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| Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan Vol. XIV, 1890 Lansing, Michigan W. S. George & Co., State Printers & Binders Page 60 - 61 BAY COUNTY |
| Edward Newkirk, one of Bay City's best known
citizens, died Feb. 28, 1889. He was born in the county of Norfolk,
Canada, fifty-three years ago. He was given a good education, and
after he became of age went on the lakes as a master and owner of several
vessels. About twenty years ago he sailed into Saginaw river,
and being favorably impressed abandoned his seafaring life and took up his
residence in this city, engaging in the lumber and vessel business.
The last few years he has followed the vocation of a life insurance agent,
for which he was eminently qualified and in which he has been very
successful. Mr. Newkirk led a very exemplary life. He was kind, considerate, generous, and by his many good qualities endeared himself to all with whom he came in contact. He was a fine conversationalist and a natural orator. To converse with him once was to desire to have the pleasure of meeting him again. He was remarkable for his temperance provlicities and voluntarily used his talents in the interest of the cause. Beginning with the red ribbon movement, by his own volition he lent his exertions to enthuse the people in that direction, and every Sunday night for two years he delivered lectures which attracted immense audiences. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has also done considerable work in behalf of christianity, having on numerous occasions supplied the pulpits in this city and neighboring villages. He was at one time prominently identified with oddfellowship, and some years ago was the able editor of the Michigan Odd Fellow, a newspaper published in this city in the interest of that order. In politics he was a staunch republican. Mr. Newkirk leaves a widow and two adopted children. |
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