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Library of Congress Michigan biographies, including Members of Congress, elective state officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education ... 24-27004 Michigan Biographies INCLUDING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, ELECTIVE STATE OFFICERS, JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, MEMBERS OF THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE, BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN A. D. MDCCCXXXV. VOL. III. L-Z Published by The Michigan Historical Commission Lansing, 1924 F535 .M62 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECEIVED JUN 10 1924 DOCUMENTS DIVISION PREFACE. The sketches in this second volume, as in Volume I, end with the date of the last appearance of their respective subjects as public officers in Michigan. Since the material in the previous and present volumes is inaccessible except in the largest libraries, it is believed that the immediate publication of the material at hand in an edition large enough to supply all libraries in the state, will be appreciated by the general public and will take care of their immediate needs. Material is being gathered for a supplementary work which will bring the sketches forward. The gathering of this material is a considerable task and involves research in newspaper files, public records, and the carrying on of voluminous correspondence. To assist in gathering material for the supplementary work that will bring the sketches as near up-to-date as possible, the Commission has appointed a “Council of Michigan biographies, including Members of Congress, elective state officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education ... http:// www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7004b Library of Congress Research,” consisting of about one hundred public spirited citizens in various parts of the state to serve without pay in assisting in the work. This method necessarily involves delay, but we hope the results will be satisfactory. MICHIGAN BIOGRAPHIES EDWARD S. LACEY Member of Congress, 1881-3 and 1883-5. Was born in Chili, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1835. In 1842 he removed to Union City, Mich.; in 1843 to Kalamo, and in 1857 to Charlotte. His education was received in the common schools and Olivet College. He was elected Register of Deeds of Eaton County in 1860, and re-elected in 1862; began the banking business in 1862, and assisted in organizing the first National Bank of Charlotte in 1871, of which he was a director and cashier. He was Mayor of the city of Charlotte; a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Cincinnati in 1876, a trustee of the Michigan asylum for the insane from 1874 to 1880. He was a Representative in Congress as a Republican. Mr. Lacey was elected chairman of the Republican State Committee in 1882, which position he held for two years. He was president of the National Bank at Charlotte, and was a leading Republican candidate for United States Senator in 1887. In 1889 he was appointed Commissioner of Currency by President Harrison. He died at Evanston, Ill., Oct. 2, 1916. ELIJAH LACEY Delegate from the Fourteenth District, to the Constitutional Convention of 1835; and Representative from Berrien County, 1838; and Senator from the Seventh District, 1840-1, and from the Eighteenth District, 1861-2. Was born in London County, Va., Mar. 28, 1795. He received a limited education. At the age of ten became a resident of Ohio. He settled at Richmond, Ind., in 1820, and was for five years an editor. He settled at Niles, Mich., in 1829, where then only two log houses had been erected. He laid out the village and built a saw and flouring mill. In 1845 he built the mill race and mills near the railroad bridge, in Michigan biographies, including Members of Congress, elective state officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education ... http:// www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7004b Library of Congress which he retained an interest until his death. He was President of the village and Mayor of the city of Niles. He died before the expiration of his term as Senator. OBED P. LACEY Representative from Berrien County, 1842. Was born in Ohio in 1810, and came to Niles, Mich., in 1828. He gave the name of Niles to that place in honor of the editor of the Niles Weekly Register, a noted New England paper of that time. He established a trading house with the Indians, had a Postoffice established, and was the first Postmaster, and the first Clerk of the town of Niles. He built the first bridge over St. Joseph River, and owned two additions to Niles and West Niles. In politics, he was a Democrat. He died May 13, 1844. 6 SAMUEL S. LACEY Commissioner of the State Land Office, 1861-5. Was born in Bennington, Vt., May 28, 1815. His father was a Captain in the War of 1812, and both his grandfathers served in the Revolution. His father removed to western New York in 1818, and the son received an academical education, and graduated at Hamilton College. He resided in Arkansas four years, and was Judge to Hot Springs County. He settled at Homer, Mich., in 1846, and was ten years a farmer. He removed to Marshall, where he resided in 1855. He was Clerk at Calhoun County four years; was agent to select lands for the agricultural college; was commandant of camp with authority to raise the 28th Mich. Infantry; Collector of Internal Revenue; Postmaster of Marshall in 1867, and was in that position in 1887; ten years member of City Board of Education, and for some time editor for the Marshall Expounder. He was a Whig until 1854, a Republican until 1872, and a Democrat after that time. EMMOR O. LADD Representative from Grand Traverse County, 1919-20, 1921-2, and 1923—. Was born Jan. 5, 1853, at Old Mission, Mich., of American parents, who were among the earliest Michigan biographies, including Members of Congress, elective state officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education ... http:// www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7004b Library of Congress settlers of the Grand Traverse region. He received his education in the public schools of Old Mission and the Michigan Agricultural College, working his way through school by teaching. He graduated from the latter institution in 1878. After again teaching school two years, he entered the employ of D. M. Ferry & Company of Detroit, but returned four years later to the old homestead at Old Mission, where he has since resided. Mr. Ladd is married and has one son and two daughters. He has been an active member of the Grange and has also devoted considerable time to the work of farmers’ institutes, being for many years one of the state lecturers. For the past ten years he has been a member of the executive board of the Western Michigan Development Bureau. He has also been active in public affairs and has held nearly every township office. He served four years as Register of Deeds, and for the past fourteen years has been a member of the County Board of School Examiners. In politics he is a Republican. NATHANIEL LADD Senator from the Third District, 1855-6. Was a native of Vermont, born Dec. 20, 1805. He enjoyed a New England common school education, was a farmer by occupation, and settled in Dearborn in 1836. In politics he was a Republican. STALLHAM W. LADU Representative from Montcalm County, 1881-2 and 1883-4. Was born in Duchess County, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1823. His education was mainly received at Red Creek Union Academy, N. Y. After teaching he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church in Canada. While acting in this capacity he became one of the originators and founders of Albert University, located at Belleville, Ont., 7 removal to Michigan in the fall of 1867. Owing to loss of health he was obliged to forego his ministerial duties, and in 1874 located in Montcalm County, where his time was principally occupied in farming. Originally a Democrat, he embraced abolitionism during the time he was pursuing his academic studies, and from that graduated into the Republican party. He was a State Oil Inspector, 1885-7. Michigan biographies, including Members of Congress, elective state officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education ... http:// www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7004b Library of Congress FRANK LADNER Representative from the Third District of Kent County, 1903-4 and 1905-6. Was born at Newlyn, Cornwall County, England, Feb. 25, 1845. In March, four years later, he together with his parents removed to this country, settling on a farm in Cannon Township, Kent County. He received his education in the district school of Kent County. In politics he was a Republican. He held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Treasurer, and was for many years Supervisor. He was engaged in the lumbering business for eighteen years, and then resided on his farm. CHARLES H. LAFLAMBOY Representative from Montcalm County, 1899-1900 and 1901-02; and Senator, 1903-4, from the Eighteenth District, comprising the counties of Montcalm and Ionia.