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| Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan Vol. XXII, 1893 Lansing, Michigan W. S. George & Co., State Printers & Binders Page 42 - 43 BAY COUNTY |
| George Lord, the pioneer resident of Bay
City, died April 30, 1893, at his home, 922 Harrison street. He
had been ill for a long time and the end was hastened by his extreme age. George Lord was born in Madison county, New York, March 17, 1815. He came to Bay City in 1854 and engaged in the lumbering business. A short time afterward, in company with J. P. Whittemore, he built the Keystone mill in what is now known as the first ward of West Bay City. After operating it for five years he sold it and entered the drug business at the corner of Center avenue and Water street. He continued there until the fire in 1865, when he was burned out. He immediately opened up another store, but sold out in a few days and entered the insurance business. He was also ticket agent of the Michigan Central, but most of his time from then on was devoted to his insurance affairs. Politically he was a democrat, and served the people in many different positions during his residence here. He was mayor of the city for one term and comptroller for five terms. He was also supervisor, justice of the peace and alderman at different times, and owes many friends to the honest and straightforward course always pursued by him, both in business and politics. In 1840, Mr. Lord married Miss C. D. Fay in Hamilton. Three children were the result of the union, which proved to be a very happy one. They are Mrs. H. W. Jennison and Wm. H. Lord, of Bay City, and Fred H. Lord, of Chicago. |
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