 | Abraham J. Baughman - Morrow County (Ohio) - 1911 - 486 pages
...he entered the Ohio State University, in which he pursued a special course in Civil engineering. lie is a selfmade man in the most significant sense of the word, having nobly overcome many obstacles which seriously beset his pathway. He was a most devoted son during... | |
 | Thaddeus De Witt Seeley - Oakland Co., Michigan - 1912 - 492 pages
...Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities at Birmingham. GEORGE BINGHAM. The career of George Bingham is a noble illustration of what independence, self-faith...for no one helped him in a financial way and he is practically selfeducated. For a number of years he conducted a general store at Franklin, in Oakland... | |
 | William Lee Jenks - Saint Clair County (Mich.) - 1912 - 550 pages
...small son, Francis Raymond, born August 14, 1908. MARTIN L. BALDWIN. The career of Martin L. Baldwin is a noble illustration of what independence, self-faith and persistency can accomplish in America. He is self-made in the most significant sense of the word, for no one helped him in a financial way and he... | |
 | Robert Sidney Douglass - Missouri - 1912 - 798 pages
...of the latter for having been the stepping-stones to achievement. The career of Daniel R. Rench, who is a selfmade man in the most significant sense of the word, but accentuates the fact that success is bound to come to those who join brains with ambition and are... | |
 | Walter Williams - Missouri - 1913 - 802 pages
...of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. CHARLES R. WILLIAMSON'S career is a noble illustration of what independence, self-faith and persistency can accomplish in America. He is strictly a self-made man for no one helped him in a financial way and he is practically self-educated.... | |
 | Washington Gardner - Calhoun County (Mich.) - 1913 - 838 pages
...in community affairs and is ever on the alert to do all in his power to advance the general welfare. He is a self-made man in the most significant sense of the word and is well deserving of the unqualified confidence and esteem accorded him by his fellow citizens.... | |
 | Walter Williams - Missouri - 1913 - 934 pages
...is a member of the Missouri Press Association. He is a man of mark in all the relations of life and is a self-made man in the most significant sense of the word. He commands the unalloyed confidence and esteem of his fellow men and is popular with all classes of... | |
 | Hiram Taylor French - Idaho - 1914 - 758 pages
...regarded in Boise, where they have numerous friends. ARCH CUNNINGHAM. The career of Arch Cunr.ingham is a noble illustration of what independence, self-faith...sense of the word for no one helped him in a financial Vol. DT way and he is self educated. As a young man he was strong, vigorous and self reliant. He trusted... | |
 | John Woolf Jordan - Delaware County (Pa.) - 1914 - 498 pages
...Delaware county, Pennsylvania. Charles M. Walton is a noble illustration of what indepenWALTON dence, self-faith and persistency can accomplish in America....for no one helped him in a financial way, and he is largely self-educated. As a young man he was strong, vigorous and self-reliant. He trusted in his own... | |
 | George Frederick Wright - Genealogy - 1916 - 814 pages
...K. Davis, formerly of the University of Virginia. DAVID A. WILLIAMS. The career of David A. Williams is a noble illustration of what independence, self-faith...for no one helped him in a financial way and he is practically self-educated. As a young man he was vigorous and self-reliant: he trusted in his own ability... | |
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As a young man he was strong, vigorous and self-reliant. He trusted in his own ability and did things single-handed and alone. Today he stands supreme as a successful business... 