| Charles Leonard de Waele
"DE WAELE, CHARLES LEONARD, lawyer, poet, was born Oct, 24, 1839, in Belgium. In 1869 he emigrated to America, and for a number of years was in the lumber business in northern Michigan. During 1876-90 he served as a justice of the peace; and for two terms was superintendent of schools. In 1889 he was admitted to the bar; and is now circuit court commissioner for the county of Roscommon, Mich. As an author and lawyer Mr. De Waele occupies a high place amongst the literary and legal fraternity of Michigan. He is the author of a volume of poems published in his native language. He is a linguist, and speaks the Dutch, German and French languages, and has done service as interpreter in several prominent trials in the state." [Thomas William Herringshaw, Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century 298 (Chicago: American Publishers' Assoc., 1898)][See also: [Thomas William Herringshaw (ed.), Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography 260 (Chicago: American Publishers' Assoc., 1905)(vol. 2)][online text] |
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