Excerpt from Men of Michigan: A Collection of the Portraits of Men Prominent in Business and Professional Life in Michigan Although similar collections have been published generally throughout the Union, this is the first attempt at any work of this nature in Michigan. The primary design is to present a portrait album of the leaders in the various walks of life and of their contemporaries, business associates and friends, for the use of the present generation and to preserve for future generations the features and characters of men upon whom the destiny of the State depends. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.