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William Pallister, a successful farmer of Troy township, Oakland County, and a large land owner, was born in Wayne County, Michigan, and came to Oakland County in 1875, when 20 years of age. At that time he located on the farm on which he still resides, in section 23, Troy township, where he owns 40 acres and also 146 in section 26. The parents of Mr. Pallister are William and Hannah (Parritt) Pallister.

William Pallister, father of our subject, was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1825, and spent some years as a whaler, coming to the United States in his 18th year. He settled in Wayne County, Michigan, where he engaged in farming until 1885 when he retired to Big Beaver, Michigan, where he has resided ever since. He married Hannah Parritt, who was born in Detroit, a daughter of John and Alice (Walt) Parritt, and died in 1901, at the age of 71 years. They reared six children as follows: Mary E., who married Joseph Dickinson of Huron County, Michigan; William; Arthur T., of San Francisco, California; Alice and Eliza, both deceased; and Robert H., of Detroit.

Mr. Pallister was educated in the district schools and was reared to an agricultural life. His main interests have been centered in farming and he has successfully developed his large estate into one of the valuable properties of the township.

In 1876 Mr. Pallister was married to Mary E. Kent, who was born in Wayne County, in 1838, and a family of six children have been born to them, viz: William T.; Alice Belle, wife of Charles Hommell of Troy township, Oakland County; Elmer H.; Ella N.; Robert H. and Milo E.

Mrs. Pallister is a valued member of the Methodist Church of Big Beaver. Mr. Pallister is identified with the Republican party. His fraternal associations are with the Masons and the Maccabees, where he is found a pleasant, genial comrade as well as a reliable supporter of fraternal principles.