Company F, Third Regiment Michigan State Troops. In 1873, he married Miss Anna Nye, of Forestville, Mich. They have one daughter—Edna Mabel.

CAPT. W. H. HUTCHINSON is a native of Canada, and was born at Presque Isle, Lake Ontario, November 10, 1844. He began sailing when only twelve years of age, on the Isabella, with his father; she was rebuilt and called the Caspian, and he was with her several seasons, and afterward for some years sailed mate of schooners and tugs. In 1876, he sailed Captain of the Kate Williams, and since then has had command of the tugs Gladiator and the Balize. The Captain was united in marriage December 20, 1870, to Miss Helen Fick. of the city of Port Huron.

H. E. HYDE, freight and passenger auditor of the Port Huron & Northwestern Railroad, is a native of Michigan, and was born in the city ot Detroit July 15, 1860. He attended school there, and afterward entered the office of the Michigan Central Railroad, and was afterward with the Chicago & Iowa Railroad. In 1880, he was appointed auditor of the freight and passenger department of the Port Huron & Northwestern Railroad, and since then has held that position.

CAPT. BYRON E. INMAN is a native of Michigan, and was born in Macomb County May 3, 1850. He came here with parents in 1857; he began sailing when only thirteen years of age, on propeller Belle; he sailed several years before the mast and several years mate, and in 1869 he and his partner built a scow, Hannah Moore, and he sailed her two years and sold her. In 1871, went wheelsman on tug Brockway; and after five months went mate on same tug; was mate two years on tug Clematis; in 1874, was mate of tug Sweepstakes, part of the season; then sailed Captain of tug Zouave; and the next two years sailed Captain of the tugs Stranger and Satellite; was master of the large tug Champion, one year, and the Sweepstakes two years. In 1882, he sailed master of the steam barge Hiawatha, the largest craft sailed by any Captain from this port. Capt. Inman was married June 24, 1870, to Miss Amelia Dempster, of Whitby, Ontario, Canada. They have two children—Grace A. and Walton B.

JEROME B. INMAN, custom house, is a native of Monroe County, N. Y., and was born August 5, 1826. His parents came to Michigan in 1832, and settled in Macomb County, and were among the earliest settlers there. He was brought up and learned trade of a blacksmith there. When the war broke out, he enlisted in Company K, Second Michigan Cavalry, commanded by Lieut. Gen. Phil. Sheridan; he served over four years, and participated in many tights and shirmishes. After his return, in 1869, he was appointed in the custom house, and since then has held that position. Mr. Inman married Miss Cordelia C. Smith, a native of Monroe County, N. Y., July 24, 1851. She came to this State in early childhood, in year 1832. They have three children—Byron, Captain steamer Hiawatha, of the Buffalo & Duluth line; Ursula V., at home; Hiram G., sailing on lakes.

EDWARD J. INSLEE, dealer in wool, is a native of New York State, and was born in Seneca County June 24, 1833. His parents came to Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1839, and he lived in that county and Livingston County until 1850; then went to Detroit, and two years later came to Port Huron; for eight years was clerk in the Thompson House. In 1860, engaged in general mercantile business; after a few years, engaged in buying and selling on the market; has bought wool over twenty years, and is the oldest dealer here, and does the largest business. He has held the office of Street Commissioner. Mr. Inslee married Miss Lodemia Walker, a native of Canada, September 18, 1856. They have three children—Edwin W., Wilber D., Edith M. Lost two —Anna M. and Dwight S.

GAGE INSLEE, deputy collector of customs, in charge of office at Fprt Gratiot, is a native of New York State, and was born in Ontario County August 8, 1818. He came West with his parents, to Michigan, in 1835, when it was a Territory. After reaching manhood he engaged in milling, until 1856, when he came to Port Huron, and engaged in mercantile business until 1860. The following year, he was appointed Deputy United States Marshal, and also served as Deputy Provost Marshal. In 1862, was appointed Inspector of Customs, and held that office twelve years, and since then has held the position of Deputy Collector of Cust oms, in charge of the office at Fort Gratiot. Mr. Inslee has lived in this State forty-eight years. In 1841, he married Miss Elsie Ann Montague, of Cayuga County, N. Y. They have two children—one daughter, Eunice Ann, now Mrs. A. B. McCollom. of this city, and one son, Charles Gage Inslee, living in Montreal.

