JAMES L. HOGLE. The present supervisor of Farmington township, ex- county treasurer, and a representative of a prominent pioneer family , James L. Hogle is a native son of Oakland county and has been closely identified with its business and public life for more than thirty years.

Born in Novi township, November 30, 1857, he was reared on the old home farm, but was educated chiefly in the public schools of Pontiac and also in the State Normal at Ypsilanti. Hebegan his practical career as a teacher, but after one term became a clerk in the drug store of Dr. Eli Wardman at Farmington. During his service there he studied pharmacy, and after four years engaged in the drug business at Farmington on his own account, and for fifteen years held a very extensive trade in that vicinity.

Mr. Hogle has been one of the local Republican leaders for many years , and has held many offices of honor and trust. School inspector for Farmington township was his first office, which was followed by his election as township clerk, and through these offices and his business career he gained a wide acquaintance throughout the county . In the fall of 1898, on the Republican ticket, he was chosen county treasurer, and his management of the fiscal resources of the county gained him a re- election , so that he was treasurer four years. At the close of his second term in 1902, having bought a farm , he returned to Farmington township, and was engaged in grain and dairy farming until 1912. His farm was the former C. J. Sprague place.

For several years Mr. Hogle has been secretary of the Michigan Mutual Home Insurance Company, and the increasing responsibilities of that office have so absorbed his time that he felt obliged to sell his country home and henceforth devote all his time to insurance. He is now a resident of Farmington, where he is building a fine home.

On October 15 , 1884, he was married to Miss Minnie B. Gordon , of Farmington , a daughter of Linus B. Gordon. Both her parents are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hogle have two sons and one daughter. Ralph G. , a graduate of the Farmington high school, is a conductor on the Detroit United Railway system. Carl G., who graduated from the Northville high school, is now connected with the U. S. fish hatchery at Northville. He married Miss Ustina Paladin , of Missoula, Montana, and they are the parents of one son, James C., born August 25, 1911. E. Norine, the daughter, is a graduate of the Northville high school and is now a teacher in the Farmington high school.

Mr. Hogle is affiliated with Farmington Lodge, No. 151 , A. F. & A. M., and Union Chapter, No. 55 , R. A. M., at Northville; and also with the Knights of Maccabees. Mrs Hogle is past matron of the Farmington Chapter, No. 239, of the Eastern Star. Mr. Hogle belongs to one of the old families of Oakland county. His parents were William S. and Eunice ( Gage ) Hogle, both of whom were born in the state of New York. The father was six and the mother was three years old when their respective families became pioneer set tlers of Novi township. They were married there and spent all their lives in this county. Of their five children four are yet living, namely: James L.; George, of Pontiac; Burton , of Detroit; and Mrs. Gertrude Nicholson, of Detroit. William S. Hogle, the father, died in Farmington, February 10, 1912 , at the age of seventy-eight, while the mother passed away in 1884.