The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17

gagement was made to preach at Roches
ter and at Romeo, to which latter plac
he soon removed his family, arriving a
Detroit June 6, 1885, at the time when tn
Territorial convention for framing Stat
constitution vas in session.
Here an accident occurred when, by tn
running away of the team and overturn
ing the vehicle, the mother and chill
dren were injured, necessitating della,
of several days in the city-during which
time he preached at the State House IL
the delegates and others assembled and
oficiated at several funerals. When the
injured had recovered sufficiently they
proceeded by wagon to the scene of hi
future labors at Romeo and vicinity
During the three following years he at
tended an average of ten Sabbath serv.
ices per month and of one funeral pei
week. The scanty subsistence thus OBJ
tanned was eked out by additional teach
ing by day and watch repairing at night
These were trying times for poor minis
ters-all facing privations and all but few
being able to meet them by thus diversi-
flying labor. Thus passed a period of
ten years with varying vicissitudes, dur
ing which time were born to them five
children, two of whom did not long sur
vive. Wearying in an unequal struggle
for bare subsistence he sought in Ohio
and afterward in Illinois more hopeful
field OF labor. Proceeding with one son
in the winter Of '45-6 around the lake to
the then small village of Chicago, he
learned of an opening at Little Fort
(afterward Waukegan) 40 miles north on
the lake shore, where there was a pros
pect of establishing himself as jeweler
and watch repairer. Leaving his son in
Chicago he went to Little Fort and find
ing it to be good point for business
he removed his family there.
Now followed period of some ten
years during which time, when required,
and as opportunity from pursuit of his
business allowed, he continued at inter-
walls to preach, and lecture upon temper
ance. His hopes of lettering the condi-
ton of himself and family were here in
great degree realized, the ague which had
been their bane in the lower region about
Kalamazoo, Battle Greek and neighbor-
ing villages, in the high soil and fresh
lake breezes, was dissipated and health
and comparative comfort came instead.
Here also occurred the death by drown
ing while bathing Of son James) aged
IA years.
In the season of 1854-5 owing to decline
in the health of his son, John B., located
in Muskegon, Mich, he went there in
order to care for his sons interests while
he should be absent in pursuit of health
which he was destined not to recover.
The effort to recover ending in his death,
this necessitated removal of the family
to Muskegon. Preaching occasionally;
conducting funeral services necessity
required; identified for long time with
the temperance movement in that local
ity; justice of the peace, at time when
to attempt to honestly administer the law
meant to be made the object of hatred
and malevolence of the evil disposed; for
a number of years a director of the pub
lie schools; he lived to see Muskegon
grow from a small hamlet Of but few
hundreds to its present prosperous mag
nitude of many thousands. Losing one
by one, his faithful and loving wife, son
and two daughters, time and failing ener-
gies at length found his strength unequal
to the task of preaching, or of arduous
labor, and resting from his toll he found
a comfortable home with loving kindred
while only waiting till the last days work
be done.
His death occurred as above stated, in
May of the present year and his remains
were placed by the side of his wife in
Greenwood cemetery, Muskegon, the fu-
neral service taking place from the resi-
dence of his son-in-law, Chas. T. Hills,
the remains being attended to their last
resting place by long concourse of rel
atives and friends.