History of Detroit, a chronicle of its progress, its industries, its institutions, and the people of the fair City of the straits, / by Paul Leake ... [Vol. 3]

HISTORY OF DETROIT

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ABRAM W. SEMPLINER. Like many another ambitious young man,
Abram W. Sempliner, born at Bay City,'October 15, 1881, gravitated
to Detroit as the centre of legal activity of the state, and casting his
fortunes with the City of the Straits, has more than made good, occupying a prominent position in the estimation of his fellow citizens.
The son of William and Hedwig (Alexander) Sempliner, he was
reared and received his education in the public schools of Bay City.
Graduating from these, he passed through high school and then went to
Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he entered the law department of the University of Michigan and where he was graduated with the class of '02,
degree of LL.B. In 1902 he came to Detroit and entered the law office
of Alexander J. Groesbeck, where he has since continued, although engaged in the general practice of the law for himself.
On June 26, 1907, Mr. Sempliner was united in marriage to Miss
Ida M. Tippling, of Detroit, the daughter of Thomas and Ann Tippling.
To this union one son has been born, William Myron Sempliner.
Mr. Sempliner's father was a native of Hungary, and his mother
was born at New York City. The elder Mr. Sempliner located in Bay
City in 1865 and for thirty-five years was engaged in maintaining a
general merchandise store in that city.
EDWARD J. KENDALL, M. D. The neighboring province of Ontario,
Canada, has contributed a most liberal and valued element to the citizenship of the Michigan metropolis, and among those of Canadian birth
who now occupy secure place in connection with the varied activities
of Detroit stands Dr. Kendall, who is one of the representative physicians and surgeons of the city.
Dr. Edward James Kendall was born in the town of Welland, Ontario, the judicial center of the county of the same name, on January 20,
1861. He is a son of John and Sarah Ann (Badger) Kendall, both of
whom were born and reared in England, whence they came to the province of Ontario, Canada, about the year 1856, their marriage having
been solemnized at St. Catherines, that province. The father was a talented artist and decorator and as such he found employment for his
abilities during the greater part of his active career. Both he and his
wife continued to reside in the province of Ontario until death. Both
were zealous communicants of the Church of England, in whose faith
they reared their children, of whom one son and one daughter are now
living.
Dr. Kendall was a child at the time of the family removal to Niagara
Falls, Ontario, at which place he attended the common and high schools.
He then entered the Ontario College of Pharmacy, at Toronto, in which
he was graduated as a member of the class of 1881, after which he
had the management of a drug store in the city of Rochester, New York,
for a time. He finally engaged in the same line of business on his own
responsibility and continued his residence in Rochester until he had
formulated plans for entering the medical profession, for which his
pharmaceutical training had given him valuable discipline in a preliminary way. He had closely studied the pharmacopeia and had become
especially well informed in materia medica and therapeutics. He early
became impressed with the Homeopathic school of medicine, and his
later success and prestige have amply justified his choice of the same as
his sphere of earnest and effective endeavor. He entered the Hahnemann Homeopathic Medical College in the city of Philadelphia, in which
admirable institution he completed the prescribed course with high
honors. He was graduated as a member of the class of 1895 and duly
received his well earned degree of Doctor of Medicine. The same year
he established his home in Detroit, and here he has since continued in