Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2020, All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= USGenNet Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be re- produced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Portrait and biographical record of Muskegon and Ottawa Counties Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago - 1893 Page 133 ANDREW J. EMLAW. Mr. EMLAW, formerly one of the foremost lumber manufacturers of Grand Haven, Mich., is now retired from the active duties of life, and lives in the enjoyment of a handsome home on Franklin Street, Grand Haven. His long life of industry and useful- ness, and his record for integrity and true-hearted faithfulness in all the relations of life, have given him a strong hold upon the community which all might well desire to share. His career is an ex- ample of the prosperity that comes to him who strives, for his suc- cess in life has not been the result of chance, but of his individual and continuous efforts. Mr. EMLAW is a native of Vermont, a State al- ways suggestive of the honest, hard and rugged character in human life, and was born in Alburgh Springs, February 5, 1829. His parents, MICHAEL and WEALTHY (MAXFIELD) EMLAW, were both natives of the Empire State. The father was born on the shore of Lake Champlain in 1800. He was a cooper by trade and an honest, indus- trious man. Mrs. EMLAW was the daughter of ISAAC MAXFIELD and of Scotch descent. By her marriage to Mr. EMLAW she became the mother of eight children, the original of this notice being sixth in order of birth. The early educational advantages of our subject were received in the district schools of Franklin County, N.Y., and later he learned the trade of a millwright. In the year 1849 he came to Michi- gan and located in Grand Haven, where he followed his trade and was also engaged in building sawmills up to 1866, when he formed a part- nership with C. L. STORRS & Co., the firm continuing under the title for five years, when it was changed to REYNOLDS & EMLAW. This firm manufactured pine lumber and continued the business successfully up to 1875, when the mill burned. In 1881 the Grand Haven Lumber Com- pany was organized with C. BOYDEN as President, Mr. EMLAW Vice- President and H. C. A. KELEY as Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. EMLAW is sole owner of the gas plant of Grand Haven. Our subject remained in the business until 1885, when he retired, and is now living a happy, contented life. He has ever been interest- ed in the public weal, is generous in his support of worthy measures, and is a model citizen, as all who are acquainted with him know. The soul of honesty in all his business transactions, by his correct mode of living he has made numerous warm and faithful friends. Blood will surely tell, and men who come from good and honored ancestors, and are reared in an atmosphere of honesty and good principles, will assuredly make their mark in whatever field of labor fate may destine them to work. Mr. EMLAW was married in 1872 to Miss LOUISA BENTHAM, of Grand Haven, Mich., and two children have blessed this union, HARLAN S. and MARTHA L. Mr. EMLAW'S views are embodied in the declar- ations of the Republican party, and his vote is cast with that organization. =====================================================================