Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Manitowoc Lakeshore Times 8 December 1885 DIED. At his home in this city, about half past seven o'clock this morning, GREENLEAF S. RAND, aged nearly 56 years. The last illness of the deceased was very brief. On Wednesday last he was in the shipyard overseeing and directing his business affairs. On Thursday he com- plained of feeling unwell and soon became deliroius with congestion of the brain. His disease progressed rapidly and ended as stated above. Mr. Rand was widely known over the lakes and his death will be regretted by a wide circle. He came to Manitowoc at an early day and with his father the late HANSON RAND and engaged in shipbuilding. As age and infirmity came on the elder member of the firm the son came to the front. On the establishment of the Goodrich line of steamers he was selected the chief of construction and was the designer and builder of all their magnificent fleet. His skill and energy in his chosen profession combined with strict business integrity gave him the confidence of vessel owners all over the lakes and a very large proportion of the vessels on Lake Michigan were built in his yards. His death is a public cala- mity to our city for he more than any other man made it famous as a shipbuilding point. He leaves a widow but no children. He has two brothers, Messrs. E. K. RAND and ED. H. RAND and a sister residing in New York. The public sympathize with them in their deep grief, for they too suffer a great loss. ===========================================================================