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HISTORY OF SAGINAW COUNTY.

Burnham, Spaulding &c Co., dealers in dry-goods and carpets,
wholesale and retail. This large house was established Sept. 1,
1880, in Smith's block, Court st. The store was formerly occupied by J. B. Woolfenden & Co. This firm has put in an entire
new stock consisting of dry-goods and carpets in its various
branches, making fine goods a specialty. Mr. Burnham, the senior
member, resides at New York city, where he improves the opportunities of buying goods at bargains. He has 35 years experience in
the dry-goods business, and uses his judgment in buying the best
class of goods for their trade here. they are doing business upon
the best of business principles, buying and selling all goods for
cash, having only one price. The store is a large, double room with
the same proportions above, while the basement is used exclusively for the wholesale department. A first-class dress-making
department occupies the third floor, and is also run in connection
with the establishment. It is under the management of Mrs.
Mary Reynolds, of New York, a lady of great taste and judgment.
The whole business is under the supervision of Mr. Spaulding, who
has had an experience of 17 years in this business. He is a native
of Monroe Co., N. Y., and came to Michigan in 1870. He was
engaged in business at Jackson, Mich., for nine years, and has
also beside his business interests here, a large dry-goods and carpet
house at Caro, Tuscola Co., Mich. under the name of E. O.
Spaulding & Co. The house in this city employs 29 persons, and
does a business of $150,000 a year.
F. C. Busch, proprietor book bindery, Hamilton street. This
bindery was opened in 1871, in the old postoffice building, and
moved to the present location in Newell block in 1874. He
manufactures all kinds of blank books and does all kinds
of book-binding, ruling, etc. His trade was learned at
East Saginaw, of A. H. Frey, in 1866. He was born at Detroit,
Mich., in 1850, and came to Saginaw City in 1856. His father
and mother, William and Mary (Heilbron) Busch, natives of Germany, are residents of this city. They are old settlers in this
country. His father was born in 1805, and mother in 1813.
The family consisted of 8 children, of whom 6 are living-Louisa,
William C., Augusta, Mena, Frederick C., and Henry.
-Myron Butmtn was born in Milan, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1825, and is a
son of John S. Butman, who removed from New Hampshire to
Ohio in an early day. Mr. B. was educated at Huron Institute,
Erie Co., Ohio. The year of 1854 he spent in Chicago, and in
1855 came to Saginaw. Previous to locating here, however, he
entered about 4,000 acres of fine timber lands near this locality.
He has dealt very extensively in timber lands since tlat time.
He is now extensively engaged in lumbering, doing his sawing
at Bay City. He was married in 1848 to Miss Mary P. Adams.
They have 1 child-Mary P.
William H. Cambrey, a native of England,was born in February,
1837, and emigrated to America with his parents in 1844. They