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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

           [283-284]

           WILLIAM ENGEL, merchant and miller at Parisville, was born April
        8, 1847, in Prussia.  His father, WILLIAM ENGEL, SR., was also a
        native of Germany, and was a Captain of a vessel 30 years of his
        life. He owned two vessels, which he sold and settled at Bromberg,
        in the Province of Posen, Germany, where he was afterward engaged
        in the business of hotel-keeping until his death, about the year
        1864, when he was 56 years of age.
           MR. ENGEL was thoroughly educated in his native land, and when
        he was 17 years of age he became a book-keeper in the mercantile
        establishment of his uncle, where he was employed four years. On
        the termination of his term of service he came, in 1870, to the
        United States, locating at first in Detroit, where he established
        himself in the grocery business, and prosecuted that enterprise
        five years.
           In the fall of 1875 he came to Parisville and purchased a
        building for mercantile purposes, of JAMES ERSKINE, where he did
        business until its destruction by fire in 1879. He at once erected
        an extensive business structure 40 x 52 feet, and attached his
        residence. In 1883 he built a mill four stories in height; with
        three run of buhr stones, and having a capacity of about 50 barrels
        daily. The annual business transactions of MR. ENGEL average
        $10,000.
           He is a supporter of the principles and issues of the Republican
        party. Soon after he settled in Michigan he was elected Justice of
        the Peace, and has since held the office continuously. In 1876 he
        received the appointment of Postmaster of Parisville, and has since
        continued the incumbent of the position.
           MR. ENGEL was married Sept. 5, 1876, in Sherman Township, Huron
        County, to HENRIETTA SCHADER, and they are now the parents of four
        children, viz: EMMA, born July 18,1877; THEODORE, June 9, 1879;
        CHARLES, July 14, 1881, and WILLIAM, Sept. 28, 1883. MRS. ENGEL was
        born Aug. 2, 1857, in Prussia, and emigrated to this country with
        her parents, CHARLES and MINNIE (FREDERICK) SCHADER, in 1869. They
        have been constant residents of Delaware Township, Sanilac County,
        since their removal to the Huron Peninsula, with the exception of
        one year, when they lived at Lexington.

           Mr. and Mrs. ENGEL are members of the Lutheran Church.

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