been prominently identified with that field of endeavor in Wayne County since 1918 and has been responsible in a large measure for the success of the company with which he has been associated since that time. He was born in Greenfield Township, Wayne County, September 12, 1882, the son of Anthony and Mary (Horger) Ternes. The father was born in Germany in 1840 and was brought to Wayne County Michigan, in 1845 by his parents, who settled on Government land in Greenfield Township in that year. He died in 1905, his wife having died in 1900 at the age of fifty-four years. Anthony Ternes took an active part in the affairs of his township, serving on the school board and in other township offices. George L. Ternes obtained his early education in the parochial schools and then worked on his father's farm until he was twenty years of age, when he came to Detroit to assume the duties of secretary and treasurer of the Cooper Baking Company, with which he continued five years. He then became secretary of the Ternes Coal and Lumber Company and was so employed during the ensuing nine years. It was in 1918, appreciating the future in the building supply field, that he joined James Guinan in the establishment of the Ternes & Guinan Supply Company. The succeeding nine years have witnessed the rise of the company to a commanding position in its field in Fordson, Dearborn, and the west side of Detroit, and in this development, Mr. Ternes has been an important factor. He is recognized as one of the able and aggressive executives in the building supply business and is rated as one of the successful and influential men in that work. In April, 1914, he married Mae Hannah Connelly, of an old Wayne County family, who died September 22, 1926, leaving four children, Edna Marie, Claire Elizabeth, George L., Jr., and Lloyd Jerod. Mr. Ternes is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Harmonie Society, Izaak Walton League, and is president of the Orchard Park Land Company and vice-president of the Wayne Acreage Land Company. The real estate concerns in which he is interested are successful and widely known in their line, and he is vitally connected with their prosperity and develop

ment.

Henry S. Thompson, president of the Thompson-Brown Corporation, one of the foremost real estate concerns of Detroit, was born at Alpena, Michigan, April 22, 1886, the son of Peter and Stina (Larsen) Thompson, both of whom were born in Norway, the family name having been Langland in that country. In 1861, Peter Thompson brought his family to the United States and settled at Alpena, Michigan, where he was a successful farmer and lumberman, remaining there until 1916, when he came to Detroit. Henry S. Thompson received his education in the Alpena schools and then worked with various lumber companies in the woods until he was twenty-one years of age, when, for three summers, he was a sailor on the Great Lakes and an employe in automobile plants during the winter months. He then gave up the life of sailor and became a shop foreman for various companies, such as, Packard, Hudson, and Hupmobile. In 1911, he became associated with the Olds organ

ization as foreman in charge of service, continuing there until 1916. In that year, he bought his own garage but sold it the following year to return to his former position with the Olds Company. After a short time, he began selling used cars, adding new automobiles to his work in 1919. In January, 1922, Mr. Thompson. purchased a half interest in the Studebaker Sales Company at No. 5743 Woodward avenue but relinquished the duties of that work in 1923 to become the Oakland County distributor for the same make of automobile as H. S. Thompson & Company. This enterprise, though he is now engaged in real estate at Detroit, is still owned by Mr. Thompson and is one of the leading retail automobile establishments of Pontiac, Michigan. Since 1913, Mr. Thompson had been engaged in the real estate business for himself in addition to his other work, and it was his success in this as well as his knowledge of Detroit realty values that influenced him to enter that field permanently. In December, 1924, then, he was instrumental in the organization of the Thompson-Brown Corporation, which was incorporated the following January with these officers: Henry S. Thompson, president; Charles F. Brown, vice-president and treasurer; and Florence T. Post, secretary. The original offices of the company were established in the Real Estate Exchange building but were moved to larger quarters in the Book Tower in June 1926, being still maintained there. The company has been active in constructive subdivision and development work since its inception. and is one of the largest operators in the Southfield section. Êvergreen Gardens, Southfield Highlands, and Southfield Court Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are some of the more important subdivisions that have been developed and placed on the market by this organization. The acreage department of the company has acquired large and valuable properties, with the result that the Thompson-Brown Corporation may well be regarded as occupying a commanding position in the real estate field. Charles F. Brown, vice-president and treasurer of the firm, taught school for five years early in life, later became a traveling representative for a Chicago firm, and engaged in the real estate brokerage business in Detroit in 1918, continuing in that work until he became associated with Mr. Thompson in the company that bears their names. On July 23, 1916, Mr. Thompson married Grace Allfrind, a native of Virginia, and to this union have been born two sons, Henry S., Jr., and John Joseph. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Detroit Board of Commerce, National Town & Country Club, and the Masonic Country Club, and in Masonry, he is a member of the Michigan Sovereign Consistory, and Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine.

