In 1898 her husband sold the lumber business and moved the family to Chicago.

He moved to Boston at age 20 to engage in the lumber business.

The community developed around an early lumber business and saw mill.

In the 1860s, he worked for his family's lumber business.

"Go into the lumber business myself," was the way she put it.

He left office on January 4, 1881, returning to the lumber business.

Upon his return a short time later, he engaged in farming and the lumber business.

Then he engaged in the lumber business, like his father and grandfather.

He moved into the lumber business during the postwar building boom.

The lumber business was not a suitable one for them to try operating.