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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

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              FRANK HAUSBECK did not turn his attention to steamboating
           early in life, remaining on the farm until he reached the age
           of twenty-six years. He was born in Dansville, Livingston Co.,
           N.Y., August 5, 1858, and is the son of JOSEPH and ROSALIA
          (COOPLER) HAUSBECK. He removed with his parents from New York
           State about the year 1873, locating on a farm in Buena Vista
           township, Saginaw county, equi-distant between Bay City and
           Saginaw City, Mich. The farm which his father purchased is still
           the family homestead.
              It was not until the spring of 1884 that MR. HAUSBECK began
           sailing, but he has come forward rapidly. He first shipped on
           the tug C. C. McDonald, as fireman, followed by a season in the
           tug Maud S., in the same capacity. In 1886 he secured his
           license as engineer, and was appointed to the tug Handy Boy. The
           next spring he went to Duluth in charge of the machinery of a
           sand boat. In 1888 he engineered the fireboat Geyser at Bay
           City, and the three following seasons he was engineer of the tug
           Mundy. After one season as chief of the steamer Mary Groh, out
           of Port Huron, he again took charge of the machinery of the
           steamer Mundy. In the spring of 1894 MR. HAUSBECK was appointed
           chief engineer of the tug Witch of the West, and ran her three
           successive seasons, or until the fall of 1896, when he trans-
           ferred to the steamer A. A. Turner, closing the season in her as
           second engineer. In the spring of 1897 he was appointed chief
           engineer of the steamer A. A. Turner, and held that berth again
           for the season of 1898.  MR. HAUSBECk is an engineer with more
           than the ordinary ability and is highly esteemed by his
           employer, MR. BRIDGES, of Bay City. Fraternally he is a Master
           Mason and a member of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Assoc-
           iation.
              MR. HAUSBECK is not a married man.  He has a farm, managed by
           his sister, in Buena Vista township, Saginaw county, to which he
           retires during the winter months.

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