Edward H. Kennedy has been practicing before the Wayne County bar for nearly forty years and is known to his colleagues as one of the ablest attorneys engaged in general practice in Detroit. He comes of pioneer families of Michigan, for his parents, John and Margaret (Kelly) Kennedy, were both born in Dublin, Ireland, and came to Michigan prior to 1850. John Kennedy, the father was born in 1830 and came to Michigan in 1848, where he

followed his trade of blacksmith making the spikes for the construction of the Michigan Central Railroad and later engaging in the real estate business at Ypsilanti, Michigan, until the time of his death, which occurred in 1874. He and his wife, who came to Michigan with her sister in 1849 to join her grandfather in Washtenaw County, were the first couple to be married in St. John's Catholic Church at Ypsilanti. Margaret (Kelly) Kennedy died in 1916 at the age of eighty-two years. Edward H. Kennedy, their son, was born at Ypsilanti, Michigan, March 23, 1868, and obtained his early education in the Ypsilanti Seminary and the high school, graduating from the latter in 1886. In 1888, he won his degree of bachelor of laws from the University of Michigan and at that time entered upon the active practice of his profession in Detroit. Until 1893, he was associated in practice with James H. Pound, but in that year, he was appointed district revenue collector, holding that office until 1899. His second law partnership was with James Phelan and continued until 1900, when the latter assumed the duties of judge of the recorder's court, to which he was elected at that time. Since that time, Mr. Kennedy practiced alone, until June 1, 1927, when his son Edward H. joined him, and during his long career, he has appeared as counsel in some of the most important cases that have appeared before the courts of this state. He is known to his colleagues as a lawyer possessed of excellent qualities both as an advocate and counsel, and he has maintained a large and lucrative practice for many years. Mr. Kennedy was married to Helen M. White, of Detroit, June 25, 1897, and they became the parents of seven children, Helen M., Edward H., Jr., Faith White, Virginia M., Margaret, Rosemary and Joyce. Mr. Kennedy is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the St. Clair Country Club. He is a communicant of the Roman Catholic Church.

Joseph M. Karmann has been mayor of Fordson since that community was incorporated as a city in 1923 and is regarded as one of the influential men of this section of the county, where his family has been established since the early Fifties. At that time, his grandfather, Mathias Karmann, took up land from the Government in Greenfield Township, which later became Springwells, Wayne County, some of the papers concerning the transfer bearing the name of Abraham Lincoln. He died at the age of forty-two years, leaving a widow and eight children. As the oldest boy in the family, Joseph Karmann, father of Joseph M., assumed the care of the farm and continued to occupy that farm until it was sold to the Ford interests. He is still living and is one of the well known and highly respected men of this section of the county. He was born April 4, 1856, and his wife, Katharine (Wiegand) Karmann, the daughter of Henry Wiegand, who came from Germany and served at Fort Dearborn in the army, was born in Taylor Township, Wayne County, in 1860. There were five children in the family, Fredericka, Elizabeth, Katherine, Joseph M., and Edward. When Joseph M. Karmann was but two years of age, the family

