H. Wirt Newkirk

Henry Wirt Xewkirk was bom in Dexter, August 1, 1854. When three years oíd his parents moved to a farm south of that village and he lived there ,111 twenty-five years old. His educa;ion was received in the district schools, the Ann Arbor High School, and the Law department of the University, from which he graduated in 1879. He located at Bay City and the nextyearwaseleeted Circuit CourtCommissioner. From 1882 to 1884 he was bookkeeper for the Birkett Mfg. Co., and in 1884 he moved to Kentucky and founded the Williamsburg Times, ;o preach republicanism in that country. Later he returned to Ann Arbor and was city editor of the Ann Arbor Register, moving to Luther, Mich , to edit the Luther Enterprise. In 1889 he was appointed proseeuting attorney for Lake county, and eleeted for the succeeding term, making an enviable record. He was a member of the legislature from Laké county in 1893 and '94, and then returned to Dexter to become cashier of the Dexter Savings bank, which position he still holds. He was married in 1880 to Miss Xellie Birkett, and his family consists of his wife and two children. Mr. iSíewkirk has had a wide professional and business career. and has made a success of all his undertakings. His personal integrity is unassailable, and he has the ability to inspire coníidence in all who come in contact with him. If elected Judge of Probate he promises to move to Aun Arbor, and give his undivided attention to the duties of his office. He has a wide acquaintance through different parts of the county. The Dexter Savings bank, of which he is cashiér, owes no small part of its prnsperity to his business sagacity, and his whole business eareer shows him to be a man of ability and good judgment, qualities essential in the office to which he aspires.