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HISTORY OF SAGINAW COUNTY.

upon 80 acres of well-improved land as the result of his industry.
His family consists of 2 sons-Leonard and John.
Geo. Seitz, one of the live, energetic men of Blumfield, was born
in Bavaria in 1818; in 1848 he came to America, landing in New
York city; from that point he came direct to the Saginaw Valley;
after arriving here he found employment with the well-known
pioneer of this county, Curtis Emerson, as head sawyer in his
mill. In 1854 he moved to his present home of 160 acres, to
which he has added 110 more; upon this he has shown his old
proclivities, that of milling, having erected a large saw-mill, to
which he contemplates adding a flouring mill. Mr. Seitz was married in 1853 to Miss Caroline Kuhn, a native of Austria, and his
family now consists of 7 children, 4 of whom are living-Otto,
George, Albertina, Emish. Many are the incidents told by this
old pioneer which cause a smile to light the face of his friends of
former days.
Adolph Zwerk was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, in 1831;
was educated at one of the leading seminaries of that country for a
teacher, which profession he followed up to 1852, when he sought
a homein the New World, arriving in Saginaw county, Aug. 28,
the same year; that fall he bought his present farm of 100 acres,
which he has cleared and improved. Now, in his declining years,
he enjoys the fruits of his hard labor. In 1858 he was married to Miss Jane Letting, a native of Germany. Mr. Z. has held
different offices of trust in his tp., and ranks as one of the first
men of his community.
Frederic Zwerk was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, July 4,
1835; his early days were passed at school in his native country.
In 1852 he emigrated to America, locating in Blumfield tp.,
where he bought a farm of 175 acres, which he has developed,
placing thereon as fine inprovements as can be found in his
tp. He was married in 1861 to Miss Mary Kruger, whose
parents are residents of Tuscola county. His family consists of
the following named children: Matilda, Rudolph, Henry, Emma
and Fred., all at the old lhmestead.