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History of Mason County, Michigan
H. R. Page & Co., Chicago; 1882

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                            PIONEERS OF 1866
                          
        JACOB STAFFON has stuck by Ludington since its infancy, and
    has shared in the general prosperity of the place.  Mr. STAFFON
    was born in Calumet, Wis., in 1845.  He remained at home until
    fifteen years of age, and then went East and remained two years.
    Returning West, he went to Milwaukee, where he was clerk in a 
    store, and also attended a commercial college.  In September,
    1865, he came to Ludington, and took a position as salesman in
    the store of JAMES LUDINGTON.  He remained as clerk for the Pere
    Marquette Lumber Company, and since 1872 has had an interest in
    the business and been in charge of the store.  Few young men
    applied themselves so closely to business as did Mr. STAFFON,
    and this trait of character, and his integrity ans superior
    business habits, were the stepping-stones of his prosperity.
    A portrait of Mr. STAFFON appears on another page.
     
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