MICH

CHARLES LINCOLN BOYNTON.

tended the Commercial College of Detroit, where he received the benefit of a commercial education, which has been most useful to him ever since.

His first employment was that of a drug clerk, in which business he remained for five years, leaving it at the age of 20, and shortly afterward taking his present position.

BOYNTON, COL. CHARLES CHARLES LINCOLN. Charles Lincoln Boynton, of Port Huron, Michigan, is the senior member of the firm of Boynton & Thompson, vessel owners,, who operate a great number of towing tugs on the Great Lakes and control one of the largest wrecking flects on those waters, consisting of twelve tugs equipped with every modern wrecking appliance.

He became interested in the tug business through buying a one-quarter interest in the tug George G. Brockway. The investment was a good one, however, and as the business increased new vessels were gradually added to the fleet, until today the flag of the firm of The Thompson Towing & Wrecking Association flies from twenty-one vessels, towing and wrecking tugs, steam and tow barges plying on the Great Lakes and carrying lumber, coal and other freight to and from all the lake ports. The Thompson Towing & Wrecking Association does all the towing through the American and Canadian locks at Sault Ste. Marie. In conjunction with the tug business, Mr. Boynton is also engaged in the coal and builders' supply trades, doing an extensive and thriving business in both these lines.

Charles Lincoln Boynton is the son of Major Nathan S. Boynton, who won his title of major in the Union Army during the Civil War. Nathan Boynton is the father and founder of the Order of the Knights of the Maccabees, and now holds the position in that order of Supreme Record Keeper, K. O. T. M. of the World. Upon the organization of the Maccabees, Charles Lincoln Boynton entered his father's office as an assistant, and he has continued with the organization up to date, being now chief clerk in the Supreme Tent Office.

Charles Lincoln Boynton was born March 31, 1860, in Cincinnati, where his parents resided until 1862. He was educated in the public schools of Port Huron, and later at

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Mr. Boynton is a descendant of Sir Matthew Boynton. His great-grandmother was Frances Rendt, of Montreal, Canada. father, Louis Rendt, was born near Bremen, Germany, and when young enlisting in the German army, afterwards enlisting in the British army and participating in the battle of Waterloo; he also fought against the Americans, in the war of 1812.

Besides being an enthusiastic Maccabee, Mr. Boynton is also a Mason, belongs to the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the Knights of Pythias, and the B. P. O. E. He served as colonel of the Thirty-third Michigan Infantry during the Spanish-American war, and proved an efficient and popular officer.

Col. Boynton has been offered the nomination for nearly every office in the Seventh District, but he has always been firm in declining such honors, preferring to be recognized only as a substantial business man rather than a politician.

ROBINSON, ORRIN WILLIAMS. Michigan's Lieutenant-Governor, Orrin Williams Robinson, was born in Claremont, New Hampshire, August 12, 1834. He was the third eldest child in a family of nine children, and at the age of ten years he was started to work for his board and clothes on a farm adjoining his home. When he was fifteen years of age a little difficulty arose between the boy's father and his employer which resulted in young Robinson packing his belongings in a handkerchief and starting to do battle with the world on his own account.

He found employment at farming until he was seventeen and then went to work in a gun factory and foundry, getting three months' schooling each winter. When he reached the age of nineteen he decided to come to Michigan. His uncle was managing a copper mine in Ontonagon County, so borrowing fifty dollars he started out to find him.

Reaching Ontonagon, at that time the largest town on the Upper Peninsula, he secured a job clearing up timber land, and remained there until 1856. He had managed to save a little money, which he proceeded to invest in a yoke of oxen. Thus equipped, he obtained a contract for "toting" supplies, which venture resulted disastrously, so much so that, losing his money he was compelled to kill and sell • his oxen. At length he managed to secure a position as assistant engineer at the Norwich mine, which he retained until February, 1856. Becoming disgusted with that section, he now determined to shift the base of his operations to Green Bay, Wisconsin. The trip to that place was made with a dog team by way of Marquette.

The cold was intense, the mercury creeping down to twenty-two degrees below zero. To add to their sufferings, one of their number, Captain McDonald, an elderly man, became exhausted with the journey and rather than abandon him they camped in the woods, digging a hole in the snow for their fire, and sitting around the blaze all night while the great trees snapped and burst open around them with the frost. Then the guides desert

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ed, and after much suffering the party at last found its own way into Green Bay. There was no work there so the young man started south to Chicago, and thence to Kossuth county, Iowa, where he remained six years.

