Hewson Lindsley Peeke
Published: 2017-10-22
Total Pages: 1004
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Excerpt from A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio, Vol. 2: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, With Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Civic, and Social Development Captain Pearl has within recent years accorded careful and efficient service in the office of justice of the peace, and he made the same justify its title. He has found also satisfaction and occupation in his service as a pension agent, and his abiding interest in his old comrades in arms has been manifested in the earnest and effective efforts he has put forth in securing pensions for not a few old soldiers meriting such recognition and by obtaining merited increases of pensions for other veterans of the great struggle through which the unity of the nation was preserved. The captain has had no desire for supine case even in the period of his virtual retirement from active business, and as a notary public be has found much demand for his interposition, besides giving personal atten tion to the making of collections. Austin A. Kirby. A strong, loyal and noble spirit was that which found indwelling in the mortal tenement of Captain Kirby, who was one of the most venerable and honored pioneer citizens of Erie County at the time of his death, which occurred in January, 1903, and who was a distinguished figure in the marine navigation service of the Great Lakes for many years, one of the numerous citizens of Northern Ohio who have gone down to the sea in ships and done business 011 great waters. His period of residence in Erie County covered more than half a century and he had gained precedence as one of the most able and best known vessel commanders that ever operated on our great inland seas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.