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Death Of Dr. Garrigues

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
May
Year
1889
Copyright
Public Domain
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Dr. Samuel S. G arrigues, of Ann Arbor, died at 2 o'clock this morning at the residence on División st, at the age of 60 years. Dr. Garrigues was born in Philadelphia. He was a man of uncommon educatioD, part of his study having been carried on in a Germán University, where he spent tbree years. During the war he was an army surgeon, and later he was state inspector of salt in Michigan. About geven or eight years ago the family came to Ann Arbor from the Saginaw valley. He had a taste for scientific research, and was the inventor of several processes in connection with aalt manufacturing that have been very eucoessfu'. He was also a botanist, and some years ago presented the University with a herbarium known as tbe Garrigues collection, consistiog of several thousand specimens. He was a man of vast information, and of fine conversational powers.