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HONORABLE JAMES SAMUEL MICHAEL
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare resolutions commemorative of the life, character and public services of the late Honorable James Samuel Michael, of Woodbury county, Iowa, begs leave to submit the following report:
James Samuel Michael was born on April 3, 1859, at Sir John’s Run, Virginia, and was the son of Andrew Jackson Michael and Lenora Corne Michael. He was of the 1879 class at Shepherd’s College at Shepherdstown, Virginia.
In 1884 Mr. Michael came to Sioux City and established the Sioux City Seed Company, one of the largest in the middle west.
Mr. Michael married Miss Alice Smith, a native of Sioux City, Iowa, in 1888, and she, together with her two children, Mrs. Helen Michael Wilde, and Berkeley Michael, mourns the death of her beloved husband.
Mr. Michael served as the only Democrat elected from Woodbury county in the Thirty-sixth General Assembly of the state of Iowa. He was a member of Landmark Lodge, A. F. and A. M., the Sioux City Consistory, Knights Templar, Abu-Bekr, Sons of the American Revolution, Progress Club, Boys of ’68 and the Pioneer Club, having served the Pioneer Club as its president for two terms. He was a member of St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church. He was at all times a perfect gentleman, genial, kindhearted and devoted to his family and friends.
Therefore, Be It Resolved, That in the passing of the Honorable James Samuel Michael, the state has lost a valuable and honored citizen, and the House would tender, by this resolution, its sincere sympathy to the surviving members of his family in their sorrow, and
Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the House Journal, and that the Chief Clerk be instructed to send an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
MRS. FRANK M. ELLIOTT,
ROBERT C. REILLY,
JOHN A. DAVENPORT,
Committee.
Unanimously adopted, April 12, 1939.