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Horatio Nelson Mather
(1827-1908) was the fifth child of Gurdon Clark Mather and Eunice Minor.
He migrated to Michigan in 1874 and was in the newspaper business and the manufacture of paper in Allegan, Saginaw and Bay City. In 1883 he became proprietor of the Saginaw Daily Times, and founded the Bay City World Two years later he moved to Detroit, establishing the Wolverine Paper Co. He later engaged in the life insurance business which he stayed with until his death.

Horatio Nelson Mather
A young Horatio Nelson Mather.

Horatio Nelson and Helen Hayward & family
Horatio Nelson and Helen Hayward with children Roy Hayward, Gurdon Clark, Timothy, and Charles Frank.

Gurdon Clark (1887-1960) in his later years.
Gurdon Clark (1887-1960) in his later years.

GC and Clara with Amy and Ruth
GC and Clara with Amy and Ruth.

Amy, Ruth, and Joy
Amy, Ruth, and Joy

Amy, Ruth, Joy, and David Mather
Amy, Ruth, Joy, and David Mather.

Amy with little brother David
Amy with little brother David

Amy with little brother David
Gurdon Clark (in sunglasses) standing beside a Graham-Paige auto.
The picture was taken in front of the Detroit train depot, a now vacant shell of a once vibrant station.

Roy Hayward & Gurdon Clark Mather

Amy with little brother David
Joy's son Norman's wedding

Matthew Noyes Mather (b. 1824), brother of Horatio Nelson
Matthew Noyes Mather (b. 1824), brother of Horatio Nelson


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