Born in Belfast in what is now Northern Ireland, and, originally having two middle names as was customary at that time, he, with his parents and sister, emigrated to the United States in 1910. His father, an apprenticed printer/engraver, was sponsored by a John Galey, MD, in Waterbury, CT so the family entered through the Port of Boston.
In 1918 the family was naturalized in Toledo, Ohio where they had moved in about 1915 where the father had become a lithographer for Medbury-Ward Publishers.
John graduated from Jesup Scott High School in 1926 and the University of Toledo in 1930. He had a fascination with the young and rapidly expanding automobile industry and at various times worked for Ford Motor Company, the Packard Motor Car Company, Willys-Overland as a dealer or manufacturer's representative in Toledo and Detroit.
Marrying in 1946 he moved to Battle Creek, MI and established the first Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Calhoun County and was a sole source dealer for modified vehicles for amputees of what was then known as Percy Jones Army Hospital which was opened in 1943 as a 1500 bed specialty rehabilitation hospital eventually treating over 100,000 veterans until closing in 1953.
Moving to Marshall in 1952, where he lived the remainder of his life on a 160 acre farm with his family, he became a gentleman farmer actively involved in township governance and conservation. His younger son now lives on the property.
In 1918 the family was naturalized in Toledo, Ohio where they had moved in about 1915 where the father had become a lithographer for Medbury-Ward Publishers.
John graduated from Jesup Scott High School in 1926 and the University of Toledo in 1930. He had a fascination with the young and rapidly expanding automobile industry and at various times worked for Ford Motor Company, the Packard Motor Car Company, Willys-Overland as a dealer or manufacturer's representative in Toledo and Detroit.
Marrying in 1946 he moved to Battle Creek, MI and established the first Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Calhoun County and was a sole source dealer for modified vehicles for amputees of what was then known as Percy Jones Army Hospital which was opened in 1943 as a 1500 bed specialty rehabilitation hospital eventually treating over 100,000 veterans until closing in 1953.
Moving to Marshall in 1952, where he lived the remainder of his life on a 160 acre farm with his family, he became a gentleman farmer actively involved in township governance and conservation. His younger son now lives on the property.
Born in Belfast in what is now Northern Ireland, and, originally having two middle names as was customary at that time, he, with his parents and sister, emigrated to the United States in 1910. His father, an apprenticed printer/engraver, was sponsored by a John Galey, MD, in Waterbury, CT so the family entered through the Port of Boston.
In 1918 the family was naturalized in Toledo, Ohio where they had moved in about 1915 where the father had become a lithographer for Medbury-Ward Publishers.
John graduated from Jesup Scott High School in 1926 and the University of Toledo in 1930. He had a fascination with the young and rapidly expanding automobile industry and at various times worked for Ford Motor Company, the Packard Motor Car Company, Willys-Overland as a dealer or manufacturer's representative in Toledo and Detroit.
Marrying in 1946 he moved to Battle Creek, MI and established the first Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Calhoun County and was a sole source dealer for modified vehicles for amputees of what was then known as Percy Jones Army Hospital which was opened in 1943 as a 1500 bed specialty rehabilitation hospital eventually treating over 100,000 veterans until closing in 1953.
Moving to Marshall in 1952, where he lived the remainder of his life on a 160 acre farm with his family, he became a gentleman farmer actively involved in township governance and conservation. His younger son now lives on the property.
In 1918 the family was naturalized in Toledo, Ohio where they had moved in about 1915 where the father had become a lithographer for Medbury-Ward Publishers.
John graduated from Jesup Scott High School in 1926 and the University of Toledo in 1930. He had a fascination with the young and rapidly expanding automobile industry and at various times worked for Ford Motor Company, the Packard Motor Car Company, Willys-Overland as a dealer or manufacturer's representative in Toledo and Detroit.
Marrying in 1946 he moved to Battle Creek, MI and established the first Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Calhoun County and was a sole source dealer for modified vehicles for amputees of what was then known as Percy Jones Army Hospital which was opened in 1943 as a 1500 bed specialty rehabilitation hospital eventually treating over 100,000 veterans until closing in 1953.
Moving to Marshall in 1952, where he lived the remainder of his life on a 160 acre farm with his family, he became a gentleman farmer actively involved in township governance and conservation. His younger son now lives on the property.
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