Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of Mason County, Michigan H. R. Page & Co., Chicago; 1882 -63- JAMES FOLEY is a native of the Empire State, having been born in Ontario County, N.Y., in 1836. He came to Ludington from Wisconsin, in 1864, and engaged in logging and lumbering, in which business he was exclusively engaged until 1877, when he became one of the tug firm of CASWELL, BREINING & Co. In February, 1882, in company with H. B. SMITH, he purchased a shingle mill in the Fourth Ward, which is now in operation under the firm name of SMITH & FOLEY. Mr. FOLEY also continues to be interested in logs and lumber. The shingle mill has a capacity of 25,000,000 a season, and gives employment to twenty- five men. Mr. FOLEY is one of the most stirring business men of Ludington, and in all his undertakings has been successful. His family residence is a very tasty edifice with pleasant surroundings, an excellent view of which appears on another page. ===========================================================================