Exerpted from page 38 of ”Past & Present of Clinton Co., Michigan” by Judge S. B. Daboll, 1906....
William L. Tallman was born in Seneca county, Ohio, January 9, I847, and pursued his education in the district schools and in the high school of Lansing and of Portland, Michigan. Through the summer months he assisted in the work of the fields and meadows and he continued upon the old homestead farm until twenty-five years of age, when he took possession of a farm of his own of three hundred acres, upon which he lived for two years. He then sold out and bought the interests of the other heirs in the homestead farm, thus becoming owner of two hundred and twentyfour acres on section 15, Eagle township. This property is under a fine state of cultivation at the present time (1906). Mr. Tallman has worked out his own success by diligence and careful management and is today one of the prosperous and prominent agriculturists of Clinton county. He is extensively engaged in feeding sheep and his stock-raising and farming interests are both proving profitable.
On the 22d of October, 1872, Mr. Tallman was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Adams, a daughter of Joseph H. and Hannah Adams, of Auburn, New York. Their children are:
Glenn F., who died November 12, I886;
Grace E., the wife of F. S. Byam, of Eagle township;
Myrtie F., at home;
and Molly Muriel, also under the parental roof.
In his political views Mr. Tallman is a republican and has served as school inspector for two years. He was also highway commissioner for four years, has been supervisor of Eagle township since 1898 and chairman of the board for one year. He has returned to the office of supervisor each year with increased majorities-a fact which indicates his fidelity in office, the trust reposed in him and his personal popularity with his felloiwmen. He is especially interested in the welfare and progress of the community and his co-operation can be counted upon to further any movement for the public good. He belongs to Grand Ledge lodge, No. 79, A. F. & A. M., with which he has affiliated since twenty-one years of age and he is also a member of the Grange. In his farm work he is enterprising and industrious, making the most of his opportunities and is meeting with creditable success.