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Michigan Jackson
Amos Root came to Jackson in 1841, and has since been one of the .active business men of the city. Mr. Root has been member of the village council and was alderman under the city organization. He was .elected mayor in 1860 and appointed postmaster in 1861, serving for four years. Mr. Root was inspector of the state prison nine years, and six years a member of the board of public works of Jackson, of which he acted two years as president. Mr. Root has a large farm on Portage, and gives it a considerable share of his attention. Mr. Root was a whig, but in 1872 joined the "liberal movement" and supported Horace Greeley.
Peter B. Loomis entered into partnership with John N. Dwight in 1843, and established himself in Jackson as a merchant. In 1850 he bought the Kennedy steam mills, and was for four years engaged in the milling business. In 1856 he became a member of the banking firm of Loomis & Whitwell, which, as P. B. Loomis and P. B. Loomis & Co., has continued to be one of the principal banking houses of the present time, and of which Mr. Loomis is now president.
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