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Marvin Hannahs was for many years an active business man, not only at Albion, the place of his residence, but in the western part of the state. He was a large and successful operator in lands, and was one time largely engaged in tanning leather; he was also engaged in milling and lumbering. He was a thorough-going temperance man, and an outspoken enemy of intemperance. To the demands of business he gave earnest heed, even after the infirmities of age should have admonished him of the necessity of rest. Labor and enterprise were cardinal virtues with him. He was successful in business, as he deserved to be. The writer long enjoyed his acquaintance and friendship, and he desires to say, that he never knew a man who excelled him in many of the attributes of a perfect character.
Mention should be made of the following persons, who have made their mark in this town, to-wit: James Sheldon, Stephen Willis, Dr. Tuttle, Stephen Blodget, Cyrus Robertson, Charles D. Holmes, David and Tenney Peabody, etc.
The amount of banking capital in the village of Albion is $325,000.
ALBION COLLEGE,
Like the river on whose banks it stands, finds its remotest sources in adjoining counties, and at a very early day-March 23d, 1835-an act to incorporate the trustees of Spring Arbor Seminary was passed by the legislative council of the territory of Michigan. The first session of that board was held October 29th, 1835, in the village of Jacksonburgh, at the house of Dr. Sampson Stoddard. Adjourning to the counting-room of George B. Cooper, Esq., the first permanent officers of the board were elected, to wit: Dr. Benjamin H. Packard, president; Daniel Colman, first vice president; Dr. Sampson Stoddard, second vice president; Dea. William Smith, secretary; and Col. Moses Benedict, treasurer. Rev. Elijah Crane was subsequently its first financial agent. Deeds of lands to the amount of 210 acres were executed in favor of the seminary by William Smith and M. Benedict. Numerous subscriptions were obtained, and 100,000 brick engaged for the seminary edifice.
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