J. JACOBI, dealer in ready-made clothing, is a native of Germany, and was born December 7, 1822. After reaching early manhood, he emigrated to the United States in 1846; came to Detroit and lived there six years and in 1855 came to Port Huron and engaged in the grocery trade until 1859; then went to Lexington and carried on the same business there until 1864, when he returned to Port Huron and established his present business; and since then for the past eighteen years has successfully carried on the business here. He has served as member of the Board of Estimates. Mr. Jacob! married Miss Fannie Bendit, of Bavaria, Germany, April 18. 1852; held position of Mayor of the city of Port Huron in 1880. They have one sou—Alexander! They have lost two—Hannah and Harry.

WILLIAM JENKINSON, manufacturer and dealer in pine lumber, is a native of the North of Ireland, and was born in 1834. Upon reaching manhood, emigrated to the United States in 1853, and four years later came to Port Huron and engaged in buying white oak staves, and continued in that business for twenty years. In 1874, he engaged in manufacturing pine lumber. He owns seven thousand acres of pine land, and cuts from five to ten million feet annually; ships his lumber to Chicago, Buffalo, Rochester and other Eastern points. He controls steamers and barges for freighting his lumber from the mills; he is a director and the largest stockholder in the First National Bank, and is largely interested in real estate and city property. In 1856, Mr. Jenkinson was united in marriage to Miss Eliza M. Stettler, a native of Canada. They have one daughter—Jennie.

W. L. JENKS, attorney at law, is a native of St. Clair County, and was born in the city of St. Clair December 27, 1856. After attending school there, entered the university at Ann Arbor, and was graduated in the literary department in 1878; then studied law in Port Huron and was admitted to the bar October 1, 1879, and since then has practiced his profession here. Mr. Jenks was united in marriage August 10, 1881, to Miss Margaret Willson, of Logan County, Ohio.

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DAVID HOWELL JEROME, ex-Governor of Michigan, residence Saginaw, was born at Detroit. Mich., November 17, 1829. His parents emigrated to Michigan from Trumansburg. Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1828, locating at Detroit. His father died March 30, 1831, leaving nine children. He had been twice married, and four of the children living at the time of his death were grown up sons, the offspring of his first union. Of the five children by his second marriage, David H. was the youngest. Shortly after Mr. Jerome's death, his widow moved back to New York, and settled in Onondaga County, near Syracuse, where they remained until the fall of 1834, the four sons by the first wife continuing their residence in Michigan. In the fall of 1834, Mrs. Jerome came once more to Michigan, locating on a farm in St. Clair County. Here the Governor formed those habits of industry and sterling integrity that have been so characteristic of the man in the active duties of life. He was sent to the district school, and in the acquisition of the fundamental branches of learning he displayed a precocity and an application which won for him the admiration of his teachers, and always placed him at the head of his classes. In the meantime he did chores on the farm, and was always ready with a cheerful heart and willing hand to assist his widowed mother. The heavy labor of the farm was carried on by his two older brothers, Timothy and George, and when thirteen years of age David received his mother's permission to attend school at the St. Clair Academy. While attending there he lived with Marcus H. Miles, now deceased, doing chores for his board, and the following winter performed the same service for James Ogden, also deceased. The next summer, Mrs. Jerome moved into the village of St. Clair, for the purpose of continuing her son in school. While attending said academy, one of his associate students was ex-Senator Thomas W. Palmer, of Detroit, a rival candidate before the gubernatorial convention in 1880. He completed his education in the fall of his sixteenth year, and the following winter assisted his brother Timothy in hauling logs in the pine woods. The next summer he rafted logs down the St. Clair River to Algonac. In 1847, M. H. Miles being Clerk in St. Clair County, and Volney A. Ripley Register of Deeds, David H. Jerome was appointed Deputy to each, remaining as such during 1848-49, and receiving much praise from his employers and the people in general for the ability displayed in the discharge of his duties. He spent his summer vacation in clerical work on board the lake vessels.

In 1849-50. he abandoned office work, and for the proper development of, his physical system spent several months hauling logs. In the spring of 1850, his brother "Tiff" and himself chartered the steamer Chautauqua," and "Young Dave" became her master. A portion of the season the boat was engaged in the passenger and freight traffic between Port Huron and Detroit, but during the latter part was used as a tow boat. At that time, there was a serious obstruction to navigation, known as the "St. Clair Flats," between Lakes Huron and Erie, over which vessels could carry only about 10,000 bushels of grain. Mr. Jerome conceived the idea of towing vessels from one lake to the other, and put his plan into operation. Through the influence of practical men—among them the subject of this sketch—Congress, under a Republican administration, removed the obstruction above referred to, and now vessels can pass them laden with 60,000 or 80,000 bushels of grain.

