automobile and radio equipment, was born in Detroit, July 24, 1897, the son of Charles W. and Mabel (Derby) Sutherland. The grandfather of Arthur D., who was Charles W. Sutherland, came to Detroit in the early Seventies, and his son, Charles W., the father of Arthur D., was born in this city, engaged in railroad work, and is now associated with his son in business. Nathan F. Derby, the maternal grandfather of Arthur D. Sutherland, was a pioneer settler of Niles, Michigan. When he was sixteen years old, he and his father joined the "Argonauts," the band of Michigan people that went to California during the gold rush of 1849, and returned two years later by way of Nicaragua and New York with gold dust worth $3,000 that he and his father had accumulated prior to his father's death in San Francisco. He is still living. Arthur Douglas Sutherland received an elementary and high school education in Detroit, after which he engaged in the real estate business five years. When the United States declared war on Germany in the spring of 1917, he entered the service as a private, subsequently winning the commission of second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. He was then assigned to duty at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, where he remained until receiving his discharge after the signing of the armistice. Returning to Detroit at that time, he resumed real estate work, but appreciating the possibilities to be found in the automobile accessory and battery manufacturing business, he gave up the work at the end of a year to organize the Grier-Sutherland Company, of which he has since been president. Manufacturing Power storage batteries and distributing electrical, automobile, and radio supplies in wholesale quantities, the enterprise has enjoyed a rapid and substantial growth, and it is expected. that within a short time, a new factory will be erected to supply the steadily growing demand for the products of the company. As the organizer and chief executive of the concern, Mr. Sutherland is recognized as one of the able and aggressive business men of Detroit, for he has been principally responsible for the development of the Grier-Sutherland Company to its present large proportions. In 1925, Mr. Sutherland was united in marriage to Florence Gerlock, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but was reared to womanhood in Detroit. Mr. Sutherland is a leading member of the Automobile Equipment Association, the National Battery Manufacturing Association, the Radio Trade Association, and the National Credit Men's Association, and he is also affiliated with the Detroit Yacht Club, Detroit Tennis Club, Union League Club, Masonic Country Club, and the Lions Club. Active in Masonry, he is a member of Palestine Lodge, Michigan Soverign Consistory, and the Mystic Shrine, and he is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Dudley W. Abbott. Success in any field of endeavor, in any line of business, is not the result of a happy find or some master stroke in high finance, but rather the application of capable and consistent effort, directed toward overcoming definite hindrances. and controlling objective agencies in such a way as to achieve

the desired ends. Which is but another way of saying there is no royal road to success, but that he who attains must have a genius for hard work, along with ability, courage, and persistence. The subject of our sketch, Dudley W. Abbott, of the Abbott & Beymer Land Company, possesses all of these qualifications, and has gained for himself the unmeasured confidence and esteem of the community in which he lives, and which has seen the activities of some of his ancestors for over one hundred years. Dudley W. Abbott was born in Detroit on April 26, 1878, to William Woodbridge and Hattie E. Abbott. He is the great grandson of Governor William Woodbridge, through his daughter Lucy M. Woodbridge. The illustrious Governor Woodbridge was one of the first settlers in this state, having come overland from New York State when Michigan was a part of the Northwest Territory. He was four times Territorial governor by appointment and was the second governor of Michigan by popular choice, his inauguration occurring on January 7, 1840. Mr. Abbott's paternal grandfather was also an early settler of Michigan from New York State, and both the Woodbridge and Abbott families trace their ancestors in this country to a period prior to the Revolutionary War. Mr. Abbott's father was associated with the drug business in Detroit for a number of years being a member of the firm of Abbott & Mathews, their store having been located where the Union Trust Company now stands. Dudley W. Abbott received his early education in the public schools of Detroit and later graduated from the Detroit Church Academy. He began his business career with George W. Willard of the Butterick Publishing Company. For a part of a year he was clerk for T. B. Rayl Company and then served as clerk for the American Blower Company. In 1900, Mr. Abbott but little past his majority went into the building business on his own account. After two years in this capacity he joined the forces of Bessinger & Moore, real estate dealers and worked as inside and outside salesman. His business development during this service, which lasted for five years, was very marked indeed, and he was not afraid to measure words with the best salesman in the real estate arena. In 1908 Mr. Abbott formed a partnership with Mr. Beymer, the style of the firm being Abbott & Beymer, with offices in the Detroit Savings Bank Building. In 1910 Mr. Abbott brought about the organization of the Tait Realty Company, that name later being changed to that of the Abbott and Beymer Land Company and with both companies he has been secretary and treasurer. The company has come to be recognized as one of the foremost of its kind both in Detroit and Buffalo, New York, for it has opened and developed many of the important subdivisions in the vicinity of both cities. So extensive have the operations of the company become that offices have also been maintained in Buffalo since 1916. Mr. Abbott is known to Detroit and Buffalo men as an executive possessed of vision and energy and the conduct of his affairs shows him to be a progressive business man of the highest