In 1862 he returned to the copper country and for eleven years was engaged as shipping clerk for the Quincy mine. In 1873 he organized the Sturgeon River Lumber Company and built mills at Hancock, which were removed to Chassel in 1887 and greatly enlarged.

This concern employs over two hundred men and is one of the largest plants in this state. Mr. Robinson is the president of the company.

In 1865 he married Miss Cornelia L., daughter of Naham Lombard, of Weathersfield, Vermont. They have two children, M. Ethel, who graduated from Mary Institute, St. Louis, Missouri, and Dean L., who graduated from Harvard University. Mr. Robinson was elected to the House of Representatives from the Second District of Houghton in 1895; Senator from the Thirty-second District in 1897, and Lieutenant-Governor of Michigan in 1898. His term expires in 1901.

ROBERT DAY SCOTT.

SCOTT, ROBERT DAY. As sturdy as the thistle of his native land, Robert Day Scott has made his way through the troubles and vicissitudes of this life, winning the battle in the end through sheer pluck and endurance. The R. D. Scott carriage factory in Pontiac stands today like a monument erected by Mr. Scott's own hands, and when one considers from what a beginning Mr. Scott has built this colossal business it seems more than marvelous.

His father, Robert Scott, was the manager of a large estate near Roxboroughshire, Scotland, and it was there, on June 25, 1826, that Robert Day Scott was born. The family moved to America when Mr. Scott was but eight years of age, and settled on a farm near Guelph, Wellington county, Canada, in 1834. When he reached the age of 18 years. it was decided that he should learn a trade, and he was apprenticed to a wagonmaker.

In 1849, being 23 years old, he decided that working for others was not as remunerative as working for himself might be, so he started in business on his own account. He prospered and business increased steadily,

until the hard times and business reverses of the Canadian financial panic of 1857 wound up his concern. In 1865 Mr. Scott moved with his family to the United States and took up his residence in Pontiac, Michigan.

These are the dark pages in his life history, although he now reviews them with a feeling of pride. He found himself in a strange city with an invalid wife, seven children and not a dollar in his pocket. At this period his trade stood him in good stead. He found work at it and managed by hard work to keep things moving for a year, when, having accumulated a little money, he opened a shop of his own. This meant extra work. All day he would work in the shop, and when night came, instead of resting from his labors, he was compelled to scour the country in search of dry timber suitable for the manufacture of wagons.

Gradually his business commenced to grow, yet for a time he confined himself to supplying the local trade only. After a while he began branching out for sales in the surrounding country, and his business increased year by year. In 1888 he built a small factory and started to manufacture road carts and wagons for export. Today R. D. Scott & Co. own and operate one of the largest plants of its kind in Michigan, building annually 10,000 vehicles, which are sold throughout the world. This immense plant is run on the profit-sharing plan for the employees.

Mr. Scctt was married to Elizabeth Ann Day, daughter of Daniel Day, at Guelph, Canada, on June 14th, 1849. Mrs. Scott died in 1892, leaving five children. Maria lives at home with her father and takes her mother's place in his household. Mary is the wife of Henry C. Ward, of Pontiac; William is associated with the firm of R. D. Scott & Company, at Pontiac; Phoebe Palmer is the wife of Howard Stevens, the builder and contractor, in that city, and Ellen Jane is the wife of John E. King, of Jackson county, Michigan. Mr. Scott is a staunch Prohibitionist.

QUIRK, DANIEL LACE. The Isle of Man has been made famous in recent years by the stories of Hall Caine, and its topography and people are better known to the readers of today than they were to those of a generation ago.

It was on this little island, under the protecting shadow of the flag of Great Britain, that the subject of this sketch, Daniel Lace Quirk, in the year 1818, on the 15th day of June, first made his entry into the world. His father, Hugh Quirk, was a vessel owner, living in the little city of Peel, Isle of Man, and his mother's father was an Episcopal clergyman and her uncle was Deemster of the island.

Four years after the birth of Daniel, the family came to America and settled on a farm in New York State, where, until he was 17 years of age, the young man lived, and tilled the soil. Then he was apprenticed to learn the trade of carpenter and joiner, which trade he followed for many years. His education was received at a district school near Rochester, New York, and with the aid of that education he has gradually made his own way to the position he now occupies in the business and commercial world.

