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

           [269-270]

           ERNEST VOLZ, harness-maker, was born at Sebewaing, his present
        home, Feb. 25, 1860.  His parents, ANDREW and DOROTHY VOLZ, were
        born in Germany.  They emigrated to the United States in 1846, lo-
        cating at Ann Arbor, Mich., where MR. VOLZ worked on a farm five
        years; he came thence to Huron County, locating at Sebewaing, and
        purchased 160 acres of land, for which he paid $2.50 per acre, upon
        which he made his home.  He increased his property by various
        purchases until he owned about 500 acres. In 1878 he divided the
        land among his 10 children.  MR. VOLZ was one of the earliest set-
        tlers in Huron County, and one of the first in Sebewaing. He was
        born Oct. 10, 1820.  MRS. VOLZ was born June 4, 1830. They still
        reside on the homestead.
           MR. VOLZ, the subject of this sketch, is the sixth child of his
        parents, and spent the years of his life until the age of 16 in the
        acquirement of a commonschool education. In 1876 he was apprenticed
        for three years to learn the harness trade. After serving his time
        he went to East Saginaw, working at his trade two years; thence he
        removed to Ann Arbor, where he remained a short time, returning to
        Sebewaing in 1881, where he opened his present business. He carries
        all the goods common to the harness trade, and employs two workmen
        besides himself in the manufacture of saddlery and harness.
           He was married Oct. 28, 1883, in Saginaw Co., Mich., to
        CATHERINE ROTH. She was born Oct. 28, 1860, in Saginaw County,
        and is the daughter of JOHN and EVA ROTH, natives of Germany.
        Politically, MR. VOLZ is a Democrat.

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