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OTTAWA COUNTY .8
HON. JOHN BOOST.
Hon. John Roost died at Holland, Sunday, May 31, 1885. He was born in the Netherlands, October 9, 1823, from whence he emigrated to the United States in 1847, and settled in Holland shortly after his arrival, where he has since resided. He was by trade a wagonmaker, but as years rolled by he drifted into politics, and has been elected to many offices of trust. He was a member of the House of Representatives in the Michigan Legislature in 1871, and of the Senate in 1883; was mayor of Holland in 1881, and has been treasurer of Ottawa county. At one time he held the office of postmaster, but when Johnson became President, in place of Lincoln, he was removed on account of his strong abolition sentiments. He will be remembered by all the old residents of the Holland colony and by the county at large for his active, self-sacrificing life.
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