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SOURCE: History of Lapeer County, Michigan
        with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
        of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers
        H.R. Page & Co., Chicago, 1884
        

         Page 43
         
              E. B. COTTER was born in Ceries, McKean County, Penn., 
         in the year 1847.  Came to Michigan at the age of ten years;
         learned the trade of house-painting with his father, but
         finding it injurious to his health, gave up the business.
         Bought a small farm in St. Clair County, but not being
         successful as a farmer, engaged in the hoop and stave busi-
         ness, which he followed for several years in different parts
         of the State.  His health failing, he went into the employ
         of the Agricultural Insurance Company, of Watertown, N.Y.
         In the year 1880 he canvassed Sanilac and St. Clair Counties,
         and March 15, 1883, engaged in the saloon business on Main
         Street, Almont.
         
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