During the season, the two brothers had succeeded in making a neat little sum of money by the summer's work, but subsequently lost it all on a contract to raise the "Gen. Scott," a vessel that had sunk in Lake St. Clair. David H. came out free from debt, but possessed of hardly a dollar of capital. In the soring of 1851, he was clerk and acting master of the steamers" Franklin Moore" and "Ruby," plying between Detroit and Port Huron and Goderich. The following year was clerk of the propeller "Princeton," running between Detroit and Buffalo.

In January, 1853, Mr. Jerome went to California, by way of the Isthmus, and enjoyed extraordinary success in selling goods in a new place of his selection, among the mountains near Marysville. He remained there during the summer, and located the Live Yankee Tunnel Mine, which has since yielded millions to its owners, and is still a paying investment. He planned and put a tunnel 600 feet into the mine, but when the water supply began to fail with the dry season, sold out his interest. He left in the fall of 1853, and in December sailed from San Francisco for New York, arriving at his home in St. Clair County about a year after his departure. During his absence his brother "Tiff" had located at Saginaw, and in 1854 Mr. Jerome joined him in his lumber operation in the valley, spending considerable time in the northern part of the State locating and purchasing pine lands. In 1855, the brothers bought Blackmer & Eaton's hardware and general supply stores at Saginaw, and David H. assumed the management of the business. From 1855 to 1873 he was extensively engaged in lumbering operations.

Mr. Jerome's ancestors were always opposed to slavery in every form, and he imbibed the love of liberty and independence. Soon after locating at Saginaw, he was nominated for Alderman against Stewart B. Williams, a rising young man, of strong Democratic principles. The ward was largely Democratic, but Mr. Jerome was elected by a handsome majority. When the Republican party was born at Jackson, Mich., David H. Jerome was, though not a delegate to the convention, one of its charter members. In 1862, he was commissioned by Gov. Austin Blair to raise one of the six regiments apportioned to the State of Michigan. Mr. Jerome immediately went to work and held meetings at various points. The zeal and enthusiasm displayed by this advocate of the Union awakened a feeling of patriotic interest in the breasts of many brave men. and in a short space of time the Twenty-third Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was placed in the field, and subsequently gained for itself a brflliant record.

In the fall of 1862, Mr. Jerome was nominated by the Republican party for State Senator from the Twentysixth District, Appleton Stevens, of Bay City, being his opponent. The contest was very exciting, and resulted in the triumphant election of Mr. Jerome. He was twice renominated by acclamation and elected both times by increased majorities, defeating George Lord, of Bay City, and I)r Cheseman. of Gratiot County. On taking his seat in the Senate, he was appointed Chairman of the Committee on State Affairs, and was active in raising means and troops to carry on the war. He held the same position during his three terms of service, and introduced the bill creating the Soldier's Home at Harper's Hospital, Detroit. He was opposed to the bill authorizing municipal aid to railroad corporations, and sustained Gov. Crapo in his veto. He was ac

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tively interested in preserving swamp lands for use in local improvements, and was chairman of the committee on salt, which commission succeeded in passing the bill creating the Salt Association of Michigan.

In 1873, he was appointed by Gov. BagHe was selected by Gov. Crapo as a military aid, and in 1865 was appointed a member of the State Military Board, and served as its President for eight consecutive years. ley a member of the convention to prepare a new State Constitution, and was Chairman of the Committee on Finance. Although having previously but little experience in such matters, and none of the diplomatic skill which had characterized the other members of the commission in their various official duties for several years, yet he brought into view great force of character and an unlimited amount of common sense and earnestness, and was recognized as one of the leading members of that body.

In 1875, Mr. Jerome was appointed a member of the Board of Indian Commissioners. In 1876, he was chairman of a commission to visit Chief Joseph, the Nez Perce Indian, to arrange an amicable settlement of all existing difficulties. The commission went to Portland, Oregon, thence to the Blue Hills, in Idaho, a distance of 600 miles up the Columbia River. From his many interviews with the Indians, Mr. Jerome became satisfied that the true policy was to enact such measures as would result in the Indians selecting land in severally on their various reservations for their own use, and have the remainder sold for their benefit, thus This would soon civilize the red man, and also make opening up the country for settlement by the whites.

him self-supporting.

