Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, Michigan
Monday, Oct 23, 1905, Page: 1, Col: 1
ZERUB BAILLIE DEAD; WAS SUPERINTENDENT OF OLD BOOMING COMPANY
The death of Zerub Baillie occurred this morning at 8:10 at Hackley Hosptial, to which he was taken last Thursday, suffering with Bright's Disease. His health began to fall last summer, but it was not until about six weeks ago that his condition began to be alarming.
Mr. Baillie came to Muskegon twenty-three years ago. he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. he came to this country thirty-four years ago and located at Marshall, where he was superintendent in the Michigan Central railroad shops.
At Marshall he became acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bradley and has lived with them ever since in Marshall and later in Muskegon.
After being at Marshall for a year he went to Jackson, Mich., in the employ of the same railroad company. He was there ten years and then, with the Bradleys, came to Muskegon.
Mr. Baillie had not been in active business for the last ten years. Hos last position was as superintendent of the Muskegon Booming company.
He leaves two brothers and a sister in Scotland. They have been cabled to concerning the disposition of his body. He had no relatives in this country.
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Information on the Muskegon Log Booming Company
Muskegon was the largest center of lumbering on Lower Michigan's west coast. From the 1850s to the 1890s an immense amount of timber was floated to this port down the Muskegon River and its tributaries. In 1864 the Muskegon Booming Company was formed to sort the logs and raft them to the mills. Here at the upper end of Muskegon Lake was the great storage boom where the logs, each identified by its owner's log
mark, were sorted into pens as fast as they floated in. They were then chained together into rafts which were towed to the mills by the company's tugboats. In thirty years the company delivered over 10 billion board feet of logs.
Source:
Muskegon Log Booming Company (Marker ID#:S90)https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us › MHC611956037
Monday, Oct 23, 1905, Page: 1, Col: 1
ZERUB BAILLIE DEAD; WAS SUPERINTENDENT OF OLD BOOMING COMPANY
The death of Zerub Baillie occurred this morning at 8:10 at Hackley Hosptial, to which he was taken last Thursday, suffering with Bright's Disease. His health began to fall last summer, but it was not until about six weeks ago that his condition began to be alarming.
Mr. Baillie came to Muskegon twenty-three years ago. he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. he came to this country thirty-four years ago and located at Marshall, where he was superintendent in the Michigan Central railroad shops.
At Marshall he became acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bradley and has lived with them ever since in Marshall and later in Muskegon.
After being at Marshall for a year he went to Jackson, Mich., in the employ of the same railroad company. He was there ten years and then, with the Bradleys, came to Muskegon.
Mr. Baillie had not been in active business for the last ten years. Hos last position was as superintendent of the Muskegon Booming company.
He leaves two brothers and a sister in Scotland. They have been cabled to concerning the disposition of his body. He had no relatives in this country.
~~~
Information on the Muskegon Log Booming Company
Muskegon was the largest center of lumbering on Lower Michigan's west coast. From the 1850s to the 1890s an immense amount of timber was floated to this port down the Muskegon River and its tributaries. In 1864 the Muskegon Booming Company was formed to sort the logs and raft them to the mills. Here at the upper end of Muskegon Lake was the great storage boom where the logs, each identified by its owner's log
mark, were sorted into pens as fast as they floated in. They were then chained together into rafts which were towed to the mills by the company's tugboats. In thirty years the company delivered over 10 billion board feet of logs.
Source:
Muskegon Log Booming Company (Marker ID#:S90)https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us › MHC611956037
Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, Michigan
Monday, Oct 23, 1905, Page: 1, Col: 1
ZERUB BAILLIE DEAD; WAS SUPERINTENDENT OF OLD BOOMING COMPANY
The death of Zerub Baillie occurred this morning at 8:10 at Hackley Hosptial, to which he was taken last Thursday, suffering with Bright's Disease. His health began to fall last summer, but it was not until about six weeks ago that his condition began to be alarming.
Mr. Baillie came to Muskegon twenty-three years ago. he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. he came to this country thirty-four years ago and located at Marshall, where he was superintendent in the Michigan Central railroad shops.
At Marshall he became acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bradley and has lived with them ever since in Marshall and later in Muskegon.
After being at Marshall for a year he went to Jackson, Mich., in the employ of the same railroad company. He was there ten years and then, with the Bradleys, came to Muskegon.
Mr. Baillie had not been in active business for the last ten years. Hos last position was as superintendent of the Muskegon Booming company.
He leaves two brothers and a sister in Scotland. They have been cabled to concerning the disposition of his body. He had no relatives in this country.
~~~
Information on the Muskegon Log Booming Company
Muskegon was the largest center of lumbering on Lower Michigan's west coast. From the 1850s to the 1890s an immense amount of timber was floated to this port down the Muskegon River and its tributaries. In 1864 the Muskegon Booming Company was formed to sort the logs and raft them to the mills. Here at the upper end of Muskegon Lake was the great storage boom where the logs, each identified by its owner's log
mark, were sorted into pens as fast as they floated in. They were then chained together into rafts which were towed to the mills by the company's tugboats. In thirty years the company delivered over 10 billion board feet of logs.
Source:
Muskegon Log Booming Company (Marker ID#:S90)https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us › MHC611956037
Monday, Oct 23, 1905, Page: 1, Col: 1
ZERUB BAILLIE DEAD; WAS SUPERINTENDENT OF OLD BOOMING COMPANY
The death of Zerub Baillie occurred this morning at 8:10 at Hackley Hosptial, to which he was taken last Thursday, suffering with Bright's Disease. His health began to fall last summer, but it was not until about six weeks ago that his condition began to be alarming.
Mr. Baillie came to Muskegon twenty-three years ago. he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. he came to this country thirty-four years ago and located at Marshall, where he was superintendent in the Michigan Central railroad shops.
At Marshall he became acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bradley and has lived with them ever since in Marshall and later in Muskegon.
After being at Marshall for a year he went to Jackson, Mich., in the employ of the same railroad company. He was there ten years and then, with the Bradleys, came to Muskegon.
Mr. Baillie had not been in active business for the last ten years. Hos last position was as superintendent of the Muskegon Booming company.
He leaves two brothers and a sister in Scotland. They have been cabled to concerning the disposition of his body. He had no relatives in this country.
~~~
Information on the Muskegon Log Booming Company
Muskegon was the largest center of lumbering on Lower Michigan's west coast. From the 1850s to the 1890s an immense amount of timber was floated to this port down the Muskegon River and its tributaries. In 1864 the Muskegon Booming Company was formed to sort the logs and raft them to the mills. Here at the upper end of Muskegon Lake was the great storage boom where the logs, each identified by its owner's log
mark, were sorted into pens as fast as they floated in. They were then chained together into rafts which were towed to the mills by the company's tugboats. In thirty years the company delivered over 10 billion board feet of logs.
Source:
Muskegon Log Booming Company (Marker ID#:S90)https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us › MHC611956037
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ZERUB
SON OF ROBERT & ISABELLE
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EDINBURGH
SCOTLAND
1847 - 1905
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