Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Pixley, Seth B. 1840 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

SETH B. PIXLEY. The leading mercantile establishment in Goodrich, is carried on
and owned by the gentleman whose name appears above. He is well known as a
popular and wide-awake merchant who keeps thoroughly abreast with the times, and
the stock which he carries is well selected and suited to the needs of his class
of customers, he conducts his business in a brick store which is 24x70 feet in
dimensions and a view of this establishment is shown on another page. He carries
constantly on hand a stock that is worth from $6,000 to $8,000, and that
comprises boots, shoes, clothing and dry-goods, in fact everything to be found
in a first-class country store.

  Mr. Pixley established himself in business in this place in 1873 and for the
first six months had as partner E. W. Matice, the business being conducted under
the firm name of Matice & Pixley, but at the expiration of the time above
mentioned our subject became sole proprietor. He is a native of Genesee County,
having been born here January 23, 1840, and being the son of Theron and Sarah
Pixley. The latter still survives and makes her home in California.

  Mr. Pixley's parents came to Genesee County in 1836 and settled in Atlas
Township, where the father cleared a farm in the midst of the woods. He served
as Postmaster of Goodrich for over eight years and died June 7, 1891. Our
subject was reared to manhood on the farm and received a good common-school
education, both in Michigan and California, to which State at the age of fifteen
years he went with his parents, the family settling in San Joaquin Valley. He
there reached his majority and in 1872 was married to Miss Sarah Perry, a
daughter of Samuel Perry, of Oakland County.

  Our subject resided in California until 1872 when he returned to Genesee
County. In 1873 he became engaged in business in Goodrich and now has the
largest trade in this vicinity. He is a wide-awake man who operates upon
strictly business principles, and has built up a prosperous trade by his own
efforts alone. Thus far he has been most successful and unless the signs of the
times are sadly awry, his prosperity will continue, as he has all the traits
necessary to make a thorough success of life.


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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


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