Tuscola-Oakland County MI Archives Biographies.....Slocum, Grant H. 1864 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

GRANT H. SLOCUM. The profession of journalism is represented in Caro by several
gentlemen of acknowledged ability as business managers, ready writers and
intelligent advocates of the public good. Among these Mr. Slocum has an
excellent standing. He has had a thorough schooling in the printer's trade and
in the various departments of newspaper work; he has also cultivated his power
of observation, added to his general intelligence and become capable of judging
accurately men and movements.

  Mr. Slocum is a native of this State and was born on a farm in Oakland County,
October 12, 1864. His boyhood days were passed on the old home farm, and he
gleaned a good education from the text books taught in the district school which
he attended. After he had completed the course of study in the common school he
became a pupil in the High School of Holly, which he left at the age of sixteen
years to enter his brother's printing office and learned the trade of a printer.
He devoted himself assiduously to gaining a thorough knowledge of the trade and
soon became familiar with the various duties of an editor and publisher. When
only twenty years old he had charge of the Oakland County Advertiser, and was
the youngest editor in this State at the time

  In 1888 Mr. Slocum purchased a half interest in the Caro Jeffersonian of J. A.
Keith, and changed the name of the paper to the Caro Democrat May 1, 1890, he
bought out his partner's interest and has since edited the paper alone. The
Democrat is a weekly paper, Democratic in politics, and has a good circulation
in the county. Mr. Slocum, although quite devoted to his chosen avocation, still
finds time for public duties, and since 1889 has served efficiently as Village
Recorder. In 1890 he was elected Clerk of Indian Fields Township, and has had
the distinction of being the first Democratic Clerk ever elected in that
township. Socially he is a member of, and an officer in, the Great Camp, K. O.
T. M., and he is also Secretary of Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 226, F. & A. M., and a
member of Caro Lodge, I. O. O. F. In 1890 he was elected Secretary of the Caro
District Fair Association and is serving the interests of the people in this
direction.

  Mr. Slocum has a pleasant home in Caro, which is presided over by a lady of
refinement and intelligence, formerly known as Miss Ada Mertz. She is the
daughter of J. N. and Emma Mertz, and prior to her marriage was engaged as a
teacher in the Caro public schools. The ceremony which united the destinies of
Mr. Slocum and Miss Mertz was solemnized at the residence of the bride's parents
in Caro, June 29, 1886, the Rev. I. H. Riddick, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, officiating. One child has been born of the union, a son, George, whose
birth occurred January 24, 1889. In social circles Mr. Slocum and his estimable
wife are highly esteemed, and in charitable and benevolent enterprises they are
ever ready to take an active part.


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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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