I have a brother in law in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan and the largest city in West Michigan. It is on the Grand River about east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 1,005,648, and the combined statistical area of Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland had a population of 1,321,557. Grand Rapids is the county seat of Kent County.
A historic furniture-manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is
John W. Champlin
John W. Champlin (1831–1901) was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1884 until 1891.
Champlain was born in Kingston, New York and came to Grand Rapids, Michigan as an adult to study law with his brother. He served as a judge of the Grand Rapids Recorders' Court and then as mayor of Grand Rapids starting in 1867. In 1883 Champlin defeated Austin Blair in the election for the vacant seat on the Michigan Supreme Court.
After leaving the Supreme Court Champlin served as