Show Ill NEK A I AIUIII Tile Secretary or Wr Its SIC11111Y istaluCl CANTON 0 Jan 29Geoe1 Km toll A Algfr who baa been tendered Bud hav accepted the war portfolio was born In Lafayette township Me ulna county Ohio February 27 1831 His grandfather served In tho Huvolu ttonary war and Is claimed to have teen a descendant of William the Con qoeror When KuMoll wn 11 years of age both tile parents died For the ntxt seven yeats ho worked on a farm earning money to defray his expensed nt tbe BlchflilJ 0 academy during the winters In 159 be was udmtlleU to the bur but abandoned the practice ot low the 101l0wlDI autumn 00 ac count of rlllnil balto mud moved 10 Grand nOplB Mlel where lie engaged en-gaged In the lumber buolue and where lulSOlhe was toAunele lleury lu 1BOI ho enlisted In the Second Jlllehigan cavalry and wa intdoe2ptAill Ho was wounded InTha UUIe of Iloonevlilr Mini Owing his i get In tills engagement ho was promoted tu the rank of major In 166 bo became lieutenant colonel of the Sixth Michigan cavalry and In IS03 was mado colonel of the Fifth Michigan cavalry In 1804 his health Induced him to retire from Ibo eervlce lie was breveted brigatiler aDd major general for gallant anti morltorlou service Bud was on private service In 1603 04 receiving orders personally from 1riidem Lincoln In 1605 ho moved to Detroit where Its has since been extensively engaged In lumber and plus land business Ueueral Alger was elected governor ef Michigan In 1884 In 1888 bo was one ot The leading candidates for the Republican nomination for reildeul lie bas also served a term as com manderlncnlef of the U A It |