attainments. Mr. Abbott married Amanda K. McEvoy, and they have become the parents of three children: Mary Leona, born October 11, 1909: William Woodbridge, born July 22, 1912; and Edwin Anthony, born November 1, 1915. Mr. Abbott is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, the Detroit Real Estate Board, and the Board of Commerce, and in the affairs of these organizations he is deeply interested. He attends the Roman Catholic Church and is Republican in his political views.

Guy Kennedy, prominent engineer of Detroit, has developed a clientele in Detroit and this section of the State that stamps him as one of the able men engaged in his field here. A native of Grand Haven, Michigan, he was born April 3, 1887. James Kennedy, his father, was born in Canada and came to Michigan prior to the Civil War, engaging in the lumber business for many years. and then in Government work until he retired. He now lives at Detroit while his wife, Mattie (Niles) Kennedy, who was born in Michigan, died at Grand Haven in 1896. Four children were born to this couple, George, who resides at Detroit, Michigan; William Oliver, of Detroit; Ethel, the wife of Henry Luss, of Detroit and Guy. The last named acquired his early education in the elementary and high schools of Grand Haven, after which he entered the employ of the Canadian Bridge Company. He terminated his connection with that concern to become associated with George Jerome, a well known engineer of Detroit, and under the careful instruction of Mr. Jerome, perfected his knowledge of the profession in which he was engaged. After eight years so spent, Mr. Kennedy secured a license in 1913 as surveyor and engineer, and since that year, he has been successfully engaged in that work for himself. He has laid out and supervised the construction of roads, pavements, sewers, and conduits and has figured prominently in the surveying of subdivisions, the laying out of sewer systems and water systems. His services have been sought frequently in large architectural and building projects, and it is doubtful whether any man in Detroit is more favorably known in the engineering field than is Mr. Kennedy. On June 25, 1911, Mr. Kennedy married Louise Margaret Sorenson, the daughter of Soren Sorenson, of Detroit, and they have two children, Robert James and Donald, who were born in 1915 and 1920, respectively. Mr. Kennedy is a member of the various Masonic bodies and of the Masonic Country Club, and in his political views, he is a Republican.

Robert M. Brownson, a prominent Detroit attorney, was born at Washington, Pennsylvania, November 21,, 1865, his family having been a prominent one in the western part of Pennsylvania. Rev. James Irwin Brownson, D.D., was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Washington, Pennsylvania, during a period of fifty years and was a prominent figure in the church affairs in the State. He died July 4, 1899, and his wife, Eleanor (Acheson) Brownson, who came of a pioneer family of Washington, Pennsylvania, is also dead. Her brother, Marcus Acheson, was judge of

the Third Circuit, United States Court of Appeals, for a period of years. Robert W. Brownson was the youngest of a family of nine children, the living being as follows: Judge James I. Brownson, of Pennsylvania; Rev. Marcus A. Brownson, pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian Church, of Philadelphia; and Robert M., whose name heads this review. In the public schools of his native city, Robert M. Brownson received his elementary and preparatory education, after which he attended Washington and Jefferson University. from which he received the degree of bachelor of arts in 1886. He engaged in mercantile affairs at Washington, Pennsylvania, for several years, but his interest in the legal profession induced him to take up the study of law in the offices of his brother, James I. He came to Detroit, completed his law studies at the Detroit College of Law in 1902, and entered upon the active practice of his profession as soon as he was admitted to the bar in that year. The subsequent period of nearly a quarter of a century has witnessed the rise of Mr. Brownson to a place among the leaders in his profession in Detroit, for he has developed a large and lucrative practice that has grown steadily throughout the years. On October 12, 1896, he married Lillian Stokes, the daughter of J. S. Stokes, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Brownson maintain their home in Detroit. He is a member of the Detroit Bar Association and the American Bar Association, possessing a keen interest in the affairs of these two organizations.