removed to a new location near the old Indian trail in what is now the city of Fordson, and it was there that he attended the elementary schools and the Dearborn high school. He first went to work for the Metzger Motor Company, the manufacturers of the E-M-F automobile, but finding that the work was not to his liking and preferring farm work, he gave up his job at the end of a year to engage in farming and gardening in Springwells Township. Even before he came of age, he interested himself in township affairs, and when he had attained his majority, he was elected to various township offices. He was instrumental in the organization of the Union School Districts of the township and served two terms as secretary and then as treasurer of the school board. In December, 1919, he was elected to a seat on the council of the village of Springwells, and when the community was granted a city charter in 1923, he was elected mayor by an overwhelming majority. His conduct of that office won the commendation and approbation of the voters, so that when the name of the city was changed to Fordson, he was elected mayor on December 21, 1925. As chief executive of that city, Mr. Karmann has given the municipality an administration that has been not only a credit to himself but also a decided benefit to the people of the city, for the city of Fordson is known throughout this section of the State for the progressive policies it pursues in governmental affairs. Mr. Karmann played a prominent part in the organization of the Springwells State Bank and has taken an active part in the affairs of that enterprise. On March 26, 1912, he married Lillian Chase, and they have one son, Norbert. Mrs. Karmann is the daughter of Louis and Elizabeth (Walker) Chase, the former of whom was born in England and the latter in Wayne County. Richard Walker, the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Karmann, settled in Wayne County at an early date and owned a private claim extending from Michigan avenue to the river, from which he supplied wood for the railroad locomotives of that day. Mr. Karmann is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since he was twenty-one years of age, playing an active part in the work of that order.

Samuel B. Long, retired business man of Dearborn, is one of the well known men in this section of the county, for he has not only gained material success in his business affairs but has also acquired an enviable reputation in the service of the people in various public offices. Thomas Richmond and Jane Ann (Lambert) Long, his parents, were both born in England, the former in Surrey in 1827 and the latter in London. After their marriage, they came to the United States in 1851 and bought twenty acres of land near Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, which they cleared for a farm and where they erected a home. Subsequently, two lots of twenty acres each were added to the original piece of land, and here, the father died in 1863. He and his wife reared a family of four children: Samuel B., whose name heads this review; George W.; Sabina, who is the wife of Daniel Marsh, of Detroit; and

Charlotte. Samuel B. Long obtained his early education in the rural schools of Dearborn Township, after which he entered the Michigan Agricultural College in 1872, graduating therefrom in 1876. His older brother was at that time operating the home farm, so that Samuel B. Long worked for a time as a brakeman on the Michigan Central Railroad and then in the mountain section of Colorado. When his brother left the farm to take up the study of medicine, he returned to Michigan to take charge in his brother's stead. He continued in this work until the property was sold to Henry Ford, since which time he has been engaged in the real estate business. Mr. Long developed and marketed one of the important subdivisions in this vicinity, the River Rouge Park subdivision. The career of Mr. Long as an office holder has been a notable one. When he was but twenty-two years of age, he was appointed school inspector for Dearborn Township, and since that time he has occupied some office almost constantly. He has served as president and trustee of the village of Dearborn, county supervisor from 1886 to 1890. In 1892, he was again elected county supervisor, but after serving a year of this term, he resigned to accept the appointment of auditor for Wayne County from the hand of Governor Rich, a position which he occupied one year. Thereafter, he served as supervisor of Dearborn Township until 1920. He recently resigned as president of the school board, an office which he had held for many years. His career in the political life of the county and township has been one that has won him the regard of the people of his section of the county, for he has ever demonstrated in the conduct of public affairs that he is a man of the highest integrity and one who is ever on the alert to promote the benefit of the people and the community which he serves. He is also vice-president of the American State Bank, of Dearborn, and has been influential in the affairs of that organization, which is recognized as one of the strongest financial institutions of this section of Wayne County. In November, 1881, he married Annie E. Brainard, the daughter of Charles N. Brainard, a pioneer resident and justice of the peace of this township, and to this union have been born four children: Thomas G., who is a member of the prominent Detroit legal firm of Stevenson, Butzel, Eamon & Long; Mabel E., who taught in various Michigan schools and is now teaching in Bulgaria; Jessie, who is employed at the Ford Motor Company; and Edward N. who is village assessor and treasurer. Mr. Long was a trustee of the First Methodist Episcopal Church and was a member of the board for many years. He is past master of Dearborn Lodge No. 172, F. & A. M., and takes a deep interest in the affairs of that order.

Clell H. Krugler, president and general manager of the C. H. Krugler & Company, of Redford, Michigan, has developed his concern into one of the most successful hardware and furniture establishments in Wayne County outside of Detroit. He was born on a farm in Arlington Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, October 6, 1889, the son of Edward and Lucinda (Allen) Krugler,