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Eaton County Michigan EATON COUNTY
MEMORIAL REPORT
He had, in
company with Hon. F. W. Judd, platted and
added to the city what is known as Judd &
Covert's addition to the city of Flint. He
was for many years one of the superintendents
of the poor of this county, and was for some
years engaged in the mercantile business. For
the past eight or ten years he had been
extensively engaged in the insurance
business.
He was a man of marked religious character,
and for many years was superintendent of the
Sunday-school in the Presbyterian church/ and
was also, for a long time, a ruling elder in
the same church, of which he was a prominent
and honored member.
His death will produce a noticeable vacuum in
the religious, social, and business life of
the city. His character was strong and
positive, and his opposition to what he
deemed to be wrong, was aggressive,
uncompromising, and courageous. His
attachments were strong, and his affection
for his family was tender and protecting.
He leaves a wife who was devotedly attached
to him, a son in Saginaw, and a daughter in
Northville, besides several grandchildren.
Michigan 1883
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