Howell Area Archives Digital Archive

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  • HCDL-ngp-ZNB002-02-0063_u.jpg

    A photo of Robert Bruce McPherson with his wife Eva Love Hickey McPherson and their children Robert and Frederick McPherson. 

    This photo was taken in 1918 on the porch at the McPherson mansion. Most likely taken by Emil Bode on the same day as several other pictures of the family. R. Bruce Mcpherson was a businessman prominent in Howell Michigan. The mansion was built in 1915, three years before the photo was taken.
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    R. Bruce McPherson was a well known Howell businessman, the president of McPherson Bank, and an insurance broker. He had the McPherson Mansion on Michigan Avenue built in 1915. McPherson was the son of William McPherson Jr. and Jennie M. Ranney.

    Date unknown.
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    A photo of William McPherson Jr. He was a buissnessman and prominent member of the community in Howell during his life. He was born around Inveruess, Scotland, on March 9, 1834. His family immigrated to Howell in 1836. 

    McPherson worked in his father's mercantile bussiness, and later became the owner of a large amount of real estate. He was also a notable figure of the state convention of the Republican party, and was appointed to the railway commision in 1885. 

    He was married to Jennie M. Ranney in 1859, and they had four children. Three of them were Alice McPherson Spencer, R. Bruce Mcpherson, and Jay W. Bigelow.

    The date this photo was taken is unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-ZNB002-02-0039_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the "McPherson Clan", at Under Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1906.

    The individual identities of the family are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-ZNB002-02-0038_u.jpg

    This is a portrait of Claudia McPherson, Howell, Michigan, 1913.
  • HCDL-ngp-ZNB002-02-0037_u.jpg

    This  is a photograph of May Story, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1913, and was included in the McPherson Family Photo Collection.
  • HCDL-ngp-ZNB002-02-0036_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of Mrs. A. T. Martyn, Oscoda, Michigan, 1913, and it was included in the McPherson Family Album.
  • HCDL-ngp-ZNB002-02-0035_u.jpg

    A photo of a drawing of Alexander McPherson, son of William McPherson.

    He was a buissnessman and prominent member of the community in Howell during his life. He was born around Inveruess, Scotland, on March 9, 1834. His family immigrated to Howell in 1836. 

    Alexander was active in the Presbyterian Church both when he lived in Howell and later when he lived in Detroit. 

    He was married to Jennie M. Ranney in 1859, and they had four children. Three of them were Alice McPherson Spencer, R. Bruce Mcpherson, and Jay W. Bigelow. 

    Possibly taken around 1913.
  • HCDL-ngp-ZNB002-02-0032_u.jpg

    Hugh McPherson was born in Scotland in 1864 and died in Pontiac, Michigan in 1945
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