History of Ann Arbor, (Washtenaw County) Michigan United States of America

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Local History Notes:

ANN ARBOR, a flourishing city, capital of Washtenaw county, Michigan, on Huron river, and on the Michigan Central railroad, 40 miles W. from Detroit. It has the reputation of being one of the most pleasant and healthy places in the state. The site is elevated and dry, and the town is regularly laid out. The state university established at this place in 1837, is a flourishing and liberally endowed institution, attended by over 200 students. The buildings are large and pleasantly situated. A fund has been commenced by the citizens of Detroit for the erection of an observatory here; and the citizens of Ann Arbor have made liberal donations for the increase of the university library. Ann Arbor is situated in an excellent farming district, has an active trade, and contains manufactories of wool, iron, ploughs, and flour, for which the river furnishes motive-power. The city also contains a bank, an academy, and several churches. In respect to population, it is probably the second town in the state. The township contained in 1850, 4868 inhabitants.

Biographies:

Henry Edward Krehbiel, author, was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., March 10, 1854; son of the Rev. Jacob and Anna Maria (Haake) Krehbiel. The Rev. Jacob Krehbiel came to America from Germany about 1830; received his education in the United States, and devoted his services to the German branch of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was editor of the Christlidur Apologete from 1875 until his death in 1890. Henry Edward Krehbiel was educated in the public schools of Michigan and Ohio; studied law in Cincinnati, 1872-74; was musical critic of the Cincinnati Gazette, 1874-80; assistant to John R. G. Hassard, musical critic of the New York Tribune, 1880-82, and editor of the Musical Review, 1881-82, holding his place at the same time on the Tribune. He received the decoration of chevalier of the Legion of Honor from France in 1901. He edited the musical department of the Annotated Bibliography of Fine Arts (1898); Music and Musicians, by Lavignac (1899); translated Carl Courvoisier's The Technics of Violin Playing (1880); and is the author of: An Account of the Fourth Musical Festival in Cincinnati (1880); Notes on the Cultivation of Choral Music (1884); Review of the New York Musical Season (five annual volumes, 1885-90); Studies in the Wagnerian Drama (1891); The Philharmonic Society of New York: A Memorial (1892); How to Listen to Music (1896); Music and Manners in the Classical Period (1899); The Pianoforte and its Music (1901).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Mary Chase Peck Peckham, author, was born at Nantucket, Mass., July 15, 1839; daughter of Charles Miller and Adriana (Fisher) Peck; granddaughter of Philip and Abigail (Chase) Peck and of Rufus and Mary (Pease) Fisher, and great-granddaughter of Capt. Jonathan Peck, a Revolutionary officer. She attended the Providence high school and taught schools in that city, 1857-65. She was married, June 13, 1865, to Stephen F. Peckham and accompanied him to Southern California. On their return to Providence in 1866, she engaged in literary work, and in 1873, removing to Minneapolis, Minn., devoted herself to philanthropy. She was a member of the Rhode Island Woman Suffrage association and of the Association for the Advancement of Women. She is the author of: Father Gabriel's Fairy (1873), and Windfalls Gathered Only for Friends (1894). She died at Ann Arbor, Mich., March 20, 1892.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Delos Fall, educator, was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 29, 1848; son of Benjamin Franklin and Ann Maria (Sackett) Fall. The family name was originally McFall. His maternal great-grandmother, Mary Percy Bassett, was great-granddaughter of a Lord Percy of England. He attended the public schools of Ann Arbor and was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1875. He was principal of the high school at Flint, Mich., 1875-78, and professor of natural science at Albion college, Albion, Mich., from 1878 to 1893, when he was appointed to the chair of chemistry. He conducted the studies in biology and chemistry at Bay View summer university for four years. He served as a member of the Michigan state board of health; of the American public health association; of the National educational association; of the Michigan state teacher's association of which he was president in 1897; of the North Central association of colleges and secondary schools, and was elected a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science, and of the Michigan academy of science. On July 25, 1877, he was married to Ida, daughter of Mark Andrews, of Flint, Mich. He received the degree of M.S. from the University of Michigan in 1883, and for twenty years of service as a member of the faculty and director of the chemical department and laboratory, Albion college conferred upon him the degree of Sc.D. in 1898. He contributed to scientific journals and published Introduction to Qualitative Chemical Analysis by the Inductive Method (1892).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Edward Lewis Curtis, educator, was born at Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 13, 1853; son of William Stanton and Martha Augusta (Leach) Curtis; grandson of Lewis Curtis, and a descendant of Thomas Curtis of Wethersfield, Conn., who died in 1681. His mother was a descendant on her maternal side, through Judah Paddock Spooner, of John and Priscilla Alden. He was graduated from Yale in 1874 and from Union theological seminary in 1879. He then spent two years in study in Germany and in 1881 became an instructor in McCormick theological school, Chicago, Ill. He was advanced to the full professorship of Old Testament literature and exegesis in 1886, resigning in 1891 to accept the Holmes professorship of Hebrew in Yale university. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Hanover college in 1886 and that of D.D. from Yale in 1891.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor