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EARLY SETTLEMENT OF SOUTHWESTERN
MICHIGAN BY A. B. COPLEY.
June 7, 1882.
In 1845 Mr. Harrington built a mill on the property which he had purchased years before when in the employ of Mr. Burtch as clerk.
In 1847 he purchased north of his mill property 2, 400 acres of pine lands.
In 1848 he dissolved partnership with Judge White, and has since been engaged in lumbering and dealing extensively in real estate, having in 1853 purchased a tract of 3, 000 acres on the shores of Lake Huron, on which are now -located extensive mills.
In 1856, owing to the prevalence of sickness, Mr. H. removed his family to
Saratoga, K Y., remaining there six years, though still retaining his business interests in the west. .
In 1862 he returned to Port Huron, and has since resided on the original
homestead.
In 1874 he constructed under his own personal supervision one of the finest halls in the State, known as the City Opera House. It is a model of taste and elegance, and a credit to its builder and the city.
Constantly occupied as the subject of our sketch has been for so man] years in projecting public improvements and engaging m large real estate transactions, he has never sought official position, but was chosen in 1847 to represent his district in the State legislature, and in 1852 to a seat in th, State senate. He was also postmaster of Port Huron under the latter four years of Jackson's administration, and held the same office under Van Buren He was president of the First National bank of Port Huron for two year after its organization, and at the present writing is president of the Port Huron savings bank. _
Of his seven children (six of whom survive) the eldest, Charles F. (born Sept, 1842), chose the profession of law, has been twice elected prosecuting attorney of St. Clair county, and also to a seat in the legislature in 1876.
of Michigan for St. Clair county.
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