...have since lived in Cameron and Elk counties. William received a practical business education, and worked upon his father's farm until he was eighteen years of age, when he entered the store of Edward Fletcher, of Benezette, where he remained two years. He married, January...

...magazine, was born in Oneida County, New York, in 1808. His father was a farmer, and he spent his youth on his father's farm until he was eighteen years of age, when he commenced the work of preparation for college. Owing to his straitened circumstances, which obliged...

...Queens County, Long Island, January 31, 1819. He was educated at the village school, and resided on his father's farm until he was eighteen years of age, when he went to New York city, where for two years he was employed as a clerk by Mr. Cornelius W. Lewis, in...

...his eighty-ninth year. The subject of this sketch received a common school education, and worked cm his father's farm until he was eighteen years of age, when he learned the trade of a machinist. He devoted his energies to that part of the trade which produced...

...Horsham township, August 16, 1845, reared to farm life, and remained under the parental roof until twelve years of age, when he started out upon an independent business career. He is a self-made man, having since that time depended entirely upon his own resources for a livelihood....

...members of the family. Francis Prévost remained on the old homestead in Wayne county until twenty-three years of age, when he started out upon an independent business career, purchasing a general store in Detroit, which he conducted for three years. He then traded his drygoods...

...his youth. During the summer months he assisted in farm labor and remained at home until twenty-one years of age, when he started out upon an independent business career. He has since won a fair measure of success, which is attributable entirely to his own welldirected...

...of the world's greatest wonders — the Niagara Falls. He remained with Mr. Colt until about sixteen years of age, when he started out upon an independent business career, working at any employment that would yield him an honest living. When twenty years of age he went to...

...homestead farm there Alexander Snyder was reared, remaining under the parental roof until twenty-one years of age, when he started out upon an independent business career, becoming a partner in a paper store in Detroit, owned bv the firm of Cornwell Brothers, and in the...

...agriculture. His education was received in the common schools and he remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age. when he started out upon an independent business career. He purchased eighty acres of partly improved land in Thorncreek township, which he has developed into...