Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Boomer, George L. 1853 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 23, 2007, 1:36 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) GEORGE L. BOOMER. He who represents the present generation of the Boomer family in Flint is the subject of this sketch. In his personal business he is in charge of the painting department of the carriage works in this city and in his public life he is Alderman of the Fourth Ward. He belongs to one of the oldest families in the city and one that has ever distinguished itself in public-spirited and enterprising directions. Mr. Boomer was born in Flint Township, January 8, 1853. He is the son of William and Emily (Phillips) Boomer. Our subject's grandfather, Benjamin Boomer, was for many years a sailor on the lakes and served as captain of his own boat. He brought his family here about 1840 and located on a farm in the township where he died. Our subject's father was a young man on coming to this locality. He became engaged in stock-dealing, buying from the farmers in this vicinity and finding his market in Detroit. This he found to be a lucrative business. For convenience in his trade he located in Flint, in 1856. In 1885 he removed to Bloomfield, Oakland County, where he purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, where he still resides. Our subject's mother is a daughter of Lysander Phillips. She was born in Niagara County, N. Y., in 1826. Her father came to Michigan and was with Alonzo Torrey on his trip from Detroit. He located a new farm which he improved and there died at the age of fifty-six years. Our subject was reared in this city and graduated from the High School in 1869. He was then engaged as a clerk in a grocery store for several years, and later learning the painter's trade he has since devoted himself to it. In 1878 lie entered the employ of W. A. Patterson and was soon placed in the show room as salesman. He was also sent out on the road on several trips, remaining with that employer for ten years. He then purchased a meat market on Asylum Street which he ran for about two years, and in 1890 took his present position. Mr. Boomer has a pleasant residence located at No. 507 Asylum street. He was married in Flint, December 22, 1874, to Miss Sarah H. Kendall, a native of Genesee County and a daughter of Jerome B. Kendall, a native of this city. In 1891 our subject was elected Alderman on the Prohibition ticket, having been endorsed by the Republican party, and receiving the largest vote of any of the candidates. He has been Chairman of the Committee on Railroads. He is also Chairman on the Committee on Buildings and Repairing, also of the Water Supply Company, the Sanitary Committee, on streets, etc. Socially he of whom we write belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees. He adheres to the faith in which he was reared and is a member, with his wife, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was one of the organizers of the Fourth Ward Mission Sunday school and is the Assistant Superintendent. His wife who is a woman of marked ability, is an active member of the Missionary Society, also of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Woman's Relief Corps. A Prohibitionist in his political principles, our subject never fails to declare himself in favor of prohibition. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/genesee/bios/boomer904gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb