My Genealogy Hound

William F. North, of Pontiac, Michigan, one of the young attorneys of the Oakland County bar, occupies convenient and well appointed offices in the Treadway Block of this city. He was born in 1876, in Pontiac, and is a son of Samuel North and wife, the latter of whom died some three years since. Samuel North was born in Leicestershire, England, 64 years ago, and came to Pontiac in 1864, joining his brother John North, who had settled here in 1855. Mr. North had two sons, William F. and Oliver G., the former of whom resides with his father in this city.

William F. North completed the common school course in Pontiac, and after graduating at the City High School entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he remained two years. In 1900 he graduated at the Detroit College of Law, was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court, and located at Pontiac.

Mr. North has been active in political circles for some years and is secretary of the Oakland County Democratic Committee and chairman of the Pontiac City Democratic Committee. During two terms he served most efficiently and economically as city treasurer.

In 1901 Mr. North married a daughter of L. D. Van Kleek, of the Pontiac Leather Specialty Manufacturing Company, and they have one son. The family residence is at No. 67 Willow avenue, where Mr. North was born. He is a member of a number of fraternal organizations: F. & A. M., A. I. U. K. of P. B. P. O. E. (being president of the local lodge), the Independent Foresters and the Foresters of America.