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

           [338-343]

           ALEXANDER S. LESZCZYSNKI, of the firm of LESZCZYSNKI Bros.,
        Sand Beach, dealers in dry goods, notions, hats, caps, boots,
        shoes, groceries, crockery, glassware, etc., and manufacturers of
        furniture, also wholesale dealers in butter, eggs and general farm
        produce, was born Jan. 12, 1859, in Springwells, Wayne Co., Mich.
        His parents, ANTHONY and ANNA (SKRIBA) LESZCZYNSKI, were natives of
        Poland.  The father was born there June 17, 1829. He was a stone
        mason by trade, and came to the United States in 1850. For 12 years
        preceding his death, he was a merchant in Wyandotte, Wayne County.
        He died from suffocation, Aug. 26, 1876, while asleep in the rooms
        above his store, which was broken into and fired by burglars about
        three o'clock in the morning. The mother is still living.  She was
        born July 28, 1830, and has been the mother of seven children, five
        of whom are living.
           MR. L., of this sketch, is the fourth child of his parents in
        order of birth.  He began to learn the trade of a practical printer
        when he was 15 years of age, and devoted three years to his appren-
        ticeship. He abandoned the project and became a clerk in a dry-
        goods store, which occupation engaged his attention between two and
        three years. In 1880 he embarked in the grocery and provision busi-
        ness in Detroit, his store being located on the corner of Hastings
        and Napoleon Streets.  He sold the establishment Sept. 1, 1881,
        coming the same month to Sand Beach. He formed a partnership with
        GEORGE W. CARR, which terminated Sept. 1, 1883, by the purchase of
        the interest of MR. CARR by the brother of the senior member — JOHN
        M. LESZCZYNSKI. The latter is engaged in the manufacture of uphol-
        stered goods, and is preparing to place his products upon sale. The
        brothers are both members of the Polish National Benevolent
        Society.
           MR. LESZCZYNSKI was married April 25, 1882, to VICTORIA,
        daughter of PAUL SIUDA. She was born at Parisville, Huron Co.,
        Mich., Oct. 30, 1859.  One son, JOSEPH F., was born of this union,
        April 1, 1883.

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