Blodgett Family.
The Blodgett Family of of Grand Rapids, Michigan were owners of a series of logging companies in Michigan, Mississippi, California, Oregon, and Vancouver Island. Members of the family included Delos A. Blodgett, his son John W. Blodgett, and his grandson John W. Blodgett, Jr.
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1825:
Delos A. Blodgett born, Otsego County, N.Y. -
1848:
Delos A. Blodgett moved to Michigan and began lumber business -
1851:
Delos A. Blodgett moved to Hersey, Mich. -
1859:
Delos A. Blodgett and Jennie S. Wood married -
1860:
John W. Blodgett born, Hersey, Mich. -
ca. 1870:
Delos A. Blodgett began logging in Osceola, Missaukee, and Clare Counties -
1871:
Blodgett & Byrne firm formed (lumbering in Roscommon and Crawford Counties, mill at Muskegon) -
1876:
John W. Blodgett graduated Highland Military Academy, Worcester, Mass. -
1878:
John W. Blodgett took charge of Blodgett interests in Muskegon -
1878:
Tillotsen & Blodgett firm formed (Muskegon mill) -
1880:
Delos A. Blodgett delegate to Republican National Convention -
1881:
Delos A. Blodgett moved to Grand Rapids -
1882:
John W. Blodgett took charge of Blodgett & Byrne interests -
1885:
Blodgett began buying land in Mississippi -
1886:
John W. Blodgett president of Muskegon Boom Co. -
1890:
Jennie Blodgett died -
1890s:
Delos A. Blodgett involved in lumber manufacture in Cadillac -
1892:
Delos A. Blodgett delegate to Republican National Convention -
1893:
Delos A. Blodgett and Daisy A. Peck married -
1893:
Blodgett Muskegon basin timber exhausted -
1895:
John W. Blodgett and Minnie A. Cumnock married -
1896:
Delos A. Blodgett delegate to Republican National Convention -
1900:
John W. Blodgett took over all his father's interests -
1900:
Delos A. Blodgett delegate to Republcain National Convention -
1900 -1912 :John W. Blodgett member Republican National Committee -
ca. 1905:
Blodgett Co., Ltd., formed -
1908:
Delos A. Blodgett died -
1918:
Michigan-California Lumber Co. formed -
until 1922:
John W. Blodgett director of Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago -
1925:
John W. Blodgett, Jr. became member of business -
1931:
Minnie Blodgett died -
1951:
John W. Blodgett died
From the guide to the Blodgett Family papers, 1872-1953, 1884-1934, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Blodgett Family papers, 1872-1953, 1884-1934 | Bentley Historical Library |
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| associatedWith | Blodgett Company | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Blodgett, Delos A., 1825-1908 | person |
| associatedWith | Blodgett, John Wood, 1860-1951 | person |
| associatedWith | Hill-Davis Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Michigan-California Lumber Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Michigan Timber Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Republican National Committee (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 | person |
| associatedWith | Tidewater Timber Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wright-Blodgett Company. | corporateBody |
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| Montmorency County (Mich.) | |||
| Muskegon County (Mich.) | |||
| Lake County (Mich.) | |||
| Missaukee County (Mich.) | |||
| Louisiana | |||
| Clare County (Mich.) | |||
| Oscoda County (Mich.) | |||
| Canada. | |||
| Oregon. | |||
| Wexford County (Mich.) | |||
| Vancouver Island (B.C.) | |||
| Mecosta County (Mich.) | |||
| Otsego County (Mich.) | |||
| California. | |||
| Grand Rapids (Mich.) | |||
| Roscommon County (Mich.) | |||
| Mississippi. | |||
| Osceola County (Mich.) |
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