H. A. Langworthy

A merchant in Acme, H. A. Langworthy, was born in Erie County, Pennsylvania in 1840.  Arriving in Old Mission, Grand Traverse County, Michigan in 1851 with his parents; remained their until 1854, when his father moved to Williamsburg, Whitewater Township, and built a saw-mill, which he ran until 1857.

Moving to Traverse City in 1876 H. A., opened a grocery store until April 1882.  He then moved back to Acme, where he sold dry goods, groceries, books, shoes, etc.

Anna E. Williams, a native of England and H. A. married in 1866 and have three living children.

Williamsburgh Tidbit

Williamsburgh is a rural settlement in the town of Whitewater.  Like Acme, it is in the midst of a prosperous farming community.  Several societies were well sustained, and the milling and mercantile interests were of considerable importance.

Source: The Traverse Region, published 1884.

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