William Theodore Dust, retired, has long been known as one of the able and successful business men and public officials of this city. He was born at Molde, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, July 25, 1853, the son of Fredrick C. and Johanna (Mass) Dust, and was but four years of age when his family came to the United States and established their home at Detroit in 1857. His education was secured in the public schools of the city, and when he was thirteen years of age, he became an office boy for the Calvert Lithographing Company. In the twenty years he was associated with the firm, Mr. Dust was steadily advanced through the various departments until he was made foreman of the press rooms, a position that he held for a number of years. In 1889 he engaged in the retail hardware business remaining in that field some six years. In 1893, he established himself in the manufacture of furnace, stove, and heater parts and in conjunction with the business, he did jobbing as the William T. Dust Company for the jobbing of mica stove pastes and cements. While he was so engaged, he became interested in the Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, concern known as the Mariposa Mining Company, taking over the duties of president of that company. On July 1, 1919, after retiring from the office of commissioner of parks and boulevards, he organized the Citizens Building & Realty Company, of which he became president, he being associated in the enterprise with Byron G. Oades and Henry G. Moesta. Within the past quarter of a century, Mr. Dust has played a conspicuous part in the civic and political affairs of Detroit.

In 1884-85, he served as a member of the city council, was city clerk from 1886 to 1888, and was appointed by Mayor Pingree to the board of assessors in 1890, a position that he retained six years. For two years he was a member and president of the board of estimates and was appointed by Mayor Maybury again to the board of city assessors, where he served a year and a half. He received an appointment from the hand of Governor Bliss to serve on the State Tax Commission, serving in that capacity from 1900 to 1904. In 1906 he was elected to the State Legislature, and in 1908, was a candidate for the nomination for Mayor in the primaries of that year. In 1913, he became president of the Detroit board of charter commissioners and held that office until the first of June, that year. On June 1, 1913, he was appointed commissioner of parks and boulevards by Mayor Oscar Marx and in this work he continued six years. Perhaps, it was while he served in this capacity that he demonstrated to a greater degree than ever before that farsightedness and comprehensive grasp of conditions and need of the community that made his work so conspicuous in administering the affairs of his office. In 1875, Mr. Dust married Mary W. Weible, of Detroit, and they have three children: Lotta, who died March, 1926, she married Charles A. Martz and they had three children; William R. who died in December, 1919; and Olive, who married A. F. Marks and has two children, Mary Beth and Robert W. Of the three children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Martz, Katheryn L. married Ralph G. Forsyth and has a daughter, Ann G.; Charles W. is the only and Genevieve D. married Clarence D. Blessed and has a daughter, Sally L. Mr. Dust is a member of Zion Lodge, Monroe Chapter, Monroe Council F. & A. M., and the Elks.

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John P. Hehl stands among the foremost real estate dealers in the city of Detroit, for he is not only the sole proprietor of the John P. Hehl Real Estate Company but also an officer in several other concerns that are leaders in their field. Born at Fowler, Michigan, May 21, 1878, he is a son of Adam and Margaret M. (Seibel) Hehl, the former of whom was born in Europe and the latter in Michigan. Adam Hehl, the father, came to the United States when he was a young man and followed his trade of cabinet making and wood working for a time. His success encouraged him to engage in the manufacture of carriages and wagons, and subsequent to this, he operated a general store at Miriam, Michigan, for about ten years, his death occurring at the end of that time in 1894. His wife had died two years prior to that year. They were the parents of six children: Mamie, Louis, William, George, Margaret, and John P., who was the second in order of birth. John P. Hehl received the educational advantages offered by the public schools of Miriam, Michigan, and took a course at an Ionia business college. Subsequently, he pursued further studies at the Detroit Business University, whence he graduated in 1901. When he first came to Detroit, he entered the employ of the Hannan Real Estate Company as an office boy, and during the sixteen years he spent with