1run in firstclass style and is a popular resort for the best people of the place and( of those who are sojourning
here for a short time. Miss Hattie was mnarried
lAugust 8, 1889, to HIarry A. Bowie, a native of
Portland, Mle. Ile came to Lansing a o()ung Iman
and now has charge of tlhe -ludson in comrnpany
with his wife and sister-in-law. The subjects of
this sketch are both regular attendants of the Episcopal Church and if ladies could have politics
theirs would be Republican.
The attention of the reader is invited to tlie
lithographic portrait of the late Mr. Hudson.
found in connection with this sketch.
)LLIAMJ B. EA(-EKR. Prominent in agri\// cultural and churcllh circles is lie wllose
VY\ 1ame we have just given, whose splendid
farIn is to be found on section 7, in ()ceola, his native township. Here lie was born llNovember 6,
1849, and his fatther, Jacob X1. Eager, was a native
of Orange County, N. Y., where lie had his early
training and education. Thence lie came to Oceola Township, Livingston (County, in 1847, locating where his son William now lives. Here lie
took up from the (overnment one hundred anld
twenty acres of wild land and proceeded to clhol
logs with which to build a home. After irnproving this place he removed to Millington and there
engaged in the milling business, but after six years
removed to Howell, where he now resides. ti-e is
an earnest Republican in his political views and
most wisely and judiciously has filled the otfice of
Justice of the Peace for many years. He is an

active and efficient memlber of tile Presbyterian
Churcll 'and helped to build tlhe first church that
was ever erected in H-Iowell.
lThe grandfather of our subject also bore the
name of W. B. Eager, and canme to Michigan from
()range ('011ounty, N. Y., during the same year in
which his soll, Jacob, removed hither. -Ie also
took tup land here although hle returlned to New
York for a while, lint came 1)ack to this State and
here spent the relnainder of his years, dying at a
g(ood( old age. The maiden name of the grandlnother of ourt subject was AIoore, and his mnotller's maiden name was Emnily Cromfort, was also
born in ()Orange County, N. Y., and is still remaining in life to be the comfort and inspiration
of her children. Of her four sons and one
daughter all are living, except one tlhat died in infancy.
'rhe original of this sketch was a'eared in his native homle and remained under the parental roof
until lie reached the age of twenty-five years,
when ihe was united in marriage, ()ctober 14, 1874,
to Ltaura Walker, the wedding taking place at the
home of the bride's father, 'Mr. Robert Walkelr, of
whoIn our readers will be pleased to know more,
and they will find a brief sketch of him on another
page of this book. This lady is a native of Oceola
l'ownship, and had her birtlh in 1855. The young
couple remained with Mr. Eager's parents for onle
year after marriage, and then built for themselves
a holne on sectiol 8, Oceola T'ownsllip, and there
carried oni general farning for eight years, after
which they removed to the old homestead where
thlley now reside.
Four manly sons have been granted to this couple and to them they have given the following
names: Lyman, Robert, James L. and Arthur 1P.
()Oe hundred and twenty acres of 1Mr. Eager's
farm is situated on section 7, and one hlundred anld
thirty-tlhree acres oi section 8, and all is under
cultivation with the exception of sixty-five acres
which remlain in timbler. For eleven years le hlas
been oEperatinlg a threshing machine, and lie bought
a new steaml thresher this fall. H-Ie keeps some very
fine cattle and now has three head of thoroughbred Holsteins and keeps froml one hundred and
twenty-five to one hundred and fifty sheep the:l