At the Republican State Convention convened at Jackson, in August, 1880, Mr. Jerome was placed in the field for nomination, and on the 5th day of the month received the highest honor the convention could confer on any one. His opponent was Frederick M. Holloway, of Hillsdale County, who was supported by the Democratic and Greenback parties. The State was thoroughly canvassed by both parties, and when the polls were closed on the evening of election day, it was found that David H. Jerome had been selected by the voters of the Wolverine State to occupy the highest seat within their gift.

"Mr. The following tribute to ex-Gov. Jerome, by an intimate acquaintance, is well worthy of record: Jerome is a man of great force of character, careful and deliberate in the formation of his opinions, but steadfast in them when formed, and persevering in carrying them out in practice. He is kind and genial in his social nature, and well calculated to exercise a powerful and genial influence over the popular mind. He is every day the same courteous and cultivated gentleman, He is ever keenly alive to every scheme aiming at the moral, intellectual and material advancement of his fellows, and ever ready with labor and money to co-operate. He deserves and enjoys the distinction of being a pleasant, social gentleman, a model business man, and a public-spirited and exemplary citizen, who displays in his public capacity all the virtues that adorn and beautify his daily life."

CHARLES A. JEX, grocer and wholesale confectioner, is a native of Hamilton, Ontario, Can., and was The last When only thirteen years of age, he went on the lakes on the old schooner Pilot, born November 16, 1842. and for twenty-one years was engaged in sailing on the lakes, and during nine years was master. vessel he had command of was the J. H. Rutter, at that time the largest on the lakes. In 1876, he built a store and engaged in the grocery and provision trade, and since then has carried on the business. In JanuHe was united in marriage January 6, 1874, ary, 1882, engaged in the wholesale confectionery business with P. C. Coy. Mr. Jex has also successfully been engaged in the wrecking business for the past three years. to Miss Sarah Barron, of St. Clair, this county; they have three children—William Arthur, Ina Nettie and Charles Albert.

CAPT. H. N. JEX, master of the Victoria, is a native of St. Clair County, and was born in Port Huron, June 18, 1851; he began sailing on the schooner Idaho when only thirteen years of age; when twenty years old, he sailed Captain of the schooner Hanson, and has also sailed (he Troy, the Curlew, and several others, and has owned several of them. He is now master of the Victoria. He has also been successfully engaged in the wrecking business for the past four years. Capt. Jex was united in marriage October 1, 1879, to Miss Rosena Robb, of the city of Port Huron, a native of London, Can.

WILLIAM JOHNSTON, of the firm of Bondy & Johnston, dry goods and clothing, is a native of Canada, and was born in 1824; during his early manhood he went South, and spent about eighteen years in the State of Alabama, a part of the time in the city of Mobile. In 1866. he came to Port Huron, and since then has been engaged in the business of merchant tailor; in May, 1877, he associated with Mr. Bondy. and has had charge of this department of the business of Bondy & Johnston for the past five years. Johnston was united in marriage to Miss Mary Shepherd; she is a native of England.

In 1868, Mr.

DENNIS JONES, of the firm of W. W. Campfield & Co., is a native of St. Clair County, and was born at Fort Gratiot, November 29, 1840; his parents, John R. and Mary Donovan Jones, were among the earliest settlers of this county; he grew up and attended school here; after reaching manhood, worked in a saw-mill, and was afterward in the grocery trade. In January, 1878. he associated with Mr. Campfield. and engaged in their present business, and they have a large trade. Mr. Jones is a member of the present Board of City Aldermen. He married Miss Mary Murphy, a native of Canada, October 4, 1862; they have seven children—John, Monicy, Clara, Oliver. Kate. Louise and Mary.

S. A. JONES is a native of Berkshire County, Mass., and was born December 6, 1817. His father, Elisha Jones. emigrated to Ohio in 1825. The family came up the Erie Canal during the month of June; on the way met Gen. LaFayette on a boat, and Mr. Jones remembered distinctly the appearance of the distinArrived at Buffalo the night before the Thayers (father and two sons) were hung for murderguished man. dering a man by the name of Love. They came to Grand River. Ohio, near Painesville. In 1830. when only thirteen years old, Mr. Jones began to take care of himself, and in 1832 began learning the trade of saddler and harness-making, and worked at it for five years; then came to Michigan, and arrived in St. Clair County, June 24, 1837, and located at Newport, now Marine City. Soon after occurred the patriot war, which made exciting times for the early settlers. He engaged in the wood business. He has a record of the name of every steamer, and the date it passed up and down, for five years, between Buffalo and Chicago. In 1846, he