J. C. Light
Joseph C. Light (1850-1928) was born in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and
died in Hancock, Michigan. By 1886 he was living in Johnstown, Wisconsin, where he was
appointed Postmaster and worked as a merchant. He married Frances "Frankie" W. Light (b.
Carter) in Johnstown in 1879. She was a musician. Sometime in the 1880s they moved to
Calumet Township, Michigan, where Light worked as a clerk in a mine office, as a
commission agent, and as a bookkeeper for the Tamarack Co-operative store. He opened the
first bank in Calumet, and in the late-1890s he served as president of the Village of
Laurium, Michigan. He moved for a few years to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, then in about
1918 settled in Hancock, where he was an insurance agent. In November 1887 Light took
Mary Baker Eddy's Primary class in Christian Science at the Massachusetts Metaphysical
College.
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J. C. Light
Joseph C. Light (1850-1928) was born in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and
died in Hancock, Michigan. By 1886 he was living in Johnstown, Wisconsin, where he was
appointed Postmaster and worked as a merchant. He married Frances "Frankie" W. Light (b.
Carter) in Johnstown in 1879. She was a musician. Sometime in the 1880s they moved to
Calumet Township, Michigan, where Light worked as a clerk in a mine office, as a
commission agent, and as a bookkeeper for the Tamarack Co-operative store. He opened the
first bank in Calumet, and in the late-1890s he served as president of the Village of
Laurium, Michigan. He moved for a few years to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, then in about
1918 settled in Hancock, where he was an insurance agent. In November 1887 Light took
Mary Baker Eddy's Primary class in Christian Science at the Massachusetts Metaphysical
College.
See more letters.