Mr. Quirk came to Michigan in 1838, settling in Ann Arbor, where he worked at his trade for nine years. In 1847 he purchased the Belleville Mills, in Wayne County, which he owned and operated for a period of six years, after which he sold out and went to Chicago, Illinois, for the purpose of engaging in the commission business. There, under the firm name of Dow, Quirk & Company, in 1861, he began the pork-packing business which afterwards became known as the Chi

cago Packing Company. He returned to Michigan in 1863, this time to Ypsilanti, where he now lives, and in 1864 he assisted in organizing the First National Bank of that city. Since its organization he has been the president and vice-president. At the present writing he holds the position of president.

He was one of the principal men who constructed the Wabash Railroad from Detroit,

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Michigan, to Butler, Indiana, and was one of the projectors and builders of the now Lake Shore Railroad from Ypsilanti to Hillsdale, Michigan. He was also one of the promoters of the Eel River Railroad, built in 1871, from Auburn to Logansport, and of the electric road from Ypsilanti to Ann Arbor. He was instrumental in building the large woolen and paper mills erected in 1865 at Ypsilanti, and besides his present business as banker he is interested in the Peninsular Paper Company and a director in the Eel River Railroad.

Mr. Quirk has never lost his love for his first occupation, and he still owns and operates several farms near Ypsilanti. From 1852 to 1855 he occupied the office of Auditor for Wayne County.

In 1843, Mr. Quirk married Miss Nancy Scott, of Lodi, who died in 1850, leaving one daughter, Nancy, who is the wife of Charles P. Ferrier, of Ypsilanti. In 1852, he married Miss Priscilla Frain, daughter of Henry Frain, and they have three children. beth is now Mrs. Ira P. Younglove, of Chicago; Mrs. Jennie Quirk Pack lives at home. Daniel L. Quirk, Jr., is cashier of the First National Bank of Ypsilanti.

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HON. EDGAR WEEKS.

WEEKS, HON. EDGAR. A familiar figure in Michigan politics and a hard worker for the Republican party, Hon. Edgar Weeks, of Mt. Clemens, Michigan, is one of the prominent men of this State. As a lawyer he possesses great ability and in the course of his long practice he has engaged in many of the most important cases ever tried in the courts of Macomb county.

He was born in Mt. Clemens in August, 1839, and he has lived there all his life. His father, Aaron Weeks, was one of the pioneers of Macomb county.

When about 15 years of age the young man commenced learning the trade of a printer, and for a time occupied the post of "devil" in one of the printing offices in his native town. Two years later he took charge of a newspaper office in New Baltimore, remaining in that position for a brief time. Shortly after this he came to Detroit, where he was employed on the old Evening Tribune, and also on the Detroit Free Press. About the year 1858 he entered the office of the county clerk of Macomb county as an assistant, and at the same time commenced the

study of law. Soon afterwards he was taken into the offices of Eldredge & Hubbard, at Mt. Clemens, where he remained up to the time of his admission to the bar in 1861.

Mr. Weeks took an active part in the political campaign of 1860, and in June, 1861, when the civil war broke out, he enlisted in Company B of the Fifth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, which was raised in Mt. Clemens. Before the regiment was fully organized he was made first sergeant of that company, and as such went to the front about the 1st of September, 1861.

He had only been in the service ten months when he was commissioned by Gov. Blair as a first lieutenant and adjutant in the Twenty-second Michigan Infantry. While his regiment was in Kentucky during the winter of 1862-63 he was again promoted, this time to the rank of captain in Company F of the same regiment.

Upon his return from the war in 1864, he resumed his practice of law in Mt. Clemens, and the same year established the Mt. Clemens Monitor, which is still the leading ReIn the publican organ of Macomb county.

fall of 1864 Mr. Weeks was elected to the office of circuit court commissioner, but was forced to resign that office by reason of the law permitting the soldiers to vote in the field being declared unconstitutional.

He has held many offices. In 1866 he was made prosecuting attorney for Macomb county. In 1875 he was appointed probate judge of Macomb county by Gov. Bagley. He was nominated for Congress in 1884 but defeated. A delegate to the National Convention at Chicago, which nominated Benjamin Harrison for president, Mr. Weeks took an active part in the effort made at that time to nominate Gen. Alger, was elected to Congress in the fall of 1897 and now represents the Seventh District of Michigan in the Fifty-sixth Congress of the United States.

His son, John A. Weeks, has served for years as prosecuting attorney for Macomb county.